Bar Postal Employees
PROTEST BARRING OF RACE POSTAL EMPLOYEES FROM KENDAL TESTIMONIAL Pay Membership Dues, Support Every Movement And Entitled To Every Right, Says Leader The barring of the colored postal employees from the testimonial to Congressman Samuel A. Kendall, of Pennsyvania, at the Seelbach Hotel last Friday night has caused no small amount of comment among the local postal employees and citizens if reports are true. It is said that the meeting was held out of gratitude to the man who sponsored the forty-four hour post office bill, in the House of Representatives, to become effective July 1 and it was thought that the colored employees who are to benefit from the legislation and are also grateful would be given an opportunity to hear Mr. Kendall. It is said that the colored men have supported every movement sponsored by the white postal employees, that ninety per cent of them responded to the Non-employment Relief Fund campaign, and that the white leaders have always had the loyal support of the very men of color whom they barred from the Kendall meeting. "Taking a man's money and then barring him from all activities afforded others of the same organization may be gratification for some, but is poor business in the estimation of fair minded citizens," said one of the colored employees. "The policy of one of the groups sponsoring the coming of Mr. Kendall always being that of fair play, the colored men were very much disappointed and disturbed when they were barred by members of said group, and especially from hearing a man from the "State of Brotherly Love," whose service was rendered to all without regard to race.
CLAYBRON W. MERRIWEATHER'S NEW BOOK ATTRACTS DAILY NEWSPAPERS Hopkinsville, June 12.--(Special To The Leader)--The extent to which the new book, "The Pleasures of Life," by Mr. Claybron W. Merriweather, the lawyer-poet, of this city, is being received, is well shown by the following complimentary notice which appeared in The Kentucky Daily New Era of this city in its issue of June 4th embracing therein a highly complimentary comment from the Sunday edition of The Courier-Journal for May 31st: "Courier Comments On Local Author The Courier-Journal has this reference to a book recently issued by a Hopkinsville author: Clayton W. Merriweather of Hopkinsville, Ky., has published a pleasant collection of verse and prose under the title "The Pleasures of Life." He says, "To appreciate the beautiful in nature and life is to be happy," and his writing emphasizes this point of view in all the homely subjects and high ideals it touches. ($1.00.) The author is a member of the Hopkinsville bar and is one of the outstanding leaders of the colored race in Western Kentucky. He has lived in Hopkinsville since his childhood and is held in respect and esteem by the people of his home city, regardless of race or color." The book came from the press in April this year and its reception is highly gratifying to the author who has put into its pages the best efforts of his life. Thru the kindness of Dr. Arthur A. Schomburg, of New York City, but now with the new Fisk University Library at Nashville, the book has been placed in the Division of (Continued on page 8)
JUDGE, EDITOR JUNIOR HI SPEAKERS Fifty-four boys and girls were given certificates by Prof. A. E. Meyzeek, which passed them from the ninth grade of the Jackson Street Junior High School, Tuesday evening. The auditorium of the magnificent school building which was completed for the beginning of the closing full year term, was taxed to its standing room capacity. The program was opened with "America" followed by the invocation by Rev. J. H. D. Bailey and then the Negro National Hymn by the chorus, under the direction of Miss Earlene Good, with Miss Verna Guinn at the piano. (Continued on page 8)
CENTRAL HIGH'S TEN HONOR GRADUATES [Photo] The above are the ten honor graduates of Central High School of the one hundred and fifty who received diplomas Friday night, the largest class in the history of the school. These ten students made averages between 89 and 91, and in the group are two sets of sisters out of the five sets that graduated. The photo by the Evans Studio shows the students in order of their standing. Sitting, from left to right: Lottie Elnora Bartlett, Juanita Harriett Offutt, Katherine Louise Cole, Elcina Renelda Myers. Standing: Margaret Eva Fry Bartlett, Carl Cance Davis, Pattie Elizabeth Dickerson, Ruthlyn Roberta Cole, Edna Lee Wright and George Edward Perdue Mahin.
Central High Holds Commencement
CENTRAL HOLDS ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT; 150 GET DIPLOMAS One hundred and fifty graduates received diplomas at the annual commencement exercises of the Central High School, Prof. W. B. Matthews, principal, Friday night The exercises were held at the Louisville Memorial Auditorium which has a seating capacity of a little more than 2,500 and there were hundreds who were not able to witness the commencement. The program opened with an overture by the school orchestra. The invocation was by Rev. C. H. Richmond and then the chorus, directed by Miss Nannie Board, sung "O Italia Beloved" by Donizetti. The program was then given in the following order: Salutatory--"Give the World the Best you Have and the Best Will Come Back to You," Kathelene A. McClain; Oration--"Idealism Vs. Materialism," Juanita H. Offutt; Double Quartette--"Sylvia." Speaks; Oration--"Trials, a Test of Character," Katherine L. Cole; Oration--"Efficiency, the Key to Success," Carl G. Davis; Oration--"Thrift," Julia A. Rudy; Chorus--"Stan' Still, Jordan," Johnson; Oration--"The Spoken Word," Elcina R. Myers; Valedictory--"Let There Be Light," Lottie E. Bartlett; Double Quartette--"Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler," Dett; Presentation of diplomas, Awarding of medals, Chorus--"Bridal Chorus," Cowen; Benediction, Rev. W. P. Offutt. The names of the one hundred fifty graduates follow: CLASS ROLL James Maxwell Abel, Henry Bailey, Jr., Lottie Elnora Bartlett, Margaret Eva Fry Bartlett, Minnie Ashby Beeler, Abraham Lincoln Blackwell, Helen Britt Brown, Madeline Burnett, Mercedes Clark, Katherine Louise Cole, Ruthlyn Roberta Cole,: Annie Belle Courtney, Gertrude Anna Eston Cowherd, Sarah Elizabeth Winniepa Cox, Wiliam Edward Crutcher, Jack Johnson Learthur Davidson, Carl Gance Davis, Pattie Elizabeth Dickerson, Pearl Lee Ducker, Margaret Virginia Durham, Elizabelle Cleo Ellis, Ida Amanda Virginia Fresh, Louis Edward Gentry, James Edward Goodall, Edna Belle Goodnight, Willie Mae Green, Andrew Glenn Gunn, William Henry Harrison, Charles Burress Hayden, Jr., Abel Neeley Hewitt, Jr., Albert Shirley Johnson, Helen Mae Johnson, Raymond Lowell Johnson, Ouida Mae Kigh, Kalyn Irene King, James Raymond Lawson, Mae Ella Lee Modjeska (Continued on page 8)
Marriage Announced [Photo] MRS GORDON E. DANIELS Mrs. Essie Spears announces the marriage of her daughter, Gertrude L Johnson to Mr. Gordon E. Daniels, April 5, 1931.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MAN 118 YEARS Funeral services for Al Brown were conducter Tuesday from the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Grayson, by Rev. H. A. Dodds.The deceased claimed to have been 118 years of age.
Woodson State College Speaker NOTED HISTORIAN ELECTRIFIES COMMENCEMENT AUDIENCE WITH FACTS Says Those Who Believe Black Faces Make Them Inferior Are Infidels By Wm. H. Ferris, A. M. Frankfort, Ky, June 8.--In a commencement address, which bristled with historic facts, made practical application to present day affairs and rose to heights of impassioned eloquence, Dr. Carter G. Woodson electrified a vast audience in Hume Hall at the Kentucky State Industrial College today. People came into town by automobiles, by train and by electric cars--they crowded the assembly hall long before the hour for commencement arrived, nearly fifty cars were parked on the campus. Everywhere joy and gladness manifested to itself. The friends of the Kentucky State College were elated because President R. B. Atwood and his brilliant group of teachers had raised the school to class "A", this rating being given by the accrediting committee of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, since the college is now offering A. B. degrees. They were happy also because Dr. Thomas E. Jones, President of Fisk University, in his masterly address had assured them that modern science had not banished God. I have not the space to give in full Dr. Woodson's remarkable address, which emphasized world history as it effects the Negro and summed up the Negro's achievements in Africa and America, but I will cull a few passages which brought forth spontaneous applause. However, before I take up Dr. Woodson's address, I desire to speak of the splendid manner in which President R. B. Atwood, an A. B. of Fisk University and B. S. of Iowa State College, tall, manly, (Continued on page 8)
LOCAL BRANCH N.A.A.C P. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE GETS COOPERATION OF CITIZENS The Flying Squadron of the N. A. A. C. P. was hostess at the Y. W. C. A. on Tuesday evening, June 9, at the official opening of the $1500.00 membership drive of the Louisville Branch, N.A.A.C.P. Churches, schools, federated clubs, fraternal organizations, insurance companies, the Y.W.C.A. and Y. M. C. A. are cooperating. A temporary executive committee of ministers representing all of the churches of the city has been organized to aid in the conduct of the campaign. The members of this committee are: Reverends Wm. Johnson, Chairman; J. E. Wood, Secretary; G. F. Watson, N. D. Shamborguer, L. R. Starks, E. W. Jones, Benjamin W. Swain, C. E. Starnes, J. A. Baker, N. H. Wiggins, J. C. Caldwell and J. A. G. Grant. All of the churches of the city are assisting, workers having been appointed by the pastors. In addition to the church teams headed by the pastors, teams have been organized with the following captains: Mrs. B. S. Etherly, Mrs. Mary Leake, Mr. M. H. Haddox, Mr. H. B. Harris, Mrs. S. O. Johnson, Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore,: Mrs. K. V. Thompson, Mrs. John R. Smith, Miss A. J. Rhodes, Mr. Zack Dorsey, Mrs. Carrie Anthony, D. J Hughlett, Mrs. Alpha Bynum, J. T. Wood and J. Max Bond. The clubs of the City Federation are working as a team as are the Insurance groups. The drive will close Friday,June 19, 8:00 p. m. with a mammoth mass (Continued on page 8) 
SECOND PERIOD OF CAMPAIGN CLOSES Just two more weeks and thee Leader's annual subscription campaign will come to its close. The second period closed last Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, and after the count of the votes reported by the [pospective?] candidates, Mrs. Effie Oglesby of Mocking Bird Valley was still the holder of first place, a lead which she has held since the beginning of the campaign with the exeption of the one week she was displaced by Mrs. Nannie Mai Armstrong, of Eminence, who has always been a keen rival and who is now just a few votes behind Mrs. (Continued on page 8)
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