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November 3, 1923
ly in a dozen beautiful and useful
buildings, but in hundreds of lives
in which she built new and higher
ideals, broader minds, and more
purposeful characters.
SHORT~(kjTS
Joseph Perkins Slaughter, al
leged slayer of Policeman John
W. Purcell, in Washington, was
captured near that city, last
week.
W. S. Dusernick, a Virginian,
student at Harvard, is accused of
paying his way through college by
a profitable side line of bootleg
gag.
At Bakerville, N. C., 77 “lead
ing citizens’’ were indicted for
unlawful assembly in connection
with recent violence in forcing
colored people to leave that vicin
ty.
Ruanda, the country of giants,
covering an area in Africa larger
than the State of Connecticut,
has been ceded to Belgium Ly
Great Brittain.
Fr»d D. McCracken, Prominent
realtor of St. Paul, wrs refused
service in a loading service in a
in a leading Department Store in
that city and the colo.ed people
have boycotted the establishment
in reprisal.
O. 0. Hall, pro oinent church
man of St. Paul, has been endor
sed bv the Minnesota Con‘< n nee
of the A. M. E. Church for Secre
tary-Treasurer of the Sunday
Schoo] Union at Nashville.
Whether or not married women
shall be allowed to teach, to the
exclusion of maid nly and spinis-
TH E AT H ENS REPUBL IQ U E
ter eligible products of the Normal
unit, is the heated question to oc
cupy the front of the stage in
Washington’s perennial school
controversy.
At a meeting of the Philadel
phia Housing Association the
problem of home settlement for
the influx of migrants was con
sidered to be acute on account of
slow building activities. That
there was an increase of crime in
in the Quaker City, due to migra
tion, was denied.
Confessing that she stole a
watch and chain from a colored
chef, to return to her old home at
Roanoke, Va., Lula Wade, colo
red maid at White Plains, N. Y.,
was provided with a purse by the
Grand Jury of Westchester Coun
ty, who refused to indict her and
started her on her way.
Erec Walrond, brilliant young
magiz'ne writer, bearing a com
mission from several New York
publication, attended the recent
national meeting of the Urban
League at Kansas City, Mo., with
a view’ to studying sexologist in
the formation of conclusion on
therace problem. A series of ar
tich'B are anticipated that will
be trulj enlightening.
Greensboro News
sj?rd"lsrown
Quiet but most eiitersesting to
an extended number of friends,
was the marriage of Miss Carrie
Lee Byrd and Mr. Thomas W.
Brown, which was solemnized at
9 o’clock Thursday evening at the
home of the bride’s father, Mr A.
B. Byrd, of Greensboro, Ga.
The living-room was lovely in
its decorations of white crysan
themuns and ferns being used in
profusion.
Proceeding the ceremony, Miss
Annie E. Massey sang, “At Dawn
ing and Oh Promise Me.” Lohen
grin’s Bridal Chorus announced
the approaching party.
The ceremony was impressively
performed by Dr. L. P. Pinckney,
of Augusta, Ga. The bride, who
is an exceptionally attractive and
charming young woman, wore a
beautiful gown of gray canton
crepe with silver lace and acces
sories to match. She carried a
lovely bouquet of bridal roses
showered with valley lillies.
Immediately after the ceremo
ny Mr. and Mrs. Brown motored
to Robinson, Ga. where an infor
mal reception was given a t the
home of the groom’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Sr.
The bride is a graduate of The
Ft. Valley High and Industrial
School and is now the principal of
th * Greensboro City School. Her
loveable traits of character have
won for her countless friends. The
groom is a graduate of Jeruel Bap
tist Institute. A special agricul
tural student, Hampton Institute,
was graduated from rhe agricul
tural department of Tuskegge In
stitute. He is now local demon
stration agent, Sandersville, Ga.,
and has made for himself many
friends in that section of the State.
The happy couple are receiving
many congratulations from their
countless friends. The out of
town guests were: Miss Annie E.
Massey, Mrs. Rubye Weaver, Mrs.
Maude Cook and Mr. Alonza M.
Byrd of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, Miss Romelia Brown and
Mr. Collie Brown, of Robinson.
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