Morgantown, N.C., July 8.— "A mob estimated at more than 2,000 whites, business men and church workers, started the celebration of the Fourth of July at Linville Falls, 30 miles from here, Sunday by piercing the body of Broadus Miller, alleged slayer…
La Rochelle, France, July 30.— "The Fourth of July was celebrated in commemoration of American independence by Consul and Mrs. W.J. Yerby at La Rochelle in their lovely villa, 23 Avenue du Mail. The reception was announced to begin at 5 and close at…
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Editor the Defender: The Fourth of July comes and goes and there is very little effort on the part of our public men to teach the people just what that day means, not only to the people in the United States, but to the…
"Just what does the Fourth of July mean to you ? This question, if put to white citizens of America, would draw such replies as you have heard made in speeches and have read in books all your lives. But, if put directly to you, what would it mean?…
"This July 4 stuff is all the bunk, says a distinguished Princeton professor, who asserts that the day we have been celebrating all these years as Independence day had very little to do with American Independence. The famous declaration that set…
"The Ray Potter Waller’ Civic association, in co-operation with the mayor’s committee for Independence day celebrations in Manhattan, is sponsoring a “pageant of youth” in Harlem on the Fourth.
The festivities will begin at 10 o’clock in the…
"Praque, Czechoslovakia, July 4 (By A.P.). – A great crowd, representing Czech Sokol societies frim all parts of the world, helped the Americans who are here for the great Sokol demonstration, celebrate the Fourth of July in impressive style today.…
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Lest we forget, even amid this loud din of…
"NEWARK. N.J- Shady Rest Country Club celebrated with fourth of July attractions, last Friday: Golf, tennis, and cardplaying, with numbers of basket lunches.
A representative group of the New York and New Jersey Wilberforce University Alumni Club…
"When giant fireworks, pin-wheels, sparklers, and cap pistols are being used to celebrate the Fourth of July, nothing is farther from mind of the average child than what Independence Day really means. Little fellows who throw torpedoes on car tracks…
"The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776 . This Saturday we celebrate the 155th anniversary of the day upon which our colonial forefathers determined to separate themselves from England.
"Coal has gone up in New York.
The sugar trust has failed in its efforts to raise prices.
It is announced the W.J. Campbell will decline the Republican national chairmanship.
Elections in England on Monday and Tuesday show Liberal gains, and…
"Dealers in New York city say that the demand for fireworks is unprecedented. More fireworks will sizzle, boom and sputter than ever before, and the small boys of the land will explode over 3,200,000,000 firecrackers in homage of liberty. Inquiries…
"The Great Fourth of July feast, which commences on the lawn of Mt. Horeb Church to-day, will close with a drill of their several societies on Monday and Tuesday evening at 16th st., and N. Carolina avenue.
The out-door concert at Lane’s Chapel on…
"The Fourth of July is a National Day of freedom, is indisputably righteous and Divinely dedicated for the happiness of mankind.
Just 120 years from the last Saturday, the Convention of the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves then, on behalf of…
"Independence Day commonly known as the Fourth of July is the day for the white man. It was on that day that the white man declared his independence and swore allegiance to America. This declaration made the white man of America free but enslaved the…
"Racial troubles have been rampant since the Fourth of July amongst boys who are in the reforestation camps in Pennsylvania. When a contingent of Pittsburgh boys left here on the night of the national holiday the two cars on the rear of the train…
"The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. will sell excursion tickets to and from all points east of the Ohio River, within a radius of 200 miles (but not to and from stations east of Baltimore, Md.), for all trains July 2d, 3d and 4th, valid for return passage…
"The traveling man who sells hardware remarked that he was afraid he would die of heart disease if he was ever compelled to go to the front. His friends wanted to know what made him think so, and after lighting a fresh cigar he said:
“It was…
"At a Fourth of July demonstration at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in 1963, 22 ministers were arrested protesting racial discrimination at the park: among them was Monsignor Austin Healy who represented the Cardinal and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.…
"Detroit (UPI) – A contingent from the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first black fighter squadron from World War II, participated in Fourth of July observances at the Harry S. Truman library and museum.
"Washington D.C.- Far ranging support from black Americans for “Honor America Day,” the massive fourth of July celebration planned for Washington and throughout the nation, was announced recently by the sponsoring committee.
Washington (UPI) Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he has no agreement with President Nixon on the question of his assuming the presidential duties should Nixon be disabled, and that the two have never discussed it.…
"Mr. Bryan had much to say of 'imperialism', on 'Emperor' and the abolition of the Fourth of July. Yet he was the first to inaugurate and maintain a supreme dictatorship over an American political organization.
If the 15 to 1 proposition is not…
"Hopewell Md. July 22- Pev. Spellman preached a Hopewell M. E. Church Sunday morning and night.
Sunday School at 2 o’clock
Havre De Grace, Md. July 22- Mrs. Mary E Holmes of Philadelphia, spent the Fourth of July with her mother Mrs. Harriet A.…
"Towson Md., July 10.- Miss Mary Ellen Johnson who is a student at St. Francis Convent spent the Fourth of July with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson of Railroad Ave. Rev. W. N. Edwards left the town this week for Norfolk, Va. where he will…
"What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July? I answer a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an…
"Scoutmaster James Patterson, leader of the Boy Scout troop of Ames Memorial M. E. Church, that for the past two years carried off the banner for drilling in the Annual Safe and Sane Fourth of July Celebration, was presented a medal as a source by…
"An overcast sky for the Fourth of July did not keep large numbers of Baltimoreans from the river and resorts in the suburbs. By far however the largest attendance was noted at the celebration at Druid Hill Park, where a committee under the…
"The Fourth of July was celebrated at all the churches around the city.
Miss Antoinette Henry, of Baltimore Md., is spending her vacation here with her mother, Mrs. Lovie Henry, who is still confined to her room.
The Unionville Lodge of Masons…
"Annual Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker…
"MAJOR MOTION IN THE CITY
Major R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, spent a few hours in the city Thursday. He had talks with a number of friends, of whom wished him every success in his new position.
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To all our subscribers, readers and advertisers we are wishing a Merry Christmas and many happy returns of the…
"The Excelsior Aid and Social Club will spend the glorious 4th of July on Daufuski Island with their friends and well-wishes, where they will enjoy the cool refreshing ocean breeze. There will also be excellent music and dancing, also a hotly…
"The Blue and Gray Association of Fitzgerald, composed of union and confederate soldiers, is arranging for a big 4th of July celebration, to which prominent men will be invited."
"Don’t fail to attend the grand fourth of July picnic and barbecue to be given by the Laundry Drivers at Scott’s Pavillion, Bonaventure, Tuesday, July 4th. Tickets 15¢."
"At a Fourth of July celebration in a Canadian town where both English and American guests were assembled the flags of the two countries were in decorations. A frivolous young English girl, loyal to the Queen, but with no love for the Stars and…
"A Washington dispatch says: Employees of the isthmian canal commission on the canal zone will have a regular old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Panama. Special excursions are to run to Panama for the accommodation of persons desiring to…
"William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan arrived in London from Norway late Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday Mr. Bryan was the central figure at the annual independence day dinner of the American Society dinner of the American Society at the Hotel Cecil.…
"At Wanamie, a mining town five miles from Wilkesbarre, Pa., five boys were killed and nine others injured by celebrating the 4th of July.
They had placed powder in a pipe, and it failed to go off. They then forced a stick of dynamite into the…
"NEW YORK (UPI)- A pregnant woman shot through the hand at Yankee Stadium July 4th was in good condition Saturday, but said she was not likely to attend another baseball game.
Joan Barrett, 34, was shot by an unknown assailant as she sat in the…
"Without a ripple of trouble, the faithful members of the YMCA gave its first out door [sic] entertainment last Monday under the supervision of Capt. W. J. Hutchinson. He called it an Old Fashioned Barbeque; and, of Old Fashion means something good:…
"The Fourth of July celebration started at Mckinley Park. Mr. Burel N. Nealy, [ill] the social and recreational life of the Community. There was plenty to eat and drink.
The swimming events, under the direction of Young Van Leu was a credit to the…
"If the cannons roared and the guns shot any regular than they did here on July 4th, when this country was fighting for independence in the [ill], were going south. Thousands of lives may have been lost in the fight of the 70’s, but Thousand Dollars…
Instead of staying at home and celebrating the Fourth of July as a holiday, Pary McCrary 35 years old chose Saturday to work for his church, the Zion Baptist. Of which the Rev. A. M. Martin is the preacher.
"Colored Man Selected to Deliver Address and Ganeuil Hall
Boston, Mass, June 6-Mr. James H. Wolf, past department commander of the Massachusetts G. A. R., has been selected by Mayor Fitzgerald to deliver the oration at the exercises in Fanmel Hall…
"Spring Valley, Ill. July 9- An automobile party motoring here from Chicago and consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Speedy, Mrs. Laura Washington- Cyrus, Herman Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Calimese of Cincinnati, Ohio, Miss. Jessie A. Davis of Lake…
"Redding, Cali - The town, in upper in the Sacramento valley, hung up a new Independence day heat record. The high mark of the mercury was 124. The heat has sent thousands to cool camps in in the Sierras."
"Several accidents were the toll of the Fourth of July celebrations in Harlem. Peter Rodriguez, 11, 2143 Seventh avenue, sustained abrasions and powder burns on the right leg from the discharge of a pistol at close range by an unidentified boy. The…