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AjUGUST 6, 1921.
In the city of Chicago, race men
have established a large department
store, which; means positions for col- ;
ored men arid women.
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During tlie past eight months five]
race men have been shot from ambush
in Monroe, La. In each case the men
were men of worth and high standing.
All of this [devilment is attributed to
the works jof the Ku Klux Klan, a
branch of irhich is organized in Co
lumbia. I
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Many physicians in Alabama have
received njotices from the local
branches ofjKu Klux Klan to place the
word "colored" on their signs- in order
that no white person will make a mis
take in the jselection of them for medi
cal servic?i This is also attributed
to the Klan.
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If The Indicator is really "it," as so
many are { writing us saying while |
others are jpatting us on the shoulder
doing likewise, why not send along
the much njeeded cash to keep it burst
ing forth tjhe "good news"?
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We are jvery much of the opinion
that some people are laying their neg
lect of pajing bills too much at the
door of "h^rd times." Times are not
like they \^ere a few months ago, it is
true, with !a scarcity of work and low
wages, but] merchandise and produce
are pretty'much in reach of all?and
some cash| too. This class had bet
ter quit their foolishness and do the
square thilng.
Long silice has it bren our fondes
hope that jthe colored citizenry of Co
lumbia cokiid and would organize one
strong ba?d in this city, and so we
have writtjen time after time. We did
not then mean nor do we mean now
that such! should be to protect our
selves byj man force against the
powers thjat be, but for a. better and
mutual Understanding . among our
selves and the other race; to uphold
the law ^nd help its right enforce
ment and! for once to get our people
pulling together for racial advance
ment. ;
A few months ago, when a represent
ative number of our men came to
gether anjl really organized the Colum
bia Boarc( of Trade, we rejoiced from
the depths of our heart that our fond
est hope j would be realized and from
the enthusiasm which then soared so
high, we j could see nothing in the fu
ture but ? soon full realization of oui
hope.
But to! our sorrow and disgust ii
now seeips that all of that high en
thusiasm: ended in the election of offi
cers and 1 the heralding of the same to
the outside world. Since its organi
zation oji account of an unavoidable
handranqe we have missed one meet
ing. Atj the last two meetings, de
spite th? fact that they were adver
tised in-the papers, by cards and by
humans.j a quorum could not be se
cured either night. Now it seems
that thej only visible means of re-soar
ing tha| entnusiasm among us is to
announce a re-election of officers and
then nejver re-elect, keeping them in
suspens^ until something tangible ii
accomplished.
At sojme of the premature meetings
?or meetings before the organization
was p^rfecte.d?many pledged their
allegiance to it and at some succeed
ing meetings rehearsed the statements,
which by their late ?ctions have been
like rai'n drops upon a duck's back.
If we are to judge the future Co-j
lumbia!by the outcome of this meeting, \
the present and past, then we must
conclude that whatever is accomplish
ed musjt be done singly or by a faithful
few. j
Of course, allowances must be made
for a few whose business and other
wise iliiportant engagements hinder,
but th? frivilous excuses of many can
not be1 accepted when there are so
many Important matters of public in-J
terest demanding great sacrifices. j
The time is now when the Negroes)
in Colombia must unite and pull to
gether lin the Board of Trade or show
that wfe just cannot reach the goal as
a uniLj
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Up to Mr. Tolbert.
It has been ours of late to hear a
few say that the Negro will never get
a job at the hand of Mr. Tolbert. That
he is the best democrat clothed with
Republican honors and authority that
South Carolina can afford, etc. It is
now up to Mr. Tolbert to prove wheth
er or not he is what he and his fol
lowers claim him to be or that what
those on the outside claim him to be.
He now has the opportunity to give
colored Republicans due recognition
and lend incentive to the upbuilding
of^a respectable / and strongly recog
nized Republican party or fail to do
so and await the result that has be
fallen Virginia and Georgia. Which,
Mr. Tolbert?
Rare Happenings.
The Wilmington Dispatch, a white
paper, carried the picture Monday of
Edward 0. Gourdin, Howard's Negro
athlete, who has set a new world
broad-jump record of 25 feet three
inches.
The Augusta Chronicle of Augusta,
I Ga., presented to its thousand^ of
'readers a few days ago the likeness of
Rev. Dr. C. T. Walker, the nationally
known pulpiteer and orator, with a
beautiful sketch of his life as well.
Yes, these, are strange happenings that
cause our people much surprise and
amazebenit. Yet whjj should 'th^se
strange things betray one to believe
conditions are getting better in Dixie
while branches of the Ku Klux Klan
are springing up on every side.
Satisfied Themselves.
Because an ignorant, non-ambitious
and worhtless Negro, whose regretable
conditions must in part be attributed
to ?orae of the whites of Greenwood,
was seen peeping in the window of a
white girl of that town, he was placed
in jail by the officials of that town,
possibly for safe keeping, and to await
his tirai for justice according to the
law. But it seems that the citizens of
Greenwood have decided that justice
moves too slow for them, as was evi
denced in a published statement a few
days ago in the case of Dr. Lipscomb's
slayer. So, several of those who be
lieve in their kind of speedy justice, as
in large areas of Congo Georgia, broke
open the substantially built jail at
a late hour of the night, while the
jailer was supposed to be on duty, but
is said not to have been near at the
time, secured the1 worthless Negro,
gave him an auto ride with the party
to some distant woods, and it was
SUPPOSED by the great people of
Greenwood, gave him a good whipping
(their kiiid of justice) and turned him
loose. The Greenwood correspondent
did not say it, but we suppose ,gave
the Negro orders to hereafter find
more suitable climes than Greenwood,
for since then he has not, up to this
writing; been seen there.
Now, just how that correspondent
could have so readily concluded that
those distinguished gentlemen (not
knowing who they were) gave him a
"good beating" instead of the usual
lyching we do not know. And while
we do not know, we have a very strong
opinion, just who the laws of the town
of Greenwood and county will appre
hend and convict in connection with
this case.
Of course, if this Negro,had been &
white man of the same type and Ne
groes in the same number had just
easily and quietly forced entrance into
the jail while the jailer at just the op
portune time absented himself from
that post of duty, committed the same
unlawful act, the law would have long
ago found out who the violators were
and had the last one of the guilty par
ties and probably some more securely
locked up and heavily guarded?(to
prevent their escape, however.)
This shows how some laws can be
twiited, bent and turned to suit the
purposes of some people.
Antiquated Howard School.
A beautiful brick structure county
jail with stone front, fine iron barred
windows, with every window pane in
its proper place, on Lincoln Street
facing an old outcast antiquated
wooden structure with scarcely any
window panes, which shows no sign of
ever having not even one coat of paint
on it, and known as Howard School,
presents a picture to all Columbia and
the thousands; of Seaboard Railway
passengers, that should make the ctiy
fathers and leading Negroes of Colum
bia hang their heads in shame and dis
gust- a picture that should not be pre
sented to the general public another
year. This is a matter that should
gain the immediate attention of not
only the City Council but the whole
of colored Columbia. That the City
Council is neglecting the important
duty of providing a school building
that will at least equal the beautiful
and equally substantial building for
criminals just opposite it, if this un
desirable spot must be retained for the
educational training of Negro youth
is a fact that The Indicator dares not
attempt to deny. But it is also a fact
that just so long as our leaders make
themselves contented or express their
discontentment among themselves and
never take up the matter with the city
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fathers, just so long will "such unsat
isfactory and disgusting conditions ob
tain. The city superintendent of edu
cation as well as the City Council
know that this eye sore building with
in easy stone throw of all classes of
criminals barred in the confines of a
fine brick and stone structure lessen?
the morale of school children just as
well as many leading Negroes know it,
but since no protests nor petitions
come to them who should be more in
terested in their own by nature than
they who should be interested by vir
tue of their positions? Nothing is be
ing done to alleviate dangerous con
ditions nor lend helpful inspirations
to coming young men and w#omen. It
is hard and unfair, it is true, for a
people who have and are still doing so
much for the great city of Columbia?
a people who are taxed to the limit on
property, both personal and real, to
have to always be begging and peti
tioning for our just dues, but since
this seems to be the only alternative,
then why stand ye idle, men and wo
men of the race, and have the morals
and very lives of our boys and girls
endangered because of the neglect of
those whose salaries are largly pro
vidd by our means to look after such
matters.
In Columbia, as in other unfortu
nate cities; it seems that Negroes
only get a part of their just Ques
asking for it. And since this fact
tains we might as well now decide fo
quit grumbling up ourselves and l?y
bare the facts before the proper au
thorities to the interest of our boys
and girls.
In our opinion, the city officials are
some of Columbia's best men and
will at least give us a part of our
dues if we but properly present our
claims.
Since we have not a superior organ
ization this matter can properly be
handled through the Interdenomina
tional Ministers' Union and we believe
would bring about effective results.
[ And to longer delay this duty the min
isters will neglect one of their most
important duties.
The Indicator is hoping that some
one of the broad-hearted ministers
will bring this important matter to
the attention of the Union at their
very next meeting and that favorable
action will be unitedly taken on the
same.
Is This Honesty?
"Mr. M. A. Blackwell of Batesburg
was in the city this week."?The Light.
In January of this year, replying to
our letter requesting him to send us
the hard earned $5.00 he owes us for
printing circulars advertising a Big
Labor Day meeting, this Mr. M. A.
Blackwell wrote us as follows: "These
programs were too late for use, and
you didn't write me about you were
printing and I had some work done
elsewhere. Would advise that you
stop this until I see you.
M. H. Blackwell."
This is the Prof.'s (?) letter ver
batum for the first hearing we had
from him after sending him the cir
culars in August in a reasonable ^
length of time after receiving the or
der and certainly in time to adver
tise the meeting. Just think, four
months after the printing was received
by this Prof. (?) and after writing
him several times, the above is what
he had to say.
The good professor advises that we
"stop this until I see you." but it
does not seem that he wants to see us
or gives a contiental about an honest
debt if the above local from The Light
is true.
This is the type of educational
leader the colored people of Batesburg
have as Agricultural Director under
the Smith-Hughes Federal Board *
man who, after a lapse of four months,
claims that the.printing was too late
for use and he, because of that had to.4
Siave "some work done elsewhere," f
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, photographer
when as "a matter of fact his flim-flam
game did not work and there was no
big Labor Day celebration.
Now isn't it left to reason that the
proper thing for any honest person to
do, if the "printing was too late for
use." to immediately take up the mat
ter with this onice and ascertain
whether or not we preferred the print
ing returned to us to that of throwing
into the waste basket? Or is there
another honest person who would wait
four long months afterwards after
several times of being urged upon and
notified of his actions being published
would write what he wrote? These
are the facts in the case up to Jan
uary 9th. We leave it to our readers
to decide* whether or not this educator
lied and stole. We further leave it to
our readers to decide whether or not
this man is a fit subject to lead and
teach Negro youths. Whether or not
his trustees let this matter pass up as
nothing and .still hold his position
without settling this honest debt is
another matter left for the trustees to
decide.
SOMETHING NEW UNDER
THE SUN.
The public is hereby informed that
the firm of Hardy & Pinckney has, by
g^ual agreement, been dissolved.
Stefy*' aie also informed that Mr.
Alonzo P. Hardy who, in point of ser
vice, is the oldest licensed embalmer
and undertaker in Columbia, and Mr.
William Manigault, the widely and
favorably known clothier of the* city,
have formed a copartnership under
the firm name of Hardy & Manigault,
Undertakers and Embalmers. Their
place of business is 1012 Washington
Street.
The building which was formerly
the Royal Theater has already been
completely renovated and admirably
adapted to the needs of the new firm,
in addition to the department for
equippage, stock, and offices a commo
dious chapel has been provided. And
their large and varied stock of cas
kets and complete motor equipment
for funerals enable them promply and
satisfactorily to serve all grade of re
quirements desired. They have, more
over, provided prompt ambulance ser-,
vice for emergency calls, transporta
tion of patients to hospital, to X-ray,
to or from trains.
Both Mr. Hardy and Mr. Manigault
have long been identified with the
business life of Columbia and the
contiguous territory. They plead their
business experience, their ample pre
paredness to render the public the
quantity and quality of service de
sired together with the reasonableness
oi their prices in all ca:,es as the rea
son for their expectation that the pub
tic will give the new firm of Hardy &
Manigault, Undertakers, due consider
ation.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing of the Stockholders of the
UNITED INVESTMENT COMPANY I
s called to meet August 8th, 1921, at
o'clock in the office of Dr. C. E.
Stephenson for the purpose of con
sidering a resolution of the Board of
Directors to increase the capital stock
)f said comp-any from $20,000 to $40,
)00 and change the par value thereof
:rom $100 to $10 per share.
C. E. Stephenson, President.
E. A. Huggins, Secretary.
T. L. BLACK'S CAFE.
?eals All Hours. Sandwiches, Pies,
Light Groceries, Candies, Cakes,
Cigars, Cigarettes.
Ice Cream, Cold Drinks
5401^ Gervais St. Columbia, S. C.
Cleaning, Pressing and
Altering
Your Patronage Solicited.
We are proud of the confidence doc
:ors, druggists and the public have In
>66 Chill and Fever Tonic.
T. H. PINeKNEY
Undertaker & Embalmer
SUCCESSOR TO ^
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PHONE 1695
1006 Washington Street
Columbia, S. C.
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Kverybody knows us now. Why? Our work has advertised aa. Way?
Becauae It ia the beat turned out by any colored shop in the fiate. Who
says so? ail the beat erectors in CeUmbla and ia sanay parts of the
State entello.
We make oar work in ear shoe. We guarantee the quickest deliveries
of all the she**.
We hare a larga, swell stock at prices from $4?.?* and up for SaUs aad
Overcoats.
OWEN A PAUL
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Groceries and Produce sold at Low Prices,
We earry a Foil Line of Groceries ete at all tiaes.
Gire me a trial order. We solicit jour orders.
We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps
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