The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, January 10, 1925, Image 7
EgSAtnrday, January 10, 1925.,
C. Beach Stirs-IX-C.
DnL i;^_0pp?8e Site, While ColIwL
/ ed are Accepting the SegraVx
Ration if only Get Good Site
|Pyy Aa Whites have?-Law Got
i^ Ihrohgh^ Congress But is
H Sanction of Segregation and
Should be Opposed?Chicago
El * Defender Leads in Urging Opposition
to the Jim-Crow?
T | ComesrUnder Secrv. Weeks.
Br^L^ \Vashiiigton, T). (?_?A "racial
j-4| questionJn-the national capital
VjyK which' pi umiaea U> tfrow to; sizaKj
hlft prnnortiono. hao developed
If 1 arqund a proposal for a bathing
U^-beach for the city's-Goleredpop*
^ Tvtilotion on t.hp TirtaJ- Tfegih op-.
^ie LHicolBL_Memorial>B
I To understand just what this
flneans is necessary first to know
j^BPhat approximately one-thtfd~or
HXnore than 150,000-pf Washing jr
ton's inhabitants are colored,
wl It is necessary also to underI
stand that the point at which
I it isproposMtCrbuild this beach
^ is immediately opposite the ToM
liomac paik gjjll^course and along"
W1 ^b^Potomac park vjbpulevard^
1 whprr^t^e gjtyJg filitP^prpfpr in
?drive on hot- days to get the
wwi comparatively cool breezes that
I I waft kcross the water from the
-Ifl^ Virgmia shores-?? ~
thought of a bathing
WTewlT at this point, which
~tt^Vouldbe frequented bv though
I andsT/f .llie uty's poorer folk of
IS cimugg IP: fiive a lot of
I It mustn't happen, they say,
IrAwful! Dreadful! What is our
% capital coming to, anyway?
I White Womeir-Oppose Site, Ap7
_ I ' PPal To WapItb * 4Voicing,
this viewpoint, Mrs.
I John B. Sherman, president of
? the CeiieiilFederation~of Wor.
*men's~Clubs, Jhfts written Segres
- tary of War We&ks, under whose
jurisdiction this park improvement
would come, demanding
A that he take a "firm stand" a4yjn
galhst the proposal.????h
Mrs. Sherman foresees grave
-^-international difficulties - should
the beach be developed at this7
jHpoint7as in doing so it would be
jtoecessary to cut down or remove
Hjr iiuniuer_ 01 tne cnerry trees ,
^^^preserrted the capital 20 odd'
f years ago by the Mikado of Ja~"it
would come with"very bad
j grace on the part of the govern*
gT merit of lhe UnitpH S+fltea.-?
[ - jfcyflr <<tn 5? ^r>wnjrf |,}||r
'r Wonderful trees given us by Ja5"
pan.''. ~ ?
g -Furthermore?"The driver a
I?ruunU llie lldal Basin is one of
?the iviost famous in the world.Vnn
nan readily see what a c61lection
of parked automobiles
t would Tdo there," particularly on
Saturdays and Sundays. There
v - -would surely be trouble."
"ThC broblenT"r>f ft haflua^
-Reach for the city's Colored
m^wthird jias been complicated by
| the fact yiat representatives of
W ihe Colore^ population have
1 been resolute hv refusing to conI
sider a beach in any location
ex'cept along the Speedway or in
mr~-Potomac park^rj= 1~% ' r
Colored's Argument But Jinr
0} Crow by Congress is Hurtful.
fcvrhe white, man's bathing
jpohteh is in the Tidal Basin, they
jbo why not the. Negro's?
If J %iia the capital of the UnitP/f
? And "Isn't the black
fjT?> le equal of the white under
HI fvernmerit? By this very
B A f, they choose, as particular
^B-JL^topriate, the site across from
Hmme majestic marble memorial to
Jw>e Great-Emancipator.
Sentimentally, the white jppp^
F^Fraffun"hasn't any answer
IftiR argument or any similarly
HJf appropriate alternative as to
But practically, the__DTfiBOMBFtioirof
tiiia bfltlilng beach is one
K that is stirring the racial gjreju F
dices oftfe town as nothing hftC
done for decades,
^ settled without
, BENEDICT NEWS. By
Gilroye Griffin.
During the Christmas holidays
many students returned to their
homes. throughout-South Carolina,
to spend the six days given
"them WitTnTTPfr hffiYie folk. fb
re-entering school they indicated
that they had enjoyed a
who remained on the" campusl
hertainly enjoyed the holidays, i
The girls fridnlprerl in_^,:^u^hike;
the boys wwe entertained
in valluus humtiu of the effrff
and what^ might be called a cli-.
TTOA -naa icacntju on oaturaay!
evening Dccemhiir_27, when the~
boy.s and girls were given a social
by the- faculty.
anthropic spirit of the students
was manifested; when;- despite,
mud and water, clouds-and eoldrj'
a band of about thirty girls
tramped to the Old Folks^ Home
burdened with baskets filled with !
gifts for the aged people there.
At twelve cTcIocK~bn the same
day^ the entire student body as-:
~sembled m the uollege'^OKapef"
to"celebra?e 'the sixty-second anM
I X ^ b ? ' '? - " 11
mvcioaij' ui tiie issuing oi tne
Emancipation Proclamation-^.
deed. a fitting and worthy me-,
morial of that great event and.
net-Hmiyvserved as u reminder^
hd but also as a prophecy in parable
of wfr?f it shall attaittr'jSnr"
students recived inspiration encouragement
and sound- advice
from the "Orator of the~Bay:
The most important news n
"Found Benedict'sTCampus ancl all
-the discussions' for that matterare
weighted wiOTtHe fact that
xaminations commence Monday, r
-Januaiy 1'2,' 1925. uespite this
tivities, from which the student j
body derive much benefit continue
t6 attract attention. The-va-+!
rious-societies and_fraternitiesi
are cuiivened~atfeast nnoe-pfuah
week.. The Phi Sigma Fraternity
pngagpa thp tnpmhorfl offhe
College Department: f.hft"ngcg==
lass-debating Club calls llie menu
Ministerial Union .attracts as^'
Ipiririg preachers and a-goodly
number uf other~studentsl~The f
Y. M. C. A. is doing a good work!
-among ati-the then of -the College1
and the Y. W. C. A. i&' open to
the girls. ?I.
?Insofar as the grp..
"concirneyd, there fs another fea-T
tare-of- school life which 'enter-tains
and at the same time dey^lnpg
tnlnnt tVin iil^ofnwnnU i
Tliesejexercises began soon after t
.thpf-ootball season dosed ftndf
have ^broug^t
have been characterized by an
eiuquence wmcn rivals it it does,
not reach that of- theorigipafp
jdelivefyT Patrick Henry has a?
gain exclaimed: "Give Me Lib-;
er\y, or Give Me Death;" John!
Adams?has again urged the^-t
doption -of the Declaration; 1
Webster has again pleaded hisj
law cases and defended 'Massachusetts'
rights t-Calhoun has agaip
occupied the floor.i-Emmetti.
hasVindicated himself twice this
ed on Caesar. These oratoric%l
Efforts "are made every Monday
af the^3TtgflF~ChapeI Service.?~~
* Quite a flutter has been evident
around the College in recent
days, The cause is a yet j
small heap of stone ancTTumber j
placed opposite College Hall.
Many are seeing the new Science
Hall rise from this ^small mass day
by day,
- The Regal Drug Store and Walton's
1 sr ' J * 1 ?
? ..??iiiovjr navp tuiiaynuaTea into uePinnaDrug
Co., greet them at the
old Regal.<
't 7 .-zxsr.1soreness,
it will require all the
tact, diplomacy and common
Jense those in authority here?
can muster.?The Boston Guardian.
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" ' ' " THR PAI.MFT
MrsrHefen Nelson-Pom- f
pey Passes Away. 1
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Surrounded By Loved Ones, She t
Sureumbs?to th?- Grim - ^
? Monster in Philadelphia.
Ftmeral ancL Interment v
=? Held Here. ..j
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A blanket of gloom passed over
Columbia last Tuesday, Dec. p
Mrs. Helen- Pompejr.. spreaded f
rapidly over the entire commun=--t
iiy. Mi's. Pompey who. had
been making her home in Phila- a
delphia since March of last year, n
began complaining about ?3
yjs?d-tha?nn oppTntfen^would ?
he^Jiecessary--aftor all that lov- $
ed ones- and friends could do, p
performed Dec. 24, successfully. IV
But-it was -afterwards-detected,
hat other complications had taken
place. She fought bravely,.-,
yes valiantly, but "patienfly~against
the attack, which proved ?
fatal: and ow Tupsdavjastr-the^great
monster "death, claimed alT .
that was mortal, of our 4oved
uheT ~ =
The body was carefully pre- ~
pEf^fTTor shipment and burial
bv Miss Parker, one of the efficient:
female undertakers of
Chester, Pa.
Notice was spnt hy j^pqiiest-of-jnry,
nm,jo? the ^
reliable unHertnlfpvfi ttiio nit,r lai
?^L'iic body accompanied by"tlTe"~
mother, two sisters and one son,
reached the city on Friday, ami
a second son awaited The"
sad arrival and to share in the a
bereavement.
1 The funeral of ?he deceased
took= place_^t Wesley Church,
Sunday atZ:Ut> Y. M. The large
congregatiaiu~.the many and JT
bcautilul floral offerings, espeeially
those contributed .by the oJ
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ather~and sons, Gov. and Mrs.
"homas McLeod, and Lawyer
nd Mrs. W. D. Melton, bespoke
h,e esteenV in which Mrs. Pommy
wao held.' _ ? ?
The?funeral frarvfp.es w^rp
ery beautifully"carried out unthe
skillful management .of
Ir*. Pinclincy. ??? ~
- Statements, made by Mrsr-Pomp
V tn hpr lrtuorl nnno 4-U~
?v * vm?uuco) i umse
iterested in her spiritual welare,
assuresnus7 that "our loss,
hough gical, la neaven's gain.
; She leaves to mourn 'her loss,
devoted -htrebanrir a faithful
lother; two sons, "two sisters,
>ne. brfther, two aunts :
oat of friends. Mr.- ^Arthur
'ompoy, Mra. Helen Nelsun, Al'-'
hur Pompey, Jr., Nelson Pomey,
Mrg.AHie Berk, Mrs. Sue
Irs. Annie Mitchell.
LS~ fadeF" the" evening hours,
So faded this fair flower, \
[er saintecTso ul-gene-on-?-To
rest above* { ^ ..
lissed we,the ehastePir>g fnH! ?
Bowed^-p the yill of tiTod
ind 'neatp the lqw, green sod,
Laid w<j our dj^ar.
- ? pjam - e
k> more on earth to dwell
And ,claim our-Jove,'. . _i '
>ur darling ;.one gone home. To
rest above.
tgw^Jier "casket lies/ Jlut
far, above the skies,
Slfhteous-hands 'graspeitla"
Wheh Helen went home.
Mrs. E. E. bims, is the home 1
Dfe and Mrs, D. Hi =
1ms. The Header wishes her <
.verg-jjeasant stay. : -? J
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The ""Leader was shocked to ;
MQ ?f>hp df gtb of Minn flnrnh ^
Ahite, one of ifte teachrs of B. ;
, JWashingtoiL- -High- School. =
he passed away 6fter atilllness 1
f a very few days.. 7 -"
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