The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 07, 1925, Image 1
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Plans and specifications for aTi
?? colored industrial school for Co- -1
lumbia to be.erected on the 140.0;..
block of Blossom street, have ^
: _ been filed at the Columbia Build- j
: - ers Exchange by J. H. ^ams, Co- i
lumbia*architect. The plans call (
building of brick trimmed with j
cast with ^
Fenestra Reversible "Swing Out" 1
Ventilator Windows. Two front 1
entrance? and an exit on each are ~
One half ot the?classroonrh
__ space of the basement is--t?-~be+J
given up to the manual training 1
department whtelrwflt occupy^-]
the whole' rear of the. building. t
In_the-basement wrll be also two i
?hallar'a "tool" room> a storeroom^=
fuel rooms." ~A mechanical draw- .
, r ing room and a classroom will ,
^ * occupy the front of the "first" i
floor. Across an eight foot hall, l
a laundry classroom, principal's :
office, and boys! toilets will fill ~
the rear half of the floor. On ,
thesecond~floor will be located" 7
a sewing?classroom,?cookingh
classroom, dining room or class- 1
room, and a classroom,, and girls' {
toilets. Tho hiiiMing will > _
heated throughout by steap 1
heat, for which separate plafts
I will be made, although the work
will be. included in. the general
contract.?-=i
7 Bids for this building are re- ?
ceivable up to 6 o'clock Tuesday 1
afternoon, Fobrurary 17i (The
Columbia Record).
f~~~ Capital City Cullings^
Wednesday, the sun shone brightly 1
in Colombia and brighter still, be- 1
cause of the happy faces 3een on (
Washington street, which seemed -to ^
add to the suti's radiance.
Miss Dora E. Boston, state home 1
demonstration, agent, was seen- with 1
Mrs. Frances Thomas, home demon- (
?: slialiun agent for this county. They WCfl
/IvMlKflocjo ?+> ?- *! ^
Vfv^v uvuuuivoo LUC ' aplUIldid
work of the county. ' *? J
From Union was Dr. W. 0. McGill, 5
a successful dentist of that city, who 1
_ made a short call on his parents, Re\^_ '
"i and Mrs. D. M. McGill, of North ^
% " Surrtter St., returning that evenings J
* State Supervisor of farm demonitra- 1
tion agents, Mr. H.: E. Daniels,^of
Orangeburg was also^here. ' \
Dr. E. R. Anderson, P. E. of the
Sumter District has moved to the city
and he with Dr. Vance! and others,
whose names we failed to get were
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Ep Mr. J. B. Williams, secretary to his ]
r father, Mr. T. A. Williams, treasurer .
wi ciiu wtvivu ?jtnv5 jl" pnt waa ttisu .
jll fathWwasshghtly "updor weatherj" together
with pressing engagements '
connected with his undertaking bus- 1
""" tnesg In Newberry pi evented his com- _
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But chief among our city visitors
was Dr. ft.- &. Wilkinson, president (
of State A. & ST. CoIIege~ It is" tof ^
~ be *rcfcaltetfr"that7f>r.'WlHtWsvrrtwts1 (
' recently been sick, becoming disabled, during
our State Fair."? The public had
become deeply concerned-for his
fecovefjr foi^, Svhtle he remained in
j? / Orangtibiiig, his iinffrevemeni was not ..
* percieptible. On advice of Ur^ JJI^nje "
1 s\t Cu mq * a. .n'W" wliof nofianf 1
.-was carried to^ew, York City ,_Dr. '
^ : Birnie, who is hi| ^roERer-ift^ftW, ac- "j
companyinf? httn^arid as a result of j
this trip to the world's metropolis,
L?1?the causes leading to ffr. Wilkinson's .
illiteSs was learned, and prescribed ^
' for, and he i? now^on the way to a *
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Negroes Here.
Have Been Filed at the ]
change by J. H. Sams
a Arcitects.
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restoration to his former good
lealth. ^
He wore the same cunning smile as i
Four scribe spoke "to him an,d asked
hat his friends, especially the news
japer menr be-told^that he had his 1
lsual interest in them, same as all
>ther racial enterprises. .
Word comes from the Episcqpal *
evidence to the effect, that our goocf *
Bishop Chappelle~is also improving. ^
lays: "I feel myself, slowly, yet sure- (
y. improving?* ^-The sunshine does ?
um ^gooa aiso, as tnose aretne day&j
;hat he feels best. Your scribe calletj
>n the Bishop last Thursday, and as =*
shake, give a most pleasant and im?iressive
smile saynig later, as he |
,vrote his unimitated signatrue, in us- v
jal fashion to an official paper what **
i pleasure it was to onfe to so JtLue-;hat
his name would always be of
,vfeight. '
-From K-endalltown, thehome of the ilso
comes,- that he is doing fine. \
Rev. Carroll has so mastered his ill- 1
less, that he is not referred to ordi- (
airily as" aT5i<?k man, except,-when :
ae is really down, the folks- about 1
say, "he is well."
n We -truly hope that they all, the three,
will soon be well aijd strong ^
'or the race, church,-school and state, *
5an~~ill afford to?dispense just. nowrJ
wen with the temporary services of ^
jither of our three, real distinguished 1
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HOME DEMONSTRATION
TOMMITTEE APPEARS BE- 1
FOR& fHIGHLAND DELEGA-1 i
TION. J
' A Committee composed of Miss Dora
Boston. State Supervisor of Home
Demonstration work, State College,
Drancreburir, S. C.. Mrs. Frances ^
Thomas, Home Economies worker
ind T.-Sr-Leevyv appeared?before?the- -1
Richland Delegation on Wednesday
Feb. 4th.. asking that the Richland
Dounty Delegatipn appropriate $G00 ,
for the contim^ance of the Home Demonstration
work that has been so ex?j-f
rellently cpnducted during the past 1
rwtr~years by- Mrs; Francos Thomas. _]
tri this short period of time, 14 clubs
n 14 comhjunitieS~in Richland coun- ,
:y including a membership of 400 of
W wohi^h WAS WgfchiMd by M*k. '
rhnmas. In 1924. these clubs panned 1
four thousand - cans- ?of vegetables.
nade 37& hats for themselves, culled {
several flocks of chickens, cultivated
14 gardens and marketed nrany-dolars
Worth of vegetabels. The Dele- ]
tion gave" an attentive hearing "and 1
promised serious consideration" Of crur H
plea and support. " " <
Martyrs Free. j
New York, vJan.?Six -more (
Houstoji martyrs, former memaers
of the 24th Infantry, "1marisoned
for their alleged share
in the Houston Riot of 1917,
KfireJ released on January 8 and
15 of this year, it?was announced
recently. The men released on "
January 8 are Fred Avery andr
William Mance. A week later,
)n January 15, the following
were released: Henry Green, GSeorge
Hob^r WilltHTrrJTflTnigh ~
ind George .J. Parham.
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WANTED.
to 16 years of age for Bible i
Framing. This/jpiass is part of t
the Sunday Sc'hooTT Time ~~oF ]
meeting. 4 o'clock every Sunday 1
it Ladaon Presbyterian Church, J
save the BOYS. ... I?
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
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Inter-racial (Jon
Get A Hptar
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Rothschild Francis, Edi
. Fined and Imprisoned,
ragation and o
The following Committee of reprejentative
Wlnte and Colored citizens
if South Carolina went before the
Ways_an<jl_Means Committee at 3:3Q
Wednesday afternoon, asking that
:he General Assembly pass a bill
creatipiT a Reformatory for delinjuent
Colored girls and-also that the
wo thousand dollar appropriation
?ivenlast year, he left in the Budget
?or 1925. '
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?X-,W1IH||| tvcci ISkk a. i - innriiwiin,
:hairman Inter-racial Committee and
nerafcer City Council, Charleston, S.
3.; Miss L. - k Chappell, Proa. State
Council'of Farm WomenMrs; Chrisncn
Voters; Mrs. Jas. It. Cain, Pres.
>Vojnen's -Auxiliary of Episcopal
Ihurch and Trustee of Fairwold
school; Mrs. L. H. .Jennings, Pres.
State Federation of Women's Clubs;
Viajor J. C. Doxier,1 Secty., Welfare
Soard; Bishop R. G. FInlay; Rev. DT
J. Sims, President of Allen Univer ity;
Prof. T. L. Duckett, Benedict
College E^A-Adams, Pastor
3ethel A. M. E. Churcli^Rev. H. M.
tfoore, Pastor Second Calvary Baptist
Zhurch; Mr. W. H. Harvey, Presilent
Victory Savings Bank "and-State
VFanager of the North Carolina Mulisil
T.ifo T ncnrnnna Pa Pmr M T-T
Smith, Pastor Wesley M. E. Church;
Pres., R. S. Wilkinson, .State College,
^rangbeurg, -S,- G?-i; Rev.- J. R. Pearv
son.' Charleston. R. C.; Mr. I. S. Lee/v.
Merchant and Trustee of Fairvoid
School; Mr-s-G. D. Saxon, Teach;r
and Treasurer of Women's Federainn
of Colored Wnn^n's Cluhs: Mrs.
Li.- J. Rhodes, Proprictrcoa Good
mantan Hospital and Trustee of
Fairwold School; Mrs. Belle Vincent,
3ecty? of?fcocal Board of Fait wold
School.
" ~ ''"Notice.-?We
Jiave checks for the following
person^: : ~
?Emma Holder, P. W. Walker,
Jane E. Edwards, Catherine
Washington, Mrs. Matilda Dixr
:>n. Zennie Ashford. Claudia Simons,
Catherine Seabrooksr Em
son, Katie Jones, Colistine Martin,
S. O/Gregg^ Anna M. Elliotto,
C. C. Hawkins, Jessie Ann
Kettok, Lula Neals, Rosa Smith,
A. P. Watson, Kella Hendrix,
Carrie Brown. 7 :
The addresses~~(5f * the aoove
their addresses or call at our
office, T119 Washington street,
any day from 9:00 to 10*00_n';lodk
A. M., or 2:00 to 4:00 k
M. or on Saturdays from 9:00
A. M. to 4:00 P. M. they may
obtain their checks. ? t
GREEN JACKSON,
Secretary S. C. Colored State
Fair.
I'resT^Sugg^ Reigns
?Prof. Tross Asked to Resign
by Zion Board of Bish
ops?Bishop "Clements Made
?ead of Boaffc.
Salisbury, N. Jan.?Prof.
D. cTSuggS/ wh6, for the past
right years, has served as presdunl
uf?fctv lugs lope?College,
Salisbury, N. C.^tl^e chief insti;ution
of learning of %he A. M.
S. 2ion denomln^ttohrn^HlefprV
lis resignation as president to
,he * Joint meeting of %htr Board
of Bishops and the Board of
trustees at Charlotte, N. C-Tlast
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' 's Lt- " - :?FEBAUARY
7, 1925. '""" '
imittee I
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ing Wednesday.
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tor of the Emancipator,
} but he still fights Seg.
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ther Injustices.
I week. .T ; ' L
A special committee, appoiirt-r
ed'by the board to investigate ;
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V'V/llUltiUllO CIKj 1J1 V IIIJjD'LUIICJ tt^lVCU J
the resignation of Prof. J. N.-jj
Tross of the institution.? j(
Prof.-J^H. Johnsorvrof Salis-^
bury, was given charge of the'.
" Normal - D^partrmmtr^A coirl- j \
nletfr^y^ganization of- the. Col- u
lege' is now under way and fur-1 j
of the faculty may be fertheom?
in8- , . t r<
.?,a meeting sf the Board of ,
Bishops-of-the denomnation will (
be held at John Wesley Church, \
Washington. D. C.. on March 3. ]
The meeting of the -Board of ^
- Bl3hop3 at Gharlottc, last week;
authorized the establishment of; (
a branch office of the financial ^
' department at"Salisburv. ]
The present Financial Headquarters,
at Philadelphia, Pa., is to ^
-he-disposed of-^md more commo(dious
quarters secured in that i
city. __ J -4)
Bishop George C. Clement, of L
Louisville, Ky., was elected pres-j
ident of "the Board of Bishops. J,
OUT OF THE-MOUTHv
OF BABES. [!
By WILLI AWT PICKENS
(For The Associated Negro Press.) ?j
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In less-thari a year-the little
Brown Babies of the United 1
States have raised for the .work 1
| of the N. A. A. C. P.'between ['
$ 12,0D0~15,000. In their;*
unknowing inocence they have?*
been - wiser than many of the '
Big Browns* It-is a Charming j
experience to see the liny dim- 1
pled hands of_these little Amer- 1
ican Negro People, dealing right- i1
ly with- their own destinies ev- 1
* bel'ore Uiey khoUi^-lt. For i i
the fight against lynching and 1
Jim Crowism and opprsesion will 1
; md&n more to TRese very" babies i
than fo any other people who ^
!are now alive on the earth. 1
Twenty years from now Babyjl
I will be fully grown, and at the *
present rate of achievement he./*
; will have done much to prepare 5
the world which he will face. ItJ
will be easier to organize him '
than it was to organize his par- c
ents. Ifi fact; he ought to be-~*
come an expert, since he will
have started, "befor^. Jie^ould
The Resurreetion and- the Life
is the-Babies. Allow the Lit-:
-tla-Childreii__to come, for of ^
them is the Kingdom of HeaverT1
and Earth. The suckling is not'*
tne rear nut the head of the;1
procession. irr a twelve-montif^
a line of about 400 of these little?t
Brownies has brought up as a J
Hope ^Offering to 'Destiny sums I*
ranging from 15 cents to $275.00!
and totalling Dm biggest single jcontribution
that any equal
number,, taken so at random, ev-j
er^ave the National Association,
for the Advancement, nf Color. !
ad Fnnpte. ~ *?>. |l
"And a- little child shall lead!c
them." -t t 1j
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Francis Fights .1
In The
X ' Committee
White anc
fore Ways arittMeans (
a Reformatory for Del
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(By. The ^Associated Negro Press.)?1
St' Thomas, V T TT S , Eeh ? <
Leaders among the Negroes-]
lere "are of the opinion that the !
ecent imprisonment of Roths-\\
:hild Francis, editor of The E- i
rhancipator, is not only- an in- <
justice ^to him but also a link' 1
in the chain being forged by the; s
ivhita naval regime hero to pro ' '
note a policy of prejudiee and,>
?Mrr~Francis is ?now out un~ *
ier bail while his case has been ]
appealed' to the federal district ^
:ourtJn Philadelphia. It willp
ae handled by a New York attor- 1
aoy-to-tho ^moriehn Civil Lib-|<
il'Hoo TTninn \ *
He was ^sentenced to thirty <
fays penal servitude January |
tenth an a charge - of Criminal 1
sponsible for the charge was i
3ublished in his^japemnd readsr5
as follows:
. -"Something is wrong with ^
auE=Pelice force, everybody is saying."
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"Recently a policeman fired a >
shot which lodged in the tub of i
a private citizen, then he at
tempted to make a false "arrest (
and before we wer^ nhmit tn yn 1
ho press hp used his club in, a'J
brutal manner on a woman hawas
ordered to take home we -J
Indor?tancL. lTIeic^ants^ a^d^*
Dther citizens are-1 indignant. 1
How long, 0 justice!jhow long!" (
George Washington Williams!
be white American before whom ~
Francis is supposed, to hava^
oeen tried and convicted, is described
by the American -GivH Liberties
Union as a political!
memy- of the-^edifyar.... Fran^^
uie appomtmcnt^ggami-,
iams. . :*:i~rT
The people of the islands be-ji
:he Francis trial ^nd imprison-p
Tienti. show conclusively that |
white supremacy. is on the way 1
in; thg.yirgin Islands, despite u
:he fact that 98 per cent of thejl
Dopulation -is - colored^ and race i
^rejudico has Jbeen hitherto_UIl=il
ihOWn. Recently-the wife of &j!
laval officer suggested segr'aga-j
:ion in the public schools be- i
.ween the children of the white 1
\mericans and those of the citi- 1
sens here. Incidentally, the in- I
labitants of the islands can 1
Doast of a literacy test of 98 per t
:ent, more than the JAmerigan
nainlancl.?:? ~ 1
In a paper recently got-up, t
:everal men expressed th&if senTment
against those individuals 1
vho dare to trample in the dust s
the lofty concepa and ideals 1
vhTch the founders of the Amer- (
carr-rcpublie- fought and died. *
"or, and promised to fight-for i
he eradication from the islands <
vhai?fujr ports to be segragu-L*
ion of thought; segragation oft*
ustice, segragation of equality J
tnd of freedom. ???? ^
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Newberry Items. i
:ould but feel thankful,. and ap- J
>reciate the privilege as well as
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i Virgin Islands,I
Colored Appeared Be^ommittee
Asking for
inquent Colore# Girls
the opportunity to enjoy the
yhristjan service. Rev. E. Phil
ip Ellis preached the morning
sermon; Mattr 23 :87, Q, Jerusa
lem! Jerusalem! You ^hall see
me no more. The church Was
crowded with those anxious to
hear the Word through God's
servant. The spirit manifested
was that of the old'time~revi*'==*-ral
meeting. Everybody was in- r
day School at 3 o'clock, The .
pastor, has on a two weeks' re- >
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the church and Sunday school
was/ asked to bring someone to
;wo Sundays.? Even?Sunday
Bach class in Sunday school had
m three to five visiting
friends. After the lesson was
.aught, Rev.^ E. P. Ellis in ail
interesting "vyay, lectured- to the
school on Importance of Staying"
with the Lord, our only Safety.
tie has been asked to repeat it.
- Following the evening serrices,
Rev. H. W. Walker from
Silver Street Circuit preached
a, stirring sermon from Eph. 6:
EL He used as a subject: "The
Christian Sajfrier." The church
was crowded and wW yninvpd
av allr? -
Our own beloved Presiding . .
Elder, Geo. Johnson was present.
He made some very good .
remarks. Collection _for ^the ev-^
BnTng $46.97.
- E. F. FLOYyReporter.
Mt. Betfiel Garmaity
? Newberry, S. C.?The Parent :
Teachers Association for the
norith of February, 1925, was
School building Jan. 22nd^The
president, Mr. Ruff presided '
vitn usual dignity, while a large
ruwiiuf ladioo was present- to
participate an this progressive
novement, in planning for the
lplift.of their children and comThe
Associationwas highly fa/ored
with the presence of Mrs.
V. T. ElltsrS. LrMoon and Revr^?
R. E. Anderson. These distin- ,~~
*uished visitors were introduced
Dy the Principal E. F. Floyd antj f
;ney in turn spoke very encouragingly.
Their remarks were iiill?of.
inspiration and seemed
.0 have been enjoyed by'all.
After the business part of the '
neeting was over, the teachers ^
surprised them with a menu of
iot cocoa and cake. Then the
loors of the beautiful Rosenwald
building was thrown open for
nspection, and asrthey passed T
hrough the different class
qoms and viewed the students,
ind into the office and Agricul- ;ure
room, their hearts burned yithin,
and their ambition rose .
ligher to do more for the adfirls
than ever before.
The meeting adjourned ttf pull 7
:>ff a grand Literary program
ind entertainment, Wednesday
Feb. 4th, in interest of the
jchool.
E. F. FLOYD, Reporter.
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