The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 21, 1925, Image 1
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? I ^ ADVERTISE?Cur- j3~
? rent, Social and Gen- 2 fflk
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VOL. l. NO. 7:
' THE NEG1
A ftRF./
r^Tyiks A New"*
S. Ochs, Publisher
I F In an AddreasnGiven
I I in Atlanta, Ga. H<
"I n?t t>e frank with S
Myou. if 1 did not say that xmly c
one sight distressed me in all t
I my visit, anth that was a row c
I of qonvlcts- ehamed - together i
( working on the public streets. t
I know the necessities of the r
South; I know the trouble thru i
which your and my people have 1
gone, and ^et I can but feel 1
that such__a_ spectacle can but 1
have a bad effect on the rising <
-generation. As a friend of yours <
1 wish it \yere possible to obvi- c
ate the necessity of this.
V "And might,pardoned 1
*?in 3aying here, in/the presence"
a of my friends, that in my judg ?
(ment the greatest asset - the
South - has today is i ts Negro =
population. Thev furnish a <
-class- of -dubor- industrious _and. _
contented, unequalled ^anywhere.4
r 1 I if Hit- world. Peiliaps?I havfi^
travelled as much as any of '
those" present, maybe a little r
|?more, and yet I donT betieve I \
2 have ever found a JNegro quiet t
satisfied anywhere else except t
here in the- Southern states, f
They seem to understand that ]
' We understand "them. They- j
are happier and freer and their" j
naturalaspirationsperftapscan \
be better gratified hei^e in this t
?climate among the?people?
mong whom they were born and t
raised than anywhere else. _. T
' "I wonder if the people of the i
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Editor and publisher of the
^T 9 h M 4 tn. ^ A 1 mm J? , t 1 j pfiile,
rwortrr taro+HMu Trie publii
Tike citizens of the Land of the Sk
Wb ration of all groups- Seveflal jo
staged in Ashevlile, but -the fine
Kr strong editorial policy and-dheTj
t?him. In the Enterprise, ranges it
K been published there. Thej Enter
K and weekly papers throughout th
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Fork Publisher
of the New York Times
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at a Banquet Recently
e Said - Among Other
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south realize that they are not
heir population as they should
lo. I do not mean what the
)oIiticians__and others who are
)ent on making mischiefs-prefer ed
to as 'social equality?nothng
is farther from my thought.
But I wonder if the people, of
:he South could not do more
'or the Negro in the way of
iducation, sanitation, generous
employment and better modes
)f living. If so, the South
vould not, only help the Negro
.ace but- greatly benefit itself.^
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Seymour Carroll Returns
to'Greenville
Special to The Leader: ?
- Greenville. Feb.. 20.?Citizens
n-every waik~of life welcomed
5e^mou? C&bittll, former?Re^:
creatidnal Director of the Anericart
Red Gross at the-old
"J. S. Veterans' Hospital "near
his fitv linmi hl'a rofnvn
..... vfc. iiiu *. V/(/Ui 1 a liCl C
;his week to assume charge as
lumane -Education Society^ * of
Boston, with State headquarters
lere. Mr. Carroll is to conduct
tn educational" program from
his point thru several of the
southeastern states in the inerest
of humane education anong
dumb animal.1 as well as
k better'feeling among ^people.
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arfcion that Mr. Carr is giving
y is winning for him the admi-;
urnalistic efforts Have been
mechanical appearance, ?the
rpe ot news matter carried by
fri aumMS all others that have .
prise is freely quoted by "daily
e coontry. . .
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COLUMBIA, S./C.. FE
THE
gpP
A Committee I
From T h e I
/Legislature is:
4 Investigating.
2 EX^CONVlCTS. TESTIFY "
OrHE. H. Boaz, and Dr. J. H. ?
Hart man say that Convicts Y
are Whipped, Starved and ^
at Times Given Poison. ?"a
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(For The Associated Negro Press.) 1
Austin, Texas, Feb.?Called t
before a special committee of-^
the legislature which is investi- *
mrtrng nllf>frp>fi-hriitn1 treatment.
to prisoners?at. the state perii- I
teirtiary, DrTE. H. Boaz, forrher- ^
lv of Memphis, Term., and Dr.. ^
J. H. Hartman, a graduate of *
John Hopkins University, both ^
convicts who have finished a
their terms, testified to particu- c
!ar mistreatment which they
there, ranging all the .way from *
the whipping and starving one x
of the convicts to the feeding of *
poison to. others. a
~Dr. Boaz told~of a convict *'
who was a confidence man. His name
was Furey. Furey was a
placed in one of the cells for the ^
insane; in charge:- of a man ^
mmipH?F*< lAJulur ctrhn?Prt7< trtwrrf
only once a week:- He-was-finally
starved to death and Boas-^
swore that he saw Fowler throw- ^
a bucket of water on him just *
a few hours before he died. a
?Boaz also told -of?the- effort.-fi
made to have him give a colored
con.vic?_a concoction of bichlo- r
ride of mercury. He refused. ^
The steward in the hospital their ~
gave the dose to the old man V
with the result that the convict v
died two days la ten
Dr. Hartman testified that he e
was sent to -the fields under or- 0
aers ana was "dragged" by two}*
attendants from his bed, dress?a
ed by them, and then half carried,
half dragged two and one-d
half miles to the farm. The at- c
tcndants hold him down in?an-*3
ant bed untiil he was uncon- [ o
covered consciousness, he was 10
back ir^- the prison hospital >e
From that treatment he lost his
voice for three weeks. ^
Attucks Leaflet For o
March 5th ?
Observances. t
Boston, Mass., Feb. 16.?A- g
merican histories systematically ii
omit mention of historic char- c
acters of the colored race/Very te
few state the race of Crlspus g
Attucks, tell anything of his a
history or give due credit to c
the Boston_MassScre, wne^e "nfffi
gave his life blood as the first s
American Martyr. Hence the t<
National Equal kights League
offers - free Crispus Attucks n
leaflets in connection with its o
endeavor to have the race ob- q
serve March 5th everywhere e
and annually as the race's Cit- s,
iaonship Foundatmn Day.These f
may be secured from the Cor- o
idee., Wm. M. trotter, 103 Court a
"St., Boston, Mass., by old. or d
newly formed brancHes, Equal g
Rights Committees. C
BRUARY 21, 1925.
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APPEAL TO
C00LIDGE.1
, V
Resolutions Sent From Douglass ^Lincoln-Anniversaries"
Meet^"
ings?Asking,-President ?in-.
?Name ot. These Givers of
Freedom to End Race Segregation
by Federal Govern menL
| Boston,
Mass, Feb. 14.?From nncoln
Day public meetings in
everal cities in Massachusetts,
tome of Pres. Goolidge and of ~
Republican Chairman Butler,
mniversaries of Abraham Linolri,
the Emancipator, and of
Frederick Doglasus, the noted
^lored_AboiitionistJand worker"
br_freedom. bv hrannlipa Af fVio ..
National Equal Eights-League, ^
resolutions ^were sent to the j
'resident, andcopfes to the G. i
). F. Chairman, askings that, in 1
he nhme of these saviours; of \
he Union and givers of freedom (
ederai segregation be promptly :
LbolishedThe same occured in 1
ither states. ' , /' 1
The" most notable - of these i
neetings-in Massachusetts were;!
hose in New Bedford, home city!
if Chairman Butler of the Na-^i
ional Republican Committee, ^
ind in Boston, where the Pres- ;
dent served, as Governor. ~^_ji
idelphia Was the Douglass ora- j (
nr of f Vin ?
un, UUOI/UJt
or hiatom_Cului uU Americans I
mitted mention of therm He ;i
nstanced omission .of JMer_Sa=JJ
am of the Battle of Bunker Hill 1
nd especially Crispus Attucks,|i
irst American martyr, whose: 1
eaih- hp urged theLrace to . com- .1
nem orate "March 5th of eVery 1
ear. ~ 1
Revr D. S. Khrgh,-pastor~of" t
he People's ' Baptist -Church t
vhere the meeting was held; j
resided.' Rev. ?1. C. Somerville i
xtolled Lincoln in a masterly
ration and Wm. Monroe Trotter
ead the resolutions which were t
.dopted and-closed as follows: "Especially
do -we appeal, Jh 1
he 4UUM-of Douglass and
oln, to Pres. Calvin Coolidg6:c
i. MassachusettsrHrofugc, stately
>f Douglass, state of eqQalityjc
f Douglass in the national gov-t
rnmcnt he helped'-save under i
jincolri and for which tffls rtcej
ias ever fought and died, theb
reedom and civil equality en-b
oyed under the Republicanism;!
f Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt ;,
nd even under the democracy
f Cleveland, until Jthe sons of'
hose who sought to disrupt the
Jnionr and perpetuate slavery
ained control and in revenge
itroduced into the federal exe^ ?
otive departments^at Jh^e fed- _
rogation, which degradation Jr
nd humiliation we of Massa-jl
husetts ask the Republican jr
resident from ' our state, "the jc
tate of Sumner and Douglass, t
It was anno^nuced. that the 1
ational body urges the race by t
id or new branch leagues, E- a
ual Rights Committees or oth- t
rwifle -to observe the armivcr- a
ary of Hpn+ft Crispus At-_
'items'" first AmefTcarr "Martyr, s
n March 5, the dav after In- <
uguration, as Citizenship Folin- 1
ation Dayr ftiwi aonH awfi-QOfjpra- ?
ation resolutions to President c
!oolidge. - '-^.^,4
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FISK TRU:
_ BACK. IV
They Agree V
[f the Word of Hollingsw
of Trustee Board is t
rWalue^ the. Trustees
TUcKenzle and his Si<
(For The Associated Negro Press.KJo
-Nashville; ^Fenn., Feb "?If the"T
ivord of L. Hollingsworth Wdodr t
nee president of the board of t
trustees of Fisk- -university,^is" Tj
to be taken - St ilts . face valued h
me trustees of the institution t
ire a unit in support of Presi-! t
ient Fayette Mckenzie and hisjv
side of the controversy which s
tas split the school. This state- jii
nent was made to 87 students %
n the dining room of Livingston j,
ia11' *Ki?' wpplf - |n
Several hundred students are i f
supposed to have left the uni- n
Tersity and others are merely ' t
iwaiting the receipt of funds:u
from home-before ^oing. Gaily h
hning room were filled as Mr. | h
Wood expressed the conviction -t
>f the trustees to-the students, v
in a statement >io local "papers $
VIr... WmocC.who is also one of p
;h^ leading officials of the Na- s
donal Urban 1 pauiip ?
:hat every-action of McKenzie p
-eceived endorsement of his col- $
eagues on the board. " Ques- F
;ioned as to the propriety of cal- h
ing in police to club the stu- h
tents,-the-board's presidentwas.
rmpiTaficr in TTTs assertion that ^
bat was the onfy step to^have ^
ebelled. - ?? - ? 1 ir
The students who have brok- a
;n loose, their supporters here F
md elsewhere, were denounced jlc
in scathing statements issued F
:o the press by Dr. W. W. Sum-1 g
in, wTell known colored physi-: F
:ian "WKo, taking the opposite ir
side- From most Negroes in. the e<
imbroglio, called .the students (
MSmart Alec Upstarts*' and
ain colored members of the fac^It
llty "traitorous." , 'el
Ilr Siimlin rl ci n rnp 4-Wc? 4- 4 "U A.
vivwiui vio mat Liiu Ui
vhole truth about the situation ei
it Fisk.is this: "A group of o
awless, self-important and more ci
Spartanburg Party S
Visitors.
Special to The Trader: v. S
Greenville, Feb._ 20.?Charles.
T. WllllStns, of Chicago and his p.,
loted singers will appear at the!oi
Tiyllis Wheatly Center audito-;rr
ium in a musical and song re-ioi
ttal Thursday evening, March 01
he 5th, according to an". an-,xv
lauacenaeftL given to the no wo
japers here today by Mrs. Hat-i
ie Logan Duckett, executive j .
ecretary. -'It is-expected that J%v
i._ ..... . ? - 1 '
ne singers win- attract a large iSi
tttendance. Js
During the Asheville-Green p;
j- Hardy^ Mrs. Effie Reid Rhine- ^
lardt and Mrs. Walker of Spar
anhurg wore In the-e&y. Many'a
>ut of town visitors from other ^
>laees were also in the city. ? <3
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aobW<^O<5O^328?C0^ I
T""o THIS PAPERIS'Hf \
F ? DEVOTED TO THE ?
? 1NTEKESTS O f^g "" - -4aB
\ | THE PEOPLE. : gL
o.oo.oo.ooooo.ox^^oAoo^c^j: J
5c A COPY
RKQNS
- 1_' .. - M
STEES
ZitTi EBiHent ?1
rorth Wood, Vice-Pres., Zj
will Support President
le Of Controversy.
I, less vicious students object
o obeying the rules and regulaiGUS,
of the school, although S~~~~
hese-^ules are-set^orthplainly'??
[1 the eataTorrilP \vn n t tr? nnni.
.-.r.-.j;.. r.ya ~A2&iii.r -. -_ ?lit
acts-of impropriety;, such as
hey have been brazenly corhmiting
since the-recent walkout, * --
rhen they-have felt free of retraint,
want When caught in
nmoral acts, as was the case
/ith- a senior girl and boy"
aught in Jubilee Ilall last year,
ot to be sent home, but to be ?~ ~
orgiven" and permitted to relain
in the school-and pollute
ho others: want to sit arouruT"
nder the trees "on the grounds
uircrincr and IV>pv worn
ad struck, and when thev were '
hrown on their so-c&lled honor; ' -[7iit--alR?o^?lIcL_LhMr.
waists, ex- ~ osing^Jiieii:
-nakedness, as Was
een "on last Monday, want toonvert
the noble?Fisk into a 1?
lace of jazz and chaos, and,
k>d be praised?President Mc
lenzie will not permit such, and
ence the_ attempt to displace
irh.
^Coneeim i ng-DuBois-Dr.^Stmin
writes;
V"I *denounee^fiim as cowardly: -
i^ttyat. he deliberately ..held inr~
beyance his grouch against
isle, based, -I~thinky on spite--?
trig-held in his breast because ??
lsk did not herald him as its
reatest produce, and because
isk honored Booker T. Wash- ~ ~
lgton, of .whom' DdBois seem:1
ever to be envious, until his
DuBois) own daughter had
Tmpleieci her course at Lisk.
, would seem a matter oL'saf:y
first' with DuBois?get his
au?hter througlr and then in
te the sons and ""daughters- of
thers to riot, after his own
lild was beyond the turmoil".. .
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tanley McDowell on
. Editorial Staffs ?^
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pecial to The Leader:
Itlnion, Feb" Zlk?Tha an
ouncement of the appointment
f V. Stanley McDowell, forlerly
of Union, a business man
f Asheville. as the citv editor a
f the Asheville Enterprise was
9 . *'
ell received here. He is. well
nown i n South Carolina. for_
long time he was connected
ith one of the educational in- _
-itutions at Orangeburg. , He . ???
i a former 'service ' man and
comment rhnrrhman. ' Mr. Mc? ~?
e Hayes McDowell. a teacher. .
t Ratrshnrg arnd Mlsa Dewoy r ~ IcDowell
who is teaahtog at
rreenwood. ' 1 * * - f -- - - - -