The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 28, 1925, Image 1
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MRS. CELI.A
Columbia, S, C. Treasur
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Mrs. Celia D. Saxon is
state. For years she has
School, the Y. W. C. A., the
Money in her hands is as si
in a vault.
" Mrs^ Saxon is one of tt
lina College and is a hard s
her mark in the school room
she has moulded among th
country, a
Missing Colored Wor
H. (By tbe AssociatecpNegro Pre
Kansas Cityr Wo., Man
W So far, Emma Johnson, 37,
f not made her appearance
^^-claim^a^-fortuneol-^TaO^OC
Oklahoma oil lands. A whit
-torney of Qklahoma^vas^fr
city this week seeking onl
hand Emma three-quraters
million dollar*. The worm
said to livae married an Ir
in Oklahoma and later to
left him. When he rh'orl <
years ago, half of his 160 J
went to the tribe and half
held in trust for his wife._
_ has since been found nad E
?is now nearly a millionaire
- ; : :^he^olny-knew it, -; I
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DR. C. B. ANTISDEL
President of Benedict Col!
who delivered the Welcome
; dress before the State Teac
?Convention this afternoon o
half of the citizens ef- olui
President Antisdel is one o
foremost educators of Am<
For several years he was in
?7?tiQRfll wuiR in llie East. II
came President of Benedict
years ago. ~'
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lB9Q!tlji^^HLM&> "'* $ -'*i:i!:^ii?jiJBEJS^SCTv^W8^
l DIAL SAXON", A. M., s
er of The Palmetto State Teachers
Association.
the best. masLcr_nlkoxchcqucr in our
handled the funds of the Fair wold
Fed&Eation_of ColomL WQ men's. Clubs.
ife as a "Mew York Exchange" placed,
le former students of the SoliUf Carotuclent
up to tnis day. She has made
to be rewarded in the great characters
e~g?adDMes^lh dtfferent parts of the
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e?if E>R. R. S. WILKINSON, Ph. D.,
7?rrTI--President?of the State A~&~Mt
College* OrangeburgllfE C.
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I Dr. Wilkinson is^chairniiin of
the Executive Cnfrim ill on nf the
Palmetto- State Teachers' Assn-^
the organization.
WAS ONCE POSTMASTER;
i :i__ DIES. ? (By
the Associated Negro Press.)
Southport, N. C., March:?
Frank Davis, the first and only
of postmaster here, ik dead. He
lege aPP?inted to the position in
, ^d- 1892, through the influence of
hers' John C. Dancy, at that time one
n be- of thejftOfil prominent pnlitiwbia.
cians in the state. Dancy went
f the j)avjs' bond. The latter served
>rica
, ' in the oflice more than a year and
edu- _ -
Lkc was a cause of much pride athree
mong the colored people of tfc"e
state.
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COLUMBIA, SrcTr SATUR:
lersOfT
'STATE TEACH
- IN ANN'
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Unofficial Coun
Than 2000
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<?\ri?DVTiIII\Trt TTATrvnr*
urmvi minu UiXIIER
Prominent Speakers on F
Makes Welcome A
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;. ? Pearson R<
With the .largest enrollment in the
IrisTovy" "orTTTe "annual gathering, the
South Carolina Palmetto Teachers
Conv.tmtion opened its annual meeting A
this afternoon in_lhe^auditorium of
Benedict College with Prof. Charles!
_A.?I.awwnn,?the president?presiding. 1G'
From every Corner of the State came=2?
men and women, who 'sponsor the
educational program in the name" of _
the State, of South Carolina.
Re.v. E. A. Adams,D. D., the pastor |fi?
-of?Bethel A. M: E. Church, of this di
jt-it-.w -the President introduced Dr. jdt
r nt ... - - - w
v larence tJ. Antisdel, president of vi
Benedict College who spoke on behalf th
of the citizens, the teachers and stu- uc
"(Ienls_af the Columbia schools welcoming
the big hgppy family of of
teachers to . the- city. The response Ci
was made by Dr. Henry Pearson, le
Dean of Claflin University at Prurigo AV
_burg. The main address -ef?the first ni
{.session was made by Prof. J. B. Pel- P:
ton, State Agent of Negro Schools uc
of' South Carolina, wh6 told of the Vi
progros:- 1 h'lt hni hi?nn mmla fa "er
quipmcnt, appropriation from the
{State and new' buildings during the ei
{past yqar. _ G
. Af ?hr. n,,.] . I ll III! I III | |nn
afternoon,. President Lawson an- S<
nounced several of the standing com- th
' mjttces. * I?jxi
OCAUrORT fcA
L- POINTS
"Charles E. Washington R;
Funds for Education, j
On Sea Coast Schot
Charles --re?Washington, Atfew ncy- ? or
nt-LaWj and a member of the bar at of
cI'mu n ica t ion to S The leader w'lth ce
(he request thatit. be published, i sil
Startling information that lie supports lo
with facts are related concerning the.br
u nj u st - practicq^og-- the: handling* of1 fo
the "school funds In the city among se
our group for education. The fot- le
as related?bj^Attorney Washington:teq
The writer is directly jnfnrm^j eq
that the colored citizens and taxpay- ar
ers of Beaufort, are called upon- by
the white Trustee Board to furnish. w
.and eqnip the- colored school 'build*1 ^
-ing. which- is now 'under construe- 3q
tion, with seats and'other "necessities."
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The urcasonableness, -the. Injustice*^1
and even the absurdity of such a re- n'
quest is evident and compels the wri- '
iter to register his protest?on?behatf""^
' of tlKT colored people, as a whole of w
| Beaufort. ai
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I For more than fifty years the col1
ored citizens here have ?iv?n to this .
! Countv the use of its
_ . ty
J school purposes, without - requesting tj.
jone cent as compensation, except in
; recent years when the building be- ^
| came so dilapidated that repairs were ^
j badly needed, and we asked then for
a small rental for our building, and ^
although, wel asked, we got nothing. ^
Aod now. this same Board' which resc
j fused us rental, has the effrontery
to ask us to equip the new building,
j which as a matter of legal right^ we j
should have- had many years~~ago,
completely equipped. I presume if ^
'asked the reason for such a request,
the answer would be an allegation of ^
lack of funds?upon that prOsurtiptjon,
what disposition has been made f!
"of the "more than $100,000, which was ^
published as having been annrflnri.
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gteri for -two school buildings? Any
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DAY, MARCH 28, 1925.
lie Pain
ERS -f
bJAL^SESSION
it Gives More
> Enrolled
WAY FOR MEETING.
-rogram. Dr. Antisdel ddress?While
Dr. =
esponds. < ^ *
y TO NIGHTS SESSfTONT^--? The
session'tonight will be held at
lien University'when addresses will
' delivered by Dr. D. HL. Sima, JBress. M
ent of Allen University and Dr,
ordon B.-Hancock. Dean nf Virginia _
nion University, Richmond, Va.
Tire--REMAINING PROGRAM:
The Conventori will continue in seson
thru Saturday morning, with {he
iajL sessions. Friday mornirtg ad- ~
esses by Dr. James "H. Dfllard, presiifflr
of Ihe Jednes Fund, Charlottslle,
VS., and Dr. E. T. Franks, of
i<? Federal Board of Vocational Ed- .
ration, of Washington.
Friday afternoon, Dr. W. W. Long,
Clemson College and Miss Mabel
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?, piuicoout ui xeacners <_iolge,
Columbia University, New York
?H?be Hue principal speakers. At"
ght addresses will be delivered by ?
rof. J. H. Hope, State Supt. of Edition
of South Carolina and Mr. F.
r. Shepherdson, Secretary jpf_the Rosiwald
Schqol ^Building Fund. ^
Saturday morning the sessiop will k
id with addresses by Miss Will Lou '
ray, State d gnnt nf Hipli M. lnmlc the
Dept7r of Education^ and Mr. [
jymour Carroll, Field Secretary qf ^
e American Humane Education S<^ ^
ety, of Greenville, S. C. " *
WYER? r
TO RECORD i
aps Cheap Idea To Get
Vctions are Expect^
3ls Says Writer. :u~:
re-Tvho hag S fair idea ui the~cusl
building. can readily?see-4hafc- the. *1
axijRiunv figure for -the whole con- c
rn, including th$ site, cannot pos- !
bly be more than $20,000.?Takuya I
ok, if you please, ~at the beautiful,
ick structure which is being built; ^
r thejwhitestand it canreadily be rjj
en that it could not possibly costi^
ss than eighty or ninety thousand ^
flTars!?^gpd yet, we are askfld to '
[uip their new building or will ft be;
luipped from luuds-apprnpriatad for |0
ly idea that it would be granted. U
We are fonderfng-?whether the ' n
h^te citfzenry of Beaufort intend to ! r
I uip -their?pew building 6r wll t be ;
[upped' from funds approprated-for tC
[at" purpose. Even tho* the white
jople equip and furnish their, build- j V
g, which-we urn-almost certain, will ,i0
)t be the case, is that any argument j
lat the colored should equip their ?
ikling? If all things were equal,; c
e might answer "yes," ibut all.things!
-e not equals ^so-far as financial1
inditions are concerned. -The cost!"
! equipping The colored school build- i r
g will be approximately $1,600. If
ic colored people attempt to raise !e
lat amount of money, from whom \
ill it come? It will come from the j j
/erage colored man, who toils every j
ly to pay his taxes, In which taxes is
re included school - taxes:?Would t-f
le white? Trustee Board contend that |
e should pay a double taxation for,r
:hool purposes, especially when we' \
Bt in return an expenditure, per capa
which cannot be compared with j2
?e expenditure per capita -for the1 f
hite children ? Tell us where does ! (
le consistency lie?
It is rumored that a series of en- ^
srtainments are being had, the pro- j
?eds of which are to be applied to
ie eost of equipping the new build- ig.
The writer does not know the (
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letto As:
?' PROFESSOR CH.
President, Palmetto StaJ
;Now in,
... Prof. Chas. A. La.wson, of S
irst time this week over the aru
State Teachers Association, an o
ierfully in the past six years.
??Tho work--et-the Assoriatrei
tettt'Lawson ol Sumter and our
tfyers. Mr. Myers is the executi
veil. Other leading officials of
jraniteville; Mr. Asa Thompson
?tark, of Poildltildllj Mrs. Alice
)f -Charleston.
Mr. Lawson has already inni
ROW OVER "SOLOMON'S"
TEMPLE. I
(By the Associated Ncgpo Pre?*,) I
-Philadelphia, Pa., ^ Marchv^-1
'hre^SoIoniorTs Temple" project
ropped out agaimMondav night
t a secret session of the Execu-'
ive Committee of the " Sesqui- j
Centennial Association in the
layer's office. This project has'
een brought to the attention of,
ho Sooqui officials from time-to ime
almost from the. early days'
f the movement, lint it wan not.
intil Monday night that an intination
was given that it.. wn?
egarded seriously by those in
harge. of the exposition. At
liesession Morutay nighty it
ras - learned that the membersff=t+ie--iExt,L,u
tive- Cornrn iTTee" re- '
rarded it as worthy of further
onsideration.
From -what could he gathered
Solomon's Temple" won Id ho a'
^production of the edifice reard
by the famous?king and
vould cost several million dolars.
It woaldTenter the expo-j
itiori plans a'ira concession, trie
inancing of which would be ar-j
angedLby protiToters, one of!
vhom is,said to be a New York
irchitect. -To llnrfnee the "Tem-1
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trey- re ^e^urtetl, VVUUia I'H-}
luire about $2,500,000^ This
vould be a matter entirely 3>art
and distinct from the finf&n-j
;ing ?! the jfcaHUj-rrntrnnial;
:elebration, which will be held
n this city the year of 1926. |
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AS. A. LAWSON: ' ?
fe Teachers Association.
.Session.
umter, S. C., is presiding for the
filial -convention of the Palmetto
rganization that has trrnwn. wrm_
1 i S T G fHc 10 iHlvTlTTI^ Iiyr3?E7> f- \ '
fellow Colimibian^-MivJ. M, A. '
ve secretary and knows that line
the Association are Mrs. C. D.
>f jColumbur; Dr. A.-A. Sims ""Of r "
eofgetown; Mr. W. D. Drakerof
, of Spartanburg; feena .T.
i\l. LaSaine and Mr. Jos. Berry,
iresseil-the convention-that he is
to all and never radical. " "
NEGRO WEALTH INCREASES __L
(By the Associated Negri? Press.)
Atlanta. Ga., Mar.-^The present
estmiated wealth of colored
?2,000,000,00^), according to a'
recent survey made for the Re
search_ Section of the American
Sociological Society by Professor
Monroe N. Work, of Tuskegee.
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DR. DAVID H. SIMS
President, Allen University,: Chair
man of the Entertainment Commit- ~"~
tee Palmetto-State Teachers Association.
I)r. D. H., Sims, President of Allen
University, is chairman of the Local
Committee in charge of the entertain
ment of .the annual convention of
teachers. He is assisted in this feature
of the convention by many local " . |
teachers of Benedict, Allen and the
City Public Schools. Teachers-in Co- ?
lumbi-a for the meeting will ahjny, a , luncheon
in the spacious dining Hall <
at Allen as a result of the efforts of
Ihe bocafXHimlTllWW; " ""-j