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- frNTERESTS O V -j?VOL.1.?NO.17.
Columbi
Of 1 he Mutual Rekef
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? ?ation ot South Uaro
The Mutual Relief and Bene
Una will celebrate its Twentieth
This promises to be one of
during the history of the Compa
pear on the program. Mr. C. <
Gem^issioner and others-will ap
A cordial welcome is exten
and friends. H
Bjon't froget the Public Me
8:00 P) M.
?- PROOF
.? THURSDA'!
10:00 A." M.?Meeting-of-Bbard
8?30 P: M.?Instruction Meeti
Special Instructions to
General Discussion-^n
, "TT""" PUBLIC MEET
\ Congregational Singing _
Invocation
? Selection ?.
Remarks?^"Object of Meeting"
Qnlnnf irvv?
K7Vn?WlVlif Welcome
Address on behalf of
Welcome Address^on behalf of <
? Mr. A. W.
; _ Response on behalf of Agents
Address .Mr. John J.
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Ovtvv tlv *1 - :
Address?"Negro Insurance Co
?the Kace' '. Mr, G.G. Spa
Life Insurance Co., Durl
Selectionr
Announcements. Adjournment.
~ ERIDAY^JVIAY 8,-192^?
Second Calvary Baptist ChurcKS&tecliuii.
1- / =
Prayer _ _ _.
. * Selection. -
Remarks?Master-of Ceremomc
? Paper "My-' Success as an Ag<
Address?' How to Incresae De
_ Supt. and Dist. Maaiatrer c
Address?"Living Conditions o
.Chanpelle.
Address?"Actions and Not YV
Supt. of The National 6
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Announcements-*-Adjournment
Dinner 1:00?3;QQ P, M.
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GENERAL
"Advantage of a Systematized T
"Grievances of Members"
"How to Adjust Complaints"__
"Miscellaneous Discussions."
MEMORIAL SER
In honor of Deceased Officials o
_ <=-?- lent Association
Selection. -
4
?Selection^
\ Remarks __ .i_l.
Paper
Selection.
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Paper?Mr. W. H. Thomas, V.-P
Selection.
McKENZIE QUITS
FISK UNIVERSITY
_ H??_BesnJPjc.e?ident of FUfc
TFor the Last Ten Years
BALDWIN FOR pprginr^
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Resignation Uoes Into Effect or
July 2, After the Present
Scholastic Year
New York, N. Y., April?Fayette
Avery McKenzie, for the
last ten years, president of Fisk
~ University, tendered his resignation
to the hoard of trustees at
its meeting in this city this
-?-week. It was accepted! Mr. McKenzie
was given a year's leave
of absence with Dav. The rp.
signatjon is to take effect July
1, after the present scholastic
year. For a period the instrucboard
of management. His suc.
eassor is still a matter of specum
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a Insura
A ANNIVERSARY
^And Benevolent Associlina^May
7^8, 1925.
volent Association of South CaroAnniversary-May
7-8, 1925.
the greatest meetings ever held
ny. ,Prominent speakers will ap2.
Spaulding, of Durham, IN. O.;
hn J. McMahan, State Insurance
>eak Thursday night.? ? ~
ded to all policy-holders, citizens
eting Thursday, May 7, 1925, at
tAMMEr- ^ ?
f MORNING
I of Directors, Home Ofilce.
ng^ Home Officer ~
Agents. V
?"Rtrtes and R^gulatitfhB."
ING?8:00 IV M.
-Rev. H. W. Long, B. XL, Paslor.
_ ."Onward Christian Soldiers."
. _ Rev. H^W. Long, B. D.
??Choir
. Mr. Jas. H. Goode, Mgr.
City ??Mayor W. ,11. Coleman
Officials and Home Office
Simpkins, Pres., Edgefield, S. C.
Rev. J. W. Boykin, Camden, S. C.
McMahan,""State Insurance Com.
mpanies as Service Stations for
lam, N. C.
?Kev. H. M. Moore, D. D., Pastor
Rev. I. W. Williams, Sumter
;s-?Mr. Jas. H. Goode, Gen. Mgr.
ant" Mrs. Julia-Harti
ibitsy'-^Mr. !k. Harvey, State;
)f N. C. Mutual I.ifp Tnsiirnnrp fn
f the Negro Race"?^Dr. W. D.
rords"?Mr.~ N. H. Collins, Dist.
bnrvfif Tv^rniv.^ ? ^- r~* ^
biiciii< uiaui miuc IjO,
for Dinner. ?
j?3:00--5:00 P. M.
5. E. Cornwell. ?
8 OF DISCUSSION. >ebit"__Mr,
M. j>Sanders, Sumter
Mrs. H. fi^-Albany, Aiken
Mrs. E. E. Jones, Greenville
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VICES?5:00 P. M.
f The Mutual Relief and Benevoof
South Carolina. ?
. - r-Master of Ceremonies
L' Mr. M. M. Dreher,
"res., The Mutual Relief & B. Ass^
lation, but there is a pronounc-1
,jed attitude in favor of William:
!H. Baldwin, white, one of" the]
I most active and valuable of the
l\trustees.^ "
I The McKenzie regime at Fisk
| was filled with lights, and shad.
| ows. It was while he was in
TofifiFe'TRaf'"TKeTlFchool was able
to complete its one-million dollar
endowment fund and to assume
its place as one of,the standard
colleges of the country. For
this work McKenzie is given
much of the credit. On the
! other hand, there has been a
growing misunderstanding be'
fwotiw ? ? tl" ^ 1 1 *
the alumni, the students, and
|many friends on thg otheiy-ghm
i culminated in a riot last February.
Police were called, students
arrested, and a strike later
ordered by the leaders of the
jstudents. Most of tha itiiririnta
t- left, some returningr later under
the compulsion of parents or
' ~ Continued on page ?ix.
COLUMBIA, S~> SAT
nee Coir
DAVID B. PARKER
tie~ Was A Leader In Race
Fraternal Organizations
r ???A
33RD DEGREE MASON 1
Deputy of the Supreme Council
Degree 7>f Masonry
New York,;N. Y., April.?David
B. Parker, Grand master of f
?h jurisdiction. i)f New York, -FT;
& A. M. (Prince Hatt)7iirifc?i&
Ay 6f the Supreme Council or 53 i
and last; degree of Masonry,
Past Exalted Ruler ofsManhattan
| Lodge, I. B. P. O. E. W., and
i Supervising Patron of the Dea- <
cons Clutor-a^national theatrical
I organization, was laid to rest on
I Sunday after joint ceremonies
;had been conducted at St. Marks
i church and special cerdmonies
at the grave of the Grand Lodge
of New York.
Masons of high degree from,
all parts of the country paraded
wiht the local branches of the
with"the local branches of the
great Masonic fraternity from
Harlem, down Broadway to the
church, which was entered thru
an arch of steel as the members
of iting- David's~Consistory A.
S. R. raised their swords over
the catalfque. The Supreme
.Council was represented by
Til IT <-? -C T-? T
I ah. AAcciLiiiiiii oa rroviuence;
| 111. J. R. B. Whitney of Toronto,
Philadelphia; 111. Stevens, of?N.
Y.; 111. J. A. Branson, of New '1
York; 111.- Poofer~of-New York; 1
and 111. Henry Smith, of Syracuse;.
111. Foreman, of Buffalo, i
arid 111. J. A. Jackson, representing
the Southern Jurisdiction^..J
Past Imperial Potentate Char- :
les Freeman, of Washington and i
Harry Knight, Deputy Imperial |'
Potentate, represented the Mys- J
tic Shrine. Grand master. Ford 11
of Washington was associated1]
with Deputy Grand master Sul- <
livan of Albany, New York, in <
tne conciucw or the Grand Lodge i
ceremonies. Ivanhoe Commandery
under Major Poole. 33. Em- !
inent Commander, escorted the <
remains.
.Edward Langford, AI. F. J
Watts "and J. A. Kilpatrick were
in charge of a delegation^ of '
Deacons from beyond New York
jurisdiction.
For teh blocks, Masons in the
simple regalia of the order
stretched in solemn ranks be- '
hind t.hp hpflrsp Mnrp fl " ?
thousand ElklT with theif~~own ^
band added to the long line. i
Not all of the marching throng 1
were able to find entrance to the ^
church, where no less than six 1
miniuLei'ti--of gospel paril^l-"^
pated in solemn ceremonies over *
the body of the man who" had 1
dedicated 23 ctrarcheg. to the 1
service of the Supreme architect '
by laying the corner stone in *
Masonic ceremonies during his ?
regime as Grand master. c
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May "Opportunity An- *
nounces Contest Win- j*
ners 1
(For The Associated Negro Press.) c
" Annrouncement of the winners f
in Opportunity's Five Hundred I
Dollar Literary Prize Contest ^
will be made on May 1st. This ^
contest, which wag tftg"ftrst experiment,
of a Negro Journal on
a large scale to locate Negro *
[ C?ntinu*4 on page six.
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'URDAY,.MAY 2, 1925. - r""~
ipany T\
HARLEM NEGROES~"
DEMAND A SHOW
Petition Sent to- Republican
County Committeeman
MINISTERS HEAD PETITION
rhe Petition Asks for Dual
by 1,000Registered Voters
Ngw York, N. Y., April.?Lead
ing ministers and prominent poEUciaris
directed a petition to
Samuel S. _Koenig, Republican :
pounty committeeman, this~weeIT:
demanding that the dual plan
of leadership?in the affairs of
the 21st Assembly district be
adopted. They made plain their
reason for making the demand
was the fact that the Negroes
of the district, representing the
largest7 portion dTThe Republi-j
can voting strength were ignored
in party councils. .
The peition asking for dual,
leaderships was signed by 1,000 f
registered voters of the district
and headed by The Rev. William^
P. Hayes, pastor of the Mt. Oli- ;
vet Baptist' church, the Rev.
C. Bishop, rector ol St. Phillips '
P. E. church; the Rev. W. W. 1
Brown, pa&tor- of Metropolitan
Baptist church; the Rev. A.
Clayton Powell, pastor of Abys-j
sinian Baptist church; the Rev.f
M. W. Thornton, pa-stor Jtsetnei
A VT T? ~ ~ ,3 T^? 1
ti, iu< j-j. k.uuicn auu liiu x\ev. |
E. A. Cullen, pastor of Salem M. j
E. ihurch 1? _-=-^
The 21st district is divided in-'
to what iFTtnown ;as~the. "Hill" I
or West End, where the white
voters^ live, and -the "Valley" j
ar East end, popti la ted by colored
rhe figures presented by the pe-1
titioners showed that the-Negro (
section was materially respon-.1
sible for the election of Republican
candidates la>st.ialh ~t
Much off the dissatisfaction'1
has been c|msed( by .the appoint-1'
rnent" of whites from ther ttilH
district to big paying positions,
and the giving_of__preference tcT"J
them in the administration of.
party attatfs. Just recently . ;
5. Cohltlin. a white district lea>ier
was appointed to a $6,000 _!
job, while the -colored leadersj
nave been ignored.
Chicago Defender
Shakes Up Staff.
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(By The Associated Negro Press.) '
Chicago, 111., ^April.?'the Chicago
Defender announced lasti.
Thursday, that Phil A. Jones, (
ormer general manager, Alfred^
\nderson, former editorial wri-j
;er, Roscoe Conkling Simeons, \
?ormer columnist a-nd J. Delosj,
3ell, formerly auditor are no lort-jJ
;ei commuted with' the [jtiblica-l
;ion. This information was re-1
eased after a week of uncertain
minors had sWept the city eaus? ng
considerable speculation as
;o the* cause of so radical an
iction on the part of the publish- I
:r of "The World's Greatest!
Veekly." No definite state- "
nenk has been given to the pubic
but gossip about the streets ndicates
that Robert S. Abbott
bund a considerable discreparr-M
y in tne paper s accounts, it
s rumored that the-attempt to 4
aunch the Reflexus Magazine, 1
he pretentious magazine which ^
lad its "premiere" last month (
?as primarily?responsible for *
he ihvestigation which disclos- c
Continued on pa|i iix. ~ I?
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cawr
venty Yi
r~SOUTH CAROLS
On To the JoinOfeeiingof the
- _ - the Southeastern Federatii
College, Orangeburg, Soi
tional Mecca of South
- ?-25-26
- v iThe
Sunlight Club of Orange- ,
11 vrr urill V\n ViAn4-/\nn 1 ? '
^ 1 mil K/js Iiu.-iica.-i LU Lilt: O LfcSlt:
Federation, and the South Carolina
Federation will be hostess
to the Southeastern.
Mrs. M. B. Wilkinson, president
of both organizations will
be fhe prebidtng.offlecrv wetcom^
tng^-ldre hundreds of rural "club
women, as well as entertaining
such distinguished National personages
as Mrs. M. Mc. L. Befh^
une, President of the National"
Association of Colored Women,
Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
Foupder and Principal of Palmer
Memorial, institute. Airs. BookerT.
Washington, Dean of "Dor-'
othy Hall," Tuskegee Institute,
Mrs; Rebecca Stiles Taylor, PresNational
Chairman df Neighborhood
Work,_and hosts of others.
- Come and 4earn ofLthewonderi*..l
1- ^ i " "
i ui ajiuvements 01 tms band of 1
nobleChristian womdi .inderITTe -i
leadership of their esteemed and 1
indefatigable president, Mrs. Wil'
kinson. P
Is it not pleasing to learn that *
because our .State Federation!1
maintains a?Scholarship?Fund ^
that one of our girls will gradu-'J
ate in June from- Atlanta Uni- >
versityZ
Is it not pleading to learn that [?
we keep in close touch with, our 1
teachers through thp distribn- i
tion of thousands of leaflets bear <
ing on education and training
That we strive to mstih~and ~
mcourage race pride through ap-'
erature?
?Is it not pleasing to learn that!
0U1" Dennvf irmitn 1 H
? r. ?f Virt ID tWCU/
developed a>nd that " wg have i
splendid Dist. and County Federaj
tions whereby our rural sisters (
are reached, and Junior Federations
educating our girls for use- 1
fulness? '
That our Health Program is J
developed through plays, page^j"
ants, observance of National Ne- 1
?roTIealth Week, and also by the J
Health Bonds, and the distribu- j *
Lion of auairtttteg~~gf literature*
an Sanitation and Health Con- 1
' Our great State-wide work i^i1
'FqirwoldJ' located at State Park ^
Holumbia, vvh.ere we care for our -
incierpriviieged girls. In this I
rreat work we are aided by annu~j
HUMAN LIFE " 71>
is too cheap!'
Justice Katzenbach of the \
Supreme Court Rules "0. *
V1AN KILLED BY HIS WIFE,'
1 S
The Supreme Court Justice Tells J
Hi* Jurors to Bring in An - ^
Indictment for Muidct -t,
Tor The Associated Negro Press.) ?
Camden, N.J., April?"Human t
<% * 1 ? -
y," commented Supremo Court}
lustice Katzenbach to the new'
5rand Jury at the . openingfTTf L
he April term of-the Camden J
ounty Courts Thursday. "Years
tgo a murder wee very rare, but
iS.mu i * i ft . .. .
II I I.I HJiWIifl
18 SUBSCRIBE AND i
?? i nirirnfriGF rVr. |
8 rent, Social and Gen- j _
" 5c a copy:
;ars Old
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JA NEWS ITEMS V
South Carolina Federation and
an, at the State A. and M.
ith Carolina, the EducaCarolina,
June 23-24
, 1925.
from theJ5t a.te Legislature^$5^
00.00 from: the city of Colum*
bia, $500.00 from the Secret Orders
of the State. During the-7??
past winter the following contributions
were received and appreeiated-^^he^fefcer-Racial-^Com
Mrs^M^ ^Wilkin fon "$100.00,
MissfAnna JTTHckerson Of Aiken .
$100.00. "
The girls of Fairwold had most ?
attractive booths at the white
and colored (state) fairs held at
Columbia, received over twentyeluded
not only dairy products
but samples of bread and cake
making, -caning and preserving
a3 well as specimens of crochet,plain
and fancy sewing, tatting, *- ' -rand
a variety of fancy work.
-The growth of the South Car- _??
olina Federation has been phenrsnramsl
huf +Vifa "'ill w*?+ !.?- ?
tfinwiiwiI bUU Wim YT All?U? LttliCll
up in a later article.'
Prepare to spend June 23, 24,
25, and 26 at State College, Orangeburg,
beautifully situated on
daarmingly entertained by, Dr.
and Mrs. Wilkinson and ? the
State Federation.
The people of South Carolina
are hospitable. They are- preying
for your coming. -All
aature joins in. bkldhTg^S'bu wel
:ome.
The climate invites!
The palmetto and the pine
?beckons 1 ?: ^ ;?
The cause impels!
'Therefore, join with us in ffiaK I
njErthis a record-breaking meetng:
It-will"and must "he, forT ' "
The work is progressive rat-h?r
than aggressive, '
Educational rather than re'orrn&tiye
; ? Social
as -well as philanthrop
c. "Its
'mission is, the advanceTien
t -of- worn am and-the conservation
of her best energies
*or the home.- as well as the
broadening, of-her sphere of
isefulness in the world of hu- ?
nan endeavor and uplift."
All aboard-- for Orangeburg ?
fune 23, 24, 25, and 26, 1925!
Yours for "Lifting As \ye ,
:iimb,"~~ """'
j^ouise r . iioimes, unr. 01 Rrogram
Committee, , ~
_ ~ JFTorence, S. C. ? . : *?
imes have changed." The Jusiuu
wutj ulluding-tu the rueuiit ?===
nurder of Joseph Radozna, who
vas brained with an ax by his
vifft, Rose, and in virtually tellng
the jurors to bring in an inlictment
for murder he said:
'Rights of women have increa;ed
greatly in the last few years
)ut net to the extent that a
vife can hit her husband in the
vead with an ax and kill him.
l/he crime show's premeditation,
md unlessjfurther facts alter
hft-WlSO UA)1 ollAill/l " ? * ?
? v jr v/u 01 l\J U iU 1U1U ?111 111?
Hctraerit lor.murder/..?^ "HIAWATHA"
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An Indian Drama in three acts, (
vith an All-Star Cast, at Second Cal- *
ary Baptist Church, Tuesday night,
fay, 5, .1925, 8:30, Admission. 85c;;,
Students 15c. . ?
MISS LAURA GOODE, Directress {
REV. H. M. MOORE, Pastor.