The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 09, 1925, Image 1
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THIS PAPER IS _| I
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I THE PEOPLE.
VOL. t?NO. 18.
The P<
SPEECH OF MRS.
AT-THE TIME SHE WAS J
l _ : NORMAL AND 1NDL
(By The Associated Negro Press.) |
One of t,hp most significant incidents
affecting Negroes in '24 |
was the%peech of Mrs. Mary_McLeod
Bethune, at the time pres?ident
of Daytona Normatand-In-i
~dustrial Institute, beforethean-'
nual conference of the Method@
a. n. p. '
- . - jf- mary molcqp bcthunb
t : " ist
Episcopal church,, in Spring c:
H Y " "U i-i-- Ti I
iiciu, iviajssaciiusetLs. it was one |
p of those notices to the world
such as was expressed by Booker
T. Washington in Atlanta, in
1895. The |our thousand deleiectrified.
The hard-working,
brilliant woman from Florida literally
brought llie vast assem-!
- I j blage to its feet. The daily press
??told the story of the story she
told, using such words as "unprecedented,"
"for the first time,"
"marvelous,and kindred glow.-,
ing terms, Colored delegates had
:=& vision of a new champion who
?.chief of=%he AssociatedNegro
quite by surprise this colored woMUTUAL
RELIEF AN1
ASSOCIATION W;
if
Twenty Tears Ago The Lam?
??k. ?- _ ? : ?
raitoFoF Second Baptist C
The Mutual Relief ahd Benev?
olent Association, an- inaaranee
company of South uarohna, ori-"
gin and confine to South Caro:
Una inclusively in- its operation,
-? is holding the Slate AttftU&l Conference
in Columbia this week,
marking the twentieth anniversary
of its existence in South
tr-. Carolina. * '%
_? Head of this Company Is Jas.
H. Goode, who has served for
years as General Manager. Mr.
Goode has a record with the
company that is enviable arid
one that any man should feel
?proud to read. He worked his
-way up from aruordinary agent
through the ranks to General
Manager, and today is directing
one of the best and most reliable
business concerns of its kind
that South Carolina Negroes
ever built. Columbia is proud
of Mr. Goode, and this week we
join him in welcoming to the"
city the men and women from
every county in the state who
sell insurance. for the Mutual
Relief. ? rrTwenty
years ago the lamented
Dr. A. P. Dunbar, then pastor
of the Second Baptist church
of the city, anfr one of Columbia'B
lntalteettfal man, fminrtmi
w. . : \ ?<
MARY McLEQD
8 INGFIFLD,MASS
'RESIDENT OF HAYTfiN/
JSTRIAL INSTITUTE
man^had taken the hugh digni
fied convention by storm.
A n rl clro a ^n 4
Aiuu uuv uuu vuuiu tu tliai H UII
a log cabin, otic of seventeen chil
dren.
?In & short story of -that- lift
and work, prepared by Rev. F7K
Stratton, Mejdford Hillside, Mass
she had a vision of the grea
needs of her people and that sh
vision.
i A.-kindly Providence opened
her a way for "specific traininj
for the work which she had jj
mind. A white woman interes
ted in Negro education, havinj
learned of the young girl's am
bition, furnished the scholar
ships necessary as a work o
charity"." A prominent educate
describes the preparation of Ma
xy ivicLieoa r>etnune lor the worl
she has aecomplishpr?, in?tlxi
wflvr "A childhood of hard labo
[ with ex-slave parents on a littl
cotton and rice farm in Soutl
Carolina whera she was born ii
|a three room log July 1C
.1873. Then walking six mile
a day through the winter to at
tend the Mission school in Maye
sville; later, seven years in See
tia Seminary for girls in Norti
Carolina, ^and-ona year in th
Moody Bible School in Chicagc
Then a few terms of teaching ij
mission and public schools in Hp
rgia and Florida; then marriage
motherhood, sorrow and loss."
Patiently^, but eagerly she fol
I lowed the way of her vision ani
| the yearning of heart to aid i]
the uplift of her-people,?AMh
'adventitious hour, as though b;
T .{Continued on I'agc-."Thrdtiy"
0 BENEVOLENT
VS ORGANIZED HERE
entgd Dr A. P. Dunbar then
liurch Here, Organised It ithe
Mutual Relief and Beneva
lent Iiisuratrct' -Company
' headquarters in Columbia. Di
j Dunbar occupied the office o
'General Man aget^aTid cfggtgfl";
1 oard of managers with such not
ed men as Major J. H. Fordharr
W. H. Thomas and others. H
also appointed a group of mei
and women as insura-nce writer
who could comihand the atten
tion of "the masses, r with thi
group was Mr. George Forrest
of Columbia and Mr. Goode no\
manager of the company. I
was said that even 20 years agi
it was to be seen that there wa
something in Mr. Goode tha
impressed the group that h
was born to lead, and that Di
Dunbar had sufficient vision t
see in Goode the future leader
ship and development of th?
company.
At the public meetings Thurs
"cfay and Friday-nights big am
appreciative crowds attended
and every one there was highl;
pleased with the showing Miad
address and in the dignified man
ner in which he conducted" ?K<
programs as Master of Ceremon
iesr
(Contluurt mi Pagy Tin?^
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COLUMBIA, S,"C" SATU
ties Of
- THE LIBERTY LIFE
FOUNDER DIES
-Colored People Of Chicago
^ GreatlyTShocked
- DIES FROM HEMORRHAGE
"" mj : ir
A Pioneer Negro Business Man
| Intrepid,TKeen and Resourceful
"Passes Away."
~} The city was shocked at half**
^ pa?st\ twelve Friday afternoon
when the news was cried out
that Frank L. Gillespie, founder
ijand president of the Liberty Life
Insurance Company, pi Illinois,
had succumbed at hi^ residence.
?> 4524 Grand Boulevard, to an at3
tack "of hemorrage. He had been
" ailing"slightly, but not enough
? to -give"idie~ slighLtist suspicfotir
_ that his-end w&s near. Heds
survived by his wife and two
children, a boy of 20, and a girl
It is doubtful if any .single e^
vent could' have produced the
^ effeet-en colored Chicago that
death of Frank L.~GilIespie
- did." In the last fiw years of
j~ It's life, he had promoted a busn
iness which ._was -the pride of
( Chicago and had come to be re^
garded. as one of the new and
? salutary influences in Negro busi^|
mess. He^ was a bold j>ioneer,
' intrepid, keen and resourceful.
^jWhen his aids in the beautiful
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Liberty Life's building, heard
4 of their leader's death, they were
^ stunned. The girls in the ofn
fice cried. -;The men ^were sad.
Asked as to who their new leader
might be, they couldn't s&y.
I Itw as ihard_for them, it is hard
^ for anybody to think of a successor
to Frank,?as he was familiarly
called by those who
knew him. Only one name .had
^ R. R. Taylor, vice-principal of_
? Tuskegee, "M a possible man toT
5 take-up the reins wherp Gillesmember-of
the board~of directorsr
? Frank L. Gillespie was born
_ in Osceola, Arkansas;. November
--to tone* tm f? n '
io, loiu. -tug carry years 01 ni8
- life were spent?in Memphfsr
Tenn., where he received his
V dammar school education. L^~
tor, vyhon his family mnvprl tn
T/TSt. Louis, M6.,tie"aHanded Sum^
ner Iiigh School for three years.
-* a violinist of ""rare talent, ms
parents planned to give hirir1 a
' -musical education. With this
inferitionrthey sent him to stu
-dy-at tlm Bos Ion Conservatory
- of Music. The opportunity to
finish high school was gained
' while he studied music in that
'' pviv TV? nn i*>of ????? ^
\jj . x ii^ii mouctlU UJ. t'UIIipiei"
^ ing his musical career, yoUng
Gillespie entered the law school
of Howard university. For a
^ while all went well, but difficulties
came and he was forced to
abandon his formal education.
Once out of school Gillespie
began his fight for a place in the 1
world of business and large affairs.
First he returned to Chicago
where he secured employ^
ment as private secretary to Mr.
/ J. C. Yeager, a prominent ChiL
cago capitalist. At the death of
p, I his employor ho sought- others
j-flctjvit.ie.s, Fo^ition^^oHgwe^
- one another in rapid succession.""
a He bec&me the first colored em
ployee of the Automatic Tele- '
v, (CuutlumKi on* Paga Thm) ^ y
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RDAY, MAY CjL925.j r J"^"
Negri
NEGROES START
AN ORGANIZATIOP
North Carolina Backs?1
_ Finance Corporation
$100,OOO^O IS SUBSCRIBE!
y . '
$12,000.00 Of Which Cam
From the State of Texas.
Others Apply By Mail
fBy The^ Assoeifltect ~Prcssl>
Durham, N. C., May.?In i
state-wide ritcetinlr here thi
week attended by about one hun
dred business men gathered fror
all_Sections of the state, the C
K. of thes^ representatives o
the COmmprr?a1 lifp in
was given "enthusiastically t
the Negro Finance Corporatior
All of the officials of the organi
-zation were -present mcludirrj
Dr. Robert Rr~~Moton, C:?
Spaulding, chairman" of tlv
Board, YV. Gomez, Secretary
Manager and J. M. Avery, Treas
iir /~i i -I * -
w. uomez, in nis report t<
the conference, announced th&
already more than $100,000 ha<
been subscribedr $12.000 00 r>
which came from the state o
Texas^showing how widesprea<
was the interest in the move
ment. He also stated that man:
applications for stock ha<d comin
by mail unsolicited. ;
- Bishop L.-W. Kylca of the A
M. E. ?ion Church, Winston-Sa
lem, .stated that with men Jik*
Dr. Moton and C. C. Spauldin*
behind the corporation, he be
lie-ved in the corporation an<
W9uld supn6rt-it Bishop Kyle,
demonstrated his Belief in th?
corporation by taking $3,000.0!
worth of stock. - (
Dr. James E. Shepard, St&t
Grand-Blaster of Masons an(
P|.nol',lA?i it. _ ri?'
j. icjiucia ui mt; uurnam ti
pollege for Negroes, who is om
ofthestockholders of the cor
po'ratiotttwas unafale-laba -pres
ent, but signified his interes
hy-sf^ting in^ a mftssagn that h<
was backing the^progTafiT of ser
vice which the organization of
fers. " ~ -
| Dr. Moton Believes Jn_ Business
ed, tfre~THFn gavcFhlm a rousTri]
ovation. He spoke fn part as
follows.:
,-^.Twrnt.y^vp years ago th4
National Negro Business Leagil<
was founded by the late Bookei
Tr Washington to promote thi
financial and commercial devel
opment of the Negro race and
attended every meeting.' I die
not go because I thought I coulc
give anything to the sessions
my faith in Booker T. Washing
ton and the organization whicl
he-had founded. I believed ther
and I believe now that the force*
of our people should be direqtec
toward business."
"After Drr Washington-':
death when I was elected as pres
iden?~of the League as his sue
cessor, I determined if the Le&
gue would survive and continue
to serve, it should undertake i
verv dpfinitn niivr>Ao? ??
- ?^ ??...?pui vj11 um
of my trips abroad I had the opportunity
to study the financing
methods of the Irish Organiza
tion Society; and sometime later
it was my privilege to look int<
soma- of?the Jewish?ogganizatio^s
of this country, which have
for their purpose th6 financing
of members who desire to go into
business. When money hat
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I . DR. J. E. WA
Vice-President of the Palmetto 1
f GeorgeR. Smith
^ College Burns.
Chicago, 111., May.?The Geo.
0 R. Smith College, Sedalia, Miss.,
was destroyed by fire early Sun~
day morning, accroding to a tek
egram received from the presi0
dent of the school by the Board
? of Education of the Methodist
" Episcopal Church, with headquarters
at 740 Rush street, this
* llty. ' rri~"T ~
0 The building was valued at
J $60,000 and took care of 250
young men and women. It is
Q Lhe_coIorfid school fo^tho Central
Missouri and Lincoln confere
ances of the Methodist"Episcoe
pal church, and accommodates.
1 indents west of the Mississippi
7- :ftiver-arrd
The original property was gi
PALMETTO MEDiCAI
HAS GREATEST
^ Closer With ABriltiantRei
3 " Phi At State A
^ I Palmetto A ssnrmtinn- I
r OraigcbiirgrSrC., April 30.?
r Doctors in attendance-Jiere for
3 -their thirtieth- annual coticiave
I ended tonight their stay in a
j brilliant reception given by the
I Local Chapter of the Omega Psi
\ Phi Fraternity. 1 ? \7
L history of the organization oc.
casioned the presence of many
x emiiient visitors from all parts
j of the State~oT South Carolina.
4 T4in opraning spssinn, Tuesday
j, evening, provided - welcome addresses,
responses and the an3
naul address of the Association
_ i President, Dr. J. G. Stuart, of
_ | Columbia, S.-C. Mayor R. H.
'Jennings of Orangeburg was
present to turn oyer the keys
11of the "City on the Edisto" to
jtnese distinguished -guesta. Dr.
IL. C. -SrhemTT representative^!
r! the local white Medical Association
also extended his brothers
Jin hlack a hearty welcome. Dr.?
^ frHTTr ?^a=j^=t3^-&tatc
r College - and Attorney?Jacob
JMoorer completed the welcome
7 addresses In a masterly manner
and received an enthusiastic
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Medical Association. First Denven
by Mrs. Cotton in honor of
her father, General George R.
Smith, a leading young general
in the Civil War, who was inter
ested in the uplift of the emancipated
slaves. "
Block Bill Inimical To ?
? ..-3- Lodges.
^-(By The Associated Negro Presi.)
Springfield, 111., May.?Intelligent^
fightTng_^n7The_part of ~
Representative-Charles A. Griffin,
one Of Chicago's four-color- -*1?
ed assemblymen, sent to de&th
today the Barbour Bill which
trad passed "the state senate" and
which had it passed the_ house
would have made it impossible
for many of the, colored. lodges ~*i_
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similar white organizations . to
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.ASSOCIATION
OP CMrkM IKT
OLOOIUI^ li'N niOiUKI
:eption Given By Omega P?i
. & M. Colleger^
^QnAVodnosday morning-a-dis ___
cussion session was held when
many interesting papers were
read, nam elyr^arly Pulmonary
Tuberculosis" by R. K. Gordon,
M. D., of Dillon, S. C.; "Systematic
Effect Of Chronic Infection"
by L. B. Anthony, one of 1
ttre~ female Physicians from"
Sumter, S. C.; "The Relation of .
Heart Disease and Pregnancy"
by M. M. ConlifTe, M. D.,Mullins,
S. C.; "No'voc&in" by H.
U. Seabrook, M. D., of Charleston
S. C.; "Hypertension" by .Dr. L.
M. Daniels, M. D., of Columbia,
S. "Granuloma Inguinalo"
by D. J. Dixon, M. D., of Spartanburg,
S. C.; "Ileo Colitis" by
C. EL-Slephenson, M. D? of Co- T_
lumbia. S. C.; "Enclarapsi*" by
William Thorne, M. D., of Charleston,
S. C. Many of the advanced
students of Cl&flin and
College listened and took notes 5
of these interesting and informing
lectures^
Tin WwliiMMrhnr--wOmihTg- frt th? .1,
chapel of P.laflin College an ad- :??
music, rendered by the ClAflin ?
Mixed Quartette and Mr3. Marion
Coprich, Violinist, was de- _ " J
iivered by M. O. Pumas of Wl|h~~
C?ntinaMl oa six. n