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l The Story Has Been Told
Halite Q. Brown a
Bethune, Stood Firm
gainst Segregatio
Negro E
Washington, D. C., May?
izfFor The "Associated Negro
Press)?The incident of segregation
in Washington, 1 during
the WOrld-wide gathering of
women, in Which Miss Hallie Q."mi"
honor and preslige=E?Fthe=raee^
? . renders the most important service
"fo^human progress that
has . occrrred: within a decade.
. The story of the incident?or
| epoch?has been told "around
Washington is still talking1:
An analysis of conditions that
brought this situation about'
. may be regarded as t?mely; a
mention of the Hallie Q. Brown
? background, is not amiaa.?MissBrown
is one of the most nota?
z rtdci^womori. of- the race.? She
comes from an illustrious family,
all of whom have been an
honor .to the race. Her brother,
the late Jere A. Brown, of
. Cleveland, was once a member
* of the Ohio legislature. The
K.
family home is 'n Wilberforce,
Ohio, . wherQ Miss Brown's
mother lived to be almost 100
year old. Miss Brown is one
of the first* graduates of Wilberforce
University, and taught
I fKorp f(TP TrTTTTTv vw ra flhp-hafr
" always oeen ^puonc ^piritea,
"lias traveled" a IT over the Un'ted
States and in many parts'* of
Europe, where she was always
honored for her culture and attainments.
? Miss Brown last
-year just closed*!! tour years
. term as president of the National?Association
of- Colored
Women's Clubs." That ^Miss.
isrown was m a positron to
speak representatively, and efr
r' L feeti\-e1yT^utt<(U6gttOMd.
_ Segregation Began Under President-*
Taft. Segregation;
as a menacing
institution, began under PresiT
dent William Howard Taft, now
Chief ..Justice of the United
States. This fact has been repeatedlybTougbt
otrtr hr storiesof
the Associated Negro Press.
The segregation continued" and
fc. reached it loftiest rottenness
_ under Wood row Wilson ; it has
somewhat abated, but was not
discontinued under President
< i _
Harding, or as is evident, has
not ceased under Pres'dent
./ Coolidge. Washington, as capital
of the nation, should sefThe
example for the rest of the country,
and does, very largely.^ It
' . r is within easy memory of many
when there was no challenging
segregating in Washington. The
government sets the example,
and all* .other divislons of the
city follow. Southern demox
1 cratic feeling has brought a bout
the present conditions, aided
> bv fenegrade Republicans of the!
North. - i
Segregation, as a system, is
so nauseating to self-respecting^
people that stirs the deepest
protests of the soul. New York,
? Chicago, and many other cities
are?examples of communities
where thera.xan oe la1* treat,-.
rJ ment in public places without
- ^ any one being disturbed, except
, narrow minded southerners.
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the World Haw i
i at Washington An?An
Epoch in
[istory. ,7
Colored America does not accept
the dictum that "iilis n white mam's
country," and proceeds
to demand justice at all times
and *n all places.
A Crisis Is Approaching.
Those with vision,_and even _
with conservative"7 Oppress iom-h
declare, there is a crisis 'ajrirr t
the matter of humKn justice. A
This Washington auditorium in- 1
cident serves a3 a vehicle to con? vev
the seriousness of the an- ?
tmrach. Religionsis j
intolerable; rare. ^prejudice im J
equally so: Courageous white 1
men and white- womon, in rrm- i
junction with courageous black j
to the importance of the occasion,
according to those in the 1
know._ There is' no hesitancy in r
above all others, should set the j*
example!-"By setting his goodj
New England foot down on. seg
regation in the departments, it
is maintained, the whole fool 1
.business could be stopped over ]
night. All government em- ]
ployees who practice segrega- i
tion or aid it or acquiesce in it,
should be discharged instanter, '
it is maintained. It is further 1
maintained 'that senators*"- or' )
members of Congress. wlio are
holding office by~ffie~ backing offi
colored votes,, should be held tojJ
strict accountability in helping
to enforce equal and exact justice.
If they failn the ballbt
should be used against-fehem, it '
is declared. It is argued that -*
there are no exceptions to this
rule-; that it is not a threat, but1
FffTvpp 5t?rt7TFPrs?T+? Y* I
^VI -L ciy I*. XX Washington
sets:"~the?example. ,
olher parts of the country will
cheerfully follow.. < '
The world" is told that 100[00^
former- -service men, their families
anfl 'friends, feel that Amer-I,
ican hypocricy in social and political
j ustice should cease. Col-1
ored Americans have an enviable
record of loyalty but -this
loyalty cannot Hbe expected to
^hriv^ on segregation- d isori m i- ,
nation' and 4>rejiidice^-declare
these people. Segregation, like :
lynching; must go. ~ Colored
America is dorlering with vp. 1
sounding voices that can be
[heard in all crevices of "the Pan J'
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itol and in all nooks and corners <
of the White House.
MR. JANERETTE BURIED:
r g?
The St. jJames A. M, E. church, i
on what is khbwn as Wheeler's Hill, ;
was the scene on last Monday of
one of the most pathetic funerals ever
solemnized in_tbat place Mr. Jack- .
sen Janerette was well known in the
city and especially so with the members
of the Mission church, as it is
better known. He was employed by
the Pacific Mill Co., and had been with
them for about six years. He was
about 55 years old. J
Mr. Janerette leaves a wife, Mrs.
Anio Janerette^ three daughters: EstelTe,
Eloise and Frances. Miss Fran- :
ces is one of Wilson High School's <
prominent tecahers at Florence, S. C. i
i He also leaves three sons: Rev. Iva
Janerette, who is pastor fo St;' John i
A, M. E. church at Btshorpville, S. Cn
Fletcher and Versalj 'and three grand- 1
children. - * -- <
?After the fucral services at St.
James, his body was taken to East- 1
over and there taid to rest. Johnson,
Bradley and Morris were the under- .
takers.
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_ COLOMBIA, S."C.~SATU
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COMMENCEMENT EXI
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The-Commeneement Bxe
Colleges are Up to th<
grams Being Very 1
Varioi^sPepartme
Improv
PROFESSOR EICHELBERGER AT
ALLEN UNIVERSITY.
"Professor Ja?. W. Eichelberg'cr. crenyith
headquarters in Chicago, is the
Mumni speaker at the commencement
;xerci^cs Of* Allen Univresitv, Thurslay
night, June- the 4th'. Professor
licholboVger hae?studied. in< oeveral >f
thgloading t ehoola of the ea.untryr:
Ie is an alnnmm nf AJlen-prtmrn"tec =
lis early training. .Ilis ability as a
speaker is unsurpassed and his comng
to the State will be good news to
lundreds of friends in South Carolina
vhb know Tilm.~*~
The commencement program of Al_ .
en which is now being carried out
.vith the graded department follows:.
nx-ciiai?.unsiPiH linpnrttnent-^-Fri-^ .
Operetta?"The Isle of Jewels'1?
Primary Department?Wednesday,
MaJ 20th, 8 p. irn_
Operetta?"Barbarosfia of Barba y"?InternieJiutC
Department?F.rir
lay, May 22nd, 8 p. m.
Drama?"The Hearts of Men"?
Eighth Grade?Tuesday, May 2Gth,
i p. m.
Oratorical Contest?Friday, May
39th, 8 p. m.
Baccalaureate Sermon?Sunday Afternoon,
May 21st. 2:20?President
D. II. Sims, Allen University.
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.nui vs-s co Kcngious societies?Sun- 1
lay. evening, May -31st, 8 6'Cl6Ck-P^
Rev. U. S. Rice, D. P., Sumter, S. C. 1
..Address to Literary Societies?Mon- j
:lay June 1st,. 8 p. nr.?Rev. R. S.
Lawrence, D. D;, Aiken, S. C.
Annual Meeting-of Trustee Board? !
Tuesday morning, June 2nd, 10 o'-1
slock; 1 '
Annual sermon to Theological De-_
partmcnt?Tuesday, June 2nd, 8 p. m.
?Rev. J. S. A. Grant. Charleston.
--Gin *s?Bay?exercises?Wednesday,
Tune 3rd, 10 a m. _
Address to Alumni Association?
Wednesday, June 3rd, p. m.,?Mr.
IU, Commencement
Day?Thursday, i
June 4th, 10 a.m.
The. public is cordially invited to
atteyd all of these exercises.
KT. 11KV. W.tl_CHAPPT?LLE,
- . Chancellor, -j
?? D. ir:~5I5TS, President, |
TWO-PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT
BEN EDier-emnfEXCEM ENT. ?J
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Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of Wash-.'
mgforrrT)'. C.. prominent race" woman,'
will come to Columbia to deliver the
address to the 'Alumni Association ,
of Benedict College at- thQ? annual
commencement oxprcises next Monday
night, Mrs. Terrell has been heard |
by a Columbia audience before and
Is a pleasing speaker!- Z .
The address to the graduating class-!
es of Benedict will be delivered this!
year t>y Dr. (Tordon B. Hancock of
Virgina Union University, Richmond,
Va. Dr. Hancock is u South Carolinian
a recognized scholar?and- rur able
speaker.
A larger attendance from out of
town is expected this year than we
have had within"the past ten years,1
udging from what they say. Remember
our Alumni will see the two new
buildings nhrmst finiitho/1 the Science
Hall and the Tocher -Traipitig build-1
trig. Don't fdil To hear these great;
speakers, and to he on time fer the!
shape! will sent 1800 only. ,
The program follows:
Sunday, "May 24,-4:00 p. m.?Bacsalauraete
Sermon by Rev. H. M.
Moore, D; D., Pastor-elect of the Ebenezer
Bapti^t-Chnrefir Charlotte, N.
or v-rMonday,
May 25, 2:30 p. m.?Rhetorical
Poritestg. ~ ,
'4:00 p. m.?Annual Meeting of the
Alumni Society.
8:00 p. m.?Address to the Alumni
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KDAY, MAY 2.'), 11)25.
SRCISES " J
N SOUTH CAROLINA
rcises of the Schools anc
3 Standard?The Ero-_
interesting, and the??
iits Show Marked
ement.
Society by Mrs. Mary'Church TcrreL
Washnicton. P. C. ?
0:30 p. m.?Alumni Banquet.
? Tuesday r May 20, 2:.'>0 p. m.?Nor
mal and College Preparatory Graduat
ion IvxereSee* _.T
8:00 p. m.?Commencement Excr
ciscs;-=^
Address by Prof. Gordon B. Ilap
cock, B! u., A. M.r Vuirnna unioi
University, Richmond,- Vn..
You ure "cordially- invited-to attend
C. B. ANTISDEL, President.
STATE A. & M.^ vxuii n^K
Orangeburg, S. C., May 16.?
The baccalaureate sermon to tlr
M. CoITe^e^will be deirveredfhf
year by President I). II. Sims
A. M., of Allen University, Co
iumbia. The "address to the re
ligious societies will be deliv
er.ed by J. I>. PortcFf dean o
men at the State College and th
annual commencement add res
will be delivered by?James 13
Hope, State superintendent o
education. The commence'mep
at the" college begins ncxt-Fri
day with the normal declama
tion contest ami closes 1 Wetting
day of the^following week -will
the graduation exercises and th
annual address to the clasSts b;
Mr. Hope. .
The commencement prograr
as announced by tlie pre?iden
jis! as follows: Friday, May
normal declamation contest
Sunday: May 2-1, bai'calmn'cat
sermon by President D. H. Sim.Allen
University; address to th
religious societies, by PeaiL_J
class day exercises; Conserve
lot'U PAnfihrf (ln)in ! (
vwm vr WIIVVl Ij CHJV Ilt Ui ilii.1
sit; Tuesday, May 20, busings
meeting oLtho^AIiunni Associ:'
tion ; r8 p. m., drama, Depari
ment'of English'-; Wednesday
May 277 graduating exorcise
and address by lion. J. II. Hope
Sln.te. superintifiideht, of 1 ednca
Tlonr-? ' ^ \ "rThe
Slimmer session fo
leaf hers 1 logins" Juno, 15 air
closes July 18. It is announce
that ' Prof.' Johnson Or Whit
taker, principal of the. Douplas
high school, Oklahoma Citj
Oklahoma, will direct the sum
men school here 'tills year.
MARION COOK'S
SON WINS HONOR
New York. W \ May 21.Mercer"
Cook, son of Will Ma
rion Cook, who will gradual
from Amherst (class 1025) ha
just won the Silftpson\~~Fel 1 o\\
ship--&f ~h-ftcen--humirod dollars
which entitles him to attend th
"SohtjOTine jri Parish Kralica
where he will seek a doctoral
o *, TT . -1 ^
ueKree. 1 io made t'Mi l'?rt
two weeks agrbl He re
cently won an oratortat prize o
fifty--dollars and is entered i
the big oratorical contest wRTc
witl Soon occur at Amherst: TT
is the nephew of Hugh Oliv
principal of tlie Lfneol:
High School ?f^ Kansas Citj
Missouri.
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I MRS. COR A S. ROYKIf>
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1 President of The Womei
lion.?A Woman of A
South Carolina Reg^
tion, Moun
' HW "beautiful it i.-< for man to die
Lwi:u tl?v" walls ofZUm! to he called
l^Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel,
.v|To nut his arnmur^jfr and rest in
Heaven.''
On Sunday evenincr. May 10th.
rand tho Ilou.sehol/l of Ruth, wer<^ as.
' jsemhlcd at. Ml-. Moriah Baptist church
!Th CahuTeh," the ("IeaflLof Xt?.i~Cora S.
,.'j r?"ykitp. tva.s Unnunnred. and wo do not
' I hi nil . tyt. .sti*U> that this informs
tinn can;o like a..clap of thunder from
'.[Tim Tcavens. Few knew of her illne.-s,
and those who had been informed.
of her indisposition, had not had
cituse to consider it with any amount
I'mT yoi-Tou.-nos.OiuwcveiN ll being evf~
[.(lent lhat the soul- of a great wo>inah
had passed Into the Groat Beyond
^ it was only natural and proper that
.[arrangements be made for the inter?iftu4-fr^t-ralmng
of"lhe remain's?
^ It Wi'.S aminUlll L"1 (ll.'tt t4?J fnnnr:^
>, [ ceremonies would be solemnized on
i- Thursday afternoon, May 14th, at Mt.
__dlU>riuhvBaptist church, itir order to
allow the various relatives and friends
~~ ;inv* to be present', and ro pay the last
respects to the- remains. The ecreti
mony was to he begun at t\Vh,o'S
clock sharp.
[_ Tile day "was beautiful. The_ sun
-I?hewn in fill it-' "plendor. and in fact
every condition seemed propitious for
1 the occasion. . Frmm the hour of noon,
" I 'sat Tn my window and watched the
assembling congregation make its
? way t" the- ihmoii. The slreum of
u hioiahity sjrcmeil to t>c constant and
^ never-cea'slng, and as I sat and watch^1
ed, anrT thought, I' thodght of the
^ good won inn who had -passed awayp
I thought of" the people who hail left
n '.their earthly interests for a time,
,^'and were making their way eagerly
> and earnestly to Old Mt. M-oriah,
_Ljlltore to pay their last respects to the
ashes of the departed, and to listen
^ | ta*?the--tnany?and -varioun oulogirtic
3.:remarks that wtnild be made during
q i the course of thweeremony; and I
\ | thought of the pleasure itxwoulJ have
, brought tu tTie^he?art n-of thatT good
'!woman, whose remans were being sol^"jemnizeil.
If all those people who were
1^ attending the occasion, had .only
S thought to express their appreciation
l.j.of her while, she was yet alive: I
; thought "of the good work that she
*_ had done: i thought of the _ maoy'
1 soi vice.-, tinu. ; 11o hud tvndoro*di and
\ ' meniocitlile words of .James KphrainT
L- Aic(lii t, the ])o.et, t who saitl in the
_jeonrse of one'of}' life-writings;
" -rt" jrtr ~?
r! ?x
.].|"If yi.ii lnvi', tell me. now. ??
, Waitnut TOvT^assed awayvr
' Am! lying ro4d in yonderigrave,'
I cannot hear then what you say.
S
P rr a,wreath awaits my (loath.
One green loaf now give.to. me.
All thy sweet sayings say them now,
Pray, let me hear them whileT Iivei^
One thought brought on another,
S'and finally, and as a general conclusion,
I thought' of, and considered the
? One has said, tlfhi, 'Wo find that it
i-J is with the wholb human" race, as
e Y'ell us with the, individuals of it,
<? djjr mrmories go back but a little'
. (ways, or if they do pa back, very far,
|they pick tin hero a date and there
"*r t-111 evfut?half forgotten. The preat
c abi^aliuost unpardonable sin of forIt.petfulness,
blindly scatters' her fruits
inland deals with the memory of men
v' 11111(1 wumcil W if limit (li?f-?nr>f irm /if wr.,.
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'petiilty to merit.?Who kiiims whotli"
! or the best of men -and women be
Tknown, or whether there are more
n rrm ark n hie person a pre s forgot than
h any that now stand remembered in
G the known"acrouttTS nf lime.?it is
G quite tn?e that the world is already
to dit'Tfonor to those meii and Women
^ who are true makers-of history," hut
* sad it is that in this our mortal life,
the greatness and magnitude of the
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i,OF '
UI)EN\ PASSES AWAY.
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i s Baptist State Convenhility.
The People of
iidless of Deiiiiiiuiia- "
ns Her Loss. a ^ _
I deeds of, men and wom^n are not
. "reenjrmzedT-nntiT^their bodies hftVfe
been interned', and Death has made
("their "ears- incapable of comprehend- y.
jing the songs of praise. Tombs have
i been extravagantly adorned witlr floral
offering, massive monuments ~
I have been erected to their memory,
[and-great orators have used-the quin?- ? _-i
tossericc of-t-hoir eloquence in praising ? i
flrtd proclaiming the achievements
'_2L (*CL)ilrU'd--mortals. buCas-the- poet,
:Jias_ sp-truly-said:v "CarP~storied
urn or( animated busV . .
7 Lhick to its mansion bring the fleeting?: ^
-breath *
.(Can II oner's voice provoke the silent
' dust, _ y .. .
tOr Flatt'ry roothc the dull c<3ld ear of~
. - Deat.h ?*!
: ? -The ' eol-ored?petTph> of- Camden, though
not mindful- of those things,
tan at leasi proiit by the mistakes
ui j?? ages. mougn our songs of
praise cannot now be heard by the _I
.per>un for whom they are intended;
lot us at least sing them. Let us give
honor to whom honor is due, though
our honor be late in its solemnization. One
writre has said, that there are
three kinds of praise;, that which we
? yielded; that which we lend; that
which we pay. We yield it to the ^
powerful, from fear; we lend it to the
weak from interest; we ^ay?rtrto the deserving
from gratitude. Today be?013
-XS?titer fly
tempt to po^.praise-and honor, to a
lady whose- services are beyond reward.
One of the few super-women.
_ It is useless that I attempt a eulogy;
for in doing so, I might Hetract
from the brilliancy of her cadger;
nor - will - I attempt to enumer-~"
ate her__acts of service, for time will
not allow me to itemize; but I will
say, a woman rich in religious courage
and human sympathy: most, nnselitish
in her devotion to God and humanIffy::
A woman, who sacrificed, her- ~
I self, not as a means to fame .and fortune,
but unconsciously,"' in'faithfuj,
fscrvice. > A woman who" despised the- ? - ?
-pleasures or the world, choosing rather
to spend her life in uplifting a ?
fallen?jfl*?i?>'le. A woman, in whose
soul was grounded the one and only _ _
" law taught by the true Christian re?r- ????
1 igion, and that is, the?Law?ef-Love, ?1 ~~
which could find its expression "only ?
in service. Andwhnt. compensation
- has, she received ??Of suchv she has?
not been mindful, but like the grand
bid Socrates, the greatest reward she
has |,njo5-od \va< In son n people bon
efitting by hel* labors. I shall asslleh
an one as she has lived; I shall
express my. realization of the fact
that, without her untiring work,.without
her generous and faithful assistance
the present status of the Negro *ruce,
the present status of "Negro wobmen-in?South
Carolina, would be a
fining Hoped for. Thanks be to Fortune,
the-effort* nf Cora .S. Boykin, .
mingled With the efforts of her colleagues,
have made the Negro race
in South Carolina, the Negro women
-in South Carolina -and throughout the? ?:?world,
an actual existence, and an essential
part oT the body politic of
this land and country. Those who
have come under the care and influ- i
ence of Cora S. Boykin, could not
but feel the rare at a-mother and lliu i?
tenderness of a lovine home. Her in
flenuco has not Iwrr ff-lt pnly itr this
State tmd in ?the Sputhland,? bnt??
throughout the country and the nation,
' nnd I might^rndd, across the ?
'seas. She cannot but he happy, for s
the people of her race are happy. Her
faithful efforts have been crowned
with success, <^h<I God has 'granted
* her the aright of her sacred trium^ ' ?H
phants, ere it was her lot to go to
?that eternal and everlasting slnmber
and rest from Tier- consecrated llContinued
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