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Published Weekly By j , The T'almellu I.catR'i Piiftr'fPr*" fejr -'- J. B. LEWIE President -Ch 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET ^ K COLUMBIA. S. C. yO ; " Entered at the Post Oflicc at Cohnn- fibia, S. C.v as Second Class Matter, ZI . TELEPHONE f -TwTjs N. J. FREDERICK, " - Editor mr ffi? a Mft w \ll 1 AM S ?. ^- a, Contributing Editor HEN41Y D. PEAR SO ^ City Editor W GEO. H. HAMPTON, ? - Manager ill SUBSCRIPTION RATES: : ICASH IN AL)VANCE. su Una Year ?? ga.qo i, Si* Mouths . ?: . - -T.26 ' . ' ; V. tl Three Months .To ? Single Copy .05 j. Advertising Kiit<." givrn nn' nppli- ^ _ cation. " 4 'p 10 Saturday; June 13, 1923- ^ - hi ? ~^ ?? ? -t . W The Light; the weekly, paper vv published heretofore by ' Kditor ^ C. G. Garrett has again Vnade its s ? appearance^ . Editor Garrett k$ a {>1 trencha-nt writer and ha doubt* m ti The Light will add to the gaiety jc! ;of the" newspaper world. . . - w -1^ -?Columbia-has or-pleiity of blg.^ ^^-'doafers^ that-she can .web spare. he solving every"ktffft of problem , 'with their mouths and attending ? to everybody else's business but ,xi _ their own. A rea 1 <Tay's work * would send them to Ihe TioTpTtaT. U ? = * * * , ? I ^ (.'( Many men are-losing their . r lives in the attempt to enforce i ?:?c' with its violation and become ^ the victim of over-iFealousnoss on the part of the officers or of ' . their arrogance ami poor judge??meht. Is it worth the price V T7?SJ Philanthropists are still giving 5~'! thousands toi- the m liica'1 ion "of n the colored-youths. Mr. Ben.ia- S1 7?mhmNv-BXukes oX Nor t lv CaVolrna-^ ?""and" New York is the latest to - contribute qqite-a-s-um tor-4+H^.- U' piirpose. -Kittrell College 'Of tl North Ck'i'olirta-is-the- ImppyXni-: _i? ? cipient, the gift being'the^mag- a nificent sum of $200,000. of . . Hi A colored lodge of Elks of New in ".York City has donated ine sum ul of $6,000 to the Presbyterian m hospital tVtpf n't v. Xo (lis- ti I tinction is tcmhe maclq in #that"ci ?hospital" on arrniihTorTnn,-, t tic or management believing that I'ain 1 aiiulliei.?More and- m ic?t-ho i I colored n'eoftle art1 colli ributi'mr X their wealth to uplifting $gen- gi cies. ai L - - m ' 7"~ "ii; .. . - Some of the boys in the North ; v in particular seem to be gelling 01 ; restless overbite failure of Pres;ident CJoolidge to hand out to q-, 7. them a few jobs?or rather po;- p, itions. The President's inaction y. * "' along this line however is not dis- cl] appointing "trT" us. w'e Tuivcp j *= .somehow, never ontortaincth the belief that t hings-would b^TfntrtH1 T ' different under PrcsTdcnf-dVrTi---u idge than the other Presidents he Zt of Tflffpr dnys y! * * * c?r I*" Matthew Henson, cofcred, now | g customs clerk-in NevvlYork, is W - the only living man who was at the North Pole. The other. Ad- v> miral Peary, who is knowrr~in,(< ft history as the discoverer of the u. North Pole is dead, Rnold A- a, in unum;ii, uiiuuvciu ui OUUIII. Pole, recently attempted a flight to the North Pole in a-n aeroplane ^ Matthew Tlerison floes not think ni much of Amundsen's chance of dt ip - either reaching the Pole in an air IN THE COURTS. ~ K'v Edward Davis wavs acquitted Friday of last week of murder hy c? t - 8 jury in Richland County Court Bg^oiT Oehgral Sessions:?^Ordinari- br ]y this would mean tiothingr iiV in mmwb . ry.r-:' 1 ' f': Tttriilar: But Ed. Davis l^rnr^ lored in an and was accused of host atrocious murder, the vie- \ ant. There are many people other 'sections who constantly aijitain iiialiQr_?LCQlor ed.per-. ... n to be accused is to be convict1. t^meclallv when accused of a ^ ime atrainst a white person. ^ lie acquittal of Davis however iust^tQ"tho colitrarv. Therhan- ^ crime is pretty fair in. most of ic superior- courts.?It is only' ^ hen he finds himself before the. i'erior courts that he finds a etty hard row to hoe. And ev- . i in some of these can be found niet.hing akin to Justice. ' The dark spot in the Davis ; ise however was the attempt? vC I'lll'/lini# 4 UA * - ^ ^ iKi>nunmy yji 10 chief state's witness, a wo- 's an?lo lYitmui'UfcUH'C1 evidence. 1h his woman,?upon whose prevus testimony Davis was-.--inetcd, repudiated all that she _ id previously^stated., Her rea- 01 )'n dor- doimr as she said at first " as because she had Ueen scared ^ ilo lying on Davis bv an ollicer. he was threatened with life ini- J risonnient,- the Ku lvlux and ev-, y and all kinds of terror un-' ss she lied on Davis. If that ^ oman. told ih^ truth at the-1rial* ^ 1)^[\ i.-?-ari^l the jui%?seemed? > !&\e l)elievcxr"her?the -olli- ^ ;t' who was gurltWof so frightdug a woman to send a rrtan to-^ ic electric chair ought no long- ^ bo allowed to call himself j&n| tirrry of the law.. With such u add be safe. A man who can ?, " \ ?; :? , ,. * . /? , , :* tti )oiy ^nvf-y Tosniony to (he end'that.a.human 10 fe bo sent iiiU> .eternity -by the '1; ectric c.lurir ' cannot l>.v any a' ~-et 11 oi' tTn>~Tmagi nat died a guardian of Uia lavw? w l!i o*- ' - dc Li UvIjSHNE&a IN THE. WAY. ^ -Pon-tr long while yetr-.the iNe-? o willJhavdly do much bu^i~" leaking.?.Aside from the-fact tJi ta-l 1 hose who are-cdiai'ired witTyjh ieni:-crtves to the real study of A.\ le 4 >usine ssg-Ther.e is usually at io much selfishness, , egofnTm ar nd !dghidadedn'ess.' Questions jT. the' greatest importance are jn Uially discussed and decided -\j terms of self, the rules of lr business, the laws of econo- vc ics being-given as little, atten- j,L on as am outcast, if not ritli- j,; iteif wb.cn suggested. Whether vvj 1 )w?i pMi-liridiO- !"" <"? liL'"'1.ir. iye '"' ? > nnt i part j j, H^V-ih bound To tlid ?ver;)g(? cgro bojard of trustees, ^mana- { ; fs or whatever they may be illcd any and all technical quesons are as i?lain as two and io equal four. Thcy~need no ie to tell them?weren't they s]j ist born with the knowledge? vc Lher races realize.that in most 0f I-iiTe?? af mnTporta-ncer there e questions' and problems that j] n on.lv ho solved ly somcAvi-U- ^ ccial knowledge of the subject, en rb_hQt so with themaverage col- lei { rl brof hnr. bo liisO Ltkhw lb .? TT-ft-gf r-ddes doesn't he like the indidi-iai with whom he is tcrdcal, . i !i he doesn't like him? That'-e i.controlling- /How I feel,, not.jj] hat experience has shown; at hat I think, not.what knowl- :.W demonstrated 13 tftc u^- ^ ul predominant policy. Is it-j ly wonder That colored people'^ tar have not many successful isiness enterprises of a cooper- 011 ive nature While there are Q'' imia:VA of thdlvlddtds-Whe have' VC irie well as individuals, there lu1 c altogether too few eompanies j id corporations amoripr us. But! liil we lay aside some of our co lfishness, egotism and conceit- be ness and give intelligence a lit- es ^moreL.ahriw, n?r _ success in an ismess lines must yet remain'so dividual, and thus limited:?~~iwi zlizl ~ ?j o- ? ^ THE PALMEH *^~XM8"M?fr4-8?*?* ?? > >? >? > ?! The S^a ---' By WillianHFraa MEN Editor Robert S. Abbott, the licairo. Defender, was honored strweeirtn his election as bresi?nt of the Alumni Association Ramplon-Tbot+tute. The ssociation Honored "itself by elting . him. Whatever might ; said about Mr. Abbott and. s journalistic policy, he is hon~ ;t in hf>r convict ions and never xles his h&nd when he sees fit > throw a stone. Many, many hiie journals are just as "yeb wr' as the Defender.?But they <ason their news so as to not akeprf- appear so. They are newel propagandists. Read hiween linos when, t.hov nnh. di crime.or alleged crime, esluially when it?concerns the egro. Mr. ^Abbott may make ir blood boil, but ?the flight hicfh he throws 011 the enemy em cut of the white race is caldated to do far more good than nri TiTthtT long run. " Tom Lee shakes hands with resident Coolidge on the White ouso lawrn- it-is-am using Bow le facial expressions of the ay or of Memphis and thei: resident- while shaking-... hands tth Lee-a-re-eontrusted by-theft icago Db fender. President oolidge had a broad, smile hile the Memphis mayor had rather tier e countenance. But >wlaiT we 'judge by'"tfiose'"exind. but we must remember 1 don't laugh in joy. - And' amt-fcfte-ma.vur sliouk?hands" iljh Lee during the sad days of te tragedy?his heart was bur=med as his feHow-townsmen id friends were victims of the sa^tcr. Albany; rate, albhon ib"to Torrr Lee. "~~T ' Mr~\TTJ- Tivnl- sot-ret ary of io" Y;. Mr (*r A. in~Atlanta,~h~a<r" Leu eloelod prcMdenl of Living(me?Colleger; Sidsbtiry, N. . )v fifteen years Mr. Trqnt was the head of the Atlanta "Y" id his ability and hard work ive been great factors in givg Atlanta one of the finest Y. . C. A. buildings in the coun- : y. The people of- Atlanta are iry reluctant to lo.se Mr. Trent, it his alma mater has called m liv?t hi.< ^>ryjrf>,s j ill be more l'ar reaching in his ; \v J'ielil than in his jfresent onp. scholar and gentlema-nj" ghfy honored" by white?and inrcd and we predict'' a-greator vingsln'no under his loader- _ ip. ERROR IN INDEPENDENT IL is hard to refrain fiom lowing a little partiality when >u are writing about a group things- and one of these ings is very near to your heart. , iiis was verified in a recent e- . tonal in the Atlanta Indepen'd- i it whiih rcjWred to _thg coir r ires of Atlanta, their work nnrl <: number of graduates from ( f^eivnt (lepa-rtments. ? _ Morris Brown University had i-'4)- ttvr onii uf this article, and ~ e writer even said Morris rowii turnetl out more gradu^ from every department, hile 1 have not investigated all iparlnientTY I have statistics... om the college departments of pi ol' Unr-fiyc~ colleges-- andj lis is the most important.' ( Xhe following colleges turned it college graduates with B. A. B. S. degree as indicated^ ^ jMorchou^ft;?>17 \ Atlanta Uni~ ,U? O 1 . f* 1 1- t T ? ~ imi^, university 12; orris Brown, 12; Spelman Col- ^ ;te. (no information) -( On account of completeness in liege work?Science and arts: ing thoroughly stressed, and i pccially superior laboratories , id adequately trained profesrs to conduct them, Morehouse i la admitted to claif 1 amount; # * \ . .... "? - > - -~i -XT ^ ? TO LBAI>ER --> f I I I > > I MM >1 >>> >? rchlight . | Negro colleges in the spring of 1921 and Atlanta University was admittpd in thp fall nf thesame-year. Negre coHegcs are growing and there is a tendency .among the!, best colleges" to stress higher^ and more complete work and; leave trades and the like to'suchf schouls as Tuskegee and Hamp tom?? = Questions Arid Answers In Negro History X :i 1 L. D. B. of the Florida Senti- 1 nel hasTkindly^urnished the in- < formation about a history of Lifpn by Dr. T. H. B. Walker, of Jacksonville, and published by the Cornhill Company of Boston and sells for $2.00. ? *V. \?as Jesus a myth or did he really live ? Persons ^ell me ' that there is no record of *3esus having lived outside the Bible and that no Roman historians ' did mention him. Is this true? ' D. F.?-Little Rock, Ark. cvidoncc of the fact that Jesus J lived, although the evidence is 1 not extensive outside the Bible. However,. seyeral Roman hiotor'p ians did mention him. Read'! Papini's Life, of Christ,- The Life 1 or Jesus by Renan, and the title"; lb Cheyne's Encyclopedia Bi_bli<-1 car~ r ' My adyTsOr questions 'the au- * thentieity -of - -your statements-' that Browning, Lafcadio Hearn, I Crispus Attucks, Rameses^ the J Great, and Arno, were of Negro 1 descents Please oblige me by furnishing source upon ""whichr' you base your-statements^?N. 1 S. R., University of Cincinnati. 1 For Robert ^-BrojwiTIh^,1 sue c Furnival's Biography of Robert'; Rrownirrg. Hp was also?the-. founder of the first?BrowningSociety. For Hearn see Edward TTnkeT^r hracadio Ileafn's Amei- 1 ican Plays. For Crispus At-p tuOks, Contemporary Sources of i American History by Albert BushnelL Hart. Ra-meses was of \ native Egyptian blood, therefore \ Negro. Arno was a full blooded { native of Guinea. j \ Can you give the name of the ? first Negro child born in Amer- \ ica and whether it was a full f blooded- Negror-boy~ot" girl4^If^4 S. S. M.. Philndolphln f? lieve any <5ne else can. How many free Negroes were ^ thcie befuie the Civil Wai ?? About 50,000 according to gov-!J ernment records.?? -j? Who Mere the Etruscans?-? | N. N. L., Clarinda, Iowa. The Etruscans were the pre- ? historic people who inhabitated J Italy previous to the founding \ af -Rome.?They belonged, _ac=_J wording- to eminent archeologists, i t to the great Hamitic famrly^?fj| Pelasgiaiism^ho were throughout the Mediterranean |1 countries. These people werejj TYic\ MorvAloAti rvAaoAao A -T ? 1 JJVOOCOO ?111 y- /\I- | I rican blood??G. F. D., Boston, ;: Mass. " . I| Napoleon was a native of the j Island of Corsica and of Italian,;; blood. If one wished to stretch * races are of mixed blood, then I one might say that Napoleon1 *. came o? mixed blood also. Hej< was most certainly not Nordic. \ [ would hardly say, however, \ that he was of African-Wood, -(-j ~!T?ralr't?reaL monument *la at; j Abu Simbel and where is the l?t- j ter place??F. L. J., Dayton, Ohi- } The rock hewn temple built' ^ by Rameses the Great is located j at Abou Simbel in tinner Ecrvnt 1 above the second cataract. The < four great Statues two on either k; side of the entrance, arp also far 1 f?med. " : ] Wliu was?Antar??ft.?D. S., Denver, Colo. An Arabian hero-^whose exploits are sung_throutfli_uut_Arabia to this day. He was born a slave, but won his 'freedom by i * i - his bravery and rose to be the national hero of Arabia. He describes himself as "black and swarthy as an elephant." Are there any Moors hvmg HV Sggfo tQdflv ?-^B -TL Dphwtp Spanish population- are descendants of the 'Moors. Was St. Augustine a Negro7-? F. R. T. Chicago, 111. St. Augustine was a .Negro and [>ne of the early fathers of the Rome church.?lie carried Christianity into Hritttin.?He was >- * * born in Africa as were many others-of the early Ghristiarrpre= laico. . * . CHiCAGOM^ROyTDES N. A. C. P. HEADQUARTERS EN -v ROUTE TO DENVER MEETSPECIAL CARS TO BE ATJune 5?A Head quarters has been established in. Chicago for delegates and visitors en route to the Denver Conference of the N. A. A. C.-P.T it was announced today. -The headquarWrr, wilb be at the Appomdtox Club, 3G32 Grand ^oulevard ,&nd rest rooms as well as triformatioh on trainserVice from Chicago toj Denver will be available. Plans have been completed for the westward journey of t-he'Na?tional Office partymMrhe N. A. C. P., which leaves Grand Central Terminal -on?Sundavv-Muwel\ at 2 P. M., in special cars atn-ess train "The Weslcpner. ?A special N. A. A. C, P.Pulb man will "be taken on at Clev-eand at 7:00 o'clock, .Monday A. M. and the party arrives in Chi. ago Monday,' June 22, at 5 P. \L The party leaves Chicago tl 11:00 I'. INI. Monday night, lune 22, via The Burlington, ar:ivmg in?Pony-or Wednesday. >aAll persons ytfesiring to leave | MrH. Hollo way's Sun l- AM)"M(;ilT S'CHC 5....willopen June ISth and else Augu 3;.; tijnity to learn the touch -uyslem < 3 ^Shorthand, Business Kngli.-h, Mat 3 had eight "years' of actual experie 3?aru veTyT- ic;uuii-uulc.?Addreii,.,? t?- " nro C Benedict College, v 0?>0000C<AH>>vQvv ^Qj^j^o^oo.ooo.o:<?-:\Ov>';<vOv.'>v>.o;c^<: | Piedmont Sui ;;. JtQCK HHA,SOI ? ' JUNE 15?J1 si - .. SAFE SUPERVI: \ LECTnirn^"? : ~TT;ty ASfe ji . ? mem of Eilucati s?R. J. DOULWAIiE, Dn-rrrnr, is. L. TiXUKY, P ^WAAA^iWAAArtAAArtAAAAi' r "" " - " ' [ Eleventh Annual . y ?of r p STAT J? C ?: JUNE 15, to Ji t* Authorized by the State ] ?: .* "* |: Elementary, High Scl \? cational courses-lea I certificates and | Five WeeEs Sessic [: , TEI ^ Entrance Foe J *_L_* [ Board for Session j? Laboratory Fee for each Indiu f ' H. s. -m WWWWWMWWM^OJWWWWMVWWWWVWWWVJi r*~r ? * ? Saturday, June 13, 1925-? ?iNcw Yoik cm thcsuecial cars '0T_?rf 'the N. A. A. C. P., or to join the ^arty^-at-any-point o$? the journey "westward; are urged to com--"-" munica'te at once with Walter 'White, Assistant-Secretary, N. A. A. C. P., 69 Fifth Ave.', New York. ; In Denver, Miss Helen Taylor, I Executive Secretary of the Phyl- " TisAYheatley Y. W. C. A., reports visitors to the N* A. A. C. P, Conference, rates being:, Breakfast :55c. Lunch 35c. Dinner 40c. jMfss Taylor staes further: "As give of the attractions of Denver, Vve are also opening our sutnmer 'cjiirtp^aSveek before the OtienTneT * ^ *. . of'the^Gonven^iorv and reserving it for visitors for a week after GhV close in order _that any persons.who have never experienced camping outrin the mountaJnF _? may have the opportunity while?^? liereT Uurcaffip is located in one of the most scenic spots in Colo- - ' rado. v 'v * -C? ?? I Meals will also be served in Denver in the Zion Baptist ' Church. Page Cafer and Hern don Hotel. 'j .... | .. Masons are showing much, interest in this year's Nr"A, A C. P. '"Conference, the "Masonic Slur/' of Oklahuma, urging a farge~ a'Ltenclaco anct commenting ; -----as-follows on the Association's ^ y^ ,, t|?"The National AssociatlonJTor the Advancement of Colored People is Tloing more real good toj wards emancipating the Negro raee4httnralh other organizations "put-together. ^We are deeolv in -terested in this great movement and hrA'6 contributed consider^??? able of our funds to aid in their worlc"-^m 9 Editor Carr at Gaffney. GafFney, June 9.?The Hon. J. D. Carr, editor. The Asheville??7? Enterprise was Jjfive last Sunday in company with V. Stanley Mcterprise as the guests of the Rev. J. CrTobin, a local minis-Wtt?They both made talks at noon. .... mjvr* ???fril??????| imer Jlusiness School gr ~ )OL FOR ADIIT.TS 8 st 14, 1025... An exceptional,opporj( Type-writing, Gregg method of ? hematics and Spelling. We have :S nee in successful teaching. Rates fi: ? Columbia, S. C. ?J:? 'Ovoooo.ov.ao^ ' nmer School-I :T1I CAROLINA j- JUT 24,1925. , .' j--~ 510 N?E XPERT STRONG FAC- I ized by Depart- : hP - Pt H. NKAfcr,-Housing Chairman,' ublicity Chairman. ! jj: ' ; ? ? " Summer Session f hie - 77 OI T FOR I LLY 18,1925,- 7 Department of Education. Y hool, College and Vo- | iding to renewal of -jh? college credits. >n--Six Days Each f LMS _ I" \ I ; s,oo H_ $ 20.00 | atrial Subject : $ 1.50 ? ess :? ? v?7 KINSON, 4? " . ? T-r? -*? - \ ' S ' fi Jfc