The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 05, 1925, Image 1
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ASLEEP ON
A BENCH
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Thought to Have Been Shot
at Railway Station.
St.'Matthews, S. C., Aug. 31.
?Coroner W. H, Gaskin said tonight
that the coroner's inquest
intq the death of V. T. ("Pink")
Wh'aley, wealthy Negro Republic
can leader, who was shot and
killed while he was apparently
asleep on a behciuat_the Southern
railway station here Saturday
night," had been postponed
under orders of Solicitor A. J.
Hydrick of Orangeburg. The
=*?-solicitor was ill Or&hgeburg yestreday
when the jury of inquest
was convened and some evidence
taken. The coroner:was'uhable
to state tonight when the solici?
tor would be'ureadv to proceed
with the inqao3t. =
No arrests have been made in
. tne case as yet, out trie authorities
are following all 'possible
clues. ?- ~
Representatives of the United
States marshal's office, _a state
detective and officers of Calhoun
county and the, town of St. Mat
thews have begun seeking the
trail or^the slayers. It Ts beHcvpr
whfllp'y'wa^ ppnl" from "a
moving automobile, occupied by
? two or throe men at a time when
--the-rumbling of a passing freight
iraln deadened the report of the
ClltCICU CI1C .LlCglUO tllJLUdL.
Whaley7"Who was reputed to
be worth in the. hundreds rof
thousands ef dollars, received
communications warning him to
leave the community several
months ago, and he dicTJeave,
going to Orangeburg, where he
made his home. ltecenlty;>hbw?
evci, lie irod bet'Ti returning Lo
Matthews on occasions. Last
>veek he came back, apparently
to stay, as he set up a cotton
Continued on page 2.
N. A. A. C. P. REB
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Editor of The Springfield Mil
Extension of tl
New York, Aug. 28.?-The Na
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, 69
, Fifth-A v enue, today made pub^
lie a letter written to the editor
of the_?. Springfield.^Mia&Qwk
Leaderrrebuking hirn for an^dr
tprial in which he threatened
"an extension of the lynch law!i
if the N. A. A. C. P. did -not
cease its activities. The N. AA,
C. P. letter is as follows;
"I have before me your
editorial of August 10th on
Missouri's Lynching, in
which you criticise theNational
Association for the
in 1
Advancement of Colored
_ People for asking the^pros-^
ecution and conviction of
the ruffians who publicly
mnrHorari a man nf ffvpol.
- sior Springs. Since the^
lynching we have received
reliable information that
not only did the mob's vie-*
tim fail to confess his guilt,
;but that he asserted
hie innocence to the last;
r?
Wilu- d:
n wit m
1WLNIV-S1J
OF THi
ELKS DESTROY I
"JIM CROW"
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50,000 People Visit RichmondDelegates
Came From Mexico, - ^
Cuba and the West'Indies.
(By Ths Aiaociatsd Negro Praia.)
Richmond, Va., -Sept.?For '
T,he~past week this city lias been
11 lie camping grounds of tens of
thousands >of Negroos from,, alh?
walks of life and from evei^ .sec-?
parts of Mexico, Cuba and. the-^
' . .
West Indies, gatherecLhere for A
khe-twenty-sixth-annual conven- &
j tion of the I. B. P7~0. E. of W., u
from August 23 to 29. Begin- t!
ning Sunday morning and run- ^
ning through until Tuesday
morning there was a - steady
j stream-- erf visitors coming in^S(
|lrom"_every direction" until theT^
j crowd swenea to nearly 3D,000 P!
!people.?The entire city had put
ion hergay attire to meet them ni
and as many as there was the
home folk were ppnal to tbe-oe-^
casion. 11 Ample housing space **
had provided; there being"plen- ~~
ty of places ft&iihfe visit ing Elks*
to stay with lots to spare. So "E
.. ^ 1, i..* 1 1 1
iiiucxi. preparation nau ueen
made that many of thp ppnfiTrr*3
did not getany.?Every home--?
had been turned into a welcome ^
'Hlatldh taking mr-visitors a*P
cheap as $1.00 a night. There ^
was no overcrowding any where; ^
no over charging to speak of ;
Continued on page 2. A
UKES EDITOR ||;
NG TO VIOLENCE
" - : ti
isouri Leader, Threatens "An ^
lie Lynch Law." . ? h
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t and from, conflicting ac- j
counts of the lynching and
crime that were published,
er the assault of which the
- JOirni w*ia atm^l wUH-eygr
committed. However, no ^
one can pass on the inno- q
cenee or guilt-of the victim , ^
since the mob made it im- p
possible legally to estab- t]
lish his guilt or innocence,
w
"I do wish most emphati- b;
cally, however; to protest w
against your unwarranted c<
and vicious innuendo that p
thisr,Association is in sym- tf
pathy with criminals. Our I
15-year record "is one of op- si
position to lawlessness in si
every forim We have es- G
neciallv oonosed incitements ol
to lawlessness such as. the? ti
one contained in your fedi- a:
torial which threatens the o:
^extension of lynch law if <t1
such organizations as the b
. National Association for the c<
, ~ Continued on Page 2 -
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COLUMBIA, S .C., SA'
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))Hfelfr
i L B. P. 0.1
>ROF. STALE\
'rof. Staley Leaves ]
St ate-A. & M. College ;
ccepts Position as Director of
Agriculture A. & T- ToIIp^p
North Carolina. .i
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raduate of Morehouse College and j
Cornell University, A Mason, A K. <
of P. and Member Omega Pat Phi j
Fraternity. . .
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We are. s.orrv_ ta?lpa^n th?f i
Fofessur F."lVL Staley, Director, 1
griculture, State College and, 1
upervisor, Agricultural Educa-,J
on among colored teachers for 1
ie state of South Carolina will 1
ave the state foi^work.in our ]
ster state North"Garolina. - We
ari^ that he, has been offered i
irvice there -in the agriculture .1
asition will assure' him a larger t
aid of activity and greater re- ;
umeration. -Those who work *
ith him regret seriously that 1
lis companionship labor j3 to I
irmiriato* r- jc
Professor Staley- came to c
outh Carolina in Sentemher:
315 to assume duties as in- a
;riictor in Chemistry and Dai- (
LXQC-hnology and assistrofessof
Hubert accepted the (
irectorship of Agriculture at i
uslgegoc, liis mantferfeil'WThe^l
louicters of his co-worker and
y was made State Supervisor, i
gricultural Education, which a
Dsltion.-he held until his depar- i
are from the state.. In 1920,jc
lere were ten Smith-Hughes 1
;achero?In 1925, there are 1
lirty two teachers of agricul- f
ire scattered throughout Sputh t
arolinaJ_the most of ~ whom 1
ave studied at State College c
rrd received their tiaiiiing un-'i
?r Professor Staley. 1 " t
- - - Hi
ook Active Part in Athletics i
and Extra Curricula Activi- jc
ties. ??-I*
Jiaving taken?partr irt athle-j*
cs at Morehouse College and;t
ornell University, he waa ' A.i
reat. lover of the eld game. <
rom the time of his advent to j
he, date of his departure, he i
as head coach of baseball and|-3
2>sket ball teams. "Fair play" j
as hisT motto'.- The^feams,* he <
cached won several state chum- (
ionships and defeated such
?ams as Morehouse, Atlanta 1
Jniversity, Livingstone, John- <
-Smith--and Tuskegee In-H
titute. He was the father of >
iris1 basket ball in South Car- c
lina. The record made by the t
ffsket baTT team is a credit to \
ny institution. As secretary |l
f The Georgia-Carolina Athle- 1
c Association, he did much to 1
ring about clean sports in the i
alleges of these two states. ]
Continued on page 2. ^
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FURDAY, SEPT. 5"1925.
E. of W. AT
' LEAVES ST/
MANUFACTURING CONCERN
SHOWS NEW BUSINESS
FIELD TO NEGRO. ^
1 "3. .-. ~
Tills a, Okla., Sept.?Whilo it
is a-well known fundamental of
commercial life that the greatest
fortunes" and "most substantial
successes are-those which are
made by the ^ter^pment of
>ome raw product into the finished
article, instead fo being eiher
the middleman or rctailer7
;he Negro it was pointed out at
fhe >jpgs;inn nf fVin Nntin?-al
Negro Business League liere,
iao iiul ciucreu in any appreciate
degree this phase of business
endeavor,
A unique exception however
s the enterprise conducted by
oany of Los Angeles, a furni;ure
manufacturing? concern,
,vhose pielenliuus exhibit wad
i center of . attraction at the
League and who are successful- j
:lass furniture in the Californa
:ity. L. N. Heflin, president and
Emory'. Drain, sales manager
vere oni hand to explain the pro-1
jess ofjmanufacture of the fif-|
hiiiu'lrnrl
heir produet-^vhich they_had" on'
iisplay and to tell the interestng
story of the beginning and
growth of their organization.
Leon N. .Hefln, the twenty;evon
year old founder, designer
ind president has been a woud-j
vorker all hfs life. When just
i lad from the manual training
lepartment of^ grammar school,'
le became an .apprentice in a
'urniture 7plant, which has;
jrown until it now covers more
.han five^ acres * of floor apace,
[n five-years he had worked in
svery department of this firm
md became; a skilled laborer in
he complete manufacture ofi
ill Kinds of household furniture.
rided to go in business for himiplf,
building opoeiQl furniture
md parts for other manufacturers,
His venture was success?ul.
He added one man and then
>thers until today they have a
)lant with $30,000 worth of pew'
md modern machinery and last
/ oar, report that they did a
?ross business of $50,000. As
i desigperr of : special bedroom,
lining room and parlor furniture
of artistic design, Mr. Heflin
las won recognition and has had
orders from a number of big
tgrrres trr~ttTe~ movie industry
vho have commissioned him to
lo special individual designs for
;heir personal use. Mr. Heflin
mints out that a great future
ies before the business and says
- I** 4- /v? r/\%\ ~ ^ - ? 1??
,n?i, cvcirai present lie is umy
lampered by lack of facilities
'or doing more business. He
plans, he said, to expand and.
mild ?- new fartnry ? 4
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RICHMOND
iTE COLLEGE
FISK ALUMNI TO RAISE
$.25,000.00.
Chicago, 111., Sept.?Plans
UveTe formiilfltp^ at fh^ Tnppfinpf
iof the Allied Fisk Clubs, held at
i the Wabash Ave., Y- M. C. A.,'
! whereby the laumnl of Fisk "TT-;
] niVPrsi tv Ifi ovnoofnrl f
^ ? - ??-v^ V</\K/V^V>ttu m x aisn .
$25,000 of the $100,000 deficit.
iOfnthe million dollar endowment
rfund. This amount must be"
< raised hy Deeemhor 31st: and toinsure
the success of the drive
iMisS Sonhia B. Pna?, nf-,
,1911, and a practicing lawyer and
'brilliant social worker of Chicaigo,
hao bocn-designated~as the
j executive secretary of the drive
to travel throughout the country
i among the alumni in the interiest
of the Tennessee insHtnHri^!
??Sfr-plaii further embodies the [
division of the country iirto~sev- j
,pn regional dictrcto with the ful-i
lowing Regional charimen. Dr.1
H. H. Proctor, New York; Dr. j.j"
-M. Gandyy- Petersburg;' Va.; ?hrarr
!Robinson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr.j
F. A- Stewart, Nashville, Tenn.;
and Mrs.^ M. S. JosenhjusceE^
Fort Smith, Ark,
Many of the alumni present i
at. thp rriPPtinpr pIpHprnd WprJ
sums toward the fnndT amnngijwhom
were Dr. H. Hr Proctor,;
$1,500; Dr. M.Boute $1,000; Dr. j
AT. AleClellan ?5u0 cash, and ma-^r
ny others pledged fifty and one;
hundred - dollars. Asst. Dean
Ambrose Caliver and Trustee W. p
H.. Baldwin attended the meet-1
ing. I
DRT J. C. WHITE V
THF. R'APTIST
I , " . .. . TTTt
He TelU Them About The N
L--- Stales His Position
To the Baptist Brotherhood and!
Sisterhood of -South Caro- I
lift A; ?
I have in my possession a let-ter
from una of the aifhhgest+
ministers of this state, and who
holds among the best pastorates
of this state, one who-is & true
and tried friend of mine, whose i
name I refuse to divulge because
I have not his consent. In <
this better (which I have not
answered) the writer states
thai It is luniuied uici the State :
that I am about to desert the
Boyd Wing of the National Bap- .
tist Convention, and go over and \
join the Morris' Wing of the National
"Baptist Convention. The
letter further more deplores the <
idea that I would destroy the i
cuiuiutsnue niipuseu 111 ine uy me
hundreds of loyal friends of this
state; and then it closes with a ;
reminder of how hard the brethren
worked for me at Laurens to !
be made the President of ,the.'
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j rent. Social and Gen
flralKAwu r ---|
5c A COPY, ?j
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ILBU1
BEING HELD IN,??
$5000 BAIL
Is a Graduate of Cairo High
School,'Where he Played on
. j_the FootBall-Xeam. " j
A well known white hoy of Cairo, -?"VIllinois,
" college student and graduate
of the Cairo H-igrt' School; where
: he played on the football tc&m/ 'is
[ROltt im !>b,UUU bail charged with the,
'.murdefrirf Ihauco,. 'Cherry, a young
eoloredwomttu who disaffjwflrred from ~~
her room; on July 28 and has not . r^' - . to
been "heard l'rom since then. The ~ i
warrant charging murder hit* been
The boy admitted taking out an auto
on the night the girl disappeared and
Tflood stains were subsequently found
car, which the- boy explained .?
by saying he cut his head trying_ to
lower tho wind.hiold.?He demos eVGi* ~ tT
having known the girl, but conflicting
stories he has told of his whereabouts
on the night of the crime are
being investigated by tho police. ' ' '
~ FenPflTrn"h>7tnet) ~rif th/r ' V
> . ?-*& :
Association for .the Advancement of, J " i
Colored People lei- fn-npT,lri,rl -in nttnii
nejrto act in behalf of the girl's moth- V ~
or, and has ollered a .reward-of J$100_ ..
for information leadlinr to retsov
ery of'the girl's body, in addition to *
$200 l'CWard ipusied by the County
r
v unniiuoiunci ^ t '
CITY ST 1* DENTS FOll BENEDICT
. a *k t.r> ni
BEGINNING S1:1 '*1' E .MB KR~7th,? ~
U '11 '" >: ad^iO:. j'1'--j rr>[r'^ter
this next woyk September 7th, any ..
time from D-1U, any day, in order
that out-of-town students maj^register
on September l;lth, 15th aAd|l6th.
All recitations will begin orf^Trrtlrstlay,
September 17th;.
WRITES TO
BROTHERHOOD
ational Baptist Affairs, And
i~Unequi vocally.? ??- ?
an invitation inai i r inin the
South Carlohia delegation to the
Kansas City, Mo., this month.
?-t-arrrTTtKiTTprTTtTFrmcans of Teplying
to that very friendly letter
of my old friend, and at the
same time fo incidentally address
the entire Brotherhood,
and Instate in terms unmistakahlyhand
without evasion my position
on the National Baptist
Convention issue.
First of allTl am not about
to desert the Boyd Wing of the
National Baptist Convention and
go over to the Morris Wing. In
1000 when Ill's. It. H. Boyd arid
Vann came to this state and met
our State Convention, which was
in session at Georgetown, -and
presented the claims of th " National
Baptist Publishing Board
as against the American Baptist
Publication Soriefv nnr s
State almost unanimously voted
to ally itself with the National
Baptist Convention. From that
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