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r~"?1?Giivmu.' .il, 2:'?Brew- '
er XomiaL^hool of^roe.nwood il\
opened last Wednesday -uiuior vo
mosi uy.orable ciivumslances
and With ino Tartrost eiivoltnieiit Juj
the school has had in ten years lia
_... 1.A and^y^Umamend .oil' thai speaks ye
well lor i he new administration a
ot Superintendent \\. II. liiiyard *t
" Wlm.JaihdU -ht.-.'l H. .nmem< nun i.-i
who is c.' lacLor in iNe'gro eduin- in
ti'on m apper South (arojjauL.k la:
At life opening last wednes- i\>
clay addresses-Were made l .y > 1jp :i .
"MayorJul GrueiurpocT, ihe\ Super- th
inlendeut, of the city schools and ni
Professor G. A..Singleton .of Al-'oii
lcn Univtrr^H-y. 'All of the ra
speakers did-credit to the ucca-ld
-? sion 'ami pointed , \uth priclo to tk
the future oi- lire we r and what M
the silUatkai hieu'rirdto our group ol
in the ilcumoni.?: "rrn
'ihe ijeauer is publishi 11 g~l7E?-Tnj
low Mr. liilyard's letter stating;A;
modest lyTuc oectt ion las week nv
?: aiid lei'ang oi' the --ttule l.nen-a-ndA^is
, \vgiik'ii wliii make up the i'actiUy .
?of the school:?
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tDK. J. C. WHITE WltiTEi
v TO TAMPA, Fi
this is Tin: r/ani) ov ktern.
kics-?V'KOSi'rrity a ho i
. a - . - - :: n;r saw a>:l
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t r,,t' a'-.." .'til ,vi "t-'li".-;'r .
j i 1V.I i inv: -V-tlj.1! lai Vy U^ , lilJil 1 (
1 Friday night for Tampa, Fla.T'jrli
afrf"'Odeiiie?hy letters |Tl
and jeicgra-ms wnh the official th
"Baptist Church of.that city, w<
promised them as soon as I could
,
get a day efF I would run down \v<
and look them over and~ntftrwed t'.i
them the privilege of looking me. ec!
lumbia to Tampa is <H)G or 500 S>
! miles, T arrived in Tampa Sat- To
urday afternoon at 3:30 over the lit
Florida Limited (S. A. L.) A _L<
committee of the leading men m
met me with cordial hand sha-kes w
and said "Dr. White we have -sc
come to welcome you to the me- tropolis
of Florida, your future
L horne, and to one of the greatest' _T
churches"' in the South." This at
Committee was composed of is
1 * ' Deacon R. B. McDowell, Prof. J. It
C. Bryant, Gen. Manager.of the p<
Florida Central Insurance Co., Ci
and ^another young man whose er
name I cannot recall., Of course
L.Y (V Uii'iW Kit NO;i:M:M, S
SN'S WITH-A
si'fciiii ; , Ol i\.OJH
>;eixhont?THE LARGEST
OL HAS HAD IN,TEN
i.YAsU) IS SUPfr p -, !
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"We had. assembled hi Chapel!
o hundred- si. y en1 y - fi v e ?pe r-.
ns. \\\i'enrolled one hundred
id two students. This is the
gen enrollment I ho school
is had at its opening in ten
a;-.-. Of? course, we expected |
huge enrollment'..-from city I
udents hut'the boarding do-1
TTTttr? rtl^ivj l"v?? j
is , cason oi' the year. For the
>t six yews-,- it has opened its
t sal ion for boarders with
mod hvdvc i>i- fifiooip dint on
opening, we. have t hipPyne.
Our opening program -was.
ic oi' encouragement and iiispition.
Parents of the'children,
inisters, Business men, tiie
ji.iity Superintendent, tWavor-of.--Greenwood
snid munv
kir friends i.-tteudcicl the sesttt:?Pan.
Lcuim; A.? Singlert,
Profe^soit?of Sociology, ixi
iien University, delivered a
en manturly address UMhi.-.
>tly. ?==???? ???
The following is a list-of our
? i tnitmttett-on pugu 2,zrzi:
v nm iiy , ant mi nm m *i ? mm m i
S OF HIS TRIP
LORIDA LAST WEEK
AL SUN SI IINE AM) FLOWNDS.
TELLS WHAT
> HEARD
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Ud hot khow how to TOAi mi ill lu
IIi l L4 I J M irMl Ig .yVCILUHIC.
jairo was another Committee
al met"at the Tampa Terminal
r they knew not what road T
ould come in fTom^ackscmville
i. This
Committee and myself
ere soon wending our way up
rough Gobar City (pronounc1
Ye-bor City), a part of Tamrffrtckly
nel tied 4ty-?ubans and
>aniards and colored people up
VTTCHT ItfTrVihrjin \\ (> tn ftie
sautiful home of Mrs. Sallie
>ng Orr, 'one of my former
embers, of Union, S. C., and
ho is a teacher in the city
bools.
Tampa And Its Peoples.
Tampa is a-bout 250 miles
iUthyvqst of Jacksonvillm -aiUL?d
on the Tampa Bay, which
a part of the Gulf of Mexico:
is a cosmopolitan city, com>sed
of Americans, Spaniards,
ubans, Negroes, Jews and oth1
nationalities. There are more
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COLUMBIA. S. C., SATUI
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iM'AiuO iiio'iUixi/UNS MEET. 1
ti>y lhc AfwOCibteU Nt'Ki'oJBrfen)' :?
Vv ushin&lon, L). C\, kept.?The
iciilH Annual Convention oir1"
Thp Association ol' Xeirro Life 1
ayul Jiislory vvav> called to order
nC-Lhe- Joluv- ACeidey-- Ar-jtf.-E-.?i
Church this week. Sessions be- 1
if.m uu wounesuay morning.
The Wc'vlncstlay afternoon session
was dc\otcd to consideration
of the Negro Press and 1
proved to be onc-of Um_most in-u
I eyes ting.? Perhaps because ofT
the dinner tendered.the visitors,
artrthe Whittdaw Hrrtrl by the
Association before the session
and t'ne prospeei nf a^smokefcdmiche^.rilu.T"
was tendered by;
Chtiries Lane .at. the Lincoln'
Theatre aftfcer. tlib sossiom- At:
he. close .of the Whitclaw ban^f"
'mie't the visitors were photo-'
? Tin' p;eys- session?was cum-/
dueled by Robert Abbott, pub-'
I
lisher of Th?? Chicago Defender,
who arled as rhnirmnn. with ,
Robert Vann, editor of The '
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PiU'biTrgh-Courier; as tfiilprirt?
fliwU^penher.?K. Washiii^tonRhodes
of The Philadelphia Tribiuie^disenssed
"The Prol>lems
"fd' - the?Neyro Press." J. Av|Jackson.?Executive?Editor
of
A he Washington- Tribune, -sub- .
fruiTted for I^H- Kintr Of the;
Now Orleans Christian Advocate
who was unable to attend. Rev.
Bragg of Baltimore presented a
very vivid word picture of the'
first attempt : to organize a Ne-|
gro Press Association in 1878-at
Atlantic City.
o0n Wednesday morning, the
sessions likewise were product
tive of much discussion. \\f. Gothe
Bankers' Fire Insurnncc
Co.. "ofHDurham, N. C., and
Trueman Gidson of the Supreme
Life Insurance Co,, of Columbu^,1
Ohio, were the principal speakers
on. "Business Phases of Race t
Life."
The Thursday night?sessiop ,
was devoted to religious matters
with the following program,
of: speakers, all of whom were
prosentf ?... Thursday,
81OQ P. M.?"The j
Negro Church," Presiding Bish-;
on John TTurst of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
?"The American'Pulpit and tho
Negro," Rev. Wm, L, Iraes, of.
the Lombard Street Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia.
"The Negro's Contribution to*
the Religious Life of America,"j
Rishop L. W. Kyles of the Afrlpj
can Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church.
innc rnnfloroft liv
M ss Estelte Pincknoy.
, Others, who spolce, were R.^
Maurice Moses on "Tfcerfcnng:
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U)AY, SEPT. 2tV 1925. " 1
Denounces Lynching?
Seymour Carroll, in Address at
Pickens Heard by Both Races-.
' Speaker Points the Way in
Angry Speech to Large Audi
ence for Hood Citizenship :it
?Big Humane Meeting.
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MANY AFRAID FOR SI'FAKFR.
Pickens. Sgp? 20.?This afternoon
the City auditorium was
crowded to hear Seymour Carroll,
-the Southern Field Sec re- ?
tary of the American Hufnane
Education Society deliver a <
speech on kindness to cats bnd '
dogs; -the big aiujience we id. a- i
way from t lie auditorium fil ter I
Lhey had heard Mr. Carroll in a-j
new address. "" * H
?Thacnuntry has just been >tit- i
red this morning" with a report ,
M the attempt at "lynching m4'
Alyin Mansel, of Pickens,. a?L :
Ashevillo, X. C., yesterday after- ;
noon, when an angry mob storm- J
>d tho county? jail?looking?for-i
"the bad nigger," which, cried <
let us lynch him give us the';
"kc^n,". fell from the1 would-be !<
lynchers. 11
In-biter words Mr. OutoII do- i
ikmoeed lynching before' aiTirn^l
dience that a 1 mast-filled tlieCL- <
ty auditorium here this after- [\
noon, of a bufc who formerly liv-'i
ed in. this -comryiUnity. A man I
or set of men; or group of men, u
>vho^choseM-u-44?4^^ laws 01 ]
tbe great State of North Caro-h
linn J,,' , 1 >1 ?... 1
line* in niuii UVI 11 IlclliU> ill C II1CH'- i
al cowards,shouted the pi>eaker_
in^ anger and bitterness. L-be~
ltiwa; 1 o believe whuw^g pcrAun ^
commits a crime that that person
or persons should' be dealt ,
with in keeping with tile laws of ;
the Statt* and VflUnn.?i\Ir. Carroll
said in our preaching ami I]
teaching "of humane* education, t<
rmrrhuinflntry:Trm;un Tworrdrt'-'
ing creature. / . / '* j
Shelly Davis, of E as ley had
charge of tile..nicel ing, and ii j
was" thru hinff that. flic move- "
ment-to- have Mr. Carroll speak 1
here sva^-~rrponsorr,ct. He?is to" speak
at Liberty, near here.next i
Sunday morning, but friends of ;
Seymour Carroll have advised !
tlra-t the meeting be-enhnd off |
until the spirit of the meeting
In lysaudience that was made :
up of two hundred of more '
white people, Carroll did not hold
his. tongue in stating himself agaiiist
the wrong _ treatment:nteted
out to black American citizens.
lie talked for. an hom-,
very- little of his da-dress was
devoted to the subject,announced
by the sponsors-of the meeting,
as much time was taken by
him oh lynching, night riders
and the un-Christian movements
of certain people in the South
HTKt trie Ashcvillc mob irr parties ular.,
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T C R E R CI1E OS IS <rA MI *
TO RE ERECTED. ?
(1 j Tb? A??ociaUd N?rro Pr?M)r
Marion, S. C.; Sept.?That the
members of the race are intergstecTm
preserving their health "
was indicated here when hundreds
of our group responded to
the call for volunteers to assist
in the erection of a tiibereufosis
camp near Marion for Negroes.
In addition to offering their services
ma-ny also made cash do
nat ions. ' ___
The site of the camp, which is
half way between Marion and
Mullins, and which is a pinecovered
sand hill, was donated
by the Mills in and around Marion
and Mullins and business
houses of the town. ..... . ..
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: ON'-YEAR'S WORK.
(By Thy AssociattJii Nejjro Pres*.)
Chicago. III., Sept.?Ac-con
;ng to tJhe report ol' Mrs. Mai
AIrLcod Bethuho. -President i
the National Association of C(j
urc({ AYpmen'* . Clubs/ the Avor
of the club women of A merit
during the year closing Angn
ul. has been most enco uracil
Tho report, which wis roloa
L'd this week, points out th;
. ha pi'e.sident has travelled thn
out .the east and middle we
promoting the new prograi
of llicwNaliona]-^Woc^4m^
>vas ixlopted at the Chicay
meeting. .Mrs. Bethune/ in hi
.'fl'oi'ts to |)U l; over th is prograi
*nu develop club work anion
-itlor^d. woimtt---points out?t-k-t
die has represented the Natioi
il Association . on the Board c
ihe Federal Council of Chtircl
Drnors of southern" states an
addressed .various social an
..ivic .bodies in the interest.^ c
letter?relations?between th
\ s- - .1 .t'?.
. o in nuici aa <U1U 111 clUUlllO
has writ ion and sent fifteen hm
ired letters and mow t'ha.n m
hundred telegrams, rcpresen
ing the organization in cases c
:) e reav e ments. trreetimrs. coi
ccntions.. and in acknowledgi
rnent of wort hwhile-things bein
.lone for and Jjy the members (
)ur grotty.
liomen Carrying- Out J-'rogran
="Too much can scarcely 1
f r s ~ftptti mr
01' the Cl'.'Ot'ls or tne women 1
carry out our -excellent Natioi
al Program," embodying tl
\iaint7mance of the Douglat
Home, The National, Scholars hi
rund, and the'establishment c
:>ur National Headquarter
targe TTUMLoer.- dl', wbfnen 1 fol
all sections-1 of the country ai
working for some or all .of the?
worthy -objects and wo-mw
fail to commend their effort
hut not until every woman sha
work :in harmony and cooper:
lion with everyone of our gre<
ami worth objects shall we rea
ly achieve our highest"good."
.Makes-Splendid Appeal.?
In closing her report, Mr
summary aiul appeal:
LITTLE STORIES OE ,
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, OF OUR PREA<
BY REV. 1
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The news- has reached Colun
bia that the Rev. II. C. Asbur;
rt --prominent- -member ? oTTl
South Carolina Conference M. 1
church, and the editor and pul
lishev of The Watchma?n and D
fender, is ciuile sick at his horr
in Timmonsville. A compete!
tr?4ned?nurse. Miss Mary Jai
bo. .nai/fc jasi Efl.rG r hrrli
Mack, of?Lamar, has been ei
Saj?ed a-nd is^by his bedside,
is hoped thratrrre this, bcrts-be
ter_aml?will -sot>n be able t o dl
charge his important duties' ,
iratrrr' " ~
x * ' While
on a renent visit
Kinystree, S. C., T formed theii
<iuaintance of Prof. W. M. A
(lesson, the Principal of the cc
ored graded school of that tow
lie informed me that he w;
educated at Benedict College,
Columbia. Judging from tl
work he has done in Kin&strc
I infer that he is one of the he
reperesentatives of that scho<
During the three, years of li
stay in that town^he has be<
able to nut over aerogram th
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Krcnt. Social and Gen"
era! Neivs. _ i
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K \(>T1]|) S01,0IST?APPOINT- ^r~
IT) TO RADIO STAFF OF
? 7 ARTISTS.
J- (Dy The Associated N?gro Presg.)
T 'Toronto, f'tm , -^"pf ?R#?r.?rt
rcT j Paris Kd\va?n?thu noted nolo
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isi, and who heads the Departfcmcun.or
Alusic of the First Hap- 1
list Church of this - city, has
Sl been appointed to the. staff of
ig artists of ( -. K. C. L., Reliable &
Afaximite Iiatterie:- Radio" SFFt^ ~
^-trorr?Mr:?Edwards, who was
ff born in Newark, reCfefVecl
^ his m usical trainirr^T'^ ?tlW
hands of Mine. Estelle K. Dancy
m aiui . 1'rof. Doston R. Puryis of
^ I'll a i city. lie will be "the. first
:? (-d iog,i 11 a .fly? f rom a Canadian
-^r station:' , ->- i?r?"n
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g . "Ar the" close of this first year
n--we again ask for the t-oopera- l
lion ' and help of all women
jf everywhere in placing higher
i-_ a.m.1 highortinr standard of "yvo
>*- manhood ands- rededicating ourd
selves to the setting up of the -^r~
y family, altar and?in gathering tunder
the sheltering wings of
^ pur National the young women
pr who shall be trained in our Jure
lc- ihr organizations -Uptake?otrr
t- places, to .take the; torches from
our hands and "carry on/
menls?I Wo must st ross Virtue
jf truth, refinement, and unselfish
service. May I urge that we gosteadfastly
forward with firm
' iLnd^teady: step in full coopera
01-lion. uv-rlpiUt-and ideblS.?'ihus,^
n_1 together, may attain. the
Ic ii-rvZ-A^''"SS>* '
d* omen of America, I,am de)f
pending upon you to stand firm
'' and iirlp to Mmanc-ipuW the Race, y
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e the world from ignorance, in jus- ' - .
;e fice, superstition and vice". This
?Ma_um- high and holy ca>llirig, thfe "?
the service whtUh with clean??
L11 % Li.
nanus?and pun- hearts, we go
>,{;-ii'pr\va4t^in thfs-Jie\v uf our \vori|
1- to render. 'In His Name' this "r"~-.
1.- ciit.: >.i'i v ?t-haX?Wf Miall ivn?? ??
der it' wehave written upon our .
[g hearty i 1 i-s 'new, Nmui^ni' 1
Love.'"
ftBMUMa?l III ? CT^JIT?HO?fj??a??
VCHIEVEMENT . -r
LIHERS AND TEACHERS ,rj
f. E. LOWERY
4 -* - - - -r."1
i- his predecessors have failed to
y, do. in 50 years.
TP'* TTuTTnp those 5l)^year s7 this
S. school was cut up in- small djb
visions and taught in?three
e- small .shanties. But whijn Prof,
le. Anderson was elected principal,
it the white trustees told him that A . /
to if ho. eould raise $2,000 they
ih would ]>ut & brick school
n- house worth $i 4,000. He took
It hold and raised the $2,000, and
t- the hrick building is thcre.^ahd
a- teaching in- it. It has 10 class
rooms with modern furniture.
He and' his teachers raised $20
to for maps and charts ~ *
c~'books for the Library. Paid
rt- $37, for wiring and electric lights
>1- $51 for window shades and $375
n- for a piano. This is a noble a- _ .
Achievement for a young 1 mail
^.Auwt'out of school.???
in
tie; Very recently 1 spent a Sabie,
bath in Sumter and was enterstjtained
in the home of Mr. S. J. j
dI. McDonald. And he and Mrs.
tis McDonald, the grand mother and
sn even the-^hHdren made it pleas^
atjant for me.- Mr. McDonald is J