University of South Carolina Libraries
* .r? - ' * DEVOTED TO THE INTEltfeSTS O t THE PEOPLE. r ISBSSSSISS^SSSHShSSSS^SM " V^L.1?NO/43. ~~" NEGRO C COMANCHE ? BURNED OFF k MAYPORT v White Passengers Stunned by the Sight of the Heroism of the Colored Crew -? $?-?_ WOMEN WERE SHRIEKING Some ^Survivors Mistook their Daring for Neglect _and^ Recklessness - (fly The Associated N-egro Pressor Jacksonville Fla. Oct.?White passengers on the Clyde liner, -Comanche, which burned off iMayport. last Saturday?were stunned by the sight of the her oism ol the colored ci*ew_as- the flames tore their way from the lower Inlinnor o A-f V??v UVVUO VI IIIC vessel.?With death?starring them in the face, the intrepid members of the crew went about the work" handling the ship with no thought of fear, laughing and chatting among themselves, and doing all they could to keep up the morale of the "passengers. Many of the wO* men were crying and shrieking; Some ..of the survivors Were so frightened during the ordeal ? that they miotook the daring of the crew for neglect and reckxessness. I- NEGROES HAVE NO FRIENDS AT COURT K DECLARES TVI. CHISUM. ___(By^Thg~A.ssoCiated<' Ncgro'Prpss.) B St^-Leuis, Mo., Oct.?"The B dire 'and humiliating positon Y- whch. .the Negro occupies n ArheY?$|!n politics today and the lack of influence which the race possesses with the administration is due primarily to the fact t Vlfl f WO Vinvo no troioo o.f nnutiX , v??v*w ?T V ? V 41V * V/UU1 I in the cabinet or among the close advisors of President Calvin Coolldge. T Said Melvin Chisum,-field secretary. of the National Negrc Press Association and well-inforrped student of political af. . fairs in ?*n interview' .Friday According to Mr. Chisumthe _??Negro can count., upon, one or t.wf fiyinrnfc? f lr? narv in onf V?r\vif if 11115^1 o in auinui ilj w 1 iv. are actively, jn his behalf. Postmaster General New is one'.oi ~ these. Ever since his earlj ???days in' Indiana in which state he advanced until he represented its poptrtece in the Unitec States Senate, General. New has been one of those who believec that a man should be judged a* an American citizen and accord ed treatm<yit ahd recognition 61 his wrrrth a sa<n individual. Gen eral New is credited with post office supervisory promotion* made in Chicago, New York anc other cities as well as the ap pointment of John -D. Gainej as assistant chief clerk in Wash _ ington. a position never held be T W 4- Vk 1 CI Vl A V* O a V\AAV? o.a lUi c? ill txuo lie iiao uecii cuo sistecPenthusiastically by Gov emor Barttett, First - Assistan Postmaster General, and Colon el Paul* Henderson, second as sistaht postmaster general an< son-in-law or congressman Mar tin B. Madden. A fcw * ~ \ t 1 L .'- - - v ? "I REW SAV1 LIFE IMPRIS . 1 mrs, artless ma GRACE-WALLACE NUR- \\ TIALS^ '.. * ! . ? . ) * . i 1Mrs. Bessie Moorman, of Co-? *. t - o * r lonial Ileighta, thin- 'eiiy, ?mt- f nounees the marriage of her j * daughter, Artless Margaret to i I ?????B?iBM?fl?? I--GETHSF.M ANF. RA-PTF , AND SUNDAY SC With The Zion Baptist ChiirQ ' 1 Association of the The- fifty-eighth annual ses- j sion of the Gethsemane Baptist r _ Association -is now history. i -This record-breaking session^ i was nem wun me voion rsaptist . church,- Columbia ; beginning Wednesday the 21st and going through Friday, 24th inst. The Gethsemane Association, it will be~"remembered is the oldest Negro Baptist organization in South Carolina. It is the j mother of the fifty-four Asso-j ciations which make up the 280,000 Baptists of the old Pal> metto State. , ' jThe session_opened Wednes day morning on schedule time when the Moderator, Rev. J. C. J White sounded the gavel and >- called the house to ortlei, and > anounced the time of the Intro-1 ductory sermon;?which was i : preached hy Rev .T M Frppmg.nl r of Wallaeeville. Bro. Freeman I * spoke from the subject of the i "Responsibility of Stewardship/*] 1 The sermon was pnint^ <^1] \ i gotten up, and forcefully deliv-; 1 ered. Never during the entire 5 session did the brethren forget - that they were stewards, in ^ whose care God hacF entrusted - the souls of men. The doctrinal - sermon was -preached by - the' * "Rev.'R. F. Lee, of Rock Hill, - Uonableness of the Doctrine of r the (Resurrection." Rev. Lee! - is one of South Carolina's best - young preachers and it was aj - treat to sit find listen to him. i - A solo rendered by Mrs. Rebecca t Reese, ?f Columbia was ^very - good. Dr. C. B. Antisdel, pres ident of Benedict College then> 1 spoke on the subject: "Benedictj - College and its claims on the' Gethsemane Xssociation," which . * * |T irfP'S" ~ " 9 xJaime 7 t 1 "" coifumbi a, s. c;: satur tROWT ES LIVES II ^MiiiiicKTT r/ I ^ v ^ ? RGARET GRitt^. v 1 - ? ' > Mr. Willie Grace, of Atlantic ^ City; N*. J., June 10, 1925. ? , c Mrs. Grace who*is well known j in-Columbia, was formerly Miss i Artless Wallace, a student of i Hooker. Washing-ton Hig+i-school. 1 ?Mr. and Mrs. Grace will make c their, home in Atlantic City. c W ^ASSBCIAXIQH I ^unrvi rrv\i\;rMTiAM Jl IKJKJLm V tin I r Rccorebbrcaknig Ses?iuii--liehl -j Ife^JLast Week. The-Mother t Cnher Fifty-four -. > I was both edifying aml-enHght- ( oning." ^ ?Thursday was a busy?day^ r Many: vfe1'*01'** v>rtnrH wa""f[ some of the most prominent c were: The Revs. D. G. Dudley, z of Louisville, Ky., A. E. Moss, ( Augusta, Ga., RevT Mr. Dudley \ of Savannah, Ga<., Rev. H. W. t Long, this city and Deacon S. ( R. Rice, of Union and Dr. J. C. 1 Tobin, uf"Union. " " r The Institute lecture deliver- t ed by Dr. H. W. T<ong will not r oe soon I or gotten. The lecture I by Dr. Dudley was a masterpiece on the: "The Keys of fhe king- i dom," which swept the Associa- ] tion '(|T Us feet. Dr. Dudley^ delivered another masterly lec- i ture on Friday niirht. subject' J *'The Soul, and what is it?" < The Association voted their un- ,r qualified approval to Mm-.to travel throughout this Associaliunal fluid and teach the scrip-1 tures. 1 ?-=* ? Mirris College was ably "pre- x senied by Dr. J. j. starks, the ~ president. Our Association stancls untr&Tnmelled for all , which Morris .College stands. Dr. Starks is-^atways a welcome ~ guest in the Gethsemane field. The Rev^-J^P, Reeder, of Rock Hill, State representative,'of the Foreign, Mission board of t the .National Kaptist. Cnnven. | tion (unincorporated) made an able plea for the work and -he , was given a spllendid collection^ The subject ^ "The deacon's' relationship to the pastor,*' was ^ profitably diacu;**ed- by^-Deaconsn S. Jr Dunlap, English; J. H. ^ Waiters, Columbia; J. C. Smith, j Cayce; I. S. Samuel, Blythewood . and W. F. Coleman, Columbia.*' . .. r . c Continued on page five. ji . . \ ffo ? DAY, OCTV31, 1925..* SIBURNIN( ^ ? ' 3R SLAYINC CHURCH GIVES $10,0(20 TO EDUCATION 5robably'a Larger Amount than any other Colored Church in the Country >T. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH ^ev. Clarke, the ^Pastor is the Former President of Lincoln j University of M^souri -??J(By. The Associated Negro- Press;) f"ClevclaiuV, O., Oct.?St. John V- M. E. cliiircK of this city, of ' vhich Rev, Edward M." Chirke 1 V. M., IX D., is pastor, has gi en over ten thousand dollars to 1 he cause of education -during 1 ns^pasiorate of the last- five ( 'ears. This Js probably a larger amount than any othei* col- J >red church in the country has ' riven. Rev. Clarke is a grad- ( late of Wilberforee University ^ ind a former teacher in Wilber- ' 'orce, as 'we'll as former presi- { lent of the Lincoln University * >f Missouri. ' TUSKEGEE TRU.STEES HOL^ ANNUAL MEETING: ~ (By The Associated yegro. Press.) | New ?York, Oct.-r-The annual , needing of the Boafd of.Trus- ( eGs of Tushegee Normal and j ^ ,1 .,,.4-,.; ~ I T?Li*-.* y i it nuu?until iiisiuuici was neia j leneral Education Board. Dr. j Ailliam Jay "Schibffelin, chair- ( nan nf t ViP.Jinard, prosified. j ?OheUis?A?Austin. Prosiderrt-j )f the Seabord National Bank, ( tnd -chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the rejort of progress on the Hamp- , on-Tuskegeo Endowment Fund j Campaign for five million dol- j ars for the two schols and an- , lounced satisfactory returns'on , he investments-of the Endow- ( nent Fnuds of the Tu sice gee . institute. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes an- | lounced a< gift of 810,000 from ( diss Olivia Phelps Stokes to be j mown as the Margaret J. Wash- j ngton Memorial Scholarship ] Tund -in honor of the late wid- i 3\v of Booker T. Washington, fhis fund will be used for needy 1 ?William II. Carter, former Jost accountant of tlie -Tuske- ( ?ee Institute, was elected treas- I irer, succeeding Warren Logan ^ ,vho \\*as recently retired. h ?, ? J ' !] MOB STORMS MISSISSIPPI ' i AII;. *1 (By The Associated Negro Press.) 1 New Orleans, ? La., ^ Oct.?-A ! nob of five hundred whites 1 hreatened two men a-nl a wii-J nan, in jail at Ctarksdarr. Mis*., " vho" are charged with the nuir-'l ier. of Grover Nichols,- manager;! >n the Traynum p'anlution < whose hotly wan found hacked i ,vith an axe a_nd tied, to a stoveh n the oflice. The trio was ar-'; ested after bloodhounds fob : owed a scent from the scene of die murder to their home. They leny their guilt and expect to ;>rove an alibi. |i i , - . # # ~ ' \ * : ----- . , ~ * ' 1 VESSEL 1 HIS WIFF THE KILLING 1 OCCURED LAST AUGUST, .j?i " ' I It was During the Closing Days 1 of the National Negro Busj- ' ^ness League Session " t WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr. Travis Shot his Wife Four * Times-His Defence was I , "* "? ' *'? I ^ rpj ? ; Insanity ??7? .. v? hc? Q3y 'LLc.. A-^ociuUMl Xe^ro Press.;1 Tuls%-0kla.,-. Oct.?Convicted 'C by ii}p jury hearing, his case of ; iirsl degree murder Pr Pl-itn i Travis, widely known dentist of J H 0 litis city, was sentenced to life npmmmcnt here Monday"?for 1 wife, Mrs. Lucille Travis, last r (August. The killing which oc- ^ jurrcd during the closing days )f the National Negro Business v League session which was being 1 leld here at that .time, attract- c icT nation-wide attention,' be--7"; :ause of the prominence of?the ^ Llectased, who was the daugh- c ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. GoO'dThe testimony showed that p Mrs. Travis was assisting in en-jr ;ertainng guests at an afternoon D oception given in un apartment;-^ m * Greenwood avenue, when ' Dr. Travis called her on the ^ ohone. Coming to the apart- * nent a few minutes later, he c liad her get her wraps and ac- * company him. -As thev an ->ioai-hcd the door of the build--t Ing, ho. tthot-her-four times with = deadly'effect. A number of the * jtiesls were delegates to the T League and-''many theseTe- llurued for the trial, testifying x In- behlaf* of -the -state, and mak- a hg a very strong impression on v Lhe jury as to the high charac- f ter of the affair given and the t excellent, standing of those in (> attendance, . ? c Dr. Travis relied upo insani- c .y for his defense and stated t .hat. when his wfe failed to f cave the .reception as he urged, a lis mind became blank and he i emembered. nothing until after ire had bedirplaced in jail? WOMAN FREED OF MURDER t - ~ 1 - a ?Philadelphia, Pa., Oct.?Wild g heering marked ttle freeing ^ lere of Louise "Thomas, the 'a /oung woman whn ha rtheen sen T lenced to die for the murder of Harry Saunders, colored mem- ( jer of the vice squad. Louise c fhomas. a comelV young wo- r nan, well known in the under- c world, had, it appears, tried to , sever her relations with Officer ^ Saunders. On February, 21, '24; 7 in her room jmJZlsl.street near ^ [cged to have shot Saunders f five times.. She claims that 4ie j drew his revolver to shoot her, ) iuid that when she seized the f pistol it was tfisrhargedv-^Shc f rxlcls that she thought she was r ?hot, and pulled the trigger five } times, until Saunders fell Thrad.' The new trial was allowed by { t he Supreme " Co u r t on a tech- , nicality. . ... . .. ... > /fsUilsCRIHE ANI)^ ADVERTISp?Current, Social ;*nd Genera 1 Newsier: ??*~ ''.??y~jT DC A COPY. THE GREATEST ',v OF CRIMINAL ~ I AWY-F.RS r\ - ? ? L/arrow will Commence Court Defense in Detroit, on ? - October dQth r 4 1 1 " :ASE TO COST OVER $ 15,000 ?; -o ..' 3r Sweet and. 10 oth^ Npgr^fi to be tried forRepuisingMob from Dr. Sweet's Home . .Clarence. Daimv,, who. _ hak Vr ' ?UUll l'tllgiTTCd by the National Vs.sociation for the Advance- . ^ " nenf of Colored People to defend, Dr. .0. II. Sweet and ten . )ther .'dolored people in Detroit or repuDing mob from Dr. jweet's "home, has obtained a<tay of proceedings until Or-' ober,oO tn give hinv Hmn irepare the case. On October- ?? O.it is expected to go to trial ft?Judge. Frank J. Murphy's _ourt^_ytiidge-Alurphy recently eleased' Mrs. Sweet in $10,000 >an. Association of Mr. Darrow vith Die Sweet defense has aoused enormous interest in the ase, the Chicago Da-ily News. ending' a "special coffespendent p. iregory T. Dillon, to cover the ase. . ... j The cost of the Sweet case, t is conservatively estimated nil exceed Slo.uOQ and^pussibly: 1 un up to $20,000. Onhls .visit o Detroit on October 10, when lo~ was accompanied by Walter -?1 Vhite, Assistant Secretary of he N. A. A. C. P.,'Mr. Darrow leld conferences with the local olored attorneys and others incrested in. tk-secase, laying the grounds for the case. While n Detroit Mr. DaVrow said : --1 anr-going-4o ri.tc.uivu ^ OOP o fight this case, I would do it or nothing if 1 could afford4 it >ecause t"He?e is a- principle in olved. These colored people . - .. re entitled to a fa-ir shake. It rill cost me more "than- S5.000 o try this case. I do not wanthe people to think that I am le fending these Negroes because if an exorbitant fee. It will 7 ost me more than I receive to' ry the case but* I have a deep* elt interest in the colored race nd hope for an improvement a their condition." The National Office of the N. i. A. t . i'., lias guaranteed the ees of Messrs. Darrow and Arhur Garfield Hays of New York . md Walter M. Nelson, ja Detroit attorney, &s well as the expens- ~ s of investigation, travelling iful hotel accommodations. The otarud peopttr of TFefroTrfhrn he local branch of the N. A. A. 1 P., and other agencies are ? indeavoring to raise as much nonoy^fru poauihlc to meet the !.\penscs of the case. In conlection with the case, Walter VPl rt It'b r\ Art b id n r4 4~V> a ? . wiiiv; .TOKiuuvu liu; ai- ?. angemcn.ts with Mr. Darrow, ra?D -??? "Dr. Sweet* and the other 3eendants are in jail not because .liey have committed a. crime )ut because they are Negroes tnri dared to defend their home ind their lives agatnst a mom Fliey are in the forefront of the cattle -belhg waged for all Negroes* in'America and in a larger,, sense they are fighting for , justice and fair play for all A-Continued on page 2. ^