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The Colored State Fairr Best Ever Held Continued from Page TT~ berry; J. S. Dawkins, 4th disl ?irict Carlisle; J. B. Hamper, 5th district Jenkinsville; :Hen. E. J. V ' . Sawyer, 6th district BennettsviHe; Dr. Matilda i^^Evans, 7th district . r-; - ' - ?Those elected to .State-atf ? TSrge, were: Dr. A. W- Hill, Ai ?ken; Mr. I. S. Leev.y, Culumbiat W. M. Wallace, Whitmire; Rev. J. B. Smith, Abbeville; Dr. D- H. Sima, Allpn univprsitv. Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, Advisory Director, State College^ ' ? EXHIBITS MANY AND ? VARIED. In the Steel Building where - the general exhibits could b? seen, they were many a?rid varied Richland county, JNewberry anaAbbeville vied with- eaeh?ether as to which could bring the tiniest farm products. Everything ^"7" *7 which could be raised on a farm could be seen at these booths. Allen University and Benedict College tried to outdo each other in showing the various de~ partments of these schools. Benedict represented?from 1 v>prjvrnsic departmont, Hoppitah Home economics, literary and ^scientific departments. / Allen , University showed how a kitch. ?' en shouldd be ^arranged through her domestic science "and liter-, ary departments. The Booker^ Washington High school of Columbia had one of the very best exhibits of all, they showed the : manual?training -school's-excel? lent worK, trie "DricK InytntT 'trade as taught there throughout the dress-making and do? mestio science. The Monteith school, and others, are worthy of honorable mentioning. .Most ~of these took the blue ribbon. The Fairwold School was very creditable. ? ??? J Among th4 churches which had extra-ordinary booths were Sidney Park C. M. E. church; __... Zion-Eaptist,- Emanuel A. E. Union Baptist; First Nazareth ?7? Baptist and others. r The poultry show was the fin ml im^l mniit. vmned nvei'-^een' here before, "y GREAT CONTEST BETWEEN ) ALLEN AND BENEDICT. ?~ ?^-AHon-and-Bonedict. ancient rivals in foot ball classics, played and hard con~?-? groand~ hnf^reT ThuFsday. Hun" ~ dreds of rooters of djofH^cho^i: stood on the "respective A sides shouted themselves hoarse for their favorite school. ? The score-stood 2-0 in favor-of Benv. . ~ ~ r??"+*? ?: - dHtpt ?? - I The snappy f6ot ball game played between The Wilson Hi of Florence and Booker -Washington Hi, of Columbia on Friday attracted- no-Ht-tle attention' with Florence carrying home the 'Won"' " ~ " "A special" feature of th is year-a festival was the prize fight, Friday afternoon at the , foot ball stadium between "Happy" Hunter of Atlanta, Ga., and ~~ Bob- Lawson, of""Pittsburg; "Pa." "Happy" Hunter was no match for the resistless onslaughts of the sledge hammer blows of fighting Bob LawsonPreliminary bouts between Battling Joe Simlfrins and "Red" Vance," whieh resulted in "Battling" Joe beating big ."Red" into a pummell. The , bout between "Kid" Siki and Sam Childs resulted in Sam hitting "the "Kid" and"the "Kid"'biffing ~~~ - the canvas floor for a count of ten. The horse and automobile racking were very good. BIGGER AND BETTER FAIR " FOR 1926. . The thousands of visitors went to ineir nomea fast week-r many of whom resolving to make the Negro State Fair next year a bigger and greater propOBUloii -from every standpoint. Too much praise cannot be given to Green Jackadn, Sec'y.jjfor *?r*. ~y w MV r T. I , I ! Hi. '* ' " , *f * -i 1 . his tireless work of making the' ]Fair a'greater a-nd more intercut ' ing concern than ever before. _ Snatched From The" GalIoWs~ Goes Free a I Continued from' page 1. [found great difficulty in secur< ing a jury because of the great 'interest and comment it had .caused throughout the country." . The N. A. A. C. P. Starts A S"?n,Ann TWorigp Fund ? . ; ' America? If so, now, is the time to act? i "We have begun to raise a $50,000 LegaD?Defense Fundi That "fund will be used not only to defend Dr.~Q. H. Sweet and. 71ie other colored men who de- ; feiided Dr. Sweet's home from a mob.?dt^vrH?be used too,^o fight before the U. S. Supreme Court in Washington, residen- " ti&l- segregation by private agreement among white property-owners. It will be used, ^ too, to challenge -before"the U. S. Supreme Court the while primary laws by which "colbred" citizens are" Tflslrancmsea -in " the-South.- We want $50,000 as the-1 munitions of war ~*for siicb a fitrht in behalf of justice for the Negro as has not been ' ; fought since the Civil War. ? "White friends of the Ne- J inr>' f.-.ngp arp on the firing 1 line. The Directors of the ; Garland Fund?have given $5,- OOP outTightr- They offer $15,- 1 OjOO more, if" we will -raise two/' dollars to their one. thus com pleting a fund of $50,000. That ought to-be easy for the 1 colored people "of America. Surely they have .$30,000 arid more to invest in citizenship ^ lights for themselves and their 1 children."; 7;J" ^ x " ' "Ijt Ts now "or never- In Detroit, a Klan city, we ,a>re facing J the guns. AYe have employed 1 the best criminal lawyer in J Americca, Clarence Darrow. , Th~ Washington we Wilt be" represented by two of the'most.. "iuiiiTiit n Ipwypir'5"" of the country. Mr. Darrow is 1 giving his services for onetenth of his~ customary- fee. 31 esttrsF--"teuis--. Marshall and. .Moorfiekl^ Storey are giving t heir services free~out of-sheer Zlevot km tcr -this?cauoe.?Will- Moir'rOes fajl these champions, uITvrni they?imgl^hom up, uniw.rl, to tbp very limit? "F am confident of the answer to this question. The cok~ people of America will "more than meet the offer of the Garlland Fund. So doing they will build a bulwark for the protection of their rights and the rights of their children in this land. "I repeat, act now. Send your checks to your, local N. AA. C. P., or to J. E. Spingarn, Treasurer,?N. A C. P.f 69 Fifth Avenue, New York City. We call upon our churches, our Traternal societies and other organizations, as well as every individual.who values American citizenship-" ^ National .Baptist Sunday School Congress U'Onunuea rroip. rage JJ i . ~ T today among Negroes. It is a big Summer Scho6l of Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. methods.' The National Layman League, is the largest crowd of laymen To be seen on this continent among Negroes. The National : Baptist Cadets organization brings to Columbia the most inI , ? . ispiring sight of organization among bo.vs ever seen here. - Kxf>erL-Bible expositors, train eel Sunday School workers of experience will be here by the scores. Prof. Johnson, of Nashville. Tenn.. National Musical Director will come to Columbfa, a month in advance to train a r * - . ?..? \ \ 1 r - ? LL-i- 1 -Ji?L chorus choir ofr 1,000 voices. ?J ?There will be ministers, business men and women ' from Maine to Florida; and from the Atlantic to the "Golden Gate of California. "~7~ Let South Carolina wake up. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR HOLDS MEETING IN CHICAGO, ?(Dy The Associated Negro Prcaa.)? Chicago, 111., N ov-^YV Ifh~8r painting ten feet high and six | feet wide ( depicting , a Negro' worker and a Negro farmer} clasping hands, as the back- f ground of the platform -officers4 and promoters- of thei krherican^ Congress of La>bor, which is inl session here are niightly telling Negroes how to get into trade { unions andhow tu inake~thej trade-unions nrrnrd' Nf^grn lflfr-1 Qi'ci'o, equal rights.?j? j. The_ congress, opened Monday at the Metropolitan Community Center, Ciles Avenue, and is holding day nnd night sessions throughout . the week.j The purpose of the Congress a-s outlined by Fort Whiteman is "to mobilize and to coordinate into a fighting machine the i most militant and cllass confirms workers of ht.fi race fori the abohtion ol lynclung, Jim j Crowism, industrial discrimina>-j tion, politcal disfranchisement and segregation. J. , Speaking of Negro unions,1 Mr. Whiteman said r" We want t; t t s: t it [iu mm uiuw unions. >ve are, Ltomiiiidinu that, the: American ! Federation of Labor tear down the barriers that separate us j fi-nm tho white worknrs ami keep; "Us out of white unions, j We colored workers through, this congress correct the mis- j takes of our white brothers who have been foolishly mis-^ ted by^the wrong-kinck of loud ?rs/' i. Laborers Skeptical. ' In spite of the ambitions j1 and high spuding purpose of thcT' Congress as explicated by the president,- skiULe.d and common ' laborers and" farmers, are ap- 1 parentlv looking with skeptidsm atffhe efforts of the organisation -CJt-tho ftvo~of^Si"X fru n [Trecr^vho galherwnghUy'in tiny auditorium of the Metropolitan Labor Congress any .a small per: cent are of what is commonly V'ulluil Mil. UixmlJlkCt m-niil-v i<-J i?-i VUtlVyVI lliVs itlUVJ 1115 tin ***.1 evidence. The audiences have i largely comprised journalists,bankers, educators, lawyers,:; social mir leers;? ami- those of-" mimiigy ltous who haVe ahj tended simply?to-see- and heart what?| Rumored Congress Fostered by. E ; 1? Reds. Whether this skepticism of the tradesmen is due to the renort that tho rnncrpss is heirnrt fostered by the Third Interna-j tional whichr** is a communistic' movement of to the fact that the Congress has not previously j to attain the ends desired after 'demanding?h n?t know ; According to sentiment ex-! pressed by some of the-trades-; men and unionist the laborers have no inclination to be connected with any socialistic or eorhmunistic movetnent and are under the impression that only turmoil and strife - can-obtain, from their.affiliation. - It- is. known. noweverr~fhgtr the American Federation of Labor has warned all trades unionist to refrainv from any .connection with?the congress.William Green, president oL the Federation, dec-lareds that "It will not benefit the Negro, but is designed to instill into the lives of the r&ce ~~ the most pernicious doctrines?race hatred.' The Sessions. The sessions have been characterized hy_ addresses and resolutions, reeking ? with radicalism and every evil confronting Negroes throughout the world was stacked. Demands, such as set forth by the president in his address on the opening <W have been made througl I "statement?and declarations' issued ~ to the press, the mos conspicious which was that col ored "pupils be accorded -^th< right to -l attend all school | anywhere within the nation an< the right of colored teachers t< teach in any school, North East, West, and South. ?Among -the speakers dur inj the week, in addition to th< president,?have?been:?H. V Phillips .and Otto Harswood New York. City; William Scar ville of Pittsburgh. The sessions were attende( by a- few white communists leaders who have taken smal part in thts program. 11 ???eg NEWS FROM WOODRUFF. The Kt. Rev. E.D. W. djones a presiding Bishop of the A. M E. Z. Church In South Carulim was in tbc* r?ifv -l-Vm noaf ?wnv* v* vj bilV/ ^aov ?? ELiSdp?Jenes- delivered & won derful address at Trinity A. M E. Zion Church Thursday even ing. At the close of the ad dress Mrs. W. H. Hampton o: Union accompanied by Mis; Coleman also of Union sans very touchingly a solo. Aftei the?benediction?was_annoiinc?i a. delicious ' repast was served The presiding elder and pas tor, Revs. Barnes and Hampton as well as members anc friends of the church?weri highjly gratified to enjoy th( Bishop's presence. ? Mrs, x Isabell Johnson, whc lias been the house guest of hei brother-in-law and sister," Prof and Mrs. J. R. Johnson, left Saturday to beguriier-work as a teacher in Union County. =^Mr& -Allene Kilgore who has been somewhat indisposed is quite well again. The Grand -Orders of Odd Fellows and Ruthites held Their Thanksgiving Anniversary on Sunday evening at New Bethel Baptist Church. The serviice was well attended and 4he-proceedings were much enjoyed. Several?^addresses Were.made and inspiring songs rendered. Mtk:?Mary?Rogers acted?as Mistress of Ceremony. The sermon was preached ~ bV the ijevTTJarHhjy;Lou of Die A; M. E. Church. . Remarks were made by the pastor, Rev.-Good and Miss G. M. Mosely also made a talk til the interest of "The Palmetto Leader." The o 11ering amounted to $12.44. G. M. Mosely, Reporter, -SATJ3. to aispnBQ nf thp friiinwint articles., at Private Sale for cash a< 911 Hampton Street: One Piano Two Cabinet Organs; One Bed Roon Suit; One Parlor Suit, and severa other articles of value. lo '' W. H. THOMAS, 1129 Washington St NKLSON'S BEAUTY PARLOR Hair Dressing of All Kinds. ' Mme.^Josephine Nelson, Mgr. 1317 Wheat St., Columbia, S. C : ~=? FOR RENT. . *-5 Furnished^ or nnfurnishet rooms jfor desirable _ parties No children. 1221 Pine Street !Phone 5529. ' ? Ferguson-Ruff ^FLOWER SHOP Poro System Beauty Parlor CUT and WAX FLOWERS FlToral Designs a Specialty TA1 ' - = = fiowera uenvereri in and out o the City. Hours:?9:30 A. M.?7 P. M Sunday?10 A. M.?5 P. M Mme. J. F. RUFF, Mgr. PHONE 3022 1010 Washington St., Colombia, 8. ( ^ v7~~j ' ? ' I?': '! 77" ' *5 . ' *y , *" ' -y~\ t Hi a t . IB s i m ? H M r 1 ? 9 4 i- B * i --U 7 ' BS^^SSSSSSSS^SI I REV. J. J. t THE UNITED SON . is an organization which i ^ infirm people of South Cf Harrison, State ~Masterr~I " D. V. McCrae, State Trea " alive ancPgives to the b 3 pays from fifty to one hu r from $25.00 to. $100.00 in . household goods. It pays i nees and up to $10.00 on E TfrftTW nf it; fnn_ l REV. J. J. HARRISON, - or Prof. J. A. K1 r ^ , . UNDERTAK of South C I^21 * Pinckney's S BEST EQUIPPED fi .. -f - FO Office Phone 5707 ?1006 WASHINGTON 4 sK8??X8C83?KS6?i8?Msaamia$ I^OWEI IVlercti - We can of Domes ? W aolcns-! . before pui 1117 w< Phoi i i~x~x-xx-XK^~xK~:~x-:~fc IMPERIAL ".I _Prescri] -?' I 105 Washing Everything carri< j; PRESCRIPT! 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