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DRUNKEN MAN
KILLS 2 MEf
Frank De Rocha, Whitej_Kiili
John and Ernest Batiste Col
ored, on Street Car
De ROCHA A POLITICIAI
Remarked: "I Feel Like Killing
Couple of Niggers , This
Morning."
:y . 1 ?$
New Orleans^ La., Nov. 25?
Notwithstanding the declara
tion of Frank De Rocha that hi
"felr HK'o killing n pnTiple ot nig
gers" which resulted in the hru
tal murder of John and Ernes
Batiste on a street car near th
immigration "station the stat
attorney is not asking the deatl
penalty at the trial now on be
fore Judge Humphrey in th
Criminal Court." De Rocha is i
blacksmith by trade and some
what of a local politician. I]
"October or last year just befor
"the local fflmnnitrn t'nr fVio nit
election, he entered a street ca
John and Ernest Batiste wer
occupying a seat in the rear en<
of the car. Filled with liquoi
BuJ&eitAi-utQpjicd fora ragmen
with a smile of contempt .oilhi
. lips, and with the remark, "
fool like killing a couple uf nig
gers this morning," drew hi
revolver and began firings Joh:
"T3atiste grabbed the colored pas
I sentrer seat sign in self defense
but was shot down instantly ;
, second bullet caused the deatl
??of his broth or Eruog* a
hours later. The dying declara
i tion of .Ernest was to the effec
' that he begged Be Rocha not-4
I, -siibot his brother any more an
then the white man shot him.
S
the state of Louisana deman
their right of suffrage and mak
their, presence felt at the elec
??-Hon?pollj on election day th
conrpeHod to -a&k for the Sam
penalty for the murder of
Negro as~Tfiey do for a> whit
manT
Open New Hospital-'
Mrs. Carrie B. Perry Heads Ne1
Institution in Spartanburg.
Special to The Leader: r
Spartanburg, S. G., Nov, -37.
f Last week the Providence Ho*
pTim 5717!?Nurses Train In
school was re-opened in this cit:
Mrs. Carrie Bomar Perry, is th
owner and the " superintender
* of. the. hospital.
The new hospital is well <
. quipped aricT already is reeeivin
many patients. In a statemer
to a reporter for The Leade
this morning, Mrs. Perry state
that Spartanburg has been i
need of a hospital for our grou
- n???" r> rti ' _ r. _r _ r
ror sometime. i\yo years ag
this hospital was closed and a
of the race patients were ser
to the Spartanburg County ho!
" pital. Mrs. Ferry'a hospiti
will be operated as a private ii
sti?dfl?5fi.
Begin to-day?/
ly Wins in Our:
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JTING ATI
, NORTH CAP
LETTERS HA
THOMAS BAKER
WAS NOTF.O I
M v
Once Dean of Allen University--B'
a Bishop William D. Chap]
The Rev. Thomas Baker Nel- 1
? son, D. D., formerly dean ol the e
uonege of Theology, pr.H i
- recently the presiding elder of (
. ' ? : 1 ?
? *1 1 # r
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t . REV. THOMAS BAK1
^ African ^Methodist church, died.t
e at his late residence in this city ]
at 1020 Pine street Monday ev-t
d pning at 9 nVTnrk; after an ill-ji
e ness that listed for three years.'l
Fr the past six weeks, the Rev jt
e- Dr. Nelson has been helpless in >
^ his bad, U
e- Dr. Nelson was one' of the 1
- l
a most prominent" ministers ofi~
e South Carolina-. For years hej
ducational program of his '
~~ chuFcFTTh one "way or another. j
He was held in high regards by<
the .peopled the State, and w.as?1
counted on bv the younger men r
of the church for higher ser^L
vice and honors tract he lived.
? | ?
Thomas Baker Nelson, was^
dletonr S! C. *, in 1898 he gradu^
_ ated at Howard High ^school,,J
Columbia; entered Allen Untver-|i
" sit7 ine I89Tr"ah(l TeYriained urttil '<
1900, when he entered Tuskegee',
Normal and Industrial Institute ^
ie Alabama. Two years later he
entered Wilberferce University,.
Ohio, where he graduated in 1
i_ 1904 Returning to South Car- t
g olina, the young Rev. Nelson <
it . ?-? ???.
was assigned to the A. M. E. i
:Cj church, at Woodruff, S. C., by 1
the late Bishop L. J. Coppin, of ^
p Philadelphia. Dec 27th, 1905
? he married Miss Lula K. Chap- <
^ pelle, daughter of the Rev. Wil- (
liam D. Chappelle, later Bishop,i
of the 7th District oftheA, JVLp
i-l E. church in South Carolina. In | <
- '1912 the Rev. Mr Nelson was e- 1
Vn Unparalled Off
Subscription <
teltue
COLUMBIA, Src? SATU
FISH PF
ORNEY E
EOL1NA LEA
LT rhinela;
NELSON BURIED
CHURCHMAN
- Xs
uried Thursday Besides the Late ]
selle, His Father-in-law
ected as a delegate to the General
Conference, and the following
yoar he became dean of the ^
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,i
SR NELSON, IX D. ? ! s
ik Ptai"fcvT i psi yning~h ft""''~^=="?
ir?>'? with \ lio T Tni\'0?*aif \r tVio
o.v.Ai Iy tv?y _iMV WH* < VA OACJ' I VtlV/ . [
Presiding Bishop assigned him
o become the Pastor of Email.iql
ehiirch, - Charleston, Later c
ie "became Presiding Elder^ of j
he Charleston District, -4wt ,
nade his residence in Columbia
,vhcre he died-Monday evening, ^
November 23rd, 1925. He is
survived by his widow and three }
children: Theima P.; Elizabeth 1
ind Thomas Baker Kelson, Jr. 1
~ Three months ago", The mother *
)f Dr. Nelson passed away at -j
ler hornejn the northern part. -j
if thus state. At the time "he <
cvas too Sick to leave "his home.i
ind attend the funeral, this ac-;(
lounts very largely for the sink '
ng period ^ j
lust passed. He was very much j
1
ievoted to hrs-mother. At hisb
sick bed. haiTeceived the sad
lews of his mother's death on
:he afternoon of August the4,
of this year His physician's
ulvice that he could not attend l
he funeral services of his mothir
was followed by the change
n his health for the worse,
.vhich ended Monday evening
,vith his death.
Thp last.xhapt?r--i? hie lifejT
mded Thursday afternoon at 1 I
N I
/clock with the funeral services
n the auditorium of Allen Uni- t
^ersityLin the presence of hun- 5
ireds of his friends that came j
from all parts of the State. \
er? Everybody V
K '
Contest?Rec
RDAY, NOV. 28, 1025.
pENDSI
DS IN NEGP
NDER TRIAL
MYSTFRV I FTTRRQ
A V m A A A. M?J ImI & A JU JL \ M
STOP TRIAL
Reading of His Letters to He
Upset the Caculations of the
frantiff's Counsel
HHINELANDCR. THE S11EIK
. i d. ?. ?h. ' ' H
Wealthy Youngster a Deliberate
Destroyer of a Young Girl's
Virtue
t ?t,
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
White. Plains, X. Y. Nov. 25?
\.s the suit lor annulment of
marriage of Leonard Kip Rhineander
to Alice Beatrice Jones
cas postponed Thursday after
loon .and then again Friday
norning until Monday morning
>n accountof the introduction
>? two "mystery" letters by Lee
'arsons Davis, cotmsetirr the
sTegro wit'e of the rich, white
"Jew Yorker, an air of spbculaion'
was created among the
Qui'-tiiourtv cinil
)ublic as to jusjb.,Ayhat-iJie next
tops in -the extraordinary case
.re to. he.?
Kip Rhinelander the stutterigure
-on- the witness?stand,
lis attorneys, the week before,
lad sought to show that this
lalf-white girl, eager' for a
;reat Prince Charming and ahamed
ol' her ownsrace, had ehnared
the half-witted , (accord
Bi-T to hi* ttKliiur-latt*
ter mnl vv(?mm1 hTrn ii-.io mnn-injp'
rha-t he dkl not wish. - liut-the
reading oLfTjji&_Jei P'>'s to h^r
his week-ttt^^ 11 i e calculations
>1*. the pUvinii jun.-el and t-evcaled
the- wealthy youngster
is, the slave of his own .love pasdon
?mh! 1 lie delil i.:rni ir ilr>!rov;r
of a yemtm-girl's virtue-.
What do the letters which
iave stopped the trial contain.'.'
Do they disclose some fatal
veakness of llhinclaudtTV htn
hoy reveal son's Ik--! ith in hu.
nan trait or habit? Why should
lis attorneys have pleat ie I +Vu
dim- to prepare agaitt-sl llio.u."sxpected
"knowledge contained
n them? So far the .public curiosity
"regarding them TiuTt n [t
oeen satisfied. It ;s elleveil that
f~they uverjsiiDiild he: mi ; pubic
property, a sensational reveat
ion of possible dJpra- 'ty will
e made.?BISHOP
RANSOM HERE.
~ - '- r- Cr . . - ? - ?
Tr. M. IT. Davis, oT RaTTfmore, Mch
In Company with New York- - Bishop
at Bethel Last Sunday.
i
The Rt. Rev. R. C. Ranosm. D. D.
>f New York City, Bishop of ihe A.
fTT E. church and Dr. M. 11. Davis,
"'astor of Waters A. M. K. Church,
Baltimore, Md., Were welcome "vision's
to Columbia and to the l'astoi
ind members of Bethel A. M. K
:hurch Sunday. Dr. Davis delivered
t soul-stirring sermon, while. Bishop
lansom held the audience spellbound
vith his Usual eloquence.
?r=v~
?.d Our O er <
PRISONER
IP SCHOOLS
j : $ 13,000,00Q ^PENT
t\JK 3UHUULS
__t s
" An Indication that the Better
and Larger Type of School
r! is Being Erected
REMARKABLE PROGRESS
, . V . ; '
""p?:? ;?X 11 " - . '???~
L Ruseuwald Fund has Built 1 to
j Southern iStates
ifording to figures contained m
a statement made by Dr. Francis
\V. Shepherson, secretary
'/Miu air ueiur oi' the Rosenwald
Fund,. Nort Carolina, has- built
/ il i A tn ' XT
x.\J ii>U aciiuu.
Ii<>11 <v.< erected in all the buuthsern
states, the actual njrrl?e?s
being 515 to 3,038. More than
- one-sixth of the total expendiiiirc
of thirteen- million dollars
.has been spent-in this stater??
indication that the better and
lartrer type of school is being erccted.
j'
5H?.--|{r-ttfeARnO?., REsTst
Simple Services Mark End... j
t I
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?rdent-dies-aCN^hviHe-is'i Buried
with Simple Services \
At Milledgeville?Class
Sent Representative
= A1AKKIKI) lJUt^Xtr^rMMERt
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Milledgeville. ,Ga.. Nov 2-l=rLtLi
the village church yards
the beaut if uI Tollage of old sou-;
iht.-rn oak trees, the last chanter
was recorded in^lie life, tof'
M?vs Rpfltfrirp gonnag r.arpLii, i
senior pharmaceutical student !
at Meharry. Medical College;!
Nashville, Tenn., where she!
died last 'Sunday* morning. She
jyasbroug'tit to Woods Crossing
--uear_uhis?place where the fnnoral
services were held Wednesr
day afternoon. L
Brown's C, M F C!hnrrh was
tilled Wednesday afternoon, the
Rev. W. H. Mills,.-pastor of the
Hot hoi M. E. Church, Macon."
otiiciatecTat the fiineral services
Only simple but impressive
services marked the end. The'
body soon horned by her late
- friends?of her--childhood- -was "
carried t6 the last resting ptar
where. it was pJJaced under a
bank of flowers, many of which
were sent to MiUedgeville from
~ Nashville, her qass t.ho sorority
- and the xrollege, a?nd church
where Mrs. Carroll was-a teach-'
* ^
or in the Sunday school. Dr.
James A. Foree.^a class mate
accompaniedvthe.''liody to Miiledgetille
ftom Nashville as the
sjfeeia-1 representative of the .college
and class.
j Wednesday Miss Ronner was
' | in class at Moliavry; Medical-CoL
4lege, late in ttm evening she be,1
came seriously ill. The next
morning she was. carried over to
the Hubbard Hospital where she
1 passed away early Sunday
| morning. Learning of her ill-1
Continued on page 2.
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Inegro toggps
. BRAVE, FEARLESS
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Congressman fish Declares the
Anv-Otker
COMMANDER IN FRANCE
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Takes Exceptions to Gen. BulK
ard's Remarks Condemning
'Colored Soldiers -*
Washftigtoh, l>. o. Nov. 2o?
~+n?rrn aildi is n1 with*";
pi:.-is(i !<)) the .Negi'o soldier tluVintr
flic World War, (
man Hamilton Fish, who com- '
tnanded Negro trodps in France, o ? ?
declaivd tin- Xational _
-jMemoriaF -A-s -pciat ion, meeting
in John \Vedev'Chnj eh that the ~ .
"colored soldier proj oily trained
and given'an e<lual-opportunity,
i-s just -as-brave as any other soldier?'.
-"X. lalui-uxujption, . lie continued,
io n-marks made by Gen. ?
Dullard last iiimnici' condemning
coloretU soidters, because I
know the remarks-: to be false, ?
and beca'ttse?they- ar-pH- mostly??
to men untrained and improperly
lecKlTTf the United States is
to Orect thirty divisional monuinents
to -white troops, many of
vvhinh <iid inoi. ]>av^_h.'>h'th'il '
ualties of the four colored regiments
that served with the ,
French,- 1 c^midor~it--nnwniiran ?
ted discrimination-.against those.
regiments noL to erect a similar *
monumen t iii their iLQnpr.'i L_ .
??? ? ?
ziox baptist en men, vi
GOKOI SLY OPPOSES DIE.
J.C. WHITE GOING TO A
rTOKft-VV
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, ~ ' t-^ ' .
.Many Eloquent Speeches deliv
erod?Church in' Tears : L
More than two -thousand ritemheix
itiCLh^ zi?n
registered ih ir disannroval of . .*
jjiv J.hue t-reH -ws-iur tie- ?eeptlnj?
i-tv-ivcnm rail i Ktonded-- ----?r-rhirti
by'the Doulan Institutional
Baptist Chniclt m 'i h. Fla. ?
?f.n>t SMrd.-.v rniivrlnty nt the
conclusion oi" fhe services. Dr.
"White mack' it irtvrrn that-the .?7??7
Beulah Baptist Church, Tampa.
in . 1 1 -:- 1.Vt. 1 1 : . - -
r ui. inrrr -y . u m ii,i:o mm in.-' wxie *
a .special inuVal; nr. v.i In- their
gUeSis Oi" ~IlL'llOil-Jill_Thaiilofgttl- ;
ing clay.
?T)v ?moiv?;.iu > iK-iit?of ?
- , -r\f - 1
his action hy the rtlieers of-Keulah
ChuK-h was like throwing a
bomlr in /.ion's congregation.
Dr. J. li. Goodwin had a hur-_
ricd conference with 1-lb otfieera- "~
and the news spread like wildfire
That Rev: \VhT~e ?wa> fixing to ~
leave Zion. Just i t. lore preach- ^
inc. when tin: iwad announcements
a-:v made l)ro_J. II. Goodwin.
the "Supi. ut' Zion Sunday
School, asked the phsldr to allow
him to make a few remarks. Dr.
Goodwin is one of South- Carolina's
foremost orators and leading
politicians and business man
As lie ckomhered upon the pul
pit, it-could bo seen that his face
was a Hushed with so.rpe suppressed
emotion -and- hht mice ?;
was choked with a mighty bat- hi
tie within,
It was his greatest speech, it
was a- vigorous protest, he a- j
woke within the - membership
something they had not dreamed
(TZohtihuod on I'age" Three)
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Ailars--Get busy 1
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