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DARllQWS PLEA BRINGS
TEARS AT CLOSE QF SWEET
TRIAL
A jammed court room was
moved to tears by the closing
plea of Clarence Darrow, attorney
retained by the N. A. A. C.
_ P- ~to defend Dr. - Ossian Sweet
and ten oiliercolored people
fr^ji +ke charges of murder in
c,nr.red ion with tlv? ..fhgglinS
of niobbists attacking Dr.
Sweet's home on September _9
lasf.
"Tu iiiu thin cnj.'e.ia n oroiir >;nr.
tion Vf history and a study of
human emotions." declared Mr.
Darrow. "It involves Jthfi future
and the. hope of some of
us that the future shall be better
* than the past"" ~
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tn ,"|ui?i.in1 ih'ienxiaixis
.X Mr> Barrow. said; ^
jt "* "1 spea-k not only far them
^ but for. a race which, .however
heights never reached before. I
:?speak for a million Negroes who
have some hope and faith remaining
hi Hie institutions of
the land. i speak to you in bchalf
of those whose ancestors
were broitghr~herc in chains.
. .... 1 speak in behalf of the faces,
those black faces, which have
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J. I. WASHINGTON,
Begin to-Bay--A
ly Wins in Ottf
Br,
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>N.- fir:ind Master .
J haunted this court room ,ever
';since this triad began. I ask you
I in behalf of yourselves, our race,
I to see that no harm comes to
them, l a.sk you in the name of
the future to do justice in this
ca^e." ' .. "
The Detroit Times, reporting
the scene in the courtroom du
j-iny_Air.-Dai-row's plea, ways:
"Darrow's plea "was marKea
' by all the-tense emotion, the
deep pathos which won him his
-reputation. The spectators kept
a hushed silence, one or two dabIJihg
at~Cheir eyes with handKercTrens
at?Ills rufuiuuiajx _Lu
the plight of the black race.
When Darrow finished he wiped
an eye and sat down amid a hush
shattered only as the judge
_found words and signaled the
)ji wuuutur lu si an 11 is nrrar piea.
SMITlf-Hi:r.HF.S WORKERSCLOSE
TWO DAYS CONFEHENCE
AT STATE
? COLLEGE
? o~
Orangeburg, S. C.?More than
ninety state teachers of Smith"
Hughes Agile tilt lire, Home Economies
and Industries closed a
successful" and interesting two
^lays conference, here today:
~ Among prominent speakers to
address the session were: N. C.
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Deputy^ Grand Master
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F. & A. 1l|
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58THANNUAL
COMMUNICATION
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Opening Meeting at Sidney Park
Park G. M. E. Church, Monday
Night, Dec. 8th
DR. C. C. JOHNSON, G. ?M.
Tuesday and Wednesday Setsi
ion a **f?H 1- U^.1J ?* *"* *1 1
mil uc ticm ai oeinei
Metropolitan Church
The Masonic Grand Lodge* o
Free and Accepted.Masons, of
which Dr. C. C. Johnson is G.
M.. and E. J. Sawyer Secretary
will hold their 58th Annual Session
here next week,
j The opening exercises will be
I held at^Sfdney Park C. MV E".
1Gh1nTh. "RhtTTdtrr^ Street. Monday
night Dec. 7th at 8 P. M.
Rev. W. E. Turner, Pastor.;
: A splendid program has been
'Arranged and will be carried out
"The" memorial exercises will
be held at Bethel A. M. E.
Church of-which Bro. E. A. a[dams
is pastor, on Tuesday
| night for those who departed
) during last year, Jed by Grand
'Marshall under the direction of
^ro. D. Davis, Grand Treasurer.
I The address to be delivered
| by the Grand Chaplain, Brer. H.
M. Moore, late of 2nd Calvary
Baptist Church, this city, but
'now of Charlotte i_
Homes are being solicited and
are being gotten for the brethren
" arid a Jar gercr owd^ls^xpeeted
Bro.-H.-P. Sharper is Chairman
of Housing Committee. Bro. W.
,H Thorrm,s, is chairman nf Ex
Committee ahd -^H^ H.- Mobley
| Master of "Ceremonies. T"7
Sargent, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and
several^ state Directors of Smith
Hughes work. Important among
the items discussed was a
decision that, beginning June 21
1 no/? "/-I i .1 ? ?
iwo, vnere wourn oe neid what
.is to be known as "Vocational
Week", when . a-11 the - SmithHughes
boys and. girls, school
patrons, and Jeanne workers
" shall meet and discuss "phases of
their respective vocations. This
will bring together at the State
College-more than tour hundred
workers.
Of equal interest with results
of this confererice is the new opportunities
that are to come to
Colored teachers of- the state,
the result of a conference President
Wilkinson of State College
had in Columbia during the past
week with prominent white officials.
Study centers, formerly
only accorded white teachers,
are to be provided* at the expense
of the state for Colored
teachers. Many of thes^ centers
. are to function immediately and
others to be added soon.
: -UtKUUPdQUNSQN, ZHZHZTZ=
? TO BE HERE
Bishop J. Albert Johnson, Presiding
Bishop of North Carolina
will preach at Bethel A. M. E.
Churchy Monday night, December
7th, 1925, at 8:00 P. M. The
public is cordially invited
to hear this noted chttrehman.
fer? Everybody \
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Contest?Rea
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DECEMBEITgnS25
LLL1 Oil J
SWEET .
NEW TRIAL
??? IN JANUARY
8 Defendents on $5,000 Bail
Each, Given by Detroit Colored
Citizens? *
46 HOURS OF ARGUMENT
Lawyer Darrow will Urge Bail
for Remaining 8 Defendants
on December 2
New York Nov. 28-?Walter
White, ^Assisstant Secretary of
the N. A: A. C. P., returned this
morning from Detroit where he
had been throughout the trial
of -Div Ossian H. Swoet and ten
other Negroes, charged with
murder for defending Dr. Sweet
home from a mob on Sept. 9.
Mr. White's report of the
present statusfof the Sweet case,
which hao commanded nation
mue aiicunuii, la^as^DHOWSI
After 46 hoars of violent argument,
which could be heard
sometimes by persons outside
the jury room, the jury disagreed.
It was rumored thai
jurors had stood for acquittab
and seven for acquittal of 8 defendants
and conviction of second
degree murder for 3 of the
defendants. Tlm-juiji, wan du
missed at 1:31 P. M. on Friday,
Novv 27 and- shortly thereafter^
Mr. Darrow filed a motion for a
new trial and made a second imp
tion that all eleven defendants
be admitted to bail. A\new trial
has been agrqgd upon for the 1st
week In JuniuSy. - $ of the. defendants
were aft once admitted
to bail in $5,000 each which was
furnished by colored citizens of
Detroit, buiropposition from-the
lirdsefMlt.Or in tViP paan '?r llin
4 v?av vuuv V/X 1/I1G I C"
Murphy to set Wednesday, Dec.
2, for argument. Mr. White j
will return to Detroit in time for
argtffftent for bail for these 3 defendants
who will be held until
then. Dr.-Qssian-fi. Sweet, Hcnry
Sweet and Leonard Morris.
Contrary to published reports
in the daily press, Mr. Darrow
lias not yet asked for dcporatc
trials for each of the 11 o
dants but he announced that he
The N. A. A. C. P-. anounced
in connection with the news of
the disagreement and the motion
for a new trial that it would
fight the case while there was
any court in the land to appeal
'to until the 11 colored people
were acquitted.
j Mr. White that the expense of
i the trial to date had been about
$20,000, the transcript testimon' y
alone costing $2,081.60.
"One of the most impressive
j sights f"~have ever seen,,r declared
Mr: White, "was the way
in which the colored people in
I nptmit fWUpH t nthp trial. At
lhalf after on Thanksgiving
morning. whan the jury
was still arguing and sent out
for instructions, the courtroom
was packed. At 2'.10 in the
morning, wnen the jury was
sent to bed, bailiffs had to make
way~Through the crowd for the
jurymen. All Thanksgiving Day
colored people remained waiting
and watching, many of them
Vins?Look on p
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id Our O ffeiH
fURY D1
JULIJJS ROSENWALD
=OCTHS f*,nnn to n:
A. A. C. P. DEFENSE FUND
Julius Rosenwatd of Chicago,
well-known philantropist who
has given many schools for colored
people in the South, has
offered $2,000 to the $50,000
L^egaJ Defense Fund being raised
W4.U? XT - A- -A n T-fc?1'
u.) Jt\.s Ks. fM Lite COlKlltion
being set forth in the following
letter written by William
C. Graves, Secretary to Mr. Rosenwald:
Dear Mr. Johnson
Referring to our recent correspondence,
Mr. Rosenwalld
will be glad to contribute $2,000
to the $50,000 Defense luv.
you are raising: payments to be
irWhen the National AssocT"
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People has,collected $24,
000. of the $50,000, upon receijp|^)f
lists of contributors
shtrttfWf'1 the amount paid in by
each, Mr. Rosen wald's check for
$1,006--wiH_.be forth coming;
2. When the Society has collected
$24,000 in addition to the
$25,000 mentioned in the preceding
paragraph and a list of
contributors and the amount
paid by each has been received,
Mr. Rosenwald's second check
for $1,0.00 will be sent to you.
Wishing you success with-the
Tiliill T ami
Sincerely yours,
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ZTHE FUNERAL SERVICES
Og GEORGE GIBSON ?
! Born and Reared Herfe, Where
I he Spent the Major Portion
^?; ?of His Life
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On Thursday, J^Jov. 26, the funeral
^services of Mr George E.
Gihsnn were held at Sydney
Park C. M. E. Church.: :
Mr Gibson has been ill for
some time, yet, when he passed
away it was quite a sfrock to
both family and friends as he
seemingly had been improving.
for a while.
I He leaves to mourn his logs
^iis widow Mrs. Geo. ETGibson,
Jr^ parents Mr^and Mrs. George
Gibson, Sr. Bro. klr Arthur Gitv
son, Sister Mrs. E. H Bookman,
and a host of rellatives and
friencls] ~ ~
Tho' we're parted,
Yet we miss him,
In our memory hePremains;
Tho Our nartine he reorreifnl
We shall some day meet again.
going withouT Thanksgiving
dinner in order to be on hand.
It "I want to pay tribute to the
magnificent way in which Judge
Murphy conducted the trial. He
issue of race prejudice and hm
final charge to the jury was a
masterpiece of scholarly learning
nnH jndirial impartiality.
" "The case haSTlxrguly ehanged-j
publie sneim&nt in Detroit. The
better class opinion is now with
the defendants, although the
V Itm AAllMflA klf+
AiLiun ao wi wuinu?niv? mvici -
than ever. But the N. A. A. G
P. will continue to fight the case
and both Messrs. Darrow antf
Arthur Garfield Hays will continue
to lead the defense until a
conclusion has been reached."
>age 3 for partic
e p-gjM.iiu" .'jg'imjiijL PlfWffglMBI
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ADVERTISE?Cur^
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SIH ll'l.irs A. BROWN.
Grand Chancellor, K, of P.
ENDOWMENT
BOA1D K. of P.
MEETS HERE
Hfcfemher-s-of the Knights pf Py- r-itrhias
in South Carolina may increase
their nnliriej + <? si^AfV-r-rrl
ues instead of having them remfiin
of q:>,nn aVap of mqtu
rity according to. plans said here
in the special meeting of the Endowment
Board of the Knights
of^Pythia-s. The Board-lnet to
study an enactment of the Grand
Lodge at the Newberry convene
tionlast summer "which permits
an increase of endowment based
on a scale..worked. out and. put * *
into practice by other jurisdictions.
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'Grand LHUlltT'lTor J. A, iirown
isTiow preparing a pr oc 1 a m ati on
which will be circulated 7n a
"ffevr days. The proclamation
will explain to the membership
The full meaning "1" the endowment
law atld also orh Fy statis-*
tics- and all necessary data to
inform the members who may
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uesnu 10 carry tne nigger policy
values.
The . meeting Monday was
held in the uHice of the" Grand -7
Keeper of Records-ami 5e&fs-#n
Richland Street. Besides the
insurance proposition many other
matters of vital importance
came uji'for discussion. Frem
the office of the Grand Master of
'Exchequer and: t-he Grand Modi
cal Register. The following
I f
rnerapers- hoard wore in
attendance: J. A. Brown, Char ,
L.Jjk Floyd, New
berry; J- B. Lewie, Columbia, S.
C., R. S. Wilkinson, Orangeburgv
-A. A. Sim;i. Union; E, W. Biggs,
Greenville: T. A. Williams, Ne\v-a
berry; C. M. Haskew, Cheraw,
and J. S. Johnson of Charleston.
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J. S. JOHNSON,
Member Endowment Hoard :
:ulars--Get busy
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