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f tvcrybod EE _ I DEVOTED TO THE / I |~. INTERESTS ~4JlJ?. M I THE PEOPLE. ^ \ ' _'_ ~V0L. il,?NO. 5. sr-^ AtLEN Wli- - -.' - -s * - V' "IE*' ^? r f THE NEGRO 1S^~ -r HERE TO STAY ? 1 The Negro is an Important J Factor in the American Civilization / " - ? " PERPETUATE TRADITION - ______ ? . ? Ilis 1 Propertyy?Holdings Have I Arisen From n few Millions-;p 1 to Billions f- r ?:- II President Sims in introducing, the celebration said: If a race j has no history, it has no. worthwhile tradition, it becomes a ne- j glible factor in the thought of the world, and itr stands in danger of belpg exterminated. The American Indian leit no continuous record. He didn't appreciate1 the value of tradition. The' Jew did, as is attested bv the1 /TCiMn Useg Tn gpifo nf wnrl^-j is still a factor in our civilization. Th^Negroriftust ha<ye and perpetuate tradition. No other race in history has advanc'edTStrr^stonishingly with ^? in a period of fiftv vears as the r;- Negro has^done. Since tlie Ci-j t^vil War, Colored Americans have i obtained a place in the heart of onhe world's greatest nation in- . - comparable with that of any oth_er minority in the'country. \ *' The holdings of the Negro in property have arisen from a~few, "millions to nearly two billions' of dollars. They have more than 500 3 educational institutions above the high schools. The Negro has become a factor, " Of unquestioned'" impoptunoo in? technical and' learned profes-b i '.-sions, and in the field-of business and commerce despite the fran-. dicaps under which he sp recent-j ly started in America.? "The Negro-rs""trere to stayjj -- J . iinH urill in m [iu|jui laiicc anu achieve participation in the af fair^s of the Nation suc-h as is the -minimnm-^nrereq^iisites to_^ citizenship. , '** -Actual recognition of this acf complishment is a master of su-i preme moment to the mutual ?- welfare of- the two leading A meijcan races living together.! -This rer-nprnition miKf lff tual. Information lis the first prerequisite to this program of mutual understanding. The in-J * formation concerning the white j race is compiled in its own cividraation-iiiow recognized as the leading civilization of the world." : The~American Negro is an integral and substantial part of this great civilization b&cause he has ! absolutely met the standards of this civilizat ion. The Negro has met them a* often as the white ? race four set them.~frlot all No-' groes to be sure?but not all, 4his civilization. The fact been assimTli-H erl infa ll-iia zation bespeaks respectability, and worth to the African civili-) -zation of which he is an heir.' There was and still is evidently something in principle in the African civilization akin to the Am e rfcan civilization. What] the American- Negi?<y needs and deserves is to be known, who they are, what they are, what they have done, where they ac" tually stand in the scale of civillzed importance, their wealth, ?r' their interests, their vast use^ Continued on page 8, i - < Jegin to-day?A] . .A- -.-O . y Wins In Our mm SECOND< KI.KVKN Ml TO RETAIN A \ COLORED ATTY. Kidnapped for Three Days and Attacked by Eleven White Men GlRL 14 YEARS OLD Kept in a Barn at Bailey Avenue, Without Food Against Her Will . New York, Feb. 12?The. National'Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenuey today announced that it had retained Alan Dingle, colored attorney of New York, rbb<^assoeinted with the - prosecution of 11 white men who kidUappeTl Tpr three7 days and attacked aT 14 year old colored girl in the Brorrx.-^ Thp colored girl, who is now .ill in a hospital suffering from double ])neumonia a?> a consequence of?exposure, was followed by three men when she alighted way and 231st Stret. The 3 men a?re alleged to have taken the girl to a barn at Bailey Ave., where she was held for three days against her will, without food, and assaulted b^-11 men. Her plight was made known when a citizen informed'the police of the suspicious ..actions of inui entering ond lfflnving the barn. The girl had come from Virgiania and was stopping with an aunt in Harlem. Her mother, who lives an Virginna, cannot come to the girl because of young .children in the family who must be taken care of. The N. A. A. C. P. is working in coperation with_the Prosecuting Attorney and the Children's Society. As the girl is dangerously ill, an effort is being made to obtain from treina^statem^ft> which can be used in prosecuting her eleven attackers for murder should the gifT die, "The (Jbildnms' Society "has informed the N. A.. A. C. P. that the case against the men will be pushed to the limit. When the case comes to trial it will be necessary for the girl's mother to-^Cbm? from Virginia to testify as to her age. bear the cost of the mother's journey.- * . ?,. In conection with the case, Jarffes Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N. A.- A.C. P., made the following' statement: P. has been compelled to forego giving assistahce rrrarntrmber of cases as atrocious as this one. NOwT however, wittrthe Defense Fund so generously contributed, which has been set aside and held in trust solely for legal defense, the Association is enabled to widen its legal activities in behalf of the race." - NOTICE. ! The public is cordially invited I ...... . to attend a Musicale and LjterDry program at Wcgloy-Gkorek Sunday, Feb. 14th, at 4 p. m. | Rev. N. S. Smith, Pastor. n Unparalled Oi ' r . # , . )fii, Subscription < ^r-rmrtTMKiA, s:ATUR 'MS N JWEETCA IN ASSAUL1 COLORED -BAJ THRQNPm HF ARS 1 I'COLUMBIA MINISTER GOES; | TO I'ORTLANUTOREGON CONVENTION. ; 'The Rev. J.. C. White, D. D., ] "pnr^fTeht Of the South Carolina j Baptist State Convention, who 'is also pastor of the Zion BapI tist Church of this City, on of of the most prominent churches in the South, will attend the Na-tienah? Convention .-of Humane . Workers in PortlandsQrekon." Dr. WnfleTvill go by the way of Lu.-. Angeles and San Francisco JoTorllahcr William K. tIprtpn,_New York City, mult i-mill ion a i re, .presi-j | dent ofLtha Amercan Humane; Association, with national head- j ('i~ iT'ii'i'v in Albany New York. WJJI jueMiit; cii mt; cuii VUIILIUII. |STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,1 \VILL DISRJJrf EXHIBITS. J1 1 - I Stale Teachers to See Exhibit 1 Of Health Literature" Here 1 In March. - ' \ Dr. James A. Ifo^nes, executive secretary of the South Car- [ olina State Board of Health stat^ ed here today that he is cooperating? with the officials of the Teachers* Asso- ' Delation", during their State Convention in this.-city, March the 18-20r. n a Health Booth, that 1 will contain many exhibits. , ( *"\ T i* T *\L A T\ T t v? ct nvonnf ltrA 1 aUI . n. CACcUti vc "secretary of the Teachers' Association gave the announcement 1 !o the newspapers herfe last ' .nights Other exhibits will be from the American Humane Ecf^ acation Society, ISO "tbTlgWOOd 1 Avenue. Boston. Mass,, through " their field secretaryof this; State."** ^ - ' -I.' muv \t \ uTiv tm " /UV/1I11 J1/1JLH 111 J I ^ _ ' -VTf^R?? 4 . I 1 Greenville, Feb. 5.?John Mar-;, in, well known Greenville boy,) now of Boston, Mass., has arrival here to spend the remainder ?f the winter and spring with ~ his parents,"Prof. and Mi.s, J. C. Martin, at "Martindale," on the. Anderson road. He is-accompan led by Mrs. -Martin, a Boston '.girl- - J.. -tl TO OUR SUE We most heartily appreciate ; ; ra*t.?Wo have had quit p. a pros] | it takes money to keep the LEAF 'jlLshing this paper for more than is, those who have not paid for t We will apreciate an early rem .1 The Postal authorities do not a. 1 have not paid up. I 1" Please govern yourselves accord from those in arrears at once. See your agent at once or send F THE PALME! --- ' ? GEO. H. 1 >t 1810 AkKomhly Street, I?; :fer?Everybody V # . . Contcst-Reac * ?? tta ? day: fep. 13. n " t "" JSE TRIAL ED A CQLf mes MODiua IUDGE KIMBAm SOUND ADVICE. 's GOOD SENSE ' ? !' Rc*v. R. C. McQuikin to Speak j at Zion next Sunday at 6:00 P. M. : 1 lf 1 PACKED TO ITS CAPACITY ;1 Choir Renders Excellent Music! ' 1 Supported by a Quintette I "Troth Benedict. College T . Zion Baptist Church .audita-}1 rium, which is the largest in 1 this. City, was packed to its ca-T parity. last Sunday evening at i ^ GjOO P. M. to hear & nacklress de-It livered by Judge C. J. KimbalL ^ 3f the Recorder CourTof Colum-* hrrrr?The B. Y. P^-Ut?e??Zion 1 Rflntwt CViiiw/iV, t unuii.il jci.hiuii me services of Judge Kimball through ^ their Pastor Revv J. C. White. jc The vast audience wainnathr^ Lip of business and leading' proSessional men and women, Qriu:r/.ors, College students andLa'-i. mltitude of the laboring classes. rt Zion's Choir renederd splendid 1 anthems and Jubilees, supported c -y a (iuintetteof youn gmen from Benedict College^ Dr. J. C. White in. presenting a Judge KimbaH, paid a -splendid | tribute. .10, me' "tlharudll'l'^aild 7 wdith of the Judge as a Christian jurist, f> just and impartial dispenser of the law, and a i friend to all the people. g The speech was great from ( every antrle. it was plain, good ? common sense, fille dwith sound p advice. The judge told his audience, "tflat this Drahr/gg of" -f education, and one had not. the v least show in life's race unless he f had an education. The Judge ( pleaded for sobriety, law and or- v der. The speech was listened to ( with intense interest nad wasj1 received'with great applause." ^ Next Sunday evehingjat 6 P. ' M., Dr. R. C. McQuilkin, Dean , of the Columbia Bible School, a)C nfOSLdearned r.nd plnniient Phvi-i. ' ( lian, -will be the speaker before x the B. Y. Fr Ur of Zion Baptisil Church. j, Th ewhole population should : hear this^great divine. " SSCRIBERS: ~?"""? - * your support for the year just-y serous year. But as you know, J )ER going. We have been pub- ( a yea-r. All subscriptions, that , he ensuing ye&\ are due. .' ittance. !lo\v us to carry subscribers Who inclv. Let us ha\-e n, remit tanpp remittance to:TO LEADER Ti i HAMPTON, Manager. I1 Columbia. S. C. .1 _ i - i" ' j< /ins?Look on p * ? J Our Offer o ISTORY EARLY IP DRED GIRL1 NG TOR lQgfr* EIDERS ARE TO _J JOIN FORCESi The Tenlh Crusade" Among \ Babies -is Spreading-to?the Grown -Ups. WOMEN MAIDS BACHELORS* ' ,j? The Contest are Being Organi- d zed'Among Children, Men 0 and Women <jd . * . . J XI TlW following eonteiits~for the S >enefit of the N.A. A. C. P. have- f( 11 ready closed in 1926:. Among w he balden, Chicago. 111.; Among h mter persons, 1>sa c t e na, ~QflTT.r~n rho following contests ire now sending": Among the Babies,->; Georgetown, 111,. Anderson; Ind., J Ya'pkfo'r't, Hopkinsville, Lexngton ?nd T nnisville Kent nckw- ) "'oatesville, Pa., and Keystone, a< Vest Virginiai. Among _ theti ;rown-ups, Indianapolis, Ind., p iklahomaCity, Oklr?., and Al- t( )ii(|iieqno. Now Mexico. p "The Tenth Crusade" among he Babies is., spreading to the'-k anks of the grown-upsT&ccord-. ng to Messrs. Bagnall and Pickrnsv so that contests arc being rganized among children, young women - and evenr'"old maids" (; ml "bachelors." RED R. MOORE. NEW YORK EDlTOR'GriHJCl^T. ?? 1,1 Fred R. Moore. Editor and R Publisher of thfc 'New'York Age, o] ind a^member of the Executive c*j Gammittee of the National Ne- a p-o Business League from New h fork State, will be the house ci guest of tho Rev. and Mrs.-^ tic ha i'd Carroll TTr-thrs-Ctiy next?^ feek, one of-Mr Moore's lifelong ^ rierids. Mr. Moore will arrive lirect from New York Citv and S( * rill be taken to the home of Mr. v Gar roll. The time and exact date o if his arrival" had not been an- a KHWCOd up to lal'e ln<t?nighl ?. t was learned ffofn the XGorroll vome, the last information to be eeefved from Mr. Moore's .Se-retary is that he will arrive V Tuesday or Thursday--Sf. next vecld n nut?m?ftK?r 11 n ,?^11/ JIOOI'O? vTU (TeTIvor an address at ZiuTTT baptist Church. At this meet- 1 iigJthe_ public is invited to hear tJ he distinguished race loader r.-nd vriter. It is exported that a ^ arge erovul will hoar IMi.Ahtore. O 1 _ * .several years ago no was a fuos.t of thc cili/.ens fo Columbia, a vhere an overflowing crowd b lamnaed into First Ca-lvary Rapist Church to hear him. Good u Music will he had, and it fo ex- n iccted that Columbia in general a ,vill lTeinterested in the message " >f eNew York Editor. ^ = L-t< While in the City a smoker is v jeing arranged "for Mr.' Moore tvhen hewill talk in a more di- 11 ^ect way to the business men * he National Negro Business a Lpagne of whirh Dr. Robert ?a Moton of Tuskegee Institute h is the National President. 1< * - - - - age 3 for partic ? J . .in.., u i...np.np^p^j sn Page 3 [HI /^ru&cniBE _AN^ ' ADVERTISE?Current, Social arid Gen_ pra:l "NVw-s: _ - ' ? ~-?rr -r- "-V- 5c A COPY. WEEK J MARCH r-? iKTWKKN FIFTH ANnlw^TI -? )r KwfHitt-nmfl Ten Others will Again be tried tpr Mur-dfcr in Detroit TARROW AT CONFERENCE Vill go to Detroit Sometime in February to Arrange for Next Trial Clarence Darrow, -attorney reamed by the N. A. A. C. P. to efenci Dr. O. H. Sweet and 10 thbr colored people from murei* - charges growing out of a egregation riot outside Dr. weel V home. has received, in- - , :. ^rrna(ion that- the second trial . ill probably open early in Mar., etweon the 5th and 10th nf the ionffir. : b ' ' . . ' ~ ?\ir. uarrow. at a conference in ;ew YTTiTc- Tvith James Weldon ohnson, N. A. A. C. P. Secre- _ try and Walter White .Asst. Se- ^ cl.-rry Mrrnnfrorl that Mr Whit.o ccompa-riy him to Detroit someme in February 'to mature lans for the second legal con?st to free the accused colored prpl<T~ "T. ' IT ATE TEACHERS TO SEE MOVING PICTURES ON BE KIND TO ANIMALS DURING CONVENTION. reenville Man Will be in Charge . In Charge of Boston " Society Exhibit. " . *'_ ? ,n ^ ' i Boston. Mass., Feb.. 12.?Guy -^"V.v ichardsony executive secretary [ the American Humane Edu-?~ at ion Society, on 180 Longwood venue, in this .city, announced ere this morning that-Dr. Fran- " s H. Rowley, the national present of the Society authorized ' im to s-tafe -that orders had ~ jLWtary of the Society at Green ilie, S. C.. to place an exhibit f literature, posters, moving... ^ ml still pictures in the Cbnven- j im Iiall dining?the Palmetto? ? late Teachers' Association, at blumbia, S. C., March the 18, 0 and 20th. ? "The American Humane Eduati.on Society, 'declared one of tie nign oniciais Tiere too ay,' _ > trying to carry humane eduition, in all possible ways, into " the" *XnWi'i ( 'ari sT-hnn 1 q Arid April the 11th has, been set part by t he society as atlbn" 1 Humane Sunday, and April lie 1 Ittv-through the" 17th is Be Kind to-Animals Week," Tien the teachers o? South Caolina will be -given much literture and other information re unt iu- liiu program, ana now "Bo Kind to Animals ? *eek" this year. 7e~Seh?etary~of~ the?Teachers' - isfoeiation of the state of otith Carolina has been officilly notified that the booth or xhibit on_Hunian_e Education as been authorized, it was earned here. . fl ulaxs-Get busy