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T ' T N. A. A. C. I Texas "Wh ?nrnr ri rr>1 uvgl Cgfll ? _. I VHT TT ?NO. 47. ? - THE WEST Win Visit the Larger Western Cities and Tell of the Lynchings. WILL HOLD MASS MEETING I Meetings WiU be Held With. Branches of N. A. A. C. P. ?7?-- In These Cities. V ' Walter White, Assistant. Secretary of the National Association for tht? . Advancement of. Colored People, who fag; of a colored woman and two men, , and presented his findings to the New York World, will go on a Western tour in which he will tell the story of the lynchingg and his , investigation of it, to N. A. A. C?-P. Branches and other bodies. The I schedule for Mr. White's tour is as follows: ' r - Deo,' 5. Kansas (?*ty, Mo,, Forum Linwood Christian Church of which Dr. BurTia JenluiiS, former .Editor t of the Kanas City Journal Post, is - minister., r This Forum is reputed to U". be onp of the largest and most ipfluential in the middle west. Dec. 6.?Mass meeting, auspices Kansas City, Wo., Branch N. A. A. C. P. - Dec-. 7 and 8.?Chicago: Mass meet tng on Dec 8th at Bcthesda Baptist cnurch. ,t '.. " Dec. 9.?Detroit: Mass meetng un der auspices of Detroit Branch. DeC~.~"TO.?Pittsburgh; -Mass mppt, . drur under auspices of' Pittsburgh -Branch. ' . ~ ? \J\' Dec. 12. Cleveland: Mass meeting under auspices of the Branch. WAVERLEY HOSPITAL NEWS. The nurses of the Waverley Hos. pital met on Friday night, Nov. 19. imrf nrtrwniy-Pft what hereaiter will be known as the M. A. Evans' Club. It was named after Dr. M. A. Evans, our only colored woman phy siclan of the city. , - The object of thls Club is for the -t. tL*. -? uutbcxiucnv ui tnc nurses irom .every j ? standpoint and to increase their effi. ciency in attending t0 the sick. The enthusiasm ran high " at our | ? first meeting, and the followihg offi. cers were elected: S. E. Pressley, ~ Rres.; J. L. Benson, Sec^y.; Bemice Byrd. Chairman of Program Commit. tee; M. L: Johnson, Treas.; Ci ET' Lott, Reporter. ?*? The officers were installed .Satur day Nov. 27, 1&26, by Mrs. N. A. ^ Jenkins. . Dr. D. K. JenkinQ gave a - - short but inspiring-talk to whiph De Evans4responded, with a few en'cour ~ -aging--remarks^sskrinsL U3 _we had .her hearty cooperation in all of juir undertakings. ?he also dofiated us t . one dollafr of which twenty, five cents . was joining fee. ??? We also rendered a.short program, t which was as follows: Singing by j trie worses, bcnpture reading, Mrs. D. K. Jenkins. Dtfettr~Nursea&mith? and Harris. Recitation, Nurse Grant. Quartet, Nurses Harris, Grant, Abra ham, Smith. Nurses' Prayer, Nurse ^ Lott. Selected Reading:, Nurse Quat tlebaum. Singing and DlsfiltBBSlr^ Our next meeting will be held Dec. ft.v..- , il C. C. E, Lott, Reporter. I r ~ :???. ?'V Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wauls, and i? mother, of-Washington, D. C., were in the city last week for a few days j ... a vjfiit. to their parents, Capt. and ; Mrs. -T~lb I.ewip- wViilo hero r social outings were given in their - honor, culminating in the finale Sat. . urday night, when th^ Regular Fel ^hjtrr iftfve ? Soifee Dansant at the; Odd PeHowV Academy V , P. Sends A lite Primal inn flnt '' STUDENT NATION BE1IS mr<iifrT\Tn r?nr<T?*Tm x' xvjrxxrx li^nx 1 MOB VIOLENCES Leading Newspapers of the Country Have Been Taking A Hand in Fight.. N. Y. WORLD FOREMOST . i.. ' *?__ . r" Dyer Ahti-Lynehing Bill Will Help Stop These Increasing Outrages. * * i ' i New York, Nov. 26.?The entire country is being' ruuseil t0 prutcst-a i ' CHAPLAIN GEO. Avi SINGLETON. The above is? the likenfiss-of Ghap.lain-George A. Single ton, Professor of Social Science in Allen Univor sity. He was the preacher on Thanksgiving Day in a union Thanks giiiug Oei'?iee (Minn TTni versity and Benedic Ctollege in the Allen?University Auditorium. His theme was. "Thanksgiving for the Expected Social Order." Chaplain Singleton's Conference, the Piedmont recently endorsed him for the-editor ' ship of the Christian Recorder, the race's oldest publication. He is a constant contributor to The Palmetto Leoder. r~" 1 1 ?? gainst the, evils and the Shame of pnr.nrfHng tn renorts reach ing the National Association foi' the Advancement of Colored People, 09 _.gifth Avenue. Not only has the New York. World for 22 consecutive days?been?conspicuously?featuring details of the Aiken, South C:irolinat lynching on its first page, but othe* powerful and widely read newspapers as well have been"takio^ the fight. >irlf> ivrittpri reeently by Si vet Zi martd, "carried A'. full report" hrT'ttfe" lynching .situation, inc|n.liii!.' a sum mary of the Dyer Anti Lynching Blir the arguments Tor anJ~agarnst pas. sage, and statistics furnished by the N. A; A. Or Pr . More recently. in its issue of November 17, the Philnciel phia Evening Bulletin carried on its editorial page?a?long article abbut .jr.IK, HUUUHK n uin me J\. /V. C. P. literature, from the Nctv York Times and beginning 03 follows: gitatioiVt-Xor?Federal antL-U'flghilig legislation has been stimulated by two recent outrages of peculiarly flagrant nature which added six vie tiros, two being woitien, to a death dish of) rfeftltig over the figures of the three preoed ing years These killings, acr dcrdtng toTTro tabtrtation made by the Nntionnl Association?for-?the- Ad , attorney Ger -y" Case B - COLUMBIA, S. C.;? SAT I K S VISIT N. IG ROUSED A* A WOMAN IS SHOT BY MARINES Mrs. Mable L. Burnsidc, Her' Father and Brother Shot In Their ThigTis. WAS DOING RELIEF DUTY Saw '1'ruCK Lead or screamtfif^ , Women and" Marine Strike Brother with a Sticky New York, Nov. 2G.?The National ! j Association for the Advancement of | Colored People,Eifth Avenue, has_ sent to the U. S. Department-of Jus-j ticeanaffklavit "reciting that colored people wei^ shot by / LL .S, Marines. in the cuoirse of enforced labor con ! scription after the recent-?hwrieane,? despite denials that any such vio lence had taken 'nlace. The affidavit I signed by *Mrs. Mhble L. Burnside f#Uet that: ' ' , . _ ' [ Haying taken a job to help out in' the time of disasters, she returned to her home Only to see a "truck loaded with screaniing women and saw three Marines'forcing her brother S. Ward, Jr., into the. truck, one of the Marines ? *|p ' beating'him with a^ stick. - That/although she told the. Marines s:he had taken a job doing relief work for flie Belief Committee, rhby niivcr " thejcss dragged her toward the steps o'f her house and down on the pave. menXj where thev let her fall on her I back. Ilcr brother then leaped to her -asMstance by . helpings to carry her j into the house. As soon as he got into the house'he heard a bang, and > i f/O* 1_ ? I icit ayiinjmilpass ifiruugri ner Lilian | i She saw the Marine shoot as he en j Ie: e 1 "the'rear doorway or intill1 llUIMU,1 the bullet passing through her thigh, I her father s thigh, her brother's thigh *and the leg oT-on^ of the Mamc? 'standing within the range trf the bul "letv*" , --? , That she* was takon to the.hospital and thence to the jail where she iden j itified the Marines whjo were being held j Hospital for two days >she was re. 1 moved to her home where she . re mained^or-some timo-upder the care ot-A private physician. The Department o? Jirstice in re. ' spoiiscFto previous complatnts of vlo 'lence by Marines ann'ounced that its agents could not find a single instance jof anyone being forced to vyork with, ^ut pay or of race discrimination in '' the application of Labor conscription. ? : r -j ?KIMIEWOUU MEWS. ? We are very glad to say- that ! Rirlerpvunnrl noma K^t/ + r\ V?ni? ; Sunday was .a' bright day' for our I young ones. Sunday school opened : at the usual hour. TI19 lesson was ' ^discussed and carried out in a splen did manner. After the lesson a few helpful lumaik.s conPOfrtlng the lesson ' by the pastor, Rev. T. E. Robinson, 1 _ Sunday night at 7 o'clock, Rev. T. E. Robinson ewkflfl all tn rnmp n lit "to organize the A. C. E. League. We 1 had a good crowd out,?Rev. Robin "J scn gave us a helpful talk on the sub. jject: , . , |t ,. . '"At 8 TV w.. .our .paalur jmiiiL'fiwl iF" ] good sermon which was enjoyed by"" ! all. There was a good number ofj1 [friends out (u hear -and 000 our new, 1 jjS&StCT. Wg were glad te have thonw^ iCome agian. Yqu are-welcome. ; Li ieral Affida ,?; eforcthrS^ ----- L!_- .-ar~ r ' DAY, DEC. -4, 1926. EKH VMi 11 tin" X a ^ v/iniM itno. )C{iif /,auu iiuius atxunu ( place in the South Carolina Georgia Intercollegiate Conference. ? 1 * Tho?TTnll rnnffM-onpc of SmitH . Hughes teachers of Agriculture and Home Economes is in session at State College this -week end. More than sixty field workerti are in attendance under the direction of Mr. Verd Peterson and Miss Lillian Hoffman, S^ate-Supervisors of- Vocational Education. Problems growing out of the past year'6 work are being-discussed as well ag working plans for the com, ingl year. ~ ' ; -?i An interesting and slgnlftcanTfea^ " tuie at the College thi? weel^-was the ground breaking exercises Tor the new Agricultural and Home Econo_ mics building held Friday noon. An appropriate program was' carried out, (luring whieh President Wilkinson gave a brief outline of the development of? the College from its meager beginning to. the -present plant val ued at $875j000.00, with nearly 1,200students-and 62 teachers. ~ The ^ol_ >' lege has sent out^l,569 graduates who.. are community builders in 'this "and nQiffhh?riny their._icmc as well as material "progres~?. Wtjrfc ":will begin on this with ft hnnn nf "orifl Viav " 11 " t? VI Jlipic CA 11 Vl I1C4 V ? ing-it-in. jefedinegfl-by nexWalL j ri.rt/'U l... J ' ' *;' * '1' \ * L '. ~ ' ' QAINST LYNC - , - J Q. WILL BE ARGUED. ' ON JAN. 3,1927 . .Involves the Right of Excluding Colored Voters From Democratie- Friroaries. ... _i r ' I $2,006 ALREADY IS SPENT Vw * .? "I . . I The Case Will l>u Cauii-d to M;i Highest Tribunal in the Land. The-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has received information from its Texas j a+tomey, > Fi od C. KnclIenbuFgT-that! the "White Primary" case involving the right of excluding, colored, voters 'l'om the Democratic primaries ip. the1 Nouth oml tno orihibA lau nP-rifo. frr.nchiseiuent, haf 'beqn set for/fir gumqp^heforc -the United Statc^ .Su preme Court c$n January 3, 1927.-] Tlltf* N. A. A. C.~Pr- has thus far 1 cronf 59 (inn In' Imrcfl fnoe omaI 1 -1? V-,""'! ivv-? """ nixing costs to carry this case to. the highest tribunal in the land. The ease in known as "Nixon vs. Hern_ don." /T ' . ' ' < . ? ' STATE COLLEGE NOTES. Orangeburg; $7* C., ^Tov. 27.?'The College football, team wound up the most remarkable successful season in it3 connection with intercollegiate spoits by defeating Allen University at Columbia Thanksgiving Day, 13 0. The team has won every game on its schedule except that with Paine Col j lnytl t)f Augusta, uTiiili waa tluTTii'ot" plnyed. This was lost only by one point. No other opponent has CfOSS_ ; ed State's goal lira during the sep. 1 som?State?College Jans-earned?the record of the best colored football team within the State of South Car_ I i--i-i- 1 vit On Mian Supreme C UneoHSB -? ;.y 'i;>! f*~~ - ' T" XI NATI0NA1 11ING SHAME; moorefield story i argued Case Declares the City Segregation Ordinance to Be Uncon __ constitutional. . .. 1 $5,000 RAISED IN CAMPAFN The Decision is Basud Upon the = JLouisviile. Kentucky Case In 1917. * ; - ' ? :V ' a New York, Nov: 26.?Telegrams re 1< ceived at tRo Rational Office of the 3 National Association for the Advance i merit.'.uf Colored People,??8?Fifth is Avenye, fronri F. B. Ransom, member \ of tt?e National Boprd of Dire.qtprs C oi tne im. A. A. (J. P. and KrXT^Bro v case", announce that the-^-Circuit > Court in Indianapolis has declared s: the pity segregation ordinance to be unconstitutional after a court fight victoriously conducted by the Indian n arolis Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. ;1 In the course of the fight the Indian p apolis Branch staged a campaign for b members and funds in the course of which more than $5,000 was raised. T The - Indianapolis Branch undertook and carried through the entire case, the National Office acting only in an adv-iKftr-y-?i.J ?_ ^ - The Indtairapblts Segre^aton ordrg nance was passed by the City and t, signed by the Mayor despite the fact j that it was clearly pointed out that it,was entirely-similar to the Loui. -n ville, Kentucky, segregation ordinance declared unconstitutional in 1917 by ^ the U. S. Supreme Court in a case jr won by the N. A. A. C. P. through j, ttw Prngid^nt Mnnrefield Storcv who 0 argued it. The Mayor of Indianapolis ~g signed ttfg ordinance?Maroh--24r-and g the Indianapolis Branch immediate, g ly contostpd it, -resulting in a com,- K plete A'ictory. I : .... y .The decision of the Indiana Circuit *. JA Court is based upon the decision'won el by the N. A. A. C." P. in the U. S. a, Supreme Court in the famous Uouis_ ville Case in 1917 ^ I] FINE -NEGRO EDITORS , FOR LIBELLING?JUDGE. ~ MadiB+n-viU'e,.. Ky.,. Nay.' 26.?Fines p. of $250 each and costs were assessed A against William Warla#, editor of the A "Louisville'-News; and I. * Wtllis Cote; G folitui of the Louiovillo Loader, both Xi Negroesj in circuit court here yester _ a day found- guiity of libelling nr Judgt^Ruby Laffoon. -In addition e: the~~tfOU'isville News "wuk fined |250 V and costs on an indictment charging V It wjth libel ih connection with the J case.' : ? f< . An indictment against the Leader charging Hbt4 was quashed, when it p; wasshbwn that it was not a corpora, d tion,'. but owned by Cole. The TJegro editors were indicted r< by a Hopkins court" md jury as. a result of allege '-TE^0119 articles t> printed in connects .- with the trials ti of Buryan Flcmtng, Nathan Bardp Ii and Columbus Holies, all Negroes, h< for, attacking a young white jgirl of d Mobile. Ala.,Fleming .and BaydLsub- li siquently wore sentenced to be hang. t< ea ana nouis, wno turned?state's 4i evidence, was given a 29_year prison di ^rtlTtHe imbHtfaf harmed that " ttyt"' Negroes would not be given a t< fair trial in local courts and one of thop^appaaired with ? streamer in ju Lynchint." o - - - - ? **>-; - ?^ jV'H siS'aJ" . " li Violence t-,r" t?" 1 " . 1 ourtian 3 . i iiuuonai --- ^ ) . ' ' . ?-ficAcogY ; '. L \RE IMPRESSED " | * WITH THE WORK 'arty Was Made up From Drew Theological Seminary and , Columbia Universit 3*. JEVENTY-FIVE IN PARTY *Iew Point of View on Race Relations was Opened up to Them. . New York, Nov. 26.?Under the us'pices of the Fellowship of Recon. iliation of this city," about 75 stu_ ents and professes of Drew, Theo=-^?t?^?7 )gical Seminary, Union Theological eminary apd Columbia University, ist Friday made a - pilgrimage to he NnfjmraP Offirn of the National^? ^ ? issociation for the Advancement of lolored People, at 09 Fifth Avenue, . 'V diere they listened to brief addressg by Robert -.W?Ragnall. -Director_ J\0ranches and Walter White, AS- ~ i^tanfei-Secretafry; The visitors were much .impressed with the work being done, asked lany questions and a number .,said hat as a result of their visit a new oint of view on race relations had een opened to them. . L . , ' * RENTON, N. J., BABIES RAISE T $338.00. - " The Babies of Trenton, New Jer^_ _ feyi have made in nhnnt : ie biggest contribution which TrfiTl>n ever made to the N. A. -Ak C. P. hey raised $338.00 of which amount v 200 in cash _ has -been sent to the . 'ational Office. Other N. A. A. C. P. Baby Con_ ;sts closing before Christmas are:, last Chicago, Gary and South Bend, idiana; Rochester, N. Y.; Douglass nd Phoenix, Arizona; Pasadena and . tockton, Calif.; Springfield, Mass.; \ tattle Creek and?Lansing,?Mich.; ? maha, Neb.; Jersey City, Newark , nd?Prindeton, Nr J.; Urbarra amb -??~ oungstown, Ohio. Those pending ! >r 1927 are: Asbury Park and Hackisack, N. J.; Richmond, Va. and PhiL delphia, Pa. ^ _ VTERRACIAL OFFICIAL PRAIS . '. . _ ES WALTER WHITE'S AIKEN" ~ EXEASE.^ t New York, Nov.- 26.-H\Valter White ssistant Secretary of the National SSPcjatibn for the Advancement of oloi-ed People has received a letter nm Robert B. Eleazer. Education. I nirPflrvr nf Hip Tnfnrrncfil I nm ' " iisston in Atlanta, cfimmeruiirig" the ~ xpose of the Aiken lynching by Mr. /hite and asserting that for it Mr.. fhite deserves the gratitude of the South, Mr.' Eleazer'g letter is as Jflkwa: r . > ' Tvrrr ~ . Zt^ITZ I want to express my very deeplip_ reciation of the wonderful work you id in the investigation of the Aiken lynching. When your report first sached me 'it Sefemed unbelievable Tat any man could have gotten to the ottom of that affair in so short a me and in a manner so thorough. - -f any confirmation were needed, owever, you have had it in in.abnn . ance as a result of later investiga. ons. As the man wha first dug in. ) the horror and Vevcaled 1T5T sordid etails to the public, you deserve the eepest gratitude of South Carolina - , ? nd the South. ,You have done us a r?t service and I personally traht ? thank you. . I hope there jwill not be any more evasions for feuch a service, but if lere are, I trust that you may be ? jl: IV *^4- . - *- ~ a joo. v- . . ^*r .' 1 * ."!?? t Lii?1l?f' li >|l If" > "... ' -L -L^J^ ";L _ - -:'i &