The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 26, 1927, Image 1
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VOL.111??NO. 8 " V
Allen I
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UNIVERSITY
FOUNDED 1871
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Then Entitled Payne Institute
. . "?And Located At Cokesbury I
Sout^i 'Carolina
II An Plirn nnnnTr>ri?imr.
iuii/ 1 iyC IRE<DlUI!iI>IS "
Hi-hop Dickcrson Sees Need Of
Central Location-School Moves
To Columbia*. Changes Name.
Founders Day was fittingly ob-served
nt A11 en^Jjm versit y, Mpnilay.
t'ohniary 14th. The . following ad-.
~ dress was delivered 4?y Prof? H.;~"VV.
Baumgavdner, the principal speaker,
In the catalogue of Allen Uniyorslp
ty will b" found the following Jhisr.
loricai statementr^xvith a vision that
| Christian education and industrial
I 'training were among the imperative
& needs of the colored people of South
& Carolina, and believing the A. M. E.
B ( hurch would be called upon to do a
great part of that work, the Columns
bin. District Conference in session in
^B Xt wherry, South Carolina, July 29,
1870, resolved to undertake steps _to
^B thi i'i] 1. and to negotiate tlie pur
einfse^of one hundred and fiftyriicresi
: iaiul at the historic village . of
H. . Cokesbury, with the approval of the |
Pi i-siding BishopT* Rt. Rev. John M. |
M HUHUI. vUlo appointed the following1
B~T"c.>mn.ittoe to proceed with the under-,
taking: Revs. Abraham Weston, W.
Hr. D._I(arris, Joseph Boston,. Stmon MiJ4wwmd-St4pwr-Bfake
At the "sessToir'
Rev. Sini^mi Miller presented the
y payments' tVr'one -hundred and fifty
afres ot land, including school buildings
entitled ' Payne Institute, at
Cokes-bury, South Carolina, which
were vigorously opposed by Judge
right- and It. B. Elliott, but were- 'finally
adopted and became the property
of the A. M'.' K. Church in South
Carolina bearing the name of that
illustrious Bishop Daniel A. Payne,
B the apostle of Negro education in the
...
1 his institution thrived for a. numboe
of years made the following presi
dents: Porter, W. S. Crogman, W. S.
Scarborough apd J. W. Morris.
The Central Conference of 1880 assigned
tlvp Rt, Rev. W. F. Dickerson
to the. diocese, ampul though the school
had prospered mucliT-and the people
of the community and adjacenl_coun=*.
les had advanced greatly through
Ojc. iniluencc. ot tlus school, the far
; sij'.htoil Bishop saw the wisdom of a
cent i <il loeat ioii i'mi- th??bonufit of thy
whole state, and the An. Conf. at
Spartanburg moved to transfer it* .
l_ operations to Columbia, South Carolina
and elected, the following trustees:
Rt. Rev. W. F. Dickerson. Da
|L . ~ viil Pickett, Bruce H. Williams, Silas
'f. JeTTersoh, Montgomery M, Mance,
1 Felix II. Tort'ende, Paul W. Jefferson,B
Snnmra .a- f>i.,..Mrlu '
B W. M.? Thomas and Hiram Young,
W Svlm pLucmiflil ? ehoftcr anri-"in th? "
transfer named the' institution Allen
University located Jul the suburbs of
Columbia. South Carolina the capital
<iiy the atatc,^ .. * .. v M' " a
^ Because Richard-'was the Jpunder
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, and because Allen University
poeratos under the auspices oT that
great Negro organization founded by
RicliaxxLAlUav-it^a-but fitting lliat
we should "palls e and doreverent ho.
mage tu liis memwy -en this--fh<r day
of his advent into this mundane ter
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For the material upon the life, of
ificharcf Allen which J_ am about to
? relate. I acknowledge my lndebtedhoss
to R. R. Wright. Jr.. comniler of
the ICneyolooediH-^f African MetTiod-'
ist. Richard Allen was born . Feb.
I t, 17fi0, a slave of -Benjamin Chew
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vary Horst
BREWER
FARiVUiHS
V00UHEE8 N.
"AND I . SCHOOL
L'onier^tU-'C.. Opened iVh.n.i.rv
10, 11)27 in kecmeHv
Hall ' .
leathers And Students Take Intefost
in Uo?h heating
? And i'is'iiin'n
I'or many j o.'irs lite. ' \ oorheosj
seheo! ha-; been inviting Tanners j
from this ahfi adducent comities ..to !
opto to .the' thd pm-pnsi. j
o.f holu'inu eiaifei'-iau;e.i. Tlu.'-purpu^j
.if tht.se conferences heinjj r.iany-sid..'?l
hut inuiniy fu have the farmers.
.'\jne:s themselves so that others
mi if he lecene the iien'lt and penoralj
"nle'rest in (freaur A'iel'i- he oin-onriip-*
7T. 'Ihe eertTei ."a e .:ur letlT opctie<l l
Oir_J.he JU'W' tn Komn-odp...11 i-1-11 -n-Lliiaboltt
TOO in attendance. 'i he toilow-f
injf program \vas__ rendered.
Hymn. Seript.ure-- by- School':- -tlhauiin.
tin- Rc\ LI? Randolph . Mooivt-I'rayer,'
the Rev. A'-- C.. .H. Ibiiard.
Koine- .rpnhirits, by prhicipal:
1 ."We have, ediiie' t'osretiler to di,s-j_
ui'ss nuf'ter- jiofiahiiiitr t'o your wel-T
tare; yes j, ot.tr .welfare, for -the farm- |
ers should be.able to. say what.^whc'h.
and Ilo\V t!,e\ Will :-l-H'':nli! loot- i.on-li
Hiev \viil r'^et for iiuir proi.Uu ts." i
~the pi-Tia-ipa-l.. Vohiinued, "If all 'ike jlarine-fs'in
this laud had been able to
say exactly how nioeh cotton would
.nUc la- t \ ear. Vom'i d finis \\ ,.il.l h.v?
, ci.'u . -'"I !? re. alts o.r ihis
. ontVrence" In* continued', "ou&lu
mcaiv.ui .ill or u.; Lr_u r.Jiomi'-,.! Iiur-'
tilibs-, schools, co.nnniniljes" and hater
lit vs." "I ; U'U.io lake n'l'tai
. le-astti'e'' in \vfl.-*>in?ni.; you to this
(iiiVrcniT/
.."['arming is ps.Vnthil to humanity
uhI a it y;h calliiiiji, liter't allow any
ody ,tn make you a: fcarned <>f it,
what is- hi h.rv , j< .a ? roduciujt cot-'
:.cn ? (!. tton perishable' and
U?W.< mistake Igag
TT S5 ?^ 'i~iTifiT ilir jii'ii- [
n I i' '".-j ; a." . : and live r-iock|
is Mi' h aui'in:a.'V(rhai?}?ji in tlpr e'du aTuin
< J Til c^uld'a a. Those an- the [
;n'llir: : ?bdi?-ps you. < ;n produce. If |
iic-.Teat* yyur ohi-Mren for y<?iif
crop; i/.i-mi .no jn-t filf-iPum lo'make^
rfops arid iiw stock, you arc on the
xvi-onjr road "from the start an I a failure*
The real farmer like any other
jwtn _ works ~~sii that hjA fnmi'y. may?
have food, rlothine. shelter, health.
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educat io'in iyro->t e.n rrjhni ri ami
Friends.
The fanner edi- and provide ydL'tJiosiy..
fo.v he is lavA-ihtr ii+.e i.. sTtnrt?of. any
of these. If a fanner has a hardtime
it is because of M'k own dhinf*
and no one elses for, he has more opwhat
he wants to Jie than any other
class of people ' I know. *
There is a standard in" everything,
and. it should he our effort to come
tip ho it.- The map below the standard
Is odd. 'I h? farmers' wealth js _
his Jal'or expressed in crops,, livestock
and trr> children. f> in ~have"
you ever thought that all of these
leave him m-t ;il thr limn that they
most,..usefui? " As- soon as his eltildren
.are larjt'e enouph they leave and
his, crops ai*' consumed when they
are rantured. He disposes of the
bosf of his livestock fur-ready cash
which he is always in need nf. He
should preserve some of what he has
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Scout
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is In Los
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coi.l'mcia, &f& sart
111 11 1 ??JMQRMA
' cofsrei
rescues two
from firi
Only C olored _Scout Ta lieceiv
f t italion For Outstanding '
Deeds
iS NINETEEN years OH
... ,P*
Assistant Scout Master An(
( om missioned Officer Of
n.s. en a.
I -o.-v A n^oles, (tali. -Feb?At the an
. "KlJlfTFidl cnirpT honor, at "w!iieh7UU
><>ys aiu! their 847 adult loaders hie
a-a week at dJio ''' -y technic.. II ik
lu.'oh in velobmt-umof the. 17th ati
ti versa ry of the founding of the Bo;
-coats of America,. -ScouF James ^
Jurras of Troop 148 was the oliL
olored scout.t oreceive a citation fo
Saved Two Lives,-*
.-.C.ilU ii.l.l.l. .SUf.Cll thltf.livi'ii .T1
two small Japanese *{> iris. during
t,itiiighl lire at -the corner.jaf. Eire
,..i '.'til St li'O' < on th'?V~n)i-M nt' ton
. l i"/i ia I.os Angeles,?A flip- push
Lng'the children out of the front" doo
Burruss was trapped, his tjscape b
the same avenue was cut-off hy-th
intense racing -flames, attcmptin;
an exit by a window,vfie youtliful he
ro was knocked unconscious by .fall
ipr 1 iinbcr t and 1'uuUly?saved?by?
-rhnlling relra* by firemen, viy ?
*Ni|b!edh Years Old
. James. Bpvri)*, only lit years pit
is assistant KOTifit Master of Troo
I iW-'jftgt. \ ica/n 's Social Center, an
a. commissioned officer of the Bo
Scouts. uf?A mei ica. He is the 'firs
i>lo(ed -lad to receive such a ci'tatio
II Sn ( ":i!i i .o'Orn 5
. Tfii: SOL Til iS AWAKENING
l-roin the Washington Eagle,' Wash
ii\y ton, I). loh. 11, 15)27
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Just when it: set*iris that the cipjii
r:l;iih liiswv.s. uvUrTtiiv Negro is at it
bj^icjv^st itspeeli comes a glint of t-h
silver lwiirfj? beneath. The . SCTTat
Ter-fThiritTir . T.nVi.-inninf i-lin Ait^i
iytuhThg was passed^ m_the House o
tlio Soul h tarulina Legislature a
Columbia, S. C., ou February 4, with
out debate and without a record vote
W.hen introduced 'in the Senate
mere was n warm debate, but it \va
I'i.s.eh eventually, after being amen
ded to specify that the lynching o
the Low mans took place "in the Coun
tX*. iind'iiiri i.n i.iii' city of'Aiken. Th<
resolution lurther commends Cover
uni1 lln_li,nils for his avowed" inten
lion to apprehend yu; lynchers.
vU- tjie same time, Georgia sen
ivnce to hie imprisonment a man wh<
Las ftnplieated in' the lynching o
Have Wright, last August. Gaine:
I.asiinger is the. twelfth man to b
p'unbheil""with a prison sentence a
the result of the lynching.
Two such instances as these, Yrofi
the' hot bed of lynching, are sjraw
showing that the" wind of disannrov
al of lawlessness js risimr in th,
S> utjn " The tremendous forces se
iifriWtion by^the N, A. A. C. I'., th
New YoAs WhrhT, "and theTlide o
1 ulilic disa4?prpvla in the North ar
Miid'n).'?t lie 111 f^iuess inn?hi?rupudlA
tion ofy'the crime. It is heartenini
to the.whole race. It means that nev
or .ie am ran We feel the ernshing-dla
emmt^rernrmt^TITar"comes from a feel
iivfj that the Smith -is-supine ,jn jt
aceep^inee of the roipn of eruelt;
apainst the Nepro. .The^past twelv
yedrs have meant^cnuch in the his
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Pera-Presen
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I RDAV, FEB. 26, 1927.
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L AN ACC
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I PRESENTEH RV
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S; R. H. BLACK WELL
:
To He Deposited. In Harlem
^ ?Hranch of New York Public f'
-Library
- LNliLHITLD FROM MOTHER
To He Turned Over To IV. A. C.
J P. With Appropriate Cere- 1
monies At A loiter Date
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presented to the National Assoca
New York, 18?The gpld tif>u
ped pen with wJiich Frederick Doug- 1
* lass wrote his autobiography has been
iion for the Advancement of Colored <
V People by Robert II. Blaekw'ell of '
New York City, and \yill be deposit- <
y ed in the Harlem Branch of the New j i
r .York Public Library where the Ar- j
thur Schomburg collection of books
_ j by about. "Njgroes is now hdused. j
-Mr^?Bhickwell, in .rminection with-'-)
u his gift to the to. A. A C. P.,-.writes/i
h. as follows: "My ' father, Berton
* uiacKwell, was-responsible for got-. j
ling Mr. Douglass into Canada tfom (
r R-ocliester, to'. Y. At that tinfe he!\
y was superintendent- of the B. & O." t
e~ S". Wi TCdcgia'fjTr CoYnfynny at- Roches' ji
tor- and overheard - the message com- <
" Lng over the neWs wire, immediately t
" after which he got in touch with Mr.!.
a Dougiass^and got him over into Cana;. j
da, t.o'avoid being takeh back South.1
The pen \vas given to my mother,'*"
'? who left it "to-me when she died."
P The X. A,-C. P. has communicated
with Miss .Ernestine Rose, Liy
brarian o? th*?- 135th Street Braneh,
1 who hak expressed eagerness of havP
iiig tht?pert there orr'pi'i'inatient ex?hibilinii"
i lie pen will be turned o"r-Ver
by th eto. A. A".~C. P.' with ap?propriate
ceremonies at a date to be
; announced later; ?
l-'tcny of thetcountry. Tl<by h ave seen 4
I ihe crystallization of public senti^
j iiietit against lynching', South as . well
i:i:; North. They have witnessed a
ej n<-w evaluation on'the life of ablactc
^ [-man, and the power of the Negro to _
I'lMtest againstSteCTTOB wrongs. TTvF~
L-;^.).in'ajuie' of?Hou'ili?Carolina and ~
1 he judiciary of Georgia are pointing
I he way to the ultimate adoption of
:i Fcderi anti-lynching law whj^h will i
^ -t'l ul.LLl ihese very same bodies,' or all 1
s .ndividuals who believe in the right. 1
It is. indeed a gleam 6f light in the ?
f darkness. 1
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^:h-?:nh aih>khssk$ -sunrise <
Vi l it t>VsiFv ami n SPF ?(
-----? RELATIONS ? 1
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Xew VorkT Feb.-18? William Pick- f
^ ens, Field Secretary' of the National r
( I ? .l. . i - i ! ?
* rt-asuciauun tor inc. Auavanct' ment 01 ?
1 i
3 ; Colored People was the speaker at 1
*4- the htst (1 inner, ill till'' CftfC
8.. vard, of the "Sunrise Club," taking i r
for his subject "Sex the Crux of A- j (
11 merican Race Relations Problems," *
s About 150 people attended the din?
" ner and frank discuss'ion followed Mr y
E- TSt-lcens1 iuldre?s 1" Whtffr he "main- ">
tained tliSC "the^ cry of "rawpurity" K
0 was raised as jtn excuse for economic!
f exploitation -by a stronger group of] ^
e a weaker group, in this-ease. the N?"
gro. Mr. Pickens based his address c
? on the following basis: ?~~~U*
"1. That the sex cry is alwava as^r4
" ^wdared with Economic greed and is],
* loudest whereyer the robbery and the j
s appression are the worst. |
y "2. That race or color antagonism 1
p is not instinctive, as is evidenced by j f
" little children and by -tbe relation- j 1
I For H
led To N. .
ational He
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Fonnde
:reditec
^HARGERS VIE ___
FOR FAVOR
4- uSide
Ry Side With Aristocrats
Of The Equine
? ... ' -,y v World
HEST TRAINED TROOP
'n Competition With 300 Horses
From All Parts Of The U
ni led Mat on
' ? 'o
Los' Angeles,- t'ali. Feb?Side by side
ivith the aristocrats of the. equine
vc rid, the-smartly groomed .military
'harpers of the Tanious XontH U. S.
Calvary stables from St. ^Huachtxca,
f\riz., vied for Jthe favor of the judge8
ind the cli><f society audience at the
econ-t opening of the.sixth annual Los
\ngeL& National Horse Show. Before
5,QUO spectators, assembled
.vithin t-he four walls of the AnihacKft.
Jtii- Hotel aa(lltoritnTrr-ahtln-tn'TnTiTp^'
lition with dUO horses gathered from
til-parts of the United "States, includng
representatives from the First
Calvary Division; the Klventh-C?l-"
,-ray Division and other Army outfits;
he entries fro til. the' colored calvaryink
held up thewurfdwideTeputation
>f the famou.s -Tenth, as (he "best
rained calvary troop in the American
\rmy.i'
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PROF. GEOKGK A! 5lN(;l.KTO^a
- Chaplain?George Jr. Singleton,
i'rot'OSSQf "f Serial Srir-nrii in A llnnJniversity,
Alpha PhU Fi atel nit^ ,
Boston University .Graudate Philoibphienl
Clttb, Class of Bishops of
LOOS Scholar, and working for the
Jh. D. degree--at?the University of
Chicago. Chaplain Singteton -off
tring himself in -sut'titWl Df.' K. K.
iVnjght, Jr., as Kchtor ot the Chrisian'
Recorder. ? He was on the procram
at the Bishops' Council which
net in Jacksonville last week and deivered
a stirring address on "The
educational ideal of the Arican Metlv>diyt-^Rpisrnpnl
(1titirc'hi,tr' An 'article
>T his- appears in the January number
>f the A; M. E. Review on "The Key
o reality."
;hips of the dominant race to its servants
from. among ^ tpe" dominated
ace. . \
"3. "That there are "nTo- "BiolopricaT
larrier^ between any two of the so'alled
human races.
"4 That'whjle sex, or racial inegrrly,
is very corivtmtcnt*- publicity
nateri'al for the leaders of American
ypc-hing*, sex-attack4s in fact one
>f the .smallest causes, among* even
he alleged, causes of this nu*t bar
mrous form of repression.,r
J ( '
Icroism
A. A. C. P.
>rse Show
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) SCHOOL
OHKENWOOI>, S. C.
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School Has Played And Is IMayj
. ing Definite Part livLife Of
_ The. Community - - L.
HERgjFIFTYjTHREE YEARS V:;:
I Hy Offering?An cc'redited
Course, Brewer Is Meeting _
Needy of Greenwood .
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f Very often we hear this expression
j thut "Education is life" and at other .
times, we hear that education Js a
preparation fbr,life. It is both life
for life outside of the school walls. It . ,
is this that Brewer Normal School is
striving --to do. * :
Brewer Normal School is situated .
in Greenwood, South Carolina in
Greeinwood County which i9 in the
I heurt of the Piedmont sect-ion. The
1 students come from the city; from
nrTO^r^totVTTS^anil ^iiiufiy- of them
come from cities which are more dis- -
ftant. In .the city of - Greenwood,
Brewer holds a very unique position
hand- realizing that is the duty and the~"~
| aim of each school to feieet the prob-lems
andthe-meeds'of^tKcFplaceAvhereit
is situated, it has played ahd is "
t still playing a very definite part in
' the life of this community. Since '*
! t'he school >vas ,established here fiftythree
years ago,, many changes in
j conditions have taken place and with
[ the changes in. general conditions, .
j there lias come of necessity a dift'er:
ence in the relatton of the school to
j the community. > \ - ' .But
at all timcs"~U hat4tr-i.ed in
I every wav possible to meet. thr. nnmln ;
i of the community. It is now meetling
these needs in many, ways; sgnte '
! of which I shall point out.
In the first place, Brewer is meeting
the needs of this particular seei
tion by offering an accredited course
I of study. This is significant because
l it is the only accredited high school
, \vi hin a radius of about sixty miles.
! Realizing that " a high . standard of -r
[^education is one of om- grontcst bopos?. ?
Ha^r"a rare and that oui- T>f'Tgro^ is ^ ~
I'we feel that this Is one definite step
towards meeting the noedg
i neople. ^
| Another witness that Brewer is
, meeting the needy) of the community
and of the county is the fact figures
show that-about eighty-five .per cent
oof the Negro deachers in Greenwood
County are graduates of this school
or .have had some training hura Niot ??
only is this school responsible- for ^?
trainings young _ people for teach
ers but the contact and training which
theylreceivie- here - nvakes them perform
menail tasks better and with
more dignity than they otherwise
would. Many times employers ask _
for Brewer graduates or those who ??
have been 'under the Brewer influ
v. i
ence. "
Since the boys and girls of today
ere the men and women, of tomortw
arid since lhe children-hnCTr^i^t-LLu ?
fluence upon the parents,, ifrg school. , s
making an earnest efToA-to inculcate-in
dhemtndR^of the ^student fT7~the
fundamental principles or aims of
education so that as each one passes
outside, he will be a "shining light"
and- will be"\ living testimonial?of?
^he work which is being done at
Brewer. In each child the school tries
to develop knowledge, interest, ideals,
habits and powers whereby he may
find a place and use that plnce to ,
shape both himself and the communi'teontinued
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