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Saturday, January 17, 1925.
|~" Profession
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Office Hours: Telephoned: H
6 &T30 to 11 A.^Vt: ??-?Office 9530 i
I 3:00 to 4 P. M. Res*.' 2021 I
| 6:00 to 8 P. M. J ...' /..j
I nr. C,. Fi. Stppphenson
Physician amL Surgeon
Diseases of Women .and Children-A
? "...?? ? Specialty* =
Officer Residence:
11414U
W- Dr. L. M. DANIELS ;
^hyyician and Surgeon
I Special Attention Givft^L Diseases of _
? Wumeii..
4 mi TTf?. _i_ l. tfj. " nnm rv *
TYHsningiuii 01. ?.clkj nuropiun
B-Offie^ Phone: 6429 Res. Phone: 7165 ?Offlce"
Hours: , Telephones:
10 to 12 M. Office 5744
I fc to 6 P.M. Res. 3702 ,
Sunday By Appointment
DR. M.A.EVANS
^K>iseases of Women and Children A
Specialty. G^ffdhateNuFsesim
Attendance.
^^.501 Vi Taylor St. Columbia, S. C.
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^H)ffice Hours: Telephones:
^Kto 10 A. M, - Office 4076
2 to 3 P.M. ? - -?Res.- <5962 "
Brio _ " ~
Office: Re&idek^e: _
Ill8% Washington St. 1028 Bryan St.
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H Office Hobrsl ?^Telephones:
I '9:00 to 10:3a A. M. I Office 3790
J^OQ to 1:0(T"P. M. - Res. 4692
I 2:30 to 4:00 P. M. - 6:0a
to 8:00 P. M. r-.,.
DR. J. G. STUART
Office: 1 Residence:
X7U22 xwam street 1417 fine Street j
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Office Hours* ' Tpippbnno^'
8 to 0 A, Ttf.??? " " Office 4247
"I t6~2"PTM: -Res,- 4Q52
3 -i'- Dr.
W. D. Chappelle, Jr.
Officer- ^ j Rpsdpnpg:
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Office Hours: Telephone: .
3 to 10 A. M. Offi. & Res. 4263
12 to i-PrM; , ? ?^
Atir ;ffr P M. r " J
Dr.B.A.KVEHETT^
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Qffiice & Residence: __
j ~ 1329 Pine Str, Columbia, S.* C.
DR. N. A. JENKINS
.. - Officer Residence:
pV 1107% WashTngfbh^St. 1416TTne~ST:
^ Phone 6033 , ^ Phone 3873 Dr.
SwaiTRhorigg
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Phones: Office & Res. 3261
1508 Gregg *St.> Columbia, S. C.
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. ...... .Office flours,:
' 1Q A. Mi to 1. P. M,
~ 5 P. M. to 7 P M.
Dr. J. Hr. GoodwmPhones:
Office 6026 Res. 3039
1119 Washington St. Colombia S. C.
DR. JAMES H. SIMS
Veterinary Surgeon. t
. 826 Laurel St.,- Phone 4J_Z3_.
COLUMBIA, S. C. ^
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: ?BIG LINE OP C
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; | Men. Women &.Ch
:; A Specialty. Shoe
;; making and Tailori
;: ment to seleeft from <
at the Lowest Price
- Connected wil
1 First Class Barber
A Beauty Pari
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Dffice Hoiirs: Phone 3536 |8,
) A. M. to^ P. M.?. ?' ." ~?\i
J J>. M. to~7 P. M.: ^-h
Sundays By Appointments. ' c
: Dr.H.G.Thompson j~
Surgeon Dentist 1
Pyorrhea Treated Successfully. j
HH& Aa&ejnbiy St.?Columbia, ~S7~ r^
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Office Jloui-s: Phone 6030 li
8:30 to 1:00 P. M.
2:00 to 6:00 P. M.
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Sundays tment. ' I ,|
? DR. I? A-T.F.WIF. .'M
Dentist t.
Hoarsr-n to 10 A. M-. 1 to 2r P. M. 1
3 to 4 P.M. 7 to 8_P. M. ji
DR. JrE. WATTS
Surgeon Dentist? ?
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G0I4 Crown and Bridge Work A n
' , Specialty. . " " TT^
Fillings, Plates, Crowns and Bridges..!
" T'.' ~ " |<
mSVa Washington St. Columbia-.
Over Johnson-Bradley-Morris r
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Office Hours; = Telephones*-; 1
8:30 A. M. to 1 P. M. - Office 6033]
2:00 P, M. to 6:30 P. M. Res. 3873 '
. Sunday by Appointment.
HDR. D. K. 3ENKINS |
'-.Dentist? ? -5-I Extraction
by Conductive Anesthesis ,'
A Specialty.
HOT1,-. Washington St. ' Columbia ]
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14^...-oi m 1 1
??....u...I.* n'n, pnones; 8:30
A. M. to 2 P. M. " Office 4756~
3:?0 P; M. to 7 P. M. ? Res. 5876 !
Dr.-Jas. II. GuoderJFTT
Dentist
---Ne*ve Blocking A Specialty;?r? i j
? Pyorrhea Treatedr h
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Frederick-Building - ? ? - - -t
432;!-^scn)l>lv St., Columbia, S. C. '
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^BR. H. H. COOPER?^
? __ .. Dentist .
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Gold Crown and Bridge Worfc A
Specialty. . "j*
.Special Attention Givpn Diseasos-of-^
- The Gums.
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Offi. Phone- 6-429 1125 Washington?!
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Office Phone: 7266
wHours^_8:30 A. AT ."to-6:00 M P
Sundays & Evenings by Appointment [
Dr. George C. Dennis
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mnmnni upniihi :
Crown-and Bridge Work A Specialty. '
- Pyorrhea Treated Successfully.
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TYedenck Building, Koom 3 ~
1323 Assembly St.. Columbiu, S. C, ,
"Residence: 21*) Laurel Street
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OflkT' Hours: ' Telephones: i
g-:30"~to lTflO R- M Qffiice iHlifa
2:00 to 6:0O-P. M. Res. 3422 j
r 1 - Sundays By Appointment
T)R."A. JOS. COLLINS";
Dentist .i
1510 Main St., Columbians. Gt"i
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ildren. Boys Suits r,
is, Millinery, Dress- |
ng. Large Assort- p>
and theBest Quality |
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;h our Store Is?~ ^
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c nop ror ivien ana |,
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~ tHE PALMEr
Negroes Like Chicago. I
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The restriction of imnfigration is
utting into the population of cities,
irul it looks a ' nice the ~
efcign clcihent will?be replaced by?
Negroes. Chicago, second American
:ity', in point o^jpopulation^-may be
,aken as an average example.
-Figures just annuonced .fry" Prof. "
Cornell Hart of Bryn ^Mawr College}
itate- that (Tortnpn the past twelve i
months, for each-two natives added to-.
Dhicago'^ population, there was added i
fWn A.'n|Trne,-, This Nogvo mohuliww"
Lion in the No*th has been in steady
progress for the past five years.
It is yet too early to discuss the city.'
tampede of the Negro. He has halted
n me great cities, probably because'
to Has found - 1pmfi4-al4o--tnnpU>y went.
:hore, but he will spread to the rural
listricts of the North as he haa in thoj
5nulh,in due time} : if ho runs?true I
standing; ? . r i
The South has already readjusted
,his~"switching \>f help plan considerlbly
by diversification of crops.- Qf_
:ourse,-cotton is yet the primary crop
jf the South, but it is being crowded i
3V newer money crops all the time.
ill cotton and bought .all.. food and i
ilothit.'g necessities fifteen years ago.
le is now mapping up with .a limited
cotton crop, a good com and potato
stake and plenty of poultry and gar^
len products to selb ? - "
The"~BC'uttering of tho Negro popuation
over the country tends to adjust J
Surt^qnestfon, in. that it. removes the -ace
pilobltfw from politics,. whore
L has rested si nee the-?war;?with
great harm to^pth races. The big
dea i&.pow that the Negro will hoe
lis own ro\y in the. cbi^ntry at large, _
,-oie ior wnoyn >ne pieasesiNincT depend '
jntirelyNip his oWr? etiuipm&nf ,
A "pood thing for the Negro>4he
South, and the country at large.?Cc^v]
(tyti'bia Record. \ |1
Fwo Negroes'in 5EEp
New York.,
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T=r 1_,
There \yere ~Uvo?of them, pretty J'
slack of skin arid character and -WDI-j-^
ng to develop frtfo a pa-ir of the most! [
jueeessful- crooks in New York. For
it was in that "City" of Opportunity"
Lhat Julius and Paul, a half genera?1
tien-rermoved from the South's more 1
spen climatg, but less replete store- '
houses?resided-: ^
/The need of bodily comforts-and '
the indisposition to?work brought" J
luPck action, bcciyue imperative and-M
mtrance into a full showroom on the *
eleventK lloor of a thirteen story }
building seemed, to Julius and Paul '
bo olYgr the-besfr-sokH-itm of escaping
the fangs of the importunate wolf ^
[io\yling upon their ice-clad doorsteps.
So they obtained a rope and concealed '
Their" plan was simple^._The sash '
bT~ th e~vtrillo er"Tif~ttr(rtrca'sxrrer. -store
room was. not bolted; it had only to be.'
aisecl .irony without. Paul "went^
aver the side" in'a-rope basket, while
Julius having taken a hitch around a 1
:hiinney"~slaok with the other end of ^
this reversed Jacob's ladder; played
him out?uxul. down. ..IL_ was figured/
that when Paul got opposite the win?i
dow he could swing himself inward, '
reach the "haven?and?extract?the )
riches.-" : - ~ * :?
But" the meclumtcs went wrong.
Paul ^wung suspended?as he may by '
[He neck" some tlarTc Friday?Hut he
iid nHt -gyiraT ^^Fhei^4tHlee4r-wfts tragedy;
Hut a tragedy*that- resuJTed ]
in the trausmutation, slight perhaps j
but, perceptible, of the black crooks,
Paul and Julius, into Damon and
Pythias. Julius could not retrieve hisJ
partner without assistance.?l~o sum- ' ]
rnon aid meant a penitentiary sen^]
tence for both of them. He could
escape and leave Paul daugilng?-to i
be found and captured or to be frozed
an unsuspecting guardian of prop- 1
erty and peace. Together they drew :
Paui -iu the top of ' thg , thirteenth -f
story building; then both the blacks '
went to prison., ji
_ The Negroes committed a grave ' 5
oversight. They had not counted the !
stories, -.so- did not realize . that that L.
particular .building insured them a I
hoodoo. But the incident is. creating s
keen discussion among scientific crim- 's
inologists and experienced police of- ^ 1
facials, most k)f -whom have insisted, I
and continue' to maintain, that the ]
ag<?-oId assumption o? "honor among <
[hieves" is wholly without foundation i
in_|aot, nothing but another eolorful1
their argument; ..he is probably not t
such an exception as they vtould I
imply. Unfortunately partners in ?
crime frequently stick together. But J
whether^tbe rule t)r the~ (exception, the ^
UlllUll Of JllilUl SliUlllJ lUji&hUnthpjj
enormity of the attempt to rob ~a~p
storeroom of furs and we somehow s
hope the presiding judge will have ,1
that" viewpoint, . and "that after a i
light sentence Paul and Julius may
tread less dangerous and more honest <
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IIP LLADER IM
federal Court to
Convene Jan. 2(
Prohibition Cases Outnumber
All Others Combined'"
o?v Docket. - Charleston,
S. C., Jan^ 10?Wit!
a' "criminal docket" already crowdet
be ftdtk^ i>y-^ihtf -grand jury, the-Uukcd
States District Court, will con.
veno in Cnlymhia nn January 20, tarlng
a Busy session^... ~
A total of 71 cases, 63 of which
are for various violations of the
i k -? "
K.uiiiuniuii mwa, are airyaay on tnc
docket. ATI defendants, bound over
to the" Columbia tertp^of court,?ax
to any previous teren of court at
which their cases were not disposed
of, provided their offenses originated
in the counties bf- Calhoun, Chesterfield,
Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland,
Sumter and' Orangeburg, nre expected
to appear for trial dt this
term of eourt, according~to"A statcment
made by U. S. District Attor~
The list -flf eaoea to bo tried, according
to the docket prepared by
follow?; H. E., Creech", for violation
of section 215, oiTthfi ?;*jminal code~
Lb A. Cannon, for violation pf the
nigirntory bii'd treaty act; Mrs. Ar^m>isT
MhaoT^ec^
Lion 65 ~oX fhc~tlrhnlnal~ code; S. X..
and E. C." Fogel, for violation of
(Ction 65 of the criming) cr>dp;.r
tL-P-arham, for violation of the fed. ral
narcotic acts; Itvin ..Williamson,
Prt* " -
t iviatiuil UX. BCVllUIl 2X0 0Xr "tftO
:riminal^code.
For violation of the federal prohi^
bition acts, thefollowing defendants
S. Moor-e, John 5\Viley, John Griffin
aneNWillje .Mitchell, W. G. GHelthlace,
Simor^XJ. filler, (j, t>. Bradveil,
Churles W>^Coung, Willie Mitch-j
?11, Ransom MitcheU^and Wess ChurpM
S. VllUplgue; J)ht Hundril-k; Arthur
Sullivan; Otis Cook; Ed iwlHson, B.
F\ Brown, Neeley, C. B. Y^ugh
ind Ben WaUlferd; Lee Hyler, Tom"
WeamHT^ Cr-Stack and Will Roberts;'
WlU-Nelson and EUkrtt Robinson; Edmondt
Nelson, Joe Huff, Israel. Nelson
and Charles Williams ;L. T. Gurkinr
Hm^Bundrickt Bai*ney Wallace; Mat-1
tie?Elkins?and?Roland?Stamps.;?ILGr.
Genncrett, A. -N. Ellison, Dewey
Bullman. end Thendnrn'
Mike); Arthur WisR.Ulnd .Toe Christit]
Archie "i. Hutto; Kutus Med I in
ind Henry T. Goodallj'J. P. Phillips;;
J. Senni-^eorge i
iv. J.effcoat and^G. B. Jeffcoat; Mrs. J
oluuo una James hooper; Min-j
nie Fogel, George Prescott; J. C.
\ddy, D. K. Jiowell; Press Raines; j
Anna Taylor; Mary James^Wing-i
ield NorrisjiLa^'rence BJackwell and j
Ur-f^- LawrenG?- Blaek-well; Wjtfj
Roberts; Dan Douglass; Mrs. H. ^T.;
Jdlim; George Ehrhardt and Fr<\nk I
fames; George Furtick;' Rufua" MecT",
in! Jr~Cr Starnes ^fffcd K. E. Wallace;
L. T. Gurkin;>P, T. Martin; AzariahI
?tttWise, W. Mitchell and'
.ifovcr ttrunson: Arthur Lovett and'
5am Rogers; \y, S. Conyers; William i
Sunken; Vwk Bracey; Willie Mitchell,1
lohn Wiley, Jim Blackw*dl$ Sentry!
Mitchell; Isaiah Bennett; Ed Stokes,1
Surrell Smith; Dewey Fipey.
EDUCATORS MAKE
NEGRO CHIEF TOPIC|
Figures Presented - Show?
for More High Schools ancL _
Better Supervision. Gulfport,
Miss., Jap..?Development
x?. tKn Righ grAmol in th? south
,vas the chjef topic before today's
final session _pf the conference of
mo niuGLjiiK was augmented by tn<?
arrival of 19.state agents for rural
schools for Negroes, representing 13
Southern stales. _j
Dr. James ID-Dillard, of ChaTottosville,
Va., presided over today's
session, at which statistics were presented
showing but 5.2 per cent, of
Negroes beteween 15 and ljf years
xttonded high -school, both public and
jrivate, while 25.2 per cent, of white
children of the same ages are enrolled
n public high schools alone.
Need of creating public, sentiment
schools" for the purpose of -supplying
:e*chers was stressed by the conference.
It was pointed out sufficient
funds were hot available for supervising
and directing tfrork in the Negro
inntituiigns,
Among state" agents attending sessions
arej_ J. W. Huffington* Maryland;
N. C. Newbdld. G. H. Ferguson,
and W. P. Credie, North Carolina; J.
B. Felton, "find Walter Hill, South
Carolina; J. B. Brinson, Florida.?The
State. * ? ' . Y- =? .
- STATE HOSPITAL <
) CONDITION GOOD^
~ : T"' ' . ~r > j
I ^ore Whites ThanTolored. |
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. Conditions al_th5L_-ioi^..hA^irs^
jHero arc -ex0o1Iofit~ on jho" whole tw."T:
t!wording--to -the iannuur~iopurt <"n t^ic
| institution 'of thje state board br'pub-"^
) lic welfare made public by James C Sf
? DOZiCr. T?
u_bflfliiL_ i ?*.
j The institution, maintained byvthe-ca
.state of South Carolina, for thc caTo ^
11and treatment of ifs mentally dis-,to
i j eased citizens, now has a total popu-,^
* lation of 2,527 norsnnc nr
ut illl'SB ?-4l)
ate "wlilll* WPhien, -(WO white men, P1'
fi.'in Kcgrn wimiMi, noo yL.^r0 wi
i j men. L)r. Fred C.. \\ Hlianis is super- ^
jlntendent. 4 i ! lej
KlU-liuii__und . dining - room--facilities
> of the hospital arc modern and in good T"'1
/condition, it was said in the report;'^r
tThe- institution has?its own- dairy,
' laundry anil- fire-fighting equipment. s^'
^Steaitr he^t~is-used--m?all of tht ?
buildings with the. exception of the dit
^structure aj^jjtute^itark^ wliere one nu
;_hjjiiifaiad~InniaSs'are kopt. ' ~ i'"
j -Ovt-itiu\nding in sonic of the build- ^rc
lnfTy"'0" MffiiMfl wi the report < pfi
7?ally -in' thbse^stiaictujes devoted To lea
rNtrgro patienjts. The import cb'nclud-t?7
iedi -A.
j?"It is apparent 4hat-the management
i-ia-tryitig^t^dTP^aTTTii~ iis"p5wef~to ^
make the institution as sanitary ?
place as possible, and great yarns
have been taken Kv~ It- William*. CF(
j'and his sta^f Vu -san that, this4s- car-?iiyU
bdl," .. ~ ~
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rRANnro TTVT nriTTT^
- GOVERNMENT AT
' " " WASHINGTON
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Tho present week stands out prom-, r
nently for the .number , of changes
sQiade in important governmental of- su<
flctev^liich are~as fallows: 7
Charhsa^E. faughes, SeereTSry" of I na
State, resigtted to return to private!^14
life after Ww.reii>44^. '
" Frar.k R. ivAim<T?. - *- '
- ? - "tofe, .rvp'oassaaor IjO |-;?:
Great " Britain , ^ppmnt rut ~
Alljsfvn B. Upughton, Ambassa- i ta
doy co Germany to succeed Ambassa-|Wr
flOF ICftttngg at -tiondon! %-Z-loi
Charles B. Warren of Michigfiy ap-;
OUtllim) A||Mr.my-(r^>yrir,pl] ^,111 m1, , D
H, JF\ . Stone appointed Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court-to.-sue-1 'n
ceed Justice McK'cnha, retried. , 'n
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MANY CONVICTIONS '
I ? -~-an<
?IN CIRCUIT COURT
'p- Judge featherstone Scores | ,s
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?White Man--in Liquor Case^_lM:
r=r? ?? ; rfto
Criminal court for Richland county P*1
has bdeh Tn' session 10 days. .Solicitor wa
-oualy ?nd\in sorrnr instarrro.v pri so tiers" ^
have icramW^ to get to the railing' . ^
fto enter pleasV of guilty. Judge to
Feathdrstone has kept the court machiner^
moving at a steady page and
there.tyavo boon nhafatay*.
W. I?j Mat-shall, count stenographer,
has hat! no spare tinier-mid has shared >?- in
the honors of the ^btSsy bee's class."
The new grand jury dispatched busi'ness
pjromptly and ..filed their pre-,
sentTircnt--Wednesday '?~???
i ""White"men are making cat.spAws ot lE
iCegroes- vn fKe liquor trniTie and too >ou
I ~ F - \ r : ? A 1
many Ure hollering 'dry^ and playing
.'wet,' " |said Judge "Feat hers tone while.. ?a
he wjas imposing sentences upon;
|Clay Cprley, white, qpd Joe ?avis c|
i.and Meraer McLemore, Negroes fol-i_._
lowing their conviction of charges of SUl
operating a still. "The judge said he trt
was informed that the Negroes, were r<r
^anxious ito plead guilty, but- were "a't4-1
jfraid of the white man." He told
j Clay that he made a good record as[*?
a soldieir during-the World war, but,- ^
isjiould b$ thoroughly ashamed of him-jJU!
self for dealing out liquor that moves; ^
them. I " ^ . {
1 Judge Featherstone said Clay's dc-!^nc
porlment'during the trial was noticed : J"1
find that hm acted in a respectful man. *
tier. He Raid it was his policy fo'OT
ypuniah intfilligent-people more ,ro
hy than the ignorant. Clay pleadfedL, ~
| in vain for^ a suspended sentence.]
Jie was sentenced to serve 12 months)
at hard Tabor. Davis and AlcLemorel
were given ,12 mdnTTTs ~PSclT,hut nine- *
| months of each term was suspended j C1
1 during good behavior.?The State, (Hi
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' FIVE
JLDEIt COLORED
?BOYS TO MEET ~~~Z
IN COLUMBIA,. ^
-mtSttve-plans for the secontTSH: =
ual Older Colored Boys conference
1 and were discussed Saturday?
; a nuM-iin^ ^of the committee of
reference leaders and T. B. Lanham.
oFCtury. The Older Colored Boys'
i O.'A. aim Jo. n. frcnnell. associate
wi*jt?ry. " J1 he Older Cloored Boys'
tt tfHi_second is expected
be attended TTjTov^r 300 delegates,
was stated, - . ?
A Strong prngrnr^ j<j hf""f>
Stod fop the conference. Meetings.
11 be held ill the ftiiditnrnims at- .. .,? ?
lien university and_ Benedict col- . '
?e. The first conference of this .
d . was attended by several hunL>d
students from the leading Ne- J
0 colleges-and htghTSchoois "of the "-^Tlte..
The good effects of the first
inference were far reaching and
1 much good in teaching the young
m of tfo^ Negro?race how To an~ ?3cnh^TfTe~"Iuj?gcr
piubleiiis that, con">nt
them, it
, -- ... wo
Advhiing -with the ftj|te association
ders Saturday were-li I. 5>Lseevy,
cen Jackson, C. A. Jiphnson, I.^M. _ _
Mj erSj- T. L. Dcuhett/, Dr. Eugene
am? and ?. Sini3, all of Culum- ?
~ A committee meetly will
h?ld January324 for the purpose __
perfecting the plans fjfcr the confer-?t
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higin OF''IN god
WE TRUST"
During the Civil War, when the
uds "were blaekest-fop this-Tjatinn^a. .
all-town,clergyman named Watkini
-wrote?W-Salmon P. Chase, then
retary of the Treasury. This letter 7
i in part; "You are probably a
ristlari. What it our Kepublic were
row?shattered?beyond recpnsrttie-- ?
n ?. Would" not the antiquarian of
;ceeding centuries rightly treason
Lion? Watkinson suggested that
i words "God, Liberty, Law" be
Loed -Pnr^rninage. . - ? " ^ ; rhis^etter
from this simple man?
is carefully?preserved in the or
yes at Washington?moved Seerery
Cliase to instant action. He
ote this sort- letter-to-the Director ..?
meimm: " .7?r?? "
, 7 "Treasury Department,
-y ?1November 20, 1861. -?
ear Sir: ^
the"strength of God, or safe except ' v
I lis defense. The trust of our peoin
God should be declared on our
lional coins. . . _ " ; .
ifou will cause a device to be presary
delay with
H motto expressing in the fewest '
1 tersest words possible thi3 "nationrecognition.
__ .'
?"--- Yours truly, .
_? 2S. P. CHASE."
E-t was- Chase himself Who--finally
elected the plrrase ''In God We
ust," taking it from a-line in the
uonal anthem. - ' r ~
11V ACT OF CONGRESS
One* time a Presidents?Theodore
osc'v elt, attempted to remove this
rase from certain of pur coins. It
s discovered that the use of "this
rase" had not beenjnade imperative
tlii.'[ war-time Congress, and even-"- -r?
ile President Roosevelt was trying
defend his action Congresk met in
iy, ?1898, and by. a vote of 259 ayes
5 noes, with 120 absent or not votr,~
passed an act -making it coimwri
y to use this.phrase upon gold'and < *
ver coinage.
But to-day we have?gone a step
ther. Upon our humblest coin, the autiful
Lincoln penny, the motto^
p?ar? over the head of Lincoln. It
a motto that is m the- poefeets of ?
r schbol children, ~T ~
President Roosevelt's argument ainst
the use of the motto was that
familiar use on the coinage came
ose tp sacrilege."^
"A beautiful and solemn sentence
ch as the one in question, should be
;ated," he said, " only with that fine
i-erence which necessarily implies
zjinain exaltation of spirit.
"It is a motto which is indeed well
have inscribed on our grea*. namal
monuments, in our temples of
itico, in our legislative halls and in
ch Jraildings as those at West Point
If Roosevelt wanted to have the
>tto stand in the schools of our fighter
men at West Point and Annapo,
why~shou!d it not Stand, as part
a coder of morals-pin attfche school-** *
oms of the land??Collier's.
Mr^andj?rs. Joe DeLorme are jp
ty, We wish for them a pleaai