The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, April 25, 1925, Image 1
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\ THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL SI
J MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ANGEBURG, SOUTH CAF
The Annual-address will be dell*
ident of the National Medical Ass
B Dr. Roscoe C. Brown of Durhan
B ditss to the Asswiauon-anu-siud'
W TT~:.
iuiuvci au^
Orangeburg, S. C.,?The Thirti
metto Medical Association to be
April 28-30; will have the largest
organization. There will be three
ment men of the National body a:
The first public yassion at Stat
? addressed by J. G. Stuart, M.. J
atrorr President. ~On the foliow
^1. rO. Durpas, M. D.-, of Washing
uual Address. At the final publl
i , and State will listen to a special ;
D;, of Durham, N. C., on the?m
I v. lengd1 of the Century."
All business sessions will be li
_ . Doctors will discuss and. rep.Q^t or
^vftahce.- Orangeburg in malcinAex
o-crowd OKpeotcd. *:r~
PROGRAM?1TUES
-'resident's Address Dr. J.
7 IVEDNESDA
| Early Pulmonary Tuherculpsis Rol
| Systematic Effect of Chronic Ir
1 - - M. D., Sumter, S. C.
m The Relation of Heart Disease and
M, D., (with report on two
P Nevoctoin _ H T.I, Sea
B Hypertension __L. M
^ Granuloma.Inguinalo?with repoi
B Opaitanbuig, S. C.
H_ _* eo Colitis C. E. St
?-?claltipsia - _ .1 - W ill remP
WEDNESDAY
| ? BASE BALL?State College v:
I ) WEDNESDA
V Annual Address M. O. D
m- ~ ~ " *' THURSEW
Some Sequelae of Mouth and Tee
Tk P., Caimden, S. C. '
^7 Subject to be Announced J. A,
Ileadaehe ___- _ A G;
Report of Cases Matilda
-- Report of Two Causes Roscoe
Subject, to he Announced J. M.J
7 Subject to be Announced?J. A. B
Obsei vatiuns in Dental Clinics Col
?n??fcytftcott, P. D. S., L^ncagb
Injections in Conductive Anaelhe
' r tra> indications-W. S. Thorn
^ Some Dietary Factors in Pyorrhej
Columbia S.'~C7 ~
Teeth as Foci of Infection" "orTe
F\ temis Diseases?'WL K. Wallft
Hr of Dental Examiners, Oiyr
BETTER HEALTH THE CIIAL1
Rosco C. Brown, M. D., Du
I ' " THURSDAY
Reception.a 1
Nu'LE.-?Physicians' who will'"]
* J* them, will please notify the Loca
t\ PREPARE SUMMER CAMP""
PAD TJAVO
? ? * wiv DU i a
- jf Chicago Illinois^ April?Fort
~1 JSherTdaii is the' scene oi' busy
preparations for ^he opening on1;
^ J June 20 of Camp Roosevelt, theboys
which is. operated by the1;
Sj? summer camp and school for i
^ Chicago Board of Education. Sec! >
retarv of War Wppks hng birnaH '1
>* over a portion of the Fort Sher- ;
-
_ iuan military reservation tp the!
Chicago Board of Education, to
be treed as a Buipmer training^"
?-jcamp for boys twelve years oft
nage and over: Motor transports !
loaded with camping equipment
? are traveling daily between ChiJ
cago and the military post,
| which is located - thirty miles
t i north of the city.
I The camp is open to boys from
i other' cities than Chicago. The,1
|Headquarters offices are at the!
.^Chicago Board of Education,
South State street, ApplicM
ations for enrollment may be ob- '
j 1 tained there.
~T , -isa
Communications intended for
; the current issue must reach
I this office, (if out of town) not later
than Tuesday night. Cif
ty news hy Wednesday night.
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3SSI0N OF THE PALMETTO
WILL BE HELD AT ORtOLINA,
APRIL 28-29-30
vered by Dr. M. O. Dumas, Presocialfon,
Washington, D. C.
*, N. C., will deliver.a.special adems
ot Staie Collect and Cluflin
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ipth Annual Session of the Palheld,
in Orangeburg next week
gathering in the history of the
i public sessions at which -promre
to make addresses.
e CollegerTuesday evening, will
L>., of Columbia, SrC., the Assotng
-night at Claflin University,
;ton, D. C., will deliver the Anc
session the students of Claflin
address by Roscoe C. Brown, M.
bjecl "Bellei Health the_Challeld
at State Collegewhevethe"
t cascs-of-special medieahsignifW
tensive-preparation to entertain1
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?AM:? ? V. r~
5DAY EVENING
G. Stuart, M. D., Columbia, S. C.
Y MORNING =
Kf V r.nvA T\T n n:n o r*
^ y. ax. viui uwn, 1U. 1^() JL/1I1UI1, O. Vj.
ifection?Lucy Bragg Anthony,
~Freghancy?Milton M. Conlilfe7
cases) Mullins, S. C.
. Daniels, M. D.K Columbia, S. C.
rt of Case, D. J. Dixson, M. D,t
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?phenson, M. fc Columbia. S. C;
-Thorne-,--M. P., Charleston. S. C.
AFTERNOON
s. Morris College.
Y EVENING
>umasr-M.-P;, Washington, P. C.
tY MORNING
th Infection,?J. H. Thomas, M.
McFall, Ph. GL, Charleston, SL.CL
A. Evans, M. P., Columbia, S. C.
! J. Wilson, M. P., Marion, S. C,
'hompson, M. P.. Charleston, S.C.
obinson, M. D., Darlington, S. G.
nduf.teiTin Public Schools?C. K7
er, S. C.
sia?Their Indications and Conpson,
D. D. S., Georgetown, S. C.
a, Control?J. JE. Watts, D. D. S.,
eth and Their Relation to Sys?r,
I). D. S., Sec'y. of S. C. Board
iggpgrg; 13. ct" ^ENGE
OF THE CENTURY?
rham, N. C.
_EYENING._
have their wives to accompany"
.1 Committee at once.
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HUSBAND BEATS WRONG
MAN; APOLOGIZES
Camden, N. J., April?Profues
apologies and hearty handclasp
marked the dismissal of an assault
and battery- charge in police
court'Thursday, when the
tho wrong man, and the complain
ant refused to prosecute further.
The charge grew out of a case of
mistaken identity, it appeared,
Youisell, 22 years, 12G4 Median
ic street, charged that Charles
Hacker, 30 years, 1272 Mechanic
street, struck him four times
in the mouth Tuesday morning
as he was standing in front of
home.'
"You insulted my wife," Hack-'
er shouted at the time. Youisell
told the court that he had
never seen Mrs. Hacker in his
life^and that he knew no reason
Hacker told the court that
the night before his wife had
been attacked and robbed by 3
men on her way home from a
visit. ^ * ?One
of the men she told her
husband looked like Youisell;
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LABORPJOTES OF
LARGER CITIES
NATIONAL ECONOMIC SUR?
VEY '
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In All the Large Cities the Building
Season is Opening-There
is Demand for Skilled Labor
(By The Associated Negro Press) '
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?Business is showmg^but slight.
iiiipimemeiiLs all along the line"
and hence there is' little change in
northern labor demands. ~ln all
the large cities the building sea-;
son is opening and there is a de- j
ntand for skilled men in the;
-building trades. Therq_is no de-|
mand for commorulahor .in this
fine, however, Tor the?reason!
tliai there are plenty of rmnrt
who are not vet working.
The steel business is not improving
and not likely to do so
during the snrinc and parlv sum. i
mnr. Hnying is about the aver-;
age and none of the mills are!
running capacity^-? 4
Packing?houses' are running j'
short time throughout Chicago
and in other-packing centers^!
i- The same advice still holds J
I Don't come north until you knowj
[there is work. This also applies
to men?in the north who iire'
| seeking other locations. Conditions
are about as slow in one'
! section as in the other and it. is!
l-best to wait and make sure.
Georgia Youths
Going Crazy.
Atlanta, Ga., April.?The
younger generation of. white
Georgians is going insane, according
to records, kept at the
insane asylum at Milledgeville.
due largely to too much iazzTj
too many white lights and notj
enough of the old commn sense j
way of living. ,
Pocket flasks, sex magazines.
pampered children who need liberal
doses of the back side of the
ed auTomobiles fhrd too ^"muchspeed
generally are given- as the
reasons for the increase in the
number of ''child lunatics."
While this view is conceded
"fn?resnet't. unnnrr ?rViif/ia I
. > - ? ?; o - yjc> " ""W
jin the jetties, it can in no way
IsccouTvtl'or the great n jnbc-r
of "insane and queer pefsons
found in the hills and on the j
countrysidqs. This number is [
alarmingt~fls thq r^p^rt ~*ny? ':Tl
ffiSHOP W. D. CIIAPPELLEn
RETURNS FROM FLORIDA j
The many friends of Bishop
VV. D. ChappeHe, Presiding Bishop
of the Seventh Episcopal DisliiLt
will be pleased to leani llial
the Bishop returned home this
week, after spending some time
in Flordia for his health. The
looking the picture of?healtftr
BISHOP N. C. CLEAVES OF
THE 6TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
OF THE C. M. E.
CHURCIT COMES TO COLUMBIA.
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Bishop N. C. Cleaves, of St.
! L.ouis, Mo., and former Pastor of
Sidney Park C. M. E. Church,
will preach at 11:00 A. M.? Sunday,
atr?$idney Park C. M. E.
cnurcnVarid win lecture to the
young people4^0 P. M,
Members and friends are
urged to be_present. A cordial
welcome is extended to each and
everyone.
REV. W. E. FARMER,
r Pastor.
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TWO NEGROES ~
WHITE BOY IS BEING HEL1
FOR THE PRIME '>
One Was Electrocuted and On
Hanged,.for Assaults Upon
White Women
toy i\; 1 A.-A:-C. P. Press Service.
?Two Negroes have hprm evf
cuted, one doctrocuted and on
Janged, for assaults upop whit
women, of which a white-bo
is now under suspicion and i
being held for Grand Jury ac
tion at Maryville, Tennessee^
One of the Negroeswas Mat
rice Mays, whose- case wa
fought by the Knoxville air
other Tennessee Branches o
Nntinnnf-A^ni-i.ifirm fnv ?h
Advancement of Colored People
Mays was accused of havin
murdured a white woman am
despite (the evidence that he wa
at home when,_the crime wa
comrmitted, was convicted oncir
cilmstantial evidence and} elec
trocut^d.
ed in Alabama.??-?
The white hoy, now charge
f ...LI -L T\ T
t,xnu v-iniic iui which iuay
died, is an employee of an alum
inum concern. Comparison o
the criminal's handwriting wit
the writing of the young^whit
hoy in the company's books le<
to his arrest. In all 32 attack
have been made in the vicinit;
of. Maryville, 8 women havinj
been killed by their ' assailan
when they screamed, and a nurn
of the cases, that of Mrs. Ber
tie Lindseyv who was shot am
killed, resulted in the?convic
lion and--execution of Ma-uric'
Mays.
The white boy is of a promi
nent family, was once tried am
acquitted" ~ottrrnrdeET ancPservei
'in the world war.
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Ait UoloradoTto Help
Welcome X. A. A. C. P
Denver Conference, in June.
(By N. A. A. C. P. News-Service.]
UGorge W. Groses, Presklen
of the Denver Branch of the N'a
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
reports that colored peopl
throughout tho- Sta te-of-Gelora
and even in the State of Wyo
miner will join in welcoming th
N. A. A. C. P. to its 16th An
nual Conference in Denver, he
ginning June 24.
Mr.tGrosj.s rgports^ that al
thougtrtherTafe fewer colorei
people in the entire State of Col
orado than, there are in a singl
ward in Ch im<ynr -1 iovnif
for the Conference is slate-wid
A group from Denver has al
ready conferred with Commit
tees in Colorado Springs an*
elsewhere, to perfect plans fo
the welcome.
The seating capacity of th
Denver City Auditorium i]
which the N. A. A. C,*P. is t
hold its ^Sunday Mass Meeting
on June 28," is IZ,TJ00~arid Mi
Gross expects that a largo nutti
of white visitors win Kel
to crowd the hall to capacity.
A group picture of the entir
N. A. A. C. P. Conference ii
Denver has already been arrang
ed for. ~ ? *
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WILLS ESTATE
1 TO NEGRO RACE
5 TWO-THIRDS TO HAMPTON
1-3 TOTI ISKFP.FV
e Charles WilliamTroughtoh Wills
His Vast Estate to< These ~
? Two Institutions
) New York, April?in the heat
of the drive being?put?on , by
e Hampton and Tuskegee insfitue
tes to complete their endowment
y_: funds, running into the millions
s comes the announcement that
- with the filing of the will of tjht
^a-te Charles William-Troughton
i- Tt was discovered that upon the
s rdeath-of his wife, his estate shall
d go to Hamnton and Tuskegpp.
f two-thirds to Hampton and onec
f ii'il to Tuskegee. The value ol
i- the estate is not known, but it
is understood to run into the hun
1, drods of Thousands. The - estis
mate is based upon figures used
s in a court contest some dozen
- [years ago.
The institutions will receive
! the funds upon the death of Mrs.
- Florence Troughton, and the
-schools are to hold the mdney in
d, trust and. each _is to create two
sri fund3, one to be known?as the
Lucy Beard Troughton Memorf
ial Scholarship Fund by bequest
" of her husband, Charles W,
e Troifghton, and the other as the
d Magma Troughton Bradley Mes
morial Scholarship Fund by bey
quest of her brother, Charles W.
? Troughton..
t ~ The funds are to be used as
" follows:
"Two thirds to assist such
" poor, ambitious and deserving
d Negro boys, and one-third to assist
such poor, ambitious and de^
\Trig~ 7^gTo~ giflsT To "bnrsiie
^their education at the Hamp~
ton Normal and Industrial Inand-4nrdustrial
Institute, as shall
exi)ress the intent to spend their
Tives with or devote them to the'
r service a<nd benefit .of the Negro
race In the "United States.?
i Would Spur Farming Students
: As the Tnrb;m vhpp is; Honroig
ing and the Negro race rapidly
^incruifsfiigT these said funds are
:to be used exclusively for the Ne;_igro
race in the United States of
i A "TiiA it* It x-'~"
I Hiiivi K.U. x lie >11X1 - WCXll<-> V41 LU
!';say: ... '
e| "At* farminy is one of the
". mflst important occupations and
fas it appears to be less, sought
G after than other occupations my
"Iearnest wish is to help make it
"tan inducement".to students Jto
'take up this agriculture, and"'kin~rfdred
farming occupatlons in pre^
ieieiR'f1 tu ui'cupat'luns thai Will
"; take them away, ff om the'counG
I
try life, it-.being my wish to
" | counteract, if possible the pres^
ent -tendency, whieh is toward
^'tbuii ui cltv life. ?
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| "My wish, so far as .practical
able is to use the ^foresaid funds
'mostly for male students preparing
themselves for agricultural
land kindred occupations, in the
e United States, and also if pracn
ticable, partly for girl students,
preparing themselves for agric
uiturai and kindred occupations
the United States and for girl
* t~hnmemakcrs, as farmers and
I_ honienfakl'i-s go together and we
p areUdependent entirely on the
farmer."
c Clothing to Hampton
Mr. Traugliton?jarQyided thai
n his clothing shall beturned oyer
'* to thr Hampthh NoTmaVand InContinued
on page 8.
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8-29-30
FIND 71-YEAR OLD
.[- MYSTERY MAN
I HAS AN UNDERGROUND ~
? TUNNEL ?~
5 He is Undertaker, Physician, Fortune
Teller, Real Estate Operator,
CharmeT, Etc.
^ (By 'TliT' Associated Negro i-'ressTY
d?Camden, N. April-?The
; greatest mystery ever known in
"' I this .part, of the state, is. being
^'revealed in the, arrest of E- H.
, Hyghcock, a- 71 year old colored
s man, whose trades and occupai
] trans oPBSfet of undertaker, phy- "
: sic i an, lor tune--teller, real estate ~ "
F operalor, charmer aiTd?manynthprs
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| In the t\yo houses that he
rents No. -Illi-lb Liberty street
^is combined an underground
and ^V?nnt ^ <*mall rooms. 'IIt-was
reported-that the bones
|of five babies were unearthed
;in the underground Han His L . j
i seven-year-old daughter told the __
police that her father'killed a .
i woman last week. ~:?~
As a voodoQ~~ rhan Hvghcock
i has th(^ names of over 500 wo!
men and men,- \vhite*and colored
l rom all parts of-the country:
; Many of the names whose addresses
are iii fhistyty have been
i questioned by detectives and ma- '. 7
rny are heaving for fear of being ~
I known that they believed in voojdooism.
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! Some of the -weirdest scenes,
articles and other undescribed _ ^
articles are being exposed.
t. ">TUf. TT..?1 1 1
.me 'uucm ui nygncocK nas
reached the ears of nearly ev- s
ery person in this city, of 100.000?
jsouls. Police have,been placed- - '
; on guard to" keep the thousands who
slamor to get a peep at the
mysterious house.voodoo
man, on her visit to his
house, took her by her hand ancT-^
'led her through many dark places
and then gav#.-her a^powder
to sprinkle hear herjover's home '"~
: in order that,she could win him ;
'hgpfc ;
ackh i li ikaiT mission- ,
ARIES UPTURN TO : ( *
, AFRICA '
j New York. N, Y., April?The
Hon. II. E. Taylor, of Scollsville, 1_
Mich., and "Mrs. Taylor, agricul-tttral
missionaries of the Hoard?r of
Foreign Missions of t,he Methodist
Episcopal Church sailed
from this city Teusday.for Mutarnbara*_
Africa. Tjhey are rejturning
from a,year's furlough
snont in tho United Slates. " Air
.Taylor has charge of the Agri^
cultural Training Farm which
;the Methodist Episcopal Church
[conducts at Mutambara. He is _
I in charge also of the boy/T, school
in that community. Mrs. Taylor ~
| is principal of the co-educational
school in Mutambara.
IN MEMOftlAM?Dr. George E.
Cannon, Chairman, Executive
Board, National Medical Association
who died Sunday, April
5, 1025, at, his home, Jersey Ci_
t y, N, i,? A capable and consci- ?
entious PhysicianT. X~co-worker ~r" rz:
> jin Medical organization. A _
friend and champion of his people.
A loyal arrd worthy citizen
of his state and country.?
" National Medical Association.^
_ Clyde Donnelb M. D.,
General Secretary.