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Of Independent Order of Good ( . Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria. A in Amercia held their Thanksgiving ~ ?rorvtcer at; -Trinity Baptist church, ? ?Cor. Harden and Taylor ntrccta, Sun- day, May 17? at 8 o'clock. The fol- f Towing program was carried out: r Introductory Remarks by Bro. J. J. Adams, Supreme Grand Trcas. j Bro. George Young, acted as Chief . "Marshal. ! ? Bro. John Suber was the prelate for, c ??the -day. f ? : ? - ^ The address on behalf of the Order q by J. H. Goodwin. M. D. j An address by a little girl on behalf j ?-???of the Juveniles. ' ? An address on behalf of the Daugh- ' * ters of Samaria bv Miss Tillin Porter. I ' Address by a little bov on behalf i of the Juveniles. r Solo by Mrs. Lillian Thompson, j : 1 Report of Secretary and Treasurer. v Singing. . ? Introduction. of Pastor by Master t -of- Ceremonies. Thanksgiving sermon by rRevT ~ : J. Harrison. Collection. ? > , . - The"" committee on printing was composed of the following members: ^ - Sist^E. E. Tyler, Bro, S. W. Book- C ' man, Bro. J. J. Adams. / "'* ] _ The audience was very much pleased c with the talk's made by Bro. John t Y Suber and Bro. John Adams.. Dr. J. H. Goodwin rehearsed the 1 principles of the Order and created C much enthusiasm among the members, e The sermon preached by Rev. J. J-. f ~ Harrison was at home wherL_if comes to telling about the Good Samaritans. and the Order in general. - ? ;i, "" At "ho time ttt the history ot The * I organization was AfaortT soTmueh-Th^- f terest and concern shown aF at tnis ^ publie gathering. .It proves-That the <; Independent: Order of, GoodSamari"'tans and Daughters "oT "Samaria are 's growing stronger each year. _ . NOTICE. All Past Chancellors from all the 1 local lodges_are requested to meet at x the?Od(T Fellows'?Hall, on the?last ? Sunday in the< month, which is the c . ' OUl rrL .. _ _ _ i l ? oi5u iiiu purpose 01 tms meeting is j to organize A Past Chancellors' , Council. ~ 1 W. H. THOMAS, Deputy, * H. D. PEARON, K. R. S. t ODD FOLLOWS' MEMORIAL SER- J 5 ' VICES. - \ " . * ?. n .? ?The?Loeal Lodges uf the Grand H United Order of Odd Fellows held t tlieii Annual Mmnui'lul t>urvlcea at" *' the Randolph and Douglass cemeter- t ies laaL.-Sunday. The program arranged by Col. W. H. Coultry was ! carried out and it left an impression on thbse that attended. ? 1 . ft- ?I m ? ? -,gro as asset in mili- ] < "k tary power. j ?7"?- , (Ev^E. Ten F.vr.k.L" In a aiguiflca'nLand iUuiiiliiot;ing contribution to "Seas and 1 ... ^,... Colonies," a. publication repre- ! senting the French AIanitime and Colomal^League/Xj.en('rRl Man- . _ gin, one. of France's outstanding i World War heroes, and an au- _ _ thority on things military, In discussing hin country's and oth- er nationV^employment of Colonials and African soldiers^ ? traced the use of colored troops beginning before the "Christian era by Egypt and up to _the_re=L. cent World War conflict, where the European countries wcre~re ported to ha ve used at least six-1 hundred thousand. His com-"' ment on the precedent established by Lincoln is accepted by1 some as a hint that Europeans' give" the Negro soldier of the} Civil War period a large.measure; of responsibility inj making the1 preservation of the Itfnion possible through-yetory. of V Northern" armils ^4 which they became a part to the extent of I? 300,000 men.' General Mangirr p7 A states: f _ RECORD OF COURAGE. - "Under Louis XV Marshal .1 Saxe had in his army a Negro r rv brigade, which charged at Fon^ ^he^rnfy of the Antilles I which successfully defended ?Guaduloupe throug^rit the ret I""' volutlohary wars, w^xomposecT I alpiost entirely of blacks. Formed of its remnants, the royal African regiment, \vhich served n the campaign in the kingdom )f Naples under the first-Empire vas recruited from all the Ne?ro elements which could be colectedT_In 1812 Murat led it to foresia, and it defended Dantztg H-1&13. _ Such- troopa have alrense of the homeland. France aised native forces in all h6r .colonies. Her Algerian tirail- j eurs fought in the Crimea, in J taly and in France during the :ampaign of 1870. Sinoc Senigal was gccupied, France ha?arger thaTT~Eiirope solely with | )laek^soldiers. Her domination,! ilways beneficient, was extended >y the' destruction of slave-huntng Sultans, like Ahmador, Sanory Rabat and. Snoussi. In ndo-China and Madagascar the latfve population-has ifurnishedis excellent troops. mzzzz: z ".^3 negro Fighters. w "Everything had to bo impro-' 'ised after 1914. Nevertheless, Vesiern Africa furnished 270,-1 100 combatants, Black Africa' 81,000, Indo-China 49,000,-Jda- j lagascar 41,000, the older colo-j lies 38,000, Djibouti and Oceaiica? 3,0.00?a total of 600,000; ombatants. They also fui^nishid an additional "On-combatant orce of 200,000. american precedent ?''There is~~ a TklngTe " precedent ^srfch^eiTbrt^?that by the NV-' ;ro pouulation of the tfn-itcd hates, whose liberation" was ftt take in the war of -secession.' ^ e - President Lincoln, hesitated a ong time about - freeing the laves and. especially about arm-; ng therm?But the ex-slave re-' nforcement of 300,000 men as-p ured Northern victory. . J ?"At present, Northern Africa' ontributes to the French army' .01,000 soldiers,- of whom 20,-j 100 are in France and 10,000 are >n the Rhine. The inter-minis--, erial commission of native re-; limiting has fixed the possibiliies of normal Recruitment 'lit; >30,000 men, 12OJ000 from Nor-, -hem Africa and 210,000 from'1' lie tropical countries." ... This testimony from an un-j luestioned European military ex-. nert is illuminating and should lelp the people in America to :>lace a proper estimate on her: oyal colored citizenship such-as =s=-net-tthuall> acclaimed. It wilt" also perhaps hearten the colored people themselves on both sides nition of iheir power m thmi-onedirection. In furl^nvs -re;not only-this type of contribution in peace, in industry, in culture,* ill general progress and . welfare The Possibilities of Negro Womanhood. MARY McLEOl) BETHUNE ("Hy__IIm AkwapNoj*ro I'rrss.) ^ PART III. In 1023 the atlentton~of the' Board of Education for Negroes of tfre MeThodist - Episcopal church was failed to the excellent work which Mrs. Bothune and her helpers had done, and the Daytona Industrial Institute and Gookman Institute of Jacksonville, Florida were merged into?the?Dayt?na- ookman Collegiate Institute and became coeducational with Mrs. Mary Mcr.?eodrBethune ajrpresident. The first building on the Institute grounds at Daytona was ZaSh-HnTl, croctojl HfTWi'i? McLeod Hospital was erected in 1907. ?For .Mixteen years the hospital has served a near-at-hand-community and many others from ^ke entire East coast. , The girls ?n +V.r, Tt7~U 1 * . nit i n^n o?jiiuui AvejjaruneriL have received twining in "First Aid" and home nursing and 18 young women have been graduated aa?trained nurses and are rendering acceptable service in , Jy ge ^LZ. .2 TT,' . , r. . ?1 ' - 7-tJ 4 TX - 4-^ ;v. : -v ' ; ^ i . "~ * .. ..... ~t THE PALMET various towns in. the State. i Homes of a comfortable Sort: have been.-built for the presi-j dent and-other -promineftt-officei^s of the Institute. ?The-gre^tly needed. Girls' Dormitory.. was lbuilt in~1922. It is-a three-story -briek building-one hundred and forty feet long and forty-three"" i feet wide. It has sixty rooms neatly furnished, with three beds in each.. In it some two hundred or more girls are accommodated. It is equipped with wash bowls, bath tubs and shower baths tor -sliidentaZancTTeachers and has vate baths, a matron's olhce and a large living roOm, hot water, steam heat and electrical liirhts. " The Boys' Dormitory, which waa._ just completed in December of" this school y? is equally com- ' fortable and modern ,in the 1 asPdegree. White Hall, 'the AdT^pisti-nt-inn building, furnishes class rooms for Hie various tie-partme"ts, with offices for the President. Vice-President and Dean, also the Institute Audi- , tofium, with a seating capacity of one th?usand. On Sunday af- v hall is-crowded with students and visitors, while entertaining , programs are rendered by the , school. This building was dedicated by lion. Thus. R. Marshal , then vice-president of the Uni- j ted States, and "Sydney Catts, j t hen Governor of thp~State of Florida a-iid Bishop John liurst I of the lH(d'h^l>iuL'CMrui the Asj^ A r T.^ h i .. h - ' :? . .? - ? :vl.: B. i jiucii. " As - i t act'? -the history of this school under the name The Daytcna Industrial and Normal msuuuTC we nave 'ome to a jnue-| are now to recognize another < similar body to the one we have < been cunsiderihg. In Jackson- < ville, Florida,' t lie re ha.-, been for h fifty years a school conducted < under the auspices of the Meth- < odisl Episcopal Church on behalf < erf-the same class of people for < which-the- I)ayt?na Normal qnd India-trial Instiiute. whs organized. bearing the name of Cook- f npan Institute. The Iloard of[' 3Ianagers~ot the Cookman Instilute-ha^dea-r^re^l of tlie inarv'olous results which . had' been a- . thieved by the Daytona Institute under {.'resident llethuhe." Hans have boon proposed and .considered, a merger of the two schools wjjs accomplished ami the school was nanrcd 'I he uayiona-'" Cook man Colle?tatc Institute, with .Mrs. Bctlnino qs president . It Ls__wiih: groat pleasure 1 hat : t h e.". u u i o n i s - b i a -1 n ( j n i 1111 i l v, <" ^ratfrtr-in the broadening of plans in. behalf of fatifitios by ' win el 1 to I m ri( I i lap info rests .of , the Kingdom of Christ to reach kh^danreTsi l'e^ttLui^ _'i he ""jirob- ~ lem of doubling the size and use'fulness of the Institute' (TTthe next three years is before the l'? a rd of Ti us tees', the friends " of the" school ami .tfoo general ^public. A] ip lie to ns?are?now 4* r\ i, ?V *T* T V . 1. _ i i v'l tuuiii,>Mun. ( 1 iwonty ithing .whicdi will delay the work ( will ' bo a 1 ;n k n1.' funds. There is now an outstanding , need of an endowment fund of :S 1,000,000. V1LLARD PLAYS AMERICAN PREJUDICE ;L Lake Pl'ayitl, May? (Uy The Associated N'qgro V Press) ?-The' .John. Li< v, morial Association, left by Dr. 1 J. lYTax barber of Philadelphia^ TTio^ld its third -annual' ipenwrial service, and also celebrated the | Ikoth an ni versal'v of JcrhlL --JLrmvnls bil'lh at Thtr" grave" of" . the old abolition hero Thursday. Thb outstanding feature, of the " celebration was an address by | UswoTcTGarr'son Villard, grand 'son of WillianvIJoyd Garrison. lie took to task ollicials of thq j United States from President' Coolidge dowiij. who are sworn # f ...to enforce the Constitution, l>e?fpre :whi?h?"every child itv America must bow ftgtf itnverg . .XL. Geaaler'a hat before which, r-TT. .-iXSK* .rr.ru ? .... ro LEADER once Swiss nensmits had to worship, and yet, who " openly wink at the disfranchisement of colored people in the South. Speaking m the Tow?Hah at Lake-Plavkl. Mr.; V'1la rd~ Said": "However, -one^ feels about John Br6wn.~vhether one belioveS> in his doctrine of violence or not, there is one thing about him which we- can all join in admiring, and that is his devotion to his catise. That is one of the great lessons of i his-ttfef^brr what trtr^hbHcved-j to be right he w a willing to sjTeiul h>s r 1 i fe, and before that, I he was willing to give- all his! fciihq,, energy and his strength. Let no man sneer at this-, par-"! thutarly nut a!?ttrts?time?fTT our histon' -when the whole timid of .modern life 'a I from, serious purposes and seriot^ aimji^whcn it-seems as if the?bulk?of?ottt?people were solely interested in jazz, the automobile, the radio,, baseball and. every other fo-rnh'^of sport. We arc still endeavoring to an ry on :> ReTmblic half slave i vf er,^ anion11Ic ' f?* j the ..condition .of the colored poo? pie for whom John Drown jravej his life. Their disfranchise-' cent continues and_lcw^peop)e-. lil't^up theiy A'oicci Jn protest.-* Through that dislYaneiesement [Tie ConsjutuiKm ot the Umtecl Slates^ ^hat^ in~ if * f! carder's hat ~ r n tore- which once Swiss poit=? a11Ls? 4rml ~-t^o worship, i s ___* , x ' b<aMMMw.*.-.jub-Af.n?u? n?M?aprigu:^i t r?;T ? ^ . ?? _ Lewie Pmi ,V 1310 Asseiubiy Sti ' * ~ 4*- - IbBmw^I^ ; -?^:.' - -v:< r-^m t ^^^^8 ? mmi t Ha t I1MM ? MM ? hh .*. Style No. Yt V* * r\ % Lewie rri) 1310 Assembly Str< mm" .da'ly violated. Curiouol; enough, the societies for th defense of the Constitution, th( Daughters of the Americai Revolution and all our othe: patriotic societies are silen about this flouting of the sacre< document which contains oui fundamental laws. The Soutl profits by it, and Congress re fuses to act and reduce _th< Southern representation. j The worse offenders agains1 the Constitution today are noi t4uo .haiHlfuL,,Qf..,.e^,t?emists' wh< move agaih.^t it by extra lega measures, but the officials ol our country front the*-Presidenj of the United States down, wh( are sworn to uphold the Consti tut ion and regard 't like anj other laws, as something tr> h< r'1 + ni'POfl U'llpn1 -tVlQir acta Of or?r w - V.V.M M..VII VliVJ ovt I A V, C \ 11V when it suits their purposes -The present President gives us one homily after another as t( the perfection of our institu lions and the wonderful happiness and prosper'ty. He cries, "Peace, Peace," and there is no peace, He does not defenc 1 he Constitution; he connives at its violation: I do urge r whole-heartedly that, the colored people of* America make- of John Brown,- th< nio^l - crusader, their inspire lion- and their model, and that 'hey devote themselves without si ,nf. ond \vi .the cause of freedom which was but half won when Lee surrcn' " L* .. . ' . * " ^ a reality^ iting & Suppljr eet ' ; ; 4 & ^odge 1 IB "f style with lace u 1 badge _ 2 badges '* ?.? <j . ^ ?. .. v and Ushera' bad embossing macb v4-rvS i /n A Wiivilt LU U rr-~rnting & Supply eet ^AAAAAAAAAAAi - -"'? ?t . ~. - Saturday, MayH2?V 142&. i WIDELY KNOWN WOMAN- " e v DIES IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pa., May 21.? Perhaps one-of the moat widely - j _ .known women nf-tlie race dhd here during the' week, ' in. the ^ - Washing ton7" D. TT~"M7s.? 1 Francis wee-known all over the " country as a woman of rare 3 charm. She was one of the ' founders of the playground t movement in Washington, was t chief among the organizers and )' promoters of' the parent-teachF ei s' associations, and was iden t'. tiiied with municipal and prik vate charity work. She was a v member of manv of the capital . city's leading civic and social y work oiganiz^ttioiis; was d pal} ron of TTnisic, HtVrai ttrr :i rutTTP^ I and maintained one of the best..,_ appoihted homes in the city. ?5 ?.. > WILLS PICKENS $2,000 ?\ j x* --?:?"y Galesburg, 111., May^21^-In * the will of the late Mrs. Flora . I E. A very ,0 white, of this city, - William Pickens, field secretary- ' of the N.-A. A. C. P., was left - - . . $2,000. Mrs. Averv arrnmiwi nied Mr. and Mfs. Pickens to . Europe at one time. ? hampton~stude1mts present three ; japan ese_gl ays el^-Hanipton, Va.t Muy 21, The *^fihakespeaiV - Dramatic,- (Jlub,5 j which is a student organization .at Hampton Institute, recently i presented three one-act Japanlese plays. * ,1 ' IMI _7 ' ? - T ?? Company X ** ?? Columbia, S. C. ' araphernalia XL. r -!' _ . f Societies. % -VT-- r?- -* f . r: . ,-1 J **+ uauges, v^uiiciib cUJLU f -- ~ - Anything "for vour ?V "" _ T. ?- - - L? X -r dge as shown in cut can be vV gfinizhtl M'hfrrnpiql pa'rfr.*'"'" jfr* and used in the Lodge room. X ficers can be made by same f ~ . : ?f-~? p the sides:?7? y ~?~ V _ f V PRICE8: , r- *! . (Each). A ?VP ? - ?$ - 1.30 V 7 ?7-f?1- 1.00? - XM*wr/< - - ~ ' V ? ^ .90 ? f i . -- - f , " Z * f ? ' f ' 8 ? -V " - ? ? V jciahy badges for all orders V _r .. . . ?? ? 3? .11 _i 1 1 . iti k^s ior an cnurcnes. a jarge v r?7 ?? ??? V ine is operated in our badge V ~ ' . ~ ~ V o gold and silver elmbossing. Y SSZC Columbia, S. C. ^ __ . . * i; W ,