Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

??? " - '' - ' V ' ijL THIS PAPER IS - | f | DEVOTED TO THE | (l I INTERESTS O t 8 \ ~ g THE PEOPLE. | [7 \ VOL I ?NO. 21, COMME 58tli COMMENCEMENT " - ^ " SURPASS t Alumni From All Parts of the L ^ Program Arranged. Man To Eclipse all Pothers. Hu y- 'A . . . v -??< ? "?: = ===== Orangeburg', 3. C., May 19?Friday, 1 May 15th marked the opening' of the - 58th Annual Commencement at Claflin < TTniVPfsitv nno nf tho nl rlncf \To/?wA , ? ... . , vnv VX Vliw U1UVOW . Colleges.of the Stgte. This commencement is to surpass i all previously held. Fres. JTH. Ham 7 dolpb, the .first president of cqlor of < this institution has made special pre?-1 parations to take care or tho4ws4(>of visiting friends and alumni ~who are ! ex.pent.eri t.n?this?great?celebration. i Already" news has come that we will k care of the large crowd. Those attendf nig from the various?states will be < surprised at the wonderful chaogesil that have taken place under the sue-^ ? cessful administration of Pres. J.. B. " Randolph who jn at. ..gam plating his , third year as. president of the insti- J tutioni? - i Assisted by a well prepaifed-faeulty ; of more than forty members, Pres. I _ Randolph has been able to find a place for Claftin among the other large col- ; leges of the land. He has done this thru persistent effort and undying de?yotion to see Claflin rank with the i j best. No eollege of South Carolina ' ~ has deceived more recognition within the past few years for the type of 7 ^ work it has produced. Every student who has left for other colleges of 7\he Nation have been received without reservations and have made envious records for their Alma Mater, r This together with many records in : various other activities of school curriculm and student activities has heralded Claflin as the Ace of South Car"J. ' olina. Applications from other states T. B. WATK^Sf = r MISSOURI, ENTERED,? - ^ ELKS GRAND RULER -?==?Kansas ^ityrMov, May 22.?i ?Xheron B. Wat kins, of-this city, has beenterrtered by a group of' friends in Elkdom for Ihe posi-; tion of Grand Exalted Ruler. ' $ 'I'he plprtiorTwill occur at tho-ft?-l - nualconvention in Richmond,^ Virginia, in August. The Wat-' ~m ;? h jj| <g) A. N. P. # I. B. WATKtNS ~^B~kina backers have enlered tfteir candidate only afters thorough I canvass of the country, and in thier opinion the "Show Me" ' W candidate has better than a fighting- chance. There will be r several other candidates, including J. Finley Wilson, of WtrshNngton, who is already serving his third term, ^nd is sackings. r \ fourth. There has been, for a . number of years, sentiment in the convention favorable to one term and two at most. T. Br Watkfns is one of the most substantial himiVipaa rnprl ^. r* \ . I * ? - 1?-? i" /. . * ".'f'. !~T.*"J.-' . "> I. . lit. - \ Si ? V D AT CLAFLIN TO j tLL IN ITS -HISTORY. _ ' Fnited States to Att&jd. Great y Graduates. Exercises Attendance Expected. . ?2 - T 'lave begun to overwork the authorities and attendance of college denttr next-year' is expected to double all in former years. These things have thus inspired our elaborate pro gram for the 58th Commencement. The progra~m~T?egimnt; May JJ5UY, consist of the following outstanding features: Sunday, May Til," Dr. A.' R. HowariT* of Sumter, S. "C., District 3upt. of the Charleston District of the Methodist Episcopal" Church is?feopreach the Annual Sermon at Trinity Church?of this city; Dr. W. J. King, Gammon Theological SeminarjrTs to deliver the Baccalaurate Sermon ;on the same day at the University Chapel. TheCommencement Address.isto he^ delivered Wednesday, June 3rd, by Dr. L^-M^Duntdn, President Emeritus of" Claflin University. and fornler president preceding Dr. Randolph. The other events of equal jnterest includes "High School play?"Happiness" Debate?Belles Lettes Association, May "22nd. , , T I Closing Exercises of the Domestic Arts Department May 25th. Primary School" Exhibition?May 2(5 . Grammar School play^'S&phmore May 27th. ^ Choir Operetta -The -Pennant" -May 29th. ' * ..?" ~ Lawn Fete?May 30th. Class Day Exercises and Dunton Prize Contest June 1st; Annual meeting Board of Jrustees; Industrial Exhibits; Aluinni Re-union and Banquet, Annual Musical*. June 2ncL_. __ Thus"TRe end of- a commencement long to be remembered by all those who attend. "Li -hi the country. He has a large ways been progressive in fraternal and business matter. -Mr. Walkins is a native uf Indiana, is 48 years uld,_3ind "came up from the bottom," in a business way, so to speak. He is Strongly backed by the Midwest Lodge ot-lhi^citv.,and they plan tq tell ored by having the opportunity to consider?sueh~a candidate. While"hie is Past* Exalted Ruler of his home- lodge, 'and has been several times delegate-to?thenational convention; -Mr?Wat kins has _ never been an office seeker, say his friends._ He is preparing a platform, since giving consent to have his name used, that promises to be one of the most . militant ever presented by a candidate for-anyoffice. KLANSMEN NEVER "MEMBERS"?OF ORDER-^BLTT "CITIZENS OF INVISIBLE EMPIRE." Representative of Negro Asso^ ciation Attends Initiation Incognito and Makes - Report. - ' ? ~ , ' ; A representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, recently attended initiation -eere monies of the Ku Klux Khan in a neighborhood state, and reports that- Klansuien are given Instructions for evading inquiries of judges, juries and officers of members of the Klan. According to the investigator for the Advancement Associa- j tion. Klansmpn nrp inolrimfa/1 frtTHt when HHkprt ft ~thoy~ ,TpH "members" of the Ku Klux Klan they are to reply in the negative, even under oath, since the' KlAnsmPn is a mnmher^nf the K&n but all are "citizens of the invisible empire." , it.,'.? wm 7* : . " T" :?- - Ot,UMBIA. S. G'., SATU IT AT v . v THtteei Hundreds to Graduate_jit Collej ( lark Climbs Morehou ?-Crackers Open Sea S??? ? By W. F. WILLIAMS Atlanta, Ga., May This qity, the Athens of America} in Negro education, is in th.e midst of the' greatest eomftftenconient ??> no Students from nearly every state in -the* J?mon are winding. up a* ynm'-r work in the colleges and man(v are being sent a\vajTTvith sKeeps' skIS to" begin thq various tasks which await ' ' - them, r * Of the?"Big Five/' Morris RnmnIt'bo the first to close-.- Theyclose today.?A liirtfe number uf students of the school. ? - -a? ?; - J ... Clark "University and Spelman Ct<>lThis has been a great,yt-a^for CliTiQt? its first^yt?ar under the direction of a colored president. A marked improvement has been made under Pres[idont -Dayage. This was - Snolj man's first year 'as a college.^ Heretofore the young women who desired | college training took their studiesvat Alorehouse. Atlanta "University and Morehouse College will close . on Wednesday, June'3. Those are two of- the five -m.vt highly rated ft Jingo* of the race. the- -others?berrrg?Fiskr Howard nad Lincoln! Morehouse has 37 111 " the Senior College Class this year and thev will hail from many states. Two Smrth -Caroliuians will receive the A. B. degree at Morehouse. They "are Mr. 11. McMorris, of Columbia. -anti Mr;-F*7" ~RTiiij(Ics, To" Blacksbtirgr Other" Carolinians in the College doj partment at Morehouse are Azzic 13. King (Junior) Columbia; Wm. j Clyde A lien (Junior) GreenviHe; B. 13. Williams (Sophmore) Aiken; Alva Garrison (Freshman) Greenville; Raymo ntl?E. Rector (Freshman) Green| villi'..?The writer!ufTers apology-for not licing able to get in touch with other schools for such information aS , given above. _ Gammon Theological Seminary tClosed three Aveeks 'ago. ? ?closed-last- wrjck and -llolmesU.nsl.it.nte mmmmi??pi?mmbi? Vintnrv T.ifn To Qnnrl For ? IVKVl^ JU1XV ? > ' IllV VI X VI Contract Breach i The Victory Life Insurance Company, with offices in tho Overton Bank terday in a suit filed against them by Joseph- Blalard. who alleges breachf of contract. The sum asked is $25,000 A (wording -to Ballard who is a for nier employee of the Afro-American Insurance Company of Jacksonville, Florida, he came here at the instigation of .officials of the company to take over thti? development -of insurance agencies in the west part of the city. ' ? lie stated that in hi.^ contract was. a clause which allowed hint a weekly ^drawing account of $25, payable in advance, with which he was to carry on 'his work of company expansion in this_ ^district. He was also to .be allowed all first year commissions. Said ad! vanccs^ were trrbe given "for a reasonable length of time," and were to be terminated, according to Ballard,' only upon a thirty day written noticd.! Suddenly; he says, he was dropped' 'from the company rolls without due notice,- as contained in contract, being , to a director and his daughter. The suit followed. He had been in the employ of the company for more than mnnthg ' . ? _ ? ?Chicago Whip. The above is of interest to r.nliim. hians as Mr. J. S. Ballard at one time reside in_ihis city hoing at the time a teacher in Allen University. Mr. Ballard is well known over the state. The Vice-President and General Manager of the Victory Life Insurance Company Is also a former Columbian,. Mr^U .J. JoaapTi, who was the first president of the Victory Savings Bank of Columbia. * I V?- ^ ' KDAY, MAY HO, 1-1)25. SOUTH! iim> ? ?lEK^WITH ^EEGES~Or ATLANTA. . ? **N. . ^ -^r ' . ' l^esj Many South Carolinians.? se Wins Trophy.?Black ,son1^-rlliiiei^ Niiws. will close right 'along with the Big Five. Each year_A. G. Spaulding Bros'., well known .sporting goods manufacturers, awurd-4-hc--champion -base hall tuam nrThr-S. 1. A. Ar^onta kind of a-trol^liy,?whteh-is delivered at the final game Of the season. After a .hard foifght season MorehTTTise came out victorious with only three defeats and nhwuviny and J.Vds preM-ntoU/w^ff^c pr^tirlby Mr. Ahh<>tt^?uach ot' TuV 1.e gee. Institute and President of iho -Association, immediately after the Tukkegoo-Morolfouse game hist Saturday. ?? Among jTie progressive flit.-!ni.U men of Atlanta js_ numbered Mr.. John L.- Gibson, formerly <M" Columbia, S. C.. and auJiqEphcw uf .ffisafr-LeilforTl 1'. Harris) t~y "d 1 sr~s t voM. lie 11 a? purchased a modern shoe shop on "one' of the principal thoruiigKfavi-s of The city, one half -block from the court house, and is doing tremendously well. Most of his customers are white as his is The only Xp.mTO- hTrs1n',ss In the entire sectio.ii?where?it?is?located? |Ml\ (iibsoli is married and i- r.ore the .Worse?otf as?be?has" gained?impounds since he fell for the fair lady Must one yea!' ago. His \vi fe is a j t a 1 fen ted picoter" in a reel \v; i. or ' and seamstress and aids him" intliht TTne and acts in th.'tceapi c tjjrytdn\a.oB eutla |acts, iif the. capacity?of earlier?iW ; her, Nero. | The season for "professional base jball -Ht^ttlatita lias' .>peiu'd_ aujlj. the first game to be. played in thj.s-_.chy. wall 'be Llifel eat ::p:i| ler's Park Friday and Saturday he| t\Ceen the Atlanta' Black' dJ'ravl.Ms j and the BirminpTnTivT Hlat-U lA-iinn's-. I 1 he trackers playe I I'-haf ^: 1 thill city last Sunday and :i tir -singfest: " The 1 team is fi,ni;ii'.-cA' players from the colleges of this city, the ban having been 'lifted -which pru hilTTfs. etillego"" men train pln'yi n L'^Trrr-fe.-sioiial base ball. gggg??> Hooker Washington Hi. GradualingrExercises --Xlie. graduating "cxciTf os- o f the Booker Washinptcfl llljrli ScTuiTTI He[partment will be held at Columbia ?' ?. ? 5. _ Theatre," Thursday, -njyht, June -lib, 1!>2.n at 8 o'clock. Tl.o address to theclnss will be delivered bv Dr. X. CT White. Pastor of Zioii l?apt 1st- Church. 1 ho present pmadtMtin'e: class is the. first to complete the course since the schi >"1 has been placed -Trrr~rh<' nc-<'TCi!|itC(T hiph 'school list." The class roll is as follows: i Harry. Bruce Adams' Odie" BlacTfnvan F urye, 3J-orrTs William l.<e, Way., man Kdward Lee, Henry Albert. I.Imfsav. Ilarvev Dorsev AIvers. William Dennis Patterson; Marion--Romeo- Rob^ Icrtson, Theodore Joseph Sunder. Jaj. Brutus Van Wrijrht, Joseph Alexander jAVaifcer;- Richard Thomas WiUiams, ; Beatrice Ethel?Brown. Jluby VerdelUi,. i Bailey, W'ilhelniinu Duxiuilvy CaldA^iill^ Lillian Lorin.no CaifiT$55T Alta Otlu'f-" li* Clark, Gladys Lueilo CurtHom Edith Mar'iraret Daniels, Buth Orabcllo Fair. Alma Gladys Forro.-t, Catherine Mao -Fre4< rieky?t-ai+e?CVri-ne Frederick, Blanche McTe\ ipns?Grant. Gladys Perr\ Ilarvey, Lorine Elizabeth !Ivr-' rin; TTiTn Gertrude Jones! Julia I.ucile Jones, Frances Anita Mack, Inez Ora Belle Mangum, Catherine LucJe McCollough, O'DbH Catherine Xelon, "Albert;e Edith Reynolds. Urn. Belle N'Pllte Sanders, Amanda HTunmord Starnes, Lillie Estella Sullivan, Sara Rachel Thompson, Sudan E'tvjrta \'eal, Malinda Blanche AVashintrlon. Goral dine Price Williams. A trues Williapis. The first honor is held by Alfna Forrest, the second by Gladys Harvey, I and the third by Inez Manguni. The close, of this school year hi ay ft s a most successful ami progressive period. in the cteyclopment of the iCj^r School Department. In the stdfrhce .department this progress ftas been cs : " . '. ' ' - - 1 ^ntEr-rmr.M irnrsiMS m (ALAUKKATE Si Ills I )istrniip.-r~W;?<- t'lijt (>f Thfiouhl an of ,1 ho OiliWcuttuaMii* ittr . r\ C^nunfenyi'hiunt tht* 1 I ?" ' %' *?j v erant'ohurtr.' S. May 2-lth?.A* life's! jywut com a- t-ila i?? the -college Cmrpcl ?SI sta; i f.K'.rc iniv- i^auti- wit hoi Tul ami e # ?. < Sunday. 11< 1 he is listcnnV^ ,ti>-i.rte *(>f the r ] if. cahtumlV ad. llc.-.es ever sp-iP.-o. In men : ?y'-yittivr I'.eit jm * e r-n .a. u i a- ion lit." inili'J'.i President By 11,; ihuZcu .t'.v invitation,,came to Sinjtc* Gyl- ho opt lejfe'llu.-. al'icniuuii tn deli'.er the com- thi'r<Lr." mencenieht sermon. ITis text i s irainc -faumP'i'l the 1M>I eii.'t-{_te'r. oj I ii'ia -dsn-d "?tiui the JLHth Aov-se-"-Hc br iim/hl'muSi,. i forth ak-<> .unto-a lartte place; he do-; would livoreil Tno, because he (-lelit<hteth w cunwi ! nie." His text was the-power ami 1q- -11 j ex pa iv- ion of Christianity. Crand -?hr. K. S. \Vill;iiXM?iiiff in iirroducirig'?TTTir ?-ii ' ti'H v. ii ii-lamliliU" State he is lit-point,of sTTVictvthe=yo tinge"nnpi-F" '7:rrrfrT L'e president iii" The Stale, his addr'es good work already dm-re makes him liverv< :_iui a.-, el. with- the gto'ip and n-.>irong crime; leader in educational, thought and use- dance ffulness. . 'went ' Dr. Sim-' discourse made tr-splen- ... did inii'1'c'.-vi'?n on all and there was 1 a -Lenin <*ridous crowd present to wit- * rttt' r.e>s the LXeivi. es. Jin, tainted- the t!s,v'' wily that leads to {.creator thini^?rn sTTtuU peeially n'.arl-e?l. Tile l;i!i<>r,al"ry/pli.-hn supplies fiiV TiTt yor _ Tn pi'op^rpiuff- We" supjdie- tar larger i n preparation times, than tl.'i-c at'?[ > . vi.i'i^- y.'-n < L liiin'S * ' ? " '^'1' LEAP FRQA1 i'AR '.?'n,!i HAS FATAL ENDING the ji, ^u'Pes Nffrro Minister Inmpn When?future Sent (.'niches l ire uunm ; ?a???- -?-we- ha -The Rev. W. \\ Blnciiwoll, a'?CoP- BOOK "uted minister living 'Trr^the~Bhi"t"y roniT iitg Ava-? fat ally "Tliflred when'he jumped 'front a moving c-une when the seat "CUD tile minister .-arikinjLr his head ahd rccJivinci' liijurit's' so serious Hull he died a\ the Cknid-^apuudltUL. ^Yi ..ir?ts]nlL't utItv'v lu- \\ a.- taken for tcoat- ( pv jIL'f'd.' ' ? ^v, J t' !'iimi ml <>r.nnl km t'tk-eKVd- a! Ike hospital, it "se e ;ns that he deft limine oiv. yesterday ' tu'tern.mn and UluTo . u.n L! iI'll ---4*Tt." I'uTi.iu- taken i-n l>y ] a s.-'itnr n>niK-._ In shine way the ''svS^Tii tiiw: ir'ovit-v-To.a^h^ TTTi- arid tin j !"n;inisur. jumped from tin- niovjiiir ehino. * > ? uttoil .illlv vvtim^yen to be seYerely injured tenia and was earned t'n t ho hospital in an j-mn.". n.-i T . j'"j" 11 ; ,i i i !'i'~: i. All ajk-ialioh jV^. > i \* as perfie-me i iii air ill'i'i'l to #save . . I;is lite. !>'.?. lie died after a. .-hurt time. ' r(-rieb. I Klackwcll \\a> about years of afi'- cXeiY and is survived by'a'wtdow and six :,,nsniiilL chihhvn. ills wii'u was nuiiiiod^ of tho-aevid'ei.t ;Ind ;t?ikcn to the hos-. 1'-j yii ltd* "soon after it i?cvUflt'd. 11 1 "A L L 1:^> Xin \ x*in'iu^1 ;,u^ " TFT* ?Til*"\~TT--1at the" f iji'ht Bar Of J uiikc" .uf Allen ^**vvvsity prrsi ; ulon:g with the Ha -e I tall'-team went- ,")!*" (K 1t <v S;?art.'tnBu^Ktr t?? render t W-')>lay. ill- ?y- ^ iraiui CL:111 ir la-..)>in>'_-AVa.' l'CIuieiX'd at "Trinity A. M. K. L March i.nucv the. v)i.'t'k nu.-pke-i "i lltv. Witherspnon. The i huivh'u.i racked and could not hold all ui.-' w.ur.c! t;> withers it. as tlurr t-hurch i- Onie' ronioJeTo+Er- We alone: pi OLr_i piu* KTii'l fiOiiv-i.-es wliu. Pint, us f=o" ,T highly , u"< rtaiued: We thank Stacy Whitmite for shewing us . a- Scholj r<>ua,l her Pen.i'itill ei'y ard Misses i . jWitio'Tai 'Oxtur ti.r, ! Ila Fair, also j U 1 11 Airs, \M i-U-' u/r.i-a?ae+ar <a?Miss ?ura l hunt rerr-y-whiP soTfnrjily entertained us-! at their spifeioas and palatial homes.', | KATIlKUYN ABPF.R. Reportor. | SQoj^ li:t i s i-qok ^fow.vun uq il. Let us look foryartfd, but in looking), forward lui\e the past in view, and if ^ history Hn the I .'nitod States is what adopt 'tlnr-Aimo ioan. Negroes arc capable of i - ^ making it, the reuli?.at fon of thoTiiture will make you smile at the accom- ident O-, V * ' " * * * *- T . , \g ' V - . ~ socroxocca SI BS( KIBE ^\NB % ADVEKTISE?Cur- $. rent, Social-end Gon g ? eral News. _ .,_ ^51 oo.o.o.ooo;c?oo.o.o^.ox>^o^X)2 5c A COPY.. _ .LEGES <sf lvi;uu i> v ilil T liuo U^IL :k.mo.\ at state. ?? ? = r wr t J'*~ :"i ' ' (1 lie (iTipped"the Attention irtx -fit Minutes. ' -* liest Itver. i owing how expansion plays an " ? l?EJ pB and.- that '..education A n} ;'!..- t not th" kind that \ .. pbtf"etLiiliJsized. . is. i.tie our scholarly *!id. h(' i- u iircii'-hcr. For 4n~ ' s -tto grimed the attention "of '' ' . L'fn d ins mouth he "said somethere Vvyre.many of the best 'I. in" nds ..of. our grouir in.the au.. ... ? '^e.vetai teadlntr It^ithians- wW- ?- A'-^? ' . ttf < "iimy?-said that it ^ be a forward if at the next ' - ''ion tire* 'Knight?? would* elect 'livid H. Ml:;-' tu the office. of ,. ?*? brehite.. t ?-?? ?a 1 J i? * re are.- eighty prad-tmtes of ~. "" this year, who. received ~ <iij-brm-n-" Woilnc-da;.77 aft cr tHe ~ ~ s to the clnssys had been deI I'V 'Hon. .1. H. lb.po. SloluSup- ' ulOnt. .of education. The. at-ton : <2. .. at the. c<mvm eTi< etneht this year . a head tbf previous .year, Peore'ihyre from all parts of the which shows the interest- they in Smith Carolina's leading in- . !- for Xegrg. youth. . ? _ _ LCUts- of. the .past. . ' , ?- are going through troublous^' ? anil- we will have .troublous ii l.i-inai:.- But it is nut the iw n here and-there that makes rogress. It is the general rise * <>f a\eraees o^Pfr- a purind of that makes the real progress ustry irr-the United States. If ast be aiiy criterion, and the and ambit-ions of the American _ .. e.s be measuring sticks, then-the ; holds |u-i?ylo.ii- dyo-.py.: of in-: II devcl -pnuiu .than anything i * 1 vo ovor--sfcn- in the past. UU T. XliALp-Student in Print'I'usi.eaee" Itt?:iate, Alabama: ~~ 3RED WOMEN IN WAR The . As^c'atcfl Negro 2j____Thhj^Na4h>injT^A>^soc' t a~ of Colored Wo men's Clubs ; F the 'leadership of the dent: AI r?,?iUai-v -31 eLeod line, - and?the state Presi- ? ; and delegates who were ding the Qufnquehhfaf InlionaE Cnuneil ol. Women ? .ISO tiid ft , bfi-n-d nf - ? s d A r~f. t~W . -siia red irmChe 1 rafion ..of Wethers' Day ~~ at Arlington Come- ' ami ' placed a wreath upon unib (?i tie Unknown Sol- ' ami .nm- upon the grave o& ? , 'a-, e >-pn'alost -soldier. the -J 1 Cel. Charles Yoniijr. * .y> jvatorafy: president s, plhvers. '-gipfifoen state dent xmd nineteen head^ :*-jTrvrtmenis '-assembled afso v exenitive hoard meeting e X. AC. W. clin*iny th<? .'<1 was a .more intensive cut ion of the polieies and am of X AC C? W. ai ? utuler^wtry?phe Douglass T~~~an it the ' "Educational ivshiji. The National I'res* , M.rs. Mary MeLeod Be t i i m- mn*d -of? "**" ti hoa-dpuartors for.Jthe as- ^?tion;'offered the rocommen ii tliril flu- association add am a campaign fund " i building for such headeVs. It was unanimously od, and $3.500 was nledgftd^-* dividuals awLhy ..state fires^I ? - ??-? ?_ ,