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1THIS PAPER IS | I DEVOTED TO THIS S j IN TKHK?T?- OHb1 ? THE PEOPLE. & ; VOL. I.-NO, 25. ~ " >" Pres. 0 w " " ? " ? BISHOP WILLIAM DAVID CI . HOME IN ( Twite President of Allen Uiiiver lishing House. Bishop of the A 111 One Year;?Funeral Service o - BY J ( Bishop William David Chappelle, A. i - M., ,D. D., presiding Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church ?of-Sputh Carolina is no more. Af ter, an illness lasting more than a year,] fully at his home on Harden Street,' on Monday, June' 16th. His funeral services were held from the Auditor... ium of the Chappelle Administration Building at Allen University Inst Fri-j day, June the 19lll, 1929. J?;?71"? HIS EARLY STRUGGLES. Bishop Chappelle was born in j Winnsborp, .67 years ago, of poor par-1 ents, his early struggles were thajt, which. alT"Negro boys are funrrttarH _ He ate of the hai-d crust of penury, I -and'Tlr'apk of the bitter cup of dd-j Vei-sltynnd .disaster. - ...... "H He attended the city schools of his native ritv? in the onrlv 80's he matriculated at- Allen UniVresity, and graduated with full' college honors in lSiST. lie taught' country schopl ^al_asalary bt ^ i :>.00 per hiunlh:?Hesx)onJaTTci-wards entered the ministry from a local preacher he was SOofT or=~ dained an' elder, and from there, was appointed* presiding elder. His^work was so efficiently and proficiently dnoe that his church began to look to him as their future leader, j PRESIDENT OF ALLEN UNIVERSITY. ,^In 1887 B^hr>p Ghappelle. then Dr.! Chappelle, was elected to the presiden-: cy of Allen University which position he held for four years. Under his | administration thtTTchool toolcon new ; life-amLwas_givcn roeogniton among j the Inn.'lirirr onllnn.nc l1"1 C? T tllC OUUIII. All | 1900 the General Conference elected himAhe head of the A7TM.~E. Publishing House m Nashville, Tenn.,- in' - which capacity he.JbuilJLUP a flourish-| ing plant, second to none on the-A-' merican Continent for Negroes. In 1908 he was called again as the pres ident of Allen University, and he j served with that same rugged honesty p-iin^l-iiWinp- thnt in the VQIW mi-j t.nrp of things, he was the formidable ^ . logical ?in(Udate for the bishopric in! 1912, hg was given one of the heaviest any-'bishop? that office by the General Conference. I THE PEERLESS LEADER. fiishon Channelle's first assign menf "asT Bishop" was. in tlw state?of] ? > l i m?i.| < ! ..? .> nr- pv^gMmg- hishopj - -Ttnd "chancellor of the,church school,1 he took charge-and put.that school _ out of debt," restored confidence and credit, and brought. up?_anfi. of the! best reports of any Bishop Trn fhe' " bench for Arkansas. For-ld -years Bishop Chappelle pre. ' .. sided over hia'native state, of South,! Carolina, with a success which has.' been unequalled by any Bishop, any-| where since tTuTdays of Bishop Rich--j ard Allen, the founder of the A. M. j E. Church. When he took chal-ge of Allen University the .school" is said1 to have had nq credit or standing inT the financial world; but as chancellor! h^ paid off a debt of $60,000.00, restored full confidence and built the! new auditorium afT a^ost of $118,000.! Besides, all that, he. negotiated - the big loan for the Bethel Metropolitan Church here on Sumter street and' bought the brick' chui*ch in Waverley -?ft-nm.thn White Preshyterians for the C&mmtlUuii. : Bishop Chappelle did the impossible because TE is^Tnstori catty true that "a prophet is not without honor save in "Ms own country." -Ru^-thia man by his force of 'character, and aggressiveness and honesty forced even his own people to respect him. Few men k"* of any age could have done in South r.-. Carolina wjiat Bishop Chappelle did. But he was ho ordinary man, lie-was a born julor, g' master financier of - unimpeached integrity, with a record as clean as a hound's tooth, the "Black Prince" and "the unmatched leader of the A. M. E. Church. Although h?r had his Gethsemanes with his agony of blood, he had his Pilate's hold with its surging mobs, with clinched fists crying "crucify him! crucify himt" he had his Gol . IAPPELLE PASSES AT HIS JOLUMEJA :L [i sity, Head of the A. M. E. Pubu M. E. Cburch in South Carolina, s Held in Auditorium of Allen.? \ WHITE Kothas, where be rubbed elbows with death, but he overenmo ?n j:-j _ _ un. nu UlL'U .as he lived . a fearless hero, a champion of the rights of the poor, a man (of peace, if you would allow, but*'a [warrior to the hHt and until the enemy eried "Jiabeo! habeo!" Bishop..,Chappelle went before "the great "Wpodrow Wilson, President of the U. S,r and entered'his protest ao-ninst t.hf discrimination' in the selectivo, draft law in regards to Negro soldiers "in the World War. lie took Governor Manning to task in a public Speech, on -his notions regarding the Negro in the World War. HIS T'T'NKRAL AND burial? I Bishop W. A. Fountain, of Atlanta, Ga., acted as Master of Ceremonies, there wuio, lt^\vas estrma?od^l0,000 pcopic at his funeral. Bishop?John |'IIur.sl,-A.?I).. .P., Baltimore, delivered .the funeral oration, which was ! one of the greatest 'we have ever Lu. ...1 t?: u *?? *< utii u. xjisfn>j> vv. u. jolinson, D. D., : srpnk-f pn-behalf of thy bench of bish| ops. Other speakers ' were: *Ors. El -fR?Goit, NewYwlt*; J. G. Johnson, Sk lion. W. S. Nelson, for, the City ot jLouis; J. C. Caldwell, Philadelphia] j Columbia; Dr. J. C. White for the Ministers of the City; Drs. J. W. Lykes and L. K. NiSlurls^Di. Dt" II. Sims, President of Allen University; Dr. S. S. Morris, Nashville. , 'r~ Amid thousands of sobbing friends and sympathizers the great prelate was carried to his last -resting place, in Randolph cemetery and his remains rCTtere?iiurifi<L..Vr.ith Masonir honors by M., of which he was a member, Dr. C. C. Johnson, Grand Master uf A-iken was irTChargtv'-TheHora 1 offering was, a fit tributfe to some. deceaesd deity. Peace to his ashes and' rest to his weary soul. WILL OF BISHOP FILED FOR PROBATE The will of the late Bishop W. D. Chapnelle. who died at his residence an.Harden Street last week, has been filed with the judge" of probate, Duncan Bellinger. The instrument db? poses of an estate valued at approximately $10,3.13. The estate is to be di vuled amoni; his widow, five ehildren aTT(t~s"g\rCTa 1 ~grari d g h i 1 dicn.???:??? Tn the widow, who is appointed executrix in the instrument, is ielt Cadillac sedan, all the household furniture and equipment and the rest of the estate not Riven to his children and grandchildren, "the""approximate value" of this part of the estate being $6,000. . r-; ' The will provides that $*">,000 of the estate is to hS invested for a period' of five~vears. the rrtcome from the investment being used to assist the bishop's son, Henry Talmadge Chappclle, tn completing his education. At the expiration <j>f the five year period, the executrix of the will is to realize on the investment and divide it and any accretions equally between the bishop's sons, Henry and Leroy Palmer ChappeTTe. ~ William D. Chappelle, Jr., a son, LuTa K. Nelson," ^rmt ^lotellc V; Williams, daughters. are each to receive $1,000. TheTma Nelson, Elizabeth NelOhappclle WillimnK, and Valeria Chap? pelle, grandsons and grandaughters, are to receive $100 each. The will was drawn December 30, The Rev. William D. ChappetTe was for 13 years presiding bishop of South Carolina for the African Methodsit church and was for about eight years chancellor of Allen university. He served also" for a number of years ars president of Allen- State. . Mr. Edward Robinson of Chicago, 111., after visiting his mother and un cle, Mrs. Maggie Robinson and Hr. W. Leon Brown, Jr., of Washington, D. C., retufftbd with his sister, Miss SUS[e B. Rdbitjson to the "Windy City" on Thursday. . f r ^ ' J. - ' COLUMBIA, S. C? SATE 3ommem SENDS GREETINGS TO 16th I ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN , DENVER June 25?President Coolidge j has'written a letter of greeting in thp Ifith Annual Conference of - the N. A. A. C. P. now liv session idge's. letter which was read at the opening mass meeting of tjie Conference last night (June 24) J expresses : his: ''strong con vie uon^Umt- this organization has had an important part in bring>ln'g about. the manifest advancement' in the fortunes of the colored people, which has taken, place '11. reioht > eai s." President Coolid&e's letter, ad-. _ dressed to James Weklon Johnson, Secretory of the N. A. A. C. P., is in full as follows: ? - "M5 dear Mr. Johnson: - "I havo your request for .a "message r -of greeting to the*Annual Conference _ of the N. A. A. C. P., t<j be held irt -jdjeu-yer, tiic.Ja.ji week of 'ih(j present mouth, _ _ . "The:request is 'one with which it is a pleasure to cnniplyT because of" r iby sttroiTiTI'oiis iaiun^tTiXt this organ~-jy.aiton hu^-huil an important part in "bringing nbout the-manifest advance-, incnt in the fortunes of the colored peo | pie, which lias takcii ^fla^c^in recent ment are so numerous that a mere re citul of them would require a voluminous document. Many factors have contributed to bringing about this change for the better, and I join -in * your own feeling of confidence that the improvements will continue undro thfywisc leadership of the real friends "of the Lvdu/ud kiu'),; and beeautio of the sincere efforts"of the colored people themselves in accenrrpfehing the ? residts which .they.so earnestly desire "Most sincerely yours,(Signed) Calvin Coolidge." "Mr. Junius Weldon Johnson, Sec'y, ~S. A. A. C. P., - d'.V Pifih-A-renuu. New -York. X. V j , Grazed by tie at stabs 3 4By The_Associated Negro Press.)* Philadelphia^" P., June?Rosa; Rhodes. 23 yfoil's old, of dloj * South.(Jamaxr street, who?wfttk - stabbed by her brothm?, William,! on Sunday, died Friday in the] Pennsylvania Hospital. Rhoades s was crazed by the heat, which | killed many persons. Dorothy-Groves, of Thirteenth and Addison streets, who was j also..stabbed-. by lvhoades, died \ Friday night in the same hospitaL Before being caught by the]" police,'Rhoades stabbed his moth er. She- is in the -Pennsylvania) Hospital arrrh is -not cxpdetod to I live. ^ WHITE EXPLORER'S WIFE! FINDS^AFittOANS LOYAL ' "fBy' The Assnciatod Xogm> Press-) New Orleans, La., June?Ac" bam, vt'tSSlit' graduate and wife: of a Boston naturalist, the na-. tives of Africa are kind, intellipnnf, p.pf, pniiragp^iisjorid trustworthy. Mrs. Hubbard spent several years in Rhodesia and | Portuguese East Africa and had j cha-rge-of her husband's? camp-( while lie hunted big game in tho bush. At the camp were 250 natives whose loyalty and bravery Mrs, Ilubbard has praised. These Americans found Africa so much mote pleasant than "American/ Civilization" thattheyare longing to return. , , . ? stfai ? RDAY, JUNE 27, 1925. NATIONAL BENEFIT LIFE INS. CO. ADDS MORE STAN DARD LIFE MEN TO IT: I ORGANIZATIOI 'C. S. ELDER MADE ttE -G'N'l DIRECTOR OF OR DINAR] DEPARTMENT. W. D. PRINCE MADE MGR IN ORDINARY DEPART MENT. ' > ; ' In an interview with ar repre tentative dl" The Palmetto Lea dor, IL JCJ?u thcrford, Presiden of The National Benefit Life Til surance Company, with head T|uai'terh at GbO F, Street, N W, ^w&faiagtqn, D. C., (Natio 11 a Benefit Building) - announce* that Mr. C.s S. Elder, formerly Agency Director for the'"Stand ard Lll'e Insurance Cuinpany/o: Atlanta, Ga., has taken over, th* management and direction?0 the National Beneht'a. Ordinal-: 1 Department in .South Carolina North Carolina, Maryland, Lis trici of Columbia and Virginia !Working in the next executiv* capacity U> AL>'- Elder in Soutl Carolina will be Mr. W. D. Fernet who-zis:""Widely- known iq th* .1 ^ ? 1- 1-* ? * ? ^ isLciiu uuuuyu ins sixteen. yea<] tenure as pean of Montis' Col -fcgo at.Sumter. ~ Both men are of high reputa tion as administrators anc trailers of men, and they brini jto the Washington represcnta itivi* of Negro commerci&l pro 'gross, a definite strengthening of an already strong stall-.- 7~ r~7Mr. Eider was a toot ball play er of nolo In his cullege days^ Atlanta University, and serve? with cqua-1 distinction on tta grimmer field of Avar as a lient enant in the'American Expedi tionaix Force in France during tne_ "late unpleasantness." I to made, a wonderful reputa thm in during ujo ,,-nn iiio OIA ky v;u'i ^ ? 1111 uiauiiai i; Lifft,anc] was one of their mosl Tatrftffrte liU'lrV executives, 'rrsing to be Agency Director of the important state of Virginia. lie brings to^iils .work as-an insurance man the capacity."to advise his clients with the wisdom borr of fundamental knowledge ol his subject and of its capabiHtics for good .applied to individual needs, wants - and circunlstances. ?"TlivnTf^-h, his appointment tc this responsible post irrirhe-organizatiotv ofAhe National Bene, lit, where his influence- will be felt over* the agency work of live sovereign sta-lW, he is extended ail opportunity Tor coin stmotive work in tlie interest of the company* and of the race of which 4ic-will make^ the fullest use," said President Rut her torn commtMiiiHK on :Ur. l-.iaer.i appointment. - "Mr. Elder is going to do bigjthings irr-his-territory and hif wul'k.-.will have-a far-reaching/constructive inTUT ence in extending thcTprotective benefits of life insurance to the Race," he concluded. ?Mr. W" D. Rrfrree- need*-na-inintroduction to the majority^ot South Carolinians. As Dean ot VTnrno Pnllafro nt Qn ml nv rir *uvi i io cii, nv has made himself Welt alid faw orably known throughout?-tfy xr state. lie will bring the benefits ol a ripened scholarship and an enlightened outlook on-life to his neW Work, and those who have the benefit of his considered advice and sound judgment wil ** ? ' _ v ... 77".. * " >ry ;?r ^Za - . ; ; - The Federation of * " " T7 V Woi M HOLDS A SUA KSSFl L SFSS1 TORS FROM OTHER STATED ~ * 7 '. - TRES if - - . . Special to The Leader: Ormigchui'K, June 24.?The annual. M meeting of the FederatToTrj of Colored"" Women's XUvrbs- is now* in session in While Hall at State College. The Federation opened" yesterday morning ^ <rt toil joldock, with. Mrs. Mnrion Rtr;= nie Wilkinson, presiding;. Mrs. Wil_ kinfcpn is president, of- th<^ Federation ^ anil. has. held thi& .position for years^* ? ?At .eleven o'clock yesterday the delegates .attending" the Federation and the teachers in the Summer _Scha<il_ .lssem'nletl in ioiflt session for the de1 yotional exercises"which were presided J" over by Prof. Jr C. Whittaker, direc-, ,, tor of the summer session at the Coly . | l<?ge. After prayer and songs Dr. ~ Whitfiiker introduced Mrs Green. of Fluience,?who?delivered?an?address 2. to thy teachers and Federatiop mcmf hers.- Mrs. Green told of the work ~ "dFTRcT organization and"Its Traders ~ spoaking-of~"the- earnestness of~each ' I'member in supporting the work of the Fairwold school in Columbia. ?J A response to the special address 2 hy Mrs.. Green was delivered by Prof.t 1 C. A. Lawson,-of Sumteiy Avho-is at i 2 ?he College thjs summer?leaching mathematics. Mora than 20O delegates are here'' L attending the Federation. They-4mve .-w.n. Hum tvcij v-uuiuj in ouum ijarolina. There are eight men here at_ tending the Women's meeting butr j whether they arc delegates or wheth-er they camo alon^-to-take_Le.sson.s in L Convention methods or not is-- not " known. However, they are here and ^ they attend the "sessions every chance . r. they get. ; 0~ ' ?^"ni" n?'t"d ?p.Milror< nrp.W tn(fay . :nnl others are to come tomorrow. u Mrs. Mary McL-coci Bethune ot Day- , "tona. . Florida wHl arrive tomorrow r and will deliver onT oi the principal" ^_4kdduiai>es in Williams Chapel A.M.., . E. Church tomorrow night. Mrs, Be- . thune is one of the best speakers oTT, tfin varf" nnrl tn Vionv Vinv? ?c- ? r " " "" " "" 1 ' treat to, anyone.-- ; , One of the special features of th.e j Ljmdjthprnselves fortunate. ;; ^ ''Mr. Prince will have his head-'' ^;quarters at Columbia, 1001 Wash. 1 ! The National Benefit Life In- j surance Company is to be con-! T Tgrrtuktethorr^he- acquisition of . ! | these men and so are our people ; L |of Seuih-Caroling jPRESIDENT \ COOLIDGE THELPS TUSKEGEE VET- !, ERANS*" HOSPITAL . (By The Associated Necrro Press.) 1?'Tuskegcc, Ala.,?<kme?That_r ,President Coolidge" and General Frank-T: Hines, Director, of the, [Veterans' Bureau, have full con-! 1 fidence in' the administration IColonel Joseph II. WardrMedical ^ OflieerTn charge of the Veterans' Hospital No. 91, located at Tus- ' kegce, is revealed in a letter from 1 President Coolidge to Dr. Rob-j1 ert R. Moton, Principal of Tuskegee Institute, which announces [1 the decision to provide a recrea? The funds for the erection of" : this building are'the unexpend- '' ed balance of the appropriation ' ^.provided by Congress in 1919 for : 1 4 V? A A^'Ani JAM nub ctcvuuu ux jiys|>iuais imuugll * i out the country for disabled sol-1 ; cliers, and amounts to -approxi--1 ( ^ Tuately $70^KKfc ???- -j; ^?In his?letter to Dr. Mtiton. President 'Coolidge says: r; "I have taken up with the Sec-j retary of the Treasury and Genf^erarf nines the question ^rf pro=^ \ vrding a recreation building at, the Veterans' Hospital at Tuske- j" I gee from the balance of the funds j " ">T | 0 SUBSCRIBE AND 0 ? ADVERTISE?Cur- ? p rent, Social and Gen-. g.v eral News. , ' v 5c A COPY. ^ .A.C. P. Colored nen's Clubs Meets i ATTEND. 200 DELEGATES ~ EXT ^ \"mmrnm ? " - - ? " - J meptirig here was the lawn social Tuesday?night?which?was?given by president's* mansion: The faculty members of the Summer School met the delegates" and forja few hours an enjoyable time Washad. White, red and blue -electric lights were eir- ~?* clod around the beautiful home of the President cool .breezes wiped the;., faces of the jolly visitors while those in charge of. the affair passed around vreajjwgnd- punch until all had been served to their fullest desire. BECK PRAYED. . It ts significant to "note that even . thu 'thr. - . ? ?~ vj'wiwik o^tau iii tne nrst Mass Meeting of the Federation was" made 1;\ one of their prominent lea- ? dors, ihe.opening pi'ayfer v\Us deliver od by a man, FFdTTJ~. B^ Beck 5f Gam-get own ,,^ referrad?to =====as rhe Dean of-. Principals in Negro schools'i)r South Carolina. -Mr, Beck f. od?l* verges of the 4th"chaptcr of St. Matthew and then offered a fervent prayer. , .? "SOME PROMINENT PEOPLE. Thc'ArmtraPC-onveiition of the Fed- - .'i. oration has brought to Orangeburg _ many people of more than ordinary accomplishments^ We saw at the social last riight Prol'. M. A. Menafee, and, Principal Blanton, of Vobrhefes; ~i; . ~ Rev. Dr. W. _H. Thompson of Ander-" son; Mrs. L. J. Rhodes' ot (Jolumbia; Mrs. Hattie- Duekett, of Greenville; Mrs.?Louise?Fordham Holmes^?- of - Florence; Dr. Jones, of Louisiana; Mrs. Gordon, of Dillon; Mrs. Carrie Bo Mil! of?Spartanburg;?Mr<T~ "Hunt, of Fort Valley, Georgia; Mrs. A. J. Andrews, of Sumterf-Mm-Jt-C. Whit=, laker of Oklhaoma City, and possibly 200 others of nVlimt rnnlr OM/t Tin.rnti The doings of "the Convention have" not been officially given out but it annodftced,.last nierht that some- .. thing like $1,000 had been reported from'Those present, and many other dubs throughout the State will report tomorrow. appropriated by Public Act 384. f^iTT^ceretary ahd .GeneraPFHnes^ realize and approve the necessity xtJ>tii]ding for Negro veterans at this hospitaL. "The Federal Board of Hospitafeation -has^- recommended to? ftio that this appropriation b6~~ '1 ""1 tTv1' of providing this building for the better care of the Negro veterans proceed at once." . DEPOSITORS TO GETJTEN (By The Associated Negro Press.) .Philadelphia. Pa., June?When he assetsoTthe defnircl bankingfirm of Brown and Sevens are liquidated, it is said that the de posit ors will get approximately tUTrjTer cent. Henry L. Hyneman, as attorney numerous depositors, made this statement after apply- . ing to Judge Thompson in Federarpnm-t for the appointment of a bankruptcy receiver for Brown and Stevens. Herman N. Schwartz has been appointed, and he will take the place of . William Rr Smi4h**deputy State Banking Commissioner in charge Jf-ttnr hrrrrk2^- affairo since hia app^iiitmeiif' by Cmmiiuii Pleas C'ourt, N o. 3 his I Febi u<m y. j Nineteen pieces of property transferred by Brown and SteVi'lis to (korge M. Longacre and Irwin' W. Reigner, aS "straw j men" will go by title to- Mr.-?^3 Schwartz. - _____ L w?