The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, July 18, 1925, Image 3
Saturday^july 18, 1925.
- BLOODY DAYS .
BY CAPTAIN DANIEL SMITH
' (By The Associated Negro Preaa)
-E4i4oi^rNotF.rThis is the final"
installment of a series of artic_
- les written by Captain DarpeiA.
Smith in refutation of the
charges made by General Robert
Lee Bullard that Negroes were
cowards in the World War. Cap
tain Smith in his previous articles
has reviewed the deeds
of the"368th Infantry and particularly
the 3rd Battalion. He
cited the handicaps under which
the outfit operated and outlined
in graphic terms the various discouragement's
and difficulties
heaped upon the Negro soldiers
by important white officers. He
has now reached-the^Court Mari
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? _ In accord with the report that
we would be relieved by French
?soldiers at-3r30 ~ P. M. oil the
twenty-ninth, we were replaced
by a French"" Battalion. The
; Frehch officers were eloquent in
their praise of our work and
" heaped corhmendations upon the
officers and men.
The following day the company
commanders of the 3rd Battalion
were ordered to Reirimpnt
al Headquarters to ascertain
just why .the 3rd Battalion had
failed to operate, as-it?should
have. He then conferred with"
each of the Officers except me.
I asked Major Norris just why
I was not questioned and he replied
"You are not commanding
any -company. Captain Peeks
_ is in command of Company "K"
and you are still under arrest."
That was amusiinrin a way,
to me, the statement that Cap_
tain is in ccfmmand of Company
^K" whon he had been wounded
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that date. After ! thoughtfoT
the matter it dawned upon me
just what this5 Major was en
formed the Regimentat Commander
as to the operations of his
, - hftttalinp and had charged the
n'ffipcra and men wi^
Following the interview, we
returned to our~ commands andon
November 3rd, I, along with
?four other'officers, was placed
. under arrest and charged with
cowardice. ; The coUrtmartial
was held the next day and the evidence
brought out was ridiculous,
embodying confused- orders
and the Major was caught in so
many lies that the whole thing
became a joke. Orders came to
halt the proceedings.
General Bullard in his article
stated that he stopped the proceedings
so he could investigate
the evidence. Well, that was
the reason. The charges could
not be substantiated and Major
IN orris had lied mtamously about
?the-actions of his men. We re=
jbi1 fctht uijei reteastng u?
? from, arrest.- That was another
indication of-his ignorance.?We
der and now w^e being released
by a Battaiyyrder.
Novembei^6th I was again
courtmartialed for shooting Sergeant
Lucas, and was acquitted
, and on November 7, the court/.
. I martial for cowardice " was ret
stimed. On the eighth we were
sent back to our billets, and on
November 10th the regi^nt
!" moved to the front line.
General Bullard stated that he
coukl not tret the NegrcTto fight.
I , He should have seen those Negro
boys on that day eager to get
j mto the frajvbut heing held in
check. For the first time the
L : ^fniary-pf into action
and they did great work,
k / Following theVourtmartial we
, were sentenced to be shot for
cowardice. The execution was
held up and the case was reviewed
in courts throughout France
and in this country and finally
?the truth was known and we
were 'exonerated.
ir ?'; =? ?a ?.
The General claimed that we
would not fightr, but the records
prove otherwise. The General
declared us cowards but the records
show the other side. The
?ener^-dfailed-to~4nention--theconditions
under which the Negro
soldiers were forced to fight
and the co-operated and the organized
method of discouraging
the men and the effort to instill
ih them a feeling^that their JNegro
officers were ihefficient and
ders were sent. Constant and
concentrated efforts were made
to break the morale of the men
and to render them unfit for service,
but in spite of all they went^
over the top and fought a fight
and on JLheJaat day were in the
the supreme sacrifice.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY N. A. A. C. P. IN CONFERENCE
AT DENVER
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July 10?THe N. A. A. C. P.
today made public the Resolutions
adopted at the Sixteenth
Annual Conference jii Denver.
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The Resolutions in part were
as follows:
Aims of the Association
We have -before up-today five
major aims: 1. The complete abolition
of Jynching and mob law;
trial democracy; 4. Better edu2.
Political freedom; 3.'Induscation
f 5. The absolute ending
of segregation of all sorts based
on race and color.
Let no one think-that lynching
is stopped in America as long1 as
one victim every month is publicly
murdered and eVCh bushed
by mobs.
There^ is no political salvation
for the Negro as long as he is
publican Party or by Tinyher.
party ^ A free,, intelligent ba?
lot is our one political salvation
and no place, honor, or salary~is
worth its loss. . I : ^
We stretch again hands
working people of this land and
the world, We would nnifp wit.h
thenv as .equals and fellows
striving through organization to
make modern?fnduali'y xfembc^
ratic rather than autocratic, to
end monoply andl)rivilege in credit
and capital ?nd to make social
welfare rather than individual
wealth the end of all industry
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We are deeply alarmed at the
Tack of commor schools for our
children and we see widespread
effort to deny "us high school
training and to keep our talented
youth out of colleges and professional
schools. ?
We believe in Humanity; we
believe in the social and civic equality
of all rpen; we will fight
to the bitter end every. effort to
separate, segregate and publicly
humiliate* human beings of
any kind, because of race or color,
Wb are fighting lesldmilial
segregation'in the last-ditch beTore-the
Supreme Court of the
United States." We are attacking
disfranchisement in the
South by bringing the white primary
before the bar of natiohal
justice.
yhe Bullard Slander
Resolved, that we note with
disgust and resentment the attempt
of General Robert Lee Bulhai'd
uf Alabama -andTho-United
States"Army To defame and discredit
the men of the Ninety-seconJ^Division
(Colored)* uf, the"
American Expeditionary Forces
in, France. A cloud of witnesses
has arisen to overwhelm
with denials this assailant of
brave men anff faithful soldiers1;
ft is not necessary for us to add
to a refutation so complete and
record our solemn protest against
General Bullard's action
as a hostile gesture, most improper
in any army officer, from
the element In the South that is
dwelling, and as a gross, wanton
THE PALM El
insult to ton per-cent of the people
that pay General Bullard his
wages and whose servant he is.
Haiti
The National Association for
the-Advancement of Colored People,
assembled in its-"Sixteenth
Annual Conference, respectfully
reminds the^President of the^United
States and its Secretary of
-Setate that the independent and
sovereign republic of Haiti is
stiH occupied, in defiance of international
l&w b^- American
troops. We beg leave-to represent
that all the purposes alleged
as excuses for this illegal occupation
have been achieved. Under
the military power of the United
States the constitution of Haiti
one subsliluled. The American
capnai i;nat sougnt advantages
denied under the old constitution
has made its desired investments
under the new. American
sugar corporations 'are how
jugated country. We submit
that in these conditions the-tjme
has come for us to fulfill our belated
obligations to this oppressed
countryi?We therefore re~
jyuest that American troops be
withdrawn from Haiti at once
and the country restored to such
of its people as still survive.
Abolitionists
_' In view of the .persistent and
evidently concerted effort tp discredit
the leaders of-'the great
Abolition movement that freed
this country from the terrible
slavery, it is the sense of this
Conference that wherever and
tion should commemorate?the
birthdays and public services of
those noble and unsdfish men
and women.
HOUSTON BRANCH, N.AtATCt
P, SECURES THIRB TRIAL
FOR LUTHER COLLINS
_ JulylO?Luther Collins, a coL
.1922, diaiged with criminal assault
upon Myrtle Davis, a white
woman in' Houston; Ta.xay has
been granted a third trial, accord
da.y by the National Association
o i l _ A . _i _ i e ^ '
ior rne Advancement or colored
People, 69 Fifth Avenue, NewYork,
Upon being tried the first
time in Harris County, Texas,
Luther Collins was given the
death penalty.
N. A. A. U. P. raised lunds for
the employment of investigators
ahd lawyers and succeeded
in securing evidence casting
grave doubt upon Collins' guilt.
A nefw trial was secured which
resulted in a mistrial, eight jurors
standing for acquittal and
four for a light penalty. When
the jury could not agree, it was
dismissed by the judge.
Subsequently, Collins was tried
again in Fort Bend County on
a change of venue 3ml Was suntentiary.
The- Houston Branc-fr
took an appeal" from this decision
to the Court of Criminal Appeals
which court rendered a decision
to the reverse.of the conviction
and remanding the case
for retrial because oT errors in
the admission of certain testimony^
m June. The Court of Criminal
Appeals, held in its opinion
that the trial court erred in permitting
Officer Reed fo testify
that he "arrested _the defendahT^ecatfse
he answered the description
of the JNegro we had
orders to pick up for the offense
of criminal assault on a white
girt." Such testimony should
not have been permitted by the
trial court, so the higher court's
ruling held.
This reversal carries the case
over until the Fall and jt is felt
that Collins will be freed either
upon being brought to trial or
through failure of the State to
continue prosecution. ~~ThemagHouston
Branch has had pro
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TO LEADER
(found effect, upon the court authorities
of Texas upon their re-alizing
that Negroes cannot longer
be railroaded to death with !
of the A. C. P. and the colored
citizens of Houston have fi-"s
nanced the defense from the be- 1
ginning to thC-Crah at.no t imp cal '
iling uporiNthe National Office for i
I OUR STATE,
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' Summer School Closing With'-)
f? Glorious Record ? Real i
School Life. ; 7 <
i Orangeburg, July 17th?The ,
rgufflmer Quarter'. h?t State Col- (
^lpgp r.fosniJ ypstprrlay with p j
most glorious vpcnt-fl in nchiuvn?-(
ments which is p credit to those ,
iwho^attendeTL-those who had ,
charge of the management and j
those who did the teaching. .<
There-is no. doubt about it all of ,
our peoblo shoufd be nroud uiUth '
great work being done at the.]
College. Three hundred and ,
o ? 4
sixty teachers attended not coun- ,
ting 91 in the shurl courses-un- }
der the Smith-Lever auspices ^
and the -10 men here last Aveek .
for the course given by Mr. Verd .]
Peterson for the Smith-Hughes
' workers. The work tn the se v-~*j
eral departments showed results
and pleased many spectators who.
i saw .what the people did in the
trade school. The literary"*
work was just as good, if not bet- g
ter. Some splendid ?teachers
presented the work in every de- ?
partnient and the good work
done was the talk of the campus
at all times. ^ J
Three of South Carolina's- old- *
jest teachers from point of ser- J
j vice are here. Two are studying \
as students and the other is <
i teaching courses. These~npted
women are MissesTjlover and Satem
and Mrs. Celia U. Saxon of .
the-Columbia school system.Miss. 1
Savage ha&.bcen teaching ill tlieC
Lincoln High schbot~~rir~Sumter I
47 years and she moves around 1
now with less age than some of !
uui girls In their 2Q's move tt- '
recess bells ring. 'Miss'THnv^i'
has been teaching 40 or more ;
years in Sufnter and Sumter' '
county and.Mrs. Saxon has a record
of 40 or more years of faith-.
ful service in Columbia. It is ?
inspiration to me to see' these ;
great women move around the >
campus here and to witness the :
excellent work they do asthach ;
ers in their class rooms. In ;
Sumter they have named the new 1
building Savage-Glover?school !
in honor of Miss Savage and Miss
Glover * and to memorialize the-s
fidelity of these "noted women
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am*, me mug miie mey-i. ,nave
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taught in the schools there. It <
would be a^firrethftig if Colum- <
.bia were to name.the .next, new A
building for Negro pupils?when <
ever it is built the'?Saxon <
li ram mar SciiooTnTTIonor of our *
-uwn-^Irii._Celia_ivhLL ha>s made_^
much for our boys and girls in <
the Negro schools of the Captial *
City. She is worthy of any ~
consideration that might be gi- ,
ven her. 1 i
"Stunt Night" at State College i
was good and gave the teachers \
.needed recreation. Everybody \
.got a chance to laugh a*little or ?
a great deal it' lie liked fto do str-*
and no one present could refrain \
from langhing-even-if he wanted j
to. If you have been to a stunt \
night affair you caji imagine
what we hack*. Ours was real {
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good from start.to finish and <
some more. ^
*?Another teacher with a"great ^
record of sendee that is. uhique 1
jin itself is Professor J. S. Shank- ?
Ifrrof Beaufort, "the principal-of
;the Beaufort bounty Training 1
school. ?or 20 years .has Mr. ?
Shankliin headed this institu-;
;tion that has grown from plant
| valued at $3,000 .to more than
j $30,000: He lTas^ddne more to
'make useful citizens In Beaufort
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County possibly-than any other
one man.
A large number ofTeachers at
State this year took methods, in
thesr?hnrd ^vTri,.\y vvas
a new feature in the life of the
summer school and one that
meant much to all who took the
work.? The Praet-icerSchuuhWES
inder the direction of Miss Helen
Usher another one of Sumter's
oading teachers. Under her direction
Miss Bynum of Columbia
Uisses-fioff-ma-n-and- Pequett of
Charleston and Miss Fair of Ab?
jevilhr cmnductedTtTe^Iasses~and
.aught the work- in methods
Quoting Mr. Felton and~$fiv
Jackson Davis after a visit to
the Practice School: "if is being
.reditiltjlo fehtUrO of "I he work
)t' rhe summer school.1 It is inleecL-Worthya
few minutes of
your time to see Miss-Usher act
ively engaged in the work here.
She is some- critic t'eacher. Last
Y ear the General Education
boarq tried hard~tcTget her released
from the Sumter vschool
system but Mr. Edmunds would
not release* her. Weiieed a
TraTrtike Miss Uahot at Allen Univqrsity
in Columbia?She is an
asset to any. system employing
her services. ???;
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