Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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???- ~ Saturday, August 15, 1925. ORGANIZE HUMANE SOCIE- I TIES ? College And Schools Can Get Free Literature, Moves,^Slides, - - And Lecture upon Request Is Latest Statement From^?-c Headquarters in Green- V |i ville j ?From the state headquarters of i the American Humane Educa- J linn Qnointir #>4- O A 4- ? 4- -? ' _-r- wv/Ai uuncijf at u /-viiii- sireei in ? this city this morning it was -> learned that litcratuie, niuving ^ pictures, lantern slides, pictures 1 of?-animals, buttons and other things can be had by the colleges 1 and public schools of the state "j .of-Sotrbh Caroling where junior" Humane Education Societies are 1 organized with the opening of r the institutions, it was learned * vr ilfi^ugh the field secretary of , *the national "Society, Seymour ??V?'Can oil, this afternoon. ~? "Teachers, educational workers K wh&^are interested in justice, kindles and mercy for every ' living creature should write at ( oitce to thevGreenville office or. -f to the national headquarters at { luongwdod Avenue, Boston, Mass. _ - The national-programis-that ^ every child in every school, col- s ored or white must be reached ^ * rr ? _ I this winter in some way by a , field worker of the national so- t , ciety. South Carolna is to he t ?covered, andidre schools in your ~~c section will not be left out if r _ ^ you write at once today to Sec- t retary-Carroll at the Greenville 1 -? headquarters. ~ ?- [ srr", ^ ^ TID-BIT? _ By Leonard Massenburge | i ed to make glass. . 1 Electric locomotives~similar to j? those"in tbe United"-^tates are |c - being made-by^a Japanese firm. The word "Lady" dates from \ Anglo-Saxon times, when it ^ meant "she who looks after' thf> j lnof ? 1 ?? Mcrchants^of?Pekin are now ^ selling American dried, fruit in ( penny-packages. * J Thousands of mountains in thp 1 west nuaily iwlcy the the highest peak in therAppala- T ^chian range are unamecJ. ' * Italy has decided to lOperate ~ all the telephone systems of the ^ ; "country as a government monopoly. ^ _. One-sixteenth of the world's 7 population .lives in the United t ? States; ? - ?-?7 Regulation of the railroads r thru the Interstate Commerce t Commission requires the services of more than 14,000 peuple, Coal, gas, or coke manufactur- A law to recover the by-products fc for other use. Liquids which can , be used-as fuel in internal, com- t bustion engines are especially de- j sired. -- ? ? I Raidum now costs about $2.- c 000,000 an ounce. Free public schools wete estab- 7 ^ liahed in Prussia in 171/1. ^ ?- More than 50,000,000 acres of __iand ill WesLerii^CainalaTliav^been opened for settlement since ?? 1870. height after they reacfe 21. In some European villages, _ r -goats are driven thru the city c and then milked at the door of the dairyman's customers. _ The value of Britain's fish * market is about $50,000,000 a J "year. * If properly cared for a per- ( manent magnet will retain its s property of magnetism for sever* * al years. 0 The Hawaiian "outrigger" s canoe recently rescued three n people from a disabled motor * launch 14-ffiflcs out from Hono- ? lulu, despite a heavy sea.' Ac- .? cording to Hawaiian history, the 1 island was settled by peoples 1 from the South Seas who made - the trip in the- same kind of. ca^ J iiue. r_?? " > ? j Several persons who picked up J toads that fell during a torren- ^ tial rain in Bankok, Siam, rg- c ceived slight electrical a V g MOSAIC TEMPLARS OF AMERICA IN MONSTER CONVENT'N r (By The Associated Negro Press) ' Little Rock, Ark., Aug.?III a convention tense with interest, md at.tprir^^ lariat rlfrln Lodge of the Mosaic Templars of America adjourned Saturday night after a meeting which was notable because of the amount )f beneficial legislation passed. The 3,500 people who were ai'ought-to-the city as a lesult uf the quadrennial session turned Little Rock iivto a gala city dur rig their stay and crowded to capacity at all times?the Mosaic femple at -9th ?a?d Bregdwayv H which the-meetingwas held. National Grand Master, Dr. S J._Elliott, who presided and Nadorial-Grand Scribe, A.-4S. Bush^ neaded the slate of otticers who vere - re-elected?-with acclaim. Secretary ?Bush reported 106,000 financial members on the roll and assetsJn-excess of one milion dollars.- ' The body agreed :o begin at once a campaign for 30^)00 "members open to those between the ages uf 10 aiiil SO. Bishop W. T. Vernon of Kan;as delivered the principal adIress and among other things stressed the-advantages of Anerica. "There is no better dace in-Jlie-world-^or-the-Negrp han .in America," Bishbp Verlon declared, "I have traveled all >ver the globe, and I know Anerica is the greatest country in ;he world.'^This Js our country o protect with our lives, if need )e;"~ iThfe convention voted to purihase The-1copyright of the ritlal from the Bush family, there>y ending the issue raised by \tty. Scipio Jort&s, who received tdministration support in re-elietiomto his office of Grand Atnasters present were- w llliam J. VIorsell, Illinois; A. W. WeatherVyd, Tp^sj-T". T. Pfmrnll, jama; H. S. Davis, Louisana; sVr-Br Davis, Florida^D. M. McQueen, H. S. Stewart,. Kfentuccy; * Dr. J. W. Goodgame, Alajama? G. B. Bryson, Kansas; E. )Vj WojOVT E. Dancer, Florida; Roddick, Teiiriessee.^ 4 frOMEN DIE ON f'H A RHFIl r.RATTMn Richmond, Va., Aug.?One' of he most peculiar mishaps which esulted in the death of two wonen and the_serious injury of a. hird, occurred here Saturday. During a severe electric storm Saturday afte1*no6n^ar"liv^"Wipe vas blown down and hung danging against an iron post on the iide-walk; the wet ground a ound seems to have been charg. .1 i j * * * - ? ;u. wnn electricity wnicn Mart )een conducted down from the yofnt^where the wire came in ontact with the pole. T\VO Women passing, nno jii.*tf ihcad of the other, stenned on he charged grouncTTthe first wo inable to move; the second is soon as she had come in conact with tlie charged earth and he woman she attempted to res;ue,.;'she, too, fell and was held rast by the current. A third wonan seeing the perils of the first rwo went to their rescue; luckiy for her she stumbled and ^11 ilist heff>rr> hAr r^rrrro?rrr rontqct with the earth that seemed to be so charged with eectrlcity," "bufTsKeTeH"across the ither woman and was held fast al o. The screams of the first wonan had diawn a crowd. An" imbulance was called, which responded immediately, the ambulince'driver tying a rope around lis own waist so as to be pulled iack in the event he should get 'stuck," pulled the third woman ;he others and rushed her to a viII recover. It is said that two logs were killed on the same spot l little later. THE PALME URBAN LEAGUE FELLOWSHIPS WON BYFISK, HOWARD AND SPRINGFtEULCOL. , LEGE GRADUATES (By The Associated Negro Press.) : .New] York, N. Y.f Aug.? Natiunal Urban League anounces the following successful eandiMiss Miriam Atkins of WinstonSalem, N. C.; C. Glen Carrington of Richmond, Va., and D. S. Yarbrough of Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Atkins, who is awarded the Ella Sachs Plotz Fellowship, and studied for a summer at Columbia University.She has taught for three years at the State School of Winstuii-3dleiii, N. C. Ml*. Cflrrinfftrm i?' u avuflnQto r\f ? ? O ** ' t) 1 wvt VJL Howard University, Class 1925. He was very popular in connection with student activities, hav"ing served as Editor-in-Chief of the. University .Yearbook,. "The Pi son." Mr. Yarbrough was an honor student at Springfield College, - where with "very fine marks he received the Degree of 'Ma.star of. Humanics in June 19 25. Miss Atkins and Mr. Carrington are assigned to the New York School of Social Work. Mr. Yarbrough is assigned, tp the University-of Pittsburgh^ from a total oi a\). applicants?26 of whom took'the competitive examination. The scholarship award amounts to about $900 whiph inclndo^^TQ.OO a month stipend and fi*be tuition at the respective school. Applications for the 1926-27 Fellowships may be fileh through April 15, 1926 with Eugene Kinckle Jones, Executive~Secretary, 127*East 23rd Street, New York, ^^ MISSOURI HI DUE FAILS TO GRANT REQUISITION ' (By The Associated Negro Press) ?St." Louis?Mutt Aug.?CI FI Hethington of Charleston, South Carolina, who is alleged to have traveled half around th^ world -TTT-searchof his brothel's slavnr in the past twenty years and who [Thought his search-was at an end, -mtret-now-covcr the other half as Circuit .Tudcrp TVTiv vafnsprl tn " grant the requisition of South "Carolina?authorities.. for Sam claimed he recognized as the man who killed his brother-,?At the hearing here Friday, Brown, whq says he is Nat Winston and has never been in South Carolina 1 was granted a writ of Habeas Corpus because.r"trf insufficient evidence: . wilberforce organizes school of music (By .The Associated Negro Press.) Wilberforce, Uhio, Aug.?In making_his plans for the_advance ment of Wilhnrfnrfp University for another year. P^<aid^r>f nilJ employment of high class artists being established there. ' . \ Prof. Norton E; Dennis, a grad uate of Chicago Musical College, is the director. Prof. Dennis has for seven years been dircetor of the Department of Music at Wi ley University. He is assisted by Prof. M. S. Stewart, instructor in?violin, band and orchestra work, a graduate of Wilberforce University nnrf t.Vio Illinnix rnnviprvfltnry r>f Music. * With the organization of the Ttehool of Muuic and a personnel of artists prepared to offer a full conservatory course in these things, fl lafg-P Prirnllmon^nrl a musical atm o,sphere such as is in keeping with the aims and standards of the institution is a. ^ealis&L.?Students graduating from the advanced course will receive the baccalaureate degree in music. President JonesTs expecting^a record break jmg, enrollment. ??? . - i ? . 'i?i . i > TTO LEADER ? MOB LYNCHES ALLEGED ATTACKER Excelsior Springs. Mo.. Aug.? v With a thousand-or more Nordics r gathered around and many oth- o t ers-watching from ? passenger h [ Train, stopped by a Nordic condue v tor to see the interesting specta- s. c xle*1A^aRei'- Mitchell, allged to I have attacked a young white T girl, was lynched here Friday h afternoon. ^The mob gained en- o trance to the jail through a "clev li |Pr" ruse pmhndying the turning n 4-in of a fire alarm and when.the ti I gallant firemen rushed to the t< ! jail to extinguish the fire; fctie '?< ^mnh forced their way into the ii jail "overpowered" thd guards Ti j.a5ad_.took the .prisoner to a near- ti jby tree where he was strung up S and his body riddled with bullets, ji (Fifty policemen from Kansas Ci- h (ty armed with riot guns arrived p I at the-plaee of^thrdyirehing Just^ ' fifteen minutes too late. Mitch-;? j ell was decorated for his bravery in the late war. ,,, ST; LOUISIANS PROTEST AT- A TEMPTS AT SEGREGATION, w ?(By--The -Associated Negro Press.)r * St. Louis^-Mo., Aug.?A mass^meeting caned for the purpose- M of protecting the property rights of the colbred~citizehs of this ci- A -fy woo held-last Monday mght sr 'at St. Paul A. M. E. Church. Efforts have beeri-made by realty SF -dealers and "neighborhood orga- ( ' nizations here fo establish agree- 0 menus not to sen io coiorea peopie_A i in certain blocks and a temper a-f j ry injunction has been granted Dr. Holt who purchased in the T 4500 biock on Cote Brilliante, a >v street in which many of the better colored homes are already in located. The meeting was called j fense fund to fight the encroach- jCi ments being made. - It was held under.the auspices of the Inter-,1? denominational Ministers AlH-,; = ance,^Ehe St. Louis Business Lea-' 1 gup and the St. Louis Negro surance Association. > ? 5 plan national under- 1$ ; writers association ? . ?Str. Louis, Mo., Aug.?The siic- ^ cess whiclT has attended the * * work of the St. Louis Negro Un-|~ "4erwriters' Association during j ~ the past year w.fren .they,have.in-1 - spired the combined-insurance^ laments of theft seven rnmnanies joperating in the city - to new j g heights in production, conducted |j ! general public and held a. school ^ I of salpsmflpship hag come to them from all over the ? country to orgahize a National Underwriters Association. j There are according to Edward L. Snyder, retiring president of;J^ the St. Louis organization fivejX I thousand colored insuranee^a-j ^ next October. Much good it is I j predicted will come from such a combination of interest on the: I part of the producing end of the ~ insurance business. The meet- ~ I r (ing will probably be held in Chi- & (cago according to those who are ,| backing the movement. BEATS SON WITH HAMMER TO PREVENTjtHTiJtNOjJ (By The Associated "Ne^ro Press.) J? ing one"of liei suns would kill the other during a fight in her home' ? on Lewis Street near Ashland ... Avfnm> rarlv Saturday morning T iMrs.^Sarah Pierce ?old Magis- X trate Lindell that she was forced -.Lxheat the olderJx>yr David, in-. ^ 1 I to submission with a- hammer. |! A i- iL ^ 1^ a 1 . n ' ^ n i A ,/\t me nearing in tne r ranKrora <> Avenue station, David, who is .! --18-years old, appeared with his ^ head swathed in bandages. He J> and tiia mother were held I bail each for a further hearing. ^ ^ jGeorge, the other son, was dis[charged. * . ~ s - ?.. u .. r ?uT W ? pi , ? - \ . . JiARVEYITES SCRAP Philadelphia, Pa.,' Aug.?It .as necessary for the police to espond to an alarm Xvhich so'mene_seaL in on Sunday afternoon ISt When a meeting of iKe TTniersal National improvement Asociation had a "bitter ending." I appears that the ^jrrcanieTit; 'red A. Toot, who, it is alleged, ?d been charged^ With "several therms with misappropriating ad been told that he .could not rexirle ui the mwtin|r T-fo Vi[empted to db. so -over the proT est of those present, which endi in his being wounded while beig forcibly taken from "the ru.srum at the hall of the associaion. Tftth jrrnf " Srsm h " >ni Ki-.i.n. everal of tho members were inured, SQfne .moro or less goidoufl* r, end tour are st'tll in- the hosital. "7 SI?A RTA N B URG WEEK-EN I)S Mr. A. M. Davis, Secretary of the merican Woodmen, from Greenville as here Monday. Dr. Gedrgc Glemp aViclR. II. Foster lenL^unday and Monday here. Mrs. L. B. Sexton .spent Sunday and onday in Greenwood, S. C. Rev. -J. B. Royal pastor of Bethel . M. E rhnrnh, Greer, wis hero Thi**. lay. ' ' Mr. Henry Marshal, .of".^Columbia, ient a few hours viewing our city.A group of tourists from Cleveland, hio, was the honored guests of Miss nnie L. -MeGlarv- ^edrtt^rlnv' -nifhr lroute - to?New~-?oricr O ' ~ 2 1_ 1. Miss Flora R. Ried left the city hursday for Cleveland, for a few eeks, to visit her brother. Mr. B. E. Rylier of Gaffn^^Sair the city Friday. r. .. Mrs. Cora SLntpsfln-left last Monsy~to vtstt relatives" in 'Asjievllle, N*. Dr.-Carroll left. Sunday for Aujjtus-, to visit friends. B. A. BI _ . XAIL( Dry cleaning, Pn Hats Cieailed and hrtr wl Ikim-yg= -*1112 iWaaliinmun St.,, PI . v i * Offlee Phone 602G : AttOrrtey-at-Law j ^ Practice in all Court 1119 Washington Street, x~x~x~^x^~x^~x~x~x<:?x-x~x~: x~X~X-XX~X~X?XK"X~X~X^X?X -J. H. ROI ?? Suits Madt TElEpS 1118*/2 Washington Slrreet, ? ^om'oo"o^x>ooo-ooctctooao:ox>^?ac REESE'S D1 MRS. P. R. F A Full Line of Pate Cigarettes and Tobae Madam C. J. 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