Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|l1J six ARREST JT1GER" FLOWERS TOR SPEEDING IN FLORIDA (By Th? *A4?oci?fced Ngyru Ptcai.) Orlando^. Fla., - Aug.?The -" worst outtage that ha$ ever been committed in th]s state was committed when "TitfOr". Flowmv,, the "Georgia, Tornado," was ar-' ?/. rested for Spelling. Ilis arrest was not considered an outrage, but. "Tigers" was placed under $2,100 bond for fits appearance September 14, which ilie public thinks is an outrage/ The speed laws of Florida allow 45 miles an hour on open road and 25 miles when passing through a city, and "Tiger" must_have been going at a po\v? ?erfui clip. The Yaw nhgrTrhp n n v < ??that road police must" lntve uni-~ forms. According to the-arresting officers, "Tiger"- passed them when he did not have on his unihopingthat he would run across, a policeman, in uniform. Wlumhe rode alongside... dlTiger'' 1 lie. * t " Fighter forced his motorcycle, to. the road edge and caused inju - rjes to htm. *'Ti gerT~wa arrested by a pujleoman in uniform and brought before a jus3 ' , tice of peace, ftmV i>}acbdn.mtler bond_for $2,100, which lie paid himself and contiued to St. Pet. ersburg, to visit his, mother, who ; lives there, y ,-X?Ar.?1 , ~ ^ The charge against "Tiyivr^-hr liteence."_ Legal opinirm jiTTfTat no'offense in conneetien with r**" speeding wudld ;fli?ttl'y""such IfdT vy bond, especially since t-be laws of the state are inclined toward liberality to tourists en tin- oprni roadj However,._ciiku>ns here think it is becayse of the color of "Tiger's" skint that he e was thus dealt with.T.lie Florida ;4SenTfner, the biggest race paper in the state, has raided a howl about the arrest. WALLACE WINS_ KUbMlLE RACE IN:LESS THAN TWO MINUTES ' f " , _ . .. k ' " (By The A'$sucum^I ST'Tyro?nrtn-?.) I n d i a n a p ol i s ,Tii (TAn g.?Wi-tl r the roar of thousands of speed _thrilled spectators rtnuintr in bis" --7?" ~eany "Bobby" Walha^in his Tt'ey Of Hearts Special, "pas^n! _ the century mark in, the Gold and - Gl0L.y ?bweepsLdv^s--at-tne^akr -?? Grounds.SaturdaAn justs+ne minute nnM toi'ty rccunds ahuari-of-Bill Carson, Chicago, in Iris Ly. - -ons-Special. Wallace maikrdlfe one. hundred miles in one hour ?? andJ32 minutes...21} r m&llihonnig an average rpoci of 64.9 miles per hour. Carsqn's 1"? ?iHUhJulki.-^ Jn-^i-iioar. " JOE GANS EIGHTS SI,0\V -i? (By Th? A??u(M&l?d isogro Philadelphia, Pa., At^^-Allentown Joe Gams (joe Hicks-), the light-hitting' ainlLJ^|-st opping welterweight, who' ga\e ?Jack.. Demi)scy t lie_OgLit _ul. life, only to lose the decision-after' the iudires had Ttet ,.,i -*" 1 1 1 '> made his first appearance.', in this city after an absence erf- two years, when he met Sailor Freed L man in one ' of t he ten-round bouts at Shibe Park Monday night :? The daily papers for a \vcek_oi\ ' ?mere were loud in Ihor^praTso for the coming appearance of the Gans,_but Monday~nigh trite made a sorry showing before a far go crowcL It sejpmed as if lie did riotTwanf to hurt Frcedman and the bout lagged onT The ? " iignt was very_slour17nd at.the end of 10 rounds the judges failed to arrive at a verdict and the referee dodged the issue by call fngir a draw. NATIONAL NEGRO -INS. AS? SOCIATION MEETS Louisville, Ky., Aug":?x(A. N. P.) With sixteen of the majoiL insuranco companies of the eomK tr ypresent, the National Negro Insurance Association held its annual meeting here last week, e. as a session pregnant with iht5Trr est the delegates " developed A E*L> tASJ . progr*H? whitd^ealte fe^ inereasing cooperation between the companies fro the mutual benefit of their policy-holders and?themselves as well as a united at^ 5 ^ ,tempt to encourage the^ suport! and business fojr^ Negro compa-| are a roster of the-Companies, j trial operating in the United; States: to cooperate in handling ! men; tonherease ^ethical prac-' iices among the companies; to 1 build a mortality table of exper-i ience among all the Cbmpanies in theJJ. S. operated by Negroes;; to meet in New Orleans, August,, 11)2(5, date to be determined by( the, .Executive Committee. [ ? The following" officers were greeted : : ; : President, Mr. L. A. Lewis,! President of the Afro-American j Insurance Co.. Jacksonville, Fla.; First Vice-President, Mr. A. P.' -BetttfoyrSocretary^ Supreme-Life-ColumbusCOhio; Second i A iL C -President. -Mr^John Hollo-1 num. President, Pyramid Mutual, Life Ctw Chicago, 111.; Thirdi "True-President, j. E. Harris,1 President, Richmond Benefical, itchmond, Va.~ Fourth Vice-Pres ident, Mr/"G. P.* Hughes,*'Presi-j dent Domestic Life and Accident Insurance. Company, Louisville,1. i\y, ;\V. Ellis Stewart, Secretary,', nnit lie is also-Seci*etary"of Iiiber- [ I .1 TA fo Tfib. Ljj.r^t-CKlca^o, 111.; Asst: Secretaryr Dr.--P. P. Cretir, Secretary of the Louisana TTiTunTTrTaT Tafe" Iivsurance Co., , i New Orleans, La., 2288 Dy; ks.St., Now O.rleans, La.; Treas ni c, IMr. H. I'h-Hall, President,^ -^frrmrrmth Life Co., Louisville,!^ Kv.: Chaplain, Rev.VT. W. Car-! * . . fc. ; tor. President of the Peoples In-' (lustrial Life, Jacksonville, Fla. t Lxecutive committee is as follows.; .Mr. E. II. Carry, Liberty Life1 Ins. Co.. Chicago, 111. ;Mi\_D, C.J itean, $tate Agent of Virginia,; J North Carolina), Mutual Life In-| nrnnco ('o. of DiiHitjrp, N. ' Uv 1.7 T, Bui-bridge, ^President,' i. tin: Lguisana Industrial, Life ins, Co., New Orlcnas, La.; Mr.4" W. F. Turner, Secretary, UgxMar ^ -rr-ft f iJr. iL IT W a 1 leer, President ^ of the Universal Lif&, Memphis, -until. . -COMPl.KTK MLDICAL CONYLNTION PLANS O Chicago, 111., Aug.? (A. N. P.) j The National "Medical Associa-i" Hon. r-uiii|io-sod of nearly thrrey thousand medical men has re-J cciiiiy issired a bulletin annrov ing the magnificent program Tor j .National convention to ben.eld Hero August 25, 29, arran-j ' 1 -v 1 he local Committee headt ;l lhv* Dr. Cafftfel Roberts. . An: arrity of clinics and lectures-that' .would do Credit to any scientific gat-he ring has been carefully plan J and members coming I l'Otti various joints throughout -the a.-! ry will be given a rare op-' portunitv to observe the latest and best in modern practice of medicine, pharmacy ancTden.tisuy-'""" /'/-' ' The local committee is also o.i.lnodidng the recreational as-j pect of the convention,-arrange-' mollis h a'\'i njf been com pleted for beach and cqrd parties, golf tour-' "naments, tejihis matches, boat' rides, auto-sight-seeing" tours,1 basket picnics-, -socials for "both women and men, a monster smo-j and as a finsde, the Eighth j "Regiment Armory, appropriately; decorated, will he the scene or the gramfbsll and reception in lienor of the nresdient. Tlr r?n_ 1 ' mas, of Washington, D. C. j A'committeo on housing is ac-' tivo in taking stock of suitable .visitors, that no do 1 loi't to | ho vide comfortable home environment. SCHOOLS ACCEPT SCHOLARSHIP OFFER r.allinl'ore, Md., Aug. (A. N. P. An offer, by George W." Blount, i ' ' ^ ? ? t J ~ THE PALMET ?; ? piesidenl of trie Blount Company of this city, to defray one-thirxi of the cost of a loving cup to oe presented annually to the member of the graduating class who maintained the highest scholarship or ftthlptip rggnrfi thiuugliuul the eour3fr,-h&jHreen accepted by the following institutions^ Hampton Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, Henderson Institute, North Carolina College foe Negroes, Wiley College, North Carolina A. and T. College, Cheyney J Training School, Edward Waters College, the National Training School in Washington, West Virginia, Atlanta University, Meharry^ Me.dical College Princess Anne Ac ^demy, and Specimen College.? TO CELEBRATE SIXTY YEARS O FPROGRESS Chicago, Aug.?(A. N. P.)One of the most significant observances which the JsTegi'o~racein-tht^ country has yet attempted will be staged in Chicago during the week of October 4 to 10, when the rapid progress and -present advance of the Negro race in^tl fields of endeavor will be celebrated in a Progress and Achieve ment Jubilee according to an announcement made by those interested. Leading figures indhe business, educational, . religious, and political w orld will join- in collecting and compitlng material for ths exposition and jubilee of Race achievement-. -hrr" With the year 1925 .marking not only the end of a 60 year period of unprecedented accomplishment by the Negro in Amor ica, but also the opening of the new developments of the- second quarter of the twentietk-eehtufy, the idea of setting aside in the fall of the year an entire week for celebrating the advance of the Negro up to 1925 appealed so strongly to a group of prominent Chicagoans that a Citizens' Committee wa^ appointed to work tations-are being extended thru' i the press to other cities -tp. participate, and to stage local celebrations"! 2 .W hile-1925^happen^fo,^p^lfft^ sixtieth anniversary of the passage uf _tlie_1_hii leenth amjaiicl^" ment and the abolition bfi'slavory, the significance of~the jubilee year is entirely in the rec onl of achievement at this beginning of the second quarter of the twentieth jcentury. Slavery's ahniil inn w'.w hOt-_rbostarting-point and the background; the thing upon which attention is to be focused during the Progress and Achievement jubilee is not the starting- point but the goal attained and the goarset forThe future. RICHMOND ALL "DIKED" UP FOR ELKS ^Richmond, Va^ Aug.?"Helfcr Bill," "Welcome," "I am with apd hundreds of other faitiiliav signs "greet mericah fla?s and bunting, and trarple and while decoratiorra^are" every house and building, even in some uf the remotest parts of the city.. Lunch stands^hot dog stations, cold drink places_have sprung up over night in every nook and-corner where there is the faintest hope that a visiting Elk will pass. A vanguard of visitors has already arrived, the air in and around the city seems surcharged, ujth that ?ne=word ^convention", everybody is on his toes waiting the stroke of the clock that announces Sunday morning, which will bring with it a steady stream of humanity; ~ CONFERENCE ON CONDI^ION&INIAFRICA^^ . New York, Aug.?The Africa committee of the Committee of Reference and Ccfansel has called an open conference on Africa to i 7'.. ?i. ' i ' " ..' ? fc. - , - J - \ TO LEADER car i be held in Hartford, ConnecfP ^cut, October 30, to November 1." The sessions of the conference 'will be beld in Kennedy School of Missions. Some of. the problems to be considered at this conference, rwhich will be attended largely ' by representatives of missions !boards having work on thkt con|tinent will be: "Present Situation In Africa," "Educational Objectives in Africa," "The Ed;ucation of Women and Girls,"" "Cooperation for Africa and Africans." as well as a rnnsidera.^ tion of problems in hygiene and public health, languages and lit|erature, and in the reaching .of . ning centers -of Africa.. Plans j will also be rriadelooking toward" :tbe "World Conference on Africa," which is to be held'dur- , iing 1926; ] Among the missionary and edIH'ntl'rtnnl looHoro Ujlin ,,,{11 IVMUVIO ?T Aiy VV 11A audress the conference areT" Dr. ' Thomas Jesse Jones, educational director of the. Phelps-Stokes , Fund, Dr Homer L. Shantzy-of? the United States Department lot Agriculture, Dr. J. H. Dillard, president of the Jeanes and Slamann of the University of Berter Funds, Prof. Dr. Westerlin, Rev* Thomas S". DonohTigh, ] associate secretary of the.Meth' odist' Episcopal Church.arid Mr. J. H. Oldham, of London, secretary Of the International Mission ary Council, and editor of the International Review of Mis- J Hons. " : Georgetown Items, j / Mr. Henry Alston returned to Hampton Institute after a short visit u ?... Mr. Z. D. ijreent a prosperous law- .. yor, ot Tampa, Fla., is visiting relatives. ~ SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. ? Corrected February 20th, 1925. "frer tyains at Columbia. S. C. CorArrive No. Between No. Depart. reeted-to December 21-,--1-924.- ??: 10^05 a 31 -N.Ji^-Augusta 31 10:15 a * ~ 4:20 p "32 Auauata-N. Y.?32 4:40 p CjAi^ston-Cfn.- 2^ H4B p Cin.-Charleston 28 4:55 p m-.flQ p m r?i.. l , nj|, p i,i m f> r.lft-a?aA-Cftlumbifr-.twq]c. 2310:5B~p~ 10:00 p 20 Columbia-Aug. 19 7:00 a 10:16 a 8 Columbia-Aug. 7 5:45 p 11:30 a 14 r,fttnmhio.Soo 19 9.11 ~ 9:25 p 5 Columbia-Char. 4 5:40 a 1-9:45 a 3 Columbia-Char. 6 2:40 p 10:25 p 11 Columbia-Chas. 12 7:10 a j 5:20 a 15 Columbia-Chas. 16 3:00 a ; I ?4h p y, i lolumbia-Spar. 1 4:25 p;lu;2b p 16 Columbia-Green. 15 6:55 a 2:05 p 18 Columbia-Green. 17 2:10 p : 5:40 p 113 Cola.-Uock Hl'l 114 6:15 a " i- -Nos.~ 31 ami 32, Augusta., special; ; Pullmans and dining cars. Nos. 27 rn"i|infi 'ipoi'lnl;" Pullman and dining cars. : Nos. .9 a:nd 10r 23, 24y Land of the Sky special; Puilmans and dining cars. High class coaches all trains. Dependable .service. Schedule figures published as information only and not ; guaranteed. ?-? City tieket-office, 1307- Main Afreet, C. T. COBB, C. T. A., _ g?Kffi 1 -- - - 'g IrALLE? I- ^ - Bishop W. W :#==*=-?======: f A . . ^ vx>-eaucauonal Ins Y Under the Auspices ol ^ ?Offers the Fol Arts and Scienc< ?|> Grammar School, Ho ?? 1 For further info : rr " ?Trt " . . ' * " " ~.L"" <9* ?' 9 <C ' ' ? 0 Mr. ^Alexander Brown has returned lo Hie city -afteirtf long trugttiESS tHp , to Beaufort. ' . - Miaa Curlcne Hardy left for New York^-where aha will apond the winter. Mr. Oliver Pawley is visiting his wife' and daughter. _ The Smarter Set entertained in hon- _ o? ef Miss Omlciie Ilaidy mill Mt. Henry Alston at the home of Mr, and ing. " ~ i Miss ^Blondell Horry le^t the city last week to spend a short vacation with friends and relatives in Charleston. ? ?. Mr. Robt. Jackson is attending the Woodmen's Convention in Denver, Col. nite stay in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Nesbit Patterson returned to Hampton Institute, after a month's vacation in the city with his father, -?Miss Rudean Reeder; of^Cohimbiat ft! trtptMnrp TlTn 71?^?^ f .... T-?. i ' - .o > loiuug mi, ?iiu nils, .tiniest Atkinson. >. Mr. S. W. Tucker paid a flying trip to Mayesville on Sunday. And they are 'still leaving for Mia- : mi. Miss Maggie Lucas, of Tampa, Fla., is spending her vacation^ in the city visiting her mother. Miss Etta Vanderhost,-of- Charleston is visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dunmoror : ' The stork paid (he home of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Kelley a visit and left?a bouncing baby girl, A. Q. Dunmore, Reporter. HOWARD TEACHER GIVEN HARVARD HONOR DEGREE s ; . (By The Associated ftffro Press) -Washington, D. C., Aug.?Professor Charles. H. -Wesley, head of the Department of History at Howard University, q? . i - - 1 - : ? | Professior Office-Hov?rs: - ^Telephones: 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M- Office 3536 6:00 P. M. to 8 P. M. Res. 6548 Dr. G. E. Stepehenson Phyuician and Surgeon . Diseases of Women and _Children A Specialty Office: Residence: 1414 Assembly St. 1328 Oak St. Dr. L. M. DANIELS Physkl&h and Surgeon Special Attention Given Diseases pf -Women. v 1121 Washington St. 2210 Hampton Office Phone: 6429 Res. Phone: 7166 Office Hours: , Telephones: 9:00 to 10:30 A. M. Office 3796 12.00 tu 1:00 P. M. Rmm. 4092 2:30 to ^00 P. M. ^5:00 to 8:00 P. MN f DK. J. G. STUAltT Office: ? Residence: 1702 Main "Street 1417 Pine Street COLUMBIA, S. C. '/ "UUIB. ; i x ^lepnonea: 9 to 10.A. M. .1 Office 305 12 to 2 P. M. * . Residence 243 3 to 4 P. M. ' ^ G?to JL P. M. Dr. J. Douglas Williams , PttYSICIAN~? SURGEON E?-->* ; 1109 Nance St., Newberry, S. C. J I TNI V k OLUMBIA, S. ^Beckett?-A^M., D. D., < x!x X? p xl n. * muuon ior me Training ? the African Methodist 1 lowing Courses: 't es, Normal, Teacher Tra me Economics, Music, P] *f *- r - ^ r L rmation address: Rev. D. H. Sims, A. ?^li - "v~ ^Saturday, August 22, 19,25. Washington, D. C., has been awarded one of tl]e highest honors whioh a University may confer, ^ the degree of Doctor of PhUosophy in History, at Harvard University. He is the {fourth schol ar of his race to be granted this degree by Harvard University. TVip nthpr fhrpp inplnrlp Fir W G -? - B. DuBois, .Dr. C. G. Woodson, i and Dr. A. L. Locke. > ? ???????? . 6366 vxt: PHONE $366? ^ Chair Caneing and Upholstering Furniture Repairing and -?-Mattress Renovating. ~ W. S: TBEZKV ANT ] 1019 Harden St., Columbia,^ " V* * fi Arrival and Departure of Trains ATLANTIC COAST LINE COLUMBIA, S. C. Effective September 21, 1924. ? (AH trains daily) Depart. (Union Station) Arrive 1 Sleeper to Wilmington. 3:25 p. m. Wil.-New Yprk 10:50 p. m. i. * I Sleeper to Wilmington ? 4450 p.-nv -Charleston-?11:35 a*. m. -- 1? ; Parlor Car to Charleston .? ' ? ; W ' T" ^ 7"" . i dll :55 a.Jni. Lau.-Green c4:4ft. p. m. d 4:20 p. m. Laurens dll:lf^a. m. ?Union Sta'tion daily; d?Gervias St. ? station dally ^cept" Sunday" For information call at Union Statal Cards | _^ 'Hw Office Hours: Phone 8630 3TXT M. to 2 P. M. 3 P. M. to 7 P. M. Sundays By Appointments. Dr. H. G. Thompson __?_ Surgeon Dentist^ ~ ...' 'HZ Pyorrhea Treated Successful!jr ~ r? 1414*4 Assembly St. Coluhibia, S. Q??>?- - ^ " '. I Office Hours: 10 to 12 M.; & tu 0 P. Mr. .Telephones:' Office 5744; Resr~3702 Si ?-Diseases of Women ~A Sneelaltvr- - ~ Graduate Nurses in Attendance. DR. H. H. COOPER ~ :-r Dentist , Gold Crown and Bridge Work A . ,t. m Offi. Phone 6429 ll25 Washington \ T Office Hours: Telephones: 8 to 9 A. M. Office 4247 1 to 2 P. M. ' . Res. 887S 6 to. 8'P. Mr ^ ChapR^IIe, Jr. _ Office: ; Resdencel " r | 2101 <3ervais St. / 1301 Pine St. Office Hoofa: ' " ~ '10 A. M. to 1 P. M; rr~??r11"" 5 P. M. to 7 P. M. ? Dr. J. ft Goodwin -- -- 1119 Washington St. "Columbia S. C. RSl'l Y I T i r< S Chancellor ~ I I of 'Negro Youths. X Episcopal Church. ining, High School, ' Yr Anting, ^Commercial $ ^ M., Di D.y President. jX t* " ' ' V ^ * " " - _ ----- ??> " 11 1 ??? . r i. ' . v 4