Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~ . U~ THIS PAPER IS\ ; ; [I uevoted to the V H INTERESTS O b Jj I^HE PEOPLE. VOL. I WOODMEN RE I ; SUPREME (Bv The. AaAociated Negro Prea3.)--i: - Denver, Colo.,-?Aug.?More ) than one thousand delegates and: i -? visitors were in attendance last week at the Sixth Quadrennial ! I ;';,a'J5W-'"rfBf Jr ?^??r- -j S Sh^Im :.I Bk - ^ I E J B ' j^B ?r-? ^^-riROF.W.H Principal of Brewer Normal Sch< credited High School of High Grj per South Carolina. For ttie fin 1869 has this Institution had a Is "Pftcuity. ThtPoutlook for Brewe SoQciriih nf f Qim^nmA P n ?A wvkjuivii va tug kju^igiuc Vjaili[J U1 . {he American Woodmenv Tft^opening and welcome prograrrTwas staged Monday might after the special trains Trom Texas, Alaty-six other states in \vhich the American Woodmen operates, : had arrived. Mayor B. F. Staptetoji delivered Llie adklress^ trf Sessions .Open. ffion Baptist Church was filling when the gavel was sounded ?- by the Supreme Commander, E. W. D. Abner; J. T. Bush of St. < "Louis. Was namod as rhairman of I the credential committee. News-: paper reporters, Rev. W. D. Cer-' Jacksonville, Fla.rMrs. Mat-; tie JS. Stanley, Louisyille, Ky., Roscoe Dunjee, Oklahoma City, Qklft. (Other conventional cers appointed were assistant plerk W- C. Smith, Houston, Tex-ij Oragnist, Mrs. L. V. Dixon, Lott.j p^MlSSOCRl GOVEE r LYNCH1NGI - New York, Aug.? (N, A. A. C.j P.)In response to a letter from! the Natipnal Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleJ protesting against utterances at tributed by the newspapers tp local law enforcement Governor Sam A. Baker of Misspurt has written a letter giving assurance that the lyjiching ? at Excelsior Snringa is being investigated. Governor Baker disclaims knowledge of the re ? ...... ..I. .. 4 ?-II... ! -? A a. a 1 (naixv JIJUHJU LO fiay cummins, prosecuting attorney, that substantial justice had been - or-Baker^fHetter to the N. A. Ar C. P. follows: "Replying to your communication of August 11th will say thfct of course I am familiar with * . ? 'u -A - sit?- . i " ~"" 'T'-, .ei fct nit li : COMMANDEF Texas, and Mrs T.aRlonrip^Iohn^. son, Trenton,-N. J^-Director of : sincrtTxr William RIma TfnnsoaT.i by, Mo., Prolate, Rev. William Flowler, Columbus, Ohio. The - - / - " : H jAI jm ~r~?i KSS&fI !? .?II,YARD ool, Greenwood, S. 0? St^te Ac- ' ide. Only one ofHteiftind in up it time since its organization in Jegro Pripclpftl and an all Negro r is bright.. onventipn adjourned immediateiy iollowmg rheselectk>n-t>?-l4ie J session's officials; S The parade was held Tuesday. J anrt hraved thp stenrtv vtOwn-P pour of rain as?more than three 1 piles of moving humanity passed ! down the principal thoroughfares of.Denver. Neyei' in the historv-of Colorado^ etmftal has such a gorgeous^g^ray and spectacle passed thrQdjrhrtfye- city's 1 streets, - - ~ T i Headed by^Denver's colored pff licemen and firemen, the parade 1 passed in the - following order: Major General John L. Jones and staff; Uniform Rank, 2nd Regimental Band, Cleveland, Ohio; Sllhrerrm l lnmmnnrfpr -nnri irifp : Supreme Clerk and" wife; National Officers; 1st Regimental itary units from Ey^nston, I|l-i Biruiingiiain, Ala., Pueblo, Colon ; Continued on Page 2* [NOR-SAYS = ^INVESTIGATED all that has been said in the press regarding .the affair in Excelsior Springs. I do not know anything about (what) Ray "Cummins, the prosecuting, attorirey, Tnay have said. I do know that Ray Cumfmns is helping in the investigation and so far is showing a desire to do his duty. The Attorney General, pursuant to my request, has appointed one of his assistants to go Into the matter,"?^ ? It is freely predicted that there will be little if any' result of the investigation, and although the perpetrators of the ffibfr fnuYder are well known in the community there is small likelihood of their being convicted even if t.tlOV ho h-rrmorVif frv + VI o 1 | MV M4 VVIQtIV VU VA iCIll | itear * * * * H BNER r | t, AT DENVER _i_ >? "* , --. , -. ,, FAVROT SA^YS WHITE CHAMHERS OF COMMERCE? SHOULD MEETTOTH^Epro citizens ? (By The Associated Negro Press) New York, Aug..?The National Association for the AcU vanceiuent of Colored People has' receive*}- thd American City .Magazine for August, in which Leo Favrot, of Louisana, field agonr of the GeneTal Education Board, asserts there is hardly any contact*between white and Coh^ ored citizens in southern cities and urges that white chambers of commerce arrange to meet and discuss community problems with colored citizens. "The South ha& only recently begun to realize," writes Mr. Fav rot, "that it can never attain its highest development while, the interests and welfare of 40 per cent of its population are neglected. We southern members of thewhite race too frequently thipl^ of oOr community life in terms of the white population alone. It is strange that we shoultLforget. the old a^go that a chain is no stronger1 than its- weakest link,-and that link in the average southern community is likely to be tne Negro population or- the community influences derive^ from it . .?.?,? "There is little opportunity in the South for the loaders of the colored race to come in contact with the leaders of the white race, Southern white people do not- come in frequent?contact wilh Negro 'physicians, dentists, merchants, hankers,?educators1 sr-ministers, although the number of trained and educated'Negroes in southern communities is increasing every day. We come lirely iiLl?rmii.of the greatjnaa-ses on the lowest rung uf the lad uei anu seiaoro 01 tnat. mteiiigent and capable minority which furnishes the guidance ahd leadership of the masses.. . . ^ "In my experience of thirteen" years as a. worker among Ne groes, I find a distinct, desire on the part of many of their leadptarr^rfor racial bettermeutyFhey feel that their sphere of opportunitw~as~ leaders is limited bv the fact that they do not have ample opportunity to get before tnr proper authorities many of the problems that, beset the Ne-i . groes who live Iq - cities and.: towns," ' . . Mr. Fa v rot reports that he . questioned 167 -secnTtanes oF chambers of commerce and that 78 per .cent of them had no provision for consulting or meeting with colored citizens. Such n contact is the more necessai'y, says Mr. Favrot, as Negroes are not admitted to membership in ^-hanit7?r?rof wmiwim t** ' CHRISTIANS IN AF?? RICAN JUNGLE (By Tho Associated Negro Press.) Lytham, Eng., Aug.?Hidden Pratt has found a native community of Christians, the chief evftngeibdr of whkdris known ao "The Black Eligah," a Kruman who came under the influence of Christian teaching^ and has QllfPOOclnfl in rvnfti?(? >'+ ?? ?- ?:* 1 "MWVVUVU Ul J/ULL1H^ It UVCl Wltllj his own people. ? '' >A?y AUGUST 29, 1925. j ICTIMO 3 T staten Island grand jury indicts assailant of negro postman N. A. A. C. P. Offers Aid In Bringing Suit For Damages (By The Associated Negro"P^eas) ~~ New York, Aug. 21?The. ional Association fnr tha A <4 vancement of Colored People to-* day learned that the Staten Island Grand Jury has brought an indictment against Musco M. Robinson and others not named-, for conspiracy in attacking and stoning the house of. Samuel A. Browne, a colored postman, who was threatened; with death to himself and his wife if he failed to move from the neighborhood, Thp uidiclinent was returned today. Representatives of the vancement of Colored People, including Charles Studin, member of the legal committee, and Herbert J. Seligmann, fhe Association's Director of Publicity, werp im conference with Mr. Browne last night and with Mr. Browne called upon Judge J. B. Handy who will probably act as counsel for Mr. Browne in * bringing a suit for danfages against, Robinson. - ? . Robinson, dgainst whom the indictment is returned, is a next door Neighbor of ' Mr1- Browne . and Ifras led.ip the mVwftnipnt tr> forcer!tne urowne family out of their home. Robinson1 hails from the South, and was active in real estate operations in that section of.Staten Islands , The indictment was brought , as a result of repeated mob at- , forks on Mr. Browne's residence in-4he course of which the lawn ~ was?ruined, plants?destroyed, h windows and doors smashed. In ~ Hie ^course of the campaign to terrorize Mr. Browne and ins family, telegrams signed by fictitious names were sent to fire i n 3 u ranco corn pan ios, warning- ~ them that thev had better cancel the insurance tney were car- j ryihg. FonaAime Mr._ Browne foundjt almost impossible to ob-"j tain any insurance a conse- I quence of this conspiracy, | - At the present time a police j guard is constantly maintained |: ^t Mr. Browne's residence, a pat rolman^dttfiing stationed there.., from four o'clock in the* after- r noon until eight.o'clock in the! if t . : r 10-iore nave oeen?made in?the? * i - ' I morning, as all the attacks here*--; night or very early in the morn-1 tn#r?-r? r ? t A meeting Ifi tQbe held by colored citizens of StatenJsland to:, raise funds in order to conduct the civil suit for damages which Mr. Browne plans to brine a " I, gainst Robinson, and the Rev. A. Clayton Powell, pastor oC the | Ahbyssinian Baptist Church of New York City has offered the: of hi* church fp** j a similar meeting. Mr. Browne has been bravely standing his ground despite, all* the efforts of his enemies and ! despite the danger to which his | wife and three small childreir hftVP hcpn ?iihipptnrl M?> --T- rr ( Browne declined to sell his house although offered $1500 more than he paid for it, saying his stand was a matter of principle involving the status of colored eitlzCTis^ ? J <3> f ' FAN 01 (By The Associated Negro Press.) ?JioustXiji, Texas, Aug..? Dr. 11. H. Ward, local" colored dentist, was lured from, his . home la^t. Monday night by a fake call, and brutally-^tssaulted by a mob of .while tuea. ' btrl foumt^no~(jii(^;ii [)!* > --- 1 ?- *-, > VII address who wanted his services. Noticing a car parke.d near the house, he t heujrtrt tO"get inforrpa" tion. from the .occupants'. Hr?. was~ seized at the point of ahy*'elver and forced into the car, driven P ' ? A. N. P. Doctor S. J, Ellfott, National Grind Master, and elected officers of The Mo?aic_Tetiij>fursi of- Antei country, wjtli a view ofTbe Teu)^l.ira H <^m e Q clave wqa recently iicltV T. * ' . SAY MEXICO RE- , FliSES TO A1).MITaNE(;ROES yoy ini AisoeiatM rsegro Pr???.) New Yorfcr^A ug.^Aecoi-cIiiig fee?dispatches in- white newspapers the1 -Mexican government will prohibit the entr^iKai_ol^a]3-_ ored workers into the country. Pnrmi^ioh s^id->f> h^v>> denied sugar-planters in~~Tbwer bor, due. so the~renort runs tn the difficulties the Mexican government-fa already having wii h Chinese and Japanese immigrants. 1i'LOHIDA"UTfrlM. COLLEGE IMPROVES FACULTY (By The-Associated Negro Press.) Tallahassee, Fla., Aug.?In order that the Florida A. & M. College might do better work, a larger and better qualified faculty has bcen-sclected for the year 1925-26 ; only graduates from slass "AJJ Coflegcs,_sq-recognized QUOTF. "ABF" Mf TO 1 Paulsboro. Iff. >T.. Aug.?"Don't :lo anything unl-il yau hear from usC ~ ' "H That is what two men toldLoutetfross, a farmer, of this little town, when they left him standing on the corner of Fifth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Wednesday night. . ~ Grossa few minutes' before had handed the two strangers $1,000 with which to purchase $40,000 worth of smuggled silk. This was a new game that was sprung on the farmer. Gross met them for the first time in a cafe a few hours before. For five- hours Ke awaited' their return and then told the do. lice: f "I met those two gentlemen, in a cafe," Gross told the desk sergeant at the police station, "and gracious how they could j talk. They told me they knew a man who had smngglecl_?j3fkJ worth $10,00/) and we would put in $1,000 a piece, buy 1 it, and : "i 7? ? 1 . '{ . 9-' ' ' ' , rent, Social and Gen- n eral News. ? 5c A COPY. ? MAGE - to the western part of the city, -and tarred apd feathered. Car -holie acitt. wfi's- poured?off^-his1 ? bark. after ivhich he was' robbed-!?? of all his belongings. Ward fi~ ~ nally Mitreodod in reachintT^ tel.VJ>hpufe? ,iuixl_ivas. iironghi- back - ? Lp^hecify by friend a v_ , . ? Although Dr. Ward, reported the'affair to the district attorney, nothing has been done- aboul 'he affar. The daily newqpapers haw made no report of t ? the1 affair. . ~~ ' ~ - ? I A. E. Bush. National Grand Scribe, recently rictr, one ot the larfiett fraternal nr,lff? .a tffice Building in winch the Qnu<lr~cnriiiVc<>a~ - i- - - <r v ' liy the Carnegie Foundation and ? State Associations have been ad ded to The fi^ulW ofThe college and High S^dol.. The College and High School suffer independent organization being sep- airate units in in'der to aectire recognitiomand Class VA" curricula ih- both. " : UMb'RlA^AC^EHTS ' ARMS CONVENTION : s t . ?. ?By The Associated Negro Press) 1 New York.'Aug.?Aftei much wrangling and hesitancy, the Litirnan minister in Paris has notificd the League.of Nations that~~ ? ^nms Control Convention under the special provisions proposed by the "American delegation. Her acceptance had been withheld on. " a point involving the recognition "ol the sovereignty of-Cibei'la, - . 4COLN . KOOL A FARMER * clean up." "They probably are spending The jark," the sergeant said, "and ? then agaiTTthFjT niay be taking a train for New York. Who cantell? By the way, what were their names "Well,", Gross drawled, "one fellow said his name was Ginn and the other fellow said his name was Steen, R. B. Steen, I' n;?tr TV./... iniiirv lit; v ant'ii limiOCAI. 1 IICJ told me t hey chd not want to take??? me to the smuggler^? den because I'd probably get shot. They took me to the corner, asked me for my money and then one. of them said to me, raham Lincoln said to "Bill" Shakespeare ?" "No," 1-answered him. , "Well," Steen -said, ^'A5e~ said to Bill, 'You wait right here j -until-1 come back and clon't dS'^1 anything until you hpar frpm ? -.-j me." : i h _ _ _ .