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ii i m, PINK" V. T.JVHALEY SLAIN i u*?. Continued from Page 1. -?- " husinesa., . - : Id Republican political circles the Negro was regarded as a . power. 7^" Reports generally credited here were thatJWhaley employ?, ed private detectives to ascertain who had sent him the threateningJeIters that resulted in his leaving the- county. That these reports had been turned ....OVerrtQ. officers investigating his 7- ndeath was a rumor here todayT^ Another-report, unconfirmed, was mat two or three men wearing masks were seen here Saturday night, about the time Whaley was shot, in a light touring car without a Jicense plate. The automobile is- said to iiave deft ' 4 _ ___ I noro in the direction of Colum bia.?The State. N, A. A. C. 1\ REBUKES L .EDITOR: Contuiued from Page 1.. Advancement Colored Lr- People do not stop their ac-" , tivities. "I am calling the attention of the National Crime Commission and the Federal PosI . Lgtal Authorities to your threat." _Ihe--editorial, which brought about this letter from t<he N. A. A. C. P., is as follows: "MISSOURI'S LYNCHING. ~ "The National Association ~ " for the Adv^Hcemefdr^Cul==: " orod Peuple with headquar?j '2-" ? ters in New York is in a frenzied fury about the'JSx^celsior Springs lynching. It denounces--the ruffiians' and Imurderers' ~5TTd demands action. Lynching is a bad thing. It is deplorable7"And cannot well be defended, yet * it would be well for the Ad- j vancement society to go " - more deeply-into the ques- i " tthir?With all its tcrriblo?J wrath it says not a word -i against the Negro rapist. The society would do better As it is the impression must ?. prpvnil that the society~'is half in sympathy with such ? Nogroe??The Xegro_ i'iipist m 11.ii imuci otaim lji nnaaoun Ufftll as- elsewhere, that . the law's vdeiay is not for "him- If he is caught in an "": attack on a white woman he will be lynched. That is the' i ule.' If is?bad?that conditions are so. The -i-r? deal way would hcltotry a rapist a few days-after the m crTmr nnd hn^rr hina-^it>lin ?~ Tstx?weeksr??That's?John?J Bull's way and it's a good - - way. \ 7-; '"If .such"senile organiza-?^ tions as the Advancement ] and other . societies don't stop their activities in the r.behaft' of Icrrpinals." lynch' law is- quite likely to be extended. There is no doubt that the whole situation is a ! * most deplorable one but with it all the manhood, of Mis- ^ gonri will protect its wd>ihen ^ one way or. an other until 1 the law is able to do so." 1 F.T.KS' CONVENTION IN ... . .. RICHMOND. j ~?' Continued f|-om I'age 1. . ample places to eat at reasonable rates, and plenty of amusement, j The city was turned over to ( the Elks for the we0k. They ^ were gr&ated every courtesy , that could be hoped for; Jim ( Crow'ism. segregation and pre~ judice if it existed tn any mart*-her here previous to the coming of the convention, was cas.t to ( the four winds. Visiting Elks ^ sat anywhere they wanted to sit j on the street cars, frequented ( any place they happened to pass ( aird wa*r^ivert service whenever j they demanded it. According to t records there was not the slight - est disorder on the part of the ??-visitors and no friction at all between the races. There might r have be'en an abundance of whis -kay here but there has not been t * v . t?? ; recorded but two drunks out of j the fifty-thousand visitors and forty-thousand home folks.- MyL ny Visitors, particularly those ( from the North who had misgiv-, ings about the South, or some parts ~of" it, have been?krnd in their praise of the treatment accorded them while here. The twenty-sixth anniversary services Avere held at the Fifth Street Baptist Church Sunday night. Among the prominent speakers_ wgre J. Finley-Wilson. coin Johnson. Monday noon' marked the opening of the first public meeting, held at the Rayo theatre. -E. Lee Trinkle, governor of Virginia delivered the address of welcome on behalf of the state. His talk was well delivered and very much appreci-. ated.lie brought down the house when he intimated rn his speech' that he-"too was an EHkr Someone in the audience yelled "Hello Bill" the Governor smiled in acknowledgement. Henry L. Johnson in responding to the speech, informed his hearers that this was TheTirStr time in the history of the fraterhity^that a chief executive of the state had come out to extend a welcome in person. He^ mentioned the fact that in Boston, Chicago and in other places where the.Elks had held its convention these officials had always sent either a-substitute or their j rmrrot?. TNp Mayor of the ritv extended-welcome on the part of. the city, to which J. Finley Wil-' son responded,-?Wilson m?hisho was only responding to the! welcome of the Mayor, for he turned his talk into relating ] uhat he had done for the Elks-, fraternity, and how much it had grown under hi? administration.!' Some onlTTh the audience-saith-' that Wilson had sjung his swan 1 song hy faking his campaign speech at the wrong time. So,me]! a?re of the opinion that that veryj thing will defeat him for the position -of... Grand Exalted Ruler.. Many of_his little tricks were thought to be out ^of place, par-.j ticularlr when hcPrame in to ther meetjng after it had gotten well 1 under?way and interrupted thejj speaker by jumping up orvjthel stage from the, floor belovy, amli shaking hands with nearly ev-1 erybody on the stage. Then iir" thtriine of marctFiher day of the 1 ^ i Kiuai uaracie no started ott be-,: hiud-the column in an automothe center of the parade until he 1 reached the head. Much criti-j this stunt. . _ The parade, one of the most i' spectacular in the history of the! ( order and by far the greafcestf thing Richmond had ever seen,' was_ a complete success. The!, streets were lined with people'! hours before the parade time.)' It took the efforts of a dozen' polteemon ~ia- every hlor.k .to holdi^ the dense throng of white andj1 colored people who had come out 1 to see thd great Elks' parade.-L] it -was--half holiday in lliertntyr Seemingly everybody had stop= ped work until after the parade, ~ which was two and a half hours in passing through the white as ~{ well as the colored section of ( the city. Fully 25,000 marchers! were in line when the parade , ?ot Under way. Uniforms of ev ivy "description gave the par de j a. glitter. Thia-was no sdhnbre i military parade with, rumbling^ :aissons and dun uniforms, but a tenous, perfectly disciplined splendent in foyal purple and , lazzling white. The colors of , ;he order prevailed throughout. Every unit seetnjn&ly Jried to )ut do the other consequently^iach unit looked the best, there*1 itii n tr li 111 tn .< , .. vv.?- yy VAIVVUV* MV1/ TT\itIi |" my of the marchers in line. All 1 miforms looked perfectly new, < u ;ach seemingly tailored to the ( neasure of the individual wear- 1 ;r. It was a glittering glaring 1 hing of indescribable beauty, i * *' ~ TBS PALMS ii - ? i * .? with music filling the air all around while the line about two miles in length passed^ through the cheering throng that lined the entire eight mil^s walk which, ended at the fair grounds where a competitive drill was to been held and prizes awarded. It was a gala day and many a convention follower said it was the grandest- parade the_Elks. have ever made. \ ---? The following officers were elected, for the next ensuing term-: J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler, George E. Batci, Grand Secretary^James T. Carter, Treasurer. " r PROF. STALEY LEAVES THE STATE. \ Continued from Page 1. Originator of "The Wilkinsonian"?The First Edition of ?The College Annual: In cooperation with the class of 1925 and Faculty Advisor Whittaker, Professor Staley, af fectjonately known as_"The Littlfi^Napoleon," left as a memoriaT^The^^WllkinFoniBn^' 1925 College Annual. This edition was dedicated to President Wilkinson. Professor Staley considers this work as the .crowning event of his labors at-State College. pevery alumnus arid student oi State .College should be proud of "The -Wilkihsonian." ??Professor Staley did not conline himself to the wailsof-the school room; he made himself felt in the community life of the state". Hts ~work was irot only shared by the students for the interest of the farmers and rural communities he held at heart. This can readily be borne out by the many instructive articles published and educational-.talks made at various public gatherings. He is a merfiber of Lewis Adams Lodge No. 67, Free and Accepted Masons; Hcmftn Lodge No. 30, K. of P.; and Epsilon Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Greek Letter Fraternity. Professor Stanley should make ?ood. in his new field of labor. Having r A ught atTuskegceand State College, he has enjoyed rich experience. Being a. collegp graduate of Morehouse Colleger he fs endowed with cultural ~arrd classical-background-and v thorough knowledge of his rare and South. After receiving hi.s*Uegree of Bachelor of Arts, he entered the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New" York, from which he^ finished with the degree of Bachelor of Scienee^sinrp gradual-. i ig from Cornell, he has returned several summers, doing work towards his degree of Master of Science. This~"combinatioh will fit him for the 'Directorship which he will assume in the early p&rt of September." "The LitIte Napoleon" carries with him the best wishes of*' his many friends whom he leaves behind In South Carolina, where he has given nine years of real service. REV. J. C. "WHITE WRITES TO ERHOOI). Continued from'Page-1. day to this, there has been no question in my mind about wh&re to go and which house I should order my Sunday School supplies." In 1915 a split took place in the National Baptist Convention inXhicago, over the swwn'prahip?of?the?National Baptist Publishing House, (I was not there) and Dr. Morris :ourts of the State of Tennessee and the Suprem^ court of Tennessee handed down a decision which I haye a copy here upon rvttr \r T 1 mjr ucoi\ aa 1 wine inese lines, stating that the National -Baptist Publishing Plant was and is )wned by the Nationa-1 Baptist Convention and held in perpetui;y by the National Baptist Pubishing Board. Ever since . I, *ead that decision I have been ? ' - ?Hi I, - - pre L1APM satisfied. There is nothing for me to desert. I am getting value received for my money when 1 send niy^ordcra nito the Pub-~ dishing House, and I am perfectly satisfied. . -There is a httle^truth in the rumor that I contemplated" visiting the Nationai Baptist Convention in Baltimore this year, because I told several of my friends so, on the Morris Convendesertion on my partr Whenever the day should come that I rpftllv believed the merits of the Morris Convention were superior to those of the Boyd forces why as a free and untrammelled Baptist I will walk right out and do what I think is best. Second, as to my election as President of the State Sunday School and B. Y. P. TJ7 t^onvenT tion at Laurens, the vote given me them cannot be interpreted as an endorsement of my procliIn fact the man who made the foremost speech in my nomination was my old friend Dr._ Sims, one of the" strongest Morris men in this state, artdThe*^evr?rr&r J. Rice, who so ably seconded my, nomination, and?-whose speech gave me all the vntps from Beaufort to Lexington is a very strong Morris man. Take the vote at Laurens, the Morris men supported me to the "man from Greenville to Charleston. On the^other hand some of my Boyd IriendfTgave me the WOfrft tnrust of all. And ditf" every- ] Therefore .in the light of these facts, I refuse to allow Jr C. White, as president of the State Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. Convention, of' South Carolina, to use this office- for partisan purposes, as an individual 1 am a Boyd man, a supporter of the National Baptist Publishing Board, an admirer of Henry Al- len Boyd. But as President of this Convention, I shall adminster the offiee-tJwith'out ieaning to either side. In other words, a Morris man will hav^ ^t'-all times a3 fair a -snow with meL: as Jttill a Boyd mflrTT Accredited representatives from both National Conventions will bfVhpard _ in my upnventiQlU-iL-it Be witn- in my power- to~dO~~So, only~T shall refuse to allow them to pnsa f.heir issues before our body. Tell of the merits of his proposition but ne has ,no right to ~ prpnipitatft ari ngly fltfa.ii- in our State by discussing the demerits of the other fellow's propo- " either one of the National Baptist Conventions, in this year of grace 1925 for economic reasons^ ' ' ? I love, and respect Baptists on both sides of this controversy. My prayer tojaod is, that we all might be one again, even as Christ aiS^God are one: As to the State of South .Carolina, \ye~have too much at stake te. continue this worthless conten- ; tion, Morris College, is the.?bigthing that th'p Negro Baptists of America own, neither one> of the National Baptist Conventions own such a plant, as we own in this State,?-No^Negro Baptist "school OYTthe American continent is up to her standard; why should we leave off this all important work to chase the thistle downs of National Baptist owenrship. Our Mission ?7sv*.lr ;?> Ttviiv in i/nia oiiin; ta suiiermg because of the lack of interest. I favor union of the Baptist the physical union of the Baptist Educational and Mission- , ary Convention and the Coopera- , tive Baptist (New State) Con- , vention in thia state, Tt, ought j to be done. These two conven- . uons in tnis state is a challenge < to the sincerity of our Christiait i profession. I believe the two ' National Baptist Cohventions J can and ought to get together. And whether we get together or not, I ihall not be a party to . ? i . . ^ t. T the matter of keeping them apart by useless agitation and pratisan rulings in my association aTrrt^rrmvftntion. I am one who is happy to subscribe himself as a lover of all Christians. -jrCr-WHITK, Columbia, S. C.. OUR VISIT TO^MORRIS COLLEGE. ' On Tuesday of thia'week, with ftlr. John Henderson and my wife, I visited Morris College, aC^Sumter, ^3. ~ i. 1 was much impressed with the buildings and surroundings of the college. Dr. Starks is doing a great work at Morris College. He is indeed the right man in the right place. I write this to let those know who have not seen it. mat won derfu] progress hafc been made t.inpo tVio. founding ol' lllls insil-" tution. J Success i;u The Palmetto^'Lca* der. . - v j REV. J. P. CORBETT. 1 MRS. GREENE ENTERTAINS FOR HOUSE GUESTS. . I m v Mrs. R. Greene entertained Monday at 4 p. m., friends of the Social Glide Club, of which Mrs. Greene is a member on Richland SW honoring Mrs. Henry Washington and Miss Alethia Barnes. ?? - . ; TVi'p ornpsta wprp first ushered into a room where they were served with a delgihtful cdUTgfr Big Ba 8 1 AROl MONDAY, SI GIVE j Operative Els i : ? Of Col \: . E. F."Calhour j Summit Avenue I " ? . Phone j_ _DINRH |?: Dinner will be clock?All kinds I cooked Barbecue I cooked bv an exi | THE PUBLKTIS CO - ^ .L COMM I J. W. BEACHUM,Pres., ALBERT LEE, Treas., JOl iYftuy PlfU Training 1* all your Destiny. WHY NOT TAKE YOU] Seneca if First Semester begina For further infori w. w. L. CLARK, i | SENEC> j^A i^A J^A J^A 4^4 I^AA^A^I V T^T W^ "t* ' MOVING | ? Bunyan Bur > Five Heavy Duty | your service-- We ? ? distance hauls of 1 | PHONE 5316 C V . .. ? ? ^ Saturday, SepVemher S, 192J5. <if punch. At the hour of 5 p. m. a colorful miscellany of midsummer garden flowers bloom- "" Ing in thp room given over td the game, and after fun a sweet codrse was served in motif of Brown, White and Gold Th6 honored guests- weie beau- ? tifully dressed. Mrs. Washington wore a gros de Londres of Alice blue and Miss Barnes wore? er -guests present were^ Little James Greene, brother of Mrs! Washington! nunraiBMg i nnrF K?fp. South, Carolina and Columbia Were well represented at the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Py ,thias that convenedjn Louisville ~ I Kentucky, from the 18th to the 22nd. Prominent Pythians from all over the & late took advantage , ! of this rare opportunity to visit I tlie Supreme Lodge while in ses; sion. Some of those from the Istate were: Col. Julius A. Brown [Col. T. H. Henry; Prof. S. L. Finley, Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, Atty. . 1N. J. Frederick, Prof. L. A. Hawr kinfl) Sir J. B. Lpwiennd Br N C. Nix. ... -V. Mrs, R. A. Henry, city, Mrs. F. E. McGhee, . Aike$; Mrs. B. H. Fisher, Beaufort; Mrs. L. B7 Long, Cheraw; and Mrs. Julius A. Brown of jCharteialuii attend ed tne meetings oT the Grand Court. rr: ?35Ce3?X0??3^ rbecue 1 ? DAY 1 EPT. 7,1925 I" MP17 f isterers Local | nmhia rY Residence "jj ^ RIDGF.WOOD 21465 ' ; ' I * $1.00 ^- 4^ ready at 12 o'- | of Salads--Best | Meat in the City, 1?jerienced cook. RDIALLY INVITED | ITTEE: " , II E. F. CALHOUN, Sec'y., | J -IN TYLER, Business Agt. g important jwhtwaajngjij * FIRST TRAINING AT - 5 JSTCTUTE? ~H , Tuesday Sept. 29th | mation write? _ _ J B., M. A;, S. T. B? I ] s. c. ; - I j A HAULING $ I v a nr c rvs iranster 1 Motor Trucks at specialize in longhousehold Goods. j :OLUMBIA, S. C. | J ^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 4^4 a^A A^A A^A M Tat "^ AT "A" "V" "A" "A" "A"