The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 12, 1925, Image 1
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DEVOTED TOTIffr ?
tt, t INTERESTS ; O F
f TH& PEOPLE.
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I?NOr-36.
30 YEARS
IN SERVICE
^ WORTHY OE TRUST
A IVIan Of Sterling Qualities?
A Gentleman Of The Old
School., Who Lived A
~ Clean Life?^77?
On Wednesday evening, as the
king of day was disappearing
behind the wesFern hiHs. W. M.
. McKnlght^ZFostmasfer at Rimini
for more than thirty years, re.
r - ceived his summons to aope^
before the Courts of Glorv, ai;ci
Rim*tti- lost one of its mo,-;; usc
ful citizens. This fact was, evideirced
ty the many heart-touchinging
eulogies of laymen and
ministers, by the many resolutions
which were read by representatives
of the church and
j_' the various societies of which he
was a member and by the presence
of his many frfends^who
assembled at Antioch A. M. E.
^ church on -Thursday TV. nil, "to
pay to his remains their last
tribute of respect. He was in
his seventies which tells us that
he/.was born a slave. The fact
that he ushered into existence
a number of years before the
?? chains,of slavery fell from the
ankles of- his race, yet acquired
intellectual qualification sufficiship
of Rimini, tells that he must
' 2T hflVe hppn a man r\f
^ Ai.iiii vx gCHUl lie
steel. He was a ChristiaiTgenT
tleman, as good as ever mortals
. be. No man who ever held a
pnaitinn-nf nnhlic trust ?was
? more faithful in the performance
of his duty than was Mr;"Billy
McKnight, as his friends and ac"
quaintances called mm. Jtie. was
married twice, but both wives
preceded him in the inevitably
march to theltomb. He is survived
hy two daughters, Mrs.
MaryDrMcFadden and Mrs.
Eleanora-^Nelson, by three sons^
Sampson P. McKnight, Julius L.
McKnight and Manning Mc-r
Knight, and by two brothers,
r Mr. S.' J. McKnight, who was
assistant Postmaster and Mr.
Francis McKnight.
present and took' part in the
: Rev. A. C. 3umpter
prayed, Rev. M. J. Sumpter
PPar? fKa SCrlpFtTrp'Trpssfvn, ReV.
Edwin Wells, a formre pastpr of
the deceased preached' the funeral.
.Eulogies were delivered
by Revs. M. Warley and Geortre
C. Johnson. The former is the
^Presiding Elder over the Water
wo Dfotrlrt; thp Int.tflv Is f,hft
Presiding Elder of the Wateree
__ _ District, in which District stands
Antioch, the church fn which
the deceased held his membership.
The following laymen
spoke: Mr. W. E. White, mail
deceased as Postmaster; -MrPreston
Hampton spoke of birn
as a churchman and Mr. Dennis
?Siuglel'oii bpuke of his 'laithtul*
IrS UJo. ^..4.1 J ?
ucoo w mo uuutja its uevoive^
\lpop hlpn by his connection with
the secret societies of which he
was a member. ~~prof. C. G. Gar'
rett was present and was requested
by the Master of Cer?fnonjes
to speaH, which he did
paying a glowing tribute to the
man who shuffled off mortality?
Rev. George Ulmer, the present
Pastor of Antloch acted as
Master of Ceremonies.
Continued on page 2.
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WHITE O
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EX-SLAVES
* ? ' . _ . - ? ^-VETERAN
OF
CIVIL WAR
REARED SOUTH
Auburn Has Lost One of Its
^nSIostr Vivid Living Remind- ers
of The Stirring
-Days of Civil War
Auburn,-N. Y., Sept.?-Perry
Williams! perhaps one hundred
- and twenty-five years?old, is
dead at his home here. In his'
passing A-uburn has lost one of
its most vivid living reminders
- of the stirring days of the CivibWar,
for he was a veteran of,;
that great struggle. - He was '
one of ihe=few residents: of,.e.en=r]
jtral New York born and reared
ap a slave in the South. ^ (
1 Ho was known as o. toller of--tales
of the"*Civil War and ante- j
bellum days, recounting to any ^
!who might care to listen how he j
i spent his early life in-the Caro- j
jlina hills;-his weary days in the- ^
icotton field and his long nights ,
j outbreak of the Civil War, he
j entered, the service as a cook in ^
jthe officers' mess of the. Ninth (
|Light Aitilleiy,1 Union Aiiny,
He had spent many years, try- t
injfto convince the Federal Gov- ^
ernment, that he should receive
a pension as a Civil War veteran
jbut died vv iIhotrt -havm^ aeeom^-=
pHshed his ainUitiun. ' 1
- FLORIDANS BUfY MANY 1
-UARS.? *
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j Jacksonville, Fla., Sept.?The,*
jlarge number of automobiles^
-ownod by our pooplo inthiftcity^J
has led to the opening of-a new field
for members-of the Race, *
other than hs workmen and me,
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chanics. It is unofficially stated
that Negroes in Jacksonville own e
more cars than Negroes in any 1
other city. The proportion of
cars to white and colored here C
?. " - , p
is rated 3 to fr there J>eirrgone ^
car^to every seven Negroes. The ,
management ~bf the Medlin-Buick
Cp., looking at-it from a bps
II1CS5" ptmtt oi view and realizing 1;'
that rolprpri penile would patron-,
ize their own,, appointed q very's
wide-awake and lively Race man a
as salesman here.. This follow- yed
the appointment of R. L. But-, y
ler, another Race man" with the?
Oldsmobilp Company^ As a re- t
suit of the appointment of ?
these two men as, salesmen, sev- c
eral motor gaencies have appoint
jed-colored men as salesmpn Tho.
Oldsmobile and Buick people
treat their colored salesman the
same as if he were white, wit)^ 0
all privileges'aceorded salesmen.
Others give special- considera- 1"
tiom?The Buick salesman since n
his appointment six months ago v
has disposed of over forty-two ^
new cars at prices frorp $3,000
down. Th? colored people herej
areTonTy buying ears which Ne- c
groes sell, and Jjie venture has I
proven profitably tor the automobile
people as wall as fop th?l
young men of the Race who cqn
qualify as salesmen! If our pao- .
pie would buy only from stores 1
which employ colored men, op- r
portunities would be open to our 1
people. ? * ?=
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v. COLUMBIA, -S. CU-SA:
OLLECTO
TORY-TELL
EIGHT (8) TC
X *
MASONIC GRAND
KILLED IN j
Hf*
&XPRESSED FEAR 0F
MOTOR ACCiDE N T S
WAS 65 YEAKS OLD AT DEATH ,
Born January 12, 1859 in Kent County
Maryland. Came to PennsyL
.vania when About 20. Years
of Age
(By The Associated Negro Press.)Ehil&delphla,
Pa?William G. .
Butler, one of the best knowrt 1
men in this section, was killed ij
iran automobile accident, on the-1Lincoln
Highway, two miles east j
He died of a* fractured skull-and
nternal injuries. He had been
in Oxford on officii Masonic
business and was returning to ?
K./'SWi. - P 'Ao- - .
no .nuiiic uy way ui VVGSt AJ1TCS* ]
:er he missed the -last trolley ^"
jack tbCoatesville. He wasjn- "
/ited to take a ride in a friend's i
:ar, which in attempting to pass
;he automobile of-anothe^y be-- 3
:ame wheel-locked, resulting in (
dr. Butler's being thrown" from 1
hp pnr. ^
IAD LIVED IN COx\fsVILLE[t
LONG TIME. \
William G. Butler-was-65 years-rt
ddr'havlTTg neen born January-^
2, T859 in Kent County, Mary-'c
and. He came to Pennsylvania'
vhcndicr wasiabont twenty ycar^y
>f age, lviing for several years j s
n Philadelphia. He then moved j
o Coatesville, where he had liv- ^
>d for about twenty-live years, t
J?rr?mm? -
ic was marxj.eu.-Jll 1004 tO lVLISS , q
5riscilla Smith, of Boston, Mass, s
ie found employment as coach- j
nan for A. F. Hutson, in whose a
imploy he served continuously ^
lp to the time of his death. \q
He had "Often expressed fear
>f accidents, and travelled in a jj
arriage from Havti. his home c
o Goatesville. ^
)NE OF THE BEST KNOWN t,
MEN 4N SECTION. e
- Mr; ~Butter~ Was one of th'e"^
>est known colored iften in this T
ection of the State. He had an ^
Ic
ictive part in the erection ofj
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he Masonic Hall at Seventh and!
;?
jumber streets, being chairman
if the building committee. Tie"
vas concerned in-xeitgiQiis and ~
ivic welfare work.
ACTIVE IN MASONIC FKA- f
TERN1TIES.
He was elected Grand Master
if the Pennsylvania Masons last ...
lad been an active and promi- 1
tent rtgiire_Jn_ thjs_ .Order..- He e
vas a member of the Knights n
r pmnlu * a 4-U~ TT> ^
. n 1 auuil U1 LIIU JCjifH*- I
n
ern Star and was connected with1 ^
?thep brashes of the Masonic'j,
Maternity. t
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NOTICE. .
All patrons of Waverley Un- n
on Graded School are hereby
lotifled that the term 1925-26 j,
>egins Monday, Sept. 14th. f
G. A. JACKSON, Prin. |f
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rURDAY.^EPT. 12, 1925. .
U?B>
?R DIES AT
> DIE IN ELEi
MASTER ~
AUTO ACCIDENT
BURLEIGH PRAISES SOUTH- 1
MRS. NELL HUNTER ?SOPRANO "
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A Graduate From Chicago Musical
College Plans A Trip South then
* Hack Northto New York
, _ City _ ^
Durham, N. C., Sept.?Mrs.
Nell liunter, Durham's popular'^
lyric soprano whose singing has'.
been a sensational triumph
wnorruw-vKe V>?- ? 1
graduating from the Chicago ^
Mujfical- College. aimoiHK'ns thru ' ^
her manager W. Gomez, plans ^
for a tour beginning November
first, which will take her as far J?
*outh as Tuskegee artd up east;^
by way of Nashville 'to New,1
Tork. . ? ?4^
*Mrs. iranter has been praised
by press and public of both races j
wherever she has appeared. I
ffarry T. Burleigh wrote her on C
)ne occasion: "The more I think |s
ib'dut It, the surer I am thai yuu ~
vill bccome-one-of our great ar~~
?You have brains, voice,
leart, intelligence, aptitude,1
emperament, ambitionrapplica^
The Musical Critic of the Rah^
ays she has "a" voice "combin-^
ng a faultless purity of tone,'!11
tower with utmost smoothness, a'
echnical assurance without loss
>f natural beauty, clear as
oprano and soft as a cantr?ifn "ih
Mrs. Hunter has just signed U1
n agreement lo appear as a fea-i1^
are one evening during the N. jG
v. State Fair which is probably iQ
he largest gathering of the kind tJ
n the state and is an unusual a- 1?
hievementfor a colored artist.
Vhile on tour her schedule in-jw
hides a lvumber of broadcasting jfS
ngagements and theclima* of [t-T
'n,'." i._ * * ' 1
iuqi .win uts reacneu in ingw ^
rork wher-^afrg-is to-fill a, di
er of important engagements 1n
luch'ng the making of some rec- to
rds of Negro Spirituals for one te
f the larger phonograph corpo- si
ations. . nt
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SCHOOLS OPEN AT i.g,
ZZ GKEE^VILLE. .
'icdmont Clly Schools Expect A
To Enjoy Good Year-Mrs. J. i
C. Martin Makes Address At '
Opening Of High School.
V JZ ... te
-Orccnvillc, Sr TIT,
'he Greenville city schools open- cc
d last Monday morning, and G
ow?the little folks are all at
heir desks for nine pnonths of ^
lent of the principal of the Ui?tard
work, if we take the state- hi
i?n tfiorh School, Mrs. J. C. Marin.
In a lengthy talk -Monday ^
lorning in the auditorium, prin- ^
Ipal Martin sounded the key ^
ote for hard study and godict^
narks in every class room.
The enrollment this year is
irger than ever, and rnany new
acuity. ~ . ,. j_
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uc.,
30L0REE
-I or- \/r? i r^/
l^O ILAK^
CTR1C CHAIR
A LI. TO DIE IN
THIS MONTH
EIGITt IN DEATH HOUSE
"our May Escape, But The Other
. I Have Little Chance
to Escape?A11 tire
, Negroes
(By Th? A?8oeiatod Negro Preat)?
Raleign, N. C., Sept. The eleC:
ric chair in The state prison here
vi44-fla*yh-6ight times during the
nonth of September and each
ime a life will"be snuffed out
n payment for one already takm
The death toll will begin
Friday when Fred Jones will
>e executed. There a possibility
that three of the -eight
aen will escape the chair iiy ap eals
that are being made for
hem and a fourth on account of
nsanity. The other four, howver,
have little chance to esape
the fatal current. All iff
Te men now occupying the death
ells are Negroes.
OLORED BOY BEATEN*
HOT AT, FATHER JJYNCHE1J
IN BEUKB1A. 1M915
olored Boy, In Jail 10 Years.
On Life Sentence, Seeks Release*?
1
A Georgia lynching 10 years
Id, in connection witfTwhich" an
iir life sentence, seeks release
as been reported to the Nationl
Association for the AdvanceLent
of Colored People, 69 Fifth
venue. The lynching was not
ilherto recorded.?The irnprisy,
is being aided by the Rome
eorgia Branch oftrheN. At A.
. P. -Court testimony given al_.
le original trial shows the folwing
facts ^
A white man, H. J. Villi pigue,
hile driving along a~ country
>ad near Blakely, Georgia, met
lysses Goolsby.young-Negro
iving a -buggy inian opposite
re#Lion, haviiw wiUi Viir?
}tmg girl whom ne was taking
i arr entertainment. Goolsby
(stifled he drove as far- to one
de as the road would permit,
jvertheless the white man Vily
-nftpr ordering The. Negro to
A out b? his'Svay7 and, holding
pistol in one hand^ whipped ,
oolsby^ with a buggy whip,
riking him in the f-aee, Goolsmaking
no resistance nor pro:st.
The white man even ruck
with his whip the young^
ilored girl accompanying
oalsby. j.
Gdolaby'fr father, Granderson!_
oolsby, determined pie next
iy to call upon Yillipigue, with,
is son and to make reparation
>r any offense which might
ave been alleged as justifying
le brutal attack upon the boy.
fi the way, they asked Charlie'
ivens to accompany them and
low the way to Vlllipigue's!
ouse.
ViUlpigue when called upon,
ime-fiUt of his hoifSS, '"Is that'.
Continued on page 2. I
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y WOMAN
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iHELD BABY
lit ARMS
W . .
r'Ai to v.?
r wuvum in i cars uid, Claims
I That the Woman Had A
Knife?Detective Says
She Did Not
-(By-Tho A s soeiatod- Negro
Jacksonville, F la., Sept-^When
our pe/ft-rle I?. urn not to
not have white collectors corpe
to their homes, and demand that' ;
Negroes be employed as. collect-ors-,
such tragedies "as "happened
here the other day will not happen.
There is seldom any pun
ishment?given white?men for
killing Negroes, and our people
should realize they have little? or
-no-protection. ?-?I? ?-?
A.- D. Thompson, white 18
year old collector for a local ere
dpt- clothing" store, shot and
killed Mrs. Bessie Mcintosh of
1735 Smith street, Monday"""'^
morning, while the woman had a
seven months' old baby in her
arms. Thompson declared that
the woman had~a- knife in her?t?
hands and threatenedMus* life. ~
County Detective Fred Kin$r.
who investigated, declared that
sk&ijUd'not havesa.-knife and that ^
I'aHe held a No. 3 shoe in her hand
'when she came toThtTflbor in an- '
swer tn his knock * ~
The coroner's jjury freed him at
the inquest- as usual and, of
course, Ihoip is 110 rrdrp*^
ored people should demand ttace
collectors just the same as they
demand colored salesmen with?. -jl
Tfnrlocat automobile?ageneiesr??
When t h&\t ? ---i -l1
?, t.uii vnvj uv LI 11 ?5 ct 1 ill VVIieil LI10
white people realize that our;
people.jwill not buy from tfiem, it
will cease.
COLORED CITIZENS TO CAK,
KNTEMY'S CAMP. ^
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~The National Association for '4
the- Advancement of Colored
People, 69 Fifth Avenue, today ; a
announced-that colored citizeps ,j
of New York, are organizing' to ~J
tight of Samuel A. Browne, col-. .
ored Staten Island postman, }
his home by terrorism. 31
* "A monster mass meeting has . J
been planned tfoirS :30 on Sunday 3
afternoon, September 20., in the
Abyssinian Baptist Church, at
132 We?t -138th Street, with ^
Rev. A^ Clayton Powell, -Pastor ^
of?the church, presiding and .
speaking'. . - ' - J
Mr. Browne, the postman who 9
stood his ground, will tell the
thrfflmg stofy of"hi sv ict or y~ov- ' J
er the* Staten Island mob spirit, ~HM
culminating in the indictment of -9
hw U'nn1th\r n-hitn noighhof- M.
M. Robinson.. Walter P. White-!
Assistant Secretary of the National
Association for the Ad- iS
vancement of Colored People
outline the campaign for civil ?
suit for damages " against theKj^M
white ' mobbistr. And other J
speakers are to appear, amonjfl
them Mrs. Drusilla Poole, President
of the Woman's Political-^
Unfon, and John P. Quander.