Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DELINQUEN ???j DEVOTED TO THE II ?INTERESTS O F II I THE PEOPLE. H - v: "" ' " - VOL-.T.?NOT 39.' ? " ^ . ??7 : Ml I. : IL I LUl' A RL ITi ?k ?, , - $500 FOR THE ?LEADER, $100 FOR"MEMBERS Every Effort Promised to Punish ? Lynchers, Who Mutilated Insane Willie Dixon ~t-pNOW BEING INVESTIGATED r: All the Facts Will Be Laid Before ? the Grand Jury, and Everything Possible Done to ^ Find the Perpetrators" Atlanta, Ga., Oct.?Every effort will be made to apprehend and bring to justice the-personswho last Sunday lynched Willie ] Dixon, patient at the Stafp San- . "Itarium fJr the"Insane at Mil": ledgeville, according to a telegram received Tuesday by the__; Georgia Committee on Inter-ra- j mnperation frnnfr-;*Iohn T. i Brantley, President of the San-" itarium's Board of Trustees. A j I thorough investigation is under i > way, said Mr. Brantley Uall tfye i ^V" fapts will be laid before the ? grand jury, and everything pei^ Stblp will hp riftnp "tr? hrirwr tJao .p "w "" -"to ' perpetrators of. this horrible i deed to justice:" The State has * 1 offered aTeward of $500 for ar- < r rest and conviction, of the leader ; | of the mob, and $100 for each of | its members. Dixon, a victim of violent insanity, had last week slain one of the women nurses ?-----j.at the sanitarium. - ?RICHMOND NEGROES ? - FIGHT FOR HOMES. (By The Associated Negro Press.) Richmond, Va., SepL-^Qnly once in more than ten years have" -Negroes in this city been trou_ bled with segregation, a^ it pertains to the locality in which, one is "allowed to live." This occured a few days ago when white citizens living adjacent to Doiigiftss Court, an addition " ndlTr the Virginia Union Uni-r versity, tried to get an injunction against L. V. Eggleston, a letter carrier here, who recently purchased a lot and built a beautiful home out in that section. Thev say he must move, sell, or : rent his home to white people. ] Mr. Egglestoivas putting up a fight , for the retention of his home. He says he will neither sell, "rent, nur move. ~ Nearly ? every church, civic organization, ^ and club in the city has promised to help in the fight that Mr. Eggleston is waging, for in doing _____ fighting the battle of the Negro as a whole, -=- *-? " WOMAN DIES; AGED 115. fc?(By Tfta AssuuiaYed Negro. Press.) | Senatoria, Miss., Oct.?"Aunt Jane" Flewellen, said to be 115 years old, died here recently. She leaves 200 descendants. '. . r ?* ?-, '. ^ ^ r' ?. ... ' - I ; ; lt?*3U" -? J. ~ - . T .-. - - .- -r ""> - r ** rT? ^ /, O" - >. ?\ TS PAY UP--C I *' fuonw RELEASED TO Last Thursday Acting Municipa - Judge Madison Released Nine City Jail Prisoners TRADES PA?~$6 TO $14 DA^ ? V '? Great Demand For Labor?Botl Black and White Have an Opportunity to Labor in This State. ^(By The Associated Negro Press. 1 Jacksonville, Fla., Oct.?The labor shortage here is so greal that thu municipal?judge lnu been jcompel led to . releaseJpris: oners in order to assist in filling' the demands for laborers The demand is not due to a migration, for many- Negroes are coming into the State from Ib-nrgi'i, S'"i*h r'nrelinu, Mortt t aroiina, and other nearbj States. Last Thursday Acting Municipal Judge Madison released nine prisoners from the city prison farm to be turned over to the rjEambei1 uf Cummei'ce to help supply r the demand for laborers. In some pans of the State, common labor receives as .much as four and five dollars a day while skilled1 trades pay from $6 per day to as high as $14 Both black and white have ar opportunity to labor in -Lhit State, and Negro skilled tradesmen are paid as well as the Whites. It is reportecTlHat ir Miami, contractors are at such a point in seeking labor that they have a line, of trucks which take them out to their work* ii They-bid a dollar or two more s day than the laborer is getting and take them away. For the Florida will be a gold mine tc everybody,^capitalist arid laborers, too. JEALOUSY CAUSES DEATff (By The Associated Negro Preir) * Philadelphia, Po., Sept, Mrs Charles Ingram, a comely younj woman, was* found lying in the iLTKiu, w.ixn ner in roar. nir hy~po. liceman patroling their beat near 57th, and Filbert Streets. Sh< was immediately carried to th< ^ILsjericordia Hospital r ^rhen iho died. ?? From what could be learned the woman's husband was insanely jealous of her. Wher placed under arrest chargec with the chime, it is ailegecTTit admitted having slashed hii wife's throat, claiming thai jealousy overcame him. H< f V\ r> 4- Vinrl 4- /v uiciL ai icr tnc.y imu guilt; tu uci his wife arose, dressed hersell and slipped, out oftl^e house He followed her. r?' : *v . - .x ...X OCTOBER 3, IS COLUMBIA, S C., Si 'rrnrn TLfVLLL MUSIC WIFESTT) i LINE IN T f V =: I A White and Colored Ch Moreover, the Evejit . ?? Church-Music I. _ (P.v. Tlio ^.rscjciatcxliXorto Press -event of 'historical importa?n 1 will occur in this city next F: day night when foiv the fii time in Canada, . a white a; colored choir will give a joi - recital 'moreover, the event w occur in a colored church. the choir of Rhodes Ayen (. Baptist Church will, " be t r gnosi s?of the First Bapti Church__Choir 'Tin their choi chancel.?~ ~ Rhodes Avenue Choir whieh > one-of the <?fty's finest.mush t organizations, and is under t L direcHt n of Prof. Wni. Wnhr< CRIME WAVE "IN BIR^p HAM. ' L LBirmingham,.. Ala., Sept.' One dead, five suffering fro 'Iknife and gunshot wounds', 01 facing ?; charge of murder, ai one a fh;irg<>-o"f -assault wit,h_i tent to kill is the result of week-end crime wave in this < ty in the colored-section, R< and Copeland was "stabbed death with an ice pick by I^pl; Zegler^Shelly McCloud was sh and seriously wounded by Bea sim rnjlnwipgL.a guar re -[Maggie Stmbh was .shot tojfeg by a woman known only as Be lah; and Charles Larsen w shot by Robert - James. T' scenes of the disorders were widely scattered sections of t city, and all oqcured within lew hours of each other. T exceeding warm weather of t ievv weeKs, and the lar, .supply of bootleg whiskey ) said to be responsible in a lar measure for the disorders. :_J1APTI.STS AUK HEARTY ' EATERS. Baltimore, Md., Oct.?Figui compiler! by -tire1 Afrc^Amerie * of this city show that the de 5 gates at the recent National B - tirrt-<r^Hwent-ie?- ate* -more th 10,000 chickens, 100,t)00 poun a of veal, lamb and beef, 500,0 a loaves of bread, enough i " cream tormake a mountain-hig er than^rrian ffas ever-elimb( ~ Tirrd itrank erroirgft softr-drin , to make a small river. PROTECTS MONEY IN L ... KTOcfciNG. L (By The Associated Negro Press 5 New York, N. Y., Oct.?Wh i v..:?..u?... 1- - ? * - rvnwjiiei, couk ill a KH t resturant, saw robbers trtlt 1to 3 holding up the proprietor ai 1 waiters, she dashed into the i . box, carrying forty~Ubllars her stocking. The robbers le ^ without discovering her, aft having taken $1,200 from, t - others. . * ? i . ? 1 THE LAST PA c({? ? VTURDAY, OCT. 3, 1925. H\ ' Im til : ! '*! ' -i . . > J r. UT THL COLOR PRONTO; CANADA oir Will Give A Joint Recital; Will Occi^r in A Colored lal Toronto is Agog J |are", noted ~ exppneTits of the V-n .-works of the~^great?English .ce composer Caleb Semper; while ri-. the JFirst Baptist?Ghohy under st the direction of Robert P. Edad wards, specializes in the Amerint canvtype of Anthem, and their ill rendition- of' .Spirituals twice as gained premier - honors at the ue Canadian National Exhibition, he hence the innsic lovers expect st an-?interesting -as?well?as?a iv_ k. unique programme, which will ! include enserhbles. The Choirs 0jl-i 1 = ?^ : t y^ jwril be accompanied by Thomas Lee of Rhodes Ave., and Mrs. fie Irene Da-bney-Luca^..of First BC,: Rapfist.,? : ? G- GARVEY p NEW YORK FOLLOWERS QUARREL. ? | New York, N. Y., Oct.?Dism ' sension'has arisen in the ranks tie'of the Universal'Negro Improve1d ment Association here, due to n- the?appointment?by-?Garvey n ilr? ' * 1 1 inline Atlanta :i- Prison of Dr. J. J. Peters, New d1- Orleans, as head of the local boto dy of the-organization, superan seding arid deposing G. A. Wesot! ton. Weston and - his group, n--aided and abetted by one of the d;:most powerful" of the locabmemthJhhs, Tarnbs A;? Brown, : have u- (questioned the-right of Garvey as. to function from his prison cell, he and are not disposed to obey in him. A meeting was called for he last Monday night, at which it he would be settled. It was not. he Weston is holding the position ge as president of the local group, is j while Peters has- the title. ge! ; - ?? ORDERS INDICTMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF MOB. (By The Associated Negro Preys.) . v A^heville, ,N. C., Oct. ?Ines dictnients for every member of mob who participated" in the le- j storming of the Buncombe ap county jail Saturday night in an1 an "attempt "to?taku a Negro ds prisoner, have been ordered by 00 Judge John ' Oglesby of the suce perior court bench. One mem'h ber, a woman, who circulated a id, petition against the imprisoned ks'manTwas arrested and" HT being ("TTTTiTi tiu ? ? ~ ~ iicm. k ut: prisoner s name is Alvin Mansel. In England wedding rings of ) cheaper grades are being worn en by the unmarried girls, who ;al imagine either that the sight of iit'theiing attracts men, or that nd the weddin gring protects them ce in public. in The Anartic Ocean"* has an :ft average depth of 5,731 feet, er Origin of tFTe word coral is he from two Greek words, sijgnify? ing "daughter of the sea." . ' * / PER THAT YO ?ai>et - ' ?1 Mpurpe NCuMij Seventeen DAYS APART f .. " Birthday Complications Loom In.the Lives of Junior and ~"T Blossom Mayhugh " ~r MOTHER INGOOD HEALTH Mrs. Mayhugh Went About Her Housework in Her Usual Marmer-and Awaited the Arrival of Second Child I (By The Associated N?jro Press.) Baltimore, Md., Sept?Birthday complications loom in the "lives of Junior and- Blossom" Mavhuirh. ' Although thev are twins," Junior did hot arrive uh-1 ' til SeliC 10, 17 days after the birth of Blossom, Both are doing well, and their mother brave-ly-"carried" on" through what physicians say is one of the mnt't romu'lfihlo nvrtgoTn .To ' T[1 " J-> Fully aware that she would soon have a little companion for her baby, who was born August 24,"Mrs. Mayhpgh went about -her?house?work?in her usual manner and awaited the arrival . of her second child calmlv. She enjoyed excellent health du^ng me-17 days whicR separated^tHe births. ' NEGROES REFlJSE TO PERMIT "ANGLO-SAXON" TO SPEAK. - ? Iiichmoiirt;?Va., 'Sept?When lion William L. Sherrill, actingpresident general of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. had finished his address at the Sharon 'Baptist. Church here Thursday night, he attempted to intoduce Major Ernest S. Cox, author of "White America," inand other racial nonsense. " Major Cox, along with other members of the Ku Klux Klan . commonly?known here a* the Anglo-Saxon- Club,' was, though - 44 wan not- publicly announced, scheduled to speak on this occasion. Before Mr. Cox had a chance to say anything^however Rev. Roger.I h; Johnson, pastor of'Sharon Church, arose and objected and refused to allow Mr. Cox to address the audience, giving as .his reastfn the fact that these champions of racia>l naganda that is not of the best intm'OMt. of thp Negro. If *i4-/-v* ***/-*! 1 4-1-* 1 ? ing Negroes here that, the ul--tenor motive of the Anglo-Saxon Club in linking themselves up with the (Jarvey movement is**to try to."drive" all Negroes put of America, " * . ' Now science is coming to the aid of the' mart With corns, ft is claimed that a large dose of Xray kills a corn so it may be removed in one piece, almost immediately. ... * 4* t *. - LQWILL GET 9 ADVERTISE?Cur^ rent,Social and Gen- 1 1 eral News., . 5c A COPY. BOY RESCUED BY SHERIFF ANIV KATHF.RJDisclosure of Inhuman Conditions?Federal Department of Justice Appealed To HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1923 .. ; ? . . v Carried to. Several Different Coiinties irtThe State, ~Un?2?mercifully Flogged For??? 1 ?>. Trying to^ Escape . _ Piedmont, S. C., Sept. 16th, 1.925.? Some tinife during -Navember 1923, | Nwnuniv Bolden was approached and offered a, job by one, Johnnie King, (home supposed to be in; Alabama".) Said job was supposed 1? be located ? .. jTour to five miles from Greenville * - 1 ' ?,??v. ucuik Liiiuspurieu co tnc Camp, assumed to be located n_ear Greenville, Bolden_against his wishes , ' was carried to a Camp near Blacksburg, ?. C.; from thereto York, thence'"" ?' -to Columbia,-thence to Elkton, S. C., who is a contractor employed on the Dixie Highway, in the" State of South Carolina. ' Johnnie King who is, or was at that time an "agent of John A. Cat.Mill, prundsod Thb i'oluhed boy $'2.'2p ner day. boiu;d. and sleeping annum laudations to?be?included.?Dolden : states that occasionally.' he received >i Lsums ranging from $2.00 to $5.00 for i approximately Two weeks* work, . * thence again he would be paid noth|ing; his pay suiting the'"convenience " fKe contractor. Tn this connec- * 7 tion,"desires to state that the food 1-wns fair, principal--articles of food were bread, molasses and fat back. "The" sleeping 'accommodations were jsuch that the average country farmer Twbuld hqsitate tojvuse this tent for either Kis cow or hog, in fact the ' average cow stall or.hog sty Would --' Hrtro Koon r? 1 ?. palate ,(fompa!'ea to accommodations that vtere-aetually furnished. You, of course, understand -that?this Camp was not a Conviet -Gamp and that- all the labuieis were kept under surveillance and any attempt to escape, the laborers were ? eventually recaptured, and punished severely by being forced to strip nude and being fastened over a barrell or log and flogged unniercifully by-the Contractor, John A. Carson ' "I or his Foreman, Mahaffey (initials . unknown.) At times the laborers were forced to go about their duties, As previous^"* stated Bolden was aptured"<5V shanghaied during November, 1923 and remained in Carson's Lamp until rescued -by hi* father -and j/eputy hhenll ?f tireenvillL' Coun- ty, who were accompanied to the Camp. by Magistrate Peoples of Barnwell County and his Constable, the rescue will be referred to at a later Camp/ Bolden contracted the niea sl^s, a Physician was called/he made , Iwq trfps ond.Jefi,jiQ.m.e- medicine to" be administered to Boldep. The <;Harge for such service was $,'10.00, which in my, opinion was excessive, as the Camp was within a distance of a mile and one-half or two miles of Elkton, S.C. " The Physician's" name is unknown to Bolden. While a prisoner, Bolden endeavored to escape ~~on one or two occasions, was^ recaptured and severely flogged or oeaien. un one occasion he was pre sumably tried before a Magistrate for attempting to escape, and a sentence of thirty (SO) days or $50.00 imposed, instead of being sent to the County chain gang he was turned over to the said Gar sen, who returned him to Camp to work out the fine. At the time this alleged trial took ptecer there was-no witnesses present ? except the Magistrate, the two defendants, one other boy hfeving attempted an escape and Carsom As 1 previously stated, they (the two boys Continued on page 2. - - V " ** ' V .V * - ' ? r- -