The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 31, 1925, Image 1
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DEVOTED TO THE
INTEltfeSTS O t
THE PEOPLE.
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NEGRO C
COMANCHE
? BURNED OFF
k MAYPORT
v White
Passengers Stunned by
the Sight of the Heroism of
the Colored Crew -?
$?-?_
WOMEN WERE SHRIEKING
Some ^Survivors Mistook their
Daring for Neglect _and^
Recklessness
- (fly The Associated N-egro Pressor
Jacksonville Fla. Oct.?White
passengers on the Clyde liner,
-Comanche, which burned off
iMayport. last Saturday?were
stunned by the sight of the her
oism ol the colored ci*ew_as- the
flames tore their way from the
lower Inlinnor o A-f
V??v UVVUO VI IIIC
vessel.?With death?starring
them in the face, the intrepid
members of the crew went about
the work" handling the ship
with no thought of fear, laughing
and chatting among themselves,
and doing all they could
to keep up the morale of the
"passengers. Many of the wO*
men were crying and shrieking;
Some ..of the survivors Were so
frightened during the ordeal
? that they miotook the daring of
the crew for neglect and reckxessness.
I- NEGROES HAVE NO
FRIENDS AT COURT
K DECLARES TVI. CHISUM.
___(By^Thg~A.ssoCiated<' Ncgro'Prpss.)
B St^-Leuis, Mo., Oct.?"The
B dire 'and humiliating positon
Y- whch. .the Negro occupies n ArheY?$|!n
politics today and the
lack of influence which the race
possesses with the administration
is due primarily to the fact
t Vlfl f WO Vinvo no troioo o.f nnutiX
, v??v*w ?T V ? V 41V * V/UU1 I
in the cabinet or among the
close advisors of President Calvin
Coolldge.
T Said Melvin Chisum,-field secretary.
of the National Negrc
Press Association and well-inforrped
student of political af.
. fairs in ?*n interview' .Friday
According to Mr. Chisumthe
_??Negro can count., upon, one or t.wf
fiyinrnfc? f lr? narv in onf V?r\vif if
11115^1 o in auinui ilj w 1 iv.
are actively, jn his behalf. Postmaster
General New is one'.oi
~ these. Ever since his earlj
???days in' Indiana in which state
he advanced until he represented
its poptrtece in the Unitec
States Senate, General. New has
been one of those who believec
that a man should be judged a*
an American citizen and accord
ed treatm<yit ahd recognition 61
his wrrrth a sa<n individual. Gen
eral New is credited with post
office supervisory promotion*
made in Chicago, New York anc
other cities as well as the ap
pointment of John -D. Gainej
as assistant chief clerk in Wash
_ ington. a position never held be
T W 4- Vk 1 CI Vl A V* O a V\AAV? o.a
lUi c? ill txuo lie iiao uecii cuo
sistecPenthusiastically by Gov
emor Barttett, First - Assistan
Postmaster General, and Colon
el Paul* Henderson, second as
sistaht postmaster general an<
son-in-law or congressman Mar
tin B. Madden. A
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REW SAV1
LIFE IMPRIS
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mrs, artless ma
GRACE-WALLACE NUR- \\
TIALS^
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1Mrs. Bessie Moorman, of Co-?
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lonial Ileighta, thin- 'eiiy, ?mt- f nounees
the marriage of her j
* daughter, Artless Margaret to i
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I--GETHSF.M ANF. RA-PTF
, AND SUNDAY SC
With The Zion Baptist ChiirQ
' 1 Association of the
The- fifty-eighth annual ses- j
sion of the Gethsemane Baptist r
_ Association -is now history.
i -This record-breaking session^
i was nem wun me voion rsaptist
. church,- Columbia ; beginning
Wednesday the 21st and going
through Friday, 24th inst.
The Gethsemane Association,
it will be~"remembered is the oldest
Negro Baptist organization
in South Carolina. It is the j
mother of the fifty-four Asso-j
ciations which make up the
280,000 Baptists of the old Pal>
metto State. ,
' jThe session_opened Wednes
day morning on schedule time
when the Moderator, Rev. J. C.
J White sounded the gavel and
>- called the house to ortlei, and
> anounced the time of the Intro-1
ductory sermon;?which was i
: preached hy Rev .T M Frppmg.nl
r of Wallaeeville. Bro. Freeman I
* spoke from the subject of the i
"Responsibility of Stewardship/*]
1 The sermon was pnint^ <^1] \
i gotten up, and forcefully deliv-;
1 ered. Never during the entire
5 session did the brethren forget
- that they were stewards, in
^ whose care God hacF entrusted
- the souls of men. The doctrinal
- sermon was -preached by - the'
* "Rev.'R. F. Lee, of Rock Hill,
- Uonableness of the Doctrine of
r the (Resurrection." Rev. Lee!
- is one of South Carolina's best
- young preachers and it was aj
- treat to sit find listen to him. i
- A solo rendered by Mrs. Rebecca
t Reese, ?f Columbia was ^very
- good. Dr. C. B. Antisdel, pres
ident of Benedict College then>
1 spoke on the subject: "Benedictj
- College and its claims on the'
Gethsemane Xssociation," which
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tROWT
ES LIVES II
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RGARET GRitt^. v 1
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Mr. Willie Grace, of Atlantic ^
City; N*. J., June 10, 1925. ? , c
Mrs. Grace who*is well known j
in-Columbia, was formerly Miss i
Artless Wallace, a student of i
Hooker. Washing-ton Hig+i-school. 1
?Mr. and Mrs. Grace will make c
their, home in Atlantic City. c
W ^ASSBCIAXIQH I
^unrvi rrv\i\;rMTiAM
Jl IKJKJLm V tin I r
Rccorebbrcaknig Ses?iuii--liehl -j
Ife^JLast Week. The-Mother t
Cnher Fifty-four -. > I
was both edifying aml-enHght- (
oning." ^
?Thursday was a busy?day^ r
Many: vfe1'*01'** v>rtnrH wa""f[
some of the most prominent c
were: The Revs. D. G. Dudley, z
of Louisville, Ky., A. E. Moss, (
Augusta, Ga., RevT Mr. Dudley \
of Savannah, Ga<., Rev. H. W. t
Long, this city and Deacon S. (
R. Rice, of Union and Dr. J. C. 1
Tobin, uf"Union. " " r
The Institute lecture deliver- t
ed by Dr. H. W. T<ong will not r
oe soon I or gotten. The lecture I
by Dr. Dudley was a masterpiece
on the: "The Keys of fhe king- i
dom," which swept the Associa- ]
tion '(|T Us feet. Dr. Dudley^
delivered another masterly lec- i
ture on Friday niirht. subject' J
*'The Soul, and what is it?" <
The Association voted their un- ,r
qualified approval to Mm-.to
travel throughout this Associaliunal
fluid and teach the scrip-1
tures. 1 ?-=* ?
Mirris College was ably "pre- x
senied by Dr. J. j. starks, the ~
president. Our Association
stancls untr&Tnmelled for all ,
which Morris .College stands.
Dr. Starks is-^atways a welcome ~
guest in the Gethsemane field.
The Rev^-J^P, Reeder, of
Rock Hill, State representative,'of
the Foreign, Mission board of t
the .National Kaptist. Cnnven. |
tion (unincorporated) made an
able plea for the work and -he ,
was given a spllendid collection^
The subject ^ "The deacon's'
relationship to the pastor,*' was ^
profitably diacu;**ed- by^-Deaconsn
S. Jr Dunlap, English; J. H. ^
Waiters, Columbia; J. C. Smith, j
Cayce; I. S. Samuel, Blythewood .
and W. F. Coleman, Columbia.*'
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Continued on page five. ji
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DAY, OCTV31, 1925..*
SIBURNIN(
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3R SLAYINC
CHURCH GIVES
$10,0(20 TO
EDUCATION
5robably'a Larger Amount than
any other Colored Church
in the Country
>T. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH
^ev. Clarke, the ^Pastor is the
Former President of Lincoln j
University of M^souri -??J(By.
The Associated Negro- Press;) f"ClevclaiuV,
O., Oct.?St. John
V- M. E. cliiircK of this city, of '
vhich Rev, Edward M." Chirke 1
V. M., IX D., is pastor, has gi en
over ten thousand dollars to 1
he cause of education -during 1
ns^pasiorate of the last- five (
'ears. This Js probably a larger
amount than any othei* col- J
>red church in the country has '
riven. Rev. Clarke is a grad- (
late of Wilberforee University ^
ind a former teacher in Wilber- '
'orce, as 'we'll as former presi- {
lent of the Lincoln University *
>f Missouri. '
TUSKEGEE TRU.STEES HOL^
ANNUAL MEETING: ~
(By The Associated yegro. Press.) |
New ?York, Oct.-r-The annual ,
needing of the Boafd of.Trus- (
eGs of Tushegee Normal and j
^ ,1 .,,.4-,.; ~ I T?Li*-.* y i it
nuu?until iiisiuuici was neia j
leneral Education Board. Dr. j
Ailliam Jay "Schibffelin, chair- (
nan nf t ViP.Jinard, prosified. j
?OheUis?A?Austin. Prosiderrt-j
)f the Seabord National Bank, (
tnd -chairman of the Finance
Committee, presented the rejort
of progress on the Hamp- ,
on-Tuskegeo Endowment Fund j
Campaign for five million dol- j
ars for the two schols and an- ,
lounced satisfactory returns'on ,
he investments-of the Endow- (
nent Fnuds of the Tu sice gee .
institute.
Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes an- |
lounced a< gift of 810,000 from (
diss Olivia Phelps Stokes to be j
mown as the Margaret J. Wash- j
ngton Memorial Scholarship ]
Tund -in honor of the late wid- i
3\v of Booker T. Washington,
fhis fund will be used for needy 1
?William II. Carter, former
Jost accountant of tlie -Tuske- (
?ee Institute, was elected treas- I
irer, succeeding Warren Logan ^
,vho \\*as recently retired. h
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MOB STORMS MISSISSIPPI '
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(By The Associated Negro Press.) 1
New Orleans, ? La., ^ Oct.?-A !
nob of five hundred whites 1
hreatened two men a-nl a wii-J
nan, in jail at Ctarksdarr. Mis*., "
vho" are charged with the nuir-'l
ier. of Grover Nichols,- manager;!
>n the Traynum p'anlution <
whose hotly wan found hacked i
,vith an axe a_nd tied, to a stoveh
n the oflice. The trio was ar-';
ested after bloodhounds fob :
owed a scent from the scene of
die murder to their home. They
leny their guilt and expect to
;>rove an alibi. |i
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1 VESSEL
1 HIS WIFF
THE KILLING 1
OCCURED
LAST AUGUST,
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It was During the Closing Days 1
of the National Negro Busj- '
^ness League Session " t
WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Dr. Travis Shot his Wife Four *
Times-His Defence was
I , "* "? ' *'? I ^ rpj
? ; Insanity ??7?
.. v? hc?
Q3y 'LLc.. A-^ociuUMl Xe^ro Press.;1
Tuls%-0kla.,-. Oct.?Convicted 'C
by ii}p jury hearing, his case of ;
iirsl degree murder Pr Pl-itn i
Travis, widely known dentist of J
H 0
litis city, was sentenced to life
npmmmcnt here Monday"?for 1
wife, Mrs. Lucille Travis, last r
(August. The killing which oc- ^
jurrcd during the closing days
)f the National Negro Business v
League session which was being 1
leld here at that .time, attract- c
icT nation-wide attention,' be--7";
:ause of the prominence of?the ^
Llectased, who was the daugh- c
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. II. GoO'dThe
testimony showed that p
Mrs. Travis was assisting in en-jr
;ertainng guests at an afternoon D
oception given in un apartment;-^
m * Greenwood avenue, when '
Dr. Travis called her on the ^
ohone. Coming to the apart- *
nent a few minutes later, he c
liad her get her wraps and ac- *
company him. -As thev an
->ioai-hcd the door of the build--t
Ing, ho. tthot-her-four times with =
deadly'effect. A number of the *
jtiesls were delegates to the T
League and-''many theseTe- llurued
for the trial, testifying x
In- behlaf* of -the -state, and mak- a
hg a very strong impression on v
Lhe jury as to the high charac- f
ter of the affair given and the t
excellent, standing of those in (>
attendance, . ? c
Dr. Travis relied upo insani- c
.y for his defense and stated t
.hat. when his wfe failed to f
cave the .reception as he urged, a
lis mind became blank and he i
emembered. nothing until after
ire had bedirplaced in jail?
WOMAN FREED OF MURDER t
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?Philadelphia, Pa., Oct.?Wild g
heering marked ttle freeing ^
lere of Louise "Thomas, the 'a
/oung woman whn ha rtheen sen T
lenced to die for the murder of
Harry Saunders, colored mem- (
jer of the vice squad. Louise c
fhomas. a comelV young wo- r
nan, well known in the under- c
world, had, it appears, tried to ,
sever her relations with Officer ^
Saunders. On February, 21, '24; 7
in her room jmJZlsl.street near ^
[cged to have shot Saunders f
five times.. She claims that 4ie j
drew his revolver to shoot her, )
iuid that when she seized the f
pistol it was tfisrhargedv-^Shc f
rxlcls that she thought she was r
?hot, and pulled the trigger five }
times, until Saunders fell Thrad.'
The new trial was allowed by {
t he Supreme " Co u r t on a tech- ,
nicality.
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/fsUilsCRIHE ANI)^
ADVERTISp?Current,
Social ;*nd Genera
1 Newsier: ??*~
''.??y~jT DC A COPY.
THE GREATEST ',v
OF CRIMINAL ~
I AWY-F.RS
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L/arrow will Commence Court
Defense in Detroit, on
? - October dQth r
4 1 1 "
:ASE TO COST OVER $ 15,000
?; -o ..'
3r Sweet and. 10 oth^ Npgr^fi
to be tried forRepuisingMob
from Dr. Sweet's Home
. .Clarence. Daimv,, who. _ hak Vr '
?UUll l'tllgiTTCd by the National
Vs.sociation for the Advance- . ^ "
nenf of Colored People to defend,
Dr. .0. II. Sweet and ten .
)ther .'dolored people in Detroit
or repuDing mob from Dr.
jweet's "home, has obtained a<tay
of proceedings until Or-'
ober,oO tn give hinv Hmn
irepare the case. On October- ??
O.it is expected to go to trial
ft?Judge. Frank J. Murphy's
_ourt^_ytiidge-Alurphy recently
eleased' Mrs. Sweet in $10,000
>an.
Association of Mr. Darrow
vith Die Sweet defense has aoused
enormous interest in the
ase, the Chicago Da-ily News.
ending' a "special coffespendent p.
iregory T. Dillon, to cover the
ase. . ... j
The cost of the Sweet case,
t is conservatively estimated
nil exceed Slo.uOQ and^pussibly: 1
un up to $20,000. Onhls .visit
o Detroit on October 10, when
lo~ was accompanied by Walter -?1
Vhite, Assistant Secretary of
he N. A. A. C. P.,'Mr. Darrow
leld conferences with the local
olored attorneys and others incrested
in. tk-secase, laying the
grounds for the case. While
n Detroit Mr. DaVrow said : --1
anr-going-4o ri.tc.uivu ^ OOP
o fight this case, I would do it
or nothing if 1 could afford4 it
>ecause t"He?e is a- principle in olved.
These colored people . - ..
re entitled to a fa-ir shake. It
rill cost me more "than- S5.000
o try this case. I do not wanthe
people to think that I am
le fending these Negroes because
if an exorbitant fee. It will 7
ost me more than I receive to'
ry the case but* I have a deep*
elt interest in the colored race
nd hope for an improvement
a their condition."
The National Office of the N.
i. A. t . i'., lias guaranteed the
ees of Messrs. Darrow and Arhur
Garfield Hays of New York .
md Walter M. Nelson, ja Detroit
attorney, &s well as the expens- ~
s of investigation, travelling
iful hotel accommodations. The
otarud peopttr of TFefroTrfhrn
he local branch of the N. A. A.
1 P., and other agencies are ?
indeavoring to raise as much
nonoy^fru poauihlc to meet the !.\penscs
of the case. In conlection
with the case, Walter
VPl rt It'b r\ Art b id n r4 4~V> a ? .
wiiiv; .TOKiuuvu liu; ai- ?.
angemcn.ts with Mr. Darrow,
ra?D -???
"Dr. Sweet* and the other 3eendants
are in jail not because
.liey have committed a. crime
)ut because they are Negroes
tnri dared to defend their home
ind their lives agatnst a mom
Fliey are in the forefront of the
cattle -belhg waged for all Negroes*
in'America and in a larger,,
sense they are fighting for ,
justice and fair play for all A-Continued
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