The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 07, 1925, Image 1
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DEVOTED TO THE ,
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THE PEOPLE;
vrnr=T^?NO. '44. .
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8,700 PEOPLE I
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?GATES THl JRS.
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A Howling Succcess-More Interest
Manifested tl^an Ever
? Before in lis ^.History -?.
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ALL OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
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-- Great Annual Foot Bali Game
Between Benedict and Allen
_l_1_ - Prize Fight New Feature _
The Negro State Fair, the
accustomed Fall Festival for
the colorpd ppople of South Ca.r- olina
closed last Saturday with
the-greatest success-eFits-longr
hist'ory of~~eighteen years, so
said Dr. John H. Goodwin, the
president, and who has held
that office for twelve successive
^years. "
The peopIcToFSduth Carolina,
manifested more interest than |
. ever before,; the opposition of;
t, certain newspapers,, the- adverse
criticism of unscrupulous persons
notwithstanding.
Tlio pvVviHi'Ha ?/ovq tvirmn .
?~ ~ ?^ v. muic general
over the state, the crowd
was larger than ever before on
Thursday, the big day.
It is~~estimated that ' more i
than 8,000 people passed thru1
the gate? on Thursday. ~T~
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. ^ SAME OFFICERS RE- '"j
[ELECTED.
The directors of the Fair Association
met at Bethel A. M. E-{
~ Church on Sumter St., on Wcd-|
L nesday night and re-elected the;
M same officers for the year 1926,1
^ wEIcb are as follows: Dr. J; H.
Goodwin, President, ( Columbia^,:
I Green Jackson, Esq., Secretary, j
^Lcolumbia; Prof. T. L. Duckett,'
m in ilii l CnhrrtTp .Supt-j?Ti?A.
Williams, Newberry, Treasurer.
?The following direct,or s.wcr&.
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pi1 II'i,nil nj?congressional dis-?district,
Summerton; W.-S. Wat-:
? soil, 2nd district, Ridge Spring;!
G. Cr Williams, 3rd district, Newj
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SNATCHE
N. A. A. C. P.
TO FIGHT FOR jj
I mr.RTY ANQ?CITIZENSHIP
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American Fund for Public Ser?
vice Gives $5,000 and offers
$15,000 More
IT IS DO NOW, OR NEVER c
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Messrs. Louis Marshall and
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MoorfielchStorey are Giving ^
their Services Free New
York, Oct. 30?On the ^
day that Clarence Darrow be- ^
gins his court defense in De- ,
troiLof Dr. O. H. Sweet and 10 ,,
other colored people, charged
with murder for-defending-Dr. j
Sweet's home frorrTa mofrTthe Q
Natiori&H Association -for the ^
Advancement of Colored -Ppq- t
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pie, Fifth Avenue, announces
it has begun to collcet & jused
in fighting the Sweet and
other civil rightscases.
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$5,000 has been given outfight
to the N. A. A. C. P. De- ^
fense Ftijnd by the American
Fund tor Public Service, known .
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also as the i Jar land Fund, and
$15,00U mofeit7ha>s been offered >
on condition tftht the N. A. A.
C. P. raises $30,000 to meet it, 3
that is, two dollars for every .
dollar .given by the Garland ^
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In announcing the "N. A. A. '
C. P. Legal Defence Fund Cam- '
paign, James Weklon Johnson, ,
Secretary of the N. A- A. CL-lvmrr*
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_ "Are 12,000,000 Negroes in
Amerlc^"T5ady'"td^back up the
N. A. A. C. P. in the "fight for ^
lihertyfand the Adrnmoft rights:^
of citizenship for every colorpd|.
man, woman and child in n
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Colored Stjrt* Fair Aaaaclatton.
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BE WEEK'S EDITOPIAIg- 2
rrom The Detroit Indepen
dent, -0etf-28, 1025;) "
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THE RACES CALL. ^
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Mr. Clarence Dirrow of Chi- c
ago, the nation's most renown- i
d criminal lawyer; Mr. Arthur^
Garfield Havs of New York of j c
lational fame and one of De- r.
roit's most outstanding attor->
eys, all white, have been re-! i
ained by the N. ,A~. A. C. P.. to'i
iefend Dr. O- H. Sweet, his two i
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rothers and seven others, now f
eing held on murder charge.'1
Vith these attorneys will be as- t
ociated. Attorneys Julian W.
'erry, principal counsel for Dr.. c
hveet; Cecil Rowiette, and i
'has. H. Mahoney, all three of 1
hese men of color represent 1
dmifof the-best legal talent of t
)arrow in this case has brought f
The very presence of' Mr. 1
ur city. ' . '. ?. ^
new angle of public sentiment t
nd' we think favorably?so.-k
Public sentiment is-pne of the
n this case, as in many others. *
The National Oflice ?f the N. t
i. A-- C. P. 'o? New Vork made t
masterly stroke when it se- t
urod the ncrVirc?of Mr. bar- T
o\v, not only are the Sweets
fril their associates-- orr trial,
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lit also the entire colored citi- j
enry of-Detroit,, yea, the colred
"peoplle of this country, j
it this time the N. A. A. C. P. (
nUrhtimr 17 restricted white
neighborhood" cases through- j
lit tV?o TTnifarl ' Qtofnn
The. price. of_I)r. Sweet's de- $
piise is the price of the defense- f
f every colored man's rights t
n Detfoft, ?to Ijve where ins x
loney will buy without inter- t
erences. One dollar from j
very man and \yoman of this
ity is but trivial. This small I
mount, howeyer, tvoulld, be l
irge enough to make the tight v
omplete and evidence the fact 3
hat we deserve the sacrifice of' I
le N. A. A- C. P. and the aide v
ttorneys in the cade.' t
-uThiHr-far, the citizens of Deroit
have responded splendid- y
7, but so far as raising money c
o have just started.?Through fj
he N. A. A. C. P. and the City v
/ide Citizens' Committee we f
re well organized to collect all n
ecessary funds. r~, } G
We are sure that every red \
ioodod --man ! auti -Truman will ~
ot fail to respond to the race's c
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Floyd J..Calyin in The Pitts- f
burgh Courier. Oct. 24, '25.) ?
The N. A. A. C. P. announces s
has' secured Clarence Darrovv n
minent criminal lawyer, to de- c
r>ml Dr. and?Mrs. O. If. Swce.t-^
Ml nine other tturumlaiils?rrr7
he Detroit murder case, which v
esulted aftty: the defense Dr. g
UFA/\f ?V? n "wvi* l-> ' - 1 *
ircci. mane ui ins norne in a y
white" neighborhood. The resence
of Mr. Darrow assures i
hat no pains will be spared to f
ot only free the defendants, r
ut to vindicate them in the ?
tand *which they took frnd The B
rinciple on which they actecL s
Mr. Darrowr^ireiSy' famous,
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RDAY, NOV- 7, 1925.
FAIR B
THE .GAI
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10,009 DEF
1ST SUNDAY SC
^KURO?TAXPAYERS WIN
FULL SCHOOL TERM IN^
SMITHFIELD, N. C.'
C. L. W."5mlth of Smithfiold,
C., reijurts?to the National
Vssociation for the Advance
nent 01 uoiorecl feopte that
:ok>red tax payers of that city
ecently won a light for a full 8
nonths' school term for their
children.?When the Board of
rrustees of the Sipithfield
Schools Ignored petitions -asfc
ng them to change their ruling
-educing - the school term to 0
nontj,fj^ the colored taxpayers
illled* a complaint in court and
lad a summons issued agairftt
;Re Board""oT'Tru'stees.
,Before the time set lor a
:onrt J\earing the Truslees_a^
jreed to meet with E. J. Wei-,
uns, attorney for the colored
.'xpaycrs, and passed a resoluion
directing that the" Smithiel<t~Gradcirt
"Schools he operated
"or a term of notjess than 8
nonths with requirements met
'or a standard accredited high
ehooi. j? - ?
According to ligtires compiled
jy the Negro taxpayers,, it was
ihowii that they were entitled
;o an .expenditure of $10,688 or
;heir schools annually and thai
he expenditure had fallen a)6ut
#2.000 shut I uf that suinr
A- Uvrile can-l&y 150 .eggs, ir
lalf an hour. J s y ,v
May, June, and July are the
greatest rainfall months ir
~!uha.
humiiDi-lf,' tyillf. even foi
rigs, must be pateurbed.
gamea wider fame as the de
eiiderjjf Leonokl and Loeb. the
wo "intellectual" murderers ol
Chicago, and still wid^r fame'as
lie unsuccessful defender ot
iohn T. Scopes at Dayton,
renn.T.last July in the -famous
Evolution case, in v.'hlcn \Yi!
iuii- aeiinings n*-1 ? 1 ]M ?y>jj
lis last act in the d ,vn>i ov hfy
Jr. Darrow's ex< ?< ?*. oi Mr
Jr.van by cross examination
/as the highlight of the evoluion
figseo. " J";
Negroes the country over
rill await breathlessly-the outome
of this case. A colored
nan's house was attacked by a
/hi to mob. The man fired
rom within. A member of the
-nob" was killed. , A clear case
f a man defending his home.
Vhat will, the verdict be?
.AddefF interest is"; ?.?rotrscd" bcrause
the case conies up in I)eroit,
a typical Northern City,
t will likely prove a precedent
01; other cases. T If the deciion
is adverse, it may.be the
ignal . to a determined mrtvenent
to retard the expansion
tf Negroes Jn decent and repdclftiT
T'OTTimtinltH's. ' IT it is
avorable to the defendants?" it
rill.be the signal to other Ne;roes
to hold their own aginst
ill odds.
The N. A. A. G. was wise
n securing such able counsel
or the defendants. On such a
nomcntous issue, no stone
should be left unturned to get
t right start on a question with
lueh far-reaching consequents.
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HOOL CONGRESS
" NLX1 SE^MUN
JUNE 1926. TO BE
HELD IN COLUMBIA;
.; 10,000 - Delegates and Visitors
Capital
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WAS THROUGH DR. WHITE:
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^ He is Backed by City Council
and Chamber of Commeace
? " of the City '
! South Carolina will be the]J
host of the greatest gathering j'
': of - Negro religious workers in 1
I her long history when n^xt-June-W
l.the. 12th, 10,000 Sunday School ,<
- workers. B. Y. R. U. ^residents*
' and leaders,, the National Lav^:
Lrum?hrr-'agnu will ji!-.i-,emble hi
Columbia.
The brimring of this National
; Baptist Sunday School Congress 1
| to this state was through the 1
[untiring efforts of Dr. J. -?C. 1
White, pastor of Zion Baptist
church, and president of the ,
State Sunday School and
j P. U. Convention. Two years J
J ago, Dr. Wftitet-tried to get this.'
-igreat National Congress here,'
when Cincinnati, Ohio took it i
' from . Columbia. t!
i Dr. White then had the jback-B
;ing of the City. Council and the
i Chamber- of--Commerce^which
! he will have this year,
s.j Definite information of the
i National Baptist Congress' coming
to Columbia was communis
- rated lu Dt. White in a ~telc?gram
from the Congress' Sec-;
r rrf.ary, JDr. Henry AJ^n?Bnyii-jfrom
Chicago, where the Com- ]
L mittcd met on Oct.*- 18th.?
The Nationr.il Baptist Sunday
School Congress is the most ef-j
ficient, the largest body of Sun'
day School workers in the world ,
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Secretary of the South Carolina
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' ADVERTISE?Cur*
rent, Social and Gen- * ~
?? eral News. .
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)ES FREE
TWICE TRIFf)
CONVCITED
OF MURDER
Wartime Finger Prints From the
War Department Seta Payne ?"
? ? Boyd Free
WAS MISTAKEN IDENTITY^
The State's Attorneys have been
Convinced that he is not
the Man Wanted ?.
After being t\v*ke triedand
convicted-of the murder of an
aged man in May, 1918, Payne ... *Boyd,
West Virginia 'colored
man, goes free, the State's at- "
torneys having become . con- ~ j
vinced 'he has been the victim
jf a case of mistaken?identity
Jl' Payne Bovd as 'dist ingm>hed _
from Cleveland Boyd, the man
sought in connection1-with the
The Blluefidil,"" West Va.,
Branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of~^ ~
Colored People raised $1,000 to
fight'* Boyd's case- Other West :
Virginia Branches of the NrA.
A. C. P. .-organized Payne Boyd
clubs throughout the" State and J .
aroused public?interest in the
case. '
Payne Boyd.,- was further
identified by both*7 white and - ,-T
colored citizens who testified **, <.
that he was not the ma<n wanted
for the murder.. ' Walter V. . -
Kos"sy=prosoeutmg'" -attorney o? :??r?Mercer
County, West Va., declared
that had the finger
prints Tjpen introduced in the
evidence at either of the earlier
trials?of-Payne?Bovd.?in big
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opinion the^ verdict of the juries
According to the Bluefield ~
Daity TcTc grafth, the case ''has
attracted?more interest than. ??
any other-case which has been
tried in Mercer County. In . ..
its second trial, the State
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