Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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pp- - m7} i. s. L! : Departm BIG LINE OF C \\ Men, Women &cXlh ^: -A Specialty. Sho< j; making and Tailori \ mentto seledt from If . . \> at the Lowest Pria ? $- ?Connected \vi R\.. * o ' |& - <; , First Class Barber p"V _ ; A Beauty Par m i. s. l I I Departm Eg"" r-1 ' ~ ~ T5^, | .* 1131 WASHINGTON I ' | " COLUMI I' ?v>v.vv.v>vr-vr?^-wwvwr-www> N. A. A. C. P. REPORTS MOST IP";' SUCCESSFUL, YEAR IN It . - HISTORY _ Continued from page one. ? , School ca^e&-\vert^ foug ht4o- piii "" lodelphia, Indianapolisr&ncTDay.. ' ton. 2T "White Primary'- and Discrimination. .Disfranchisement of colored voters by a "white primary" law in Texas is being1 carried on appeal from th? federal, courts in that state to the U. S. Supreme Court and N. A. A. C. fc .. f P. Attorneys are confident of the - outcome of the case. If the case Ts won, it-will be a decisive blow against disfranchisement' thruT . out the South. Discrimination nroo onnnnacif nll?. /-?d o4 ?* ao OUV^cooiuii^ vj?J at tuu T"?? Univ: uf Michigan, and at a ChiM / cago theatre where a $2>000 verdict was obtained. - |1 3. Legal Defense. The case of Dr. and Mrs. Ossian Sweet of v ; _ .Detroit ai^d 9 other defendants try* *r chiaged with mufeder fur defending Dr*. Sweet's horne from a mob on Sept- 9, became a focus both for the segregation and the legal defense work of the N. Aj A. C. P. Partly through this case, the Association was enabled to go before the country and api. peaL-for aid,receiving magnifi.-, cent support, from the colored x press and_ colored p^ppJelthriT out the land, with the result that a $50,000 Legal Defense Fund was completed late in December and the goal advanced to $65,000 by reasons of the second trial of the Sweet case, scheduled for early' in 1926. The jufy disa, f greement in the first trial was ? - regarded as a decisive blow?a gauist iiiuu euuris to segregate The first trial of the Sweet Case Jfe;.' cost $21,938.69. Other cases fought during the year fneiudet : the case of Luther Colling, of B V Texas, rnnvirterl of assault, whose sentence was changed after a third trial from death, to H&- 99 years, the case being now again appealed^ by the Houston Branch; the_case of Oswald Dum' ical College, of Nashville, son1 -- ^?-s tenced to life imprisonment for alleged assault/ who has been re' leased under bond after reversal of-tha lower court's decision Ixy the State Supreme Court; the case of William Spencer, sentenced to death for criminal assault in Virginia, for whom -a stay was granted three days be rfore the date Bet for his exeeu-' tion, when strong evidence was brought that the alleged victim ' had not been attacked and had died of natural causes; and nuKe' ineiuuH other case, many of th^nri handled by the various Branches WLf ^ ^>* ^ <> k_.<? ?4. Dyer Anti-Lynching- Bill. B^^ Gct into^e Sub / . , t yf'; V r. , r "* *\ ' ** * ' V { v S ' ' v . EEVY | f>.nt Store ? , ' -_J CLOTHING FOR 1 .* i \ ? '4 . < . i lildren. Boys Suits ss; MiHraery, Dress- \ ng. Large Assort- ] . J QQ - 4 L^O* _ - .? ' . i - - . . 4 th our Store Is \ : : 1 1 Shop for Men and j 1_? c \\T A ~ : tur 1 or yv omen EEVY -.j ent Stored * ST., PHONE 7567 i 3IA, S. C. ! " f * A new bill, thoroughly-re vised b; members of the National Lega Committee of the N. A. A. C. P especially Mr. iferbert K. Stack f An nf \Tnur Vnnlr V?no i ^ KV/ii wx XIV" l VI A, liao UCC11 111 troduced in the House of Repre ' sentadves by representative L C. Dyer and inTKe Senate by Sei a tor William McKinley, of Illi nois. During the year there ha: been 18 lynchings as against 1( last year, Misissippi leading witl 6; Florida second with 3 and Ga third with 2. ' - " 24th Infantry. -Thirteen for mer members of the 24th In fantry whose cases th^J^V A. A Houston race riot of 1917, have been released during 1925, leav ing in prison only 22 out of th( original 55 prisoners- Of the 1' men released during the year, i had originally been sentenced t( death and all the others to life imprisonments ' 6. Publicity and Branches. The Association gent upwards ol 480 releases or an- average of 1;5 press stories for every day in the year receiving thousands of feel or space in colored newspaper.5 and editorial and news space ir ?white ncwnpapcr3 from Nev York to California and fron Ma-ine to Texas^- -All records Tor-space were broken durin^ the 16th Annual Conference!? Denver, a Ku Klux Klan City, where the local dailies gavevmon than 50 feel uf space Id ttT5~N A. A. C. P. proceedings." Robert W. Bagnall, the Director of Branches, reports" thai jthe 388 Branches of the Association have done better during 19 25 than-ever before^ They havj conducted important fights against segregated Schools, denial of franchise, residential segregation and deniahof -civil-rights -fi'i i - - i x ney nave eviaencea ana ?xlmi ^rable understanding of methods and unity of purpose. The iinan jcial reeord of the Branches has been by far, the best in their his. 'tory. They have paid $40;102.1( } on their apportionment, manj iBrfenches going far beyond tin jkmc^nt allotted them, Snd hav( jsent the Association for all pur poses, the sum of $66,103.52. I 7. Ku Kluk Klan & Miscellan eous In Kansas the N. A. A. C P7 successfully opposed granting ioT a state charter to the Kla>n j Anti-Intermarriage laws wer< killed in Ohio, Michigan and Io iwa through N. A. A. C. P. action ^Showing of the "Birth of a Na jtfon" wa?3~forever prohibited ii jWest Virginia. Dr. W. A. Pier. ker of Virginia, vfras dismissec jfrom his honary post in the Chil partment of Labor, after the N | A. A. C. ,P. called official atten tion to the anti-Negro propagan (scription Contes l ii I ;- i' i 5SJ7JJP" THEPALMET ? i i fc-da ho was issuing.?The Amy |I; Spingarn Prizes for art and lilt terature, given through the Cri-' C sis, attracted so much work and f. the^awards created so much pub-' jj ifcrlnterest, that Mrs. Spingarn" C has paid over to the N". A. A. C. K P. $600 for the prize contests of 1926. In Denver, 39 States and I 75 cities were represented at the I? 16th Annual Convention of the 1 N. A. A. C.-P. I* NEGRO OUTLOOK HOPEFUL ! h 1 4 ? Continued from page one. I: expediting the process were bet-J |T ter than premature or anticipa-r jt VPry optimism. "Th&e'is}* in-]1 ? deed, as the Negro study indi-1J ?" cates, "a larger disposition to < ? mete out evenhanded justice.^! ?iNo. slight gain, that; nor can < [I I much more be said as yet. J ? A may take satisfaction in the ( ? finding of this Negro agency \ 5.;that "Colored Amerim v?qq ?J. jchcUi^," in business, literature, p P industry, farming? "in alL lines;5 ! where fhereAare productive pos- ' : sibilities;" that "right-thinking1 . white people We increasing, in J number" and "for the most part j have^ the courage of their con- 1 f jvictroms, ^Noi th and South." 1 \f -where, yet. "they have not quite | .1 the Courage, hut the - convicjtions/' the Negro editors com- \ - ment/Veven this is to be ap-ji > preciated/U The net deduction < Jis that "the better " mind of J u| while America is getting t ter," while in the_Negro group i the tendency is to "shove to the 3 discard where it?rightly belongs" C ; the "mind of oppression and degression." ' . | Differences reside; differences j less in principle than in details _ of definition and application? Southern newspapers generally ican assent cordially to the year's j .' end toast of the Associated Ne- , rj ?-?live A * '* ? Jr.?n America of honor,-justice and r j fair play; an America unafraid f^ | of the possibilities of, equal op-jj j'poVtunity; an America sports|manlike,, rather .than petty, in dealing with all fellow-Amerj? ! TVio Qfofo i H \yiTtI NONE IN SOUTH ? ty-1 y CAROLINA 3 ( ontinijjcd from page* 1? * 51 were indicted- Of the 41 per- * 1 sons thus before the courts, 21 ^ ^we-e sentenced; b suspended serf!"* 1?^eneos, dependent on good be-M 3 havior, of from 4 ^to 12 months jl r on the road; lfor tJU days in jail 1 i toad to 8 years in the peniten- 1 , rog.d to 8 years iin the peniten^j; 3. - j Ut the sixteen persons, lynchedTi [all were Negroes, Six or less 1 .[than one half of those put to t k death were charged with rape or;] . attempted rape.- The^ ofTenses ] . charged were: murder, 6*;? rape, } 4; attempted rape,2; killing offi- ( . cer of the law, 2; attacking child c 1; insulting woman, 1. The states in which lyncbings: _-Qccurcd and the number in each!i ^state are as follows^ Alabama, 1 , Arkansas, 1, Florida, 2; Georgia,^ _2; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, fi; Missouri, 1; Utah, 1; Virginia, 1. ] : ?? jj ) DR. J. C. WHITE SPEAKS !j r AT BARNWELL, S. CJ he quoted as playing a large part in ^ | our freedom wore:- Eli Lovejoy, Win- 1 - dCll Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, I James Rhssell Lowell, Henry Ward r! Beeeher, Hariett-Beeeher St owe, One-'} 'Join and others. He described Lincoln as a tall rail, ; I splitter with only a common schooL - education, but* who cqntinued to study 1 and grow in ability so much so that > i he finally became president of the ] iUnited States, When Lincoln was11 only, a boy, he saw* hpw cruelly the * slaves were treated and snidi?"If 1 ever get a lick at slavery, I will hit 1 . it hard." In 1861 when he became 1 'president his chance came. The Civilj " i War came on. the Blue and thh . fell side by side. After the battle of ? . 1 Antietaam, fought between Robt. E. ? j Lee artd George B. McClellan, Sept. i1 17, 1862, tdncoln said, "I promised i t--Yoli cannot lost ' ' ' - ' V'V"' TO LEADER my God if-he would drive Leeback #?8 South, I would set the Negro free." C Lee was jlriveh back arid and five 9 days later, out came his preliminary 5 Emancipation, which said. "100 dayq \ from today, which will be Jan. 1st, c 1883, I, Abraham Lincoln will issue r71 this Proclamation agalnSt all those 5 States and parts of States that shall 0;v be in actual rebellion against the U. 9 S." So, in 100 days the Proclamation x was issued, virtually setting free 4, C 1)00,000 slaves. ? -The Negro was turned loose wlth'x no money, property or education; but x be had good "horse sense" and by-the C band of Providence, he now has homes <*: schools, churches and other property amounting to millions of dollars, g Many have risen to great heights, but q he orator^reminded us not" to be sat- ? sfied with present achievements, TCHCOC hinking wo ore the -only race that has jrogressed, but remember that other races have made great'strides in thcsg'^? 33^years. T)ie white man has gone Y 'ropi -the ox-cart to the fllying ihine. During his entire address he ldd t.lm audience spell-bound. [-X? The next speaker was Colonel H. *!* D. Calhoun, (white) who paid a great: tribute to Dr. White. He said he re?retted that every white citizen in X Barnwell was not there to hear the *t* * , i wldress, and requested Dr. White to ,4^ lave the speech.printed and distribu- ? ted among both racgs. x He told many comical jokes, but a- *\* mong the facts, Mr. Calhoun reioiced to say that statistics showed. X thatt .during the year 1925 there had ** lot been a person lynched in S.~C., *5?fronp 192'fV JTa wlan said that the X jest white peopl? were friends to the X best colored' people, but admitted v here were -the lower clas in both aces. He admonished the -farmers JV ;o plant mere foodstuffs instead of , ;o much cotton, which was a-fine ad-??( i..u ' -Mre At the close of the exercises Dr. sicli SVhite was given many heartjTTiand ft siuates anu congraiuiauons. znon, ^hr Columbia and S. G. should feel honored: renj 0 be associated .with such a man as Dr.' White. . * - . '?tli iv tun ABBEVILLE LOCALS E ???? spe] Rev. J. B. Smith and family :Qa. eft Thursday for Laurens, 'phr vhero the Rev. has beeft-appointr j com id pastor of the A. 1VL_E. Church J na They will he greatly missed by I 1 host of friends here who re- to I rret thpir Hpnartnrp Li?m ?7 .?*?;??? 1 pner After"c? long illness, Mrs. Janie!{ng.. Tavis ^ied- at her heme tcrrr-^ Branch Street, Thursday morn- SpG] ng and was buried Sunday in pap< Harbison Cemetery following \yil funeral flcrvieftk' at gt. James ^br M. E- Church, conducted by ]\] ler pastor, Rev. P. M. Gary. teac The following College students seV( lave returned to their respective | "jy Colleges to resume work,-after1 tun Miju^ing the pleasures or the'ter Christmas holidays -with -their? lome people:- Misses Ruth ^\ja Butler, Helen Latimer and sp'e] ^loycl ButreF to State College;! par( Misses Mary T. Greene, Jrene Owens and Maggie- fBmith,. to| lv ^llen Univei\^ty ; Eljvsine He^rd peh .uiuuiciiuujc , Aiiuvvciru iviuti/litrmi | :o Shaw Univ., MTss GussiejMr. Heard, to Atlanta Univ. Ward ft' Fleed to Hampton Inst. ~ an(j Misses Eddie and Rebecca are >ay^f theT^Hty-of-Haines In-bjnd ditute spent the holidays with jes< ;heir motherrMrs. Georgia Gray. Mrs. Allie Simpson of Chi-ago-h-vl^tingr her parents, Mr. incl Mrs. Boston Johnson, on Whitehall Street. She is^accom- T lanied by Mrs. Hatte Gamion. They havp^been delightfully en-!Con ;ertaineT at a number of social, sc 'unctions. 123Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marshall tica Fr. and baby motored from Phil- The Ldclphia to spend the Christmas j ver: lolidays with home people. They ren< vere acohipanied by Mrs. Mar- Gra shalts mother and brother. Mis Miss Willie Mae'Hodges has T1 eturned to Conway after spend-AVoi ng the holidays with relatives- ! ber Mrs. Mary Arnold* of Atlanta,!Gift s spending several days here1 grai ,vith her son, Mr. Ellis Fuller on Bov Poplar Streets ?- - X -3M "Mrs. Nellie V. Gallman "and'Will jfflp rlanghtf.r, Fkin, gponf tVin nlnc, veek-end with her father, Mr. was Sdmund Johnson. We, Mrs. SamiieL Edward s,r Mrs, Id en: \bbie Chappelle and Mrs." Jose- pres >hine S. Wright attended-the E- E nancipation exercises in Green- cess tfood Friday. " 7 7 ' and V ' DAVE THE B/ invites all of his Friends an his new place of business, Thomas' B; Masonic . : ' _j Next ? I. S. Leevy's De LADIES HAIR BOBE Get Be C cwn&ult? Hair Culture, Facial ing, Hair All done bettei ~ . B3 l ^ Mmes. Addie Lyles Poro Bea 1131 Washington Stree lias" Lillic It- Tillman is still"3 at the bed-side of her aunt L. Mi new a Ji.i1imsi.ui vvhu to: [iss Cleo Fair, who spent the istmas holidays with her pats, Mr. and Mrs. Butler Fair, irned Friday to Georgetown. Irs. Abbie W. Chappelle reled to Greenville' Surtday. ?r. and Mrs. L. G. Humphries j it the holidays in Gainesville, | j 1 A ^ - as tne guests 01 Mrs. numies' parents. They were aopanied by Miss Harriet AnBrooks. ^ .. tis Charlotte Rapley returned lelton Sunday after a visit to parents, Mr. and Mrs. FleniRapley. . fis? Frieda Wilson after iding the holidays vvi^h-her ants, Mr. .and Mrs. Thomas son, returned to her school-in th Carolina. [iss Geneva Pressley, who is hing in Ridge Spring, spent iral days with home peoplfe. [iss Lucy Ella Deveaux relcd to McCormick Sunday afa few days visit home. J [r. Ashfield Baker and Miss| ggie Baker ofl Philadelphia ntf the holidays with their mts, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond :er.'" liss Blancbo Reed returned to ^r,?Thursday aftgr spending holidays with her parents and Mrs. William Reed.' lr. and Mrs. Albert Taylor, little son of Evanstcrn, 111., visiting their parents/. Mr. Mrs. AIbert Taylor and Mr. se Saunders,? * . .. he Johnston Rosenwald Grascrrooi neici tneir Christmas cert in the auditorium of the :Kool, Wednesday December The auditorium- was artislly decorated for the occasion i program. consisted of two ^Interesting plays. The 1st dered- by the 2nd and 3rd ides under the. direction of he-play entitled "Santa Claus' 'kshop." .The closing numa play entitled "Christmas ;s, rendered by the advanced des jdirected by Miss A. Ml ian . iams and Mrs. L. McLees The ing featuie uf the evening *> Christmas tree, the Faculty, thank -the stut* and-fNoiidu for the many sents. mancipation Day wra a mc;. The student-body, patrons friends assembled in Chapel 1 7 Contestant ^ a Saturday January 9, 1900 'V>,vww7?fW>mO*Q*^WWW5*<y^WY-rt^vv>v>%>-<>-o-ty\j-Q^,fyv J0|i ROOF. ' :t?S \RRF.R - : ;;iOj d Customers to see him atl I arber Shop i J Temple \ Door part men t Store \ T~ MNG A SPEqALfY dutiful L_ e Specialist ' Massaging, Manicur- |! Bobbing than the best " ? & Geneva Houston ? uty Shop _ spartment Store?j \? i':o witness - the program. The Music for the day, under the diI'L'i'liun of Mlas L. vviinams. rue Scripture Lesson was read by Rev. C. H. Copeland, Prayer by Rev. C. P. Stallings. Miss M. A; Jackson read the Proclamation. Several papers, songs and read- ' infra Vi\r fVi? PnnnHtf WJ HIV, A av,U!tJf illClliUCia and others. Prof. C. Albert i J Reuhens, of Bettis Academy was . g Orator of-the Day, his subject x "Complete Emancipation." The M audience was held spelUbound m by his brief; but pointed and elo quent message. A few bHef re- ^j marks were made by the Principal. The Board of Trustees ask- ^ thI for an offering, which amount ed to ?15.9.0. The assembly was then dismissedJoy Rev. R. Bland. The Domestic Science Teacher Mice A_ 41a. uiunii, nau jjicpaxeu a lunch for the guests.^We pas-??. setHo the classroom and feasted sumptiously. ?A few~out-door sportswere ~ played on the Athletic field, Stude Ball, Dodge Ball and a preliminary game of Foot Ball. We then assembled at Seven thirty for the closing entertainment of the dav. After playing. several games and marching, a: delightful course of sandwiches ----cake and cocoa was served. ?Mrs. L. B, McLoca and her niece, Miss L- Williams, spent the holidays in Columbia at home. " Prof. C. S. Mcintosh spent a few days home last week in. Winnsboro. Miss E. F.-Wiliams spent the noHdays home with family in Orangeburg;? Misses A. M. Bovian and Mr | A. Jackson had a delightful ~Christmas tn theT city. \ ! The State College students of our city spent a pleasant Xmas at home with their parents and friends. ..Mr. WiHie~Bass, Mr. James Mobley and Miss Minnie Mobley. Rev. Stallings wish to thank" his Christmas revival, conducted by Rev. C. H. Copeland. ! Mr. Jaspe^ Mtoblgy yrru>Pr extend to the public a cordial invitation to visit his place while ? in the city- Groceries. Confpp tionery, Hot Lunch, Gas and Oil. ~ PEOPLES?DENT ?awl -MtffHftlfron Peoples of Pa(TucaTi, LCy., announce the marriage of their daughter, Tela ?n Pair V V fl. Dent of Kittrell, N. C., at home after January 1st, 19.26, Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C. , J M. H. Holloway's Business Schoo* -and- night school for adults, with a i ^ corps of efficient teachers, and a large class, will open for the work of the vjy Mew Year, Jan. 4th. 'ins- - See pagfejjT^