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y-~ Everybody ?j^KBSBSSSSBSSBBSSS^.. ^j| ? T THIS PAPER ISjfc DEVOTED TO THE / J INTERESTS- OK \mJ ^ THE people. ^j| k VolTII?nq. 2 T.' ~ ' ? * 9 ;V* v . ' MEETS HERE IN ' , COLUMBIA IN JUNE 7 ?? The World's Largest School of * Bible 5tudy ^and Modern Sunday School Methods P r "^^7; 10,000 PEOPLE EXPEtTED I 1> jVwht \r d t f th TJ Skate Sunday School and B. Y. iP. U. Convention Appeals to Baptist Brotherhood ^ :_ Columbia will be the host of jn | the National Baptist Sunday School Congress, June 8-15., 1926 4 This is the largest and the mosf efficient school of Bible study : and modern Sunday School me thods to be found -en-t-he-conti1_ _nent_of_America^-' 10,000 dele- vs "7gates, and visitors will invade j the old Palmetto State next ^ June. Great ministers, business , and professional men, educators Va ? orators, biblical analists and B.ifa T. P. U. experts together with) .. " hundreds of - experienced and th consecrated teachers will be here m t??men and women. th The National Sunday Congress gY is really a big Annual Summer til ^ School, of Sunday School meth- |Xn ods. There the struggling pas-!te '&? tors, superintendents and teach-'pi ? ers. and _president?L_of_ LL Y. P. ^ -tr?. U. will be shown howto build up oo j? a real front line Sunday School,'Cr how to maintain a vital B. Y. J\ W U., organization, and how to fe f glide smoothly-over the ups and(pl : downs of slumps which naturally'or ?, coma in roligioun organisation*.1 it Besides this School of methods there will be the National Bap-^jth tist Laymen Movement and thejes National Baptist Cadet "Corps, vi which. bring&.:Jiiiiidreds of lay-jar men, and many cadets, in their1 fr ' tVlptv rkwn ViflnHa ' ' n: V..W* VTT1I WM11UU. tt? National /Baptist Convention, th >, will call the Executive Board of co ' . .-tne National Baptist Convention pi - to meet in Colombia at the same ce time, ..which is composed of to preachers* from every State in is the Union, and this will aug- th ' ment the mammoth crowd by (in ^ -200-or 300, -i4h Since the Lott-Cary Foreign nc Convention "arrcCtlre National- nt Baptist .Convention of America}? have been united, this will bring al another host of Baptists here,|eo reaching from Boston through-;N out the New England States C< down as far as Charlotte, N. C. [so In fact paople will be herel from ocean to ocean, and from j pj the pine fields of Maine to the s 1 Everglades of Florida. Phavo already heard from Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Tex- ta as, these States are naw planning fc to run "special trains" to Colum- P< bia. - In In' view of t hese ~Factsft 3% < would tax the 280,000 Baptists, pi '* ot south Carolina to their/ ut-jof ing. I "^arn""hereby calling on idents together with all the ih teachers and B. Y. P. U. work- Pi era to prepare for this great ca I gathering in June. At the Feb, di meeting of the executive board |S< of the Baptist State Convention J si; ?-ContiniiAd on page 8. r I 1 . ... ?- r'v,^.WTWSm - - ^ * & Wins in Our! *LBAF rHE SWE i A. C. P. F ENN. WELFARE 1 DEPARTMENT j were had Throughout the ^ State EGRO BUSINESS INCREASE I Wilkes-Barre, Negroes and whites for the First time Joined in Music Festival ^ New York, Jan. 15?^The Na- 1 mat Association for the Ad-_ tracts from the Ahnua?l Intericial 'Report of the Pennsyl- ? tnia State Department of Weh * re. ' The report shows that during 1 ie past year, 32 interracial i eetings were had throughout j e State. In Wilkes-Barre, Ne- ; t oes and whites, for the first j me joined in a music festival. r was opened 'for colored peo<\J_ In Nek Konsington, real ^ ta?e^-de&lers?were- called- into inference lo meet Die?over- } owding and bad housing from v hich colored people were suf- j ring. In Phildelphia, new emoyment opportunities for col- ~ pd nefiplA T-opnT-rf^?^?p-d ^ _ ,* m ^ c ijd11 f <* l* 10 i\y w urk. L Segregation is reported on y ie increase- in public schools, I pecially of Philadelphia "and'r cinity, and, according to the e made to discourage Negroes ? om completing education."'^ rprises among?Negroes?are? en<tiiy increasing. Many of 1 ie business heads formerly , ndnrtofl?lucrative?business j aces in the South a-nd are sucssfully promoting the same in- ^ rests in' Pennsylvania. This Y serving as a real stimulus to e Northern-born Negro ' and c many places they are estab- ^ diing business places in com- j stition with the Southern busi- j iss men." . .; The State Welforc Department so reports improving... health } inrlitirtnC! onfl tViQ orlim'oomn nf "VW Uliv* tUVy MUllUOiTlUll ui eptfoes to the Chambers of j )mmerce and other civic and } cial bodies. J > -? ?,M i fCKENS INVITED FOR LEC- j TURES AT SPRINGFIELD t COLLEGE ? ??; ft Williams Pickens, Field Secre- j t rry of the National Association } ?r the Advancement of Colored + sople, has been invited to de-!j /er a series of lectures from: [hoary "26 to 28, under the aus- \ ces of the Student Association t Springfield College, Spring- jj >ld^ Mass. jt "Southern TenttmenT TiasT re-| ?nts from sonal &nd nthpr iges at the College _and Mr. !c ickens will present the Negro's ] ise. Mr. Pickehs is also to ad- r ess an audience in the High j ?hool at Coatesville, Pa. on the t ibject of "Our American Race j roblcm."? Unparalled Off ? ippni 11 iwj % Subscription COLUMBIA, S. C., SATUR nsns " '*" 1 1 * DECEIVES 1 3REW A GIAN1 >> ^EGRO KNO WN AS TOMATO KING ^um Wynne is a Negro known as Tomato King of Colum- : bus, Mississippi /INES ARE 17 FEET HIGH !' ' de is Past the Alloted Three ?score and Ten-rGnthers To? matoes with a Stepladder - .'g., Pum Wynne is a Negro kno\vn is the tomato king of Columbus, Hiss. He errovvs tomato vines L7 feet high and gathers his toil atoes with a stepladder. "What are you trying to rand?me-?" I asked when they old me that, "but seeing is beievihg. I went to see. I found in old" Negro, already past his iHotted threescore and ten, making an independent living off lis his pet hobby. I saw giant ;tglks--sfflBr;ped"l:o""tatl' slender >oleg and rooted in soft mellow ioil, subsoiled so deep you could lave pushed a hoe handle in it halfway to the ,end. On the stalks were enormous Ponderosis weighing up to three and onefourth pounds'and selling as lign as fifty cents apiece. "Up to three years ago I naTle my living plying the black;mith trade," Wynne told me, 'I was 72 years-old at. that time tnd had laid up enough to make rie easy the, rest. o:Lmylife^_- I lecided to retire but, found that, lathing makes a man more miserable. 1 couldn't stand, it. so took to growing tomatoes." _ . "There is no magic in my mehods. I simply follow rules aleady known to successful truck growers everywhere, but I conentrate my activities on a small latch instead nf g large flrreage grow only one eighth of an acre n tomatoes and another eighth n other crops." 'JI subsoil the ground as deep hs I can- work it. That is one reason why I can grow such )ig vines. Large tomato stalks iced lots of loose suil fui root ievelopement. I go down just is deep as T can with a subsoil dow. I can never get it worked ;oo deep to suit my purposes." "I use nothing but hand tools 11 L mi I i ' rom men on. ine plants are tigh. I keep hoeing all the'time o make a mulch and save moisture." "As to fertilizer, I use nothing >ut stable manure??"T^et- half this from my own two cows and he other-half I buy from anther party who also hag two. "I have grown Ponderosa tonaloes on vines Trrr ~tcr IT feet ligli and tomatoes up to three ^don't sell any tomatoes to my tegular-trade from that up?to 50 cents. People drive out here o my patch and get them, comng first through curiosity and Continued on page 8. * '**. : ? * '- >*>. p* y t ; , v \ ' - - * r , Contest?Rca< ii<r? DAY JANUARY 23, 1926. ' SolCOK NTERRACIA IN THF. GREAT r TOMATO VINE THE WEEKS'S EDITORIALS COLORED PRESS (From the Colorado Statesman, 1 Denver, Colo., Jan. 2,1926) LET 15S RESOLVE FOR 1926 ~?-? ( To lay aside" all .characterisstrife, working courageously for * the common gopd of all. To see first of all the good - that is,in others and judge every] " person to 'Be right until proven ^ wrong. L To curb a gpssiping tongue,! ^ turn a deaf ear to the scandal monger; and rebuke' the fault ^ jfinder^ .. ' To fight without comppo- ^ mise against every evil aggres- c Lin*, ?:4.: ^ 4 ii????wcii i na?crrci/iciiB j ^ |and for full and equal rights of 1 ^ i twelve million American citizens I To support more fcaithfully ! j the National Association, for the ^ i Advancement of Colored People that its battle for the righteous j j cause of equality of opportunity^ I may. go on unhampered by l&ck^ of money or members. T To give to our Stated our home " i. 1 i*-11 J 1 ana suciety tweive iuii rnonrns of constructive service. j. Tu spend uui dullard ii?nd keep n fairh witnnnet men or business ^ , houses that give us credit in ^ nhe/hour of need. !; s " I ? To work at all times for our ^ economic betterment, pray, when needed, and strike back when occasion requires. v :?Tb be niure charitable^ in our ^ -vigws.TTTure h-usttng?in .our:~ leadership, and support without^ stint these organizations and in-_f, "ablutions that haVe & program e tiality as citizens. ^ To have faith an vision and j moral courage; believing in and ( relying upon our own abilities r I to succeed, with a simple faith t in Uod. - ' pr - ; ; ?? ,$50,000 FOR BE- , \ 1 . F&NSE RAiSKBy, Announcement has been made $ mat tne drive for $50,000 DCfenese Fund made by the Na? tional Association fur Die Ad- s vancement of Colored People,' Thas been successfuly^completed.] Despite the- fact th&t white j jfriends contributed freely to the: Fund, it is none-the less a cause jfor satisfaction that colored peo-jv has been heretofore too prone \J to beg and to expect white peo- c pie to build their churches, c schools, and other institutions.1! m.'- v v ' 1 mis aLutuae nas gained tor usjt the contempt an disrespect of I our white fellows. And rights e and privileges and equalitydouJ not come to people for whom t there is a wholesale disrespect, jl The psychological effect of the,i rgce raising this money for its i defense will be more valuable we begin to pay for our own ed- a ucation, our own religion, our c own legal defense we will rise tn t , Continued on Page 8 c Vins?Look on pi ? V ; . - ; t < J Our Offer c IHl LL TOUR L REPORT 1 N. A. A. C. P. M. SfOP.EY PRES. ?1NCE 1910 . . . I \t the age of 22, from 67 to 69 was Secretary to the Great j Abolitionist, Chas. Sumner ; OVERSEER OF HARVARD d.e Lived Thfoagh. the Stirring ; Reconstruction StrugglesIs Still for Equal Right? ^ ?v ; -1 Since 1910, Mr. Storey has 1 :een President of the N. A. A. p 1. P. At the age of 22, fromp 867 to 1869, he was secretary < o the great abolitionist, Senator Charles Sumner, and lived thru h he stirring Reconstruction !1 itruggles. Mr, Storey has been"^ ,n overseer-of Harvard College, idito.r_.of the American Law Re- 1 iew, President of the American ; 5ar Association. &nd of the bar.1 tssoeiations of his State and ( .'i.. H * " _ 1 Li i t-? - _ .1 _ \ uy, iuassacnuseiis ana tsoston. 1 Te has written -a_Hfe_of Senator 1 Sumner," published a 'series of ( eetures on the reform of legalJ iroroflnre r.?nd has-written .num^< rous essays and "patnphlets on t natters -of-public_ concern. He ('< las been iHentifipri "wrFh rnanv|^ iioyements for the rmhlir wpI- < are -ipcluding^Oivil Service- re-1 ^ orm, Indian rights, anti-imper- < rilism and* the movement for * 'hilipine independence. On Janiarv 8, 1926 Mr. Storey appe&r-j d before the?U. S.?Supreme^ourt, in behalf af the N. A. A. * t> 4-^ ?? irzrmTvi i . t,u ai &ut: agtunsi icamemiai j egregatiou in the Curtis case. ( It. Storey filed ^ brief in the' ase against "GranTTf&ther C.'laus-!^ s" in 1915, -won the Louisville , Segregation Case in 1917 and!, ran the Arkansas Cases in 1921.. le will ahio take part in the con-;t esf^uga-inst the Texas "White Vimary" law, to come before >T he Supreme Court in 1926. Not f nly has Mr. Storey argued the~ riost important cases for, the , Tegro's civil rights without fee, ^ lit has contributed upwards "of '. 10,000 to the N. A. A. C. P. \] ?_ il T\V VAlJI. A YTT L-I ?V I A Air ' i 11 Tf 1 V^ivil riil X Ij.A r? BACKED BY N. A. A. C. P.J, UPHELD BY HIGH COURT |j j I ? ft The New York State law. ^ chose enactment was hacked &t , legislative hearing by the N. A. ^ Y C- requiting; secret so- , ieties held against the Ku ieties to file lists of their mem-!, ters* and other information, has ^ >een upheld against Ku Klux , Clan's opposition by the high-^ st Sta-te tribunal, the Court of he ASsoeiatinn's nimntm* r?f ?nhiirit.yt anneareri at thajaear-i ngs on 4he Bill in Albany, to irge enactment of the measure. The "Klan is now attempting (i evade law by incorporating is a "benevolent and fraternal >rder." It is not believed that he new Klan dodge will he sucessful. * < |; age 3 for partic ?? . I I gffl m Pagc 3'.-.-,, ' t /fivnsMitmr anA' w ADVERT, ISE-^-Cury rent, Social and Gen eral* News. ?" -V ' - ==? 5c A COFY. ' W M* *?? g.;|J 5 CITiES IN DETROIT FOR j SECOND TRIAL" Dr. Sweet After Completing a Tour of Five Cities ?s Back > in Detroit TOUR - MOST SUCCESSFUL .Q 9 \ * ' In Philadelphia 2,5000 Persons Turned Out and Cave $846 . * to the Defense Eund ' </'? . . i a New York, Jan. 15?Dr. Ossian H Sweet who spoke at the /Annual Mass Meeting of the Na tional Association for the Ad/ancerrvent of Colored People !ias returned tb_Detroit,to await lis second trial after completing ,. ' i tour of five eifcies-with Robert -; kV. Dagnall, Director of Branches. The tour wos most successful. In Philadelphia ~2;5tKP~Fer^ ions^turned out and gave. $846 to fne- defense fund. In Baltimore an audience of 300 heard about the case, giving S145. In Pittsburg .1,200 braved the bliz-. *f* sard to be present at the. Sweet V" neeting and trav^ Tn rieveland 2,000 people crowded :he- meeting place arid others vere turned away. Thg__people_ )f Cleveland contributed $1.157; jeorge Hooper leading off with L check-far $100?Everywhere ? he people "we're most enthusiistic in their interest. ' ? ?Qn-the hour-Mr. RagnaH told-? :h& storv of -this fiwfUlt Case. 1 vhile Dr. Sweet-talked of-conlitions in Detrojt that occasionid his case. PHILADELPHIA LED N. A. A. -C^lL-CRANCIIEn IN GIFTS FOR LEGAL DEFENSE Final compilation of .courtilm ;iorts to the Legal^Defense Fund 'aised hv the National AssOrTa.ion fui Hie?Adi awwrefTE, of Colored People, shows' that the Philadelphia Branch led all oth-" ?rs with gifts of $3,110.42, al- hougli Mass Meetings held in Sew York City, under the auslices of the Committee of Womnn netted S3,075.20. ^ :?=??? Boston was second with $2, 285.31, Chicago third with SI, heir order are as follows: CTeveftmh?SI,000 v District of-Colum>ia, $1040.04 (of which .a substantial part was raised by Mass Meetings and - other functions fee of women, headed by Mrs. T ; _ r* "\/r /-? v inline xv.. iwcuuire); l.os Angees ,$1026; Richmond. Va., $950. 57: JMorffiern Cal. $500; Toledo, $152.57. Norfolk, Va., $450;.St. Paul $390; Springfield Mass., >360; Newark, N. J., $3?0.38; Denver $316.05; Orange, N. J,, >306; Louisville, Ky., $300; St. Louis, $257.35; Indianapolis, 5223.85; New Bedford, $200; Buffalo, $200" MCBEIH HIciT~SCHOOB = . HONOR ROLL . 0 rolhof the McBeth High School for the month ending January ,?J 1 ?; i qoc *~n. a. %ji?t\j . in aa l uuuvvs ?? Pecollia Farr, Arsie Miller. Walter Lee Jeter, Joe Copeland, ...3 Bessie Davis, Lillian RicharcL , J Henry Gossette, Robert Talley, ' 3 Willie Norris, Elnora Duncan.