The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, January 23, 1926, Image 1
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MEETS HERE IN
' , COLUMBIA IN JUNE
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The World's Largest School of *
Bible 5tudy ^and Modern
Sunday School Methods P
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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 ^
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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
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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;
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Wins in Our!
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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
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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 >
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fCKENS INVITED FOR LEC- j
TURES AT SPRINGFIELD t
COLLEGE
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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
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COLUMBIA, S. C., SATUR
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DECEIVES 1
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^EGRO KNO WN AS
TOMATO KING
^um Wynne is a Negro known
as Tomato King of Colum- :
bus, Mississippi
/INES ARE 17 FEET HIGH
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de is Past the Alloted Three ?score
and Ten-rGnthers To?
matoes with a Stepladder
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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
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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
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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 "
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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. !;
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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
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,$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
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LL TOUR
L REPORT
1 N. A. A. C. P.
M. SfOP.EY PRES.
?1NCE 1910
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\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? ^
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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 (
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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.
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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. \]
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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
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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.
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5 CITiES
IN DETROIT FOR j
SECOND TRIAL"
Dr. Sweet After Completing a
Tour of Five Cities ?s Back
> in Detroit
TOUR - MOST SUCCESSFUL
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In Philadelphia 2,5000 Persons
Turned Out and Cave $846 .
* to the Defense Eund '
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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.
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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
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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.