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BjSfj&V?* ; , " .. ..... Cvcrybod: ?| ^^THI^^aper isTft ^ DEVOTED TO THE / ' INTERESTS OF m _ ^1 ~VOL. II."?NO. 3. " REV.D.1 -MADAM ft/ROS => VISITS THE CITY Mme. E. Rosa May ner- j" ?:?? , - - ? '" y .. -. Prcminehf- - -Hnftteflreftser of ^ ??Philadelphia, Pa., arrived in tho-ciiy this week after an extended 1 tour pf the South. Mme M&vrier| has Qpened -Beauty" Parlors in ' the principle cities of Florida, S ahflls planning to "open one in | E Columbia this Spring. Mme May- i I ORG ANIZES TEN ' 1 BANDS OF MERCY ; t -INTCRCriT GREAT FOR : ANIMAT.S. ' ' ' - ; ?. Special.to The Leader:- ic ~ BoanTort, S. C.,?Jan. 29 Trapping animals and hunting 1 ' received its blows here this ^ week from one- of Hie field j workers of the 'Amprifan Hll- I V/. mane. Education :Socioty of Bes- \i t&ri, When, talka were made, 1 moving and lantern slide pic- ( tures were" shown, to the people > _ in this ?section. Beaufort wsp the heart of the huntnig a<nd!,t lint-. Tuesday evening of this j week Mr. Murphy, .the owner If and^ man^ge?r^ ^of^the ^ree^^St. his theatre over to one of the I "fiehi workers of the Humane So-T ciety without charge where an t audience that packed the thea- A u-u ncnrci a lecture .with pic- t j ' tures showing suffering thru t which animals.pass by trapping, f t" The speaker-stated that these t l animals caught in a trap free r IILSCIH-L>v gnawing its fcot nff, ny twisting its leg off. Many'people in the audience wept as picture after picture passed arid ^ speaker . made a plea in the f name of a Christian penplp that -a stop, be "put to the cruel pas-* time. Penn Agricultural and Indus*! ?trial?vcliuul through its acting Principal, Miss G. B. House, c and the director of the Aca-; demic. school Miss M. C. Mc-' Collough, have given th^| ser- i: vices" to teach thru the Bands n ?of Meiey,. at. Penn School hu- " mane education on the little is-,tj land where htere are near 7000 K Negroes" arid less than ffftv ^ ? ~~~w%/ white -people. There is na ^ much Christianity in humane u education and the kindness o t( these creatures who cannot! speak for themselves as in any^ _ other vocation or service. Vice ^ h Principal Kin# thru whom the'p . -invitation was extended to Sey-jy monr Carroll, field Mcretarv the National Society to visit the j Penn School, stated here today,! B -?tha- tthe Penn School is ever- j b 1 y Wins in Ot|r i. OYTC 1 SA-MAYNERw--" ner is the founder, of Rosa's^ (Vonder fuT TTair Grower, a hair Preparation which--^grows-^ the j lair 1-2 to one inch a" month. Utops the ha?ir from falling im-; ned-iatoly. While here Mme. Mayner was lighly entertained at the home-j p . if Mrs. Susie Toatley, Pendleton Street, 'and a banquet was held n her honor at the Hotel Taylor.; ready todend its hand in spred-! ng among its students, teachers irrd friends the gospel of love, J ivery living creature. At the Mather Industrial Institute a sister school of Bene-1 lict Cohege iS to take an active1 pail?in humane?education, where several Bands of Mercy; were planted. The Robert! srnahs _H4gh School, the Port xoyai Normal and Industrial School, which in now the Beau-| ort t ouniy Training Schuol for Adored teachers has-for several ' ears been interested in humane education was also visitedr^by^ lie Boston society secretary vh44e~in Beaufort, The Rev. J. Al. Wilson, D. D.,l >astor of one of the city church is has consented to -sponsor ery largely the movement Beaufort County the "Be Kind o Animals" spirit during na>-" ior.al humane week. The Rev. Wilson is* thr~ editor of "The' Community Friend," a pubiica-ion that has recently - come rom tne press, tseiore coming o South Carolina he was the iastor of a church in Chicago. A MASS MEETING ^or theX)rganization of the Lay- . - men and Women of the A. M. E. Churches of Char Teston and Un-organized Districts in S. C. At Morris Brown A. M. E^? l. _ ? Church v >n Sunday, Jan. 31, 1926, at 5 P. M. ' It appears that the hour for orpan- ( yoti on nwMMrn/1 ? ? Kutiwii nuo U11IVCU UIIU UUC.MIUI1S U1 i 4 luch concern to the Church's Laity". ow "stares us in the face." Come j > this meeting- Three (3) impor- j int subjects, one of them?"More ; ^epresentatvies in^ all departments of he church." A United State-Wide' rgnnization will be presented and iscussetf. Women are Especially ' rged to Tie present. Prof. Garrett f Columbia, S. C., may speak, ' Music by the Coleridge Taylor Glee lub. ^ . - - 1 Signed:?Charles North, Friendship !dw. J. Lorick, H. C. Ford, Mt. Zion; e'er S, Rennett, Mt. .Carmel; Gibbs 1 ritchell. Trinity; M. F. Ford, Ebeczcil^jIqs. Young. St. Luke; Cassg , malls, J. C, Robinson, Emanuel; :obt. Crawford, S. C. Gary, Philip tennett, Wm. II. Simmons, Morris , irowri. i Unparalled GB Subscription* < " rpM-MHtA S C SATU IEW00D NO SEGREC SUPREME COURT ;( RENDERS DECISION** Deeds "For Sale For Whites ? Only" Cannot Pass With a ? Legal Trade-Mark. 11 1 AN INJUSTICE PROGRAM The Colored Citizens Should ^ r Keep an Ear to the Earth to VUiVII nit TT UIUi3 U1 T C&UItl* ? - c THE WEEK'S J EDITORIALS * COLORED PRESS (From the A fro-American, Bal-!s timcre, Md., Jan. 16, 1926) k : : ~^T ? ' 1^ The cheif?event in- 1925, af- ^ fecting the race in America, was J ^ undoubtedly*. the country-wide ^ fight against race segregation, ^ waged under the direction ol the . N. A. A. C. P. * i_ * ' n Never before have colored ' >? f-o people throughout America uni-' ^ ted in a single fight of such pro-;, portions,- It envolves the right h Oil jnHiVidTY'TK-" nnf nnrQ^Qrily ^ yolored to buy and live in homes d'esnil e objections of neighbors; r despite city regulations defining g certain sections, as white, or^olr ^ ored;. despite"-certain clauses q written into deeds of the propding sale to or occupancy by col- ? ored' folk.;. ) ~ 3 lfl ?The National Association Hiht9 cari'lOd'[he Washing tun segiega-^ * tion case to the Supreme Gourt: ,j A similar case in New Orleans c tras~l'lso been appealed to the highest court of the land. 1Kb eyes- of-the-imtton-arc upon E^e- 'troit, where Dr. Ossian H. Sweet ^ and eight others are charged i murd^^of a member of a' white mob-which attacked their home. The Associatoin raised a ; ?T>0,000 Legal Defense Fund to J prosecute these cases, and> secured the best fCgal minds ofL. the white race as its attorneys. Moorneld Storey. Clarence Harrow, Arthur GarfieltCHays and Arthur Spingam are among white friends, whose servlcea-li were oocurod. ?? .7.~r| A Every national orglamzatioiHAV meeting in 1925 importuned 1 President Coolidge to abolish, j segregation in4 government de- j uaiiJjiiMJiUL_aL-Washfngton. ISingers from Washington and ' from Hampton Institute walked 11 out of the Washington, D. ~C.jg Auditorium at the meeting of IA the National Conference of m Women's Clubs, when they found M colored people had been given >? jimerow seats, jfi The management of Roland , w Hayes, ii^ Washington Tuesday was forced to abandon its jun if crow seating arrangement or ui In no previous year has the c< segregation been dealt such a blow. Segregation has not been a: killed, but it is in a bitter strug- hi [rip. and hn<* witifSacod fVio +, a--? " V.JVUUVV4 WMV | beginning of what we all hope! a: will be-wai to IheHeattT III (From the Inter-State Tattler,-4r New York City, Jan. 15, 1926.) j Continued on page 8. 01 er?Everybody W Contest?Rea RDAY, JAN. 30, 1020, WW NATION IN -.OIINTV TF A ^ ^ A i M il ROMINE>T PASTOR COM, MfcNDS THE MUTUAL RELIEF AND BENEVOLENT s ASSOCIATION OF S. C. 'o the Colored Citizens of S; C.: This comes to say that T have nown the Mutual* Relief and lenevolent Association of South Carolina with headquarters in 'ft1t,rnMni R r?nf?which Mr. ames H. Goode is. the General fajiager, from its birth until I Have all my family insured n this Company as frell as myelf. We have been . -policy: [olders in The Mutual Relief nd Benevolent Association of oiith Carolinfr foMen or tulglve" ears. My experimental 'knowldge with the business, of this restitution is that its growth tas been phenomenal but permanent and-sure. Tlmv ;>re reiable and prompt in the -pay-., nent of all just claims coming gainst the Company: they1 are mient to the letter with all heir policy-holders; they do 'literate and the man of letters 1H$" Therefore this Company deerves the unstinted i^alronage f every stored family "In "the itate of South Carolina. Knowing as I do. thousands if people of this^ State. I theref rpmmendinJ 1hi>; N,.tr-.-n In. ufance to hopest* consideration f our people of this State." lhis too is the only native intitution of its kind owned and perated bv colored and.doing, ysiness solely among colored j eople in South Carolina. Signed: ? Rev;. J. C. White, Pahlur-uf Zion Ba|it. Church,: Columbia, S. C. . j _ rook ON NEGRO PUBLISHED IN - JAPAN,- ^ Kametaro "Mitsukawa, a Japr< nese who visited the offices of ie National Association for the Ldvarie^ment of Colored People ihe'it fife-was in'lhis country in 925, has written a book in the apanese language upon the hisjry and problems of the Xogrof ved from "Japan i:> t the *N A. A. f P--Na%iona.I 'Ofrk es, GO 'Fifth .venue, New York City. The . A. A. C. 'P. furnished Mr. j [itsukawa with information on tee relations. His friend, Rash 1 ehari Bose, who sends the book rites: --- ??? ?1 "This book is thefirst attempt j L the Japanese language to ed-! rate the people here in regard y the many, problems of the )lored people. "Mr. Mitsukawahas further' f?kpH mn fr? r?r?r>t*atr 4.-. u:~ ! vvr vuiivtjr ?.V? JUU lllf> Gartfelt thanks for the assis| ince rendered by you * *4 nd to inform the colored people! irough you that Young Japan ke Young India heartily sym-' pathizea, with the aspirations-] f the Negroes." t-... . : ins--Look on p * * * . . ?: ' ; cf Our Offer < ctiDci IUF0RT MICHIGAN kC.HKKS MF.F.T REGISTERED 100 PERCENT Dr, Wilkinson of State College Made the Keynote Speech Of the Occasion. 16fi TEACHERS REGISTERED tion. u. Milker Eleazer County Superintendent of Educatiori ' Registered Also. L-ga feland?County?Teachers associatron ol which Miss Charlnttp A .Taplrsrm ia r?ro?ir!or> + registered for the first" time 100 per cent of her teachers in the Palmetto State Teachers' Association. 166 teachers- joined by paying their membership fees and went away wearing the new badges for the 1926 State Con venl i?Tl. Ttiu mil fir >iji Negro schools in Richland cqunty^' was called vby Hon, superintendent of education and every teacher responded or gave satisfaction of sending in their fees by the next week-end.-,. After calling the roll and collecting the fees, Mr. Eleazer paid his fee, became a member of the as-spciatibn ancT regaled in -one of : the hhndsome badges jusr received by the (.Executive Secretary. Over - 200 leathers attended the meeting?coming from , school,s in Richland?and Lexrrigton counties. .? Principal speakers of the DAY were President Robert Shaw?Wilkinson?of State College and.' President David H. Sims of Allen University. Following these speakers were talks given by*~Mrs. "Celia Dial Saxon?the veteran teacher, apd treasurer of the State Association, Mr. J. E. Dixon, farm demonstration agent for Rich land. Mr. Eleazer made the opening speech which was a happy treat to the large crowd present. . - . ? Dr. Wilkinson of State College made the keynote Speech of the occasion. He spoke from the judge stand and delivered" "an address * irom a manuscript of some length and of great \voi*th. His address made a profound impression on the hearers and was commented up on by President Sims as "a nui &ciu._tuiu- a spienuiu contribution to Negro literature which should?be in?the libraries?oT every teacher in the state." The meeting Saturday was held in the Court House in Columbia and its comfort and convenience added much to the pleasure of the occasion. There were ten ministers in the audience and. moat of them became members of the Association. A very delightful feature of the meeting was the music rendered by the male quartette from Allen University. The meeting was opened with appropriate devotional exercises by Dr. H. W. Long, pastor of Second Calvary Baptist. Church nf rnlnmhia The ramnniom fnr rrinmViora nf the 1926 Convention has already "begun accordingto IT Statement Continued on page 8. V i ? ?age 3 for parti MHMMIHIaiiiMiiMIIWUa ?7 : 1 ... ,' " on Page 3 / ' ^ i^i;ns( mm-; ANii^p 99 Ai)\i;in isi:?cur- -J m rent. Social and Gen V oral Nnws. W?r ?.^.v? ? J ' " > A rm'r : PASSES ' ?r??- , - ? ?; ~T5?~r PASTOR OF 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH?? i He_\ms A!vo -Print-teal of ihe : General Robert Snails High " SchofiTin ThPs~? ft v. } t p WAS NEAR 70 YEARS OLD' A Graduate of Lincoln I'nivePsij. ty. Where he Received the | -Decrees of A. !\I., I). I). ^ , Beaufort. S. C., J; n. 23?The '. ; .Rev. D.v\V. * Bythewood. the principal- 01 i-ne -General--Robert i Smalls High School ih this city, 'and for twenty, years pastor of*.. <JLy U1M heire-1tonight, Principal Byt h'l v?t = school all?tin3* Pro' "y,n;i:l was '.seen pin fhe'streets., here this a-f- ?? terncon. lie was foundTtead in \ .-hi.s-.st.udy.? at..his..tu..nm?in this city early this afternoon." ~ nc i-uuh uii aciive pari in tne? _ ? ^'ducational work of tVu>~penpiP " I ' . of this county. several , Lu'iD TuTfi:i> IJ.'I'TTT]b'Qvjdent'~v" of the 'BeauTorty County Teach-"777"'\ , ersT Association, and has been "active, in the >pensoring7?f the movement in-this section for ; Benedict;-^cjilvKe and ^Alorria . -near 70 years old. He is a graduate of - Lincoln L'niversjty . \ where he received his degree of ' ; A. M., and the degree of D. D. r,f r"Qm ITe: ."d < T id T"~"Co I h u7~. TTiiT -weight which was .about 310 _ pounds was against^him iii his "old age. 11 is uife pa-Sed~aTvay^ ; . ' Jthree year?~n^~'7ah<l he. is survived bv Mi's._ T>> 11 :i dMUThtpr of Atlanta. wlV.>_ js__lhc wife 'of secretary Jrieu oiln"> l. :M. (J,. ' 7 A., who (luring the war was stationed at Camn Jackson. :? ... ?? WIFE OF I*. S. CONSUL ?IN FRANCE SENDS S30 FOE LEG AL ; DEFENSE FUND [' ~ * ~ ^ U. Hunt, whose husband is United staio> Consul sent a "co?vribt Con r-\' the * HTega] T)cfer..- c rurobUxrw raised - ' . j by the X. An A. '"Mb and in her letter states ih;;! btv Hunt in tends to acfttl a -imilr/..' sum. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt loarnhd of ytlie i-e?aTDc fe:Vse IM:u-rnm>uph "THE 'CRISIS" w' l to them at Saint-TV.ierno. Mr. Hunt- ' is one of the few colrrsd A men- . Vcahs^Tn the I'. S. C m-uiar service and has hoM on1 many ~?: iyears. CHRISTIAN HERALD (EXCLUDES COLORED CLERGYMAN HACKED 1Y X. A. A. C. P., REV. \V. A. PR H E OHTAINS SETTLEMENT (TP SIM).TO New York'. Jan. 22?-The Na- tl tional As.-oeiation for the Ad-. | vancemen't of Colored People, ; 69 Ftfth- A venue, t'o Jf>v an- - Jnounccd that Rev. \V. A. Price ofAlexandria. Virginia, whcN had ? * * iJ booked a passage for "The Christ * * v ; : t ' -^1 tian Herald Mediterranean "Cruise and Pilgrimage to the J TToly Land." under the direction I of James W. Poring, had ob- jB ta'inod a settlement of $150.00 4 from Mr. Boring because his reservatiorrWITs cancelled on the ground that he was a Negro and . i.?_ Continued on Page 8 . ,v M