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-MADAM ft/ROS
=> VISITS THE CITY
Mme. E. Rosa May ner- j"
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.. -. 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.
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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
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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
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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*
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THE WEEK'S J
EDITORIALS *
COLORED PRESS
(From the A fro-American, Bal-!s
timcre, Md., Jan. 16, 1926) k
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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
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Contest?Rea
RDAY, JAN. 30, 1020,
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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
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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
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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.
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^ 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
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PASSES
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~T5?~r
PASTOR OF 1ST
BAPTIST CHURCH??
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He_\ms A!vo -Print-teal of ihe :
General Robert Snails High
" SchofiTin ThPs~? ft v. }
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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
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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 .
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