The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 20, 1926, Image 1
? , Everybody
I FF THIS PAPER
DEVOTED TO THE m
INTERESTS O F Mfc.
1 -THE-PEOPLE. ?: ^
I '
- VOL, II.?NQ. ,
HIS HOUSE WAST f|
RECENTLY BOMBED I"
Dr. Gariwn is receiving police
""TTPfoleclion and the Boca!? ?
Hranch is Aiding =
TAINT "'it. K. K." ON HOUSE j
Cleveland Bombing victim. Dr. "*]
Ift : C. H. Garwin, is a Colored
?- I)L..^2?2
iiiv&niuu
I \ New York, Feb. 15?The N.
Br A. A. C. P. has offered its aid to
the Cleveland Branch in protecI
ting Dr.r C. H." Garwirt,'- colored &
W physician whose home was re
.. cently bombed after the letters *
* "K Iltv-K!" hail "been painted on
-the side of the house. Harry
E. Davis, member of
*jthre~~N7~A.~Ar C: Board of Dmcc^ Hr
ters, reports that Dr7 Garwin is
receiving, police protection and-v
that the Cleveland'Branehifcfol- f
I lowing up trie case closely. T
Awarded Contracts . i
H Beac-hum & Calhoun Contractors r
H. _ Make .Good Showing I v
Thp Sopnnrf 'Roi-kTtef t
B (white) Savannah, Ga-., has a-js
warded them a contrac tof plas-, ?
B tering amounting to 12,500. j)
Another contract at Ato, Ga.,j'
on the Georgia State Tubei;cuht-r
Sanitarium amounting to . 824, P
jv 000, for the plastering, - a
- At Darlington, S. C.",they have c
a contract on the Dela Howie j;
State School, which amounts to 1
$2,200.00. They also, have the l auditorium
of the* Teachers' c
College at Greenville, N. C., con- 1
for same being S19,000.00. !
THpsp rnntrnfrl^wpi't* awni-fl^rl 1
over competitive of both races, j*
TO say that these young men r
"are climbing in their prote~ssion
would be mildy describing their 1
* achievements. They are going . \
by lea-pe and bounds. ""It
"Keep Going," is their slogan.! .
EXECUTIVE BOA)
. TION ENDORSE I
SUNDy
-?? BR HFWRV AIM
Jl 1A% JL
The Executive Board of the *
Baptist Educational and Mis- t
sionary Convention of South Cart
olina met at the'Zion Baptist >
. , church, Columbia, last Thurs-.c
Earle^D. P..' presiding. *31
members were piesent, 20 rep. t
resenting the regular board and \
11 from the Associations.
The program of the next Bap- 1
? tist Stale Convention, which is t
'
to meet in* Georgetown in May c
was completed. The ladies of 5
Zion Baptist Church served dirr-^
-ner in the basement. At the (
afternoon session the matter.]
came up on a motion prefaced...
by-, a fiery speech of Dr. F. D.j,
L r-^ISims of Chester, that this board |<
endorse whoever it was that in- 1
vited the National Baptist Sun- <
day School Congress to Columbia.
]
\ Rev. Dr A A Si'ma TTn
ion arrested the motion and ask- '
~y the Board to allow JJr. J. C.
fcr ' \ Wl te, President of ,the liaptist, i
gtate.Sdfiday School and B. Y. d
" p u/Convention who had be-1
come the storm center of .the'
state for an explanation. '' |<
|~~r Dr. White came forward and <
stated that he, Rev. J. C. Wh^te!
W\ had invited the National Con-\:
1". Begin to-day?Ar
/ Wins in Ou
COLORE
WILL OP1
4EROISMIN
I'HE SUNDAlT
SCHOOL CONGRES
tev. I. W. Williams, I). D., I
I)., Criticised for his stand
in the Matter
i NATIONAL PltOGfU
M
'his Congress ^vvill ire one of I
Greatest things the State
Hits, ever seen *
** " \ "7* i' " - * .
A.sheviilo, N.. C. Feb. 11.?>
i-role poem about Lucifer," 1
nllon angel In his noem ho_.
ireserrteft txreifer as si nging,
rtdb a song so mar-velously bei
iful a~nd uplifting that the
nohs forgot their pain and s
ow, and -for a moment .imagii
ha-L they were once again
hining angels of light, fighti
;lorious battles for. right in i
im it loss blue.
Re ading the Poem, one is_
to wish that Lucifer's rhu
ould GeToo^ect on earth occasi
lly. We're Xiip^tly well-mean
Iccenlly i n t eat. i c n ed -follw?1
o hi' ii I'V-!- I 11^
w:i.u V* U ' ? '?A.U IUC 1I1W\ lllg
ulse that Ibis fabu?oua_music
-milch give us.?the -impulse't.
!Oii'd make us do the fine, un:
ish things we dream about do
There seems to he a mv?
'ious jiarmpny in the air at tir
hat makes men realize that
nan "can iive to himself ale
>r tha?l lie* can "prevent?oti
ncn from living that feel an
nilse and that brings about)le
"deedsT*** '
* Continual on Page 8
Doming ofna
\ V CPt AAi
^ i ov^nuuL luj
'
"N BOYD 'i OVlSll
*ress here through Zion B
ist Church,- and not throi
he SHate Sunday School C
.ention; and that he had in'
id it'three years ago throi
^ion church, and it was acec
id. hut Ciwinnali got it. bera
hey had the4"bonus" money
ut up of-"$900.00.
Many speeches were n^ade
he Congress, D^. C. F. Gai
:>F' the Springfield- Bap
hu?K?h, making the outstand
speech in fa'ver of the Congn
ivhich swept the entire liO?
3ppositions were voiced by I
[. W. Williams, of Sumter,
Sims and J. W, Boykin.
I. C. Tobln came forward i
offered the resolutions found
ow and backed them up with
eloquent Speech,
RESOLUTIONS OF ENDOR!
YII? "NT rr
1*1 1J11 M
We, the Executive Board, f
in session at Ziun Baptist chu
Columbia, S. C., while we wo
have preferred to have met i
unitedly invited this great hi
}f Christian porkers, but
drcum stances would not pert
Therefore, we commend
wisdom ,and thoughtfulness
: r> i s
i Unparalled (
.1 ,i^t ,r - ?
ir Subscription
'jaltiic
u A
V COLUMBIA'." g. C.T SATX
D GIRL'S %
2BSE A NTI-1
HELL^ANDSOU
i
- ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES
| FfoR COLORED-YOUTH
?h.; *
I j AntiscTel Represents Benedict
? | The annual meeting of the As^iyj
sociation met this year for a sesjsion
of two days, Feb. 5-6, at
:he Marshall,-.Texas where Bishop
? College and Wiley Univ. (two of
the colleges belonging to that
{Association) are located. The
fx. 'other colleges of the Association
nOe ' are: Atlanta Univ., Benedict
the; College;, Fisk Univ., Howard UjjiTversity,
Knbxville College, JLinjn
xoTn UiiI\L^ Morehbu^er?
LU1 iShnw Univ.. Johnson C. Smith,
tf-e_-t-TaHadcga College, Virginia Unov_
ion.JLniv. -and Wilberforce Univ.
le(j This year Spelman College was
thfe jadmittcd as she had met all ths
ing! requirements for admission.
Lhe'i Those ^requirements are to be
" i the same ^of class /'A" college
,jnt jand in a few years the require-^'Tnentsnre
to be thesame asxlass
on_t "A". rl hree other colleges had
jrir app!iert4iut oh investigation they
1,,^'had not yet come up to the reimMquireme'nts;
but it was voted to
j. ..'admit them as soon as they attain
the standards. The other
"^litems' for consideration were
ing -1- Plans for investigation of
te- Colleges.
nes 2/Student councils in our
no' schools.
'ue, o. The Psychological examining
Tv at ion..
n<> '1. Intercollegiate athletics.
' Most of the time was dfevoted
' to-discussing the advisibility and
r STATE rftNVFNTIONAL
BAPTIST
MGRESS h
THE"5TATE SOLM
f
ap- those who acted for us in inigh
filing them, making it possible
on- that we the Christian family of
cit-'South Carolina, and the Baptist
lgh constituency in particular to
"pt- have the pleasure once in life to
USO SWIU'P i tlf> pnnfnnf onfl fn vn/i/-u'iTA
.? ??? 14 i 111 I.W I y
to the information and the inspiration
to 1)0 derived in such a
for great gathering as the National
Tidy ,Rapt ist Congress,
hist: WeT therefore pledge our full
ing: support to whatever means and
?ss, 1measures may be^ suggested for
ird, I its maintenance and further give
)rs. :'our unstinted thanks to those
A.jwho assisted in making their
Dr. coming possible and here and
ind jnow pledge them our unqualified
be-!endorsement in anything they
an may do to further the Master's
cause and to enlighten our people
in being better prepared to
*E- understand and teach the Word
of God.
i And now; as a Board we urge
^)W the Baptist family of South Carrc^
olina in particular and Christian
family in general- to join us
an(* in making this one of the greatly
!est Sessions of our NationaJ Rap^?,tist
Congress.
the Respectfully submitted,
ofj -J. C. Tobin, Union, S. C.
)ffer~ Everybody ^
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Contest?Real
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IRDAY, FEB. 20, 1926.
ING RAC
lTTACKEI
NTF.RMARR
Grand Chancellor Julius
A: Brown Here
Grand Chancellor Julius A. !
Brown attended a business con- j
freence here a few days ago.
mi ? ? . '
i nis comerence was attended by
Dr. R. W. Wilkinson,G. M. of Ex.
Grand Attorney, N. J. Frederick.
This meeting wa6 held ir^ the
business transactions relative to
the K. of P. Order,-were discus^,
sed. All of the Grand Offjceijs of
part in doing every thing possible
to bring the K. of P. up to
the maximum.-?? Scrubwoman
Leaves Fortune \
Oklahoma City, Okla.?(By A. N. !
P.)?Investigation following the J
death of Miss Dolly -Wakefield, 50,'
who worked for a dollar and a quarter j
' aday as a scrubwoman, verealed that:
| she hud le?t 825,000' ifi cash and se-,|
curjties. The "money is to be turned
-over-to-retetives in Louisiaba.
method of rating our colored colleges.
Committees appointed
the year before had cunsuUedJ
| with the IL S. Commisioner of
Education, Phelps- Stokes Fund,
-and the General Education Boafd.
'and the Association was advisedto
beconie a rating agency for
such colored colleges as desired
jto bo rated. . 1
The College Blue Book' says
iwhile there are very many rating!
r agencies~yeT" perhaps^Ttve" or^sixri
are the principle ones /BC$?nized^j
It was decided to adopt the same'
high standards fixed upon by the
recognised Associations as abas-1
is of rating our colleges for colored
"vouth. ~7 '
= The Phelps-Stokes Fund had
promised $5^000 and each college
pledged $200 to supplement this
amrlnnf fAWO?*/J 4-VV^
'Uiiiuuilb lunaiu LUC CApCJlrttJS U1 _
securing one or more expert ex-j
" eminers to personally inspect the
finance^, equipment, library and
scientific apparatus, teaching
force etc. of such colleges as desired
rating:
A committee was appointed to
. work out the details and it is
! hoped the inspection will be
(ready to act next fall with the
.beginrHng of the next school year
I This, is a great forward sten
and it will encourage all colleges
to make every endeavor to raise
their standards, and- it will give
the graduates of all classified colleges
a standing! in all the Northern
Colleges and Universities
when they desire to enter for
post-graduate or t professianal
studies. And it will alsc^sh?w
[- what wonderful progress has
been made by the colleges for
, coioren people' in the ten years
_ since the Phelps-Stokes Fund
, made investigation, under the direction
of ThomftS .Tpssp .Trmnc
Dr. Antisdel also reports that
the faculty and equipment of
Benedict College meets the re
quiremonts of a class--.HA" cob
, lege. But Benedict is hindered
just a little by its endowment.
The" required sum is $500,TF0(T,"
Benedict hopes that by the next
Annual meeting of the association
of Colleges to be a class
"A" college in every respect.
$/iri?--took on p
d Our Offer oil
eai>cr
MM
IS NOW O!
IAGE BILL^
OPPOSE THE BILL1
????? . - -.
Senators Gillett and Butler of ^
Massachussetts, will not
Support the Bill
GAVE BOSTON ASSURANCE;
??t? > '
Senator Wadswdrth of New;
York promises to give the |
Bill Careful Copsideration C
- Brc
New York, Feb. 11?Sen-I j(n
a tors Gillett and Butler of Mas- ^
sachusetts, have given assurance
to the Boston Branch of the Na-| , e
tioiial Association Tor the Ad-rey
vancement, of Colored People,' C!"
that they will oppose the inter-..
marriage bill introduced by Sen- ~T
ator Caraway of Arkansas, ae- ^^
cording to a report sent to the V
N. A. AZ C. T."JJational Office^
by Bfttler R.- Wilson, President!^"
of thp Boston Branch^ i ca
The National Office has also:?U
heard from Senator Wadsworth . *
St a
of New York who has promised j n
to give the bill his "most care- ^
fnl consideration." Mr_
; pre
ASHEVILLETS FIGHTING <8t
EDITOR IN milTMRIA to:
. .. ' " ' o f 1
Dr. E. W. Dixon And Editor ted
J. D. Carr, the Fighting Editor
7of. The _ Asheville ^ Enterprise act
Avere visitors atothe Beard-meet- ^
ing of the Baptist Educational lan
a n d Missionary Convention i oi*?
Thursday. ^
I 'Editor Carr said, that he was L>e
here to see who it was in"; South 2
(Carolina to oppose the coming of ?ur'
jthe National?Baptist- Sunday -Vil
i School Congress. to .
j That Jie did not intend Jto.toJ
meddle in South Carolina's af-j^o
jfairs,?bu? that?he is a Baptist jean
hmd~~thal lie did-rrot-propoac
j keep silent since thi^ is a Na- wit
itional issue^ ^ lorr
I Dr. Dixon is one of the lead- 3.
ing preachers of Western North Jur
Carolina, in ar speech declared llg^
the 31 ministers met in-Ashe^ I
'ville and pledged their support tioi
jto Columbia, and that these-31 Ee*
preachers represented seven different
Associations.
"If Columbia- needs money to
put this National Congress over.
A she vihe has it, and you can get
lit " > nid thn diring prulatn ?-r
? H
TWO MEN WALK TO ELECTRIC (rud
CHAIR CALMLY ' "" will
?Lee and James Walker, brothers, '.-en;
walked calmly to their death at the'wilt
S State Penitentiary Tuesday. They-}??
were convicted of the killing of Ira^aut*
XL Hudson,.an?^El Dorado rtTill*owner, ^as
on December 12th ' iusc<
A^A 4^4 ^A A^A A^A A^A A^
^ ^ ^ If y ^ 4
TO OUR SUBS'
We hiost heartily appreciate yoi
past. We1, have had quite a prosper
it takes rponey to keep the LEADE
lishing this paper for more than a
is, those who.have not paid for the
We will apreciate an early remitt;
m i) i. _ 1 il ?i . ?
i ne ruMai autnoruies no not &no>
have not paid up,
Please govern yourselves according
from those in arrears"at once.
See your agent at once or send rei
THE PALMETT
GEO. H. KA
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7 oc A COFY. *
N TRIAL
IE GIRL DIES
WITH PNEUMONIA ~
uiorney will see thiit the
Guilty be Punished
LL SPARK \n PA IMS
? Girl was held a prisoner for
Three Days: She
Died on February 4th
Jew York,. Feb. 15?John E. i
3eehan, District Attorney of
inx County N. Y-., ,has writto
the National Association
the Advancement of Colored
'pleMeclarifi^ he will "see that ?
utmost is done." to punish
ninally attacking, a colored
4udd pi isuiwr-for three days
I bar:: who died on Thursday,
>. 4, rro'm double pneumonia.
-McGeehan has written Alan
Dir\gle, colored attorney reled
by the N7"A. A. C. P. to ? ? 1st
in the preparation, of the
Ir. McGeehan in his letter
tes" r * *' ~f
I Have instructed the Assist
Disrtict Attorney who resents
this office in that court
h District Magistrates Court)
-pare no pains to see that all
the facts are. forcibly presento
the court with a view to'
in]? the defendants held for .
ion by the Grand Jury.? * ?
I am this day. writing Mr. A-L.
Dingle, the attorney your
ranizatibn has retained - and - =
i mav be sure that justice will
done in this matter."
?he N. A. A. C. P. telegraphed
ids tn~The"girl's mother7~in
New York City and testify as?
the girl's age. She arrived in
w York on Feb. 9. The girl
le to New York seven months
to go to school and lived
h her aunt and uncle in Har1.
,
The easeJs to go to thfe Grand
y, probably Monday .or Tues\
Feb:. 15 or 16. ~~ ~ - ? ?
follow the trial and convic- k.
is of this case in the Palmetto
ijder.
ARAMA TO ABANDON LEGAL
GALLOWS
lontj;ornery. Ala.?>(By A. N. P.) :
i line ill lit plans ntjw''being far*".,
out; by Gov. Brandoru tbo fro"ows
be abandoned in the S' -te prison
n=?Feb. 28. 192?,?ami?prrsoi* rs- . enecd
to death af'ef that dSte
be bleetrocuted. The Legislature
ldrizedthe action itr~i>923. Nothing
been done about the many trees
1 as gallows in this St^te.
.
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O LEADER ?,Mt?TON,
Manager.
Columbia, S.'C.
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