The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 06, 1926, Image 1
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5^TIIIS IWIMCK
DEVOTED TO THE /#'
-TOE PEOPtE.
VOL. 11?NO.~8.:~ --TZT,-,
INSURA
MURDERED IN 1
DUBLIN, GEORGIA
??. Automobile Crash The Direct ^
Cause cf Trouble Which
Results in Murder . -I.
^ 3 WHITE MEN IMPLICATED j
Dying Statement of Murdered
Man Was, He Did Not Have
e . v\ A J'istol *
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New York, Feb. 26?The Na- r
k y tional Association for the Ad-,'
j vancement- of Colored Peoplle,
69 Fifth Avenue, has received
& \ reports and newspaper clippings
recounting' the brutal murder by
K i
white men of G. H. Donaldson, a
Negro insurance agent inthej
\ town of Dublin. Ga., when served (
L : with a defeetice warrant. 7?' '. j
The trouble arose when Doni*
1 }
1 nlfK-rSn,-driyinpf Viist anlnn^hilp.
\ . , wr?s run intj'o by the automobile .<
' of Fzra Keai The crash was wit- ic
f J nessed by two white men, Bar- ,
A / tow Jones and Ira -Clark, who *
p . ( are quoted by f- local white news- ^
f [ p.aper as saying ihat the white
\ J driver was to blame for the ac
f cident. as he wr.?3 running on the
* ] wrong side of (Tie roach ~~* T
|JL_ T The white man, Kca, together
it-'-- with two other white men,-obJ
tained a defective warrant for
? Donald.-qn'rs ly-rcnt, not-knowing-;
the name of the Negro whose ,
<0- >. -- '
automobile Kea had run into.
The three whites are said to have <
^ . -remarked orr? hf.'Ving obtained (
? their defective warrant that |
they ''were going to_ havo. a set=tlert^ient
or a N^g^o.V, A fight (
r ensued when" 'tfre Ifiree whites' j
reached Mr. Donaldson's home,
b- ?.nd ftlr. Donaldson was shot and 1
, killed, two of the white men be-'
ing.wounded. ?V ]_
In a dying statement made by_
Mr. ntona!dson, he~<declared he
went to the door at the sum- i
i mons of the three whites; that-?
...
one white man gabbed hiiyi by 1
the collar and tried to drag him j
. ;down the steps as soon as he j
opened the door and thr>t the ,
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other white men joined in, one
of them shooting him. A Negro-:
witness_i8 quoted aa corrobora- :
-' ting Mr. Donalds'on's ^tatemciil^
7 that "Tie had no pistol and that ^
the three white men began beat- .
ing him before he had an oppor- l
?tunity to defend himself.
The three whites were jailed *
following the murder. The mur- j
I v dered man had a good reputation* (
| and Clerk of Council A. H. Grier j
I is quoted as. having assured the 5
F three whites before they called -i
, on Mr. Donaldson that they 1
would find him ready to do what *
was right and .would have no dif- j
ficulty-i*i settling the matter a- ^
~1 micably.
An, editorial In the local Cou-|
riftr./WsJd in commenting oil .1
the ca^B declares: "If our civili- ^
zation i\s Droirressod to the..
point we\aim, it is time to stop'
,<* 'white-wa. ittng' a crime berittwxr^
['' it is a vy*; of a white mf.-n a-"l
I . "gains^i Negro." f
*?,*>4me of the white men has al*
y^ready been acquitted by a jury J
gjjjjk and gggfaret the" flthor ^
^ two is expected to ba? dropped, <
according to latest advices re-.r
~ ceived by the N. A. A. C.P. jl
h?Begin to-ffav?-Ar
I
j. '' V; v' - V
y Wins In Our 5
NCE M
VA. SEGR
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ADVANCEMENT, If
pnnsiATur\rAT v
??? m. tmi-tvtfiiJii rvu ?
Ccnturv Magazine For March K
Contributes-Long Review ' ?
Of "The New Negro"
HIE MOST JOYOUS DANCES
: - - r " ' A1
Something Has Roen Uttered
Toward The Solution Of The i
Color Problem in America
.?<
Carl Wo Dorcn, Literary Ed-!
tor of The.. Century Magazine,
ontributes a long review of "The
iNew; JNcgro," edited by Alanj
Locke, to the March Lumber. j
Tw hi n rnninr'-"Mr Ypp Doyen
ays ~ * j'
?"Tf any rvblmicpjs needed, the vi
colnmc is evidence tbat the ne\V re
Ne^-j-o is a civilized and accom- ^
plisTfcd berng, who not only has given
to the rr?t ion its most joyous
dances, which may have a tG
barbaric strain in them, and its K
most characteristic music, which as
[.nay. be only folk-art, but who
hss learned write lucrid. co- ((
rontrr.v-d- oharirffhg' prose; which-St
s one . or t he uirnTC nkabier signs 'w^
3f an advanced civilization," er
Mr. Van' Drinr declares_ that or
S omething, has been uttered to T1
thy between the r:vcs which is PG
\j\ absoiii-"e e ;Kevtial 6f any de- m
?ent solution of the Color orob
entt-irr America." ~~~ FOi'
Whites... Join" Hindus In w
Pretest rt White Men's ^j1
. Lav/ In* Africa - lJ"
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Clippings- from .the London Wi
Daily 'Je'eg'nih. received
the N. A. A. C. P.. shows that-^
>urh intense fcoTing hap been a-,w'
ou-'C'l in Iirr^ir- by .anti-Asiatic *
egislation of the white man's
end stature in South Africa/that ^1
Europeans, headed by the Bishop
)f Calcutta and members'of the ^
legistr?ture ioined with' HindifXii
ird Mohornme'dan loaders in a
nnss meeting of protest. _j
Latest reports are to the ef- ^
net. thatthe color bar bill, ^
.vhich would limit, cerfr.-in em- "1
Dloyments" cnclusively for whites
"lashden advanced In the "South T1^
_Ajflean?Legislajfure'. and that
General Srriuf's uttered a gra-ve us
* j
earning against such a llegisla- ai:
ion, describing it as a firebrand tu
lufig into a haystrvk. The na- bii
:ives all over South Africa were K<
seething With discontent, he said an
ir.d Jie appealed to the Govern- th
nent to modify the legislation an
it the eleventh hour.. ;Oi
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Memorial Services to be w'
Commcrnci'ated to Late ?
J E. Milhollund.
j- P
Mass Meeting Mar. 14 to Honor ^
^Former Vice-President of ,,
N. A. A.;c. P.
New York, Mar. 1.?A meet- ^
ihg in meifftfr^Of the Ir-te John
P?' "Milholland, for, many years
Vice-President of the National
rtent" of Colored Pdople, will be on
aohi ni ^he St. James PresbyEe^ffi11
"tan Churchy 5^-W" W.cst "137th tic
Street, on Sunday March It, t>t ho
1:30. The Rev. William Llovd
- , . . I "
mes, Pastor of the Church, will
1 Unparallect Olfc
?tW-"<7.
v:V>-* '
. v. '
Subscription
" SQLUMBIA. S. C? SATUR
INT E
EGATION
" commen,
:hallengfs
LU KLUXERS A]
ROBEfffTBAGNALL
ADDRESSES THEM;
bout 250 Ku Klux Klansmer.;
Attend the meeting At A
Colored Baptist Church
VT COMPACTL!Y TOGETHER
id Not Appiause Creditable
Sole?Ncne Gave_ja Penny
In the. Collection*?
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New York, Feb/26?The Na-'
onal -Association foi' the Adirrcement
of Colored People has
ceived a report from Robert
\ Bagnall, its Director of
ranches, concerning *r.< meeting
5 addressed in Akron, Ohio, at-!
ndecf by a group of Ku Klux
lansmen. Mr. Bagnall reports
r"foltowsr- - - "When
we got- to the 6hurch
:olored JBaptrst). ^er.e we found
-bMV 250 hard-looking
in a, group, ahd about' 25 coled
people! sitting on the side,
tese la?3t afterwards increased 1
i id .out TO and or 5 colored 1
lople came in and" sat in the/
idat of tho whifco group.
When a soloist sang very ere- '
tably The~whrtes~appluuded not f
bit but sat 'grim and ugly,
hen the collection ww taken, ]
ey gave nothing, not a pennyi 1
was clear" that our vo'sitors'? 1
e majority of->our audience? (
as a unit of the Klan. This we
was up to me to tell them '
hr-trthey needed and believe me
did."
"Mr., Bagnall then reports what
i told the Kluxers, which in- {
ided pointed remarks op the '
llacy of so-called race "super. ]
>rity, the facts concerning se- 1
egation; the Negroes det-ermin- ]
ion not to tolerate or accept
ything less than waa guaran-.ed
hirrr by the Constitution and *
eTaws oi the"land; the absur~H
ly or claims aoopt race pu-i
;y." > ' ' /' :
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During his address, Mr. Bag-!
ill reports of the Kluxers in his (.
idience that "the twis?ed &nd 1
rried and gazed at eaeh other, (
it stuck thr^^gh thef meeting]
elley then asked for members
factually canvassed among |
em. Of course/rone joined,d
they marj^hed out in a body,
itside, I am told, they gave ex- f
noiinn fr\ ViAiu 4-Vioir folf oVmnf <
vcoivii i/w ny" vuuj iuii auvuu }
lat wr.-s said.*' (
? ?? h
The speakers will be: Mary
bite Ovmgton, Chairman of 1
e Bo&rd of Directors of the (
A. A. Gr-R; Dr, William A/]
nclair of Philadelphia, a mem- (
r of the Bdkrd of Directors of1
e N. A. A. C. P.; Dr. W. E. B.j
uBois, Editor of the Crisis; 1
r.- Andrew^B. Humphrey, at 1
e tim'e a prominent Republican 1
d Secretary^of the Constitn- j
>rt League of which Mr. MiL-i
lk<nd was President; Dr. Em-ft
lett Scott, Secretary-Treaetp J
Continued on page 8. . 'r
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Contest?Reat
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DAY MARCH 6, 1926r ?
LAW-UN
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?wruiTr c
vv ni i il :
[TEND MEETING!
Char'e-, E. Rusi??l,Quitp
Chamber cf Commerce r
Resented Dinner to Cel. Clarence
Shcrrill, Segregationalist
; ?
Charles Edward Russell, mem- ^
ber of the Bor-rd of-Directors-of
; ' * .. . a
the-Natitnal Association for the
-'Advancement' Q.f Colored People*
recently resigned from the
Chamber of "Commerce in Washingtcn.'D.
C.TTiecause of a festi-cj
menial dinner it was planned to :V
trive Col. CirV/cnee ~Q."^SlTerrij!,
SupcriiU-endcnt of Buildings and '
GvonntU in the National Capitol."^
who has .done his utmost to,pro- ''
. - _ u
mete segregation.
n
Mr. Rpssell had: been invited
to speak at the testimonial dinner.
He consulted Naval H. '
Th'-m;-'. Prcsidyntof the Wash^-"
ingtcn N. A. A. C. P., together I-1
with Clyde" C.. McDuffee ani! a]
Oapt. Karry Atwood^all of .the n
Duni ar Iligh School,-and they ^
v.'cie able.to give him suclVpar- y
ticulaij's. as to Col. SheryiU's ac- l;
LiVtfies thai Mk Russell decide.1 :i
to rr sis i from the Chamber of ,:1
Commerce in protect against*^
the dinner to Shorrill. In his/'
letter of resignation,. Mr. Rus-' '
Lclt>Ti.ys in pfrrt; M _
"Colonel Shetirill, by his deli- {
Derate' course of 'contempliious
njtistice to\yr?:;d the colored peo-: pie
of thi.sf^44j>"|/ took him'seif out;
Df the category of public serv-l
an I s that merit any applause from-their
fellow men. Legally
constitutionally, and from every
new-point #f_social welfare, the t':1
colored prot^le arc entitled to ,r|
every right and privilege ac- j
:ordejd to the white. Colonel
Merrill's defiance of4 this fundii- j0
mental.truth was so flagrant and
therefore so injurious to the best pr
interests of the, community tliat p,
! think the Washington Chamber f'-(
Commerce might h^ bettc1' gJI-TTT^
jr-ged than in showing him hon"I
am unable tp think, as I V
dmidd be glad to think, that the
Chamber of Commerce is awareipon
the colored people at the ,
lorlI1 inri nf i lin I ?v?/v/-wl?
Mwv?.v??v?x/41 wa l/tiv i-illlLL/Jll vjf
rir-1, of tho, mcans^by which he p.
deprived* colored people, of a cl
^thing?beach, while, providing -11
>n efoiMhc white, of the gra-ty
.nitons affront comprised in the 111
insolent signs that segregated -
' -+~?-r to
colored people in Hock Creek <o
Park, of the notoriously unfair p<
reatnient of colored people thr-t de
h o pnfAraorl of fl^^ ^ ^ f* - ? - ? 1 1? v'4
uv \,uiv/iv.tu at Lilt? tciltJJS ill ine r 1
public government buildings un- "(
ler his control. Yoilr action in
Baying him this honor Tian 'be
construed only as an endorse- as
nent of* his-course. It is not t h
possible for me to retain mem- Cf
jership in a body so oblivious
o the found otfon essentials of ^
ustice and equality."
"I Tiav^ therefore the honor m,
o present my check for member- hr
ihip dues-to July 1^ 1926 and my th
csignaticn Herewith/' r"* So
^ins?Look op pa
..v.I
Our Offer <
ICONSTIT
W NEGRO"
SUPREMACY"
3QE3 NOT EXIST
IN ENGLAND
light Hcncrahlo Phil'i^rSTiO^vden
T 4 < T?_ l
k ii * >1 11 .till I i>" Ai;ttr>UJR6<l ?!
6 COLORED TO 1 WHITE J
n Inter-Nat.icnal Government,
The Fu-vro of "The Wcrld -4
Roots 'With- Colored Races
~Nqw Y-orl-:, Feb. 2o-r-The N. A.'
.. C. P. hr.<M'0"eived frOrn Eny- ,
tndet'-:article pnb"
shedj in Enylih newspapers by
m PC: Id?II|U" - ?Phillip.
fr-wr"?':, ' f Peril 'mailt
wUch^liiff 'vorlJ domination by
hi?a peovdc: ni' I "v:-ssrl.in# th^t
ic idea of white supremacy is
i.-virpr to bo abandoned. He
ri.es in"part
, "The ^<1 idea of .the 11} lit of a~
ionic 'v.-itli a hi.-rh ;r ciyiii/at Jon
id with a more H-b'mn/p.d ec.onoiie
devoir foment to dominate
to verb. of the world will have to
Ft':-;.! ' It ia bo ~
:rr ab.mh>i;t-d.- The constituon
' 1' - he I.f:arr".vj of frations is
) oat nn? ir.g inhume of that
idv ^r"ip-. "diq^j oiFcrTor. race
\f' ..he., r.r.ilbnt1 Sre admitted to
te League on terms oj' equality.
C .!>' inert! <~>"j*~;Vcc S. ~
3r. Hoiiry-AHe'^i Boyd ]
-Baptist Leaders of Sou
3" CCIk\ * ^g*
Last Tl'.nr-ilnv.Pi 'v ^ P.np-l
4- 1 - ~ .1 i' " - ' '
-v itavic-i: i rum an parrs-or 1
* i
o Stal-e-oT Sanih Carolina*, met?i
the Ziofl-Bapti-t Church. Dr/jd
C. White. Pa-tor, to he in a! 1
inferencewith Div Horry Al-j(
rTSecretary of the Na^t?
-naP Baptist Publishing Boaitl ;
id alro Secret r-ry o'f the Na-j'
"dial Baptist Sunday School)
press/ivpion v.-ill meet in Co-It
?Jvme"I0'2d:? :
TBr. ..Boy.J arrived in the Cap. J
:d City over th^, Southern via:1
'h.nla and August; at 10 a. m.
Rfvr'J. 0.' White- Pastor of Zi- 5
r44ni?l;-st Church. the church |l
'rich invited the XaC'dnal Con-p
v'ss; and aho Pre-ident of the 1
ate Sunday School and P?. Y.p
V. Convention in the "Stated
lied the -mectirg to order arid.11
tr^in-cd Dr. IP yd to the lead- '
s v. ho had gathered,-^aliQut 50 J
k all". i .,--r 't
Dr. Boyd at once launched in-..,
-an address,.-gave the credit 4
the T:\nonted late-Dr. R. H. .1
~>vJ :'()! the ercaffon of the i-_t
a of the National Baptist Con'esc.
the building of life Na-l
)nal Baptist Publishing Board, c
e biggest and the nrost sub- i
antial concern of its kind a- 1
ong Negroes on c:r. th,. as far I
i - tri-rA*-r? TT - /?? *#?? ? 1
i.i.w ' >1. ? ,: v Jii^i .llliillCU
o 280.000 Bapii<ts of South t
irol'-r.a for this solidarity, and i
r their great work in ostah- (
hinyr Morris College, tTiolarg- r
t ph -*?t owned and'., controlled <
i-Xogra-Baptist son-fke eopti-4
aintainejHe of the Congress as (
e greatest Summer Bible (
?- ~? ?' :?rhbflT
of Methods in America,
;ge; 3 fort partic
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eral News.
' ?-~-v .-,0 A coi'Y:
UTIONAL
THIS DECISION .
FOLLOWS TEST.
Suit was trough* Hy Th? Local
| .Branch Of ihe N. A. C. P. " , .
! TRIED TIM PH! i<"T.-> rniTOT
.... v.uiv \.'V UiV I '
Case Is To Co To A Higher Court
For A Definite Decision
?The rO'stcterTtir'! segregation law
enacted in Norfolk, Va., has been .
declared unconstitutional by Police-Justice
R. B. Spindle and will
be carried to a higher court in
order to have th?s ruling af- firmed,
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The first court test of Nord
folk's segregation law came
ebout when Nathan Falk, a white
merchant, opened a grocery busied
5s in a strictV colored sectLoir l_: bZ
of the city.?In order to tort the? it?
law, the local N. A, A. C. P. un ??
der the, presidency *of Drcid H.
Edwards, made* a complaint and\
arrant charging violation of the
law wa-; served on Mr. Fi/k.
With Mr. Edwards as complainnrt
aiifl *R t Howa. "-j vir ttt
. ?. jjoii.V;.! clIIU >> . >V .
Foreman acting-i.?; pro ecutir.g attorneys,
the ia;Q came before - '
the Police Court Ju-tIce who de- ?-?
claveX the law unconstitutional".
i . Aii the Policy Coi.nT~rCRoI a ?- ?
court of .record, the X. A. A. C.
P. plans to e;/;y th:s c a c to
th.e r.oxt higher court on appeal,
itC'crcter that a~'definite - and re corded
decision may" bo had
holding ' the segregation orcTF ~~
ranee unconstftutionr.?l. , fv Holds
Conference- With
ith Carolina?Outines
tional S. SfCongress
? - - '? ' ^ : : , -=?
Ai^ilihren in Snut^raroMnc- Thi\
will be the largest delegation, \
md-the best etfuipp.ed Bible ex*erts^rangir.g'frt>m
leading professors
in America and leading
BoITeges "even to the backwoods.
sunday School workers of Texc-s
ind Mississippi, he. said. Two
lands accompany the National
Baptist Cadets from Cincinnatti >
>r)d Nashville, will be here. Be4des?trhe?hMfHlveds?Bt?
laymen .
opresenling the National Lay- *
nen's League. ' '
Many of the brethren made
speeches in response to Dn?
Boyd's wonderful address, en- '
lor sing * its coming; anmong
hose"who spoke were: Dr. J, J.a
5!arkN, President of. Morris-Col- . ege;
Rev.t T. S.^Gilmore. Rock
lill.; Drs. R,-Wk-Baylor. ColumJhs
T. M. Boykin. ,T. C. TohirC_ .
F; S. Earle, PrcV nlciii, 0/ rlieJBap-.
is 1 State Convention and others.
- The t\vo leading Negro newspaper
men of S. C., Mr., II. E.
Taylor, owner and publisher of
ho lie v order-! ndicator and Mr.'
Ceo. IT. Hampton. owner. s?nd
"lib Its her of The FhTmet toT.eaT-1*- >r;
offered thoir respective pa
>ers to push the Congress. The
rhe white daily newspapers of
"Columbia, The KTate and Colum)ia
Rccprd, pledged th\ White
heir unstinted support, as well
>v every white official from the
Governor clown,"' besides all denominations
of the City." TTenelict
College and Alien University
fflve-hedt put-their plants at 7
WhiteV disposal, Asheyille
Chester, Rock Hill, Charleston,
Greenville, Greenwood, Aiken
Continued on paRO 8.