Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* * ?????i???i . fT THIS I'APER ISYfc ^ DEVOTED TO THE /B INTERESTS OK \l THE-PEOPLE.? .. u , vorrn?iiQ~g. MARY J A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE A Letter Is Received By The Secretary of ' The State . Teachers' Association CONSENTS GLADLY The Letter Below Will Tell Of Her Interest In The Negro Teachers of This State The* following is a " letter received from the President of . the National Education Ass'n.rMy dear -Mr. Myers : Your kind invitation to address the NegrOjJ^chers at the * noon hour March 19 has reached; ljie on my return from speaking in Ohio, and I hasten to aspure j i_ you that nothing' would give me. more pleasure than to accept this kind invitation j I hayc nlsor rcccved the Uttte_ newspaper showing me your com1 pleted -program. I am relying upon your conference with the secretary of the Chamber of! Commerce and of the other-1 State Teachers' Association, that; the arrangements as to hour.y! is perfectly considered, because j I have not yet received the pro- j gram'of the other association. ' However, I cay trust you to man- j ?age it sfr'that there will pot be j conflict as-to the hours. If there is-time and you have 1 - . - j other groups who would like to have me make a contribution to ', tmflr spi'i'im ymgrarna, you may I call upon me resting assured that 1 shall be'Tglad tb be of every bit of service that is in my po\ver to render. i Sincerely yours, ??: ' nf rii.! maxy xvicoKimmon. ???President National Education Association, Washington, D. C. ?'?'?^^ * k m J. S. Stanback, GraiW'''^'1 ' 1 |,gf South-Carolina has fcAfn Pr0,J thp Int^^<'tional CnfereJlPe of K Stat^?n<^ Canada by reason of It i^y of Kentucky Avhich occured o ,.$= The International Conference c } ia August next, at w.iich 1 jf'-W in full regalia.: It is a signal hoi and to Companion, Grand High L that grand body of representativ parts qf the United States and C measure up to the dignity of tl A necessary qualifications to fill tl ; himself and honor to South Car< m PROF. ILL TELLS OF ASKS THE IJ. S. A. 1 TO HELP THEMl Perceval Thoby, Former Charge d' Affairs, In Washington Now Representing Haiti LANDS ARE TAKEN AWAY ~??' . ' '*"1 Prostitution and Other Evils Have Been Increased Thru | Military Occupation . _-New York, Mar. 5?Perceval Thoby, former Haitian Charge d'Affairs in Washington, and now official representative of the Patriotic Union of Haiti, has left with the National Association for the Advancement of (Jolo^ecT People, a memorandum setting forth the bad conditions pre sequence oOhe?maladministration Of American Occupation officials and the acts of the U. S. Government. Mr. Thoby plans to go to Washington and lay his country's case before Senators King and Borah. In the memorandum left with the N. A. A. C. P., Mr. Thoby outlines the indictment of the American Occupation, under the following main heads: ... . . 1. Popular elections have l\n?n C ? ...'.1.1 2 -J 1? ll u\;cil ucici l CU"1I1 VlUictLlUIl OI tlltJ Haitian Constitution, and the President of Haiti has been designated by an unlawfully constituted "Council of State which the Prooidont, by appointing his friends to it has managed * to kppp in his own roritraK 2. Haitian currency has been depreciated, thus lowering the standard of living, among the people* and the national debt has been maladministered. k?3,?The Haitian land-?laws i (Continued oh Page F.iglit)?"C. .Li * ' v * !'< ... _ ny tNBACK? ? . riest of Holy Royal Arch Masons loted to the office of President of loyal ArcFTMasons of the United re death of-President J. A. Wheatn the fifth inst. >f R. A. M. will be held in Boston, irne, 10,000 delegates will atten(i ior that cornea to South Carolina Priest Stan-back to preside over e men who will be there from all lanada. We are confident he will he position for he possesses the ie executive chair with credit to jfinai. t gr" ^* ||H ^^1/vVyv^H ff^^V /V rl^H I^H I I t - .1 ^ / COLUMBIA, src: WON WL JES HONO VERY BAD sfgrfgatio: CiKAINU JURY INE TRIAL TO BE ?= ON MARCH 3 ifi Indicted For Rape In The 2nd 1 ? Degree; 1 For Sodomy; 1 For Burglary TWO ARE REOTASEP" ' The N. A. A. C. P. Will Assist I The Girl's Mother Finacially 1 To Stay To Trial in March i . ' - ? * - New York, Mar, fi Alnn Din gle, colored attorney retained by the National Association for the Ailvtinrpment of Colored People, to assii-t in the prosecution oi the attackers of a 14 year Old glr! who later died, reports that the .Bronx County Grand Jury has indicted 8 men for alleged offenses against the girl,- this being G for indictments for rape in th( second degree, 4 indictments for sodomy and 1 for burglary more than one indictment restling against-tfome of the 8 men Against vfcwo of the defendants no evidence could be obtained -and they were released. The cases came-up on March c and were adjourned until Marcl 10. The N. A. A. C. P. will as sist the ^girl's mother firianciallj in order to^ enable her to stas ill New York for the trial, havfrom for this purpose. Sunday Scti< Special to The Leader Nashville, Tenn. Mar. 0?Ter thouMiml Railroad Certificate! for the Sunday School Congresi to "be held in Columbia, Soutl Carolina, June -9-14, reachet Tsashville this week, so it was learned at ttip Pnnori-ooo Koo/i ? - V..V & vovi liv^uu quarters from the Office Secretary, who.-gave out the informa tion in the absence ef'JHenry^A Boyd. tThe.vp ten thousand Cer jtiticates are to be used in securing the reduced round trip rate for Congress messengers and de :"pendent' members of their family. The rate was promulgatec by the Southeastern Passengei Association, Mr. W. II .Howard District Passenger Agent, At k.ata, Georgia and wan concur rengpr Association at St. Loui: the Western Passenger Associa tion in Chicago, the Trans-Conti rental Passenger Association ii Chicago, the Central Passengei Association in Chicago and th< Eastern Passenger Associatior at New York. The Rev. Boyld stated severa weeks ago that, the most en 'cuurctging repuris were cominj, from lime to time, and tha ! a number of the messenger; [would mobilize in this City be ginning on Monday night, Jum t'ith ti.tf ccr.tir.ue to_Tuesdaj morning, June "8th, when th< "I"CongTess"Special" wTIl leffOlg th< 'Union Station for Columbia. Thi key representatives of the Con gross augmented by the conduc tors of the various Extensioi )Sections, the Presidents of Sun j day School, B. Y. P. U. am State Conventions would bi | forwarded a sufficent number a i tfia I , MARCir 1371926 "~~ LLADDI ' '* 1- * * RED BY W CONDlTlOr I IN INDIANA >ICTS ATTACKE1 S Charles Satchell Morris At Mullins Special to The Leader . Mullins^March 0.?One of the gi^fatest audiences which has ever heard a black man speak in Mullins, greeted Charles S^tchell Morris, Jr., of NorfolkrVa.,-famous Race^ journalist and spokesman on his initial apearance here last evening. ison of the lamented leader Fred' erick Douglass, a graduate of one of the most distinguished t Negroei~ln America, is at pres ent engaged on an intensive tour i of South Carolina.?The it'copI ' - tion accorded him here tonight f was one of the most enthusiastic J of his entire trip.. 1 Choosing for his subject, "The > Measure of the Man.4' Morris outlined the u-hffir ii? 1 ~4" v--~v V" ??v. declared were essential to every J individual, "who deserves to be;,c t the sovereign name ol' man." jThp.se attributes,?-Iic ns-^rred \ were: character, courage. faUh, i aspiration acid loyalty... llis plea . to his auditors to develop young pmen and women of whom the r 'race need not be ashamed, was UIIU -TTf-rt TC" ulu>L 1 ill rig pii'L'us " [of oratory ever heard here; t'nril^-hng fhe crowd by "its force and - (Continued on Rage Eight) ool Congress jthese certificates to be handed i |out or mailed out as tin/ occasion i [might arise. ^Vt the~two Board 9 meetings of the National Baptist i Convention, held at the Publi?lrJ ing Board last-week, -representaj'tives' from .the several Statws . who were members on the Board . 'declared the Congress spirit was .'sweeping their>-&tate. - pr. Dav'! J n A..? ' ? * . jiu cj. v^ver, one 01 me conductors .'in the Bible Conference Depart. ment. who is headquartered in Baltimore, Md., stated that Bal. timore would have a' great dele. gation \n Columbia; while Dr. G. 1 iJ. Madison, Secretary ot the -V tonal Baptist Convention/"stated /while here la>t wfeek that, Vir. ginia would ho doubt have it's . Special Sunday School Congress ^Traifh?By. S. S. Jones, the-Mi>5 jor GeneraHpf the National Boy . Cadet movement in the Congress _*<was also in Nashville last week l / t attepding the Board meetings p and in conference-with the (on2 gress /Secretary. He promised j to by'ing "Oklahoma thru?Nush-iville to give Nashville a chance ] to get just a view of the We-.'tern spirit and supporters of the j Congress; while Dr. J. S. Morton t of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member of 3 the Theology Seminary Board _ wo3 very optimistic. |Io and Mi\<, 3 Morton declared that Pittsburgh r J augmented by the Allegheney ? District Association would rej'port in full at the Congress thru a)its representatives.? "On to the Congress" is now . the slogan from the Congress . beginhmg to hum the Congress J song, which starts off, "We arc e a Band of Volunteers.; for God, f (Joined in Fellowship upon-His : v II I iMrimHViirtiifcnf**.** jpailtfl: flHriEFR^ 0 ? 1, |5 IN HAITI HI' SCHOfH.S ? - t A f.l'IT is NOW in the conn1; | Archie Greathouse Against The Hoard of Citv Commisionsrs | Of Indianapolis 'supreme court to decide ' . I I: _ Attorneys Preparing 3'etitio.n For Oral Argument Refbre , \r Supreme Court (N. A. A. C. I'. Press Service) , 1 Tho Archie Great-house. against the Board-tff School Commissioners of the City of Indian- ; in-A^hich the 'establish a segregated hi' school is being contested7~l^as"^gortg~toj the suprethfe Court of the State < T?The Nationar.Qmce'raiid Indi- ' nnin'nliv Tlt'rfnfii nf fl-iu v a- a C. P. has been contributing mon- ^ ey and legal -advice in this case ' where suit is being brought to restrain the City of Indianapolis ! from erecting a segregated high 1 ' school. Heretofore there has 1 been no such school* and the present action, now referred to , thn Iruii .tin Supreme Court, is aimcds-to prevent the ./bringing ^ of segregation into Northern and . border States. ^The-ea?**r is being .fought by attorneys W. S.-' 11 en r yV iiobcrt, L. rJbiley. and W; iU. Henderson. " ... ilr. P.ailey .uxitesZ-of the^; ""transfer of the case to the' StateSupreme Court: "While the result is but a temporary victory, we-,are hopeful of final victory and are today preparing a petition for ori>l argument before the I Supreme --Court, whigh \ye hope will be granted." ' j, ^ Word," which song was the in. -pilatioii -that came to Prof. * Thos. W. J. Tobias at ,the slc'ond i session of the Congress held 20 years ago. I VT:' dm B B J T" Try - ' dr. w. 0. Dr. W. O. McGill, Dentist, fort for 8 yoays. now 'o^atoi at Ashe the N. C. Dental Board Examinati< ! | Hid oflke is. located in ttre Y. M . .' u. ^ "/^sriisrKim; \M^j F ADVLK'i ISt^-( urm ' rent, Social and Gen- I era I News. ... ? ..... - a i6Jfcga_<itMgM|BM6|| r . r.e A l Ol'^ BTERN1TY HE TEACHES AT CLAFLIN _ Is Head of The 'Depart merit of Economics at This Institution Till; IM DA.MM A MC v * Dean Eeroy Allen (White) Says That Qualifications entitled Him to This Honor Ora-ngeburg, March 'J?Prof. R. E. Niles, head'of Hie .Department of Economies and Social Science, Claflin 1'i h vers it V, a' graduate Of the University of Io\\a anct~a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity has the "distinction _ of bekvg .e.le .-ted a, member?at large of tb<^ Nation reflected much credit to their ai social iionor 'society of Pi GAtrtWft-Mu. Ti Canmia .AIu i,s no ordinary honor society. aim i> uu- ?1 3peri.tion in tin- kj' ntitic study ->f human pn .1 ,V(-mln-ai'iny mch fields as tho-e of Sociology, Economics, Commerce, Law, Political Science, History, Education, Physiology, Ethics', Religion, etc. Pi Gamma Mu was established in l-t?24 by . the cooperation of seventeen whiie'colleges gnd Universiiies>.includ- .' = ;? ing such institu ions aT Iowa . State, William and Mary. Xorthl western an;l oth-rs. "11 mem bers at large represent lag 272 institutions have been elected and are promoters of the new . society. Members at large are. -relected among teach 1 rs or Social p . _? >.v y . ?? Science in recognized umversitions. ' ? ? N This singular distinct it n.c-o trie's t. to Prof. I lies who lias contributed articles to the lea-ling white social science journals a< a persnnnl f onm ?? o letter fraternity .'Pro;'. Iliys has attained* h high degree of scholarship and has - dist inguished search. In view of these facts and because he ha?s advanced '""; the cause of sclentitic study of ( Continued on. Cage Eight) ( I. ?? ' * . V . .' ? McGILL '5 - . . nerly practising in Union. S. C. villp, N. C.; has recently passed >ns and is-practising in Asheville. . I. Building.. * X.... _ _