Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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>' -DEVOTED IOJCHE JL._ JL\ INTERESTS O * \JJ THE PEOPLE, ' r i VOL. II?NO. 11. ".T . * ^I X' . I L ' " PROFESSOR H. ^ ^Priiicipal H^rtsvillu School; Gra " n H* A llflifni' Polm/iffn Cfnfrt 1 A | AAitvtitUl X UttlUC "J pastor of the Baptist Family in So PROF. H. H. BUTLER , 7 IN SOUTH One .of the most popular >;oung men j in the1 ranks ofv. the great_ "Baptist: I r, family in South Garolina^is tlj^e Rev, jl H. H? Butler of Hartsville. Grand Se-Jli cretary of the Odd Fellows, and prin- ; s cipal of the Hartsville School. . I Professor Butler is~~auditor of the j finances of the Palmetto State Teachera' Association and his report before h that body in the business session last j ? Saturday was, from a" standpoint of li presentation, and actual efficiency h shown in auditing accounts? one of t the best reports heard at the Conven- 1 . "' tion and received the unanimous in-!s dorsetpent of 2,000 teachers .here at-jt " tending the meeting. *|e UOLUKEiJ BUY ' TS WANDRFn Made President OX General Oragnization la New-Y?rk j ' ? High Schools F ?4 WINS OVER BIG MAJORITY ^ Member Of The Foot Ball Team, | Track Team, As Well As A ? tMember of Relay Team " f David Myers, ff^olored student at in Stuyvestant lIigh~School in New York ] ! has been elected President of the ! , I s General Organization of the School, | winning by a overwhelming majority !v i of the student's votes. Mr. Myers F has been over active in the affairs of .t the school, having been for two years'j; a memb??,of the football team a mem- [7 ?har of thp trnrk team, one of the best j ^ javelin throwers that the school hoc. i had for a long time and a shot-putter, j*1 as well as a member of the Relay team ii : J PROF. w. R. BO Principal Bethel Graded School, liver an^address before the Cilhoui L .f-iUir\ mm ifi - -> . :-.... 1 p^a I ~k. BUTLER rtwH5eerotc.ry of the G. U. O. of Teachers' Association; Leading uth Carolina. ^ *_ \ LEADER OF MEN CAROLINA L)r. JButlcr is luslui of two of tho ending Baptist Churches- tn~the Pee >ee~sectll?te$^f'-the State, and keeps tis , church and school. \vork up~ to tandui/d." As secretary uf the Odd ''ellows, he has made a new record and under his directions most modern nethods in the business of the Order iaVe been instituted. Few men in the >tate have the business ingenuity as r\?- c it....* ?"-i - ? >u?> Ul. Liuut.1 Ul lial L9VU1? <1I1U UUUC iave shown as much earnestness in landling the affairs of the people. I Professor Butler is in a class to him elf as a- business man and is a gen? leman of the highest-type and great-, st integrity? : -| 'James Wckljn Johnson L4Jbrar^!,_ Dedicated I New York?The .Seventh--tirade CIUS?pf TmjLm:i Ay.~JiT7?~Se hOtd dnUlantis-Cily, X, J., have fopnded a ibrary which, at recent exercises, was odicaUv* Weld on Johnson! nnim.il ni'toi- the iS'Tf- | ary of the National Association fori Re~Advancement of Colored People. I -Professor Montgomery Gregory, I ormerly of Howard ,University and, ;ow Supervisor of the Public Schools j n Atlantic .City, was the principal! peaker.. at the- dedication exercises i hich closed with the singing of the I Jegro National Anthem. According o Bertha Parker, Chairman of the Ictarrl nf Hirnnl/\ro i Un V?? . 1.?*- J ~ vvvvrio, UIC ^lI^UlClllUU Vi ho library averages 150 botfks each. I'ook and a bunk reading contest ia eing held, with books for prizes, to ncrease the circulation. . .1 ; -~~~ ; f-'T? I ?WMAN, B. S. V - ' Blythewood, S. C., who will dei county teachers next Saturday j ? ' i.. ?? A? COLUMBIA, S.'CTSATt ^O-ACHON IN ^DELAWARE 4??Same-State-JVlilitia-_HadL_Ia ?7 Use Tear Bombs to Disperse Mob At Trial Of Negro WARRANT IS DECLINED Woman. N. A. A. C. P. Takes Action. j?New York, March 19?The Nationai Association for the Advancement , of .jgnlored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, has addressed letters to the Governor and the Secretary of State jof Delaware inquiring why no actioiThas.been taken to prosecute a white man who ' on Thursday, Feb. 25 attacked"^ colored woman, a sworn affidavit, stating , the^ fac't^having been submitted to |the 'Attorney .General of the State. Delaware is the.: State in ,which a vthe Georgetown Jail yard on Feb. 26, men, women and children viewing the body, after the .militia had repulsed ta crowd at his trial by hurling tear i gas bombs at-the niob.^. j. The affidavit made out by the col1 ored 'woman attacked,^ states that [George Elzey, a state automobile Incolored man named Purnell at Seai ford, Uelaare, and having asked Mr. PurneH's wife to accompany him to the barn, there attempted to/attack hi5~hahd over her mouth when she screamed and struggled The local Squire declined to lssqp 11 warrant fur thu white nufnirmhile inspector, when t vv..ii>imirv?*v*???Hwuv uiia wnen. - Jiir.. Purnell visited the State Attorney General in Wilmington, tHe 'Attorney General referred the matter back to the local deputy, there being no result. . j Thereupon the N. A. A. C. P. wrote Governor P., Pobinson of Delaware placing before him.the facts and say'ing.... ..... k"We are respectfully requesting that I th& State of Delaware take such action as rests within its power to see that this -man is brought to .justice. We . would respectfully call to your attention the fact that in the State of to protect a Negro accused of a simi"Ijl. 'A'l'lTlU and In. was eonvieted and lar crime when the perpetrator was ovor-ntfyl wjth all dispatch. The country at large, and colored people in pariticular. will naturally be anxious to I see.what the State of Delaware will victim if pop table coioreu woman and the attacker a white man." The N. A. A. C. P. communication y;i5 ret erred hy the DuUwaie Gov.to s. i>. Townscnd, Jr., Secretary of State, who wrote the N. A-. A. C. P. that the State -Attorney-General had, made a "thorough investigation of the case, and determined that the facts did not warrant a criminal prosecution." The N. A. A. C. P. there upon replied^ to Mr. Townsend as.follows:--' ' *1" "Inasmuch as the facts which I have presented to Governor Robmson-Avere included by two reputable citizens of Seaford, I am writing to inquire if Governor Robinson, Attorney General Soutlierland or yon would be willing the Attuicny General's investigation. This request, of course, does not imply any question of" Attorney General Southorland's diligence. On the other hand, this matter was reported to us by citizens of 'Delaware who we have every reason to believe are thoroughly -reliable. You will understand -that feeling that proper actToln Tias not beerf^ken to bring to? justice the alleged attacker, of Mrs. Purnell, whether that feeling is justified or not, the colored citizens of the State. It is for the purpose of letting them know exactly what action has been liberty of requesting you to send us taken by the State that we take the this information." "Birth of a Nation" Film Barfed In Ohio The private showing by the Ku Kfu'x Klan of the Birth of a Nation filrh has been barred in the State of Ohio, according to a ruling of the State Attorney-General. Public showing of the film had previously been barred by the State Board of Motiofi Picture Censors and the" Attorney-General held that private showings would be circumventing the law. The State Supreme Court some months ago upheld the barring pf the picture. ??j - ? - " V JKDX5TMARCH 27, 1926 Y. W. C A. CONFERENCE State .College Assisted By Claflin i University, Entertains Conference LED BY MISS F. WLLIAMS Conference Held March 12-14 Much Success Attended The - Effort -, (MoGhee News Service) Orangeburg, S. C.?State College, assisted by Clallin University, enter, tained, March 12-14, the second an' nual Y. W. C. A. Conference of S.- C. The meeting was opened Friday night, \ March 12, under thedeadership of Miss Frances Williams-, Student-Secretary ~of the Southern Division of the Y. W, |C. A. Miss Williams led the group to name the vital problems that con|front the student life! The delegates 'were welcomed by Mrs. Wilkinson and Professor Gordon who officially represented the President. ' > ? Saturday morning the delegates were divided into four groups for the purpose of discussing in detail the problems ? located the night before. Willa Young, Secretary erf the Coun- * cil of Christian Association, Frances Williams and Betty Webb, StudentSecretaries of the Southern Division of Y. W. C. A., and Sadie Gray, local secretary of the State College Y. W. -j Problems discussed were: (1) Per- " -sonality?what it is and how?to-de vmop it( tu) relationship between men ~ and women, (3) misunderstanding between students and faculty, (4) cliches in the student body, (5) popularity? r what it is and how to obtain it. Sdturijay afternoon the representa- -j tives were again divided into four j groups, devoting the time to a discussion of-"religious problems. Fol- lowing the group meetings, the four groups were combined," and Benjamin j E. Mays of State College led the entire body to consider "Jesus' Attitude t [ toward the Old Testament Law." 1f Satunflhjf evening, Mrs. Robert Shaw 8 tyillkinsonj ^ife of President Wilkin- ? 1 son, entertained the local and visi-j * iting members with a banquet in'thejo State-Cfollege^ Dining Hall. At the -t | banqdet, MTs& Willa Young was the nrinfinnl The evening ended t with a Faculty group meeting oF'the^ | various schools represented. At this r ' gathering, the time was used consul- ji ering the chief student interests. |i I The Sunday morning meeting was ' c at blaflin College and the -cids'ing-i^ I session, Sunday afternoon in the State ^ College auditorium. The Claflin meet- , t ing was addressed by Miss Willa ,t Young; the-State College closing ses- i sion was addressed by Miss Betty ^ AVobb. ?Although the conference had closed, the State College vesper serv- t ices, Sunday evening was in the hands |C of conference members. Miss Sadie Gray presided and presented Miss c Willa Young, the speaker of this oc-j* casjon. Her speech showed much | thought and an intense desire to know) t the vital problems of the world and r j to face them uncompromisingly. r I Miss Sadie Gray of State College ; and Miss Essie-White of Claflin Uni-|* | versify had charge of the local work in preparing for the Conference. Miss ! President of the Conference, presided \ with ease and dignity. Defeated in Court - ?L Battles Texas Lawyer ] Joins N. A. A. C. P. \ Ai T==T| New York?The Texas County Pro- ? j iJ j secutor who conducting the case a- j gainst Luther Collins, a colored man d i condemned to hanging and saved by F appeals and retrials, has joined the * Houston, Texas Branch of-1 the Na-1 IT jtional Association for the Advance- ^ ment of Colored People, after the j a Branch vanquished him "in court bat- ^ ties and saved Luther Collins from ex- v ecution. * L The Texas Prosecutor addressed the ^ March mass meeting of the Houston c N. A. A. C. P. and took out a member- jo hip in the Branch not only for himself I* but for his wife and brother as well, t The comment of the Secretary of the Houston Branch is: "Going aome, n by gumf" " ' ^ ; - 1 . r.J- ' .. . _ ; Jj / \ - ' T II - 4 l 1 * ' . ' 5 | ^ PROF. Sv 1 Recording Secretary of the Sta ry of the State Sunday School t Chester Graded School. A you qualities. TRIAL AGAIN ON APRIL. FIRST First Trial, It \Vill; be Remembered/Resulted In Jury Disagreement PO I>r TDTPn fini. * * ? ?v nujju an'AUAlISLT Henry Sweet. Younger 'Brother Of Dr. 0. Hi Sweet Will Be 1 First To Be tried It was announced today by the Naional "Association" for the" Advance^ nent of Colored People at its Nationd office that the Detroit mob violence :ases growing out of the attack la-t September by a mob upon the home if Dr. Ossian'H. Sweet at'DelroiJ. will mb'retried* the new trials-commencing o the N. A. A. C. P. from its chief ' ounsel r -Clare r. co D a now.?Mr. Dar--j ow and Walter White spent two days: n Detroit this week liruking filial ar-' angements for the new trials. Rob-J frt 'M. Tom.*,1. Con)ity 'Pn'sccnti'iy Ikis , mnourrced that Homy Sweet, Younger j irothei"1 of Dr. "OV H: Sweet; will first ie tried flc>t. .Though this will make he trials li^ch -longer it is felt that his procedure, will more" surely result) n fnirpr-trkLU-Ior all thy n di.f.MvT' lants. . ' Colored and white peoplie all over he country wiH^vateh closely the newrials. The fair treatmont of the ase by the press, especially by the vhite newspapers of Detroit," has hanged sentiment' somewhat towards1! he defendants but the opposition of I he Klan has boon-increased, because 7 the marrnilieiont i he first trial, which, it will be renembered, resulted in a jury disagreenent. . ^ . Remarkable Negro Passes To Beyond " Family Is Famous ] - ? T laves To Sec 5 Daughter^ And 7 Sons Take Prominent Place Amone-i&tftt-Jig'ndcrs White Plain's, Ga., March 10?(AP) ?Zaek HuberVS l. l>ovn in slavery and ather of one of the most remarkable ?lamilinn ,jn A !-',aayliaiL iere today. His deafli followed within . i inumiis mai 01 ins wito, Camilla, loth lived to see seven sons and five laughters grow to maturity y^id take irominent places among leaders of | heir race, Fof fifty-three years, Zack and Carrtila lived together on their farm near lere. They set.an example of thrift md ambition for the race which has ieen reflected trrpi ospuious Negrft 4eelopement in their plantation commulity. Like Zack, Camilla had been >orn a slave and on securing their reedom during the war between the i >tates the pair emulated the precepts f their'one-tinie owners. The seven sons who gathered here orthe burial . ... _[ .JohnWesley Hubert, Superintendent >'f the Negro High School at Savantah, Ga. " > I Benjamin Franklin Hubert, Chief gf i . _ f HSCRIHE AND^j 9 ADVERTISE?Cur -w*?4n,,Social ttftd &e?- I y eral News. : . 5c A COPY " ?~?* 'ASw-w ~* .??*. :c ?t L. FIN LE Y ,r ' - ' ,r' ,, le Teachtrt^A^seeiatidn, Secreta ncl~B. Y. 1J. U\ ami Principal of ng man whu possesses sterling CARL DITON > AT CLAFLIN Renders An All-Lust Program Under-The Auspices Of Claflin Music Department 'CHARMS SII-.ECT AUDIENCE Assisted By Local Talent With : Spirituals and Classical Renditions (McChee News Service) Orangeburg, March 18?On Thursday e\ ening,-. Carl Diton, presented under the a'ttspiccs of?the Claflin Mu sic Department. cTTarmed a select au- ~ dienee x?f music luvers with an AllLixst-firograQ,i._^_ . His arrangement was superb, for hi.' upmin? Cm hijmuj 1 listened to " "Rigalettu Faraphttisc*" a stupendous classic from "Verdi's Opera." He fol lowed this l.y the following pleasing gr.mip (a) Mcphlr-to waltz, (b) Consolation. No. (c) Polonaise in E majrrr; -Thcrr The-ar.dtence" was held spelT " ~ hound while he played "Dante's Sonata." A group of Etudes followed, the a he closed his work for the evelJne with T boa-apian Rhansodv No. lie was splendidly assisted by Local Talent, -v. hen the string quartet made its" Tirst appearance" and the mixed quartet rendered beautiful selections from spirituals and classical renditions.; Mr.- Diton on Sunday evening returned to sing the baritone solo the "Prodigal Se?n," rendered at the Vesper Services by the Cluflin Choir. the Bwwrtmont r^e A rn , n^iKUllure ttl X US" fc?gee~Insfitute, Tiiskegee, Ala. ' ~ : ' Zack Hubert; Jr., President of JacksCn College, Jackson, Miss., ?Janu'i?H abort,?head?of?the?Mew York Urban l.ea&ue. Cladsas J. Hubert, pastor of the Litrb? rhnrrh Tien?' hf^rg whprp hi* father and grandfather served as l^ftder8 and deacons.' / , Theodore Hubert, a student at Morehouse College, Atlanta, ?a. Mosgg Hubert, tt government em ploye at Philadelphia. /' Two of the five daughters are in business in Chicago. On?, Esther Hubert, is secretary of the/Urban League inrr?1H damfuu Plui Iki ___ others lrCcTin Atlanta Four are married. Their husband^ are professional and business men. / State College Quartette * T YI70T> a v uiuauvasi 11 urn ty od (McGhoe News Service) Orangebufg, starch 25?Friends of the State College and Radio Fans will be pleased to kiynv that the College Quartette will broadcast from WSB, Atlanta, Ga., .April 3, in connection with a program'to he rendered thru the courtesy of the Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce. The Concert will last "one hour, egfithtnpr at nine o'ctoch Eastern time. ^ ' Get ready to tune in on WSB, Atlanta that hour.