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< ^ _ OratorO 5 VOL. IT?NO, 18 S.C.DE BAPTIST1 DR. WILKfr LASHES OPP SWEET CASE AT A REST Clarence Darrow, Chief Attorney ^ Riddles Stories of Police And "Other Witnesses -5flQ4^KQRkft-ARQITNO HOUSF. , Mary Spauldjng, A .Social. Wroker Says Street Was . Like Parade A briliant defense has been opened by Clarence Darrow, Chi^ef Attorney ] . retained by the^National^. Association ] f for the Advancement of Colored Peo- J pie, in the defense of Dr. and Mrs. i Sweet and their nine co-defendants in i Detroit, from a charge of murder a- i rising from the death of a man shot ,,.t, _ during a riotous demonstration out~ | side the Sweet home. The stories told by the police and members of the "Wa- > terworks" Improvement?Association/' to the effect that no mob menaced the j Sweet home and thatjthe shooting , was unprovoked, have been riddled by .whom have testified that' from 400 to 500 people were about the house at ^ ~ the, time. ' - ^ . Mrs. Mary Spaulding, a social v. orker testified that the Street was like a ( parade and that there were 5'X) pco saw several hundred people around the Sweet home. - Philip-Adler, a newspaper reporter.' -? Kaid he~saw~400 to' 500 people there, * and that he heard stones hit the Sweet house?before the shooting. J lay L<? renzo, proprietor of an auto-accessory shop was also among the numerous witnesses who testified to seeting a crowd of 500 people outside the Sweet house.' \ Mr. Darrow anounced that it would , not require mort than t\vo or three davs for j;he defense to complete its testimony and rest its case. State Agricultural and Mechanical College Commencement _ < ~ ~ Program. =: Friday, May 21, 8 p. m.?Annual ' ^ Declamation Contest. _i ^Syr^day, May 23, 3:30 p. m.?Baccalaureate ,Address, President R. S.I Wilkinson, Ph. D. i"-; -? Sunday, Mny 23, 8t00 pj m ?Ad dress to Religious Societies, Prof. Ben;. E. Mays, A. M^, Director De . partment of -English, State College. Monday, May 24, 4:00 p. m.?-Class Dav Exerciser f.Tnnir>?> P.?U<?tro ^ * Monday, May 24, 8:00 p. m.?toncert, Department of Music. Tuesday, May 25, 10:00 a. m.?Alpmni Business Meeting. , Class Reunions. Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 p. m.?Ad- ' i dross to Alumni Association, Prof. Wm. S. Ravenel, A. M., Department [' of Education, A. & T. College, Greens\ Bpro, N. C. | ' Tuesday, May 25, 10:00 p. ni"-?A* lumni Banquet. ; Wednesday, 'ftay "26, 11 .A. M.? Graduating Exercises, Address by .His Excellency, :Thos. G. McLeod, Governor of South Carolina. Exhibition ',ot Agricultural, Home 'i Economics and Commercial Departments in their respective-hells thruput the week. ' ' -V r < ! Darrov lasTSalcF RATOR? jl m v a u -r ^ 5 ?' 1S0N RESPi ONENTS TO SPEAKER MORRIS" -SUFFERS COLLAPSE Stricken With Malaria At Anderson, S..C.. On East Monday. f, Is Improving" CHANGES ENGAGfTMKNJS He Will, However, Fill All Previous Engagements At A . Later Date V ' n v~ * \ tTi-?ru 1 i ?? ?? ?iion. v^nacies oaicneu Morns-^sutfered a serious collapse at Anderson, Monday necessitating the cancellation of his engagement there. However his physicians state that he is improving. He suffered an attack of malaria. ' . This noted speaker will fill the following engagements: HaLrTsvrTler Sum day afternoon .next, Spartanburg, Monday and Tfie^day nights; Union, VVednesdya night; Nurlti'Carulina appearances ' Thursday and'- Friday it i3 with profoimd regret that we ntii-nninl,. " tKn""imll?pntfitinn nf Mr. Morris, because he is a speaker of note and "wherever he speaks, he delivers a message to the people that is full of truth and helpful thoughts thoughts. May. he- sOon fully regain his good health is our sincere desire. K7t.h Annivpi<flrv nf flip ^GruTU^TTFrmmr At Bethel Church The Grand. U. O." of O. F. held their 87th Anniversary program at Bethel A. M.E. church;'on last Sunday. It was a gala affair,having as some of the participants, such nota. hlon nr., Rav. E A AHnms, Rev. F.. E. Cornwell, Rev. I. O. \Simnrons, Mrs. E-B. Lewie, and Mrs. l^Iary Peters. The Juveniles being well repreaented^bv Mr. Theodore. Griffin and Miss Eunice Smith. The program was welP carried out and would -do credit to any "Order.- The sermon presented-^ Dr. E.. A. Adams could not have been duplicated or/ surpassed. The Lbdges were well represented. Rev. Cornwell's Odd Felliws' address was exuberant in good^houghts gue, he displayed a knowledge that is most unique. . The Odd Fellows marehed from thetr Hall, orr Assembly?street to the church, ~tn. their full Regalia, thereby making a scene that was good "to look tip on. The participants, of the program need to be commended. Keep up the good work and let us go forward as the Grand Old Order is united; let as say "United we stand anxt divided we falh" ? Charles Satchell Morris To Speak in Union Charles Satchell Morris, the world's greatest Negro orator, will speak at Bethel A. M. E. ChtrrcfrrUnhjn, 3. O. Wednesday night, May 19th. , The public is" cordially invited. PROFESSIONAL NOTICE 1 Dr. J. G. Stuart has returned to the City and will resume his practice at pflf.- ., "' ' ' i BriHia ieli Morris falttti COLUMBIA, S. C:, Tmfv] J TV 111 I J )NVENTK DNPS TO SI ?MONUMEOT CONGRESSMAN FISH j TALKS ON BILI The Bill Has Passed"The jtiousi And Is Now Up To Trte' v. Senate . r 11 REPUBLICAN AG A-fcN ST 1'J -"Passage Of The Measure Is A Slander On The Record Of I Colored Soldiers In France" .1 c -- ; .The Bill sponsored by Represents tive Hamilton Fish of Now York, pro 'viding vfor a $30,000 -monument t( > commem'orate the valor of the foui Negro regiments brigaded with th< i 171. \- A i ' " ji'icucn Army aurin gtne Work! War has been passed by the House of. Re profbniativesT'afid" D now up to ttn , United States Senate, according? (|* , United States Senate. Tiie N.?A. A. C. P. has-^eceivet b?o?pi(!s of the Congressional Recort > Lhe. \v [lit'h thut.'- Ropro sentative Fish lashed the opponent: lto the Billl. The Bill was passed ir 'the House over the determined oppo sition. of Southern Representatives , Mr. Fish declaring on the floor thai the colored soldiers, "were good e jnough to be accepted as volunteers it 4time of vvai, they vvtrri'-good enougl lto be drafted; they were goocTenougl ! to be killed for their country; bui they are not good enough to jSermi 'the consideration of a bill to commcm orate their gallant services." Only one Republican voted agains' the?ftrt+r?Representative Stephen -ft Porter of Pittsburgh; ' * Senator David Reed.of Pennsylvanii offered Objections to the Bill whicl Were met by "amending it. Colorec voters in l-ennsyivama are urged t< make their -wishes- regarding Jthh measure known to Senators Reed am George WhartorrPepper. Colored vot municate with their Seivator* at onc< and urge immediate action on th( " mpasTrrrrif It is to lie voted on in fh~< present session of Congress. '' Passage of the measure in the Hous< ^is. regarded as a decisive answer tt the slanders on the record of col rePsoldiei's in~Prunce puhlistied-^ General BullarU.- - ' ~f Lyric Singers to Appeal i At 2rjhd. Calvary._l_ i / / . > . ; J ! j / \ . " ' i- The fameus Lyric Singers who cap tivated an audience of both races ai Lexington, Monday night, will ap pear nil the rostrum, of Second Cal vary, on Tuesday night, May 18th at 8:15 o'clock. At the eind of the Lexington pro 4 PTranfr. a white man paid a high 'tribute to the singers saying that h( ' has spent his life in the study ol i music and had heard many singers 1 but had never herird a group that I pleased him more than did the Lyri< J Singers and requested a return en gagement at ap. early date. If you fail to hear theip a?J3l5 ^on^TTal vary "you 'will miss ^weat To hemp them once you would wahtWx hear them again. ~ ? Pon't forget the place: Second Calvary Baptist ChuFCh, Tuesday night May 18th,. ?,* i The feature of the program will b< "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho.' ?C. S. Mcintosh. ntly Defi > -suffers. ctto : - 1 A VTUHDAY, MAY 15, 1026. t EC'Y. WORK VDR. WILKINSON - ?- ABfcY ^ESPONBi Welcome Address by Ron. Wor Washington, May 10-12 B COMMENDS COMMISSIONER! "[Tells Of?Achievements Am r !vrr.gress made Since Organi. - 'K zAtion 7 Years Ago / d-?-? * Mr. Secretary:? I keenly appreciate the "opportunit; and responsibility of replying, in be half of the Conference of-President .'of the seventeen Negro Land-Gran Colleges here represented, to your cor dial welcome and greeting. In s > doing 1 ant/commissioned to expres r or gratitude for the favor of you ..' honorable presence and to- enipha size it with a specinll-heartiness, broai enought to include the Honorabh - Commissioner of Education, Dr. Ti j" ffert; the?Executive?-Socreary, I)r [ John; and the splendid group of co workers, through Whose wisdom am jplanihg our Conference has becotn jAhe Won loi ful success it is today.? , VWe realize that teachers "Co I trustvoc ?A-im i ii n i?>< ?-*? ........ 11ity . kicJ cure convinced that' educational. lead - c^s bin.-,?liiul?whotever?wcitkneyse; . thei e air in the ! till Ml. .'"MMl.H iKirilOSU these (On 11 lerc-nces- are "HeTd and to give ex -pam icn-itnd. enrichment to .odr.4101011 . I |u'l .iy.currani. Thev yry our researci j. [ laboratories, whose results keep ui on . he rapid ^radg of developeriient 1 is si-ill far from the phice_,of |tabh 1imn" i'ity, 01 ilu^eiiuralinn. ?~ j I Since our. organization'set'en year: 1.ago. we* have seen greater changes ^ in educational facilliie.s than.occurei t-'in .i:l the mcM-'1. in-- v.eir^?Any liool .| 011 physics, electricity,1 or astronomy wrivrii seven yenr^ ;uid_i.s. out of date I Any igeo';iapliy history writter t sc. in years ago is spineless .today*' ?A-v~ f-hilosoph v or pciiammv ?t' stive; -years ago is iiei*."cdvss< ,book 01 ' phyV.ob.gy or .psychology that, is'.S$v I en y-?.a;.-> old is now ay^wke. Any booJ 1, on chemistry, biology or sociology II written -even years ago is ctpiiedy . and any book tpn -agriculture, home e copomics, or industrial .vocations writ rten .-even years is now a tragedy. t7~r.\ freedom unimagined twenty-five . yiars' ago has come,9 and our phib ..-ie-m-a^-'eduetvtora is to hold it ;<s nnitl" in check as "possible, so that it ma\ not destroy the foundations of trut ; intellectual desires by its most allur r in^frasy rva?rgiye pleasuresTits' springy jazz music, insinuated with an arte s ficial and cheap sophistication,' sug ".gesting eternal happiness. ' To accomplish this we are endcavnjr, ing not-only-to'produce citizens \vhi ?but t?-s<imehuw train them- to contrihire character and intelligence to wards the?solving of their problems \\ o are seeking in our curricula, nol universal knowledge, but the opening up ot the nvind to a catholic appro cia'ion of the-best achievements o1 nu n apd^e best processes of though' -wrrV tftii days thought set in, .r Though Congress stipulated in th< j Morrill Act of' 18G2 that "College: should he pstablished for instruct ior in those branches that were "relatCc ": to agi*lCUltpreijat<h'-meehanic arts ii t order to promote the liberal am - practical education ~ cTf~rt*he industria . classes of life,"/"and lalter on, ''helk that insrtuction" in the industries foi women was included in nistruction it ;?..U . arta" ?rtl. uituic uuu uii/vuaiiiv w. vv? ored people did not share in this li . ~ horal educational program until th< .--Morrill Act -o?-l&hfk- provided an e quahler share of the Federal Fund foi f Land-Grant Colleges to be founded foi , them-in States having separate school: l| for the races. t j - As far back as 1857, .however, tw< ' Negro Land-Grant Colleges were or ! iranized; namely: the Agricultural ant j Mechanical College for Negroes a' J Normal, 'Alabama; and the Affrieut i tupaU and- Xoripal^chool, at Fm< ! Bluff, Arkansas. Most of them hav< >! cxsited since 185)6. + The general developement of Ne . [ grTPTiamT-Grnrrt College* . (.phenomenaL keening pace with th< ', wonderful growth in vocational educa -f-tion that has taken place throughou* >! the Country in recent yeats. * Then ? has been a pronounced tendency, ii Continued on page six. _ . ' - : ends The A Sudden ~r.' < SLSSlUNSt BAPTISTS HAVE ^ ANNUAL SESSION J i" ? r-fXicafM^wivi Throws?Open?Its- ^?'Gale* ?o--The Baptist Host?-Of The State. k t- ?? ALL OFFICERSERE-ELECTEE* _Hol4s Harmonious Sessions at 3 The Bethpsda Baptists i Church?Georgetown. 1 'I ? i . " By. Rev. J. C. White. ^ Georgetown, May 13?True to the time-honored custom of haying a procomention night, in order fhrrt~ttnr' delegation coming in might get a y chance of aidingthe. struggling pastor, ^who invite's the Convention, that , s . rr^ _, . . -+* t iiiyy, me delegation; might show in -r ' 0 _ a substantian financial way., their ap0 prec.a ion. . s s r We met a_t the- Bethesda Baptist t - Church, Rev. G. G. Daniels, Pastor, J Tuesday, May 4. ' L The Executive Board Tmrt-to "tuck t _ lip 11n* tVnv.zlo_s1epv<?" nf it mnltitn- ^ - dinous unfinished business... . J At 8 p. ni". the delegation with the ^ - hundreds?of?City?people turned out ." and filled old Bethesda Baptist" ljke ^ ell sardinus in a can. because it had been"y( announced that .aiie- eloquent, picture ? painter and scholarly pulpiteer, the c Z Campbell, - pastor of the - St. Paul Baptist Church, Anderson, was' to preach. ? . The big crowd was not disapointed , in' hearing a. real sermon, and J.he "young jpan eloque'nt" oj" -Atidersori c'ovurod?himsolt'?W4ih?gk?ry. ?D+s? ^ style was.all Camphellic, his style i tinned as the occasion, demanded, at ' times* he painted lilies and dahlias that" perfumed Gethsemaneos Garder, is . then he would load his speech With S i dynamite- of" death; he would disem- c] ;. ho\yyi thu- terra firnm. with, ge?J.Qgic-s. | t pu-K?w?ftrovin.r his protio^ition,. and L - l-tix times he would count and catalog fi " iiht" stars, an dthen with that irresjs1 tible\*force of the spirit he compelled t] !, his hearers to sit like children at his CJ -[ Continued on natro six . tw . . ? t Slavery Still Practiced J In Tropics Says c . Ci Lecturer. .2 ' -Xo\v York, May 7?The N. A. At a _ ;C. I'-. .has~~received <w report of a lec- 0 . '.are- in Bristol. England. bv John HT5 - Harris, Secretary of the Anti-Slavery d and Aborigines Protection - Society, in Cl r whbh Mr. Harris pointed outthat-a t( - -number nf tropical regions atill pjrac -fi ^ t'ce slavery, there being between 2 and u --it;. trillion .slaves, still to be set free. a . Mr. thtvV.is said a report made by the f League of_ Nations" had7 shown ly ? 1 areas of the world in which slave 1' J raiding and slave trading were in ope. E 1 ration. L I Mr. Harris pointed out that civili- < [ /.ation was coining increasingly tode- B . -pend upon the products of the tropi- cj . evil countries, 450,000 tons of rabbet P - being used annually, while the. world n dingo i man titles" of -cocoa,- -carte +1 r sugar, as well as precious stones and P * metals coming. from the tropics. il A , . Mr. Harris declared that the du- a ties of civilizaton toward the back1 ward races were, first, to give to na- tl t tives the freedom to produee-+n thttir li I miiri'tMiy t'lvllP/ntloTri* "fiffiuiij, to uy- -p bold,the principle that there, should belli t no legislative o.r industrrial. barrier ,.ti * based on raff or eolor er ereedi thiHt n j-^that the relation of civilized to back-J p t ward races should be that of trustee to i f s , ward; and fourth, that slavery in all b 1: its forms should be abolished in this 'o jgenteation. |? i Sweets ?___ .. , o ? " I ' ^ V:- 23 5c A COPY wuimT dULiim ^ -WINS" DEBATE- ? Slate College Wins Debate Over ? A. & T. College of North Carolina ~~T ~ ? * ' *.. ???_____w *' "JTDUES FAVOil STATE ^ _ Subject: "ResnlvpH, -That The :?^ United States Should Own And Operate Coal Mines." Orangeburg, May 1.?The debaters rrom A. & T. College of North Caroina could not stand the convincing ogic of the team of' South Carolina. ^==S==5Tt^ rriday evening on the subject: "That he United States Should own and O y, N. C. was defeated by a two-third ote of the judges.. Convincing argu- ' -i nents were advanced by bth the af- ? hrmative and the negative teamisjEach_--^->ne showed thaCit had had the advan- ; age of?superior training. This is * aying a great deal- for both colleges, o say the least. . ?. 14. I il may De stated that the occasion >f last evening was the fifth annual riangular debating contest between he "Carolina- }' irginia State Colleges, 'he triangle is- composed of South arolina State'A. & M. Collppo, North __ Carolina Negro A. & T. College an^ rirf|ini^...\"ormal and? Jge.' . ' student Famlly-Faee?~ .. ' M Problems On Student -r . . ?r? f??---- - / <0 Government Day ^ o VI r" * , * * _ McGhee News Service. On Wednesday, ^pril ?fi, th" ?? itrative and departmental affairs of i. C, State--College were plpced in harge of the students. The day was ct. aside as "Student Government lay.,".'and every faculty position was lied -by students. . In the departmental wor-k we foi^nd ie student-teachers all prepared to arry on the work just as if he or she ., l 'ere one of the regular facnltv" ry report shows that order, attenance and regitalion were no rrqf.il. *?v ii rhetors and insrtuctors in the me(TSnical. department -were intent on ' irr>;ing on their workv?The Domes0 Sctewe 'departln^tT'fha^' tnsfy popovers" and animal cakes. Those in charge of administrative flairs were careful to--make records f all bills paid as. .well as keeping ab on__e very cuTTrotuIeThy any stuent during the day. Thpre was full operation on the part of studenteacher and student to^see to it that his day be-ideal and all the prob- ?* >ms be met with the same efficiency s when the .usual authorities have larger'- -?. ~ . te following:- "The lesson was very ood, order exceptionally good, at:ndance good," states ?he instructor >f the third year Auademy. Mr. arnwell says of the First Year Aidemy. "I found - the work -very leasant," Prni<^pnl Williams in sum- ?pting up the reports of his teachers takes this statement". "We observed" ihT oTdci lnin~-attenri&nce was*very/~ ood. De?" ^.^ouiis report says lere was little loitering in the halls nd all lessohs seemed w^lf prepared^ ? The results of the day shows that ic students are interested and wilnK to -cooperate with the faculty. Ts^^h'ere waS a realization on the art' of the StBdCfit 61 th<? ties their faculty and Adminietralqjl have. ? So muchr was the enjoyment of' the waik uf the day cm the?* art of students that they have peitioned in their reporjj that they 1 e given two days next year instead f one and that the event -become an nnual observance.