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THE LP -Jj VOL. II.?NO. 21. GOV. McL ... ~n' . ' Er ..." LAWYER N. J. : . . .k ' One of the leading Att THE SUPREME ? COURT'S DECISION Were Convicted of the Murder Of Sheriff Henry H. Howard? Of Aiken County SHOT WHILE RAIDINQ HOME Lynching Was Averted By Depjity Sheriff Nollie Robinson * And Stragety of Others J , "A new trial is granted," concluded an opinion handed down lust, Thtrrs= day by the South Carolina Supreme Court in the case of, "The State against - Demon, alias Son, Lowman, man" convicted of the murder oT Sheriff Henry H. Howard of Aiken The decision was unanimous?. De?^morr and Glarenee--Lowman were sentenced to electrocution last year iri' theCriminal Court at Aiken and Berth a .Lowman to, life-imprisonmfent;? The killing of Sheriff Howard ocV~~~~ curred April 2hth, rJUb, when he, with three deputies, made a raid on the homes of the Lowmans in search of liquor. There was a great deal of shooting, and when the smoke cleared away, it was found that Annie Low|? man, the mother of'Deimon and Ber" tha and the aunt of Clarence, and Sheriff Howard" were lying dead, Bertha being seriously wounde dand Demon shot in the~ariiru rrTTrurmThg-a"~ way in aw effort to eaeape from tho t place, Clarence was seriously shot by pursuers. \ The?killing?of Sheriff Howard \ - ? caused a deal of excitement and a mob ' formed in Aiken for the purpose of lynching Demon and .Clarence who had been carried there after being arrested. A lynching however was averted by the earnest appeal for law and order by Deputy Sheriff Nollie Robinson and stragety on the part of other officers who spirited away-De?? mnn ?rtH fUnrenre while Denutv Sher_ ^ riff Robinson was making his ap" peal to the crowd. The men were placed in the penitentiary while Bertha, because of her serious injury, was carried to a hospital in Leesville. The defendants were arraigned and tried in the Criminal Court in Aiken two weeks after the killings, even 1. while the wounded prisoners were , suffering from their wounds.They had not been able to obtain counsel for their trial so that, according to law, the Court appointed a -Acyer to represent each of the defendants. The defendants were promptly convicted/of the murder of Sheriff Howjytf and the two men were sentenced ^to be electrocuted June 12th, 1925, / and the woman to life^ imprisonment ***\ in the State penitentiary. It was at this juncture that Attorney N. J. Frederick of Columbia became interested professionally in the case. Believing that because of the circumstances surrounding the case, WMANS / . " '*"*?' * = t ' EOD ADD II ? \ ! r . FREDERICK arneys of South Carolina .A' I WEL( j To the Delegates to the Na Cojive lp" A-?J TT 1HUU1I ^ If sweet Aeolin h 1 ?Or angels' voic In chiming riielod With every sol - < . ? I could, perhaps With" ivhich w lAqtl every heave .... .1 -To speak our 1 r f ' r. . 9. ^ tt' a 7" Wittrlbve and ^ To our city fa To Carolina's sk ,v" To balmy Soui Today we open \ To let you entt __ Palmettoes wave Bidding you v ' r ?And opened Wide Beating with j So vast a host -he To seek Truth With open heart? Columbia welc Beneath her mai ?: Beneath her f Tv Zion's great past ? ... ,, Our dauntless ? Expressed our hi \yith fullest w ' When he invited On Carolina's And'so 'tis flttln -- ? You in the na With singing hei Oh may each c Teach mankind-1 To ev'ry blessi With one accord' : ?? We make you And greeting^yoi . * ' ; / . Ten thousands the defendants? did not receive a fair and impartial trial, ho gave noticS" of an appeal to the Supreme Court in liolinlf nf t V?n dofnndnvif o Ok*? ? ~ V..V uv-iuiiuunin. W UUllllUlg a transcript of the record of the trial of the Lowmans in Aiken, Attorney Frederick formulated seven erreptions to the proceeding^ in the Criminal Court. Upon these exceptions 'he appeal was made and argued in he Supreme Court at the November session of the Court. Of the seven exceptions made, six were unanimously upheld by the Court, Commenting upon the result of the appeal. Attorney Frederick said that he was not surprised as he felt that his position was amply sustained by law; and furthermore, hisr experience -and observation of the Supreme Court of South Carolina gave him complete confidence that it would bo swayed , by nothing than the law and justice, . .-"i . .. ..-J't .1 1'ARE COLUMBIA, S. C.; SAT RESSESS1 Defeat Tl t ^ MISS MARY MON1 Last Call Tn^apttsts^ - Of South Carolina Lack Funds To Meet Expenses . By ltev. J. C. White ~ By the time this letter will hav$ been read by the great hostofNegro Baptists of South Carolina, the vanguard of that mighty host bf religious workers, viz: The National Baptist Sunday Schuul Cumrruss will 'iiti invading this State next Wednesday morning, June Dth, the first train bringing: delegates and visitors from the West and the Southwest and "throughout "the South." On that same date another "Congress Special" will come in over the Southern via Cin-eiaattv-Dhio, Lexington, Ky., l$noxville, Ashevjlle to Columbia. Then other trains, will come in bear-^ ing their loads of human cargo over the Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, (Continued on Page Eight)HOME II' " - tional H. Y. P. U. and S- S. ntion- r Dr Robinson. - - ??--- - larps were mine, Q.l. blent,? ? y divine, . : "tness.lent, express the joy ' f< e welcome you ; I . J ji-eeliiigs true-. * ? y we welcome you ?~~ j jr>"~w ies of blue,? * thern air! ? vide each door ir in: from mount to- .shore, welcome in. rta each gfatd heart, ioy to see re drawn anart: 's liberty. ! and open homes, omes you ny Churches' domes,;? cjes of bluo, or, Reverend White, president, earTs' sincere delitrht. elcome blent. you to meet. * sod: g thus-to greet me of God. *rts we welcome you: . lay .here spent setter to be true ing sent! % ?with one glad voice, welcome here; l oui\.hedrts rejoice: ? welcomes here! | I disregarding absolutely the fact that I the appellants ^Weref71?olored people ! and the Sheriff one of the most popular officers of the State. The Lowmans will again be tfied in^cXiuailflaL-Cpiirt on the rharga of murder, not however before October next. ' HERBERT?CRAFTON , Mr. and Mrs. Amos Herbert announce the marriage of their daughter Eloise to Mr. Preston Crafton on Saturday, January the twenty-third, nineteen hundVed and twenty eix. At horne 1329 Heidt Street, Columbia, S. C. ~*y. ? ,. "mi Mifna GRANT! : ?. i- '" URDAY, JUNE 5, 1926. ATE COL Te Anti-lyr *OE REINSTATED WTAT-.-WWU-fIA / r~? a TV V/1.H1JLHV | . DISCHAGED The N. A. A. C. P. Forces. The Reinstatement Of M|ss Mary T. Monroe, (Colored) RANKED ^EVENTH IN UST Miss Monro^is A Graduate'KJf j~Atlanta Univ. , Did Post & 7"' i W. Hayes McKiriney, Chairman of the Legal Committee" of the Detroit -Branch?of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored eo| plo, rupm U tho successful couclusion | of court action agairist the Detroit Civil Srvice_ Cownissjo#,~^$?tfipelling them to reinstate Miss Mary -F. Monj roe,-young colored social worker, who had .been illegally discharged. Miss Monroe, a" graduate of Atlanta University who had done post-grad-, uate work at Hampton and the University of Chicago, took the Detroit Civil Service examinations being ranked seventh in the list. She received an appointment in the Detroit Department of ""Public Welfare, doing work which was~called satisfactory a number of times by her superior. In February Miss Monroe tfeeeived a summyy notice of her discharge, without opportunity of a hearing before the Civil Service Commission, compellnig was taken to? court, where. Judge Guy D. Miller of the. Wayne County CirGuit-Gtmrl held'that the discharge of Miss "Monroe, Without the previous approval of the Civil Service Commission, was illegal.?A writ of rnuiidamus has been, issued directing that Miss Monroe be reinitated and that her salary in arrears .from the time WOMEN TO HE Alt PROMINENT .RACE JLEADERS^AT^REENVILLE / Larger Community Effort is Sfogan. ? ? nrnnpehiirg, Alny :-T4? Mrs IV! H Wilkinson', President-of the South Cairalina Federation of Colored Women's i Clubs, reports that there is to be a very instructive and enthusiastic Conj ference when the women of the State I meet in Greenville, for their annual session June 10-42. ' 1 Many prominent leaders of the race, thoroughly acquainted" with so Viat wniitviuiia giuuiiu uut liiuup aro to address the body. E. Franklin FWZT8BS 61 th6 Atl&rit& Sdhool of S6cial Work will speak to the Junior | Welfare Conference._ David Jones, j Secretary or the Inter-racial Commitj tee will address the Intejjradt^grqup_ I over "which Mrs. C. P. McGowan is to preside. Mr. Parker of Greenville a sincere friend to our race, who has given much financial assistance in many of-?he'ir efforts, is also to sepak. A group of girls directed by Miss Ethel Martin, Superintendent of the Fairwold Home, will be present at the conclave and with their songs plead for the rebuildmg-of their home re-: cently destroyed by fire. At this Conference the Federated Women are to make final plans to complete their $12,000 drive for this worthy cause. . The Home Economic Workers who have been out on the field and are acquainted with many of the social con1 ditiono, led by Mrs. Emma Andrews, are to give interesting talks on their experiences and suggest remedies for many of the ills that they have found. The Junior Department offers an excellent program outstanding in their program will be the address by Miss Caroline Snetters on "How to Finance a Club House." The enthusiasm of the Juniors is expected to be contagious and will enliven this epochal. Session. >All the Chapters of the State are to be represented 100 per cent' from Charleston, Sumter, Orangeburg and Columbia, are to come in large groups | in cars to parade Greenville, as an vidanea of tha atxangth and datarmin. LEGE GRj iching Bill ANTI-LYNCHING T BILL DFFEATED The Senate The Crucial Point Republicans Faifeto Support ' -The Bill ^, ! ONi.Y 4, VOTED FOB BILL Responsibility I1 ur Defeat Of J This'"Measure Lies Wholly On The Republicans New York. Ma? 91 ?popiddifgn .Senators have brought abouD-the-de. ?eat of the Dye^-Ant?^LyiUdu|Mfc^?^& in the Senattf Judieiary Coipmittedj according to announcement. - today by . "The-Ilouse-of Representatives was able ami ??'n>ly tn ixr tb" p did in 1922," says tire N. A. A. C. P. statement, "But Mr. Dyer and the N. A. A. G. P-.-foreb&re to press the the Senate was the crucial point. And in the Senate the Republicans entire, ly failed this measure, the recent lynching in Mississippi and two rer cent lynchings in Florida providing an ironical commentary upon this surrender. Only three Republican Senators out of nine and onq Democrat voted to report the Rill ouFbf Committee. Those who "voted" for the Bill were: Senator-V Cummins bf lQ?&r Ernst "of Kentucky hnd Deneen of Illinois, all Republicans and Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Democrat. As there are nine Republicans to seven' Democrats in the Judiciary Committee, of the Senate, the Republicans have absolutely no excuse. RepublicanSenators killed the Dy?t Anti-Ly itching Bill and on them the responsibility squarely?rests. ' The... Republican Senators who voted against the Bill are:_J5epators Borah of XJtah;" Means of Colorado; Harreld of Oklahoma. TFie f olo w fp g~Repu bic'an Senators were" reportedjas" being absent and failing to vote: Senators Norris of Nebraska;. GUTett of Massachusetts and Goff of West Virginia. Colored voters are -urged -to-bear--these ha moo in mindati Tiie nexTj^gcUon." | ation of> this powerful organization. BMSM#-'. T* : * IT ' .&3P' " ^ ' :i Ki 22* IB CHARLES SATC1 - - / . Noted Orator of Norfolk, Va. > greia Maas Meeting at tho C^Jur S. * * TRIAL '#= 1 \ * - . 5c A COPY ^DUATES GIVES SOME TIMELY ADVICE -.4 - -f Urges Graduates To Go Out And ?Deeome Cfrnservors Of The Commonwealth *1 f" _ i "HELP AND NQT CRITICISE" "Those With Education- Are In : The Rest Circumstances To EttSfiLlta rnmrnnniraaltli'' - Orongeburg, M-ay ^G.-i-At the 29th Cammenccrnettr exercises of S. -C. State A. & M. Collug^, Governor McI.oud urged t hp grnilnnting plnni fcr? go^ont. andi}ccome- conservors of -the ? Commonwealth. . In his opening remarksthe Governor expressed his appreciation of the work that, was being dofe by State College, which he said was reflected in the success of tho rcprt'-icntRLiuHR of the school he had watched. The "Commonwealth," the theme for his. address, was forcibly explained When he pointed out that the^ air, soil and. money were all the property of the--Commonwealth and that there rested responsibility upon each one to see that this common property be conserved for the best interests of all humanity.?rife?further?emphasised? that those who had'had the privileges of education were in the best cir- ? <, eustanses to conserve the Commonwealth and must not^shirk" this duty. Ignorance, hb said, could not now be used in forming; that i nthg^dis coverles of modern science we had r found preventatives and remedies that wbuld best give to us the most out-jof the soil? Thus the "educated must become educators." "Go back, ? he said, "and'jhelp rather_tlrafi criticize."?L enulii-'Vrnt help any orieHjy ctzing but by~ giving our time and thought to the conserving of .^the > Commonwealth and . always, knowing that wp had an interest in the com-* mon good lor humanity, give our as- , sistance unselfishly. . His?closing remarks?summarized his address when he repealed the~unc.Upn that "You go out and become conservors of the Commonwealth." ' ??? ANNOUNCEMENT and Mrs. A. M. Davi? announce thg birth off their daughlei, Allene :?:? Joyce, Wednesday, May ZfT, 1926. Weight, 9 1-2 lbs. ' ?? ~ I I I llfl I - IELL MORRIS . vho will address the^ pre-Connbia Theatre tomorrow.