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V0LriI-NO.26. JET ASKS RIGHTS FOR NEGROES Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Asks Full Rights for the Negro Race In America ' . ' mr 4 A 160 PER CENT AMERICAN No Distinctions Should be Made Covertly or Openly ^ainsT . ofJDur American Citizens "Chicago, June 29?Demanding for colored Americans full civic rights arid equal oportimities with all other citizens, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt la&t night addressed a crowded and. enr , thusi&stic mass meeting-of the N. A. A. C. P. at the 17th Annual session here. ' "I believC-'that the work-the Nation-al Association for the Advancement of Colored People is doing' is tho roughly, patriotic ajid constructive," said Col. Roosevelt. "It is American 1 --I: in tliA-i-nrnVim* coneo "The United States is a country ?whnrnin till fitiyens nrp v'tippnsed tn nieiit. "We are," adcoiWiiii to the prin" ? ciples on which this nation was founded, equal partners in its governmental affairs. Any man or group of men who attempt to deny full civic rights to any citizen on'account of race, creed, or color is committing a thoroughly un-American act, one that is subversive of the ideals of the country. -H-- * "Your organization as I see it is striving to obtain full constitutional rights for colored Americans, aiid by opening opportunities to them to help finer citizens. All colored Americans must have full governmental rights. ...x There must be *Trrr-distincIIohs made by law either eoveutly or openly against any of our .citizens. In certain J "States" by s UbtcTf u g Cs as tui'fff . tion or simply by force, colored crti -zttris are dented the voter- Any which prevents its cojored citizens from exercising their privilege of the franchise simply because they are colored, is subverting the Cons'titution of the United States, Every rear American should demand that"fKis""V^vU be set right uml do his1 level bestr to see that his demands receive proper attention. "Equally -important with governmental -rights are civic opportunities. ? Colorod America nc ivmgt he given the opportunity to get the proper education. It'-is rank injustice for any community to do otherwise'. Not only is it rank injustice to the colored Ame-, ricans hut it is rank injustice to the ? United States, for the-children ol today are the country of tomorrow. Any one who denies the children the chanceto get a good education is striking directly at the interests of the entire country. In the interest of my children, I demand that all children be given a fair chance. " "I have heard time and again that the Southern Negroes are not educated enough to exercise the franchise intelligently and in the same breath state that they did not believe in spending money, on schools for col ored people. They did not seem to realize that theif injustice in refusing to provide schools was r responsible,, for the conditions of which they complained. They were perfectly willing to see the Negroes called upom to pay taxes and defend the country 1n time of war but they denied them the vote and schools. They were willing to see them bear the burden of' citizenship but would deny them the: privileges. "We demand for all American citizens fult governmental eights and full opportunities for development. I will fight with eviery opnce of strength that I have for the rights of my colored American fellow citizens, but. it is their responsibility they get those rights to employ them. "They have done excellently as anyone who scans? the record of the last seventy years must admit. Their advance in commerce and industry is .' evident in tiny of our great cities, y Their work has not been confined to. gainful occupation. There are educators like Booker~T. Washington; sotdiers like Colonel Young; poets like Dunbar and Johnson; historians like Woodson; singers like Roland Hayes. (Continued op page Two.) i.\ ..j . .. AMERIC HEAD OF SO CHICAGO 1 In. a. a.c. p. ends great session Spingarn Medal Presented to Dr. Carter G. Woodson Of Washington, D. C. . THE DAWN OF A NEW I)AY v ? r. I Attorney Barrow, says: "There Is No Organization That Compares With This" J C.hirnrn. .Time M?With the presentation last night before a crowded and enthusiastic gathering- in Wendell Phillips High School of the SpinIIolmes of New York, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson of Washington, D. C., Editor of The Journal of Negro History and?author?of?numerous?historical , Knnlf)| on Negro in America, --there came to an erul_the 17th .An[ nual Conference of the National As sociation fox* tht Advancement of Colored People. A profound impression was made-on the city of'JChicago by the Confei'ence among- the outstanding features of the week being a luncheon given to the Officers and Directors, of the "N. A. A. C. P. by the Woman'-s ClulTof Chicago, one of the oldest and most prominent bodies of its kind in the country. At this luncheon the chief speakers /included Miss MaryiMc; I)im-ol|--(\>mmi^innp.r nf Pnhlin Wei. fare of the City of Chicago;'Professors Tufts and Farris of the University of Chicago, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson and Mrs. Addie W. Hunton. ~ AiioTHeFevent that attracted much comment was the unannounced visit to'umruf Uk-1 business sesstens ofTtrcr Conference of Julius Rosenwald, wellknovCn for his educational activities in behalf of* colored people in jthe South. Mr. Rosenwald addressed the Conference briefly, commending its" work and aims and statincr that his i interest in the cause ot the r>Jegro proceeded from his interest in the Welfare of the entire country; "for RiF folOt the country could not develop as it odght to do if ten percent or more of the population novo denied oppor-. tunity. . At the Sunday afternoon mass meeting of the Conference in the Auditorium Theatre, addressed by Clarence Darrow, James Weldon Johnson and Arthur Si'dhgHUi, a tiuwd timatpih^at 3,500, filled the. entire au-J ditorium and* numbers of people crowd ed the street vainly seeking admission. ( Mr. Darrow commented sarcasti- , cally on the white man's feeling -of his own superiority. - "I never yet, 1 knew a white man to object the presence of a Negro anywhere if that Ne[ ,10 was working for him," said Mr. Darrow. Of the National Association , 'Mr. Da^row said: "T "There is no other organization, se; cular or religious, or all of them put | together, [ that compares with this i Association for service to the Negro. Never should the colored people of America let them lack ample funds-for I their great work. They are the only | organized body of men and Women having both the intention and the power to protect the Negro's liberties and rights. They have sense enough to | know that the Negro cannot become j a free man by begging from the : whites or by waiting for aid from the clouds. The officers and leaders of^ thd N. A. A. C. P. are the peers of | "any color on the face of the earth." "DR. 1). H. SIMS TO PREACH Ati CHAPPELLE STATION, Dr. D. II, Sims, President of Allen University, will preach a special sermon at Chnppelle Station A. M. E. Church, corner Pine and Senate Sts. Sunday, July It, at 4 p. m. * . 1 Thsi service is jin interest of .the Missionary Drive. \ - COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU1 ANADVi UTHERN COLL MEETING G1 ilTKo MnnTtu W 1 j g ? . --- ? ? Jk*W T T .w a ~ By eORA GETHE In imagination, today my stand back into the Garden of E: den and witnessing the creation of i ; first man?God, speaks and of the j i dust of the ground a form-is made; 1 j it is the form of a frfan. It is perfect i in its symmetry?and eamplete-in all | its parts; every organ is there; the i ! heart is ready to beat but it is [.not ! beating; tne brain is 1'GlWly tb think ~ but it is not thinking;' the blood is < I ready to ilow but it is^ not flowing; i ' there is no^ intelligence, po thought, ; no, knowledge, no memory; and this 1 is, because there is no life. The moment that tjie Great Creator breathes i the vital breath of life in to the life- > less form, ;nun becomes a living soul. . r7Vll these?organn leap?into?inofanf-4 action; it now has intelligence, power oi thought, kpowledge and consclen- . i ciousness. Well may it be said God made man in Ilis own image, pre- | pared for his ''food and raiment ^nd , stretched nature ^before him, bade him go forth subdue, replenish and i j have dominion over all. Yea, more j j than this, He endowed man with i 1 reasoning faculities and for these faI cullies He fixed no bounds, but left t j them to work out their own destiny i ana acnieve tneir own triumphs. I do not believe that God intended for man's.mind to remain undeveloped apd < places shrouded in ignorance; where! ever lie places talents, thero He ex- ' ! pects to find growth and increase,, l Hence, the world calls long and kmd-J * t'ov hTgh^o TiTup^e for"fhe~IrTtelligent I use of what God has given-you. | First, the world oallo todny foy~a i man with a sterling character. Now we cannot seen a man's character fi'om within his mind and brain, but we 1 must do so from the outside. The real j ] pari-of a man whose-character we are ; anxious to. study is his head, and his } j if ts 'Th those portityns~of iris body Lyuft-rhis-^intelligonce shines through ' 1 'or the surface shows what is* hid-. 1 ,ii i) within hiiw. Character is that' t 1 instrument Which is used -for de- j f Instruction?of?ea^tOr- Character in? ' wide, deep, broad and high signifi- r | cance. Character T& evidenced in t | high moral and intellectual attain- ( 1 mcnts as .significant of general ,pro- j 1 Lity, honesty and self- restraint. r | -1 ne world is calling for a nidh .Wliu-^r ! v.11 secure only a high commanding -c masterly character and then all the problems of caste, all the enigmas of j prejudice, all unreasonable and un-'t 'reasoning repulsion will be settled for- t ever; 1 r_C All men are builders and toL meet the demands of today you must gath- * .er your material for building from the i quarry of thought and hew it into ^ noble action and give proper position ? to it. "As a man thinketh, so is he". When Garlleld was a boy he was 0 asked by his teacher what he meant ^ UT be, he answered: "First of all I ~c want to make myself a man, if I can't t succeed at that I can succeed at noth- p tng".? ? ? ? Now the foundation for character * * should be laid in the youth that each day may find them crytalizing some TO OUR SUB . \Ye wish to thank our many s ously responded to Nolh-es sent oi tp renew their subscriptions. To c each mail brings a neat sum to he lishing The Leader. We ask that i ?g please do so, at your ea-rliesjt co a mistake is made in your accour corrected. In sending out notices from th notices to cities,PCThere we have f we intended Jo semi to our agents scribers. In^two cities?Union ant error. The syJ^cribers'will pleas< may get the credit due them. We Hope by this time next- ye as every department of The Leadei vice to all concerned. Yours for a Bigger a ^.2 GEl ' . y _ """" ''"v; ' " ,\ . f tffl &DAY, JULY 10, 1926. ~ OCATES EGE SEES IM1 REATEST Ii d Calls Fpr To-day I IRS, Georgetown, S. C..__ | >. A A thought^ into action and embodying some action into character. The most valuable buildings are not eL-ected in a .day. The costly and i^agnificient Temple erected* by Solomon that surpassed all Eastern temples of royalty in its bjqlxtr archlteo.ure \yas over seven years in building. ?o, the character that challenges the ?1 ration: of the world fail take evjry moment of life for its successive, formation. In building character, you ne not without an example for you lave it given you in the life and death >f Jesus. He was.a character perfect and symetrical one which the .vorld was not worthy of. Do men seek perfection of character let them ind 4t in the vicinity of Calvary, .'our life is measured by that which , ou are and that which you 'do. The ust and best object of life is charac- J ;er. When askgd why Antipater was not Iressed ift" purple,-Alexander replyng said: "These men wear their purile on the outside, while Antipater s royal within." If men mean to meet the possibili;ies that the world calls for today you nust learn that to malce true characcrs you must be Royal Within. Second. The world calls for a man .vho has- courage to say NO. Continued next week In Memory Of Sir H. H. Mobley .As a tribute to the memory of the ate Sir H. H. Mobley, Crystal Lodge, \To. 33 has Adopted the following: Whereas, Gorf-nr-hrs- infinite wisdom las. seen fit ta.remove from among or It. Ht "Mobltyi "who departed"l?ns ife June 20th, 1026, and, Whereas, In the death of said Broker H. ll.* Mobley,, the Lodge has suf'ered a great and irreparable loss? and eason that Brother Mobley was an a_cive worker of this Lodge and the ~)rder he loved so well, could be de)ended upon .to attend all important neetings, serving in various. stations, ciiucnii^ buiTi .'.tiviic aa waa eeinelu*' Tv?. tip its upbuilding; Therefore Be it Resolved, That the riembers of Crystal Lodge, No. 33, leeply feel the gfeat loss they and he Lodge have sustained in the loss.,' if our dear brother, and do here by ender to the bereaved widow their leart-felt sympathy in this, her hour if - bereavement? ?? ^. f these resolutions be sent to the wiow of Brother Mobley. and that a he Lodge and a copy be sent The 'almetto Leader for publication. Fraternally submitted, , T. M. Walton. "He lives long that lives well." > SCRIBERS. I ubscribers, who have so generit during the past three weeks late many have responded; and ilp defray the expenses of pubail who have not sent in to date nvenience. In any case where it, the same will be cheerfully j is office, we in advertently sent aithful agents. These notices and not personally to the sub1 Anderson, S. C., we made this i pay the agents, so that they ar to increase the size, as well j r?thereby giving a larger ser- < md Better, Paper, 0. H. HAMPTON, Manager. ' - ~ --- Ceatu NEGRO PROVED RAC N HISTORY A Trip To Egypt . The .following Is a letter -sontr-My and Mrs. Will McMahon of this Citi by Dr. C. M. Thomnson present travelling in Egypt. Dear Will and Cousin Emma:Well, here ..we are tied^ up in tht Suez Canal, because the rudder of oui ship is out of order. On the left of"tKe ship~m"The~distance is the town of Suez in Egypt, but quite close enough to see the buildings distinctly; on the right are the sands of Arabia as far as the eye can see. The Lpic-turn, -however, i? booutful; for a:! (you look across this waste land here and there your eye falls upon a camel caVavan, some resting and some on ihe march, then one sees little bands of Arabs at times. " I am told that | these caravans and these Arabs look i much the ^ame today as they did in I the time of Christ.?? T? _ Our trfn through the Red Sea was most interesting. We surely must have passed over the very place whene ! the children crossed over into the Promised Land. We saw Mount Sianai where Moses received the Ten Comi mandments on the stone plate from Heaven. The place is indeed a wilderness; Tor _there is no sign-of life, only heaps of stone and sand sloping down into the Red Sea. Then as we entered the Red Sea by the, Gulf of Aden we passed -the little town of Aden on mi r* ri ri?Vit TVvT #>?>?? x1?1 11 many Liaiin ^riclL t.nis IS the site of the Garden of Eden. Now, the place looks like ahything hut a garden. It is now, a desert of sand. There is not even a green leaf left to indicate its fame of years gone by -ac thg first ^ rnan . If all goes well we shall arrive, at Port Said, the town on the other end of thp canal where we will t?kr> thp trairrto "Cairo. Here in the museum We shall see old Rameses-II, the Pharoah who is supposed to'have gone to old Seth I. the Pharoah who would not let the Israelites go. Their bodies are well preserved in the museum. Then we shntFsee King "Tnt'' and i.he wonderful things that were found in his tomb. Then we will leave Cairo for a trip down the Nile to Thebes and Luxor where "Tut's" t CTrrrb" ~wK?Fe~Th?reIare many torpbs" of ancient Pharoahs dating back four and five thousand years before Christ. From Egypt we will go to Palestine visiting Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the river Jordan and other places of Biblical fame. We ther),-proceed to fciurope where we expect to spend most of the time in Paris. ' I can not write as often, as"I would like, because there is_so much to see and do that when you are not rushing you are resting for the next rush, so a letter to one is a letter to all. Then you must not let Uncle Mack and Bev. and 'Henry see this letter. -When we see you we shall show you just loads of pictures of some of the most' interesting things in the world. Htflo to everybody and ^allJJav. and H?nry i shall write them personally tfn \a few days, though when I write mamma I ask her to send the letters down to you. Sincerely, Bub and Bess. (Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson) / COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY OF ALLEN SENDS OUT NOTICE All persons having charges and specifications for the Judiciarv Commit. tee appointed by the Rt., Rev. John Hurst nt the session of the trustee board last June, will please send the same at once to I^rcjfesSor Geo. W. Howard, 550 South "Liberty Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina. 'The Committee will be called in a few days to study these said charges and specifications from any aijd all I persons interested, certain affairs, which will engage the attention of the j Committee and for which . the said :ommittee has been 4uly appointed. By .orders /6f tYiejCommittee, G. W. Howard, Chairman I. M. A. Myers, Secretary.-; i. '-V ' ? ^ ."K, * - | Jf . . 5c a copy RIGHTS E RELATIONS - PREDICTS BETTER _ RACE RELATIONS * Southern College President, Dr. John Hope Sees era of Improved Race Relations [ 4 CLASSES PEOPLE SOUTH Give the Negro a Soiiare Deal i According to the American Idea of a Square Dfcal Chicago, June 26.?Dr. John Hojie, President of Morehoust; Colleget Atlanta, Ga., in an address last night before the 17 Annual Conference of the N. A. A. C. P. forecast an era of h new and better relations between the white and Negro races, as a consequence of a growing educated minority of whites, many of them in Colleges and universities, who are working to improve race relations. ,v 1 "There are at least four classes of people in the South." declared I)r. ? Hope. "One class is composed of tthose who^are outand out against the Negro and believe him worthy of neither opportunity or effort. Another class, at least for selfish reasons, wants to give colored people a better chance. A third Class quite unselfish' ly want$ to give' the Negro a better' chance but all the while adhere to. ~ all established distinctions. The fourth * . class is a small but very inspiring and a growing group. "A .goodly number of this fourth *>' . group are young and well educated people who believe that it is possible 1 to give the Negro a square rU?;il nc. cording to the American idea of the square deal and that that can happen , ' without jeopardizing the interests, of ttvi-e " v...o vwuiniy or 01 any group in this T country. This gTcrup represents probably the most Inspiring and significant movement in racial matters in " <:Re South today. "It i^ my-hope and expectation that my section of the country will grow less provincial; and that in the im proved spirit of liberality the Xegro may come in for1' a fchare oi democrat tic, fundamental, better consideration. "But a seconcLand to me cncourag-? __ unselfish group to which I have referred, will in the long run exert the same sort of powerful influence . lhaL.-Dther,jdghteoui. minoriUes have ?? ? " exerxed~ This is all the more assured? ? to ipe because in this group of most liberal peopje there is a goodly number of young and educated women as well as men. "On the whole I think things are improving in that -th.? X-ngrn is got ting: 1. Somewhat better protec-., . .. - ' tion in courts and from police offi*., cers; 2. That improved public^chool' facilities are being offered; .1." That there is an increasingly large num. ber of instances all over the South of the two races having better oppor- a tunities to come together for conferences. wh^te they may talk fteelj' to?r gether anfl^e^en Ret toge-tber feu; tho ' common good. ~' - BIG MASS MEETING CALLED The officers and members of. the various K. of P. Lodges _and_ Courts of Calanthc are asked to be present at la big mass meeting on Sunday, July 18th at 5 P. M., Odd Fellows' Hall on Assembly Street. Matters of vital importance to the Order will be I discussed. Be sure and come. Fraternally, | H. D. Pearson, Joint K. of R. ?~S. 1 ' " I NOTICE | ?Thn ~e - - _?_ ui tue ruue tiird Tea Room are open to the public. Light luncheon will be served from 3 p. m. to 11:30 p, m. While driving out, come to the Lindenwood Park and refresh yourself. The park and swimming pool opens under new management,- and great effort has been put forth to make this the grandest place for race folks / in the South. The pond has been cleaned and drained millions of gal--^_-Ions of fresh, pure, clean water fills our basin. .