The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, July 24, 1926, Image 1

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13 Lyn< N. A. A.* C. P. i 2 Inn(M vm VOL. fWNO. 28, ???? j?v *W J \ w ' , i GRAND LODGE TO HOLD SESSIONS . .. ' 5*? ' This Order Ranks Among The Leading Negro Fraternals 7" Ut The WOrld GKEAT RECORD MADE Order Nows StandlTas Gibratter to Negro Achievements Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias,. N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A.,' Jurisdic-" I ^ Am "i . 1 sir juliumsTbrownGrai^fflWancellor : ti.m r.f South Carolina, ronvencs in Sumter, July 27, to the 21)th, This meeting is regarded as the largest sembles in the Poirpottn Stnta The Urder is composed of the Knighss of Pythias Loderes. th'o Court of Calanthe, the Uniform Rank and Juvenile Department.. The head of the Subordinate podges is" presided over 1jy Col. Julius A. Brown, Charleston, utuLthe Court pf Calanthe by Major P. A. Roper, G. W. U., of^eauforff S^ C. The unform Rank Department is,1ft charge of. General W. M. McGhee of Aiken, S. G. The Juveihile Department is supervised by Grand Matron, A. C. Mayes of ^"Charleston.. ( The folio,vying is.an extract! of Pro-damatio'ns sent but by the heiftls of these Departments calling the*Grand a . 1 3 mm*: i ^9 : 3 Hr - V SIR R. S..WILKINSON ; % .. Grand Master of Exchequer if. ^ * > i . wj^ Proclamation No 4. "Sp? , - To the Grand Lodge -Officers, Chan#<6" ceHor Commanders, Officers and M*cm ^ hprs of the Knights of Pythias o4 '? V-the Stnte o^^South Carolina. Greet-, i ngs: - ' ir. _ _. ? Whereas; Section 2, of Article I .;. of the Grand Lodge Constitution pro(Contitiued on page Two.) :hings A \SKS SUPRES - . ?C~ ientNe M \ . J* * r ' / * . I J ' c' LODGE , ? SUMMER S< ? STATE COLLEGE - SUMMER'SCHOOL V ? Dr. Wilkinson and Faculty High ly Commended Fpr Teaching And Care of Teachers* GREAT SCHOOL DEVELOPEI The Program Friday Night Con ' . tained Musical Numbers By ' Prof. Phillip and Talks -? * _ >1 -Orangeburg, July '22.?Toinorrov night, will close the summer session o with th<? nvropi ion p s<une routine work to be done by dif j ferent "teachers Saturday morning | The program Friday night wilPcon ' tain musical numbers prepared b; | Prof. Phillip, talks by different com r Teachors' by^President k. S.'Wilkinsoi nr. Wilkinson will close the soriy of lectures that have been given her . during the session'and to the teach ei-s will be given . some suggestion that will be of great benefit to thtm in their work next-fall and winter. Quoting some of the leading mci nnd women on the faculty and u fov student-teachers who have been . t< summer schools at Ham'tort, Columbis anJ~TusEt^ge<^''''you Thu'y pri4t tlYT: Sluuiienl:?"Taking everything^ intt tuiw;uui u tiuil, LI1U ^JUUnuill IOOC1 <IHC accomodations at State College, tht rich courses offered in'the school, th( sympathetic ami pamstakm^"instructors, the classroom technique, etc. . this has been a real up-to-date summer school; one that every one who attended should be proud of. And we heard another well experienced teacher say: "I have not lost a minute while here. My. tinitr vyas well spcht and even though I_\vas kept very busy by my. teachers, I am glad I was. -Ity., Wilkinson should be praised for the type of school he has been able to develop ami he should "be blessed for the great men and women he has ((^ohflnued on Page Two) M 1 B >jVr- '(?*.j&Trf r pHVII -^snrN. J. ] - Grand . ? ?-'' " * 0 ; 4 ' 4 re Recoi iSlON OF PRO igroes I JultMl COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU LofP.M \ i . . * . NEGRO O CHOQLENt) LYNCfllNGS IN FIRST HALF 192& '-L-i- i ' These Lynchi?fiJfS, According To N. A. A. C. 1'., bale From j 'Jan. 1st, to June 30th, '26 ^ ) 11 VICTIMS ARE NEGROES . Florida, 4; Mississippi, 3; Texas, ? .. 2; Maine, New Mexica, Arkan -sas and Kentucky one Each L There took?place in the.?United-) t States thirteenlynchings from Janu-j f_ary 1st to .lime 30th, 102(1 according announcement made by the N. A. V- C. P., New York-City.^ This is ;AI? - increase of three over 11)25. The reV I cord by Slates is,:- Florida 1; Mise.,3;" -; Tesnsr^-ambono-oaeh-in-Maine,-New ? | Mexico, ArkUnsas^nd Kentucky. ..Six ' of the Victims were hanged-, five were j?,.sh(i,l rind two hange^.andshot.., c Of the thirteen victims, 11 were Ne* gfggs, one was, white and the other a s.j Navajo Indian. One of the victims, 1 Frank" WJlkes, Wtjo was lynched at |Orango, Texas in March, was lynched i when there appeared likelihood of his acquittal?rm?the Ohni'go of?having 5 killed *3 white man; another, Harold i Jackson, lynched at Picayune, Miss., r 7m' Ajfnl TZ, was tdkert from tr^jaiT > li.i 11-;.boing hold ? wifness i in a murder trial; Henry Patterson, ; killed by a mob at Label!, Fla., on ; May llth,-was lynched when a white - woman to- whoso -house-Patterson had. gone, to get' a drink of water became frightened. 4n making these figures public, the ) N:'A. A. C. P. called attention to the J^i'ct that a number of these lynchings took' jllaee when it was seen that Con' Dyer Antj-Lynching Bill. The Association's . figures, show four more : lvnphi n<*<i tVmri tVio vnnni'/f mtm wre iuuiu ui 1 Institute. Three of the victims were charged with rape, the others being charged with burglary, murdpr and ' less-serious offenses'.'I * *./ FREDERICK ' Attorney . ; ... ? * ' ' . ~\ "ded In i )ielnj Ma '?^ " -;.^3 "7 - - fRDAY, JULY 24, 1926^ < . cctq IN LLl jlll RATQR A S AT STAT! 1-. WHITE MAN KILLS NEGRO SOLDIER The Murdered Has Not Been Punished. Acquitted After . _ '-^.Farcical Trial' ^ -, KILLED IN COLD BLOOD Askis Removal of 24th Infantry | From Benning, Ga., to More Civilized Community Ia IcUor-addretssed-to PxesidenL-CQol-[ itlge was made public by the National i Association for the Advancement of York, todayr-in which the President is urged "first, that such steps as are possible be taken by you to bring adequate punishment of Fulbright, and, | sccoTun tnat tne 2:4th infantry be removecl from Georgia to a more civilized community where decency and 1 juBtiao -ara-than _ap? pears to be the case at Americus, Ga." _--Thi? Adynnceme^ Association made these requests upon- publication of an article in 1 ne fsation of July 14xhf"' written by Captain Elbridge Colby, white, who is stationed at Fort BenMlfig,' Georgia. Tliu Assueiatiuii's let* ter to President Coolidge cites "that on September 1st of last year, a white lumberyard night watchman passed through thp Negro section nf Amwi, cus with his wife and child. None of fhem were molested or accosted in any fashion, but this night watchman by the nnmp of E. J. FulbrighV, without cause kicked Private Smith, known as "one of the best behaved and best dressed men in the 24th Infantry Before any threats or hostile gestures were made, Fulbright drew his revolver and killed Private Smith in cold blood." Thp Ipttpv fnrfKof ~1 Am vtivi J/VJlUia UUt cU'?|* though Fulbright was indicted, charged with murder, he was not kept in jail.- Three months later he was given a farcical trial at which irrelevant (Continued on Page Eight) Magazine Completes Story of Sweet Trial The July issue of-the Ilaldman-Julius Monthly contains the second and last installment of the account of the second Sweet trial written by Marcet i Huldnjnn-Julius. It will he remembered that the first installment appeaerd in the June issue of that magazine. The^National Association 'or the Advancement !of Colored Peo-j . pie in making this announcement pubic, commended the detailed and accurate report of the trial given by Mrs. Illtinc TVio clnm. -11.. ~ .uvuj ivua in ut'Ulll Oi | the cost of the trial, with the" events' leading up-to it and gives graphic pen pictures of Clarence Harrow, Judge Frank J. Murphy, Henry Sweet and others prominently connected with the trial. The Haldman-Julius- Monthly is published at Girard, Kansas. The price per copy of the June and July issues it 15 c^nts each, ?**? *. >' :? STATE-LEAGUE CONVENTION The State League Convention will be heW- at Mull ins, S, G., August 18- _ 20, 1926. All A. M. E. Churclvps In South Carolina are requested to send delegates. E. R. Anderson, State President. First Six NOCENT NFC ail, 21 i ' 1 . *m-r. ? ? f , n , T STATE .. : u was serving life ."sentences Murderer Slays For 10 Acres Of Land and Two Mules?Dying Makes Full Confession TWO DIE, TWO SERVING Helps Wife to Slay Husband And Hide Body In Cave?Tries To Murder 2nd Is Shot, Confesses Two guiltless colored men died in jail in Alabuma last year and two others are servino* 1if?> the murder?of a white man six years ago, while' the real murderer, the wife i of the dead man, lias just been revealed through the death-bed confession of her. uecompli-ee. The facte in _lhis.cas.e_ were made ..available to day by -the National Association ior> the Advancement of Colored People, New Yol k, through information sept- the Association by one of its agents' in Alabama and confirmed by special correspondence and Associated" Press despatches to' the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser. "Six years ago, according to an affidavit made by Tressiu Mt'Clemlon, thu mother Of Otis McClendon, white, the aCcompllice and now in the possession holppd Mrs. Mvrtlc McClendon King of. Guntersville kiiJL'.her husband and hide his body In a cave, McClendon receiving forty acres of land and two mules for his a idr~ Four "Negroes were arrested at the time charged with the crime-and- sentenced to 1 ife infprison menu../. " O n April 18, 1U2G, Oris-<^lcClendu.ii: while dying confessed, to his mother his part'in the murder, She made the aflidavit~\vTuch has led to the arrest of j the murderess who . man-ipd again shortly after her first husband was murdered. Otis McClcndon, declaring that the woman had ruined his life at. tempted to kill Cleve King, the new (Continued on Page 8) H ? SIR J. B Grand Keeper of * < 'y ? 9 I ; Months ?RO SOLDIERS? : ?aroled 1 v ' ' - 5c A COPY JULY 27-28-29 ~ COLLEGE ... . rrr |tresentedto~^~~ I IMAGINARY COURT A I'le^i for the Negro Made At State College Sumtner School i Bv Prof. Johnson Whittaker ^ i (MAKES. ELOQUENT PLEA |Prof..Myers,.Chief Justice; Profs * Beck and Cox, Associates; Ed-J . I monsonVClerk of Court i _ Orangeburg, July 20.?The audiehce attending chapel \vas taken from ~ I T -Ubeir^fefetj-as -it were, la.si week when iDr. Johnson.C. Whittaker, director of -t-he -summer school, delivered one -of? .his special addresses on "A Plea for' Our People," which follows in this article. T 7 7 7 1 ~ Dr. -Whittaker had an imaginary . Supreme,. Court all arranged oh the . platform as the student-teachers and' others-gnthcrcn for the devotionals. N'o one knew just what was up and when the 10TaTr~closetlT it-was_s_most ! pleasant surprise.- In the Court Mr.' I. -M. A. Myers of-Columbia, acted as iChief Justice; Prof. Beck^of George* 1 town and-Pruf. B. F. ~Cpa of Charles-. . ? ton, tlve Associate Justices with Prof. ! Edmonson of Wiley University, Texas, ~ ~ jucting as clerk of the Qflijrt. It was put over in grand style .and a more pleasing/feature. has not been had fl-/. ' vm. tuc summer session. j Thy text of Dr. Whittaker's ad idress on that occasion is as follow?. A PLEA FOR OUR PEOPLE' ' ' I 0. 4 " I have no apology to make for my ;apperance in this case. 1 came as acPdvocate for our .people. We have been.-* charged, indicted, and are being tried. We are charged with idlgnesS and shiftlessness;?we are?charged?with ignorance; we are charged with disi honesty; we are charged with immorality ; we are charged with <Jis^T ^^H menace t-o * future of the k'Wgdom. 1 shall glance briefly or caww ^?a and call attention to what of good we, as a people, have done. I shall ask (Continued on Page Eight) ' *3) i fete- . -?ij - . ] * v9 -^2|?gBjj^M ~ .J I /" ". " VJ j '" ~~ ' a _4 . LEWIE.. Records afid SeaL "1