The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, July 24, 1926, Image 1
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GRAND LODGE TO
HOLD SESSIONS
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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-"
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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
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SIR R. S..WILKINSON ;
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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-,
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Whereas; Section 2, of Article I
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Dr. Wilkinson and Faculty High
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And Care of Teachers*
GREAT SCHOOL DEVELOPEI
The Program Friday Night Con
' . tained Musical Numbers By '
Prof. Phillip and Talks -?
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-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
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LYNCfllNGS IN
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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,
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-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
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WHITE MAN KILLS
NEGRO SOLDIER
The Murdered Has Not Been
Punished. Acquitted After
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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was serving life
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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
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I IMAGINARY COURT
A I'le^i for the Negro Made At
State College Sumtner School
i Bv Prof. Johnson Whittaker ^
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(MAKES. ELOQUENT PLEA
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Beck and Cox, Associates; Ed-J .
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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.
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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
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j Thy text of Dr. Whittaker's ad
idress on that occasion is as follow?.
A PLEA FOR OUR PEOPLE'
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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
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