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p ' '; NEGROES IN WEST INDIES SEND ^.(CONTRIBUTION TO N.A.A.C.P. T. Albert Marryshaw, Editor of the West Indian, at Grenada, British West Indies, has forwarded to the N. A. A. C. P. a chqck for $55 as a contribution A from himself and five friends^o the Association's L??gal Defense Fund. In the 4ett$jr_wnich accompanied the gift Mr. Mayysh&w, who is and ardent champion of his race, writes: ' "Congratulations to the N. A. A. "C. P. for the fine work done in the ?3^ Sweet Case. A regenerated genera* tion of American^ in some Tomorrow of Time may rise up to look back with pride to the Association which, in " spite of the under human phssions -- which its brave members have been - ? e 4 " * ' C* ' . _ 'a L surx-ounded and overwhelmed, took rare courage in its hands and saved the Constitution/^ Dr. Du Bois to whom Mr. Marry- J shaw and his friends wrote, told him of the plan to raise a fund of one ... million dollars which will begin "that binding together of ~men of black | blood in all the Americas and in Afri-' o I ca for the honor and defense of Negro , ... manhood.1, ? Interesting Attractions Mark Final Week Of A. &. T. Summer School . , *. ?? ?~~ _ 7? -? " r y. Physical Culture Demonstration New. '' Presentation of "Damon and Pythias" A L'nique Affair. " ?- -Grecn5bo*5F?N." C.,July 23?The - final week' df 'the summer session of ? A. & T. College which began Monday , ''afternoon.with a demonstration given by the physical culture department under the supervision of Miss Margaret Laurence proved to "be one of ? many intetestlng isttracfio^ie. The demonstration consisted of, drills, folk dances, calisfhenic exercises, athletic games and a colonial minuet. One of j- "the special features of the afternoon J-' consisted of a Negro folk dance written by C. H. \yilliams, director of phy j ' sical education, 'Hampton Institute. ?_L? "The- danee,---MCotton - Needs PickinJ "" ;,r j ,?danced to_a characteristic spiritual and . performed in slave costumes was very impressive, bringing ibrth continued applause. The phYmCal director,who is 1 u graduate of Howard University and Hampton, and her pupils, received many favorable comments. . L. Tuesday, Ju}y, 20 at 12 m., Seymour, Carroll, djrector of humane education, Boston, Mass.; delivered" an address " before the^student'body. The speaker ie a nationally known character hav- ' ing appeared in many of the princi. nle cities of^ America. Seymour Carroll served as a Red-Cross worker and social service organizer. " Wednesdjiv woe - ?j ""*t? ut>y . . final week when the college presented' the famous play, "Damon and Pythi-i as", the presentation of this literary! treat was-under the direct, supervision^ Richard B. flnrrison, *1^ f?am-| ous reader. The cast was selected from . - , the summer school teachers. Correct! ?scenery,?eostumes- and- properties 1 wer^ carefully chosen and provided for ' toTnake the play a success. Thursday evening marked the culminating exercises of the summer session. This prograih was featured by the appearance of Richard B. Har-1 rison and some of the students who , _ have been pursuing the course in dra-! ^ matics and music. It was unique, at-'; '? tractive.and educative. N. A. A. C. P. Assists 1 ?New Jeisey Mob Victim^ ? ? J? H Governor Moore Promises Protection ; "r? - - An effort on the part of a white mob at Palisades Park, New Jersey, to i drive William P. Adams of New York i from a newly purchased home located J at 128 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Palisades : i Pn%.1, XT T 1 ?- ' * in. u., urougnt prompt action by j1 the N. A. A. C. P., when Mr. Adams < appealed to the Association for aid* , i Mr. Adams owns a home in New 1 , . >York City but wishing to provide for his wife and 3 year old son a resi- ? dence in a less congested community, i purchased a home in Palisades Park. < Before, closing the deal Mr. Adams J asked specifically ,of the real estate broker and the white owners of the ] house, if there would be any objection to his occupying it on the part-of; the | neighbors. Being assured there would i be no objection, the deal was consum- I mated. Mr. Adams^andjhis wife were wel- i corned by theTneighbors. Upon mak- : ing preparations to move into his < new home, Mr. Adams was threatened! 1 . * by persons living more than a mile' i r from the house, among the threateners' i being several of foreign birth and a < number of whom are unable to speak < English. Several mass meetings were J held and veiled threats were made. < ?Fearing for the safety of his wife and t child, while he was at work in the i Post Office at New York City, Mr. A- t E.? - r ~ dams appealed tot the Association for help. The Association immediately . took up the matter with Governor A. Harry Mgore of New Jersey, Mayor Heder of Palisades Park, and Sheriff" Sherry of Bergen county. Mr. Adams was also furnished) with a letter to; Olive Randolph, a prominent colored attorney of NfeSvark, who reports to the N. A. Ay C. P. that as soon as Adams presented his letter he "called up the police headquarters in Palisades Park the Sheriff's Office and tHie Office of County, and, after much trouble, finally "got a promise from the;Sheriff's Office that..an officer would be placed on guard at Mr. Adam's house beginning at five o 'clock Saturdav after noon, July 9th, the date on which Mr. Adams moved in." Governor Moore, in a letter dated July 13, to the N. A. A. C. P., advises that he has referred the matter to "local authorities, who have entire jurisdiction in matters of this kind. Mr. Adams should present his complaint to the Mayor of the town in which he'lives, and where he is entitled to the same consideration as any other citizen, and I have no doubt that 4ie will receive it." Kelly Miller On Sesqui Petition to President .. ? ? -By Kelly "MTlTer, Washington, D. C., ' July 4,1926 V- " ' " On last Friday before last the National Equal Rights League and United Colored Americao_Committee pre-. sented to President Coolidge a mamprotesting against racial segregation in. the government departments at Washington. It is no disparagement to the rest to say that Mr. Trotter was he moving inspiration of the presentation. In the interest of historical accuracy, it is due mainly to the indomitable courage and energy of the editor of The-Gtmrdian that segregation was fofced upon public attention as a na tional issue. Some ten years ago, Mr. Trotter headed a delegation to the .White House- to -protest- against -departmental segregation which was at Tfiai time taking ob definiteshape and difectionT- Recause the White House spokesman lost his temper the item was carried by the associated press in sensational headlines. The discriminatory practice was all but universally condemned. Few weye found with the integrity to justify the policy of the- government in placing a stigma, upon any element of American riti- . aonship. The -American mind is al- . ways'fair when forced to a frank facing'of a moral issue. Those who manipulate the-government will, by devious ways," ctrcum"' vent the' principles of democracy when applied to the brother . in bjack, or rather the brother in colors, but none but the self confessed criminal will dare stultify the nation's conscience by frank avowal. All right minded Americans will hold up the true ideals in principle;-but only the-inces* sant insistence of those debased will compel the translation of those principles into practice. .^Herein Mr. Trotter has been a per sistent and consistent race advocate. Despite his faults of disposition and temperament (who has not his share) Monroe Trotter from first to last has 1 stood upright and down straight for every right without reserve and with- < out delay. ,I_have differed with him 1 and still differ in modus operandi,-dout f his devotion, his courage and persis- i tency demand my unlimited admiration. Because I am of a different type of temparament ip no lessens 1 the candor of my judgement and the 1 awarders of the Spigarn Medal could year after year overlook the claims of ' tliis intrepid agitator for human < rights staggers ?the.-*mderstanding, if i it does not surpass comprehension. In 1 the absence of previous formal recog- 1 nition I suggest the staging of a na- i tion wide testimonial to this unrivaled i champion of equal rights. Waiving a- ] iide personal idisyncrasies and pecuiarities of temparament, Mrk Trotter i has laid every Negro in America un- < :ler a heavy debt of gratitude. It was \ none but he that kept alive the fires i of agitation when others have let \ them die down in the smouldering em. ( bers of compromise and debasing i peace, > v \ But I must not in this release eulo- ] Cfize Mr. Trotter. I am mpr?lu < scribing him. The performance on i last Friday was a most dignified and ] 1?*orous procedure. Mr. Trotter has i i genius for the picturesque and the t spectacular. He seeks- to dramatize i svery significant event ip American ' listory as a background for portray- ] ng the wrongs and demanding the 1 "ights of American Negro citizens, i 3ne can scarcely visit Boston with- ] >ut running into some celebration of ' lome distinguished American of patri- 1 >tic happening under the ausfrices of I he Boston. Guardian, with irttent and ] )urpose of keeping alive in memory t he just and righteous claims of the j I . ' - 4 -- ~ % _ _ THE PALMET Colored race. The sesqui-centennial week had been proclamed" The^mirid xrf the -nation?wun to be?made?newtjr conscious of the soul-stirring incidents and events which gave rise to the birth of the nation! The rights of man fornjed the enacting principle of the Declaration of Independence. Go to,' aid Mr. Trotter, why not take ^dvantage of entering into the pool of liberty while the Angel of Liberty is .troubling the waters? /.Let us dramatize Jthe. occasion by_presenting to the?President of tiro Uhlted States' a ipemorial demanding the application of the "liberty,-fraternity, equality," in the inner working ot thq 'government itself. Let twenty-five thousand Negroes through their signatures, speaking for twelve millions who TVAtll/1 Vioim no 11 5 /?lt? 1 1 " nvuiu ildiv <?o nilli1161)i blguuu, a?k ii1v President \fcho embodies in "his traditions -the-American ideals to abolish once and for all by executive order the undemocratic anc} un-American and unethical practice, of racial segregation within the departments of _the federal government. The thought was conceived in Trotter's mind and executed through instrumentalities- under. his guidance.-1 As the committee stood^ip the august presence of the chief magistrate of the greatest nation on earth, I a mfree to ^onfess.that I for oik; felt apprehensive that Mr. Trotter as spokesman might let his unrestr^ned of caution and propriety.-amMnveigle the President into'a faux paus, as he had done on a similar occasion. But disciplined by experience and chastened by the ripening effect of age, he kept wholly within the canons of propriety within the presidential?pros ence. v He presented the case of fhe twelve millions of American Negroes to the President of the United States in a clear cut, unyielding and dignified manner, such as would have done credit to the aptest disciple of Chester" field. Every Negro in the lamb can j -r m. ... . icui puuu ui i roiier ai H?fmomeiit. . .. __=j_ ? SIR L M. A. tfyERS ? Assistant Secretary , of Endowment ." It is against the canons of journalutterance which falls from the presidential lips. According to the prevalent mode one may ^attribute"" the outgiving to the mouthpiece of the j fictitious "spokesman of the White: House". The spirit and purpose of the petition weje fully accepted in principle. This was a tremendous advance over the interview of ten years ago, when the country was led to believe that the White House upheld segregation in principle as well as in practice. The committee was assured that had already been done to correct the evils 'nmpl.-linr.rl r.f "",1 Hv.it nwi.n would be done until the invidious.distinction would disappear altogether. also-the distinct caution that the (piestion was a difficult and troublesome one, and that it could lot be resolved all at once Admiru" tion was expressed at the patience with which the race endured discrimination and wrong whose essentia!, njustice was fully recognized and appreciated. The committee withdrew."" The petition with 25,000 signatures remained with the President. The ef^usjuo# the race "had been presented as forcibly as we were able to do. The response vas received with appreciation and understanding. The qualified assurances were as much as we hacL any reason to expect. Segregation will doubtless continue in the departments. But the issue has been put squarely up to the fountain head of authority. , The president now knows exactly how the race feels over the #niyuitous practice. The country also knows through the medium of the associated press! The race has done its duty. The oppressed must never for a moment let the oppressor think that the oppression is lightly felt. The man who feels the wound must utter the groan. The protest must continue as long as the injury lasts. The spirit of protestation will never die as long as Monroe Trotter lives' and wrong enlures. I entered the employ of the fovei;nment under . the - fcivil ^ervice TO LEADBR ? . 1 BRf ? E'. J ' If ' v? mM -j B . jj^^ Ajfl wjmEm I ? , I _ ;MRS. E. B. LE^IE Grand Assistant Register of Deeds 1 1 i" i ? ~ ?f-- ? many years ago. At that time race discrimination,^ we see it now, was unheard of. There were relatively mere Negroes in the classified service than npw. The germs were flresent,.but were not allowed to sproufc into full growth. The present odious manifestation is'but part of the degeneracy of the timqsV faF as race feeling is concerned. Let us not make the mistake that segregation is due to the evil machination of anyvp6Iitical party or- section of the country. The evil spirit is wider and deeper.than partisan alignment or lines of latitude. Nqr may we expect, any single effort, however significant to bring complete relief. All forces and influcnces within the race^must cooperate Iowaiv1 : ffip -Ainl. u-lMrih nil dniutiitlydesire to accomplish.? ~ I cannot however, close this release without one word of caution. This specific .protest is against discrimination withih the government service. For several years, I have been-trying1 to stress upon the' attention of the the dangerous-1 {watjtice of discriminatipu_y^i,.the civil service commission through which applicants enter the classified service. By death, resignation?and?retirement?Colored clerks are herein rapidly eliminated from the vv-i.iiiiii. nt ucpiirinrcius. "mere are few, or no recruits. They are shut out at the .thrcshhold?. Unless we insist in keeping, open the port of entry in a few years, there will be left no Colored clerks, and the whole qucstioi^of segregation will be settled byvilimination, an<T our last state will be worse thati-thc first. ' ?The Equal Rights League, racial organization, whose work is thus com'. lnemluil?by?Prof. Miller, invrtes ~th"e~ where for greater strength in! .the race's behalf, notice to Secretary Trotter at l> Cornhill, Boston, Mass.j being the '.<>n 1 y requirement. Fui unr Leagues room or Equal Rights Committees, for the main Sesqui stroke at Philadelphia it'H'lf Mt-Kcnguc Convention, Septcrn-bei' 21. Send. delegAtes.. Helena New* Rev. T. \V. Dixon c^f Winnsboro was pleasant visitor,at_thq parsonage last week and on Wednesday night he electrified the members of - Brq,\vrr Chapel Church with a wonderful discourse. Those who wefte absent missed a treat. Mrs. Pearl C. Benbow, the wife of -Row J. L. Benbow of Georgetown, .is; still tho guest of Revand Sirs. O. A.' Parker. She writes, that shev is en-' joying her self and likes the place fine' Little Miss-. Mary Ghurcher ' of: Greenwood is visiting her aunt, Mrs. .Carrie Jackson. t Misses Georgia Ruth Wilson and E- j, li/.ahelh Spencc are home after visi-, in Greenville. Rev. Marcellus Robinson attended I the League Convention in Clinton last week. ?j Rev. S. E. Martin was the dinner guest of his cousin, Miss Gebrgia Met/, last Sunday. ? Messrs. Elliott Robinson, Willie Nance and G. L. Lindsay Teft last Friday for Philadelphia. Mrs. Addie Kinard of Columbus spent last Tuesday "with her sTsfeiv Mrs. Ih,llic Burton. Mesdarnes Priscilla Robinson, Ellen T. Coleman, motored tp Orangeburg last Tuesday and spent a few dayswith Rev. and Mrs. Haynes. Mrs. L. K. Nelson and daughters, Misses Thelnta and fTliza motored j here last Sunday afternoon and spept u few hours with Mrs. Addie Baker. Mr. Anderson Caldwell, left last;| week for Raleigh, N. C. <Mr. Marion Marshall and uncle motored over from Spartanburg l?st*j Saturday a"nd spent two days, with relatives and friends. . Mesdames Alma Gary and Maggie Bracey are planning to attend the ra.nd Lodge in Sum tor. The Sunday School of Brown Chapel Church is planning to have a joint picnic with Miller ^jfispel Sunday i School on August 4th. A grand time is anticipated. J _ ? Newberry News M c a . Last week we had a few cool night! 1 su much su that -we?had to sprout I light covers over the bed and it was , very well accepted. But last Sajturdaj, and Sunday the change came, it was j very hot ar>d dry. The rain stems ti [be gone away; but the farmers aire j in good hopes as long as they_ car . make bread they will live. This* has J been a good grain year. Mr. A. T | wheat and oats. George Mcndenhall jthreshed one hundred and eighty bush. I els of wheat. Mr. E. F* Floyd made ! a nice chance of oats on his school project. The Sunday School Board of Miller Chapel met at the home of Mrs Delia Davis, BOO Drayton Street lasl Friday evening. The meeting was good. The lesson, was taught by Rqv E. P; Ellis for thirty minutes, ther j ci?v- aim umtcia uau a uuaiii^! meeting for thirty minutes. Rev. El I lis, pi-fesidentj,;E. F. Floyd, vice-presi .dent; Mrs. V. _> T. Ellis, secretary I The efficire and teachers decided t< haVejtheir annual picnic combined witl Brown Chapel A. M. E. Sunday Sclioo Helena, S. C., August 4th, at Cald well Grove, three miles lout from th< city. A very lovely place for a pic nic. Twenty acre grove, good water We will run a truck excursion ther< to carry the children. You can se< Supt. Floyd, Rev. E. P. Ellis and Rev 0. A. Parker for information. M,iss Bessie M. Cannon of 80. Crosson Street left last Saturday foi White Plains, New York. Dr. Mary C. EueU, Blisses Maria one Carrie WilllahiS. motored to LaUrens last Thursday evening to witness i Have your Old f Made New and Clothes Looking them to USj. __We da Steam j|_J Clean and Block 1 tt dng and -Tailoring j? and delivered on "| \/alet jl ' PRiCES &ban jl. ; - - rj Just jl PHON I J. W. BF | MERCHAP | 713 MAIN STREET P. : ' ^OO>30POD0OOOOgDOO O O0000000 r^x-x^~x~x~x~x~>x~x'* Professioi f. Office Hours: Telephones: 11:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. . Office 3536 6:00 ,E..M_to 8 P. M. Res. 6548 Dr. C. E. Stepehenson Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children A Specialty Office: Residence: 1414 H Assembly St. 1328\^ak St. Dr. L. M. DANIELS PhysTcTah and Surgeon Special Attention Given Diseases of Women. 1121 Washington St. 2210 Hampton Office Phon$; 6429 Res. Phone: 7165 ?. Office Hour*: Telephone#: 11:00 to 1:00 P. M. Res. 4692 0:00 to 8:00 P. M. DR. J. G. STUART Office: ?- Residence: 1702 Main Street ||417 Pine Street COLUMBIA, S. C. . - i. . . "?? Office Houn: 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. 6 P. M. to 7 P. M. V Dr. J. H. Goodwin 1119 Washington St. Columbia 8. C. r SCSSSSSB v Saturday, Jury 24, 1926j ' " " EVvJ^BQflBH 4?Sjfc Bfl P??9 1-iA ^nH s^bw^n tffl bsm ? I HWi m |a I i MRS R M WIT.I.T A Ms Grand Register of Deeds. * game of ball between Newberry and .Laurens. ' ??__i ? Mr. T. -A.-TWitliafns is" still lmprov- ? * ing, was down town for a short while. . The Entertainment v rendered at ! Miller Chapel on July 20th, was.good. The Missionary women gaVe this entertainment. The program was composed of addresses, papers and instru, mental solos. After the program was ~4 j over, A Quilt Contest was held. Miss Emmaline Pearson held No. 32~the winning number. The proceeds went to the Missionary "Women.to-+rdTp~fhem : raise tlfeir assessment for the ConI whw-'o rnnveuetL. at Prosperity. r ~JuIy-2Z^23: They were -ready -to-i make their report 1 ??? * Clothes~ahd Hats ~ r - ~ Keep Your New i -New by sending- | and Dry Cleaning? j_ -r'x ?" 1"' 1 atsyDyeing, Repair- S^~"i -AJ\ Work-sen t~"for- -?"??:5 S(rlORT NOTICE. I Ser^-^c | v;y SERIES ALWAYS RIGHT i Dial I;' E 7162* - -j? lUNSON ? IT TAILOR J-. COLUMBIA, S. C. J 0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOX?OOQOg X"X* *: *'. v lal Cards j *1* vv vvvv v *Z* J* Oflice Hours: Phone 8680 ' 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. 3 I>. M. to 7 P. M. ; A Syndays By Appointments, i Dr. H. G. Thompson Surgeon Dentist v Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Pyorrhea Treated Successfully. 1414Vi Assembly St. Columbia, S. C 6 , i / I Office Hours: 1U to 12 M.; & to 6 P. M. . Telephones: Oilice 574i? Res. 3702DR. M. A. EVANS Diseases of Women Specialty. Graduate Nurses in Attendance. 1501 Vi Taylor St., Columbia, S. C. , ? , v J t . i Uffice Hours: Telephonesr 8 to 9 A. M. > Office 4247 1 to 2 P. M. Res. 8876 6 to 8 P. M. Dr. W. D. Chappelle, Jr. V Office* Resdence: , 2101 Gervals St. -1801 Plng-St f DR. R. H. COOPER . Dentist X. A Specialty % Spfecial Attention Given to Diseases Of tho Gums * Office Phone 6429 1125 Washington St, \ " ' rmtr , i i ? _-r^ 4