Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V ? BIGHT ' . ~~ 1 No Charges J? ; I During Sale jL^ I Mid-S St Jig EJargair ; Every . .? ' ' ". .. w^m?mw^mm_wm?mmmmmm? ^adies' and Children ^LOO tdies Dresses.. _, _ $5 >ys' Suits lL_ ^ Piece Good; righam, per.yard , isue Gingham , en's Drpss Shirts . t No. 2 t,No. 3-1.-,-.- ; : Ladie?' Middy B iue& up to S1.49. Sale II. S. Li 1131 Washin two innocent negroes die in jaii* for murder of white 'man kulded by wife Continued from page 2. v . ? ' hysbarid, but King fired first, his shots ? % >.?! t.i nt.11 y f.n 11 i l) lUfMnr?l?n\' but not before he had confessed. IVCJHH 15 llLflll mulJclIIlcl LllUlCtllC* VIlcl? Mrs. McClendon-King is in jail and Was given a preliminary hearing last Wednesday.- The two Negroes, John Murchison and Clio Staten, hav(Theen . paroled by Governor Brandon. -n a. a. c. p. requests s cool1dge to press - ' . persecution of inno ; " / :; "cent'-negro ?oldier & ' Demands Removal of 24th Infantry From Geir&ia Camp _ (Continued From Page 1) 9 ^ prejudicial matter was injected into \\~ig epso by t he (1 ef ensc attorneys with the result that Fulbright was acquitted ? , quifcd: ?-? ? The Advancement Association's let ter to the President ended in these words:- _ C * "The National Assocmtion for the Advancement of Gplored ggople suhfrijts a query to you-ars Gonmxpnderin-Chief of the Army and~Navy iT the , uniform of the United States Army is of nny avail in protecting a soldier ? of the United States if that soldiers ^k+n?m-,.black and he hapens to be" in Georgia." We aVe convinced we are making no over statement when we assert that such an. outrageous tragedy can do nothing but deepen the des* pair of colored cit izens when such a situation is revealed. "We are taking the liberty of requesting, first that such steps as are possible, bo taken by you to effect atb equate punishment of Fulbright, and, second, that the 24th Infantry be re?Hi. moved fpfmv-G?OFgia to-a more civiljustice are more prevalent than appears ^to be the Case at Americus, Ga. This ill-treatment of men of the 24th Infantry is not a new matter. As far back afc 1922 an investigator from J "this Association, a former Army Oflfi' cer, found that apon being sent to Americus practically every soldier of " the lpt and 2nd llatalion of the 24th Infantry was disarmed; the 3rd Battall ion havfng_jiever been disarmed .since being sent to Georgia in Dev 1 m ii i HI S. Leevy " . * H *, ummer IB Going O ?s Saturday, M Daiy Tjll Sale I i's Dresses - MEN' .00 & $11.98 ' Buy one suital t $598 one for -: ^ . Thrcu f^peci 10c & 15c tut wo. 3 - ' 25c Lot No. 4 . 50c , ~~:^5c - ? badi? - $1.19 1,61 N"-'r louses N. Lot No. 2 . .. .... 1% A T 1 2 ?V - - levy'sDept. gton Street Gember, 41)21. ; Our investigator-also learned that the Commanding Officer, 1 j Colonel. Nicklin, had stated in his first 1 address to the' men of the 24th In- } fantry that they would be called t 'damned niggers' by the white, soldiers as a matter of habit but they ( I should not resent it. Colonel Nicklin t also in the same address told these sol- I diers ?ha$ they must , remember that they were Negroes in Georgia and 1 that theyneed ex pect to be treat- H ed as they were accustomed to being < treated at other, posts aL-whichr_th?)L _] had been staioned. These matters i were brought to_ the attention of the late John \V. Weeks, then Secretary of < j War, and "-there was some ameliora- i tion of the situation but most of the conditions, all of which *hre not detailed? jabovc have continued to this I day. The 24th Infantry has-had -a long and honorable record and. a con- i tinuation of such ill-treatment may, we fear, cause still further trouble which can be avoidedTfy prompt action on the part of the authorities." EMINENT NEGRO ORATOR AJSLD..HniirATOR HEARD . AT STATE COLLEGE - - V w I ' Plea for the Negro Made at Sum. Sch. j p^ Presented to imaginary Court j "Continued from page 1 i' _ _ you to weigh our character in the past, our efforts in the present, and j by these judge us. I here give notice 1 that from any prejudiced or bias judgement rendered, I shall appeal to [ the Gd(T of all the" earth who created I kingdoms and peoples. T We ask, Sick, helpless, maltreated and sttcflt- Wf> liavp loin fnf y^-vr.> tVion two'hundred years prisoners; and for more than sixty years we have never been able to obtain an impartial ,iu;fy In try our ^ase.?"?~?? : When I turn pages of "history and read hou\ for .two hundred and odd j years, one class of men was compelled of men in a kingdom that had a christian government, a constitution, and a flag, I am bewildered -at the whys of men and things. * I do not wonder at God's way with a (people; nor do I wonder at the nights I that come to them. The Jewish people had a night in Egypt-7-a deep, black night full of groanings, weepings, lashea.aind tasks. They had forty yetirs of night in a wilderness of heat, h\inger~*and death. ' . ' - ^ r * I y. .j?, J.,. n,f , .. A' * THE PALME*. S Returns Ij , _ i ' Sale I v r~ l I _* 4 i *- - ' Q "H I n I 0 * ? _^ . ( '^1 1 ondayand 11 Ends "" , 1; S SUITS $5.Q0 ' " . ' J he-regular price and get the H j ---- -*$5.00 I1, El al Xols of Men's Suits Mil - yg-nn Bj' $3.50 "* - $6.50 A at . ?=? ' ' S?= Dress Hats , W _ : $3.98 q . "? wL Store | Phone 7567,1 The christian church has had its' light?had it when all Rome, with' ler thirst for blood, was pitted arainst God's^few who were followinghe banner of the -Christ. - ?. - b [, Ten thousand grinning skulls in the |1 :atacombs at Italy tell, today, how ' hose holy people died martyrs to 1 heir faith and tor their uod. H"' Before all great reforms there has ' aeen a night. It.was dark in Eng-|^ lark in Germany- before the grealT 1 power of the Roman Pope was broken:' it was dark in America before the Revolution burst over the land; it was -1 lark in France before Freedom struck j at monarchy and^yranny; it was dark' in these United States before the Civil ' War opened by the guns at Fort Sum- ' ;er. - For England God raised up Crom-| .veil; for France there came Lafayette;; for Germany there was borTi Luther; for America there came forth Washington, Jefferson, Adams and" Frank-, lin; for the l/ni'on God raised up the lowly rail-splftter, Abraham Lincoln, the fearless orator.J3ouglass; the unInnrn^l hnt niniK bhliPVPjng S?~ journer Truth?.and to these were added Lundy, Garrison, Brown, Sumner, Wade, Lucretia Motte, Henry Wil* [ son and .others. These spoke for us when we could not speak for. ourselves i For over two ^hundred years we had groaned in shackle's. One generation had xome, _lipd toiled .and groaned,,1 prayed, and had gone to their graves in the forests, in open fields, and soggy swamps. Another generation had come, had looked at the North Star, had hoped, had toiled, wept and worked, had been wronged and lashed still had prayed Ur*A Al~A 1 IL.!.. 1 . ?ii?u uicu wii.ii ii"|iu in ineir. Dreasts unrealized, and prayer frozen on their lips unanswered. Another generation, and yet another came and gone before God's plans were ripened for our freedom. There is no ready reckoner on darth to figure out the tears, groans, hearts-aches, bold drops and. anguish of those two hundred years. ' But this'I do know: Every drop of blood was recorded; every tear was bottled; and e^ery groan and sigh registered in heaven against the day, of reckoning. t This is God's way. ' ' i At the end of a Ijfoddy war irrTtre-" kingdom we came forthf free. Now, after mord than sixty years of this freedom what have we done? We came forth naked entirely naked | ?no home, no property, no church, ?? ? ? ? - J*. ,w- - > it ri w.- L /. ^ c+ rro LEADER fk> eohool8r no libraries, no teachers, no pfofessions, no farms, no busipess. What have we done? Our task has tipan a mighty nnp! , I want the houeless to listen! I wan1 the critics to listen! I want the hater to listen! I want all our friends, who still stand by us and believe in us, to listen! Since the sword of the solilW in ?ray was passed to the soldier in blue, sbove graves of soldiers o? out1 own, ve have redueetf our illiteracy more iHan 30 per cent. We have raised more ;han $44,000,000 for our own educa;ion; we have built nearly 50,000 :hurches whose communicants num >er oyer rive minion. uur cnurch jfoperty is estimated, at $98,000,000 \ million of us living on farms, own property valued at more "than five hundred million doHars, We own lanks the ..capital of which , reaches >ver two and_,a half millions; and the XDsiness of which reaches more than me hundred and'fifty million dollars, ilore than 70,000 business establish- ' nents; the business of these being >vm uue and a half- billon dollars. Ib hat enough ? " Homes valued at over $370,000,000. Libraries?books in tens of thousands. Doctors nearly 1,000.. Lawyers nearly 900. Newspapers nearly TOO. School children nearly 3 million. Learning trades, over 30",000. >Teach?rs, over 32,000. ' . ?. ' , .' h?Read these figures, thipk over them, md then credit us in our honest effort for what we have done. What we have done we have done ajainst odds?fearful odds! May I speak of the odds against us? Banks avc uccir.p^uiusv.us: x\uiiroaus nave aeen-against us!'?Business and trade lave been against us! Laws, judges iiid courts have been against us I And [ say it with indignation: Judases in 3ur own homes have kissejd and be* trayed us! We^have been opposed? yet we have Come! Men, of.'a thousand years talentS^and civilizMioii have apposed us?yet we have come. Read it! Sing it! Tell it! Praise God for it! W eare coming! All we ask is a square deal?a fair chance. Read our-history! Two hundred and fifty years with hands tied?feet tied,?mouth gagged, and tongue silent! What "had we 7 Education? lone, money?none, home ties?none. Property?hone. , Moral law?none. iVe had only a religion. In a' land blessed by God in every .vay^=?fertile, mild productive; in a [and that we have enriched by our toil and' sweat, made hallowed by heartaches, and tears, every man's hands" has been it seems during a solid two :on*ury" period lifted against us. This kingdom "has seen our men ;redit "for what wc^have done. The futures of ten thousand families?we puilt them. MnfrnTTirpriV acres of fer :ile lands! We made /Them s6~~t)y ' iraining the marshes and felling the trees. To every industry we Have lent our hands; -and-in every work we have taken a part. ~T"" iTisi kingdom has seen our men ->leod and die in-ovary* warT-att<k upoa , every battlefield from Bunker Hill to Mexico* San Juan, on the soil" of the Phillipines- away off to Soisson, the Marne. Yet/ in this kipgdom a fmr?fertile country,?wo?have?been trfiCs, it almost "seems, to make a Jioh day. I know this is a glowing picture but it is true. Dark as it is, black as it "is, hard as it is, otheiv peoples have had darker, blacker, harder." ' What do. we need today? More mothers, good careful, thoughtful, chritian--mothers; for mothers make men. ~ ?What do we need? Babies, books, nfirl Knoinoco D?VvI?? ?J ?..v. wuotuvoo. uauics LU unng; OUL home ties~Iave, tenderness, and frugality. Babies to educate us, make us get homes, and make us trustful and truthful. B6oks in the home and around the fireside: books in the schQols and in the trades; yes, clean booffs. ? Business! profitable business^clean, legal and honest. We need business however humble, and then we need to conduct it as tho' eternity depends on it. We need have homes and in each home an altar?an altar, and children's voices * of .song and verse about that altar. \ v O, sweeter than sound of harp or flute; sweeter than song of choir, or peul of organ are the laughter and, chatter of children in the home and around the hearthstone. Let our people help build up our Stfite by beingu~honest. unricht. ami , ~~ * t ? law-abiding enough to merit all the protection of that State. To succeed, Xvhat must we learn? We rmist learn to-give-nor best -service; yes, we mufet give better service around^the, homes, about the houses, On buildings, ob -railroads, at the trades, on the farms, gnd in professions than our cempetitors give. One hard truth must come to our hearts. When we scrub we are scrubbing our 6wn floors; when we cook we are cookiifg our own meals; when we are building or plastering, we are building and plastering our own homesr when we are sewing, we are sewing . ^ r I IP I I II in- yt 1 w. z . . ? - ; .t - y>* " . J Poro Beai Hair Culture, FacfM Massaging MME$. LYLES, HOL 1. S. Leevy's De] !* . 1131 Washington Street ? I ,-iZ | Wilse > I 1 1 iS Man X pp?rg?l ' Wholesale Dealer 1 Findings, Harness, 5 ;; . Wholesale d $ Auto Top Manufacti | what you want to B J want to Sell. ^w;W;WX',X,'KwK',W,'W*,W',HmX,,XkX>'Hm> | A Clear | Smart IV | For Thursday, | . Saturday X _ ^ *" ^ 1 ? the newness of the i ? the prices which ar placed on hats. E | Sale regardless of f V x ' _ I , Former Values r Y Diyided into three lots-- . ^ * . |v , Lot One | - t Lot Two f? ? i- > LotThrec ~t~r ? |?James L?Tap * * f * ? y^MRRT MF/> our own garments; when we are teach*- t ing, we are teaching our own schools; n and wherever we work, let our work be our own, for success wilt depend upTTTi hear and- see ??I hear the school bells-; -a on our work and worth. What do. I t I hear the busy housewife crooning a|r sweet lullaby to her baby in her cozy home; I hear the faithful worker sing- c ing as he tills his own- soil;- I. see- r church spires pointing upward to a heaven; I-hear the peals of grand or- d gans; I hear sweet songs "sung by free b lips; I hear the voice of eloquence n from pulpits filled by our own pure, r christian ministers; 'I see business l see our own men and women ambi- k tious and anxious and ready to enter r gates open to our competitors. I see v all of this, and I am encouraged and i: have hope. ? a Our fathers did not dare to dream c hope, .write, or pray aloud for these; but in the fullness of God's time, and ^ in God's way they~have come to us. Your Honors, just as surely as 11 there is a God; just as surely as a > human heart, just so surely will the 1 9 . t huiiuijL heart, jut so surely will the rights due to Qs< come. We hope for 1 them, we work for them, we wait for j them, we live for them. - This kingdom is our kingdom./. We have a right to enjoy it. Blood of our men has been shed in every war for her freedom and defense, / a Our bravery has beeh Vested and proven by more than five ' hundred ti thousand who sleep in warriors graves, j -over which silent stars watch as scrrtinels. / Our loyalty to tTitT flag of this king- E doni. has_never been questioned; and S when men of this kingdom have hidden their faces in shame at the name n of an Arnold,-we have looked up with s pride and exclaimed: It has" not ^et p been written that one of us has been i h a traitor to his kingdom's flag. This is our flag. Let us love it," si this State is our State in the king- b dom. Let us obey her laws, and help ti I ' : ; Jy . ?V IWV ^ Saturday, July 24, 1^ lty Shop ! ^ , Manicuring, Hair Bobbijigf 7 ~ JSTON & DENDY ? j partment Store * * Columbia, S. C. | [coagoo OPDPO crooaampppcuap.Qo ? v ?X? a V. Martin f' J npton Avenue $ V1BIA, S. C. | | -v.:',. I j In Leather, Shoe | Saddles, Etc- | \ ltde Buyer I ' fj jrer. Let us know y ?$ uy and what you * X?? 1 ... X. ; >Hw?wXwWwKKK^Ii*Xw!''X',*h?>>X>,??<?'>>?* j ance of b' Iillinery I - : p , Friday and | Selling * I 1 be surprised at styles astwelb as i . . * ^ e the lowest ever | LVery hat in our f j in this Clearance $f . , ? ormer price. % i s':$2 = toil 2= 4i v;N at $1.00 | . at $2.00;at$3.00 - 1 , ap Company |? . ^ . .... . W-X-X-K-K-X* \T taff*S <![-: (i buil<\ up all her industries and to lake her field the most fruitful. Let us build schools, let us drain iiarslies, fell trees,.jet us plant fields nd harvest crops, let us foster indus ties, and sing into ears of each-paent: 'educate, educate.. At the bifr we plead not guilty as harged. To the charge of shiftless* icss,. we plead 250 years of unrequited nd constant toil., To the .charge of isloyalty, we plead the record of our wn soldiers. 4 To the. charge of ig- T_\ lorance, we plead the advancement rtade in less than fifty years. To he charge of a menace to the fu.eeping of time in the march of prog- ^ ess. To tJieafjSMvge of immorality, . 1 re plead ijpc CTtjk'Mples . set by those I n the kingdom wh^^ye had a thous- V nd years start of ufs?iri education and ivilization. . , Forgetting the past with its fearuL Trremorlos;- with "our" eyes "setoh T he future, we resolve in the present to ...-4, nf.fit .. ~1..? t-L-- * timtK iu tauor, to advance, o enjoy and to rest; and to witness JB his resolve, we call upon a just .God ar o send us through you, a safe delivranee. >R.__,J. C. WHITE TO DELIVER i. fl ANN I AL SERMON BEFORE * .] NATIONAL BAPTIST CONV EN TI ON OF AMERICA Jk The Rev. J. C. White has received communication from the executive >ard of the National Baptist Convea^^B ion which will meet at IndianapqJ^ rid.. Sept. 8ih-loth, 11)26, to thie'fc.ffect ^ hat fre* is selected~tcf~preach the An- *" J nual" Sermon before the National ' !apti&t Convention, Sunday' morning, ; eptcmbcr l-Hth. x . j The National Baptist Convention * ot only honors Dr. White in thusNa,s- J igning his to preach the most imVja ortant sermon of that body, but they onor the 260,000 Baptists of S. C. ReV. White, "will deliver a great er'mon, as usual, before the greatest ody of Negro Baptists of this counry'