Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. i - "VOL. II?NO. 32. Mm SESSION LASTS THREE DAYS Benjamin JefferSOn Davis, of I Atlanta, Ga., is Elected President of Asfc'n. MEET IN CHICAGO IN 1027 The Sesqui-centennial Officers ~ Hosts to Ouill-pushers During Session in Philly. v 0 t ??? : f, Hi , Philadelphia, Pit., (Special)?After having deliberated for three days, the National Negro Press Association-adjourped in this city Saturday noon. Chicago will entertain them February 10, 11, 12, 1927. Benjamin Jefferson Davis was elected President. Tho Constitution was so amended as to -admit Periodicals, Newspapers and Magazines, these to be represented at ^ J . V . ' ' Jttk "... MBHB1& m IhH r S 7 prof. w. r71 L Who returned from Xhicago, II r speech-defect. r-. .. ihe Association.by pptypei'ly-accruiliLed messengers from the various publicaP" tions. ~ '1 *?7-?=? - An "Address to the Country" was "" delivered, -full of pep, making certain specific requests of the American people, setting forth grievances that were not shadwos, and at the same time, complimenting the American .people r-:?-for certainadjustments - of wrongs that had. 'hitherto fMfifttftd Two women were addetl to the official family. Many social courtesies were shown by the Philadelphia people. The Sesqui-Centennial officers * were hosts to the quill-pushers during their session. Philadelphia gave one reception" and Pne public meeting. The dean or nSstor of journalism was a conspicuous figure throughout the ~ w?yk; Twenty-one accomplishments _ presented "hy the secretary of the As^ sociation as the work of the orgafii-^ zation, were plainly set forth and clearly demonstrated. The following are the officers for the' new year: Benj. J. Davis, Atl&tt5 ta7~t?a., President; Robt. J. Nelson, Washington, D. C., First Vice-Presi, 1 dentj^os. A. Bass, Los Angele's, Cal., _T~. Second Vice-President; Henry Allen Boya, Nashville, Tenn., Correspond ing/Secretary; L Willis Cpjjb, Loursvjlle, Ky.j Recording Secretary; Mrs. A- E. TittlCy?Nashville, Tenn., As, ,/sistant Recording Secretary;, E. W. / Rhodes, Philadelphia, Pa., Treasurer; J - M. J. Chisum, (Chicago, 111., Field Secretary; J. E. Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo., Chairman Executive Committee; Miss Jeanett(/ Carter, Washington, D. C., Auditor. " B. J. DAVIS' ADDRESS. ' Gentlemen: We are assembled in our annual communication, and-a?-your President I ought, to have a message of some vtews t0 lay before you. JVe adjourned in St..Louis in Febyf ruary, 1925 to meet here at this time in the City of Brotherly Love, uppn ..the invitation of the Honorable E, Washington. Rhodes, the able editor of the Philadelphia Tribune, one of - the oldest and best edited newspapers in America. Note, I did not say Negro papers, but newspapers. (Continued on Page Eight) ALNEG1 RACE BA AN EMPLO\ TREATED CRITEUY ,in fl6rida Colored Women Passengers are Subjected to Harsh Treatment. Cars not Sanitary. COACHES NOT VENTILATED '? * / > . \ \ . . Colored Woman Taken from Pullman.?Jailed.and Fined $518. Judge went Limit * In alctter sent to the National AsRelation for the Advancement of Colored- PeQ^le, a Ne^'o .railway enV I ... 50WMAN, B. S ' % 17, last night,-TmichMrnjiroved in tj pluyi'l' uliu I L'qm.'Al.'- ilnd lib name1 bo withheld describes, a number vfL the more -yltmn?* abuses ' practised^?en Jim CrOtv railway cars in the South of which he knows through personal experience. The informant of the N. i A. A. C.-.JPpyrites: "The rcoaehes which are- furnished are in most cases the oldest^in ser viejUw-bmilv "ventilated, and--filthy.. . These cars are' known as combination 'cursj half given to baggage, the ohtef half divided- for the purpose of smoking and day' coaches for Women. These smoking compartments are more or less filled with the baggage nam and train conductor, which I forces , the pavengers to stand and | smoke "while train employees, who | are supposed t0 be on duty occupy, I these ^ seats. . . ^ "It is also a common occurrence.to find that on account of the cramped condition of the day coach, women are* compelled to l'nd seats in the smoker facing the toilet rescrvcTT~for * ^There .There are no provisions made for feeding these passengers who ' a re-i n many instances denied the use of the dining car evpn after the last call and all white passengers,. have left the en v "Recently a lady en route from New York to Tampa* informed the train porter that ?he would like ' to have something to eat^ Thisjporler. spoke to the, train conductor who advised him to teli 'that "Nigger' that 'Niggers' were not allowed to eat jn dining cars in the State of*" Florida.. This lady was forced to pur-, chase sandwiches and such coffee as served by runners meeting, trains?at stations in the South. "Another evil" practised by both, train and sleeping car conductors in the South, mostly in 'the. State of Florida, is when colored passengers are occcupying space in the sleepers sold them in Northern cities, they wire to Some station along the line: "Nigfgers in car number -r~, train number The results arc these passengers are forcibly removed from the train and in many cases assault- < ed. I cite here for your information a recent case in Palatka. A colored woman Who refused to leave "her (Continued on Page Bight) T* . * J ' COLUMBIA, S. C., SATUF mm, RRED FR rEE DESCRI1 . - - ? . . , - - - | V| TWO COLUMI DRIVE AUTO 1 INTO EMBANKMENT To v^void I^unr.ing Down Men. Cars Parked on Btfttr"Sidesr, qf Road.. Men in Center.? THE W II I T E MEN* v, Colored Men Pull Women From Under Car and Ilurry Them To Doctor's Office. '0 ' v Jeopardizing their lives by crashbig down a iiO foot embankment to avoid hitting two automobiles parties blocking the road, Miss Will ; l.ou (b ay and Miss Agnes McMaster j of Columbia narrowly escaped death or seriotts injury Wednesday night on ! the Columbia-GfeeiyviLle highway ' as they were approaching-.the Broad river bridge from the Dutch Fork side - ?Miss Gray, who was driving, saw the parked cars and men as she approachc.il around a sharp, curve about 300 yards i'rmn "the riveri She saw i crash ?>with the men and cars "impending and swerving her car she trove down the steep, embankment. The-'car finally came a *>tbp against a four inch sapling, after haying its, descent somewhat broken, by other small trees. t- . Cries of help were responded *o T^f the four Negroes of the' party of aifrht" iin'ir WTfile the other four, who were white -men, are?said to Have, driven on without heeding the eric's <>f the, wonjen or taking any steps, to help t.hcm in their distress.. The occupants of the cur were pinned biouuth the* automobile, with the^engine.still running and. the lights burn1 ing. Fortunately the car" did not catclf fire. , - . r>li.-{<--.MeMaster suffered n broken collar bone, and a bruised shoulder. Miss Cray received a severe flesh wound in the back which required a number of stitches. Tho two were brought to Columbia by the Negroes and taken to> the office of Dr. ifane Bruce Guignufrd. The injured .women are, resting as comfortably as can he xrxpcctc(f, acc~ordi"ng~To"fopcH,tfr: received- Friday mornings ? The* names. Mi^-the Negroes were not secured, much to the /regret of Miss ,Gray and Miss McMaster. It is nut known \vhat th.e men werq doing on the road. Tho two caVs were park oil on either side of the highway and tin1, eight mua-stood together between. . Mis3 Gray and Miss McMaster wyre returning, to Columbia from the :;P|)i'i' port of tho statu lrharo t.hny the oppprtuntiies'schools. Miss Gray is state supervisor of the work for adult . illiterates, and Miss McMaster |rT at* teaclur in the Columbia schools. ?"Columbia Record. N.EW JERSEY MOB. VICTIM niAXKS X. A. A. C. I\ FOR AID. William I*. Adams o New York-City whose newly purchased home in Palisades' l'arltr New Jersey, was-threats.?*iiswi XT-*.:-? i A iivj lUiivu Ujiwn tiiu IXUIUIIUI /\SSOcintion for the Advancement of Colored People for aid, recently visited (he National Office of the N. A. A.~ ? 1 P. ?tf GO Fifth Avenue, to express his thanks for the prompt anj} effective assistance rendered. Mr. Adams reported that threats ceased immediately after the N. A. A. C. P. had called upon Governor A. Harry Moore and upon the local authoritics to protecr police office^ posted at the Adams home -and since then, Mr. Adams reports there has been no further trouble. _ Mr. Adams further tohr the Nr A. A. ?. P. that as soon as he had discharged the obligations incidental to his moving into his new home, he intended to make a substantial contrition to the NrA. A^C. P; as ? token of his gratitude. cDAY, AUGUST 21, 1926 OM DEMC 3ES JIM-CRC 1 . . 51A WOMEN Ki: WHITES REJOICE TO SEE- PRO-! CRESS OF NEGRO "BOY." IN - VITES HIM TO HOME. Abbeville, S. C.?Rev.W. M. Thomp son, formerly of Abbeville, ^after a 1 perioiLof ten years' absence returned to his home town t0 conduct a meeting for Rev. W. E. .White. He was warmly received' by his friends and relatives. He was known as "Wil- t } liam" by-- both white and colored. ; His ability now as, a revivalist arid ! j preacher attracted, largp crowds each t night during his stay here. Both i white and colored were glad to see | i 'William." This was . demonstrated ? when he received an invitation to the ] home of Miss Lucy Gilbert, (\yhite), j where he was greeted with a-'handshake by Miss Lucy and Miss Annie i-t Gilbert antf?rntroduced to one .Miss i Buskin, 'who in turn arose anil like- i wise shook his hand. He conversed j with them intelliirentlv. tellintr thpm scr ??? w " ? ^ of his. work in '{the pastorate andeanswering many questions relative ] to the ..progress o?-his-raee^?-This is t the first time a Negro man has re- j 5 ceived an invitation tr> th? home nf t a white person "to chat" on religious f" matters this side of the Masbn-Dix- i on line. Surely intelligence is bring- 1 ing the white man to the Negro. ' JAMES WEI.DON JOHNSON E-1 LECTED PRESIDENT OF GAR- < I/AND-FUND. i, ' . h New York, Aug. Id.?-At the. reg- < nlar meeting, two days ago, ef? the < .American Fund foiv Public Service, i known as the Garland Fund, affer I 1 he name o_f ds donor, James Woldnn 1 Johnson-, Secretary of the National 11 -Association for. the Advancement of i Colored People,'was"; elected President it was announced-today.- ? J The Garland Fund 'made an ipkial _ gift of $5,00t) to the Legal Defense Fund; raised 'by the N. A. A. C. P., " and furthei' gifts of upward of $21,000 as the N. A. A. C.rP. met its of- "t fers. ? * - . 1 Mr. Johnson has. for several years 1 been one of the Board administering 1 the Garland Fund, other officers be- s ing: Clinton Golden, vWo-prcsident;- J ^Kly.afietn tiurley Flynn, secretaryf" .uorns Lirnst, treasurer; Lewis Gan- c nett, assistant .treasurer; Robert "\V. 1 Dunn, Ben ? it low, Roger Baldwin, f Norman Thomas, 11. IL Broach, Frie- \ da Kirchwoy, William Z. Foster and 1 Professor Scott .Nearing. I MRS. GRACIE GAMBLE EVANS t -CRO&MLS THE GREAT DIVIDE j r.Haon. S. C., Aug. 18.-r-Yesterday s evening..v4he sad intelligence of the death of *Mrs. Gracie Gamble Evans-A reached IbMtrm. She hadundergone 1 a second operation at- the hospital i in Asheville, where death occured at t 0 p. m., Tuesday. ~ -- - - -- ^ Mrs. Evans received her education -y in the Belton school 'and Benedict College, serving as teachem in the / former for some time. She termi \ nated her services as teacher here ^ last-term,-being, married to Mr. Will t Evajis of Asheville,' N. C., Decern- e bor 31, 1^25- ' "p - Mrs. Evans was one of the lea < fi n g" j teachers of Anderson county, a young woman of- affable disposition, a de- ' voted daughter, sister and wife. Her "mother, a devoted member of j th<&> Baptist chuich, preceded her to | the^Great Beyond hy only 10 months. All Belton and Mt. Zion Baptist ^ church mourn the passing of Mrs. ? Evans. o She is survived by the following s "relatives: her father, Mr. 1'Jlias Ganv ^ ble?of Belton; husband, Mr. Will 1 Evans, of Ashcville, Belton and Chi- 1 cago; Mrs. Lucia Latimer, of BMfbn; 1 and three brothers, Messrs. Cornelius t Porry and Raymond Gamble. ' r Funeral arrangements have not c been made today CWednesday), but t it is expected that the funeral will C be conducted from Mt. Zion Baptist church Sunday, and her remains laid n to rest in the Mt. Zion cemetery, Bel- -t ton. i re.' - Vrfiiira.'h i c )CRATIC I >w abuses! SKlUVES ot^V 1200 Scientists of "All Nnfinnc Invorlo iiMviwiiu iniuuv \JU1 HVllf * 4 * ?? World Botanical AuthoritiesWelcomed by^)rr Farrand^-' Pres. of^ Cornell Univ. /"; Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 17.?is he capital for the realm of.-'PIant Sciences this' week. There, are men' and women from nearly every coun,ry in the world and every state in the .Union, gathered here to discuss the results of' their experiences and consider the-..contributions each has "nade to the research and educational aspects of Plant science. The occasion is the fourth inttrnaional congress. * . . More than 1200 delegates have regstercd. Six of the delegate* are Nerroes; two of' .them are native born \fricans?B. Solomon Taylor, Sierra i)r. and Mrs. T. AV. Turrtetj' Hampton, Va., Mr. C. Webster- Madden, South Carolina, and J. Arthur TurH^v-DistricT-of Columbia. ' : Address of Welcome by Dr. Livngstone Far rand, President of Corlell University opened the Congress. 1 I'hroughout the afternoon the visitors 1 vcre pun ring into the city: * 1 Noted scientists- from * England, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan and ^ Zzecho-Slavia were conversing with .heir friciidfc from, Washington, Juliana.; New Jersey, New Yoi^, South Carolina, Chicago and Boston. All intent"upon?the subject"""Closest~To" ~ :heir heart?.Plants, their diseases, heir nitlll'is, the n^e< ef their he. _ lavior, their variations in dfjor, manvLAN WOULD SCARE COLORED < POSTMAN FROM LONG ISLAND ] HOME. 1 A. letter signed with initials of ^ he Klu Klux Klan ordering him to re- f nove,from, his home in Hollis, Long < Island, because of his race, has been ^ eceived by Thomas EL llarptr, Ne- 1 ?ko postal clerk, who purchased a lome-in this-community-on^May 1st. ' "MrT liar per and his wife are fair 1 colored people, but when darkeb t 'riends came to visit ' them, the a^ 1 jent* who sold the home,V together t vith-the President of the Local Civic 1 ^eague, sought to have them hccept 1 jack their equity and move. - - On Mr. Harper refusing to be run e >ut of a community because of pre- i udice, he neeeived a letter ordering e >im to' move within a month and to _d oil to "the agent. v\" J A few nights thereafter a fiery cross T vas burned opposite his housg. Mr. v larper appealed to the Lieutenant I n charge of the precinct for protec- r ion and sought a permit to have I irms in his house. This last was de- 1 nedi ?? The National Association for the d Advancement of Colored People has v written t0 George McLaughlin, New F fork Commissioner of Police, urging d hat instructions be give$ the Lieut- " nant of the precinct to see that am- t de" police p rot eH16~n~is~ granted Mr. Ti larper in the case-needed! ! < I i . f PROMINENT* SOI TH jCAROLINIANS ATTKNI), INTERN ATION- c _AL ..meetings. ' f r Dr. C. C. Johnson, of*Aiken, Grand j, daster of the and A^jMasons of \ south Carolina; Prof. W. H. Thomas f if Columbia, Grand Secretary of the \ anie order and jilessrs. N. E. Lewis, V. X. ItosnborQughrimrt'Ert;'_ an of Culumhia4? Hon. J. S. Stan>aek and J. C. Channel of Chester, eft last Tuesday for Boston, Mass. o attend the following international ^ nectings: International Conference < >f Gfand Masters and Grand Sepre-* \ aries; Royal Arch Masons; Grand ] Jommanderies and Shrjners. j These men rank high in their sever-_ \ il fraternal orders and we are sure ( hat they will havt^ something of ^jal nter^st to impart to the n?6mbe^s j J .. ^ ^ . f / . , '/:.;'14 5c A COPY ( ? meetc PRIMARY "QUALIFIED WHITE ELECTORS ONLY" Rolf sentoutby the StateExe cutive Committee of AIa?? on"'August the 10th. N. A. A. C. P. TO RESCUE Will Arouse Negroes.to the Necessity of Contributing to Fund to Fight Measure.' - -,r' - ? r. * s New York, Aug. 13.?The National - ? Association for the ^Advancement of Colored People has received reports r~ >ho\Ving that Negroes were excluded *rdth"T7)ting in the Democratic state jrimary election in Alabama on Au- ? |:' ' ?u'st 1(3. The rule sent out by >th.e 4 ?tate executive committee .. provided lv?t only "qualified white electors" , >{ the State could vote in that elec;ion. The person transmitting the report 0 the N. A. A. C. P. comments that le hopes "thi^ will serve to arouse is. to the necessity of contributing to he. fund to fight the cause, in the Jnited* States Snnrenfc Court to de id?crft the constitutionality of such ules and laws." The case carried by-, the N. A. A. C. \ before the Supreme Court involves 1 similar law in Texas. . - >n their return. < May their trip be >ne of pleasure as well as benefit is , ho wish nf Tho I,onrtoT? ' Colored Methodist Sunday School Folk To Meet in Columbia rRv Rov, T F?LowarvA ?= The program of the State Sun- : lay school convention of the Meth)dist Episcopal chureh; which will ;orwene in Columbia on September I, 2 and si, has been published, and > nailed to more than 200 pastors, all over?the state. The meetings ,? vill be held in the Wesley Metholi'st Episcopal church at the corner >f Gervais.and Barnwell streets of .vhich the Rev. N. Sf Smith ( is the mstor. ' . - , ' W 'All the pastors in-the South Carpina Conference are considered as de egates, and each pastor is-requested o bring one Sunday School worker Tom his charge along with him. If his is done( it will make a pretty arge delegation that will come to Co- ' urnbia. ~ . * The program announces the pres- ^ (nee of some able speakers and specali^ts, who Will take part in the exrcises. Gov. Thos. G. McLeod will lelivor an address nf wpl""mo nT?d N.? . Frederick will respond. Rev. Clyde ... Hay, a Sunday School spedialist, vill have a prominent place on the trogram, so will Rev. J.,C. McMories> of Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. \ L. M. )unton, president emeritus of Claf- ^ in University. ' " J There, are eight district superintenlents jn_ the stated and all of them ~ vill be present. Prof. J. B. Randolph, resident of Claflin University, will', leliver an address , on the subject, World's Rrotherhood Through Christ an Education." Rev.'D. H. Sims, prea cjlent of Allen University, has been rivited to . address the convention on _ Friday morning. . / Several wolfeen, who are/experiened Sunday school workers^ are on the irogram for papers on ^special subects Gr to sing solos. Trne committee s composed of Rev./A.. R. Howard, I. J.'Sawyer, Re*.-W. S_ Thompson, j lev. G. W."Cooper/ and Rev. W. 1.. . Vitliams. ?. ' / ^ e-iA" OR; J. H. GODWIN GOES f" TO N/1W YORK. / I SI Dr. J. H/Goodwin, Vice-chair- / nan of the Republican Party in / ' South Carolina, left the city ' y Wednesday for New York to ook ofier the national political lituatlon. From New York, he ? ?7 villygo to Cleveland to the Elks' 3ojf(vention; stopping in Fhilalelphia to visit the Sesqui-ceniennial. * " r' \ l Hi""-"" ' '* *' >r'"'i M i ntfc