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Negro Natic FirstA ^ i ?? A. G VOL. II?NO. 33. ANEX-! WAS ILL FOR ~v SIX MONTH! ? Thousands Attend The Funera Of Rev. Paul Haynes, ExSlave of Wade Hampton HONORABLE RECORD LEF1 Was 79 Years of Age?Learnet To Read and White at Benedict Col. When Middle Aged One of the-largest funeral-service seen in Richland county was that o the R.ev. Paul JLaynys, \vh0 after si: months of illne&s, passed away quiet 'y. ?t. his hnnt'p at ..Arthiirtf>\vn Thnrs day afternoon 5:.'30. Rex1. Paul Haynes was .70 years oh an ex-slave of General Wade Hamp ton^who'was once both Governor an United States Senator from Soutl Carolina for many years. He wa ???'taught how to road anj write whe he was a middle-aged man, by at tending school at Benedict Institute now Benedict College. - u Rev. Haynes. founded the folktwiii] "Churches: Zion Pilgrim at Arthur town; Zion Chapel, Lower Richlan county; Mill Creek, on the Game ? T>?,wl??,wl ?T..U? Church in Lexington fpoupty. . lie1 was bapti/.cd by thcJiov, Kran Dobbin:TT>D years ago an(j had bee; ordained tp preach 52, having bee married 56 years, which wife survive him and an adopted daughter. Rev. Haynes was universally res pected by both white and colored. By dint of hard labor and sacrific he saved -his--earnings^ bought a nie little^hume, and_ savej a little mone; for the "rainy day."-' Near two thousond persons heari Dr. J. C. White eloquently'extol hi virtues nnd picture his character Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church, Arthur town. Dr. White was ably assistei . by Dr. T. M. Boykin, Rev. Sarah H Srrrmith, Rev. E. E. Cornwell, A. F Porter1 and Rev. Coburn. Automobiles for blocks above am below the church, why^> and colore people apd many truck loads wh couldd' not get near the church su and heard the preaching-.- - .4 as pall bearers. * ? Deacbn Wni. Charley of "Zion Pil grim made a splendid talk over th The body was buried ~rtmvn on fh< Hampton plantation at the Little Cal vary Baptist Church by the request 8 the deceased. Peace toTTs ashes, and rest to hi weary spirit. * - Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 24?Dr. M A. Evans of Columbia, S. C., is th house guest of the Hon. and Mrs. J C. Hilton, prominent Republican lead or'of the State. ~ " * * : Dr. Evans ' arrived he??j_-Thunsda; mornipg in company with Miss Juan ita Poirjsette also of Columbia am win runiam u witk as tnu nouse gues of the Hilton ^anhly--??4 * MjgS .HENRIETTA BOOZER IN NI?\V YORK CITY -J~J . ? New York, Aug. 24?Miss Henri etta Georgia Boozer of Columbia, S C., is now in the city as a vacatioi guest of Miss Belle Raiford, formerl; - of Aiken, S. ~G. Other Columbia people here on va * cations ate: Dr, M. A. Evans am ~~'f Misa-Juanita Poinsette of the Y. "W ?Cr~A;~Miss Sara -A, Henderson o State College; Miss_|tfaEy C. Carrol of Benedict College and Pay A. Gold smith of Benedict College. . . " T i >nal Anthem J . ---rtide In EM ? vfa I ~ -- - ' I 1 ' .? v . J. MVEP ICOLQREC HARRY F. 1 r NOMINATED FOR F? SECOND TIME ' Mr, Davis Received 15,742 Votes In Recent Primary Election _ In State Of Ohio _ s : . . . . A TEN BY 1 CANDIDATE I1 j _ Received the Second .Highest l ]\ Number of Votie;s Cast In CuyahoyatCounty d; ?' " \ . h Complete T returns for the recent' s primary elections in the State of Ohjo ^ n show that Ilarrv E. Davis. Renresen- ' "" tativel in the State .Legislature" and a * i mom her of the Boai'd of Directors, of (1 jthe National Association for the Ad- J p vancement drColored People, has been .. ' renominated, only one Repreeentative out ol' the 1G nominated from ' r Cuyahoga County receiving more 1 t 'votes than Mr. DaVis. The higgliesl^ j number "of votes cast for any of the , ^ ^ Cuvahoga County candidalek was-17,-1 ^ n; 2M4 and Mr. Davis stood second in the f n 'list with 15,742. ?lJ_ _ J ?: ? a i I'l'LLMAN POUTERS HOLD FIRST -|- ANNIVERSARY. ?-j . ? AugUst 21?The Pullman porters _ e^-orgamzed- in the Br6th.erho*4?of ? Sleeping Car Porters will .celebrate i $ie first anniversary of the, Orgahi-1 ^ jj I zation with an old-fashionedr get-to-l g ! gether rally on Thursday night, AiP1 t gust 20thrat St. Luke's Hall, 125 W. j i30th >St7~ The occasion marks one (j i year of Norganizational rwprk among % ~ these'workersr^It-i^Hnirpcd. that in-^ ? that period of time the Brotherhojod^ s lias eclipsed every known' record (n ^ (j this country, in !that it _has brought (j together more Negro workers in the t 0. shortest space of time than has ever t been done by either whites' or blacks. . All of the speakers and writers who j I have cooperated-with the Union have j. ' been invited to be. pn the platorm . that night an^ be presented to the ^ 0'( audience. Some of these are Dr. . Norman Thonuis, Hugh Frayne, NT ~ ^ Y. Representative tAT~F. fffL.; Rev. ~ . | John llaynes Holmes; James .W. John-!. v ifdson, Sec., N. A. A. C. P.;-Thomas , J. Curtis, Vice-President, N. Y. State s Federation of Labor; John P. Cough- * lin, Sec., Central Trades and Labor < ? Council; Mrs. "Gertrude E. McOoug- ^ f aid, Assistant Principal Public sAool ^ 89; Mr. Benjamin Stolberg; Oswald j Garrison Villard; Dr. Stephen S. Wise ' Morris Hillquit; Fred R. Moore, Editor, N. Y. Age; Elizabeth Gurley ^ Flynn; William W. Kellyy Editor N. ?-V,?Amoterdom?News; Prank P. ~7 Walsh, Legal Advisor -to the Union, and others. ^ j J PROTESTS "NIGGER" USE ON Lu-R^mfTCOMI'ANY PROMISES DVCODIf "V*""?? t ??-=?? I , Daniel W. Sparks of Buffalo, N. Y., f reports *0 the Si. A. A. C. P. that in j a wecent radjo program the word "nig- f - (tor" was used in a song by a member i.. of the Clitiuot Club Eskimos. Mr. 1; i Sparks wrote to the .Broadcasting s / Company of America which replied: g "Vye appreciate your bringing this v - matter to our attention and we want f i to assure you that our sentiments are . thoroughly in accord with yours. . . t f Your letter, has been brought to the I* L special attention of our client and-1 t - am sure that you will find them e- 1 qually cordial in their sentiments." i: ?\ ?I'. Sung Throug] Siirvej ? n - 7 :??- ?: ?? COLUMBIANS. G.. SATUft] REACHE r > norroi JAMES WELDON A JOHNSON. AUTHOR ? ; a 'Lift Every Voice" Has Become G By Popular Choice, A .National Negro Anthem Xhruout U. S. VIUSIC BY J. R. JOHNSON C 3ong Was Composed In Jackson^ville, Fla. For a Lincoln's Day ] Celebration In High School "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a song vhose words were written by Jame? -Weldon Johnson and the music by . P11 Rosamond Johnson, has become by i popular choice, a "Negt.o Natio'naJ-l^ Anthem," being sii'ng thruout the U-|aF nited States, according to Wayne Pc Francis, writing in ?theS?ptember ilc Crisis Magazine. The song ^ras com- . posed in 1900 in Jacksonville for. a ^ L.incpln'a Birthday celebration-in=the av lacksomille High School of which Mr. ea fohnson -was then principal. It has an ohil' to Cu culled the "Negiu National or Anthem" and is in demand by ^hite is well as. colored, choruses. - l*r ? ? ? ? th Prominent Educator i Visits So. Car. - ?*-??-1 .. ... * ed Professor F. Mqrcellus Staley, -di- str ggtor, Agricultural .Department, A. or 951 T. College, Greensboro, C., tei hade a visit to South Carolina, Jtie-- }? ;tate in which he worked for approximately .mine years. During-this ric )eriod of 'time, the little professor 14 vas connected^with StatcJ College, lib ^ngeTOg/jStC.; at which place, he Hg erved as directap_of Agriculture and }oach of the base ball and basket im mil teams.?The records-made by the- tie earns coached by "The Little Najolean," will bp lasting memorials for th lim. ... . nn Director Staley is" accompanied by. nn ind Mrs. W. W. Ryan, Barnwell, S. >. The cpuple is spending some time coi n Columbia. Orangeburg and Barn- ur veil. Leaving South Carolina, they a.c vill journey"t0 Americus, Georgia to- er ^isti relatives in the city of the nati- -34; 'ity of Professor Staley. While in go \mericus, the educator and his wife $2 vill be the guest of the Rev. A. S. ge Staley, Sr., who is the-Modteator of. :w4 he South-western Georgia Baptist tic \ssociation; principal of the McKay ar iill Public Schools and pastor,. Sha- tei ly Grove Baptist church. * ni( The * couple will return to North $5 Carolina Aug^t 26th after a most $4 dgasant tour of the Carolines and fr; Georgia. , ' ^- > lig i. C. CONTRACTING COMPANY ig ^SUCCESSFUL IN ASHEVILLE. ?r, / * Ac The B.-Ol Contracting Company, of his city,. operate^ by Messrs. J. W. leachunry' and E. F. Calhoun, has just inishecV' several large contracts of . Mastering, tiling, etc., at Asheville, l <qA- cKj A reporter for The Leader was re- , '' QGI iably informed that they Were quite Uccessful in these contracts. This peaks well for these two young men, /h0 are "making good" in their pro- . ... , :1S ession. They have secured a contract for"*^,^ he Granger High School, of Kinston, I. C., for around $10,000.00, where hey will begin work, at an early date. JDL 'hey will fdr some time be located r a te eastern part of te state.? ' N V \ r V. tiout the afSi state DAY, AUGUST 28, 1926 K GO ?on y own i , SURVEY OF NEGRO SCHOC eorgih's Average Expended White Child is $36.29; Oi Each Negro Child $4.59 ONDITIONS VERY 1H >,00Q Appropriate! By Gar tional Conditions of Negi New York,: Aug. 20?The S,ep r Number^ of The Crisis maga iblished today contains the firs ^e in the survey of Negrt con hools undertaken in viflJue o! ipropriation of $5,000 for this tse by the American Fund for : Service, known as the Gai and. The first article, which c< e State of Georgia, shows that crage amount expended yearl; ch white child in the State is $; J the average amount on each eii child is $1.511 Although N ildren form 43 per -cent of the en of school age only 9 pe rcei e e^JjupaJLiunal funda nrp speni em and 91 per cent on the v ildren. The "survey contains a histor; ycutiyp _?or Negroes in Georgi ed children, and fajiulations oj idance, expenditures, valpe of st operfy~dibraries, etc. It is shown that there "are 115 1 -foFy colored -sehoels ps agj 17 for "white, anj that the v raries contained 3(39,128 book ainsl 12,188 books in the colon Conditions as shown-in 75- emu /estimated by T$ie Crisis.^are I d by the following: "Berrien County: The school: is county for colored are ta: linly in old Churches with no ec int other than a" stove, benches fe jv feet of home-jnade blyctfbol "Ben llill County: Cowokee, in unty, used as_asehool a dllapid ioden huildng?wheh?was?frrrrr hurch. There is one rooty, one le and the-school ruifc for four mq le enrollment is 35, the attend od. The salary of the teach( 5 a month/ The school at 1 raid is held in a frame buil iieh"ifi~m--a -very?dangerous c< in being nearly ready to fall. T e 7 rooms and 6 teachers. rhi -is nine months- and the en 2nf is 400. The principal's sala: 0 a month and the teachers re( 0. The school at Union is heldrmt? building with no "windows hts an^thfi-schocrfiJenches' hav UTtCTf lere is one room. The 1 four months and the teacher's y varies from $20 to $30 a m( icording to the official report of mmissioner of Education in G i, 'The Negro Schools in this eo s deplorable and should he impf some way.' " In Atlanta, it is reported, ? ildren are left "without a seat nk at which-t?Kstudy." In Monroe county colored teac t $15 a month and in Jones coi a typical school the teachers sa $22^ uionth. - "Students are ts t of school during peach seas is was ordered by the* whites.' The summary of.school condit Georgia, as investigate^ by isis includes the following si (Continued on pa^? eight.) Country Says Hr; " ? ' 1 * ' CCTA Dt UiJ IVIYL 4 EGISLATURE .. SESSIONS HELD >t&- AT MULLING [On The Tenth Annual Session O: n r ' A. C. E. League State Conv. Great From All Angles )OR TO DO GREATER WORh In ad _ Thp Rpphrts From All Sources ca- Were Good. A. C. E. Xeague ro Is Steadily 'Wlarching On" tern- The tenth annual session of the A zine, C. E. League State Convention ol t ar- | South Carolina-has-just closed imon granj -session held In Ebernezer A f an ' M. E. church Mullins>. S. Rev. J .pur-1 W- L Duckett, Pastor. ^ Pub-! At 11:30 ' Wednpsrlnv mnpninw ? 1 .?'* b v" land Executive Board , met with the Rev ; the siding. - .. ' > * v on . promptly at 3:30 o'clock the conver 16.29 lion- was called to order by the Pres col- ident and organized for work. Pfrr-r. Rev. AT, SnniptiT w;k nlm-tud <pc. chil- IPtary/Mrs. L H. Alston, AssjtT Sec, it of After the election of officers and tht t on 'ftppoirtting of committees, one by om ;'hite the -delegates filed in line to registei - -*nnd to receive the A. C: E.L.-4jhdge y of The reports made by the State Junia, a *or Superintendent,. Mrs. F. E. Dash col- * of rh7igeburg,?>S. C., and Rev. A. f. B : at- Horry of Charleston, S. C., iSlorth-eas! :hool Conference Branch Supt. were interlisting and encouraging in that the> ibra- showed a steady onward march' ol iinst 'the Great A. G. "ET League. Louc .hite antl long wag the annla^p i||f P s as Miss Bertha"Brown ofGeo^owr ?d. S. C-, led in'singing: "Give me that iffies old League Spirit," etc. Immediatetypi. ly. the _ Pres. Rev. E. R? Artdersor ; _.. burst forth the A. C. E.' League yell 3 in Brieff and lively were the discussions ught on: 'IHqvy- to Keep the League Ajuip live All the year," le^. by Rev. J. F and Boyd.' Many- valuable points were fnJT bf>i^hf~ouf, and if put into practice this Sodfn Carolina will rank second tc ated none in League work. < Mizpah. rerty fcHi?Wednesday?evening a! 8:30, :aeh-* thv convention sermon was preached ,nths ,hy Rev. J. . W. Shaw of Lexington, ?nce He vi-iy beautifully illustrated'the >r is League work with the Palm tree. Fitz- The convention sang: "The A. C. is dipg going t0 shine, shine." . mdi??The__mLUibetsi of the ..fonvpntinri here were welcomed 1st, on behalf of the The Local League,'Miss Anie Pickett; 2nd fFoll- -uiLliehali i)f tho Sunday School, Miss ry is Charity Davis; 3rd on^hfihalf of "E:eive benezer church, Rev.^D. C. Calhoun-, jo q 4th on behidf^dfe^fehtr^Mmsionary So10. 1. Duckett; 5th "on beeno half of the Town, Xhe Mayor, Dr. term Williams, will long'be remembered. sal-! Dr. A. F. B. Horry in a very mas>nth. terly way responded in hehalf of tho ' the'"Convention.-' ' > leor-l Solo, Miss Florence L. Fykes. MizuntyToh. " oved Thursday and Friday were busy days / (given to discussion of various topics >,041 that were helpful to the Leagued or a ! Dr. IT II- Sim's", President of Aljlen University was introduced. The hers Leaguers Sang: "President, We love unty you, etc." followed by the League lary y?IT iken " Dr. Sims gavo an illustrated lecture !0n> on the Methods of Conducting Lea? guess ions School^ of Methods, Senior work by The Dr- A. B. Horry. v ate- Papers On League . work were (Continued on Page Eight) * 1 , "" 7 ' ' \ - * V "The Crisis" ? iration ^ ention? W-:r=:p " 5c A COPY 'WARH" crmut/ . % , r?f* -1QSPITAL ' i SIGNAL HONOR ' - FOR RACE DOCTOR \ j ^ _;DSs. Louis T. Wright^ttSs^l^eeiy Appointed on Regular Staff J- ? Of Harlem Hospital, . . r : \ r" '" ; ; - 1ST NEGRO THUS HONORED Has Been Connected With Hos-r . L pital as Physician- to OutGoing Patient Department _ New York, Aug." 23?According to? information received and made public i, by .the National Association for |the Advancement of Colored (People Dr. 'Louis T. Wright or Harlem has reicently been appointed Surgeon to Out1 Patients and Adjunct Assistant. Viai- ^ FT ting Surgeon of Harlem Hospital, ' j which is one of the Bellevue and Al-!? j lied Hospitals. This means^that Dr. e | Wright is now on the reculdr sthflf of i the Hospital. He is the only- Negro "'in the -Unlt <r States " on the regular i staff of a municipal hospital. w aV Dr.-Wright was regularly^appbiriEed after a year's service as Provisional Surgeon. Prior to this time he was " connected with theTlospital as Physi-?? ? , ' cian to the Out-Patient Department. i? a . ? . ' "' ANNUAL MEETING OF W. H. & F. M. NORTH EAST CON: VENTION, SUMTER, S. C. ; . ?/?' i_ -The W. H. & F. M. ladies -end min^a.< . tei's-rtiet in annul convention August j 11-14,-^t MtI Pisgah A. Mr K, CHuxch, SumieK Rev. U. S. Rice, pastor, Mrs. L. M-"ttolli]|s presiding. The conVfen- 7 'tioti.x>^chedf in due, form after thgiad- ?* dresses j>f welcome had been oordailly delivered-^'.The .business of he "ton- " r Vention \vaV disposed -of in that we ' Bad success spiritually anj financially ' The Sumter nipntimr .? ?? I"-""' - v.,, T.UJ 1UIgcij aw. Tended. In the. groups were some of ' the leading men'and women-of our ' Churchrviz: Drs. Adarrrs,~M~tmce, Sims, Mrs. R. C. Chapelle, Mrs. Adams, Prof 1 H. B> Thompsons and othersV Rev. pn<l Mr<i pU^i *???. ?members?arid *? 1 Sumtefr citizensfc^ve us a grand re- L "ception^apd spai^ed'jno pains in earing for us and a hearty "come again" was given us at the close. ? ^ The meeting was good, the enthdsi-. asm high. Most of the^bHicers^were re-elected or retained. Exceptions: - ' L cong. Branch. Pres. now, Mrs. A. E. ' Sanders; lst^Vice, Mrs. L M. Collins; - -2nd Vice, Mrs E, B. Miller. Dele ?~~~ 1 gates to the Quadrennial are; Mrs. -r ^A^E^-Sarffters, Mrs. L. A.'Wells, Mrs. Lula Bethea, Mrs.. Pauline McRae> 'Mra- S. S. Rice,?Mefc?Martin?and G. E. (Praitt)- -Boatwri^ht. All-returned to.tJieir homes after a delightful sojourn, with the great lender of his people, P. E. T. J-. Miles, whose district- went, "over the top" and the good people of Sumter to meet again next y^ar at Marion, S.'C. ReV. J. S. Coe. u?stnr n v . i OHIO ODD FELLOWS' GRAND LODGE CONTRIBUTES TO ] N..A. A. C. P. ' * * The District Grand Lodge No. 4 of Ohio of the Grand United Order of . ^ Odd Fellows at_their 34th Annual Meeting in Zanesville, Ohio, voted to contribute to the N A A C X> -- vvilet IvUW yCiV ?v vlltJ 11 A? Vt * ? and the Household of Riith to contri- v but* |12. . \ ^^ '-m ? ?