The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 09, 1926, Image 1
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tiou lu tne nve minuses allotted mm
| .Suna&y^ evening. JJn grasping' "your
opportunity*:" djis^picture was impreswas
refreshing to the intelligent
minds and Christian hearts of his
hearers..
. But the c^iairnian's big g.uns, bagged
the ?ame. Dr. Brown-of Second Calthe
city of Columbia, shot where he
, willed. Just wouldn't ring the" builds
- eye* but "let you know that he could
it-he carad to. a^ocy comer i*r
midst, he jusf" wouldn't let us
know that he knew personally and
?J definitely wherefrur weak points are,
? hut he pointed them outfall right and
idroded^ ifforously for higher ideals
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tr TUB ehaif man's "son-pf-a-gun?-"
thoueh an incomer. but not a new
cuiiier, wan deflqlt'e~ltt ttie'aTmot his
^ shots. Dr. Sims diagnosed his pawith
Columbians, the why and the
/ wherefore /or lack of real community
.life here.^ He was specific and
,?iiamed one by one thp-elfterprisea that
aSfe^H were guilty of' not supporting, and
Jv cloSefh^rttft^epletttre of the man, the
I size of the man, Lliat really grasp opporfunfty
and* aceOiftpllshes ffctngir.
IT was truly & great and timely
rh^etlny. great for Its hearers, great
It lV hope^ for the speakers and cerL
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rfgbeld at ?
^ court house
-^V - The Get-to-Gether Meeting last
Usual interest. xble
speeches made
-?^-Meeting waa.EuIFof Enthusiasm
. .. And will?Doubtless Hung
Good Results.
JTh? geMogether meeting Sunday at
the county court house was of more
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vu??u uouax lutcicot,??. uuiiuui ana joy
to all who attended All the speeches
were good. Drs. Stewart and Daniels,
~ both made timely talks, emphasizing
the vigllence that should be thrown
arouinl tHcr-ftcalth of ^our school chlU
Prof. C. .A. .Johnson gave- valuable
j -Ihfbrmatioa-^respecting the night
"school. The' generaHlnfbHc -possibly
never knew that right, here in the mty
there-had beeri such a promts!ng night
school fog-colored illiterate adults;
Mrs. Saxon, always known for plain
.... rT>ii)inon>M>?uo adviooi told_ ef the V.
W. C. A. purchase of a home, the Fair-'
vN'Qld-SchooI. the objective of both ..and
?pleaded vlgoronolv fn* tl^ir ^i^pnrfcj=
and pledged the,men the; hearty support
of the women when they start
toaecufaa Y. M.-C. A. for the men.
Dr. J. H. Goodwin, president of the
- ? State Colored Fatr^-ftssociation, was"
one of Chairman Leary's flve-miniitft
/ speakers, and the chairman suggested
to him to speak of the fair". The
learned Dr. Daniels, however, had alreacly
admonished -hia~ hearers to
grasp the idea and opportunity and
make a fair worthwhile, -so doubtless
it was "rabbit_in the" brier patch" for
the fair's president to get oiFthat suh.
Jact. " "Dr.?is reputed n*?rr
\ ready and entertaining speaker, a'ntT
right well did he sustain his reputa
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rs. OCT. 23. To
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I (supposing the.librarian- .permits such
books to circulate) to learn.^ tliat"Nigger
Heaven'/ is milci compared |
with Van Vechten's pictures of white (
folk. He needs, ton,- tnii'ndftrstftnrithft 1
viewpoint pi an autlior^who says, (
"Voluptuousness: to free hearts a ,
thing innocent and free, the garden
happiness-of the earth."- And-most bf
all, ho glrtmld .rcaflxS thafthis. navel-1
and impossible, repugnant to common
sense. Such a tale"veils, a deeply
mysterious truth, and Jhe greater; the ,
With a knowledge of Van Vechten's
other work,. "Nigger .Heaven" comes
as a ^surprise; it-is serious, so real.
It Is less a satire than a tragedy. It"
hrrs^ a hero -whose efforts to make a
: pla'Cc for nimsoif in this prejudiced
world are. fulj of heartbreak. I can
Think of no coiored writer who has so
well shown the worklng.of race prejudice
upon?a^aensifcive, highly Strung n
Negro. _ It has an ending that is ylvid,
tremendous. One must read- the
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DIUI/ -W- u*Uf IUI ?v? wwt-pKra,
"" ^^Nlgger Heaven" is a sardonic' name ;
for Harlem, the land of-opportunity, j
where Negroes gather from all parts ,
;,of the continent..' "TffVi iuhhi wliu*rs m?i
the* cultured professional class, fore'
most. ..Tile nerotne, Mary. Love,, a ~
librarian, whom we first meet at the i
home of Adora, a colored member nT 1
the Nouveau Riche. Adora, to my i
thinking, is the best drawn"cBffracTeF
in the book." One sees her sfrrrounded
by sycopants ,who drink and shout
and dance through -her house, "ink
fingered trash," she calls them; "who
come here Co drink < my booze and eat'
my?food?and raise hell?at- my ex- nAKfTA
? IfAtNA flVSAfd Flia VkeA *.
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bltion to write. "Oh, I haven't pubContinued
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BOOK jjHA
A BOOK ^ - U
ON HARLEM
; t'_ j^?tJored People-o? Harlem
?All Classes.
UUL.1UKUU & LUNUUL.TUKELI
"Nigger Heaven*^ ig. a Sardonic Name'for
Harlem, Land of
Opportunity for Negroes. ..
lty Mary wiiite uvington, Chairman,
Board of Directors of the
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" By Carl Van Vechten, PuMished by
-J?Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 730 Fifth
v". Ave., N. Y. City. Price $2.50.
I The colored reader who io wet'fa'
I miliar with Van Vechten's other
novels may think that in "Nigger
rotten deal, so largely is the book concerned
with the Negro's sensual life.
Suc,4i a reader, -however, has only to
; get "The Blind Bow-Boy," or "The
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FORCED LABOR
IN MIAMI
Attorney XJeneral is Directed to
Investigate Immediately the.
Report of Peonage. .
MUST WORK UNDER UU&s
Reports Negroes Alone are Fora
ed to Work at Qeajving Away
the Storm Debris.??
New York, ^0ct. 1.?<The National Asaocfation
for the Advancement of Colored
People, 69 Fifth Avenue, anaounens
rareipt of a lett^Y-from Ever
Coolidgo, stating that the President
lias directed the Attorney General to
Investigate runurm hf Vltttlal peonage
anforced against Negroes only^n the
hrtO-htfaOT n) ?'lM--triut? TTTimy thn
debris. Mr. Sanders' letters to James
Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N.
A. A,_ C. P., veads as follows?
. > The White; House,
-? WaUhlngToft, D. C'!,
' . -Sept. 2fr-i^26,
My Dear Mr. JohnsonT Your tele:
grim of September 27thhas been received
and;?by- the President's direction,
It Is at once being'brought totHe
attention of the Attorney (xeneral.
. ' . 8lfacerelv yours
^ "" Everett Sanders,
Secretary to the President,
t he N. A. A. D. ?\, on teee*piof reports
that? Negroes wef% being forced,
under armed guard ,to work at clear
ing away wreckage in the storm-swept
area at Miamif telegraphed' as follow
a ~lo President Cuulldgu, tire Secre
tary of tne isavy and Hie Attorney
Ueneral:-T? .
Press dispatches from Miami, Fla.
report: _ State troopers, deputies
sheriff and police were sent to round
up all Negroes of workable age and
to-put them, to work clearing debris
in all parts of this county. They will
be put to work under-guard." If ture,
this constitutes virtually peonage for
coloretP' residents of ihat county, In
view of the fact that this order ap
plies only to Negroes. National Association
for -the Advanrement of got
ored People respectfully asks investigation
by the U. sL- Department of
Justice and theNavy, of crfnditlona
in nrnnn fand-. if Prevalent,
that .prompt action be taken
to' end violation' of federal statutes
and constitutional guarantees. Press
reports also indfcato - unwarranted
shooting of Negroes by U, J3. Marines.
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FOR MEN ONLY!
1000 will be at Bethel Sunday 3 p. m.
DR. JKLT8- will <Jeliv*r -hte Great
Social Sermon
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S26 HOME TO ROOST!"
Don't Mies This B6ys?It's a Knockout!
Come-on! Let's Go! ' "
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UESTION
?v yi/hitf
xtegal battle^
lasts 5 years
After 5 Years of Unremitting
Efforts Luther jCollins is Released
from Texas Jail.
: SENTENCED TO 99 -YKA-RS
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- First Sentenced to Death, Then
nileprieyed- and Giveji Nine- I
ty Nine Years. ;
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After five years of unremitting efr
fort, -the Houston, Texas Branch of'
i tlie National AssoAiot-iffrn--fm--ttTn?Ad7"1
: a spectacular^ flght resulting in the .
. liberation ofLuther Collins, a Colored '
l man who was successively sentenced |
T to (tcatn and then to y?j years in
i prison, and has spent in all Ave years
= 4n jail" ' " ^ ^ I
ij tenced on the testimony of a white j
woman of ill-repute, and the contra-j
dictions in the testimony she gave, to- j
gether with evidence- of Mr. Collins'j
" gooa character, made Tt~evident hewas
inn-oceut of the assault c-harged.l
JThe ..Houston N. A. A. C. P. not only
raised $2,000 to carry the case through !
the Texas courts on repeated appeals.
r -bUt interested . prominent.^ white^ peoplejn
the case. Financial aid offered
l.hy the National' Qffiuo of the N.1 A: A.
C. P. was refused by the Houston
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- firanoh. which dc.Hnrr.rl_.iL
- would financ^ the case itself. Recently
Luther Collins' 901year
sentence -was reversed and the District'
Attorney of Fort Bend County,
^Texas?gave tho Collins fltfoiney^au'
thority to try the case in any county
, he wished. The attorney promptly
i named Washington?County, here"the
L attorney had practised law - for 26'
1 yearfh?The*bond whs at once reduced *
I from $7*,500 to $2,500. and Colling was !
released under bond in -March of this !
j year? Don'd ngned hvnf-rtnJ
most prominent white?and four, ot
the most prominent colored men of
- ^he-tdtyiinf~TTinnston. one of tbe ^hitfe]
men being secretary of the chamber |
L of commerce, tw& of them hankers
- Adknm n. n .. r.,1. r. .. nnng,.l'.'nHnng
twecriLJhe_Jlistric.t attorney _of Wash1
ington County, the judge and the de-!
fdnse attorneys, the district attorney moved
that the case be dismissed, !
Collins was freed' early in September
and is now working at the Job he held ;
-before his arrest. ? -
Had it not been for the fight made
by tho Houston N. A. ^ O. P./feifthct"
Collins would .long elnoo havo been
" dead, dff ne had no Triends to fhter"
cede for mm and tne pUbl^l'lOdg 11
for granted he was guilty.
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UNITED STATES
N. A^-A. C. P. Receives ClinpmtH~
From Western Press Com- c
menting on U. S. Lawless. I.
_K.in.a-to- onw im atock-for prrtrlfc sub; j 6i
BcrlpUon. ?? ?- ?[a,
Nearly every section of (lie State is qi
"represented, on the board of directors, c
FfOm Columbia, the home of {he com- pi
pany, comes Dr. J. G. Stuart, one of "a
-tW most prominent phyeteiams of tlie. b
city; G. I* Floyd, a prominent busi- p'
nxsaa man'; Dr. D. H. Slym, President' r:
pf AlfretPUniversity; A. W. Slmlclg9t | n
Qriyi rf.- t. . n.nhia, gtoto?organisers . B|
and former insurance men. Orange- r<
burj^ tfre Athens of South Carolina, lej
fhnittbro a wo^thf group, namely;; j~
Nothing in Europe to Jilatch the
Dementkt ^f -&-Mofcr That ~ F
Tears a Negro to Pieces. un
The National Association for the ai
Advancement of .Colored. People has c'
Press. ~of~Brlstr)l. Ttnglnml rnmmopt. rc
ing cm American lawlessness, in c1'
which occur the following sentences: 3'
"The Negro question in the United tu
Sin tea iy uimuuhiL'iil.v "at"*the root of 1*1
much of the violence and intimidation CJ:
-that ts practiced mere.-Wc'Iht Uuropo In
"can ohow~nothing tu match the <Te7"lH
mentla of. a moi> that still tears IL
gro to pieces or burns him alive for Y"'
htn Crimea ? ? ? It In nh .ii. PI
lustration of the dlje'renoo hptween u'
theory amT practiee in the?United
States that thousands of men^srfTcPn(
nominally possess full p^JitftJaT rights cc
dare not exercise thertfTor fear-of in-,ar
viting the vengeance of their f^jmrjcr
citizens/'?--?. ? t'V
STATE ORGANIZERS^
OF SOUTHERN GUARD- y
IAN Lire IMflURANCE CO.
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Pleased With Responses. ^
Columbia, S.- C., Oct. 4.?Since the tc
, announcement two weeks ago that a | p
the State had met and, decided to ii
i launch a new insurance* company for gi
the State of South Carolina, the or- p<
! Dibble, ^report Jiia. acceptance of eev?j-p
| eral other leading business men to the ] vi
[hoard of i root ore; -?mF--a- targe- -in-^
^ crease in their^stcick sales. This gives ni
eonerete^ evidence of the way the pro ~ci
r g'i esaive.. ciitzens?i egatd- tUts^ m
ment. "
The Southern Guardian Life InsuF"
ance Company, which?is the name tc
ghosen for tfae-new uiaauJ^rntnTr. dansl ri
to fio a genernl industrial ' business-'
among our group, particularly lplhi
-South -Carolina-, where at present ni
there is only ohe home company. The h
'lib W t'niiipjiny hadii.i ntatr ?lint ihiii H|
is probably the first company of its?x(
10M 26 TO 30. "
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tvhy not y: .. .'y_^
harry wills?"
[evward Brown asks_ Rickard""-, / '
This Question in the N. Y.
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ALLS "TEX" TO ACCOUNT
upour Hands, Crane our Neeks
and Shout up at him : "Why -V " ?l
JZ?JSSL Harry Wills?" . .
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AN. A. A.'C.-P. press Service.) 7?
Now York, Oct. 1.?Hey\\ood Broun, - '
r4fafr NOV YWR AVijrlil of'.Si tin inhor ?
ItH. poinit-dT.v I1111 uliOh ~uf Tua Riik
d why Harry Wills Is -?6t given a .
lance to fight for the heavyweight >
ratitplouahrpr irtid suya 61'Unikard'B
fusal to arrange >guch a fight: "The
dhg seems io mfe.more broad than a
lestion of race tyranny. The. pic
nc uwu duuiuo as tut? exame
of the way in which' the strong
ill oppress the wej?k. Tyrants ^re
ore an noying^xhaftrTrrey Used to qe, T T
jcause niey gWSU' more clever.
is-now the custom of any American " , ^
ell established Hi pow^r, to make a ? etense
that lie dors not even seq the
ifortunat<r"~^porf whom -he. 'rides
iwrf^ Air. Rroun urges that the , -r
nvspapers- call Mr, Rickard to ac>urit.;
"In dede, he ovyes us all, an
nrwer.jf we-clioos6" to^cup our hands*.
ane'our necks and shoulTun at hrm, '
I'liy Not Harry -Wills?'-"? .?-r- ???
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It. Oyeeu. si leading iiliysli-inn, i.
id elected chairman of the hoard;
V tt -| Y^U^Ol- ft |V?y-?m Inane ? . -tate
A. &...AT College; A. E, Bj*t h e .
ood, leading MtrideHakef; J". J. -Sul:,
in, Jr., ai well known lumber man;
tv Daniel Moore , physician-;?and T. ??
^Cade-a leading pliimhcrr Dr. C, W.
irnie; prominent physician and drugist,
represents Sumter. T. S. Sasartes
represents Charleston. E. W. _
tgg?r-progressive- mtdeft a Iter -of the-- iedmont
seer I onT re pre p.* nt s ~~G re en-' *
die. T. H. Murray, promirient plant:
froili hovvmanj J. , {S. Raiuey, buslunes
from , Harts villa; *GL W SimIns,
BHWW'of the ' State"1 organizer, _
[Dresonta GreaiiKfaaror~IjL-T'i3. , ~.
T)his board of directors* mean a much
> tne strength arid succesb nf thw
unpauy; uirtf tu1 UTu Imwi nt9r^Wiihr^-^=====^=^
inherence in such leadership. and the.
apft of conserving the Betilrh amoaf- ?-?
ir group ia-^oMth -Carolina, many- ?
ave liberally subscribed for the
Vnl mill, .inn,- Hi-, U.virrl Af HI.
!Ctors assure confidence'- in the new
ganization. but investments, become
^ubly sectfre, due to rhtf rigid*f?-~ *
airements of the State Insurance
ommissioner.- Tire Capital and Stir- '
Lus of 150,000 must^'be raised within
lfmlted time. All moneys" collected
SUU4 . 0rg&ftU,ers M ' " ?
tacM in trust until the entire sum le
ilscrt, and tt all le within ' ~
ie_ limited. Jimp set hi" the...coramiSi_ _ ^
oners; nil frmm^s cullwcti'il must be z
ifunded. The organizers have taken " :
rery precaution to ?voki the failure#- -t?"
_ Continued on page eight.