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PCMr\ p^rt if nn NegfoM^ Micbigai Z_ ' . J5 ' ^1 ;* : .. .. ATTORNEY N suUedin the granting'oT a nevTtVia torney L, G.-Southard (white) of S defense of the Lowmans at Aiken were taken out of the jail by a mo special term of court,' Special Judgd Samuel T. Lanham of Spartanburg, --~-pr?aidingr Of the three, one, Demon t'Lowman, yesterday had been acquitted of the" capifal^chaf'pe and was being held for trial on charges of assault and Battery with intent to kill Thc^trjal of Bertha an^ Clarehoe Dow_man |for whom Judge Lanhnm re' fused tn divert n vardint of "not, tniil .^yV"""tfras to have been concluded to/ ' day. Last night, whatever the verdict of the jury was, it was intended hn hp their lnat Hny in tha Aiken jiiit Convicted they should have been taken today to Columbia; admitted they would have been freed. ~ At 6 o'clock yesterday the court Continued on page eight i _ , . . . - ; - - - ?? t '.' - ? t' ' z " LAWLESS MOB TAKES tFNm'NCK -One ofthe Victims This Time Was a Defenseless Colored " Woman. WHITES DBl'LOim DEED ; : *-- ~t S" =?TheArticfcs BelCFw^were Clipped * From the Two Coliimhin ul. *- Daily Papers. .?Aj.ken, Oct,?8?For an hour or tio under this morning's moonless sky the mob rule<l in Aiken, celebrating it3 suxeranity in the slaughter of flf th6hW>ne ft jpoMAb ?charged with the slaying April a year agb of- 'gtef-iffrHonry Jt. Hnw. ardofAifcrm bounty. Tho thi-oa Mnfrrniif Hnmnn 1 Lnwman, Bert,ha I,invn)ftti-4or C.hrid,i -ham) and Clarence Lowman, once v ?beforetried?and combe tedr-were being tried on charges of murder at a ~ 1 .. ' " ~ m fi^BL ? s = .. f?T- , ,,- ~?-i ZZ Z 11 j ML REPLIES 1 ; I'OLoniib women, v, ?- NOT WHITE Worked among Colored People ^=^or,-V?ir? whiles a Piumi-? nent Whitet Woman. lift.^CARRIE B. BARTLKT1 She Further. Says She_was Always Assisted and Treated ~~?~~?With . Coutlflsy. ~ * ~ Following William" Pickens. Fielt ? ??WJ' I > ^ - . J, FREDERICK il to tfre Sunrome Cnurt -whiobr** ,1 fur the three Lowntaos. With At pajrtanburg, he was engaged in th< tast week up to -the night wfi'en the] b and murdered. | Secretary of the N. A. A. C. F. Wh< N. Y. Tribune, the old lie that whit< the South for fear of attack, a whit< woman has written to the same paper. - : This womaji, Dr. Carrie" K, Bartletl not only reports that for years sh( L+laught and unwell flWly among -Negroes in Arkansas and North Caro I lina without receiving anything bu1 j courteous, trentmerff? nnd ?? sin tarn* ! but adds 'that it Ts the colored womei I who fear attack from white men, no1 lithe tphite women "who need to feai iaitacK irom rsetfroes. aays ur. Mart TTett. ' 4 Continued on page eight. . | - > CQLOUED-STj i&taafrEfl ??1?, ? -- ?_?I i rsed F01 .... . - ^ itJudge u ' . - - ? Columbia. s. c., .saTkr n LLntKt rO"NEGRC -^ttft! finffp^ -i : , cqlored man * Chas. R. Ray, First Colored Man T Captain Bates College Foot- ~ > , Ball Team. I FROM WEST CHESTER, ~PA. S L A Versatile Player, Starred-for.-ft Ivlcking, Forward Passing dnd Carrvlnit-ihe-J-kan-? " j To a Negrp -football star, Cbarles B. Ray, who weighs- only l1W~pbl>nds A -hit, pi tin 11 i ii I iiii I'In ii afilmlwjf >Hi> ^ first colored man ever^elueted caplam-L& H of the Bates College ..football team. 3 For-two-^years Mt. Ruy has betm eho- ?1 sen unanimously to. the ^iTT^laine" t< ~ tile player bolng Starred not only for pt " kicking bur"for forward passing and ir ... .carrying the halh Ray.i^ popular in j b' \ eotlege^--playing center field on the et college baseball team. He came to H ? -Bates fium West Chests," tjq ~Z_^?-pb -1 - OtHor Nogroea whrrdtave bu"eu ball stars at American colleges - iri- tl iClrrdOfWiliiam H. Lewis of Amhur sdn [and Harvard; Drew of Amherst; Mat-, f< thew^.'and Marsha)] of Harvard; Pr>l-' lard of Brown, and Roberson of Rut- h jgers'." ' ^RESOLUTION QfrTEREI) BY .PROF. -Xf L. A. HAWKINS AT THE STATE S REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. ? I ^ ' f; Editor Palmetto Leader, . "?l Columbia, S; C. So. much has been smd about a ti Resfolution offered by me and voted ei down in the recent StatC'Convetltion, rr 1 am asking that you publish the y Resolution that the public might fread fur themselves. uuy ^uuia, | <4 I* A. HAWKINS. 'vi ' JfrfiHOI.rTlON. ^^33 ~ 'J he &tate of South Carolina, 5 ?ounty of Richland. ?? !j f th THf; REPUBLICANS OF S. -G^ ? \ IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED. Whernhs, the time hat pnma fnr the 5 Republicans of the State ef s^"th r roltna, ttrbe wore active fihd"vigRant" 5 in carrying out the principleaenun^ Y "elated in the platform of the National P' 1 Republican Party, in order that we ?( may be a valuable asset thereto; and, r? Whereas, we believe that to add ^ ** more life, vigor and activity t othis C( ? ; , ,j _ urn mi oiu organization ui me state * T6f South Carolina;-and to encourage the registration and voting of the Re- w ^ publicans therein, which will-enable f'( ^ tfcenr ttr ?xeTciKe their, privilegeffuar-" 1 1nU?ed under the constitution of the ^ United States and the State of South P' r Carolina, th?t certain rules thereof e said party be changed; therefore, rule of said party which requirea the ^ iTE FAIR, COB O DAY^-QCI^ 16. 1926. ? 'RAPIST'S SENTENCED V - tj TO DEATH 'ried Three Tiiffes for Murder. Of White Woman?Ac- J quitted in Third Trial. ^ _ ^ * .TT-. ' _1 PENT PERSONAL . FUNDS fe-K4?etf,-.?-a-While Man,t1reT~ N. A. A. C P. Has RP. hnfmrsed mm. . . New York, Oct 8.?The National' ssociation for the Advancement of' blr/ved People has son I its cHeck for L' 20th0t) to Silnx C. Kivntt nn nttn. 1 \ ey Lf_ Indianapolis whr? helper! free 1'! em the charge of murtfer'ahtf-iTen- ^^ ^nce to death, a youpg colored man,')*} irl^orZal white womiiii ainl^ acquitted^!* 1 the third trial. TVfr Kivett having ft eon appointed by the court was ask- ?1 i-to remain in the case of W. S. 'V enry , chief attorney for the colored *"* ?yr-wht? fought Tils: cdse to the sue conclusion. In the course ol ^ ie defense Mr.Kivett". who is a white ^ ian-atx |>endeTT$200 of his per^^srf-? Syp. and?it? rs?this ^sumwhieh the Ci A. C. Prhas now reimbursed to ' im. ; _l?: . ' Lection ot state JUhairman and all ^ tate officials every four years be !( hanged; and that the said officers! rom State Chairman down, be_elect- 1* d every two years. "Second: That the time f the call- c ig of the State .Convention be chang- %v tl, and the same be called during the M lonthsTof Apyil or May each election"1 cai? Respectfully submitted^ fVi By L. A. HAWKINS, ' 1 nd endorsed by Richland, County ..Con }.( erttion. / ^ ^ ^' pjj In thfr Stale three supported and iEjL2?S!iS?^ ii ? |r ' _.L, ' ; ei Sophs of State_A. &_M. College M take. Presides don green caps-and- ? rmply to" rules* of restrictions. , On-; Oc^ber 14, 192fi*_lhe?Sophs. ? ablishod rules which the crabs are in unpolled to obey. Caps of green and j d< !(T color adorn the heads of the y< reshies and the campus \h free from ! oj mgregating Greenies. In f?teL pU nt mul the campus is free from* )ther of undue presence' of thof^f to ho haye just entered the collegiate ti partment. ^Iie HuuhnnH'tM Ihl^hd to snare noM fort tn keeping the crabs in their ~w lace. r ~ - ?--- ??. w Look out Crabs the Sophsiare on F rtrr trail. a . ' 7 - Yours very truly,?r -P rleanis Reed, Jr., Pres^-So^h Class. . ' - ^ " ?-- - UMBIA.S. C.F " . .. - ;ng Rat m \ J . H r\mm. ^ mb jk mm .?M^^' tJBLJL II w Jb4Bi_jJL ?LJL SLANDER DISCRIMINATING IN MICHIGAN udge Leonard D. Vetdier of Michigan Says Theatre*? are Private Property! "ZHH. :??'' -----? ?' .?? - ? zr" )ECISION IS CHTVTTLENOEl^ )eroit llranch, STroneesl in State, Takes Leadership ia . Fighting Case. New York, Oct. G?Ah attack upon it1 Civil Rights law qt^trre State of Lichiffan, in >he forjit of-an opinion y a judge that a theatre_is not .a pulv c enterprise- "but is- pnrate proper-" I with the r!#ht to conduct its busiess privalely^~the same as any other" rtvnte erttzen transacts" his own. afUl??' will " meet wit h t he determined pposition of the National Associa-" on for the Advancement off^olored eo})le7 at whose instance thoZUichi^ an Civil IttgfttZ Bitl" \\'as enacted," it as gTTTTOtmeet! lotUtyat Ute^Nittionlir fliqp Gif Fifth Ayenuer -Tlie^opTmbn in question was delivi('d by Leonard P. Verdier, Judge, of te Superior Court of Grand Rapids, lichigam in the case of Dr. Ejnmett, : n.,i<i..n ,ir. n account of his race/ by tho Ornnd" lipids Operating Corporation ~-in-4ts K-al thc^Lrii?-Pft?DQ?^ 1-1. 11)25. ... ? Judge Vcrdier suggests in his oinion that since a'theatre is no.t.a. pqblic -enterprise'' but private proprtj\ if is a very serious question**" hether the Civil Rights?Act does ot contravene the provisions of the 'v S. Constitution.. The case therefore involves the alidiiy-of the Civil Rights law in he State of Michigan, as it applies ) theatres and other places of jp_ub^ t entertHthment. The National Office f the N. A. A. C. P. has eommunicatfg "that that branch, tfie most pow ful in the State, 'take the leadership i fighting Jftis case. ^ I) l/\II \T Til KX I EN IVKfr ILLNESS. ~;v Kaw.tovoi', Oct. I t. Mr. Flefff^" ipr, a well kmrwrrtitrzen of this city ?oarted thif life Oct. t). He was 57.. jars of ape and a faithful member l Goodwill Baptist church for a imber of years. He leaves to mou n ? loss, a wife, six &?>ns, -four dauphTS7 seven prands~and a host of reives and friends. He was. laid to rest 'n Goodwill, nireh-yard. The funeral services ere^?cld - Sunday ' afternoon .and eri^onducted by Rev. Jenkins. Mr. l<nWinp "W&R also an Odd-Fellow and r; t. J V? .(i. i? " " ' no iuveu> jpy uir inai Knew ^nim. eaee be t^'his ashes. ?--? Life is real, life is earnest, ROM 26 TO 30. : "eMan a/teM ^ ; ~ '.. MP > j mj ?. ? r ^ " - ? '? Bgg^~~ ' ~~ b ^^b com>iti on sTre "r-"~ Iinrkararif AResident \yriteS that Ihc Law in Miamfcis Wprse Than - -?-tt Anything Else. - jWUI\IV\ A I It I IN POINT Defenders and Wouldn't Perp *n11 Venders to Sell Them. f .STr-iv Voi'lt. Oct a-i-Tli.L' National AS. ~ ; Colored People; ti'.t Fifth "Avenue, has I received ahd tOTtay, macIe puOlic a let- v Iter from a cul u ted?ma it, living?ip_ | Miami, statin}* that conditions since i tilt1 huini'HIaf h.|y neon 'unbearable jfor colored people ,.:h??inet - been jworked \vith0ur7pagj. and:,<drivqjti at -of .Hi ~ v ? ~ -~ !~~Jitter sAjcst. in :jttzir ' . j?''It's a l^vtntf Hyll.hero I'm- a Color cd ? ~Vtd?t4**- 4aw -here Ts-worse-1 kn-y^ -ffrvy.'-- ??-t^.j-ti-'ji-ttii?t-'Ltctl Af 1 or everyth 1 i'it becomes ' * t hojuial-1?w dl write von sonrr??rf "th? ~ "?~~r: ? rconditions. Sunn- whiU^ j1' ^ nVjis^in the am! uuulll llUl , j petmft the vi-m^rs to sell tlietn. Men__1_^s=^ ' in* l'Viiie um'kt^Vnt llohu-.ciur 'fr'la.jj _? and- ttileah-,' * Fla;.- willHrtrr?pay?ami? T?~ driven aWay aT~ the point <> '' puns. . ~t~ .. A ful i he prave is. oor ii^ poal, Diist thou art; to dust~n^irtu;th. ' ' "W^is not spohcrTof the soul. 1 shall know the loved t:"s who tfav'e'pmfe before; and joyfi.ljy sweet . \ will the pTei.tinpr.--lm- ?- ? ' Emerson Institute ^Open mmm. ' . ^ Blackville. S. C'"6et. t'h? Fmerson Institute opened on September 15j_ whlrii larpe enrollment. Rev. J. M. TTlT^H ITIu (ItlM^fVihaT^rdTr^'^^nd ====^ vdVd a splendid taTk on the subject: "Bark to" Books." ' i_ 1 t? A beautiful brick hnilfliiip i. hninpr erected on the campus ai.M \also one "d^hv school butldinps is l'0inp_paint- ~ ^ r ? ? Tfte Missionary Soceity w. makinp i great progress] The 1a>4_ mooting ;? was Hold at the TeacheY.' Cottage. 7*~ Offlot'rs for the yoni?areT Mrs,1 L. ,%rL Q. Miller, Pre*.; Mi s. -K?1T.^Allen, ~~? \lce-Pres.; Miss N. M. Gordon,"Sec,; Mjss S. J. Harry Treas.; MUg M.'E. H^rdofl^rh-iirmwn of Musk- CftPuniG ~ loo; M. Bullock, Chairman of $Tttn Her ship Cyy^yktcc. The menjbers. ofJ the faculty were inviUid '4o-. attend a ? : = I meeting at one of thg Baptist church- .. . es of the community., An excellent j program was rendered by the young ^ The teachoys of FraSicr ArndrV.y,' :Bannberg, S. T:, TfcMe visitors on the campus last week,:'.. ^