The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, October 16, 1926, Image 1
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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
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" LAWLESS MOB
TAKES tFNm'NCK
-One ofthe Victims This Time
Was a Defenseless Colored
" Woman.
WHITES DBl'LOim DEED
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=?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
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; 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
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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. '
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: , 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
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^RESOLUTION QfrTEREI) BY .PROF. -Xf
L. A. HAWKINS AT THE STATE S
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. ?
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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.
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I* A. HAWKINS. 'vi
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~ '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(
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_ 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
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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. ^ _
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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?:
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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
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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.
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SLANDER
DISCRIMINATING
IN MICHIGAN
udge Leonard D. Vetdier of
Michigan Says Theatre*? are
Private Property! "ZHH.
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)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. ^
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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
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no iuveu> jpy uir inai Knew ^nim.
eaee be t^'his ashes. ?--?
Life is real, life is earnest,
ROM 26 TO 30. :
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AResident \yriteS that Ihc Law
in Miamfcis Wprse Than
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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
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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- ~ ^
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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,:'.. ^