The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 13, 1926, Image 1
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? WM. PICKENS . -.?::
The Fiold Secretary cf"fhc N.
A. A. C. P- Afldggsggs '* " ?
Bents at Capital
> SPOKE TO 5,000?CSmtiXS
^Addresses -Students cf. Howard
University, Arm, Irons and
and Dunbar High. I
, fin his recent yiVit to Washington; I
William PR'kons,"FieTiI iToei^ptiiry of
the National Association l'or the Ad
vantfemenf of Colored ^tropic, ihYui
foresight of the DMricfc^bf Columbia '
students-in Howard University, Arm
strong High Sciiool and Dunbar lligh
. School.
, : tjjpdufed by* the new Pricsident, Mor
.L dvcia- Johnaon,-_aL 1 hmhar Ly_4?rof
esof Nevel II. Thomas and at Arm ^
- ?t?ong by David Uoustuii, the prtTT ~p
;; ^cipal. The plftnnitre_jpll Mia- District .'
of Columbia ~N. A. A. CT P. e:i7li!.cT"~
J" -Mr. Pickens ^o address an aggregate 1
of .between ^.,000 and 5,000 person/
" as 'he spoke also before Bethel Lit u
erary Society, with- Mr.- Thnmnsy Pro
^ silent of tile local Branch, presiding
*77 GLKVIFAKIJS COLORED ACTRESS
TO DUSE, GREATEST OF STAGE"
Comparison ' of a colored, .-actress
with th,e late Elcqpoia Dose, is made
by thei^raVaaiic,. .critic of the Netv
York World, Aletffihder Wolcott, ;
commenting on the performance of
Deep River the new ''.JAZZ OPERA."'
The colored actress in question is T
. Mrs. Rose McClenJon and of her Mr. '
Wolcctt writes: " ~ .
"In the third net. of 'Di".'p PJyar'
when, lor a 'timiimit, the vas^-stftggJ
was oinpiio'l and one Iv.vd only the
murninr of unseen ichoruses, . aw ,pn
ly the-lar.y tracriy ul tin.; tfco'S'ltiid""
ow's upon the grey green jalousies of
the" old New Orleans house, the door
opened on the h'jfli balcony and down
the winding stone steps came an'ag
ing mulatto actress who played, in :
black taffeta and diamonds;-the pro
curess of the quadroon hall. She stood J
"'there for a moment, serene^ silent, 1
queenly, and I couHT think only of
the lost loveliness that v.'as Dusc. '
The nobte head,"carved with pain, was
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"When 'Dpop River' was having its '
tr-iol flt.vV,+ 1. T-.l < r.
V4.441 uiftiiv in i iiuuvivij;iuu liar
rymoro. flipped i? to snatch-, what
moments she could of it. 'Stay till the
last atft if you can,.' Arthur Hopkins -]
? whi/pijfred"" to hoi', ITful \vaTch~ Ilose :
. McClendon come down those stairs. 1
She can l each-Gome of nur most V.<>1 I
ty toity actresses dh-tinctlon.' It was '
Miss Barryomre who hunted hrn up>
after?the performance - to- sa-y-,?'She
^ can touch them all distinction'." ' <:
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? ENG HNthKS -i
SOUTH AFRICAN COLOR BAR [j
The N. A?A. C. F. has received a i i
clipping from thn London iUnrnin.T
??PQsl_qualing theltight Rey^ KthvardJ
' ^ Paget, Bishop of Southern Rhodesia.
as denouncing the color bar legis i'
' lation in South Africa. Says the re J
port^of^BishDpJPageL'K- specchr_ L
" ~~ "It' meant, he said-,--that because':
t people had a black face they were
to be denied the. right .to use their <
intellect and \vere not allowed to rise. T
ioty'df oppression which the Church
' would fight to the last, and a terrible , i
blot^ on the hisiory of the country.
?? -Africa "WAS "STfflefmg .?oar complex,
and European^ were afraid,
quite justifiably, of being ovenyhel h
thecrhy"the natives, but color bar leg" '
_ t islation would not prevent
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N. A. A. C. p; SPRING,
CONERMffN^R
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Now Planning Tlte Entertainment
of the Conference and '
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??Delegates Next June.; "
J >TH- ANNUAL CONF'R'N,CE
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LoJal Branch,' Writes That
"Spirit is Fine."
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Indianapolis, which is to bo the
ttitne the-4r8t"h'Annual Conferenceuf
the Natfional Association for the
Aihiiaceiv.ent of Colored people, nex.tL
is wnvking nit-{\L'i.ns for, thft on-kH'tttinm^n't?of?the?Conference
and
.It'legatts.r/ according ito- Mrs. Olivia
lay lor, President of the Branch. '
Mrs.'Taylor writes that "The spirit
of _Lhc citizens is fine." This infor _
mation is contained in a letter ex.
EXeasinsr thanks to the National Of
Aee?fm* Sftttfttiiw .S9AA fn rnri?k.....?
the attorney instrumental in freeing
John Shaw, young colored man, three
(hues -tried on--charge of urderi ngtriaL
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~ COOK CHAT ~ '
fty ^lary White Ovington, Chairman
Heard of directors of tho N. A. A. C.
P.
;TU.M TOM'-iT- by Juhu W.
cook. iPubished by Harper Broths
?er?r? !';) Cast?3,'ird?Street, New
?YuityCity. 1'iiue ?3.50 pu&lpaid.
3Ls---amd -Mrs. Vandercook, young
iV.Hn'kd folk, penetrated intothe" jun
g!e Surinam, Dutch Guiana, and lived
for a Ume-with the Bush negroes, dependents
of slaves who two centuries
ago bcgari a succesful revolt a.
gainst their masters. They were re',
cefv-ed in kindness and were shown
:n::ny p!ace4_and initiated into many
things unknown bfcfore tp' whites.
This buok_ts^ a story " of their trip
uelkon. 'two chapters of it appeared
before publication win Harper's
Monthly* : i?
j\ir. Yandercook has met the civi.
illation of .the African jungle and he
JiTnuies* i^.uni-^sprvedly. lie- has no
missionary zeal to change these jun
gle folk. "In the great jungle," he
says, "the Bushnegrocs have- builded
a philosophy, n science and an art
which belongs to the jungle and-en-,
ables them to live there, to triumph
?vur the disasters of material mi^
foVlune, and to attune their hearts
SIKt mind.,,U> tho weird mood? of th#
forest?moods" of curioys fear that
have vanquished foreign empires for
a thousand years. Theirs is a civili .'
nation as. truly as is any in the
ft-r-rlfrTr~fIii"s~. civilization moves him
profoundly, and besides his descript"
ions .of the life of the forest, he has
"made an attempt to explore anoTher
region loiig neglected?the curious
i'1'.ntm of the jungle black'?man's
mjnd."
Every reader of "Tom Ton)" will
enjoy the vivid description of the
life of tRe^e jungle folk. The incred.
iblc Ihbor- of clearing the land for
pl'zniting-CT'ssnva,1 arid then tim .single
crop that will be permitted to grow
there (the parasol^ants see to that);.
tEe months Jt taikca to make a corial
on.l the danger of the rapids that is
met with laughing unconcern;' the
?i. /... nn*??n.ui.?r.??tcrr
ixuiiu IUI nt: <11 in wiiiL.il is WUII ujr
keeping their spendid bodies practi- i
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"COLUMBIA, SV C., SATU
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S-gos-he found fair'and rtgh-t . The man
who was-^ccused was anxous to tell j
the truth thotlglThe were guilty; for
he wished to keep the protection of
the friendly spirits. If he were^dis^.
honorable they would desert him.
And from this point we?are told
"much of ancestral spirits^and of fet
ish.- We -am-shown the. vijitch doctor
as a wise and able physician. African
religion, whiclrhas usually been de_scribed
to us by the Christian, who
iheuntk ifc .ewft lioatFcniah superstition,
or by the scholar who is only interested
in recounting its many mani.
/otfaf iftno To f A OA 1.1 ? t
twavtvviuiig^ (lO CO iUX , V ailUUl HUtHtf' d
wise and beautiful tiling:. It is a pro
duct of the jungle, of the forest
whose cohque9E~fhe iinslinnVro^ Tar1
cognir.es is impossible by man. The
white man refuses to recognize this
truth and struggles to conquer the
| way or'-dies. BiiFTho Bushnegro because
of his heritage from Africa,
can laugh and live. And he needs
| zealously toguard hi3 religion "Kach
j-tr'iditinn is a linlV in a lonj el.a.a of
memory that Stretches across the sea
to the continent that was the blacka
man's hojne,'-' This tradition must bej
kvpl 1*1 mcl mse. uic uotis nut'iii wan,-1
det away, and "the Negro grow d5?l
and heavy eyed like the black men
''of the townl"
Continued on page eight.
j ON TRIAL
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Messrs. I. W. Co'e and William
Warlt'y Oil Ti ioT Charged
I ' ' With Libel. A"
I" CASE OF lMl'CHMANCE |
Briefs Have Been Submitted
And .Decision is Expected '
In November.
. New Ycrk, Nov. 5?The- National
AssoejaltOh forxthc Advancement of 1
Colored People,-69 Fifth Avenue, has J
_scnt its chqck- for voUO dra\\;p uponj
the Legal Defense Fund and cover. |
ing the entire legal fee uf the tSinl
ran\Iadisonvi|l<L Kentucky, of- two col .
ored editors of Louisville, Messrs. I.
Willis Cole and \Villiam Warley,
Tried on charges of libel growing out"
of their forceable protests against
"farcical" Atiials and rallroadng to
I death o* colored men accused of
crime in Kentucky. !
The N?A_jW-C, IA-Iias been fol
. lowing this case since last May at
.4.: it-. --1 >
? mm?wiHentc?conn-err armors re
ported thai threats of the''- in/1'''.?
meat had, been maclg* I
L Argument in,the case was had oh
October* G, brieIs ubmitted* and
decision is expected in J November. |
In announcing the remittance of
$500 to cover lawyers'" fees, James,
Weldon Johnson, N, AT A. C. P. Sec
, rotary said4.
' "The case'of these editors is one
! of the most important and far* reach,
jing the N. A.. A. C. P. has taken part
; in. It involves the freedom of the
I to opooh their honest opinions 01^ rne
|-ml injtts^it^-ercfprh-the i-iouth,?mrr
muzzled by threat of imprisonment.
We await the outcome of this case!
with anxious interest."
cally naked and by bathing five and
;six times a day; these anil many ot.
her jungle pictures vividly drawn,
will facinate all readers. But there
will be much discussion-of?the en.
; thusiastic reception by Mr. Vander_
cook of the tribal custom a and .the re .
Hp-in-n nf 'thv PwTV'n"m"'i ' The
justice ^hat this white man
StlW atlniiriist in tlio liii lb uillo I
cgai fee ri
'lay Alu
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ndors(
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RDXrl-NOV. 13; 1926. /_ ;
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J.-W. JOHNSON'S _
GREAT WORK
Bssaeqaa ? : r*
The Fir=t Perfromance in Amer- !
?ica of the W_ork to be held??
On November j27.
The Composers Represented -m?!
eluding the Russian Composer
Igor Stravirisky.
New York,_Nov,-5,?Serge Kous cvitzky,
Conductor of the Boston;:
Symphony Orchestra and one of the .?
East, is to conduct a chamber ofches I (
Lra concert in The Town Holl on No T~
\ ember 27?at~whieh will he pTrpTorrrT !
?d a musical setting Composed .. by i
Louis Gruenburg for James Weldon I
Johnson's poem, "The Creation." . 1
.This, will constitute the first per. -1
formance in America of the work. 1
| Other ^compositions -of . the leading
! European composers_are also to have |i
a first AniCi^an performance on this "1
occasion, the comnoser^ represented 1
Including the Russian composer,-Igor ^1
-?The?League of Composers is one?i
of th6 two groups in New York which j
devote themselves especially to the 1
performance qf modern music, the. ]
otltf^Jbeing the Iuternationl Compos i
el's Guild. "v
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SECOND BIG MASS MEETING AT J
BETITinrSUNDAY. . - "
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The second Big Mass Meeting to
be hehh-nrmong" colored; thtir.ens of
Columbia- is* next Sunday at four o'
clock in Bethel "A". M. E. church. The 1
object of the meeting is to orgdniie
Cplumlyh Business League' ai"f a
branch of the National Negro Busi j
ness League of the United States. <
In the meeting 'next Sunday the
l>crjnancut organization wiU be. per? i
icetod alter the audience has listen". *
cd to five minute" talks.'froni AXtorr
ney N. J. Frederick,.Dr. J.. EX \Vatts, t
Prof. C. -A. Johnson, Dr. J. H. Good
win, J H. Gooder JL)r. II .W. Long, <
?.L-. J \V Brims-tin, Mrv.. I. J Rhnriea 4
and Dr. S. B. Wallace, and also' -the '
principal ' l>y Dr. J. E.
Beard and .jgfejT.. ^fe^pykitn: (
Dr.*Bearcftris tl-jtSr'new .'pastor, of 1
Bethel churcK lie <*omes to Colum <
bia from'ChaP^Lston and was a factor <
in the" conim'Ufply t" 1 ife of his people 1
while he lived ii^ rbh^^ftn durng (
the past ten years. The^tftQV. Dr. ;
Boy kin is an able speaker. Few men 4
in Columbia can""ma'Tcr 1 belter im. I
pressiitft wran audionce i
wiu iuass meeting ? rtetnei cnurcn i
Sunday afternoon will receive a jtreat c
l*??*". ""'*..' ly? ne^^sjonallvl There t
-+??every?reason to believe that-the 1
meeting .tomorrow (Sunday after, i
noon) is. gong to be weil attended by \
pur ctizens. , > t
..At . thu meeting in Bethel Sunday, =
Mr. 1. S. Leevy of the Leevy's De. J
partment Store?will preside and act
as the Master of ceremonies. The
call is issued for a full attendance of
l ollimhiw nonnTo TTio rvrrn i
-isteva have agreed to speak of it in 1
their pulpits at the mornfrTg service ~
Sunday. ? r 1
The. program has been printed and j
distributed^ for the information of the x
general public.
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WOMEN ENDORSE h
ASSOCIATION
State Federation 6f Colored I
?Women of?Deloware?En-?-^
dorse N, A. A. C. P.
DEPLORE"BAIT ATTACK
Send Resolutions Endorsing all*
The Work Done by The.
Association.
?Itr the resolutions adopted by the '
state Federation "Of Colored Women
>f Delaware, on October 29, iwid sent'!
o-tho National otliee of the N. A. A. '
3?~P., occlir.the following paragraphs 1
-We congmeud the-^vortr ol the Nat
nnii I A s^cTatTbn .for the Advance .
nent of Colored People, especially in-,
:He past year , in its handling oi' the '
Sweet case, segregation ;cases, and
-ha--.jrelease' of the- prisoners of tte~
24th Infantry. ^ *7''
We deplore the retent and umvar f
anted attacks upon the integrity Of
.He"'National Association for the Ad.,
KS wish. to affirm our entire confi ^
lence in the National Secretary, j
lames Weldon Johnson.^ 1-7 j
The resolutions are signed by Alice (
Dunbar Nelson, Chairman; and by
Mary H. Whitten and E. Qertrude
Rose. The resolutions also deplore
he increase in lynching, ask for en !
ictment of a Federal anti lynching
aw; commend the work of the Inter j
Racial Committee; commend the '
tvOrk of Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethunc
in aiding stricken colored people in ,
L-'lorida; apd call attention; to th(F in; (
. reusing segregation in ttie govern .
ricnt flppwf?m*ititg in Waahingfcun. J ^
I'HE WEEK'S EDITORIAL: COLTj
ORED PRESS " ||
State of Ohio and N. A. A. C. P. to
Honor Late Col. Charles Young--rb]
The State of Ohio adn the National
\ssociation for the Advancement of
^dlored People have appointed offici
il representatives to attend the for 1
taal dedication"; in Washingimx?of- a j
statue of the late Colo* ! PViorT-na
Toungr Harry E. Davis, member of '
lie Ohio Legislature and of the N. A.
\. C. P. Board of Directors has been . j
iesignated by Governor. Vic Donahey ,.
:o represent the Stale of Ohio pitici - ,
illy. ? * '?. ""CWTT
Young up to the time of his j
leath was a member of the Board of.;]
Directors olAhe N.-A. G. R. Invimw
>f this, Mr. Nevel H. Thomas, PresL j .
lent of the District of Columbia! (
Branch, has been appointed to act as ^
ifficial representative of ttie Associ.'
ition. -c The movement to erect this ?
nonument was jionaored hy the Omo : *
;a I'si Phi Fraternity] ^ I (
ily in?1922 Mr. Davis obtained tluLt-,
uloption of a joint resolution in re .!(
rognition.of Col. Young'g distinguish ' j
:d military _gorv??eg t>n<j. providing ; (
'-or- n-committee of Ohio eitirerta to']
epresent the State at Arlington ]
yhen Col. Young's remains were in,. |;
erred. ;>
HcfiETH HIGH SCHOOL, UNION, !
S. C.
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Seventh Grade Horror Roll
Wilma Talley, Phillip Talley, Char, j'
otte Blackwell, Robbie Peak, Jenny:'
Hamilton, Maceo McKissick. r
ire: ?- - . JJ
Louise Ruff, Anderson Moorman, *
Haggle -Sims/- Eddie Kelly.?Frank ^
Sims, ^rawley- Grst; 3rrrrhr Roblnsoh. p
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i Johnson's
"C reation"^
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~~^rZZ..1 ftc. A COPY A"r<nisirri?c(rr
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A tUi\ r Kgr - - - ?
' EVERY YEAR
The O.nly Branch and City To ~ ~
KaviLhad 3 Contents iih 3
Successive Years.
DETROIT TWO iX A YEAlI
_* * ?- * y ' -~ Many
of (he Lar.ee Cities Have
Baby Contests Now
Going On.
South Bend, Indiana, with its 192G
N. A. A. C. P. Baby Coritest, stands ' '
as the only-branch and City to have
had three jeemte^ts "in thvee success,
ive years. Detroit, however, had two
-n one year. Other cities have had two
xsis are now-gokt^-en: Douglas, -An _.
iona-)?Gary, ; Indiana; S|jnngMt.'ld;?"?: *?
-rntteif?I^ardrXo? "TSrKr"*"" "
Lansing, Michigan; Jersey City, N'ew
u k, Princeton, Trenton, .New Jersey, ?
itid Richmond, Virginia. ' . "
^?' ?"STATE
OF- THE CHURCH".
?7 (By Eev. J, E.^Beard)
Georgetown, S. C., Oct, 13, 192?
Dear Uishop and Members of the
?almtjtto South?Gaiul.ii)a Conference: " '
Vac* n V
Ajuii^nutye onvthe "state of
he Church" beg leave 'to submit our
report. Fifteen or twenty. .years-, of :?
JnUeavor in the preparation of this
:"eport haVe . serve&Hfi broadening
'.his committee's ijorizon, and in
:onfirming Jtheir option that no re_
port demanding our' attention. deserves
so large a plac<^ in our program
as the lepiut. <if the . "Stare oi the r ~
^htmdir^When we consider the povJ
n-ty of effort nut .forth hv the church ?i
n the past, there ho- little :
prise that i\>v -Uivv d. jnaue no greater:
progress in some places, and prac_
Lieally NO progress in other localities
in our Zion. ?* ? *??'-r?
The - practical,' Wise and-successful,
farmer uses a -much larger share of
lis time in preparing the soil for' the
platYfin's' than ho :? *>-- ?
.... auto m uic garnering
of t he crops.
The conclusion of-.your committer
s that although the A. M. E. Ghurch*
las (hnC a g:tat deal of pi.mr.i.-r n-nrir .. I
11 the past; srxLy_years^- the-Jias-un _ ?loubtedly
"d very great deal more to
lo in the fu-ture. ^Ve make the charge
"hit our cLuic.b..^fven now is failingl)
"take advantage?-&i opportunities
which lie ifi her - path in many in,
stances.
Let us fa?er the facts. Alhough we
uivc gained ftuunlcrs in some of the
oumry, t^e must not be blind to' the
act tfyut v\ve have had a noticeable
lecreaso /in some sections of the
Thurch.^ That our members?should
oin other churehca?because?of?dia_' '
satisfaction, or should drift, tn otboy ?
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:o place, is a direct and incfriminat_
ng charge against the legislative, / ^
ulmTrtistrative arid economic fract.i / ,'
Church. Will any one who /
cnoWs the facts and is willing instate =
dig truth tll'ny the ffthegoing assert,
ons? And if your committee hits not
nerdrawn the conditions, then what
s the cause?
If we slv.ill not hn pro
sumptious, we desire to submit to
you: . " 1
1st, That whila we have boon rea .
lonahly wise in many respects' Tftbchng
our denominational program, we
lave not been always just so wi^e in
:he execution of that program. J2nd,
We heve in many 'cases been
penny wise and pound foolish in the
employment of forces, or in the
Jioice of materials and expenditure ' "7 ~
(Continued on Pncro TticrVt\
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