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-U*?. 1 Few Black VOL. II.?NO. 44. inLiiL GREENVILLE MAYOR ADDRESSES BODY Financial Reports are Excellent Despite the Unfavorable Crop Conditions. ' , . . t) ; - ' ~ BISHOP HURST PRESIDES ' V ' k ??. ; ; ' Mayci> Stated that ''There is no "Real Happiness in Life Without R^i^ion. ' Greenville, Nov. 17.??'The Piedmont (S. C.) Annual Conference, presided over the Rt.^Rev. John_ Hurst, be gan its seventeanth gossinn this morning at 10 o'clock. the principal - feature of the opening service .was The annual sermon preached by Rev. . G," W. Bradley, pastor of the McCor mick Circuit, and the administering of. the Holy Communion. " After the organization the visitors were_introduced^- Drs. J. W. Taylorr Martin and Davis, of tKe M. F,., Rpp ?;?tist arid C. M. E. churches, t-espW -lively Were iiiUudUOed and spokeT Rev._G., A. Singleton responded ir. behalf , of the Conference. In all oi these addresses the value of a unitec _ etroit on-'the part of all churcne. in prosecuting the cause of Chris ag ^ emphasized. . ? "lhe introductory serviced took~plac< last night and were . excellent in al details. The musie?was "typical o. real NSgro singing' and thrilled the . ? audience with its melodious appeal I The music brought forth the heart L.. iest" c'ommepdation of . Hon. R. F Watson, mayor of^ Greenville,, .whi < . made the speech of welcome on kehal of tjie City. Mayol Watson laid spe cial stress on the truth that then is no real happiness in life withou , religion. This, he said: "is one reasm I it gives me delight in extending t< I all of you a welcome to opr city, be ""cause you represent an organizatioi that fosters religion." The Mayor re mained until all of ihe excrete"^' foi thyvening were finrehcrh - ? Univeisity made the very fitting re sponse. Among,.The things "he , re ^ ' ferred to was the Very genuine spirit the Mayor seemed to. possess in his remarks. lie pointed'out that as a -group~we~ havs~~begun t<T realize that the Chdrch is our only way out. He "9?Ttr further:. 'Thac there fs no suF" stitute lor Jesus Christ." Stating that aU'pthdf attempts at reformation have failed. Dr. Sims also stated that acquaintance has mueh to do with The fostering of good will between the races.. f' . ^ Other speakers were: Dr. J. W, Taylor. of "tIie~~Al. "E. church, Miss Florence LykeB,. Rev A.?J. Martin. Bishop John Hurst made pungent remarks at the opening and continued .throughout the iirst. day'^dssesiop to inspire the meeting with his broth erly spirit and enthusiasm' for the . . .. .* * > church. A A. iu:? ii? A 1 n f\\,, tins wi inns niv n.iuiuui v/un -~~-r~^faence under Bishop Hurst's super^ vision moves with very business -Wwi dispatch, and the min m r*l lying to the bannors \Wth unstinted support. The incomplete ,returns^show signs of the greatest session of the ??- Piedmont Annual Conference ever heith it -will close with the reading of the appointments Sunday. Dr. J. C. McClellan, Bailey Bethel will preach the Missionary sermon _ night" Among the visitors are: Pr, T. J. | Iv* le?, P. E. of the District! Dr. R. W. Mancc\ P. E. oj^the Char 1 lesion Distric: and candidate for the j Bt hrprrr, F^r., Robinoon Editor- A M. E Review and Dr E. A. Adams, P. E. of the Columbia District., - " ran Ride B ian> 1 Represent ~ 1 " =? k ' T"DMQffi ATTORNEY :?- E COMMENDS THE , N ASSOCIATION! Ijje. says: "Every Negro with 2 & Gr|uirav of^tommon Sense Ought Thank the Ass'n. ENTIRE STATE IS AROUSEJ) Speaks Highly of the Efficient Officers of the Ass'n. ^nd Expose of Conditions. NewYork, Nov. 12?The National ^ Association for the Advancement of Colored People t 69 Fifth Avenue, has rpcoivpfi ft ipttVr frntn N .1 TTWL? I -eriek. the courageous colored attOTT ^ ney of Columbia,- S. C., who appeal ^ ed the convic^jiojn.. pf .the LowmanV,! and obtained a.ireversal of their con. ' viction from the State Supreme Court"1 prior to the lynching. In his loiter J -Mr? FredgrleK' expresses fill grali 1 .ude for the expose of conditions in .he lynching territory. j' .re White and'a N. A. A. C. P." writes tre White and'a N. A. A, C. 1'." writes ' Mr. Frederick,'"the horrible condit.jl tons which now exist" ftr this "StatcT and an almost inhuman indifference 1 .0 human life would never bo given o thfe world as they are- now beinj* given in the columns of the_ Nc\V * iork World and broadcasted . by : ,ou through the colored press. Kv j r.fKthc aud 1 encTWcHneTchurnTlHSt"" S.niday in the maaa meeting. The : aiit oi Lawyer Frederick'^ telle em ! - T. i 1. ry lNegro, wuu two grains ot com, | non sense ought to thank God f?r ' ne N. A. A. C. P., and :ls courage jua and efficient oflicei'^ " jus.and efficient officers." hato.st. develnplncms in tho Aikon ynq)ung_casep us .reported-in-tlwhJfefc = fork Worlds include the remvoa _ .rom the Aiken jajl of 8 prisoners; I white a?d 4 colored, and the obtain ^ ' ing from them of affidavits estab .ishing the identity of the officer:: Who took Bertha Lowman from he. iell-and-deUveredr-her to the mob or lynchers. ..The World ia continuing -o publish detailed reports of the Ai .ten situation on its first page, anc reports coming by mail to the N. A A'.- C. Pr, show the entire State anc -the?entire?South?becoming?arouocc over the South Carolina atrocity. | . >TASS MEETING CUE AT AT~ BETHEL LAST SUNDAY. L The meeting last Sunday in Bethe church orf-Columbia brought togethe. several hundred people representing "ill KlK!11hCQ O >1/1 nrMfoocMAn r\f people in the city. After being duly opened by Mr. I. S. Leevy, master oJ -ceremonies^the object was stated ~anc several short talks were delivered b} Esq. N. J. Frederick, Dr. J. E. Waits, Dr. J. H Goodwinj the Rev. S. E Wal . Tace, the Rev. IT. W. Long, l)r. J. E Beaa-d and the Rev. T. M. ILykin. One of the best talks deliveieci a1 the meeting-last Sunday afternoon ?va that of Lawyer JKrodovk, who apok< of the 'nferkmty comply that soem to have A strong hold on the Nnftrand finds n setting in lha oiiiiconsciou. ness. 'I he Negro is of the opinior, that -any business "conducted by the -wluta-people 4a superior-to the samr class of business-conducted by colorec ~n\VtUrs"hot IT ali things are ' equal. The Negro believes that good: from the B^ores of white people arc just a little better than the same ar ' ticles soId'Bjr"tftlorpd business peo I pie, Mr. Frederick declared in address iusses Oilwo Mei /^vr ? .. . ? ?? ' " ' 1 * ? : ^ COLUMBIA, S. C.> SATUI ER 3MMENTS THANKS^ BUSSESARE" A PUBLIC UTILITIES A, Decision by Mr. Nat Turner ^ Director of Highway Dept^_ _ . of South Carolina. FOR USE BY BOTH RACES A Has no Authority to Issue a Cer- ^ tificate for the Transportation Of Negroes Only. NEGROES CAN RIDE, BUSSES ON HIGHWAYS AS WELL AS th WHITES . , oJ ; ; i -tt< Negroes have as" "much right to U1 rxiu in-the- busses-traveling over Etaie highways under "class "A" cer | ^ Lificates of public conveniences and cc nwiessity us have white people, and operators'of busses are required to u: L-any 'Nugru patrons when they &p 1 tf< ply for .trunspo/tal ion as well as^1 white passcn^ffis, according to a- rul } ing of,the motor vehicle division, of e' the South Carolina state Highway devjv pnrtment, Nat Turner, director.- j ?The ruling was occasioned by an. .1 application filed with the--depart ment ?or a class "A" certificate- of er public convenience-and necessity to ^ render bus service for Negroes be I ? tween j Laurens and Columbia,! cc which was entered with the depart j ment in October, and which ,:was disapproved November 1 with the statement that "the department has a5 .w,? ;I I,.?A?^rr^-T .. ? ? at *?V/ uutnui k\.y iu li^uu a ClttSg A certificate of pubfk? convenience ec and necessity for the trMimpnVtntiorf"^c Q??N f^Tfnng_onty^.'? ? It |is emphasized, however, that fa this ternent work s~both ways, ^ and that a class 'LA." certificate, j ^ when 'issued, is for the transporta .iorfof both white" and colored pas lenders; an^that the general im a pressien?that the ?cross "Country 0-1 ousses are intended and available-to -A white persons alone is distinctly er roneous. * 01 1 he busses, it would seem, are rc public Utilities, and are intended for w general lisp Ly lkli vvhitn nml 1-nlnr i! ed. When issuing a Class "A" cer c*( cificate, it is not possible by law for *v the highway department to specify eJ nated for the transportation*' of " white people or of colored people.' ~ The department, as well as other interested ?parties, are anxious to have the mistaken idea ..that only " ' if (L whites can use ,the buss lines cor Lr rected,. and have,, requested that-the culing of the motor vehicle division ai be. made-public.. "T~ (^ - tw . a .c . haptzed the fact that the colQrcd peo dc everywhere suffer frnra an infoa ioritylcoinplex-and-in uniting to fos: .er.big business among his ov/n group : he must overcome this subconscious ! less and believe not ortly in his race and in himself, but must believe that ;3cd .ffigde him as pood as any other ^ .people or races in thoy Worlds? -z, Good talks wuie listened to by the I ni audience from Dr. J. E. Beard, former {c.t "y of Charleston and Dr. T. M. Boykin'^, f-the--Union "Baptist church. All of w he speakers urged the men and wo men present to make the business en erpriseS~8f Columbia Negroes pros st per by cooperating with colored mer S( hants, help them to have tradb weeks u7nd sell the business idea t0 all mem ,P( ber9 of their group. The result of fc 'he meeting-was the elucLlun of I. S.j -Leevy, president of the CoftfinbTa Ne c] Continued on page eight. ji; n Lvnt Africa On n .. . ".rZ- ' ID AY, NOV. 20. 1926. ~ AM Drr ALiV ,OD FOR N. L - - V . \ iNI>STILL \\ THEYLYNCH gain'aL Colpred Woman is V icLl'm of' the Great Evil "Mob Law/' :?: -?SKS PRESIDENT TO ACT i hree Lynched fork Crime in W; Which They were in no way 1 Connected, , ' ">s """S- . . i' New York,-" Nov. 12?Asserting I lat the lynching of .3 Negroes. one'''Ti . them a womaffj^aearJlouston, Tex. the rlMoiifiil l hr total ? date tor TDlMJ ' the V?^tVyiol-lInrre n _ -- ^?VI>UI^D ?f;uiii?i io ion ti?--n io entire year of l'JLib, the National pie ssociation for the Advancement of rep dored People, 09 Fifth Avenue, to- ion ly telegraphed President Coolidge by rging a statement frohl him to the wh ran try on .thin tiUbJcct ami asking^-^trt tat he urge Congress to take the ap. rtini roprlace action within its power toT " id the lynching evil. N -----? ?'byfi he lynching in.Texas is the second sub iwhich a woman has been among of le vlctimsr the first such lynching.** sub u~-tHe year -having cccuretf~in Aik"-. 'res' i,- South Carolina, where a mob on Frt te morning?of October 8, lynched Hi* ertha Low man, her brother and her one >usin, the brother having been or. rep ired acquitted by flie^Tudge prcsid"?*^01 ig at their trial. . ; tes The status of the lynching "states, fro j reported by the National Associ. Kai ion for ihe Advancement-of Color. ^ 1 People for the cur,rent -year .is as Kcr >llows: Florida 8: TWas 5; Missiq .<11 t pgr lij?South Carolina jinil-'-AffRAir?'^^ is 3 each; Tenessee 2; and one each t-hc i Georgia, Kentucky, l,ouisiana7 n'0^ 'aine, New Mexico, and Virginia. : >n The tfcxt of the telegram to Presi - c;si ;nt Coolidge is as follows: "Within v month and 4' days of the lynching i-or:-ra colpred woman and two men in ' lken, South Carolina, thrpc Keggngs. uixu ie of them a- woman, arc reported rea lurdered by a mob jji Texas. Press ')CS> ;ports state?tbgf^the Negroes were S?v artfonly assasinated in revenge for l10s ie killing of a white man with whose ;ath none of" the "murdered Negroes as in?any way connoted. This lat'. liav ;t outitqge increase.; the. number, of as '.corded Amerit-m- dyiirftmg* HTT' gd_ ie yenr to date to thirty one, as a.; arrrst ergh'toCTT for the entire twelve M onths of 1925. The National. A^'sP ' ation for the Advancement of Col- ' ^ "od people again respectfully urges int you make some statement to thev ? mntry- on- this- shameful- situation" ^ id feall upon the Congress to take V-er ie appropriate' action which lies ^ ithin its power. ; Dis James. Weldon Johnson, Secretary:" ' 1 : 'lard , ^ . 1 the NEGRO WOMAN HELD FOR a j ?MURDER. ; tkc Beltan*. Nov. 17. Mr?~ Nannie ?I ashiriglon was arrested and placed vt)-1 1 tile Conntv iail l.it Frwliv nffey?X ?* son 6n a charge of murder. The ,no isrge grew cut of the death of her anc jsbarid, Mr. Eugene Washington, lit? hich occurea nearly two' weeks- agtr * vhti ippcning suddenly.? ?'" -* An autopsy was made of the man's an? omach.'itr having been sent Jo Clem ; uat >n College for examination, * and it life a j discovreed that he had hgpn poi ; J_ ?ned, v9. grains of arsenic being j of >uruL ?= ?- -tne The wnutflto i.<i iVin livn lic'r liildren, a bfcy and a girl of 11 and hin i years. i As Weil J ^ gll C-.-.. Cj mm :ent i.y A. A. c. P.; HITE MEN ^ REPRESENT STATE I ' z -State4n- Africa-to be Repre- | rented in League of Nations by White Men Only. * POPULATION _ 180,000,000 irno of "Danger of inter na^ 1 lional War in Scramble for "Mandates*11 ~ ^ ( lorace G. Alexander, Is quoted by * le .African World" as writing in "World Outlook," that although . ?rrrmrrtntmn~rvP^Tfifi Afr'tTfarS it is estimated at 180 million peoi , only three African states are 1 resented on the League of Nat. 1 s and of these one is represented _c white men only. The state with 1 ite repre.-entatives is the Union of * lies:- j1 The other two are Liberia and A. c sinia, both of them -weak-states, 1 ijoct t0 the economic ^exploitation 1 white men, though not actually 1 ijected to political control.-The L t of Africa Is ruled by. the British 0 ;nch, Belgian, Portugese, Italian * tnish governments. Indeed, the 1 man who so far h^s effectively 1 resented the Negro races in the Id's political dssemoly is Al. ban, v Bellegardp, the brilliant orator e m the West Indian Republic of * iti." s Ir. Alexander warns of the dan. I of international war which lurks/? he scram hip fnv "lnnndntP*" in A 4U ."Till! <HP16hi'aHc eompetition "of" 1 governments of Europe,loi_conr in Egypt, irrTunis, In Morocco, t Tripoli, may not have been the de ! 1 ve cause. of the war in 1914, but' s cas an important contributing fac_ . a ' _it ill the necessary supervision of Leveloped peoples must be"under~] 1 international supervision. Th? t t administrators, not the-strongest c crnments. should. be appointed to ' J itions of authority. The compe It on for territory and power is nqt s only souree of peril. Too long t e white men regarded black men j t chattels and persons to be barter.]o about i^t willT"^" ~ g . R. W." MANCE ENDORSED t OR THEBISiiOPRrC BY THE s ENTRAL\ CONFERENCE. Y fanning, S. C., Nov; 11 1926?- j A he Bi?hop h,nd "Brethren of the 1 itral Conference,sitting: > r FKe: oas, the various Episcopal s tricts of the African .Methodist j a irch are presenting their sland 11 bearers, for Episcopal honors^inlt 8, by way of endorsement from j v 14- SPVP)Tnl AniMlal rnnfovenhoo nt> w* " _ v/viiiv* wu I-CO, c*^> j v neans of definite information to' g Connection^ in-general, as to the , rl anrl will of the several" Epts }j SI Districts and their proffered 1 tubatioh to the Church, j-s u-tL-W4w? a^r- Rev.- R W. Mancu, a i t.t favored son of South Carolina! 1 I an exemplary character in the { and service he ha3 given the 1 ireh- and- race, . " h frtti' whi'-oas hrs~ business acumen i I forensic pfTnrta havo Konn* vol i ; >le assets, iu- church and school^ i i.'in this State, * I tnd whereas his twenty Ave years rt active service, as presiding elder, t tropolitan pastor, <*6lleg6 ^pru'ji. i n and hiB fitness for the office he ) (Continued on Page Eight) 1 \ :, Vs Whites )f Nations ?. 4 7 " ' ' ' . - ? i V * * ** . r - % 5 . */ , H=- ?a ?? ? r * * " ' A rOPV * --- ... , "V ' NCHINGs COMMENTS OF E BOTH RACES ? the White and Colored Press of" ?the Country sXmment on 'Recent iynihun^ URGE ANTi-LYNCHING BILL ? : t-r??; : ? ? i* ' " .'jit i j> ?" rhese "Lyttching's the Ghastliest Crimes L.v<?r Committed in __ ? a Ci\ liizcd Cpuniry^ rHET \VEEiTS "EDITORIAL: - Uiult, PRESS [From The Columbus Evening -Dispatch, CoTuniuus, Umo, Oct. ko, Tempting*Federal Intervention ' Ii^lUliCniJjantff-sliaug ediiOTiiH- pFO est oi tne Charleston rsews and i.qh , rer dud "other l'nuueni'fai papers ot ? ne section most concerned, *me oiti- J?'l... auinonties . oi fcioat-n t.nin'i.na _ ... . i iiive lUi.en no auOijUate 'ste^sf*tbyvuruS *> tecuring ^tTig" inuicvuient unn pnin.-.h _ nice piibonciS .utAin.en,' 111 that >>.a.e, uooui inree ween ago. ine sewa-atni?fcmirier lTao insisted tiiaiTa ewaru should be oilereu tor evidence"' tu_auaicu?ieiMr-aiiti.-eoiiViCwion, ' ?ut nothing oi me hm.i n.ts neen , , ' tone. At begins to iooK as u respon^ loie oincei'g \tere* sim^iy waiting ior ne e-vCiteineni, to coox uo\vn,,uno nad naae up ti.e.r in.nus to uo nothing. . )>'hiC t..e result ox sucii pr> i.*y vill be is cieariy indicated t>y anoth- ?r bouaieiii paper, tne couisvnle ~ .?.ourier. Juuihai: "tne Rational As_ oc.aaon lor the?ttura nee-men t??f ?? Joloied People will renew its efforts it the next session ;of the Congress o put through the measure thai was ~ ha lest, only by threats of u fililms - ' ' 1 ' cr." 1 he reference-ts"""fo the anti" ' ynchihgg, bill, which'has had wide upport entirely outside' the Associ. iticn which the Courier Journal men jv I ions. -??? ?~??: It is acknowtetTged by "many -who ?? tave-suppbrted jthis bill, in the past hat it constitutes a very marked ehroachment. on the powers of the states "in matters of police jurisdict-. ion powers,which is admittedly de.irabie thtft the .States'shr-XiM m^TTn ain to the fullest measure compati. )le with the preservation of public rder. Certain classes of offenses icter .that it is quite impossible for hem to be controlled by separate tate action, but lynching does' hot ielong to this?, class. In eVery case hat occurs it is purely a local-ntfair, Ust_such as stat.e_.authority should >e able to deal \vith. The trouble is . tot lack rtf power, but lack or w:!l: md the states of the South, restive igainst federtd aggression in their ocal concerns, mu$t develop the Will- . ; o take held of the erimc of lynching' ===== nth a jyery vigprous hand, it they voultl'ltave fhe ira'nd rf itic fod.ral rovernment withheld. The Dispatch ha3jpot favored the inssage ~~6f the-aluT lynching hill, telieving that the states them rives hould bring the offenders TJTSvrCj*' con*. ' TOlr btatistics of the pas;, few years tave indicated th'at this wa; coming tbout, as .rapidly as could reasonably >e expected. If the decline in num, >er of of lynchinga had been main, ained through 1955",. at the promis_ ng rate of the few preceding yeargj t la" not likely that There would have teen any strong movement to pass _ . he antt lynching blii altho coming - -? diort session, and-certainly no Sifch ' noveinent" would" have had nnv ?~? :hance of success.- The current year, towever, has shown no decline in the Coatiauad on pago eight. ... a