The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 20, 1926, Image 1
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VOL. II.?NO. 44.
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GREENVILLE MAYOR
ADDRESSES BODY Financial
Reports are Excellent
Despite the Unfavorable
Crop Conditions.
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HURST PRESIDES
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Mayci> Stated that ''There is no
"Real Happiness in Life
Without R^i^ion.
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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.,
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ran Ride B
ian> 1
Represent
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ATTORNEY
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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.
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>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
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^ 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;
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Africa On
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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 )
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NCHINGs
COMMENTS OF
E BOTH RACES ?
the White and Colored Press of"
?the Country sXmment on
'Recent iynihun^
URGE ANTi-LYNCHING BILL
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' " .'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