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^"Crisis'VPi Young Neg . ( VOU-IL?JNO. 46: * : WHITE m ? m P A RESIDENT OF -Sl'AR'I'ANBHItCi, S. . Lawyer Southard Volunteers ? Services to Come North to Defend Walter White. _ ? rANOTHER AFFIDAVIT MADE ^ 'ffribgry Charges Against N. A. VA'^i1, 1* Invest igft-lnr" All HluIT and Intimidation. " (N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.) New York, Nov! 10.--?Startling dc vplnpnumt in?Mil1 exposure of eon ditipns surrounding the recent lynch_ ? ing. uf one'"colored woman and two . men in Aiken, .South Carolina, in | elude the following: 1. "A letter from L. G. Southard,' white lawyer who defended the mob victims, to Walter White, asserting that the "bribery" charges against the-N. A A .P-JawMUf^r^-ffnyrr' " -"all bluff and intimidation," but that Jtliey represented "?=sehenm ^tTgR" you back there to do violence to ^ou." ?i North and appear before Governor' , Smith of New York to prguc against; extradition of Mr. Whi^e^henld ex_ ; ~ tradition Tie tk-inanded ~by_ Govwnor ! McLfeod. Mr. Southard writes to Mr. j White: "You started the work pntl * that i^"*whhtr.tbey do. 'not want and they know that the world will know .the -guiltft. -onosand that is another i ??thing that lliuy do "not wanfw^ 2. A sworn aflidavit lias been sent ? to the- National Association for the r Advancement? CP1 Golored people, at 60 Fifth Ave., sighed by j. Hftitray -whim in;'i 11 ~wIro~w^y.in (courti when Demon Lowman -was- aWffatfed I and immediately afterward saw . 'Taw . " eiifoicenieiu" officcrs'^ryuggling ..a*",,,. ** round the jail," clearing away auto.*: mobiles. The affidavit in full reads \ as follows: South Carolina, A ikon County. Personally appeared before me -J, MURRAY LANK, sworn says, That 1 on the afternoon ami ovenine- af . I be i '/th, ITTlitJ, immediately after-De~T mon Lownian had been declarod at Aiken, I was ja and around Aiken Court flouso,-" at Aijtejt^. fi. -C.,-TlUit-' Policeman Jas. Woodward" came out ^ and ordered all cut tr. in civ I Cronr 1 around the Jail and Schoolhousp. I saw. juggling around, the Jail by, the officers, Nollie Robinson, A. D, Shnp. pard, Pink Gaddv. Ed Andrews, and . r 11[11^ i dfdPnot know, [ AH of thcni' appeared very SORK and MAD. This was between sundown and dark, right after court adjourn ed. - I went on home and did not kriow^that the three Lowmans Had been taken froi?<the Jail and-lynched until the next morning, but I sure was expecting to hear it, from what i - l saw-tfte evening, before.? r?r i The four numo^ mentioned in the * *" affidavit are among thdstTscnt to Gin;. McLeod by Mr. White.- . J ^ - tJ. ine i\ew i orK wuKbl), con * tinuing its inquisition into the.lynch ing, in itpaoial dispatches published J conspicuously on its front page, is arousing the press and "the entire State of South Carolina. In its Issue of today, The World ! prints telegrams from South Carolina edlt'ors shoving that- -most of - the ( white dailips condemn the lynching and are demanding punih ineivt df the lyrtcTfefs. As a sample of the com mohto telcgiaulied to Thft Worttf-hy^" South Caiolina editors, are the foj " lowing. * Pierre II. Fike, Editor Spartanburg Journal: . "The^ Aiken ."lynching is oWe-tfFthe foulest"blots on the hunoi'" of South Carolina. . . V Those who K,participated in. the Aikpn lynching J* now in their hearts that they- are cowardly, brutal, murderers. . . The punishment of the guilty parties ought to be the business of every South Carolinian." _ unanea JLL- rxearon,?Jvpar tanburg Herald: "Every man ?hfr; respects law and order should de that the mob members be pup ished." Continued en page eight* ublishes S< ;ra W riters ^ ? r i ah J. v. LAY PIEDMON ATLANTA DAH.Y- 1 ASK^ QUESTION "Whal'TsLlfUT Governor Going-io ? Do Abotit~th(rA;t1ren * -? =?L^iiclilnu?" NATION AWAITS ANSWER The Law hAs been Crucified by! White Wen, Whose Names It is said are Known. r. ' - " . 1C. (From The Constitution, -Atlanta, Ga., Nov, 12, 192 GO ' CP TO GOVERNOR M'I.EOI). hat is iho liovornor oi South ChT ojina going to do about the recent Xynching -of- three-Negroos. one of whom was a woman, at Aiken It is a pertinent question and the entire nation is- awaiting ,.tliu answL'l'. ?Govt McLeod does * riot condone lynching. No self respectng, latv a i biding white man in South Carolina?-j or in (he nation as for that matter-^] can possibly condone lynching.?"- I And yet, for some reason or an , other, this disgraceful act* of mob V'1VJLx^.?L" . a ^ u"? I'li.ui'ti- ??rr The law that was crucified by a masked tranc?of?white---men, -whose " .names it is 'said are known, -i?nd whose afiiiliation with a secret ordtfi* "has .been openly aborted and not* "do nied, has not, reached out to bring to the bar of justice those who defied it?' . . And- who, fn defying ItT" struck ~HT ?h*_.tmjwXuuit4a^m-n-yd?tTuw-ry^trrrrnf ^institutional authority-:? -? The lynching- of the- three Negroes at Aiken was ?he of . the most das tardly erimes-evtn?CTTmmltted"in this country. The more ropi-ohon-dlde ii_ was because of the undenicd charges that several officers of the luw either took an active partner looked passive ly oti while the mob wroueht its von -goance upon a ~lT$rr~of'. hclplesB, ter rot ized human * llbings " whose guilt, even,, of the chariro -of -murder-*-lmtr had h(PTr tTl'CfeT*i cd achinsI them was seriously in fluegtjonu One of the victims,, indeed, had been diseharg ed, after a fair and impartial trial, 011 account of the lack of any evi deuce' of guilt, even circumstantial. The qvocutrnn?of the lynching was of the most brutal lypeT Kopes we re rsatPTTod-tightly raoumi their bodies^ according 1?> reports, and they were draggeiU-foy- lhb'rc-than a milu behind rapidly moving automobiles. Then' they w.etje riddled with hujlets to cnTT their..agonizing criesw?- - ?'w?-?In the .black days ,<1f inquisition greater barbarity in human persecu tion was not resorted4 to, An official- of the National Asso, ciation for the Advancement- of Col .... ored People has made an exhaustive investigation of the lynching, and has furnished Governor , McLeod wit ft a list of name's of neonle of fHe Ail/en. cominUniCy~that he alleges were truil tV of the ontragf ?them is the nanio of the Sheriff, the one of ficial who whs charged.-by~v-irtua of office, with the sacred duty of en forcing the law, and preserving the integrity of the Judiciary system. ? Whether those cited are guilty or not is not the question for the public to decide. That is the duty and .the . function ,of ,the court. The public, however, is concerned? and virtually^?in the more important TjtTe=rttcn^"bff^trTAvhetTier South Carolina -will allow this _brutaL affair to -fade into nistjory wnnout every icgm recourse' open to law enforcement be ing engaged vigorously t0 make, the guilty pay "a just debt to society. ] "r O f .-:i -1 >CQncl Arti< ro Publish ' ' . ,. ly'.^ . ioi.^lbia, 8. cy, satu t pamrr ^ \,ui\r c Veek'? '1 here was a .lynching' recently .in I ?Cour.t'V.?fieoi'lthl?lilt1 fltSt ; ... . r " rrtirt only HTTP or the year. Judge THirry Tftped that circuit cohvened monts were, promptly - l>mtight( and ihe accused as promptJy arrested and jailed. Theii ttljtL 1^ set lor an early dat.e?-L South Carolina should'"-show an e qual respeet for. the" law. f *'* H. ~ . TFronf "The*~State, Columbia, S. C., Nov. 15, 1D2G.) SOl'TH CAROLINA'S SHAME. ? "South Carolina^ Shame" is the caption of a'cohunn editorial in the curent tenie ol- Thc.--Natipnr~ That periuilieal'n?indi;ynatiun?is?aroused a ml its conehisioji.<-t>a^wf-mrAl^e Mo? lies prepared by * Walter White t)f Ne^f--V^rrk -mitl-M?o-gtmr coVyp-Tpnn dent of The World, both of whom vis i'.ed Aiken County after the lynching of 'till1 LbwtYlans. It would!Tie easy to work one's, self into 4 fine rage over The Nation's editorial. It. i$ . sqathing and biting. It does injustice to South-Carolinians who, having denounced the barbarous : critic in Aiken, trad, set theniselvcs to\ keep on hammering on it ih^lieir own way until soihetliiim was1 at'liiPverl-Trrf tiw nrrme nf the law. It doc.^injus T MAV. . MU|UIA.*l.UWJIt . U1UL UtXaiOC I t tTm^WFTTTi I'trHi' :i t II i g of drtims aiut"" blowing of bugUis.lbfi la\v',sanuichin j was nut functioning. But such I wrath would accomplish ncr good re ! suit. It would be accepted by many ' here who are incapable of appreciat i in'g the. main issue, as in sotu6 way ! Till. anoh'I'V Fro- till. IrnMiinir jint n? T7TTR?*nf>ersons who cannot think straight have attempted to promul ' gait! tllO sOjvUlsli y t Iku -because ofthc : crime charged against, the Lowmans am) because of the machinery ?f the-. law was "weak" and failed t0 bring 4-hom to?the electi ic chair, their lynching was not so terrible. Aji outstanding fact is that notfi ing that can be said 'against the lyUn'-b-mg- can ho* too severe, and that those, iii this State who aeprehemP it most vigorously must nevertheless j ?hare part ur the s44gma, unless and iinrttr~thcy?see that the criminals are brought to justice. Another outstanding fact is that :i small party ui men took the pris . oners from a strong jail, without, brckuing' a door, .when jailer and i. sheriff were present and armed, and not one lyncher suffered a pin princk. ! Whether the he is hny truth in t,hej published reports, as repeated by Thej Notlofl, ''oflicors of the iaw and : relatives of high South Carolina of fjeials were present at the lynching" wcdo rTot inTow: But such" fWport has spread ovei4 the United States, and provides ground for Tho Nation's in dictment: "Here is the real shame; of the South. Not. that a hunch of hoodlums diogutsed in ahcctg ami pll low cases cyn carry off a defenseless f Negro and kill him, hut that officers 1 of the law, sworn to uphold the law, too -often actually aid-rhe murder . xn s of lite- privonorr they have-sworn j ftrotccl." .?J ?| That Aiken lynching is "South' C-apolina:s:?-Shomo,' ?We?cannot oh >i mwtC ft 1 < a~T>Tow"to the common j pood conduct m this regard, almost I worked itself out of the black lynching belt. Every Coynty must suffer, nowonly for-having to bear-part trf the -shame imt? materially. People pro test to legsiators - against taxation, yet' this Aiken Ivnebmg will east them millions of dollars. ?? been "slandered," as. persons indijr I n'ant nt the widespread censure al ' ContiaqflL 9B PMI light, cle In Sum FIRE!!" No iia '?7# RDAY, NOV, 27, 1926. ? OULDD 1RENCE E A SURVEY OF 1 MIS'IS'II'IM SCHOOLS! One Mississippi County Spends/ $13.09 on White Ghild, ? $2.97 on Negro; ' . ????? " GLARING DISCREPANCIES. Tire "Crisis" Report There is no r Provision for the Colored Elind Children. ,.<7 : ' ; * - ? r . Now York, Nov. 1S>.?The Christ mas "Crisis" out this week, publish ( cs ..the second article, on Mississippi; ^ in the series of surveys undertaken j t by Mr. W. E. B. .DpBoLtt on the W | pro Common Schools in Southern j States, pursuant to the, pi ft <*f S5 000 y mnde^bS' the ,Garkind F-und 'for this ] purpose, . Thelfirst article, -on -eduea,. t ti.on in Georgia has already been pub -] lishod. The article, published this I:] inonjbh-,-- -phows- phtrinp discrepancies j in the amounts spent on Negro and j white schools in Mississippi, the ft I pares piven for a nmber of typical Counties being as follows: ! County White Colored 1 Amite $13.64 - $?.5ir 1 lBOILvxit 1 4y> >>; 1 Cmthajuaa.-. . 43 sn~?.- -3.34 - ^ .Noxubee--,?31 .bo - -y 8.00 -s Washington 43.Op v2.(J7 v _Tunica ^G.'idTT r 4.1b Warren" ^ .",03. ' In Mississippi^ according to The Crisis; report, there is provision I for the colored blind children and no ' school for colored feebleminded chil ' ' dren. In many Counties ' Negro 1 teachers receive loss th.-m one third ' ^U^-Ute-nnlary paid In whites tlb) Negnf ' teachers' salaries in soijie Mississippi 0 Countieu hiim^. as - low?re^-SOO 1 hi' month. --Although the whites have \1 voted themselves cor.oliilatril --ril - schools; with up To dale buildings T and.-equipment ynlue<K:at $3,-161.031 1 there is not one such school for Ne 0 groes in the State, The State has" spent for white teachers?^ htrrrcos?* $i 23,750.00 and not .one cent for Ne ^ -pro?te?ehersT -homearr- .Many Missis - v sippi Counties are- reported to. run ' their Negro -schools- for -ordy - four ' months in the year, although in?thep same Counties may be found consul -v idQted rural schools fen?whites run - * niifp-lm>e-m<mt}*s.?For - tbe- on 1 y e oi orcfl college in the State,.,the legis . ' lature declint'd tbimake an apprbpYiu ' t ion ? inL^t' a" ^ j t " .owiiutti, puiu i i VIII <i uviivyu.iciil \/i { yanination, -although?thtrIcfirislntTrrc | " i-etgjiUy .appropriated about -.$3,000, ' 'O^O^'br tlur'-'white^ etillcirtx of thtf ?tate. 1 -The Crisis announce^ that the next ^ Wtiilt 4?4)HHWiW,- 0TT-Wegro: CtrnT j' mon Schoois in North Carolina, will c be published in the February Num ber. In the Christmas Number, be ' sides the article on Schools in Mis 1 Sisyippi,n.thpxor'tn n detailed .ucniniM'1 of the funds received' by The Crisis v from the Cm-land Fund?Other fen Aurcs include: a first prifce poem by 1 ??liontcmpj; I'Tliou^liis?lmr * ^gpo;'* the seeond prize poem?by- -I CuiUitco CiiHen; n ii'iiuA ul "Nutgar-E Heaven}" "The' ShambleS of South * Carolina."| bv \Vnlter\Vhito- "Swnmp.1' Moccasin, a pri/r story by .John F. Cheyney and Edna Lou Walton. r '. ' >. . P RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING CH AP j GAIN GEORGE A. SINGLE TON , FOR THE EDITORSHIP. OF-THE j CHRISTIAN RECORDER IN 192tLU ?n - j( In this progressive nge publicity is ,] of parnrriourit importance. Every so ' J "cTal institution realizes the neces ij of flipping Ltlt> attention of theft >v Of Negr w Ouarterl' "*r~ ~ ^ ' '1 i ^i_. eaibej !* . , > , " ' , - ' trials _m__r ? FIRST ISSUE ?-1 NOVEMBER 22 fho Editors Include Some of. The Brilliant Ynnnpr?Writenj Of the Race. SUCCESS IS ASSURED. k y ro be Issued from 314 West 138th Street New fYork ' --v'; .1" Cit&__ New York,'Nov. 10.?-The N. A. A. j. P. is informed \that a group of foung colored ,wrifers are: planning o publish -a. quarterly magaziie to >e called- "Fire!-!". Thev Board oT Iditors includes-?I.nngrton?Hughes,-Sora Nealc Thurstrtii, Aaron* Dougass, Gwendolyn Bennett, John Davis, .VaHmjxr^Fimviiiaii andTfTuvo Nugent. " The new magazine is to issued from 114?West 138th Street. New York. . rhe. first' number is announced for mblication on.November 22. _ oading- public. "Tublic opinion is he greatest force in,- a .democra <Vrj l-'he newspaper is a most important actor in ereat jng_a- state. of mind md-an...altitude that wiH--ex}p-ee^Jl?_elf _to_ward the JLLuniplkishme'nt~of vorth.v . enterprise^. , _j. - *v ' P -This, the-A. M." E, efttivch has hot 1 ?cen slow to realize. The conng^tioii therefore maintains several news iapers and magazines. In the num or is?the Christian Recorder. This s a paper with a future. It is the ending mouth piece of the connec. i?>?. Itv p.xsihilif ii?c- nrn'prnnti tV?n if'nl is broad:?In'1028 When the lien raLConference meets in Indianapolis r^vtlt select - ^worthy man to edit ' his journal. This man should be well 'vi'-wd; a rclydtu, a .'.tuduill bf .reli?* rttuTs and . scoial questions, and of >ro?d experience,. One who knows the"" hurch. T . The qualifications mentioned - above tre Un-bir^uhH'in Chaplain George t. Singleton, Professor in Allen Uni uirsityBachelor of Soared Theology lorn Boston University School of du^d^y; -Master of Arts from Bos-- : on University Graduate School; has d tufted at Ilarv?rtl; was awarded a eholarship by the Class of Bishops if l'.tOH and ir now --pursuing work ending to the Ph. D. degree in the University of Chicago. Aside* from :is academic attainments, Chaplain -jnglctnn?served with the United tUu Army for three years- in- the 'hillippines, visiting Japan, and the bfwnairr Islands; served on th<* can Border, and during tlie World Var, was First. Lieutenant, and Chap rrin- orersenrr""!! <^hTi^rT)a:-?foFc(l "stfU essfully in the First. Episcopal* Dis. riot, and for the.past few years has icon a member of the Piedmont Animal Conference of South' Carolina. eood. In the meantime he was Pro e^Lsar.of- Social-jgeienee in Allen Ut'i versify. He is known to the pen 10 mean ability. - It ls_\yi"lli_priile that wer-thtf mem >er;rof the Piedmont Anrraal ConfeF nee, now in sessipp pn'l"r'"> u'artth C'TiapTain Singletnn 'for the Uditotvftip of the Christian Recorder mil ask our delegates, and the dele, rates of the other conferences in the -tata? ami foilfieetion to elect tfiisT VitUlhy ...mid-able ^ChTtst&ft" getrHe-~-4 nan. lic it therefore "resolved, that these fos?kiton?j ex'pr.cSk the sentiments md wishes of the Piedmont Annual "onferenee. A. X Martin, John C. McClellan, tL W. WiLherspoon, \t. C, Crawford, L_J3.?Smith,.Samuel Nance, D. H. ijins, I). L. Withersnnnn, I ^"IV Dmt?? tlasa, Olin L. Smith. > , O Srhools y- Magazine ': ? , ... ? ' "" ' i 1 Of A^COPY 1 ----- ?? WALTER WHITE g HISTORYCOLLECTS FOR - ~ CHURCH ?6,122.73 Trnrmoni-, OoofT-will, Fellowship r and 'Satisfaction in Cener.il : Prevails. mYXQLTE^miT EXISTS " ? Calmly Hid Hish.op Hurst Pre sitte. Bishop and Mrs. Hurst' ?- ? MuthLovcd.-c ' ' * ? T t 7"' The" PietHfiontr.-'Anrufpl Conference ~ - *. which came to a ch?^'AvIth* the read ' ing of the apf>6iritQierits last Sunday., afternoon w?s a veritable success' from every point of Anew. Vor sixr teen, years the sj^ritual heirs and ex. porients of the fire that drove Allen *- ! from St. George and caused him to build* for himself and his .posterity a house of untrammelled Convictions " have been laboring along with their TTther brethren m this part of _ihc ' moral vineyard.. ,1,'pder, the most ad. yersc^circumstanegg.. and "against -the- - ?. ? most stubborn of odds have the gallant constituents of t-his?Piedmont- ' Conference- trudged lhoir vrtrrr?And? the last session was the best ever iield. In point of harmon^v^piod tvill " ~ fellowship, satisJiaetion in...'-general, x ' this' 'conference has had" few equals ' ? and certainly no " superiors here"nor < elsewhere. ~ ---?_ The intelligence of her aggregation ' of men" was' d^pT-Tved "hv th,> g^r " mona preached.and the addresses da.-- . . livered. Wednesday morning, Rev. .,W. ^rdiev-prvachvd_gielTiniiiiaT ? sermon from I Cor. 13:13; ' Charity,". u,;,i.w.s ' i'p * ... ?> cuiivsuu> was inc occasion for "missions. -The sermon for this occasion was preached by Rev. J.. C. McClellan. It was a masterpiece of spiritual eloquence.. Dr. -McClellan with Wcslevan enthusiasm r;i*rii.-il : .Uio-evngrogutinn haelt -to the pioneer"""* ? days ol' African Methodism wiien cv ' " cry meeting wavlargely-a-meetfng~R>"' save- souls. The fervpr of this .-set*-' - * iftun .m-mlcd I he Api-uupp- ..i ?ti>. -uoor of the church. This was cdn ducted by- Dr. J. lb Rebinnun, T.uitui?:? of. the A. M. D. Review. The result was three accessions ?? ? > ? Calmly did Bishop Ilurst preside. .... No coercion; no storming. He suoke to a man jis a brother, thus challenging his manhood and pride, and eori'sei|uenily.aiumg- thu-tfrerrve?H-g?e i-? tb all the men and to tlie church while at the same time; he did" not. abuse the high oriice?t<v- which "the ? church has elinsp.il him. The nipn were eager to do fill in their power to liiake the best report^- of their career. 1 Ilfii lUl'ill WUS ICUU^UU. LTS, 1\, >v elected reporters to Die 'secular and* ' ?? church papers, respectively . '' ? i>r-?bims - spoke Thursday iiipiu. lie?trrrs?more limn?himself. t ihe addreSs he. delivered would have ~ ftrwed glory td ^th'C ilalis of XTymgress, ^ (young nian, iiitorined?yea edu. ciited; tearless and ambitious. Dr. David liehry Sims ' crovviheu with grandeur the erect schoui iiiswhieh.^ jie-^^'csHienta Ituvi^ J. W. With.. ' " erspoun, mT L. Ruins^, M.L G. \Vil_ L. Smith sang litung Selections and cliocrcd ilishop llar>; and tin- 1'resi - ?- .. dent. .More than ?uUU iyf was?eontnbutod alter Hie .address. Associated with Bishop Hurst was? ?tt. Rev. \V. T. 1 ernon tt^hnp of tho ' aih l^piscdpat Dutrwi. ^ 111*nop Yey- . . >. noil was a^wuree-ot inspiration to all.' .Vi * *' ,^ " TiZ A fV?t " "* ca, lie was able to -speak to the (.'on - . fere ace oT the Africa he has indeed fcoowh nigfrt" dtiTThfi; the' ~ r^=~~ platform exercises the'-Btshpj^ took us through- the jungles of thilt bfe_ inghled land. His remarks wenr~de_ livered with a degree u?_ pathos .that ~ invoked our deepest sympathies for our heathen" hi others" and sisters. As " he talked? of wumea -who taint for titty,' seventy five ami an tiundred CentmuedTon page" 2