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PALMETI
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SJATE TEACHERS:'
Sessions conveRes in Greenville
this year?100 per cent Attendance
Expected ' J
AN ELABORATE PROGRAM ~
?Gitiaens of the "Mountain City" are
preparing to Entertain
The Teachers . '
^_i_^:Cplumbia, Dec, 13.?The next annual
convention fo-the Palmetto State ~
Teachers' Association will be helcl in j
Greenville during the last week of
March according to a decision of the i
Executive Committee of The Associa_
tion in session here" Saturday?The invitations
and letters frgm the
Chamber of Commerce of Greenville
and the Greenville County Teachers' j
Association, also letters ffom interest
ed parties were reviewed by the-com
^mtttee alter Avhich. it was.unanimous- j
ly agreed to hold the~next convention ]
sion is to be held the same dates and
place as that of ^he whitetether..-, _
and the committee _has .keen assured of
certain advantages that will come
from a joint meeting place of both
bodies. The committee' has launched
a drive Tor members; An effort wilt"
be made to enroll every teacher in j
the Negro schools of the - State by
.February i, and to publish an alpha-I ,
betical list of all names by counties .
as given in the new roll's. Every .
school principal in the State asiced
t0 help .put over the "drive" for
members. Special speakers will be
speak at .mass meetings of teachers,
to distribute literature and to urge,
a full attendance - at the State Corr^r^
~ vention. ~
The committee in -session recently
.made a general ' onfflme 01 the pro-1
gram, leaving the details.to be work"
de out by the President," Secretary, t
and . others.. of?the sub-committee.:,
? The committee has been assured by t
the local committee of Grcenvillo (
i that ample - provision is being ar-: .
ranged for the entertainment of 1500 -r
or moe delegates, besides many other "j
things to feature the local -entertain- f
ment. An effort has already b.een )
?daunched'to enroll 100 per cent of adl {
the^ teachersr Iff counties above the]middle
section and to urge a full j
attendance a3 -well. According tir~i
-? the tentartdveTTrbgram being prepared (
by Dr. R. S. Wikinson and the com- j t
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PACIFIC BEACH
BATHING BEAUTY
fy ' f ' ' ' - . -r
VVon?first - prize tn bathing
" -hiettaty COi ^sl Hftt=PaciIie-^
tv - CQast Beach
SHE IS MISS MILDRID BOYD
Selected by Harry Pollard, Director
to Dance and play an
- Important Slave Girl
Universal City, Calif. Dec. (PaciBovdf
who \vnn first pvivn in thf> Hath _
i.thl P" >' \ ty. contoctvgl? -Pireiftg-g&ach,
California, a year ago^ h&s_heen selected
by flurry Pollard, director, to
lance and play one of the important
lave girls of the St. Clair household."
-yl iss oxjyjd .recently returned from
Sah Francisco wbeTe she nTav^TT fnr
.i.ree weeks w'ith'The "Struttin' Sam'J
company. ~
_ Other Beauties SelecleA? 1
Selected at the same time as Miss |
Boyd^weve .seven other beauties Haz-j
.'1 Jones, Marie Padre, Essie McKin- !
ley, -Dorothy Johnson, Daisy Buffcrd,
Ella Mae Johnson and* Edna
Cunningham.
AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK
BRIGHTEST IN YEARS
"^orth?trttrol Uia Governor. Re- jtommends
$10.000.00 For
Permanent Improvement
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C.overnor Mcl ean, in his message
.> the Legislature of North Carolina |
"cconi mended that $40,000.00 be giv-;
;n to (he Agricultural Department f)f
A. and T. College for the specific
,urp se of purchasing a new farm ~
rr.d prahing permanent improvements
n the form of a modern dwelling for
arm'-machinery, a piggery, a poulty
plant and orchard.y~~~" "
The evpnp<!ive-nrogram nf the past'"
re:ir primarily consisted of the fenc-J^,
ng-in-and planting oPa-30 aere- pas- ;ure.
Cn this 30 acres of land were
)lacod 44 tons of lime and 3 tons of ]
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; COLUMBIA, S. C., SAT
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COLORED ACTORS?IN
T>KM \XI>
Fox Studio is usinj* Co'ored Act?orsJn-"The
Wedding Kirf*^' ~7"
A New' PUiy
DIRECTED El if ROY NEIL
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Ten Negro Actors and Actresses
Will be a part of the
Cast
Hollywood* Calif., Dec^ (Pacific
Coast News Bureau)?Falling in
line with inhcr - stuilm^jjiy Ur'1|;,uuFox
Casting Director, Joe Kgii has
put_ in a cill with the Cinema Aux tiury
fur ten Nugiu -actors"atuT Heiresses
who will he a-pnxtrrrf the cast
ui "TheWedSing^ Rine^-^t story that
went into ^U'oduction-U'etlttesd ay- a miis
being directed by Roy Neil.
JOHNSON, BRADLEY. MGR.
RIS MOVES INTO NEW
FUNERAL HOME
Modem-in every -Respect?Not"
Surpassed by any such Establishment
in the State
Johnson-Brudley-Morris, well known'
undertakers in-Columbia,'moved into
their, new funeral home at the corner
cf Park and Washington streets
last week, with a splendid eguipme'ntr
fncjl'tips mrwf adn'"pia.H} to give service
of the highest grade in haialling
this grade of'work.' In fact, few Nectru
undertakers lh Columbia and the
whle South are in position'to render'
the class of service those young men
are now in a pcisitiun tu rulHlcr. 'ljiiL
hew funeral hethe; fronts on Park,
street and is most'.prominen ly located
in one of the best localities in
the. city. They hre just a block and
a half from"Cheir old stand and are
so welt'known that their friends can
reach them easily. Modern in every way?is^
the ~rrew home of this firm.
ItTTBtPtnnT a' "funeral. parlor. furnish,
lures, -a- chapel with a seatifig -crmrr^
nty~cTmore than 1 (JO, a pulpit for the
minister handling the funeral ceremonies,
a reception room and two ot'fices
to the left as you go in,'stock
rooms and embalming ' Inhovntorie.i
parage ami a sort of dormitory for
tbeTnerTwh0 work' wittrtho firm. '
Willis C. Johnson nnd W, II. -Bradley
own the firm. It was started in
Doluml'H several years ago by Wilis
C: Johnson, W. H. Bradley and
looc; h Morris?Morris left I lie -111 lil
:o engage in a similay business in
Banneitsville. Since?opening?bnni?
less in Columbia, jJohnson and Brpdey'have
worked late and soonLwith
he object of rendering eflifeientWtfri
Mce which they -did and as_a_ie.-iult.
Tulh.cd their ~way tn.thc front,' ifi^dc !
'rreigl^ ' "for the-?business', added to
heifr stock vearlvl arid now thov can
loasjfr-of having established in. Lluc.;.
leaVt of the business center of Col- j
lmhia a business that ranks first a-1
nong ihat class of business in the|
South. The concern?is a monument'
o these yoiyip? men Who have shown
>y , their diligence and thrtft what
moving men can do: Born and reared
;hing constructive here to which the1^
a^e could point to with pride and to
each other city ^reared hoys that if
hey will, bucklo right down nnd'tnHf
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Years Bene
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44A^? NEGROES
M aking oonn
Left the Southern farms and
; " wont lo ISdrtheiri"Industrial
Centers
RELIEVED RACE PROBLEM
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this migra ion has tcaused Divcrsiiicat
on of Industries
In the South
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Sail l-'ianei.sco, Calif.r Jnn?(P.irinc
.\ v. buicju) 1 he sh it tiny oi
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.ation ii'-.in" tite'tenant tarnis in the
.^outh to the northern industrial cen~i.r*
n ti.e-utftt tujt y^-ais'has been a
' {jic'at re.let to the race problem"
:i-tt Win U intoii Alexander oi Ati
i.iuii "tiii., uiner oi, Jthe liafrmm awaid
who'- was a recent visitor at. the
iictel fee, Fraiitis.
""Negroes Making /Pimh! ~
"The .vegroes arc-making good in
indus.ly, and the thr.it caused _by_
the saluting out oi ioreign labor,
has ilot brought .a race problem ta
t.ie noi ih, nccause the ..Negroes do
not pie-cat a problem until they ex- j
ceil do pur cent oi the total popu'..ition.
"nhi.e indu. trialleade'^havp oxpressed
appro\al oi the NegrO labor
ni.y nu.c^uonu.e- in geituig-the-men
iu Uuik t it t.. me -.nut m C.'i.pintr ikim
-uoai-Unving holidays without notieer1
h-s u e-tnained bv the-tact that on
u.o plantations tlie >Negroes Worked
i y "the sun, anil dQ not~yet underStunu
ttio use ot clocks.
Causing Diversification
_ "Tins/ migration is brealong'ufL the!
SuuUiern plantations into smaller uim j
ks ana is causing a diversincatiori of]
n.uus.i'.us ihe.e,. printing aoout'iuore
.trying and iatjuiing-jn that part of
tee country." i:
W ins' Harmon Award
*- -Atexan .or is a Southerner who re=c.nLly
received the award of the llar.
laon h'oaiiuiit.tnv of New York of $500
Ki d a gold medal as the person ad .
.idgetT the most "notable TtrtnrtfibutK.h
to the impio.ement of race'relations.
111 America during the past year,
the award was based on Mr, Alex-4
aimer's service as director 'of the
ion,?a h out hem?organisation wtSf
lundimnt ters m iAtlanta, "Ga. ""
hoitltion of Race Problem
.When asked what he considered the.,
solution ^of the Race problem, Mr.
Alexander expressed the opinion that
tho Megro wul have to be given a
sane legal status before the race'prob
lent _cau ,bo Sfilved.
auxf:d Schools* a necess
1 y. l\ o v kdlqmin g ft a
_t.TAL ANTI PARTIES .
Noted Fo'ons Discuss Danger of
Inter-Ka:1al Marriage &sa
? Kesutt of Mivwf SrhW)ts~?
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(Pacific Coast News Bureau)
JLos Angeles, Calif. Jan.?Does
rue , equality, living ior a tiptc- in
pu! lie high school and college, contact
eventually persfst ..beyond gratT"
lia' inn, . ,as the social positions of |
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fi * "vi a*v: uiawn ciuscr totret
her .thrau#h-~mtiUw?l~ 'and
Urates? 'rlhis was the subjec of dis- j
ctfs,sion betxvticn the noted solons, '
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W" MAR.
SAPTAIN
3M'S CABIN
Stees Stablkh
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Only Branch on Pacific ( cast t(
"Buitff ChurchTn Los ,
j . Angeles STARTED
~5 YEARS AGC
Construction will start withii
the next Sixty days on the
=^ ? Now "Church
(Pacific Coast- X'nus RnrWn)
Los Angf'fi.^ Cnlif .lin fntninj;
-from,?LlyiU imLhoi-home In- L\'on:
France, the first of their community
to sail for America, Three Sisters o:
dojng^ settlement work anion# th j col
ored people in Lcs Angele?. have un
der tho guidance of Rev. "or Gordon
editor, of the "Tidings'" and. Lev
Edmund J. Schlecht.of the Ameri
Lean Missionary^ Society " Plf^euragec
the Ccloted Catholics of Li.s Angeles
_to. build the first Catholic Civ reli m
the lactic fC'.ust.
As a result, construction will stari
within the next GO days on the new
church will >be built on Spanish Mis
Inon style of architecture with i
seating capacity of 350 and will In
street and Hooper Avenue, here.
; Fiye YeaVs Old
Colored Catholism in Los Angeles
-Gordon, started-St. August Sle^s?Str
c'.cty fs.r the men and the Peter Clav
er Guild for the women. Father W
Mullane took up the directive otfive
whoTT Dr. Gorman was seni In- the
-Bishop-^to-pursue-r higher studies ii
Washington and Lovian. St. Victtcr's
Hall wa3 then opened as a sec
lai center lor t^ciorcq catnoiics. r a
thcr Thomas O'Dwyer next canle tc
^ push the good- work -on." -About ?
rican Missionary Society came tc
Los Angeles and has since devotee
his energies to 'he work as pastor. oJ
St- Qdilin's Parish
. I * Onty "Branch
The enly branch of the Holy Nane
Society made up of colored folks or
the Pacific Coast was founded Jan
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-RETIRES
f] COLORED POLICE?
' RESIGNS POST
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' Voluntary Retires 1 after 23
\ Jiay-for Life " ' '
STARTED AT THE-BOTTOM
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) He was the only Colored Police '
Captain West of
Chicago
J ^ Anyclcy. Calif. (Pacific Coast
5 ly-colored police captain. Captain of
; ..defect ilves -William W. Glenn has
f handed in "hi- resignation that took ?"
l effect t Ho -night of December 31, 19V
- 2ri, ending t'.verity-throe years of
- "faifhful.'serviceV" "'"'V' '
?/ - At the time of hi? retirement, Cap
tain Glenn commanded the detective
- : <livi it n of Newton-Station arid whiter- ?'
as well as colored detectives of the ! '
5 Xew.tor. division were assigned to
nfeTF duties Ly the very -capable officer:
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Captain Gler.n worked his way up
' from a beat walking patrolman and*
was ibc^oldest egro* officer in point '
of service on the Los Angeles Police
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_Tj. <"* Cnt i eicgr-h!e fop re-fei
eiiicnr rrftrp twenty years, but"
j c.1 P.yill] ? lils. -duties jbrcc more- .--?
IJ.hd year.?reaching Lh* L
_ . roiP.xiLXiiy-ia^a and -In will rc.'ci v??
half of n c .pta n's -sala:y ime 4> fcat: . '
enee-ef b> ?>?. ??s
As a tokerPof apprerration the re- ?.
; " g 'Q.'l'.iv.';; ux.sealed with?? ?
, i- .diamond studded _hartge -by dtf? ?.pv.nny,
lVer.ctp J.cs- Angeles "citizens .
.fvl "tTvon'W* of vhe Lea Angeles
. Police Depart rn mt.
> Race OfTkcr T\ ill >Tot Succeed him
11 Altho Angeh*? has sever*!
1 '.'i. uvnaiit -detocthes?of?the Ihye it ?7?:
>.; \y,"!l probably be spuieiime befall any
I! of them will haw enough tiiffc to
? l ake the cxaminhtuli "for Captain*.-- ~
i In I.qs Angc'es the position is gain
j >tl thru a certain* period of actual 6JJ-"
s j jVrience and a civil service exami1
nation, Lieut. McDufT, exnlttvl rnlog. ,?
.[of the local Elks next in-line for
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