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- - .1 ' | ~ ' pHi H H|B - H I Ml I Hli_. wm HDB * ?-?) . , ,???', Pickens Ho i Seven Am ? ... _v^^. > - ..? ^ VOL. ra^NO. 5, SOUTH CARpLIN ORGANIZED IN . ? <^4^iose: Attention and Si^8yTj - ? ;V it has Become a ' great. 7~~ "Insurance. Lompgny - f, J AS. H. GOQDE MANAGER' Notwithstanding the Financial Depression' t he Company Increases Financially f ' ~ ~ ";^VV, - . On January 20th 1027, thc^Bu)ird of Directors of the Mutual' Relief and Benevolent Association ofTSoutji Carolina met in its annttttF^m*.eirm?--tttri. consider the report for thelFfSCAL ' yoar as given, be the Gehcyal.^laha? ger, James H. Goode.. -Oomg^hjto t every detail of the report, the meinl_ . berg were favorably?impreased with | ' ' the year's business and prog-less . - shown. / ???-- , In spite of the so-called economic J i and financial depression tKe report ~ showed that the resources uf .tlm coin- ~ pany were not in the least impaired; , i and even thoughthere ha,s been a I steady exodus of members of our t s i group to other Statps the volume of ' business done did not suffer any ser- t iouB effects. This healthful state-' of < affairs shown by thejjqporf "is ia fine < ?index of the goo.d type of. service ien=_i dered to stockholders by their Mnna- j .. agement amfwy mf\yyp lYifwyp nif f ger and his assistants. It should he i kept in mind that, this company -is -a-rmrtual asaae-tatton, thai o'tch ooliey d holder is a stockholder, that it is a 1 South Carolina product by the peo- ' pie of South Carolina for the" people i ?' ?pf-the. State and that its fundamental 1 policy is to opei'ate all matters to the . 1 \ advantage of our people at large. 1 It does not seek to hoard funds* but i " Continued on page 2__:. I't^F* ' I BS^s^se 'fe^lN* r ; y . /, jAMIJH II. v. Manager of The South Carolina, JVlut u un *+ W_ Ids Mamrrtc J~A Half IVI ipj NEGRO E: ' - ' .. jsl \ : ? -Wrr lAUATOrVM ^ USUAL CKUVm" = . .V . t ... , > \?i?. On aI)cbAte staged flie "Usual * Crime,"^Supposed Basis for Lypehrng ILYNCHING IS "A CURSE" j While?Women Repudiate Mob ^ ?Violence as a Protection to White. WomAnhood ' - ' -V;"' L: -' : 4Cew- Yorkv-jR?>428?Jame^- WeWon r lohnson, Secretary of the National a Association for the Advancement of' n Colored Peonle. GO Fifth. Aydnue; in- ^ i letter published in the February is- f; .ui1 of- thi- Forum Magazine, chaUen- ~ -i'L'S the facts and figures in the de- e i.ale on lynching published in the De ember, 1,026 issmy rrf the Fui'um, In nis letter., Mr. Johnson challenges ^ he assumption put forth by the ri^t- j( ay. in the debate that "the usjjal .rime" is?a justification of lynching g, ind" charges that the debators igin red the figures which they them- ^ elves quoted from the N. A. A. C. P. t] coords. tl Mr. Johnson ritta-fhe N.?A. -A. C. - j -H?"talis1 ics -showttm1 thai' '^ess?tharr ? 18 per cent of 3,500 mob victims in t,j I? years wore even* accused of crime igainst white womanhood. The bru- ^ al murders of Aiken,. Spilth Car?ina. are cited together with the pub- i, lished utterances of bodies of lead- ^ ing white women in the Southern - (Continued on Page 2 z * i- t I " | I js^. i 's I ^h WB I v^S55t. I * " ' I KSSiiyBBBB v CIOODID ; ?4r al Relief & Benevolent Association I HflB HA- - riHM^ * >th Meeting llllion i>ieg COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU ^ * a' iAL Kt XTENSIOJj ;rand jury , finds no bill . . r ' ' . I . ii ' Hi ? kfter Deliberating several days 1 Brings in No Bill in Aiken I - Lynching Case . -. It ? . FEDERAL LAW NEEDED } The N.- A. A. C. P. Sends Mes- ( sage~to the President and Governor Richards T2 -: - . ? 1 f t "New'Tork, Jan. 24)?Failure of t^ST 7 iiKen, c>. u., UfancI Jury to indict' * lembers of the moT> \vfilch last Octo- ( er 8, iyriflfed a colored woman and . ii'o men of the Lmvman family, after enioving their victims from the Aikn County jail, today brought a teleram from the National .Association or the Advancement of Colored. Rao- ^ le to President Coolidge, asking him' > urge-passage of a federal anti,'nching li^ upon Congress; and a 'atement from Waiter' White, Assist nt?Secretary- of-the?Advancement ? I * r kssoci^tion and first to investigate ae Aiken?lynchirigs. declaring thrA t ae names of the lynchers are known throughout Aiken County. At the"office of the^fJatiohal Asso- j iation for the'Advancement of Colred People, (& Fifth Avenue,-Mr, fhite said: " . ' v?' -The naipe* pf the Aiken County _ /nchprs. are known throughout the Jountjy. Last October, I weht down here.; ,1 spoke, to leading-white citi~ ens. j The names were freely men?ioned. I sent those names in- a~ se- ^ en page letter giving circumstantial j act's,-i' to former Governor Thomas ^ I. MoI.eod of South Carolina. Sworn Hidavits of people in the iail at the _ ime .the mob victims were removed, ^ nu at otners, corroborated my charViK Ufllll, iW-slierifl ami blliceTS ol the 7 iw cofinived in^deliveving the prifl-: nrrfl I lie Aiken nu>h.~~ WhaT~evb ^ once | was presented to the-* -Grahd uryjby the State we have of course o way of knowing. If the StAte )g7?nUictnients, the evidence was at. ^ and. Tra* present Governor has this idenee. The State Detective W. V". Rogers"! had it*. And presumably, Ije State attorneys also had it. "The" failure of the Aiken County t irand Jury to indict is nothing more j or less than a * proclamation that t 'Oimth' Carolina, despite the appeals ^ nd the Presiding Judge, intends to taridy by lynchers* wtttrtTT ttrr borders hj et'ause of the mob murderers.. are j hite-and the victims black. To callt _ uch n State civilized is tp travesty' j he word." ... . _ I The telegr'.m 16 l'fertldent CooTt^T^ e, signed by James Weldon Johnson,! ^ ^cretary, and by Mary White Oving-1 ectors of the National Association j ; r?r the Advancement of Colored Pen le, is as follows: ' , January 29. 1927. Hon. Calvin Coolidge, ? f u resident of the United States, he White Houses : trashiTi(?tofT, n. c. ~? -Yeaiarday tfre-ftrond Jury of Aik- ? ?i?L. a: a (Continued on Pag* Two). m LI L * i ?r?r~ as--'1 In Pfus6i; ~~ " r roes With fid i I . ' V "* ^ RDAY. FEB R. 1B37 Ejef~ai i WORICE LYNCHINC PICKENS LECTURES IN HERRENHAUS Rewrites that 1500 jammed the Aisles and Every Seat was Occupied [>i? HA^in t\t titnun t nir tu iiuiTicj ii'f r rinnuAitT ? Berlin Newspapers .Carried Pictures of Him andf(eld^>f His Meetings ' <i^^fYiorkj Jan. 28?The National ^swociatmn^for "the Advancement of Colored People h(u. heard ifrom Wilfani Pickens, its FildtV^SecTetary-'Tio^r >n lecture tmrr in Kuropgrthat tie had leld his biggest meeting in Berlin, apital ciity of Germany, in the Herenhaus, the Prussian Parliament luilding. MrZ^ickens wriites: "^bout 1,500 jammed the aisles and verjf seat of. the Herrenhaus. In the ifternoon about 6 Berlin newspapers arried pictures of mo and nnnnnnrpnents pi meetings." . ' " T7 T~ Mr. Pickens is expected to return o "Ne\v<fc\*brk""9:arly in February, afer \vhich he Will lecture and .write and, Russia, Germany and J?rance. SOV. RICHARDS' DTCC!T, A I? A TTnxr "I am . very much dissapoint'Od at he failure of The Aiken Grand jury o find True Bills against those who uiVe been charged with the Uwraan ynching. - "I am familiar with the evidence fathered by Governor 3TcI,egd and TTiT*officers, atid that secured by myrelf;. an<r I -arn convince< 1 iri my own nind that it makes out a prima facie ase. The failure of the grand jury 73 ureseni those' charged bCf&l'C fT nust rest" squarely upon their shoullers. "The evidence has been, submitted. Phe-dwlge, the Attorney General; and he Solicitor, have discharged their liity faithfully iiTTdTeirriessly, and, vith a sincere desire to upholds the! najesty t>f the law. And yet there emains this miscarriage of justice hrough the failure of the Grand ury to realize the situation and fear *ly dreghm-gn trcr solemn ditty;--'?j "There can be no justification of | ynch law, 1 care not what the of-! ?,U/. 1 1 ' ' ' " ' a m; lyjiuneis cu&cagaxos?all,. aw, spits in the-^face of the courts, | trri?strikes?at?the very fouliila'tiun j f our civilization; ami the Aiken ynching, which the evidence shows, fas the act of .a yerrsmallgroup of nan, ii nna nf thn mnct hogtinl thi\\ ias happened in our State. "I promised in piy Inaugural adres g-ttrat"T~wcuM"~stltn'd for the maetfrty of the law" I meant what ij aid. I promise the people of SCouth Vtrolina that if it lies within my I irivvpe?Ailf?1?? ..fa.??-J-?u?1 L rought to justice." I l- - Text of I'rrMMitminl - J __ 0 / "To the Honorable J. Henry Johnmi, presiding Judge? -; "We beg to submit the following in '..TV t ? ?-- ? * ? > f : ~mmm mm s ? ^LJ i hh 1 m m i an Parliamer out-Library ^0 BENE RS HOLD FHTTP riPTtiesTi A im : \l jl- v *j xv-a ir mo nA v Hi "j*NO LIBRARIES-' A.- - ? .... ' .'.-st 37 per cent of all Counties in . the Nation have no Public Library Facilities " ? RECENTITY - DISCOVERED ] Many Counties have been over- -~ looked- Completely, Some ffuj Receive Attention.. clo (Pacific Cq^I^Inrn'0 ' (Your City)? Jan.?Four-fi^fat^iOfj thermal population of thia^ '-SBBftjf & are without library service and 1,160 or 37 per cent of all counties in the s0r nation have no public libraries; withs. Jeri 1 in their boundriies. Seven and One- mo half million Negroes in tho Southern o?A ...Ul 4. Ill aiw >1 miuui nurary iacuiues v" and seven States are without organ- we ized State library extension work. ln? These. facts have* recently been brought to tight hy the American Library .'^Association thru a recently su^ completed'survey which uncovers the irjf? fact thats many counties have been ^hi completely ovffilooked whilfe others s101 receive' attentfon.^*6>?-a- number of ses agencies, "TT. ' ? == Kel reference to what is known as the *ac I Aiken lynching: ~. "iter j "First of all we wish to. extend *or lour sincere thanks to the att^p^y^1'8 | geneyal. Hon! J. M. Daniel, forthC Interest and aid given us in endeavor- en* ing to apprehend the party or part- nui ies respjonsible for the crime. We ^ further wish to'thank Detectiv Rog- ' rs, the solicitor and. the court for con- ^ _sidera?ions shawn us in our. undertaking. _ ^ jjim all. testimony brought defore us by]on the state, and have weighed carefully anc in our minds said testimony, allow * 1 ing neither prejudice, favor or. senti- j'K5Cl ment to interfere.,in arriving at our' decision. ' . - ' I | "We wish to inform the court that: we do earnestly believe in the ' 1 Col servance of law and order and the enforcement and respect for the laws of our state, arid assure you of our p. willingness and desire to do what is q in our power to cause such a condi- ? tion to exist. ' been given this crime and we hope qu the same publicity may be given the , ^ fact that we do positively condemn lynching, mob violence, or atvy act qoc that will brine reproach on the peace ^ and dignity of our state. "We have endeavored to bring be- j iore our body as witnesses all per- ' ^ sons whm we had reason faielievfitp^ could give us any Information, some = of these names, being furnished by suft members of our body. Some did not . appear- and are now in other states. for body has visited the jail and moi madfc close inspection of certain " doors nnd cells and t.heir relation to thn the cells occupied by the .parties, who aid< t * * - -- 1 were jyncneci, and after carefully and j suri jiHgently considering all, evidence , to < and facts that have (come before us I an we beg^ttr-strtnrdt the following as dip wr findings: " -U1 1 - |"A1 "To wit, That wa do not feal that ^???1 ?1? . , H ^ / Lt Building ^ . * : '. 5v A copt? VOLENTI C1ATION SESSIONS 01TTH-WIPK ?CONFERENCE^ pet at State College, Orange' burg, S. C.?Many Notable Guests Present JCCESSFtTC CONI ERENCJE ? jsistant Director A. P. Spencer of Florida Presides at the Sessions Orangeburg, Fob. 1?The 'meeting _ the Negro.: Supervising Agents ~ " lvened.'. in- the new Y. M. C. A. tding, AT & M. College, at nine o'- : ' ck for its second day's work last ursday. V^nt^y^, A. P^S^e^cer,. t iie difliculty in' und^rstandl^^^^bis that-arise in .extensipri work a- -Uv ng Negroqs, but the discussions yesterday and today are beginning give us a view point upon which t may base our future understandof he questions discussed." Efficient "Agents, extension publicHand Negro 4-H Club" work were7 7 "~ .... Dr. J. A. Evans, .Assistant '* . ef, OfficeJof Cooperative Extenn Work, presided at-the afternoon" sion. "^ In discussing publicity" Director ; ? Ter, of Tennessee, defined news as ts of interest .'to the general pub"Opinion Is trot iieWs". TKeeelT: ' states the opinions and beliefs of paper. His news columns are >n to facts that will interest and . Crtain his redaers and add to their :* ' . nber. The program at night given jointby State College and Agents' Coneriee, included Mrs, Ola Powell leolm","Field Ageiit'Southern States' ~ . " riiis's Loony I. Landrum, State Cnt, Soirrh Carolina, as speakers ? the following subject: "The Ho me I Its Iniprovement." )r. C., .\V. Warhurton Director of tension Work, tb: S. Department Agriculture, will be on the prom in today's meeting. > li order that the Conference delelege, a reception' in their horior 5 held during the afternoon. ITE. LITERARY: AND SOCIAL - i.i D nn.Tinmtn^KS LIHIK AIANDA HAMPTON. Wc arc glad to reporTHie gcner- *. ~ * b of this city, show.ii in the presenon of $6.50 to Little 4 Amanda aiptoar-jwha i5 -a- patient aL-the ? ? id Samaritan Hospital being treat- [ for burns-received in- April at her???? = te in Springfteld, S. C? whrle play pf in the hbuse with other children, t'e are glad t oheaV that she is valescing rapidly^- -v~ ? " ' . :?It? icient evidence has come before it this time to warrant our asking indictments^ against any one or e parties. Again we wish to extend bur nks to the court and all who have *Lus in our investigation, and as-" ing the court of our willingness so-operatg with it at all times in -? effort to maintain the peace and ircy oi tne state. Irprr-County Grand'Jurors,, ??? J. PLUNKEtT, "Foreman." r ' ' - * ' - ~ - * .... . i