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ORGANIZED IN
. ? <^4^iose: Attention and Si^8yTj
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7~~ "Insurance. Lompgny - f,
J AS. H. GOQDE MANAGER'
Notwithstanding the Financial
Depression' t he Company
Increases Financially f
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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 .
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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
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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
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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
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>th Meeting
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COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU
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;rand jury ,
finds no bill
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kfter Deliberating several days 1
Brings in No Bill in Aiken
I - Lynching Case . -.
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FEDERAL LAW NEEDED }
The N.- A. A. C. P. Sends Mes- (
sage~to the President and
Governor Richards T2
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"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 ?
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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,
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resident of the United States,
he White Houses :
trashiTi(?tofT, n. c. ~?
-Yeaiarday tfre-ftrond Jury of Aik- ?
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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-!
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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."
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"To the Honorable J. Henry Johnmi,
presiding Judge? -;
"We beg to submit the following in
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^0 BENE
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FHTTP riPTtiesTi A im : \l
jl- v *j xv-a ir mo nA v Hi "j*NO
LIBRARIES-'
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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.
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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.
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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
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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<
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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
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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
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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~ ?
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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."
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