The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 07, 1927, Image 1
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VOL. a?NO 18
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IN NORTH
? ?CAROLINA
Negro Vote to be Deciding Fac
tion In Coming Election Jit
Raleigh..
COLORED: LAW ABIDING
Opponents of Offioe Holder HoT3
Different View?Declare Such
Actions Forbode Trouble
Raleigh, N. C., May 6" (ANP)?
From present indications the "NegrfT"
vote will be the deciding factor-in the
forthcoming city election. Acting
upon the advice of the political leaders
of the State of North Carolina,
hundred "'of Negroes have registered
7 and are eligible to vote.
This large and unptecedent regis- tration
of Negro citizens has caused
much concern-in political circles here
- and has become a distinct- issue in the
campaign between the present office
holders and the candidate. Mayor
Culbroth, in discussing the matter dcclared
that " we have as law abiding
colored citizenship as any city in the
state and, lj colored people desire to
take-pin't in the city election that is
their privilege given under otir form,
"Til of ' government, "Which_~ts non-parti-.
. san." l
Thig saTWfe'UItffude is taken by Eii.
~"0r~Birdson, Commissioner of Public
_ - Safety, and C. C. Page, Commissioner
of Public Work, who expressed tl^e o- +.
> pinion that "a|iy citizen who can read
and write the Constitution has-a right
ftp register and vote in the city elec[tlon.
.
. , The opponents of the present office
,.i; holders, however are of a different oh
pinion and declare that the registraT;tion
and participation of Negroes iiTj
. :a white man's election forebodes evil
and trouble.?One policeman has r<>
1 signed because of the. "repudiation of .
Uiliifo on nrnm.Qnii"?tm/J nnr.d!/ln*/w, 1
MUlkv uu|7i\.uravjr ana-flic^ uuuuiuaiva
for office have sent telegrams throughout
the State and to- United ,istaW*
Senators.from the South, decrying the _
attitude of Mayor Culbroth and others
on the ticket. 0
! TEXAS LEGISLATURE RECOMMENDS
ESTABLISHMENT OF
\ '\ NEGRO ELEEMOSYNARY IN- _
STITUTION * ^
, | Austin Texas, May 6?Advocating
,the additional expenditure of
$100,000 for the conversion of the
i>" . : Eastman State Farm into an institution
forthe cohfinemervf of delinquent
Negro boys and girls in -Texas,
the subcommittee of the house committee
on eleemosynary institutions J
HustSi
Sama's Eff<
GIVEN A!
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V/VIjV/1V1JL/ /
TER ROLE
Enrm Boy To Support Rtehard
fkirt hlerncNs in AtaRzihg
Novel
NEW WAR EPIC
Rare Boy, Raymond Turner Declares
Highest Ambition is
to Portray "Othello"
Holywood, Calif., May 6?In the
\jiehi.. Rogers_St. John's amazing '
prize fight story of the strange_.and_
adventuresome career of the cynical
Patepi- Ix?ather Kid, hardboiled and
cocksure of himself, but needing the
cataclysm of war to shake his~crust
loose from the depths of his heart,
a colored diarjn * buy of New Mexico..
has been selected to suppbrt Richard
Barthlemess. in the roll of "Molasses."
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When ,A1 Roekett, the. producer of
'-'Al,y"iih:iivt ^ Lincoln" and Alfred Santell,
the director,'searched for the prototype
of "Molassas," htey were referred
to Raymond Turner. A test convinced
the producers and the star that
the colored boy was the very re-incarnation
of Aclela Rqgfers St. John's
character.' in, tKe addaption. Turner
was signed for the role, \yhich is the
brtnrest irt, lus, career, argl one of the_
rrctmg plums ,ot lThe production,
a war epic of the tank corps, is
to cost over a million dollars, the war
scenes of which are now being filmed
at ("amp Lewis?Wash.
Raymond Turner war. born in Rone ivol.1
V M s?nd vvt.c . nn..n,l ? foum
Dissatisfied, with country life in the
4 daring New- ^fexiean sun, Turner
came, to California and engaged in
various . and sundry jtasks, secretly
nursing an ambition to become an ac- ,
tor.. Kvontuallly he found himself
trudging the long distances froni studio
to studio here, and one day Dame
Fortune put" him wo#k as a chauffeur
to an independent producer. Turner
"sold himself" as an actor to his employer
and played a small part in a
features. He registered so successful
that he was given other parts
and later other companies asked for
his histrionic services. . Turner is
highly enthused over his opportunity
and declares that his ambition is to
some day portray Othello in the screen
vtrrrrionr ? ? ???
WHITE WOMEN'S CLUB SPONt
80R8-NKGR0 PLAYWRIGHT'S
DRAMA (I
Los Angeles, Calif, May 6-?Closing
its premier run of three we.eks. at the
Broadway "Majestic Theatre," Garland
Anderson's ."Appearances1' will
opgn Monday, i\lay 2 for a thfCc-WOCk
run at the Playhouse, the attractive
little theater on South Figueroa St.,
owned by the Friday Morning Club,
composed of a Jffoup of the most influential?club
women <>n the Coast.
who arc acting as sponsors.
Following, the Engagement at the
ifrlttvhnnr.n" A nw?amnrpg,J milt KA ailf
cn a-run either in the Wilkes Theater
or the .Columbia.
Woodruff, Paradise; T. J. Renfro,
Mills. County and C. T; Sheets, Frank- lin.
.
? i recently recommended the proposi;
f tion to Governor Dan Moody for sub- j
mission at the special session of the :
State Legislature
0r.~H. H. Harrington, "chairntan rif
the State Board of Control favors the
proposition which provides for the
expenditure of $100,000 in buildings
for housing Negro girls and the con,
"" "version of the $250,000 of impvove
ments in buildings now on the farm
into a home for Negro boys. '
The last legislature passed a bill
authorizing the creation of a home
, for delinquent Negro girls but ornitted
to make an appropriation for construction
of the home.
At present 250 delinquent Negro '
( boys are confined in the State training
school at Gatcsville and past ef^
forts to nnd quarters foi Lliein liave been
unsuccessful. This institution
. ... . 1
was onginauy aesigneo ior wnite ael_
linquent boya only, butT Negroes ,were.admitted,
with the result that there'
are now 900 inmates in ttrcr schools "
|j* which exceeds its capacity,
jf The subcommittee of the house comv,
mittee on eleemosynary ^institutions
consists 6f ^Representatives Grady
>lve Its
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COLUrfBIATT. C., SAT1
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VCTOR SEL
MUST PRACTICE I'
BROTHERHOOD
Dr. A. Will- Alexander of <
Southern Inter-racial Com.
n itfiltee Talks to Preachers
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY ,
The "Make the World Safe For t
, Democracy" Slogan s .Has
Dimmed our Minds
Nashville Tenn, May 6 (ANP)?
The practice of the "brotherhood gos- l
pel" in addition lu the preaching of c
it was advocated as^a means of solv- t
ing the race problem, by Dr. Will W. J
Alexander of the Southern inter-ra- t
-e+?4?Commir.r.ion,?in?nddreooing 310 -c
country ministers and religious work- t
ers here Tuesday. . . ' " 1
Dr. Alexander* who received the 1
Harmon award for his work in de-. ~
VolnniTlfT n mAl*n fflnn/ilw I--" I -
M IIW4V Ai ivuuijr Utuiuuu UC" y
tween the races, declared that the-Pro-_.<
testant Church and the South must t
do something definite in the solution t
brotherhood gospel, and urged the re- i
a\vakpning?of the spirit of democracy <
that existed during the Great World 1
War. "The old cries," said Dr. Alex- i
under, "of self-determination, the
right of the minorities and the slogan t
oF make th? world safe for democracy (
have dimmed in our minds..We fought -I
and bled and died for these things aTtd"~T
then on November 11, 1918, democra- c
cy died." c
SPRING FIE I J), ILL., N, A." A. C. P. i
STAYS HANGING OF COLORED H
MAN 1
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- New York, April 29?Prompt" ac-~~
Hon by the Springfield. 111.. Branch ?
nf the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has
procured a stay of execution in the .
case of Hprsrhpll A nilrouro o nnlnroit
Irian who was to havo baon hanged ?
on the "morning of April 22. Andrews *
has -been sentenced to hang for, stabbing
to death Thomas Tate last Christ-- j
mas Day?_.l - I
-A. L. Meeks, Secretary of the
Springfield Branch, reports that when
the case was called to their attention,
he together'with Charles 42; Phillips j
went to Urbana, Champaign County (
to investigate. His report states: t
"We interviewed several prominent j
qjtizens and" foUhd. that the majority j
of the people, though not approving
of the hanging, were doing nothing ^
picvpnt if?Lfpon interviewing sev- ^
eralA>f the oldest citizens we found r
that no white man had been hung inChampaign
County in forty or fifty
years, although the murders commit- j
ted by them were more atrocious than ^
that of Herscheyy Andrews. In view
of this fact we felt that the N. A. A. ^
against this hanging. A colored stuV
. ... r _> it. . TT -ill... tit* * i-1 J
(lent oi trie university 01 Illinois toiu j
me that the white students were clas
moring to attend the hanging. It ^
seemed that the.white citizens looked ^
upon the hanging as an object lessim ~
to other Negroes who might be in- c
elined^ to-- be bold. - Hlr> Forrost B.?^
Gore, the defense attorney was re .
lentless in his efforts to obtain a re- ~
prieve. " ' , ?
The defense was successful in its j,
effprts and ~on a writ of error arid t
suporsedea?r isssued injustice-Frank
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radite Rac(
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OF RIPT1
V_/F Dll\ 1J
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LJRDAY, MAY 7, 1927 ??
^-9- B Kl
M m^k . .- .
^B *?^BJ B? ' ' ^B-^ - -< ro B
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ynite /people. The ease against him ^
vas dismissed in federal court at New r
)rleans. . (
TEALTH OP AFRICANS DETER- *
MINES FUTURE PROGRESS
SAYS OLDHAM ' j
New York, April 29?The National j1
Association for the Advancement Col- "
Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, has ^
eceived reports of an address de- *
ivered by J. H. Oldham at . Liverpool
Jniversity in England, in which ^
usserted that health of Afrcian "ff# *
ives would prove an important fad- 1
or in the development of the Conw-'f^
Dr. Oldham quoted an American 1
ifficial who had visited Eqst Africa '
Hast Africa alone there were a
0,000,000 acres capable of bearing '
otton, an area three times as large '
is Ahc-xottoir acreage in the-United
r ?T?Mr.Oldham
said the native popuation
in tropical Africa was not only
parse but was declining. The natives v
leing under-nourished and the diet 1
>eing of the wrong kind- The natives *
aid Mr. Oldham, were eager for eduation,
and the schools do an imporant
service, in spreading education ^
n housing, hygiene, sanitation and (
he handling of ^
i. Dunn of the State Supreme Court, ^
he caSe will be reviewed at the June I
grnii gf the court. "
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FYLER REPORTS
TON.A.A.C.P.
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jmrrett Richardson, Race Man
Accused of Attacking
White Woman
\ v PULLMAN PORTER
Vlabaipti .Defeated: Victory j
Clean. Cut and Decisive?
' ? Case Dismissed
New York, April 29?Harold M. Tyer,
of the law firm, Tyler, Dotson, \
jieter and Lorick, in Chicago, reports i
o the National Association for the ]
Vdvancement of Colored People that I
he attempt of Alabama to have a' col- ;
rred?man,?Garrett Richardson,?es?3
rarlitetl has-been defeated. In hh?--t
etter to the N. A. A. C. P., Mr. Ty- j
er writes: .
It was with pleasure that I advise 1
rou that the extradition case instltut- c
id by?the State of Alabama? for the
eturn of Garrett Richardson was won i
>y us yesterday afternoon. a
I received the statistics on lynch-* t
ng in the U. S., in Alabama, and 1
Jevemer Greesbeek V-decision in the 7
lay Case in plenty of time for mq to t
ise in preparation of this case. j
Our Victory was very clean cut and a
lecisive. Chief Justice Lynch of the 5
^rtminal Court of Cook County re- f
eased tha man on habeas corpus pro- .
eedings, after?Governor?Small, bf
>ur Stale, had issued an executive
iwrrant. ^ ~
I might add also that Judge Lynch (
s a democratic jifdge,- The aTabamai
ample?were beaten overwhelmingly.
wish to extend my heartiest thanks
'or the cooperation of the N. A. A.
1'. P. given me and my client in this
:ase. . ~
The man whom it was sought to <
ixtradit'e was a Pullman Rorter ac- j
msed by a white woman of attack-!
Ug her Uv.Aalabama in- a car full of '
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acc P?
UPL ACE <
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t PICTURE"
SCIENTIST '
Monzo W. Pond, Director of I;o- ;
gan African Expedition 01
Beloit College
"i'NDS OLD SKELETON
Mr. Pond Believes T'rehTstoric
Man Populated Africa and \
Then Migrated
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.New York. A nriL21t?Africa is .triv.- a
Ml as the scene where mankind o- ,
iginatecl, in~a "report Aloir/.o W. ~
'olid. Director of the Logan African ^
Expedition in Beloit College,'of which
i resume' is ,published in the New |
fr'm k Times and relayed hy the N'n.
TDTnrl?A ssocintiorr for t-ht*?Advtvneciient
of Colored People.'
The expedition, according to Mr. |
^ond, found the skeleton bf a human ,
hild dating back to GO,000 B. C., in
Mgeria,.- Northern Africa* and also
emains of long"extinct animals such (
is a giant ox measuring r>2 inches^ be'olul
believes that prehistoric man (
iTvpuJafrd Africa -and then -migrated ,-p
o Europe across the land which once
oined the two continent., of Europe ' ;|
rnd Africa Uefore the Mediterranean 1 y
>ea separated Gilbraltor and Italy
'rom Africa. -i
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' 'KNOW GEORGIA FIRST
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ieorgia Leaders I'lan Tour of Georgia p
To Aquaint lhemsel\cs 'and The ~
World With the .Resources and
Natural Advantages of-".'the
Empire State of the South
President?Benj. . F. Habort of?the?7
loorgia State Industrial-College; P.. 1
1. Stone, State Agent f01*.Negro Fx-;
'ension Work; Alvji Tabor, Supevvis-' n
>r of Agricultural Education in No>1*0
Schools;-Miss Annie Dixon, I)i- ^
ector of Home Economics Education;
3. S. Ross, Professor of Agriculture; ?
drs. M. M. Jones, IlomaJDemonstraion
Agent, Chatham County; Mr. sj o
V.. Jones, Sec-Treas, K. of P., Bureau
if^Endovv-nie-nt, along -with other odn- ' ,,
mors antl business men in Savannah
ilanning to toui7?tho_ State of Geor- j
fia. . . -v _ ... ..." .. i r
In speaking about the proposed [ n
Know Georgia First" trip, President :l
lubert stated .that the t ime has collie I 7
hat \ve must let the people of Geor- A
:ia_ and the world know what is being?
lone ,in this great S.tate and somehing
of- the vast' undeveloped resour,
es that Georgia offers to those who I
ire willing to invest their labor and 1
,vo?,T ..noclm,'.-*;..
iotcs have been heard about Georgia. ''
Very little has been given to- the~ *f
vorlcl about what our great" State is r
loing and what will be done in the fuure.
Last week, a former Georgian *1
i'rtoe me from New York saying, "I
ead with a great deal of interest and 1
uide, the speech that you made on
V>.pTnt^ and ihcir contrihu- r
iOn tn the State and Nation. I am
flad to got an -optimistic note from,1'
leorgia. The world should he made
o know the good things in Georgia. ''
To to it." This is the way evfry pa- s
riotic son of Georgia fyels about his '
Itate. / ' . ' , * j n
_L Ciontlnnerf; on pago 3.
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)blems
n Chicago
OF- MAIM?
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i'oucj: iiirt TAiJTY ~
: ~?INCREASING _
'ill nilrmn nrrlmv Tun \/;?nwic *
Hands' Vp. .one Tries t? Kvplain
and is Sfaot
si'(;ko; w \k\h;i>
iVarranl Issued Recently Chargr- / :
Tng 4>HWer Hove With ?
Manslaughter
.New York, April 20?After a mtm?
>er i>t' cofiiVrences between \Y. Hayes *
lIcI\inney. Chairman of tHo Legal.
Tmimittee of the.Detroit-Branch, Na
iorial?ion -fi.i; tlv Advance-- :
nenf of Colored People, and Robert ' .
il. Toms, Deroit PVosecutor, Mr. Toms
us -pocommeadod tlu- pf- a ._-k
; raittnt "iduirgintr Patrolman William <3. .
love with manslaughter. The war- .
! in U:is ..ittnetl li.v .hulv.i" i-\i iluu Kil- ?: 1
.nlTtek.- A ' *;. - ' .
1' ni<.allosed that Putrolnfan Hoyc
'aj'.aaiv.. T- la.-t. canto- upon. Lvvq col;
ned nun lighting and ordered then;
11 hold up-.their hartils. One of these
en. AV-t-H'tvm Aldiidger,- while linking
up nis hands-* attoiupted to -eX- . ? ilaitutho
cause of t,lie altercation and, . . '
E is alleged, was struck iii the mouth J.
i.y the patrolman and'"then while holdnjr
his* hands over hj:Tche;rdTrMr. Al
ui^y* iH?t aim kiikmi.i\v iiiv police
nicer. When the hi>dy? of Aldndge
ms .-searched it was found he was un.
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The X. A. A. C". P. is prosecuting'
ITT-"i~;V;e as a ru- nil of nnnurous re- ?
iprts of police "brutality in the city
!* Octroit-.; r ' r r - -r
LPPRlk-UlXT A IT V14?- 44 A Ml I/ION _
TlsH TO- A DDHlvSS N .\7 \. C.
P. IN INDIA \ .\POI.Ik ?
N'rw York, April 2'.'?-liepresentn- ,
tve ilaniiHen "Fish of New York, lias
ecoptod an .iiTvitation to addles:", the
kfFr VmT::i7 r.ii'OT.Tii o of ;Ti '?T.'tion- '
.1 Association for the Advant-vniyiit
f Colored Peopie/in Indianapolis, tdic "
leek of June-2 o -8.
Irr F i*' h 'tin ? In* n one < the I'tnuwcli 1 ?'
riends of the Negro's cause in. Con
;ress, lighting .-for- the Dyer ^Anli.-^ ^
> uvhing Bill, and introducing a bill
f-hijt own. for\a .nioiinincnt to he eect.ed
in France to the.colored troops.'
f the Ui. S.?44xpoditiona-ry? Forces __
,hich distinguished themselves, on
'reach soil. : -z:jrr: ~
Mr Fish himself commanded color -.1
troops in the World War and.has. ,1
ever hesitated to defend their record
gainst attack and to praise therrron
rw? tloor.. ol" .Congress. -
^s\\ IK \yisw-tvt imm,m;iA'TK
DIBATK
Greensboro,^". Cy. April 29?On
Ttrp. ye v e n i h g. April '29, the sixth ' ?r~
? n iWni l e r - c'otti g i a t e debate l>cwgeil
the A. and M. Colleges of \ if- . _
yun,-.North Carolina and South Cii- '
oimn r.es.ulteu in victory on nom
idve for the N'orih I'arolina iiistituion,
tho A. nml Tt. Collotio of Greonsoro.
The-subject: "Unsolved, That ,
he A nitwit*' #f the Coolidtfe Athnirt11.1'
inn_ toy, m il I .ill m A raorica is
JStillod.' ' ~.
The. col'lcees folow the ti ian.euar " ~
nvm, and a school must win both
mphy is .a beautiful silver eufv, m>4
Hist he won threes-time in succession
Uttt lu.ynUnmnt pruu^-L-?_* f
rty~ of any olohool. ? ?; ?:?~?? T=^=z