The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 18, 1927, Image 1
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MICCICC1
MOB SATURATES 1
? AND BURNS]*
; Negroes Accused of Slaying T
uipU^Hawmill Snot. Seized by Mob" 4*
u_T^~ amF Dragged Thru Streets
"SHERIFF OVERPOWERED"- ?
Officers Unable to Recognize a1vy
Members of Band of 100
"Because of Darkness" j
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Louisville", Miss., June 13?Two Ne?
giues accused of. haying-slain Clarnnee-^
Nichols, a saw mill superintendent,
. were seized by a mob early today, /
paraded through the streets of Louis_
' vi'llt'' 11 nd tlien-J akerL.a.short -distance- _3
.from town where-they were tied t<V
a telephone pole and burned to deoth
after their clothes had been saturated
with'jrasoline.' '
-'who--with two other officer's w^ tak- i:
" ing the* Negroes to Jackson for safe li
keeping was overpowered near Nox- p
~ apater by a mob that blocked the . s
highway and demanded the prisoners?'
BISHOP .mrr
ship the Presiding K-Mers raised oyer l
The ufliccis at Aral rtfliieOk, sur* i
render thmn and fired several shots
- into the air in an effort to 'frighten
the mob, whose numbers were estimated
at 1,000, but the mob was insistent.
- 5.1 ? ,- After
gaining possession . of the !
slayers, the crowd brought them bach
, to Louisville and marched them [
-through-' the -principle streets. |Then-jas
/daylight neAred they went into j
provised funeral pyre, poured gaso"lTne
on tTieiiT and struck a matcTT
Because of the darkness, the officers
were unable to recognize any .
members of-the band.
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I Nichols was shot to death Sunday [
' following an altercation with Jim and ;
at the mill. The .superintendent was
said to have been unarmed at the
time. Deputy Sheriff Perhienier apprehended
the Negroes near thir
. home iftyfc night and?started?With
them in his automobile for Jackson.
Nichols was popular here and news [
- of )iis death spread rapfeffyr Posses
?? slayer Jbefore. thejL wfire^eaptured.- _
?" ?The State. *"
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IEAD OF
ick Man
r King
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"V" . . ' ' ,
Rarp Pr<
(iFT.Rfl pi a
5UCCOMBS IN
EMPLOYER'S ARMSIlt'aduat-c
of Taw'School at Howard
and Fluent Speaker ofe?*
-T-~Th*r-+tebrew Language T~
L GIFTKD PLAYWRIGHT
Native of -Sid-' ncy,
Australia: Adopted and
Reared by Wealthy Jew
Santa Monica, Calif., June lO-^O
. ' , . JCarly-tT-hursdny
"mor ning^?aticr-havng'
a carnation in the buttonhole o.f
lis employer's coat and bidding; .him
;Ood-bye, Mr. J. Goodman Braye took
uddenly ill and in less than five min-.
fte'S died in the firms of his employer,
IN IH'KKT .
Allen Cnlvcivliy; under ivheTso loadgv5-1
,noo for-Kttuc.atiuji. '?~?2?
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Mr. Frank Sebastian, o\\ner of the
Sebastian Cotton Club in Culver City,
Calif. .0
Mr. Brave was 51 notion nf Siird-t
ney, Australia and a graduate in law
from Howard University. _ He was
adtfpted and retired by a prominent
and' wealthy Jew of Chicago by the:
name ofl.ippmor Tannanbaum; had
spoke .the Hebrew languagd HUently.
For eleven .years ha w or the mtmagef
of the TanitaTrbntmrMining Company
rrrrdrhttor 1 i?c Sffio IFTftal estate brpk^T
er in I.QtLJVngleea,. .In the year 1914
Mr. Braye moved to Imperial Valley,
where he proposed plans for fa colovbd
industrial chool in that vicini
ty - ? -J
* I To also travelled with the wellknown
.theatrical company of Stewart
and Jtobihson and was a gifted playwright
having compelled two plays,
"The Toi m^linc Kinp and "The Black
Mill lunar jo" tlte Tatter for which he
was offered a tnrrm sitm:
wiler AlTeathea Wyrrrr-Braya
ami a daughter, Alycc, Brayer
and a son, Louis Braye.
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FILM COt
4uch More
; Merc
COUMBIA ,S. (\, SAT (J
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iYWRIGHT
SIDNEY P. JONES
UP FOR USURY
"'1 . " '
Noted Money Lender and Fowner
Films Head; Charges $200
Bonus For $-100 Loan ^
MAKES SL000 NOTE
Pones Makes Fatal Mistake?
Has Note and Trust Deed
Made Opt to Self
- JjOS-^Angeles, Calif., June 10?Taking
"advantage of. the recent California
Supreme Court decision-in the
case of Wallace vs. Zinnman that
brokers may charge any commission
they desire for procuring- loans for
their clients, Sidr\ev P. JDpnes, coloroil
local real estate broker and. loan
agent, loaned Ethel Davis, also colored,
$400 with which to pay carpen-,
+er.s alio wore working oh her hdtel
at Eureka Villa, a colored resort sub
division 80 miles from Los Angeles
and o'rginatty^sBn^fTsTied by Dones.
IJones secured the money from A.
IT. Seccombe (WhiteJ 5013 St6ry Building.?Meceoiubo
j>aid Dones $510 for
the $G0Q note which Miss Davis made
out to Dones in- return for the $400-,
-according to the city prosecutor:
Mtks- Davis teslifU'd that she made
out a note for SIOOO hearing 8 percent
intvr0st~anTb*~seeared. hv n trust
deed on tier home. 082 E. 81st St.
'--stho . vnirf tvng Ull'ihle.to" ob-~
taimthe full amount called for in the
note and ?. so credited her with $400
on the-riotc* leaving $000 due.. For
this paper, she says Dones loaned^
her $400." ~ . ' . ... .
. Dones on the .witness stand conrondod
tlint ho gatd-Mun^-Da-vis $50fhHowever,
Dones who has studied
law, made the fatal mistake of having
the note-and * trust deed made"
out 4? bimstdf. Jits argument "1 am
not. a money lender., r am only ah agent,
a broker and.the supreme court
say*' you can't regu 1 ate my commission"
was cut short by^tludge Baird
on the grounds that the evidence
showed in black and white that Dones
was down as to' principal. He then
announced "I find the defendant guil
ty as charged." UndeY the usury law
the maximum penalty which may be
"imposed on Done9 is a sentence of
180 days, in the county_jail or a fine
of $500 or both. - It is expected Dones
will appeal. ? ~ :
A. U; Secom^e, white lender backing
Dones, sat cool and unperturbed.
Although accused with Dones of usury,
his case was dismissed, as there
was rioevidence directly connecting
him with arranging the loan. He
was represented By two attorneys,
XY?F. Secconrbe, his son, and P. H.
Burke. Dones Was represented by
Attorney Henry Hintington.
r^Sr^f^ Dunt-sr several years
headed and statred himself in two
Nepro photoplays produced by his
[corporation known as the Democracy
Film Corporation.
WOULD TRANS!.ATE BOOKS 1*Y
PICKENS. INTO ARMENIAN '
New York, June 10?William Pickens,
Field Secretary of
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, has received a 'let1
ter from the Ctty of Erivtah. Tn Ar
menm, ftafcmg Pfetflnsaloa..la tranalate
his "Bursting Bonds" ancL '*Thfc
Yengoanoe ofthe Gods" into ttie~"AT=
menian language. ? t
IPORATIC
Serious T1
|y Whi
S3 I
'RDAY, JUNE 18, 1927
Abnormal
DIES VERY :
EX-PRESIDENT ?Cl
... WRITES BOOK
Rearing and Demearior of Afri* 1
can Hlafk Man More Serious j
Than Expected
NO HORSE PLAY 11
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-Africans - Not :Morose. Hut I)o t
Not Furnish Laughing, Rol- "T~
licking Groups ~
bearing anil demeanor of the black
man is more serious ^than 1 had 1
pected in his dative surroundings,j v
writes Pi?6f. David P. Harrows,- for- : 1
v ! i
nier president of the University of1
California in_ hjs..Lne\t bo'ak. 'iBurliersi i
and Blacks" which has ;just been pub- c
dished; "In spite of the'Severities and
limitations of the" black man's-life '
j_in- the United?Hiatos,- tie is nowhere-}?
elso joyous, s6 ready, for mirth and j
for music .as he is right here. He"
i is not ^sportive or gay."
nor dogffjrie spontaneously burst into |
sony," nayu the noted educator?"1
do. not mean that they are morose, {
hut they do not furnish those laugh-|
ing roljicking groups that one meet?.
on tho hu'ecs <>f-Xew Dideans. oi?~
| wherever colored people congregate
j. i'l -Anvi iea." 1 . . ' ?
t-^--"The nrraiitL of th?? African cultur,
may perhaps, be. !n.t"ti;r-v^ud.4iiaaP-hv?
. thr nnlitienl inr-M o.-it V ,iT fho rnVo.
then by any other intellectual .tk*'t\^ iency,"
Barrows explains.-"The while .
rule in the Sudan is .lif-npiivieiit and! ~
inst.?iVim lu re In colonial- life have
j the moral qualities of Kurope bee.:-"
given-finer emphasis than in the reloti
/*MO~ UrtlKi l.,.t ... 4 K .
rmuwii.T hviv coinuuant'ti uviwvni hk'
1 white and black races." -.
ANi) T. SI'.MMKk SCHOOL oi'I)NS
WITH LAHfii: ATTliN.
D A W IT .
President Blufv;rd Speaks at First
.. . Chapel Exercises:."
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"Creerishoro," N. C., .lime 11-?The
A. and T. College Summer School;
, which claims The distinction of TVing '?
-theoldcst in the country, opened te--'
day- with a large enrollment. With
the stage set, players prepared and
patrons in readiness, the curtain went
up tqday on "the thirtieth annual session
of the approved state summer
school at' tlit only exclusive" Negro
Agricultural and Technical GJollege in
America. ' -I-Ambitious
plans and elaborate pre-'1
paratlpn,on The past., of onthu.-.i-astk^
officials- -wcfre'. well, rewarded by the;
large enrollment and manifested in-'
Tetfest which are indicative of a mostj
successful session. .1
Director Maley "Fins secured '"foTy
the session an excellent faculty of:
the' highest order. Pro'fossinnnl nmlculturhl
courses planned for teachers [
of the elementary grades, holders of
high school and principal cert i ftcates,'
vocationai teachers amh jTrrnetlTffls'- are
heing offered. *. "
A special feature of the suntmci*Vi"
session will be the courses in library
methods, dramatic art and ?Ypi-n^o<>r^ Mr.
Kit-hard H. IlarriSom^hxiTiainous
reader is in ehnrg;e..of the department
of dramatic art/ Miss . B.,. H. p
TTTff, graduate o fthclibrary SchooCjl
Simmon8 Coliege, Massachusetts. ,
in-charge- of the?eotrrse tn ""ttt>rary ["
methods. . * i
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>N FOUNC
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Kan Amerii
?i ? : ?.?, at.
, Says I
SUDDENLY
KING DENIES
USING FORGE '
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!)r. W. R. King, I'io|grietor of II- 1
legal I Von a ire Farm in Georgia,
Aqullted of Charge h
\ DM ITS STRIKING MEN
-ays -NcgrocK ?Were frci' Toj
-fceave* Farm at Any Time, i'
- "Some Caught Stealing" i
it. king, j^oprutor of an alleged i t
leonage' faritf in Oglethorpe County, J
jeorgia, admitted he struck and whip- j ?
>ed Negroes, he denied having used i
'owe to keep them on his plants '! t
md -was acquitted of the peonage t
"harge by a FedeTsil~Ceurt
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jmbl t
1). Hi
President of Allen I!iiivi?r.<itv. uTi.?"
piI'.siili'iil <?r"Xllfn.University. ?
Athens, fJni. j i
?When it war/learned?that1 James j ,
Felton, (he colored man who escaped
to -Danvine7-VTt-^ WH?r to be taken ttr Georgia
to' testify, the National Association
Cor the Advancement of C]olored
People wrote the Department of
Justice voicing apprehension for FeltrmVynfoty
and; urging that he lr~"
sftftprurrrded. ~ Felton after testifying,^
was returned to. Virginia and -there]
released.' . v ?11 ?
Bite i?l' t he witnesser.?at?the trial 1
testified he had been warned not to1
,.t.tar,. o..' v : v 1
irnvntv CT^ftMi^l i 'i . rvill^. VA HUHHH'I
of N on foes, who loft the plantation-,
it was testified, "wore caujfht on the1
road.tt when it was "discovered" -that|
fools and provision's were missing of
tor they had left.
j. Reports of peonage on Dr. Kind's
farm have been maHf" and called to j
the attention of the Department -of'
iTnmlee .foi some 'prim1 ?he j:
trial just concluded^
?At the regular chapel exercises,
Doctor Kin ford, president, of t.ho rnl- _
lege" addressed the~ members, of the
bummi'i aessigii, - i i,
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> GUILTY
can Negro
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Magazine
'NKGRO-COM- *
J?iEX" INSANITY
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Edward Franklin Frazier Likens
Whites' IUnfounded Rumors
of Net?roes to. Lunatic- "
INSTANCE OF VIOLENCE
Vriter Tells of Actions of Southern
White Woman tlpon Discovering
(iuest Colored
" Ne\v~York^ June It)?Writing on
'The" Pathology of . Race Prejudice"
n the June Number of the Forum
Magazine; (HI I,exin}rt> n A venue) __
Edward Franklin Frazicr-points out
he the "Nefrro-ComiHex"' of. white
southerners is closely akin to insanity..
Mr. Frazier points put that "just . is
.the "lunatic seizes upon every fact
o support his delusional system, the
vTuti* "Tnati seizes myths and~unfoun
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finished his third .successful "'term as .
<? . ;
ded rumors to suport his delusion
aim it- the Negro.-1'1 Mr.~aFra/,,ier recites
a number of instances showing
k- ' v ?
trr-vmlciice', of irrational prejudice?
against the Negro, among them being
the following: .'. ''
"Some years ago a mulatto werft,
to a small Southern town-to establish '
a school for-Negroes. In order not ~
tV become persona non-grata 1n the
cT.rn'wmiH.v)- he app_roachcd_the leading
5hit v. rtisufvnts for tik'ir ^ippiuval
of the enterprise.?Upon his visit- tft
one white woman, he was invited into
her parlor and -tvo-.i.-l t.-lin thfl
usual courtesies shown tisitors; but
when this woman discovered later
that he was~ct?lorerl,"she chopped up
l '. u-j' _ . i- - j>
n<in in nmni. riv nan sni and. alter
pouring gasoline over the pieces,
made a bonfire fo them.
Prom a practical viewpoint, insanity
means social incapacity. Southern
vhrte noonfe afllirieci with the
Xogro-cpmplex show themselves Incapable
of performing certain social
fonet ions. They are, for instance,-fn-? ?r~
capable of- rcndefTng~just decisions "
when- white. amP-cedmed poTvpfr^are r
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