Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MISSISS1P1 Michigan I Woman - % m??:? ? . - 1 rw.m THOUSANDS ATTEND MEETING ^ . v. ' Sessions Opened In Zlon Plres. V byterian C'hu re h'?S. J. Poinselte, Master Of^~ '1 ' Ceremonies iFAIRWOU) llOME OUN A l hli ' * ? ! Rev. R. W. Mance, D. D. En dorsed Fcr Office Of Rishop In' A ' !* * /II Charleston, South Carolirra Avas the Convention.CHy of the Grand Lodge: ?Knights of Pythias; last week.?The session opened in the Zion Presbyter ? " ian "-church' Monday night at eight1' o'clock.; The session Monday night was the popular me*eting -to which -all were invited. The "delegates of both branches, Knight's of Pythias and ? ~ Courts of C'alanthe, were there a i th.msmul strung -mtl hm-idnr n fnn. "thousands of the best among Charles 1 ton people were op':. . The church was'-'-packed with standing room at . a premium and thev 'Zion -Presby 1 terian church ,has one of the largest _ auditoriums in the city. The seating ifapniiiit.il- in ?>'i'ungud 'fur il.ODI). 1 it is said. } / In the Grand Opening Monday night the following program-was ear/ ried out with Mr. S. J. Poinsett, blaster of Ceremonies. Meeting Called to Order, by Sir S. J J. Poinsetto, Chair:; Selection, by the Choir; Invocation, Hew G. E. Hen. derson, Pastor of ZuVn Presbyterian Church; Solo, Rev. J. E. Jeltz, P. CV v- Gibraltar Lodge, No. 4, Neb. Na_ 1 tional Gospel Singer; Welcome Ad 1 dress on Behalf of the ^Uniform Rank, Adj. J. C, Poaches; Response, Col.' I.. I). Davis, of. Sumter, S. W'cl; come Address on Dehaj'.f of _tbe-CouiTs of Calanthe, Mrs*' Jessie?MSadsden . Jones; Response, Mrs. Esther J. Ford, Georgetown, S. C.; Music, By _ The Cbleridge Taylor Glee Club4_. ?Welcome Addiess nit Behalf 6f the * " ' ' ; '/ . *' ..., J \k v I ( ^rand Prelate, Grand Lod^e, Kiwr Carolina, who was^unanimously endor i-MI' ... : 1-, k PI DELT; ? Supreme C Heads ( aneeVt Churches, Reyf J. W. Murph, Pastor ?1 Morris. Brown A. M. .K. Church; ResjK^yffie, Sir A. A. ^iins, Union, S. f^V-YVeicomq Address* on Behalf of the Calvary Episcopal ehuivh; Kespprise"" Prof.. R- S. Wilkinson. Orantreburg. S. C.; Welcome Address on Behalf of he Business Men, Sir fe: A. Hai'les ton; Response, Prof. CI. W. Howard, Georgetown, S. C.; Spirituals, CBTTl epidu'0 ^Fayk>r,*TGlee Club . 11 ?In the -first session the time was arranged --for-t. opening' the Grand Lodge every morning at'9:30, retes sing' at one. reassembling at 'three and adjourning at will. Promptly was ] each session opeped as* arrhTfJfCTr"VfttIi"" the lirand Chancellor, his Seiielary, stati ,hs. 'I ho G l';md~f'HTlp;c, in scuMon '1'hnw l~ day _ morning; unanimously endorsed j ' Ilev. R. W. Mance; D. D. for the of_ , " . ^ fice of Bishop in the African Meth_ ; odist Episcopal Church The motion to endorse Dr. Ma nee's - candidacy I! TVtrs?Introduced h.v Dr.??Or?Nix, 1 Supreme Prelate and one of the floar^ leaders of the Convention. i Dr. A. A. Sims, of Union, "ami At torney N. J. Frederick-of Columbia, 1 #poke' of the unique fitness of. Dr. 1 Mance on the passage of the motion. 1 Dr. iWanfte hlir. IIMM till1 nlMn-'nl1 (liaiul ' Prelate in the Qrdet; for the past fit- < teen years and is regarded as one of 1 the foremost speakers aniohg the lodgement ? The ..dministration is tj be praised 1 f- r having the affairs -o wt-il in hand i that the routine work was .dispatched *i 'V lo'f of tune o< waste ?d energy. Twenty four hours after ' the opening of theirs*- scroti Tuos day morning the Grand. Lodg? had purged its roll, put committees to I workcleared the debris and was almost thru with the repyru .of the Grand Lodge Officers, notwiths'and }ng~-the- prediction of somo that the Charleston session ""watillo he ther. stormy session and ' that there ^ was f to "have been a "house cleaning" by 1 jl. fow anti-mhmnisti at i<+a?oeopkv . ((Continued on 1'agc KlgHi) L i . / H . MANCET ~ . ' ' sed for the Bishopric, May,-.1928. . . * * ft ' y\ - ' v . \ REGIC V r''' T T 1 ourt Upho )lde5ft IS "COLUMBL&T? C., SArJ rfuiuiuai .' . . ; , . ; ~~~ i NEW RAC ITNDERWOOinS- ~ SUES. STATEMENT * " . *,r" . . ' * . " >hite Health Officer Declares Mississippi LiabletoBreak .. Out in Pellagra VI ILK INSUFFICIENT VlanyjCases Of Insanity Caused By Ravages. Of The Disease ?No Deaths ? . " iJackson, Miss., August 1?-(ANP) In a statement issued Monday, Dr. F. L. Underwood, State Health Officer declared that the Mississippi Del. ta is threatened by a serious outbreak of pellagra due chiefly to the lack of a sufficient milk supply. [ At the tipie. the Health Officer made hi.fy Statement, th^re Were several ?ases, but no death had been rport. ! d. The physician however, said that j unless -<he situation is remedied at once by a proper diet that dire re. n?ltn would follow. Already many ?ases, but no death had been report by' the ravage^ of the disease. InHhis section as well as in all of Lhe flood area, the majority of in. habitants'- are Negroes, who till the siol as farm owners, renters, tennant farmers and as share-croppers, and are therefore the /qhief. sufferers. These people lost most of their cows along with other property when the Mississippi sw^t j * over its banks leaving in its wake destruction and^d&ith. Pellagra seems to attack" poor whites more readily than Ne_ '/r.oes but every precaution! is being used and efforts made to provfde an adequate milk" supply, by replacing The cows, which were swept away. The Red Cross arranged to 4iave t'OTmTrresTTtrr of -which L?r. u. lCrMo^ ton 'i? chairman, investigate all the complaints arising from colored peo_ pie, \Vhich involvje discrimination or. piistrcatment in any way. In the investigations required in the sevo oral states, President Joseph S. Clark of the So^'hern University, will have immediate chArge of Louis iana, Dr. L. M. McCoy, President of !Ci'st f V)llego, Holly- Springs,?Mass., '.fid II, C.; Ray", chief extension a Rock for Arkansas. Every facility of the Red Cross and additional state workers are to be.-fllafled_.at the service of these state chiefs. . RED CROSS HEAD TO ADDRESS BUSINESS LEAGUE St. Louis, Mo., Aug 1?(ANP) lames I- Frnsrr, Vicn C-hnirmajf^acL the Amercian Ret5 Cross and active head of the relief efforts in the flood area is to address She National Negro Buisness League, Thursday, August 11th. Mr. Fieser wilUtell of the re . ^Hef?work . of the* Red* Cross and give a?K?cLU?IHftllir?VAKW ,W1 the gigantic problems which the Red Cross has had to surmount. Dr. Rohert R. Moton, President of the National Negro Business League and Chairman of Jthe Colored Flood Advisory Commission, invited Mr. Pieser?to?toll?the Nagro?Business League men of the country the intimate facts regarding the greatest disaster in - America'sjhiatary of the Negro in America.' ATI indications point to a fine meeting in St". Louis. The moving up of the date this year to August 10?12 gives many delegates, who also wantto attend other meetings an opportunity to visiF both. j Ids Civil F Jnrrrrv Rn ivfeAV/ 1 - - 'URDAY AUGUSTS, 1927 r?--. i= v rnnnr E ENTERPF RACE DENTIST DENIED SEAT ' ll> ??rfi ?r ? : Colored Drirtnr Rftfueod Admit. - lance To First Floor Of Grand Rapids Theatre ' CIVIL RIGHTS UPHELD .Grand Rapids PL A. A: C. P. Determines To Fight Case To Finish New York, July- 29?The Grand Rapids, Michigan, Branch of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People reports to New Yonk, that the Supreme Court of the National Office, 69 Fifth Avenue, Michigan in the rasp of Emnictt N . Bolden vs Gi-and Rapids Operating Corporation has upheld the Civil Rights Law of that state. The case arose out of Dr. Balden, who is a colored dentist, being re fused a seat on the first floor of a tlieulHL ufrrmlcih in, Oi.nnl Rii|iiik Iby the Grand Rapids Operating Cor_ ; oration. The action was brought on behalf of Dr. Bolden but the de ^ fendant's motion to dismiss the case was granted in the lower court; ' The case was thereupon appealed to the Supreme Court. The sections of the law which the Supreme Cburt took in to consideration were the two follow: ing:? "NO. J557(K Section 1. All per sons within the jurisdiction of this - 1 ?Slate shall-be entitled to lull and [ equal accomodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of i nns, restaurants, eating houses, barber shops, public conveyances on land | and water, theatres, motion picture house? and all other places of pub he. accomodation, amusement and 1 tional institutions of the State subject* . only to the condiions and limitations establlished Jflz law and applicable alike to all ciri I Zens, i " 1557h Section 2. Any person I being an ownerrlessee, proprietor. manager, j superintendent,, agent, j- or employee of any such place who shall-directly- or inilirectly__ refuse withhold fro or defiy" 'to ?any person any of. the tions, advantages, facilities and privileges thereof or directly or t indirectly publish, circulate, issue, display, post or ma^Tany ^written or pointed communications, notice or advertisement to the effect that any of the accomodations, advantages, facilities and privi_* leges of any such places shall be to any person on account of race, creed or color or that any partic . ular race, cfeed or color is not wel come, objectionable or not accept, able, not desired or solicited, shall for every such offense be deemed pwii+y p lyilcHppieanor and upon conviction thereof^shall be fined" . Vnore than one hundred doTtars i not less than fifteen / dollars or shall be imprisoned in the coun ty jail for not less than tendays nor more than ninety (lays 6P both?] HliL'li fine and imprinonment in the? discretion of the- court." The Supreme Court in its decision said: ? "It therefore seems clear to us that a person denied admission, in violation of its provisions, has .a right of action for ?fich dam ages as he sustained thereby. __ "The judgment ~for the defend. . (Continued on Page Eight) _ S NEW tights Lav . ... -a sed By USE TOR RACE B ANKCELEBRATES Saint l .nko Bank And. Trust Co. Founded By?Rnrp Woman Has Anniversary . FIRST WOMAN BANKER tiOth Anniversary To Be Gala Week* All Virginia To v .Take Part Richmond, Var,' Aug. 1?(AN'P) N<*gro \VotOeh iSl 16dfly dl'e. dftittg things. The approaching GOth an nivefsary celebration of the founding of the Independent Order of St. Luke, which is to be held here Au&ust 15 ? 18. aside from being an. apprechition of that famous Organization's ac complishments is equally a "tribute to the remarkable career of its head and guiding genius, a woman, Mag . gie L. Walker. - . Mrs. . Walker is executive secre tury of the Indepeudi-'iu Order of?.SL Luke, a member of the Board of Di rectors of the N. A. A. O. P., Vice president of the National Associa tion of Colored Women's. Clubs, a trustee of the Frederick Douglass Ffyme at Anacostinp I). C.P founder and president of tl)e council of Col _ 'Ored Women of Richmond, owning its own $2Q,000 'home. She .is the founder aiid has been managing edi tor of the St. Duke Herald", since l'.'Q2: . tShi- founder! what i* the old est Negro Bank in the country, the Saint Llike Dank and Trust Com pa ~ny, and has been its president St? its brith in I0O8. For a long time she was the only woman batik presi dent in the country. Surely that is a record for usefulness, and service that any American, black or white ttVan-m^womatp might nrpira to The Order of ST. Luke was founder in Baltimore in 18(57. In the thirty seven years which Mrs. Walker ha: been at the helm pf, this great lodge she. has seen it grom.form 84^8 men bers to more than 100,000, scatterec -iver a number of Slates, lo the- ownership of a buliding valued at$100 000, to the development of a" surplus fun<T^?i$7tM)00 to the enrullme.nt o 15,000 .children in thrift and. healtl olohs, to- thenrse of 55 rlrrk* * -mi a K A?1/ erate mg Qome (mice aim i*tr uch workers. Not only colored people but white; as well express their appreciation 01 Maggie L-. Walker's contribution t? the. life ,of her people, her city ant her ^ountry. Governor I.ec Trinkle sneaking at a mass meeting at th< city auditorium on Education, . said "iPthe-State of Virginia had done iT< more in fifty years with the fundi spent on the education of Negroei than educate Mrs. Walker, the Stat< would have been amply repaid.". Richmond is expecting to make o [ the 60th anniversary- of St. Lukes i [ gnla week?Virginians and member: r~-w_l . , * from every secition of the countr; are planing to return"home for ttn event. Olj.1 time Virginia hospitalit; awaits, them. MILLIONS OF SLAVES 9TIU EXIST IN THE WORM! ~ *- ? ' 1 Now York.-Juy 29?The I^ationa Association for the Advancement o Colored People has received fiom tlv I Manchester England, Guardian re .port of July meeting of the Anti J Slavery and Aborigines Protectioi /Society in Central Hall, London. Th< 1 Society finds- that while aD,_aivilizg nations have- formally abolished sla V MENACE ' * * o. v of State ; j .. . ; . **. ,' .... nslitution ;* . i ?- ^ ?> ? r -^? : 5c A COPY~ ; Pvthians COLUMBIA ? ClTiZfcN&TFURNITIIRE CO. OPENS - ? ?4 ?- ? CJ - Aruii'.i'f .. Mili'siinii1 raasna?m ? = ?'^Knce'.: P>-nrrrj.?tft in Q;w?iiiii'yr Of New Store \ STOCK COMPLETED^ - , Enterprise Fostered BY Colum bia's Oldest Citizens; Qfifi. *" cers Announced Later . ~ / The Citizens hlirnituro Store was-".'" ' . recently opened at 1115 Washington Street fostered by Itev. *R. M.MyerP r~- - ? and others. Their purpose is to ear. ry- a medium price stock of furniture for the conservative buyer.- ? . This new line of business, wil mean l_ j much to Our people, and bring the only furniture store owned and operated by our people. It should always : do a rushing business. * Those who fostered the movement and started mo nusiness arc to he complimented. : ""Bioy, mnv-ihave a nice. stock and ? j .ither goods are being added'almost j yai 1 y. We wish to impress the pub jlic to co.1' nvui vl and see thejr beau. . . tiful .furniture.""' r MKS. KUSK >V. GOODWIN ! Grand Juvenile Sec ret ary r Gran d % ^ Court,of Calanthe, Jurisdiction' of South Carolina. _ - ? . * ? / ' ~~V . . * * , . . j. 1". Supreme representative to the Su , preme Court of Calanthe, Chicago,. ? ?; 111., August 1927. ; b" - i !. p ' i i ^ in the outlying parts of the world. s The article quotes:, "If you are a *" 2 slave in Abyssinia it is. inadequate consolation to know! that slavery has f been abolished in the" United States." * | The government of India has just A s secured, the aholition of "OflT) sfov&C f 1 on the frontier of Burma. e ' The delegates from Australia re. . V ported that the conditions of the na ; - . 1 tives. there is very had, and the arr' .t^Je goes on to say; "The fcreat evil l^westhe misuse of their (native) ! women hy white men which had led ; to there being a large proportion of 1 half castes.-. .The, vvhite men had taV f j en their hunting grounds for pas_ p ^ lure, arret in robbing them o ftheir livelihood had condemned them?to a' - life of niiserahle helplessness. "When ' nithey came into contact with white . fe] civiftation they becamfc ] (apathetic i't "through the loss of*their 4rihaL.ae~ <* 4 (Continued on Page Eight) ...