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VIRGINIA ' r - VOL. IH?NO: 32 - GOOD S SUPREME LODGE TO CONVENESupreme Lodge of Good Sa Marifans and Daughters of? Sartiaria Welcomed- . ??AT7G. 28 TO "KETPTEMTTER 5 ' V T n \\r \Tnl/inrr pA#lir 4 a Uo4 o?* I *'?*?? ifi?niui; ui/u J \iaiuvi From All Parts of Country? Columbia Must Be Ready a -L Columbia is very fortunate this year in that she is to be th6 host of .^unreme Grand Lodge of Good -.SHnjantans and 1 daughters ot? samen and' women will convene here the 120th of August-- and continue through September 5th, 1927. The welcome; V which- will be extended this great' gathering is he'elaborate and most cordial. We are to receiveWords of y/elcome from many sources,, among or oiv. the-part of the city, and our _ honored- Governro Richards oil, thr. part of the State. ^ There rae tf> he delegates and visitors from all ovyr the country, representing all walks of life among oui group, and Columbia should feel high ly honored to have such, the best of our country, represented here. It needs not be saifT'that the Su- | premr\ urand I.odpre Good.maritn'nik and Daifpfhters of Samaria Is the law-makinpr body of this well . IpunwmLand?useful Jiatewuty^?And : Will't^nlov themselves Among us. thevl l?-r * will not he here for pleasure, but for 1>l>sinesS. They will effect such lop:islation as will be of."benefit to the Errand" order for years to come. Wo a',f' fvpff'inp; tV>e splomlirl pnoplo of "Col*?nbtft~t-o outdo themselves in the preparatino which will be made ! for our trucks:1 "\Ve~trust that all of the friends who can ,do so will prepare. to take a pruest or two on this .occasion if called Opop to do so. We have a housing committee who will he "glad to receive your assistance. The delegates will pay $2.00 per day for accomodation. See Mrs. A. L. Starks and Mrs. L. E. Lowndes. . The sessions of the Good Samaritans-will be held in Bethel A. M.-E. l Church on the corner of Taylor and I ' Sumters treets, Rev. J. E. Beard, I ' .pastor.*" . .. Mr. J. W. Brynson is the chairman of the executive committee atYd Mr. b, R. Starks is chairman of the lo cal con^jttee^^^^^- | ' MRS. FLORENCE SINGLETON f , PNSS^g AAV IV, , ' ' " --7-?^ .. Columbia was - - greatly saddened . Tuesday" afternoon. _Aug_9th, when' the sad news was heralded through-j .wilt me i-uy uiut. wrs,.jjdmico singleton, widow of the* late Henry/*F. Singleton had passed away ^ Just one week prior to her death .she met with; the fatal accident. while on'hcr way to Beaufort, S, C.. to attend the Grand Lodge of the Household of Ruth, of-- which she was an honorable' mcimber. The news reached the city on Monday . night, Aug. 1st, that the car in which she left Colnmhi*- wmhh??-4 ? . Bcaufojt -had turned over and' she sustained injuries, which lat r proved fatal. Immediately upon receipt of"this news, her daughter and sonin-law, Mr. aftd Mrs. Fletcher Oantt 1 hasteaed ot the scene and returned Tuesday morning bringing then I mother. Everything possjbl^ waj r 'AW for net, but to rttrnvnil I - -?-The?-passing -of?Mr*: - fcrbigletnrr means the moving, of one of Colum! bia's most valuable landmarks. She was born in Columbia about sixty B year- ngrv Htr TTitire ttfw "Ws 1 srpeTTt in <>oh?mbiaT- during -- whieh-j Ifime she hat! won her y?y intn thpj Hearts of many; thus numbering her friends, both coloredand' wW?q* by ! e scuiea. ? . The ^ery impressive services were: Hid at Sidney Park-ehurch, of which was a life long member, ThursH/ afternoon, Aug*- 11, at 4 p. m.,; m (Continue*} on-Page Eight) _/_ ? S "RACE AMARU SIXTEENTH ANNEAL SESSION OF. TlIE. COCUtiQF CALANTIIE L , v I The Grand Court of Cnlanthe hold i :'s sixteenth annual scs.sion ip the historic city of Charleston, July 2G ?28 with that of the Grand T.ndfmif k. i>f p.. . . 1 On Monday night, July '25 the innrmai opening >vas held at Zion Trcshyterian Chnrrh. whoso audita*-rium is ."still to be the lavgestJtti- the y: having n seating capacity of "TOO. Even at that was a premium, as fully that nuni <'v and more of the galjnht Knights. Galantheans and friends turned out 'o do honor to the occasion. ? ^ Iliu mveram with Sir Kni.rht <S T. Pdipsetto as master of ceremonies participant responding with credit. l"|i ;' wt ieuhic in hellilif ol Ihe Calanhobns bx'M.rs. Jessie Gadsden Jones * ' "... :.*rs nil that it eoUJd" be and each C\ianthean there felt rsthe words fell, m cjear silvery tones upon them, that r' and deors to let theiTTjn. And h>: response by Mrs. Esther J. Eord.if ?UM)raeto\yn was. a hvasttjr piece o*'l (Continued* on Page Eight) "AIM HIGH YOUNG ? 5 To tlie.Editor of The Palm jjj ? .1 am ndvcr.<f vo- bunlei K denominational \'6lorir!g, yet ? oucstlch that it purports^ t< ? tttioncy>. than if pnbli ~er~- Jo the approaching Ge SI \vi?h thp linnp nf ' at 1:3 fail to get one, IHey will al 15 winner. nnH jt appeal then S As- ^oitth- Carolinians. !3 this State, has had a prosp g such, there is po one on the didates, we will have no c greatly concerned in this a (fuite a certainty that we v 1 irth and domicilitj?.advanc twenty five years are loi will be practically Worn out twenty-years however, is. i service. Wlup young man, if g his Jife, "qualifying met pie and the.grea^ A.. M. E. ( In Salters choosing, pii ":=:ethrottoTnitahle courage and all of these, was "in addition . -deni^T"!*: Piofyi p"^ nml po 5]lectual fitrtPsiv' " . a In twenty years, yea le E wtHrun -axter him; JTo writ S far as concerns his state. ? . Air th.e_xoung men ins ? yea, the highest thing of lit a?mrnds chooser' medial he; do ? crally edtrrat'ffd specialize ii 5 The eon:;ecrated life, let us S I talked with a young a try charge and his ideal of 3 sary, a cotton field, and farr g something near this and he S The youhg theolog doe: E charge, possibly presiding. ^realization that the bigger t and so far as South Carolii INTEGRIl i&lttt# - ~ ?? COLUMBIA1, S, C:, SATURN 'ANS T( y ' ' r J : fc . ALABAMA COURTS AND GRAND LODGE. UPHOLD K. OF P ... Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 8?(ANP) TVin' nnnufa d\4 A lihnmn n*>#) i * Mv vvwrvo v?i i>iuuailia c*IIU V<>v OIULC Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pyturc were herein set out and ail of " with' wasting funds of the order by j a group of malcontents; who sought ! tn have the order in tho hands qf'a receivership. Tho Grand Lodge was the first to render: its decision and the courts' followed closely in its wake. The n Grand Lodge at?its recent session, passed resolutions commending the progress of the organization under iho lwadtuiihip . nf Jl. A. Dlnunt, vdip p has. served as Grand Chancellor for: v period of twenty-seven years, and -he- manner in which the funds-..were! handled by Dr. U. G. Mason, whoSe I vep'prls showed that the order hid more than $000,000' in assets with nly $17,000.00 worth liabilities, _"a most healthy condition," as one of he sir knights Concerning the", expenditures of funds, -which seemed to bp the real hone of contention, the' Glrand Lodge (Continued on Page Eight) ?n????? ? p ejciaejaaejgjmeieiej.eitieiucjaeia IAN IN LIFE, AIM HIGH IF 1 etto Leader: ling your paper with Ofeurch h* . I am sending thit^ article, mai. 0 raise and therefore, reaches n nhed-in one of- -A- M. E. Chiirc neral Conference, South Carotin; least, winning Episcopal honors II be out of the running by ""'3! 2 will be, a 1 Lttre TfTore perlih ehf , elected from?their State, even cct at the door, if not some on* bench and after May, ^19281 faili ?ne at the door and no one on rticle about the bench, for as /ill get one thistime,) but, who i ing to the door, measuring to tl lg for a Bishop to be of active s by 1953. The average activity lot long for a young man to pi of South Carolina birth, yet in t itally to honor his state by dcii Miurch? ety wa?. prominent, Chappelle, in , a great big hearted brother: b ipularity and beVOnd and above, * * ss. the qualified man, u-nnt hgvo be, til that and less time, acclai spired? Do they get the vision? 'e?the qualified ministry ? The ntistry, law or teach. "The per 1 theology, look ing to return to i discuss that later. man, energetic, and of brilliant jLjnmisutr.-waa?a. man witn a bai n hands around. He had seen i > wanted to go that brother, on s not imagine himself beyond a then .done. If higher, a politico hings await the prepared man, , la is concerned, the young man hings in his people's gift, in a g charge he now- holds, qualifiet !ge, rather than coiTntryr'~fits for r to "all."? r continually ..growing intelligent led from research, the race, aga is'the principal thing; therefore ipg." Understanding comes frror ngs." .... recTThs college chutes will come is. professional and business m mon npnnlp will hear him trladlv word a . .. ' 1 ^ eas quoted Turner more often thj in it, young man. * ; ' GREE ' ~wr .. - , - I* qijily, can get the biggest t cjan repossess the country same length of time. Colle lege is not all, but its no ba ?T Who is t.o preaeh to ou first hand information, gair tinually arising? "Wisdom thy getting get understand the Lord, understand all thi The theolog thus chars lege presidents and facultic V\l c? r*r\Y1fr%TkiYr% i inno L . u v/isaviuiii*, 1/11vT lUlii g _ tervTevC-jT and men obey his,. ' Why the Associated Pr< S Take a lofty ideal and.atta g " _ ColjCirftbia, S. C. _ MB^^^^^sbbbbM . a_,.V .IV. - ~AI T" LAW UV ATTnTTCT ID Iftbrr ?Tlri rtUVIWkJA l^r 4^4 ? nEEf THE' WEEK'S EDITORIAL: (Ol, ] OREDI'UEOq j_ | (Fronj the St. Louis Argus, July 29, 1927 . . > " |l ' i THE SWEET CASE AGAIN The best l(ffUl Chaptdr in the fa- ~ mous Sweet case^ was read in Detroit^Michigan, last we6k=when all cases growing out was the nlole prossq, entered last week. It ^ill be^ remembered that Dr. Os-sian H. Sweet and' eleven other de- _ fondants were charged with murder when a mob of several hundred white men, women and children stormed Dr. 'Swui't'K Jimmy, during this vtline, a members Of the mob, . Leon Bremer was killed. ?Seeing"'the case'"against Dr~"Sweet was that of-color rather than the alleged offense, the National Association for-he Advancement of Colored People, became interested in . the mal-v ter, an'd employed Clarence Darrow,; hp noted criminaHawycr of Chicago; to defend the accused The . final v?sults of which was nolle prosse entered last week. * (Continued on Page Eight) ' ( rgjgjEj^jEjgjarajHigJHJgiHJHJargJgJHiaJ fOLI*1 WOULD WIN." ? totters, fearing to give it ? J nly because its a local g ! lore effectually the desired g 1 ji organs. ? K a presents three aspirants,? 3 . llf out of the three; we g j If however, there's a g 4 "my "question. ? 1 -befere-the days - of-Satters? g--= e on the bench, N\ow, as g 1 ng to land one of our can S i the bench. (We are not g 1 saicL above, there appears g ;s in thie "making"~qF state S | le requirements? , . jjj , service. A man made now, 3 < is less than twelve years; * S ? repare himself for a great g he twenties, is so consecrat H i ng big service ?or his peo fi ' itellectually strong, possess g. j ibodying a liberal share o 3 T ut the no distant future. 5 super character and intel h' ' -to run for officer4he~offiee-^ 5: med Bbshop, .unopposed, so g \ Do they seek, the higher 5 best prepared and brightest 3 cent isA low, where" the lib S ' his: state^and he of service- 5 i intellect, pastofing a-cown g n yard of mulesra commis g t minister farmer with ? i ie better. S | country circuit, a city , 3 < rather than the politician^ S J qualified, with state domi glj :iven time, easier, than he g 1 as he now is, in that S i leadership. True, the Col ? i g_? Who tu deleiiih wltl^ " | linst the vile^charges con?5 f jyaf Vtr (a J ?-A1* 11 ^ * ? e?-i< mouum, rtliU wun an Qj r n above< "They that seek jjj < to hear him preach, col 3 ? Lftn will crave to compose?S'~~ nations will notice his in SI j [g|| 5 in any other man of color? |g| 1 :N JACKSON. -:v g , ~ :: - - y 1' jiffiTnpniDpnr,nTffffnp^|i , MAKES t .?I? -- : ' -V . ' \ In cot (.. ' j KOKMKR SOUTH CAROLINA EDl UATOR V.ISITS THE CAPf. -?: TOL cm ; ' Professor P. MaTcellus Sfaley Calls on I/eader Officials 1 Tb Direct \vi| y," rk For | (if ^rSonOA Honrfon n * I' *-i - I I I tai V.UI urn L I nlveraity - ??( : " U While touring Sopth Carolina and ! Georgia, Professor F. Marcellus Staley, former .member of the faculty of State College, OVangeburg, Soyth Carolina, dropped into the office of the Palnietto Leader' and paid the management a call and als.o_.lefLa 'cv pennies to help the causo Prof<jssor Staley spent several years at OUT state institution, during which fpne in the acKool ^roottiy - the nth'etjc field or wherever placed,' ;he Worked faithfully for old S. C. C. As a missionary for t-hfc, college, - ^hile supervisor of. vocational agriculture, he-performed -this duty -with such earnestness that the people of the state thought he was an alumnus of the college. i Professor Staley will especially be remembered as coach of baseball and originator of girl's basketball in <' ? state of South Carolina. The older people of Columbia, especially the. followers of?Allen" and .State."'recnP with delight the gre'at game thaiplayed between . the two institutions n the-spring of- 101? >vhen Genu hn. laine and Howard hokked.yp a scoreless pitching duel. The wits of Staley and Tally Addison could ou match* the other. . Professor Staley. while at State College, introduced the idea of publishing a college annual. Under his.:, personal?supervisierh?together?with / tn? cooperation of the class of 1925, j State published, its first college anriual. /. . ! ' " _ The Palrrtetto Leader has watched the; various "activities of the formerSouth Carolina edqcator. Although Professor Staley has, been in North Carolina, less than .two years, in this, short time, he has made himself quite conspicuous and serviceable in the college life of A. and T. College-and the educational fmogram of North Carolina.- Under -his Vlirection, the ayricultural department has made .vonderful, strides, developing ap exr>ans-?ce| program. The legislature rave the department alone $40$00 :.y be used in perfecting the plans nitlined-by the director. /' Directed Past Summer School In addition to handling the ad^ ninistration work of the Agricultural de'partmept, Professor Staley, this ;ear, because of his qualifications,and ii ii ii li *i" ' i T - .1 cp i- 11 & i v i \ ti 11 %v tii r\ rtitu i. v^iiiit*mp^-^yv Z lonored with the appointment as director of the summer school, This ovefed privilege was-justly merit'd~ The" summer^ session of 1927 'dipsod all other summer- sessions in ittendancc and quality setting a new ecord of 897, and boasting of -the >est faculty-in the South. '< if ear's/Work Rewarded With a Leave of Absence .. "He who soweth sparingly shall j cap sparingly and he whir~soweth )ountifully shall reap also bountiluly," is very applicable to Professor ?taley. As a final reward for the iervjces -rendered; President BJuford ms_granted~Hip. director year's Jeaye. _ if absence, beginning September 15. 'rofessor Staley .will study in Cornell University,?Jus Alma Mater, from which institution he finished, vith his bachelor of sciefice degree. Phe?Tar Heel- educator w)iB work " 'or his Master of Science degree, mabring in Rural Educatiop and minor-ng in Dairying:- Professor Staley irts an excellent background as an - duoator and executive, being well quipped in the classics, sciences, ochinal subjects and Jiberal arts, ramer!-as result- of - experience and graduation, with the- bachelor of irts from Morehouse and bachelor of science from Cornell. The addition .of Master of Science will make Profes;or Staley more -thoroughly prepared to fit in the program of A. and T. "Vdlege.- ... V - ' . The ""Palmetto I-eader extends to Professor Staley its sincere cungrat- - , r , * . . v ROUBLE *' : ' -4r>i ' ' ' V : \ .-V r \ i: . . - * _1 ... 5c-A COPY _ .UMBIA | VIRGINIA "RACK IMKtil/ITV" _ LAw MARKS TKOIBLK FOR "-RKST FAMILIES" * ' " ~ " New York, Aujj. 5^-Virginia's "ra- ^ ' is making trouble for some of the "bestTfamilies" of the state accordr "* ing to a special* despatch of the New York World. RTchmoffd" k now fnr<- ? ed to establish a special school for fifty or more small children who have * ' been barred from white schools on the ground that they 1>ave A meWcim Indian aric*y.ry and their parents ' 9 ' ' refuse to send them to Xcgrd schools. . 9 Dr. \V. A. PJecker, State Regis4car-?dbVital Statistics, who was (Hp miuwhil from pbcition ho hi'ld" un- . der the United States Department of Labor after complaint had been made ~T~Ttl~TiiTt i~K'eg r o propaganda by. the National* Associat ion. for, the Advance " ment -oiP^_Color^d People, is backing , '. ' !l?-ilpj.njfrRrOflthe sLat^?authorities ^?: hat confession of Ipdian.ancestry in ^rtrrinia^lsPerpilvalent to admission ? . ; "f Negro ancestry The World's:dos-' ' * patch continues: . ? . "Families with a noticeable strain . Negro blood first were harred from the white schools. In many cases it was necessary to eject chil- who had almost completed their ' bjcalion in .the white public schools "always7Ka<l considered thefhselves. ~ white. "Parents of Such children had no choice but to send them To Negroschools. Only a "few. of them did so. The others kept their boys and girls"' at home, trying vainly, to explain -"ore of families and gav^ Richmond . hitter lessori in miscegenation. authorities .in their, misery and won their complete .sympathy. But the. ,T -hem ^nd when a desperate mother charged favoritism and informed upher brothers and sisters and cousins, , . the authorities were forced .to eject ?. their children also from the white schools. Some of the children, shown by records to have Negro bldod were pinoAV ouo ou mq; dtiq.w. os_-? thought Jhem1 other than pure Caucasian. * "Several, of the families affected had been proud of their Indian blood until the racial integrity, agitation disclosed beyond reasonable doubt that practically no Virginia Indian blood subsequent to 1800 remained. strain. . , ? '"'Indian reservations fyr than.? 100 years* furnished refutfe for'runaway1 slaves and hospitality to freed ly inextricably mixed. And inevitably the white mixed with the red and' black to produce children with clear features. acquiHn.e rtosefl and straight ' .* Indian hair.-' "Many of-.these children became " handsome men and beautiful women.- - ' They left the .reservation f*nd came to the city yeats ago. Their children we're more-white- than thev. And the children off the third and fourth generation took their places with the whites and in many cases have be -ye valuable citizens with considernble property?? ' > - ~^ "Some of these families will send their children "Tor private schools in the -Sforth, determined -that they *hall keep their status as Caucasians.- - ?' * Thn T? ir?Vi rwrvrtrl QoV?aa1 Paoi?/1 fUn help of the State Board of Educa'or, the others in September. There at^ enough ofthem to establish a little borderline qolony composed of people neither white, red nor black illations for the av^gr^grantinp him the privilege to* hpelfd a| year of advance study and research at such lIJgFearafhofil as Cornell., " 7 . Profesor Staley brought with him Mrs Staley and his daughter, little Blanche Edythe. Whtje in the city', fhe North Carolinians are the guests f* Dr. M. A. Evans. Before leaving the State for points [n^Southwest Georgia. Professor.Sta 'ey and family will visit Orangeburg and Batbwen: ?? ? ^ . ' V