The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 03, 1927, Image 1
"Mob Flogs
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NATIONAL MEET IN
COLUMBIA
82nd Session of Good Samaritans
.. .. ant^ Daughters of Samaria
< Meet at Bethel
FIRST SESSION MONDAY
Hundreds of Visitors Throng
Capital?Many For First
/rime
The :?2h(l session-of tin* Independent
Order of Good ..-Samaritans and
Daughters of feimiim- held its mcet
' 'inj? at Bethel A. M.; B, 'Church-last
~ hifrht. -*J. \V. Bruhson,. chairman .-of
' the local committee, master-"ol
ceremonies, introduced Dr. I. D. Davis
of Sumter. -*
. * v ' Doet.oi1 'Dm it* IlllldC- a lew, remains
on the order and presented Di\ J; K.
Beard, who introduced the speaker's.
_ In his introductory remarks^ Do.-tor
Beard declared that Governor Urvh"
' fli'dti Whs the .u'i eat . . I <Tf all e'.ATr
nors as he; had- the "'courage' of his
-convictions to enforce the . blue laws
in spite ol1 .much-opposition frpm his
best friends. . ?:?~
I He then! presented Adjutant General
James C. Pozier, who spoke in
place of the' governor. General Dn
/ier deeiarelT"iliafSbfifK Caroliha is
Ha comfort-aide slate and praised the
denominational" -schools.-and their wonk'
paying. tribute to 'Superintendent. of
.K duration James IT.- Hoim-and-hia de.piirtment..
City Oonncilmlin- S. F?KiMiii.ijswoi'th,
who represented Mayor I.. B.
(f . Owens, declared tlavt- (. olmnbia's
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^ j- : :' KEV.M.
' ~ Cr&nft 'Chief of South Carol In
National Grand Treasurer, Sum
? schools wore equal to. thoSt. of any
L city of its Hfr.ti a.ud ^aid?that ho was
B a trustee . of_- the schools artd that
p-? there'wag.a .very friendly feeling "l.tJ^?""vwecn-thc
races. ?" "
f The other speakers werer S. Mor.
ttan of Orangeburg, Dr. I). II. Simsv,
J. I'. Washington, both of Columbia,
~f>r J. A TTi'mpa, Flu.. Dr.
. .L E. Phillip . of _Bruns\vick, (Jn.. K.
. E. CTay of Philadelphia, Prof, J. S.
E&pof Newport Ne.\yjgui Va., add
others.' The-,l?ev. Dr. J. A. Lindsay
^ of Savannah, (la., gave a very stirring
' atfdress. "He is a candidate for the
bishopric of the A. M. E. Church,
the general council of which meets
" in'Chicago mfxt May. The benediction
was pronounced by--Dr. D. Tt.
^ Sims. >>
: Hundreds of visitors from .'ill p'W>
of the United States attended tlie. sesI
sion. manv of them visitinc f.nliim),;,!
Lfor 4he first time. ?- *?_
>ings Not Sii
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i WHITE V
(URL KlDWA^PKn4
N D RAVISHED
1 Assault Occurred Seven Miles
Fir.ni K<kU Hill. Just Off
j" ~ Saluda Road
x.i.'E i >VrARS WAIUIANTS
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Hirl and Companion Picked up on
I?:clc:v-e?vmupanion Forced
i:?1?- - ?1h 4T 4?ve ( ar
*! . U'-rk I ill, ( V All- 2K?Charged
v.- .I. < ;:. Iv !.; --iijipn o lG year1
'! \i- 11. Micfclc- -huh. ?iru
L r.n\< Grant.'automobile ine<h...
;.i?v I 'M in'jail hero today
.vM ' pending ' a preliminary
jlioarTr.- before. 3 w yri sirate-J. Bit Swin.tff'i
J3vl'.it..' nioh and Grant
I'llillll't'll. Gl'iild
:s a' a n4-ei! th-y"trtick driver.
I i !a alh-uYd . a-.- .iiiuit occurred last
uTifht .hi a' spbT several miles fwhm
!.r ,c :y and Mme distance .fronrtta
:i ) 11-. .a.'u :vnd Jtfiickle' a'CcSlk
Te-od. < I:t .c Keen drinking heavily
find' after :h> i; rt:ltn?,n from the.place
nu'j\ (hey were-rearrested
. as; auli nceuiTed. they were rarest eel
l?y ih(- ci;.v iilli'-esv. The girl was in.the
ca.r at the, : I he. iek'o was septenc<
tl11;; i'd (yTiri-.Tti dTvys 1 >y the recorder
an .> ( ', ir;ve >J* operating ah automo?Ktityti
"h ' l!in* Iucnce or",wh iskey,
Awhile, Grant vasrffiven- $5 or 10 days
nsfl' pttij^rp'' of i?.einjf. fyru'nk.
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WA-iJJC^v- ~ .'" "
a Statf;Grand I-odjre Nt>. 12, and
tcr, S. c: "
' 'j* t,vhi_!_ *n court, -they
A?.? ' J :.cu: :a...i.'i > * on warrants" Jjworn
out' !.y [I.- ;.; ami Vi/ftrriTed to cells
to , i ;iw:-.j( hearing. Only
a ci:vlj.u. i-.o, i t;.n mant. Imnd.
nple Assau
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C01A'MHI;A,a C., SAT1
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reiws
<;kok(;ia legislature appro
1'KlAfES 9115,332 .for the MAIN
1 te.van'ce of -th g g eougia
state industrial college
Savannah, Ga., Sept. '1?The Gcor
* 'gia State Industrial College l'ecciy
ed KWt'l'olis ?consideration at.' thi
. hands <?fv-the Georgia Le^islaturt
" \vni07V has just adjontni'd. The picsideifit
and members of. the trustee
board, went before tlTl\ Tepisla^'i
and asked that- the Nyirrib' |>e giver
a seiuare deal., 'fboj' emphasized tin
fact that the Georgia State Tlinliisixidl
ft) 1 lege, establishud by the state thirty-six
.years aj.ro vnis never rc^e.eivetl
- adinunlj state Sll|>|?<?1'1T " ~~
I're.sident Hubert in speaking- 'o'l
the appropriation recently made bj
| the General Assembly ofGoorgiasaic
I It is a great victory for f^egrp Kd
[ ucat ion in Georgia." 1 l?dl..v?. xfraj
I Georgia means to do the fair thinjj
I by the Negro. While the appropriation
of $.1 lf>,^132.00 for the biennia
; is not all that the state', college needs
! certainly a long step forward
J^'his institution 1 has never received
lover $10.000.00? per year from thi
e ianri shit irrr. - -The * _a pp rtqtr hrt iw-To 1
maintenance this year is an'.Increase
of 'ITO por cent over any appropria'.[
tion in the past. This is several
JLi 1 tiesJ.LU'JteLOjvxevillage increase that
.hat" allowed to any other"^institution
-|in the slaii? fpr white or eoloi'ed. The
state funds added to the FtUeral
fundsr'givo tl^.1 college an annual in'
ei.ibo ol -o^cr ^SH,000:00.
"The iiurst in .t'l'estinir^tiiinir and
oiio that should not he forgotten is
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that (Je.orpia'f, I.ep.islaturc' listened to
pleas made for the college education
i:o!r the Nejfio at state.expense irthl
appr.opri.Vuvl every dollar for main;
nar.ee ashed h.v the authorities.. This
-<vo i-iff thn fart that the
. irtVo linajtees in <re;=rj?ia are in a
tiiicr.l eoiidilion the sentiment.in the
'eeashitnre this-^yenr w:is very int.irh
--TT^^r-~TTf^frtvhi!r tlie \i-i'i'ii :> sipnii
leal in education.^ 7
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REV. TT
R. W. Grand Secretary, of State
? Grand Trustee.
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i mv Tn i nil t iKt 'Siiu ami a
mail'., ronilj.:iTi:oii. v.c re pi'cjced up -on
jvujfK Yj'U'k' I.- last night ny the
; !um '.white i',K n '(,:i j/reiense of being
taken beano, T-be car wiw turned
iowiv! Saluda r?(i(l nn'rt some distance
T'.vn t n .intrncVay 'it stopped,
>-hy' sajd, Her cnriie companion" was
..oil ; < -?;uul?walk to thr
rear' nf tin car arid then thf two men
drove'away Jier. .she. said. She
. ' Ita t-i 11; f t -tunni- flourished. a pistol
and IYiyh.Vliod iter. She declared
j um^ih' \v;;s aitacKcd twice oy. each
t .'.ram i hoi ore thcv returned with her
j-- * , ,
] to* the tpty..* . >. ,
*1 , ft _ '
' The . '-Uaoil-bdsii:th^rare am! -tfaHcod
| TSior'e (h:iti ' ii; l('* aiilc's to a telephone
> anil ??)' it;"r) ?'!iM who spread a dragnet
alony routes leading bh'*Jk' to th'
city ami captured the men as they
returned. .
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It" Declares
'fto ?
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URDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
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- CHARLESTON SUMMER SCHOOL
: J KNOfcl i??
Professor Johnson Presented Loving
Cup "
Chariest on, S. C.. Auir. 30.?As_a.Hr
~ expression of the high esteem in
] which Pj'of. Johnson is held and be
e.ui.'e of I lie splendid work which hi'1
has done as director .an^l instructor^
the teachers of the Charleston Sum
i liter Mhooi prcaeyieu to rrot. ju. A.
Johnson a beautiful cup, appropriatei
ly inscribed.' .The presentation adjdw.ss
u.i-. delivered by Miss 'Eloise
I L. Small She stated that tliti gift
was rtn attempt?ol' llrc (.'Itill'It's-"
/ton Summer School teachers to express
the ''eal ,feeling of their hearts.
I in his response,. Prof. Johnson expressed
his deep gratitude to the
group and referred to the fine *4Cfiairi.eston
spirit which makes the sum-'
liter school work here a pleasure and
assures success.' Each instructor
' 'was also nrcscntvd a gift as an ex>
pression of appreciation.
j. The closing exercis.es today Came as
' a' befitting climax to what jteachc-rs
'' and ollicials regard as Charleston's
i''lieal. .smippuu?A large cn'!
rollatent, regular-attendance and hard
' work have characterized this sumI
nu-r .session. Several cutirses in high
II school, work?rar?u lie red in* tuldU
1 ! tion to the reuidar wurk of thr prifj
inar.V and elementary schols. ' Miss
[ lialtie Ilritt, an expert, direct from
'the Dennis-mi Art Company of-^iexv.
1 York, e.-ndvcied- the classes -,in artj
craft.
I Tito nrojram of~the 'closiner oxer
. i . ~
icises .was ol'% a musical. and literacy
| natureA.l'u i* which short-talks.were
T made by Itc \\ .(i.ild#s, Father Harrison,
J'jof. B. F. Cox, Dr. C. K. Allen
ri 1? ? # k ?
land Mrs. C. D. Saxon1,.
The six weeks seemed rd pass rapidly:
Mirny t-oachefs expressed rev
grots that the end had come. The
I'lnl". .ii'lirsnnr'.n u> CharKt'Vm
i next summer." " * '
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Kay,"*
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G^and Lodge No. 12 and National
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Southern W
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WHITES TAKE
N.A.A. C. P/S STAND
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Southern White Editors Join in With
N. A. A. C. P. in Regard
to Lynching
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LAW IS HE1NC DETHRONED
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Newspapers Cause Judge to
Sentence Flogger to
Ten Years
| New York, Aug. 2G.?Southern A
white editors are slowly beiutr foreetj .4:
uy lawlessness in the South, to adopt L
the position long held by the Najtion- tl
al. Association for the Advancement ?,
of Colored People with regard to ft
lynching and mob violence. The N. s?
A. A. C. P. has steadily mnintnim.<l
that, fuelling is not simple murder ~p
hut. is a dethronement of the courts . p
i by a mob which arrogates to itself A
1 the functions of judge, jury and exe- si
| cutioner, those violatinir tho Consti- ti
' tutional guaranty of due process of- -ft
: law for all persons accused of crime.
Nbtv, in view of the?epidemic of hi
j floggipgs in the-South a. simf!ar point ei
of view ip voiced by a Southern judge c;
j and quoted with approval by the. Sa- w
vannah, Georgia, News, of -4-ugust G, tfc
which prints the following editorial: vi
A ,BIT OF ANARCHYT a
A few days ago.fhe Morning News "i
^criticised adversely the small fines
placed on floggers in- pnr Alabama **
Tasei it is as quick to compliment w
the jury and judge who together
have caused another Alabama flogger (>1
to get a sentence of -eight to. ten
years in the penitentiary. The judge ^
made ..this statement when pronounc- ?1
ing ,sentence: 'This trial strikes at j
the very root "Of the Constitution of ^
the United States. When' a man ^l
ak'es un<>n himself enforcement of -IU
man-made laws without recourse to
constituted authority, he commits a et
gi'ievous crime.' Exactly. There, is w
a vast difference between a simnle
assault "antfan assault by a mob Jl
whoso intention is to inflict punish- ci
rnent in the name of the public. Both it
are wrong, . but one is an incident m
while the other, if it has any support "re
()!' the public atjdb^sjanarcfty.
BOOKER WASHINGTON " HIGH ci
Gt'llOOI. I'UEAENlb MH. ANI)
MRS, BRYANT IN ANOTHER cl
PI.CW ASSISTED "BY THE BEST
The theatre goers and the drama
lovers of Columbia have long since ?
J ? , hi
found v oufc_JJiat whenever?Booker ^
AVtishington High School presents a ^
play, they may look for the befct.
The High School has presented-pre
viously at the Columbia Theatre
("Kverywoman" and "The Wanderer"- '
under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. '
.J. Caesar Bryant. This year_ on the j
' 10 th of September at the Columbia ^
I Theatre the Booker Washington Ili. ?
I School is presenting: "The Quest for ^
' Happiness" Uri^ler the same direction. ^
This play lives up to the hif?h standard
set. by the other, two plays pre- '
sented here. It carries a very deep
-moral lesson for younjf and ipld. A
complete synopsis of the play and
the cast of characters will appear in .j
next week's issue of this paper.
ITU PAV-APBtCAW rrvvrinuoo
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ENDS SESSIONS P'
Now York, August, 2(5?-The Fourth
Pan-African Congress, ending its sen- ^
sTons here Wednesday night published
a manifesto in the name hf its
delegates "from 2ft American-states^
from nearly uHjhe West Indies Is- ^
Japan, India,
South America, 'Sierra Leoji?, Gold "I
Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, and So#Hfj_
Afriea-.'" The fiVfiriifesto states the'
Er MEN
hite Editor
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5c A COPY ?F?HIt
Killing
sLEGRQ paysy^clfe-?ANOTHER'S
CRIME "
Irs. Sadie Mendil Confesses
Crime For Which Maurice
Mays Paid Penalty
1AYS PROVKI) INNOCKINT '
me.stigations Jteveated that !. H
Mays Was Home Sleep in Hed /
at Time of Murder t\ .'
Now York* Aug. 2H.?The National
ssociation for the Advancement of
olorcd.lVuply lias received from its
ima, Ohio, Branch, a report stating
rot a \vhile_ woman who gave her ? '
ame as Mrs. Sadie Metulil, had con- *
;ssetl~~the numler of Beatrice Liiidty
in Knoxville,-. Tennessee, for which
-Negro, Main ire Mays. liiUI bdld llio J
ctroity with his "life, although he
rotestod his' innocence. The 11)20
nnual Heport. of the N. A." A. C. P.
iys of the case of Maurice Mays
lat he was arrested in August, 1010
i Knoxville and continues;.
"The trial resulted in a verdict of
urder in the first "degree. The gen al
-opinion among both white and
dored in Knoxville was thai Mays
as not guilty. "Being confident of
io .young-main's inn<r-?"'-'-,J|ie Knox?a- ?
lie Branch uiHlertook__.to: have?theikeinvestigated
in ap..effort-to save
m from'"the chair." The investigao'n
brought out -evirtctico'-'tfr "show?" '
tat at.the time of .the iuurdt-r: Mays, .
as at his <Avtt home asleep, more'' ,' *
urn a. mile .from the scene of the
inie.. . . . ; .</.. " . . ' ; ~
"The National Office called upon
10 other Tennessee Branches .to co
Jerate With the Knoxville Branch.
ore tlian $'>00 was ra&al as a Pe- 1
hse^Furid. Tn?Noyvinhvr, 1920, the ~~?r~
pnnessee" State Supreme Court,re- .imdcd
tiie .ruse. tor e new trial. .
Nevertheless? despite the general \
ttvieWwt that he was innocent, Mays \
as. finally "executed. - . '
Jhe?report?from-Limn. Ohio, connues
that the Chit-.f ..f Pf.t1ro <>!' th:ii ~
ty informed tht.- -Kribwille aufchorics
by te|ej)lu?Jha_of the white \voan's
confession hut that she Was r?
Jcnsed when the Knoxville Chief of""
olice stated ' "ttv^t Mays
id paid the death penalty for the ?
inie and that records there show p" ? nvs
despatch says of the woman's
large .?ga3nst the woman."? Th$. .
trfessiwn: ---w- ?^ 7-^? *- t
"At tlie the crime, ilolice
rwi \T..o u'nn,i!i u..,i i.i.i .i ... .
..v. ioin. .uviiiiii iu;u null ini'in, ner - *
iimo John Roddy, and she
i*ed at~Devorua, Ten p. Dressed in
ten's.'clothes and with her faco "
ackcned, according to her story, she' **
ipped into the* Lindsey AvonipiVs1 ' ,
me and killed her in bed. She diJL__: '
>, she said, because a few nights .<?.
evious she had trailed her.husband',?
traveling man, to the LindsCy home
id had seen her husband and the
indsey woman together on the reet.^
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illbwing^ main demands of Negroes
iroughout the worlld:
1. A voice in their own govern-,
tent.
2. Native rights tr> the * land - and ?-?;
s natural resources.
-A?Modern educating tin- all t-hi'l" " \
ren.
4. The development of Africa for. ?
le Africans and not merely-for the "A
roifit. of Europeans. ? ' jH
5. The re-organization of com
irico and industry so as to make the
L&in?object?o?=ettpUa4 and hjbef?the viiv
ejfrtre of the many rather than the
iriching of the few. " ? '
C. Thfc. treatment of civilized" men nffki
* civilized despite differences - of
The manifesto further demands the *^9^r7r^
ithdrawal of American armed fortA.f(Continued
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