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\ THIRD A1 wmM % VOL. IV,?NO.S. " ; farm(h AGRICULTURAL AUTHORITIES CALL ; Negroes Rapidly Losing Hold on Farms Purchased Decades 1 Ago by Parents. nn mot i?it a tivc vai'tipii #^v/ V/ x T /llil'lJ '?*""*" vl Negro of Georgia - Own More 1 Land Than Any Stale Except, Possibly, Mississippi Since 1865, the Negro has been- rapidly getting hold of valuable farm lands. He has also been able tG t>uy j _ for hmiself homes in town and cilies'.The home ownership spirit has'tend- 1 ed to stabilize our social life. . "* * t The latest United States Cbnsus , reports show that the Negroes arc losing their hold on many of the ' - . it farms purchased yeqtg >ago by the , fathers and mothers. In many eases, , it appears that htey dp not realize, the-1, value aigL-iinportance of these lands ' , that have been handed"down to thipm.' According to the United Sfcitc tern' sus estimate, in practically every . state where Negroes own land in this L t __?Country, -there, -has been a decided t Slump in the number of farms and in 1 liT*- the acreage owned by Negroes since 1920. In Georgia commonly known as v the "Empire vState of the South", where NPcroes own more land than in any state' in the Union with the ' pos-sbile exception of Mississippi, i.t , has been estimated that Negroe s have i lost approximately five thousand far.ms.. Leaders in agriculture. and others who are thinking seriously .of ? the future of our people in this coun" ' try are discussing this matter. They ? call attention .to thG fact that white' ~ people of the South have loft the farms in large numbers. These lands: may be purchased on very reasonable term. The Federal Loan Banks, thru the lcari Association, are prepared to Attorney Fre PtiJnvcAr] : -JUiJLAVftV/A UV/V4 < The Republican State Convention meets in Columbia, .February 'J, lUUS 1 and if history repeats itself, a majority of the delegates will be No groes], In the days of Smalls, Miller, . . Murray, Fordham and other's of th6iy _ , kind, there was no "bagging? of dclv'i ' qgates for a consideration that meant ""nothing'but possibly,an empty prom^T ise a smile, a .pat no the shoulder, a ^ -?. few dolfarSr They demanded recognition in party affairs and got it, not only in South Carolina but in Wash- j ingcun. iney oiJuraicu tnc cajiuui 01 the nation with the leading white and ? oolorod men of tho Republican par.y. They brought things to pass for their t? . - friends aiuf supporters in South Curo-. lina, and the same time took care of theselves. ^ Today, county organizations means1 nothing but to elect delegates" to at- v, tend a state or disrrct convenion. F~ can nhw' sle the once powerful ora- j tor and statesman, Honi J. B. Foi ak> > ? and Hour Dick, both U. S. Senators - of Ohio ni company with our own E. H. Deas the "Duke of Darlington" ns_i they were walking up Pennsylvania! Ave., Washington, D. C., With Hon. Judson Lyons .wending their way to the office of Senator Foraker to diis cuss the' political status of the Ncgro. Hon. Deas was on the job. It was the storm center of the Itooscvclt J?Ul. T ...no kirn r uianci ucuaic. x ?c?o |/iuuu kji mm ftTirt "ttr mv nlAacurit to irit ro hu'c ' WI Itl IV TTtnj ill jr pjTrwmrm ?w tiivajvwM^v ' . - . him to Prof, Scarborough, of Ohio, who afiid: "You South Carolinians produce great Negroes* in church ami - . State." We spent about an hour in Senator Foraker's office. I enjoyed the conference. Senator Foraker was, friendly to the Negroes. Doas was the State phaitman7~Nofie stnce. , I do not t>eleive in any one .riye-oronoman party but thre peopled party and a convention that will do the things j - that represent the people who chose WUAL P! . * ' ' . * ' , , I 'I" ' . . ' i i - ? i yilfefi i jjjp "#-? * .-.** -. . assist farmers \v)iu_ decide to pur? ; jluisc farms tor themselves. Many j .lucrprismg- business mui mid local || try where l'arin.nty is still a bin- hi- ?) J us try arc nronaiod to ^ssisi. in their cllort. to own land. The U-. *i llll ... I . lit i.L' I.' ( 1.11- ' . . .1 Cl.llfi.... 1H *1 ? i.iivm MVUH O jvu in w;if \ carious states and the Federal Board "j lor Vocational HU aC-uliunc.oopov-utin? ftith" all ->Jic .?.a.c. where Negroes !| live on the farms 7iT"large numbers )i -'.and'Tca !y and willing to oiler any *i issiscunee and advice possible to peo- ] pie who woi.lil like tp reorganize their ] la: m'ng . busiit-s fo that the. farms. !| tvill pay... These leaders arc equally *J uvShnis for our people ro hold' o the *j land that they .already have and pur- *| drasy . more. ?j Tk-' Negro Land (Irani. Colleges in the .-evt i.' (. a S'tu .'r .n* y.aiw:, t ri- 0 J rate public*'ins ivf ut-. ' and pinny *: other agencies r, making n strenu- * ,us effort- to redirect all.ntjon of Xc-~ : ^roes to the value ami iinp.ortanee of. [jesting hold -of- valuable farm lathis *| while fluy hav? the opportunity to do *! >o. - . ' * . We urge Xcgroos to hold their land *: and their homes even in the. fac'O" of [ restlit diseouaraaiag* fanning conditions ' and s. om.ipgly' unsurmounta i iv. vcuir iiiiv yiuuuiuus. luutucss i pot pie is?a.4iamL people ami .will OVOf be a poi l* people. N.o race can possi- J bly yi i'il lime I '-f a h>pK Tittjc pl'ospeF-i, .. ous? pn.Yss a number of its people are pennanenily hunted on,..the ' oil. 'Any people \. ia> till'phe soil will I'vertua:ly .own $. We. adv.oeht0 a I alniK'ed s.vs' t;m of tanning in which' lie re will .he a uivei srtleil source of r'wy. t . 'j;hi y aiv '. alinipr' on the 'e.ltodlfj aJKi ialh'' es,-the nrnis ers and ho .pi'es t<> carry the niossajre of permanent lain'l tnvnor. hip to our j en. >'le.- We nnirt calti.yn.e :t deep- ... enod love autfUcplvrt'i i;rtioji .fo^eicHuntry i fe. We must ci niinue ips a raeiL to'learn to love the lanil^KTul. all ttmt i it represents. Wh.thotv we .are hv- j . /fV>ni inned. ,,n I*?i*re Kirlif) '( ^ ~ . ?? ? 7 j 1 derick ' as Candidate/ the- dole&at. s Unit compose it. Our l}'1'*1 *H* "ft lil 11.? in.|l<-^r-.1. 11! in 1 ami aCiiou' iirKl/^cnu.'$nion v.hu can ; aw*f wiH-able i\pieaeul the white and ^ colored lis.laihlicar.s of .South- Caro- , 1 ma.- v '1 lye time ls.lvero wiicn Aegroos i ofiould jwove their caj ability of dpir.g theif-HdWii thinking and Voting and ! \ .iui;?the unknot Vote liuaijstdves,OUt i i of- doors but while lnindiu.l of them'- i SOlWs, lvjntUy i t n? inbei' Ihuii \vhU$ I* irionus who are km. wn.by-their de;lds ' i and not by liatlcrina Avards.' - J X. H. l'Vei'orii:k, fcsq., a true and j > iiepui'I.arm and w?e ' \\ori hy .<.ri , rtpres.nc his . party in. the) ..\nf ionn! . ( a!!\ vn. ion w nit IV racei s in- J ae>-; '< Citjv.Afo. in June, has announced hii%Teir a < andida\e. -lie i.s. not duiug" it i.\ VitbrKova, bi^t asking the suppoll- of v all Che dele-gales and especially, of his , group. He deserves their lull sup- | port and should Ik- alerted abniy with _ iron. J.'.W. "i'ul.liert and t\vb .others. \ .11 11 n .1 iin,.!-'. v?i-H.vi)ii rMi.'ma. I *1. ? ?/?*> .. , V.WU1UIIL- , teaman el Giaa',-4lu; Li.ua. I'ci i y ilow- ' , ltd, X-ii.ii nal Committeeman of Miss- 't ' ?lPi)i will ".Lie" in . the National C'onvenliort-anti why nrrr.- nut, own ' hrtttr ~ iant attorney, Nr J. Frederick of S. i my..-natuo towi-u no one man 4s doing more than lion. I. J. j McCbtlrie to htfild up the party and, , make it a respectable minority party. these, higher-up I do not know ,bu't from observation, I do not think hp is hflekmg Ills efforts " .entitle .hint - tcrn,eeeivo.< It. js .lime he Wyri.cs have rTcome-haek in the political affairs* of the Republican partvdn South Carolina. To do so is: with themselves and .February 9th is the time. If the New Negroes ' show themselves race men and true ' o" their fellows, "Capt.' Jint" of Greenville will be happy nnd so will the writer and all other race loving Negroes, - - } O. W. n.?--+ ':;-V r \ v , _ "J: 'l , . r.~._ -.-l - - . --- - ...? - . JBLIC W] * ^ '.-U ' , , ^ * . COLUMBIA," S. C., SA' /vvvvvvv\m/\m/*X*VV*X**Xm#m/V*X'*!" [ PLAIN 'fALK. NO I [' ' ' vl ' vrel t* The Ne^froe:- qi" ..Columbia ?- County in general should rsei j? er coming into this city and > tlley should or should not do C or lor whom they should no I* r Joseph W. Tolbert a.* well a> I* and every Negro should rest cut a slain of Negroes subs slick jmeans to carry out that ;! trying to beat Alldfiiey N. J C enough to say, is worth nion r ^i^ rotmiy ,U tanlie or any. of [ is framing. |? We wonder what he thinks j! The fact that he can. hire a C records "to go in jivit h hint in t* . Frederick docs not mean that [ " gr(k\s"(jf CohYmhia and fetich* lai by him or anyone el. e. Co'.un \ Frederick, we predict, will he It I* Columbia, S. C., |? February 2nd, 1928. C - - R. S. Will Budget lYo.-idont; C S. "Wilkinson, appear-' ng before the Carolina Legislative:i f. 1 iuii of $122,3115.00 approved. This anoynt with $55,270.01) coining from 7'iii. i al and .other ouurce.i-.h'ill make 4re?iS-tale College budget here for 02S, $177,005.00. . j ' ' ? ; . Prom the president's- report to' the j egi.sliituf-e," it is' -clearly seen that ? dans now on foot will -place- South Jaruliira State College at Orange- j )urg as . oho of the leading T.and-; Irani .Colleges for Negroes. Every j iToj;L is being adv anced trr~haye the ' ihysieal cuuinmcnt and eurrienLi iti<> niuul qf any. The faculty is composed U'-SINKSS IE Adj.; E EXECIT1VE CUM MM TEE TO MEET MONT n,\v" at r.-nft i> \t - I -^fak^ notice, the Executive Commit-1 ee of .the local Business League will i.eet. ill G:UU t\ M., Monday, Febru-' try Gth at The Citizens', Furniture j Jo., 1115/ Washington St.': President i jCevy urges aT^iHatteiidahrL'. l'lans ton the annual -election will be conK-tk'red, also the unnuttT-pi'og-Yum oftt-ined. Be on time^ \:i.\ I. 'S. LEEV V, President,. W, C. JOHNSON, Secretary, v '.IR. jFLEJnNCr RAPLEY PASSES Abbeville, S. C.?Mr. Fleming Kajjley, u wonthy and highly respected :i,iten of this city, died at his home, I'T'iday morning, January Gth with heart failure. -flis sudden death came as a shock | to the entire ccunniu.iity. F^pr- two .-earn?Uo?iuuL?Li con?tintfage'd?in thu 4roccry -business -and -was on ?&5e job yb^*night of his death. The _ funeral ervice was held Monday afternoon, January Oth.' Rev. H."M. "Moore", of Charlotte-, N. On offitfetwl;? -Mr. ttnptryrwns a^fndthfal worker in th?- Alt. Pleasant Baptist Church and for several years he; served as' superintendent of the Sunday Seh<5ol, I'Th.-'llleiir Of tilt' B. Y. arvT chair man of the deacon board. lie is survivt ',11>vr ^rwiT0- Ml's- lennie^Ra^ cilo tRapley of ,this city, an adopted daughter, Mrs. May me Mc&liatcr, .of New York City; three sisters, Mesdames Mahulda Fisher, of St-r Peters* Knvcr T^ln Alnl'tr T.iuincref/in r?f Mow York City; nnd Caroline Perrin, of Jacksonville, Fla/; three brothers, Messrs B. J. Rapley, of Wasmri?lfon, D. C.; C. C. Rapley, of Andrews, S. C.; and C. J; Rapley, of Abbeville, S. . " ~ y The entire community extends uielr V, " . 'ht-'.'T. N 1 - V ' ; ?; \ , , ??? - : ELF ARE I] ffi* \ jl'-V ' ' / " fURDAY, FEB. <L 1028. K^W^W^^XK'VW'X'vvvw'M'vv j NTERFEtfENCE BY f HERS. fl - $ r m particular and Ricldand *it the attempt of any outsid- . county and telling ..them that {'. ; lor wftom 1 lioy. should vote rJ 4 votb. This applies to Mr.? ^ > 10 anyone else. We resent X 1 nit his Oojning here, making' ervic.nt to hint, framing, up : / slate, all for the purpose of Frederick who,.we are bold /to the Nogi^es of this city X J_ his henchmen with whom lie V t , I -s i we are, slaves or free men? i few Negroes ofr uncertain > his effort to -lvcatl ofTN. J. 1*1 t . all or a majority ol' the No- X < id County can be ''persuaded" x"1 lhia and Richland.County will { ropreTvuTit ' t hom?and NVJ: " t oriO of them. * 1 ? T. J. ENTZMINGER. ' If. ' . - X :*: " A ? " LUISU S Approved: ",V - r !oi" graduates irum liii.' ranking uni- '' Wl'SitiCS. I| i he rcpo: t hiiow cd there had. l*ceii?^ a. jaieri6iiici.al-.fervWi.il ot the school tilUlTr the Jiruselit hdniihiittlal'ion." l' l'tom annual iiKinm- 111 .-V|iL,iii .-.>fni)n i -N leceivcil sixteen, years ago the .Coir lego. has feiov.n and nOw receives a ! ^ tvial yearly maintenance oi'iuarlyjd v.wo hundred- thousand dollars. Dur- j c ill U' tilis tillU> lliil'nvf tinur \\ w r-rr ...-**..4 Iiiuuyi nij j. cons.rucied. and .uiiiipi&U biiUtUugs. Lv haw been erected. An adequate /teaching force is now being mai-main- ie ed. Departmental organization*lunc-J l; _tions and standardized curricula for dacli depart men 1 is pursued. The to- . . tai Cni'olinvent jTor T.iJ7-dS 'was loliC. c sympathy to the. bereaved, family in'1* this sad hour of sorrow and deep dis-^ ^ tress Ihroii^jy which "they my *ny\Y [ i; passing 0' <??? ? "?Y I'KKS. WILKINSON AI)i)IlESSKS Ili.U iiLKS oF KLKSIIAW 7 ?' ; COL N'A" ' c Vtttmty Superintendent of Education ^ Also Spoke j President- Ii. ?5. Vv ilkinson of State A. & .M. College, addressed ihe teach- t , u'j 01' Kcj^'haw:.County tm Saturday, P j January.-ifth. lie was introduced as I : y.e.ng a man known throughout the o [ country because of the educational 1 program lie has devised and initiated a 1 in' South' Carolina. 7"" 7 . f In speaking, Dr. Wilkinson outlined 1 ' briefly the present situation in the V j state and .stressed the nerd for adeDftiate'" preparation lie ?kLi__E audience when statistics were cited j id thai .^nt-ui', tidlf.apidii'atits-Aur-p^ . ...cuuu-cts cxauHiKU-tons m RHfttj-mnci ty and Uvcnty-fVve percent failed : and -only t?."> percent passed. Only ( TrtytTTTdifir 'earned even the""sctroTTd j fc.ra.de. certificate. Orangeburg County ... pvhtrre~tW(r eu! luges' arc ioufftTi has to- ' day thirty-two teachers with second ^ "grade" permits said President Wilkinson-J ~ V . - r h" ?ndi??/'? ?-o7 t" "(1<1 -<n- | ^ rial woidc and interest to their instruet c J-biD- an>l spend them? elves for the; ^ pood of"the race and community. A ^ to know;, her students she must know { something of their home life and con-^ , ditions,The County Superintendent ^ of Education thanked T>r. Wiikinson for his helpful address to his teachers j and . encouraged those, present to _ "check up on the attendance of their students. Mr^McCIester presided ov- 1 ef the meeting and music was fur- .1 nished hy students of Matthews school S and Mather Academy of Camden. , ' \ V MSTITUTE , ?i ToBeO ERRUARY 29 . TO MARCH 2 Mvision of-Negro Work of N. C. Stale Hoard of Charities! to Meet at N. C. College 'ASK IS ONLIY START Et) ' 'rohation Officers, Social Workers and Workers From Volun' tary Agencies Are Invited >Announcement is made of the Third Vnnual Public Welfare Institute, to I e held under the direction of the! co'rth Carolina Saitc Board of Char-! Lies andi Public "Welfare1, Division of vcgTo' Work", at the "North Carolina "ullcge foirrNe^roes, Durham, North .iioiuiu, r euruary zj, iuarcn i, z, Tins: i The Division of Negro Work of he North Carolina State Board of harilibs and Public Welfare was cs-i ajjlislieci .".January?I;1 . The or-, animation Of*, this division marked significant, step in the field of so-, ial welfarcmnd race relations. Three , tars of unremitting effort have pro? ! accijl results of outstanding import^] ncfe.. " ' j The task, however, is only started; ; lip Division of Negro Work standst t the threshold of still greater probiils and larger opportunities for cunnuinity service. To make known lore widely what the Division has] ?y irrnleTstanding of the State-wide j rogram which , has for its objective] ke.tlecfgas^ of crime, poverty and d./ .ctivenoss among the Negroes, this, . lie third Public Welfare Institute for 'tgro social workers is being held. Co 1 niilunity crgi#Azation. child'wel tie, mental healtii and hygiene, in- ' fitutiphs and social agencies, and soial hygit.no are. tho subjects which 111 be discussed in the several class., J * v ' .'[ Probation officers.,"social'.case workis, officers and workers from volunay agencies arc invited to enroll or the' several classes. All persons intending to enroll in . lasses are required to register with | ieutenaut Lawrence A. Oxley, Dice tor, Division of Negro Work, State loard 41X ..Charities and Public vWeltti'c,-. Raleigh, Xorth Carolina. While Hie general held of public olfaro will be- covered in the -open j i.cossion, every effort has been made i ) have a specific phase r>T social work ; ovcred' in the program of each day. j l PIANO RECITAL AT BENEDICT. COLI.ECE, FRIDAY, FEB. 10 t _____ . ;. J A musical concert with exceptional alont will be held in Benedict College hapel, Friday, February. 10th at'ftOO '. M. under.the apices of kh.i Sophvinre class. A Oopcert .GranopKnabe T'iar.o, t5*c ift of the class of 1027,- will be used or, the first time on this ocea^iam? 'he artists will be Professors John V. Land rum and \V. A. Joyner. Professor John W. T<?ndrum is rec. 2all For Richlar Republic .. Pursuant to A "call.of thc State Excutive Committee and the Executive .'onimitte of the? Seventh Conprrossbrtah District, a joint call is hereby ?stiod for a Conty- Convention To be leld'ln ilnr city of Columbia, ?. c? m the Oth day of February to elect Ix tfHh'jgam afttl sitt alternate flclefates to the State Convention which neets in the city of Columbia, S. C. >n the 0th clay of February, 12:00 A. it 1 n >o i ^ ^.1-^4. r ?a - ?l-i ?*., c>9 vu tiiTt luur utriugHies t^iiu. our alternate delegates to the Nationil Republican Convention which mfects rfKansns^ City, Mo., June 12, 1928. At the same time <niT place under hi9 jaint c6l.l there will bP elected eeven delogates and eleven alternate lelegates to attend a District. ftrm. mention which meets in Columbia, S. IN N. C. v_ lm . i >? * . - . , <9 .9 m \i v '. .' .**" ' --? \> 5c A COPY bserved ; .. . ? V?^?-?t-?.r ; "* *T" MINISTERS SI'ON .. SDR PROGRAM History ^Vee?\ to he Held Under Direction of Dr. Carter G. Woodson GREENVIILE- PREPARES Iloni C, C. SiKiuldinff to Attend Celehfatfon in the 4A3J:>uhtainCity", Feb. Stft to 12th Greenville, S. C., Feb". J>?The citi- . acris of?Ciroenvi'.le--arc irt the?rmthst of big preparation to observe Negro History Week." Henry M. L. James, lit rarian of the Phyllis-' Wh at ley Public Library on lor the-direction of I)r. Carter G. Woodson* Is directing the week's program; The Infcrden< minational Ministerial Union of which Rev. C. F.-Handy is pfesident, is sponsoring the week's program. Beginlng with Sunday, February ,5 he ministers wiU'giv.e from their pulpits the history of the Xegi'o church. Febrauray G.h, the Ministerial Union presents the new ministers to the public?who inturn will make" short talks Suitable to the occasion. February T 7th, the" business and - professional men are diiunauzing the boo.K, ?110 ^ipiio Ol itantiiiaps ' oy lva.pl> U . Bulioek, Buys \\ ors Sccitw.ar.y, Nation- al Council Y. id. C. A. nenry i\i, L. James, .who is directing tno drama, nas' invented?a Irag-J screen, tx4 teet to be used Jn connection wh*R an Opaque pa.opt icon, 'i he good will i hlll lK lit' Kill 111 IMS Villi ^.l>.r .l.uoil -"?? "'"-"T. j .nut has been selected fur Uws occa'}. ' C * , "? X ' . " Siun, C. C,. JSpa ulu 1 ng, Lus-.'it As mag- : nate' Ox L>ur..um, aim par,y w.n witness the* periurmun^e. Feuruui y Oth Dr. D. 11. Suits, president ui Allen University. will lecture on tiie New Negro. A musical recital -in whidh works of eminent Negro Composers will be featured under the ^direction of .Gamewell Valentine, director of mus e oi the Community Center, completes the week's program. ? ts?? ; ; ? ognized as one of the greatest blind musieihns and leaning nianists in .he Carolinas and throughout th? South. His concert Work and musical programs in the interest of evangelism have been marked. ' ? ProfesSbr Lanci.ruru_.has been associated wilh" leading ministers and singers of the Method's', and Baptist churches. lie has played for various ' ' lid s and churches in Columbia with ' splendid satisfaction; -Professor W. A. Joyner will assist in" the~CCtfiert; He has played before various soc:eti<?5T aiicl churches in * Columbia during the last sixteen years. He "is well known in the pi- * ano business which.-h^ -has -?fully opcratpd in ColuhddaT Ills fine spirit and bu?inoss~4aet won the in'terest of the-Senior Class of 1027 and detcrnvned t.h? purchase of' the dtp beautiful Knabe Concert Grand Pi? h rn>. v id County* an Convention C.j on March. 7, lU28^Ia..clect one dffU?_ egate and one alternate delegate to v. attend the. National Republican'Con- mention which mccls in Kansas City, v Mo,, done tgr-l I':;*,~t<v nuininati' uandi-1, dale,?flur luiMi,?I'lTsiih nl nn I Vip ' 1'rcsideht on the Republican ticket. ' 'i .Wards' mooting Tuocdoyi February f-j 7, jat 6 P. 51. Precincts meeting at 3 12 rt'oon, Tuesday, February 7, 1928. V: will elect the usual number of delegates from the ward br precinct yrtu are entitled to*in the County Convention. . - ? v iMj said roeetings. - R. Goodwin, Chairman u?'? ??R. W. Jenkins, ?ommitee?um M C. G. Garret]^ Secretary, 3