The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 17, 1928, Image 1
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VOL: TV?NO. Vl.
STATE7
THREE THOUSAND
t DELEGATES AND .
??-?VISITORS ?
Distinguished Speakers on the ..
Program
MANY SOC IAL FEATlJtKS" FOK
THE WKFK
. J Columbia fac-QS a. ho^t of eiiests'
_..I from all over South CnroTina next"
| week, \<ith the mcetih.ir of the stale j
-9?cytiveriUon o! The iMimciin State '
i Teachers' Association to be held in j
mis city, W ednesday,, i nursday, t nday
and Saturday.
"the' delegates and guests are estimated
at. ovm- three, thousand [ii'i-snns
from every county in the Stale. Many
agencies are lending their -.co-opera- j
tion in their entertainment. . .. f*
... . Amoni; them* are?the .Chanihi o of?
Commerce, the. -Columbia Ihikinos?
- I^eague, Alien University; llene diet
College, the public scHoofs of the .fity,
church leaders, The Palmetto header.
The People's Recorder, 'I"hof Kni'diss^
-of Toussaint of America and the !o-,
eal workers of the'American llitma.iro
Education Society.
Some social features are phmnc-l
for the -week; among t ho- e .'pinounee i
will be a dance at the Odd FellowV
?
hall, Thursday evening and a concert, j
by Mdamc Gaili.Curci at the Columbia
theatre, Friday evening, ait.P jhnny'l
? dinner and house part Vs. ? =j=
|h l no convention..vv ill* ft |#.u ?g;aii'sI
day evening: at eight." o'clflet in tLio
Iauditorium of Benedict College" >vitn
^jP-Dr. David Henry Sims, iho distill-1
I guished m-csident of AlU n iliii ,-i ; v.
I presiding:. Tlje .full program - is an-.
| nntineed holow.
CROUP MUKTINCS
. THURSDAY, 10:.'V) T<> ?2:U? .
College Presidents' Croup
Library?Alien University.
Executive Committed Mc^tTrigy"*
Dean's "Ollice?Allen Unsvcbdly.
Meeting til" 1 >ii cvLu;TTf-ttniVips.'
Room, U?Alien .University!;" "
Meeting: of Teachers oTthTTiie Ke5"r ~
: nomies.
Science llall?Benedict College.
Primary (iraup
Auditorium of Allen University."
FRIDAY A. M.
Primary Crudes ~ ?
Leaders :Mi'ss .^llelen Usher, Mi-ss
?- ?Ruth Bynutn, >1i:v. S.^il. Ilen mm . m.
" \f 1 cs-cs I lniui? VI : A 1 I J v?;?' K -i'ii -V???
ATA, AOO Jk/HIOJI >'? J.Vi O j ?'l IMUV, Q ?
Moore.
High School and History Croup
Science Hall?<Roncdil.t "C\tllc^rc.
" High School (Troup (S. I-. Finloy,
President. ; t .
^Assignments:
Science-^ ro'C--T. L. Ihickon; '
English?Miss Thomasina Thorn- .
aS; ? --- . - * ' 0-~T
Junior High Ivnglish^Ttns Pride;.
Algebra?ProHl li. W. Buiilware
Artihmetic?Frof;L. II. Moure.
Address, to High School Croup will
be delivered by Supt. S. H. Edmunds,
I Sumter, S. C.
DEPA RTM ENT OF 111 STOIt Y"~
Place?BencdicI 'College:
This department will meet jointly
->. ' . M.AKI
Annual County Convention of Mn
linian Elec
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pel
i'lLE BIG AMMOUNT
; ~; : u1 r~
ik'ncdicl College Students Raise
_ SMO(hOO ;
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JjKKSiDKNT AM ISDlil/S AM HIT!/\\
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. A;. Tin' Leader goes to press reports
trcjiiW lhe Annual Pounder's Day
ifr..yo?.l'?:r Benedict College had reach*
i .;
l'i . .-.(K lit C. li. AntisdeT-eould ;?ot
he K:?ii;lied 1 t>r a statement, but rejArt.,
indicate, it was learned front
\lu- on-.- i.lint's office, that more than
i". .
: iiM OO.vM)-* the goal?- would be
fej-oried. "T ' ' .
V7,0lMUl0 was raised last year. This
va aT's is the Inmost in the history of
tin-' Cdlloge. V
LIKE AT HAINES INSTITUTE
.Ajjfiisla, Ga., Mar id?The
lV-;.rirr "lory, of the main build
i11;r .at Haines Institute in this
city- wa> de.stroyed <by tire this
morning'.
f'oi.i MIUAGIULS LOOSE.
in. Palmetto' Loader, inquire teleg'fani
brought the news- here as Ave
go to press, that no girls were hurt,
ui Ai's,:; Mattie (). Ivvans,"of Coluni>m-}
.MI>s t'arnline Uuthert'ord, of CoHinmiaiT^TTs^
iMabel K.-.Howard. oF
i -.ti l.tiglon and .Miss HaTsy Pickett,
s Camden were heavy losers' in the
ii,;e.. All of" their clothes, books and
.. ... e:1. fiiiese uiiis%n.ii^y earner
. art if floor of the girls' dormitory,
with the, High .School Group and will
Ihru^the Eleventh Grade.
,/ OUTLINES}
i. rue _ importance. or 'Negro HiSv
i: l'y % uy Dr. 1). II. Sims, Allen Unive!'.
!iy.' f :
. -iI. Tile Woork of the National As7~o7i
;l!on -in X'ejiro History?by Filed
>it John J. McKjnley.
ill. li.Av to* Study History?by
I'rofe or S. S. Morris, Benedict Col 'e.
e. . ' . . ' . 1
.Mt'thojls Below Ili^IT. School-?
X> i--- -1 nnovby Uiehardson.
V< it'ATlON All (IBOI B
1?: ?-i ?: ~?:?? ??
i rm, .1. ?>. fthanklm, 1 residing.
Library?(Benedict College.
Election of. Officers. .
Report -of CoommittPe on Group Insurance.
.
Thrift Organizations and How to
Conduct Them. .
. *i. W. .A.
-?2. II. C. Brew6r. . ?
J; A. Holman.
flow the Teacher of Home Economies
can Encouitigo Thrift on the
l'art of Hhr Pupils.
1. Miss Ajinje Boyian.
"~2. Miss Maria Williams.
Miss Josie* Brown,
it .'iui^alile Riseussioji of Problems
-Urxailiar U>-XuvnUoiml Twaohws. ^
Address?Mr. J ." B. Felton, State
Agent .Negrot Schools.
ONXOI NTY TEACHERS* ASSOC!/
irion Count#- Teachers' Association r
ted Secretai
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COLUMBIA, S. C? SATUR
RS'COf
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF J
I COLLEGIATE DEANS, AND REG
ISTKAKSJSI'KCTS S. C. SJ)N J
SECItHH'Alt Y
The Nirtitmiil Association ttf Col- i
?
logiate* Deans" and Tlcgis trars "in No- ~
g+'??Schools7 moVat Fisk University Nashville,
Tennessee, March 1-3., This
Association is composed of a-11 Negri1
institutions in America interest-. *
ed in higher education ani}, having 1
college <Rpnrtnrentir. ~The five col- '
leges Trrmr South Carolina \vcrc ably 1
represented by Dean Hubert, of Mor- '
j ms .College; Dean Thompson and Reg- 1
. istraar Deyaughn of^ Allen; Dean 1
I Pearson of Claflin and Dean Gregg 1
R.egistfarSpann of State and Dean
Rodferti. of Bencdifct; ,
The subject discussed \vas the Negro
College. Curricula and survey
made on this subject fry Deans Brawley
and Gregg and Professor Doyle 1
were received with hut slight recom- 1
mendations and changes. Dean Redfern
of Benedict College, ably served
as chairman of the committee on find- 1
l " . i . I
ings which report was also well re- .
' ceivod.
. ' On Friday. March 2nd, before the ^
faculty, student body, vihite and tolI
ored citizens of Nashville, Dean Gregg
of State delivered the Annual Ad-1"
. dress on "The Negro and the Liberal
Arts Cc^'lege." All sessions were ^
profjtahlerand displayed much study ,
and research on the part of . the nartieipants.
South Carolina and State .
fVvlfvcrn w'nrn gimnilnvlv V?nrw?vorl l*v
j the; election fo Professor Gregg as
Secretary of the National Association
wh'os duties a^norig other things will
?mtail publishing the Bulletin, of the
Association. The next* mooting of
sso.eintmrt-wil 1 he held in Prairie
View, Tex'ns.
WAR DEPARTMENT TELLS N. A.
A. C. P. LAST HOUSTON 'MARTYR
BUT 1 RELEASED ;
a - "
New Yorkp Mar lij^-All. but one 1
mcmbei1 of the 24th U. S. Infantry; imprisoned
in connection with the '
Houston, Texas" riot of 101T, have now '
! been released according to jflletter
from the U. S. Disciplinary Uarracks J
' at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, io the
I National 'Association for' the AdL
vnncemont n? Colored 1 'copto.ijtt Fil'th
Avenue. " " ~ ' 7T _1
In this letter Col. A. A. Hickox, '
- I'arole Ullicer, informs thg N. A, A. J
C. P. that Robert Smith has been pa
rolecl under date of February 2, and n
was released February 2i), leaving only-one
"Houston. Martyr" in prison. J
The man still imprisoned was denied 1
parole because of a "poor conduct record".
during his imprisonment,
j. The N. A. A. C. P. hashecii Tight-. _
ing for the release of the 2-lth .Infantrymen
since the riot in 1017, and
has repeatedly announced its intention
of following their cases until the
last man. has been liberated on parole.
Monster petitions have been" present.
ed to two president under the auspices
of the N. A. A. C. P., the cases
i.uij..the soldiers being reviewed by the
War Department and their terms
j fjhortened?m-consequence:?The - last- petition,
to President Coolidge, "bore
j- upwards of 125,000 njimes.
JtJ? rr ir -^i ut.n l V i
Jjf| ^TTl
^VSm
lTION
egistered 100 per cent with the State. |
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ry of Dean
DAY; MARCH 17, 1928
IVENTK
mCHTS or TOISSAINI
; ~ 7~ :
Teachers Invited to 'Headquarters or
Taylor Street
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SHO^ Midi ACTIVITY \lT
: OVKR STVTK
The dele Rates, to the . iki'.metu
state Teachers' .Association here next
,veek are invited to make the state
leadquarters of the KnitrBIk-olUTou.s"Inttl
tr2 T;ivTor street then
headquarters* while the convention !:
in the city host week. Free re si
rooms and inforniatiua' bureau ajrtt
road maps will" he on hand for t'v
State teachers. It is another sul>
elation of< the G'hatnber of Commerce
Lit the corner of ;"Tuylor and Bui
streets. . !
Maj. (Jen. A. Q. Dunmore, chief o
the staff, ' Uniform Rank, hits accept,
ed an. invitation. to speakwu -Gt-orRi;
KniRhts of Toussan't rall.ey in. Atlanta
5ometime_jn July., lie rocs tq.be tin
juest of Maj. (Jen.- \\\ L. Crocket, o
Atlanta, Ga. '
Cpi uhTFila will witness, the ~ettftij.
jp of the association of-which Mrs
P.. A. In.uram, Pit) Green street, i.
die head, Mar. 2!>th at an Assemble
street hall in this city.
Rev. father Thomas \\'. Brown
reotor of the St. Luke El iseepn
Dhureh on Hamilton Awonn '? ? >
nonpt the nytf^-nidjuuHs to join the
^nttfhts ol lou>i>aiiftr th?,."w<n?h.
Mr. -Monroe' Mcfteo of ? Taylors.' S
2., Greenville county,-is the president
)f the ToussaintAssociation at Taylors.
. "... V. -*
,-Xh?>A>inoeioti?'tv nt r.uslo.t. 1*.
?iekens county: will be sot up on Monday,
April the dflth. On Sunday
\pril the 2Uth a- mamhioth Toussifhat
telebrated in the aiiditorjiftp of" the
:ity hi^h. school. '
Col. Noble L. Vain, of Greenville
State Deputy, i< the sponsor of jrrp:?i
roussaftit uetiyity in (tr.eonyilUt.coun
ty.
- Mrs.. Dot tic Kimball and l'l'uf. \\*
Krkine.'Darker report, continued pro
2rre9s from Kdirefu ld County.
The Toussaint association in-"Ken
laltown community under Mrs. Isant
White and Mrs., Jackson will he.se
into a lodge the last of the month.
- The Knights of T-o'ussnjnt?troe:
[iiarc+nnpc onunder colors of gold'aiu
purple, friendship, kindness, mercj
ind love for all 11 innli-i-iU?Luuu
joined since the first of the year. Tin
reports show iroin' all -over Soiitl
Carolina, that this state lemU ttie. t;^
next to Florida in the campaign I'm
new members.
scotia alumnae. called t<
meet >
In response to the call of Miss ilel
en N, Usher, State president of tin
the guests of- the Columbia Chapte'.
at the residence of Mrs. Lillian J
Rhodes, 1514 Gregg Stv, Friday, Mar
-showing their appreciation. Jle.'Jaa
Alumnae of Scotia College, will in
2.1 fd at 5:00 P "M. ,
'f*~ u= T-^*?T~?'
A Jt'
Mpbslp JjLx / 1
OK WjI^ I ?
Sm^^DT>' * ' S & I
--. . View of bulfdinprs and jrrpunds
the principal.iMarted here live years
MrT^pmlfo-a ,;TTll co-workera w
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is' & Registi
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)N NEXT
National Bene
^Pythiang
TIN: \ \ii<>N .\i: "r.hNf :?"tt frji?
- - CAM/ATION A IHS AM* ll'l'l! . ^
,-i rack km.kui'kisi:
.ji-^Annoiimeniont has In en n . .
. hy .Air. II. II. Rutherford, l'r< i i? n
rThe National ^Ccnirfrt: I.ifc !n irari<o
. j Company,- that Jus orjtaniz-fity h had
.-.eontpleted arrangements Id" loan T$.~>5,-OU0-.O<J
to the Wheeling I'yihiun
Association, nn the creation.of a nled" v
/cn? olUc$_ huitilihjJT l*y {hat-As'oVhrJTion.
-Oil tlle_site known as | ;? )),'
I 1023-27 I "Haplind Street, xyi^i'elin*: " j
! \Vcht. Viiaia^a. The I'ytbkir. ha j
hi Id title to. this .pnipioty for -co
orate figure when .Chaplaine was a ;
( elo.sod" streel, hut recently this stiw t
has tscfiii out thrmioTv an?!conni o;ia * >
the main boulevard leading .'-nC. ' ''
Wheeling, ami this property,' "\yilh. t
. other, mei,i right -enharrrrtl?in?vahni.
and is nW;jtl the heart jiT thej^usi'
rj ness "tenW bf the i'liyv .
y oarons, niter dciiyj; iiusiraicu lti^iteir J
endeavors to' laiV out the-; Pyjbtans. V
tretnliatetl by. mnl^intf it 'impossible r.
J fo.r the Pythinns- to lie financed by c
hit white financial .institutions .. in
iT.vi'.UAb i)iui:(nuts id mi:i:i :
IN HIRMINtillAM '
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The Independent Xirtional ^Funer ii .
DivectoVs Association, compose,!- of!
j. Kbyhtoen State and District 'Asspcia-v
niintlM. JUlS dhles^'cd 1 ifs .iliii-'f!" an- '
| nual meeting in Bimrinjjhani, "Ala.. '
. j rot- May 2f. 22, l'.'2X. ' . .[
; . Ah attractive feainre of the nice!- .
?-in-prthis yonr, u.ill be a trip-to, Tud:v~*~
-'pee", May ,21th. to witness the T..111j
inencetvpiit of the' Inn ituticn, and''to
i > is it the Ci.overniu.eht lio-pital where"
: tnany pf -oar wounded boys .are t'l.e.yl -
U.. Tln>?-Ass/)ciation_ is^t'.j. soi-r.? tie;
i afiernoon of May 21th and the ni.?
i.- special, iriie -t of tin- tr ;
- | upon the invitation of Principal it. It.
pToton and faculty. On the- morn- ' ^
- h'ntr of Way i*r?t h he. I'drd h'in;T?iu-.' a
! special address will ho delivered "to
t. The e'Voup by I)r. Moton. - .: r
. There are - around dOOO N'ejfrb F;islncrhl
Directors hi t! >.. / ..prrr-.o- 'in,?-t?
I ? arc six casket factories. owned,.an i " .
"operated by Xeyroes, ahd two.eon's
rem ; lnnnufacturirm- nmhalwiiur l'n',?-?
: ami accessories. .There u . ; r
i .Journal owned aint published hy at
member of the group. '
r._ The olliciafs mrCrf^rt sidt n.. (!. \\ ?r
. j Safl'el, dr., Shelhyv'rlle, Ky.; Seerc?. j
; tiiry, Lucas B. Willis. Indiiu'iajoii ' ;
) IjhI^. Kx'ecutive Secretary, R. IT Ilei d . I
RenfrOj...Cincinnati, Ohio.; l'relat .
- Wm. Keosce, Clarksvillo, Term,; u
b Chnii'iiian Executive Connnittcu; CUa
r Crook, ^Chieac'o, III. .
Executive Sec re fa ry It, Ii. I teed i.
also editor of "The ColoiHyl-Knihalm-i>
. | er" which rs the ollieial or^an of the {,
e ' Independent National Funeral l?i- < ..
J rectory- Association. . d
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THE CHAPMAN (JUOVK S< NOCHJ
(Sf the Chnppian Grove School in' Greer.'
Ug? ill U sninll shnniv. TnJ.-.v ii. i>= ..
"ill attend the State Teachers' Associated
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n : t I.- .?ft .(>.R.t:i'ouk terms.
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'r" ' ' r >"?'!r:"-s?wt*--fliu propo-4-^-^
':"n ' I l':? h'ans and?
' ?. r -i*'nation , -'whereby
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'i yh--'-i-ri?ti<?n of
> "T7. i *: I;I:'I.:i"f j'i'i>jrrt, The . *.
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' It. fyc'ion of ;.
r' .Samuel Plato,
.i.y < , ! W I.'Hjjsviil'', Ken- . .
I.y". : ' It. Km! Httjr and. the
Jyi?..i + .ti" - -r-.-?r-:;:v;h:j!kHn*?s has'- "
lr? j*!.v _ v . . . \ . /?
"'1 !?'- ' rrrr-i ? !>,!/ rn=c where '
fli i. :.'t "T.il'e Insurance
:r. : t?M<ic* it -possible for
i<;;oi " (>i'?<<Gf-grtntp to retain arid
' trenches already
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< OKvUiillNC-l-i ..AT- Ai & T . '
l.i'a&F.fiu'tu* !' tii" Will b?
i .let i-ion- et^<)!li'(Ar<s. -Judging Con?
Uyt.., a;:d ' <?iv:nit: the.Third Degree ;
f'. 1?yi'Sit 14?/The ~ . . w_"
; -al-' . . 1. : *<?-r. -the Future
' * r'.s " organization-' . i~*~
..''y!ng! Vocation
i :-.y ;it" A. and"
** ij '< - 'and 1 :j.. ri"he
. I.v; nuytinir wifl be- "
v ,-r: m? (JiVA t'i'Sj annual - -- <
i''i.-j and live_ .
-- '' * tb,ird-degree to
1V.> liuv'ii made the'
work for- the .
'i; f "-Future Xoj'th .
~?J . . . T? 1 : L i I I,v>11 TS td 1
v *. . l in agriculture '
:i i" ' peel l'nr the business
-? ?, ?liii iit. nhmng- :
ti i.. 1 . students; to
.. . .i <iui i ;?n ijj iiuu .
. ;,s fr recreation and
?m. ? -r-. ! .
Mi.,i.!. i ..\emont. . . '
. i .iv.v iliiv." ci?.-greets of mcm>
t-i .-hij. in ili-i.'. t'auirc . North State ' .
"is } ! inidation, naniely: "As-'.i.ir.y:
-i vr. TrwyVossive" Farmer ?
ad .v !_<?>?I1 .u aa r.?IlUu- last and
i.uiu ju'Vrsiv is .given only at state
n v.!' v completing thj^
. . . i.. -1.yuUited in the cony
vi-.n-n. I!.' j.oti mrly;.torTTSem-"
i : s v.'.ll i <. i o tla-?li greo. Members !
alii'* V..]i 1ft Veil U gold? ~
ey a> .a,<i\-,tn?i'ij>4'i?r.such distinguish- *
acait ve-monrs.~~y
j j \ tatm
;*i!-So ( . unty. Mr. .1. II. Chapman^
.4. liu. 1.... . VlH'l'l 'iL.i'.nnl.H nil' tilt-1 flUUUl, .
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