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|| ~ A ? VOL. IV?NQ. 30 . Committee Indicte .Qfi ^ -? K rERKY HOWARD SAYS'UK IS A f MAltTYR TO NKCUO l.JvMH'IKW sini' r : ??f- . '. ?Wn?liii>i>t.m- t> - f -i, v;pf^ rv _ i - - - -. * jueciarmg tnat the charges preferred against him by the Senatorial Investigation Committee were unfounded, sistant to the Attorney General of! t.llP United Statunt cKararlei i/.i'd h'.m-' sett as martyr to Negro leadership in thtj South, and the investigation as a means of overthrowing the power of Negroes in the "Republican party hi i the South, ip a statement released on Wednesday. Mr. Howard-was indicted on chaTg-. es "of peddling federal patronage, a- ' long with several other- prominent FcivHTun fl< p(U .71s Hn Mississippi in hiding.S. I). Redmond and his bro- 1 ther. Mr. Howard made bond here 1 in Washington and the leaders -who. lire?residing?in Mississippi were granted a change of venue last week. The statement made by Howard wtis 1 ns lolkjwsl . .1 "The only information I have with 1 reference to my indictment is what "I am a martyr to the cause I rep- j tion is the price of martyrdom. I'ris- | lesent?Negro leadership. I'ersocuiiii walls to martyrs are like palaces to-the--nobility. I -a?vT>crfeetly?w ilf- ing to*be offered up and pay the price ; . of martyrdom. ?A^eause is certainly^ far greater th->n the individual. I-j have been pursued politically and in ', the civil couitK arTd riow my political enemies seek to have. me. crucified in the criminal courts. . "I have no idea, what the charge is. Whatever it is, I know that is the State Has First! ^ U^IIUUi V. XXranproburg', S. C., July 2";?For the P firts time in'the history of the South ; Carolina State Aq'nnd ,M. College. the1} ammiicf agrioox gave lourtdcn lngl>sc hool certificates and one normal cor- , < tifieate to "graduates hero at theiri? commencement exercises. < v; .. j; An interesting program waS ren. 1 dered for the occasion. Prof. T. L.|( Duckett of-Benedict College was the j common emeni, speaker, introduced hy i Director -Howard" 1). |Gre>Jg, "whii.' I President -It. K. Wilkinson, awarded i . -- the. certificates and made some very < helpful remarks to the graduating : classes. Appropriate music was ren':dtre<T'by the summer school choir directed hy Prof. T.. I). Phillipsr1 i Those to receive certificates avere- J Rosa I.. Bonett, Kula Bell Bowman, 1 Elizabeth Brooks, Ivenia Brown, Nina s V. Davenport, Frances Gilliam, Atha- 1 lee Gilliam^ All ert Jones, Benzena i Martin, Kula G. McLuurin. Alice 1). "l Mitchell, Ma'y I.ou.Spann, Mary Sim. ' ' lille, Lizzie . Williams and Edna If. Drake. At the mofrning chapel . exercises resolutions k)f appreciation were ire.vd hy some classes for the work of Prof. 1 NT. C'. Nix in Trigonometry, Prof. F. I 11. Fitchett?irr Principles of Eduea- ' tion and'ProL T. L. Duckett in cheni- ' istix. Besides the resolutions the I ^lass in Principle of?Education gave--1 a <fonat!iOn to their untiring instruct or, Prof. Eitchctt. . . i The summer school this year h is I heon commended highly l>y many lead- | ing educational experts that have vis. 1 ited and inspected the work, among some of them fere State Department Heads, General Education r.epresenta 1 tives and other rnrt st aim 1 in The, graduating of those summer students rra/rkR a now epo h in o:Iucation in So ith Carolhia and gives, . rui'miragc'Trent tft thftsc1 who ' must \ earn their living in the fall and win- j < 1 ter-months offering an opportunity foV < them to continue their education dur-ji ing the summer. y . " T ^ I man d For ice Selling i'iirk fin- from tho current of n'rightcous cause,, and this cause will go on whether I,am temporarily incarcerated or not. 1 am guilty of no wrong>i"ing, directly or inilirertly ?? : 1 IlllllflJini as 10 Outcome. /'My Mily white' adversaries hav^ euli.-tcd thp jud of .powerful influence, material, -political and otherwise, and r?inn TTOt sui-pnscirat wnai nas hapI ctiid.? Fur .seven yeais I have been the most hounded and- investigated iran in the United States. ? . ... , "No hiffrUin" the Natiort has done more than I to prevent "anything thaU of public olliees^I required of applicants for offices in the State of Miss rsipi.'j affidavits deelarintr that th$L applicant had given or promised to give no consideration of any kind for lie ofliee. This was at i?w?npti.m of in.v.administration.and prior tathc enacln ent of the statutes requiring he fT*ng of aflidavits to that effect a it In he ( oniproller (Jenefal, -i^'I appeaied 1 efore the House, juiiit ia y committee, as the records of that committee vilj show, and urge I [lie enactment c f law requiring all tfq bijitefk to make an affidavit Stat-1 'ng'th-t they lad not given .or p-rom-i i ed any*, consideration for their ap-J foititnient. .* * " 1 re. eat' thatL_I__have done no | vron *. 1 have heen merely accused ~S"th 1 ri'Trrrl r^oTlfn' VSpaTTeheaTi ng. " No one in public lfe is safe from ae.-jj "us't ons Ty hAs Political enemies, ml a'l fair-minded Americans will throw around me the presumption of inhqeonee until I have l.een proven LHiilty*. "1 have no fear of the outcome of p trial in Mississippi.'*. Summer !nmtnenr.ement path'er of_ slain daughter CALLED TO* CHIC ADO Miss .lierihu .Dawson, ii^e 22,"the' laughter of Mr. anil'Mrs. J. M, Dawson, L'14 iluigler St., Abbeville, S. t ., ivho made her home in .Cincinnati.O.,vith her sister, Airs. Mabel Smith, and eft her home in Cincirmiiti fnv' Chi ag<r a few days pervious to the op ning the A. M. K. General Confer nte. with the expectation of meeting ler mother there, had secured a place it 4230 Calumet Avenue. Her mpthr was not.able to go until July 3rd, irriving in Chicago July th to find hat her daughter had been killed by i stray bullet from-the hands of two pen who were scrapping over some noney. The btillet passed through he hand .of one man, and entering hrough the door struck Miss Daw-oil's right lung, causing instant death Her fihtPr receiving the message left immediately for Chicago to. accompany the body to Abbeville, together vith his wife and two daugKrers, who irrived home Tuesday, July 10th. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, July 11th at t;00 o'clock at Grace -Chapel A. M. tL Chu-rch, of which* she was a mem. tor. The funeral was conducted hy ler former pastor, Rev. ,Mv Massey, assisted hy her present pastor, Rev. S'. J. Cowan and Rev, I). H. Johnson, presiding elder of the Laurens District ! ? She lea\'es to mourn her loss, fath?r and mother and two sister, Mrs. Mabel Smith, of Cincinnati, O., and [Jrace Dawson of Abbeville, S. C? ogether with a host of relatives and friends. ? - . . LOl'lSV 1 LLE. IIAft NEGRO TRAF F!C COPS ? i ouisviiie-. Ky., JUly so?'(ANr) The chief of police in making as lgments of police officers to certain laiigero^s corners assigned colored ops to 10th and Chestnut and Tenth ng and evening hours when traffic is io daneerom. - : . n?"' ' - , ' 1 , ' : . r* , v * ' . ' ! .. * COLUMBIA, S^:., SATU Asks Questioi bert's P? J. \V. Toibort Repuhttran chairman;' national committecPian, and for tluv past wt'ral vwira rTf=i the Romddir.-m p;irfy r..?- ^.intli lina has recently been quoted' in several papers that he was Jlo organize Hoover clubs in every county-, of the state, etc. , : . 1?. Ml1. Tulboul stated prior to the 'convention his preference fur Mr. I.ow-r len. went J.p the Convention unchain?-' ed, was quoted as still beiuvf f?r him at. the convention after Mr. F;owden had withdrawn his name and after -Mr. Huovm Wlislali a. adv nominated. It "is reasonable do suppose that Air.' Tdfbeint -dislikes Hoover and all that jiertains to him.. . i- j M:p. Tdlhert 7ippreeiales the disal - 1 isfaetioi) with his administration and that votes havedwindled every year under it. "Mr. Tolher't knows that the noin'r-idnation -of (Ipvernoe Smith is linsatis-1 factory'to a larjro number of Peine- A Vats in this stale. 3MTr; Tdlhert Understands that it is generally believed by many that he t nas lost out and has 110 hope of iVe-? oRnition from Mr.. Honvor and that patronage from Mv. Hoover would be ' dispensed on niyrH tuuler Jloo\er'- 1 administration. j.J Mr. Tolhert apprcdates that if ib-s j iret a lnrtfe vote in tbis state in J ^ > jryvte'nd in-; .thai many dissatisfied | 1 tenioqrats would vote for him if. it wus uiiilci stood tlml it was'in'no way regarded, as an enutlrscrnvnt of Tol- ' iH'rt. ; nernlly known that he was out of ' it, dissatisfied Democrats could ami ,l! Vould orjranize 'far mom effectivet Hoover clubs than he-ever cou!<l think j of doirtu-. ' l'"*'1 Mr.'Tolbert knows that, there would | v ' never benny recognition <>lMus nice'inKrs, at tended by'only 5 or <> men. ' !' Mr. Tolbcrt knotvs that, no luducy M \hteh might he-sent for Smith, "no-1 hint; local politicians and newspapers: could do, rwould be so effective in ' hocking such a movement, as ac-tivity on .his part in behalf of lloov-^ Question: Is Mr. Tollurt being i o.uotod so as to claim credit for :u y vn!a Mi1. Humor might got? Is lie; ^ notng lined up with some Democrat's-!' Tor that purpose? Is he, as usual, playing, bottC ends against the" middle? t'" joeI, ir .i.y'Kxjix, . 2221 Richland St., \ Columbia, S. C. . ROY A I, K N KJIITS OK KINO DAVII) | !U ~TO KNCOURAOE COOKERY. TIVE B.YNKINO AND KM*. VVi CATION - ?.?:?,? " t'.v Durham, N. ('.? Concluding wl^it - i is declared by its officers to have. liecn eV one. of the most successful meetings -d "n the history, of the Socio y, The lit Royal Knights of King David's forty- | fifth annual, gp.erah states -grand lodge j fy adjourned here Thursday, July 12th, .i-ui At the-sound of the gavel wielded | Ki Supreme Scribe, the session' was. set n motion, Tuesday, July 10th with 150 delegates in attendance frojrp JO states. The opening session was dp- ;l voted to the addresses of the Supreme. - ? General State Grand 'Matron* MJrs. ' D. P. Alston, of Charleston, S. C\ 'n Prom the standpoint of constructive Vl measure adopted the session was a I'1; notable success. The delegates a- ' ' k which loaps will he made to its Juvc- S\ nile and Intermediate members with li which to complete their college edu- -t cation the loans to Te le-paid by the | W borrowers after they have finished i G, college and have secured employment. ' K 2nd. For the establishment oJjbl <le- J th part meftt which-will foster?and- r>ro-I? mote a system of Co-operative Banks, S. which are to lie established in North, m Caroline^ (South fjarolinav 'Virginia so and fator to he extended to other states. , |j 3rd. For re-adjusting the rates of th ts Old Membership to an adequate pi rave liusts;" * '* ~~~~" ' * To 4th For the establishment of an Intermediate Department in which'it's j Cii .j, . ~ t ? . Mmi .. r . . 1 ' y * '. ' :ll) A\rL .11*1 .Y 2H: 1fl2K . n As to Tolosition MISS IIA1 TIE HBITTOUTWORKER 11 ITR E N EXT WEEK <-4 . . M i>* Mat-tic Itiitt ttf thy IH-miisoti i[niifi^iuCoitipany will lie at rTticTWr"M. E.* t'tiufchull next work.! ('ss 1'i itt, who.is a skilled instr^t- I in I cnni.?>n-t'faft work, frVinTlleh'i n'.<?! 'i i'| h?Avenue Store, N*o-w I o. k. . SI e is a graduate ??? TuSke e, and has taught in the summer nniial tin re for- four years' She also in iiim m at the A. and M. College .Tnl'.nhttiww> 'Flii. . Miss liritL has instructed a "great I mis'. i!!e. New Orleans, (Charleston id other-cities throughout the-South ie. is a very. competent instractor in rem' |>a|ier llower. making', lamp lade making,..all sorts of wax craft i ink. iheh'dinf crystal trees, crepe | 3-vt I aits ami hats, crepe -paper cos- j n'r('s, and many other interesting ; >w crafts. She was at one time a| e; i 1 instructor at the state sum er .sc.heol at. (Charleston,. tinder the ' rert.oir of J'r'of. A .lohnson.'' ' i J c m and farmers to o _ * A'T i: \STOVKU I.. II.... 1 _ H - ?-i n ^.1 1 11. irwilll > II 11 a 111 hiiind and I>r. K. S. Wilkinson ... ' t Thomson ?nd annual f jmrrprp con for-, in'. VoHinunity fa'r and , liltinjj inronient* will l?o hold Thursnhiy,' nj.ru -t nth at l-:00 .M. in tin* town' Kasmvor. ' . . I In1 ion !'i oM-i-. will he icoi a' i' niil id oiiucntional l-M lioys ui!! ri<k> imminent to ;ju)\\.u tlk'ir viid?. i?' lis*. A nice i-<immunity extib'it 111 In* placed. Base l?;i|l will lie indeed in l_>v teams. to l?e announced * 8" ti l*. 1'arluT :?'d meats will lie furluwl II k.. 1 - ,.l .. . - !- -i. ' ..... .... hi,- i ,i-iii'ivn in uic rumimha'v?rVrr aftrrrrnriTi ~nf" 1TI n oceliT ensure is in store for all wlu? find ^mvcn'ont i?* In; the re. .A.<Ii.lt es-scs ' syill. lie made t?y Hon. lines?Hi Hammond.' Senator from lehland ('i-mity and i)r. U. S. Wilnson. president of the State A. and . (.' litre at <yr-iii'tt'lnn1).?. \ . . " " (s i.f 10 and 2"> will organize into c i'ul social ilahs. It is. planned in j N'epi'o li s n y, encQtirapre. trfiide id 'render fi/aiuial asu'^ta i* e to i i-.rijr nun and women seeking-col. iroc: Ideation and to provide for su .r\ ised social activities. ^i'lie proposed Co-operative Ranking stem Was explained jo d.-t:iil to tlin... legates l.y .1. E. Orjnes, former in- ! nsc'.or in the school of cdminevee, ! llbei-forco University and Prof. VV.} Pear-son, secretary of the Ko'yal t niirhts o fK-inir David who will head e system. ? . ' * Alston-, "of Charleston. C.. was re-elected hoad of the woen department anrl Mr .T I. n head of the men's department. A eommi tee Composed of the .Su.' Tine (Irand I.odjje. Officers were'audi/, d to in oeeed?imnie linttdy tot the dew'plans of the Society ineffect. The forty-stixth sesiFoh of tKe. and Dfdjyjp will convene in Cher aw, C; in July next yefir> * n iinit^iiiit ' ' ' - J.#.... .. 1- # . x v*? * ~ * " * "V" ^ . I. . ' ~ ; ' i Baptists Hold sions SOI Til CAKOI.IXA STATE S. S. X tt. V. I'. I ( OXVKNTIOX'KXIIS ^H [STORY - MA K IN (. SI SSI ON ' '' "7": 'i . ' - . ' : , The Uyvnty-seeoiul' yumua! session;-; nl' tin- State Sunday School and It. Y. I'. L'. Convention of South Carolina -H -ttuWfhu.lmy. The' i )i 11 unil'iiiil' session was held with the -Mount i Prospect Baptist '.'Church, jtock Hill. S. (.\( of-whiehrthe Rev. T. S. Oilniore is the pastor. Itoek Hill is one of the niost progressive cities in South Co-* .; 11!in;ii si' ii-itml in the? * r.? part of the State, .only .15 miles from he line <>.f Xo'ith CjU'oUjui. Its- people, are progressive, educated, ninety*1 percent,of whom own th'eir own homes I'hcy have a h'tfiTT sense of lienor .and? have a* peculiar "thotion of' what y Christhap oujrhtffi?. ... ? I.oiut' before the convention's tinm?1 o "tiipet the notice had been broadcast (t the woi 1(1 fhat "AT things' are how raily. route.''?The > upprintomk nt of? the Sunday School there is a younu nan of sterling .type and character, .vith. initiative and push; Mr. S, J", hIeinphill. who was the power behind it.* throne and the one- man who ment oyer Itefore witn.esM'd by. the? body/' : The Pro-Convention Services. , .The pro-convention was made"" up i.f the local -program of, welcome scr-j frices interspersed by beaut iful and' real music,?Mayor J. IJ. .Iu1iii.ni.ii do-? livered the printipul speech of the evening. Sulflce it"^TO-say that the ; . royrani uf welcome - was the?l.e-t I ever witnessed by our convention.-' I-Xcryoi e \vent home with hearty.-wel- j nines rinjrintr. in his or her eai's, and i Oxley Addresse LAWRENCE, A. OXLEY SPEAKS; AT 'NINTH ANM AL I'l BEI^f j WELFARE INSTITl TE I" j ? . ^ J ! "In considering the topic "The place | of 'the Netrro in public welfare ]?? < -j iiram, it is well to think, of the Xe- j >*:o in terms of hijs relation to those phases of community life which aj 'pevple tin iCe1 or which retard then\ tors may be lis?ed under the following heads; Health, Recreation, Hduea- ' tioh, ReHjriofi^Civu* Activity and So- i cial Welfare. In other words, those I things which go to make up a bettor i community and which directly or in. directly ofl'e. C^\i] C opies . alike, must : to considered when attempt is-**Snade ' to. throw light on and evaluate a poo. I pie, and to determine thoii' place iii) t he ^community. . 77 "The. need ftr a community servi"b program in Negro communities has been felt and reef ghi zed in some form ih niajg^; sections of the Sta'e. . The "'variety of conditions. ih; the dilfe-ent sections naturally call for .some differences'in..the form and methods 1 ised in each. Irr considering these j various. I'ltins, we find that as a whole! .hey are s^lj} expressive of "a state.' wi'de desire and movement for the J levelopment and maintenance of a so- ^ litl. Substantial; community as the best means of achieving an adequate and hoksome community* life. If the Xej?ro is to nigasure up to the highest ideals of oUr nationaLand. -Hfate governments, ~amt'if he - is to I art ii i) ate infcreasingly in each phase j .?!' the- state's progtessive program of eoiv.munity organization and citizen.' ship, opportunity must be given him J f r training in the fundamentals of citizenship, Xo figures are available : to .'how liinv large a Share the .Negro""7' V s had in the-industrial devolpment of North Carolina; however,, from gen "e a 1 ohs'drvat ion inancwioo which .tbc-larves number of Negroes'! re found employed may he listed in 1 ' he following order, agriculture., to- ? bacco manufacuring, truck farming and domestic service^- While the No- . TH) can he tonnd engaged in many other industries, the four fields of labor named, represent the types' of industrial activities in which the hugest iiiiinl'cr (if NV'gl'ods are employed.' [1 is yell, therefore, to remind ourselves that, any forward looking ppro-i ernnv in North Carolina which does not include the Negro, cannot be said o be ideab .? ?-? f 1 . f . . f ' * * . . * '. ' * * * '% ? - ; - 5c A COPY I Ses- : 3:1'' in Rock Hill wit*. Ihtt* -ptjejmK'ii - '?>- cntci1 jffio the fuM lailp.osti .<>? the meeting. . (ireat -Queuing lj>ay?Thursday At'pr a tu ict' but spiritual opening t ho president, lie v. J: ('. White, ad-1 . i!nrs; I'd .the- house .briefly and".introduced T-Mf Kef.. I. W. Williams.. I), t>., Smmrr,-to" pyeaeh thy opening serpen I n- , Wi!lialn> delicm-d A great dseoui se,;.u.s'ing ;?s'his; sybjott, "Saved to Serve." IItextwas "Let- this mind lie in you which was also in hrist Replete 'with thought ' i leparect. %.n<i deliver ed with " m . niiiy i ii.ii ,r? ioi.i>u' mat - sermon. I'.niolln\ent ol niessengoj's', annual and 1 W' memers was next in order. Recess t'ur dinner uhjeh.was abundantly, t.urnisin-d us by. nearby , country i horches.?; ? : ?? ?-r? Dr. J. C.-W lute's' (i-rcat fipeeCh. i he convention lvassejnblod after dipper -and, a The syaciuus church?att^ 1 ditorunn was taxed to its capacity. Kveryone was-eager to hear'the presi* . ' . g_lL "v njL.n iul "adiii ess. nut only? : misc.. JJivJ, ('. White is South Caru- * i ij'.a s peerless opuw>r.- but because ijuui that speech, in a large' measure,- , ^ dej. riidsj'ihe.- meal or woe of'the eon voii'ionv workings. That speech is i.iu'M-t a.l kcv lintr' uf principles lit the " I'apt > Convention. Keek Hill is the hi'imv lowiiDf 1 *? _' White. He was at * us hest. Ill* vailed the occasion "con- . sj'icuioi's". lit- recounted his early Struggles there. ImV he had to grapple ..with poverty, fight- the wolf of v.iiii.. Mm in- was eoftipclliWto drink of the hitter eu]> yf disaster and?de feat in-order." to get a start in edurii^ites to memory of his old teacher, r.ial. .1.'. Hall, the founder and prosi . . "Continued 011 page five. s Welfare Meet M K+-VN ANDERSON SINUS J*' .? ? MiMHiN 1 London. Eng.". .Icily 115~{A^JiF*). The ' English papers have, been lavish in their praise of iit*? work of Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto, who has" been studying for sometime n < rilniv Mis- Anderson appeared * n her - hrrt i a I -reoit'il itr the iamous * 7= V\ igmorb Hall,. on the evening ;4 of 1line lath, her jj.rofrani including s >nys :tHil I allads of Purceil, Martini, S< hulicrt. (ialdaia, HoBussey, Schu- , tuann, a group of Negro Sipirituals, m.! -..'gs hy the eminent English" . ompo>er. Sij; Roger" Ijullter. .MLs Anderson is broadcasting a varied program over the radio in London mi August 7th. '*"* Music d nitirs of London are loud 11 their -acclaim that Miss Anderson s .destmeil,, to- become the world's . ri a test. '( < ntralto. She is- expected back of t,his Country in the-arly-faLly? A hi 11 -he is booked tn nnnog-K of fV>? Verdemy of Music tm !e rthe auspices ill" Nn Si.mia. the Philadelphia Chapt - r ?>.f the; hi Hot a Sigma Fraternity.. ' 1 ho following facts .speoOfcm tlicm- ' s? v< s h- te-the progress made in helping the Negro find himself in the' omnutnTtyj . On December 31, 1926, thpre were 19 counties in North Carolina where welfare work for N*. ' : was well organized. On thesame 'ate iheie were 14 Negro social workers employedyhy cities or counties. . "1'iuring the year 1928, organization work "has been started in four addiiioiial counties, making a total of 23 counties in North Carolina where .veli'art^worlf for?Nregroes -4s in var- ? ' us. .stages. of. development. Three addit ional Xegro workers'have V\?ow ,?? employed hy city and county welfare. departments.. making a grand total for the statr^of 17 trained Negro welfare Yorkers.?The averagei monthly -??? salary of each of the Negro workers is .?100: :hlis he 109ft, . nhoiil !>'20.00() will lip t>aid welfare workers for salaries. This total does ir f 'Delude ira\eT antj promotional ex. pouses f 1 Nemo uvll:in. n-?vnfr- TVo? eitios in whivh Negro welfare workers a:o employed are: Raleigh, \yinstohSalem, New Bern, Gastonia, GoldsI'oro. Klmibeth Crty, Durham, Greens" horn, Wilmington High Point, CharlufU', T oulahurg and Ashevllle. . - .. _j? o-J