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r . i . : ! vol . VI.?NO. 4. ' SensiyeJod nfliriA/] Ru -j vy uLitiiV/U M^y I . . ; ' , . : Rally j*?1*rC?lumbia Theatre.'( ^ , mont March Ift. 19 i _i?i v- Negroes -Oul The. announcement to the press of the | mission of the Natural Resources Con John G. Richards at the State Capitol c of the State General Assembly came as State. Col. John K. AullT.llled a rivhi urday and stated to thejn that he has s est and a list of namely were Riven to ??:?Keymoui Caiu.ill, field si't'roUU'.V of the of Boston and Columbia, as the cha.irm _____ WJhen the act hv the. Legislature^< was "passed over a year ago .creating J the Natural Resource Com. while Mr. Carroll was at the State House to protect some laws'in connection with j the anti-steel trap movement and oth- ' er. humane ('durational laws In (hi? ( 1 State, he started a movement "am^nf? ' the -member^ of the house on th^-om- t mittee for the creating of an act for . the development of the natural re' j sources anion# the Neprroes of the ' State. In the fall of th(. year-4'ol. : W- P.^Coijyers of Greenville, a piV-mher of the house from- Greenville ' county," started the lufll as far as the' . Nejjroes of the Stat<> are concerned j / ' with" an address at tl\c Jefferson IIo ' te+ in which'lie endorsed the request ~ ? of .Mr. Carroll. At the next meetinri nt it II - III 1 v* yiii; vwiiriiunniuii, lllg XlOYl*. \\ . I \V. Smoak, a 'member of the- commission and speaker-pro-teni of the House of Representatives from \Val- j terboro and Col. J. K. Aull were nam- j od an o committee to cini.sult With Mr. ^ Carroll concerning: his views, on the1 Si program of the Negro and the work Air. Carroll Vailed for assistance; and was joined by (I. N. Nelson, dean of IV- College in helping to get out 'a- projj gram and -plans for the work. j% In Beceinber was the last meeting I -of-the commission, and at this meeting Gov." Richards recommended, the appointment of a State Negm Committee following the report of .Col.. sion. Mr. Carroll who teid^ taken the* leild in the.^yfept^Oll'along was requested to irnvite a number of people to a conference two weeks ago | _ when ho rtiitjinr.fi fh.. ivni-lr nf <?lntf. Negro leaders* and two weeks later j i the official announcement was made 1 by Governor of the the annointment " | of the com mission of Negroes, of the j I .State. . ' i ; Ur * Kw {^JBTw I ' . -' _ j ^BPR... -> *'ii{j\* *ji' 3 Wim T; J'AMKS K. DICKSON Director of Good?-Will Tour; U. S. Farm Demonstration Agent. ~T' a* ''i * ^ ?-*jmm?'-.* ' i . .' 1 #r ARTHUR JOSEPH COLLINS ;| President South Carolina State Ne^yro Fair; auccwful farmer. ^ . _ ._* ... . .l^. . / MCI ' I <? Chairman joodwiil Tour* In 1 he Pieditnd 20. To Reach ? r: :side Stale ^ ~ appointment of a State Nejrro Com-i nmis&ion of South Carolina by (Jov. luring the Seconal day of the meeting! i a big surprise to the people of this p of men into his otiice at noon Sat? ome inform: tron of -State-wide interfile reporters of the committee with American Humane EiTTicaiion Society an. Koland Hayes Sings ~ Augusta, (I: ., .Ian. lit.- F.vei'ything] s iti- readiness here for the recital by lioland Hayes, 11.9 ted tenor singer,- at he Tabernacle 'Baptist.' (Jhtirch Fri?v<?n!nir J - m ?i 1 W*'N1 *. ' . *V. ' # \i V _ ?--- -- 2 .r j ? . "? f"> . . 1 ; ?^ ; - ?J? /?r> ' vj ff^H: -... YVII.I IS I PEPK Anderson, business executive, heads i i nun it tee of Anderson county, citir.ens who will entertain the, eommisdoh and their quests. Tuesday eveniik, March. _18th", duVirjK their Good-Wijl tour of the Piedmont. GEORGE HENRY HAMPTON Publisher of Palmetto Lender; publicitor director of the commission. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS Tu.' lU'l 'lt'l'IK 7>V f f >M M I I I I.M.' * "Our committee mot with a deep appreciation (if the' responsibility of the mission with which our distinguished governor and Dr._Weston entrusted to us and we have an earnest desire to reach a result worthy of that trust," AwHs the way that Seymour Carroll, chairman,'spoke to a group of newspaper men at the State Capitol ho n illnd from the gov ernor's office with the official paper in his pocket of the appointment of the committee. * " -T Mr. Carroll announced the following ppoiiitments the following the meeting at the State House with Col. Aull later in the afternoon of officers to serve on the committee of which he is t.ho chairman. To be vice-chairman, Dr. J. J. Storks of Sumter; Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, director, Orangeburg; Dr. D. H. Sims, Columbia, tr^asuijJer; S. L. Finley, Chester, recording secretary; G. E. Nelson. Benedict College, Columbia. v. . V' ' ' ' . .." . V ' ? . * . -i * . I lalwe COLUMIMA, S. (J., SAT UKlJy . ' ^f~ ''.; ^9 Mfeji. Am ^BBfpwpwB BMW -. SKYMOIU lUcofrnized :ts a pronmlov and orjrat fiolo secretary of the American lhi"n:nm rhnsifttst in Hie Xnnthiny.t, S.-ymour ('ill wick by his" Excellency, Governor John State Nejfm Cmpmission of the Xalui Carolina. The appointment came as no with the State House, as Mr. CavroU hti friendly supporter of the present admit the State. ?;? ^ The announee'ment of the ann'oint'-. 1 meat ot Commissioner Carroll was. made public late Saturday, evening by ( Col. John K. Aull, di,stintruishe(bSouth . Carolinian end executive secretary of , the commission, to the Associated \ Press.- : \Vhen TJ:~S:rSPttnior t ole I . Blease was governor, Col. Aull was the | secretary to the Governor. This, is the second time he has been ; honored by the*chief executive of "the I State, having served under our w:r I Governor as head of the State jTpuncil , af. Nutkmal?Dofen?>e ttmft-r?Hr. Rced^" Smith wli^^was Ihe executive su^re,-.^ tary. President Warren G". lladTTmjr. ( invited him to become a member of ^ the Committee of one hundred citizens on the Near East Relief of which ( S. Postmaster General, was tlnochairman. The appointment came through Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross of Washingtoh, a warm friend of M r.. Carroll. He was the only Negro on the coin- < I *' "" - 1 psHHH^ flBrJHMK 4mM HI ! ROBERT SHAW WILKINSON Director of the commission and 1 president of'the ?tate College. ' i TO HAVE MKET1NC AT COM M. | BIA THEATRE All that is waiting is a statement' as to when the governor can sp^jik tdv.our group, yill come ad announcement for a state wide conference and mass meeting in Colirabia. The State ' m r> : ? ... :ii 1 > n^n vuilillintiri; wiii myvi, of s *- hvmi at the State House when Col. John, K. Aull and the Hon. W. \y. Snionk. along with James. J?. Dickson and D-. K. x. WilkinsoP will deliver addresses. " In the afternoon the 'commission' meets at Allen University. > "At wight in to he* staged-big..-rob- assistant recording secretary.; Geo. H. . Hampton, publicity director; J. E. Dickson, Columbia, State Organiser; ^and^ Harry E. Dahiels, Orangeburg, I When the headquarters of the com- ~ mission is selected, a bookkeeper and t stenographer will be appointed, it I was jarred yesteWay. ^The headquarters for the commiss"ion will be | legated In Qolumblai VY, JANUARY 25, 1030 iPPOINl _ ! n H ? BTT ~t~~' ( Hr ~r- i 4mS3^i "( AUUnl.l. . - . IJ ^y.;'i', having, served in late ye: i s as ( K?lncalion Society <>l Boston, .Ma>sa- | loll of JT'ohimhia was appointed this \ (i. U'a liai <is Vs uirThaii'jmin ?>i?.Liul^j I'll I Resource* Commission of Snath j surprise ta t'lose who 'nee connected i ; ts at all tiniesMieen a vary warm ahtl [ lustration ami its friends' thr<tutfhout ( nitt.Pf. . . ' . ??rrr^ Ho was the first Nvj?ro r<??hnjjss.io.n t d offices' of the American lied Cr^ss 1 ;pnointcd in the Southern Division, j H'rviiiK' at tluh Haes Hospital, Camp \ Lyjdisouu_JLL_S?Ui'iimiL-Jiu&iiituU Nb.-|-j Hi, and hi tor at the U. S. Veterans' ( Hospital Nd, ;]<>, at Greenville, S. C. ^ Mr. Oirroll's war record records himi, is ii disabled World War . veteran.' 1 Hi" "Was the founder of the St.."Luke j Hospital and Nurses Training Schoril ] it Greenville, the gift of "The Necrrot's'- 1 if the l-rrt hr./iUt section of South t'aro ii.ua through his friend,- Mr. Allen J. J Hralianv. cotton mill executive and'.', ihilant-hrojvi'st of Greenville. * ' I:' All of his life he has been a lover ] if dogs and cats. A hard student of 1 liis w.nk, a...-humanitarian from his ] heart; a teacher of good-will .among ; all of tiic people,' a .tireless fighter when he believes he is light, ts the public service and life of Seymour,, t'ai roll of f'ohfinhia; ^South Carolina. 1 27,iLift ; r. > . . .; . " i DAVID JIKNRY SIMS I Treasurer of the commission; presr-1 ident. of Allen university. ' .1 lie state wiiie mass meeting:?whan. . Dr. I). II. Sims, president of- A Her.!. university, Dpi. W. 1*. CoHyefs. a_< meriher of the House of Keprcscn-7 tatives of fir oca vi lie; c Dr. ^AVUIiriu Weston, ninnaeinor director of the \'n. tural i(os-;ourccs Cmnmi uiioiw of -?'* ] lumhin; Col. John. K. Aull, th?T execii*.< tiv<> .secretary, and Govern^ Johti G. , Richards will deliver address; ?. Dr. II. S. \\-ilkiiYson, president^-the State , college will respond to the addresses, ? with Seymour?Carroll, of?Colombia, % the state chttivmon, and field seeietary of the American Humane Ki.'uealion,^or,iety. prauiding. m? .? Students from Allen uniVersit;/, He-ji nedice college and'the State 'cc4llr?e, ] will render several selections of music. Meiphers of the General Assembly and .their.families will be b.vjteil to "attend this meeting it was stated b.v the rtjairmnn yesterday. Dr. Sims is the chairman of the sub-committee in charge at this popular mass meeting ? 0 J *' -j ; > .o 4 : '" * > fc */' ' 1 \l-vv m i . . 1 r-^ V 3 r\? ?? ' ' distinguished Men On V A * Commission .1 ? ? 1 .a i * The co.Ai mission anil the "executive i.rder as -given to the press by Col*, olfti K..A11II, the executive secretary 1' the N-atural ReiioureesCOTnTTrissirm if South Caroling is as follows:. ""Slate of South Carolina*"? ?"-I'tulu' nullunity?ei'ste'il lb hie as :.?venior and chairman of the South kirnliua Natural Kosources Conimisiou by 11 resolution of the said Conijf nission :i<lopted at its meeting on Deember :>4, iii'J.y, 1 hereby appoint and Icsi'giinte the following members /.?T he Negro race as a committee to net, inder the direct ion -oC4-Ue ^mth t"?rn inn .Natural Resources Cjunmission, vith a view to disseminating the valtf?" "f ' Hh -Carolina- ptoducts TTTTTepect of their Iodine and other mirirn| content, in interest both of South kirolma agriculture.among the niemiers?(^".-1 he?Negro' race iind of the lemnnds from a health standpoint of lie vast' goiter areas: Soy ipour-Cnr toil, chnirpian, field eeretriry of the AmerfcQa Humane Education. Society, .Boston nhtO'olum iia; Robert S- Wilkinsbn, I'reskljent of lie. St^le Agricultural and Mechanial College, 1 Jrangt'JjAirg*, ALrs..ATar-y-i, tlilUb Jvailc* supervisor of Jasper "i:ni\schools. Ride-eland: G. N. XVI' < m. dean o.f the School of education, ?i'iU'<li?*t College, Columbia;'John Jamb . Stacks, I'rosu-iull-ojcct, Benedict 'allege, Columbia; Andrew A. Sims, 'resident State Teachers. Association, j nioiiT dahtes-1-',. 1 Met,son. I'. S. Farm fmin.n ' fVilmiiliili; George W. IdWard, Vico-Prftuipal, Howard tligh School, Georgetown; Geo, II,'. Hampon, Publisher, The Palmetto Leader, 'olumbia'; Samuel L. Fin ley, Prinei>a| Fin ley High School, Cluster; J. P. tturgess, Supervisor of Smith-Hughes Agriculture, Orangeburg; Willis I. Veks. business executive and leader? \ndersoii; Henry . H. By tic 1;, Grand secretary United Order of Odfl Felrtwof* South" CaTo fi n a,... H a rts v i H e, Joorgo B. Yoargan, Farmer, Simpson ,'irie; Joseph B. Williams, largest .11 ilk''farm among Negroes in the State: S'ewherry; Andrew W. Hill, pastor, First Baptist Church, Aiken; Harry |v Hanieis, Chief Agent U. S; Farm A. G. Kennedy, Jr.,.Farmer and busikss leader, Bennettsville; Willis Wat ?dn, Farmer and leader, Itidgespring; J. Collins, I). 1). S? president State Fair and leading farmer of Richland County, Columbia; I; M. A. Myers, Principal, Cland-m Countv Training School, Man null?.", .1C?.115s G. RICHARDS, Governor. J: A. I.ATI.MOH.K. * . s i'rotary to. the Governor. , . i .. .t ' . t I 'm.' I -t .. "^23BP' ' -T 19 ^HL ^HIT' e* " -* ' * ' - * ' i-. HENRY II. HITLER * Ilartsville, Grand Secretary of Un^ted Order of. Odd Fellows. ?* HHANCHVH.LE NEWS -? Sunday was a beautiful day and ouf Sunday- Xehttttl?wtfcgy well attended. rhe lesson was well taught'. 'Mrs. M. R. Milie>vdJuujaifr)orinten dent is faith f'-d in every respect,t' and has spoilt many years in the Sunday School. Sho has a corj>s .of 'cooperative teachers to put the program over. We were glad to have Rev. A. W. Hayward-drop ih' with us during Sunday School hours; we appreciated his call very much.. * * 4 CONWAY NEWS made in thP city, by recent improvements irj the upper Negro section. Mr. Lewis has erected two buildings; one being used for the sale of grocer ies, dry good, ,pto. and the other a barber shop, operated by l'rof. Witt. Myers; 1 "A . _ _ ' - _ ... Mr. Fat^Kpftnn hns a prosperous business. He is well liked and doing nicely. ' Brantley's Revue by home talent was,offered at the school last week. W ' '< - .. ,v'r i . i * , <+' *. / < . v : ?, a roi-v I mm B m I m H m I - * 'B H a la S H H m I Wfl ~ . . * ' + " Good Will Tour In March v .*_ , . HtlR-Hus to Carry Farmers, Business' Men and Leaders > : Th^. new VfnVuSiissi(>n- is making a : i_ - _' good will tour March- 18, 19 and 2<ith ' " *that will tie made up of (Iffy of the { leaders of the movement and others on a tour of the Piedmont .-tectum of j the,"State. V . ' ^ames K.- Dickson, Ml 1 1-j? A ssem- _j wV.lu_ ; lily TlreefT (-"I'lTihihia. is* \l[i'ertTrr?nf ^? ; the sub-eohthijttee named to look af; t6l? -the details artd-"all o: her ari'flnee- . ??.1 I ments for the t<nir. In p statement" | from his - oflice Friday morning itp". Dickson stated that the party' will > ! leafe* Columbia early. in the aborning _ilL two palace' buses that have been i engaged for t!hc_following places: 1 . ., j. Leaves*. f'olunrbia Tuesday. March. ?* t 18th and arrive, in Nowherry .a.t t?:i!0 J a.^nj.f leave Newberry and arrive in (Iroenwood 11:510 a; hi.; dinner be served in Jdfeenwood; arrive .in..-AJr. ' beyjlle 2:00.inm.; Belton p. ni.j_._- j-Ah(lerson -at 8:00; " supperand, *mo* | ker in Anderson following meeting. 'a. m.; visit Clcmson. CoHece.'10:550 n. im.; arrive in Sonera 12:3*0 p. nr., di'nner to .he sewed in Sentca; Ka^le.v 8:00 p. m.; CIreenville, supper and <>- . ther entertainment t?> lie arranged--l?y . ~ 1 the Greenville Monro brjin b ague. : Wednesday Civmv 'i- :o m.; Spar- - tanking 11:00 a. ny.; Gatl'ney '12:30 p. ni.;. dinner to' be. served; York 2; . . Rock Hill 4:30 p. in., supper to bp served; Chester 8:00 p; m. jentertainment after speaking. At, 1 lr: la- the' party will leaVe for" Columbia. -At every place it Ls expected that the party of Iodine Comniissioners and other Liy Uusiijess men of the iitate will .be..greeted by large audiences, as well as to be well oritertainHl by the local people. The naincs of the ' 4 several local committees are to"' be appointed,ami" persons who, are interested in the good-will tours' mak- . ing a short.stop at their towns, chur- . chcs or schools alol)g the .road or in the cittes named, above, mif'ht write Mr. Tlick-on at his' office here-in.Ov ' lumbia. In the fall, the eojnniitue '* . | hopes to make another such .tcur in the lower part of the state. . j Among the outside speakers \vho ' ... ^ will be in the. party are Dr. Benj.' P. j Hubert, president of the State. Agricultural and .Industrial ewlleUe <>f Georgia at>V?\vannah. and Bishop John 4-Hurst, of Baltimore, Md.; chairman of It-he Hoard of Trustees of Allen unit I versity, of Columbia. 5 II. ??in - . II^. -} ISAAC M. A.. MYERS - A J . Journalist and Educator. of}.-Man- . ninjf..' " /....' ' '-. r.^OR(ik W. HOWARD ^ > Cityirget.own;?religious?logjoy?tmd ? _ educational worker. . k ' - T.. "^' \ 'Ja