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VOL. VII.?NO. 38. SLAVERY t BY GEORGE "Annoyed" by Screams I was sitting one evening early, in .?t" ^arch-on,the veranda of the Arrrerr can Legation conversing with__Mrs. G. E. Mitchell, wife of Apn^>vi^^r ?-,T minivtd--. Sjuddenlv from to house across the street came the most heart rending childish screams. Again and again they rose, punctuated by quite audible bulTets and curses. Unable* to _ a Legation messenger-over to ask 4hf family tp please stop pipping t.he ~ children as their screams were get ting on her nerves. The messen ger delivered his message and the screams ceased. I learned later that there were several children domicil ed in the house, none of them off spriner of t.h?> A few nights after this. Peter Tin viUson, manager of the banking de partment of the United State^ Trail ing Company (a Firestone subsidiary) was awakened by < childish screams "which grew to sucn volume that he ?'wns~forced to get out-Cf bed aricFgc to a nearby Liberian house and try to stop the punisshnient of the little , childen. When he arrived on the scene t wo of thoyoimg pawns were insensibble from the beating they had received ami a third?was wailing } pftifuUy in a- corner. The whip wielding Liberian was highly incens ed at what he termed "this~.i?TWST~ . ranted intrusion." * "Ah!" explain high Liberian offi <cials with charming naivete when these things have been brought tc 1 their attention, '"former...President King issued an emancipation procla nation in September, 1930,. therefore ? pawning and domestic slavery "are -now-illegal.'- The pawn?has?oniy?tc appear before a public officer and make a cumpiainl?that he 1? bulhp ViolH nrrtivnof i o *??!!! U >? ? ^ ' u6aiMOl 1|10 ? 111 U11U I1U IS llL't. "Argument Is ."Dry" -v' Ilenco, the evils reported above d<: ' not exist beeausu_j>fficially outlawed Your Librian official is extremely legalistic and will argue for hours ir this vein like and American Prohibi tionsts contending that the United States is dry because the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead law are' ir operation. The?Solicitor General of" "Liberia . Edward ' Summcrvillo hastens to ex plain with a certain note of satis faction that the effect of the emanci pation has not been exactly what re formers anticipated. He claims thai many children who were in civilized persons' homes have taken advantage . . - of the new law to leave and lead ir responsible lives. Women, too, says he, eager to rid themselves of unsat isfactory husbands, have availed them selves of this oportunity, and there are instances where such women have . become public prostitutes. (Native wivp?, arp hnn crVtt nrtrf onlrl 999 Ttrthose who know, these are mere ly crocodile tears and backhand praise of the good old custom now illegal but thriving rignt uncier the sohei tor General's nose and of which he should certainly be aware. The new evil he and other Liberian officials pretend so to fear loom less large than the old ones which are still so wide spread.? ? There is but one place in Liberie where the King Emancipation?Pro clamation seems to- have wrought havoc and that is in the Vai country The Vais are the most highly cultur k ed of the Liberian aborigines. The} are one of the two nations in Wesi Africa having their own written lan guage, the other group being in Ni geria. The aVis are chiefly Moham medians and the work of the Christiai missionaries has had little influenc* on them, as is true of the natives el :sewhere in Liberia. Ij?pr centuries the Vais. w*ho inhabi Grand Cape Mount County, have beei :agriculturists and reputedly wealthy ,but their economic system has~brei based on chattel slavery. Naturally when d;hrr emancipation prodamttttor was issued last September hundred: and thousands of theil slaves tool avantag of it and left. I have talk . ed. with some of these former Va slaves and from what I could lean from them through interpreters, manj ' of the Vai masters could have take: the laurels for cruelty from Simon Le jjree of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", fame. Several weeks ago_when I startei mi my mur 01 ointorianq, x tirs visited the Vai country and there sa\ -- concrete evidence that the- loss o their slaves had seriously hurt them They are not finding it at all easy t get out and do their own farni worl< In many cases, large estates are go ing back to the bush for lack of la bor to cultivate them: I noted tha on several of these big clearings wer thatch-roofed platforms on ten-foo stilts where the Vai overseers ha formerly sat watching their slaves a work , in the broiling sun jmd seeini that none sought to escape!" It wa with considerable amusement that noticed the similarity of the lament of these black ex-slave holders witl those of their white brethren in ou Rniitharn States following the Civ; War. . * The Vais seem to be about the onl one in Liberia who have been hit b; the new law. Beyond the county lin into what is called the hinterlam the form of BBrvltuda i:mum pawuiii 1 if 1 : > -i X * ' ^ IN LIBERIA -? - ' I S. SCHUYLER is general and undisturbed. I have already shown that on the coast con i ditions exist much as of yore. To sum up:?Whereas hundreds of"boys" Have been and may still be will and tor?a?sizable consideration ~ ; which falls in the,palms of Liberian I officials and their associates, there are thousands of pawns and domestic , slaves, toiling away in households - and on farms, who get. nothing hut, food and somo castotf clothing for" their-labor. all along thp coasf it,} the sd-called civilized section. Despite laws, nothing adequate is being done about it. Poorly paid Liberian offi v.iais nve in nne, 11 slightly nondescript, style, with troops of servants ami concubines, whom they do not pay, to do their every bidding. The less fortnn.ftt.fs nf?the?duling?clase, ever hoping for a political job, but marking time at farming, live similarly. ... With the Liberian Constitution i firmly forbidding i slavery and with i pawning outlawed, one is constrained - in view of the facts to again ask, i "When is a slave not a slave?" Compared to the spectacle of whole > villages toiling without reward to furnish Liberian officials with rice, ; patm oil; chickens, goats and occasimo ally cattle the Fernando Poo "boy" traffic, bitterly complained of "by the International Commission in ' its recent report, dwindles to irvsignifican ce. The **b<5ys" at least get something?specifically $2.5?for their ? two years of killing toil in one of the . .unhealthiest spots in the world, but. - *t>ften hinterland natives gejt nothing ; for their labor but abuse. Moreover, '! forced .abor in tne lorm of requh: r rtioned porter?~"arTd" carriers "Who arc i never paid and seldom fed is" as emu !" mon as ihe brilliant sunshine. Since the natives, even the chiefs, are. unmercifully. beaten if they refuse to , do as they are bid, it is not too far- , fetched to say that they are enslave 1. . 1 Reports of these conditions in the j ??? * mi iuuu yau come to me ailU ill ( order to find out whether or not they were true, I left Monrovia on March i -0, accompanied by W. R. George, an American vice-consul, and about_fif=_! een carriers ar*l traveled about 600' 1 miles-.afoot through the countries of the Vai. Gola, G'Bande Men'di, Birzl and Kpweesi peoples, returning tp - -Monrovia on April 10.?I visited riii i merous towns and interviewed chiefs and Liberiah officials. i "Levy" to President , i I " ' . Before leaving Monrovia on this trek, it had been my good fortune to ] r see official correspondence indicating ] beyond any reasonable doubt that in November and December, lUdO, and January and February, 1981, nearly- j ; three tons of rice, to say nothing of , fowl and cattle, from the Sanoguellah ; district, were carried to Monrovia where practically the whole of it 1 went to the President, Cabinet offi-, :ers and other minpr officials. This - . I'quisitmim imm mil sunogueimn dte?; departure of the Internatonal Com--, mission and of course the produce ' was not paid for. 1. i Proceeding into thg. hinterland through stately forests suffocating-, - jungles ana?seemingly bottomless : swamps, over tortuous trails, visiting g t own alter town, ilearned that -tho requistions from th Sanoguellah dis1 trict and their destinations were not at all unusual, but that the practice was and?is general throughout the entire back country.- Everywhere ~ the"natives" complain bitterly against ' these exactions but are without red^ ress. The very jpeople to whom | i hey would appeal are the identical persons are exploiting them. i ' Next week ,we/ follow Mr. } Schuyler to the Gola country. Here he describes his experiences with Buzi chieftian in the beaut tiful town of Voni Jessu. > . . j Zion Usher Board CeleEighteen years ago one Sunday 1 of Brother D. S. Glenn a member of j >' Zion Baptist Church to get together 1 and organize an U?her Board. Bro. ! Glenn and a number of "other bretb ; ^ corner of Hampton and Gadsden Sts. j * Then'""purpose who to help With the v new church. At that time it wa8 an f oTcTwobtTen church. The following Tuesday night they met in the church u ana their pastor, the Rev. .T. C. While 1 organized the board. Brother D. S. - Glenn was eiecteu President; Broth - or Jessie Lorrick, Vice President; t- Brother Bill Richardson, Secretary \ e 'ftrother Harris, Treasurer. Ten | t members constituted the beginning of t d the board. A few years later the old . t church was torn own; the ushers were | I in the lead of the movement. They . a stood by Rev. White.?Some time tho ! I difficulty and obstacles impede the I h Times were hard; t^ey did not have i r much fufids to pay labor. , The ush il ers rolled up their sleeves and helped lay the foundation^ and put in the = heating plant at a coat of ($1800.00) Eighteen Hundred Dollars. THte years y rolled on. God have called some of y them to rect^ve their reward. God e have blessed \ them. They do great |,[ work in helping the sick; Home Mis g[ bIoh and Foreign MIhbIuii.?They lihvn ' : *. COLUMBIA, S." (^.jl SATURDAY, Extraordinery Session << Pythian Grand Lodge t The Grand Chancellor Sir J. A. 1 Brown and Grand Attorney Sir N. J. Frederick, have -recently returned from Boston, Mass., where the Bienial Meeting of the Supreme Lodge was hel<t. The Grand Chancellor an- ' n^unee** that the Grand Loci to v.'iB 1 be called in extra sossmn ni) 30th, 1931, for the purpose of ex- s plaining to the Grand Lodge the conditions that obtain in -the Supreme 1 Li dge, as they refer to thg jurisdic- < tirrn of SautL.Carolina,, In' order that J ma be shaped. The- Grand Chancclor makes the announcement, that the ? meeting will be for QXE DAY, and i every subordinate ledge is requested i m iimite a sacniice, and lie represon- * ted at the meeting: which will take 1 place at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Cor. Sumter and Taylor Sts., Columbia, > S. C. at 10 A. M. Wednesday Sppt?1 30th, 1931. The official Proclamation * from the office of the Grand Chan- < cellcr will be issued on the 14th inst. ^ and Keepers of Records and Seals are 1 urged to "call the attention of their \ lodges, and Chancellor Commanders < to- the same. - 1 Remember th> meeting will noly be ^ one day. The actual travelling ex- i perrse of He legates can be easily eared, e for, if every member of the Order, < will make a personal sacrifice, and ( take* eare of the expense of the trip i to Columbia," S. C. by auTdhibbile" or "1 train.?Thtr-call-is urgent. The at- 1 tendance should be large. s BAUMtlARDNER AD- . DRESSES MEN i Special Sidney Park Service.- Crime c I'eTlmess Subjocit Last Sunday evening was cclebra- ^ toil Mon'.i 1 >ay n-t yidnci Paik C_.? v F. Church. In the evening a spe- ( cial program was rendered featuring music by the Schubert Male Glee Club under the direction of Mr,. Hilton Riddick, piano selections' bv Mr J ?.-ien'j-s^tai ks> Trombone solo by Mr. William Manigault,, original reading by Mr. E. M. Keitt and an address by H. W. Baunigardner, Professor Kf nov.v.ov. ITT_; ~ vi. .-\iicn o niversitv, and i <> i ->i . ..0 .u. 1 i i" } m % , .. r . 1 : Mr.. Baumgardner cho<c as. his subject ''The Crime ol' Pettiness A- ? mo rue Negroes." Ho contended that , there is too much meanness, of spirit, t enviousness and jealousy among Xe- G groes for maximum development. Ho made the plea that all should acquire the capacity of cheering for the fol? ( low who chances.to pfiss us on life's , highway and nop attempt to crush hita because his capabilities are ater. i The speaker presented a conviir"- < ng array of instances showing petti- \i ness in high places, and concluded that until this trait is greatly mint- ' mi/.ed or completely done away with a there is not much hope for real deveMr. Roland Smith wa-- -master ni jeremoniesi The Rev. J. C. Ander- ,, son, pastor of Sidney Park paid hi.: ' ' ogram committee a high compliment for having arranged go splendid c i program. j ???? : : 1 ? -r ' Standing t' ni j?iit* and a St. k 1 Nicholas.is chairman. B> J4 r . -i chols have, clone great work for the board, assistcvi by Hi other t . ti.Ca.-u, 1 Bro.p Ed. Atchinson, and Pro. Jacob Ford fi"'i Athoj' - mm. ,..k,,,. l?v,| f today stands among the largest in the state with 62 members. The ; President, bio. John Laoorde is : wo;} known young-' man and is we'd ^ lTt<.itC ofVbv both colo-rexC-and while. A Christian man and. a great leader. 1 Bro.^James Sander., our Vice Presi { cent, Brother Win. Summers. Secte 1 tary; Pro. C. US'lizhi Bee. Sec.? Pro. c Goo. Woodward, Treas.; Pip. Paul RiVcu-s, "Chaplain All are It no young f men and are well known as hard * wo king n; n an 1 do ; II in their pow . ; 1 r for. the up li t of hunr.utity* ' x ' h' us'.'.c b",'*':l ic t fi; ir njr , i-h.VjV . t-jaehc = 'nten how l osing an 1 pray " Wheir-the ihur. li is' in nc.cl of a l>ea' coit .'Ttiey"~geX him front - 'the . board. 1 Eight Deacons and :> .Ministers have t come from tin- usher ho ird.?The Rev. < I. C. White when called fo'Winston ? Salem. N*'. ('., .^-commended the Rev t T. P. It odor which is the pastor now. t s vro v. ,o Be\. Recdcr were stick t "tt> .the usWbrs end they will s1 u-k to i you. 'lhe Key. J. P. Rceder is a !im t loyci thym. lie is a. member of-Uh- i board. He regards the ushers as I lie < kaek bono of the olvtireh?and he <!?> W t vc'tyihirf in pu'ting them over the top. * ?? The usher board celebrated , th i' . r Eighteenth Anniversary, Tuesday nil' ca.r.1- o id-11 ...uk .. nv |/u iiiiri t>, Willi cl \>UIIUn I II 1 ) *ogram. The Rev. Sarah Smith. Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church City, preached the Anniversary Ser I , ftion. It was a wonderful sermon U Text 2:o of St. Mark. The usbc troard of several otTTer churches came out with them which made it a great r Tmcvosr,. -^Ulter Lhe sermon Rev. Smith's ushers led the march, a line L. of 75 with" 16 of Zion Jr., usher Board t at the Jeni. it was insight to be seer, and a night that will never be for L age of '40 down to 4 years of age, 4~ "door keeers for the House of God,"' ' and look forward to Sunday when I their work'down here is finished, that ij may usher the host that John'sawj^ up to thy TMrunu uf God. 1 ?' -' IT *' . . * i * tlo 1 ' \ *" - ? -x. j ^"7^= : SEPTEMBER 1^1931. \Uen Ready For Opening library and Classroom Changes in Chappelle Administration Building. AHen University, with many interoi improvements' in Chappelle" ITall md a new student library with equip .ix" thousand dollars will open its ;hird. The first faculty mooting is jailed by President D. H. Sims to aieet Saturday "evening, September Three "new professors and mwo ds'ants in the administrative impart ucnt are the change sin the faculty ii. V-?i- ? ????.. IX I ?..v v i' *?*- .? v. u i . it viva a v i ^ '. l . Roberts conies to head the derar.tr.tnt of Romance Languages. He ersity and is a Bachelor of Art> i om Oberlin College and a Master if Arts from the University of Chi:ago. Professor W. Lov\!u T turner vill head the department ofi H*wUhv.ie has taught at Claflin nd State L'ollege and is a Bachelor and Master >f Artft from Howard' University, 'ro-fessor Beatrice McGhee Williams vill head the department of English. Hie has taught at Schofield Institute nul is a P.avholor of Arts from Fisk university and Master of Arts from Columbia Unitersity?. In the Adminstrati ve department Miss Winona Toll no i' will be book-keeper "and Miss 'Muivrvo?Wiison'will be special -assistant to President Sims. Btvides 'the live faculty members ilready mentioned, there are j.\vent> \v*r> othr j regular members to the 'acuity a lid administrative board an., ivO" ex hahge"~j>firesTTofs frunv"Beir" -did. College, who have been in 'h J ovular1 line-up lor several years. A iuaTTlT \*r-rir "TnTTl~rr 1 a rgc-- 'trr?' -xvrrtr n rnt 11 i* i <?d (Itliciul f.i. . "\VYri* u>' Jet'r7, wiii-h it. 3. Riuvsom and trustees will ir i?n nt and make reports on Fall ia .y, BREWER IS NOW JUNIOR COLLEGE ias added junior coll'ge work a; ( homj'-d thy. name to Brewer Junior ' i "i" .?>? !! ?press the type of work which it is row-doing' and enable it to.develop he advance 'program of education md uplift which is undertaken. ?':.i i : ?' is hoi made, with the d?*y of rr".'\\v*T* i'lto ' 0 Co'le?*0. . * levelopment of the colleges which > haw : 'iii': thai is iiooden to sui Lv ;! r_ d..d Cur college odin;^i* n. . junior* college program nk'e ; e< ; ' If. the rounding out of dwn'ion of the gient mn> ritv of ur youth,' who cannot go to college. ;?: \ can n cct the" demands of ' i"c '" m "Th? s* well as the fortunate few must. .care I :or. It. v i ! vr'Cy It til."-, wo yoras of a college education at .o'.ro -.r r, miii h Tbwer cost than it .in X J U I I l.J ? ?l I I I M u 111*4? 1(11 IJ. , . Ihose who : want to' loam profi ' ns'nnd vocations-Which require a cllege background. The name. normal siOiord, Jjmitf.l "*?v.' ;!'.?t-r-?M-: 1 fu i11 i i j??lit', t > 111 1 ii i r ? leiitentai y schools. Until tw o -??n-r?- -n-grr-rb r* wHs---*itmti4hHb Uwrgiv? ng te.acl or trnir.inv.' in tho "hif It chool. While the graduates relived the .second .grade teacher'.* ovtifwato, and thev .have'dolie .great erv.ico- in lit'ting tho stigma rrf?ih=/t.eracy tfom the 'name of the: sttrtq -rid i|i mi iirg the educational, no r>1 and cv.ltnal standards 1o a much lignoh level, the lime ,4 has. come vhon "hr.r.thoT -stop- in education nu*t he in a dry Elementary school cache is: s fib aid? receive more nailing for their work thai; can be gi-v. n in -the hio.h school,' They" hunt rot a hotter knowledge of ?uhje-t "a'ti ? ;and b arn m re about. - cm-ken. the.''minds with ii-h iV\. 'ml rind bow.-to teach , The seb oi" ya's also handicapped in . the devvl qini iil, of?ot iur?I'on.a ions?which?L_ kould ni l form. It r> not enough ' ; . *-" tho h .o hi h receives it sun-,. io>'t fr;m public"irfxation, to train eaehers. It should be the source o thev will become worthy* Chrisinn citizens!' able to contribute to he g rowth and development ? of V.cir communities. While {raining t< pupils to make a life, it should vriin 'tViniv* f A m-al'O fi 11 v i n rr fill' tw.m.-i.il ..i- 'iml ffioo Miom til.. ty .ta-iiear. aiut caru Cm\ worthy faiu 'ie--. Although teaching ranks noxt o the ministry a-; the greatest.?.it s only one of the many vocations in- vhnh a schotdr -? f its type should issinpe responsibility. I" ;on to the standard col? pyre preparatory course. Brewer ,hinr nlVs'c will offer the following ourses in its high school department: For girls?home economics lorries tie science, domestic art?s res-s making?rowl?music;?Cat?hoys ? ai pent ry, masonry, painting, agriulture and-music In. each ..vocakm there will ho three coiirsos ciw~~ n.. The prc-vocational course for hose who. will have to stop school rt the end of high school, vocational our-e for those w4io can stay in chool througlr the junior eol'ege nicT eomidete a trade and preen", icrring courses for those >yho' will ontinue -into the ' engineering colegos and technical schoolsk u The voaiinnnl rnnrsrs will be completed tt the junior college. a? J-X J. L | ! ' pk: Benedict Expects Large Enrollment C l??v II.ill and Athletic Bowl Ready Foot Ba'l Practice lias Begun. .Per^di't C'-ll^To expects an enrcT-rrent, 'tfhich )?} ?.n<!. Monday. Septe ' r -2'. c;VjjaT to any in the Vs o the president's. ofT/'o whi'h ird~ an overflow lirst day rog,istrntirn. and* hr>7-?vonoor^-" ""^V>"T1 rompletod Iffid- is ready'for" lire o'oqpoy. and "irony have Vh:q~~ rev:red- and new electrical equipment i i >-n in^wuiea. Recent excavation has enlarged the new athletic bowl so. that a football ;i<i;ron tr.ay be laid out. More thafor practice during the week. Many ' th'-T .cii'-.lt- ail- carl v. ;; l )'iv:il^ . The fanultv which has been' announced in' the papfers shows only -one-new addition and absence o? Prof.' \V'. E.-Murray who is on leave to study at the Ohio University, on a _b'i'iK'ral 'Ediuati.-n Board, fellowship. Every other 'old member of faculty "wjii : ? r Mi=C rosier -who- bar?been on a year leave for study at Cclumbi' b'niversitv where -he obtained her masters M'-'aK- degree in June. A B....dt?ys of . i egistration M"! ilay ""and i uesday, -class-room work will begin Wednesday September: L'-! the day of the Otlicial opening lv ? .. i>i- - appropiato for the epenrjiv? will take place*. at Chapel time 12 lio'-'ii Wednesday, September 23. ? DoltOTilY L. HAGOOD DIES 1 Mil-- Dorothy Louise Hagood died nc.uc!'i m l hui'siiay mormng7 Sett, .".id yt 1:15 after ap operation. Her death was. a shocking surprise to t.i -i ') ?! t (VlUlS.. Brief funeral services was held im;iday _ .0 1'. AL. at thehome of her mother, Mrs. Lucile Ilagood, 1205 Oak StVecc< nducted by Kev. J, C. Amur >?i. pastor of Sidney Park C. ChurJh: The services was bcaur iful. in ft"s~sTThpTTeTfy andwas attended 'by a number of friends who shared with tho family in the sorrow ' f thoii little darling's death.? Dorothy was born in Columbia, . November fV>r-H*2o -was -the .daughter V the late .Mr, Richard Hagood and Mrs. Luetic Ilagood. She was a. f right and attractive' child and dur"no.'no' short life had won many friends both rjd and young with her'livable <iisrosV.ion. The: deceased- is. survived by her motlujr, Mrs. Lucile .Hagood. two grandmothers, Mrs. Louise Hagood, Estill.' Drown., three half bro hf.p'. Leon IPagood. Fra?l< ar" William Counts, one sister Ruth E. Rati, Columbia, one uncle and sever? a| aunts'. , . Prdlbetears were.: Edgar Chappel* 1; Willie Smith,? Jr.; Robert \'c'<on. Samuel Bailey. Jr.;'" Bernice Anderson. Julius Pavault. mi ng' lver little friends .decora'*^ >v,-> Sovfta1 little girls chosen from aniong her little friends d'eobrated the .little mound: wit hmany lovely de-r. n- . f tilt' a.-u'Hs.m's must beaut'ful flower* wort"*: l-rsel Nelson. Annie I * l T-i!. <T"t:?^ iTTT* Nth), bpsie Mne Sullivan: EUa Davault*. Willie Mae WFtS?4 >r.n. Eleanor Frazier,. Edith F>*": Interment Avas made in th1? Palmetto Ce.metary beside. he*r father, who proceeded her to the grave 11 pnfoiVtfis' ago. L j t < APT. 1.. SIMON'S DF.AD <:r?. The Piilnieito Leader) <" r . ':n -.1. L:c;us Sj-^jns *>nc of < *hfn "11 ei-t i/.en.-. *^vlio-_for. the :- fv 11- \:a*s has made his resi i ' !'> ,> h liis son. in Now York ; <Tr.\ a.A'f, an ilno>s of about six I !"iA:1s' !> ;?, ' into.the (Treat Beyond "S ;y be.-' PJth. The body v-i.! : ir t"n'>yhi" F> i lav. Sep ~ U a! >evvice wi 1 In- kel.l at First Calvary, .Baptist . > S pu-hibcr 20. at 3:00 E.vhWk. 1 .lobn >! ami Bradley Mortieytn? ( v. i.l svi* eiiarge of the r.enrains an<' ]*ev. P.. P. Watson, will otTieiaVe at * fr.'V r. 1 s r\ ires. The*' dv. . :t:--ctl .served First Calvarv. ' 11 m 1,'4 rapacity of Deacon for ; v .'v.. mis. It can truthfully-, .* ai t him that" he did not fail to i " " ? * re?i M-vi ! ;.? on Thursday r-rPrr STtrri^Tm'SnnitWWW" j g . Ee eould not have been' more :r-' i ! to )i;s(eJTu:,:,li than 111* wasr?? " ' " - b*-> *r no. days wb.en colored "h- of CMnnbbr w:re' cntheused ' , i'v i < f.ot* civic .leadership ti l ; L\*e * ;)':id efti-i live citizenship.1 i Lin ius Simon* wi-.s made Captain of i ' i~TarH:ntr.' Volunteer Fire Company ; of Columbia.. Those brave fire fight | ets made themselves felt in-Columbia ?do .was a. motrjjer of thor-Capitol City Lodge \o, 4T of Free and Ac .tvuvH Masons heing the ln~t of the S. v. it Cli;t! i< i' Members of this Lodge l ie iC survival by three .-ons: Geo. Honry,. Simons, William Simons, (Alunkio.) Eddie W. Simons, (Eddie we.'); otic daughter, Mrs. "Birdie Si mens Smalls, i-no sifter, Mrs. Cecelia Simons and many grand children, and i host of relatives find friends to i)t(>ut'i)' Ins par.ninff.- '%, A devout imU faithful ChfisJisii-haa.. ceased his. earthly warfare. t,CE FIVE CENTS PER COPY Lovely Fall Bride-elect ' -sM ' ^EF* fi-* ^ j^ ^VTS^ ,L;;"""''"^^^^gTlW. MISS NARCIgSA DELILAH. WRIGHT - ' Mr. and Mrs*. Tony F. Wright?of DeLand, Fla., announce the engage- . . . nicnt of their lovely daughter, Xareissa Delilah, to Rev. Cyrus Augustus Weaver; \he wedding to .be an. ^ event of t> o'clock in the evening ^optember 29th, at thle First Baptist " Church of DeLand. ? i?-Miss Wright received her academic training t.. TiLA-egPf*.. Inrl it nto; uating in 1925. She received her College training from Wilberforce University and. the University of Kansas, receiving the Bachelor of ' Science Degree from the latter University in June 1929 and the Mastei of Arts Degree from Columbia University in June 1930. For the past year Miss Wright has served success 'fully on. the faculty" of "-the Va. State . . Cnl\pfrc Petersburg. -Vat. ao Proles- ; S.o'r of Home Economics. V SUMTER NEWS I ,!.y, ' or t'lC . I and girls \v!io . i d ' n < ' j'.e; 'her S:V > 1 ' '" ' ? I iv\y iw;.\ I An-- v - ^ Glover*. , The. spacious lawn o" ? * . i'l. I! Slater'- after h S \-s' '< . . |'a: 11 active \v,ls :ht. r- . v e } !:".vn ! on T' n 'n'-na- ' '! "' p.-vi lr .r ::,-.!.-.riv r. ;M >. >late:' in honor of. ?d 'V- v.'.c? , 'u's been C'o-ir.'v lv: tonyta i >n loj <n;er a year and lo't tk> cit" h. v.-. . for her home in \V;v <.?= G; '' rt':c cour-e .* ' ; v;. yam o were p;,:iv , U:v Inwi ;? >! d -?h-o'U.--?i-'v? tin -;*n.i i-nk'v-?was served. ' . The One More K.T.ot.flui> .la id its logular meetihir at the '.o nt* V M A. IT. An ir. ws op \V .v. - i .v ... cr '.nirii. 1st;- A i'u.1 business >'Q eIW'.y was, held whVh oppe 1?__u?il tizing refreshments \v iv re ;-ve? -by the .hostess. ? The Progressive ("tort:?im-rt h^ir" regular meeting at ti:.- ; j Mrs. llines Torey on Tin sday a -er noon, August dlst. After the busi ness wa> finished the meeting was .-transformed into a shower of kitchen, \ untensils for the hostess, who has 1 .ilisi hi gU!l ,h'"ise keeping ag;nn at'.er tlosing her home by ihe a i-.n-nlmcf imon*IflS-' ll*l*fTS!1.$it~lTlUtie'" >r\ "i e was .be p'.eas ant foostos "to"~Tbe T. A O. ami a . few invited guest's on Tue-day 'e'vn ' ing. September fcth. A ne-r-t pleasant ii nt \t'n e ei\.iht \f 1\ . . i - ? - - .1 V ? v...n6 ?? c*o v> .Ml . M- 1^4^; t* ??> UlC* ma in feature. A:'t?.r a ?a.-l\-.<>iis salad roufse was se ved, Viidge sc ores were counted. Miss A'. K. Tarlton holder oF* highest -cottv-Vas l>he^-niv?. a lovely box of stationery anu M.-s. J.. I). Atkinson holder of lowest score was. presented a box of bath, powier. Mr. Edward Sweat a student of Allen University and Mr. Richard E. Anderson a former student of John on C. Smith, gave a paiTy~Jn honor >:' Miss Constance. J. ties o.-Macon, G:?., at the residence o! Mrs.- Lutilo avails on Saturday eveti.ng. Sept. 5. A pleasant evening was spent by -the .ollmvjng young jadi.s and. gentle men: Misses Elsie Moslfry' of Bal.ti more, Mri.; Frances J.awson. FMmon ia Garner, Mabel Pendergrass, Marie Folder. Cleo HcniTog.tti, Alma Hume, ] Mauri Lewis and Lorfise Braey; Mes srs James Taylor, Leon Brown, Dan" iel Rose, Clayton Re id. Rfrbirt Gil itardv Prof, and Mrs."W . E. Crawl and Prs. S. J.? McDonald and Rich uvdson. .Tonr?-AVas the truest of Mr. and Mrs.'Ry N. Rvrr*-^ white in the city. > ' Continued on pajfe seven. - ? TO OUR NEW YORK SUBSCRIBERS ' S - . * _ _ Mr. B. A. Mack, of 22f> W. 150th Street, Apt. 1 11. Soft'. 4, has been /,;, appointed our New York City rep resentative to collect subscriptions and solicit new- ones. V ? Mr. Mack will also report the news of the Metropolis for The bender!j All news should be mail ed to Mr. Mack at the above ad dress by Friday of each week to ing week's issue. Mr.- Mack's to) ephone Number is Brad. 2 olj ?. Please be nrepftjed to see him when he calls. '<>?i - 1