The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 19, 1931, Image 1
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 :
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IN LIBERIA
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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 '
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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
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' 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
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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
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<: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.
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Lovely Fall Bride-elect
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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
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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.
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