The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 10, 1932, Image 1
The National Non-Paroizan Negro
~~7 League was launched less than a"
year ago. It* wus motivated by the
dynamic of dissatisfaction with existing
political conditions. We ht\d
just passed through' eleven years 61'
Republican rule, the last -hie; o4'
? . which had been under the pvesenT
administration. During all of this
time the Negro had been given n*
adequate consideration. His. poli*
cal estate had grown steadily worse
His claims^Had been denied; his griev
ances ignored. In the meantime vote
less Southern Negroes had shifted
'Jo the North by hundreds of thousands
with effective franchise. The
two great* parties had come to a
^balaVicfe. The Republicans controlled
the Senate by grace of the Progressives
with e. majority of one
The Democrats had a fragile majority
or tnrce~nr-aonr in -the Hotnrep
One Northern state after ano.her
Siad gone Den-|>crat<ic by way of
choise of governors; senatorjg. and
representatives. The attitude of the
two parties towards us was u.t parity.
We had as many friends in Ilour.t
and Senate on one side of the fence
?as on jhc other. Both aideuijftialiaotf
that the Negro vote constituted tflc
balance of power so strategically tiis
tributed among the state8 that neith.
er party had any hope-or expectauon
of national victory without our
help. But none of these things niov.
ed President Hoover , who stood
steadfast and unmovable in his' engineering
frigidity towards our group
claims. The presidential campaign
waB getting under way. , Delegates
were about to be chosen to the national
conventions of both parvies,
which were alike very frankly stmsitive
to our just claims and demands
1 her., if ever. the psychology.
cal moment. Under thv? magnetic
leadership of Oscar DePritest, who at
that time, focussed the political sense
of the race, the. Non-Partizan Converence
was called '.o meet in Washington.
They answered the call it;
unexpected numbers. They came from
North and South, East ami,West, al.
touching and agreeing on the same
thing, namely that unweanable devotion
to a single party had already
been carried to the point of dim in
isning wisaom. such unanimity ol
sentimensuch enthusiastic concord
with the opinion that wise political
***' aotion demanded p|aping race liefore
party was never witnessed on
rFus vVise b616K'. USgfly lAl'i'icsl
' mts elected chairman and proclaimed
race leader with a unanimous voice
> that echoed throughout the land.. I
was made chairman of the commit ec
on resolutions. In that capacity I
consulted the opinion and judgement
of all shades of political belief and
opinion. My draft with suitable alterations
^and amendments wa?. enthusiastically
adopted as the sense
of *he conference and broadcast to
the race and nation as focusing the.
political mind of the Negro.
With becoming modesty, I am willing
to compare this paper with "any
yet indicted by any Negro pen for
its soundness in race statesmanship.
t Even the never dying Negro -Republicans
had vhc hardihood to condemn
the fconferenci and Us deliberation>
Irr"the jrtidst of it all he is reported
to have said that.jt^js a crime for
the Negro to divide m&xwote. Tic I
onlv cnmmpnt tVinf- ciipVi n?V. t it ti.l1
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COLUMBIA, S. C., SATCRDAY,
NEGRO EDU(
Was 33 Years at Greensboi
Death The Cause of Accident?
Passing Motorist Knock Him Down
. *? i i .
Joseph - D. McGhee vStaff Reporter
Asso., Negro Prass
promihent leaders paid their tribute
to W. D. -Windsor, supervisor of Negro
schoois . of Greensboro, N. Cj,J
when his -funeral -was?held at?St.
Matthews M. K. Church, Greensboio,J
Monday. afternoon. Nine young la-1
dies carried huge floral designs that '
were gifts from the city schools, in J
the long funeral procession. There
were also beautiful designs from
Bennett College, Fraterrtal Orders
and many life long associates.
Supervisor Windsor was "knocked
down by a passing motoiist Friday '
noon and died never regaining consciousness,
Saturday at- 2 P. M. at}
the L. Richardson Memorial Hospital
where hcT was taktri after the accL
II - + * >?-> ' ? * ?
C. Stewart, leading Negro surgeon,
assisted by Doctors W. C. Waddy
and P. Jarbo.
. "Professor Windsor entered upon
his duties U3 principal'- of #ne of
Creenshorn's public schools in 1899
at the age of 19. During his 33
yen> : < of' scvvfcc'- in cfl\i?ati^iTral~r nnd"
fraternal work he steadily climbed
until his death he had risen to the
position of supervisor of the sevenj
PROMINENT SOUr
- " ARE U
MG SOCIAL EVENY
KULLOCK-JACK
The, nLrriage ceremony "of Miss
Mabel Katharyn Bullock to Frederic
Albert Jacksou-took'place at. the^
homo *o T Tl^e bride's mohhei\ Mrs.
Charles C. .Stewart, Saturday evening
at 8:00 P. M. The Reverend C.
T. Weatherby. Pastor of St. Mat
?. ^ t?
thews *M. K. Church perfornid the
rites hv the Rev. W. C. Winchester.
Mtre.oi?the 1F?0 invited guesls
tended the .wedding.
The color scheme v.fis . green and
white. Decoiations were scattered on
tallies and mantles in each room of
the lower floor. An improvised Altar
was- placed in the living room
hanked by large ferns and flanked
on each side by seven branched candlebibr'a.
Flowers in the vases were
SEPTEMBER 10, 1932
:ator dead
ro in Public School System
| 1
teaching force of about one nundre<
'twenty, five members. He -was j
[trustee of Bennett College, Giancl
[ Keeper of Hecords and Sdd of 1 h
Secretary of the Mahonie Lodge o
rthe-state and Secretary of the Odi
Fellows of North Carolina. _
As an educator Professor Wind so
was widely 4-known throughout tin
first Negroas ever to Be appointed
to a position*, similar to the on<
which he?'held.. Under his adminis
tration as supervising principal th
^egro schools of Greensboro grey
from two frame tetructufles Of si:
rooms each with an enrollment <>1
about 400 to six modern elemental1;
schools and one High School repre
senting an outlay of about $750,00J
with lan enrollment of about 2,50(
pupils. ' '
His activities in the' community
were not only of an educational na
bnt.?i? 40,
social and financial welfare of tin
people. - His sister who was an ' as
sociate in a number of his busines:
ventures wbis buried last Monday on<
week before bis liagic death.
He is survived by a wife MUs
Hf l t* '* \ -?
luaua uutsor, a son George, a sis
' I it Mrs. IBinlii* Scales 'nf -Newark, N
J., and a sister, Mrs. Laconia Fijtz.
gerald.
Negro schools of the city With i
rHERN FAMILIES 7
NITED :
OF THE CAROLINAS
SON NUPTIALS
Mary Bullock, grand father's wife o
the bride- and Miss A,ida Bearden
New" York City.
At the soujhI of the "sigun of Men
dplssohn's Wedding March w'itl
Mis. Charles E. Hodges ecfusin 01
the bride from Baltimore at .the piano.
The processional la.-gan. The
hi itjcgroom, Frederic Albert "Ja ksor
enteredfrom the?tiiiiing -room thru
the hallway escorted* 1 ?> ".Mr. Frank
A. Toliver. graduate Atlanta University,
best nfail.
The r.Oid o!" honor Miss .Vera K.
Bullock, aunt "of the bride, wearing a
gown .of white lace touched with
green velvet, a cap''of white tulle,
with green accessories. came down
tlv H airway- f-Pm the upper hall to
le:nl ;lu? procession <??. the bride,
She was followed by little Miss tilp1I1
Sim kins', flower n-b-l .u-n^n-i
pKiri
South Carolina Con- J
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i
Teachers President's
? Message
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f ni ar.other .n-h-iiii y<- ? , i4
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well oiirani/.c<] l',.r<
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r? compass serve- ;],? ; .? > -niil
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safely ii'Wn:<! i*. *.
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which.ar ;-.s tc'll'W*
1. Mciah. 1 >lnj' 1 j 1 ii " j
SO percent ?< Vrc?
ami?SO per' . v .> : : i
Teat-he: s in ?.he-. > .
12. Atler.'Ihin u \
aye atU-l.iiai.ee ? a.: " " a- ' n . . > J ^
mjrs etiiial l<- a'
3. -C'-ni. -hi1 s . S:
~ Tees to iuelU'.e '. a'
Proitrai:.. IVihle.-'' . i!
r nanee ami.- lincy .t T~ . 1 . 1
1 fur As.sOt i;.
members; a ! . I
r ithor tMnTniV.e . . .-. r"~" 1 * ' . ' (
1 'less than -in nw ' he: : -1 .
r .ees futa tiutiir j y i . ' ? i
ami 1 epurl i:1 y
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I !Jamort i.y lo.lsrc ' :
j conduct iiur the. a>. o> lap'.
PASSED AWAY
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I Camden. S. t\. .C<ir. "1st Mr.
Walter Williams died >ue.de.:dy Wod.
.nesday tifternoon. He w.:< tin
' oT Kov. and Mi1-. T. 4?-A\ dlar- - * ?-?_
j He was well t lnmslil of mmdnir Ids"
wide acquaintance,
j Mr. Williams is surviv by hi* a (
rents. Rev. and Mrs. T. T. wflliat.-:
s one daughter. 'Bertha William*, nine
- sisters and brothers. Pr.' -Take Wil- .
f Iftms. Wr. William Williams. Pr.
.. t av;ne..o., ;ip ?t- i,,..,i>, \1
Mrs. Bertha Thompson op Anutista,
> Ha.: Miss Hettie Williams i f N'ew
i York City; Mrs. Eva' 11 Kel'l'yj At - *
> lanta, (la.; Mr. Theo. Williajn? of
i- Mew, York^-Cflv; Mis. il, jU. Mck'oli
lum," o{" Bennett s\ ille. S. ('.. and
l Mrs. Ma ssey o Wadshoro, X. C.. and
? a hosl o relative? rmd'rirnd*.
> Tlie funeral was held at Mc. Mo- j
riah Baptist Church, Sunday af^er- J
noon. I
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KIVK CM NTS 1'KIT, COPY.
E. \V. HIGGS, PASSES
?? . .. if !!> Illll I t ' M
M c..ji,ii:u their cyi-n .
i :nt~ Wit*, i i't in . '!
r. Man!. 'Wedding i-iijiiifu!
and ?itpi>lU'd' an
,'ii A. Sa\ ?Ki--i-.li away
i :'?r a.. n ti; St-ju. Mrd.
n
....;. f *.-> u .-id U>\ I lie child1
m.,.: i.i-r many l'iU-iiK's.
Ma;... t .!K-h- nu- lu-ing shown"
t 1" i:.. ivifii.jr her ,-iay in the
< T..4- -.lac ' >'i-1:Tr7" A*..jr. ?U> a
1 'uV;.y 'tfiveii at the u.-i '
. i ! . X111-* .-1 :.-4. t- Ullii ll unci
\\ Woua'.u'.- Ancr. hi a
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hniVor <;1 Mi.-*
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?-+?. : . 1'?i.'" 1 ? IM-V:.-...-in
. \. i.i-k-i :> ! wkh Mi. uinhl. M i>.
! ..... Whi'iKc-:-. 'x.i::i family.
_jJ * ci..Vi 'i: 1- n.td President ,
. M !'i!i it-i; *n). Saturday niv-rii.
v" i . I'iiiiaii- h'hi:; ami other
M'.-v K'ai'A <'w? n>' .Ua't on Sxitni
iay. Si ) !.* h f< r Ni.w Orleans.
Mi>. tWinnie and daag'a.er,
i1..-.- Vttr.ii. I. ai.-e y-pyn: tin- "past
v. Lym ;.h'ir>c, Ya.- r*.
i'.rl; I K;lfi. i'v?
v.... in K. tosvi.;
Beny \>f Washington s
? ' i 17 i\ ami relatives in the.
S;;nia\ Sept. 1th. t,
u . a...i Mr.-.'. -A. I;. Ib-WiV'tl arid
ii -? ? : lu- past wetk-end at ?
j i T 1 ,
M:.-s Will i lnu ".a Sha< klefoid, of
!a'i"if "ia. Pa., "u visiting her n.o
'V'1I1'. S1 I'-rt'HctTir'bingW ~
A!r?.?Rettyo?Ron^h t>f Columbia
! flMii~ !a'. ami Friday visiting
Mrs Olive I'avis and Mr. and Mrs;
V (1. S|>_ra?>. /
..Me>.-v? .lidim-on ami l"i. iiiU'r.-aa"*a.i?i
Pi" It' f ll'i.rtsvi'.lo" vis'eii
; i ii'iaiv?m?! r.day?a44-t--? i" ', a:.?J?j-ti *
t i..iiil till- Milii<<a 1' jar. \\ vailing
!:I l l lA Wring. r
aii.-s P, ;a.v oi l>a!Jin'a'i f. M?i.. ai?
- ,i., -a;.i.' 1 I n .father Rev. Bvagg
i ; i ity. while here thty'arc ths
t. and M s. ('. A. LawM*.H.
-m J.. i A'-' it. " l'iiii.i'lclp'.ia.
Pa., is visiting hor parents.
Mr. -.ii- 1 ' M. s. An-horne Sanniels.
'M ai 1 MAndrew I.ewis of
i . ilail iphia. Pa.. arc visiting Mr.',
*: ! *?* la vr.hw . , :j? ' v . _ -. - Alls
Mafia Miiligah ef New Yovk^
rs 'spending awhile with Mrs.-Kliza
K-t'-aswv-.--.? . _ . . .
Mrs. Esther Isaac of Philadelphia is
visiting her Sister, Mrs. Hattie
Singleton. . -