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"N . VOL. XIII?NO. 38 Students From Pennsj %T A1 . 1 T^l i> orin ^aronna, v ioria President McGill Cites Inform Of College Monday, Septembei Physical Ed and Home Economics Get Facflitiea _L I The fall term of Allen University begins Monday, September 19 and the outlook for a record break .7777 ring enrollment, seveiat~new mambers added -to the faculty and * many othpr added improvements have been made according to an announcement made yesterday by President Eugene H. McGill?un dischssing the affairs of the col lege in his office yefcte'. dayMiss Sylvester 1 Virginia Bellp wrll be professor 0f Biology. She 7 finished from Alabama State College wit hi he B.A-degree and has her master's from Atlanta University. Miss Maurine Obelia Gar rette has been placed as. professor of Che i ri Is try. She graduated witTT the B.A. degree from Wilev Col lege, Texas, anj received the M.SV degree from Iowa State University In addition, two otheiL new professors have bcvn added to the faculty .at Allen. Herbert \V. Baura gardnfer, a graduate of Lincoln and Ohro State, has been elected -?- pruressbl' of Psychology, and Henry B. Butler of Howard University Comes as professbr of Religious. Education.- " New departments established fully this year are home economics and physical education. The new gymnasium,' recently completed, will offer ample facilities for the ^ instructor si physical education to carry out his program of work, the president-saitk Thos. B. Neb son is head of the department of physical fiducatiotu?ila?spent--the summer doing work in his field in Columbia University and returns with new ideas for hrs work. Allen and Benedict will use their library facilities jointly. The librarian of Allan will work with the librarian of Benedict College, and the equipment .of both.libraries will be used for tho of the Allen and Benedict stuChurch Leads Race {VvJ?** f .Jro. ' DR. L. K. WILLIAMS .. Reelected president of the National Baptist Convention meeting in St. Louis last week, tiis selec tion for a-renewed term of leadship came; at the close of his annual address,, proclaimed one ol * the most brilliant deliverances ol ~ Its ktnd. "t)r. WtH iam s challenged ? the critics of the church, pointing ? to its accomplishments. Backed bj facts and illumined by spirit hi; speech traced the history of th< Negro in America and descrrbec . - the leadership of the church ir every phase" of racial life. (ANP] TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE AT ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12?ANP? An institute for training Negr< __ tuberculosis and health workers will be held from Qetober 3 to 1 at the Atlanta School of Socia work. Conducting the instituti will be the National Tuberculosa association, with Dr. Philip P. Ja cobs as conductor, and tho Atlan ta School of Social work will co operate. ' Other members of th? Guild, field secretary, Committer on Tuberculosis among Nesrnoas National Tuberculosis association Mrs. Florence Williams, Directo Department of Negro Health Ed ucation of the Chicago Tubercu osis institute ana nr. v. h\ mc C?ip, Medical Director of th North Carolina Sanatorium a Sanatorium. The subjects that will be dis cussed for the students who ar expected to Come from throughou "the South include Modorn cor eepta of tuberculosis, treatmen and care,, social aspects, healt education among Negroes, an ^ progress for the organization an development of Negro tuberculc lis work. ct lvania, New Jersey, Coming to^Allen ation About Opening r the 19th I dents. From the Allen's side Georgia Cook has been appointed assistant librarian. I The boarding department of Al' eial improvements for the care and comfort of the students have been made. The President's wife is general manager of this departmenL Mrs. MeGill is 8 very efficient worker. ' Both Presid(*it McGill and ,Dcan T.B. O'Daniel are satisfied with the outlook for, another good schbol year. Accoi'ding to the pile of applications on hand thev expect a* much larger enrollment of freshmen students than they had last year, notwithstanding the fveahthen entrance last year was r.early 150 students. The applications also show that students have applied from Philadelphia. New Jo. sey, Florida, Virginia and North Carolina.? The presiding elders of the African Methodist Church have been called to meet at the official open~tng of Allen, Octobar 6th. The call was made by Bishop J. S. Flipper, of Atlanta. It* is said "that in this meeting plans for the drive to raise funds to erect a library building on the campus of Allen University will ho lannrhedThe new library building will not affect the joint library use between Allen and Benedict, but will serve to strengthen the library school and offer greater opportunety to the students of the two colleges as they work in the college Another new feature on the pro gram at Alien this year wrll be the Sunday afternoon vespers. Every Sunday at 6:45 regular vesper services will be conducted on the campus, Dr. McGill said. The vespers will bo conducted hy different religious leaders and will be open for attendance by any -one?from the city. MT. ZION AME CHURCH Sellers?Sunday school opened at the usual hour with Supt. J.L. Crosland and co-workers at their post of duty. At 11:30 a.m. the pastor selected his text from the 66:16 of Psalms. This was' a wonderful message. We are praying for our pastor to carry out this ' Uonierence year with great sue? cess. At 7:39 we again listened to a m<*ssage by Rev. A.B. Thomas, subject: A Charge to Keep ?1- Mesdames Estella James and Addie Nowlin are still on the sicl< list. Miss Marguerite Porter luff Friday nite for Lake City where she is a teacher of the Lake City school. Mrs. Ruth Burnett o i Philadelphia left Sunday evening after spending a week with hei mother and father,. Mr. Thomas Cooper also left Sunday for Phila |_ delphia.^Rev. Charles Satchell Morris to Preach at Bethel Church Sundaj Rev. Mr. Charles -Satchell MorL.ris will preach at Bethel A. M. E church, Sunday momtrJg aft the H o'clock s?rvioe. Rev. Mr. Morf ris is quite a gifted speaker and | knows how to entertain audience Land congregations. To miss-he?! I ing him you will misg a rare ; treat. - f ? Sunday was an ideal day for ' church members whQ love to gc ( to cihurch and many of our members a?d friends took advantage of this opportunity and attended the services. Conference is not _ jp JThfr-nfFrmr? - and members have begun plana 5 whpr^by the pastor will be abH \ to pay the conference claims 1 Sunday school was well attend a ed by its members. We saw some s.j new faces. Come again you wil always fine welcome here. Th< . teachers of the city school sys s torn who attend our Sunday schoo ^ we re present and express then* ? selves as willing to teach classef '-lor render service in any capaci r ty they cat*. Young ladies leav' " ing for college were given oppor luiutjr vu any ^uuu-ujr c. e For morning service the pasto: t selected his text from Exodui ? 4 Aln?subject "J?he Cons#wat^d ' Hand". Thi8 was a practical an< * strong sermon. . For the night service the Rev rr W. R. Bowmahj "Brought the mes h sage. He selected JiiB text fror Psalms 66:17, subject "God Wi! ? AnsweT Piayer". The minlste made a very fine impression. x if* Pali COLUMBIA, SOI . wrnor Burnet k |R MnvhnnU a ? \ ' % t B^^gWft -' ' / '' 'tiffi' ^flHKW' S " (Courtoay Coltimbia Record.) Governor-elect Burnet R. Maybank wu's nominated in the DemI ocratic run-off primary Tuesday leading his opponent .Mr. Wyndham Manning by 14,000 votes. Mr Maybank is at present Mayor of : Charleston. He is the* first Charjestonian to be elected Governor .... since the Confederate war. National Guardsmen welro or. der-ed?out?by?Governor -Q1 in IX Johnson at the request of Mr. Manning to impound the ballot boxes in Charleston, home county of Mayor Maybank where he polled?2trS52^votes against only 1,366 for Manning. J News In and Around Washington By Q. Hart Washington,?Eh?Gv,?Sept.? It is indeed great for one to so live and serve his fellowmanthat when his? life's journey ends people can'truly say we certainly miss Mr. "X". So it is with the former Editor of The Palmetto Leader, Atty. N. J. Frederick who haa just passed Continued on Page 8 - MEADO\V PRONG CHURCH Rev. J. W. D&Vls, Pasfbr Sunday school with Supi. J.H Frierson, officiating, opened at the _ usual hour wjtrh n lmg!>?attendI ance. At 11:30 Rev. J. W. Davis preached from John 3:5. subject: ; A New Life. After services Rev. Davis and - some members motored to Sumter to visit the sick, Prof. - MeLaughlin?and found him greatly mproved. During BYPU discussions were i excellentiy mad<j by Messrs. J.H. Frierson, J.C. Law and Deacon Hawkins. At nite services ReA\ Davis selected Eze. 37:0 as his [ sermon and subject: Dry Bones ih thd Valley. Collection for the r Mrs. Bertha Cummings, Miss Gladys Bristow, Mr. and Mrs. N Bristow and children wei'e guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. E FrBrlstow. Miss Pecola Cusaac. Mr. Roy ' Cusaac and Miss Elizabeth Cusaac of Laurinburg, N.C., were visitors' here. . .1ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH j Rev. ,W. B. Bouler, Pastor Sunday school was good as us| ual. The school was interestingly reviewed by Mrs. Carrie Cherry Intermediate class. No. M. Young, teacher is holding the banner. Sunday being our fourth quarter Presiding Elder Dent de ~ "fivered a soul stirring sermon theme: Peter's Answer to Christ's j Question. The business part was held immediately after service Presiding Elder Dent presided anc . wraie praying fat him to returr - as our P. E. next conference yenr Amount raised for the P.E. Sun - day $20.75. Sunday night the pas tor preached. Theme: The Grea Change. Seven children were bap tized. We have just closed a sue cessful revival meeting conducte< r by Elder Tilltnan of the Holrnesi . church. J The two captains Mrs. Wilhel mina Woodson and Miss Estell Janerette, along with their mem - bars are busy trying to make n good report .at the Annual Confe 11 ence. Misses Lucile Gant, Mozel Y~ Ellison and Freddie Gant wer visitors Sunday. -A ?? ? . - ?? f ^ nicfit JTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY I Unw??]?r Oi? /\#li /i4rt liaituj JL Jl CU1Lw Death of Swing: Music St. Louis, - Sept. 11?ANP? Swing is definitely on the way out and the cats and- the jitterbugs may as well recognize that th^ swing craze is no more stetble than styles in women's hats. At least that is the opinion of W. C. Handy, "daddy of the blues" who admits his interest today is mainly in spirituals-?particularly the "hnppy?spiritual?which he says is fast disappearing. Handy said he was extremely annoyed at first when he found the cats making so free with his St.. Louis Blues that he could hard ly " recognize the melody. "It reminds me of my own experience," he ^aid. "I wrote a piec cealled 'Yellow Dog Rag' ano ?n-l n>ndp a rocofding. It earned only $200 the first year. Ragtime was. out, blues were in. "So r kept the tune and -chang-nd?the?name to 'Yellow Dog Blues'. The song's earnings jumped to $25,000. I suppose I'll have to call it "Yellow Dog Swin' now and climb on the swing-wagon." flottirnr noHr.no fho /liorinmilol. ed composed declared, "Swing isn't a definite! form of muaic. merely the evolution of -a proven tune. It's a fad that will have no permanent effect on American music." SpeaWing of the sporituals, Handy said, "It makes me sad when I hear the best of them made - to cottfcnin tu a stmYdftFti they were never intended for. They really are the folk songs of my race, of Africa. In my youth at camp meetings near Florence, Ala. where I was born, we used to sing happy spirituals, Ting them our ^wir way and never care if a white :.man heard. ?r "Now we have one eye trained on the while man who will buy and market them. We learned.be likes sad spirituals, so that's all you - hear. I hope to live long enough to see a real, revival nf genume African spirituals." Special Notice! ~ The Presiding Elders of the Seventh Episcopal District called to_meet in Allen University. To the Presiding Elders of the Seventh Episcopal District: Greetings: By order of R'-shop Joseph Simeon Flipper, D.D., LL. D., Presiding Bishop of the Seventh Episcopal District, you wHl pl^se meet in Allen University, Wednes" iluy, uciober the &th, 1938, at ! 11 a.m., to report your Endowment Day collections. BISHOP J. S. FLIPPER,. Presiding Bishop^ - -tea-ttrrastdh St., N. E., Atlanta,' Ga. f J. E. THOMAS. Secretary, 6ld N. Coit St., Florence, S. C. ST. JAMES AME CHURCH ?Rev; Hale B. Thompson, Pastor Asheville, N.C.?All weather evidences here point toward an early fall. The mornings are cool and nature has begun its work oi , painting upon the treses. Tht , :hurch school continues to grow , in attendance and interest . and new scholars are being added. Th? . Supt.' and teachers are planning another recreation program at ar , early date with a view to completi its annual conference buaget. Be fore the close of the? Sundaj , school hour, Mr. James Pearson the delegate to tho recent Sunday School Convention and Religious ""Convocation, made a very inter esting report of the" happenings . A?splendid congregation wufl fa I ?*? 1 - - - oiicuuniii-ui, upon wie morning s service. From the subject "Jesus Personal Touch," our pastor deli's r ered a very interesting and " sou stirring sermon. The presence o! many visitors was announced anc " they were given a very heartj ' wfelcome. "Seclusion" was the aul ject of the evening's message de r4tvere<T-by our paBtOr with deej ' spiritual thought and fervor. A } gain, many visitors shared in th< worship. All forces are busily en j gaged in the task of annual con ^ fereneb?preparation." The confer cnce convenes three weeks earlie this year, leaving only sever wt'eks of work. Our pastor urge< all to work hard and faithfully V wind up the fourth year of labo; successfully. Before the close o j service Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Jacksoi of Miami, Fla., who have. spen the most part of the summer - ii active sevvicti with us made ver, - impressive taTfcs. They are leavtn, e us this week to return home. W shall certainly miss them. Ou a pastor on behalf of the bntir r church wished them a safe retur It home and that K would be ou e good fortune to have them bee ns next summer msom r, SEPTEMBER 17, 1938^ Walter White * to Lecture In n - - - - -'iB <-^M CIumlesion,- j>.U.? Walter WTute execptlVfe^Aecretary of th^ - -Nat^? ional Association for the Advance inent of Colored People, \va born in AtlfffitSTGeorgia- and lived in the South to 19.18 whf"n he be-1 came an executive-officer of the' N.A^A.C.P. Mr. White "... a graduate* f At. lanta university. He ha> also done post-graduate work in economics and sociology ;n the College of the City of N*iw York. As an official of the N.A.A.C.P. Mr. White has made investie-a- t tions o? fortv-onc lynchings and eight race riots; has travelled more than 400,000 mil^s in the United {states andj/?uropo, Among the race vintajffd lynnhingn the facts of which save been uncovered by Mr. .Wmte's irvesti-1 Aiken in 1925 when a womaa and two men were lynched after ore of them had-been-aepuitt*d of a murder with which the three were charged. Mr. White seemed definite?evidfncc?against the lynch^V-s showing that some oi them "were law officials and some high in official ar.d political circles. Another investigation made r by Mr. Whit? war that d.f 'tho Phillips-County'; Arkansas, share ' cropping riots of 1919. I:t this i case the N.A.A.Q.P. carried to I the United States Supreme Ccrurt the cases of seventy-r.ine men twelve -of?them sentenced to doeth a sixty-seven ot long prison ) terms, ever.tuallv freeine the men , add securing in the Supreme Court a decision which established the precedent that when a ' trial Ts~dominated by a mob such trial ia null and void. Other ly'n , chings *nd riots investigated by Mr. White include tihe Chicago - racerkrta ef?l?40fand the -lynching9 in Brooks and Lowndes Co. r HUNDREBS PAY LA ' TO ATTORNEY FRE] < , f Funeral Rites of Noted I.eade I Church. Remains ir ' Funeral services fur. Lawyer Nil J. Frederick, who died at his home ' on Park street early Wednesday ' morning of last week, were coni ducted from Wesley M. E. church " at 4:00 p.m. Friday by the Kev. * C. C. Clark, pastor of Wesley * church. Interment was in the p Palmetta cemetery. 1 Eulogistic remarks on the life "J and services of lawyer Frederick 9 were delivered by Lawyer E. A r Parker of Sumter and Lawyer S f Morgan of Orangeburg. 0 Pallbearer* for the funeral ser* ..i? ?. a .c..a u- n " VIIC9 WtlT. AtHYC 1/1 . ?? . i/. n Chappelle, Dr. A. J. Collins, Hen7 "?? g FUNERAL SERVICES FOR. * PHILIP HENRY CHANT * i , .? The funeral services for Mr. '* Philip Henry Grant was held Son n day, August 28 at Trinity A. M. x E. church in Walterboro where he . had been a member for thirty ywn. .... i. hU many frlaadjij^ r ? . tar \?----- PRICE: FT Exec^Sec'y N. .1 . r? L,narie$ton,^.v^i p^B fcL^JBw^ta^^Sr 'A ?h^J:' V'T^ffi^l Georgia, lr> whicw a pregnant wo- _ man was ly iicliwh? Mr. White attended jthe PanAfrican Congress held in 1921 in England,.Belgium and France and in 1927 he went to France for a year writing and study as afellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memgrial Foundation. Mr. White ra the author of two novels. FIRE IN THE FLINT, which has been published in the United States, England, France, , Germany. Russia:?tNurway, " Den>mark and J a par. . and FLIGHT . which has been published in the Unite.' States and England. ROPE AND FAGGOT: A Biography of Judge I-ynch. and exhaustive study ++??ivne.".in/? ur.ri Ivitrhi'im nstrhnl- ~ igy written by Mr. White in France under his Fellowship was -published by AlfYed A,' Knopf. Inc., in April, 1929 ? Among the magazines .and papers~to~ which -Mr.-Whitte has con tributyd are: The American Mercury." Harper's Magazine, eth Natii.r:'.? the C:isis. the Century, the Annals of the American AcaJemy of Political and Social Science. the New RepiWdic, the Survey, the. Forum, the Bookman, the Saturday Review of Literature: nth" Rngh'stfi Journal.-th"-Chicago iraily News. 'The New York Times, the New T . t k rlvehlng Post, and the New York World. L'po-i^ ^the^ jftirc ment of Mr. "secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., Mr. White was elected as his sucees^ sor. He was appointed by President Roosevelt a* a member of the Advisory Council for the Government of the-Virgin Islands in" March, 1934, f'om which position he resigned in May, 1935. He is a member of the Bokrd of Visi rri-s of the New York State Tr. School for Boys at Warwick, New ST~TRIBUTE? 1 DERICK r Friday in Wesley Methodist i Palmetto Cemetery ry Williams, Hoptor. Paul, E. W Vance and Dr. P- K. Jenkins, Honorary'?I. M. A. Myers, C. A. Johnson, Geo. H. Hamtton, W. A. Perry, A.'W. Simkins, W. H. Harvey, Nick Stevenson, Frank Butler, Attorneys Morgan and Parker. Dr. Scnbels Green, Joseph Congaree Medical Associatron. Mr. Frederick died after a brief illness "of a few weeks. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Corinne CarrollFrederick and four children?two daughters and two sons, and a hn<st r\f VKa mnnrn V* \ a A ' part ure. both racc.s he leaves to mourn his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Grant] six children,' Mrs. Lottie Ferguson of New York City; Mrs. Annie Lee James of Savannah, Ga.; Mrs. Vio[ la Paige, Charleston, S. C.; Mr i Nathan Grant, former student of ' Allen imtvynrttyr Miss Ella Orant i and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grant h>l. Charleston, S. G. K VK CKNTS PER COPY A.A.C.P. . Sept. 20th -X-QXjk- wlkrc significant advancement has been made in the treatment of juvenile ck-iinquency. Hf was appointed in-September, r936"'~ as chairman of the Harlem lowcost housing pro>A?t uiidejr the New York City Housing Authority. ' ' " Mr. White has taken a prominent part .n the fight against lynching and for enactment erf federal legislation against this evil, especially, in the mashalliaijf otf public opinion on behalf ef the C'lMJgaip^1kgiHT?u'ruMyrii'hlng bill in the T4th Congress. Mr. White organized a move, me t behind the Crvstigan-Wagner \ 'i-1 .ynchijjg Lliii which _waa in.1 ? troduced in February, 1934 and kept up steady work on this leg.islathHt through IP35 and 1936 Largely bcoau>o .d' his persistant effort the bill actually came up for a vote in the Senate in the last day* of April. 1935, but was displaced from its position on the calendar by a s<*ven day filibuster. When tf e 74th Congress ajournVu without acting wpg)??theCostigan-Wagr*er Bill, Mr. "White renewed his effor.s in the 75th Congress, in the- H?u*e of Repcresentatives.? and * led the forees which succyeded in bringing th? Gav.tgan Anti-Lynching: Bill to a vote and passage on April IS, 1037 by a vote- of 277 to 119. On July 2, 19^7. Mr. White was awarded the twenty-third Spingnr\ ' Medal by Govcfrrror Murphy of Michigan, at the 28th Annual Conference of the N.A.A. C P. in Detroit. The award was given Mr. Whit" for hic personal investigation of 41 lynchings and 4 race riots and for his "remark.able tail, skit ar.d peifuasive- _ ness" in lobbying for a federal anti-lyr.chjryt bill. "~ MASONS TO 1 A V CORNER STONE FOR JEHOVAH BAPTIST CHURCH Capital City Lodge No. 47, F. & A. Masons,, has accepted an invitation to lay a Corner Stone at Jehovah Baptist church on the 1900 block of Gregg street, Sunday"^afternoon. Sept ember 18th at 4:1)0; o'clock.?AH Free and Accep?? ted Masons are asked to be with us. The Masons will assemble at the Temple at 3 o'clock. The pastor and officers of the church have prepared an interesting program to be rendered before the stone is laid. ; ? E. F:azier,.Chr., Doacon board; | Moses McCant, Chr., Trustee hoard; Rev. C. TV Freeman, pastor. Grand Master ,T. S. StantwdW7 " \ will nof be able to t^rffluct iheso ceremonies, but has deputized brother J. B. Lewis to act-in hi# place, assisted by Rev. J. J. Harrison,. .Grand Senior Wantep; J. E. Dickson, Grand Seereifit&^and r othdr outstanding Masons. Dep? aty Grand Master, S. H. Moore I has also hfprr?recprestod to to ? I present^ " TKo rviiKli/* i? invi In vifaiau thi? occasion. J ? - ???i ' * .