Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f"T!? Saturday, December 10, 1938 Alpha Kappa Alpha J Fetes the Deltas t- Defaa Sigma Thetn's .Southern. Regional conference and the hostess copter of Alpha Xi were gsa ^ ciously' entertained by Beta Sigma and Beta Zeta Omega Chapters of * the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ; with a dinner ^t*the college cafei ~ 'j teria Saturday, November 2Gth. .. __ The Alpha Kappa Alpha total's ( \ Of .pink and green were effectively carried out in the decorations of the cafeteria. "Garlands of sniHax -festooned the walla of the cafeter ia and placed at intervals were gronpingc .if enft fluffy pink and green bows enhanced by the potted ivy. Pink^-and green tapers?", threw diffused light on ,tbe indi "*% c vidqal tables of-She cafeteria, the ?-speaker's table hhving been center ed with a silver' eper^ne filled with dainty pink rose buds * and fern.^The~ilhiiniiialt'd in.sigpina of Delta Sgma Theta 'and Alpha Kap . , pa Alpha were suspended in each . corner at the far end of the room?:' To make the occasion more beau tiful, the menu carried out with ?1 . the Soi'oi'ity-^-eolor sohomp. The sorors wefe serveef pink and preen buff and red- fruit juices, fried asparagus salad, pink" "and- -green; bread, butter, pink and green, buff t? and red ice cream, shortcake and -?1 1 demitasse. : j Lovely ladies beautifully dressed in gay dinner gowns gave btillian cy to the occasion. The "Rasilens, Miss Txittve Wash ... . ington-acted as-main-hostess. Hei| . : timely Remarks were gracously re. . J- ceivedLand_ most intelligently con} pveyed. In her short speech she, . said, "Women are the poetry of the world in the" same sense as the stars are the poetry of- the" terrcstial planets, they rule the destinies of mankind." She also ex | tended a challenge concerning the i ??obligation and duties bf?sorority ' X* ? n it TTrL'ii.i ! women, miss i^ecn v> njitaKer, president of Delta Sigma Theta, accepted the challenge for her sorority and expressed tht apprecia tion of the chapter _J:or ; haying been so graciously entertained. ' The members of both organiza-' tions then sang the Alma Mater for the visiting delegates and friends. ? Beta Sigma's Health Program ? ? ' ? The Beta Sigma Chapter of .the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, rea lizing the importance of, health among our race, iavhappy^to?an__nounce that for the year 1939?" 1940 donations will be given thru- i out the state of South . Carolina . for medical treatment for unfortu. nate boys and girls. ? .. ?Dorothy Williamson, Reporter. REED STREfit HIGH ^ S. C. Perry, Prin. .ine iteea at. ruue nevus ciosea their football season by losing: to Orangeburg High 6 to 0. The game was played, on even terms until the last three minutes o f play when Orangeburg intercept' - ad a pass and ran ^SO-yards for~tr * - touchdown. ' ' ' , Everybody is waiting for the amateur hour that is "* sponsored by the senior class. This is the first time that a program of thia -??type has been presented in Ander-' ' son. , ^ The work on the trade building is nearing completion. This depart ment is headed by Mr. McDuffie. When finished and equipped, it will rank with the best >in the state. The NYA girls under the supervision--of? Miss-?.Willie . A. Cowans are doing excellent work. Their object is to learn more about the home in general. Officers tin Pres.; Florence- Sharardr-vicePres.; Johnie Mae Lee, Sec.; Rose Lee Cherry, Asst. Sec.; Mary L. Yarborough, Treas.; Lilla McAlister, Reporter. "" ' On the 16th of December, the senior ^lass will present a 3 act play entitled "Lena Rivera" in the school auditorium, proceeds will be given to the bus fund. \ IT Ml * Examples of one-way fares*^^ *. r. from Columbia, S. C.: {?j3Mf NEW YORK $ir?.12? PHILADELPHIA 12.87VH WASHINGTON - 9-80SW RICHMOND 7.20 pga TAMPA 10.65TJI AT PWTIRUffPTTPQ , '11 *nffl| MIAMI 13.6B|H| Similar tares to other points Requtet Seaboalrd routing from your local ticket agent, or consult J. L. Carter, D.P.A. I Seaboard Office, Room 1 < Arcade, Phone 8821 ' Columbia, S. C. ^ ?r~ a ' J. ' - * ? - -fc -??- ... f' - 9 * " i ] I^^^^IHHpi <:' : . '' ' Left to right: Miss Cecil Whittak- : er, president of hostess chanter. < Alpha Xi; Miss Laura Duffy, Atlanta, Ga,; Miss Edith Johnston, 1 Tuskegee, Ala.; Miss Mable Robin 1 Southern Regional Con Sigma Theta Adopts R '- . . . V A - T--fr-~T-.-T -, .Orangeburg.?Pertinent resolutions concerning national and in ternational -issues were adopted and plans for a closer integration of the- work of tfie- chapters} in the southern region were discussed at the Southern Regional^ Conference Of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority convening at South Carolina State A. & M. College, two days last week, Nov. 25 and 26th. - Delegates representing seven of fifteen' chapters in fiVe southern "states^gdopted the following resolutions:^ 1. Resolved: That the group ( assembled convey to the President of tfje United States its concurrence " with his lucent protest' aI gainst the persecution of the Jew | ish people by the Nazi Germans. 2. .Resolved further: That the' I fcroup assembled express to 'John ' L. -Lewis, President .of Congress on Industrial Organization, appre ciation for the action or the CIO in admitting Negroes to member-1 -shtp-ftJid lull participation without! discriinjnaton in its organization.} 3. Resolved further: That Delta' Sigma Theta Sorority join with} other ^national sroups ill supporting t'le efforts .of the NAACP to! arouse in every Negro of voting | age. the realization--of the neeessi1 ty of exercising the privilege?Ofr franchisemcrt. Plar.s discussed included a clos! er integration of the chapters in! the Southern Region, and methods of doing" work in communities and | on the college campus. Variouschapter projects were discussed and?t'.nupaied,?including chanta-1 tie enterprises, scholarship a.wardr. and achievements of individ?; ual Deltas. Alpha Kappa Sigmaj Chapter, of Knoxville, Tenn., re-| ceived a handsome nlnone for hav ing the nwntctive chapter in the Southern "Region. On the public program held at Chapel exercises~on Friday, Nov.' 25, Mrs. Sue Cowan Morris, the regional director, made the principal address, in her talk, she stress ed the importance of the members of all Greek letter organizations living up to their oaths. Sh^ "also brought out the. necessiraTof exercising tolerance in then-'relation' ship with other organizations. Wei come remarks were made by Pres_ dent M. F. Whittaker, of Shite College and Miss Lottye Washing a. i.:~~ ii " i l h.. u 1 ton, representing luirai uiaiitn of the Pan-Hellcnic Council. Alpha Xi, at South Carolina A. ' and M. college was hostesR chap-1 ter. Mrs. Sue Cowan-Morris, Little , Rock, Ark., retiring regional direel tor after eight years, presided at1 Every modern appliance hae I been installed in Seaboard eoaohea H for your enjoyment of a o-o-o-l, H rlean trip. Keelining eeata, eoftly H upholstered, elean bead raeta. Moala, pi Howe?low coat. Com- H f?let* waab-roem feefUttee. Sab- H dued Hphte at night. Go this way! , Cost en Mat connections from her*. H ABOARDI RAILWAY m i ONAL CONFKrenc; mH ?31 -- *vMH-* pism y ,^pr liWP&.aW& .,, ? w--~~? son. Montgomery, Ala.; Miss Helen Workf newly elected SonH,ern Pnirinnnl Hirorfnr Mii?V?villn TPnn Mrs. Sue Cowan-Morris, retiring Regional Director, Little Rock, Ar fcrencc Delta ??:?esolutions ; the sessions? The" newly elected tli ; rector is Miss Helen Work, o f Nashville, Tenn. > tm M r " ' BENNETTSviLLE news Mii, John MeLeod," Jr., returned home last Wednesday from Co.lumbia where .he has been in the Waverly hospital. He is recuperating nicely. Mr, Jesse Reese-i* also improving mcely following a back ailment.Mr. Carl Cfostand, manager of the Palace theater, is slowly recov crirg.. t ?; ~ Siclc list: Mrs. Kizzie Moor$, Mrs. Annie Grace, Mr. Gfover Spears, Mr. Robert Grosland, Mrs. .Little and Mr. Charlie McCollum. Anyone desiripg information as | to the care of the hody during the winter months please appljbat the home of Mrs. Rebecca Covington. All ^formation concerning this matter will be gladly rendered by ^Trr_ y , 1 R v. E. ' M. Booker, dean of Morris college and' pastor of Saw Mill Baptist church exchanged pulpits with our local minister Rev. A. J. Wright, pa?to-r of Shiloh Baptist church Sunday morning. Rev. Booker preached a mar congregation. Mr. Duke Jopts highly entertained a few of his friends at a ehittcrling supper Friday evening. .Air. .J snies Lucns and Mr. Her bort Small of Johnson C gmtiktu.iveiKliy artel Washington and Now York City, respectively wore house quests of Mr. Lucas' aunt, Miss Callie Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Johnson of New. York City left Tiiesday a-fri r?spendifrrg- d:ht? TbaTTk?grv+rg holidays here. Mrs. Dora Daniels was in the city Wednesday holding a or.LV day conference with adult teachers. Among this week's deaths were, Mr. Pat Williams and Mr. Pet Williams. The Rev. Winslow Talley and Mr. Claude Pogue erf Johnson C7 Smith university wefre house eruests of Miss, Callie Sanders. Miss Delphine MeDamiels was also a?visitor.?Mr Joseph Morris Jalso came to the city last Friday. Mrs. Dora Briftow spent Thanki | giving in Camcten. house iraesf of I Mr: and Mrs. J. -Smith. Miss Thelma Spears, spent Thahksgivir.g in Columbia. Miss Annette McCollum spent the week end home with parents. The reporter would be delighted t0 write a subscription to the Palmetto Leader for a Christmas ?ift to some. Call and see her. WHITMIRE NEWS Services wcre^ held at^. Cedar drove church, Sunday by the pas tor, Rev. I. B. Rnffin, who used as a subject, Christian TTquipncnt in the World. We were al=:o proud to have Rev. P. J. Stroud in our midst. ' Visitors in Columbia Satur-lay: Mr. and Mrs. Haskel Join ?r ami son unaries; Mr. and Mrs Joiner. . . Mrs. RosaTee Johnson has returned from the hc/spital and is resting very good afTtfe home of ier sister, Mrs. Iola Jor.nson. The W. H. and F. M. society net at the home of Mrs. Francis Reliford, Saturday conducted by :he President, Mrs. Alice Byrd, Rev. I. B. Ruffin spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs._JL_. M. Abrams. - . t . LAKE VIEW NEWS Union A. M. III.' Church Rev. E. B. Mack, Pastor Sunday school began at the usual hour with Supt, and teachers j at their post of ,di^ty . Rev. Mack really did preach a. noble gfrmon awl everyone did jnjoy it. Rev. Mack is somewhat in better health at _ the present, rhe prayers of the church are fof Rev. Mack to remain in good health. ' ran palmetto leader E DELTA SIGMA TF IkL?^ B14 n 9 ; ! rV^V '.'i:' ' *">'* ' - ^<*- rx-:- -.--yt-.>y.v. o.>. , >>r. ^ ' Kansas; Miss Lawrence Mills, i Orangeburg, S. C,; Miss Edwina^ Harleston, Talladega, 'Ala.; Miss1! LillSan Cary, Knoxvillei, Tenn.; , ( Miss Hilda Davis, Dean of Wo-jl ^1* 4"i* *{' 'j' ?|* >{ '*? ?|? ?*' ?|i ?*> >|i I|I **? <*wj*w*? >*? ?*< /? I "CHARLIE" SP 1 ? *"THE ROVING |, By jGhar]|ei f WAY DOWN 2 , THE MrGHTY^HN HENRY-' a (Continued from last week) 'Tunnel No. Nine ' * Many have his working at Tun- .i nel No. Nine on the Southern Rail _ road which never did exist baby i .... others have him drilling at : the Cursey Mountain Tunnel in ! Alabama. Some claim that ^ the "mawnin"' Jo.hn Henry \vas born the Mississippi fiver backed"* up 250 feet and stars fell in Alabama, i Which has led many people to be- i lieve that John Henry is a myth i and that the whole thing is pure- I rly legennary . . . whtfn. as, a mat- I tor of fact<the original song is based on1 an actua} occurence and < the true story is as fascinating as * .the legends, ? Big Ben Tunnel on the C. and 1 0. Railroad in West Birginia w;as built in 1870 and no steam drill i was ever used in drilling the tun. I nel. The Cursey Mountain Tun- .' nel in Alabama was built' in 1880 I but the song was known before i tho Cm-coy Alonntnin innnnl mm* J Setter Wlilcft.. bylngs us down jib -i ' the true story of ' 1 Henry Littlejohn . . The Foreman < On The Floating Gang < Ir. Southern states there are ' mixed-blooded people of Negro t and Indian blood. In some sec,-a -tion.s they are called Crqatan-Ne- f groes, in other sections they are s called Turks and Brass Ankles. In i North CaroIiha these families' t have naihes such as Littlejohn andjt Littlewillie, peculiar names. I ( 1{ Eddhdyyilte, 'North Carolina "p . P About 31 miles from Asheville. e N. G., is a .village -- that lies be- f tweent Hendersonville and Chini-1 c ney Rock. It is Eddneyville, N.i' G.? Henry Littlejohn was born.I "here about 1850 and worked on a v farm until he was around 18-'c years oid when he left the farmjf and obtained a job-as-a railroad?r section hand. He was a strong! young fellow nd soon had quite a| reputation for his strength and ^ endurance, and felt resentful when,1 the other cotnrcd~ fellows working f with htm nick named him 'Ln'jr John so the boys started to calling' * him John Henry. 1 s Strange Custom j f It might be supposed that the;' name John Henry, was a combina-. r tiorr made by taking John from c Littlejohn . . . but such/is not the c case . . . the strange pa"rt about t his name is that people in this v section^, (the old timers) would r have 'called him John Henry , . . I" even if his name had been Henry s Williams . . . They have a.custom c of^calling anyone named Henry, s John Henry , . .''They call Hehry a Ford, John Henry Ford. And they ] t call his cars John Henrv's cars ' ? or cither a John Henry. They | will never say "I'm gonna buy a j 1 Ford" but I'm gonna buy me a 1 John Henry". The Floating Gang I i After working a year or-two! on the section gang John Henry'I was made.,foreman on a floating | gang . ,- . At this time he was a I strapping fellow about six 'feet JI two inches, with a complexion the color of Kid Chocolates. For The Ladies Every he man knows what a J section gang is,, also a floating ,1 gang, and a wrecking crew but for J the. benefit of our readers of the)/ gentle sex, we will go into detail so that you may understand * the f story as well as the men. I A section gang, down South, is 1 a crew of colored men, whose ^ duty is to keep a certain section' of a railroad right of way (tracks I included) in good condition. They ^ Bk out in the morning and comes back every evening. They .pre ( usually married men, and have a white foreman. While a wreck- 1 ing crew has a permanent head-; quarters at certain points and is rushed to clear trie right of way j whenever there is a wreck. And v a floating gang whether on a rail- c N (ETA SORORITY I ^Mra fc? I % < ! nen, Talladega college'; Mrs. M. 1. M. Earle, Dean of Women, S. 3. State college, - Orangeburg, S. | 3. Members of the hostess chapter and vsiting Deltas. > < > EARS'EM UP 1 REPORTER'" '' | : s Spears * . X SOUTH | X~X">X,4X"M,4> | road, or "in X factory, or on a high! way is a specially selected group, of men that goes (floats) from^ one place , to another, wherever their services may be needed in addition to the ^regular crew. The foreman on a floating gang is usually cdlored.' \ The True Story . John Henry's was working in the North Carolina mountain coun try and was widely known for get ing things done in a hurry, and getting away, as every member/of his crew was a powerful young single mar. And when it came toj driving steej could out drive any! two section gangs on the road, but John Henry .could out dr4ve?them-all. ' . One day there was a washout in a mountain cut and the floating ( arang was. rushed to the scene. | iney cleared the track in recordl time, and in order to prevent a! eoccuranee made preparations to jlast off a poUiun of an overhang ttjt?rifff?with?explosives. TTTF" v ash out happened to be right unier the cliff and the men were vorking with crowbars at the time ict hammers. After the cross ies were loosened from the steel :ails,?the?erww?would taise the ail with crowbars while one man *. ;tooped and pulled a cross tie out . filed in the cavity with earth, amped it .down jl -.<1 shoved the Te 'back in place,, then two men omir.g behind {would drive steel! nto the Cross tie (spikes) to hold fttf'Tails in " place. They worked ast, fast.' It happened that just is a man was inching a tie out rom-under the rails, a warning ame from the boy on the cliff to 'move out" from under. He had it the fuse, to the charge which eas to blast away the face of the liff . . . and the danger was not rom falling earth, but from fallng stones; tit:*! 1. *v iniuui warning every man Iropped his crow bar and lit out ip the track, when the rail dropped back_on_ thp -cross tip tV^ _ nan's fingers were caught beneath t between the tie and crushed tone and he could not move. The nen were some distance up the rack before they looked back and loticed it. Too late then for any me to scamper back up the steep lifF and cut the fuse. John Hen y rushed back to the man, he veil knew the danger so he ^jrd ; lot ask a man to come and help j lim. He said boys "I'm gonna lie j i man, I'm gonna free this man, j r die right where I stan'". All teel drivers refer f,o laying tracks is "laying a railroad down" keep hat in mind and you will underitand it all a^ I c6me to a close. The Mighty John Henry TalkinR j The foreman turned to the floatin1! prang. j \nd said boys I'm gonna be a man. ?efo' I leave this man to die a lone '11 die right where I stan'. .awd Gawd . . . wid my crow bar j in mah han' j The Floatin' Gang Talking ohn Henry hitched up his britches 'ohn Henry spit on his hands, j ^vhn Henry grabbed dat crowbar,11 ^nd lifted the Southern railroad I1 /vflp A* f - vti ua> ihbu? ? . .. _ iawd Gawd . . . whut a man. Pho Flofttin' Gang Driving Steel Ve're drtvtn*^steel'on the floatin* *ang, ''or the mightiest man in the Ian' Ve'll clear the road befo' numbah nine cornea,? _ )r die wid our hammer in our han' * /ftwd Gawd . . vid our hammer in our han! Lack of space prevents us from >ubTishing the complete song I riiich ts a ballad of narrative type >f John Henry and his Floatin - r HOW TO MAKE^I ftODiinoii/^ j If your dealer f do.i not have direct to?: . OOOIPROY MANUFACTURING COMPAN re s t QUALITY COAL -?a i. waysphone 4311 : ...; . 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Mr. and Mrs. Dorgan Needum and baby of Kvanston, 111., i? here visaing their parents, Mr. and Mrs., Dorgan Needum, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. D. Cummirvga I spent Sunday in HopkinB with Mr. and Mm. Berkley Renodd?. *.v.