Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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re V.vlWJ PIM" -|H-L*r. ^1" 1 ipm i vSatiwday, December 10, 1938 ti. . Alpha Kappa Alpha Fetes the Deltas Delia Sigma Theta's Southern Regional conference and the hostess chapter of Alpha Xi were gra ciously entertained by Rota Sigma and Beta Zeta Omega Chapters of the Alpha Kappa. Alpha Sorority with a dinner at the college cafeteria Saturday, November 26th. The Alpha Kappa Alpha colors O of pink and green were effectively carried out in the decorations of the cafeteria. Garlands of smilax festooned the walls of the cafeter ia and pJaced at intervals were groupings of soft fluffy pink and green bcrws enhanced by -the?petted ivy. Pink and greoji tapers threw diffused light on the indi-" ? vidual tables of the cafeteria, the speaker's table having been centei ?ed?with a silver^epergne?filfed 5 with dainty nink rose buds and fern. The illuminated insitrp.ias ot 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 earned out with the Sorority color scheme. The sorors were served pink and green buff and' red fruit juices, fried chicken, green peas, candied yarns asparagus salad, pink and green bread, butter, pink and green, buff and red ice cream, shortcake7 an4 demitasse.Lovely ladies beautifully dressed * in gay dinner gowns gave brillian cy to the occasion. The Basileus. Miss Lottye Wash ?,. ington acted as main hostess. Hei timely remarks were gracously re ceived and most intelligently con veyed. In her short speech she -* 'said, "Women are the poetry of the world in the same sense as ' 4 the stars are the poetry f of Ihe terrcstial planets, they rule the destinies of mankind." She also ex tended a challenge concerning the ? obligation and duties of sorority women. Miss Cecil Whjttaker, president of Delta Sigma Theta, accepted the challenge for her sorority and exprgssed tht apprecia tion of the chapter for having been so graciously entertained. The members of both organizations then sang the Alma Mater for the visiting delegates and friends. Beta Sigma's Health Program The Beta Sigma Chaptei^of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, rea among our race, is happy to announce. that for the year 1939? 1940 donations will be given thruout the state of South Carolina for medical treatment for iinfnrt.ii nate boys and girls. ?Dorothy Williamson, Reporter. REED STREET HIGH ?? 9. C. Perry, Trin.? The Reed St. Blue Devils closed their football season by losing to Orangeburg High 6 to 0. The game was jilayed on even terms until the last three minutes o^f * * play -when Orangeburg, intercepted^ pass and ran So yards for a touchdown. ~ Everybody is waiting for the amateur hour that is sponsored by the senior class. This is the ?first time "thair-a program of thi? type has been presented in Anderson ^ ^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 a* r"bout the home in general. Officers are as follows: Miss Adline Martin Pres.; Florence Sherard, vice Pres.; Johnie Mae Lee, Sec.; Rose Lee Cherry, Asst. Sec.; Mary L. Yarborough, Treas.; Lilla McAlister, Reporter. On the 16th of December, the senior class will present a 3 act play entitled "Lena Rivers" in the school auditorium. Pfroceeds will be given to the bus fund. Examples of one-way * from Columbia, S. C.: t&SH NEW YORK $15.12bH PHILADELPHIA ! 12.87? WASHINGTON 9-80|g* RICHMOND 7.20 PH TAMPA 10.56KJD ST. PETERSBURG .. 11.80^9 MIAMI 13,65?| Similar Tares to otb?r points Requmt Seaboatrd routing: from your local ticket agent, or consult J. L. Carter, D.P.A. Seaboard Office, Room 1 Arcade, Phone 8821 Columbia, S. <3. BBBHBHHBBHI Left tp rjght: Miss Cecil Whittak-er;?president?of hostess?chapter," I Alpha Xi; Miss Laura DufTy, Atlanta, Ga.;. Miss Edith?Johnston, . Tuskegee, Ala.; Miss Mable Robin , Southern Regional Cor | Sigma Theta Adopts Ii I Orangeburg".?Pertinent resolutions concerning national and in. ternationaL issues were adopted and plans foi^ a closer integration of the work of the chapters in the (southern region were discussed at i the Southern?Regional Conference rof the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority convening at Scuth Carolina State A. & M. College, two days last week,- Nov." 25 and 26th. Delegates representing seven of fif?een chapters in five southern states adopted the following reso! lutions: j 1. Resolved: That the group( assembled convey to the Presidenti J of the United States, its concur-j rvnce wnn nis recent protest a- j gainst the persecution of the Jew ish people by the Nasi Germans. I 2. Resolved further: That the' group assembled express to John L. Lewis, President of Ccn.crress on Industrial Organization, appre eiation for the action or the CIO J in admitting?Negroes to member-1 ship and full participation without! discriminaton in its organization. I t 3. Resolved further: That Delta' Sigma Theta Sorority join with I other national groans in support! ing the efforts of the NAACP to! arouse in every Negro of voting,J ape. the realization of the neeessi ty of exereisinp the privilepe ofi frnnchiscment. [ Plar.s discussed included a clos! er integration of the chapters in! the Southern Region,, and methods of doing work in communities and I "on the" college campus; Various chapter projects were discusSed and compared, including charita-1 ?onu'i'iJi'iKun, st'inuaudtip 11-; wards and achievements of individ ual Deltas. Alpha Kappa .Sigma Chapter, of Knoxvillc, Tenn., . re-j eeived-a handsome pi gone for hav ing the most active chapter in the , Southern Reeion. * On the public program held at Chapel exercises on Friday, Nov.' 25, Mrs. Sue Cowan Morris,' the regional director, made the princij pal address, in her talk, she stress ed the importance of the members of all Greek letter organizations living up to their oaths. She also brought out the necessity of exercising tolerance in their relation ship with other organizations. Wei come remarks were made by Pres dent M. F. Whittaker, of State College and Miss Lottye Washing ten, representing the local branch~ of the Pan-IIellenic Council. , ?Alpha "Xi, at South Carolina A. and M. college was hostess"' chap- j ter. Mrs. Sue Cowan-Morris, Little Rock, Ark., retiring regipnal direcj tor after eight years, presided at Every modem appliance haa I been metalled in Seaboard eoaobee H for your enjoyment of a o-o-o-l, H clean trip, Reclining seat*, aoftiy I upholetered, clean head reeta. I Meale, pillowe?low eoet. Cora plete waeb-roem faefUtiee. Sub- I du*d Uchta at night. Oo this way! I OoarnMat oonneotiona from here- I ABOARDI RAILWAY | il i i i tONAT, CONFERKNC son. Montgomery, Ala.; Miss Helen Work, newly" elected Southern Regional Director, Nashville, T^nn Mrs. Sue Cowan-Morris, retiring Regional Director, Little' Rock, Ar iference Delta ? Resolutions the sessions. The newly elected di rector is Miss Helen Work, o t Nashjyille^ Tenn. BENNETTSviLLE news Mr. John McLeod, Jr., returned home last Wednesday from Columbia where he has been in the Waverly hospital. He is recuperating. .nicely. Mr. Jesse R^ese is also ^improving nicely following a back ailment. Mr. Carl Crosland, manager erf the Palace theater, is slowly recov orirg. fsick list: Mrs. Kizzie Moore, Mrs. Annie Grace, Mr. Grovei Spears, Mr. Robert Crosland, Mrs.." Little and Mr. Charlie McGoll am, ? .. ? Anyo?nc desiring information as fn tKn POPn r\f Unrltr rlniMMf* f Lr. vv vtiv vui C v/1 HIV. yunj uiu UllC winter months please apply at the home <sf Mrs. Rebecca Covington. All Hormation concerning "this matter will be pladlv rendered hy her. R'.v. E. M. Booker, (lean of %rris college and pastor of Saw Mill Baptist church exchanged pulpits with our local minister Rev. -A.--J. Wright, pa-tOr of Shiloh Baptist church Sunday morning. Rev. Booker preached a mar v lous sermon to a near capacity congregation. ~ Mr. Duke Jor.is highly entertained a few of his friends at .a chitlcrling supper Friday evening. Mr. James Lucos and Mr. Herbert Small of Johnson. C. Smith university and Washington and Cvejy- were house guests of Mr. Lucas' aunt, Miss Callie Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Johnson of New York City left Tuesday aftcr spending the Thanksgiving holidays here, Mrs. Dora Daniels was in the citv~~ WedrtOsdav holding a om< day conference with adult teachers. Among this week's deaths w^re Mr. Pat Williams and Mr. Pet Williams. The Rev. Winslow Talley and Mr. Claude Pogue of Johnson C. Smith university wefre house euests of Miss Callie Sanders. Miss Delphine McDaaiiels was also a visitor. Mr. Joseph Morris, Jr also camc to the city last Friday. 1 Mrs. Dora Bristow spent Thanks giving in Camden,, house guest ot Mr; and Mtsv~J. Smith. Miss Thelma Spears, spent Thnhksgiving 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 gift to some. Call and see her. WHITMIRE NEWS 7 Services were held at Cedar Grove church, Sunday by the pas tor, Rev,/ I. B. Ruffirt, who used as a subject, Christian Equipment an the World. We were also proud to have Rev. P. J. Stroud in our midst. Visitors in Columbia Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. Haskel Joiner and son Charles; Mr. and Mrs C. Joiner. ^ Mrs. Rosalee Johnson has returned from the hospital and is resting very good at the home of nor sister, Mrs. tola Jor.nson. The W. H. and P. M. Bociety mot at the home of Mrs. Francis Reliford, Saturday conducted by the President, Mrs, Alice Byrd. Rev. I. B. Ruffin spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. L M. Abrams. LAKE VIEW NEWS Union A. M. E. Church Rev. E. B. Mack, Pastor Sunday school began at the usual hour with Supt. and teachers at their post of duty . Rev. Mack really did preach a noble sermon and everyone did enjoy it. Rev. Mack is somewhat in better health, at the present. The prayers of the church are for Rev. Mack to remain in good health.? .'i ' " TUB PALMETTO LEADE E DELTA SIGMA ! gBsSl nr* HI k' -xij* 1 '.A, '< kKU u$S<5w'.w .: . .g.&y, -./ ' J., ?:< .. J^W>,7? ', kansas; Miss Lawrence Mill Orangeburg, S. C.; Miss Edwii Harleston, Talladega, Ala.; Mi LilLfan Cary, Knoxvill&V Tenn M iss Hilda Davis, Dean of W || "CHARLIE" S r&- "TFk>ti ROVI1 | ' By Cha ? WAY DOl i <"X*,>>XmW,,X"X*,K,*X,,XmXmX' THE MIGHTY JOHN IIENR1 , (Continued from^last week) Tunnel No. Nihe Many 'have his working at Tu --nel No. Nine on the Southern Ri road which never did exist bal . . ... others have him drilling the Cursey Mountain Tunnel Alabama. Some claim that t ; "mawnin"' John Henry was bo the Mississippi river backed i ' 250 feet and stars fell in Alabam Which has led many people to b j uevc niui. jumi nenry is ? ' and^that the whole, thingls pur ly legennary . . . when as a ma tcr of fact the- original song based on an actual -occurence ai the true story is as fascinating - rho legends. Big Ben Tunnel on the C. ai 0. Railroad in West Eirginia w built in 1870 and no steam dr was ever used in drilling the ti - ngl.?The?Cuisuy Mountain Trr nel in Alabama was built in 18! but the song was known befc the Cursey Mountain tunnel wi - built.- Wjrich brings us down" the true story of Henry Littlejohn . . The Foremi On The Floating Gang Ir. Southern states there ai mixed-blooded people of Negi and Indian blood. -In--some?se tions thoy? are called Croatan-Ni groes, in other sections they ai ?ailed Turks and Ankles. J North Carolina these familii have names such as Littlejohn ar Littlewillie, peculiar names. . Eddneyville, North Carolina About 31 miles from Ashovill N. C., is a village that lies bi tweent Hendersonville arid Chin noy Rock. It is Eddneyville, 1 j C. Henry Littlejohn was bor J here about 1850 and worked on I farm until he was around 1! | years old when he left the far: aim uuiami'U a JOD as a railTOE section hand. He was a stron young fellow nd soon had quite reputation for his strength ar endurance, and felt resentful whe the other colored fellows workir with him nick named . hinr^'Li John so the boys started to callin him John Henry. . -?Strang* Cnatoin It might be supposed that tl name John Henry, was a combine tior. made by taking John froi Littlejohn . . . but such is not tl case . . . the strange part aboi his name is that people in th section (the old timers) woul have called him John Henry . . even if his name had been Henr Williams . . . They have a custoi of calling anyone named Henr; John Jlenry . . . They call Henr Ford, John Henry Ford. And the call his cars John Henry's car or either a John IlenryT The will never say "I'm gonna buy Ford" but I'm gonna buy me John Henry". The Floating Gang After wbblcing a year or tw OTT the.. section- gang John Henr was made foreman on?a floatin gang ... At this time he was strapping fellow about six 'fee two inches, with a complexion th color of Kid Chocolates. a. mc 4 auauicra Every he man knows what section gang is, also a floatin gang, and a wrecking: crew but fc the benefit of our readers of th gentle sex, we will go into deta so that you may understand th story as well as the men. A section gang, down South, i a crew of colored men, who? ! duty is to keep a certain sectio j of a railroad right of way (track included) in good condition. The ! go out in the morning and com | back every evening. They ar , usually married men, and have white foreman.. While a wreck ing crew has a permanent heac quarters at certain points and i pushed to clear trie right of wa whenever there is a wreck. An 'a floating gang whether on a ral FHETA SORORITY I' Wmm?>"/i>Y* *^?+y y^?-"- -?-(ft-:i Is, men, Talladega college; Mrs. M Ta. J. Mr Earh??Bean of Women;?S ss'C. State college, Orangeburg, S i.; ftr; Members of the hostess chap o-l ter and vsiting Deltas. SPEARS 'EM UP ' - ^ \??- -i MG REPORTER" tries Spears , ? 4 iVN SOUTH I . . . 1 f IrOad, or in a factory, or on a higl way is a specially selected gron] of men that goes (floats) fron n- one place to another, wherevei lil their. services may be needed ii by addition to the regular crew. Th< at foreman on a floating gang is us in ually colored, he rn The Trne Story . jp John Henry's was working ii ia. the North Carolina mountain,coin e-' try apd was widely known for ge th ing - thing?- done in a hurrv, an< e- getting away, as every member o: it- his crew was a powerful younj; is -singlo mar, ? And when it came t< k! driving steel-oouId -out- drive an} a? two section gangs on the road, bu1 ?I John Ilonry could out drive then id a?as One day there was a washout ir ill a mountain cut and the floating an gang was rushed to the ~~scene rw The?.?cleaii'd the track In rocuri 30 time, and in order to prevent t re reoccurance made preparations t( as blast ofT a portion of an overhang tor dug cliff with explosives. ~~TK< washout happened to be right unin der the cliff and the men were working with crowbars at the time re net hammers. After the cross ro ties were loosened from the steel e- raihv?the?crew?would-raise the e. rail with crowbars while one man re- stooped and pulled a cross tie out !rT nihifl in the cavity with earth. [tamped it down slid shoved the idj tie back in place, then two men j coming behind would drive steel | into the cross tie (spikes) to hold I the rails in place. They worked fast, fast. It happened that just e J as a man was inching a tie out 2- j from under the rails, a warning vi came from the boy. on the cliff to C.l"move out" from under. He had n-i lit the fuse to the charge which a was to blast away the face of the 3-'cliff . . . and the danger was not mjfrom falling earth, but from fallid ing stones. '8 a Without warning every man 1(j dropped his crow bar and lit out ,n up the track, when the rail dropIR ped back on the cross tie the il'lmanls Jingers-jvere^ caught beneath lg! it between the_ tSe and crushed i stone and he could not move. The j men were; some .distance up the le , track before thev looked VmeV on^ i. noticed it. Too late then for any m one to scamper back up the steep 10' cliff and cut the fuse. John Henit] ry rushed back to the man, he is well knew the danger so .he did Id not ask a man to come and help . him. He said boys "I'm gonna be y a man, I'm gonna free this man, m or die right where I stan"'. All y. steel drivers refer to laying tracks y as "laying a railroad down" keep y that in mind and you will unders, stand it all as I come to a close. :y! , a; The Mighty John Henry Talking a The foreman turned to the floatin' gang. I And said boys I'm gonna be a o! man. y' Befor T Teave this man to die ag-j lone ?^ a I'll die right where I stan'. >t! I.awd Gawd . . . wid my crow bar re in mah han' The Floatin* Gang Talking a John Henry hit>ched*up his britches g John Henry spit on his hands, ir John Henry grabbed dat crowbar, el And lifted the Southern railroad a- ,-,*v e Lawd Gawd . . whut a man. is The Floatin' Gang Driving Steel ie We're drivin' steel on the floatin' n1 f?ang, :s For the mightiest man in the lan' y We'll clear the road befo' numbah e nine comes, *> e Or die wid our hammer dn cur a han' : Lawd Gawd . . . wid our hammer 1-; in our han! s Lack of space prevents us from y publishing the complete song d which is a ballad of narrative type I- of John Heniy and his FloHttn i *. HOW TO MAKJE eoo^ori^^' I# your dealer doe* not have tend $1.25 direct lo *av uuw?'u* OODIFROY MANUFACTURING COMPA MAAAAAAAAAAM^AMyMAAM BEST quautv I COAL j " ?ALWAYS? ! I'KOJHFi SERVU K L WHILE IN NEW YORK 5jj STOI' AT ;jh w o o d s I d E HOTEL The Finest Colored Hotel 1 in Harlem fc ~?~ . j" j'2l ih Ave. at 14?nd ' New York, New York > ? 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Those leaving foT '-'The Land of Flowers" for the winter: Mrt> | Alford ana I>andon Moore, Grady t and James Holmes, Jr., Satnpel and Crog?man Goggrins. j Mr. and Mrs. Dorgfan Needum and baby of Evanston, 111., is here visaing: their parents, Mr. end Mrs. Dorgan, Neerlum, Sr. nnri M*?o n P riummlr*** - ' will i?mm?i*l I n< rr: TvVvuintvssn^r spfnt Sunday in HopkinB with Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Renotds. : ' **4 * ns