The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, January 20, 1940, Image 1
VOL. XV?NO. 3.
$400-$700 a 1
ALLEN BENEDICT COURT
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' Ipf' ' ' ;
. J,'..*,; ...Continuing
its progr: m of demolishing
slums and building de-j
cent homes for families of low in-j
come, the housing authority of thJ
city of Columbia is now engaged
in building Columbia's thiid low
rent housing project, Allen-Benedict
Court. This new project will
be for Negro tenants rnd will cost
approximately $1,000,000 for land
purchase and run it i m l inn
University Teru ce, the first Co
lumbia project, has been in opers
tion for two years. The housing
authority of thg .city of'Columbia
hes also: started 'tfCnstruction on_?
$1,000,000 white project to b.
known as Gonzales Gnrdnnn Tint!
Gonules Gardens and Allen-Ben
j,. diet Coutr is being developed ur.
fr" der a loan contact with the Uni-_
ted State Housing Authority.
Allen-Bcnedict Court is desigr
ed to reach low-income families
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MR. ARTHlXR-E^WitWAMS-^
vFi;st Vice President and Member
"of the Board of Managers of The
Southern Negro Service Associa
tion; also, Head Waiter of the Jel
ferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C.
_______ ,..--_lt^n s boon- due - to "the spdendicT
work of Mr. Arthur E. Willicms,
pictured above, that the Southern
Negro Service Association has
now chartered the Hotel Seivici
Club in Columbia as "Club No. 1."
*Mr. Williims who was formerly
president of the club, has nov,
been elected Frst Vice President
of the Hotel Service Association
and a member of the Bor.rd ol
Managers. Because of his election
fie has lesigned his office aB presi
dent of the Hotel Service Club in
fivliimkia l-r>J ia Rllppppdpd hv Mr
J. B. Bonapirte of Columbia, who
has rlso worked very cooperative
ly with the club in helping it to go
forward to its success.
Messrs Bonaparte and Williams
-are?sponsoring? -a- " Sixty ^Day"
^4"^* membeiship drive in Columbia tnd
are psking persons who are Hotel
? employees, restaurant employees
domestic cmploytes, Negro hotel
? owners, ang others, which include*
wai ers, waitresses, bellmen, oth
er hotel employees, chauffeurs
maids, butlc.s, cooks, etc., who er<
in accord with the i ims and ol
jectives of the rssociation to be
come members of the club durinp
this membership drive. Person:
who are employed in the abov<
nanned lines of work and live ou
side of Columbia and who are in
(created in orgenizing simila
clubs aie i sked to get in toucl
with Mr. Williams immediately.
The Southern Negro Service A*
sociction, Incorporated, (formerlj
The Southern Negro Waiters- an<
Waitresses Association) is cove
in,?r Maryland, the District of Cr
lumbia, Virginia, North tnd SoutV
Carolina, West Vh-ginia,1 Tennes
see, Georeia, Florida Alabama
Mississippi, Louisiana and Ken
tucky. tits broe d objectives Ure
to combine these workers in their
own respective communities an
charter these clubs from -The
Southr Nenegro Service Association,
Incorporated, so as to more
effectively strengthen their trad
itionel hold on the Jobs which
* these workers have always had
r ..t*"?
fear Income Groups to
makinc between 540n tnd $7uf? a
year, rhure are 20 two-stoiy row
nouses; containing 244 dwelling
un.ts. The buildings are tr.'-ngcd
m pairs with in-i?idual fron. and
ou.k yaids for each tenmt. Appropriate
landscaping is provided
iur in the site improvement. There
Aill be paved sitting ?nd puking
.reas. A cpnn-ally |i)cat.f-ri?t^riniin..1.ration
building will house the oi
ace for the management of the
project and an assembly room for
?ie socu 1 use of the tenants and
or pre-school rctivitics for small
hildren. This building will also
ontain the shop_ and?storage
-ounis for the project. Irrmediate
y adjoining the ofliee building ii
.. recreation area which includes
p: ved sp/ay pool, which may be
tsed also for roller skating. Part
f the project will be converted ir.
o a park and playground. Thet-t
County Agent Marshal
Yom Hamberg- To Can
urangeourg, Japuaa-y 20: According
to information ob ained
from the office of Mr. H. E._Daniels,
District Agent for Neg:o Ex
tension Work. in South CarolinP,
Mr. John b: "Wal-sh:!! is now well
ituated in his new position as
i rm agent for Kershaw county
vi h headquarters in Camden. Mr.
\Ia: shall, who wrs for 9 years und
. months Bamberg county agent.-.
"T'dp quite a record in thi?< work
ffTTiis influence h: s helped many
<Jcgro farm fan ilies to live c full
r and more srtisfying rural life
FoPowing his graduation fioni
icuth Ca.olina State A. and M
'olltge in 1929, Mr. M: rshall w t
Vied to Bowling Green, Va.
here ho served as vccrtional
I ul ure tea.her for one year but
as recalled to South CrroIina.._in
I? 030 to mrcceed the It te E. D. Jenk
ns, who was the fi: st Negro agent
i Bamberg and one of the first in
he country.
From the beginning Mr. Mrrhall
ins ituted n fundamentally
. >' und yogi-cnr ^vhfcK sought-. tL
rYi've" farmers produce the'r food
nd feed ciops tnd place a prem
um on home ownership. Many
Special Notice!
The Ricfclard County Teachers'
ssoc.iatb-n will meet en the 4th
aturd.y in January, which is the
7th. We are hoping to have one
undred per cent of rural and
itteachers to pay their dues.
Rev. W. G.- Owens, l'ie i lent
Notice To Subscribers
I
In response to requests J)y mi ny
~t our subscribers,~we ere extendrig
the Christmas Gift subscripion
offer to February lSt, 1940.
Vll subsciibers paying on or be-,
ore that date, may pay $1.50 for
ne year instead of $2.00. Old or
iew subscribers will be accepter.
?The Palmetto Leider.
nore or less limited extent.
The first annual session of The
Southern Negro Seivice Associaion,
Incorporated will convene in
Fredeiicksburg, Virginia, Wed
iesday rnd Thursday, August 7
rnd 8-, 1940, respectively. All of
ficers, founders, and delegates
om clubs which mi y be orgmiz
d by May 16, 1940 and others
<.uthorized by the Board erf Man
\gerB will attend this session.
Persons outside of Columbia
whose localities do not afford a
ufficient number of workers tc
organize their own club tre per.
nitted to join club No. 1 by send
ng their names and addressee
rnd $1.00 membership fee to Ml*
Arthur E. Williams, Herd Wait
er, Hotel Jefferson, Columbia, S
C., and will be duly receipted.
This?report Is being publisher
n 202 newspapers and we are arV
vsking all hews publishers and
reporters to attend the sessior
August 7 and 8, 1940 in Fredriclo
burg, Virginia. >
William Barton, reportei
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COLUMBIA, SO
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. >viii also be plots for use of he
smaller children and pltyground
uiuipment. Brick paved , sitting
- -e-s tor public use are placed
iliroughout the project with pa.K
! otnehes for the use of motners
?vitn baby carnages, etc.
There will be four ?ypes of om
rid two-story buil-.inpr'i nvi"'! rririn
mtout dwelling units per building.
These units consist 01 4 1-2,
5 1-2 rooms and 3-ioom flats. The
4 1-2 and 5 1-2 loom units are two
'stories while the 3-reom fl'-ts t rc
I me story. Each unit has a living
K n4U ? l :
'win, u-aui iv/uin. chip ui inuiu
?oon.s, clusefs r nd a _combination
kitchen and dining 10cm. Unit e
luipment provided consists of an
iil burning space heater, a woodop
ti ble end kitchen cabinet, oil
mining hot water unit, a gas
rnge and in electric refrigerator
The sink will be a combination
1 Transfered
ideru - - '
new farms hrve been acquired in
! the last decade under his~gnidance
j in addition to those reclaimed by
tli{. original - owners using the fa
cilities of the Farm Credit Admir
is ri tion which cooperates with
the Extension Service. He has a!
so developed such n successfu
ystcm of dive: sified farming with
truck and live stock as supplenn.ii
al cash crop9 that Bamberg is^dcpn
^idrred one of?the?mfrst?rrerrr+j
colf-cnflRi^innf ina I r* 1 Vi <-?
Local lorH"c been develop
to the polut Trfcere:*
able ta cw-Hv?t-rr at l?ost a sem' me
of this program <
ca's to come. The Negr o farmers
of Bamberg regretted 'he loss b.
' rarsfer of their valui ble lea 'e
Kit since his transfer is consjde*
Pd in a testimonirl wishing foi
him as much success in Kershaw
tic he experienced in their county
Mr. Marshall h>cs moved his fan
ily to Cx rrden where he-will nuii?
nip p residence on Campbell St
A nrtive of Kershaw -county,?be
was welcomed enthusiastically up
on his return as k leading citizen
of Camden.?Paul R. Webber, Jr
An Open Letter To
The A. M. E. Church
Dear Editor: \Ve are asking
that you publish in the columns ot
your paper the following letter?
correcting two error3 in a' letter
written by Rev. L. L. Berry tc
members of the Missionr\ry Boaid
delegates and ministers of the A
M. E. Church.
This letter accused the Bishop
of the second Episcopal District
. of- the A, M, Er-Ghureh of t ppoint
ing a committee and assessing the
men for <an obligation which he
tates that (he Missionary Deprrl
ment knows nothing about. We
Vg to inform Rev. L. L. Berrj
!hat the Bishop of the second Epis
copal District did not appoint such
! commitee as he stated, and has
nVcde no r.Rnessnnent to collect the
rvtoney which the Missionary De
partment should have paid.
Furthermore, the comml'tee
I was self-appointed. The idea orig
I nated among the men at the Mic
voi r session of the Virginia An
>ll?l Conference, and they sent it
lo the men ?t the mid-year sessior
of the Baltimore Annual Confei
nee. Th? men of these two confei
nces joined with the rrfen of th<
North Carolina and Westerr
North Carolina conferences to cor
aider this obligation.
1 This committee, representing
'hese conferences, met in St. Pru
1 A. M". E. Church. Rr leTgh, N. C.
r November 24, 1939; formed a gei
<>r*l committee representing thj
- 'nur t'onfeffntfea.Tnd electedCTC
Fercuson, chairman; and__H E
W?lden, secretary,
I When the Bishop heard of ou
' meetinv we had already fprtointei
r committee to visit the Missioi
) ovv PnrxTtmrnt in N^w Yorl
' City. The Bishon, when he leameof
our cor-rse, disapproved the ide
r of going to the Missionary Depar
>UTII CAROLINA, SATURDA
!ourt Residents
I sink and laundry tiay.
ihe'builuin^r will be of solid ma
f' sontry walla inced wuh brick. Tht
root's will be tiadicionai slope.ype
witn gcble ends. The roofing
material will be either slate or a.
bcstos shingles. Tbe front entran
ce doors win he p.ovided with canj
- ulevt'ieu projecting COhcrett cano
pits, 'ihy windows will be wood
w ith double hung SJsh in group?
01 two, allording ample light tnt
.cntiluiion.
Major Arthur R. VVellwood is
.he txecu ive director for the hou?
. rig Mithii.ily of Coltrnrtitg:~yhe
enitcct for the project is James B
oiijUhart of Columbia. M. B. Kahr.
Construction company of Colum
r.in rnd Boyle Road and ilridgc
company of Sumter, bidding join,
y, we. e the low bidders.?The Rt
cord.
Dr. Walden Throws
His Hat tn The^Ririg~
w&S&fr
JMMHR > \
JgSBBmfak* .- K.
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Mr. Editor:?This letter is to tn
nounce to my many friends thruomt-the
A. M. &. ChUfch that T
i am a candidrte for the office of
i Secretary-Treasurer of Missions
. of the A. M. E. Church.
I want to ask my many friends
thioughout the A. M. E. Church
to give me their support for thib
office. If I am elected to this pc
sition, I want to i ssure them that
I will administer to every confei
, ence rnd every minister in the A
' M. E. Church, and will endeavor
to assist each Bishop, Presiding
[ Eldei, and Pastor in building up
the mission points of their confer
1 ences. I will apply the funds col'
lected for missions strictly for ?he
' eause of missions.
, I esrnetly and ft sithfully solici
your vote. In the past I have beer,
; r-brother, and if elevated to a p<~
| sition of greater usefulness, I
| hall continue the spirit of brother
' hood to a larger number.
|j Respectfully yours,
, H. E. Walden, Prstor Waters A.
j M. E. Church.
1 ment, advising 'hat there wrs no
1 need, for such a confe-.enre a8 Rev
! L. L. Berry had * lrecdy broker
'.faith and gone back on his word
I We then agreed to collect the mon
' | cy ourselves.
Very sincerely yours,
' i C. C. Fercuson, chaiiman.
- j H. E. Wrlden, secretary.
1 CELEBRATE TENTH
r VXXIVER&ARY
t Mr. ar.d Mrs. Lincoln Vander
i horst of McClellanville, S. C., celebrated
their terth anniversary
j Thursday, December 28, 1939 at
their home here. Guests werei
Mrs. Hessie Gibbs, Anna Geath
L . Mr a, Anna Grbb^^itTsji ~BeT
; Green, Mrs. Mary Bennett, _LixLj
""German, "Mrs. Eliza Williamson
r Mary Ladson, Mrs. Elease Lee,
d Jerny Green, Mrs. Esther Com
a mander, Eliza Bcrwens, Mrs. Alice
^ Powell, Emma Powell, Mrs. Gerh
a aldine Groen, M. Byan Wiljlamsor
and the Rev, J. P. Williams,
Y, JANUARY 20, 1940
I AnH Tho Pine
| X & II Vt JL 11V JL IIIU
Educational Rally Feb
i ' " " .
Dynamo Campbell, Publicity Sec.
Ira David Pinson was connected
with Morris college from 1913 to
1939 and died in the harness serving
the Baptists and education rn
particular. When he fell July 21,
ins face was set toward Morris
college and his heart wa3 set ox.
meeting the convetnions and set.
ting before them his plans for a
library, lie had sent out his plan?
to a Jew workers and was ready
to take the fifta "nrl lino up hr?:
TTiarcos bciiknJJ?trts great Urive.
But like Alo^es, he died in the
mi'dst of unfinished labors. He
began but could not ftnish.
Mis rlr<>?m u?? "A Mnr
ris College" serving as a filling
station tor poor boys und gi?ls who
were not at>le to attend the larg
er state schools, und to make Mor
ris the rail} ing point of ttaptist
interests. He wanted a school
that would meet all its bills month
iy and that would have standing in,
the?buanujfcs |W0u'lJ. Night and
uay, he sacrificed and investoa
his own personal finds .that tne
credit channels mignt be kept
open.
He was meek, quiet, unassuming,
peaceful, cautious, patient,
sympathetic, long-suit eririg 'anu.
good hearted. He made it possi
oie for many who touay would buneducated
if it had not been foi
nis leniency.
On Thursday, February IIP (thi
is leap year) tne Baptists of ,Soutl
Carolina will meet at Morris Coi
lege chapel in a state wide Me
mortal rally ai.d pky tribute to tfiv
memory of the man whc/ guidetl tn,.
>chbol thru its darkest days. Brav.
.ev founded the scnooi: i>r. Stark?
ouilt it and Pinuon guided it thr
?ne depression wr.en many sucn*
schools closed or were devoured by
I debts.A _niore fitting observance
could be had than to lay on that
table $100.00 fcrr every year he
served Morris college. But ah
that is asked is that every minister
give ONE MEMORIAE DOLLAR
and report at least ONE MLE|
MORIAL DOLLAR FROM EVERY
J RG AN IA Ti ON^TN^HIS C H U R C H
One Memorial Dollar from every
student that went to school while
Pinson was at Morris as a professor
or president; One Memoir
al' Dollar from every friend wnc
Knew the man; One Memorial Dm
iar from every superintendent ot
a church school; One Memorial
Dollar from every B.T.U. presi _
uent; One Memorial Dollar from
every president of a Missionary
.Society; One Memorial Dollar Iron,
every church, .will be a fine tri
mte to Ira Da rid PinsoTT
Yau are asked to have a Memorial
Program and take a Me
morial Offering and report it to
Morris College, Sumter, S. C. Sera
rt as soon as you raise it and let ut>
on February 29 pay a tribue to the
only Ira David Pinson of this day
and generation.
Progress to ^ Reported
February 29 will be a great day
cause on that day the Morris Col
lege committee has promised to re
port to the Baptists what they
nave done, since their appointment
to carry on the school. No real
Baptist leader can afford to be
absent. You will be delighted
with what has been done ard the
ears ctf those who shall hear will
tingle for .joy. TJhe past two of
forts were all that they were plan
nad to be. This Memorral rally
ought be greater.
Rev. G.G. Daniels, Rev. L. C. Wi1
1 iams, and Dynamo Campbell
will publicize through the news
papers. - With Dr. Butler, Dr.
Boykins and Acting President, Gar
rick giving the general direetrors,
Feb. 29 will open Bapti-st solidar
ity for this new decade.
Attorney Vann
Makes Gift To
WilbeiTorce Univ.
Attorney Robert L. Vann, publisher
of the Pittsburgh Courier
most recently named member
of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Com
merce,- recently informed Wilber
force University through Dr. Ed
wi rd L. Harris, Head of the Department
of Chemistry, of a pift
of two hundron dollars. This sum
will enable the Chemis'ry Depart
ment to add Physicrl Chemistry
to its offerings and will further
enable it to meet the need3 of its
stndenfs more satisfactorily.
This if if t really represents the
initiation of t new division of
scientific study and makes it possi
ble for Wilberforce to take anoth
er forward step in its proprrnn of
. improvement and expansion sin:e
its accreditation by th* Notth Cen
'ral Association of Colleges. Th~
_ Chpmistrv deputmeni is keerdv a
ware of the significance of this
l .first atop, and i* caper to pursue
he exprnsion of this division ini
tiated through the 'kindly efforts
' Mr. Vann.
It is thpouflrh fhn efforts of such
i fa^-siphted "nd interest"-! individ
usls that WPborforce University
( so-iU be aMe to continue an effective
ed"? tional progrram for Nearro
youth. J _ ?
tite*
PKI ~
on Memorial
ruary 29th.
I Mnkinor VT
I *" "? A.* V1VH
j Progress On The
Exposition
The Seventy Jive years ol' Ne
gro Progress Exposition of So-utl
Carolina is maki: g much progres:
toward its execution according t<
statement from Dr.. JL-XL.
i 1,1 11
Dr. Baumgardner addressed th<
teachers of Siiuda county Friday
while Secretary W. K. Bowmai
and Seymour Carroll attended th<
Lexington County Teachers' n.ee
ng at Camp Moore.
The executive secretary mad'
the following announcements af
tei- a eonferei.ee with the presi
dent and other exec^tivt-?
-snrTfoIIowsT'ProL A. C. llightow
er of RMge Spring high schoo
will speak to the teachers am
jitizens pf Edgefield and McCor
mick counties in interest of the
exposition; Prof. H. J. Trapp o.
o-luda high school will speak. u
.he leathers and citizens ol' A:k
Jn and Newberry counties; Prcsi.
dent E. W. Brice of Clinton Nor
.nal and Ii dust,rial ?Prof
S. L. Fir.ley of Pinley hi'gh schoo
Chester and Prof. E. E. Riley
principal of Lancaster training
school, Lancaster will have charge.
>f Chester, York and Kershaw
ountiea.
Prof. C. A. Johnson has klndlj
i consented to work with t: e loca
I committee for Colombia and Rich
land county school \ Other fielc
wenkers will be appointed rexi
week when the cards are returnee
that was ser.t ou* this week fron
the executivt office. % . : ' An
101Lg-thu-e -vvh. . Imve -^.efluulh
consented to work on the Advis.
ory committee are: Prof. W. A
VVhi-to, Gray Court High school
Prof. J. B. Beck, principal How
rrd-High tchool, Georgetown; Br
T. J. Miles, presiding elder George
.own district, A. M. E. church:
Miss Martha P. Wright. Jean su
"pervisor of Lexington county Lex
ington; Prof. H. B. Rikard, Pros,
perity school, Prosperity; Prof. G
-W. Bolden, Supt. of North Caro
lira Insurance company, Sp^r
tanburg; Rev. L. G. Bowman, pa-s
tor Miller Chapel A. M. E. -church
Newberry; Prof.. George W. How
ard, Georgetown, vice-president,
Howard high, Georgetown;. Dyna
mo Campbell, Director BY PL
Baptist church, Anderson; Mrs
Cora Black, Cameron; Rev. H. B
Jackson, Leesville: Prof .1 '(V Par
"Ter, Wilkinson high school," Orangt
burg; Prof. Elliott Richsrdscr::
Mullins high school, Mullins; Bis
hop J. S. Flipper, Sooth Caroline
-A-r-Mr-Er Bishop;- J. S. S;n: back
Grand Master F. A. Masons ol
South Carolina; Prof. W. E. Park
er, Edgefield high school, Edge
field; Prof. S. A. Goinyard, Jr.
Barr.w;ell high school. Baruwel;
Prof. S. C. Perry, Anderson higi
;chool, Anderson; Rev. Max S
Whittingtnn. Archdeacon, St. Ba.
naba? Episcopal Mission, Jenkins,
ville; Prof. E. E. Riley. Lancaster
high school, Lancaster: Prof. J
S. Shanklii', Bui-ton: Prof. Z
Townsend, "Aiken high school
Aiken.
There will be. an alternation
exposition in -Detroit* dnri: g th<
month of May. Every state in. tin
union will bev represented and th
commit-feee?fmxrers" that Souil
Carolina make a good showing
Prof. \\\ R. BowmaVhas been ele
feed executive secretary""Tor hjoutl
Carolina Exposition" and Prof. (je.
II. Hampton, ha been elected tin
general manager.
BATESBl'RG NEWS
Mr. Arthur Moore was funera
i7.ed Sunday it the Oliv^ B and
Baptist Church. The fan ily hov
our sympathy in their bereave
ment.
Miss Bell Toland has returne
10 ner nome in Daiumwit', *viaiy
and, after spending a few week
with her sister, Mis. Julius ?th
ridge.
Mr. t nd Mrs. Bill Derrick ar
the proud p-rents of twins.
Little Emmie eel
bra'ed her 4th birthday, Wcdne;
" itj.
It is sad news to everyone t
hear that the Batesburg Hig
School was -destroyed by fire o
last Monday morning.
Miss Maud Wigfall, t studer
st Be tis Academy, spent the wee
end at home. . _
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\ Mr. William Mani\gault
Passes
The funeral rites of the late Mr. j
Willjrm ManigauTt, one of Colum I
1 bir's leading undertakers and bus
i iness men, wis held at Union Bap
tist Church, Columbia,,, Sunday,
January 14 h at 1:30. The deceas I
.d p?'ssed at his home, 1703 Way
' no street, January 11th at 6:30 a.
m. : t the age of 57 years. He was
bo.n in Kingsville. Rev. L. C. Jen
:ins delivered the funeral oration,
')th:r ministers participating on
" frAve, Ladson R esbyteii; n, Rfe^. ' I
I. C. Colclough. Sidney Park C. M. H
( E., and Rev. J. P. Reeder, Zion
! baptist. From among old friends
were selected the honor; ry pall
. arers, while the active pallbeai
rs were irtmkeis of the board of H
lc-rcons of the Union Brptist
.hu.eh.- Solos rendered were: "My
ask" by Mrs. Louise Rollerson; I
t ..'Whin. .Xlu-y - King '1 hose Golden
I Bil's" by Mr. Joseph Wilson; and, I
'Well Done," the deceased's favor I
i e song, by Mrs. Flossie Taylor.
. . ,ic uu.ua y w; s read by Miss Ed
, na Butler. Other music Was render I
= -?r Lii rife~T7uon_Baptist choir and??
j i ctj^dn#f-t-?r?te*nrr~Tothor church. I
""Us,' undei-' the direction of Mrs.
Elise King, o gt nist. Mrs. J. W.
Jrunson -cknowledged receipt of I
messages of c ndolcnce. Mrs. Cas 1
ie Simpkins and Deacon Welsley?
'ohn.-on ma e lemarks in tribute I
".o their life-long friendship to the ?I
leieised and his many kindnesses
o all people. The esteem in which I
ie was held .by his fellow Under 1
aki-iv v.'fs evidenced by the sym I
thetic cooperation in the admin I
nir.g if the final .if* by thir, J
. _ f'nwinr:?nrrrTnTl establishments;
. ill s Johnson. A. P. Williams, YV. 9
Holley, T. H. Pinckney, H. D.
da.son, II. T. Chappelle ind 1
i unt's Funeral Home of Angus 'j
, Georgis . represented by Mr. J. j
I. Powell. The floral tributes were f
aimer us and beautiful and were
i ceived from all parts of the coun
i iy. -
Hundreds of people filled the
lain auditoiium, ih? balcony and
r ?he -Sun.av^School rooms located
n the brsemeni of the church.
N'umbcrs were compelled to listen
:o the services f.om the outside
f thf rbnveh?hr?of loudpeakers
:nd amplifiers lcca ed
I. hroughout the building which was
nstnller! and controlled by Mr. Cor
ifuus c. Kobcrts.
.Mr. Mi nigault was a Spanish
Aiuerictn \Y.ir Veto:an and in this
espect specj: 1 military services
vert* conducted by Mother Maiilda^
jriftin and all the ex-service men
resent. "Taps" were sounded by i
Ir. Harold June in a very touchng
signal of the passing of one
ho hid se:ved his country well
.nd j wrs honoiably discharged
rom the United States Army.
Dunn",' the illness of the deieas
d, which coveied a period of near
y two years, he had been a pa
icnt it the Veterans Hospital, Co
u u 1 b ia^ the-- G ood-Sa rrrar rta rf Wav
rly Hospital, Columbia, and the
Alice Eve Memorial Hospital, Hot
Springs, Ai'l-f.nsas.-- from which he
?TTcT ietui ne(j_io hia homo only two T
? - vlehS~"t>of6Ve his pissing. Mr. Man
eault w'-s not entirely inactive
luring his long illness and was of
en seen at his business establish
m nts du.ing this .period. Because
f his great courage and fortiude.
his passing was l great
heck to his fi mily, his business
ssociates ?nd his numerous
riends.
n Ai.noupn Mr. Manigault had
f >een prominently known through
ut "S.uith Carolina in business life
for many years, he wi s- most out
tandingly iccognized as the own
tl >r rnd founder of iht Manigault
>. Undertaking Company, Ineorpora
, ed, established in 1023. He was al
o owner i n j founder of the Con
c 'aree Casket Company, Ineorpora
ed, the only Negro casket m^nu
t 7 etc ring company in this state.
He was a most successful pipneer
in Negro business and held an en
en ble plare in this line.
The deceased iiT "survlvecf by his
widow, Mrs. Annie Manigault, *
o loyal and devoted wife; one daugh
^ ter, Mrs. Anne May Hurley; one
-on, Mr. Walter Manigault; two
n small gri ndsons, Tony and Wal
ter, Jr.; one sister, Mrs. Carrie
it Ann PoVteo of Kingsville, artd sev
eral nieces and nephews. i
Interment was at the Palmetto
Cemetery, Columbia, 8. <X
i ii.i.iii.