The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, November 13, 1943, Image 1
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rfl^ICTORY
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BONDS ?ST*MPI
XVIII?NO. 44.
Mrs. Susan Delia
Higgins, Passes
In New York
New York, N. Y., Nov. 5?Mrs
SUBan Delia Higgins, the daugh
ter of the late Robert and Juli
?^.*erwhite, of Laurens, S. C
departed this life on Thursda
evening, October 28, l'J43, in thi
city,_ - - _ . -..
Mrs. Higgins a rid-her Tamil
nuu nved m rsiew i;orK uity mori
than thirty years. She was activi
in church and fraternal affairs, un
timber illness. She was chair
of Stewardess Board D. o
BeCnel A. M. E. church and Pas
Worthy Matron of Mary C. Ho
gian Chapter, Order of Easteri
Stars No. 8.
Mrs. Higgins was more thai
70 years of age. She leaves t<
mourn- their Joss, three children
Mrs. Mary Manning and Juna
Rev1. S. R. Higgins, President o
?.llen university, Columbia, S. C.
tWo sisters Mrs. Thomasina Rog
"et's of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mrs
Carol Dillingham, of Los Ange
les, Calif.
76th Grand Commun
ication to Open
1 Tuesday, Dee. 14th
Greetings to All:
Only thirty day's "Tbefore wi
gather for our 70th Anmiai Gram
Communication, with Capital Cit;
Lodge 47 as host, Tuesday, De
ccmbcr 1 1th, 10 o'clock a.tu. Wil
he in session for two days. Al
* subordinate lodges are .urged t<
' have round reports and to be oi
time. Masters and Wardens ar
the legal representatives.
Newfy organized Jodges wil
come prepared to meet all requir
ments. You are to lie warrants
district .deputy will help in mak
big out your report. I am send
. ing report blanks to your distric
to be made out and returned t<
-our G r a nil Seer e tar y, Brother ~J
E. Dickson, Box i)i)2, Columbia, S
C. If you fail to get one jus
make it out on another sheet aw
at the"Giand Lodge, we wil mak<
the necessary transfer.
Come leaving all petty differ
cnccs, discension and ill will?ahufte.
This will be a fellowshi]
and goodwill gathering.
I have just been assured 'that ou
group will nave first class enter
tainmeht in the best arrange
homes in Columbia. Let peac
and harmony be your motto a
tvell as your highest aim.
rw. The Worshipful Master of Cap
Iital City Lodge says every efTor
this year, the best and no one trtl
have cause to regret having at
tended th is Grand Conimnnic.a
tion. Full time is given to thi
matter and we hope all will talc
advantage of it.
Hoping to meet you all on Was!
ington street Tuesday fnorning
December 14th, at 10 o'clock.
>1 am fraternally,
J. S. Stanbaek, Grand Ma'ste
Chester, S. C.
November G, 1043. > Benedict
Endowment
Drive
At Anderson
The Benedict Endowment Hall;
heht at St. Paul Baptist church
Anderson on Sunday afternoor
November 7th was quite a sue
c&h. Dr. J. J. Starks, Rev. E. E
ROTy, Miss Thornhill and her of
ficient group of singers were al
at their best. Mrs. Toomer witl
H<rr "PoitVfful V*n1r*<irc lin/1 o /loli
.i cious dinner ready_ >when thi
4- ?group arrived, which w?RF an a
1 'greeahle surprise.
A full church, of spectators
workers and well wishers greetei
?in the auditorium of Sain
The program was spic;
nteresting from start to fin
ish. The Auxiliary workers o
i the Rocky River Association un
? der the leadership of Mrs. A. W
Anderson, secretary, crow net
themselves with glory. Mrs. An
derson leading: reporting $150.01
Mrs. Maggie Morris, followinj
? *Pt(h more lhan $84.00 and other:
iuilowing with creditable sums
The spirit for the endowment i:
'\ high in this sectipn. Ministers am
heroines together with churche:
f. and Sunday schools are doinj
' their best.
r Greenville County follows i i
the near future,? with a .rally oi
the Endowment, under the leader
hip of our State District Mis
ronary Rev. H. W. D. Stewart
We anticipate a great meeting
Our hope is that every section ir
e; the state will follow suit. By al
t means be present with the casl
I at Benedict College on Nov. 16th
,1 Be in the march Heroines wit!
?your amount of money.
C. H. WATKINS,
.T . Representative.
1, .
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Dr. C. B. Antisdel
Benedict College I
"Doctor "Clarence B. Antisdel
President Emeritus and Dean o
Theology of Benedict College
passed at his home on the campu;
Wednesday, October 28, 1943 a
7:00 p. m. He was funeralize<
1 morning, October 30, in the pres
' ence of a large group of friends
' He left a wife to mourn her loss
To attempt to describe' t h <
- greatness of this character, eouh
[ not be well done, because the En
' glish language does not contan
- words fitting for audi a descrip
tion, and those who knew hin
\ nest do not know how to gathe:
^ sufficient words to fit into sucl
an attempted description.
* Bismarck said, "A really grea
rmur is known by these ~ signs
generosity in design, humanity ii
the execution; and moderation ii
5UC0SS." . .
* 7T,uvader, "lie only is great wh<
. has the habits of greatness; whn
j after performing what none n
. ten thousand could accomplish
' oasscs like Samson and tells nei
tior ..c "
Pei haps Broutrhiiwn comes nior<
nearly giving us a definition tha
might. in a way tit this grea
character, when he says. "Thi
" true t< st of a meat man that a
loa-t wt|ieh mil' Vft~e < n.--hi*?plm.
among' the highest onler of grea
men. i;*- hr< having been in ad
vatice of his age."
So. let us seek for a defiaitioi
of the greatness as portrayed ii
j the life and work of Doctor An
tisdel, only to say his great nes:
^ was seen in what he tried-lo~Ui
j for others.
. In his early training, he \va
accurate, broad and ."profound
3 not for his own self-aggrandize
orient but that he might have t
L' foundation sufficiently great upoi
-p which -to build a ^great stVuctur<
for the leadership^ of the hun
. iheds that God placed in his hand
? -in nfter years.
1 That he loved and sought t <
lift others is verified in the fac
" that he denied himself of ever;
Continued on Page 8
o _
f Road To Tokyo, Asst
j \ly Negro Engineers,
G
New York. Nov. 10?(ANP)
; pearing in a recent edition o
'' YANK, an army weekly, by Sgi
Ed Cunningham, a -Yank sta!
correspondent, in part describe
j how a company of U. S. Negr
engineers is doing its job towar
constructing an important suppl
route through hostile Burma,
big highway under constant dan
" ger of enemy attack. Literallj
_-it-is said-that tha-enginaars "ar
S carving a road out of the side o
a mountain."
Officially, states Sgt. Cunning
T^am, the new military highwa;
b from India to China is not know
c as "The Road to Tokyo." "That'
I just what it was christened b;
? the hard-working Negro enginee
" regiments that hewed it out o
smtd Tockrrrasses' 100 yards Ion:
nnrl pji vvir^l it nn nunv mnnntoi
- "1' " ' "'"-"V"1'
ranges that rise as much as 1,00
feet in two mildk. 6ut the sold
iers who built the road figure
they had the right to name il
So it's 'The Road to Tokyo' am
they've posted signs bearing tb
namer"*?-? * ?^?
"The Road to Tokyo", -vhich i
moving in but one direction, ma;
become the new supply line t
China, said the writer. Along th
road may travel the weapons
y united nations' all-out offensive ii
l Burma and China,
i, Under the direction of Col
. Tate, a 28-year-old white office
t. from Eunice, La., the aviation en
. gi'neers undertook their new du
1 ties on December 12, 1942, explaii
i ed the writer. The road had jus
. been started by the British arm;
NEW YORK^VOTER
, RIVERS TO HIGH CI
i j*
t New York, Nov. 10th?(ANP
y ?Judge Francis E.. Rivers, Repub
- lican and American Labor part;
f candidate for Manhattan cit;
- court, was elected to that elcvat
. ed judgeship last week in th<
J city-wide eleetione, becoming thi
- highest paid public official in thi
0 Negro race in the country.
? By defeating his- white Demo
s cratic opponent Joseph T. Hig
i. gins, mvers won tne rignt t (
s serve 10 years ofl the importan
J bench and an annOral salary o
s $17,500.
Rivers' victory over Higgim
iho\ved a margin of 151,822 vote!
to his opponent's 134,649 tallie!
when only 859 out of 919 electior
district had reported. When TT
nal counts are in his majority is
expected to reach larger propor
tions.- 'fhe LYabor party contri
buted 57,056 votes to Rivers am
the GOP garnered another 94
765.
Expressing himself as "tremcn
dously proud o f~~ the confidence
that the voters of New York hav?
placed ii? Rivers said, "ii
0^ I
~ ~ H) i
President-Emeritu
.aid To Rest
t> j? -?
' Service Men Can
> Get Legal Aid
: From A. E. R.
Atlanta-Servicemen or their <1
: oendents who arc faced with leu
' irohlc'ins might profit to const
the Army Umergercy Relief. T
1 officers and Social Service Units
AUR have a working1 knowledge
t j the facilities available to ea
f I eiient regardless of hove technic
t .he ease may be.
| Some State Bar Assoeialio
t !i a v e a'i>pointcd rcpresentativ
r | :o assist servicemen- and their ti
t I penilent.s in .legal matters, such
i 1 slaving mortages, dispossession.
'.o prevent eviction of solclic
3 families and reposession of itei
U thoV h:i V<? 1>1! irliM isi'i 1 Imfnrn ??ntf
i lug set vice. (ionu'Stic relationsh
. ic-^al maintenance, divorces a
j numerous other problems with
.this scope. Some localities ha
P* committees in Civilian Defen
t, Councils for-ihe~r*iassistance of <1
t j pendents, while in many couhti
Bland cities within the Kourth St
t ' vice t otmnand, there are local t
t-pf*":?C-A-id Organizations aidinc, si
t : *.iers and their dependents. T
Army Kniergeney Relief sta!
I ;.ic familiar with the above <
i- ire nidations and with the laws e
i jstintr and currently emu ted
- the benefit of the inert in the si
s vice, and their dependents. Th
3 - are prepared to advise clients
their rights, attd-it-divcrssirry id
s , tact the proper authorities h.t t
! > dependents' communities.
- Army-Emergency Relief repi
1 ' entatives are located in eu
1 camp, post, fort or air field thr
p ' out rhi; nutltni. Soldiers or th<
dependents may contact the nes
s ' est A EE officer or write or call
ir:person; Army Emergency Relit
P.:i21 tlrmit Rider.. Atlanta :5. (
1 When writing rememer to inclu
y j the soldier's name, serial numb
I tank and organization.
sted ln Construction
Described as Toiigh Jo
with Indian labor when the Van
u look over. A few months lat
j ?t was cut through to the Burr
[. border.
Y Orders from Maj. Gen. Re
s ' mond Wheeler, commanding ol
0 cer of the Tokyo highway projt
(j called for the road to cross t
,, India-Burma border not lat
a than March 1, 10-13. A lot of c
ports said it could never be do
r in that time. They pointed , o
^ that the crossing would have to
f|made at a point 3,800 feet up
' the mountains, with a rise
, f 1,000 feet in ..the last two mih
l'he ?ntire route was blocked
.. :rees 15Q feet high and 45 feet
? diameter, and by huge bouldt
., that had to be blasted by dyn
'r mite before the bulldozers, cor
j go into action.
? -"But Gen. Wheeler had ss
n I that 'in time of war, there is
q such thing as a difficult job,1"' e
plained SgC Cunningham, a n
j added, "the Negro soldiers in t
. aviation engineers battalion pre
jj I'd this point."
c | In speaking of the Negro sol
w ior's determination?to carry o
s i orders, Cunningham tells t h
' 1 following brief story to illustri
0 ! ais point. During the rush
j, I reach the India-Burma border
I March 1, Col. Tate issued an <
| Jer forbidding vehicles not nee
^ j ed for work from, going up
,"The Point." Recon cars a
1 even jeeps often got stuck in t
j mud and had to be hauled o
with tractors and graders.
Pvt. Norris Humhprey, a Neg
1 soldier from East Point, Ga., w
\ posted at the roadside to enfor
y Continued on Page 8
s seneTfrancis
ty judgeship
) win ne my constant endeavor
. be worthy of their trilsts."
y Justice Rivers has long be
y active in Republican politics a
. was elected as manager of the 1
e gro division of the Republic!
i -National committee in the pTe
? dential campaigns of 1932, 19'
and 1940.
The noted lawyer handed in 1
- resination to District Attorn
) Frank tS. Hoan under whom
t served when Gov. Thomas E. Dc
f ey appointed him last Septcmb
13 the ad interim successor t
City Court Justice James C. Ma
' igan, a pemocrat, who died la
' August 28. Previously Rivers hi
s been one-, of Dewey's' ftSslstan
L when theJatter was district atto
" ney here, and in 1930 and 191
? was a member of the state legi
' lature,
" A native of Kansas City, Kar
' he is 50-year-old and was educa
1 ed at Yale university where h
won election to Phi Beta Kapp
i_ jmii.onftl.. scholastic honorary.. s
: ciety. He took his Taw degri
? from the Columbia "unversity la
1 school. .
>
?
7umbiaTsoutTi"caiu>iJx a , s
s NEGRO WORKER!
TO SAVE FLIER Fi
=_ Tuskcgt'C Ami..*?Air l-U,.jil \!;i
i\o\{ - the risk of, his oc.'n J
life Mr. i(. ('. Daniels of Dothon ,
civilian worker at the Tusk e'er J
Army Air I?*it?!d, recently saved the *>
I life of 1.1.'Andrew 1!. Dnswtl] <i( '
i Cleveland. Ohio,I in-liter pilot, after '<
?rt-he?fli'orV P-10?crashed?UrUr -a?!
bridge under construction adjacent
'to the training' field as he was
le-] coming in for a landing.
al i _ Working near Li>e scene of the
lit i>n: h,~~J);ime!.s" was tjic I ifst reshe
'uer to reach the l'lier.who war
of u at'tied within the plane. At first
of unable in open the caiiony of tin
;h -li\o. Avlvich was by then In flanies
al Daniels took a sti:k, pried it open
uid polled Doswi 11 to safety. .
nr Describing the crash. DnnieiF.
. s aid: "A group* of workmen and I
lo- wo re au i; > i i > -d i o -w^-a pi a no bear?fus
ing down t;pon ys at a tcriifi' ;
or -peed. We wire standing on tlie
rs ridge, which is about (>'.) trci* high
ns J he idaim missed us ainwi ten feet
>r- nd crashed into the fraiin \m'k 1
ip. .casing the pile driver. ) ;11-ir,:t i ;
ml knocked all the men down on the [.
iin calroid about, eight ieet below." :
v<; "Son fey. hat dazed. i ciinibvd [
sc ttirk to the. ton of the* . travt.irc I
|(>. and could see smoke and finale
-,j. oinhig from. around lac engine,
?'l the plane. Seeing.. that the p?--.u
vas trapped mode.-) ni?hed t; ? a
,]. two Ly lour, and iricrl to breui. in i
Pp. the glass. About tins -tini" I'm u;v 1
ij'.. j ?va getting :nbriny -hot and 1 I
(|_ t.iiM liiirdly breathe oV I./:- !
..u- s.nolle." ,
u). "Fi'haily I was able to loose the
,j._ *anopy. 1 loosened his safely belt
p.. ind helped him away from the
o( wreckage."
II- Cpl. -Newell -McT.et.d of Ik'.ssfh-Jd
I tvliss., a member oi the erase ci.-w
that fought the blaze for over -10
.e_ minutes, also, risked his life nt the-.'
p .escuo. ICcati'/.iii . that once the
inline* reat'M-d tno g?s on- i
..uuKoi s inic'iif lie s< riodsly injur*-"
|j._ .d, McLeod mil1; iiis lire hose
jn .vithin ten feet of the hia/.e, tnele i
r>f <y .pr-'Veniin'g an e.vplosio.n.
j". ' I.v. 1) s \"\T".T.~ aTfioTi'd11 sovi- r c-1 y ~ H
ig burned about tile face and hands,
.vas pronounced f dly iecovOred at
lie iiaVe Hospital. Mme wv'ek.
_ Commending Daniels toy jus
jerioc action, Alaj. (Jen. 1. J.-4+trft
eyt. Jt'.. CoiiVii'.ar d.n'y Cit'n.eiai ui :
b he haste rn Flying Train/ng |;
oontmand. told the civilian work* i i
? r. a letter this week that his "alert '
ks tess and quick thinking in rescuing
na Continued on Page 8
i?hi3ig City-wide Mass
pp Meeting* at Zion Bapt.
?r iunday, Nov. 28th
11C t
A big Citv-wide Mass meeting
i u i ~~
be of the citizens 01 Columbia will |
in cc held at Zion Baptist lIvjitI], on
?* Sunday, November 28i.ii at 2>20 in
j ' the afternoon.
jn ton institute. Ya. v.<Hl V the guest
'VS speaker. Dr. ( hivers will speak <
l^j Dr. Walter 11. Chivers of 'lamp '
I .m the' s'.'bjeet; "Race Relations." '
lid I The public is invited ta hear him. i
1 TWO CHARLESTONI.
i,c i FOR AVIATION CAD
IV- $
Shaw Field, S. C., November G !
Id -?-T\vo Sputh Carolina boys, liar- I
iy St. Elmo Lum and Edward ^
Augustus Howard, Jr., both IP i '
ite years old and both from Charles
to ton, .S. 0? have qualified for avia- 1
by tion cadet appointment, the Cadet
>r- Examining Hoard at Shaw field
!<1- annonneeii this week. J
tc After five months of pre-flight 1 1
nd college training: these youths will
he ijo assigned to one of the schools j
>ut -?f the: AAF Training Command, j
So Harry attended the Avery Nor- 1 J
:ro nial institute and the Navy Yard ;
as Vocational school, while Edward 11
ce was a student at the Burke Indus- | ;
trial school. At the present time ' :
Father Of Negro Farrr
In Louisiana lips Wart
. The Negro farmers of Louisiana
are turning in a record production
of food this year, aceord,
ing to reports received by the. U. i
h". Department of Agriculture. I
c Although falling slightly short I
rln Mm ) - -~t
UJ. i.yy luiaiuji [juuuujj U1 JUWK LUVy
jg" were aiming for, it'is estimated
' that -Louisiana colored farmers (
have over shot their goals for *
,lF beef, pork, chickens, eggs and
^ some vegetable crops. Repoits i
"e indicate that they have' produced 1
w this year about 60,000 head o f *i
er beef cattle, had 40.00o sows to (
? farrow, raised nearly two mil- <;
"" lion chickens, produced approximately
five million (lozen eggs, , t
ris and harvested considerable quan- 1
tities of peanuts, sugar cane, rice, c
fruits and vegetables.
s- The potential for this record 1
nroduction of food to fight for
is. freedom has been in7" process of 1
t- c'evelpment for some. time. Ohe
e big factor in the process goes .
a, back to a hot August day in Ibid '
0- qv.hrn T J. Jordan.. then recently , ,
ee graduated from Tuskegee, was apw
pointed the first Negro county *
in Louisiana. )
AT I: lT I) AY," N( I HE R 1
RISKS DEATH
ROM CRASH
HFr.ryl,. Marshall
Elected President
"'julter Memorial
school, {her aw
V ' v'
_ 3?$'
("ttf-'.'rW. S. I'rofossor ft or
r.v. !.. Mairhali. who for :i n a
uh?- ( oiiiier Me i.-tl iici-alr'ni;
lu:aw. .-. iv.a - lor to;! I'ty
'?lir> : of the M'irxi! nvently l?y '.h
!!??: ! ? ' !" Xa'.ioj.al . ii-isioMV. iVo
iv'.i i;;'! Yhareh. . S. A. ui,?:?
'' I r.-f auspice::. the school join> i
pcraffs. '
I'i'i i o Yj:* i- a _j*ni?h
to "f t'hiii'i uiii-i i
uly. < harlot to. X. and lut^ !ia
.oiiyi(JvT.?l?li^in- > iioi
>v<?i . since Irs untduation in !!.?d
ii:j\ iu'c served as lican of ill
at tiiwho was ohTFlot
10 i . ( '?),, fially gifted along man
:n\yv.r. a*, utv time travollo
. !-i\ ".L U 'Alt' North on a singin
foZFAvi'th a group, ho has boon
Anrtaat contributor to one of Hi
I'i < - fiyti'viaji fhnivli papers as
.vri' r of I'o'oms,
1, .. 41....
? * M?A ? > ?-M ? J I
: rr.iiu.-itt' work al tho l.'nivor.-it
it J 't n'.i.-.yh iiuiir ;iiul is ii' scholn
v 41 us an executive. lie is
hiVrehnnm !?eing :it"present an e!
.or itiitj o'crk of iho session <j
' < "Swum 1 i'i-.-sbytori^n ... vhutvi
: Itvi M'.v. V v. M:in4ml! vi pl'escnl
<! the. 1 i osii/tciy oi" Faii t'u'14 i
ho (iVr.oi al As.-einbly of the Pro
ytyv.an church which Moots a"
u-nliy. Ho I-; uicntitiod wit!i IV:
ciiuil nyoy. notation in the stal
einj? a iL';1! tioy:ee Mason.
Mr. Mar-hai) succeeds the bet
li.vorend (-icon*!? W. Lon?r. l).l)
vho sorvoi ftiv more than thitt
cotrs ;.'U' head of tlio schutd. 1>i
I III:,.- . ' ..I I \ .... . ..." I II.
'.arshnil was acting as head who
.e was elected tlio other'day. M
!'ai shall lias an accomplished wit
.vho is assisting him jjreatiy 'j
.'.toying oil tae ivany obligation
which suoji a position impK-I o
me. The school this year has
iarve enrollment and does junit
. allege work its wall as hiy
school.
\NS QUALIFY
ET APPOINTMENT
joth are apprentice shipwrights.
Acceptance of these young me
'.or ]>i!o-fTti?hT TFainingls in aecor
with Uncle Sam's new prograt
which selects only the most ah!
:andidates from the many wh
ivisii to join the ranks of his Arm
Air Forces. As all \vho appl
must he between the apes of 1
and 2(5 years, iwhrsive. they ar
is young as any who have bee
:hosen.
Harry Lum is the son of A!'
and Mrs. C. B. hum of 1 T>G Smit
street, Charleston, S. C., and F.c
ivard Howard is the son nf Mi
and Mrs. F.dward A. Howard, S;
dso of Charleston, S.
i Extension Work
ime Food Output
Taking up his civ,ties in" Bin
. illo and Claiborne parishes, .h>i
lan found most of the farniei
growing cotton for the gin, cor
for their workstock, and debts fo
themselves at the grocery store
pal?plantation commits-as ies. A
i hoy hi Bienville parish (wher
A'lie Stewart, war corrcsonden
fow at the; front, was also rear
<11 Tom Jordan Tad become fam
iuii whii inc local pattern. it
jtd always hoard of the Johi
fo nest's, and Henry Ilolmeso
vho. when, they hod paid thoi
jrocory bill, cleared sometime
r.ly ?20, or maybe $">, or some
imcs nothing at all from thei
rop and the year's work porforn
d by the entire family.
It was simple arithmetic. .Tor
Ian knew that if these farmer
aised more of their food at home
. ey wonld^ clear mo re from thei
otton *(ifops at the end of th<
oar. lie set about working witl
nui\i>!ual farmers^ .Putting hi:
"n hegoe agriculture training in
o prr-Micc. he helped farmers go
;ardens started, showed then
XJontinueU on Page 8
A.
i? -?.
Negroes Set Seal
Goal of $20,000
Ministers Asked
To Stress Need
. TLi' South Carolina Tulie-fci'diw '
Si ;t! < * m.'tiil *e.e ( Nt'j'tM)., no- '
o. din;;?to infuiinalfnn?civon?ntrt?1
i by llev. II. II. Buih-r of-JIarts- '
-illv. lias- sit a jjt-ial of $20,00(1
-J'oc.dt?10 1.2 Si al4 Snli- ratimai^a. GLLtraiiiitaiiuii'-j
Ihave l>een iconiph.ued
it! almost all of thoTount;cs
of tliu s.tuti' and interest in'
chairmen and their assistants are
: enthusiastic and have ussund
sta'e Chairman Butler that the
iroal will he reached. District
I iui imvc Di'ni iii/hi ai i^nnr.tnn
with-rrprcsontativos from 21
r couh'TeS attending and at ilartsI
vi 1 !< with representatives from
la counties attending. Keen itij
tcfv-~!?was in the Seal
I ffaii campaign at hoth of these- .
. meetings.?Tm? het ihrtiiet meet?
| ing .wiil he - held at ' Orangeburg
],November 1 lith at which time
j ihe coastal ami lower state couni
lies- will make reports and plans
' for the campaign.
itev. Hutler Mas addressed the
i following letter to the ministers
>f the stale L 1
j, i To all ministers and pastors of
iv j all'churches -of all denominations:
. reelings: ' 1 T'"
! The T. 1?. Peal fc'alo Campaign
lc | te;;ins Nov. 22n i. Oar goal is set
.. v. $20,000. Oi.tr nation is cngag- :
;-'d in a terrible and costly war. .
: To win this war healthy men and
i tvomen are needed at home and
, j ihtotid. Tuberculosis is an one1
ny that must be persistently and
t| j .continuously fought. This disease
,1 . .ia.imed last _ year sixty-thousand
j. p.nen. women ami children. The
p J death rate among.. Negroes was
j- bee*- to?mu'-a-goiust that of?tin
.! j whites. What an army! Even now
,? I hundreds of thousands -are affect'
"*t \ liu it Vtif Hnfonv'/i to V?in_
1 dored ~becHv?e of the time lost
. -/derations connected therewith.
The annual man hour loss due
.. 1 nillii.ni?man?days?which if et-rt-?
"I r ployed?rn??priwliift inn " wontd
a : be sufficient to build: 1G0 Destroy-1
l'. I "is, 9-10 Flying Fortresses, 8,000
I Combat Planes, 34/100 Jeeps or
( | '?"0,(ioo ,30 caliber Machine guns
^~ ^Ffi?s-disease is tat<mg a hcirvy -M
I toll among our group a^ul duringthis
period of nationhl strt?j.
. ' .rowdetl living conditions, mount*
: ng prices of necessities, inereas!
ed mental, emotional "and physical
strain and lowered resistance
r all bid to make many of our pco*
pie easy prey. I am therefore
^ asking and urging each pastor
* i and minister to speak about this
r campaign on the 3rd Sunday in
' j November, or rather to deliver a
.. i message on THE OHRISTMA8
,' dai. and r.fmn ttfai tii and
u on each suWcuiYont Sunday t o
.. 1 -tress the importance of the
n 1 '."hi istmas t*oal as an agent for
a good health ami protection for '
j our people- and our communities. 1 :
i1 1 With your help and cooperation
j "iiir ir<>al -of will be easily t
I ."cached. . '
November 16th
Heroine Day at
j Benedict College
>' It jiivVs units',ail pleasure to say ,
y : to iill! ivad'-n;* pin'lie "ond to.the* '
& | i'i ifmi.v.?-1^4101;i;tiiy,? uf?U; no.iict?
c r'oilojri' that Tuesday. November
n U?th will l.o Hatty Ihty for Bvnoiict.
r- Antor.tr tl'O 1 nro-avai:'njr reports
\ that are now " enmimr ist. i- one
a. mi in.;- front Mis. lVail (barrisoirr'
r ;i wife of I'rofossor A. (". (iarr
'"-op of Aii'U'i'soti. S. <It is
H i ihc amount ,ol" litis., report
hat jrivt s rise to tlto iitoijiioniits
"o ti i pee-:liaiity about it is
that.- it is made ap" rif" S5.OH each I
- - rmrm?r front ton son? ami ?!a uyr It - !
tors front this outstanding family, "i
It is I eniarhahh' to note that 1
four of those sons tin connected
s with tho at 111c 1 fortes of Ante l ira,
o wot Id \vh?;r,o American forces arc
'scatm red in every section of the
s fjirh.iia:'. . j
T The p Id -c is in. it 0.1 to this
c .notoi-o. Tuesday Morr.iuir, Nov. I
* i.titli at. !1 o'clock
' - Ilespoc: fully, 1 --J
J. a. .-harks. President
s 33 South Carolinians !
' Being Transformed
- Into Bluejackets
1 J- Groat T.nkos. 111.. Got. 2'.Hh? '
- Thirty*!brer?South Cm-rdma?No*
gro nion arc rapidly being trans3
formed into fighting Bluejackets
' since entering their "boot trainr
ing' recently at the U. Naval
? i Training school here.
1 Military drill, seamanship and
F general navel, procedure matte up ,
. the maior mrrtion of their p^loc- (
1 j trination course. The Negro men '
1 are participating in the Navy's I
Continued on P?*c 8
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V
TRICE
Teachers'Suit \i
For Equal J
Salaries Filed
Mis Y l.'tri i.-?> I Kigali. a
<-acf< r in Hiyh School. of a
Hiu.rh -t'-n. S. <-(<?lay 111 < < 1 a
-till ful: " f-'roo' iivit inn i.f
it? Sahu i< .M'os- lhival! is a ^
jiMlialt- !> ' I.i '1't:ivi'vsity.
iMiJ i~ in hoi tiiiiy! year of touc'hnrs
oK|to?'ii'iic-o.> The suit was filoiT f,;
for hoisolf asa.l Yho Xi^'iu ^7->1 \ '1
tosU'hol'S or ' ha tap?' on School !"
I'Oili 'i?rV-t?ijo. Ill ( HH! lost-OHr
J"ho S?:,{o- C.-uaon-f-. l.hT'.'Ml '
The Sta-o ( oiMofotav of v.- A.
V < . i'. is )>a'rl;it!tr the sk. . :
A * toi i;ov H:?i ..M I!. ijo'ulwaro A
of \}ifi f HI 11 ii< I i, a? Hat" will )>,(,?. . h
..liau vvi41 i*o tUisiaV?U 1
t~t 'Ty~ A11 y. 'rhiii-L'ooil "Ma ,;;n i7.
;if tlio No'ional 0:V.co (.f \ A A' ! ' it
I w i t ? oi'tioi- - aits ato hoiny >
>ro)iaroii i?y AtV- l\v:t: o ? i!
~ fiToTl :11 tlio^aar jiitaio. i Ti
Changes In Hates
i ? 4.z n i
.viiw1inucpenuents.
Announced by ODB n
S *v
Si vi ri n a.lor chr.npes nfTo^tin? " :
'family tifbiwriiic ? ,huvp boprf.Tnnde * "
in the SoiiviectnoYiV Ponrndpnt? '
Mlnwamo Act of 1012 under thr '
ameTtdment recently enacted . by
(ho'TSth (Y.nirr< ?. Brhr. Con. II. ;
\*. GUbs-rt. I'S\, announced. 11?
"Tile .-.important chanjjo?.
*f cour-:o. are the ohatifro in rate? i*
nocea- iuir <ii" ahwunts of month- ''
v i :iv!i*pi,t'i to certain (!"tip?i- !
'out.said General Gilbert, "and I >
(hp pTint'KP :h the terms of clijri- ' i
.' 'li'ty. wnr.ii tint? the inclusion of
nii-fed men in the first three. V
rrmm-s ar. i aviation cadet5 and 1
n'ahirii the husbands of \YAC?
"The chance in rati? will affect i
the \ast- majority of our..- .'t.O'iO,- .!
(' ')() -finmily, alowaneo r.countr now
in effect. Tim change in elij-'ibil- <.
rty ruling? will add thousands of r
t i-w ace Hints to our hooks. More
than '.'(i percent <>i the Army will c
-f>w !-n r 1 ici,lf -+h
"11 n 1;*l ?ti nvn in the fir ft thro??rr
-rraif- who before November 1 ,
had been receiving: monetary al- j
lownnccs in lieu of quarters for 1 ^
their dependents may elect either I
to continue such alowanccs in 1 y,
-otrjtmrtfon with a Chtrs?E allot-?y
ncnt-of-pay, or to discontinue T|
ihrm in 'favor of a family allowtnco.
In -either case, the money ,
'.vi'l he sent directly to their do- '
oendents by the OPR. But, their |
'.( pendents may NOT receive both i '
monetary allowance in lieu of
mar tors and family allowance ^
payments.'"
I'nder the amendment, no new ;
v.onotary allowances in lieu of '
quarters may be authorized af.or
November 1, the Director exlaincd.
On!" those :d vesidv iri of.
"tct before .November 1 may be jj
ontinued at the soldier's option.
General Gilbert cited five otheT
najnr charges under the new ; ; j
.mendment, as follows:
1. The inclusion of Class I?-1
lependents. Before the lay was
mended, all eligible dependents .
v. re dividedod into two classes? J *
"ass A and Class B. Class A inIv.dod
the wife, child, and former '
ivife Vii".oreod to whom alimony is |7
ayablo. Class B included depen-.-c
lit parents, brothers, sisters, ' '
rvandehiidr> n under certain con- : y
iitions, t
"Class A now includes the wife,'
lilld. and former wife divorced,' c
he Pii;eVexplained. "Class 1 '
i'.-'i in.cl' <!es rafents, brothers. ; ^
;r>i sisters who arc dependent up- j
n the sobtioi1' for their chief sup- t
ion. i, ja-s i; ..aimies these sann *j
'crsniis when t-hcv are dependent
;non the soldier for only a sub- >11
lami:i! portion of their support. |y
In all eases, brothers, sisters, and i '
' ildivn nv.ist unmarried and '
. r.it r IS y, .irs of aire (or of any *
.ire if nv nt-.liv or physically in- v
npable of self-support).
J. Payment ??t an initial family r,
ilownncc to Class A and Class ;
H-1 dependents.' This comes en- ,
TroTy front the trovernmenl ane "
is paid as s<v6n as practicable af '1 I*'
ier implicit ion is tiled. It is pay
able only if the soldier applies
.vitr.in f. ft eon days after ho en
t< rs upon M tive duty in a pay .?
-tatas. and is payable for the en- /
.ire month in wh"h he enters or. /
?ueh duty. No initial family ah : 1
lowances may be paid to a Class 'J1
It ili pendent, however, under the 0
Sow as airu nded, .-uoh dependents . 111
niM? ?uv ?>m> MuiM.imiaiiy urpen- ,
lent pon the soldier, riiav receive ' !<J
he roiruiar monthly family al- !i
'Waiu'c for the month in which
:ho soldier applies, provides-that t
e. has no Class A or Class B-I j
dependents who are receiving an
initial family Allowance for that
part'oular month, If there arc , ?.
-uch initial family allowance pay Ci
incuts. the Class II dependent's j
family alowanccs will become ef- j ,
fectivc on the first of the month ! _
following the month in which ap- |
ilication is made, according to the ]
3I)H Director. i nl
3. Payment of $37 only to all ^
ClAss It's?and their exclusion J _;
from benefits when l lass ks-1 de- w
pendents are named in application. 01
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tiTF \si:i>. \vi:i)., nov. ioth
? love.and? When.John Frew
I "in ill vr, with OO.OJi." vote?, w?>n
nla.ee "fi the board of education
marked tin first time since the
eath ( {" Mr.-. Mary 1>. Martin for
Xcgro 'a win representation on
;e -city's school, board. Morning
i caiiio tin -1*. >: ?i Xeitro iit Clove "
history to be elected to the
iM.iy.
Morning's victory over two _
ike; candidates, Franklin A. Polk
tid William h. MelHarmid, marks
is reoiul trial fit the post, The
Uitj.-?tune lie - annexed a largo
ote hut laded to win.
A graduate of Wilberforco unilu.-ity,
12-year-old Morning is .
istriet manager of the Supreme
liberty Life Insurance company,
lis oilier activities--mebuthr- prvro^'?-" - ' -f
ielicy of the East End Communy
center, a member of the board
i managers ' of the Cedar "Ave.
ranch Y.MCA, membership- o n
tt Ztir- ladioii hoard"tn?his dis-.
jjt. a recent appointee by May-'
r Lausehe to the Cuyahoga Coun
>; Fair Kent committee.
Washington ? The Associated
legr I) l'l ess has learned unoificilly
hut authentically and oxcluivelv
that the first Ethiopian mill
tei to ! he - United States will be .?iotta
Fjiaeni. until recently vice
linister f?>j- foreign 'affairs for the
o j er * i '- -got ( i 11ment-. ??? ??
At this writing Fie was expected
> 'be in the country .-on Tuesday,
time-to bur. e affixed his signa
ire to the agreement establish*
ig the United Nations Kehabili- "
;tiun administration, and to have u
the initialfuei-ting of the coun
il set ttp under tile 'agreement.
! Atlantic department riud been
- kod to dispatch a special bom
er to nig up the new envoyv
The arrival- of-.the Ethiopian
urrbfter wiH give that conntry ita ?:
i-: diplomatic relationship with
le United States. The Ameriin
government, however, has for
jur years maintained a legation
i Addis "Ababa, and only recent
sent John K. Cauldwell there
> reopen it, closed -since the output
and Italy . ?
New York?On Nov. 1-1 Kathriircr-Dtmham
and her company of ,j
J dancers, singers and entertain
rs hid adieu to "New York ?
own"'.. For some weeks past
lousands have been entertained
y this gifted ensemble, and Mr.
rtiH+fc-?manager of Marian Anerson.
should well feel poud to
:?ve initiated the iirst step, we tditve."
in launching the Negro
allot, idea as a serious public enirprise.
Miss Dunham's presentation
ikes the form of a revue; Priniisce?mythttis^?
Rarn-t-onga, Tern ??
ii-.-'on and Tempo-Bolero. There
>!!ows a ,Bobby Capo episode and
rumba suite, cn-isting of Ohoro,
ive Rumba, Callate, Santos Ritli!.
and Mexican Rumba cxtructi
from the Rumba Symphony of
arl Mae-Donald, Director o'f Muc
of the University of Penna.
Philadelphia?"With the election
: Hcbs.on K. Reynolds and the
election of Joseph H.. Rainey to
x-year terms in the minor judi- .
ary, this city finds itself with
iree colored magistrates for the
rst time in its nolitical historv.
The* Republican landslide i n ^
ue-dayV. niayoraiy, in which -Act
g Mayor liernard A. Saihael
as elected to the status of a
:11" mayor, carried its lone Negro
lagisterial candidate, Reynolds,
i victory with 'J3b,232 votes, the
:co:ul largest vote polled among
io seven minor jurist aspirants
ected. Split ballots, especially
some wards where the voting
jpulation is primarily Italian or
wish, enabled the Democrat inimbcnt,
Rairicy, t o slide to a
I'th place victory with 283.808
to. in the face of his party's
:ci\t helming deferou? ??; dames
II. livir. West Philadeltia
undertaker, retained his Re
ihhciin scat in city council with
J.'.'ln Notes. Of the five councilen
to be elected in Irvin's disict,
the colored councilman was
successful third.
Columbus.- O.?Defeat of Atty.
dmund B. Paxton (D), candidate
>r one of two open municipal
I.ltreships, came TfisT week when
s white opponent, Ben L. Pfeffio
(H) won by an overwhelming
ajoritv. _ O
Also the Rev. William II. Ifol>way,
o?4y?Negro candidate- for
ic hoard of education, lost in
uesday's election. Four "other
julidates sought the same post.
New York-?Pointing to their
vn crew as an example of true
niociacy, the Booker T. Wash- , -j
igton crew, mixed one, declared
lat the abolition of jim crow 4_ _ <9
.roughout the- arm^tf force?
ouUI build morale and strengicn
the fighting qualities of our
fMriy. The statement was in anver
to a letter from Maj. Gen.
A. Ulio of the war department
defended the aemy b policy i?
r segregation.
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