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Plans and specifications for aTi.. colored industrial school for Co- -1

lumbia to be.erected on the 140.0;..block of Blossom street, have ^

: _been filed at the Columbia Build- j

: ers Exchange by J. H. ^ams, Co- i

lumbia*architect. The plans call (

building of brick trimmed with jcast with ^Fenestra Reversible "Swing Out" 1

Ventilator Windows. Two front 1

entrance? and an exit on each are

One half ot the.classroonrhspace of the basement is--t©-~be+Jgiven up to the manual training 1department whtelrwflt occupy^-]the whole' rear of the. building. tIn_the-basement wrll be also two i

.hallar'a "tool" room> a storeroom^=

fuel rooms." ~A mechanical draw- .

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r ing room and a classroom will ,^ * occupy the front of the "first" ifloor. Across an eight foot hall, la laundry classroom, principal's :

office, and boys! toilets will fillthe rear half of the floor. Onthesecond~floor will be located" 7a sewing.classroom,.cookinghclassroom, dining room or class- 1room, and a classroom,, and girls' {

toilets. Tho hiiiMing will >heated throughout by steap 1heat, for which separate plafts

I will be made, although the workwill be. included in. the generalcontract..-=i

7 Bids for this building are re- ?ceivable up to 6 o'clock Tuesday 1afternoon, Fobrurary 17i

(The-Columbia Record).

f~~~ Capital City Cullings^Wednesday, the sun shone brightly 1

in Colombia and brighter still, be-cause of the happy faces 3een on (

Washington street, which seemed -to ^add to the suti's radiance.

Miss Dora E. Boston, state home 1

demonstration, agent, was seen- with 1

Mrs. Frances Thomas, home demon- (

.: slialiun agent for this county. TheyWCfl/IvMlKflocjo .+> «- *!^

Vfv^v uvuuuivoo LUC ' aplUIldidwork of the county. *. J

From Union was Dr. W. 0. McGill, 5

a successful dentist of that city, who 1made a short call on his parents, Re\^_ '

"i and Mrs. D. M. McGill, of North ^% " Surrtter St., returning that evenings J* State Supervisor of farm demonitra- 1

tion agents, Mr. H.: E. Daniels,^ofOrangeburg was also^here. ' \

Dr. E. R. Anderson, P. E. of theSumter District has moved to the cityand he with Dr. Vance! and others,whose names we failed to get were** i ... * ( ,"i[ alpo ween. . ;J

Ep Mr. J. B. Williams, secretary to his ]r father, Mr. T. A. Williams, treasurer .

wi ciiu wtvivu »jtnv5 jl" pnt waa ttisu

jll fathWwasshghtly "updor weatherj"togetherwith pressing engagements'

connected with his undertaking bus- 1""" tnesg In Newberry pi evented his com- _dng. _l; ; . .1

But chief among our city visitorswas Dr. ft.- &. Wilkinson, president (

of State A. & ST. CoIIege~ It is" tof ^

be *rcfcaltetfr"that7f>r.'WlHtWsvrrtwts1 (recently been sick, becoming disabled,

duringour State Fair."? The publichadbecome deeply concerned-for his

fecovefjr foi^, Svhtle he remained inj» / Orangtibiiig, his iinffrevemeni was not

* percieptible. On advice of Ur^ JJI^nje "

1 s\t Cumq * a. .n'W" wliof nofianf 1.-was carried to^ew, York City,_Dr. '

^ : Birnie, who is hi| ^roERer-ift^ftW, ac- "jcompanyinf? httn^arid as a result of jthis trip to the world's metropolis,

L.1.the causes leading to ffr. Wilkinson's .

illiteSs was learned, and prescribed ^' for, and he i» now^on the way to a *

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restoration to his former goodlealth. ^He wore the same cunning smile as

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Four scribe spoke "to him an,d askedhat his friends, especially the news

japer menr be-told^that he had his 1

lsual interest in them, same as all>ther racial enterprises. .

Word comes from the Episcqpal *

evidence to the effect, that our goocf *

Bishop Chappelle~is also improving. ^

lays: "I feel myself, slowly, yet sure- (

y. improving?* ^-The sunshine does ?um ^gooa aiso, as tnose aretne day&j;hat he feels best. Your scribe calletj>n the Bishop last Thursday, and as =*

shake, give a most pleasant and im.iressivesmile saynig later, as he |,vrote his unimitated signatrue, in us- v

jal fashion to an official paper what **

i pleasure it was to onfe to so JtLue-;hathis name would always be of,vfeight. '

-From K-endalltown, thehome of the ilso

comes,- that he is doing fine. \Rev. Carroll has so mastered his ill- 1

less, that he is not referred to ordi- (

airily as" aT5i<?k man, except,-when :

ae is really down, the folks- about 1

say, "he is well."n We -truly hope that they all, the

three,will soon be well aijd strong ^'or the race, church,-school and state, *

5an~~ill afford to.dispense just. nowrJwen with the temporary services of ^

jither of our three, real distinguished 1

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"«* = dHOME DEMONSTRATIONTOMMITTEE APPEARS BE- 1FOR& fHIGHLAND DELEGA-1 iTION. J

' A Committee composed of Miss DoraBoston. State Supervisor of HomeDemonstration work, State College,Drancreburir, S. C.. Mrs. Frances ^

Thomas, Home Economies workerind T.-Sr-Leevyv appeared.before.the- -1Richland Delegation on WednesdayFeb. 4th.. asking that the RichlandDounty Delegatipn appropriate $G00 ,

for the contim^ance of the Home Demonstrationwork that has been so ex.j-frellently cpnducted during the past 1rwtr~years by- Mrs; Francos Thomas. _]tri this short period of time, 14 clubsn 14 comhjunitieS~in Richland coun-

:y including a membership of 400 ofW wohi^h WAS WgfchiMd by M*k.rhnmas. In 1924. these clubs panned 1four thousand - cans-.of vegetables.nade 37& hats for themselves, culled {several flocks of chickens, cultivated14 gardens and marketed nrany-dolarsWorth of vegetabels. The Dele- ]tion gave" an attentive hearing "and 1promised serious consideration" Of crur Hplea and support. <

Martyrs Free. j

New York, vJan..Six -more (

Houstoji martyrs, former memaersof the 24th Infantry, "1marisonedfor their alleged sharein the Houston Riot of 1917,KfireJ released on January 8 and15 of this year, it«was announcedrecently. The men released onJanuary 8 are Fred Avery andrWilliam Mance. A week later,)n January 15, the followingwere released: Henry Green,

GSeorgeHob^r WilltHTrrJTflTnigh~

ind George .J. Parham.« r

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to 16 years of age for Bible iFraming. This/jpiass is part of tthe Sunday Sc'hooTT Time ~~oF ]meeting. 4 o'clock every Sunday 1it Ladaon Presbyterian Church, Jsave the BOYS. ... I?

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The following Committee of reprejentativeWlnte and Colored citizensif South Carolina went before theWays_an<jl_Means Committee at 3:3QWednesday afternoon, asking that:he General Assembly pass a billcreatipiT a Reformatory for delinjuentColored girls and-also that thewo thousand dollar appropriation?ivenlast year, he left in the Budget?or 1925. '

DfL. n T».X-,W1IH||| tvcci ISkk a. i innriiwiin,:hairman Inter-racial Committee andnerafcer City Council, Charleston, S.3.; Miss L. - k Chappell, Proa. StateCouncil'of Farm WomenMrs; Chrisncn

Voters; Mrs. Jas. It. Cain, Pres.>Vojnen's -Auxiliary of EpiscopalIhurch and Trustee of Fairwoldschool; Mrs. L. H. .Jennings, Pres.State Federation of Women's Clubs;Viajor J. C. Doxier,1 Secty., WelfareSoard; Bishop R. G. FInlay; Rev. DTJ. Sims, President of Allen Univer

ity;Prof. T. L. Duckett, BenedictCollege E^A-Adams, Pastor3ethel A. M. E. Churcli^Rev. H. M.tfoore, Pastor Second Calvary BaptistZhurch; Mr. W. H. Harvey, PresilentVictory Savings Bank "and-StateVFanager of the North Carolina MulisilT.ifo Tncnrnnna Pa Pmr M T-T

Smith, Pastor Wesley M. E. Church;Pres., R. S. Wilkinson, .State College,^rangbeurg, -S,- G«-i; Rev.- J. R. Pearvson.' Charleston. R. C.; Mr. I. S. Lee/v.Merchant and Trustee of FairvoidSchool; Mr-s-G. D. Saxon, Teach;rand Treasurer of Women's Federainnof Colored Wnn^n's Cluhs: Mrs.Li.- J. Rhodes, Proprictrcoa Goodmantan Hospital and Trustee of

Fairwold School; Mrs. Belle Vincent,3ecty. of.fcocal Board of Fait woldSchool.

~ ''"Notice.-.WeJiave checks for the followingperson^: :.Emma Holder, P. W. Walker,Jane E. Edwards, CatherineWashington, Mrs. Matilda Dixr:>n. Zennie Ashford. Claudia Simons,Catherine Seabrooksr Em-

son, Katie Jones, Colistine Martin,S. O/Gregg^ Anna M. Elliotto,C. C. Hawkins, Jessie AnnKettok, Lula Neals, Rosa Smith,A. P. Watson, Kella Hendrix,Carrie Brown. 7 :The addresses~~(5f* the aoove

their addresses or call at our

office, T119 Washington street,any day from 9:00 to 10*00_n';lodkA. M., or 2:00 to 4:00 kM. or on Saturdays from 9:00A. M. to 4:00 P. M. they mayobtain their checks. t

GREEN JACKSON,Secretary S. C. Colored StateFair.

I'resT^Sugg^ Reigns.Prof. Tross Asked to Resignby Zion Board of Bish-ops.Bishop "Clements Made«ead of Boaffc.

Salisbury, N. Jan..Prof.D. cTSuggS/ wh6, for the pastright years, has served as presdunluf.fctvlugslope.College,Salisbury, N. C.^tl^e chief insti;utionof learning of %he A. M.S. 2ion denomln^ttohrn^HlefprVlis resignation as president to,he *Joint meeting of %htr Boardof Bishops and the Board oftrustees at Charlotte, N. C-Tlast

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tor of the Emancipator,} but he still fights Seg.\

ther Injustices.

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A special committee, appoiirt-red'by the board to investigate ;/,A«/H)+nTfo rrf.T-iir!V'V/llUltiUllO CIKj 1J1 V IIIJjD'LUIICJ tt^lVCU Jthe resignation of Prof. J. N.-jjTross of the institution.. j(

Prof.-J^H. Johnsorvrof Salis-^bury, was given charge of the'.Normal D^partrmmtr^A coirl- \nletfr^y^ganization of- the. Col- u

lege' is now under way and fur-1 j

of the faculty may be fertheom.in8-

, . t r<..,a meeting sf the Board of

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Bishops-of-the denomnation will (be held at John Wesley Church, \Washington. D. C.. on March 3. ]The meeting of the -Board of ^

Bl3hop3 at Gharlottc, last week;authorized the establishment of; (a branch office of the financial ^' department at"Salisburv. ]The present Financial Headquarters,at Philadelphia, Pa., is to ^-he-disposed of-^md more commo(diousquarters secured in thatcity. J -4)

Bishop George C. Clement, of LLouisville, Ky., was elected pres-jident of "the Board of Bishops. J,

OUT OF THE-MOUTHvOF BABES. [!

By WILLIAWT PICKENS

(For The Associated Negro Press.) »j». -.:.. "1In less-thari a year-the little

Brown Babies of the United 1States have raised for the .work 1

| of the N. A. A. C. P.'between ['$12,0D0~15,000. In their;*unknowing inocence they have?*been - wiser than many of the 'Big Browns* It-is a Charming jexperience to see the liny dim- 1pled hands of_these little Amer- 1ican Negro People, dealing right- i1ly with- their own destinies ev- 1

* bel'ore Uiey khoUi^-lt. For i ithe fight against lynching and 1Jim Crowism and opprsesion will 1md&n more to TRese very" babies ithan fo any other people who ^!are now alive on the earth. 1

Twenty years from now Babyjlwill be fully grown, and at the *

present rate of achievement he./*will have done much to prepare 5

the world which he will face. ItJwill be easier to organize him 'than it was to organize his par- c

ents. Ifi fact; he ought to be-~*come an expert, since he willhave started, "befor^. Jie^ouldThe Resurreetion and- the Life

is the-Babies. Allow the Lit-:-tla-Childreii__to come, for of ^

them is the Kingdom of HeaverT1and Earth. The suckling is not'*tne rear nut the head of the;1procession. irr a twelve-montif^a line of about 400 of these little.tBrownies has brought up as a JHope ^Offering to 'Destiny sums I*ranging from 15 cents to $275.00!and totalling Dm biggest single jcontributionthat any equalnumber,, taken so at random, ev-jer^ave the National Association,for the Advancement, nf Color. !ad Fnnpte. *.>. |l"And a- little child shall lead!cthem." -t t 1j

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(By. The ^Associated Negro Press.).1St' Thomas, V T TT S

, Eeh. <Leaders among the Negroes-]lere "are of the opinion that the !ecent imprisonment of Roths-\\:hild Francis, editor of The E- irhancipator, is not only- an in- <

justice ^to him but also a link' 1in the chain being forged by the; s

ivhita naval regime hero to pronote a policy of prejudiee and,>.Mrr~Francis is.now out un~ *

ier bail while his case has been ]appealed' to the federal district ^:ourtJn Philadelphia. It willpae handled by a New York attor- 1

aoy-to-tho ^moriehn Civil Lib-|<il'Hoo TTninn \ *

He was ^sentenced to thirty <

fays penal servitude January |tenth an a charge of Criminal 1

sponsible for the charge was i3ublished in his^japemnd readsr5as follows:

-"Something is wrong with ^auE=Pelice force, everybody is

saying."-i.-> = 3

"Recently a policeman fired ashot which lodged in the tub of ia private citizen, then he at-tempted to make a false"arrest (and before we wer^ nhmit tn yn

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ho press hp used his club in, a'Jbrutal manner on a woman hawasordered to take home we -J

Indor£tancL. lTIeic^ants^ a^d^*Dther citizens are-1 indignant. 1How long, 0 justice!jhow long!" (

George Washington Williams!be white American before whomFrancis is supposed, to hava^oeen tried and convicted, is describedby the American -GivH

LibertiesUnion as a political!memy- of the-^edifyar.... Fran^^

uie appomtmcnt^ggami-,iams. :*:i~rTThe people of the islands be-ji

:he Francis trial ^nd imprison-pTienti. show conclusively that |white supremacy. is on the way 1

in; thg.yirgin Islands, despite u:he fact that 98 per cent of thejlDopulation -is colored^ and race i

^rejudico has Jbeen hitherto_UIl=ilihOWn. Recently-the wife of &j!laval officer suggested segr'aga-j:ion in the public schools be- i.ween the children of the white 1

\mericans and those of the citi- 1sens here. Incidentally, the in- Ilabitants of the islands can 1Doast of a literacy test of 98 per t:ent, more than the JAmerigannainlancl..:. ~1In a paper recently got-up, t

:everal men expressed th&if senTmentagainst those individuals 1

vho dare to trample in the dust s

the lofty concepa and ideals 1vhTch the founders of the Amer- (

carr-rcpublie- fought and died. *"or, and promised to fight-for ihe eradication from the islands <vhai.fujrports to be segragu-L*ion of thought; segragation oft*ustice, segragation of equality Jtnd of freedom. .... ^

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i Virgin Islands,IColored AppearedBe^ommitteeAsking for

inquent Colore# Girls

the opportunity to enjoy theyhristjan service. Rev. E. Phil-ip Ellis preached the morningsermon; Mattr 23 :87, Q, Jerusa-lem! Jerusalem! You^hall seeme no more. The church Wascrowded with those anxious tohear the Word through God'sservant. The spirit manifestedwas that of the old'time~revi*'==*-ralmeeting. Everybody was in- r

day School at 3 o'clock, Thepastor, has on a two weeks' re- >

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the church and Sunday schoolwas/ asked to bring someone to

;wo Sundays.. Even.SundayBach class in Sunday school hadm three to five visiting

friends. After the lesson was.aught, Rev.^ E. P. Ellis in ailinteresting "vyay, lectured- to theschool on Importance of Staying"with the Lord, our only Safety.tie has been asked to repeat it.Following the evening serrices,Rev. H. W. Walker from

Silver Street Circuit preacheda, stirring sermon from Eph. 6:EL He used as a subject: "TheChristian Sajfrier." The churchwas crowded and wW yninvpdav allr.Our own beloved Presiding .

Elder, Geo. Johnson was present.He made some very good .

remarks. Collection _for ^the ev-^BnTng $46.97.- E. F. FLOYyReporter.

Mt. Betfiel Garmaity

Newberry, S. C..The Parent :

Teachers Association for thenorith of February, 1925, was

School building Jan. 22nd^Thepresident, Mr. Ruff presided '

vitn usual dignity, while a largeruwiiuf ladioo was present- toparticipate an this progressivenovement, in planning for thelplift.of their children and comThe

Associationwas highly fa/oredwith the presence of Mrs.V. T. ElltsrS. LrMoon and Revr^.R. E. Anderson. These distin- ,~~*uished visitors were introducedDy the Principal E. F. Floyd antj f;ney in turn spoke very encouragingly.Their remarks were

iiill.of.inspiration and seemed.0 have been enjoyed by'all.After the business part of the

neeting was over, the teachers ^surprised them with a menu ofiot cocoa and cake. Then theloors of the beautiful Rosenwaldbuilding was thrown open fornspection, and asrthey passed Through the different classqoms and viewed the students,ind into the office and Agricul-

;ureroom, their hearts burnedyithin,and their ambition rose .

ligher to do more for the adfirls

than ever before.The meeting adjourned ttf pull 7

:>ff a grand Literary programind entertainment, WednesdayFeb. 4th, in interest of thejchool.

E. F. FLOYD, Reporter.

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