The Southern indicanor _ : '-'r^S' v? .' ' ..... COLU M BIA, S. C. SAI MRft^V. DEC. 17 1921 r - VOL 24 NUMBER 3 NEGRO MUS 1 PRESERVE RECORDS. Say Race Must Learn Value Of Traditions. Hampoon, Va.,-"'I here are certain '.nings which Neg'ces in tnid country inuot du, ii tiley hupe LO eujjy tue oieasmgs ol democracy: they must a'cain economic independence the.> must d<5?elup a press; tiley must tie veiop a literature; the.> muai learn lo preserve meir ovvu re Cords; aud tiley must learn Hie vatua ol race iraouiou." Llr. Carter vj. w oudson ol Washington, JJ C., wen known editor ot um 'Journal ot Negro History.'' director ot reseat co lur the Association lor Hie oiudy ol Negro Lille and History, atm auuur ot "Negro Education Prior to JL83L" aud ' A ?euiur) Ot Negro Jdngration," made this declaration ia a recent address on "i'ne Negro and Modern De mocracy, " which lie Ueiiveteu li. Cuddil Hill, di up con institute. b?lor<* a large audience ol Hamp Con workers and s tu jen ts. Duc Cor Af jjdson said: "Tas p?opie who control the Coal sad iron, lue ba?a?, the SLOJCC iii ii*(Cdui and ocher valuable rdiJJrc?S are ene pdopie wno win dictate, exactly wnac stiall oe dona tor every group in mis luna LiQjrcy, is co exile to the Negro, I1JC di A Oi(|lidC, Oat as ac JU qiest; CnaC is. me Negro must ej.icribute something to the good of ms race, nts country, Iiis God ' Tne Ndgro muse lind some . venue ot nosiness. He must exploit someLIImg Co tue extern tftat fte will develop an industry or a business in which he can give some omer Negro employ aient. Appeal to Race Pride. ... "Until Lhe Negro learns to du fomuimng tornmiseli in the hetu of educaii?n'?%er^'ti^^%^ able jj W^^i^WkWS^S^^ SP^W^Ir^^S?SnT? to Oecome an educational iacioi among his own peopie. then edu cation is noe lhe leverage to lilt him, in tne sen e mat it has lilt ed other people. A ma*, is edu cated when he can d . without a teacher and when he can-anu will-develop and grow without the stimulus of instruction. Si it must be with a raze Power of the Press. "Some Negroes never read < Negro newspaper. A few Negri newspapers loll the story ot Hit Negro in a cool cairn way. The} tell of the striving of the Negri in such a way as lo be an inspira tion t o you h. Every Negri ought to read the publication o; his race. '"We complain b?cause whit? newspapers publish our crime: and teil of th J evils we dj, bj! do not say anything about oui achievements in those lines ilia tend to stamp us a p< c pie ol ih world. We must learn to lei stories for ourselves, it is ou duty to develoy a press Outlook for Nemo Race. "Negroes should read some thing of their own peopie tua they may be inspired ihrreb> We mut re liz i that thereat certain things in tne Negro rac which are worth d'VetopiuK Those things mav be worth a much to the world as the bette things of the white race, whe they are properly developed. "Lee us studv our h is tor.\ wit the understanding that we HI not, after all, an inferior peop c but simply a people set back, people whose progress has bee imoaded. That history will ii .pire us to greater achievement! PROFESSIONAL NOTICE. Dr. L. O. Baumgardner has begu his practice.. .Office at 2320 Hani] ton Street.. .Hours: 9-11 a.m., 12' and 6-8 p. m. JOHNSON HOLDS ON. ?Washington Daily News.) ..Henry Lincoln Johnson, .colore District Recorder of deeds, niter conference with l'?es':deal Har.Iii today said he .would continue'. National Committeeman from (icc gia despite threatened rcorganiz tion of the party in that state to ? crease Negro representation. Buy Guarnte* THANKSGIVING DAY AT SfcNtCA INSTISUTE. On Thanksgiving Day, Rev ?lenard Carroll of Columbia, ad dressed a ero vd ?ii auditorium at ?>eneea Institute. His hearers were both whit? v d colored. He sp ike urn qui vocally yet unolfendmgly the truth. lu sh irt he said, that these al tributes which characterizes man nojd in o e race, d?es the sam m oilier race*; ? hat manhood wa? chivalrous, aoaoiuteiy. at al times, at all places and under ai circumstance*; that lt was above din; that it was law abiding; th? it was ready to bear the infirmi-. ties ot the worthy weak. ii nv cuuid he but hold hi> ludienee in a spill of rapture? L was tempted to say of him a ilomer said of Hester, words fei from his .ips sweater than honey. DURHAM, ACHY OF WOKiri WHILE MEN HY J. A. JACKSON Durham, N. L?.-iJainam. IS. J , ia a LO wu made, lauiuus b> ?. Jci'lain Ui ana ol smutting tobacco oeatlug a name mat is woiio tamuus. I'lie aame name used n auoiner manner means in slang .vltiiouL suuotunce or dependant .1 y. weil, tuat dues not 1?L ou* ousiness men in nie communty -N L'ijru business is lat ttier au warned io lue little town ol Dui liam, tuan any other communlt* ot sitniiiar size in the country. lhere they mawe their owi cigars in their own factory. Puru iCicauoperators ourmg the skiiiei vvurk. i'tie town uoa&l? ut bein^ tue nomeiffi-reui tne North tutu tina Mutual insurance Company, a concern that is not oniy Hu ricnesc and .oidest ot the race i.. aitch properties to the extent u. iiearly a q tarter million dol?an and nave uiaue poaaioie three ui tne Oldest enterprises ot Ut Kind lu tue couti itv. that lhe.j are uroad niiudeU is exhibited li 1 ; die lad tuat only one ot theo? jpruj ets aie lucattd m Nor li ' wai ulina. I A Negro bank with a Raleigl j oration is auoiner usetull instilo 1 j Lion ?>o ia me liaiiKei s' t ire lu urance Company. Theke an out the higo lights of a most sub sianna, ousiness group. lu uur distinctly lueatrical f?ele We lind a Uical ' Movie King" HI i*'. K. v\ atkins has become kuowi throughout Hie state iVlr. Wat Kins io president of the Nation* ouiii'c? rJxiiditois Association He owns me new Wouderlant til ea ire m that city, in whicl lediure pictures. Kaee release: and Negro News reels are pre sen ted. In addi ion to these activitie: in his ho'ne city, Mr. Walkin* owns tue idle iiour in Peters ourg Va , Tile Rex in South t?os on. Va., Hie M. j-stic ia Chape lilli, N. C. Ail are picton nouses. Mr. Watkins has employee many clever diwce* for keepm* . he h -x i in.:e Uusy. Une ol theo? 1 am going to p iss on to other* li.e character of patronage ai.d ? jlehd) volume ol it ls assured ht Wonderland theatre, by the us>< of a season ticket which he per tonally di ribut s among Lh< prof ssion and business people o the community and its environs Another excellent practice o the King' is to ride about lb surrounding country in his ca making brief visits to the far ulers during which he casual I, mentions the ni xt week's offer inga, He finds the personal con tact is much appreciated air learns defmately the desires o nis cliente). One thing he ha -;s tab i is ned ?s a certainty, is tha j pictures port ra.\ ing race rharac j tera in serious dramas and pleat j mg stories is in constant deina rc j vlid? I -w comedy pictures u dJS^groes is held in disfavor b ! many. [.'OR SALE-Frost Proof Cahbag 10,000 $7..",0; less than 5000, $U5 per 1000 f. c b. Valdosta. Kinse . . Wholesale Plrtit Co., Valdosta, Gi 3d shoes for the NA ***********************+*H*>***^ t . The Indicator Xmas Off er. ! * fc,' * * ?. Daring the month of December The indicator will accept t * renewals and new subscriptions 5or $1 25. This is 25c less out* < * rabilar price but as we are entering into the Xmas spirit we < * wish to remember as many of our subscribers as possible. 1 he < * hii?h cost of prjduction will not . permit us to extend this any % J longer than Dec, 29. rn, * I So if yo J wo il i take advantage of this reduction and t * remember some of your friends, .?tare now. < * . ; h . ' < % Address The Southern Indicator, Box 632, Columbia, S. C. J *.************************** 4*^*********************** -- ?, .i.u.n.u.^HtH,MtH,ntatry sent:>?ut p>, tue Demuciatic Union, ol' Oaeiua. N. *. .S^^:^^# luis vvas printed in - ^oifttions which showed that it was not oriKit|^^?i&-j^??;^>o thai il is piiuit? lot the beaeticoi tii?e?-;w4l?lp^w?'ufear o.u home Iowa lapel." caa auy'??$^^4^-^^?^^^^m~"K ttkicUl? lu conic norn the lieari^W.i^jrai?^^^l?^ii ol the ?au bul a ano lae itoud old Lmv^^^y^^m^ur youlli." wnen taq,t?;^m^ at me endin' o' he day, Aa' a it?|?Hf rest?? iV?iu'ia?U?'ainokin at lab pipe o' erny. Titre's nothinp A*t ?\th)u?5o?Odautjr??au'its pri?t ain't always Yet ic.scraight.^ when a feller's feelin' It takes tn^^^i^.'off Ma tace and drives away the That fUtlL^d^^pa^eV fri ni; his ol' home town. ^.It teii*??^ .-.quttbii irie Row. M^^^^^i^&^^a?%W^?;.iu? gul,..au' hew tilg cropa'll grow ; How ii keeps a ieiier posted 'bout who's up, an' 'bout wtio's down! That attie tfeek.y paper from his o' home town, Now 1 nae to read tue Uailie? aa' ttie 6 tor j pap?, lb, tco, Aa* at cunes tue yaller novels an' boiae utile* tiabb But Uoa L you waea 1 want some readin' that will drive away a Irown, I want that good, ol' paper fi cm my ol' Une Uv?r. - inc business fruiter. fHE NEWSPAPER Ufr lODAY. Arthur Brisbane, editor of the ^ew York Journal, tbe must widely ID l ui nu o j v.-L11?uiib i in itu ?ountr\, auuiesttu the t uinmui. rveaith Club oi 'ian Francisco recently on the subject, 'Hu .Newspbper of Todaj ; What it it and v\ hy." He saiu in pirt: "Newspaper!: to'Jay are what they haveaiwajt oeeii-a mirror ot Hie, custom, civilization that surround Hit m." "'ll a man looking in a min OJ loes not like what he sees, ht mould change his lace, or ai least his expression, not try tu oreak the mirror, bo, when h community look upon a news paper, li it does not like what ii ees upon the page or ?-diiuri?i page, it should change the cum inuulty. The newspaper riflecn the community. "The newspaper is the voice ol the crowd W hat language is ti the individual the printed news paper is to the multitude. V\ uh out language, men could noi warn each other, tell what the\ nad seen or thought, and without the written word knowledg? could not be haiidt d down fun one generation to another. Int newspaper is the voice of thc crowd of the day. History is tht voice of the people for centuries. "The business o f the news paper is to tell ail the news as it happens, not as a few want il told-to protect the public inter Fat, which means sometimes in terfeiing with private plans. * There is some wise and sorm foolish criticism of newspipers, their sensationalism of big ut e That has no imuortance. Th? ? ! wise criticism does good, th? 0 others don't count were thi y words of Mr. Brisbon. fhole family and ( EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IN CHAKLJ?a'I'uN Having been culled to Charleston on bus.ncs Me executive secretary ox 'ine Col um tua liouid 01 Traue will Le out oi tue cay ior e.gut or ten uays. lie regies being away j.rom tue organization ac Ut.s luosi opportune t.me us tuero are Sever al propositions tnat tue organizaron ittU?C put over nor. lu?.cr luau Jan. mut mose propositions muy be ci xccLive uepeun? lui^eiey upon eacn uicaioer paying inc.r mon ?.my uucs pionipjy una ior mose in arre?is wiin mea* accounts tu get s ?.ru. g til agU.Il. jur. Mazyck rlates that on his re turn to i ea ame h?s wurK, nu wai or.ng o us u isew i'oar s ivieas-ge at Wiiiv.il lime ne nopes luau liuCi uicin uer wm oe pie^eiit. NOTES FROM BETHEL Editor Indicator: i>etuel iviei.i opolitan Church ib niovnig t'orwaru in rapid seniles. ??e me to uegui woisu.piug in lau ctiurcn proper tne lust buauay in uanuuiy. 'me bacril.ee Ku ny put on ior December is being pus.ieu a loug n.eeiy ?cguiulcss t.?e appuient uui? tunes, .rv real Bucrilice is be ing niaue, at tne enu 01 wn.cn we aie expecting a paeiioi.unal success. Tne pastor, Dr. T. H. Wiseman. I preached Sunday morning from the ! text, "All tilings work togtciicr for good to those that love tne Lord." Un Sunday evening he preaclied concerning the pale horse and h.s rider. Eight converts were ad Je J . to the church during the day. Each Sabbath the collection rangjs j over $100.00. J.. W. Killingworth, Reporter. Rub-My-Tiam, antiseptic and pair j killer, for Infected gores, tetter < sprains, neuralgia, rheumatism. ants Furnishing Victory Sa^ 10 12 W nshinglo :EV. M. G. JOHNSON ' IS NO MORE 'cloved Pastor of Ladson Presby terian Church-Long Career as a Servant of Christ. Great Funer al and Beautiful Tributes Paid to Ills Memory By White and Color All that was mortal of the Rev. M. i. Johnson, the beloved pastor of the -?adson Prcsbyteran Church, this .tty, was laid at rest Monday, De ember 5th. The Rev. Maxwell George\,Johnson vas born in 1855 at Winnftboro,S.C. He received his early trailing un .er thc famous Richardson school, rom which some of the noblest char acters of the Negro frace have .ome. *He then entered-Howard Uni versity, Washington, D.;CV where ho .ompletcd both his clasical and theo logical courses having completed I thc latter in tho spring of 1875. ile soon afterwards took charge of the Ladson Presbyterian Church of this city/ where,he earnestly served as shepherd andji father until his death-a period c?f 44 years. Dr. Johnson man of an aff able' *tnsT?sTOi^ and respected by all who knew him. A loyal and true husband, an in dulgent father, a good neighbor, a peacemaker* at all times, a useful citizen, and a level headed, sane lea der, an;l Chrisitian Minister, a verit able "Israelite indeed in whom was no guile." We will not undertake herc to chronicle the many progressive ideas fostered by him during his long j pastorate. That we leave to his bi ographer. The Rev. Bro. Johnson's death took everybody by surprise, in that he was apparently in the bast of I health all day that Thursday- j meeting anJ greeting friend on the j streets, even unto a late hour Thurs- j day night. Ile died of acute indi gestion, his suffering lasting only ail hour. His funeral was held from the Ladson Presbyterian Church, where his entire life had been cn wrappped in that beloved congrega tion. Long before the hour of 1:30, when the funeral was to take place thc church was packed to overflow ing. The services consisted of sim ple eulogistic form. The Ladson choir sang beautiful ly-but it was sad-the favorite songs of their late pastor. The fol lowing songs were sung in the couise oi the services: '"Lead Kind ly Light," "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "There is Rest for the Weary," and "When Peace Like a River, Etc." Scripture lessons were read by the Rev. Dr. C. J. Baker of Atlanta; the Rev. Dr. G. j W. Long of Cheraw. A most fer ! vant prayer was offered by the Rev. 1 Ur. J. P. Foster of Sumter, a life companion of the deceased. 1 Fitting and beaut.ful euligiums were pronounced over the remains by Ur. C. M. Young, president of Harbi son College, Inno, S. C. thc Rt. Rev. W. D. Chappelle, bishop of the A. M. E. Church for the State of South Carolina; Ur. D. F. Thompson, pre sident of the Interdenominational Ministers' Union; Dr. T. L. Jones spoke in behalf of thc Voorhees Normal and Industrial School, Den mark, S. C. I Tributes were paid unstintingly by two senior deacons of tho First i Presbyterian Church (white), viz: 1 Mr. T. S. Bryan, president of the R. L. Bryan Co., and W. A. Clark, at torney, president of the Carolina Na I tional Hank. Resolutions from thc , Interdenominational Union were i read by the Rev. J. R. Jones, past? fS from I. S. Leevy We Want To Know You C me in and talk c our Christmas Cluj, ;uV forming for the year. Wa have a plan that will : uro ly interest you; no matter how long 01 how short your purse. (rings Bank n St., Columbia. of St. Mary'? Episcopal church, this city. Mr. F. K. Butler, ruling elder of the Ladson Presbyterian church, paid a most glowing tribute to his fallen leader. Then came the funeral oration, which was brief, pointed and applicable in every re* spect, delivered by tho eloquent prince of the pulpit, the Rev. Dr. I. D. Davis of Sumter, S. C. Text: Micah 2:10, "Arise ye, depart for this is not your rest." The Moral of lenngs were many and beautiful and were indicative of the high regard and esteem in which the deceased was held by the fellowmen of his nome city. His remains were laid at rest in the Randolph cemetery and thus passes from our miust u prince, and a mighty man in Israel. Peace to his asnea. JAMES W. LAW HORN DEAD j B. W. H. Columbia, S. C. I _ ) December 8, 1921. /James W. Lawiiorn, organizer, jliirmer deacon, trustee, and treasur er of the St. John baptist Church, uied at his home Wednesday, Nov. ol, 1921, at 8 o'clock p. m. ut the age on Ho uiier being co.urned to his bed ?t^'-w^?it.-*- - l?i?ves *a '"wire^five^ ?.?iidren, brothers and sisters to imourn his loss as well as a host of Aiends. But us we tmnk of the tjestimoney he gave as he was about to puss away tnrough the gate of tyeuth into endless joy, we are forced i'o say in the words of those of old, spoken by the head of the church Lhat is mannar for yourselves. Being conscious of thc fact that he must soon cease to be, he called his wife to his bedside and said. "Let a christian place his hand upon a christian. As she came she said: \ talk to the Lord he replied I have i done that long ago and He docs not forget. After calling the childrtn a round his bed he to'.?l them he wan ted, them to live peaceable with one another then he sang the song "safe in thc arms ol' Jesus," and said I am in Paradise just waiting on tho Lord. Bro. Lawhorn now lays at rest in the Family cemetery ut Blythewood, S. C., he is a lost to 'lis family the Church and community but wo are I glad to say with out doubt its Hea ' ven's gain. SANTA CLAUS HONEYMOON Xmas Cantata In Three Acts. Cast Of Characters Ruby A leader among the girls dorothy, A Pleasant Companion Teresa, Miss Uncertainty Ruth, Always Hopeful Johnnie, A girl with a boy's name Allen, A Spirit Mrs. Santa Claus, "Newly Wed" Mis. Santa Claus, Newly Wed iJumps, A Mischief Maker feddy, Chief of the Police James, A Messenger Boy Santa, Newly Wed Fairies, policemen, spirites, Na tional representatives, school child dion. This Cantata will be given by the members of the Pansy Juvenile Council and other children, Monday night after Xmas, Dec. 2o,th, 1921. Come and see the children perform in their gorgeous costumes. It will 'be he finest play of the season. Meet us, Knights, Courts of Calan thc, and all the children and people of Columbia, Monday Night at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Admission: Adults 25c. Children 15c. ir E. C. Nelson, Manager on Taylor Street