fWriigB ' BB^fePahnetto Leader ^ r~ Kp^* Pa&netto ireader" Pub. Co. j. Frederick, editor Ml \\ I' II Mil II |l I I 111 GEO. H. HAMt>TOK> --? Marwger gr"' " SIJBSCE^TIUN JIATKS; L.-: Six Months tiw Three Months .75 r ,' Single Copy ____.05 CASH IN ADVANCE.; ' 4523 SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 4925.? - ' There -have~~been of late entirely too many murders in nn^ arminl Co?" 1 Ll.' o i.i _i *. ' _i i _ luinuia. oince tne umcinc cnair is ' tor usefTt might as well-he employed. > Perhaps, "sotne useTuT'ltfe -mayTherebyy?be saved. - ? * " * * ' TT*~* Just why should certain colored ^ newspapers give so -much space to the altair of the millionni * "K"jp" ?Rllinelander and his wife. .^The. lady say?" she-4s^_jiat_ colored and that / -ought settle it, so far as those papers J i. , are concerned.? - . y- ? -^V1 ' ? w .... . ; 1924 was Columbia's wettest year says Richard H. Sulfiyan, meterohiP gist, in charge of the Weather Bu -? - jceau, h4L85-inCjies^of - rain -being recorded. So faAthe Prohibition officers haven't reported how "wet" it (: _ "fras from-the bad "booze" standpoint. r-''1" - ? . / .. ??s V - r p " _seems to be quite'a protitabJe one. The enormous sum of $44,891 was collected^ for the year -<4ust past. son, the sum of $1600 b^ng collected. ? ? ^Violators of the Prohibition laW and motorists driving while under -thermj_ fiuanee of liqunr"cbntrih)itH fh? grepi4^ er part of the sum collected. ?-?-fj* " -" The fecundity index for the decade ending 1920, according to the third j|jj i , biplogical study of Dr. Harry~ tt P? Laughlln of the"Carnegie Institute for the House Immigration Commityr ' Lee, gives the native hnrn whitp 1^ born whites however tops all with .71, p The- native?whites-"and the-.^Ulorqd p?-? are running neck and neck, it ap pears. ? ?? * s *. Agitation for and against the ratir fication of the 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution is going on apace. It "is rather amusing to read the arguments against jj th? gfflUhds of state's rights .when one remembers the zeal of some of these t , snme opponents of the-20tfc imurgfhg | ~ tKe' ratification of -the 18 th Amendment. But perh^pw-t-hey -TTPTrgr heard of consistency beirig a jewel. c. ?=??-?7 ? -SALUTATORY. With this i^sJ^^The.Palmetto- LeadTT' er launches upon the uncertain sea p ^ : ?-journalism.?While?sure?that I. breakers are ahead, yet it Aa as equal-? ly certain that if it but keep the com?^ pass pointe~cT~~sure and true towards Its goal, the voyage Will have been u 1.. worth while.. And that,_g<5ar is" the I ~ encouragetnent of eyprytViing *ha? has an upward pull in thegrowth Br*" nnd?deyulupniyni Ak our--trrti!trp rn M^___^ji$iticular. In its discussions of?top4 Kr^' ; ics/^aqity shall have an abiding place and perStni^l controversies and billingsgate ta&boccL Wbinmp-ghall ho ET' . no part of ,,jts but rather it will sing the song ofjayous posses^ sion and present accompThdim^ntSj HK with the urge to attain that whithjs _ lacking by intelligent and commwt " sepse efforts. Recognizing the fact HBl -ffiat a newspaper is-but-a -mirror of it shall present the news> some ? of which will Be pleasant while at |k. other times it may not be so palatable. ?r- tui wmca ?v Mitui enueavor w B? present news that ^Js informative, Kr'T" timely arid intreesting. With this, ' we step aboard and the ship proceeds. BL___ N> J- FREDERICK, Editor. BE. LYNCHING3==m*r Every decent American must view the lynching record for the post-year ....... Riomn,aitiuii -us wen as nope. MjgrBat even.in^sayin^ that. cTvfllaed'Amerlca ought hang xits head in shame and put on sack-cloth and Ashes. Why should there be lynchings at ^ all f Why should have the lives of B^iiJtteen defensalees- persons been ire ? anuffed *rrot without even the chance Btt^trtterrng prayer ? TT?Fl>upjghr mentofcrifrrrnals is adequately proI W' for by law. A lyncher is by HpTffer a Worsfe character than any prism iwwi Ihati ffe helps t$"trfBraer in sucK 'bJjtj+i W1*ns and eireum-istances^?Organized .soon' after the close of the World War by a group | of-far=seeing SoulHurn iwertjand'woI men. it has done much in pointing 1 the) to'fiy to mutual understanding ; between the two races^ftntUbottaring the conditions along all lines for the '! colored race. ' These conditions are - reflected in better schools, hospital Jsccbmmodations,. play ground facilities, justice" in the courts, and many ^ other advantages essential for the proper development of a people, fcs T^vveH- as a decided and growing sentlment against mob murder, other] . vyise, known as ivncmng, Whilp ?rig?rnally the 'work of lliTs Commission 1 was" confined to the South, yet with ' the shiftingof so many otOTe~d~pea^ .tile to certain Northyn centers of industry, it hns hppn pflfarHua at ennh 'points. In seventeen such places, lo>cal Inter-racial """Committees have been- set up and are working along ;the same lines as the Southern organization. Such Local Committees can be frtiind, ?1) flypr thn_-sy>l^^^hT ''composed of earnest "fair-minded, unristian men and women. South Carolina is hlessed-Jwith an unusually strong committee, composed of "men ! standing that its influence cannot fail in being felt ' The Commission '{on Inter-racial Cooperation now now j numbers seventy-five, the -Chairman Lof which is the-distinguished minister 'Dr. M.* Ash by Jones", of Atlanta, Ga", .where also is situated the headquur' mueh opinions" may-differ as to_the -rttsefttlness^hTid "desirability of some jothorj organisations burn vand ~senT "[forth* from Atlahtar?the good Work accomplished by_the Commission an? | the manner of its functioning admit j.oi-no ybubt'That it is a decided agency. If or gtjod. ? OARVEVCASK ' - yp IN COURT 4 INEXT MONDAY. New aork.?Hearing on the appeal ; of Marcos Garve^ against his fivfc iias ueen aennueiy jfixe&ss^yAthe judges of the United States cmurit court of appeals ;for i next Monday.?; : ? : I The case was to ,have been argued .Dec. 18. but foincnth*>g prangrlnd f it on the calenoei'' and the judges deeidedThat because of the holdiays it would not be re^hed before thgt | * (teorge D rod oh B atlleVvv i 11 appear jfor^rarvev. whijp Tlnit%d ipt-uigg. i>i?j tnct Attorney Maxwell NxMattuck, ^who was instrumental in flfrnvicting thimt will again appuar-fdr Ihfe gov~ JXJiKEGEE PAYS HOMAGE TO NEW ? HOSPITAL HEAR 'Dr. Dibble I'raised by Friends ?Fur Hte Eai-nefil Work in Interest of Race. Tuskcgce, Aria.-?Orr Wednesday evening of last week 100 of the-officers, teachers and friends of Tnskegee Institute gathered in the teachers' dining hail at a stag dinner in honor or Db.-Eugene HvDibbie^.Jr., who : succeeds Dr. John A. Kenney as i medieal director'of the John AT An drew Memorial hospital. Officers who ! were among tha earliest workers of *' ? * ' , JPESfk ;V' v * . . :1_?-?^^-4*HE FALMI I Thei Sea :: ByW^iamPrj ?ALPHA- = This is the first. May it continue through years. Ffltfc is treacherous. Throughout out* uncertain y>*r* "he hangs just aroUnd the corner with something for us?a dagger or a rose. We know not which until the eventful moment. We expect - success but meet failure; w#j expect pleasure but meet grief; we expect bread but meet stones^Thefuture is certain to"be^ come present and duo time will bring I us iu wimiever-awaits us. in reality [time and fate are fixed. Tima Hnaa jfiox ny.. It does not move. _ Fate_. ia | as fixed a&.-the^nvrnmiH* ?f-~Egygt. ;We are thejjreatxaravan which-moVes through time?through many' mysterious realms before reaching the j-final^ my-storiouo realm. ! Then, how can I be the master of j my f%te? Fate is inevitable, j But we are going to do our best: J Nothing more -can be asked of any man. The^highest-type-of- service~Ts -nottcrcr good for~the descendants of shali.jstrive-to-imitate- -- ? ? ? T>TTKF.xg MIYTTTRE 1 James B. Duke, millionaire tobacco manufacturer, opens his heart. Like Eastman, the kodak king, lie wants to enjoy the pleasure of giving while the- can. HE wants-to see-the fruits ; of his philanthropy. He wants to help those who need help NOW. Outside of a man's-- household what better heirs could he?have than struggling HcTTooTs"and neeJy civic^beneficiarios? J-He^still mixes them. Our racial ! group contributed largely to his-huge ! wealth and he smiles-upon our needs UfeoJUfflS. 1 tobacco, king,. _ f i, .. & ? -r^ m Geography and Beauty. 'The great influenceW climate is.aU ways in evidence. This time I con. sider huaTan:heautyas it^fe affected , by climate- -1 have seen ?he working jgirl and the girl of leisure in different parts of the country and ameonvinced th?t niimatA ence over beauty than occupation. JIllfl_J:ypical Eastern beauty is~moTe of a "make-up" or_ ''make-ready" jthan anything else we cdn think of. | She i s- a sort of "free-agent-;-?-a~s= suming the right 1q do as she pleases at.home or away. This combined that tender expression which belongs I to the?feminine sex. The Western girl, of whom I know less, is a sort of , "he-girl." Like the Eastern girl, -she < works, and more than .the ...Eastern j girl,' she makes adventures. She is a descendant of pioneers?trail blazer. ~TI ? ""TT~- ~ _ y The. Southern, girl is-made beautiful iby a climate that is temperate. It 'makes her T?h"der andKer skin colori ful. She is purely feminine aijd is at will, an irresistible., enchantment to the most astute_woman-hater. I was at a theatre recently where the women of both races were comfortably under my View." Fifty "Broadway j Beauties" were the attraction on the i stage,' "and* With all tK&ir make-up ithey- did-not-display the real charm and loveliness of the Sootherii wTrmmj : who?were- the audience. ] Unquestionably the-Southern 'gtfThaS J the natural beauty ,which her Northjtfrn'and Wa?lein sisters unfortunate T * * * I LYNCHINGS. ' The_Departmerit of Records ^ncT Re-Beareh,,,of .Ala.T ^announces that sixteen persons were 'lynettedTin theUhifed States in. 1924. j This is the smallest number In any iyeai; since records have been kept, according to the report. All were Negroes. The Iff hopefgl^ut by no the institute \yho shared the labors or Dr. Washington in its establishment. ioined Wltll tho m ?-o Tnnn?t "arrivals at the institute to express to , Dr'.lPibble their Confidence in his~~capacitiep and to pledge their support -in tho dischargerof-theTa'rge responsTt bilkies-that have^Corhe to him in. connection with^^hU^outstanding unit UNCLKSAM ANB THE -NEW YEAR. ~ Uncle Sam starts the New Year happy, prosperous and hopeful. Each 'month he earns seve5t billions, saves k j billion, pays premiums on a billion dollars' worth of new insurapee, gives tin charity ?25,000)000 at huinfr and i $4,000,000 in philanthropic gift* to ) w?t Europe, and carries in hie pockfotbook, tmbanfred, over $400,000,000. I Mpanwhile three- million dollar# of the I public debt arrr~paid each working day. - 5?1 j *jncte o?m s garage stores id.doz,077 automobiles, fieven-eTg5itEs of the world's total. He daily spends over a million dollars on the movies, another million on tha radio, another STTO LEAflBlt V' ' irchlight ih ink Williams. J tmeana a- cause for reiojeing. Tha re! joicing should start only when this - "dastardly pastime is wiped out. .The u laws of this land must- be respected" h or-Ave become the object Of Scorn arid contempt among other nations. Law" i. must demand respect or by its neglecT ; encourage mob violence and Other forms of lawlessness. - The South has suffered heavily by the migration of " 'Negro naborers "to the NortIL/ An economic readjustment is stilt in process?especially in the smaller towns .And rural ^stricta. But nothing will take the place of Negrn Iflb'ir it ia the"foundation of the Bopth'T trfirncrr~ " Tfcus growth. And until lynching; has been stopped completely,, thel 'S&uth will continue to los^ its beat labor" " a;id flMIly find* itself hopelessly- out of view'ofTthenworld's progress. Alice Jones Rhiqelander. Supreme Court Justice -Tumpkln^ " :"in- Nvack^Hfr^r.,. last. week, .awarded" MTift nn _ 1.1. - . , - fow.uu a inum.ii temporary alimony I to Altce Jones Khinelander,, pending . .trial- of th?- annulment^ suit -brought by her husband, Leonard- Kip Rhine^:. landpr. Rhinelandor ehorgcg that his-" wife is part Negro and that" she fraudulently represented^ herself as white j when tney were married: Rhinelander _ is vefy wealthy himself and an heir ( -to millions. Mrs.' Rhinelander denies , she fins Negro blood in her/ veins. Since the laws of New York State do H -notrprohibit inter-marriage, it appears J annulment. -And -it is still to be finally decided whether she is purely An- ' glo-Saxon.- If=-amTuhneirt is" denied J jand she is awarded a permanent ali-^ _ it will beTTo" vlclbrv for the _ iiNegro race because Alice herself has-^ joenied that she has any^Iggro-htohcfr | So,, if she is ncTther^Mte-nor-eolorai^ jrieither will- associate ~with_ her_aild " ! froWi now on she will have to "sit in ja corner all by herself." ? 1 Press Presses Perry.? Heman -E. Perry, fohnder and-Pres-^ dent of tl^e Standard Life Insurance _ - mrrpTrny-~jmd?a^dozen other subsidiary organizations; is in the toils_nf the press. He_is_being attacked- from all sides and at home_for making all sorts of wild cat investments with the people's money, falling through With the investmentsi and thereby ? jeopardizing"the security of the Standard Life-and the Citizens'Trust Com- ~ njiny. the main sppypa in thn tpm1 = which he heads. He_tn?sLia_ittnuap?" Ifze every 'phase of Negro business in Atlanta, including, banks^ laundries, real estate-offices; drufe. stores, engi-i neering_- and?ebnatruction, printing plants, etc. He has been cfedited_in, - eight milr" lion dollars, but the Standard Life has not succeeded in borrowing five hundred thousand dollars. He has passed-" his apex in business and is now on tlio rifha*' J J Vttv OlUC U1 'II1C 1 1 1 g downward. If he had stuck to insurance and banking he would still hold - the high esteem which people"= once extended him- ???-? The, Jaramount Theatre en-Atrburrtf "Avenue is said to be?.,vt,he personal porperty of Perry. It~3s a ^high-class moving picture house. - : * .Recently Perry fired his manager ~ and: hired a white -manager, who is said to be a red nock from the bottoms , of Misslssinnl TVio A i < ? ? x' f ttuucpcn- J ( dent, the leading Negro paper. ia_j "roasting, him over tfce coals" for < . alightlfrg colored men whfr are as well ] than the white man. Patronage of this theatre seems to Be on tKe wane ! and it is hoped that this will continues ] until Pertty is brought back to "his senses. ? \ "- i cmSwter half a million from the year ly qrrest.51 for drnnVntinftHK, T?diif?i4 his penitentiary -population by 5,000 in the last year, closed the doors of j many jails once crowded,' decreased alcoholic^ insanity by two-thirds^and lowered hrg alms-house ratio, from ~ .-91 per?lOO.OQQ^Lo -71r t3^dmafte*t?rn-our history,- Only one drink cure survives~for~each terr that~ prospered - 4mder license. He has increa3ed~Iorw ^gevity three years per person.?He .erected homes for 205,198?families ~ during' the first six months of the past year. His. industrial, accidents ~ ' Bie 280,000 fdWbr per year tnan when beer made men clumsy. * Uncle Sam has 14,346,701 telephones. Few of his childrren are po6r. " He'saves $74,000,000 per year, once spent to relieve drink-caused " porefty. Instead of beer, he buys bonds tmtrf one ift five are security holders^zPrivate buyerB alone hold over $4,000,000,000 in foreign bonds, ^-besides the enorihotfg -issues of domestic, industrial and public securities, , Over 26,000,000 *~of htihvftqya,. and girls arc-in School. -Dally <#er 8,00tf rRSW members join churches, which . spent $260,000,000 in the past year for new buildings. I THE MODERN 1 ^NEWSPAPER. i By JEAN JEW. | I {. ? The. evolution of the modern newspaper reads like an interesting romance. From the publication of the; first single sheet newspaper with the ipimovahle typa -jpwhioh probably whs~ about the middle of the 14th cen,-^ turyt to the present day papers of many sheets and many subjects^ each chapter in its advartfffc is a distincthistory?o-f?civilisation's onward march. ? ? ~ The real advancement of the nc?g? paper began, with its intawinrth nn the European continent late in the 15th century. Usually the contents of ,the early papers were of some great universal events as the exploits of Columbus and- the discovery of America; or the-report^ of some outstanding happening of local color. ^ Later, papers were established in England. _ Sjtatin, the Netherlander many of which wpre^iistinettve essay -philospphjLJBf?some outstanding man of letters. As the demand fnr mnw nowa grew and mechanical methods^df printing. improved, the single ahcet--grew into a folio with printed matter on botlr^tdes of each" sheets 4 In the early days of journalism the collection and- -distribution- -of- ?news suffered many handicaps. y Business methods were ljpt as sdenfcrfic, personnel was limited and man- ? ief of-foceiving news inadeouate. For transporting, the Iron Horse of the < rails-and the aeroplane supplants the < stags foaeb?&f^-thc_ pioneei day s. ~ And for news collection the telephone. the-wireless apparatus, telegraph apd th6 deep~~sea cable" gives an inborn-? parable service.--?^ ' < There was a time, too, restrictions were placed orT ~~ the voice-"fff- tho prooH; but there soon i grew- up a sentiment so strong in favor of the freedom of the press that soon these restrictions 4were i abolichcd. The public?stick3? firmly" to the policy _of-a free but decent press. With the advent * of such brilliant men as Horace, Greeley?- Thiurlow " editorial field, an epoch of personal journalism \ensued. Their papers were read and known more for the j editors: importance and opinions than ; for the news'which they carried. No JOHNSOH-BRAI Funeral Direcftc ' . '?Embal 1145 Washington I - COLUMB ait' I - Spil I v. _ ;T: ?IS THE V | Victory Sat | To Each and Everyo: | ? and Fr L? sWe have just paid jmembers oFnYir 109A which meant so muc] % one of them. I We want 5000 men, | to join ottr 1925 Savii mas and would likeJii COME TO THE JJA? LET US WBT WE PA Y ,4% ON SA $ Vf/Q"Alrrr Cni I ? iviui j ua^ I W. H. HARVEY, Presiaelnt, Satnrday, January 10, 1925.7 J one thinks of the early "New Yorker," , I the "Jeffersonian" and the "Log Cab=r: in/' .without thinking of Greeley^r^^J The mention of the Louisville Journal brings to mind the illluBtrous Wat- 1 terson. . s9 Today the personal element is sub- 9 merged in a yery_hroad -policy>? Each? m pftpfiV lias ili special writers, col- I umnlgts, 'statf editors, and a galaxy M of reporters. These with the service of a central news gathering ngnppy JH ^often make it difficult to name the .editor of one's daily paper. ? The modern newspaper is a journalistfc feat, a literary triumph. It is an "encyclopedia, of daily advances f In arts and st'lemes, a history??j|k current events. more still. ~A SB bpsiness man's courier, ^rdailv bqTlpttfi of Items of Interest to classes and )B groups. " The newspaper is the ba bies' twilight lullaby?stories of fairy^ gods, songs of the sand\ man's coining; -the childishV-^oyg With* its funny sections^puzzling puzslea^ted contesting^" contests. Its true stories of romance delight the youngu while wise age gives concern to printed opinions. The modern newspaper is a reading V Course in an inexpensiv^=~uhiversity, V for after all the man who has knowledge of the subjects with which the ^^1 world is most concerned is" the practi- J cal scholar. \ ' * . ' Thejrending of news organs (daily and periodical) is a suggestion for a ~~ * simple course-in practical \tidUcation. - ?-0 : National Body Honors ? Jojin Hope, Atlanta's Buffalo, M> Yi The National Coun- 7."lj cil of Young Men's Christian Asso- M ciations of the United States, at its A meeting here, has given deserved recognition to the colored~ SssbcTation by electing John Hope, of "Atlanta. H Sau, to the highest governing boaid V jf the council. H -In being elected to this h^y,'knowfT as the general board of the national ?fl louncil, President Hope is one of thirty-one. men drawn from the country i. fl at large. The board as selected v is fl a remarkably representative body,_____H Its' merhbers come from manj^jparts of the country, from many Tines bT~~ | business and professional life; 5nd from_ many"denominations. -- "Dr. Hope is a graduate of Brown university, from which be received a Phi Beta TCappa scholarship ratingj ^ For fifteen years he has been presi-' dent of?Morehouse ?ollege" He was associated with the Way work of ?tbe? American Y. M. C. A. ^ France- ;.. \ -' " ' * ' ]LEY MOBBIS| | >rs &Licensed mers St. jhone^3512X ? IA, S. C. ~ TT~ " 1 1? ^ Prosperous 5; ._:. f" ^ISH OF - r ?| angs Bank | ne of its Depositors?|??? iends. ~ Sj out $25^otrogr|^t^| 1 ^b^Dtogsa to women and children ciub, - ~v ;; ?r_YOU to be in this" ::" ^ rBYOUUP; *' I cVTNGS J ACCOUNTS, ?I I zings Bank 1 G. L. FLOYD, .Cashier. J [