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SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 1925"We
see by the papers" that
Congress last week discovered
~ that Coolidge was eleeted Pres"
ident and Dawes Vice-President
of the United States. The TP
? - tectftrat votes ^were -eanvasaed
. . " as provided----by- t he Constats
tiog. y
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? Thp timp and money spent in
the rescue of Floyd Collins from
? ?-rmrp in which he was im-^
7'-^ prisoned but. indicate the value
the value of human lifer* Despite
the heroic efforts made to
?- save him however, Collins was
Hno/I urUnw v/\n/iVrA?l
UUUU TTll^il A cacucu.
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' in an investigation of Texas
prison farms, one must wonder
?whether that part,of the United
States has any degree of civilization
at all. Think of guards
brutally murd^ihg a prisoner
because he had threatened to
kill a dog and justifying the
TOUEffpr hv saving they thought
" it was their duty * to_ iprotect
state property.
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Nnw that thp State Co|ored
Fair is "dead" according to
"some of the very few whb would
-really ~h&ve- it ho,
. hfrnfnn hflonilw > 54- O
wv it ~ X IICIC 125
a Latin proverb -whieh,-^reelyi
translated, says, "obncerning
. -the dead say nothing unless
good:" Dnly ghouls disturb the
^bones_ and other things interred
wilhiii-giavcs. ??
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. To be the' leader of the Negro
race is certainly a big job.
the leader $nd finds himself 4n
?:?the Atlanta Federal prison for
- "five years. The "race does not
need a leader anyway. Has any
other race a leader? The race
1?-^-ig liVf the other races; it
it will "achieve-by th,e?samemethods,
the practising of the
same virtues and the nerfnrm.
??? ance of,'the same tasks that
have been the^tot "of the other
?-raees. No phrases are more
^ -tiresome than -'a leader of his
" race7^dr~w"a~~race leader."
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City Council Aids Colored ^
~ AthtetfcR;? ^7
- - Another eyidenceofThe fact
that the City of Columbia'has
a government that looks after
the welfare of all of its citizens
was shown when the budget for
the current year was adopted.
In it, provision is made for theencouragement
of athletics in
The colored High School by an
appropriation of _two hundred
and fifty dollla'rs, the same sum
that has been provided for the
white High . School athletics.
This. however, is not the first
and liberal spirit of City Council
towards the colored citizens
as they can readily recall.
While this aid to colored athiet-1
ics is very-much apprecited, it:
must be kept in mind that
there is a corresponding duty on
our jfeft to show that we are
worthy of the existing spirit
and that the aid will be used to
the end that the highest . .type
? .of citizenship Will he developed,
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? THE KNOCKER.
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: 1,- _ The easiest thing in the world
to do is to knoek, pull down,]
i- - - - -
~.~r:
tear up, destroy. But-in all ?*
history there has never yet been ?
erected a monument to the mere <?
knocker. It has always been J
the man who conceived the i- V
dea, of use to society, and translated
it into a thin^of "helpful ~
nessrthat has been enshrined in ^
the hearts and minds of his fellowmen.
The. big mind creates
the little mind-like the woodpecker,
bores. holes with -its ?
constant pecking, thinking of
no one else but his little self.
The colored people have more: :r~|
..Urm^nrq rn rhg-ftrniareilicil tiiail 1
all the other races put together. Qi
Just let a colored man by intel- m
ligence, industry and thrift
chieve some little success in his
vocation, whatever it may be, q;
then listen ot the knockers' chorus.
And v the good Lord pity f0
him if he is at the head of or c0
holus~a responsible position in-^
an organized agency! ~~~
Sudra person . better not' *
mftkp nnv of the lillle fcHowfr^
m&d, or rather give lliem?
least excise for a display iof 1
their mean-spirit?for they are R
already mad beoaukfi' Of the sue- ?
cess attained find impossible to
tftetr little soul; if he does and ^
be of a sensitive nature, many
unhappy moments are in stppe ~
for him.?If the knocker can't, ^
tion. If thev can't harm either ^
.^ t__ 'i ' ~ i cc
well, they will just keep up the
ehgrua anyway until thgy Hp- ^
come a genuine nuisance^_A ^
knocker may have his use in y
the World but just what it is, ^
man hasn't been quite able to ^
figure it out- m
prpfctiy dgfillit?ly
known; an analysis of him
shows a composition of igno- ^
ranee,'envy, conceit and meanness.
He is unabkT to Ho any
... pi
thing of a constructive nature .
himself mid is determined that ^
no one else should. Generally ^
he is a failnrp; hp pprtainly in- .
spires but little faith and that
knocker. Life is "top short ^
and' the work too great and im- .
you can't help, don't hinder. ^
O al
THE NEGRO A GREAT gl
? ASSET ?^
"hi my judgement the great- Sp
est asset the South has today is c<
its Negro population," says Mr. lij
Adolph S. Ochs, the publisher to
of one of the great newspapers gc
ditions and affairs will hardly it
Take issue with . Mr. Ochs. m
While the South has been slow ar
to-re^izQ this and in .sniffo set1.- pi
tiona it js hot,"even yet, "rating- 4^
nized?yet the more thoughtful th
men of this section have been w;
talking and writing along this rr
saifie line, and ate working to er
the end that this part of the se
population may receive better h<
treatment along all lines, ?of
Nowhere in the world can in
there be found a class "of labor ar
that is more industrious, good hs
natured and easier to get along R
with. Take the colored^mah'a- ac
way from the J3outh and what re
would it b?? Who would fill his th
place And do the. work - that he rts
has done and Is doing? No use ty
to^talk about other races would -ki
come. The South has been here be
since this country has been, and A
yet no other race has shown a ta
desire to come. And the color- gi
ed man has not kept back any th
other race either. :When a
the various races of mankind fo
desire to take up their abode lil
in any particular place they do jr
just that, caring not with whom W
they must compete- That has qi
been the history of all move- fr
ments of people. ;More " and gi
better education, better sanita- le:
tion, just dealings and good la- of
bor conditions are the things ce
[that satisfy the normal man. of
With these things the Negro ki
Tan-^e-satisfied to live his life-se
and develops himself in?the--at
South, his natural home since tli
he firstrfotmd himself in Amer- er
ica. Givfen these things the ti<
I black manwlITI)* helped and|al
A
~ ^ TmrPALM?n
"7~ . ". The Sean
By William Fran!
NONSENSE , lil
Yap?"Wot is er man dat To
lilds bridges an^linnels?"; iz
Cap?"He's er bnjuneer." sc
Yap?"Well, wot is er man gi
it runs er enjun?" ? b<
Gao?^He's er enjuneer, too/'! w
Yap?"Nonsense!" U
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BENEDICT STILL CHIRPS- u
Several niuntlis ago it was^
ctober, if my memory serves1 iq
e well?eleven men represent- te
g Benedict College, of .Colum- p<
a, South Carolina, visited the -
ate Crty of the South to en- in
i g e Morehouse College in a b]
otball fuss. This being a non ui
inference game it mattered n<
iB???' ?te
giver-will- be no less benetted
In-^trttth,-^the colored
an is an-asset and-Tn no Wise ~
liability.
r f o t , - -- st
EV. GQjJlEZ ON EDUCATED
NEGROES.
The Reverend Joseph Gomez, c*
Hbrrdf Deroit, Mich., accord^Si
g^ to-a report, of hie sermon if
ppearing in The State?pub*hed
elsewlieie in this ioouo?-SJ
linli ii rrry dinmnl jmri din^
>u raging picture of_ the young ^
en educated in the colleges of lc*
ccording to this divine, some- 0)
ling is radically wrong with a*
ie type of education thia great yc
lureh-is fostrffing. The young 2
en with "college degrees from
lien University, Morris Brown.
jllege of Atlanta, Ga., and
her schools of this churchL
,vs the Reverend, to our surise
arid shame?are not hold- ^li
g up and making?good?as+C
iristians and helpful leaders, C<
If rm fV?g pnntrnrv.^ are wast- A
g their lives in the red light to
ctionsT and places of dissipa- g*
n? t hn MnH-hfrVW
) be perfectly frank, we don*t as
h'eve. the divine has given a ea
iihfnl pmrnr? conditions. at
e would like to know first of ia
I, just how does the distin- gr
lished preacher know?just ui
here and how those young meh __
?end their time and lives.? ar
)ming fresh from the "red be
?ht districts," do they report bl
the Reverend ? Or does~th^4)od
man spend his time in w:
[gggnrauliuiia watching lliuin?
is inconceivable that all these th
en bearing the college degrees
e personally known to the i it
parhpr: that being true, how ch
>QS he?djatiHjmiBh-- tVipm? pi
tey hardly go to those places ca
ith their degrees hanging, a- St
mnd their necks? The_Revend
~do3e not confine his as- og
vflAr* n 4-/> ~
imvuo kU CUIIUIIIUUS ltt? nis I Yv'
the young men in-the various th
dustrial centers of the North er
id West- Truly, the divine eri
is an all embracing vision.
utf give ear unto the reason ha
lyanced by the reverend- "The ?
ason is that the members of hj.i
lis young generation are not ca
king God with them and the ra
pe of education is net of the th
net that consecrates a man for
itter living/' Well, the great th
frican Methodist Church mainina,
rnllggpg fnr the purpose ofsl!
ving Christian education. If w<
lat is not the "type" that has 30
tendency to "consecrate a mar th
r better living," we would
r f\ fnr- iVift * ?
. m vkv?tcvci ciiu?wj?aay
tst what "type" is better.
'hile we are not as well ac- ly
minted with the men sent out bit
om the other colleges of this st
eat Church as we are of At- Bi
n University, yet we do know D\
! the useful work done.' Wo th
rtainly know that the "type" co
education given by Allen has cli
nd, for the work of the men st
>nt from that sehool has been Ai
>d is a living demonstration of pi
ie fact. We fear the rever- M
id had his eye on the sensa- pa
anal rather than on drab re- w<
'ty-. |?
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*0 LEADER - ^
chlight
k Williams. t. |
fctla whether it woulite won,
st oT tied^fta it-gavo ? rcorgnn
ed team a chance to find it>lf.
So the Morehouse coach
ive the new boms, the lately
)FH8 ancLtheUakL _tougha_a
hack at the pig's skin. The
*iir orlose. - So, the Benedict
ISTSI7 which had practically all
I its 1023 varsity Intact, manred?to
hold?the?Morehouac
am ta a scoreless tie in its exirimentation.
In Columbia, after the game
t Atlanta, bells rang, whistles
ew and klaxons sounded to the
ttermost parts of the city. Beedict
had held Morehouse to
That was something to make
iss about! .
But. Benedict Js_still~chirpingi
In thp nPWHpftpPT* rf'OlllTTHlH~ttra
ill read about Benedict holdig
Morehouse to a scoreless tie
I wonder if Mercer is stffl
lirping about their unexpected
ictory over Florida ? I. wonder
Georgia Tech is still chirping
tate eleven? / . . Brothers
of Benedict!. For-^
it the past and prepare for the
es of next October when a catn
itrophft will hpfall you in vour
vh back yard! ^And it willHt>e
; the hands of the team which
>u~held to the - ever-ringing
X)RELESS several
onths ago?it was in October,
my memory serves "me well.
NO SEGREGATION AT
COUNCIL
It has been several weeks
nee the Federal Council of
antral Presbyterian Church in
tlanta. But it is not too late
r-kay that there was no-segreition
in the meetings. { . And
'inyiitrifi worn frnm^Misaissippi
> well as Maine! They did not
x in tne same caies or dwell
"the same hotels, but as Christ
ns they sat together. In a
eat meeting which stands for
\\iy And nnhnriy wfl* hurt."
I do not know if the master
id slave psychology will ever
s outgrown by' the white and
ack peaplfi_of the South, but
cam say as long as it lasts it
ill appear as a mighty inconstent
aspect in the eyes of
ose who have never been enilfed
in such a position- And
is indeed inconsistent when a
lauffeur can sit beside his emoyer
InT a Lincoln Sedan but
nnot sit beside him in a cheap
reeti -car!
Oh, the rub is in the psychol:y!
v Thought controls the
Drld and the southerner thinks
Vl Q WOO i- ?
' iiv uno uuin anu icarcu tu
ink, And bo doestho nortttner.
The former can eat and
ijoy food by black hands,
aar clothes jwashed_by Jblack
tnds, ride in cars driven by
hands. But sit beside a
ack human being in a public
rrier? No! It would be outgeous!
But the northern brper
doesn't worry about trifles.
a only worries about the big
ings. That's why the southner
can't catch up.. "Oh conrtency,
thou art a jewel," and
a ask thee to descend upon this
uthland and teach its people
y value. Amen.
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THE FISK MUDDLE.
Few of us know the undering
cause of the recent troue
between the president and
udents of Fisk University,
it those of us who read Dr.
iiBois' address delivered to
ie alumni and students at
mmencement last year, are inned
to sympathize with the
udent# in their contention.
cedfcRng to Dr.7PttBois- the
esident of FfaV, TV TTnypffp
cKenzie, caters to <that slave
ychology in the Negro which
3 mentioned in a preceding arile.
We read of hie carrying
I FRIENDSHIP. -'{
J BY JEAN JEW.
'- A friend writes, -tff hflljiu
that all real friendships are companioned
by a certain amount of
sacrifice and suffering^?
l?^No surer truismi on the nature
of friendship could be ut'
tered. ~ : -?:
frig; if accepted, would lessen
1 i
-ji.^ a - .
tne gins mrougn cnrey alleys
to reach a platform wfcere they
were to sing Negro melodied to
a white audience- We read of
other things which we considered
a bad policy for the president
i of a Negro school. But
we disagree with the stui
dents in their actions which
made.it necessary for President
MeKonzio to call out policemen
rfo make poace. It is rppnrtM
that the ^policemen beatt up
T some of the students with their
t sticks.?Wo trust this was_not
L caused by resistance or other
disrespect of the law. And if
-jon the Nashville police force.
In the Chicago Defender last
' week, Ruscoe Coiikling Simmons
- said between lines that?the
time is ripe for Negro presidents
KppH Nogrn schools. hut he
said few Negro presidents succeed
who follow white presidents.
He named Dr. John Hope,
..president of Morehouse College,
as ONE who has succeeded
overwhelmingly. This is encouraging.
And it is still en*
couraging to think that Morehouse
is one of the five colleges
in Class 1 that has a Negro
president.
Mureliuuse and Tuskegee are
examples of higher and industrial
training schools_whicli_setL
tie the argument about Negro
presidents. -??
-?Fisk neftds a Negrn preaidnTrt.
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^^tOTig^rraSfiiKry--^1. 1i>g^ -7-^
much of the misunderstanding
which so easily comes into the
association of people who claim
friendship with one another.
Because, we expect associations
to ever be beset with rare gems, "*
wh**p we do meet with the rougn
: jstones we become toa easily
suspiciousr
There is neither all good in
; anything, nor all bad in any,
rtthgr-ihing. And^few things.
if any, always go jpijgeise as we
would have them! *-??: ?
TV* miiftrhavp fi bendiny interposition
and a true spirit to
sacrifice, spiritually as well as
materially ThaLJs, we~
be willing to give up selfish aspirations,
change opinions, ~ShcL?ss
otherwise conform to the har,-* _
mony of friendship when happi-.
ness is at stake; just as you
would give a gift, sing a sorg, .
or share the home of a fri&JT M
?or the sake ofc-mtttual b*- J
ness.
Ana one need not los^E%
hia disposition or his
Out of our joys come our
rows; from our sorrows . are
joys created. ~
It is these opposites which
ness is; and, as sure as~theevrn ~
twilight, we experience happltiphs
in thp proportion as
wd experience suffering. ?
If then these be true, only one /
thing caneome from the endur
ance of sftp.rinc.e and snfferingliL ~
friendship,?a greater tie and ?
a greater appreciation of friendship
itself. -: t>
Too, looked at in this manner,
it is doubtful" if friendship
grows very much without sacrifice
and suffering.
It is not often that this perspective
is taken, but when it
is, these tmnga-assumenthe m-ture
of assets rather than lia-Tbilities.
*
This friend concludes: "One's??
degree ofrpcrsiatcncc in enduriijgjsuch,
is the determining fac
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