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^ The" Palmetto Leader^ Published Weekly By r " The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ; " V 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET J. B. LEWIE -I President" ; N. J. FREDERICK, ^ Editor W. lf'RANK. WILLIAMS , _T 17..:.. Contributing Editor - GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager ; One?>Year .. . ^ $2.00 Six Months . ? 1.25 Three Months .75 T Single Copy , .05 CASH IN ADVANCE. Saturday, February 28, 1925. White and colored pastors ex ? ance of National Raco Relations Sunday. All of them talked a^ bout the same Christ. ft' ' -? ? ??* ??-?No. friend--c-ologed promoters know how to organ izb and have fairs?it takes ho special training fot that, but colored attorney tTvyliO must have special ???trailing and in-addition pass a stiff examination, don't know e" fairs.J~ " : -I. -=-??' *? : - . # - '"There is g new" perif-in the "" *~ worldS^rfch is already becoming "a bogy in the imagination of men. It is the 'Rising Tide of dolor,' says Sir Philip Gibbes, flip erhinent. English writer. But like all bogies it only needs the application of a little common ? sense: ?^ - * Marcus Garvey named his on? ly^sMp^ theJt:. vvLasnington. There ought be some wav to prevent the name of such a man from bemg^-eonnected ~hr afiywav with anything Garvey has or had anything to ao with. -? Thename of Booker T. Washington-stands?for Teal servicer sense and. wisdom, the opposite, of any" and attbhmgs-4or-avlikh_ . -.Garvey stands or advocates. '? # * It Is reportgd-that Disbui'sing; -Clerk, N. P. Webster, of?the' White Hous^-iiL his drive for ppnnr?m\r koc /Innn num.. ..rrfT. i j f- irnu a vvcv-^y WAUil j ^ individlual paper drinking . cups inJJtie corridors ajxl has substituted a common drinking glass. Tf^that's true, the While Huustr water bill will be less, for who wants to lip a common drink- J ing glass ?__ . " ?j - r?? -^0 * * * 1^. j Is ii. not rather far fetched to accuse T)r Iff. K. a. DiTBdis1 with responsibility for the re-! cent unpleasantness" at Fisk University? If things-were all right there, Dr. DuBois could talk un-! "til Doomsday and the even tenor; " " of irfe at FTsk wuuld not he disturbed. Those who woiild ex plain ought at least give reason" able apologies. Thoso who know; Dr. DuBois know that when he. does speak, he speaks with. knowledge... 0? The outpouring ~of thousands; Of Columbia's best- ditizens.j white and colored, Sunday af- i ternoon to hear and welcome Dr. this city since his leaving one! yeaC ago was rather unusual.; ? ItL however but illustrates the fact that service of an uplifting kind is appreciated by thinking "people. While a minister of Bethel A. M. E. church, of thbr city, Dr. Wiseman, identified ; < himself with every' movement; looking to the betterment of the cny. as a monument -to -his^ work as a minister stands one" of the most beautiful church edifices of the"cttyr~"A-s a remin(Jer of fyis efforts along social uplift is a splendid chorus of jfe well trained voices, numbering p oyer a hundred. There is ifo doubt about the fact that the 'f?~~ work of Dr. Wiseman, while here dfd much to improve the relaBfcfe1.-:'' ' ~i "Vii*fd2 ** ' , lUM^iiMiwy IPI'I ?-??. -v ?t . - ? ?JtL "'! s^? ' i ttorr of the white and colored people, -as pleasant as it had al-vvays J)een. All in all, this city is the better for the sojourn of | Dr. wisemah "and a^warm welcome is his at any tinte he comes Q T -^ The State luiir Assnrialioib. _ ' Behold, the mountain labored and brought forth?not even a i mouse. The Secretary of the iiA^?oeH>ttair~twiui foFr'oohrethne fwere unjust, unfair and altoigether unfounded, .At the re| cent meeting (VE IhtF-'Falr Association, complete and itemized ! reports were -made byTjofK the .Trcaourcr-and So^ce^ry . Every cent 01 money received was^C' 'counted' for; every cent spent was reported in? detail form. The only- sin that^was found committed by Secretary Green Taclcson was OTaT when the treasury of the Association was ! empty, the big-hearted Secretary ^ci]d not hesitate to spend his~ovvn money?many hundreds of dollars. Is it any wonder jthat a successful fair was^^ the result? It is not often that an 'organization is fortunate enough to have an officer liberal minded "time, who does not hesitate .to ^use>his own means for the ben*efit of others. As long as the iFair Association can command bined with the in tell i gen ce, enjergy and pep that characterize the. present Secretary it is ;bound, to succeed. The .stockholders appreciate the service anH^vbrk of this officer and showed that apprecia[a resolution expressing confi dence in him and his co-workers. .The. two or .three - disgruntled i stockholders "sHmild now" fall in Ti: ~ j t i" .niie ana siop raising tftecry of |''Wolf," wolf," since TRere~ts no i wolf 'and never' has been, save in tneir imagination. ThS" Fair Association is safe in the hands ^of the present officers* -Wiiat they ncecLjQjQW. is united work from everyone with a spark of vision. k??' i mum?- ? Raise Money For - v Persecuted Couple Columbia, Mo., -?eb^-Negroes bprp raised a defense-fund of $330 for Ivory Hudson aficthis wife, following-Hudson's arrest and conviction by a lower court on a charge of .stampeding cattle with -his" Ford and filing at the owner.: ^ ?ry Hudson is a young war? veter-" an who left the hospital for tubercular patients in Chicago for his horire in" McAlestm* ma on the advice of Chicago Phy fe'.eians. e and his wife had pro gressed as far as Columbia when they'ran up over the top of .a hill near dusk and before they kfiewjt, into a herd of cattle owned by R. P. Reed, white. When Reed found they were colored he smashed the wmdwhip and caused Mrs. Hudson to be badTy cut on the arms and Face7~~Hudshn fired out the opposite side* of the car to frighten Reed away, he says. When the couple flri^ivcd In Columbia a. few minutes later they were arrested. Bothulludson and his wife have been made to suffer untold indignities. Notwithstanding she is charged with no crime, MrsrHtidson was forked up fur nearly a week, and her husband suffering hemmorhages, was given no felief. Appeals for aid in carrying the case to the Supreme Court arc made by-a committee of citizens headed by J. R Coleman, Box 332, " ^ _ Spartanburg News. Dr. BeTRrTna to-Beeome a Spar tan. The Successful City Boasts of Its New Member. Dr. P. T. DePinna, a very sue w pwuijiMi,- my i 'y. ^J"- " ' P 1 " ' r ' " " ? .^-?- ?-4?????-? ~ " __'i H : THErALME I The Sea :| RjlWilliam Fr ai X^iE WAS THE KEGgdi In a ' certain southern city there was a large factory which:jdid not employ colored, skilled help. But in this case there ' was a Negro whose skin was so j li yht that- hp?got~ fimnlftymfjiL. < the impression that ho was a white-ipan By some means it became -lrnmvn ia Hip nwnor of the fapflory - that. there was a Negro I passing for white in his em-_ (pipy, but no one was able to tell ^n-was-thp Negro.?u:ha--awn^ jer called the superintendent'' iand asked him did he have the cunning to find out who was the son of Ham that hadj only five par cent of race'^hkmd.. coursing through?his?:vcihsr j"Suro," said the superintendent. [ "wait until we close and I will (find out," ^ 7 i?When closing timfe came the | -superintendent stood at the jdoor. When the first mari eame .out he asked: "Witt you return to work tomorrow?" "Ab"sulutluy,^ wa.i-.the-; stern-.-?a?srAveiv When the^ second?mam jcame out he inquired r "Will tn werk tomorrow?" '"Certainly," was the polite re! ply. When the third man came [outTie asked: Will you come' suh, if I live and nothing hap-j ipens." He' was fired. * ? BENDAVIS.aPEARS^ Rumor has it in Atlanta that Bonjamin J7~Pavis, editor-of the Atlanta Independent, is planning to make his home in the i^orthi Irhr^atnrday's Indepen-~ I deiit^Edttof Davis came out with : a...strongsdenial of such, a plan.. land charged~that It is a inali ciou&T "false alarm" circulaljjd ^ Editor Davis says in his de- : Tense: . . " ] r~T,Ther^ is no place on God's 1 ' green * earth That I -Would live |< "except in Geuigia.?ITove-Gaor^j !gia; its traditions and opportu- 1 j-mties.'! He further says: "I would 1 rather live in Georgia with the i opportunities before me to solve '< the problems that are up before me every day for $100 per i rrl6nthy~thap^to live anywhere a-jj ;bOve,fthe Mason and Dixon line,;] iTor double that amount. I am;! [ not hunting for a land of least I ' n/V/i ltilni-irtrt 'J tl.'Onf f/\ 1 j-j i ( j iXolptitllvUi j. Wttfrt tO I!VC illTj |a country where-there its some-j 1 j-thing to do. I am not one of j i those who believe in-running a-ti ' way from problems."- ?. ' | ( i 1? Davis says he la too ol5j1 ! cessful Pharmacist of Column 1 tbia has taken oyer the Piedmnot I Drug Store, once owned "by the deceased -Dr.4r W.Sexton. This 1 "drug store is located in the bus- i ; iness. section of the city on a jvery popular street, and the only | one on that street. That section is known ^s Broadway. We [_know that _Drs. DePinna 'and [Dickerson will succeed, because i j of their business ability. They 1 have our hearty cooperation. 1 Mr. Seymour Carroll of Green-" ville, was a visitor in the city ] this week. - ' ( Spattans Mourrr. : < Mrs. J. TL Young, a resident ( of Cemetery street, wife of a very wealthy briclc layer, de parted this life Wednedsay c ! night, Feb. 18, 1925. Funeral- ? jized Sunday at Mt. Moriah Bap- ' tist church, where both were 1 * ( ;prominent-rhembers. The'church } j WQt! nrA^ir/^A/1 4-r-w i 4- ~ L ' * 11>c*o viunucu i,yj its capaeity. > Spartanburg misses her already < 1 but we know, that She is better 1 off. Sleep on dear one, sleep on. 1 The will-of Mr. M. H. Brown, j wh7> died'here this weekleaving t a fortune of $19,857, more than t $10,000 cash in local banks. His 1 request was that his church J dues should be paid; ,with exception of $250.00 to the P4rey \ Grove Baptist church, the rest < V1" T / * i a imjju.m^ww'-^.'j lypW.JJ 1 W t"WKKK"Xrv"'w'wV"'w'wXwX,<x,,i,';"i^'' rchlight- -| tiH Williams. | to migrate to another part of nrvifnr nffrPPS that Won rtf Davis' age who have planted their -future in the Southland are doing things should not Ifeavr the South.- We further agree with him that there are big opportunities in the South, but we fiave~no love nor praise to give "to southern traditions. There is no use ?o mention them?we meet tliem every day\ Speaking of problems, we-are going to find them wherever we i*u. In fad, we 4iave: eneotmtered keener embarrassment in the North than wp pvor Viavp in the South, for, as the southern wfrite man nsays, we know qui place-down h e r c7^ KuFlnThe North where there are no "Colored" and "White" signs, we do not pick our places to go and frequently drop into places.Where we are plainly, shown that we are not wanted. So, we Have our T>roblems in the North also. Owing to. the migration of V - ?A*; common laborOrs to the North, some men of education and vision muot go with them. It is not a matter of running away from problems so much as a search of~~bread, education and a-little more freedom. Let us not?>*mil<a Qr?; olo - - - - ? O herding together in a certain locality and running the same course, but let us' scatter to the uttermost, parts of jthis Jand -Qf ours and assert ourselves t6 the best things of American citizenship and thereby lessen the prejudice which is mostly caused by friction. * * MARCUS GARVEY MEETING. In Atlanta the followers Marcus Garvev. have already startod rallying for .sympathy. for their "martyr." A big meeting is to be held as a protest against the imprisonment M what his followers call, "the The writer agrees with Jidi-. tor Frederick that the race does not need a leader. The minds :>f black men as well as the minds of white men are too pow^ (Jrfill, self-suggesting and different for them to follow the nnind of mne " man?and ^Mareus3arvey least of all. 7 - . We do not need a leader and any man who attempts so big a Las"k either deserves a berth in an "insane asylum or the twin cot to the rone which -Marcas Grarvey sleeps on down at the J i teuerai prison. ?????mmmri was lefir-te?b?a wife, M 's Isa:<ejial Brown._ :? ?Miss Ila Fair ha3 been nick, but we are glad to say that she, is able to be out again. (Miss) N. L. Oxner, Reporter. Georgetown Items. ?The Booker T. Washington-Literiry and Social Club celebrated its linth anniversary Monday Feb. 23, >y presenting Prof. T. D. Philips of Orangeburg in a pipe organ.and pL. ino recital at Bethel A. M. E. church. 3rof. Philps is a graduate of Oberlin Donservatory of Music and is now~ rpnnected with the State College of Orangeburg, S. C. The church upon. ma ui;tU31OTn was- aecoratetl with' Southern smilax and ferns. The In . lies of the Club wore corsage boujuets of white narcissus. After the ecital Mr. James Powell, entertain;d the Club at the home of Mr. and VIrs. W. H. Brown, 912 Duke St. A lelicious repast was served by the lost. Among the visitors present] tfere Prof. T, D. Philips and Mr. A.l Dunmore. We hope that Prof. Philips will favor us with another Msit ip the near future. Messrs. Clifton C. Poinsette, Philp H. Brunson, Charles S. Browne ind Dr. Wm. S. Thompson" mhtofcdj ;o AnclrewS on Sunday afternoon, afer Sunday school and visited Mr ! tnd Mrs^ Melvin Jones and- Miu_and i VIrs. Fred Greene. "" We are very sorry ir^leed to know, hat Prof. J. B. Beck has gorie -to Charleston to take his little son Tlds,: f. 1 ' . - --r- 1 ^F^f^pppiiwpiMPPRmipi __ r . " . ?M -t??-?i . -. ? ? O 8 t Faithin Others. BY JEAN JEW. ^ : contact with pooplo daily?-has missed hearing a remark which has been uttered so frequently - that-it Is commonly accepted as - O-foot. I -? - That "pgnplo. Have jiq faith in each other" is a saying which ought be reversed "to "people havp mnrh faith in parh other." I* ror examples the following: ~ To slander another one must have .faith, for who would be : guilty if hn holived the victim " would obtarrrredress. The stunt performer -who changes aeroplanes in mid-air must believe in the pilots effi..cipney. It takes faith ta be restful -and optimistic in a dontat chair when the dentist approaches 4 you 'with an "open your mouth * Wide," and a pair of glittering . forcepSLin his . hand, To feel that you will get to Heaven by Way of. a preacher whose precepfs contain 100 per [font ideal him and who.se exemplification contains one-half of "one per cent,?that takes much faith, """ "W"- ' ] Then th^se" arc: those who put poisonous mixtures, waste and filth in WofVdrink laottLes. And when they get ready 'for another dripk they return that botI tie. Of course the bottle which ! they received was not so treated i -by another^-??W?* And what about ther man who i sits in the car at 60 miles per I hour and tells the driver to ' -1' . " 4* . waW, who rom appendicitis, we are earnestly hoping XoxJite. We -are glad to know 4feat Mrs. Mary E. Brunson isx recuperating Charles S. Browne, Reporter. jfliMPB-iaa IF unerai Diredt ~ iLmba I - : [ 1115 Washing Ion jj COLUMI | U'CappY | ^ f.4?- ????? $ Vv- IS THE i I Victory Ssc To Each and Every< - ~ and Fi I We have just paid | members of our 1224 |L which meant so mu( | one of them. We want 5000 men | to join our 1925 Savi i :j; We'hope to pay ou i mas and would like i 1;; number. | COME TO THE BA 1 LET US Will j? ! WE PAY 4% ON S | Vidtoxy Sa ,? W. H. HAftVEY, President, zn&Sstz _ ZL^i J3 ^-=* ^ ^ . - - ?rj? ? : -?? - - Saturday, February 28, 1925. N^A-ArC^Pr^eeretarr Confers with Congress Leaders on Dyer Bill Weldon Johnson today returned . where he conferred with leaders in both Houses of Congress op the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. Mr. Johnson issuod tho follow ing statefnent: : y~ , As is known,: nothing further will be done-about-the-Bill in the present Congress,- but the T. plans are to introduce the Bill in the t>9th Congiess siniultanc? ously in both Houses. This Will tmt^ase me propamiity ot linai passage??; ??!? "The greater effort will bo? centered upon'getting the Bill through tjhe Senate. If the Bill ; can be passed^ in the Senate, there isiittle or no doubt that it will be passocHn the Jlousg, . "The N. A. A. C. P. will con- "~ linueT- unremittingly the fight. it has been making for upwards or live years to have this Bill" enacted into the law of the Unit- . i ed States." _ . i a ! j?* ' . f> . i . ' 'step On It." "What do you call , fhat ??of course other than the Then there is the man who finds himself in r\P suspecting Jews. - In the midst of their habble of tongues who but a trustful person feels safe and comfortable. , It takes a mighty heap of..? night until early morn, tell the A\*ife_you've been to lodge meet- _?-?_ ings, and then?to think that she believes you.. * " ? ?' - - --- He has the greatest laith in And the world goes merrily rm ; fnr fail h is anotheivword for life. . .. BLEY-M0RR1SI ors & Licensed Inters St. Phone 3512 ? ? 31A, S. C.^ ~ - |?^ - iir ? X ; ! "prosperous J W&BE IWISH OP . | .. _ o_ ?iIT riends. ! ' | out.$25,000.00 to the | L Xmas Savings Club, -j- I x rh happiness to each J~, , women and children x T.j ? J??U innpci PliiVw in to vjiuu> " Y ? ! I t $50,000 next Christ- ' | Jor YOU. to be in this | I NK AT ONCE AND f ) TE YOU UP. : | -xM AVINdS ACCOUNTS. ? I vingsBanki G. L. FLOYD, Cashier. | I