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wt: four Bp The Palmetto Leader i :__JPufcffshed Weekly By -J ?; y- ?. ?- ^ i The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. i I J. B. T.EWTE : - ^ --President < 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET | _ COLUMBIA, S. C: " - f j? Entered at the Post Office at Colum-j1 " bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. ^? TELEPHONE 4523 J N. J. FREDERICK, Editor' ] W EBANTC WTTT.TAMS ] ~ .2^.- Contributing Editor : BUD. H. HAMPTpyrrrr : Manage* . , _. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: T, CASH IN ADVANCE. 1 ? $2.00 | ( Six Months_rr 1 ? 1-2^-i t Three Months .75 ,< 1. Single Copy ?? -? Advertising Rates given pii "ap^li- ^ cation. ? r. 1 ~~ Saturday, April 25, 1925. j ^WHfle^TOe^mrHr^vas in?the_j grip of mid-summer weather } this week, the New Effgtand+j '--"states had-14 inches of snow | < and' the North-west section injj some parts?also had wintry1 ( ^ weather. J, \ / ; . . , j' He who subscribe to the doctrineh tnat the coloi'^d anil vvliitu pee-ls ?pie of illis-:eountry7-cannot live^ togelhei1 in peace and harmony,4^ each living, his own life and de-jt veloping himself as high as ability, energy and character will J j allow, but?confesses the impo-j: tency of religion and education.}, r? Colored passengers purchase} ?? ing -ticketsc at the Union depot > are not made to feel very kindly r Py railroads bv Llie method-^ employed irrsetling them- tickets^ Cojjdd they help themselves, the . railroads cerf airily "" would" not", ^ haye^.ono of them-as passengers ' When automobile "transportation j ^ - <: becomes a-little more convenient ^ perhaps-the railroads will rea-|lize that their patronage was af- 'j ter a>ll worth something, but it will be too late. .... ? _ v -P"lic? v?r>r>gtqbles and r_ other pence officers ought get 1 some idea of thejr rights and duties frnm the sentence of 3 to 6 years imposed by Judge Memminger upon Policeman jVIcFadderf of" Rnckr~Hill, who -was~can-_. j victed Of manslaughter^ _The po-'r ?-4w>mnTi ifillad a young wliitfcU man Tiding in a car which the! ? officer attempted to stop?by % * , shooting at the tire. Too many c ' ' C officers believe their position % givethem the license to shoot if in season aneTrrnt of season;?? T ?t Col. Little of the old 15th reg-l* ? ? ?-? > I ? imeht of New York, taking-no-}. ~jtice of the agitation foj: arcobl^ ored personnelhas" resigned asj ^ ColoneL Quite a fevfar other 1 white officers also followed suit, We can see no reason wny this|r *" officered by notorud" men. Ther time has passed whqn colored j. TUMI rvf aJvflif'xT ?r- anu ! c-uuictcitr j cannot be found to fill any office!^ Of dignily and responsibility. |. And they .should be found in? them. , :???. * y -The white .press, seems tor have decided to create anothep.dark picture ol the JVItiglVh JSv- x er now and then is published a * story of some colored man re- x fusing to give aid in rescuing c a victim of an automobile acci- ^ dent in which he may figure. ? The story is sometimes embel- * lished by a young lady of the * pai ly compelling tho colored fhrm i at the point of a pistol to giVe 5 aid. Such stories simply wont x do. The Negro is not buitttftat"** way. There is no person in the J world who will more readily help * ?-a white map needing aid than y a colored person, and that Is too * well known to believe stories ~ta the contrary. - ~ i_ : o? . THE CONSTITUTION. Preliminary contests are be 7 ~~~ 7 rick the representatives for the i National Oratorical Contest.' rhe subject for discussion is/ "The * Constitution^meaning, ?)f course The Constitution, of ' :Tie United States. There could j lot be-a better subject for dis-| mssioh.. - While the Constitu-1 tion is the greatest instrument j written by free-men for-the-goy-1, srnment of a .free" people, yet,L there is perhaps no instrument | if anything like equal impor-i :ance, more -honored in the1 >rea>ch than.in the observance.} qVr>m prr^pnt rlny activities, OIlG i ,vould think that the Constitu- i inn is the eighfeentn amend-! ? t;? nent. More ado is made over " he enforcement of the lawsh macted to carry out the idea of his amendmenl than all the rest ff the Constitution. While the tSth^mendinent deals only with ivhat the citizens should ?or- J lather should not drink, there ire others?the-14th and 15thp 'or example?that deal with the sacred rights ,privileges and pre- 1 'ogAfives. of citizens. These K- ' nendments however seem to be ] egarded as orphans. No?one seejns to remember them, unless t is to see jusr what methods -i :an"_be "devised to null^y-them. } The strange thing too~about the-" Constitution is the lusty whoop- j ng up of some people for its obiimaning onjyjhe 18th . imcndmrnt and the studied iftttfference ui actual hostility o some of its other provisions;; ^ he 14th and 15th amendments n particular. How they can do' f \v i tharstraigh t face- is-perhaos-l t peculiar to Americad 3yt the Constitution is "either o be observed in its entirety or( lot-at all. (^e ca^nQt talh hpn- .1 ;stly about his love for his counry's i undablOlilid law and the luty of loyal citizens to observe' t. and then nick-out for himself. lie part-that-suits his fancy. rh'O sponsors-of tbp--Natifmal-p.; 'atorical Contest have done well ; o have this neglected instru- i tferit discussed far and wide.,et us hope that from the discus- ' iion a genuine regard for the! Jonstitution may be aroused?1 tot for just a--part or certain j tarts of it. NEGRO NATIONAL TRADE "" vve-^rV . I The National Negro Business! nent known as National Trade' Vgrtf -The time-4s-de&ignatefcl 1 :-s May 4th to 9th. - During this1 ve^k it is urged that every Ne-jfro spend at .-.least some money ' vitH colored . business men, A! tetter idea could not be foster-J ith?M^my-colored people dh not^ 'eaikie4trbut it is true that mon^I ty spent with their own people s money spcnt.zto "the- a4van- age of the spender, aside, from 1 he goods purchased or the ser dcfl_received. Wit.hin the next | >0 days hundreds of young menT ind women will be graduated! from the various- schools, and^ 'olleges. Where are tl\py to be} fmployed ? Certainly not in1 vhite business establishments. Those places are too busy* takmTon their cmdryOLing^TnoTT andr vomen, and no one blames them' or that. The colored- people lave many wants to be supplied, in'n irrinviiig_qlag-Wlay W-bv-canT Tcdol^ljeopIO : irofessional men supply the serdcefi needed ? They can, if the olored people-would just like a ittle more common sense. Peronally, reader, what do you exiect jyour child to do, when by tacrifice on your part,,he s^all urve been educated ? Whom do roil expect to patronize liini, vhether he chooses a business ir_professional career? But if rou are not patronizing somejody's else son or daughter, vhy do you think other people .hould patronize your child? There are thousands of colored >eowle in and arrnrnd +K?? vho do not and have never spent i dollar with a colored man, be ielSfTgaged in business or a proiession?and yet there-are color - ? THE PALME ed men ready to serve you courteously and efficiently. Here-is^ work for the teacher and the mini ster ~ We do not believe that the ministers could^preaclT a sermon that would njean more to their members thamone dealing with this important subject. We hope that a Sunday will be given to such a topic in every colored church in this~clty, nay not only1- here but throughout the State: Durjng this designated week, let every colored per son spend at least twenty-five cents with some colored business or professional man. '1 nat's litntrtrut it_ would Tnctm much in the aggregate to say nothingoi 'the spiit^afLtlifi_thing. ?_ 1 -- O ; THE NEGRO ALWAYS AT FAUfTK ~ That there are too many collisions of automobiles on the highways is recognized ,the country over. . That most ~~of these collisions are due^WTeeklessnessThTthe part of the drivers is>also too plain-f<9? arguthere^is a collision in which a> Negro and a white person are involved, the colored brother ig always at fault is a mystery-, unless there -exist a silent plot on' the part of the white press to always so represent such matters. Whatever the reason, it is hot iaiTTit is not right. Tf is hot good for the Negro and it-is- not good for the whites^ tlow could it be when it is wrong in principle? If a*colored person is unfortunate enough - to run down a white person, he is a dvnnkan-brute. A speed demon, a reckless scoundrel. If, on the other hand, a colored person is run down by a white driver,-it is an unavoidable accident?or rather- the colored persO'If rarr into the white man's automobile and the driver couldn't stop iir time. In case no persons are injured, then the colored man will have to pay all costs of repairing.. the other's dar. The colored brother as a rule might as well agree on the spot to do so. If he doesn't ho is suod in court for the same and often not only tlie rnst of repair?often fanciful?but punitive damages are awarded against~him~ We have seen such things happen in courts where in otKyiTtllUlLLEf suits the.:colored man gets a pretty fair deal, \Ve_saw once a colored man sued in a case of this -kind-whero two Fords. wereinvolved. The white man claimed his Ford" \yas damaged as follows: Front fender bent, right front wheel injured, left year wheel damaged and wntr?r hose torn loose. A verdict of fifty dollars was giveiKagainst the colored man?forty dollars actual damage and ton dollars punitive damages. Now,, everyone who knows anything about Ford cars know that you can buy four new wheeTs and a front feridef-for less than the sum of forty--dollars. - Yet in this instance only, a front wheel and one fear wheel were involved; neither of which was damaged so that it was not continued in 11 up V>)<.' tim mill 1 " ?? ^ v.^) my/ cmm man ra~ alwfeys a-t fault. The car, use-, ful as it is, has added one more burden to the Negro, has intenfettkid -Kl'-- p'^hlenr?* ~~~~ SWHEN THE DAY | IS DONE. A I BY JEAN JEW. J . :g Do yo realize, what results when the da\r m done and you sit alone with your thoughts? Everything has a beginning; most of the things of life?work, play, pleasures are planned in. conscious soberness. Actions as & result are automatic and not always conscious. J Life is sjjch a Complex uncerbar Ws? tematic planning, we find it necessary to change*,?often . the course of, our actions. And Ji v : nr~f " 1 ill ill i lit i i|i .. TTO LEADER ? _ this isdbe case every hour of the Iday; in big things as in small ones. We have little time to( ! think when the emergency is ?t, J hand. You -prnhnhly hflve derided to cease the intake of intox- j iqants. You are placed in a j>qs-; jition. to xeject your late decision; land befojre you have considered [the actibn you have drunk and what is more, no after thought is immediate. You have decided to acc.ept kindness as a practical virtue, to exercise for health'^jsake; to read for the sake of kaowledge, to take the , dread out of work, to put pleasure in companionship, to-make -life a hving preseiit, and deaTtr U dead past. These resolutirma' nro _ _ ,i V AtlUUV/ J 1 they are tried; they are broken. | Then comes the end of the dayI and you sit a-lone yvith your thoughts. Jt is the time for taking stock of one's self, the hour of repentancc, petition, forgiveness*?it 1st the time when" man is nearest ' "the man" and I furthest from "the beast." _ the day and you are regrdtful out your contributions to llie day | make you happy., I "The "evening "twilight Is the [time of punishment for the day's | infractions, the time ot reward jfor your sincere efforts. I A _ J xl ~ * i ^vnu m?ue creeps upon me a | fueling?tfratr?man'a laot j^con xeiousmaoment. is Vila ,twilight of dife, the Time for punishment for life's infractions, the time for the rewards for the efforts of 'life. \f -*" V The darkness comes, but~wfttr the darkness comes a-renewed " souh? '^_r~ _ - ~r?^ The darkness fades and when the dawn breaks thru, hope appears and a man begins anew. THE STATE COLLEGE" STIT DENTS' VOCATIONAL CONI FERENCE. v ' Orangeburg-, S. C.^-An event jnf-undsual interest at the State .College was the holding of the j Second-Annual "Students' VocatrorraFConfereneer^AprH Id and[TS7T The Conference had as its Ig&feet "an expression hv foe students. 6f their reaction on ' problems suggested by vocation| al courses in order to form a jhasisHi'or vocational gilidft'fl&MTr graining industrial and community workers." The students I themselves conducted the Conifereiice, which was tlivided into^ i Agricultural, Mechanical, Home [Economic, Commercial and Acaidemic courses... The main theme at the agricultural session was] Rural Sanitatiofl in keeping with | Negro Health Week. In the J jHome Economic section the I most interesting discussion was! i "Wh V Shrmlfl in/inc jjjcoixmmcs j Form a Necessary Part of Rural Education?" In the Mechanical : session great, interest was shown jn discussing '"Better Homes," | "Home Decoration" and "The Advantages of College Training in- the Industrial World.-Tho, Commercial Session was .made interesting by papers on "Essentials of a Business. Education and Efficient Stenograph-^ ers." There was a very keen! dlacuccion -on "Successful Ne- j gro Business JEnterprises." In the final session discussed."Why TTfT^rT!oilege" and "Gontrtfrafcr ions that College Trained Neg-j roes Are Making. to the Ad-1 vancement of the Race." Pro- j fessors A. H. Gordon, M. F.j Whittaker, and N. G. Nix made* RflTYIP ftKoOMtAtlABi. -V? 11? vaviUilS Oil lilt! UOn-| ference to clear up some points | vague in the minds of many, students. They?also offered constructive criticism- of. thej students* methods of conducting the Conference. The~anhual triangular Debate of the Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina State Colleges wilt'be held a?t Petersburg, Greensboro and Orangeburg on Friday, April 24, at eight ofclock. The College Y. M. C. A. will present- a_moving_ picture?"Jo- t seph in Egypt" on Saturday, i April 25th. j President Wilkinson and Mr. i H. E. Daniels, District Agent of the Farm- Demonstration work of the?Stat^are attending the Conference of Eaha~Grairt-Gol- leges in Greensboro, N. C., this week. ' The Senior Normal Class, un- , der the direction of Miss S. \ Henderson, will present. ''Rip ] Van * Winkle," Friday evening, | April 17th. * ;. > : ^ "w { Enjoy Stay at Clinic I REGINALD SMITH HEADS 1 CLINICAL 30CIETY -I . < (By The Associated Negro Press.) ' Tuskegee Institute, April? ^ Dr. H. Reginald Smith, Eye, Earr ^ Nose and Throat Specialist of j the John A. Andrew Clinical So- 1 ciety ajf the cldse of the Thir-J teenth Annual Meeting and 1 Eighth Annual Clinic, which 1 was held here at the John A. An-:1 drew Memorial" Hospital of-they Tuskegee, Normal jand Industrial Institute duritig the past week7 ^ - Dr. A. B. JacksQn^_director of the Public HealthSchdoTHowaVd 1 T?v.;??ii? 1 ? ? ' rcxm'vefmt-y-j?w^tsmng^nn, * C., was elected vice-president of the~ society and Dr. Eugene H. Dib I ble, medical director of the John 1 A. Andrew nospilUi, TUskegee] |Tnstifntp, Will serve fhs^t.he retary-treasurer for the ensuing;; year. - -4v The annual reception to the1 visiting phvsicians^ held in the] teachers' dining room Wednes- ] day brought to a close the ser-l, ies of social eventsIhelcLtn cmrnection with the~Ciinic a?hd Am j nual meeting. : r- . The week's^social events began , -Monday, when the physicians on] the staff at Veterans' Hospital"7" No, 91 gave a banquet in honor i. I of the visiting physicians and surgeons, Early the saffig^ev^ ening Misses Esther J. Bullock!, and Amelia J. Gears, chief nurse |, and assistant chief nurse, to-!, gether w-i$h the entire staff of] rmyinn HPSpi^l entertained the visiting physicians . -jit the Nurses' Home, Later the] nh vsiAians mot a? + Un V./-.W.^ I A ^ ut tixu.: 11WIIIC UI j Colonel and Mrs. Joseph H. Ward^ for an informal reception. *?-jTimmla.v uvmiiiug-Mrn. W. H-.i Carter entertained in Honor of; Mrs. C. Lcukeyth Roberts of ( Nevv Tork who was-with" her htrs~; -Ua-mlrJMr Rnhprts, thp popular composer, both of whom are vis?. iting^the Institute this - week. ^ The same evening Mr. and Mrs. Walt?r S. Durkee entertained in t honor 6f Mr. and Mrs. R. B. >; Harrison, of Athens, Ga., house ( guests of Mr. and Mis. A. L. * j HoTsey. Mr. Burke is the business executive at the Veterans* Hospital^ ?- '?J The smoker for tbp nWci_ dans given by Dr. Eugeno-tL ^ John A. Andrew Hospital oi^ij ed the visitors an evening of do-lightful entertainment. Mrs. Booker T. Washington ] _ ; _ I Eleventh Annual I1" : rrr i | STATE C .ITTNF. IS t? TI w _ ? t/Vf IF * X Y Authorized by the State I | Elepientary, High Scl \ ? ? ? x cational courses lea i- - - . . 1; certicates^aiYCt \ x X ? r?* 1* r 1 r* rive weeKs aessio j: TER f Entrance Fee ^ & Board for Session X Laboratory Fee for each Ipdua t* For further information, addrt AV - - ^ * R. Si W1L1 iMwWWWWWWWWJ'rWWWWWWWiWWWWWWWWJj V ? / * Saturday. April-25^: 1925. mtertained on Wednesday after--" loon in hotior of Dr. and Mrs. . \lgernon?B. Jackson of Washington, D.. C. TIP-BITS By Leonard Massepburge (By The Associated Negro"Prcssr)? . The Great Pyramids of Egypt rvere erected more than 5000 fears agp, and nothing more Mechanically perfect has ever ^ jeep built. Ip massiveness of instruction i?~tor exceeds ?nyHhirnr that .niv nation an, 1 dent or modern, has ever at emptod. ?_?/, ~? " ?Tin original height just iver 480 ieet, arrcTfhc length of .? ?aeh side at the-base764 feel. z [ts cubical contents exceeded .V 3007000 OOP cubic feet, and the weight of?its?;mass?fit?40r000 tons._ Its. original cubical contents~vvouid Have built a city of 320.000 houses, with walls a foot . thicks each possessing "30 feet ... ' frontage. Or if the contents of this vast structure were laid., lown ima line a foot in breadth nd depth, the llne.woulc\Jbe near- - ? [y 17.000' milpq In IpngtK, ; Herodotus tells us that 100iOO men. were engaged^ in its Construction for a space of twenLy -years, and modern scholars do not think-this" estimate an exagga^ated oi?e*. ...... ' A traveler wnb, has returned irom an expedition into . - |he -forests-of the Amazon tells _ lis that he was much more'fright snetl by -the hugh .spiders he encountered ihan of the jaguars. Fhereis certainly something awe inspiring in his description of a species of Amazon spiders as~?r greature? with long legs, fatbodies" aboirr ther size of. a young rat, and the wickedest, most fi-__ mdish. beautifullv camouflaged artd-so perfectly JSOancHjizltiTat they shut by their own weight. Beneath them arc tunnels or pits in^wtnchlljae nion'sier spiders?= watch for their prey. Another Spider is shotted "lilcn thn nnrH " a. r? and spins a web quite a yard across. The straroda of this huge . web,- suspended?between?two trees, are so?strolls and tough that if a small bird Hies" into them it is unable tcTescape before' the arrival of the spider, which makes short work of it. : The Now York State College af Agricluture qt Ithaca has a request iur its. btrtletins>t:to-be^-., translate d.iiito. the Tamil vernacular, -one of t he-diale?ts~of the .-?a? \ , The world's oldest stone builcfings are reported to have been discovered near the famous pyramiles south of Cairo. Thev are two- rovai?tomb cilapels of_ tho._ third Egyptian dynasty, about?_ 4000 B. C. "Built, in a style differing in almost every respect from whatj is known as Egyptian architecr ture, the-chapels are believed to have been the burial_places of ? princesses or queens. ??^ ^ ' ? - ?i Summer Session ? 'HE Q1 .LEGE 1 IT V 1Q 1QOK uiaj x lUj Xt/LdfJ* X )epartment of Education. X wol, College and Vo- f ' , ding to renewal of" | college ciedilK^ 1*?? >n--Six Days Each | MS X t $ 3.00 & $ 20.00. ? trial .Subject % 1.50 *'*, iSS " J ^** klNSONr? rroBidcnty ?? - I ? Orangeburg, S. C. ? \ . v