. ?? ^ - Saturday,, May 9, 1925. Speech Of Mrs. Mary McLeod P Bethune In Springfield, Mass. . r g (Continued From Page One) k une had been guided to Daytona, r? Florida, and was located in a section oftlie city, peopled excl us? ^ to opportunity was realized. The \ parently unconsciously ~ waiting -' . - for an incentive to higher ideals: ^ than those to which they- had been born. The young missionary was at hand ready for the beginning of_ her life's work. ' Wisely and prudently she first . sought The approval of the parents to her plan to gather theirV ???childremfrorn jtheir wild life in~~to a school"for instructiotr, first 1 as to the^sspntiaia ffVio Uatoo : ^ This presentation appealed to , f_. ? them. Her second step was to ; secure a place where a temporary home might be established y ' and object lessons might be taught' showing the value of re- c fmement in mannersfr'7conduct and conversation. Application j* was made to a black man for-therent of a four-room cabin-^the ,? applicant-saying to him: - I have no money now to pay, but you 1 certainly -shall be paid." After ? looking into Tver eyes for a momentrhe saictT "I will trust you." ^ "stores for seats and cast-off fur-~^ niture from the white house-hol-iders in "the city, which gave c somewhat .the appearance of^a tidy home. Her first class of } five^Trttie black girls gathered fpom the streets into a black man's Tented cabin was the be- . ginning of the Daytona-Normal 1 in cash, with pi-ayer and great faith. Continued next week. * Mutual Relief And Benevolent " Association Organized Here . - ^ c (Continued From Pagp One) The program as published in 1 The Leader last week was car- d ried out. ^Addresses by Mayor t Coleman, Insurance Commission 1 er J. J. McMahan, President A. a ?W. Simkins, of- Edgefield were-1 pleasing features of the mass 1 " meetings. . The address in re- a _ sponse was delivered by Dr. J. t W, Boykitf, of Camden, was a 1 treat'.""" "Jf -Other companies-of the state had their representatives at the ^ ~? conTefehce- to show? of cooperation that is becoming t ? to be1 a powerful factor of late z ? in Negro fife? Hon. C. G. Spauld- s ing, head of tha?great?N. -CLJ. : Mutual of Durham came to Co- s lumbia to attend the conference -! and deliver an address. His c State Agent W. H. Harvey of r Columbia delivered one of the d addresses. Other speakers a- t mong the writers were Mr. E. E. t Cornweil, Mr. Mr?Mr?Dreher,-? Mrs. Julia Hart, of Columbia,^ ? Mrs^ C^ M, Fin 1 ey, Qf?h.ester,L Mrs. JE E. Albany. of Aiken. ? ~ ""Mrs. E. E."Tones, u^Oremivilfe-1^ and Mr.. M. J. Sanders of Sum- a ter. The group meeting wasfl presided ov^'by Mr. ?ornwell. r One of the public ^addresses _c was delivered by Mr. N. H. Col- a lins. Mr. Collins represents the i Supt. of the National Benefit t Insurance Company &nd a good c mixeiv?Dr7 William. I>. Chap- d pelle spoke to the insurance wri-jl; ., iera on "Living Conditions of s '? i t.hft Nptrrn Rapp " ? ' * . -0- ? .www ?r* % ?? This was one of the best con- 1; 1 ferences they have ever, had.'s Mr. Goode said yesterday, in dis- p cussing the phases of the meet-'c ? ing and- making a retrospect of f the past achievements. Every \ phase of the work was touched, i; in the general and group meet-! ings and the host of agents here Y will leave the eity witn Broader s visions, new resolutions and t stronger determinations to c "write up South Carolina." a The insurance held is not yet r explored among our people. ThejT Mutual Relief has a splendid t chance w'ijth the other compa- a nies in educating us up to the t point, of valuing, lifaansurance. 1 ; ' rhe Liberty Life Founder Die# (Continued From Page GTVC~p" "H ntered the i;eal estate business vith Mr. Oscar DePriest. For wo years he engaged in that\ >rofession but he had not yet ound diis"-lifework. - Finally -' n January of 1916,. he left tcT oin the agency force of the Roy^ J Life Insurance Company. Vitrthat organization he began! if achievement. . He had found I iis calling. By August of the same year Gillespie was made superintendent, of the. company, tie thus became the first colored superintendent of an Old' Line Legal Reserve insurance Xlom^ >any doing both industrial and irdinary business. The success- which attended lillespie as superintendent of the .wj ai i-/nt5 nihuicint'tj ^umpany vas phenomenal; so it happeriied ,hat in the fhll of 1917 he fce:&me organizer ami uflieer of llife Public. Life Insurance Company | >f' Illinois. This was the first j ime in the history of, Life Inilevated to a position of such esponsibility, Gillespie" made food. For two years he assist d in the dewd^pmrnit nf the i^ng institution; then he id. to organize a company among iced clearly and knew that his >wn years of experience, could riaku it possible. Such a com-j iany+ he realized, would open he door of opportunity to thouands of his face, Liberty Life nsurance Company of Illinois s the result. Today it towers" Mfe a beacon light among the fi&nt institutions of the race. t is managed bv a gromTdPtfig ?Ojt compel L'Jil ineii in the field if-life insurance- and stands as tn everlasting monument" to -the reniusof its founder and a bulwark against the misfortunes if an awakening people. In 19Q3-Mr, Gillespie was marled to Miss Edreanor Poree of slew Orleans, Louisiana^ To his union two children- Tiave >een given, a son now of 20 and i daughter of 17. The beautiful lome Uf.e^oJLthis group and the jfogress' of "Liberty Life lnsurince Company of Illinois attest he success with, which'h master nliid lias met and sulved the" troblems of his day. Slegroes Start'An Organization. fT^rifTimnri"Prhfh'Pnfp OtipV ieen advanced by"these organi-: i uliuua jl no oiluvv UlitL emc of the borrowers have reurned tlie^aniaiinis.in small intallmonts and paid as much ^s. ten per cent, additional. One_ if these Jewish organizations iow lias assets of-over one hun-| (reel million dollars. It was his general idea which inspire^ he .'launching?of the National] How It Will Operate. It has been interesting to Mr. jpaulding, Mr. Gomez and my-"j xdf tu nute'-^iealiy the unusual; tmount of . opporfuhities tHat lie Finance Corporation even; iow has to serve. If this sum artnot be secured, there will be t- loss of property which is eas-i ly worth eight, or nine hundred liousand dollars:?Another conem needs twenty-five thousand. tusiness and it has sufficient asets. * Still another organization leeds seventy-five thousand dpi-, ars: another one hundred thou and dollars. All of these enter>rises_ate controlled by men of Or racer who have reputations or good bueinesH judgment, but vho are having some difficulty n raising necessary funds. , When our organization shall rc?ve opened for business,, we vomer iri each case senu experts; o make the proper investigation if the assets before the "loans: fre made. We find that itT is? tot always money that our busmcttTrgM~in their organic] ions! Jtlore often it is merely Uvice and instructions as to how' hey should proceed- Frequenty they have gotten into difficulagsa^Tir' niB .7! TL* n :! __Li ^ 4 \ THE PALMETI Cb3g8g3Bp3C9?5tt?BX^^ I--7 :-: SI^AY L A Department of - -~Bv WILI,1AM D. ; (All contributions to this Depari poetry," accompanied by stamped and eehtr-tb lSOl '^ Xaydot -SW JColul column. All worthy manuscripts wi name. Amateurs and poet-aspirants that talent, if you have it.) The Editor of this Department siring poems on any subject for any moriams, expressions of friendship, klhdfl, - ' , Fifteen years ago I lost my angel to me than any other Memorial Day. should be devoted to alTmbtKers every) TO MY M< By William D. ^ Too late for thee to diear, ni I hreathe this token of my i For thy great" love,?seconi Who is the father of the un GT Allthat I ara^alhthat I hi - - - " Young, hopeful, climbing ^ Receive the thund'rous pla OrJxiuraphaiik .a*$r life's e reach at last Truth's land, I owe it all to thee,?to thj Take then this token of mj . As. calmly sway these pirn Of earth, where thousands^ Of faithful souls, swept fr< Wtth God's help, 1 shall s ? Th uF when at last, I come --In- death's great slumber'roc Of his"<3?ar mother's faithl J I _ -J7 " : th A ^ Can ever I express in words The gratitude that merr, The deathless love that in r Forget the care that_aps Upon my heart this lovely i Within my heart, rekindle And grateful love for fifc.ej And -t- impassioned, folloa White RoaeT fit svmbul -of Whisper t-his^ answer to 1 Within my heart I feel her I'll be true to it, her hon And answer living love by Until this white rose gaii in. a I wonder if always 1^ have The grateful-love that & So often felt but not^alw Mother's fare's a thousand"' Who can forget* the com Who ever knew maternal lo No love is beautiful tha * O Red Rose, lovely with li * Express with all your b< And gratitude for mother' _? And all th' imprisoned-pas Me to a life of love by whi _ ~ -The luve~ that- answers "i ties because their business meth-' Tc rate lacked system. The Finance Corporation willv have -compe- ^ tent~men to install the" proper a systems for" handling their business and if, in their judgment, ^ financing is needed, the Finance' s|. Corporation can' do it.^ Some- j times re-organization is needed ([l tem tmrtr-Hedridiat wilijbe suf- ~ 10 ficient to give them a new start ^ on .the road success." Corttinucd from Page 1. ^ exist. ^ The bill declared it a felony! i:'or^any organization to operate' ? . r | body which had a similar namej,^ or one nearly resembling any bo- j . dy^.having priority In the state. ~ Mr. Griffin who hT active m j lodge life spoke against the measure on the open floor .with the,ai1 result that every member of the1 housejsvho had voted in its favor J1* reversed his vote. s0 Mrs. Hattie Giles-Thompson Passes. v i On Saturday, April the 25th, P the spirit of Mrs. Hattie Giles j^a Thompson-took jts flight back to ^ the God who gave it.?She was born in Wilmington, N. C., April 6thy 1849, but has hecm a Ttent of Columbia on East Tay- gr lor Street the m&jor portiorr-of her"HTe,.~~~ -?? ??- twi She was fh a FrTecI to Mr. Arid- by C. in 1867. Sixteen children were born from this happy union pr I . ... ' OTEADER EAVES :.:r; | Current Poetry 'ROBINSON. p tment rnust^Be^typewritten, "f5al and addressed return envelope, fi nbia^-S^.C.^.La th?-EdJLtflI ,QX this 8 11 be printed .under your own ?. i, this is your chance to develop ;0| offers his services to anyone de' occasion, such as epitaphs, me- 3 or .topics for programs of all |5 mother.. Mother's Day means more It is= fitting that this department j vhere. ~ "7 ~ -< ?-n=- ?*-:t .? , ?4 ITIIER. -* - Robinson. ? ? lEART THROB. ?- : y angel mother, ? gratitude , - y . 1 alone ? ==JL'? averse: ^ ~ !'?v_ ipe to be,-A' iver t'ward the stars, ?st height to fame,? ..y udits of the world,? vils here below, ~T ?the beuer land,? ' r great love! ^ ~r gratitude, 33 above Ihy couch ,? \\t nif 4 Vtn (t root yntir n y/4 i Wnix tut; t cat 1 cwuiu y ' ^ ^ life's battleground:? ? tlnyfeto-Rve Hsd"irttn? to wait with tk?e 4 . : T j m, glad tongues may-say: ... !ul love and care." !.- T ?~ . . : -f 1' I VH1TE ROSE. ~ - - 1 sor deeds, - ' . lory revives.? ny soul revives? wered all my nee^s? ~ Jvhite. rose pleads: . ? d memory drives; [ y* cpression strives; ' . ' v where it leads. , her matchless luve, : ? ter soul sleeping: pure ,bloo unu tuuoci VdllVC, . ij For five months she was a pat- c nt sufferer, knowing that her '< nior would take care of her. j; ip bore her afflictions with ehr- | tian fortitude, until Saturday,' $ pril 25th, when the endreame. ? can be well said that her death ? as "The End of a Perfect-Day." ? The funeral services were held, c Sidney Park C. AI._E. Church, i jesday, April 28th,' of which lurch she was a faithful memThe floral tributes were many~| id hpnntifnl ' She leaves to mourn her loss, a \ isband, Mr. Anderson Thomp- % n, ten children, Mrs. Mayme c cGiarter^ Washington, D. C.; | rs. A. W. Smith, Atlanta, Ga.;c ra. J. II. Cliftonr Mrs. Harvey < illiams, Columbia; Mrs. J. E.'"= lestnut, Mrs. Henry Baxter, | cksonville, Fla.Messrs. Ivy & | person Thompson, New York; | rs. Hattie Geter, Columbia; Dr.-rj m. S. Thompson, Dentist in 5 sorgetown, S. C. ami thirty-one. \ and children, one great-grand. 3 We can only point her loved 3 es to tho ftnes^ beiow, dedicated ! the "poet ~t6 those who lire ! ieved and heart-sore?? - ^4^ "How can I sink, with su&h a ; op, as my Eternal God." |j uMigi - j- a ' ~ gTsts Large contract Messrs. Beachum & Calhoun, local contractors here, have been awarded the contract for the plaster boards, 1 corner heads, plaster, metal laths , an$ aH other materials required to complete plastering of the~Dormitbry building being erected for I'aine Col- 1 TeireTAutrOsTgy Qa..^according toylansn aud specifieations~~as prepared by Messrs. Tisdale & Stone, architects. This speaks well ior these young men" who are reully ^mtk^ng good in theig-hbusiness. = ^ .... 11 Davis Flower Shop andj Beauty Parlor -?:?"Poro System" . Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas and all Seasonable Flowers. Wax and. Fresh Cut. ??WE DELIVER. T HUUHSl 9 A. M. TO 7 P. M.l Sundays 9. A. M. TO 1 P. M. Mme. Sarah EL Davis/ Mgr. j PHONE 8098 , \) 2103Gervais St., Columbia. S. C. - . *. ~~ ~ 4 FOR SALE ?!dn and Scalp Soap," Face Powders! Deodorant, Vanishing. Cream, Cold Cream, Talcum' Powders, loilet VVat- ? PORO SYSTEM ~ SCALP and HAIR TREATMENT , MmeTEdith Holmes-?3 No. 9 THOMPSON ROW NEW BROOK LAND, S. C. Alonzo P. H< , -\r,IXCORPOt UNDERTAKERS ai Funeral Supplies ? * ?^r' -T o1012 Washnigton .St., PHOI< ( [ Office Phone 6026 j :' N J- frki ^ Attorney=at^Law an r Practice -in all CourtsI [. 1119 Washington Street, ( ' , j?x~x~XKK~x^x~x~x~x*<~x~irj~x~> \r J.fl. ROB! p MERCHANT j; Suits Made y ?- ' telepho: jl -lllS'/j Washington Strreet, C- WWVHVhWHVMVHVHW^VWHW I L ^ REESE'S DR1 ; ^ .. . ^ MRS. P. R. RE ?A Full- Line of Patent Cigarettes and Tobacco Madam C. ,T. Walker'.! . . .Times. Ice Cream and PHONE * i4zz Assembly Street, > oxosasosososcxoaoso^ ?'~. ~ p. a. si Cleaning, Press! and Dyeing. All anteed, 1017 Washington St., WHEN IN COLUMB] BROADWAY E EVERYTHING SANITAR i;:?' ^ _ FISH and 1 ______ IN SEA! S D. W. WOO : T" 1108 Washington Street, - , ; { . t - -'y _ > . ^ J ' , - . L \ ? y -y, r ?-,ai?if* **i ' THREE - >5| - HOME F^OM FLORIDA.! , I J Mr. J. W. Beachum, contractor of ihis city, and Messrs. Walter and Harry Morris have"returned to the city - a from-an extended motor trip to Mia- - -a ni and West Palm Beach, Fla.?While 3 in "the 4?tn4 of flowers." thev were ? ?4 .he: guests of Mrs. Amanda Brown ind Mrs. Mena Jordan, both formerly "4 of:~Cg.hjmbiy- ^heyr report a -very? ?^4, pleasant and enjoyable trip. NELSON'S BEAUTY '-'J V;Cl PARLOR ? _ ? .J " \ftair Dressing of'' ???? ? AUKinds. ? , . _ ... . ... . ^ Mme. Josephine Nelson,^.Mgr. ,317 Wheat St., Columbians. C. ?1 .'. . ?* K f ' - ~? - Martin & 1 hurmarr? _ . m ! Electrical Contractors T~~- " ' - j LICENSED AND BONDED CoTOtpEta, S. C. :: ?_ 1 ; - ' * M irdy & Co. IATED ? " . ? . j ? ?_- - - .iv _ ; ;;_i ad EMBALMERSJft it Lowest -Prices^ y - ,' ~