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four"- _ *^ 7 "The Palmetto Leader 7 Published Weekly By L The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. j1 fcp- J. B. LEWIE President \ - 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET? , COLUMBIA, 0 C- ~~ 3 Entered at the Post Office-art- Golufn?H bia, S. C., ns Second Class Matter. | TELEPHONE ' ,'L . 4623 j1 - i j fer ?? N. J. FREDERICK, Editor W.-FRANK WILLIAMS. :?- ? i( ?* _ Contributing Editor,! HENRY D. PEARSON City Editor!1 GEO. H. ItAMPTON, Manager ~ SUBSCRIPTION" RATES": r CASH IN ADVANCE. ~ Six Months." ?7., 1-25 Three Months" ?- - r? - .78 \ Single Copy- ?^-4-^--.-?^-- ' ^08'|! h - cation. ' * " . ?J Saturday, May 16, 1925. .J, . ? ; ,. The shame of democracy?or | Tshall we say democracy as ex-1 -?uent occurence of "race riots"! according tcTnewspaper dispatch^ es. Russia used to be the prem-1 - ' ier country-fey- race rioting, raqc..j progroms and race oppression of ' "all binds but the" "United States _ seems to be the first country of" ' the world now. ?i? . ; ?-jkJeaTT Ralph lugy of : I does not seem to have a very J high regard for democracy. "It . i s -impotent under a severe strain," says the Dean, "and whines, pearls, grovels and sub~nuts." Perhaps the good Dean ?got his idea of democracy fromobservfng-' the manner in which / Colored American -Citizens arc itreated under democracy. Bishop R. A. Carter of the C. M. E. Church predicts an early Iscopal Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church South. This however he.said will not be done until the colored momhors-of -that; f ; 1.4. I' ' XTlCLIlUUl^t V^llUl til iruiu t it. The" good Bishop does not ? Tcftew-tl^ese ^vemherii -very well. . THey haver too mucn sense to ~ leave and thereby 'forfeit there property rights. . ' . 1 ? ?*? . ..... The further reprieve granted : Carroll Orr, sentenced to clcet.ro->; cution for murder by Gov. McLeod was an act of justice. According to affidavits presented by the attuiiio.y leprc.iCiitiiig the ^ condemmed man, the jury which convicted had access or was ser ved liquor during its deliberation. A decision sending a man!1 ' ??ttHrbr-dcath is certainly solemn- enough to be fr^c ol' suidid cir? cumstances. . If its right to violate" one law - . i because vou dont Tike it. why is . it wrong to violate any or all laws? If one section, of this country_can rightly violator pro-, vision of the U. S. Constitution. why cant another section violate -any other provision with good rights? In fact, why isn't' it right then to violate any provicomrnon? Therein is the danger. Who is to decide just what shall be observed and what ?:? disregarded ? \ ' ' O? I.... SHOULD CARROLL ORR DIE? "Yes, Orr'should be. elcctrcuted if he is guilty of the murder with ital punishment is the law of the ? State,: But has Orr been convicted by a jury as contemplated by the law? Ay, there's the rub. The Governor has reprlevcd Urr ?ofyustice, the reaaombeing to give the' Attorney representing Orr opportunity to present a mo- * firm tn +110 Snnrowo rftiiipt which if granted rigJft;, might result in a new trial. The Supreme Court ha? denied the - motion,?hub. should that mca-n Qrr ought be electrocuted? Can South Carolinians allow a man's life to be ~faEen under the form uf law un^J ? hr . ? - ymn) ' ng the trial and conviction of J ^arroH Orr? The fact that "hejr s a black man makes no differ- i ;nce?yes it should, for the bpin- i on Is too prevalent that a black 1 nan accused of a crime against : r-whjte-man has no- show of ob- j Laining firmness and justice, e- j unrmnna tVinngrh it may be. 1 Now, what^ are some of the < things which should make fair ' and just men sit up and take no- ; tice? .The attorney for Orr presented, and has affidavits ^rom -i a member of the jury which convicted Orr swearing that liquor < was served them, sent in a coffee 1 pot; Tie ought~tTj"know-,-he "was there; another member of the ] j_Ury .swears that mcmberq of tho =i jury were allowed to leave the ; jury room~singly and in-groups-j during deliberation; he ought to ; know he was there/ A /statedwitness swears that a shot was 1 fired from the rear of the store 1 while P'T ^ alleged to have fired from the front. But disregard- < ing the latter, are not the affid- i avits of the jurors sufficient to bring the manner of Orr's con^viction under suspicion? It is . true that .affidavits were submitted by the baliffs and the : Sheriff td the ctmlary but \voTTld j men who liad really.participated make?such affidavits were tho farts nnt- truof and that too where -a Negro's life was involved. accused of killing a -man jpf fhel-Mme as the jurors? " That these jurors subsequently ' made contary affidavits only i piakes the case worse. The Supreme Court has decided against Orr but the Supreme Court is;' bound by'the right rulfs of law.] But the law can be ioffoj&ed and I justice at the sanie time murd-; ei'ed. J__ low a man to be electrocuted under such circumstances as these. "From out, of the Swamps of Arkansas came the hero of the ilisaster-a big black Negro man,] Iom_Lea,"-so was the descrip-r ti_on_of ,the man who by himself f saved 30 of t he GO passehgers a-j' in the Mississippi ,^iver near] Memphis, Tenn., last week, Tom 1 '**> is an ordinary. ignorant Negro, unschooled in the finerv ihfn^swjf"life, yet possessed of a heart of gold. Thinking not of," himself while men,-'women and; children were struggling for life i ;? fWo tnrtmlpnt. waters or thfe . Mississippi, he was possessed of J only the one' idea?that of sav-, ing. The struggling ones were not of his race, but what of that? Tiie call of duty^vvas-velear-cr-And- . is not that the history of .the Black Race in America? When has' it ever ialtered"? The hard treatment given ttr-partieulary in some Sections has never" yet" caused it to be wanting when a crisis has arisen and its help \vas needed. There is no sourness in its breast, no hatred in its soul. It works orr amd hopes that it will be better, knowing that it has been worse. Tffere are thousands of Tom Leas, tho it'may seem at times that this fact is forgotten, and attention is only attracted when some catastrophe occurs. Ali honor to this Tom Lea. THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN T!U? ; i.i ?? Ul'l 111 Irt I CUI1 Vftl IIUI1 U1 this association was held i n Washington, D. C. last week. Delegates from the civilized world over were in attendance, including colored women ot America. A part Of the program of this meeting was designed to show the devel'opemeht of Americaii Music A hand of Sioux Warriors from South. Xiakota,. was there to give selections of Indian music as were a large humber of colored artists to give selections of the only real, true American musUrthat" them is. The presence of the Indians gave no trouble whatever, : i -r-?-? ~ * ~r* ; > - - - i - the paumet ^IdrecT people?ah, but this is America. Though these Col-, 3red Musicians sre men~and women of. culture, education and refinement, still they were either too dangerous or uncouth or something that it was thought [pest to pen them up by them! tet~ themroam freely. What cared the management that the National Council of Women of the United States, \vhos<? guests these people were, had pledged advance that there would be no segregation? In polite ~st? ciety*; we^Jiave r^ad somewhere, that a host'br hostess, never permits anything to be dnne.to hiir., milate or offend his guestsr It hrfrue-that the President of the National Council disclaimed res- 1 ponsibility for what was taken - q TT 11/1 X KJ J-X^l 4%. pi I ' NAMEV_ |j; ? I RY IT?A"~'^W, <*j Jean Jew. - What's in a name? A rose, hy anv other name smells j-ustl rtrr mmjuI. ?i>i Hi?H^-Um=PtuiUuidiso it is?with lifeless things. ; What mailers it if an aster is called a sunflower? an eveivj ' 1 green-shrub?a rosemary, a wild aster?a daisy, or a narcissus] ?a daffodil? They serve to-difH' ferent.iate merely To whatever plant group a flower msy~belOTT? within that group are many, others. Others, probably, with less attractive Ujinufs but?greater fragrance. Moreover you may nres? the svvnre-Tn^inii'n e-nm?? x ~ ~ ^ X-^.7V1IVW xa.yji.il u flower?rose, violet, or an mltra combination of flowers and if the source is not known it matFrance we want, "It' is the fragrance we get. So it is witl). other objects of similar nature.' The automobile may Be callecTa^gas. buggy ;~the rail locomotive may be called an iron horse, but there is little dif ference in the appeal of the different terms and we get there just the same. But th^fe^tS^something in a name, and I hope there will always be. Take, the word MOTHER^ No other name can take the place of the vyord mother and have the same_._appeal or permeate the inner/chambers of our sopls like that word -mother, fyVen , i - - /v?A iuii iixiii inaiiiH art1 -msunicient, for ^ whether in prose or poetry we unconsciously begin "Dear Mother" and "To Mother." Mother signifies a tenderness, an understanding and a love which we could not appreciate in any er disguised by sume other name.* If we;-"could not see mother's voice would not have its accustomed force unless-we FRIENDSHIP, another of those iiHangible wordfh?~No otlu: er word expresses friendship like'. friendship itself. When friendship is called bv anv other name all its virtues remain be-' hind with it; the beauty of its meaning is lost, fragrant heart Then there is LOVE.?Love ea? be love only. If a carnation - - - ? . I TO LEADER - ?-c smells sweet and is beautifuland you call it a Ring's bud" no one will be pricked seriously. But give love another name and hearts are wounded, souls are mightily affected. As much of the charm is in the word as in the feeling. and Tragrance, means nothing. Love?the word?even without action is life. . " . " v?,, '- ?i? as an affront by the Colored Artists?but it was done neverless. The result was a refusal to participate by the Colored Musicians the reason being stated to the Councirby Mrs. Ilallie Q. Brown one of the most prominent Colored women of America and an Ex-president of the Nation nil Association of Colored Women which is a part of the American section of the International Cou- : acih No doubt the European delegates got a pretty good idea .of how things are done in America where it seems, individual worth is not the things that counts so much as well, of what race areT you'.' The delegates missed aV concert that was worth wliile, to ' compensate, what was obtained j in its place? . - ? m a m 8- WIT A T'G TXT A i v/u iiici.y uuauge me ctMor oi i the violet to red, or name the lily J of the valley the daisy of the J field; but for the ecstasy of youth, tho comfort of age and ; the hope of life leave thos&oionreplacable terms?MOTHER, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE. Columbus Operator Dedicates New Buildiugv (By The Associated Negro Press.5 ' New Ytfrk, Chicago and other cities , of tremendous populations nf Negroes are prone to great credit for the advance in general^business among ys. However, it is a fact that when one regards the laws of proportion, some ( of the smaller cities have just reaso.n_ \ to dispute with the larger places the claim to superiority in many directions. Columbus^Chior is owe^auch j town. Several times have citizens of thyt Ohio capital been features in , stories that told of commercial and ] business development. - -. ?. ' The recent dedication of thq^Xhfia. * rcsa Building, named in honor of the "j builder's wife, brings forward the j name of James A. Jackson as a real- , ly operator and general business fac- ^ This S7&..UQ0.00 -business block.' at ^ Long and Tafmadge streets was dedicated April 17. It houses John is. ( Logan Realty, "^he Long Street Pharmacy, The Coldhian Service Company DryB Milton Tribbett, a dentist; Drs. J. Harmon- Wilson, James Tyler and Sidney- Sloan, all physicians. _ j :?Jaek^on, "With Mrs. "Ruby R. Wil- ' liams, widow of a former business pTtnoiv i< tlm- ninnar t,f tVin r>i.nhn^.~ modern equipment including a $25,000 pipe jjrgan, the installation of t which \vas made at the. same time ^ that $50,000 in alterations were made j on tho property that originally cost . more than $75.00fl.~ ? With another. local Citizen, he is , interested in the Jackson-Logan A* partments;" a $200,000 property, the first floor of which is occupied bv a ^ bakery and restaurant, while the three upper floors are tenanted by famines, j There . are still other, properties" ip j the city that belong to hint. -* bfotwjt.h-standing" the fact,. he- is. hlmselfa renter insofar as his honje .is con cernpd. He resides on Monroe Ave- ( nuc and Long street,;-ir> ine of the j cities' finest residence districts. A nephew, Orpha Smith. JaCksoi\, , manages a billiard room opposite-the theater that is one of Mr. Jackson's earliest ventures) and one of the moat successful ones. ^ "* * It is remarkable how businesa -instinct wilLattnunrliire associates, Mra.s^ Williams, one-wf4uA-buainess partners |-( is in- an unusual business for a wo- , man of any group; dnd she is Snaking a success with it. She operates cunlen that she is regarded as one t>f the richest women of the state, Mr. ] Logan, too, has a tremendous personal business, one that requires sales manager and a staff salesman:: Jackson has indeed invested a very ( commonplace and familiar nafme with j a rare distinction; and Columbus has , through .him and his associates added j to its claim to national -eminence as a city of business Negroes. Dr. Hprhprt Millar -- Goes to Fisk (By The Associated Negro Press.) ~ - Nashville, Tenn., May?Dr. Herbert ' Adolphus filler, son-in-law of tho first president and'founder of Fiik University, has entered upon his dut^s as executive chairman of the committee on administration of the institution. Dr. Miller will serve for the remainer of the year and will spend a portion of each week in this city. The other member's.of thte "comml- ~ ttee on administration are: Prof. Augustus Shaw, Thomas M. Brumfield, and Miss Elizabeth Collinge7 dean of! wmrren, all of the university faculty. J Miller's present plan is to get J a complete" understanding ~oT the crlti- , cai situation at f isk and Xft ?Jo-opCrHtrr{< with the trustees, faculty and alumni < of the University in trying to work ? out some plan T>y~ whichk'isk can con- "< tinue its position in the field of edu- < cation. It is not definitely known as ; to whether Dr. Miller will succeed to ' the presidency of the institution when ; the work of the committee of manage- | ment ends. \ . -V \?\ * - 1-. V . . .. .... : ' Greenville Boy Worth -- Quarter Million Benj. J. Bryant Once a Claflir Student Gets Estate of th< --Ls.te Mrs. Ann'; White, Whc JD ied a Week Ago. ? Now Runs - A Taitor.Shop. . . - -, (By'Semour Camd!.)' ? 'Greejwille, "JJ. C.,-May 14.?Special The happiest young: colored nian ir South .Carolina, should be. Benj. J Uryatit, about 30 years old aud conducts a tailoring business in this citv. As Mllipt II ? Pnluin v.. ^ vi4Miu _yyiuuiu^CI is known .by his mahy. personal "friends as *'talkless Ben." f He reads alf o| the time. On his. desk in his' little tailor shop are more books arid papers than-you will-find-suits-to-press Benj. does not use the new modern ',1.1'nm pn'ss fni' 4>rr?Ming-suits, ^ hQt heats his irons In ^a sivluII bucket in the yard on coat that He* Rets from the mountains. In most of the shops in Greenville you can g*et a"suit press3d-for-25c; but Mr, Dryant's. Pressing Shop is opened to~~aIl for 50c~.~per suit! When seen by a reporter he would hot "'discuss the will 'of -his grandmother, the late Mrs. Ann White, who left him near a block of property in front of the New Imperial Hotel; next to the Fifst Presbyterian Church, (white) in -very heart sf the city. On the corner from Mr. Bryant's estate" is the new half-millioh lollar bank building pf the People's National Bank. More than GO years tgo Mrs. White -paid a-very small ;um of jnpney for this l'tfnd That is now valued at $2^0,000^00;?She lived to be' riCar 90-years old^ and is survived ^y. i h e~ parents of^her o nl y g ra nd - son hemselves, Mr.?and?Mrs. - Theo. J-. Bryant. Mrs.' Bryhnt was hei^etily laughter. ?5??:?-? .?? Benj. J. Bryant is -a graduate of Jlaflin University, he is near 30 years jfei and devotes his time to reading ind his small pressing club that'-is looted in a brick buildirtg on "the corler of Washington and Academy St^. tfe^statefr that no chamres are to hp natle in his life's vocation. The city ^very real estate-dealer^ every auto igent,.cotton mill stock agents, have lo.o.n among his repent, callers.?Hs loes not smile, so his callers are all .urned back by the "smileless and .alkless Benj." with a stern business ook with his, new-famous words: 'I am sorry I am not in the market." Mr. Bryant likes President Coolidge le reads every act of the Congress, rnd talks of the. measures that will Help the South. He is a great friend ;f Tuskegbe Institdt~(T"iriid "&r."Rohgrt tti" Mo tori', whom he .has never met. !n talking about his home city he ays ^ii Vut'<>n_ better schools for. the People, and is an out spoken adviser n the educational program of t\io ieople in this community. His travjls. have^becn limited W South Caroina. but ho knuws more^ahmit t.he jutside world thun any other colored man in Greenville county.' . Blake D. Goldsmith. ? <JJr S Another death,ip._ Greenville was less man. His estate reported In the laily papers here to be worth more ham $150,000.00/ To his wife, >frs. LidU Goldsmith, who lives on ! East McRee Avnouo, he left $500.00 ?in and .to his:-.sister, Mrs. -Mattie Goldsmith Farjupr, of this city and ais brother W. Homer Goldsmith, of Atlantic Citj'. N.M., the remainder of his estate of $150,000.00 was left; Mi>fh Farmer is the executrix?of?th? estate. His wife, one of the mbst prominent welfare and social workers in tho Piedmont, it is undetfstobcT is planning to, contest the will. Georgetown Items, Sunday here in' our quaint little eity, was-a calm, peaceful and beauti? Eleventh Annua I | ?0F | STATE C JUNE 15, to J ^ Authorized by the State | Elementary, High Sc I cational courses le | certificates am | Five Weeks Sessi i , rrrr* a : J-tl y Entrance Fee . ? Board for Session ? T Moratory Fee for each Indr X For further information, add |7 ; R. S. WT1 _ * i Saturday, May 16, 1925. ?~4ul one. This being the 2nd Sunday ija. May, which, has- been set aL part as "Mother's Day" Big Bethel " bloomed as before. An inspiring serl mon was preached by the pastor Kev. - k J. L. Benbow at 11 o'clock a. m. He used for Jiiff "text "Forgive us bur -, * debts as we forgive our debtors." It was very helpful and instructive to At 8:00 o'clock" p.*in., the annual? _ Thanksgiving sermon of the Odd Fel- .. . lows and Ruthites- was preached. ? The address in behalf ^)f the Ruthjtes t way>d<dlvgr?a byMiss^Jani1^ E, . She^vV&s t^t^er best. The Allen Chris- 6 - fian Eudedvor "League held its ser? vice' at 6:30 p/M. Some "Very uplift--; i irig-yem?rk^-&ere" given by tl^pastor f on the lesson"How to Spend' Sun* - ?-9 > . - . , : *- * . *r- ; ; day," after which a special" "Mother^-?2 - Day" program was rendered, consist ing of-solos, papers and read i rigs ;~~all? i of which were very inspiring.. -We thank Miss Rosa L. Gregg very kind-. . i .ly^fof putting forth the effort to get" i up such an enjoyable program. V i All Leaguers and friends " wore . white and red flowers in-remembrance - of dear mothers, who have passed, on and for those who still remath-with us. We should all prize "Mother's Day" as one of the greatest in the history of our lives. Because as one * r writer has $aid: ? ? ? ? "There is in all this gold arid hollow world, no fount of deep, strong, deathless "love, Save that within a mot&er's hearty ^ ' At A:00 p. m.,' a special "Mother's Day" sermon was preached by the . pastor. . ' ' . '. - An interesting base ball game was played ~oti?yesterday?(Monday ITT,? ' at tho- ,Av C. L. Park., Baptist va. Methodist, (local) Batteries for Bap--tisU Beach, and-Washington. Metho?? 141st: ..-Poinsett'e '*> and Bryan. The ?? acoi^s were 14 to 4 in/ favor' ofyth'e " Methodists.J ^; ?*?r'.7r_7" ^7" - - Mr. Thos. Pettigru Frase'r is leav- -? r ing Friday -for- Buokroo, Beach, Vir ginia. He is to play trumpet in the Bayshore Hotel's Orchestra~for. the season. This is quite an .honor for Georgetown, as the other members j of the orchestra are from Hampton, t Mr. Fraser. thhr year "v^as cornet-soloist for Claflin Symphony Orchestra land Band master; a*rare honor for a.. student. ,He has been a student of . his father. Prof.JWrightrWPfld's great ~ est colored cOrnetist; and of Miss Lula Hunt. He is a- trumpeter of natural ability and comes from a mus-' ieal family and we feel, that he is. capable of holding his own. ? ' Mr. Luther Theophtl'us Purvis, is. back home, from Albermarle, N. C.r where ho was "an instructor in, The1 j Stanley County Training School for The great Navy dirigible Los Angeles passed over Georgetown, Sat-_ _ urday about 6:20 p. m. Messrs. Phrfc ip RrBrunson, T. Pettigru Fr&ser. L. Theophilus Purvis and C. Sheraldton Browne wgre out canoeing and were able to see the Los, Angeles as it passed Jivcf thoir hp.-ids nn Winy ah Bay. Chns. S. Browne, Reporter. ON HUMANE-TOUR. \ Seymour Carroll and J. D. Garr Are 1 Heard in North Carolina in Intercut Of lfumane Work. ' , Winston-Salem, N.- C., May tl.?r In~ company with Dr. A. T." Kennedy,. ^is city, Mr. Seymour Carroll, field secretary of the "American IIu- 7" mane Education Society, of Bostorv with Southern Field Headquarters at Greenville, S7 C., in company wittf J. . D. Carr, Esq.; Editor of The Asheville _ __ (N. C.) Enterprise, opened r three days llumand Educational tour here ^ this week. The party is travelling In an auto and will cover three counties. Dr. Kennedy and- ethers?are sponsoring the movement in the interest of "Be1 Kind To Animals'?in North Carolina. I Summer Session | THE | COLLEGE | i (ULY 18,1925. ; Department of Education. 1; :hool, College and Vo- 1; ading to renewal of i college credits. : \? on--Six Days Each | RMS ? riy_" $ s.oo $ 20.00 | *, ratrial Stfbjtrrrt _ 1.50 reas i\ CJCINSONy President, ; \ Orangeburg, 5. C._^ ^ jmrr- ~ ^. j . v