The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 20, 1925, Image 4
'fl? Palmetto Leader T
PabtiiM Weekly By ., c
P, The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. t
BT7: J. B. LEWIE ?? -'-President t
prr: mo ASSEMBLY STREET ==- - ^
pj&v' [ J . COLUMBIA. S. C. ?
Entered at the Post Office at Colum- g
pr* bie^-Sh -e.t ay~Second CtagB |
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N. J. FREDERICK. Editor *
t- W. FRANK WILLIAMS ^Tp
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HENRY D. PEARSON _City Editor 11
GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager
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i Saturday, June 20, 1925.
Something is wrong with pre- g
sent day civilization, particular- E
?iy^a^ rhis counh y^s-concerned. i ^
"There is shooting on all sides. Q
1 Men's lives, seem to be of but ^
very little- value. Untit this y
country can show a higher re- V
gard for human lifer'4t should ^
*' r?pnso fn hnnst r?f its rivilivntinn '
' .* .
|L Ipthepavssing of Mrs. BpokeiiL
jjt,.. -Ti' Whs)iIngton the race has lostj^
While Mrs. Washington wasj
large in the public eye as~The~-r
wife of Amreica's greatest Nep7
gro, yet she stood well cut for
her own li/e of usefulness and (
distinction. . |r
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We are in full accord with*the
effort uf the'Colored Ministerial
" -Union of Greenville in its con-ia
demnation of so many Sunday*!1
- funerals. The practise of hold-l^1
ing bodiesuntil Sunday in order 1
"thatrthere may'be a big display J ^
|p..' is not at all to be commended. "
After all, why should such an c
-V? occasion be made_one for show, a
? * -and^why .^houl^ "Sunday alh
"days be the time-for this kind ofj
^ rvrtTVi n 9 | f
t/vinu .
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The Great Orator William-Jen=-^
r is a grgflt thing hiif thot rnli 1^
gion is the greatest thing." Butj ,
.F* science is knowledge and without
minimizing religion, without1
knowledge there Is not much to ^
religion. There is not-a savage ^
111: ' tribe anywhere which hsa not re-j
ligion but what "does it amount!7'
to?, --Education without rehginnJ^
fr" mav hp risngrprniN hnf.
without education isn't much of!
t a force for uplift.
k | 1 " '?* * * |
| |p - North Carolina io making a -g
? g great drive foi law, u't'der and'o
decency. -That; * commonwealth. ^
"" \ seems determined that its laws
I must be. obeyed. Recently, a (
colored convict""'was beaten to
i r? death on the ch&ingang by two
I L brutal,guards They were promp- -j
EL tly irjdicted for murder on the!^
fe,; demand of thp fitOen>nf tMfjn. |
Ft pnmh nnttin^j joaloUS of their fU- ! (J
H^^jjutation as law abiding citizens.^
J?- The-guards were promptly con-|c
Wt vie led and sentenced by"Judge - ^
Br Sinclair to 20 years at hard la- Sa
* bor. The Judge told the guards L
^6 in sentencing therh that all t
North Carolina was ashamed of ^
BphcmT Thni" wiiji im nirri-ingf
^ up of that brutal murder by aj^
y Coroner''s Tury~w?fft~" t h e decease |rj
ed came to his death by sun- L
stroke" as has been done . in -j
Bfr-aome states. ^
I CELLING SEABOARD SER- f
VICE" t
We publish elsewhere' in this c
^MUgfliie a letter from freight, Trof h
ftfic Manager. B. Prince'; of fhef*
I .Seaboard Railw&y Company, ex-Is
fttrtbiTtfon of "selling Seaboard r
foervice" buttons. The letter is1 f
ft the result of our editorial under 1
L K the caption as appears above. 11
B Bhir impression of the whole |<
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natter was gotten from a local w
lews item appearing in The B
Itate which distinctly stated m
hat the buttons were to be dis- oi
ributed to the white employees, j 9!
vithout any modification or ex^toi
lunation of the method to be:ai
imployed. We take pleasure in'gi
)ublishingr? Mr. Prince's letter,?
infl are glad to know that faith-lb;
:ui service is to be recognized j tl
vithout regards to-what may be e<
;he race or color ofjthje onfij^iid=4dbJ
>nng the- service. ??: tP
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3ISHOP Wm. D. CHAPPELLE
The Rt. Reverend Wm. D. tl
rhappelle. Bishop of the 7th E- Ui
riscopal District of the A. M. E. ei
:burch died at liis home Monday tl
.fternoon. In his death the race 'ki
l&s lost im"upstanding" character ilx
incTTHe Methodist church one of G<
ts strongest^ and most u'seful' rc
>uperintendents. Bishop Chap-:ui
telle was a man of strong per- j an
onality, "positive and determin- le
id*. Measured-by any standardly
lis life was a success^jJlrom an'tl
. i
tumble country boy, step by.sc
tep, he arose to the - Jiighest:
dace^attainable in $lte church of la
lis. choice, and he aros'e by' his ! s
?wn worth and work, not by any! <3
ortuitious Circumstances" Per-' oj
taps; the,outstanding work of <3
tis career will be his great ef- 33
orts for education here in his
ivvn State. Truly it can be said s
hat when Bishop ChappeJIe
lu.sed ltTs eyes~lii"3eaYh^ the car-7 cc
er of a real man was endpd __
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? A1^ Y01PVOTE 7
On the '^oth day of June, ?
here is to be decided in this Ci- '^
yjjy ballot .whether or_not iive ' pl
nills are to be levied on all pro- !Kj(
>erty_ for the puipose of raisTng^^
noney. to build additional schools jj.
or?the education of the hoys"f]:
ind girls of the. City. How ma-'ar
[ualified to vote 011 the propos
tion ? If you have nonqualified^
he fault is yours. In most in-J.w
tances, you are not qualified be-'of
ause you are lazy, indifferent ^
ind good for nothing^to look outj
or y qur_oAViidntc?0ntl Once the
evyis voted, that settles it, the
ax will have to be paid; and to to
ie frank, weHhrnkthis addition-j
A levy is a good one. Within,^.
itizens will again be called uponli^
o vote on the proposition'of is-j^g
uing bonds in the sum of eight m
mndred thousands for;* street jn
aving and storm drains. These
ropositiosn are irffportanf^ and fr
ouch the pocket of every citi- !cjc
en who navs a property tax of >
4 . ,ac
ny kind. Every man a-nd wo- fll
gmshoui^TjcrinterestcdJnllK^so ^ t
flatters for they are the ones |
/ho must foot the bill. Every
ne who has not registered
hould do so In Order That he or,
fre'may sav "ves." nr "nn,"
rvvise for ever hereafter keep-jp
ilent. ? - 1 ^ /
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2ENERAL BULLARD SLAN- ^
DERS NEGRO SOLDIERS
General Robert Lee Bullard of b\
Uabama may have been a y,
;reaf soldier butr-if-he ever did j tc
rcythmg to make mm greaUjaolm
>ne ever heard of it.- It is true j w
hat he - commanded an army I w
orps in France, dint what-didj?
RTdo to make Trim remembered^,
s a great soldier? * Failing to p,
nake any great achievement on ^1
he field of battle, now retired, ^
ic undertakes to attraetrdftent- ^1
qjL by publishing?his memoirshough
just why, is a puzzle.
i'hat, however, the memoirs may d>(
ittract attention, he dips Iris pen nj
n the poison of prejudice and w
ries tor belittle thp pffiHpnry nf ?
f the brave Negro soldiers who
ought manfully and well on the g]
jattlefields of France. No solliers
ever fought under more ad'erse
and discouraging clrcum- T
stances, either, than these same
soldiers. Everything was done
>y little minds to?break- their
noraje.?Many of the higher trf-gi
'icers were what is known as s
^egro haters and were more in- is
erested in showings uprthe col- si
)red boys than in winning the!Si
ar. But what does General U
ullard after all know of the actal
doings and conduct of the col- i
;ed soldiers? Although the ]
2nd Division,?^^^CUmposed of
jr boys?were _a_part ot Gener- ;
hBullard^s?eorpfr, yet the gi wrtrj3
enera.l (with his pen) "never
pnenear enough to the lines of
at tip to smell powder or hear
le screaming shells. >Fair>mind1
people prefer to. take the triitte-o?^rea>t-gefteral
like' JohnT
eFshtng" or some real fighters*
ke Generals Foch, French,
[augin and others. They say
la Negro-soldiers w ere men'and
ghter&r ? The writing of~~GsnT"
al Bullard but revealed what
le Negro soldiers felt and
new; < i7 the'y had two enemies i
fight at?thd same time, the 1
ermans and little, mean narisSTprejudicial
officers and men
nder their own fl&g_So far
; t|l(^NTi'grn iv HIP"
ast said about them in the last :
ar the better. If you ctfn get-lose
black soldiers to talk,
unethhig -coukt be leared.
Division of the" ? 1
# - Spoils.- J
BY JEAN .JEW. "V '8
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To the victor belongs the
joils.^THus it is said of him
ho-goor nrr WTi i'~^rd1^tfrnTs"~g: 7
)nquerip|^ ^ ^^ kQ .
s wi'i'i\ groat an 1 many,, The "
{.toils were deftnhe- tttid eVerr d
topgh the* vi(*ft)rs paid the
imp?in nvrm ?itt<t hrnr or?n_ 1
dered the mize great?>' ;
he price. "Of ,course men to 1
tem-meant. nothing and weal- !
iy was. an unknown quantity '
nong the common folk. But j
r it is also today. :? ?y.
Now they go to war for prinple.
Qf course in~ttie mean- :
bile the rich bask in the glory !
countless millions made, inci- ]
;nt to the war.
inciple won and. forgot, and the 1
rid drifts back in to. jig accus- 1
mod way. . '
Yet the puzzle still remains-? )
victor and ya-nc[uished?whose _j
"The eonmvOhpeople still main- ^
in their faith in their govern- '<
ent, whjcjyjiaii, mat-changed '<
spirit. The lords still rule, i
om economic and political serf- 1
mi. And _&11 in all the result- i
l ~ 1.,. ? ?.1 ; ? U > i- r
xzuia ty uu uiij^y ua'Mianjin!i?^. ui v
10 bodies (if nfow world ~fr-^
jres," yvhlle then spirits go 1
arching on. ' 1
Let us observe some of the <
)uils_ulLLLe late war"
The war cost tile United-5
:ates, only one member on the
si of?vie tors, lit billion dollars, 1
first bonus and a second com- I
msation insurance- which run
to-many miliums" 01 dollars. . i
.And all this must be paidnor <
/ the people. Near seven
^ai-s have passed and the vie- 1
>rs still pay wnr *'?y^?Severn are-aad
?ererr shall pass and 1
ar tax s-hall continue, in^ one
ay or another.
ll'i every t;parlor;-of a>-century-H
ftly "a very " small fractional 1
art of the vast sum spent-on-le
war is spent to educate the
iass?-thc fighting stock?in
ie principles which wouhr Ik;
aim ted- fief ore them over night.
"BnL-you ca^t sdueate human'1
Bings in correct principles over
ightr?Least of all .by , way ~of "
ar. . .
They aren't made that way. "
n A ti a nn fiimirt/m V . V. /\
bADUAKU I'KUPUCING
ANI) SELLING.
he i^tmetto Leader, '
1310 Assembly Street,
Columbia, S. C.
Norfolk, June UT?I am"~very :
lad that one ol my friends has
rnt me an editorial from your
sue of Ma.y 30th, under the
ibject of "Selling Seaboard
srvice," and as some one has
u" "" . ' .
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given yen the wrong- impression, 01
I desire to quickly.-correct the Y
impression that prevails in your C
mind. "...-I.. '" '
The distribution of "Selling fi
Seaboard Service*^ buttons hasHf
nevei been under-hiy direct su- ^
per vision and theVe _W?s never h
any intention of depriving faith- i*
ful colored employee^ of?the"^
pleasure of wearing these but-'tl
tons. As a matter of fact, when]^rhe
order was placed we knew .G
that we had approximately H
twenty thousand employees, but G
this number of buttons could not 4
btr manufactured-in one day or,"
one week-; so as-fast as received a
from^ the " manufacturers (ap- e
proximately 3,000 weekly) Web
sent tliuiu 0UTTTcT~oiir Division ?
Officers for distribution, with in- 11
sfruetions to see that our white ))
employees are first supplied. I b
think some of our colored em- a
ployees "got the wrong impres- t<
sion from these instructions, but ^
L_also think that they now cor- ti
rectly understand, the situation. ;G'
B. C. PRINCE, \U
Freiurht Tiafflci Mgr^o
Criticism of Soldiers In-jti
flames Negro Patriots ju
(By The; Associated Negro Press.) ^
Chicago, 111.,-June?Stung by \8'
".Memoirs" of General Robert *
that published portion -of the. S
Ic("Billiard to the- qtiick, whoj
L'omma-nded JJieiSecond army of-rv
the United Stales Expeditionary ja
forces, in-the'^ate" wai% which n
.a.st a gloomy aspersion almost |
11. iQ'rrm /v i?i iFa . " *> ( 1. > it
i*\ji i iij nig ah no luul uu Lilt:
value of the Negro soldiers, Ne-jv
gro lerxlers of every cast and-de?ilsri'iiilinn,
the prose, the theater, ^
the, pulpit, have risen enmasse ''
lo viirorpi^ly iPmy i'nn
the reflection '.indicated in the 1,4
general's rambling "M^nWr**-.". *
- Dullard, horn in Alabama-, in
18G1. when the war between the ^
second stage, was given a- fightstates
was just assuming -itsj."
ing. name and fighting heart n
which carried him through, the a
mihi-.sehooh. and - prepared"^
him in 1898 to lead Negro troops.'
wlio-heiped to establish his repulation.
This much he admits, n
;Ie; however, now declares .that
n the world war, they were fail-., a
"ires"as officers, end as soldiers, _o
Hat the "Ninety-second Division 'o
i part of his Second army, was p
i "nightmare'' to him and that o
t was filled with cowardice and g
onauality. He refers to officers jo
who were supposed *to_diave?run g
n the face of the enemy, to ca-s- g
is of rape and asserts that the ?
:olorcd suldius could not fHyht.jP
nake raids or stand bombard- -
nent, That is the'brunt of his .?
Attack, pieced, together with
mch- phrases as "they are verv^yg
hferTor soldiers," "tlio> dawdle," %
'it is urifoTtunate that the"polh^
Lies "of our country should have $
permitted them to fight" etc. !_g
It is-natural that ourMeaders' c
in war should spring to our res- <j
. ue. Such has been the case, ?
Major Adam E. Patterson, in a ?
lengthy article released to seven- jc
:il nowshnnrrr/ iroes lhTiTnaLelv . fi
Into the story.ot thetrials of of- ?
ficers to which General Bullard ?
refers ancL^hows that the cause $
or the detection of the- colored ,?
contingents was a white major, ij
named Elser. Major Patterson ij
was judjte advocate of the 92nd;
Division, the .highest ranking ']
NegrO Ofrr-pT- in thn d^drinp -3
There seems to be abundant evielence
toHftack up the document-! ]
1 1
ary contention of the former I _?'
j iidgeadVocateTTT' 1.?- ' | j
The defenders of th.e honor of *j
' ? 1. %
Negro soldiery have not beerrli- 3
mited to Negroes, however, and *i
even in this emergency, many *1
white men jp high places are-j
roroiTifr to tlfe forcTn direct and .j
emphatic denial of the unfitness <j
of Negroes "to soldier. Une of j
these, pf much impnrtnnrp in j ^
fMrmagb. is MpjnV TTnmW?
Ridgway, assistant chief deputy jj
bailiff of the city's thirty-two -j
mnninJrvcil /irvilvto nw/lnv Tlnvvt J
Ill UlUVyl]/fVI V>vy4i IQf .UUUOi, 1 IC?1 tt
M. Sha<w, a fair-minded and *|
square acting southerner." Mai-1 3
- * 9 ' ' ?"* TC' I-" (
r Ridgway is a graduate" of [t
/est Point and a brother of the p
ol. Ridgway who soldiered for n
> many years with the Twenty- li
:fth infantry. He is emphatic t
*^is assertionsn-elative to the o
fegro's worth as a fighter and t
is loyalty. He believes there 1<
i no better soldier anywhere. 1:
Lajor Ridgway*s opinion reflects a
iat of many white officers. ? _^i
As. would be expeetedr in drhis \
ae home of the famous Eighth ^
egiment, Illinois National i
luard, expressions calculated to s
eny the valor of?the^'^egrb" f
leet with strong, excited, even i
ngry, refutation. These soldiPs
macte an untarnished record 1
l France. On the walls of their t
rand armory in this city A
ames of their comrades in arms c
ho left their souls- and their j
odies in the clod of Flanders t
inscrihpd, m\itn tontirnnninlffir
3 the ardor and bravery of men i
'ho did not have a chance. The <
reesin the streets here are nam- ty
d after these boys. Giles Ave., i
j named after one of the fallen 1
f ficers. The ?men of 'this regi^ J
rent Took at these mute sugges- t
ions and read the words of Bui- y
wd with fire in their eyes. r
The feeling inspired is responible
for the florid, active respon- 5
e which has come from them,
'he chaplain of the Eighth,
'aptain William Braddam tells
w stories issued this week of'the
;ork . of this-' great regiment's
ction against the common enely
in France and produces ci-' ]
ations from tne highest authoriy~atlesting
the high value and ^
alor of the regiment's person- 1
el. A similar witness is Gapt-4
.ouis Washington, former regi- ]
lental adjutant, whose files are ,
ilkd^vith-oofieeS?ofthe-xom"-"
lendatory records of Negro .
oldiers, touching everything. 0 '
' T 1 * 11 1 11 j_ I
it is generally recognized mat '
he effects of Bullard's story '
1 fry he'd ire. There is no deny- <
lg the presence of a desire a- ^
hong army officials to discour- .
ge the formation of Negro comat?tmibf?and
fhe~ creation of 1
Jegro officers. Armies are not ^
"emocratic, not American ar- ]
lies. Negro officers are a dis- 1
?i??
j M. II. Iluiloway's Sum
AND NIGHT SCHO
will open June 15t"h and close Angus
| turiily to learn the touch system o
j?^noruianu, lousiness -tingiisn,~ivraxr
t had eight years of actual experien
are very reasonable. Address*
M. H. HOLLOA
Benedict College," " -?
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: Piedmont Sin
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Saturday, June 20, 1925.
inct problem in the face of the
>rejudice of the American white
nan. The segregation that * __
lolds with the races in peace
imes becomes onerous in times
f-'War... The stress of the time
s too grea>t to permit of it, un- _
ess it iagoing to be more absoU U _ 1
ite.. Thus, it is learned on high
mthority, that white men, high.
n the councils of the nation, are
vorking feverishly for the dists
and for the creation in their '
itead of pioneer infantry units, ?
)rovided to do the^work-oTthe-~
irmy and not to fight.
Unless the statements of Bulard
are quickly disproved, our 7
?hemi)es in tho army> arc going
o- use what he has said to our??~
sverlasting discredit and dis- " qco
Wotrrn loaHprs rftfllizfi
;his and are, therefore, doubly '
tnxious that _the world should
lot acc&fytthe word of the southjrn
general. They claitn that lis
records are largely bunk, hold
ng that -Negroes v themselves
^rought-baekMrome, ^hxnri-the"
'ilesr the good t hitigs about
;hemselves and left behind the
iad. What was left fs what the
jvil-minded white is using to ?
serve his purpose.
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THE NEGRO YEAR BOOK
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(For The Associate4"NegPoPress.) r-New^Yerfe-N?YW
June^The?
1925 edition of the Negro Vpar?__H?
Rook is now off the prcoa arah-: Professor
Monroe N. Work has
reason to be proud of _the most_
recent of his periodical annuals,?
For almost a score of years he
worked- assidiouslv at the copi
pilation of informative-details
is to Negro progress and, nev3r
to better than in the present,
volume. T'hfi_ book "has long
since becolne the accepted, au:hority
in libraries, schools, and
!L journalistic offices, in fact, .
iveiywhere^fhat there-is^ reason
v V
for having available an encyclopedia
of Negro - statistics and
knowledge. ' *-. , - ?'
i ir j i -nuir
iner Business School f
OL FOR ADULTS
t 14, 1925. An exceptional oppor- JO:
f Type-writing, Gregg^-method of ?
lematics and Spelling. We have?i*r-^
ce in successful teaching.. Rates jjj
VAY, Director ~ ~ HP;
' Columbia?S. C.^X
nmoie -Srhoftl
JTH "CAROLINA 1
LY 24,1925. I?- >IQN?EXPERT
" i |
STRONG FACzed
by Depart;?>r--?? l!'?j|r
P. H. NEAL, Housing Chairman,
iblipity Chairman. ij;
Summer Session 7
'HE |OLLEGEh^
"TT v 1 o 1 ftoer
JU1 JLO> JiVAO. Y
)epartmeivt of Education. ;;
tool, College and Vo- ;;
ding to renewal of
-college credits.
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>n?Six Days Each ;:
MS r- ?H
$ 3.00 ;
$ 20.00 <
trial Subject $ 1.50 X
frgg * ? ; ;
KINSON, President, j ;
Orangeburg, S. C. ?>
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