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|S' ' . FOUR . i . - The- Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. * J. B. LEWIE President ll. ___1310 ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. Wintered at tho Post Office at Colum-: bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter, i TELEPHONE _ 4523 N. J. FREDERICK, Editor W. FRANK:-WILLIAMS 1 I Contributing Editor HE WRY D. PEARCOM City FHitnr, GEO. H. HAMPTON, Managerj SUBSCRIPTION RATES: .J One Year ?? |2.00 1 Si* Montha_? ' ?1.25 Three Months _* ! .75 j Single Copy ?-- ? .U<r Advertising Rates given orT~appH? ? ?-vftlon. ?~?~Saturdav, July 11, 1925. Harry Wills made a mistake in knocking out Charley* Weinert in such short order if he really wanted a match with Demp spy. "Pemosey doesn'twant to mix with a real fighter. ' - -m ~ ~?"Hoth Editors Befr Davis of the Atlanta Independent and" J. B. Bass of- the California- Bagle rhave-wori Qut in th& suits entered-against them by second rate white^aaem-^ These men had their day in court and both werevindicated by. first class white men. The Palmetto Leader ex - ;* * , H tends congratulations. rv? " Snnt^Tlff-'rnHna is to have an ^HlPevululioii luw;too, or at leasi. the attempt to pass one will be made at the next session of the legislature. Represent ativeJT. H. ? _ Peoples has already given notice that he expects to introduce a bill to that effect.- After awhile some brilliant legislator is going to introduce a bill to com?pel-everyono to go To~rhi"*fh - - * , porter who so heroically-lost his life to save others in the wreck ?of-hio train .a. few.weeks ago - ~ ~trear Kockpbfty^t: tIt, isto-be hon? ft '* hy thf"PnHmnn Company. The sleeping car "Sirocco'1 which was in Danieks' charge will, after hping repaired and placed again tn service, bear the name "Daniels." - ? "" ~'Y Prof. W. G. Pearson of Dur_?1 , M P. is a philanthropist { Duke, Eastman and others. Not ""that he has given as much as they PiQt we venthre that in proportion to^his wealth, he has. given 6ven more/ Recently, he gave Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C., $25,000. lie had previouslygiven to the Same college. $5,000 for a building fund. ' . Judge Charles A. Woods of - the U. S. Appeal jCourt remem-? homp town, Marion S. C., in his ored industrial schools $50.0. for the purchase of tools and other "equipment. Judge" Woods at One time was an associate justice" of the State Supreme Courtand had the reputation ol being ? fearless and^just.- _'_J O ~ PWVPn AT DAT I ATT A\T C' I.-l *-T . uiiiiCiftnu uaijijuu w vjEiixERAL BULLARD General C. C. BaTlomwas the Major General in command of thy Q?"d Dlviaionr.t]ie .colored division in France, JThe strictures of General Robert Lee Bullard, the diary writing general of the Amei it an armv has dra\yn a reply from General Ballou frr which he makes some charges and intimations Which place the -great ' diary writing general and-high ---- -erftic in a-rather"serlous hght. In fact, the charges and assertions of General Ballou are of such a x nature that Congress should order an investigation and expose the organization and history of the 92nd Division from kb, '* y 1' > ",'ji) r T-r.r the very beginning until it landed again in America. Justice to the colored people of this country demands it; their future loyalty and spirit call for such. Ninety per cent of the colored soldiers came from France embittered over the treat ment accorded them and the treachery visited upon them by their own countrymen. There certainly must have been much to make men Whose race has ever counted it a high privilege to fight for the flag to one and all Hnnlnrn that hpforo thpy wnnlri go to war again they would rot in . prison. And this too before thei^ race seemed -to have-been 0PP?3sed more~severely because of Ineir whole hearted part in the war?. For of all the races engaged in the war, the Negro waa Jthe_pnly_one whose condition was made harder wherrpeace camei Of course, it does not take an invpqtignfcinTy fry CongreslTto disclose the fact that there was a cWk andslhister plot^by men in low and high ranks to discredit colored officers but such an investigation would make very interest ingjreading as to the methods employed to accomplish it Qen: eral Ballou gives some hints. So far as having colored officers is I concerned, this country might as well get used to the idea and really prepare some. The colif fighting, of rather when fight-ing,.. timfe comes again: Lab'bi t battt^ons: and Pioneers are all right and the race will furnish its share, but it does not mean to be confined. Congress will -hav<r-a- chance to- snow some statesmanship. j . -0 LYNCHING?FIRST SIX MONTHS 1925 Comparing the record of the first 6 months of 1925 with the same period of 1924, the United States is going backwards. Last year only?five murders of this class were " committed against nine for the current vear. With tficTexception of Utah, the Mormon state, all the lynchins occurred in southern states. Even [old Virginia which linn beerr-r^ Ither free iPom this specie of lawlessness, . breaks iii " the column [with one. -Lynching is a national disgrace', protected by states' rights. ITls rarely found in communities of the highest civilization.. There can be no ex. jcuse for it however much it has | been tempo^uz^d^vit^h and^tolercure for a single crime, instead it's but a reflection on boasted 1 Christianity, intelligence^and all things that .enter into what is 'known,as the white man's civii . - v- 1 - - -/ . 'lization. In the centuries to [come, when America has really become civilized, _the people ol that time will wonder just how the people of the present time tolerated the rule of cowardly ^mobs/just as people of today T wonder at-some-of the cruelties of a century and a half ago?like : the burning of witches for all |WHY^CHURCH-GO ERS PLAY HOOKEY. ?4n last -week'-s- issue of-this-paper was published a thoughtful article under the above caption by Miss L. F. Hafrison Of this City. We hope that many of our pastors read the article and what is more, will" put into practise some of the observations, Says Miss Harrison: "In hot the people's health, time and i comfort to be released from the burden of long services at the proper time." Intelligence {counts in everything, the church [services as well as ari^~ other kind of service. There are but few ministers that can interest a congregatToiTTor$5Triinutes or an hour when the thermometer is hovering around 95 degress, The old saying that "you work fi days and you ought give one to the Lord"-meaning you ought THIS PALME :| The Sea | By William Era The"writer is in for a real vacation but it's nothing new that we don't always get what we go for. That's my lot. - ? " J left Atlanta to sp^nd a few weeks out of a printing office and fell right into one in Washigton. But it is a half time proposition ?mornings in the office and afternoons on the field. After all "that's a fair diversion. I have the distinction of working on thie^nlj^_Niegx^a^ily^iews Ffhitpcr in the United States?The Daily American. It seems to be . doing .well. Mr. D. E. Taylor i& its founder antj general manager " and Mr. E. L. C. Davidson is its -^dttPr ad" business?-^nanagerr Both are prominent Washingtonr ians. ? ' ?A?r-vfra-d?MwuLJWashinjrton is the city of "high toned Negroes, an?piittingon airs is secondna. ture with the majority of them, p And I can say New York has noi thing on them when it comes to : "selfishness. 11 , I havfe always regarded'Wash-" ( jngton as a southern city but its ^people greet you as one fromi I "down home," just the same as ~ they do in Gotham. From Mary-j .. land ~clean through to Texas is the south and WashingtonianS I can't fool me if they do dwell under the shadow of the White" House. Washington is the most beau1 tiul city in Ameriea. It has sev1 eral parks from which** streets - and nr-trwd in f>vory~rtir. " ectlofl^TThe Captiol?forms the i u i - * -* - mam riuu ana inosx, oi me principl streets approach it from every section of the city. Any peril son? passing thru Washigton , | should stay over long enough to ,'take a sight-seeing bus and see ; I the beautiful public buildings -land?parks. Potomac Park is jlhe most beautiful sight my eyes 11 have everbehq^. in church to-a-iservice' 2V4 or 3 hours, lon-doesn't mean much r4o-4he~-average.Javman-whea-he . Ts^stewing in -discomfort. BeF sides, people don't go 4e-chjirch io^erve the Lord?at least rpnl ' Christians don't; they go to wori'ship;?We fear?that too?often. that's the idea any way" and it 'accounts for the long drawn out' t services, that is, that people go . to church to serve, instead of to f-WWHhlp. ? ^. l! When the idea of worship gets 1; a firm hold, half day services 1 will go into discard. Woman's Missionary 1 & Educat'n'l C'nv't'n Holds 37th Session - The thirty-seventh session of . the great Woman's Missionary rjand Educational Convention is ,now history and ready to take its \ [place among the great gatherijings which shall grace the pages TTvF Tnovnr ToTTTnT* va/ia*?7J?< | ... ........ ictuiua 1U1 X utnre generations to peruse, for information, inspiration and ad' miration, for if any' gathering has had a greater significance - in ^tha past-decade, no one, has I dared t*r-tell itr "The sisters infvdeedwrote a great pageJrrtheir J history which they wrote _in ^Greenwood at historic Morris [ Chapel formerly pastored by the . writer for six yeafiraird who laid , the plans for the improvements ;'that were so evident. When I t.ha?. thp drPflfTpfT ftntiripAi tions of a break in the ranks i were keenly felt by all, I say tru; ly, for many looked for a great I ^ fltit* na rVlia WQ.Q tlio +{rv*\rt I ??miic TTI1P1I t some one must pick up the man tie of that matchless Joan of J Arc, that heroine, that prophetJess, that lioness, that great lead^er, builder and power, Mrs, Cora S. Boykin, who for twenty two , years shaped the policies of the ; women in spite of the meddling >-^of out aiders.?BnlLlhe sisters ;l came to Greenwood praying and I * t ~>r 1 . . i \ & - f . -Ji. .Vt - " .i - TTO LEADER rchlight - if nk Williams. But after all i? said and done, give me a city where you can feel at home and people are themselves and everybody is friendly and happy all the time Give me ja city "where" landlords have hearts instead of gizzards and where cafe owners live and let live and where you are made to feel welcome in homes and .churches. Such a city can only be found "down home" in the heart of Dixie. COOLIDGE SILENT ON PARADE Evidently the Ku Klux Klart will stage that monster parade on August'8. The commissionera of the District of Columbia (refuse to withdraw the permit (and President Coolidge says it is artnatter which the commissioners can handle,?so there you are! I am not a cowardr but August 8 will hardly catch me on the^ank of the Potomac Put your linger on that. Wash- j igten-is-not-toe high toned fey. riot, as you have seen, and from what I can glean something is liable to happen in Washington on August 8r and it wont be a parade either. , ?4 The writer was present at a) meeting- of the Crispus AttttCk&j Press Club last Wednesday! nighfc^orae of^the leading white f and colpred newspaper men of! Washington -were present andj made remarks which impressed i us tnat the races a?e in accord} here so far asThe^better element goes. The writer's?member-1 ship to the club has been solicited. ? The writer joined a party in simotor trip to Philadelphia last Saturday and Sunday. We "met | many old friends~and had a-dandytimc in general. ==? .. M ===? I hoping that peace and goodwill I would be present and truly they iwpyp rpwftrdpri Peace Wfla the; jburdefl 6fjbveiy pia.y or, the load^ of every speech. The presence i of that beautifully draped chair in memory of the late president Cora S. Boykin had a telling effect upon all who looked thereupon for all saw her spirit as it hovered near to see that the sistent WOnlcLnotJiay^ nnnfuaimi =~As to the details of the proceedings, space fails me to go into them, thus I beg the indulgent readers to fill in what ever details I may omit. Not only d.id the draped chair solemnize the convention but that masterly pre pared and delivered sermon of Rev. J. A7~Baten from Job 1:6 was an obstruction to the would-. have-been-dictators who hadj come to ruie or to ruin, we men surely Jhad to keep quiet after That" sermotf. ?*?~rf ?That sermon waegreatirom troubledv-sea.?Pre?. Connie: Jones presided like a veteran of many wars. She wajLaa?calm asjpature when she sleeps in her central depths. Sh* was impartial-in her rulings as the sunbeams. All reports- showed^ good work and efficient services on the part of those" "Who had been selected by the. body. The report of that dear'faithful treasurer Mrs. A. P. Dunbar was as! ! stately as any I hate ever hearth The conventional sky was clear, only a few thunder shower' | ^ i _ mi * 1 ciouas were seen. ine sun 01 j confidence shone in his splendor and the haTmy~^ephyTs of f action Whispered among t he-delegates. A shower of mirth refreshed the convention when President Jones presented her great husband and Mrs. j. J. Starks said hers was greatest. All who heard that master piece of eloquence, that acme of clear cut diction, the president's an-" ' ~7"" -,,r, ?r ?? nual address delivered with force and persuasive argument, concluded that Mrs. Jones was already elected for indeed this sesion was noted for tenderness and kindness. This address and all the others swept the convention like a cyclone anit burnt like fire in a sage field. Pleading for peace and goodwilHhe president called upon the the sisters to vote for officers All who saw the skilled manipulatTons cotrtd easily see thai Pres. -Coolidge^ was out mastered in politics. I tell you Thai fho cnporotinn 0f fhp Visitor? from the delegates was a greal catalysis for peace. The.sisterj had a look of dt^knination^ if their eyes and Business Only inscribed on their ? brow. Thej made a short order of the whole o iv nrwl nlnplnrl o c? nnVc?^ 1+XX14AA. L4A1V4 ViWVVW ' WiB r.l >>> ,^, Mrs. Connie Jones, President Charleston; Mrs. Mflble K. How ard, Vice Pres., Darlington; Mrs Corrie Watkins, Sec.," "Belton Mrs. Sarah?TImphroys. Asst Sec^JCnion; Mrs. Daisy Pdrrot Cor. Sec77~Btacksluck; Mrs. A P. Dunbar, Treas., Columbia; A big shout followed and the offi cers were iprickly installed b> Mrs. Ida Pope. They in turr made fitting remarks and wenl into business. ^The attendance was great bin jcpr^py wRg not ^ plentiful du< I suppose to the failure of a banl some time ago.?The?speaking addresess.TI papers and essays >vere very ' good. Mrs. Arbuuii swept the convention with hei great papcr on Married Life. Dr Starks, the Master of those wh< plan for money was greatlj cheered after his great speed and that wonderiui solo bv oni of Morris College's girls,Mis: Beatrice Evans.' * . ^ The creation of a Cora S. Boy kin.funcLfor poor girls met th< hearty approval of all who wer< present. ~ Rev. R. L. Robinson, the younj gospel preacher set the conven tion on fire Sunday morning ant the solo of Mrs.Parrotwas lik< thrmvmg-g-asoline-in -the flame This was the first great shoii the sisters had had and they rea lv made good ?use sof it. Dr RENT3~iX>LLEUTED PHON ~ -fy^rHE TOR u Special Attention Given property of 1 HOUSES FOR SALE ON.JNSTAL " . REN * H. Hrfi -i ' ~ "3 NOTARY <If requested will cc KhiAli ESTATE AJ Piedmont Si For Color* Anderson, S. C?, , Approved- by the State l)ep? Under the direct supervisio L. C. SPEARS, Oconee _ L. V. CLAYTON, Pickens R." L. MEANS, Greenville. L. nr. B - _andJ. B. FELTON. State A State approved summer ot the teachers and lu build uj fleeted in the'life and activit This summer school has bet teachers who work in the nor ~ Thus a splendid opportunity,, teachers of this section to atl Sessions-held in Reed Street Board for session will be f derson at reasonable rates. "Registration fee?$T.0TFr^:~ For further information writ* St., Anderson, S-. G. CORNELL A. JOHNSON, 1 School; Columbia,. S. C..D1R I Piedmont Sn I ROCK HILL, SC ?? - JUNEJj--J I ' 1 ... SAFE SUPERV LECTURERS| . XJLT5L Auth? ;.. ment of Educa i R. J. BOUIAVARE^Director, j ; S. L. PINLEYj,. -?:?; ttti?: ??rr : =** Saturday, July" H, ! Broadus the daddy of temper ance sermons rocked the conven- ? tion with his able sermon. I need not detail the sad meml orial for it was sad, sad indeed I but the fitting tribute of Dr. i Boykin to his faithful wife was 5 the clinjax and all were moved to tears. ' - ?' ^ Rev. J. C. Gilmore preached a ; forceful sermon from Isaiah 54: . 2. After hearing reports the convention thanked Morris Cha- . I pel And-lxreeBwpod for its hos pitality and the committee for ; their?efforts?_Tot?l amount i raised was $2253 which was bei hind last year's collection. Tfte ? i convention sky got real cloudy f and a heavy rain of ^disagree TT S ment'-ttirestfened on the next f place of meeting. It thundered ? heavily arid the lightening was Ikucn for a while but Was, ohly a , j wind cloud and it was voted-te?? - meet?with ?Corinth Baptist r . j Church, Rev. J. S Danielrpasteri?^?r ; Union, S. C.'i Thus in the midst .i; of calm and peace, agreement _ ,^and~ goodwill the thirfv?aeventh Jg^ggAn-pgsTaed intohistorv to al wait the considerate judgehrent - cf mankind a? to its influence uprlon_J;he people of tomorrow. rf STEPH ?N^J3~CAMPREL1^7 t Anderson, S. C., P. O. B.-61. ?. t. F tfBERIANS GIYETTUGET M-r " s-| RUBBER CONCESSIONS TO f I AMERICAN INTERESTS *? ' - ' 5 (By The Associated Negro PresiiT r*?LiberiaT-ituly-?According?lu r reports cirulated here American ^ interests headed hy Harvey S. i. Fteestoite ofAkron. Ohio, have r. Completed.negotiations for huge ... i concessions in Liberia to be utilPi/ud ill tile UTrnvintr nf nlBnrH?f??w? - ? , O ? f j 1'UbTjer on a huge scale.,, A ten tative agreement has been sig ncd and the concessions will be ? 3 ratified by the Liberian Congress 3 \vhen The financial committS^re* .ports. I It is further reported that the - concession will be ratiied by the 1 rrmfrrptts-nnly upon the COndis tionnbhat the $5,000,000.00 loan?, -be granted by?thp- Americans. _L t T-hiathoney is to be used in re- ? ' 1 j funding outstanding obligations .[and for internal improvements. ilu f FT -i T [TnlfrrimATrn ~~ ~ ^ ITS REAL ESTATE-? S'on-Rcsidents-SIfi1,ement sent 1st MonTTT /MENT; MY I^RlCES LIKE PAYING T SF.F. ME lOBfcEY ? : PUBLIC )'me to probate papers.) " ' J ND INVESTMENTS. COLUMBIA, S. C. immer School ed Teachers July 20?August 28. irtment of Education, n of Superintendents -- ,i LeROY WEDEMAN, Newberry MISS KATE WOFFORD, LAURENS - ' T. E. HORN, Greenwood rIAHAFFEY, Anderson Supervisor oi Negro Schools, school to increase ffie^Cfficiency"ten of m-erganized to serve elementary TtrWesteriY counties of the state, at a little expense, is offered the tend a standard summer school. ? high school buildings ? urnished by the citizens of Ani Miss A. E. Webb, 1243 sf Faitt Principal Booker Washington ECTOR. " ?;? 3 limner School -| ? UTH CAROLINA - | ?ULY 24,1925. -j ISION?EXPERT . ! -STRONG FAC- j ' irized by Depart? - ; _ i _____ tion. F. H. NEAL, Housing Chairman^ j; Publicity ChairmMv % j \