Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r fouR ihi The Palmetto Leader jag ed Published Weekly By , { The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ^ J. B. LEWlfi President OS . 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET* la COLUMBIA, S. C.^. ~|al g ? ??-?tim - /Entered at the Post Office at Colum-j TELEPHONE v^TT- . N. J. FREDERICK, -i Editor * W; FRANK WILLIAMS ?t? " . Contributing' Editor ill HENRY P. PEA'KSON City Editor al GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager in SUBSCRIPTION RATESr " Pi - - CASH IN ADVANCE. ~ ' 111 One Year ? $2.00 ^ Six Months ' ~1.25 V Three Months ?. ^ Single Copy .. .05 ??-? , Advert isinTf us trivcn on anpll- e" .-? cation.- - .-tl jSat urdnyr duty IS. 1 'Z5. Since when lias the Bible need- a - ? ^?r?^ ir ed legislators to pass- laws to f "pyntert-- 11'! Wfrofi?that day .j! comes, il_ will cease to be the J lig:ht that it is. v, . !' ! vJ ~T." t~~~- ' ? ? ? """ ~"J *' , . At my rate, the trial of the ^ teacher. J. 1". Scopesvin Tennestho 1st chapter of (Genesis than -s-, - ever before and has-also made .< ' "*, jr - - many-.think-of evolution who ^ a a 3' heretofore had hardly heard of. " A " ' tire tbl'lil." : V" - ' ' 1 J.,, . _?*,?/>. ' I t Js reporu-d, t had ^ entiary, the , white-1 prisoners 1S greatly..uuttKiUiliL'iiiig the ooibr-,^1 ed. ffrrt tljun'i bej^itdnfed 'by 31 that. The groat majority of col--^ ored prisoners are sent to the fravious county chain gang's. . jc( ? i ti I. Governor McLeod must tin- ^ ^ doubtodly thought that ihe "2Yth jb; =^;r~~ Annual Xuid. exillajl.i)!' ITTe _ N_er hv . gro Kdwationa'i ..Congress'' toj ^ be luJcLLn Kansas City August ^ -25th-2t)th, was a meeting ofh' teachers to- discuss educational "fb methods end?policies, '-judging 111 from the number of school teach- n< er,s he named. . |bt ' "With i lie adoption -of-?The ^ ji^?TsL--^--t-^^--rTrrTT:.:i -nf-t p t a Ui; (h " "Fair A -mK la I toi i7~Kd iter Frecj^f-" ^ ick might-imvw-start out helping the twenty five shave holders to ioiil a ra w set-ot Aegroes ^ tojmake l he State Fail* a big thing. (ti ?T h. q R c v o r d o r -Indicator, ji Than'ks. hrtTT-her Rotx-h. for vour|n< "VVe^y^rc in a~"" Hp ii'-uu-ih!. h:n femv 1h?1 HikU! "-^-ehief tind realiyifniy knocker of; ji an A fsoeiaTi"??n that has carried : is -on t'.-ir ii,c ]):isi?I 7. years and will j vi still :ca.'i i y on-, the Recorder-In-' R cHcafor fo the contrary iiotwith=py fcthhrding, mis kinclly . given its !ol ['*_ ! iiij>>iuji. we Jarer Oil. Wlllj"^3 have something,to , say. vNott^ however "as tlrcr drgan ; of - the jn1 St jit c. Fair Association/'-but asjh' the org;wi_of fair minded people |tl who are busy trying to build U|) r< L aTRl hot"Tal<TiTg every opportunity' ^ to nag a man who is* trying to!ai do something instead of bowing |I*>< ferings to the Editor of the~Re- hi . *" corder-IndlcatQi". ta o ??? tl; TTIE ATLANTA IN I)EP EN- h; DENT - - n< Tlie t wehty-th-ird anniversary w edition of the Independent made its appearance last week: The tl edition is ill four sections with a th ?- ... . total.of :J,6-papers.? It's median- he ical get up >is all that could be or desired while it is brim full of ar . f . f-; "? news, .special write ups and ad- w< . ? verti.s'enienfs." Founded in 1003 as ~%-four men'with a vision, only is one oil thai numbe-r now live?^lgr ?.? the Editor B..J. Davis. Ben Da-iic* , 4 " | . -| = . . vis, as hiii^wjmdv atvdlav<)ral>iv^eoi dependent what it is to-day?one of the leading and strongest sti ? race ui ga'ii.s. tn the ^ountryT Ed-j-ex itorially, perhaps it would not be 'en that it is the leading race organ as Jhr _the ^country. One may not!th . ... ,Q_ . ' \ . * . ' Ji : ; -Tr i-.n 1 ? - _ - ?U-?, . % ' V ' / . ree with all the redoubtable f itor says nor the manner in hich it is said, but be that as may, none can doubt his honty^anthcourage. The PalmetLeader congratulates the Atnta Independent on its 23rd miversary and wishes it many ore years of usefulness. o NTOLERANCE AND INJUS ?:?TlCE _ Say what one may or will le spirit of intolerance is gainig headway in this country at i alarming rate^aud in its;trail., [justice follows closely. In the &stiew ^years, tnerc^nave ueen lore organizations springing up hose object is to restrict one's eighbor and compel Lhim to act s these organizations act, think s they think and eOnform In eery way to their ways than lere have been agencies to" pread love, good will and brolerhood. America makes more :lo about its Christianity than ny country on .the face of the lobe, and "yet there is as much ltolerance, injustice and hypocisy to the square inch as can be ?und in-any civilized country. 1 11 spite 5f its fine churches, re-j f God is yet but an emptyT Erase In spite of its boasted! emocraeyfuts caste system isj s nava, strict, cruel ana unjust 5 that of India in all'of its glory. | i spite of its great profession j )'r its Constitution andlaws, no-1 here are constitutions and laws ?ss regarded. Of eourse, there ' ; an excuse but excuses always' ave Back and behind them some' eakness, some* falling down. | lie presencejoij a weak race In .meriea's economy no doubt ac-J mnts largely for this peculiar1 ait but ftfat can never justify' . Intolerance and injustice are1 r~no means?confined to the! eaker raoe but by reason of the Lsitation "of such on it without t or hindrance, these monsters ivictuals,"groups and sects with-j 3w great effort to eradicate,! .it the task is now great and the! ght-w-ill be-long, because as-kmg' s^i1^ w^all^ ure!y,~we reap Whatwe sow. ; -o?_ "NOT SECTIONAL" "From Chicago, the city where ley have a bona fide colored j idge, and where Negroes cutj 0 small ngure politically speaklj gainst the administration nf 1 cf lVn " in onnV? ?v?n^vi/\U ?i tuLiv^u iii duvii iMaiinm f I t only the black man who is the' 'dim oil' capital?punishment. : 1 support of this elaim the rec d is cited showing thaXiirspite the number of indictments >r murder against members of j jth races, it has been many a' ioon since other than Negroes, are received the full penalty of le law for such offenses. There ; ;co'ntIy, a^?Negro youth -^wasf >und guilty and executed, whose 1 ?e was even-younger than Leo)ld 'or Loeb, and while his inie- max have . been_as_r?Yolt-. g and heinous, yet their advance was such as would make" lem less worthy of mercy at the ands of a jury than a poor igarant Negroryet no leniency as shown in the latter case. "Alb of which is ample proof lat it is not only in the South lat the fight for equal justice rfore the courts must be carried 1, but throughout^the length id breadth of the land. And < e need nbtthfnTc of the South " the only section where there need Qf reformation in the ihding of the wheels of just- . where the two groups are j ncerncd."?Charleston Meascn- i The TaEove is a very goocn atemcnt of conditions as they ist. Contrary to the repres- 1 tations of newspapers in other * great a degree of justice rin 1 e courts of the South at the 1 4 TT" 1:m :l*. THE PALM El present time as can be found anjr where, particularly in.the superior 'courts. Certainly this is. true of conditions in South Carolina. In saying this, it is" not to.be understood that we are saying there is absolute justice, or equality of justice. Under prevailing conditions, all things being taken into consideration, one could hardly expect that.. But it is only just to say that great1 improvements have been made along these lines in the past fow. years, as every intelligent obser-1 vpr "can testif y-to. and - -those1 with experience in such courts non QQcarf van aoovi t? ~ , HOUSTON BRANCH N. A.A. C. V. SAVES DEL MENTED NEGRO FROM J THE ELECTRIC CHAIR July 10?Elmer. Williams, Ix colored man, has been saved from death !by_Jthe Houston^ Branch of the N. A. A. C. P., after he had made full confession of the murder of a white woman, when the Branch brought to Houston the superintendent ofthe Insane Asylum of Nebras. ka, who testified that pn the -mghtrthc murder was committed Williams was confined in the Nebraska Asylum. . | Early ifi-Ahe Spring, a white1 woman was killed in Houston. The woman,and her husband J 4 ..,1 l r.l I cuuuucieu uijiiuctT,) siure. ,r\ccording to the husband's story, as he*fend his -wife were .closing the store lor ihe night, the Negro enteiTr(t"to mak(v^a iimall purchase, offering a ten-dollar bill in payment. As the grocer turned to mat^e change, the Negro drew a gun and demanded his day's receipts. The4 grocer claims that he clucked under the counter and that the Negro fired at his wife, killing her instantly. . \ _ A large - number-of-Negroes were arrested but all of?them were able to prove alibis, The grocer himself was. arrested charged.with the murder of his wtfer?Italian compatriot's?o?the grocer immediately raised a! fund and offered a reward of | $600 -for -the- arrest and convic4rhp gnHl r " nr.-r^n.-^jkh-l mer Williams was arrested, in G-' hio and. made a full confession: of the murder but uivrm liis ex-' animation trial, he was unable to give coherent .statements about the" murder. n He. offered, how-j ever, to plead guilty if the State -would give him-^-l-i-te-.--t but; the District Attorney, to the gra-1 tific.ation of the colwrnu . liizens^ refused such a plea", declaring that the electric chair was the on ly place for Williams. itThe Houston Branrh-yi' the Nr1 A.~A. Cfl\ at this pob.Hv elite red' the case and brought, Mr. Bid well Superintendent of the Nebraska State Insane Asylum, [ > Hous-j ton jand, through Mr. Sidwell, j proved that on the night the wo-l man was murdered, Williams was, TneaiWrnf in llio Insane Asylum under his care^ and was not released until twelve, ? f * thA .. nTiti;- ' taking necessary si ops to have , him committed to the {State Insane Asylum.: 1 RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH 1 By EUSTACE GAY tBy The Associated Negro Press.) Public playgrounds' and re-1 creation centers are providing a' strong ally to"Thirne\v sTfence of1 illness prevention, according to the Playground and Recreation Association of America, which * I reports"that ?,i ib such areas are nfiaintalTTed under leadership in; America.To keep well, say healthT 3?utharitie?f the -individual must' valance work and rest with -suf-! ficient outdoor play of a type adinted to his riPPfls Wnrtvino /-Ho. argely-to a lack of the mental elaxation which real recreation ' 77^ ?r ?? ' " -"? ; 1 ! [TO LEADER ."J; 1. , . gives. :! | "Non-medical agencies, such as boys' clubs, boy and girl j scouts, settlement agenoios, i playgrounds, promise most in f, prevention," stated Dr. Pearce[e Bailey,.Chief-of the Section ofrf Neurology and Psychiatry, Sur- ? geon General's Office, writing of *j the functional nervous diseases. ^ Dr. Charles Loomi& Dana, Professor of nervous diseases at oJ Connell Modical College, says t< "When young folks are taught a: the worth and wa.vs_.of recrea- ^ tionv they" are taking out an insurance policy against nervous h disorders, and in middle age, si when they, come To collect, they will find themselves reimbursed, n 4 P< a hundredfold. An hour or two ^ of loisnre spent in playing base- o; ball, golf or tennis or in enjoying 4 u music, or roading, wnnlH unruly Iti yield a greater return to body and mind." w ''l?hysical training, recreation aj and medicine are now integra- frj ted," is the opinion of Dr. C. ai Ward Crampton of New York (^it^-^rhost^uiiiqiie: Heait&ger4^ vice Clinic, which opened last i ^ tion to prescribing suitable re- st creation for each client and to i supplying recreation leadership.; ?insurance cuHipanigs^dlTtlTeF^| compilers of vital statistics have aj for years been calling attention fr to the enormous economic loss- si es caused by the unusual amount of illness among_our racial group.Ir to say nothing, of-tbe physical ,pijfn 'and suffering. Recent _ f * 1 Kuit-B, iwwevfr, nave joeen more in encouraging. Evidences are not h; wanting that the idea of-, "an 01 ounce of prevention is worth a ^ pound of cure" is taking root. | That playgrounds and recreation ^ centers are strong allies in pro- "t moling health- arid that colored m Americans ought to Qualify themselves for T)|pyprr.nr.H onH recreation leadership, is abundk^ -antly.lattested~ to" by" the large-Q group of men and women:?more to -than s 1 xniter?that reg- T? istered to attend the Coipmuni- w Ty Recreation School which is be- at clg ing conducted for three weeks at cjg the Community Center in Chi- dt cago. These persons come from tr number have been- reluctantly T" refused admission because of the limited space.. Many vacancies Sb in t tie reerea truli field"'for colored .workers are going to be filled from the students of this . . in institute; -? ? ?? Tne Community Recreation ... School is being held under the ; atl^ces 01 the Playground ami Recreation Association of America, with Ernest T. Atwell, . ; Director of the Association's Bu- (j, reau of T'blored Work, direetlyrins ill eh arge. - ati WILEY, RUST, PHILANDER- -M. ^ SMITH.SAMLIEL HOUSTON COLLEGES MAKE PLANS k 7 * i (By The Associated Negro Press) S] "^mk^Tfor^.TArF,, July Fpu^L^ Presidents of Noorn Mpfhn^iut institutions have met here and formally agreed upon plans for . the expansion 'and conservation of their colleges totalling a half million dollars. ! 1 They'jgre Presidents Dogan, ~" WilejyS^flege, Marshall; Texas; L. M. McCoy, Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi; George;., C. Taylor, Philander-Smith College, Little Rock, Ark.; Robert ?= N. Brooks, Samuel Houston College ,Austin, Texas." ? "7 ~ Large advance subscriptions ' have already been made as high as $25,000 from one source. These institutions in property and equipment represent a total" valuation of a million dollars which is entirely free'from debt. ^opening thereonfcr<;nco See-? rotary Denn said "the expansion Mctllud'st lnstittr""^~ lions, has been marvelous from I; in 1923, an advance of $2,744,& - . - ' K 0&2 in ten years. -!* ? EXTRACTS FROM 'CHRISTIAls ATTACKING THE By Rev. J. P. 1 Tile Christian church is being orce. iLJias heroine necessary V ffort to determine whether it can orces, which during recent years, titiltion aiui brought to end man t is now being directed against div tie Christian church.into a-restles hjng in the world that can"be shj Human governments are beii t'Civilized society are beingtinderi issing like.the sea in a great stc s'the stars in the heavens have b< lents that were rooted in the cei turns. Therea-rth rocks and Tjntv has swerved out of its course. I eaval, canddie-Christian church ti :andTng impregnable ? Th^ church has been attacked tany a conflict triumphantly. No iredj it has had many enemies; it tade many assaults, but not one f those who assailed it lie in broke nshaken. It ha-s marched in trii jcs ' , But flip nrofipnt offonl- Jo "f " ? ~ V..v v^Vll V III ICIV.I\ in ,Ui U ho have gone before. The Paini f-the-present-day-are no-longer on ?ainst the church of God. They reastworks in the guise of.its.deix id sapped the loyalty of. the sen ded the allegiance of the people oi dence of tjgKTiinv'h_^ainy hava ' and prestige. They have pushei landing influence: they occupy t ie army of God. They have gaii Having entrenched themselve lurch, haying gained influence an mts, having divided the peopled ie face-of the enemy, they are is: gainst their own fortress. They om the enemies of God, and fh nash the church of Chfiist into t .itside has been successfully met, om the inside succeed in destroyi It should be noted in this conn }6ii formed,.or is being u dl agair ..U I- J.--1 1 ??.tvi r?- xji tm; i-nurcn?t-tgtm;?nave tidels, skeptics, atheists, agnosti ands of these' ancient enemies, an l-lbe inside. . That is the only d inie;"they have not been changer irred from the outside to tlie insii These weapons have been cum ie very fonndr-.l ion of the fhinvl Jpon this Rock I build my churcl embercd that Christ addedT "And lil against it." -1> u Illmt-Eoundat ithin ;. the attacks from'With out lose who -pretcild'toHspeak" in Chi aiding a. great uss;mfr~~trnon the hrisfs name, they deny Christ, rship, His virgin dnrthrllis divi 33cher sent from Cod, Ilis?fulfill orking miracles, Ilis substitutions icension. His divine intuiI'u.-.son a fain. Will they overthrow Christ it ion of the church? We do well t iterniine whether it is likely -to em eacherous assault. If the times Nil pWBWpgS Ul1 CHrlkllUIUiy, t here he stands. NO MIDDLE GROL.'ND"Thu. J'akh once delivered unto the ints. * , 1. The Bible "is "the \Vtml of God,- G "The Book.judges the Man." 2. Jesus Christ is the son o? God the sense no other is. in nTC-tnmi U1 .H'MIS?V ITIT5T \V:l-> pcrnotural. -----??? 4. The death-of Jesus wjls expia Ti 5. Man is th'e product of creation. G. Man is a sinner fallen from orin'al righteousness and hphlt'fVom id's redeeming1 grace is hopelessly ?t.j -- til V1. - Mail "liTJustifTe^ hy faitli "in Ofe mine: bloOd of Christ; result?su- to rnatural reerttcrutirm TiTrnr above, ui ' ~ _ TO HECONT RENTS COLLECTED RHONE li ON THE JOB IF IT liecial Attenliou Civon Property uT XonHorsirs irtnt bai.m on o.ivpa+^w RENT. . H. H. MO - - NOTARY IM - : -flf- reepierstpfl will crmic 111? 4 1 i.^cirn a mn ? EiOlAIJi AINU o!2 LINTOLN ^T. Piedmont Sun For Colored Anderson, S. C., Jul p Approved by the State Departrr . ? Under the direct kuporvision ol L. C. SHEARS, Oconee L V. CLAYTON, Pickens " MP K. L. MEANS, Greenville ^ 1M. M All and J. B. FELTON, Stnte Sup A State approved summer schi of the teachers and to build up hi] fleeted in the lifer and activities < This summer school has been o: teachers who work in the nort.hw -t-ftus a splendid opportunity* at a teachers o? this section to attend Sessions held in Iteed Street hig - - Board -far-session -will he -furit derson at reasonable" rates. R^gi^rnt'"" fnn j*1 ? For further information write Mi St., Anderson, S. C* CORNELL A. JOHNSON, Prin School; Columbia, S. C., DIREC' . v.? I_ ? i-V 7?- ^ ? . , ~ " ... "5"' v ' " Saturday, July 18, 1925. IITY AT THE-CRO?SROADS" J FOUNDATION Washington : --shaken today with tremendous o examine the foundation in a? stanch?Tire-iury-o? contending have attacked every human iny, has not yet expended itself; ine institutions, and has thrown ?s tumult. It is shaking every-, iken. * - ... " ig overthrown, the institutions nined, humahity"is seething and inn, empires that seemed fixed sen utterly overthrown, govern^? uturies, have been crashed into era, and noune can tell how far n the face of this world wide uplemonstrate its divine origin by [ before; it has passed through -. > weapon formed against it proswithstopd them alb _ They have ! has succeeded. The weapons m-heaps, while the church stood impn over the grave of its cridifferofljt character than those )s, Voltaires, and the Ingersols the outside leading their forces have found their way into the aiders. They have undermined ants of Christ. They have di' God; they have gained the conion olcvated io4^oaiUons of 'pow d their way to positions of cornhe foremost places of power in led control of its resources, and ? ies. " . s among the defenders of the d power in the ranks oJLitSLSer- ^ f Goer into two hostile camps in suing orders to turn their guns are using-^mmunition obtained ey leave no stone unturned to itbmsr Every assault fruirrthe , will this betrayel and treason ng the church? - ' . ection that no new weapon has >st the church of God;?The be caughtdhe ancient Weapons of , cs 4v?d-apostates out of the d are using.them for an attack ifference ; the weapons are the 1. They have only been trans ? lie. linglycontrived for use against~ l That Foundation is Christ. h," and it should always be re-, the gates of hell shall-nob preioniferheing assailed today fromliavo largely dieVl aWnjT".-Now" ' ~ rist's name and for Christ, are citadel ot_.Christ.ian_ truth- In They deny His deity, His creane sonship, His authority as a nent of divine predictions, His iry death, His resurrection, His ind prieTrthood, and his "coming ~~ ? Will they destroy the Foun\o examine that Foundation and :lure in the face of thhrnew and . . are ripe for a ra4ioa*=gfa-nT*rav- = svery unnstlan should be sure * < ... . ui ? ?W -ONLY A CHASM. ? Modernists' Theology, 1. The Bible contains the Word of " _ __ ; "The Man judges the Book." ?desus Christ is the son. of Qod r. . the sense nil men are.? ? 1. The birth of Jesus Christ .'was Aural. ?. 1. The death .rf Jesus was oxemary. : 5. Mtin isi the product of evolution. "tk Man is iho unfortunate victim. ' 'environment, but through self cul ire can be good. - > 7. Man is "Justified by works in llowiiig Christ's example; result natr al -development from within. 1NL-ED ', J 122 , LOANS NEGOTIATED S REAL ESTATE NT. MV I'UICES LIKE PAYING ~ SEE ME. r. 1 :? : ? BLEY tut ir? ? _J M9M.J JLW "" _ . " ^ ~T to probate^papersr) . \ INVESTMENTS. COLUMBIA, S. C. timer School T eachera y 20--August 28. lent of Education. ? O i- i - 1 " oupurinreTTaeirtsr -LeROY WEDEMAN, Newberry >S KATE WOFFORD, LAURENS T. E. DORN,> Greenwood AFFEY, Anderson L : ervisor of Negro Schools. ool to increase the efficiency < gh ideals which should be reof the community, rganized to serve elemehtary pollution pfTho ntnfo -little expense, is offered the a standard sjimmer .schooL V fh school building. . . ' IsHed by the citizens of An-- < 11 i - " ";i' 1 ss A. E. Webb, 1243 S. Fant* J cipal Booker Washington \ TOR. . ' r?