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P*: TOUR : j. The Palmetto Loader i^r Published Weekly By ^ ^ k The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ). B. LEWIE President | CO! p? :??- ??- . ! kn 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET | , ? - ~ ? jCQLIIMBTATT. tr tav p: - . r?h 1 re. Entered at the Post Office at Colum- co bia, S. C.. as Second Class Matter. ^ , TELEPHONE ~ : 4623 ce ? ?N. J._EREDERICK, L?Editor th W. FRANK WILLIAMS 1 ' . I 1 Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON.-City Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager * ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 'CI , TAKH m ADVANCE., . -One Year-..?_ .00 ? Ri-r Mnnt.hs 1.25 Three Idonths . .75? ? Single Copy ______ ..05 Advertising Rates given on appli- je cation.- ? Q ni Saturday, July 25. 1925. - pi ! t~) The Scopes' case served at ^ Jpavt nnp frnnrVpnrpnsP Tt ffftvg ^ ^ ^difference between a mere emotional orator and a man of intel- lc lect,?learned and logical in -all ^ . * j .' j i v, The New York Boxing . com-; K . sey to "put up or ?hut up." He(C< has signed up with' a promoter-J( to fight Harry ^VVills?but ;puts the painful task off for o- P ver a whole year.??? | P. 1 Reckless driving- is taking its ^ rr ; ' ~T." : toll in precious lives on the high-^1 ways at an alarming rate. Sure- js: : ly something "can be done to d curb this now-^?aaii_ofJfnan kill- ^ ?ing. One convicted ^F~reckless^ driving should not be allowed to drive an automobile on any high- ~h wav. "? - ? . . e: * m ri One South Carolina judge has t> taken what at least seems a (s: most sensible view of convicting ^ r ppnplp charged with violation of," ?: the prohibition law. The mere, h z-1-1 fact that -snath mav load fromjS the accused's house In the direc- s ~ lion or' lu a still is not proof-,If' rules the . judge, that the owner-C pftfre house is guilt^r-of posses e " sion of or operating a still. 1 The seasoir-for the annual,1' J ' meetings of various colored or-'c - ganizaUons -is on hancL The+^ sad past about these meetings, Ja however7~a? a rule, Is the laekc J of constructive programs. Be- lj -t? sides a lot of hot air speeches'^ and log rolling to get some kind|V real constructive nature. ^Emo-jc usually carries the day/setfish-1 ^ ness instead of service being the ^ policy. .1 ========= J rO- ' v , FOR DECENCY'S SAKE uur contt'iiipuiaiy, The L.ight>) is running a series of articles by1 ^ one li. F. Alstony who" at one ?time was a minister in the A. M- ? ? F. rhnrrh in this State* He. _ claims that he had to leave thej State because of difference with;t the late Bishop Chappelle. Thelo erstwhile reverend is now recit-.l< ?? mg a long string of decda- in v which he was .a chief actor, un- n - der, as he claims, the late Bish- n op's direction. Besides, he re- t "lates other things that- may belli true, and they may be ^lse, but, I But-why wait until a man's lips are sealed in death to try to be- v r. smirch? From time immemor- " r o 1 Hnr?nnf mnn Vi o,un rorron/'lorl if * c** UV/VVUV 141V/1A HCVVV/ i ulu it t as indecent to assail the depart- b ed ones. Ghouls only, prey up- t 1 on the dead. If^ all happened t. that L. F. Alston says happened , t; and in the manner la. which he ? : says it was done, he himself con- t: lMfielf ii man of too low x ideals and practises to be para- s< t ded before decent and intelligent c< j. people. The Light, we are sure, k iw intpreated-jjKdTsserfliliation of ,news that is beneficial, uplifting tl ahd helpful. For the sake of de- a La- s *?.? ??i lcv. therefore, such stuff as ri * been filling its pages about p a dead man did or didn't e< ought cease~-_No good can ii me from it, for, so far as we c ow, the dead are not interest- t in the rare and concern of the-p tng. They- ttre-rbeyond our t ach~, and beingrsof-nq good can r me out of abusing and criticis- t g them, -4m the name_of_de=nt ncy, then, let the memory of i: e dead alone. 4 EPL6RES"RACE UKEJ- ^ UDICE IN JUNE SCKIBNEK'S MAGAZINE J [TES AEHipVEMENTS OF j thf. thhk.f. aia]xax4mujl? DUMAS IN FRANCE r .Deriding a number ot absurd-'ines into which race prejudiice ' ads white Americans, Albertj uerard, writing in the June1' umber of Seribner's.Magazine,: ?eaks of the so-called "inferior'',( :*oduct of mixture and cites tlie * umas family as evidence . a- ] ainst any such inferiority. Says [rr G uerard: . -r1 ?\1 "There is a-plaza in Paris debated to the three Alexander Uu las^Tho first\-tlic- _sqil.q? a ia-itian planter and of .a Regress-fas a general at the time of the devolution and the Enipire..The scond,unmistakably Airiican in sloringumd features,.was the dly giant "who has fascinated uee generations .with his?ru-, lantic tales, who fnade and lost rveral fortunes,_mmiaged news-apers and theatres, hobnobbed ith tire greatest?rrrthe landr: lcfpreceded IlL'iii y Eui d in dc\ i ing methods oi quantity pro-, uction. The third, besideshnv lg an everlasting and deplorale model of maudlin romantiism in 'La Dame aire Caineliji-.s,'" esides suffering from a painful: xcess of techniciai skill and Paisiali wit, created "the "nfScternp roblem idayr-pavotf the wt?y loii ymbolism on the stage before. I>snn harjjhnon heard of, and. rote homoletie paradoxical, glit 2ring prefaces when Hernard haw, his ungrateful , soli, \s>s^ till, in his cradle. Few Nordic amiilies could offer the same reord of physical and intellectual VT*?- ' L. * , . . | nergy as tliafe-^ colorful' dynasy ofH.he^Diupas. ?d ?1. "Once iTRSVe, I am only pleading for c.i ff>r 111~mly * I am not laiming in advance? that themul t-to icr ii desifH-hlt* ' nvodnrt? I m only stating that the fine reni'fl nf nnny neunlc uf mixed larentage should prevent us rom accepUng blindly any ad~ er se vcrdtct. On the whole, anTogies drawn frbmotmTr bran"' hes of biology are "Favorable to ross-brCeding, if it be followed y- selection. The liliest breeds >f .dogs, hois.or. and plants are_ he result of careful "eruiiijing. 'bis nrnves very little, I know; iut it may at any rate act as a heck on prior- conclusion." 'ELLS HOW DEMOCRATS CONTROL OK LA- } -? HOMA ELE('TjONfV July 17? The denial of registration tlksome thousands of colred citizens during the last e-; action in Oklahoma, which was igoruu.dy fought by the Natio al Association for Tfre. Advance--^ nent of Colored People, which ook the.case into.federal courts,! t&s ci u^t^d mucli interest iri democratic control of Oklaho-j naV election machinery. A correspondent of a local yhite paper, who signs himself Observer," charges that elec-' ion registrars cannot be found y intending ~ votef^r who rrrcr hus deprived of the opportuni-' y to register and therefore of| heir ballots. Says "Observer:"! "Oklahoma's present regis-[ ration system is-probably unpa allolod in any SI ate.outside the olid Smith. The votW-4ft<otl@nl onfronted with the;,same probrm which vexed the officers in! hesterton's 'Flying Inn," whom: np gentle hero, determined to void the payment of ta'jkes for^ ?1 Vr ^ V I ' ' . r the pftlmett .inning a tav fern, carried his o\ ublic sign_fti?j&- him over the. la t>uhtry side and npeneduip hisipt m in the most unexpected pla-th es. The registries are supposed D< o keep their books open in aj lace which shall be made known j o the=Bafalie:. but of course they: is oust go te^ their daily toil and -tli hpse who seek registration of-pW stration period seeking their reg a strni1 without , concerning him." lis ''Observer" comments that as or ong as the Governor-?\vKo~ap- is ipihts the election^bbafd? is in.so larmony with the Senate,-whose ik 3eclietarv is Secretary of the e-|of ect ion boanTr "the election nta^lit hinery is concentrated in a uni- = ed control which is air tight. ef r &*' ' 'RESIDENT OF HOWARD H JoJ answers critics t> . "7~ jcc Washington," 1). July?Be- P: ?ausc of the interest of the gen-' c *rfd-pnblif, including aN" alum- vi ' 1 . I*.'- 1 ?--! --- J 1 * i 1 in a>nu 'menus- 111 leresreu in uie w welfare of Howard University, T: Which is generally referred to as P lion in America," and because of tV I lie publication throughout the country"oF statements "or one 1' kiiid ai'uTanother, some tugniy a\ critical Mid derogatory, and oth- hi of Trustees and of the President u of the University, the Associated T Negro Press in its capacity as e< a purveyor of news, and as an?P instrument of service seeking to m keep the public"informed of all "si siih^s ;md fjjlir1iw of dispute quesi ions is privileged to present an vi interview with President J. Sfanklai hy Durkee, who is the storm een- j* ter of much of the?propaganda .si material whielris being sent thru out the country. ; u In response to a request for an interview, Tresident Durkee tHtmhl-y-eo-mpl ted-,?Ifo->4-a Usd^ he-t i had-nothing.. to coneivd_aiHl that~n he -is working whole" heltYttedly tl for the advancement of Howard s< University while boing niuKgiital si aiul erUieisvd.?In answer to a t) number of the particular "criti- a< cisi!is wtrrrh have been lewlod ^ 11 at him u-nd the"Trustees, Doctor Durkoe nanF!?;??s T luj Doctor Durkee's Interview Jo "Yesterday I wa<i_readin.!t some w of t ill1 ~ addresses- of-?A'YahaifFh Lincoln-and in his last public ad- h dress, ca-nie to this very- .bgnlf-'oi icant statement 'As a general j rule. T abstain from reading the! report of attacks upon myself, wishing not' to t)0 provoked ny' that to. which I cannot properly. gffgT an aiisu.L'r...,Ju?spile?of?: l4usa"r"precaution, "however, iC am much censured for some sup-p ppsed action-., ......; "Mr'. Lincoln "then names the critici.-mis. These wbrds and n rpmtj>o exactly fit the present^ occA;tTmt -Ntni LP inu thi.'iir aswp my excuse for exposing the ab- ^ .-olntelw-false and '-purposely de? V ce})ti\;e propaganda. now being r used by certain people who. for emmes well knowtflo thom .-.elves f. "and to_all~who" care to "think*f? are seeking t.o..mislead and de- S) ceive the public. That such peo- c( j)le would descend, as they liave recently, to the low. low level ev- g em of attacking the President's () wife and family, shows their ^ standing, - their contemptible ? meanness, dfieir natural pasrtion,1^ biologically speaking ?? ''Of course, there arc students;^ in Miner Hall, our Girls' Dormit- j ory, that neither the President'4.1 nor Mrs. Durkce know. There are over ZUUO students at ,IIow-iS] ard University. There is not an ^ official, or a dean, 01 ofeasor^ in the university who knows ev-!^ ery one of the students. The |^ students know their welcome to|^ the home and the confidence of ' the President and Mrs.- Durkefr. T., b..V:lT~ - ? i --- . ' ia iJimiA: ami in jinximi nave. n l.hey hccn invited-to mil npnft any and every facility of - our ^ home, or, for, any help Th QufT poWer to give. Hundreds of s?u-1 ^ denTs have, acceptor ~ such open, a; hearty krvitations, and from all(G > 1 4 PLEADER : er our land and from other nds, constantly comeTeUersjol lanks for help received. if-enies Sinclair Story as a False* "* hood J: "I noticed in the Amsterdam, . of 24th of JuneYt)25, ie foHowing-in Jarge -type: tRev. illiam Sinclair says President irkee called Him (Kelly Miller) Dirty Contemptible Puppy.' It a lio.?I care not who wfrys it who repeats it,?the statement a falsehood. There is no p^ern living or dead who ever ;ard such words from the lips the President, of Howard Uversity." " - . AVith special reference to thefort to hold him nersonallv rps-l nsible for the acts of the Board Trustees of Howard UniversiDoctor Durkee said: "Of >urse the 'drive' to make the resident responsible for every t of the Trustees, once .more rends the animus behihd these ho write and fabricate. The rustpes are final-authority. The resident, to the-best of his-abity, carries out the policies of le Trustees. . ~~^ (Spe?jking for" th~e_ 'irustees7 resident Durkee declares, "that cry recent mover made by them i as been for consolidation and ficiencv. Not a place on the; aching staff left vacant by the rust cos," he states, "will be jfill1 by recommendation of the resident, certainly not until the limbers attending.: Howardiall greatly increase. _uAs for a- Congressional inI'stiiration of the work at How I'd,: he Mates he willwelcome it s gladly as he welcomed the nwey ordreed byothe Trustees Anything wrong," he says, weils-to be righted. , - -? Doctor Just Not To Resign "To show the lengt hs to which toso- propagandists go- to- poim .the public mind, they add iat Doctor Just is the n?Xt man heduled.to go. If thefe be licFi a schedule it is made by lese sumo deceivers,?Never by ft or word or implication has ie president or the trustees or ay official at Howard-suggesttthr?_vpsignnti-r>n nf Doctor .Tost n the- contrary, within a few ceks, the President of Howard as -backed- Doctor Just in the earliest manner for added honrs in America." 7 ?-- h 1 sa5g^p^apsscsS5E== HH^AGO COLORED POS? TAL WORKERS PROMOTED Chicago, ill.. July?Word re jived from Congressman Maden's ollice in? Washington orf riday brought gladness to the carts of local postal workers hen, the .- announcement was lade^that three Negro clerks ad been promoted to foremen. >a\id 11. Hasvley, prcsitfent?of :ie Appomattox Club, Howard nrnwoll. also a member and Hen y E.. \Vilson, president of the lo11 branch of the National Pos-: d Alliance Were the new 3clcctrl. Thpir atmomfement was Dmewhat in the nature of a 3mpromise. For several years lie postal employees have been rging-'promotion for some few f our workers as a pruuf that iere was no limit on ability hen demonstrated and that the overnment placed all its servans pair a parr ^ Mt>rtr perstiafdve lethods were adopted when eader Edward H. Wright with le support "of Congressman fadden ?entered the fray. A uperintendent of a station was oped for and the names of the h roe men nnw O rir"ir\i n rwl "rofft ... v... T? VVJV4 VVV5I c lentioned in connection with Ffwrnitment to foremanships of 11 three who had the endorse-" lent of all the local postal organ:ations7 the Phalanx Clubr^the hicago branch of the National ostal Alliance, the Railway Tail branch of the Postal Alliirls Club. U. S. SENATE COM- a HZ."." MTilU'EE PUBLISHES 1 TESTIMONY ON AMER- tl ICAN IMPERIALISM t July 17?Voltimc I of the tes- ^ timony given before the Senate Committee on.1'orelgH Relations, ju on thersutf ject urf-American tlom^ ^ ination and exploitation of Hai-;n ti, SgntcT Domingo, Nicaragua |l< and other South and Central A- P merlcan countries, has iiuw been published and includes the testimony of James Weldon Johnson, c Secretary of the National Assoc-ie iation for the Advancement of 11 Colored People; Dr. Ernest II. a Gruening; Lewis 3. Gannett, aiT ^ editor of The Nation, Di. Samuel = Guy Inman and IVJrs. Helena Hill r \\T 3 mu- 1 1 -.~~il :V? J wctru. i ne Hearings were neia | *on the Ladd Resolution which u would prohibit military action by ^ the government in behalf of pri- * vate investors in foreign coun- j tries. > Startling facts were elicited in the testimony now first* published. Mr. Gannett stated that 10 -e#4^e:21 Republic*-, iin thiPWes-""!^; tern IIemisphl'ee?"are under al-inmost complete domination by (J Nor^h American bankers. In 6 ^ of the 10 the financial agents are, ^ ror' have been, supported by Anter ]., ican troops on the grOuhd. "At c least four other countries are closely tied to the United States by fiscal bonds, and in these and j. other concessions and loan con- i tracts seem likely to- lead toTi re- o petition of the old process by ~ | w iui.li me uiaiiiico iuuvh nit: ill" j vestor." -r 7" r j n In the case of the Itepubliic of , , Salvador, asserted Mr. Gannett, o !"tire bankers, in -selling their ^ [bonds,?promised ^substantially ^ 'that warships of the United StatesTVOUia be used it iieccssary~y jto collect theii-loans." - ; ' T Ja'hTes WeldOTr Johnson, Secre- ^ tor the Advancement ot Colored People, who-was-nc^t to testify^ said'uf the Occupation of Nicara- v |gua* and Haiti: "I think that the placing of American troopaJn_ those two countried was almost ^ ; wholly if not entirely dictated by the protection of the financial in- { I forests The "reasons nut forth ^ for our intervention in Nicaragua land Haiti, that is, the reasons , put forth to the public, I don't... l-think ard true reasons. Indeed, j jwe went into Haiti or Govern-j t iwent said, and it was generally ' ^ given out to the American peo- v pie, that we went in to protect A-1 jmerican lives and to establish or 'dor.?The truth of tho matter is that we hod been negotiating dip years, and very actively forja more than a year, to establish v some sort of suzerainty over Hai- t TT There came up some events y Iwhich gave us the opportunity, c j I If T migM 1HV. <hrj^(pnno to po 1 | in, and Ave went in and took over t Ltha Haitian CfovGrnment. Act-1 i ually there never had lj%en the i T ' ~ x 1 -loss of any American life in Hai- ij . t.i before the American Qceupa-'i ition," 1 7Tr~ ~ lc Of the charge that American'., troops had to suppress "bandit- j try1' in Haiti, ,ylr. Johnson said: 'There Was no suchThing asbSTlditry in Haiti before the Amcri-?r can intervention. They had a country in whiich the percentage A ;oferiime was considerably lef+3? Itiiaii in our own country, and \vo|men,?white women?could traj.vel from one end of the country tto the other without the least ! molestation. Robbery was alI most unknown. ThescrlTaitians ^ who got the name 'bandits' were' c men engaged im a futile attempt' f to expel the invader believing ;r tjaey-conld do .something-ln gain the sovereignty of their na- J \ tive*soiL Ahie America of 1776.' would have called them patriots > not banditsIt The testimony of Dr. Ernest!{ Gruenintf, former. man?aging eel- j ^ itor of The Nation, gives the full history of the United States invasion of'Haiti, the seizure of' * custom houses and national fund r Saturday, July 25, 1925. lid characterizes as "murder" lie dropping1^ humbs 011?IIaife~? ian villages and shooting of Haiian natives. - _ " Mrs. Helena Hill Weed, whose " usband was.a mining engiineer, estlfied that she travelled thru' lit the mountains of Haiti on Loraiibiick, and. had never been _ ==^ lolested.,7 She gave it as her opinion that the* American Qccu? " ation had worked great harm n 1 hp rmnnf-ry. Dr. SamueLG.uy Inman, in the nnV'vin nf ltiu tnaf ino ^ouniunji, gave an xhaustive- analysiis of the loans * iiade, la or forced upon South nd Central American Republics >y bankers of the United States^ * The wilnme of testimony is ecommended by the N. A. A.. C. K to all thofce wishing accurate nd oxtc'nniivc?information?qn?; . he ?imperialism practised by heir country. . ' HSSOLVE VIRGIN ISLANDS COUNCIL , (By The Associated Ntfro Press) New York, N. Yi, July?Govrnor Williams agahi ^d'issulved he St. CrorX,Virgin Islands ! *T nial Council^ upon. the-ground hat they refused to recognize _ ^ ointees, is <dre substance of the a])lcgram received today by the tmorican Civil Liberties Uniom ?? The Council refused to seat A. ^.Stakeman, a lawyer and judge tT~ f the St. Croix Police Court, and no-Arm strong, two of .theGov- ? nion's appointees. The Coun- - ? b? : ; r ( il based its refusal upon an act f Congress passed in July 1921, Gikh .states, that only citizens J the United Slates or of the 'irgin Islands shall be eligible ,s-Council members.-- . The "dissolution of the Council >y the Governor, places the gov- - 1 mmental njachincry in a state f chaos in the islands. "SkiketmiiT faiteir~to actruire^" ?7 iti'/.enship in either the United?? >iaies or ffrc Virgin?Islands, ^ hen he renounced his 'allegiance 0 Denmark, in order to acquire talus fui his appointment to'tho -'ulonid^ Council," is the unoffi : : lai 04 anion obtained by. the Arierican. Civil Liberties Union 1 out Government authorities.*^ Ail olikiaUgovermnenUruling^ _ lefining Die status of Stakeman Tid^thers, iis being sought by he American Civil Liberties ,'nipn and other organizations in fivsteT] in the welfare of the Virgin Islands. - KILLED1 IN ATTEMPTED JAIL DELIVERY. ?? (By Tlie Associated Negro Press.) Selma, Ala., July -Will Brooks mil prisoners and officer Modify vere killed and wounded respecively, here Tuesday night in an J1 emitted wholesale jail delivTy. Brooks is alleged to have he attempt and had succeeded n overpowering Sergeant Frank iurfitt, when he wasjdacing the misoners in tlie cells for the liirht". A suuad of "officers rusher c? LU niu. oi;i jjcain s assistance " nil, were met by bullets from the run which Rronks hail taken Tom Burfitt, Brooks -body was icldled with bullets. ~ " " 1 < :U B BOYS HOLD MEETIN SOUTH CAROLINA (By The Associated Negro Press.) * 0r&ttgebu>rg? S. C., July?The irst annual meeting of the touth Carolina Stale Boys Clubs ? loscd here Saturday. The conercrice" was attended hy 91 "boys epresenting ten counties. The ' - -- .? - >rogram of the two day session ncluded many interesting and nstructive addresses by some of dtnrists of the rhce. , The con efence was held at the South Carolina State College under the ( x f luspices of the extension: departhent of the college. * ' iC