Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r POUR - - ~ The Palmetto Leader j Published Weekly By r' ; _ The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ^ 'J. B. LEWIE ? President 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET . ' * . ' < ' T * ; *--l~ * t COLUMBIA, S. C. tj? ^ :???'? : Entered at the Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as Second lasH~Matterr~ TELEPHONE rrr45^:s j FREDERICK, Editor W. FRANK WU.T.T A ? J..? Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON .-City Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, __.__?Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATES:, GASH IN ADVANCE, j - U - so mi ? crar . _Six.-Months .. 1.25 Thififl Mgnths , ? ?T5 ' :r Siggle-CIppy -??,--1---...^?. .05 Advertising Rates given on applicnTi.-vn ? t *7 Saturday, August 1, 1925. Instead of raising so much Cain about believing in the Bible, r* little more ?practise of the ' teachings of that holy book would make America a much better plaee-m-\vhich to live, as_gootr ' _ as it is."" . -?' ~ ~H William Jennings Bryan -Kt '_! dead. In his early life he was ' dubbed the "Boy Orator of the ldatte.^ - In his old age he could be called the "Defender of -the Faith." Ho died st'iddentr in Dayton, Tcnn., Sunday Tast. "T? The- coming session, of llie ' State legislature will do more" real good if it provide nd<?q'n?ir> accomodation for the insane, inover the- passage of an ant i-evol? ?ittftrn lawr Some-colored insane are being denied admission to the State Hospital because of the lack of room. "Onward Christian Soldiers" 'i$ the tune to V?tTTefrir3\jbte mob attack The home of a colored man.?The only offense of - tlie colored man was his purchasing a" valuable hopie in ^ v.-ry l inp ??residential sectiun.?No wonder T-, 1 "Lnristiati" is not pop? -lifar in Turkey ^rul China. * * ' 'Silent Cal" Coolidge,- President of the United States, is still ?silent to Ahe?appointing any ~:rZ 7 outstanding colored mdh ^to a "~TT- '[ position of'importance. I lis job - -has almost fonn yenv-< yrr |on in ; too early yet to bother about the colored brother^ Might as well stop "worrying, boys, ?" 9 5 ~~ ; We feel pretty sure now that ?r-the end of an American suortJvnching-is in sight. Georgia, the chanipImTlynf-hing vtntn, soon have an anti-lynching law. _ _ . At least such' a bill has been'int roduefd.u in it* ^ Whether it passes or noWit aF least shows that decent sentiTnonT_iTT thaFsfate is beginning . to assert itself. ; > t ? The City of Columbia ought stirlv ?r building as Old Howard as a school house for colored, children. This old-budding was built just after the Civil war when GeneraLo. O. Howard was FFi rTTharge of the Freedmen's! , . Bureau. It is a veritable firej trap;? Should a fire broair out there while crowded,with little guilty of murder: Such a building doesn't speak very eloquentlc - - jy ior community prklc and progressiveness., O WHAT OFFICE HE WANTS? Representative Gasquet'of the f>th South Carolina Congressional district must be planning to run for some other office, or has .---ha^(!bubt&--4bout- r-eeleetionnext year? In a long, write up from Washington the Congressman throws out -what used to be >?^ ;? ? ;?- . . , i - ^?-rr-rrrrr-rr. Tr . ?4~r-s -t - r -:L: '' ; molasses to catch the flies?mo N the votes. The Representative has it published far and wide, down jthis that he intends to introduce antf fight for one of fcfreTTioiSt important pieces of legislation that ever found its way into Congress. > No doubt this country is suffering for this great piece of legislation.. Just Z how so many. Congresses have |j passed without giving the peo- ai pie of this country such an im- p port ant law passes the comprehension of ? man. Compared ^ with it, the tariff," reduction of ^ taxes and such trifles shrink in- e, to insignificance. But this Con? gressman is going to see that f1 Congress get on the job and -what is Hie great law that all A- ^ meriea in clamoring for??The -rr Congressman says 'it is to have . white and colored people ride sep- ^ aralelv in liie street?ears-?of ~ Washington, IX C., the seat of C( the greatest democracy in exist- h ence. lie thinks thatif he xan'sj do that he' will more than earn- b the salary1 which ; he s< draws as a member of Congress. ^ representing> as he supposedly p "does the inhabitants, white and b black, of the Gth district of tttfjl <1 -Stale. We -think?too that the.i? I'ongressmaji will more than earn y his 10,000 salary if he can havfe jj "such a lUil pass Congress. But . lative knows lie. has about as tl TiTiicli chance in getting such , a ^ bill through as ho has of jump- ^ ;ing across the-Atlantic ocean.?^ ! . Q ' i ""THE LIAR AND SLAND- n EKEtt"? ??^ "The greatest enemies of soc- r' iety are the people,gnen-and wo-;" ' men. wlio are called gossipers,i '.whisperers and character assas-' . sinsT_' ; .Ifi i "As rule, they are, at heart, si | cowards'?but by lies ancLinsin- 11 |nations they seek to rob their ^ (neighbors of tliat which is dearor to them than life.? j "AM of us lmvc met t-heiyt ahefj^; they greet you with: -'I heard| ^so yjul so of Mr. and. Mrs., or t! Pro?. or Rev..or Dr. So and So; S( now 1~tl(;n't know whether ft i-s -true br-nol. ^ And somw th0*? ? pdttmlerous vipers?will?assert jtha't such and such a t-hing about 'such and siuli_a-person is truet o that they know it to he true.; 1< and al! liie lime they knowAvhatp hey are snvimr [< a vile and mal- $ icious lie. and they are only tellring it to" try to injure some per* . e . . V_i_ 11 -"it wi' wlmm tli'i'V are environ nrip i'o)- sonto reason_ihey do not like, f r?"We o. no patience with the! jliar, double-dealer and slanderer. 1-t! jTlw num and <nmolimr>c tho 1 ^ fnTehT who try to kill men's and u i women's reputations in cold Q J ?: ?*~r ci hhluoflr/.?5 " [h |- "This species should be treat- a ,ed as tile venomous snakes." ia "No man or woman is safe! I ** (* with the slanderer at large. ^ "To-day it is the other -fellow w^ose character is attacked; to- q morrow it may be you or yours, p "Liars a-ftTeventually going" toTv > bo placed-sm--1 he name plane jcrfj* the murdcoTmi fEe"taker of hu-!^ man lifej ami after all we are not psare-4mt t hat ther character as-1 |sa<ssin is not much the worse; land that society does ftot need to c be more protected from him.'*"" io The above is taken from the j t Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade. It a describes so-well a specie of be- . ings found in every community, ^ that wcrdcsire td'pasTTt on, hoping that reach home. ip II - ' ---? ' t H A MPTON-TIISKEGEE j y I UM) NEARS GOAL tl ?? ? : f* (By The Associated Negro Press.) 11*< New York, N. Y., Aug.?The ^ ci Hampton Tuskegee P^ndowment sj Fund wgA pushed nearer Its goal' * * * t a this week with the fulfillment of a pledge by Senator T. Coleman si Du Pont for $250,000. THE FALMET O. 2?A MYSTERIOUS FRATt POWI J1Y REV, 3' , ; . Among all the institutions estal ke the cnurch of 11 times to speak or write ubou uiThmid_ttith-4tis-blood-^m Ca Before assailing its foundatior ive some study to its origin, nali e accounted for or explained on o ; certainly is not a human instit I'idence of its divine origin. It cannot be overthrown by m ell shall not prevail against it." l?X.plicable to its enemies; and tl nfailing for oyer nineteen hundr tc cftprch'totfgther by^forccs lie r estimate? It has laid upon Tin aliuns 'width have been paramo A bond more potent than aiiy harms of nleasure. than tho ;ni 11 motives from the highest to t f men, has controlled theiiTi snturiefl there-have been meml ood ?>f- the church jvyho have p uppreswod every appetite, desii een contrary to the. mystic in bills.- - r? ? 4 Tilts stra-irgVpower has change ha-j in an instant, made .friends ofore. It has seiH men out fro rave the .danger, and ..endure ha ters-^f-Jesus Christ." It h'aa gi ge to the Jirave- to the extent th ndur#- h u nger, t hirst-,?repmftch.il with a smile and a song they* nprisonment,7 and even death i All this they have done not bee eniurers, IndiXtdront to tTTdir ov, tiey have been men of prudence,, ighest culture, fitted to fill the ial life. They have turned thei nd loved ones to face the st-rugjj f friends, to confront the malice 11 this from any of the motives t has not been for honor, grand WithouL cuiiiplaint they hate c spinilig they "have suffered eve hisper of dhappointinent or l'Cj enturies this has been going ou Under whose command? Can the enemies explain it V I as boundfcthis brotherhuud ingot ent them into the world and held he passing?centuries, Sunder wl ind let those who attempt to ai ers of this brotherhood spurn -! oncerhs, t'hat-they do not now t< rs haye never awed thorn,'thu-t hem, and warriors have never How then can they be account heir actions spring, whatf has (1 oci'atiops and made tliem such ] < l>ecause they, have banTtcTTlTYo et fl'ateTflllV U?d6r ter^b'l,. d ,-hich leave them mi cli.TtOo bnl w, 9 ic The influence nf snr h secret f'them soon pass away aTul are f< iwers of ail Alexf?i(TT>r who (Mill n eanhHins the shhrhievl r-nncot ian warrior made. Is it then i ?>st enmiro of his tim*^2? t be a CKfcrlemagfie or Charles V iads obeyed thetn while lluoyj ollowers? iNo, these men are do, rom their tombs. A child won It: \\no then controls, this mysti ^source of power? What pow< he world at a word? Do. thev nder the orders of' tt Captain ? To the above we answer in. t jcommandeiv a~k?a*ler?-butthey is voice, during all these ninett bsent Lord, having taken his jf tt fhat time he has not made o: His influence has never been < lothed with "mighty power. Bi hps Commander-is no great hisi fads Of men, with iron cross on ine entirelv wit.hhnf vW.ultTi r.i* d Jew, laboring with his hands rhose very existence is doul5tedrmn\a seem tu maii.V Idle i-ii-kS. rid who went to his ignominious Nineteei\ centuries ago, this n Iount of Olives,- speaking to f isl nd seriously gave utterance to in He said : "All power is given lo ye therefore and teach a-11 nat f the Father, and of the Son, a hem to observe all tilings what; m with you alway even to the e .Only on supernatural- ground or. " He is a supernatural Man, f heaven.- Jfven thin does nok o the explanation. The conque ower, and influence over myria' u,*., -i?i ?' '' * uc,y ai c ueau. ci'IlU men* ])0\VC1' i -Jesus, th?-j^reat-('(MmHa'infer~T> he living e?hrist. And lie is ali te imparts His own glorious lif hat His word has power, and t brown by the ''gates of JretlT" ~ It is therefore, or ought he, 1T0 lies of the church deny and as ection. if (;hrist~Re""nof risen f Christian church. Because of tl nd His church, many a sainted acred C&use. - Does this power still hohTTTs < ffirmatlve. "Dear dying LamTi r lose its power; Till all the rans in no more." ^~~:r "T ? ' / "MORE ?~-z ... ^? 1 T? , . . TO LEADER . iRNITY AND ITS "SOURCE C :r iVASIIINGTQH - - l v V?? 5 A. E. Church ' ' dished fit the world there i? noi s me inexplicable gratification it the church which qur Savi tvary's cross. 7 < ~ is its enemies would do well ire, and construction. It cann ther. than super-natural grounc Alt ion.; it hears within itself -U ten or devils; no, "the gates There is a power in the chur< lat power has been constant ai ed years; it has the members vond the nowerOfdlurrtan mil * brotherhood of Christians ob lint to every earthly obligaiic lies of blond, than any .nf t thority of kings, than any ai Tie lowest, that sway the min Through- all of tnese ninete< >ers of the mysterious brothc ut aside earthly ambitions ai re, passion and hope that h fluence that has swayed The d enemies into life long frjoiu of.those unknown to-each oth m homes of luxury and ease, rdship, poverty and toil as "s< iven strength to the weak, con and - every kind of hardship, u have suffered scourging,, chair tself. Ruse they have been reckless a n interests.?Qn-the other hai wisdom, understanding, and t most exalted positions in the ? r back on the delights of hor :les of exiles; sacrificed the lo of foesf and they have not do which" ordinarily influence mc eur, personal gain or fame, ndured every hardship; witho ry painj without a murmur if ret they have died. Foriiiai ; and it is still going on toda ?et them say what mighty for lien what mysterious twwer +1 them true arid steadfast throuj lose comrhand they have actc nswer remember that the met human authority in the highc i any riiW* ni-fW*, that empc monnrcho have never control frightened" thom>~; .. ed for? From w-hatimrtfresrawn them from all earthly i mighty power in the world? mselves together into-Mome st Us onl oi^e<T horrid peradth -fcep-ohey some, ghostly leaderf)rdor^;is short-lived, .and mc wgotten. Are-they then the f< Kiuercd the world? Not a m n for any law that mighty Gi l Caesar , dominating the migl an rmroyr for Caesar now, t . Louis XI V nr. NnimloAn ? TV1 . ? * J v. * ^ >: ATI Ivi^L ^HicrXlaw^stiir have?Cht ad. No voice of authority issu I not fVilr to disobey thrm tortr n'ious brotherhood and what 2r is this that sends men arou h^vo a crmimi'.nft<>r ,}?Are th he affirmative. r They do ha Hhave rUiVer seen him nor hea ieh centuries. He has been t Hirey into it lar country, and ne single appearance, diminished, arid his word is st it not yet is the wonder ende toric Conqueror, no ruler of m his brows Ah. who then is H estige, ri poverty stricken desp -in a carpenter's shop, a pcrs whose authority is denied, who r'wIiQiitiA^fee^birth is Ui.MiiuUlU death as a malefactor, lan standing on the slope of t icrmen and lowly'toilers, quiet riM'/imr urowTq ~ ? o " v4k,r unto me in heaven and in eart ions baptizing them in the nar nd of the Holy Ghost; teachii ioever I command you; and lo, nd of the world.?Matt.28:18-2 s can His power be account not of the earth,-but. the Lo tell all. There is^more to a< rors of history wielded migh d-s of men while they-lived R and influence are ended.. _ f the church, Is not dead, He ve forever more. It is becau e to His words and His peop hat His church canont be ovc source of surprise that the en ssail the fact of Christ's resu rom the dead; there would-be i heir indomitable faith in Chri ovyui imn g'VOIl niS Hie IOf .tl >\vn? Wo again answer .in-tl Thy precious brood, Shall ne omekl church of God,J3e aavg^L. ~r^ ANoN-M ^ ' >F THE COMFORT OF SEKVK &X TOM. TBUTir In the lives of some men the is a constant unrest which mak ~ them dissatisfied and unh'apf They exist without having friendly thought toward othei because they see- in every m ne one vvfio may hlbcdClheni in tin at- great, iripas.?These people or in such a condition because their desire to j'ise above oth people. They never rise. Th [s- can't. Thev do .not take t ^ time to think that our Savior h set Tor us an example* whi pf shows us the only Way to eteri L>h greatness through llis work 1(J redemption. They lack t OI +U~..~U4. muu^ia ui uuitin anu ]]_ the result, fail to meet otE m. men in the right ggftrttfc ~~i ^ There is a. fBaling of conta ^ and quiet which, rewards the fjT their fellow-men. It seeminj iid enters into the lives.of these p< as pie, who, no matter how grc !lr may be their daily task, se j_ . their places with the servai er of mankindT Quickening the sp to"it of life ill their pulses, givi :>1- to them a care-free vigor a iv- clean mind,i this wonderful s< " with a peculiar confidence in t goodness of living and gives d- pleasing calmnessvto fife. People,~who~tly at Cei 11 pting serve others-have" this feelii O" ^.^4- 1 il. aic nut Liiuftc "wiuj anuw m Q0 - ? T'*r - 'Tv - ? ve minds to think of things tl ne lead to evil, though evil may m. ever present around them; J it serves as an agent to drive way- ambition toward \yro ^"?vays?they make friends and-, quire a sense of self-confiden ce ?they it is who rise, for tY ^TtoTTot try to rise'abovq othe but ,seek to rise with othe ' ^ They are the ones who enj great peace of mind and hap oth ifo comfort ot service inal 7- thern so. : ~~ ^ "Thls~-"TOrfm%.of service It ^hat the rightly ambitious se -C- It is greatness. This greatn< >s, may not fit mon to rule roil hod through the evils and wro , '.oings of life, but it docs fit 111. :tu enjoy. life "a-inl- wlieii it is an a life, it prepares that life to ^ reive, though somljfTniT^.lToFi *t- m l^gui d ed praisc q f_ _ men, tl an acme of praise for which Ivc ^7 Well balaiu-i?rl j^Thd es This praise is the "Well do: ej^= d-hotrj;oud and faithful servai is of the greaf^Tidge of Kreatnc rnTTouTTfind it's the elan'.wlio will i cy _ . who can Thatthe comfort of set vice dm rd Wnigh. he ''et service to man be vour hope in plan - In the days that -before vou do li all kL . , ; : . y_ tour reward-may .not be what oth can sop, _J1_ is- Just a smile may be all you will K an run more comes, from above, 1 - smiie of t;??r^-4m-rr : ' That pays you when life's sun is i 'OKLAHOMA CULTURE -?(WHITE) RUCKED BY NT h. GHO HISTORY BOC ne July24, ?Evidence that o ' small book has rocked Oklahor ' J civilization to its very fount r(j tions, has come to the Natioi Id Association for the Advan< ty ment of Colored People, 69 Fif ***" Avenue, New York. Oklahor -r- st huurullk'lals and tHtPIocal IS ' j se mici iv.au region are in a pai [e> and the gravest appreherisio ;r- are felt for the culture of tl highly intellectual State. !?l__The offending volume is I ^ Carter G. Woodson's "The Neg In Our History"-which was d he covered by whites in a Neg .. Manual Training High School till' ff llllU,_ "Members of the school boa tO * ' says the Muskogep Daily Ph( ' jnix, "after re?dinj?_ it, express -~r- -r *? Saturday, August 1,1925 :E I surprise and horror that such a work should have crept into our Negro schools. All professed re ignorance of its existence. G. K. es Keiff, who was then acting as >y7 Superintendent, Ordered all copa jes confiscated and prohibited its rs^ifurther use. an " "The theme of the book," deifr ctarcs : the .Oklahoma white pa>re~ per, "is found in one nf its full of page illustrations, a picture"of , ier a 'mixed' jury, half Negro and**** ~ ey half white, in the District of Colhe umbia. .The picture is cap-7 ^as"lioned 'The New Freed#!!)*'"cV The Oklahoma whit& news.,.1 nanor lion tmp>< oil tn rpfita ictl ***%,*? tov.vw WAA of follows, the further grievances he of Oklahoma's intellectual white as lights against Dr. Carter's book: ^ "The author speaTc&Tftfterlyjjf ?- AriTcrifca's treatment of the Ne *x?- gro soldier and condemns fha )se government for frowning upon dp the intermingling of Negro sol- :1m_ riy diers and French women. Ne-~ 20_ gro soldiers, it declares, were of;at ten more courageous than their 'superior' white officers. J ds "The closing pages of the book, ^7 jr. deal with the' race .war . that ng broke out -in Wnsliington, D. C.? nd after the close of the world strug }n- ^e* author comments' pie bo;rstingb-irrftm-the fact that ifw " he tjje second day of th^ fighting a the Negroes killed more white people than thp whites killed'Ne T~... . ? ?? ^=T; - TIDBITS eir - ' . (By The Associated Negro Press.) *je Mummies were found in the ^or Sknd ?Caye in Kentucky 100 -&=-.years ago, it has been reported. hg Red rot is the most important ett^TnusCTTTrd()ss~rn~"nurirnggr cane ac-~ farniefe in_India. - _._Bj ce, , Twenty-seven million automo- . >ey biles was t lie new saturation rs, point sot in January. k & rs. Rocky Mountain blue jays joy pick u]r scraps with their feet pi- and carry them away to their ise~ ^esto.? ~ ~ ?' ~ tes~ Honey, as such, is not pr<>?~ sent in the lUmer, but.ls & sob*?"? -4xr .'tance that?has been partially ^digested by tlie-bee^ ?"? Fiber, used by the na- tivesL of ilray.il fur fishing neta, : ing may he made into paper of un^ usual strength. . 7 1 M uelt-v^vUutble-Jiifai'fnation ?" ljri_ " ,. : ... ro_ bout t'Tiev culture of the Pueblo I j.Indians has 1 >ecn lost?becausa _f i many-of?the graves were rifled !,a. ] 'hv 11 rcl71 s i oric gr'a ve-robI7ers] ^ i Radiators painted with fllnmt' inimi paint radiate less heat fha>n ~ ne i T,thoso that "gre-eevorefi-wmr-^tbI" TjOT"lonTts"." . ~ ^ ""'li1' beat imiu this summer. J Four put of e\;cry 10 Bibles ^-fsold by t-hc--British' mrd "Foreign " | Bible Societies in 1924 went to iml jehina. ~ ' The world's t&&jst mafrls J.dn ic- Van Albert, twenty-three* who stands O.feet 3 2-3 inches high.??'-j 0,3 m Spain^leads the world in the .production "of olive oil. * et; Japan is the world's third lqr tho gest machinery market. ^eUy contains more sugarthsr^ ?et. the solution from which it is made. ^ ~ ? T. ^ The Grand waterfall in Lakra dor is 200 feet high. )K Ten of England's most noted , hangmen have attempted auG ae eifle in recent years: na A scrab beetle 15,000,000 la- years old has. been found in lal North China. :e- Greenland is the largest isth land in the worlds v\n 1 fPW.. 1 * ' ,m x in: hix-suiil Lerriiory of Swe- ? A- den is about half the size of Calilic fornia. ^ ns ? ? m lis ARRKSTEDTTvIT- * DUNG HRUSHES )r. (By The Associated Negro Press.) ro Columbia, K. ., Jtrfy?Coleis man Maples was arrested here , -?\ ro Wednesday for selling paint of brTishes jon the street. Mnploa claims tin; brushes were given to rd him by another man and that he >e- was selling them .on a commised sioo , . , k: \ . :?"T~" - r zrzrr.*-:-fsSLl