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F?? E ' FOUR " . ? The Palmetto Leader J" _____ _ Pwh1j?hoH Wp^Jy Py ^ The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. 1 J. B; LEWIS -JsJA_-l President-i( ~ 1.110 assembly" street V-COLUMBIA," S. C. jt . " Entered at the 1'oSt Oflice at -Colum-' ( bib, S. C., as Second Class Matter. ^ = TELEPHONE 4523.i ' I N. J. FREDERICK, Editor;1 Wt FBAMKWH.LLUIS Contributing Editor 1 ? BENSY L. SEASHON?City Editor - ?>u mr 1 lkjiv uAuiid; j CASH IN ADVANCE. H . Ona^yoar - ? .-- ^$2.00, | Six Months \ \ 1.25! ?:- Three Months ?- .75 Single Copy ? ?05, Advertising Rates given .on't^ppir-r cation. , ' ?. j r Saturday; August 22. .1925. An effort is now being made1 7-? all "right" if lit goes further argD1 takes Politics out of Prohibition ,/ ~ ...' It is really amusing just, how serious some light hea<tecl cohpr?-7? artful ways, flaunting 11 in some form or manner beforethe public. Ln.:uul around this " City can hoUonnfl a few fellows = of that ilk... J . During tlu? month of July., fifteen persons wcitf hilled ort the. highways of the. State; one hun~ 'riivd and-six wore in.rured, thir-;' ty-nine of whom. wery seriously hurt. The reckless operation of ?a^mmTohiin^. seams: to be the moslt " prominent door to the grdat be-| yond-. ? ^?. . V 5 d_._T % * j m... l.t is.getting tiresome to read accounts of autonio'oile wrecks in which twih.iw.dy-poiVplii? volv^ir Tlv dispatches* usually tl'U how t lie colored men staiuThyand refuse to give assistance: Of ? course, no one With any..fairness.' ?1 m hi-s -Ir-hI'I etm notlove?sueu fc-tuTT~ V,.; " :TrpnnF-'mado " rf ^? / * : - ' Stool Tigeon Charles I,)ancv of' New York seems.to have-gotten at last what lie long deserved?a hpnlincr i;p. While HO dOCOllt man can .uphold lawlessness yet this notorious fellow seemed he-. ' yoml even liie law?ahvais piotected Ij.v the police. _ No wonder * outraged decency decidetj to give a lesson that the law would hot. : : : ?? - 4 ?? -r_ The lynching of a colored man .was prevented last week m-Mary-; 'land onh'-|s cause the'man was . _mw_Uy Jniinimrrs. A voting: ' while woman-?-1 <i years old?hart ?declared l ha t - she . was a t tacked.. - _ l>y :i colored. man. Later. lmw ever, she uml.'e.'d-i'tl?to?olHccrs" ' that she ha.d rioTTdirO heJirnth. Inst ear! oT a ' colored maiv>- she contc^.'iiiLLlliat tt_^vas a white fflJUl whom .she \\*as trying to~ v, ; . "proieer. ^"r; wrmdt+T-ftref-hWVmany colored men have been sent to eternity lor. the "protec"tion" of soihe \v hite., Ly 11, -^ehers don't- want thefiff-uth, .fehey want beastial tun. 1. -?? hjOKWAKD MARCH?THE 11 om? rl:>j,owHr * vTht?- Qdd Fellows in their annu-al convention held in George, town last week have decided to ??invest its surplus money in government bonds or real estate or both for safety. This action n_? , was ..taken he; an.se of the. majiy~ ?bank failures in recent times. Of course; there were a few big-j mouthed, little brained fellows who objected to real estate but the sober sense of men who kno\j? there .isjrio safer investment than "good real estate pre vailed. This action is quite in contrast to the action of the Py thians who allowed themselves to be fooled by a few failures in , if*) and one or two others who, i 'W* foHe~pretCTTrtlTig'ttrhaTi' the uel-j ijl are of the Ordci' at heart, were | $ noved by sinister motives. The $ )dd Fellow*, know.-the value and; ^ safety of placing money in real ^7| housands already in such, the i'ythians have nothing. Perhaps, . ;hat ?js one reason why big lh nouths could fool the Pythians ii believing' thai to invest in t . <>ill "i* fipmrerous." 1 r"' O " |1,LWHITE PRESS ON NK(JUO Ju ACTIVITIES. ' hvr ?Pi- Fmmi'tt ?|n Scott of lloW- 1 iu srd University, formerly A^i.sU ES ant to the Secretary.of War dur- il 1 ihg the so-callccHvar to make the i WJj worM-sftfe ~fuwdomacrniT,^4ia^ =J written a vigorous protest to the (M' publishing Inuii o of?Dunhleday-, : 'i: Page CdhipanWagainst the Pub- |?y' lication of the slanderous utter-j)1' anees of Qeiieral-Rohert Lee B\ilPv^ lard of Alabama. hi an>\\er in ! the protest. Arthur \V. Page, Kd-Mel itor.otkthjj World's Work, andj 1 son of. the late' gifted W.iljiiftniInt Tlimw P:iri'.. d-eiivers hiiuseh^ or Wj Iic\ e thai L . hall pel- (.11 r, jl h the .Negro problem if puWishers ( r make it'a rule to print only fa- . vorable opinions on Negro aet.iv- " it ties." Can you beat that!. If 1 f Mr. Page knows anything at all. ! lye .knmvsltiaV llTe~\v1iit"e Y'tiblTslW v #rs' (of"bools4 and newspaper*V ha have never-, yet- had any- ',ori~v.?r= ri.rle than publish all that. is lui- < h" favoral)le'iyf~rhe ivegrn. shut 'H-ii 4*i< Uui i'-n-.n-ihi.o 1 j-i'- alway-". i" Where is lluutehronMcvnioii if .d ? ' has a.policy differing froth-that !?*< or a -practise- e<,nt.i,aVi\\1>e-V - <)f dr: t'onrsc'. now and then a lii" !' - space is given tVrfhe hier:lord-us but vgry little and as ineon-piou- de oils as-iiossihliv??- - "?Bttl fn\. t In*"-y i-va-t stfc>i-y sereaminir head lines wlon* .m>::v - an tfatm i ilmi ] y " ' "j' ' Oriininal*.. eharacto)\' and from page stuff loo. Mr. Page, oi -Pa COUrsc. t 1 1' 11 Sl'rh | r? 1 >1'i i?? lions arc helping 1 n "got on wilIrrnt the Negro problem'. i l Ike pu'- -1lishors were a il: To'" fail m end ; >: would exercise a-little more char- ' i4yv-w-e- hetieve "i ho / problem' WOUld Hot iit: (i-tUie .1 !le_LIH;U!i! aiU 1 lit is'T'opr^alMJb"rro.m m It. 111.' uin' m ' \iit jrnrrr'Pr7r~is would l>o lour.d nioro <|tjirkly ami ? easily i!' and v. !u n l!i? i>11 i' Ti > ; of America will it to b.ev. Til' y k!s are the ones-of. A^^rir.o-. v..ha ili make?sent ini-r1 a'-.-.!' a- i---r ad a sentiment is what rules AmvrPn. ANKVVhl!. LU ?TP! t IttTVi 'tT7- -' -AVihilo Togiyt Urg i he ii.M-la;; ; ... ilf.1 tiding t imc and sp* s -again 1, to'-fH^'Uss I lie linreasor al)ie and unfair p??li?.-y <7T the .Ke :rrfd?-.i'- . Indicator lii ill 1 efiij>!.ing io . ioOi' f its ro y der hi r;tPiP i I f! To t udy luTTm~~p est journal in 1 he JSLal'tvn \a rif :i- . k * ?* - - ,v hie semmrt rm -thr-vali in pro- yr -toe-ling the } eop'ei li nn ni-h 3? cKtyr.vera It aiut rotter,i.? v a.- X.. :.v TTsitocl or \ ! '^''' 1 'V lion upon their (I' ari^ir~ns - :' sorts^ Kditor, -lvoacli. lihe .. .,: will nrrrlrreurrrfortod. a- I';ny ; t ih hi- s'nh- !'-v v" ' '' (iation. The Hrtitnr has hrr?n ;i.v-\.,.| serting since In* fell out with {lie t.>; Secretary that the Fair i.< rot-hv; ten, that the administration 'is\v corrupt, thai oilicers?particularly the Secretary?elect thorn- j~t selves i).v reason oLuavin^ a ion- z trwirmg 'iniriTsl. or -a- - mninrity ri; of shares. \'\* (hallongft Kill lor ; Roach 1 ^substantiate one or all n of his contentions and a-k hhn sinuatioiis, wild assertions, in-Yol mjendoes and hear says as lias ing in .the past. ... ?_j We- assort and challenge Edi-'ov tor Roach'to prov.e tHe contrary: v.'; 1st. That I)r. Wilkiiison re- ar: fused to handle fh'e ajtpropria- If tion by, fftc logislat lire because a, of the rottenness of tho-asatrcia- yo tion. Dr. Wilkinson has never sh told the Editor that' and will not. And let me say, Editor, we if y... ? '. THE PALMET1 The Sear< By William Frai 1ITE PRESIDENTS OF NE- c TTRTTC^ECEUES I he prevailing differences ex- i ing in our colleges between J iU arcm>bvioIIsI~aiiid have long 1 ye been expected by studentsj1 conditions in these eollegos.-d ~t wiiy -some'of .o.ur greatest < itei*s are up in the air about 1 so differences ami don't i ow where to lay the blame is : 'efkvlion on their pronounced i ulom. 11 .h-eans of blood have been snitl < in nearly every4 country on I > globe as a result of such air [1 as-is now gnawing at the J als of our young manhood" afTcM manhood in mostof ouii_? 1 , iool, con.-hMud i?y w.hite prosi. \ U-?VYit A X X Yr. ^"7 i Dur first example was tlie A- j rican Itevulution .which" was 1 cvd i'iit'll i ha'Colonies hy Uncanny oi' crrum IhitTiin, and^ weopU example was the great < HhWav w;:i: h was caused by" ?es?bun rather than freedom, our i a; hei - atai grandfathers^ it n !U.\'- ua. had" the l?ig tight tii St laid ;u which time Cuba r'~>"'ui iYrft;:r tinder the voice of t j ranr.y oi iSpami r Phis i. a age .ami 1 V students re." keeping step to j ?Luue ?Q C "freedom." . Npf; Yn-m-in (ovdll t the policy Of' ( Y4 - i! is-i^j__fi'eLnii?m.lu_LiiL_ t (.ii?iii\Mr merit and ilot?bo-~ vhrTn-'niim like dumb .cattle. at Y-all fhc.y uvar.t. .The in.telt a::d Handled- oY-the st u- - oi FD!wIio\vard and I .in- ? 11 aiv. at i ho same hiirli water I irit a- 'tii;.-'.'"oT TTIn \ ard-. Vale, 1 d Pr+tfcVkm, if You please. 1 [oil v.hy eahV t hev'^be pat* pit*"] a* saniv of honor and IMV ' ' ' ? T-t:'.1 r*t"?n;ghli.'jtil does no.t yet vnrr: r. c tin- roulaiomynt. of all * r ., =3- 1 .i e jji a utoiw- :n cjlfr colleges; -.V-"o-.-7 ji-i-orl.-eH. "? nt if-don*-\ oiaie ihe replne<menl of the . so f--ty-v ami p!trrtict*d-proa ? ^V^lW-^eoioi vd ' .i .i.-atlniils. As.' |7hv thai in*. WT^fa-. on br nbm-' illv in?triwyv. 'of the' Smith-, . -'.frr? the i-..-.1. however, Dr. I.onj? of . ?ai tclioge. i : \ .? M 1 ? 7\ 11 *J\\ u.ii. . , " "! . . ?T; ;i- ynT A. ?.*: 1 iIiii"?;s, tlip. . ' t 1 I ' i'. j O? . ? t . ?:J ^ Ok.il uol i . \yr,l (IIsi: ; i/ i".e>-awX "ho v.'iuM kn.'.!::io\v as he?)). (Miihu ni. of the^ a out i\ < ; tit*, rs~ckuryetl-s ill i ii'V ael aai *: ii.fi of 1 ho m -I >" ":'4 ?r >- ?ono : '"\1Y TovTArsA-.'S" :' TTTTag^T^a^[ -n- lu-fiit-'M a ?" . lull <is t he i ill'" y? c:a.\j ... .;y\vh:je one - " Ay: ^ nr~TTnr::ej fc'iWt HTTfiti' .-.TfitT'llOneSt^ 01 ia a i. .or.cst ones ; H- ?f-H?" t lvj 4)uU qut'o'I' M. . t 'acts on i i* public. ' H :ak. ri haL_Lk.. r. a : :ot ^an.oili-J I*; in TTTo a --., ialion WltTlj ouph- >11fil-.y" himself or : ill a i-oo:''< . oilier ofTi-y is to elect f or anybodyJ1 i >o you n.uiiy know Mr-.. < '11<;; .how n:a;.\ . hurts there j . ~ho\y . :: . owned by"!", nTarnoTTi-j k al-.-ortrftg': ii :t ;U?u*n?ciit. nr.:I it' you doh in- o yo'i ! 'aim to he the11 i.l of hoiu-My. yon ought to ILthe trill h. 77^ ] 'tii... Y+uf a majority (not in j in hull* rif-.-.i-av.r.r'tf-the people ; ;ho' oriution has j ar-4-ohf Kali toe?Roach that "ft. i> m t (i m me ciiavrs in cnarge d Unit tho affairs were rotten, j Ihev told you, Ikl it or {.Roach, v. ; ' -?. 1 y how .and when. The fact is, u don't know 25 t different areholders out side of Columi. But the Editor ought knovsf; ho jQlpws anything that in ' * *" . ' * " . 1 K?J -?* iJT T-.M'T? ~ - ? , X) LEADER . :hlight -? $ ik Williams. :| )ut, but if they continojer to perusnn~putting a" muzzle on "ttie lianhood and freedom of. our souths, put them out at any cost! .0 head our larger colleges. The ical pity is that so much presidential timber is serving under ivhite presidents who are-Hheir inferiors. And usually in such schools these black- intellectual ind executive- giants have -to tread a rocky road to remain "un ler" their inferiors. Page Proessor Kelly Miller! Morehouse is the greatest example of Negro generalship, so tar as the higher colleges are joncerned, and the Searchlight ventures to say that there are -ome other John Hopes, but they just haven't been given an opportunity. ' VVe behevcrirhe time wiircome when ail Nogro colleges and iniustrial schools. Will be conducro(M)v Negro presidents and faculties. This time must come for the sake of the race. "It is our put at the head of these schools fifty years ago, it was intended lhat they remain in charge only until'.these schools"and big'northern -schools had trained them sufficiently to take them over, i'laflin, ( lark, Morehouse and some others Afro reading' early benefits from this idea. Others will follow. We do not believe the great endowment associations of .the^North would insist an white presidents forever .just because they stipport the colleges.-" Their greatest glory should be in the fadt- thai they have rendered humanity Uie -service of brimr.ing np to the limns ti people who were illiterate and half savage a few score years ago.- . .With malice- -towards?^ene, hut resentment towards thp tyrant, we trust that this generation, will he marked wit hthe guidance of. alt Negro colleges: and schools by the lipids of God and jy^ro president s. stock -companies," affairs, are de lermined by stocks and not by persons--* . 5th. That demonstration agents in getting up ex bib fts lor the Fair cost the association artTpaid for just such work, not specii'icallly, of course. Qeftainly thoy aught to be the last ones to talk about the association "purging" it'sdl*. As to such a i )>t as t his, hitwt'ViM', we believe them .certainly ought to_be some kind of "purging." Gt in 'j'liat almost | the entire tint appropriated by ihe legislature for (the- past 2 years was tliu aitii ities uf l,ln i HI in cwiu iiumu l^tunoiisiraiiuii hXiU-beirig paid to" them for prem turns alone,- Wh?t after all do licsc'rii^nts want1, the whole slutH) appropriation turned over Lo flfem ? We can't see what else itoi* Hoach says, have met in conIhey could want, if they, as Ecfcention assembled at the State college anddecide not to encourage the.people to have a real fair, ^ That. Cawyer Frederick is ffot an otheer of the Fairi/ra= <ociation. lie, however, is open lo engagement for this association or any other, ' to * Editor Roach or any other person or persons Thiffllesn'irMs service*; Now, Editor Roach, answeT arid he specific or stop your yodling.? WEAR STOCKINGS OR STAY OFF DANCE FIOOR Atlflritim C.ilv M T Ann ? -v,..v.v,, W.VJ , ^ " f * All dancers on the Floor of the Million Dollar Pier are warned lo wear costumes that include hosiery. There is no limit set on the invisibility of the hosiery, . -^Vrr.^t^rrr'^:^s' .T.ajgy I "By The People, 1 - OFTH^F THE COMFORT OF SERVICE I BY TOM TRUTH Pt ?The pnrttiflng- Quantity Greatness" achieved by dili-'iei gence, perseverance.^ . honesty; fo tartd dleeorningly eorroot foi?o- 3g W sight is founded on a rock. It ^ lis a truly valid .quantity. It sur- at t mounts all obstacles and over- an rides all attacks. ' It imparts wi pleasure to its surroundings and l,a sends forth into ;the mingling Tlifoiig^ uf huniaiiity; a f ay of ~ joy and good will, sunshine "and 0 t ! love.?It places In many lives re-^r newed confidence in the rewards w< i of goodness. It can be compared jwl , l I .{with the mighty oak, which, la" growing up, gives a- kindly and oi cooling shade, and, as its days become numerous, is an object w< of loving referenceT when Its te a fondness born of appreciation to of its great value, it is aIways|of , mentioned as worthy of emula- de Jtion. ' 'in | Men think of it with but two ^ i views. 7 : . ' " . at I That group ruled by_,a passion m ;for immediate- greatness see its: th rise, while they^eonsider it, with a spirit'"ftf consuming jealousy;!^' with the identical spirit, they th witness its prominence, and fi- ac iiallyrat the indication of itst>er^}nF , inanelU'O, llley develop?nn' un ks , quenchable hatred toward it. J Those of its own type"look up:,pl on its separation-from1 the mul- he titude as an. ascendant star -of?m promise and" encouragement. jar !pefnfhncncy with joy .and are inspired by it, then, with a feeling ni ; by its procedure. ar The man who wears this vest .. I pi :ment ol true greatness is, 111 his initial'stages, of kindred blood ^;to the man of the bubble. He EaiTu* ^worked, ?worked/ hard,?for, i some one above himT He, too,'!1"1 I ~ i"~*~? - i ) |'U I following the normal course1 of is | human "life, Has- suffered. He7]y( 1 loo, lUl.^ ITUllU thlk buiilmiUkUy |' for a time. And, then, he has|_ lookext above himself. and com-, * pared the apparent ease of those! \ jwho are*4up" with his strenous jn ' struggle. Hut here the likeness g, ends, kinship breaks. For, with jb< chooses to plod on his honest [ni \ way. Of course, he is for*an in, sjant unsettled by. t he quick ele- jh | vation of a man, possibly his as- [oi sociate, who takes the pafch of jt beast resistance" But he, bhe V( r. wearer of the pure mantle,-be- is longs to that class of people who <q 'are surprised at the-sudden rise A of t he-bubble, expect -rbr strdderr tj collapse,.and care not for its post A mortem whereabouts. And mak- ? ing friends,-serving humanity*? hi. Hflvmi?{VAWWinn ofan-lA on I .<v, * * V/HI Vil\/ tu ail fjl other. Employing well consid- Q) ercrt meastrres, solidfyirig his in- ^ ~L*iL'ctMt-'Js1 Ijv utilizing every honest ~ -! support possible, he, wearing a I-' garment of glory which is as I . cl possible of destroying as pure gold is of tarnishing, finally, but .I . - surely, reaches a location where s) ' i he may rest, not lazily but serli ?- - -- 4^ -viceably, oil his laurels. He is stable in his position and enjoys 01 I * * * OJ J the remainder of his days in "con- ^ tentrhent; and when gray hairs j jcast their silvery halo around I t his brow, he, leaving behind a 01 ? r j-name and a repdtation which ? : serves .as a worthy example for 'generations, goes down without : regret to rest with the countless millions who have gone on be fore. - - - Ti 1 The difference in the ending i, of the bubble-man and the end, . ** J " ' ing of the nlodder has Ha t" cause the" paths chosen by the ormer and the latter at the cro3s Saturday, "August 22, 1^25 For The People, I? 'eople" L; .: I ; JOTES BY THE WAYSIDE. BY REV. J. P. WASHINGTON istor of St. James. A. M. E. Church Monday (August 10th) afternoon we :t Columbia on train No. 17 enroute r Abbeville to assist our friend and lit her ffl -Uib uersun uf Ifcv.-W. E. hite, pastor of'Warrenton circuit in . e Abbeville district. We were met "* the station by Brother Simon Davis d son who took us to his home, and thin a few moments we were at the ble which was >vell laid. Fjrom_ thence w<f_were carried to the urch; there we fjound Pastor White = the job pushing up the fifco, having' ; rommittee conducting an ardent pray ?nieetlng:?Shortly afterward we ~ ?re introduced to the congregation, lich was very pleasing to behold. We cended the rostrum and selected as^ - . text Jfer.-6:16 verse. Subject "fhg !> d Pathr" * - ? f Tuesday at 11:30 we had service; i preached from Romans lOJff Chapr 10th WFse; and"so on trough the tire meeting we preached high noon - f a close Frida^night in the midst .a great uproar resulting from the . iscension of the Holy Ghost. Durg this meeting 12 persons were confuted besides 2 accessions were added the church. The meeting- was well? tended each night, and what was ost commendable harmony prevailed: * roughout. Pastor White ha(| to leave Friday M. for his Sunday Seliuol Conven yn, thereby leaving us in-charge .of ? e affairs- which we carried out in cordance.witb the instruction given . whiu: li : ?. x uoiui *? itivv nao viuugo VYX^ll 11A , lihI on the Warrenton. circuit; the >ople every where are shouting his 'aise^- .. ... . v ? ' - .... We were royally entertained in the ones of Brothers Simon Davis, Jimio-dowes, James Finley, Jas.-Tblbert, " id Wm. Johnson. We spent three" ghts at the?home of Brother aiid ster Davis, one night at the homo ght at the home of Mr. William >7iTisdn ^artdpfeifo. -"4ye took^sjgeclal nner at the] home of Brothers Jory&"$ id J as. Tolbert. Words are inadequate for us to exT ess our gratitude and appreciation - these kind hearted people. who^Spafc- . i_ I 110 pains in making it pleasant for i. Rev. White's influeince can be ^ It over' the entire circuit. Where- ^ ?r the.right influence. 13 exerted^tho-?-=g| suits will soun be seen. "Rev. White ^4 ..known' over the state as--a five ' ;ars pastor. Mlttg Wn llJU'P enppipl nnfino nf + rrieultural -conditions on our }our-jy'and we found them to be most arming. Scarcely any crops are be- ?r?g made in those sections of the state. oing from Columbia upwards to Ab;ville, we found that very little cot- " m. and practically no corn will be ~ ado this year. The' people seem to be in good spir; thev are happy as over. Just the iposite/ in the lower parts of the * ate, more cotton will be made this ?ar, than any year since 1920. This a mystery,; who can understand it? : Blind unbelief is sure to err, nd scatrTlis works in vain; od is His pwn Int^preter, ? nd He will make it plain." >ads commonto all maaklnd. he plodder made a more thor- "~~~ igh survey of the future than le bubble-man, and selected not by-path, not a dangerous shortit, which possibly seemed like real highway", but the right iad of right. V He realized that graft is a ire road to disgrace and unhapiness and that service fills one's IV with joy, oftentimes uriseeir^nd secures, for those who give , the respect, confdience and >ve of their fellow-men. jmforl~Ts-lhe crown wtrrrr ~by those who jjjp down With a record of service to men. ^ hose laugh and sing wha enjoy thig . thing. - + k. 1 i.1 * " ! ' 1 jl <> tiif in iniTu s no remorse in me end. *hey serve- and they live, thinking^ ' largely to give- i?j The best they can give in the right, ley receive, in return, love from men .1 that they learn And end with a page honor bright. . "..a--', --i