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pr- . * y? FOUR . .. The Palmetto Leader c< ELv . Published Weekly By ; ^ The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ^ p laid assembly street CQLUMB1A, S. C. L Entered at the Post Office at Colum- j1 bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter, jt TELEPHONE 4523 ( J.'FREDERICK. ^ -Editor !3 A. B. LINDSEY, _ Mhnaglhg Editor \ J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Editor-, 'W. FRANK WILLIAMS |] ? - ? Contributing Editor 1 HENItY D. PEARSON City Edilui 't GEO. II. HAMPTON, ______ Manager < | . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: CASH -IN- ADVANCE. .? - One Year . $2.00 ! . -: Six Months-.-,.. J..25 j] Three Months _l_i "? Singjle-^-Copy ?^ .05 j N ' cation. ?? - 'TT* ' . , , . . * ' \ ' . . ' * m CommunicatiornrTntended for' I* the current issue must reach J this ollice, ^if out oT town) not later than Tuesday night. Ci; v- ty news by Wednesday night. Saturday, October 24, 1925, Some passengers of. the = steamship Comanche of 4 he" Clyde line, which jvvas burned . at sea, say that the crew was drunk. The crew is. colored. ! But why would any captain al- j ? - low such?_ Captain E. E. Curry of the steamship says that only ? ? -one colored man was drunk and he was a waiter. Now who is to , be iSelleveft?" ~ ~"*? ? * -t - " " At Tuskegee, Alabama?not . the College?a white woman_ ---was foully murdered. - At once a posse got busy rounding up colored people as usua-1 under! such circumstances?five^men; _ _. btiing SPott -arrested.-"However,+ ?? -?circumstances became ,_so_ su-1 ? ? - r-v-"spicrmT>-rhat the husband of the~= murdered woman was arrested . . y as the probable murclerer?arid! - * at the time was "a member of -ul?* **: the posse! ' i . 1 ..9^*9?: 1 * || The'"Progress and Prosperi ? -1v'' tMlition of the Sunday Re-' v _ cord consisting of 88 pages-Oc tober 18th. i.s a noteworthy one. ~c . ?It is brim full of the worthy while achievements and accom-1 plishments~V!of Columbians and South Corel i mans, jpnliuling ? -r? the "colored population. .The R6^ ' cord is doing its part in selling h- ,v v 1" Columbia and South. Carolina to tile Word. 7 ~ 77 7- - ~ I - ? The Chicago'Defender is per-: ?forming--a valuable service in j presenting the distinguished! In Cbiigrbss. ATanyof . these; Congressmen in ability^ fair-J ness and a desire to serve all, : s ;?? ,-swpass the horde?that-gather ahtiUalty""#rr~the; National Capi- ' tol with arr-cyefeiily to his ?.ec-1 tion -or rare.*'" forgetting com- < L pletely the oath of office, ... jJ ~ . '1? - * * l-| lr- 2 A. verdict of $1900 >ya.s given i against the Seaboard Air Line . ? Railway Company lastwceR ill" Abbeville "Court of Common ^ The j'ailrnafl WAR .mind because a white man of dark. cum j jIu.muii was fui cud by IhO: conductor of the train to ride , - in the car for colored p&ssen- ; t gers. It's a serious thing to-' treat a white man as a colored^ person In South Carolina.?Cut . what is a poor conductor to do? , T^ere aM ?o many^olored-pGO- < pie of light complexion and so ] many whites of d&rk complex- ] ion Unu-it it no wonder that mistakes are made as to both t . sometimes." 4 j( n 11 | 'i.y The State Colored Fair. i day, the Fair will open. The i indications are that- it will be. j well attended and the exhibits ( will be many and varied. ThisJ is as it should be. It must be 1; kept in mind that the officials r &!one cannot make a fair. The s J" " success or failure of such rests I ps with the people. The officers t . ' an plan, advertise and do all J hey can to excite interest, but uWh the are moved by; he spirit of progress, the deire to help, spurred on by the' leaire to excel, nothing much will-be-done. Our schools, par-!^ icularly of college grade, ought ake the lead in this matter. 3y so doing, they can touch o hose th&t they cainiul reactrin my other manner. The State ^ Colored College ought be to this 1( fair what Clemson is to the h tvhite fair. The colored farm'> lemonstration agents and liume,'1 economic demonstrators ought h be on the job as are their white v fellow worker s^ ifjiot, can it be|'0 said th&t they are justifying th$*i mnnov ononf in mnin+nininmlr mvilVJ OpVll t AAA A11CAAAA CCAAAIAAl^ | " them for reaching and teaching^ thiL people? rTh.ey have done | well in time past, and it is con-lt fideritjy hoped that the citizens j can nontinue. Ifl point to their' t wjii'k with pride. -Let the colo-| red~i)eople the state over, de^ termine to make the fair next'j week the hest yet. t " o i The Death of Mr. Duke. t A few days ago, James B. < Duke, the tobacco King, of Dur- ^ ham, N. C., and New York died. j Mr. Duke was a millionaire,.but^ passing particularly notewor- t thy. It was rather the big A hearfe-^ef^he'itfifln: A heart bfg * enough to dflsire the het.termpnt, of all his neighbors and showed t it by the manned in which he bestowed his great Wealth. Last year > when he set aside the c great sum of $40,000,000 for1 education, he did not forget the , wiuicu pcu[;ic, piuviisiun u,eiiig t made for their education in the \ sum j)f about $2,000,000. Not J did he in the bestowal of this ; sum attach any strings" to it by. J limiting the kind of education ^ that he thought the colored peo- ? pie Qught_ifl...:h&Y?* Jiesimply.^ provided for education, recogni- 1 zing , it seems, that so-many ? with nothing to give fail to see, ! ?that "the colored people like t anybody else needed trfe same' kind or education that other A-;! mericans must have. The col- * ored people have every reason to . regret the passing of Mr. Duke and by them his memorv ~ will he -kept " green. Mr. Dukej( was a southern man, the kind t of a man that unfortunately hasj been r .depicted against thepro-^ gress of the colored people. Sen- j sible people, however, know that while there arp not many ^ " desire. All honor to Mr. Duke. ' ___ 12 ? ? . 0 i Slow-School Zone i can be found signs where white r school houses are situated ? warning matoristrd:o go slowv's That's good- and sensible?^ Where childreri are gathered c calls always for great caution c Lij driving automobiles. One-t can never tell when a child may i dart ip front of a car. They are t a^e thoughtless and careless, es-ic pecially when playlftg. but'e why. are there no signs near col-1 ? oreiL-schools-?- ^Are- the livesof 1 c little colored children of such j= lutle importance tnat the nurry | and .bustle of the motorist must t | not be disturbed? Only last c week a^iitfle "Tcllmy^wa^ fcnaclc-j^bd dowiT and seriously injured e near a school riot far from the'e city limits of Columbia. This t Secured near the^Waverly culo-j ( red school house. This particu-'c lar school is situated in the fork t >f Gervaisatreet extend fid :he Garner's Ferry Road-waysLj: "jn which traffic is henvv anri j vhere motorists "hit 'em up,"l is they go. There is no sign to ~ ?ive warning. Why? A life is'n i life, and all human lives in o ^articular ought to be protect- li ;d. There is a general compla- 1 nt that life is held too cheaply n >y the average man. From the's lumber of killings there isjt ome merit in the" complaint, if Jut how can the average man n >e impressed with the- sacred- s t- - THE PA I,Ml 'RESIDENT WOMEN' ? CONVENTIC TO TH1 Charleston, S. C., Oct. 1925 o the Baptist Sisterhood of Soutl Carolina: Again my Sisters, in the.Providence f God, I am permitted to greet you A little more than three., month: hvg; passed since wp w??t in !ocjd. None of us who were privi aged to attend, can never forget-tin elpfulness and inspiration of tha vonderful meeting. -There wen imqs, when the Holy Spirit seemed t* lave been- poured out upon us ii opious showers and we felt that i cere good to be there and like Davii ?f old we. felt like "dwelling ifTth louse of the Lord forever, but 'twa iecessary- that we return to ou lonies and .carry the inspiration 0 hose few days to our co-worker vho could not attend with us. hought it meet that I shoulld. writ rou. that I mitrht finpfliiMM ; , - ? J V7U 1 he great work. which we aro dointi The visit to our Convention of on 'ormer member, Mrs: Ida Nunnl 3ope, of Detroit, Mich.,, was ver, lelpful and will be of lusting bene it if we put into operation the pla or raising money, suggested by he ind adopted by us. The Michigan Canadian Baptist .Qonvention, o vhich she is president, was handica]i ied in their wqrk just as we are fo mehns, so they asj>e ;very loyal. Baptist to give a pomt 1 month?or twelve cents a year t he cause. The amount asked of eac vas so small and. the people respond h! so liberally, thatJhousands of .do] ars were sent to the Convention an he Convention pad money to carr >ut its Educational,- florae-nndFoi :gn Mission Board. Now, Sisiers, we have a great E lucational and Missionary l'rograi jefore us. There are many poo .vorthy girls all. over our state, tha feed our help that they might gc :hyir tramrnprfor-fife's" work, so w 'oted to adopt ythc Michigun-CumKlia Man and thereby raise a Fund lorb cnown as the Cora S. Boykin Fun n memory of our departed I'residen or the education of poor worth rirls. Every. Presiiicnt-of a Mission try Society or Auxiliary is asked t ee to it that she or some other-mem >ers of the Society or auxiliary -se :ure members for the Cora. S. Boy :in Fund Club. Anyone?man vurna >r child can become a member fo he year,, by paying'twelve cents. We. have vheard 'from several sis Jlaflin's President Sees Hope -fill Signs In Recent EventsOrangeburg. 0.?Since tit meriin <r nf f'luflln'c vx viuuiii o ju v:r?v;i] school year several eviints-ha-v given evidence of la pru.pci'uu future for one of rthe oldest vol eges for Negro youths in th state. ~ " 1 h'ofcmost among "These sign s the friendly spiral., that i uAduall^ being. _n ; 7 lie two Colleges ]< rented here \n arrangement has been mad< riculating in one ul" the school. nay take courses in i he _oJthe; chookand receive rrodif fnr f hi ame, where the sumcnt is ma riculating\ The spirit of co ?peration puts at the "disposa ?f the students advantages?no o 'be obtained any where elsi n the state. Claflin, WU-hdU he trades, and agricultural ar an offer her students thes* :ourses thru this plan, whili State College caQ eh joy a recip ;es offered at Claflin. The' t\v< )lants have resources ol' mon ban one and we?half miffioi lollars in the aggregate. TXuring Hie past Wiek~~anoth ;r notable event gives mucl mcouragement. The laymen o. he Methodist Episcopal ehurcl dNorth) met in session on tin ampus. In their reeommenda ions they promise their un tinted- support to rnn.o a quotj ? rtl _ f\ < i n oiamn & new endowmffl) Irive. The enrollment, now su r pa stress of life, when ricpartrmrntT f govern men, t show that some ives are held in less - regard, 'he first fluty of any governnent is to throw the arm of afety around life. , Failing ii hat, it dues not justify its exitence. Let's have signs up ear ALL schools, not " just om^. ?-?? ? *? - r I, ' TTTO LEADER S BAPTIST ? ;|| N-SPEAKS ? j S SISTERHOOD OF S. C. j ______ _ . tors and all say~that they are meet- ] i ing a hearty response to their appeal i for members. ?- ? j' If there are any Societies that have . not yet-started'to raise^this important : s'ahcl much needed Fund, let me urge ?upon you,?sisters, not to defer nor h -t neglect this matter but begin as soon a as possible. ' t' Another matter which I wish to _ g! call your attention to, is the organi0 zing of Junior Missionary Societies. _ \ ami "Sunshine Bands. Let us not be" ti satisfied until we have our young 1 people organized and. actively ene gaged in God's service. We. some, s times deplore-the fact1 that the trend f | to be away from "the chtirch and God. si Let US do our part hy giving t.hany IJ something to do, thus holding and e t raining them for God's service.. Let 11 us get them interested in Educational Missionary work before thev qre r tilled with all manner of worldliness. y This is worth:,-while and calls for our y prayerful consideration and very best !=_ efforts. ' n We commend the District Vice-presr idents for what they accomplished i- last year and urge upon each one the f j importance of doing even more, this ! i- year than last. All did not report r j last year, but we : trust that every-, dj District Vfce.rpresident is actively en=- J y-gaged in raising funds ond creating o a helpful-, healthy missionary spirit h 'in all churches apd-^nnual bodies that lr they visit, and that we will have good d in June. Some-of the Bistrict Vicey presidents have left the State, some -jfrave been called from labdr.to re- . | ward* still others have been in poor - health and could not work. These n that could n&t work, have been left r |off. ? .77- ? "T t j We are appointing some new ones t and within a few days the Secretary e will notify those newly appointed, ifj- Now, Sisterfe, let us make this a u banner .year for Missions ?nd Edui, d ration.?Remember.-our plan to brigk.. l, veneer our building?Dobbbins-Keith y Hall at Morris College. . Let us make 1- five thousand dollars ($5,000) the o | goal'for the carrying out of our Edui year. 1 Praying God's blessings upon you n in your work,' I am r' ? Yours in His Name, CONNIE N. JONES, President. - os any during the inctimboncy.. ?of the present. President and is ' now made up almost entirely of , - High?School and?College-Sttr=-0 dents. This is a-11 the more sig4 ? ?jmw?. nificant when it is reasoned that 0 many of- the students hereto 0 tore, at Cla'flin were in the gram mnV school. Nothing seems to 0 stay the tide of prosperity that. Ilie school now enjoys.?Facul- -t-yT--^Htdtmfcs?anjd patrons give : ? premise. to a^greater Glaflin -4 " Joseph D. McGhee j " " ' ' . 1 2 ? - RECITAL tAT STATE t' ' ? -r2 Lawrence-Brown . Recital at the ~ F^taTcT College ^PleasesnfflTT Enthusiastic Audience 1 ? ; t On Thursday night South' 2 Carolina State College opened t her musical season by presentt lis Wflliam Lawrence, Pianist e- and Lawrence Brown Composer 2 Baritone, in recital. An audience parked the aud^4toyium to greet and hear-these j popular and brilliant artists. 1 2 William Lawrence, more recentr-ly - aecomparriest to Roland" 1 laves and former Director- oL < - music e state College, was.giv- ! i on a groat ovation upon his pre- !j fomentation to the audience i President Wilkinson. He prov- ^ . be an artist of the first rank. 1 . By his_soft touch both at pijino ) '"id?nrfO-n Ho wav aV^p tn pn- , I thrall?his?audience. r n x *' 6 i Lawrence Brown, a composer < .-of?tto mean ability, showed ' s itions and rendition of the Ne- < :. gro Spirituals. His "Water 1 Boy," rendered as an encore to ; his first selection, deserves to ; rank as a. master piece of-musi- ; i ca 1 composition and is certain ; to find its way into tha salect- ; ions of many of the great ar- ; ;jtists; '.. ; ' - 1 ' The program was noted for Itsrl < i .?i?i- ,? ___??^ ^ S 1 '"? I- STRAY LE A Department of C < lfByWJJLLIAM D.J i (All contributions to this Departn 3 poetry," accompanied by stamped til r end sent to 1501% TaylorSt., Columt ? column. Allworthy manuscripts will 5 name. Amateurs and poet-aspirants, x the' talent, if you have it.) The Editor of this Department . of x siring poems on any subject for any < * moriams, expressions of friendship, < x?kinds. h - - _ 1? HOPE - . ? ?7?? " .?? : !? J 'Twas in the silent City' of All pensive, I was seekir AfbrOoding where my little Beneath a cross-capped s "Here Hope lies dead," th< In silence spoke, and in 1 A bitter paiig wrung' tears As in my breast, Grief But suddenly a tiny^ blue t And perching on the litt Poured out a trijling song "The thorn from out my 1 For in its warbling melodj There came to me a flood *' ITIope is-not tteady there's The hope that gives the variety and beauty . Mr. Law- sec hence at the piano and organ Jed rendering, selections fronrmany the of the-great artists, as Beet- the hoven, Shubert, Chopin, Rach- frc manioff. Mardowel! and Deft,, .eel while Mr. Brown, acconipanied^to by Mr. Lawrence in song, gave tin us his own compositions of -H some of the Negro Spirituals.^ iwe A reception in honor or the fai artists?immediately followed i ga the recital at the new ttnmo I conothics Building. ~ Josepn JJ. Mclihee ma ? ' sh; A Jbriei ^Acquaintance With The int * Late Rev. Chas. daggers wh ? ble Some years ago, I, tired, worn "L and discouraged parsed thru thi the streets of thenctty;~royset tention was attracted by the coi words: "Come out to the mis- wt sion." Looking about I beheld ' the agonized, hope sprinkled Oc countenance- of the aged city ipissionary riding along in his soirifewhat^cHiapidated vehicle. ?Accepting the invitation ~the~~~ writer found his way tn the ? place one Sunday later. There I found white and black folk "0 discussing and learning~about pli the?"01d,~Qld Story." There cai the Holy Spirit seemed to de- Ar scend more forceful than else- da; where. ? So' for a number of les weeks or months it. wfls mylfm good fortune to visiT this blesuiter Dav 199-J PHQN PATTERSON Funeral D And Licensed J A11 Ca Is Promptly At Night.?Motor equipm ?1409 FRIEND STREET | Uur Motto? o I P A -Pfn? \ -- ? j? - TAILORI I r ?_ Dry Cleaning, Pressii I Hats Cleaned and Bio *w ? . For and Deliver. . 1112 Washington St., Phone WHEN IN COLUMBI/ BROADWAY Dt \ EVERYTHING SANITARY FISH and ( ; IN SEAS< D. W. WOOE 1108 Washington Street. Jr? ? ? Satitdoy, October 1825. SAVES :-: . ? | " urrent Poetry 2 M ROBINSON. 5 lefft must be typewritten, "real wM id addressed return envelope, * ^^1 >ia, S. C., -to the Editor of this x be printed under your own ! , this is your chance to develop * Fers his services to anyone de- * occasion, such as epitaphs.me- ~ ?: : or topics for programs of all 1 the Dead: lg solitude, i hope lay dead, _L , =4 tone, so small and rude." 3 simple epitaph ~ , J rv-* t r oo/I/Iama/1 ? nijr oauuciicu nuan i,?my only staff,? , .?T=stirred his broken dart. 4 MA >ird flew, - - ^ le roUgh-hewn cross, ? of joy that drew ' ' ' heart and eased its loss. r of joy, of gladdest ease: , - naught thM~can destroy trusting spirits peace;"- * * 1 > 1 place to hear the clear soul- 'A "Aniens" burst forth- from * i throat-Of this "veteran of" , i cross." No mean words fell ~t ? >m his lips. Of course he itured those whoseemed-not?^ - realize the christiai^flag1"3e of his work. His conversations ^with me re always along the line-of th and work. .. And here ain is where I saw how little .no faith I .possess. For when I think of a Negro >-v in (born beneath-the waning ;vlny,- nf AfnVin rnpnvrtitinn, .0 the chains of a slavery-' tose foot-prints are yet visir)-SHying ^nd living-the words let The same "mind be irt you - f it was jn Christ Jesus. Bles1 am.T- for having_ come in itact with Charles Jaggers lile he lived in the earth. -?-= _1 W. H. Rook t. 19th, 1925. - iSTOR SCORES RACE HA-TRED. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct.-- fl nly patient and persistent apcation of Christian principles i solve the race problem iiL_B nerica," it was declared Fri- B y night by the Rev. Dr. CharR. Erdman, Princeton, be- ~B ft thfi Afro-American Preshv^__JM lan Council. V q 1 E,- Night 531? P & PRATT irectors?7^ Embalmers | :tended to Day or ient.?? Newberry, S. C. ~ ERViCE" 1 eked. We Call " ' x s 3814 Columbia, S. C. *' t > ~ < > k, EAT AT THE I r LIRYCfAPE ' :: ' AND UP-TO-DATE 1! 3AME . X, " .. :: ~5j 3N. " j| >S, Prop. . ? v:: -^ ?. ^ ~ ' ^ 1 ? ~S t Jjl\, ..