The Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By The Palmetla Leader- Pub. Co, 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET p.- COLUMBIA, S. C. Entered at the Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as Second- ulass- Matter - - TELEPHONE " ~ .. . . .. 4B2J : N. J.?FREDERICK,? Editoi A. B. LINDSEY, - Managing Edito: J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Edito W. FRANK WILLIAMS ; ? ? Contributing Editoi HENRY I), PEARSON City Editoi GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manage! SUBSCRIPTION RATES; - CASH IN ADVANCE. One Year.- sr |2.0( Six Months ,.? 1.2j Three Months ? Single Copy .? .OJ Advertising Rates given on appli cation.. .the current tissue, must reach -???this office, (il* out of-fcown) not later than Tuesday night. City news; by Wednesday night Saturday, November 28, 1925. ... . . t , - ^ Florida certainly must 'b? over populated at last. A mar ??-died there recently from?hxnr ' ; -Itl. ?? 11 ' ? ?.r' ' fH . ^ _ According to some recent figures of the Stoto Kegietrar of v Vital Statistics of Ohio, there ?? will soon be no Negioes in that State. While,"%ts lie says, '"the increa-se in the Negro pop u I aPnv 1 h a 1 r\ .? 4- t U /-* ... bill II.. 1UL: 111C ia.M vVCrtlO naa boon only ^8 per cont? the death fate has been 30 per cent. Some white folks just, wont be happy unless they .have the Negro dying out,?^ : ? * * - No~ wonder Georgia hr-crying for laborers: Any state that 'j.. helpless convicts that is dyeing . exposed is a state where no poor ? yr'j, ii -i ,j j weak and helpless person is rpally safe from mean oppression ' and heartless treatment. Some of those prison wardens of Georgia ought, be themselves put in stripes ^?d made to taste of. the v;_ 4 devilish^ torture devised by them for the helpless prisoners. :. i.. . i_ . . i * T ~ 9 * . *' In New Jersey, there is a law -"which-- says thou shalt not-kill, -?v.-?and if you do, your own life shall be . taken. In that State .-.top trv-lnnlr in ofi.lmi tnat tnev .mignt see whether your victim was white" or Tdlor^ ed.?They OTdy wantr to ..know did you commit murder. H. W. Noel didn't ?seom to reason ~ the attitude of this "state for he _ ?cruelly slew--Raymond Piercer-a ?colored man and for that a jury found Now el guilty of murder? and there was no recommendation of mercy either:?fie was - sentenced to lie electrocuted. * ?,;inr> r>f the greater body is engaged -problems which cause misun"derstanding between the races and prevent that cordial feeling . Old methods atid ideas of going at the race problem are not coddled but are dissected and | thrown aside when the examinaI iobvincfi n v*rl f Vi a n*ta%? ac< a 4 loiincoo cx nu 11 ic [J1COCUU companion,_in justice. j As an instance of attacking a time worn boast of the whites, j M-r. Thos. F. Parker, a very wealthy gentlemah-from Green-' ;ville, said, "The ignorance of the white man, the Southern white man or at least the white man of Greenville, of the Negro .is little short of-appalling.?It |4k ama&ing how little we know .about conditions in our communities I've lived with Negroes about me all my life and I find i it is precious little I know of I thorn" Now, isn't that just ,why most of the^misunderstnding comes about? The experience of Mr. Parker cannot dif+fer much from Jthat of. eyery i other deeent, intelligent, white man. None of them know much about the Negro, despite the boast that "we know the Negro." If the Inter-racial Committee does nothing else other than get~ ting the white man to really ; know the Negro, it will go down in history as an agency that ac' > * ?IL_. THl HAUtgrf icomplished much for the wel-j fare of America, for humanity. :R The Chairman uf tills Commit- H ttee. is. one?of the-3tate's moat hi prominent ladies, Mrs. C. P Mc-'fii Gowarn, of Charleston. tl ' ? jH NEWBERRY NEWS _ L - ,S( - - S. NewberryNov.24?For two days q it looked like, olden times when fc cotton was bringing forty cents j per pound. . The Colored School ]y Fair was going on and it looked a like the merchants .were doing good business. People far ^ and near?to attemCThe fair ai They came as far as Greeville, a, j to see what" Newberry county ^ had on. It was said by-a good m friend to the colored people it OI I was as good as the state fair. We fi, | will leave that for you to Say! w n.Un 4 1, ITi. T"> . 1 1 ?iiv >vcic mere. iVAC. '.Detnei, Garmany, Bush Riverr Prosper- g( jity and Hannah Schools made i an "everlastliig impression on thfe sc people of Newberry county. g{ < Their exhibits were good. Mt.JV( Bethel Garmaiiy stands at the^ ;head in agriculture exhibits. jw j N. J. Frederick was in New-1^1 berry on last Mondey. He was jon business-^antt he did a ghocF^] >b- jpi Prof. C. B. Johnson was a vis- hi Iftor from-fhe city of ! peuple In the school chapel. The ! . j address was very good, j The Columbia conference only! the 21th.. We are readyv rj v COLORED SCHOOL FAIR OF^~ NEWBERRY COUNTY A SUCCESS -?|s': ?On Saturday at four o'clock n( the colored school fair came to ^ a close after having been in ses- jr sion for_two days, Seven large ) CiaSS. rnnmft pf thg llraytnn St.-yi School Building were filled with exhibits of various kinds that yt were placed on exhibition by the ^ industrious teachers and pat- ^ r""iiu ftf twenty nrh""!1 fi in ill | parts of the county. " J c, The Poultry exhibit was the, re Ibest that has ever .been exhibi j ttion by the cololred people which ^ included"* chickens, ducks, tur- ^ : keys and geese. ^The industrial . I work from the ~"schoolr, showed ~ \ ) ~'\ ** 1 ,a.- marked improvement in the ^ work since the building of Ro- jn senwald Schools throughout the jcounty, also to the proper kind j training_that pupils should re-.' while" attending them. j. The farm products were good i especially"!^ ^'ork from the projects of the boys in the dis-~^ io oai'iicd. un, as mill ub the in*r and cookiner rfassf^T that ava - " "~7. * t0 carried on Under the Home Ec- ' nnnmics deportment: _ | j The crowd was orderly and lwgH__beha\^d.And-eyery one who. [satisfied. Some of the progresattended seemed to go away well-j ? sive white citizens of the city! and county were present took' p | occasion to complement the work j some of whyni u'e meh tio lfhere: l_Mr. J. P. Moon, Secretary of Chamber of Commerce, Prof. T. Sp VM\\K U. S. .Farm Demonstra-; tion Agent, Miss Ethel Coiints^_Tt [Community Organizer, Prof. I. ^ P. Montgomery, Prin. of Stone'*. Hill High School, Prof. D. P. IWedaman, County Supt. of Ed-,^e ucation, Mrs. D. L. Leitsey Jr. [th Mr. Henry Caldwell and others. A. Talka were nnsldr by Got-R. H. of Aull, Prof. E. E. Leitsy, Jr. and Gf Ellis, Mr. S. W. Allen and Prof. |?f R. F. Gladden. * I ' j The following schools had work on exhibition: Rosenwald it ^Schools, I^ish River Dist. No. 43.T1 (Colonel Brown. Elisha. DanTl jWatkins, Hannah's -LerveT Chap-' eIi 'el, Mt. Kethel-Garmany, Ivit. 01- at ive, Prosperity, Seek Well, Smith Wi Hill. '* fth j- Other schools: Leitsey, Mud- fe lie, Whitmire, St. Simen's, NeWj _ Hope, Fellow ship, Helena, Sun- ia set Park. ~ - !hc Rosenwald schools winning I the prizes were as follows: L , * . . 1 - o?. ~ . 4 . .9 ? ^ f * /- .. . *' * V - . . O UUPBt | Bethel-Garmany first; Bush iver, second Prosperity third annah's fourth; Dan Watkins hth. Other schools:- Leitsey, rst ; Mudlic, second; Whitmire { lird St. Simon's, fourth; New ope fifth. Grades in Drayton Street :hool: First Grade, B, First; icond Grade A, second;-Sixth rade, third; Seventh Grade, * >urth. 7" Prizes for poultry were as folws: Best coop White .Rock, lienV Glasgow, Jr , first:?Best en, Richard Gilliam, first. Best m. Mark Slrnpkfns, first; Rich- d Gilliam, second. Leghorns id Plymouth Rocks, R. F. Glad- 1 m, first. Bantam, Pratt Gallon, first; Judson Nance, see-" icT Turkeys, James Davis, st. The judges for the fair , ereProf. _T. M. Mills, Miss thel Counts, T, M^nt imery, Mr. J. P. Moon:" Y" The first prize in domestic fence was awarded to Drayton ireet School. The booths were iry attractively arrp.ngftH ?anH ? le judges complimented the ork of . the committees in large. Among the many atactive booths was_jone exhi- n ted by the HeaAth United Detriment of Newberry Cotlnty / Mr. Jake Wiso, WONDER AMONG WOMEN IN SOUTH CAROT.TNA_^a SOUL WINNING FEMALE ; EVANGELIST. ' 5 "V ?Mr. Editor r^PIease allow >ace in your newsy columns_?CL.. y a few words relative to the ' '.rvico of Mm. Willa S. Lewis," )ted evangelist of the 14th Eiscopal District. This writer is been knowing the above lined snh jefvt_for the Past fnur , Fars; not only so, but she has mducted his campaign for two jars with pleasing results. During?the months- of July, ugust and "artjQf ie?cohcliicted The following , ampaigns with "the following suits: At Bishopville for Rev II. Alston, 119 converts; at J imter for Rev. I.. A- i \ -- 1 ' ; at Chappelle Station, Colum- ; a Bev L-G?Bo wraanr-l#.- - J She is aypp Thonlnpriml Vntwiwnvv, Iass of '22;/resides in Wilberrce, Ohio; but at present?is..-Gnorgetowrx,?Sj?G? ur-tfate how, she will do you uch good. , ?? uj7"p;-w;_ IEDMONT CONFERENCE N SESSION AT ANDERSON iecial to The Leader: ^ Anderson, S. C., Nov. 27.? >e-Piedmont Conference otl the" M. E. church that opened in , is city Tuesday evening will \ ended Sunday evening with ;j e assignments by the Rt Rev, j J. Carey, presiding Bishop, ? Chicago, "Tltriri the absence'; Bishop William W. Beckettyl South Carolina. AT UntT J 1 tiiaugca cire expected -be mafte at thcPCdhference, wa-s stated here this morning, 'i tie news of the death of Rev.! J lomas Raker NeTson.^presiding,! ;ler of lira-Charleston District j 1 Columbia Monday evening I' as received with regret by j? e several members of the Con ' rence, who arrived early. With the death of Dr. Nelson, ? left ft. vacancy that will come ; fore the Bishop at the South ; irolina Conference* two weeks ; om now ...-ij ; . . . : j . ftjlHl 1 i* ?>?* f ' t _ U. ' ' V .? ; -A i w ???^i I TH FALlfo By Williom ] Ye-lovers of the pigskin and ye d< Come, lend your ears unto me w On the far flung fields of Georg Paine-struggled for the victory' Four down, and only one short ya A thousand eager, watching ey< "They shall not pass!" the Georg Blocked ev'ry onslaught of our ! I'm sure the gods who watched t peak, ' j .. Gazed breathlessly .as. down the Full eighty yards toward our goj "Bus" Williams has a pair of legs Only the ball speeding toward They must not pass! Purple and "Bus" chuckled as the r&ce begs Pm sure the very winda stood st As the distance closed between They tackled ; like a mighty oak, Paine fell?our goal untouche rose up from behind. Then, back and forth like a> ,wihd-1 might, ? Fought for each inch of battleg light. Great deeds were done that'll e'er told: Paine bravely stood for purple j . gold! 1 ... The~goddess tossed her head, a: Ten times she took it in fair ha So valiantly each player stood, ] That foi a whiln ffrro? tory won. then tvio kraim kqm nf . wu Hire?Pi m V ovj a yi JJUIJJ1C ?11 and gold, ' i Clashed on the grid like the war of old.???? Our lads saw the anxious looks : From parted lips, far, far awa "Dusty" smiled aa^w^ignalp rjgj "Bus" chuckled, for he knew sffi So each bethought him of the h< And nobly ouch stood in ma pi, Why cheer the crowd so wildly n The purple banner touched wi Paine's mighty wall had brokendt Down the field, across the goalrYe lovers of the pig skin ancTye" Join in three cheers for our m liams kid; Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! for the - Hurrah for-swift -uBus" Willi? told. - I: To?New?Customers,/wo 8 5 say try our S i < EGGS S rand have the pleasure--of-ft growing some 8 A. DC A I DI irrc ? 3 ?t,ftuBurro w I The greatest Egg machine Q existing. o ^VI. SIMPKINS, Newberry, S. C. ttxaeoscssowaoe^^ ?Day 19 a-J FHC PATTERSOr FuneraH Anrl I irnncor r_ ? +* All Ca Is Promptly i Night.?Motor equip Our Motto-' maammmmmm mm C?-?? B. A. BL( r~ ~ : : ~taTtai C Dry Cleaning, Pres I , ' Hats Cleaned and 1: r " For and Deliver. f 1112JVa#hingLon St., Ph< : WHEN IN COLUMI BROADWAY 1 Pl/l?IlVfrilfaTri n a ?Ttm a ? ti ? till 1 iniiMU OAIN 11'A1 ; ' FISH and J?' IN 8E> H D. W. WOC t 1108 Washington Street, ? * - . .11 Novccrtber 28? lQifr. iF~PAINE " ' D. Robinoon ? nf fh^ rrri/1 >yVwvi/U ui tUv gxt^fy ? ?*?-=*= * 1 ? rhile I tell what B. C. did,. ia, where gallantly but in vain, s crown, but saw her glory wane rd between them and the goal; 2S like one great throbbing soul; ians cried, and like an iron wall, line,?and then they got the ball ;he Greeks from Olympus' lofty . s field, lik^tFa lighting streak? lid, Paine gallopecbwith- the ball, il. All watched to see our faJl. that must have wings, ^\he saw our goal;?h$ knew the-law; gold-must always fluter high! tn,-^rthe sun smiled from the sky in in awe to see that boy, him and the object" "of his jToy;7~ bent by a mighty wind, sd: "Bus" laughed; thea cheers ' ' ' -L .. v* ___ . . . * ~ " tossed wave, both linesin manly round,-each filled with fierce deresound where pigskin tales are and white and we for purple a>nd nd took up the victor's crown; nds, and each'tihie laid it down; kissed by the evening sun, ;? points -soomod 4o-her the-vie A r ring gods and the daring knights iiMTTSQUsand eagejrjjyes; __ y, they heard a thousand" sigKs. e^loved a.man who daring-, dared. * )pe within each loving hpa^f; ? ace and bravely played his part. ow? The sun stood still to see, tft. gold rise high in victory! jwn, and "Bus" went flying thru, ?what else could a-Williams do? devotees of the grid, lighty team,?and for that Willads of purple and gold!. ims?for the half hasnbt been ^ V . ^ j Martin & Thnrmair ..." Electrical Contractors LICENSED AND BONDED ~ - Phones 8723-8834 Colnmhia, S. C. - ' * -i. _ j H\ts Night 531 < & PRATT ? directors?*? ? ' 1 Embalrhers \ttended to Day or ment. '* .. ~ Newberry, STCT.T SERVICE" DCKER 1 RING ?j \ ising and Dyeing ! I {locked. We Call J* >ne 3814 Columbia, S. C. | s , , HA, EAT AT THE ! i 7ATRY CAFE i L_ RY AND UP-TO-DATE I I I GAME :: LSON. _ ^ ; "I \ )DS, Prop. :: ^ n ? Columbia, 8. C. ' ?? / - ' -J..-. ?