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. HMj i * ^-yp?yiiyi ~? n The Palmetto Leader"!** Published Weekly By K The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. * L. 1310 ASS KM Bt. Y STREET I Columbia. s.Ic: ? ?jx Entered~at the l'ost Otlice .at Colummt >'" s. Cu. ns. Second Class Matter.|* 8^1' FKihi'lloxf; ~ ~~ N. J. FREDERICK, Editor [ " A. B. LINDSEY, Managing Editor ^ ,J. B. LEWIS?? Fraternal Editor ^ W. FRANK WILLIAMS j, (L- , Contributing? Editor | , Be HEN'KY II 1'aARSON City Editort11 GEO. II. HAMPTON, "Manager' r- _ SUBSCRIPTION'RATES': ~\q : V' 1 . CASH IN ADV ANCE. j pSr Six Months ? L2?? ^ Single Copy . . . . --- - ' .05 L " --Advertising Kates given on appli-,11 cation. f * . . the current issue must reach ii this otiice, ti? oiit of town) not. I: J^^^-^later -thnn Tuesday night. Ci * ty news hv Wednesday niurht. ;i -Satnrday J)ccemhcr_ 12^ ld2,"> ^ v- Congress'. convened Monday, rj the-moot rnTpo^t"irt business be-1 R7? fmo -thal-U-dy is 1 he playing of.iT ry; .. polities by We members for the L purpose of being reelected next Four hundred Jews in Chic'aone hour for tlie aid of needy j Jews- in Kussittr?Th-e N. A. A. v ?C. PTa ks only for .s.lO.OftO in its'). great league fights for.. Ameri-h~ h? can Negrucs,?Ai.onWtliirty days I have. since passed and yet T2, j, million Negroes . haven't, yet v raised it. . \ - ju 0 0 0 | While ur.iiicaUon of the ^e-'f r thodist churches, was defeated hy b the votes of the Methodist o Church Sou'h, yet it is pleasing c gft'- 10 note mat a majority of the U ^ "TTT^tr i fnii, i **Fhe f P" ?proposed?union?wr.'S clctuATUll y only beeaipe'-thc ru'e of the sou- v thern church reqiihed S three- i l'.. fourth vote?1W?favorable ac- n Pr tion. ? Lt * . is' jri. . SULMjlJLlMl iVuli lip* ci I I il1 i atiun. J |s seynis yet to be a live. in_this coun b & ' j try."" Representative Cramp ton r FX 11 of Michigan introduces a? 1^11 in h ' Congress "to restore the home of < |:7 Robert E -J.t'.e in Arlington Ge?d metery." For. that the Comman-i ?-; uei ui ir.o. iwana lie;hi one ot ^ ft , Michigan jump-? 011 him with Loth feet. - A few days before j> p""'* ?notiiiced"r.<t- the -Annirah Meeting & 5 of 'th,e South Carolina division h R of the Confederacy. And thus E J), ? ? I . the merry feeling goes. 011. ;d rt< Congressman Tinkham of tj Massachusetts is one man not ti . s*amj;eded by the c"y of observ- r, ing fho Prohibition Act because ti it is iii the Constitution. He c jT wanls ibi know ni.-;t wnv that tl particular amendment is so sa- h cred while certain other amend- n ments,. certainly just as impor-p tfl'li- PI'O ; li^onlu on/1 l>mnn w . ^ J y A i A v? UiiU Kf 1 a/jVyii" b? ly violated with not even a pro?ft tost by some of the loudest so t called upholders of the Prohibi- t tion amendment; lie believes s <t ?that even *yef "consistency ?nT a n r_ . iewcl. - il * ? w? Lf Xi " ! ' In Virginia there is an asso- ti ? ' <* ciaticn of narrow-minded mcdLi' ' ' li dlers calling themselves the "Anl. glo-Saxon Clubs." It seems that some of them have heard that ^ whenever there p.m concerts and|. entertainments, of various kinds !! - . he'd n Hie chaoel of Hamilton t k . Institute and-13y Hampton au-i |p? thorities persons attending sitT._ anywhere a seat can he found.' [%. f" In plain words, should.some of these Angles and Saxons attend f~~ there are no special reserved p seats for them. They now e want the Virginia Legislature to o change that by enacting a law to tl virtually compel such. It does R not seem to occur to these world t< regulators that they don't have p, liWij.i'JW j,1 ijji.ifi.liwppw 111.' m i, 'i | > "' ' : ' ' 1 .. . - L . I 3 attend and if they do they are lai lit gnesta and good breeding A] DrOids tne guest to dictatO to hi he host just how he should ar- Ja ange his household. m o HRISTMAS SAVING CLUB wi -Victory- Savings Rank of jn his city will next week pay out gj ivcrr |35,000 from its Christ- cy nnA Ravings Fund. Since the; j establishment of this institu- pc Ibn7if has operated sucira club. jn leca?use of it, many homes will ^ lave a more enjoyable Christ- av nas. ' Suclt-a-Club is an object ^ lesson ill thrift.?It certainly ..3 hould result in many hundreds pi f people ?having a permanent 'sp avings account. It is an im- sj ressiye demonstration of just /lujt Lpe laying aside of a little^ money each week or month g( leans. Some people delay the a starting of a savings account leca-use they are never able to j), ut-ke a big deposit. This is a 7 nistake, the ^principle thing in r luilding up an account is the ^ ysiematic laying aside of a sum jv t makes 110 difference how small & ^nd there is nothing more im- ^ >artaiU than having something^ or the proverbial "rainy day7H[r The Victory Savings Bank is-the j colored peoples' bank and it | . ncans much to the people of this1 a ommunity. % ~ p< ? O- . - vv iACE PREJUDICE? Jl ' , TWO TRIALS F Tlii'1-p harp, recently been en-'or led two_ Trials of-unusual iOi-tj.ace-because of what was inolved, one the notorious Rhineand'T case in.N?w, York .and a the other Dr. Sweet and ten w ssues involved in these cases' /ere not extraordinary or unus-|cj. al The same issues have manyUfc imes before been in the courts jsa or adjudicaion. The facts-in jj-r >olh cLvses were plain and un- jjC bscure. In so far as facts were! oncerned the attorneys for the! efendants in both cases had no a ear but what was a constant,he run nn -diether or not the jury of white,he eople Were string and fair e-jfii uugli to let justice overcome it; heir race prejudice. Lee Par-,It ons Davis, attorney for Alice, M plnaHoH T-.1.|oi jously that the jury, set" asi le da ace prejudice. He was fortu-jco aie in the class of people who hi :onst Luted his jury i|or theyJ ill ecided for his client. ?r- ec Clarence Darrow, the eminent: Chicago Lawyer, aittornpy fnrjNj the Sweets, pleaded with hist ury even moie eloquently that! qru. l^y q-^i'de rang. prf>jtldice j ^ nd so did Arthur Garfield Haves! is distinguished assisstant. j iut despite all of their eloquence; espite the plain-facts, the Wes-! miners were not quite equal to! _ ii? occasion. They did not have| lie heart "to convict, nor the cou- ?* age to "acquit. A mistrial\iir hei'efore was the result. This'- * p uuntry is chock full of perhaps ho meanest, crudest and most I ' eartless feeling that find lodg-f lent in the human breast, racemc rejudice and while it seems thati^0 but little progress is being!10 *ado in stamping it out, yet-u^i here is room for hope as these j wo trials so recently demon-jwl irate. " The colored man needj^ oTTose his confidence and faith rj 1 the .judicial machinery? Af^ ^ nr all, there are some good and ? rue men on most every jury. gc T , , ifi LOLAND HAYES ar COMES SOUTH th fc ?ole4 Singer to Appear at At-,j^ nrtnrAudit 01 i uiiL-=At hfetfcOf^' cials Gather?Newspaper man Cl Sentenced?Other News yf - at By W. Frank Williams ? te T1 Atlarita,_Dec. 9?What is ex-|th acted to be the greatest treat ^ t ver offered an andience of col-lCo red pnd white music lovers in' j0] he South will be, the recital by; loland Hayes, world renowned *nor of our race. He will ear at the City Auditorium, At--so BigBaBmaiiai ? * flffl FAI.MWTTt nta, on the evening of Dec. 18.' NE ^plications for reserved seats ( tVe come from as fax distant asi?1 .cksonville, Columbia, and Bir- 1 ingham. ; A - t. *yMr. Ha-yes' appearance here ill be celebrated as a Home com-f g-event as ho-ie a native Ccor-?^ an. His engagement was se-?* irecT through tHe efforts^ of the [nt.er-Racial Committee, com>scd of some of tlw most prom-^er ent colored and while men of I " ie city. His coming is being the vaited with as much eagerness sc*] r the white people of this city ^ i"by the colored, and the daily ipers are giving considerable the >ace in praising the sweetest ael nger of our time. j a^J . -j spi< ine annual meeting 61 the aK-1 Dutheastern Inter - Collegiate thletic Association will be held Morehouse College, Atlanta, the eeember 11 and 12. |P^C The fallowing Institutions arc! 1 nembers of the Association:tla-nta, Clark, Fisk and Morris ^ui M. College, Morehouse College, labama State Normal School, hai istitute. 7 * |aiP l'ro F. L. Colligr, manager of the Pr< tIanta Post;1 'srweekly-iiuwspH^iiui 2r and prominent in politics, j 1 as - sentenced last- week in Scl ldge Howard's division of the Pr< jlton Superior Court to 2^years Tn i the Fulton County chain gang l'la ir-.alleged r./sing ot a chcckT l sued to him by" Mrs. Wif'a Wal- W1 sr. Ilis satd that she gave him Kh ('heck f'Ol* ROTTIP?frrrrrl en wi r>n o Slrrl r ^ ' * "WO I hich amounted to hO."AO and he Br; tised?same ~*o thg amount of irtg )3.0O. Mr. Collier denied the Jul large but was found guilty by anc ie jury and sentenced. It is Co; lid that his appeal l'or a new N. ial was granted and he has the >en released pending it. n.ii . | tilt The. Service Printing Co., for (j0, long time the largest printing juse of our race with the cxeep- ^0i f.m of the iliunll ptllJll.llHh# lafc mses at Nashville, Tenn., has 0] lady passed to the hands of aT a employees and une lieVv party ^Tq was announced last .week that i \ r."J. B. Blayton, one of the'cai idi'tni'-. n F 1 Sm 11111-. <' pi SA'nnird Life Insurance Co., bought c ntrolling interest f.-nd has as p^0 s partners Messrs. F. A. Ham- ljV( on and C. II. Bewen, employ- ? % s of the house.- - ^ r---i . C. STATE TEACHERS AS- puL SOC'IATION ; r shevillc Delegation in At ten- ( dance. . J"*1 -? ?A .< Among, tlve thousands, of cc sachers who attendecT "The c01 late Teachers Association at Je-': reensi oro, N. C. were sopie. *101 the high -schcol of Ashoville, *-oa' Tie land of the *kyJ-?Mr^ A k:0 Martin, Misses M. E. Osby a-r.d ( lackson -worthily- represented pQ sheviile. They were greatly- ^ nefttted by having journeyed ~uc "The Gate City" of North Ca- c^a! lina. Mrs. A. P. Martin was * rir HO ctlttfiol . C 01 'J ??v ?.? > r.jibvidi I t|Jl tOUillrtUVL' U1 ? e Asheville Enterprise. She' ill cover all of the meetings of'.^rs e Association. <>i\Iiss Osby isi^at teacher- fr<:n x ofiMLilr^Jni irsity and a student of Chica-j: d > University, she is fully qual- ^u ed to perform the duties that; ( e involved in the teaching of,riaj - " _ I 4 ,e greatest of all-arts and pro-i v ssions-?home making. Miss I . tekson "comoc from ono of tho^^ acting families of Asheville and arc i's frequently and unouestion-jE3i >ly proven her efficiency as a Edi acher of (he children of men. !sor1 lis trio of teachers, because of.'? i iza eir attendance the Assoc-ia-1^ ion, will be better qualified to ^ i pc with the educational prob- Pre ms of the modern day. The;*101 Enterprise wishes to" compli^ 'J shi ent Ashevillc upon its repre- j ntatives. * i his . . i# ^. . "1 Ml 1 L|J > tBAWW ' :gro teachers of vo-j ;ational agriculture cc iold district confer- fo 2nce. / |fc ar [lie tSnnt.h-fiast.prn?Division Negro tencheTS of Vocational riculture met at the Pender ~ inty Training School Novem lo and 14. _ + [he conference was opened at q usual chapel exercises of the iool, at which time Professor ; T. Ringer, principal, express- ^ himsclf-'as being very pruud of fact that Professor S. C. An- j son, teacher of vocational ^ l iculture, had - done .. such p endid work as to cause the ^ Iriet conference to be- held p the Pender County Training; iool. Professor Ringer gavei visiting teachers a very. _ asant welcome. * 1c> n response to the Avelcome of i ifessor S. b. Simmons, State ^ icrvisor of the Negro Teacher Vocational Agriculture, rhSde] y uaeresuiig remarks in be-1 i' of the visiting teachers, and jj; iculUira-I education in N. t\ j. m 1918 to the present time.. ^lessor Simmons l?1so intro- , n -ed the visiting teach&rs to ^ he Pender County Training ^ 100I. They were as follows:-" lessor R, L. Rice, Pamlico Co.^7 lining 'School Bayborn, N. C., 7T C. () Hnwoll, ( :nlnni)ia County Training School, ^ riu.'Villp, N. C., Prof.' J, At Tkr Scotland County Training,' tool, Hasty, N. Prof. S. B. j idley, Robesoir"County Train- in =- School, Movcn, N. C.,Prof. j h.ci Price, Snow liill, N. C. | I Prof. V. Blackburn. Harnett .mty Training School, Dunn, ' ^ ' u( C. Alter thd introduction, i chairman of the local com-1 .lee spoke on the progiess of j.at ! vocational work in Tender g inly. ' ' _ |a We assembled in the Voca-1 r.al -Agi Lultural Building to ! i' tiic conference which wa?3i' ^ . rvM follows:- o "0 to 12:00 A. M. T" a) Observertion of the lo-; ? teacher's method of teaching ^ n < inn ii 1 Mjj.MP.iH.iVo onr] ussions of the same which ? ved very helpful and instrue-is v * . la 2. - ' it* 0 to 5:30 P. M. 1j) Judging of an exhibit on litry prepared "by Prof An?3 r-mt'a class in idry. . t j u c) Discussion of the com-',' <? nity program. 1 M d) Visiting some of-the phip'ff s where Prof. Anderson is u lducting projects. All pro-! H Is were in very good condi-; 1 1 and showed ver? hard and J nest, work on l.ho nnrt of t hp N i'her and students. 0 to 9 :.'.0 P. M. a) Conference problems to S solved, . - x U) -Means of conducting a | cessful evening or adult I ^.fter the program we were J hly entertained by the fa- I ulty of thu Pender County: lining School, urday, 8:00 to 12:00 A. M. Conference. - . * a) JBartJime claaSes^^^ b) Organization of ? the<X rmr Farm Shop; c) Means of securing mate-;$ 1 with /3r? cVinr\ wnrlf .1. ? 1 y d)-?Study summary of last jX irs work. \Z Ve were very much pierced, > have with us Prof. J. S. How-j ^ I, etcher cf~~the Sotrthf stern "District of Vocational - ucation. Prof. Howard gave'? ne very interesting remarks part time clashes and organ- ? tion of the same. His re- j | Ve were also pleased to have ;< )f. Robin, Farm Demonstra-jx [i Agent of Pender County, X o discussed for us, car lot. X pments of live stock. h'ofessor S. Cr Anderson andCf ? co-workers of- the v. . ' 1 ' ^ ??^ County Training School and I immunity deserve much credit 1 >r tho splendid maner in ytrhich _ they handled the conference, ir the splendid manner in which *e doing in their school. ANDREWS NOTES b -Miss-Ella D. Sumptcr opcnt he Thanksgiving holidays at 0 rangeburg, attending the vocaonal meeting. p Rev. J. S. Benn is away visi- j ng the conference in the up- ^ jr part of the state. = Mrs. E. P. Rhue and little p iughter? Roberta and Miss Ma i raser of Georgetown spent Sa- c irday here as the guests of c te reporter. ^ We understand that the din- p ?r civpn 1ip fViP riiov pon o - A7UOJ JJV/C V1UU 0 i Thanksgiving Day was a sue- c iss. After" two days of rest" the n achers and children are back: u ^he job again. , a We are glad to-knowthat Mrsr , Minnie Bruington's baby is' s ack from the Roper Hospital, r harleson, where it has been con c ned for about five months. ]s Rev. Church Forbes conduc- 0 id the services at St. Andrews $ 1 Sunday morning owing to the t asence of the postor. , . |e Mrs F.liyn Corbett land Mrs. ^ Renetta Wheeter_"Tnbtored to \ artsville. S. _C. on Friday and s iLunied 3cyandav bringing 'illie Johnson from Florence as a leir guest. ~ Mrs -T n r.voQna ia rinw fonrli- T g at Warsaw, S. C. M Mr; Melvin-nJnes and Mvv~Ja^-^J Kinloch wetn to Warsaw oniT; ;I] reclnesday night to play for a' ' lv )x supper. j i An oyster supper was given Jo ; the home of Mrs. A'aihere.C raham on Saturday night. .* nrcws A. M. E. Church rem .Y The missionary ladies of StJc . * ! C lered n nplondid 'program nniA anday night. ? - r ? 1 o ' New^SCustomers, we jjjj say try our $ e&ss 8-and have the * pleasure of ? growing some ' ? REAL BUFFS The greatest Egg machine Sj existing. M. SIMPKINS, Newb?rryr S. C ? a _ OOOO O^OOOOCiCb^"O0CrOO^.CrOK?C?; Day 199-J FHO PATTERSON Funeral I And Licensed All Ca Is Promptly / INight.--Motor^qtlTp] 1109 FRIEND STREET Our Motto?" ?7? B. A. BL( TAILOt Dry Gleaning, Pres lluis Cleaned and H _por and Deliver. 1112 Washington St., . - Pho yy. .yMVvwMy^\.yy WHEN IN COMJMB BROADWAY I EVERYTHING SAN1TAN ~~ FISH and IN SEA D. W. WOO 11 OS Washington Street, n ' - .. L JIIWIML.IW^?I *- '/ --_ " - - - \-? *.. Saturday December 12, 19?G IURIAL ATO SOCIETY OF , RICHLAND AND CALHOUN flOTTNTIESfc MEETS By C. M. WiRiams t Mitor the Palmetto Leader Sir: As it is our custom to >oost your gpper through our organization and to tell the ivorld through your paper of? ur efforts for the race and humanity, we are again at the lace where we ask you to reoice with us^ Another Thanksiving has passed and a busi icss session of the Societies of tichland and Calhoun Counties was held at beautiiul Beulah 'hurch, it was a complete sucess. It is not our aim to oost personalities nor entefrises but many of the speakrs overstepped the bounds to ongratulate the President Mr. W. S. Holly for the splendid, nanner in which the-; business was handled during the year nd truly no laurels were placed inwnrthHvt In his renort ho aid there were more than 1100 nembers in the Burial Aid Sorety which we think is a good howing for 3 years work. AH f the officers a-re to be commen od for their splendid cn-nppra ion. All were reelected for the nsuing year.*. The feasts were hp Biost. snertnnilnr iiiro. r\f he meeting, more than a thouand mpflls were served during he-Uvo-daysT wu- were there anil ~ 11 well satisfied." Messrs!"" L ^JTLeevy, Green~~ ackcon-and Dr. Goodwinwere own Fridc<y^Night from Golum ia and spoke very encouraging Y of^ the work. Mr. Leevy deivered a most masterful oration 'hich thrilled us thru and thru. "o the trio, welcome, come again ur aim is service, our motto Charity, and we are living up to t. - ... % Rev. R. H. Jenkins k really ecovered from his long illness laturday he preached an ah inpjfing ocrmon to the h^?t? ^ nembers of the Society. OWBBMM?????IB?C??????? Martin & Thurman j Electrical Contractors j : ? . . - , j _ i ? LICENSED AND BONDED Phones 8725?8854 ?? , ~T~- ^ e " ' | Columbia, S. C.NE Night 531 1 & PRATT r./lireetors I ^"Embalmers"- 1 attended to Day or | Newbe?to, S. C. 1 SERVICE" J: | ? )CKER f UNO \\ sing and Oyeing - ? o locked. We Call */t ;-: - J ne 3614 Columbia-. S. C. < 2 o ..'..X..;..y^|MV.V..V%.V..v.?^'..%.v..w?-N ' TA, EAT AT THE V A TT?Tr /I A nn * f/vjliv i taf fi 2 IY AN1) UP-TO-DATE I GAME : son. :; DS, Prop. o. . Columbia, 8. C. <r