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~~ Saturday, May 1, 1926.
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Just suppose the Negro is the*
? ?crudest, most backward and low-'
est of the human racer Would!
not that very fact be a challenge'
to the most enlightened race?!
After all, what greater work can
a man engage in than the uplift
of the lowly?
- We heartily agree wnh the
-- St. Louis Argus when it says,;
discussing Congressman Hamil-;
ton Fish's Bill toprovide a monumentrfqr
the colored units bri-:
gaded with the French: "Not,
monuments to the dead but hu-j
man rights to the living." Letj
iiol mose wno aiea, aie in vain.
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Fanatics, hypocrites, churches,
Bishops and professional anti-prohibitionists
ought use some
other argument for the observ-1
ance of~the Prohibition laws
: than loyalty to the jFederal Con-'
stttutionr Too long h as.it been1
; fashionable to violate and tole- [
. rate the violation?those parts'
> that son^e.' do not- want to observe.
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r~ The jcolored Tonights of Pythi?
as-antf the women division, the
(^alantheans, of Texas have resources
and assets of over one
million dollars ? to be exact,
$1TQQ4.52L?according to a recent
financial statement. Suchj
a cooperative accomplishment as'
. this ought give encouragement I
to colored citizens the country i
. _i_. aver.' Cooperation pints the way
to success. ;
:
, ?, Congressman Victor Berger
^of Wisconsin, Socialist, has" introduced
another Anti-Lynching
Bill in Congress. This bill will
have about as much chance of
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.1 passing ah any nf thp ethers r
and that-TTieans nothing doing.!
?American whiles are not yet
quite sure that lynching is un-j
civilized as well as?unchristian.'
When they make" up their mii\dl
. about it, lynching will cease and:
little fed Up ~ On antiTyqchiiig
~ bills. ~h~
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?From the Kansas City Call
the 'following excerpt from a
speech Of Judge/Welch addressing
a colored audience, there is
* taken: ''You people are^Jiarder^
on each other than white peo.
pie are upon you. Yoft can not
seem to forget your personal differences
for the vonH nf tho
, whole. yWe are not like that, al- 1_
A. though at times, we may have'
the greatest possible bleach."]
The Judge was speaking in Kan-!
visualizing conditions in and around
this vicinity. . ,
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"LILY WHITE" RE^UBLi^
CANS
? In an able"*ditorial under the
caption Symptom in Beau
fort," The State in its issue of
April 27th says, among other
:hingsi "No respectable Repubican
party can-be organized
with hope of attracting . more
than a handfill of good citizens
unless it shall be lily white. Substantial
men, though convinced
of the soundness of. Republican
ioctrine, simply will not go into
an organization unless it shall
have practical and strong guaranties
against Negro control or
Negro influence?" 1 -
That being true, there will
be no strong republican party
composed of all citizens in South
Carolina, we fear. Where is
hhp "strong guarantees" to come
Eroi^JWhat power is there that
can give such guarantees? The
Republican party at its birth
was dedicated to freedom, to liberty
and fairness. To bar Negroes
from participation in the
choosing of officres who constitute
the various governments
simply because they are Negroes
has never been the act of the Republican
party. The Republican
party set ft standard and bid
welcome, to all Who meet that
standardNo
camouflage, no trick laws
exist in any section where republicanism
prevails. Instead,
everything is'done to encourage
the participation of all citizens
in everything pertaining to
government. "Lily White "Republicans"
is a misnomer. There
are no such republicans. Such
a hreed is nnly found in sprt.inns
where individual worth-.- -mtnTTO
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tion, culture and wealth politically
count for nothing so far as
-Negro citizen^ jire concerned,
and such a policy is not republican.
But the white people really
need no "guarantees" from anyone.
They themselves could easily
control fairly a republican
organization?=they would need
no "lily white" business. They
have the intelligence and the
wealth and our suffrage laws
theoretically are based on that.
We fair however, that its not
control that is desired but absolnte
^denial cdL participation on
the part .of colored Citizens?
which is not republican.
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EDITOR ROACH AGAIN
ERUPTS
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"It is really regretable that the
Editor of the Recorder-Indicat.or
cannot discuss any subject
upon which he differs with
others without displaying the
narrowness of hs heart. Truth
to him seems verily a stranger
facts an unknown quality. He
delights in impugning0 the motives;
of everyone and finds a
fulness of joy fn questioning the
sincerity of all who differ from
him. For facts, he substitutes
sinuations. If one discusses
rhppttp and Vip undertakes tr> pn.
ter tfye discussion, before he gets
through-he will be talking about
"ships and sealing wax, cabbages
and kings." According-to his
preachments, there~lS7iro Tone
honest but himself, yes, the only
one who has not bowed down to
Baal. . Essaying to, answer an
D/kfAriol i VI 4-Vin t)? T 1 - *
uutivi lui aii liic j. cvliilt: l lu litjiiutr
whichdealt with the reorganizing
of the State Fair Association,
he, without the semblance
of logic^r truth, accused us of
attacking Dr. Wilkinson? and
that too at the behest of some
are the attorney for the Associa
lion.?If vv'e are the attorney,
Editor Roach is the only person
who knowjs it, we certainly don't,
But follow out the motive of the
- ^attack" which- exists! only in
Editor Roach's distorted mind:
(1) This editor, he says, -^still
wants" the place occupied by Dr.
Wilkinson; (2) He "attacks" because
(supposedly} he is aligned
with "certain men. who Have
been and are now doing their
best to cripple him." (Dr- Wilkinson).
_Now gjjgi real news,
and we irtuat confess that the
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erudite far-seeing and learned-??- i
ditor has accomplished a 'scoop.' <
Up untilthen, no one even sus- i
ipected that there was a deep and j
bold conspiracy to cripple Dr. (
Wilkinson. But Editor Roach
has discovered suck and like Ci?
cero of old has taken steps to see
! that no harm comes to the,re= j
public!' All honor to the discov- i
erer and protector! The fact is, ;
however, the only harm that is j
I likely to come to*Dr. Wilkinson ~
I is-the harm that Editor Roach j
will bring in his eternal harping
|on his name gnd bringing it into i
all of his foolisli discussions.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT ]
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i Collier's Weekly in its issue <
| of April 24th, discussing the 1
18th Amendment under the C2p- j
tion of "Federal Prohibition Has i
Failed," makes this significant s
statement: "No good can come i
fronrHkhe^iullification of another-]
Amendment to the American J
Constitution." Of course, refer-j1
once is made to the nullification :
of the 14th and 15th Amend- i
ments.
Collier's statement implies that.
good has come loi th edisdaln <
have been treated. . *But what is
and where is the good? .If the <
i denyingftrf certain American ci-!;
! tjzens their constitutional rights j
'is good, then good has been ac-'
(Charles Satchell Morris .
Soeaks at First Calvary
Speaking -in-Oolumbia for the
tViirH tiwn this vpnr Inst Siinrlav
afternoon, Charles Satchell Mor|Hcrr
Jr. of Norfolk. Va., celebrated
Negro journalist and orator,
| thrilled the great crowd vyhich
assembled to hear him. Morris
"who is famous on two conitnents
. for his eloquence, delivecfi^ a
I message w_hich was later charac^
terized asLon^jpf the ablest hearer "This
is a world of mind," he
ynii r-nn yhange the
mind of the world, you change
the world. The stupendous task
to be accomplished by the members
of our group is to change
the mind of the world with~respect
to ourselves. Each individual
exerts* a profound influence
upon his^ associates, upon his '
TeHowmen and upon the earth at
large. He can no more refrain
from this whether-H be voluntarily
or involuntarily than he
may dam the Atlantic Ocean, arrest
the flight of' time, confine
the gentle zephys to a cage, nor
restrain the grolden sun from
coyly kiting thp sparkling.dew
arop in trie silver meadows." The
its approval t>y spontaneous ap^plause.
- The
orator paid an eloquent
and deserved tribute t othe Ncgfo
press! declaring that it had
been one of the rnoF.t manly^
-unselfish, and consistent agencies
in our progress. That^ the
black man is acquainted with
the injustices meted~out to him
"as never before and is determined
to have those injustices
redressed, was one.of Morris'
contentions here.
Morris a^ja requested his auditors
to thi'rik of Themselvfes
less as problems and increas.
ipgly .a.S.meik. He stated that. .
God has given all pjen certain
abilities and talentq. This is as
tru^ of races as of individuals of i'
tor tf\e black man had been the
gift of music. The spokesman
. urged the laamLto make .some .
outstanding andnotable contribution
to the happiness and culture
of the world with his gift.
The fact that Negroes were receiving
a hearing in many places
which were previously closed
against" him also encouraged and
inspired the speaker.
Morris, who is a graduate of
the University-^Chicago, former
National Executive Secre
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eomplished. If by the denying
af^hese same citizens the freedom
of other American citizens
is good, then good has been sCccomplished.
If slavery of afty
kind is good, then the nullification
of the 14th and- 15th Amendments
is good, for no one
deneid the right to participate
in the choosing of the various
governmental officials*?the men
who t ax them,, spend the money
and make "laws by Which they are
guided-r-are political Slaves as
suredly as* their grand-parents
were physicai~slaves. In a way,
political slavery is as-heartless,
uruel, unfair and unchristian as
wa?, physical slavery. And to
sooth the conscience, all kinds
of excuses are made, the same as
were during the system of physical
slavery. Education, culture,
uprightness and nirdney mean nothing
to a Negro in-the South
monf Of* o o Aitir/AnoVi ir\ vinrVif o n n/1
iiioviai ao 11 m.vnoui[J ngmo ttiiu
privileges are concerned. Collier's
is "not quite 4dght in its
statement. - It should be: "No
good has ever come from' nullifying
any amendment to tne American?Constitution."
The
18thls not observed, and is not
going to be, because the American
people have t'uu lung looked
with complacency on the nullification
of their , amendments before
the 18th. The law of compensation
cannot be gotten ashall
he reap. '
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tary for French War Orphans,
winner of the New York State Oratorical
prize and the Chicago
Essay trophy, is regarded as
one of the most brilliant young
colored men in the United States
He is the great grandson of the
lamented Frederick Douglass,
He was introduced^? the ^Sunday
afternoon crowd here by the
Rev. C. P. Madison, also of Norfolk,
who is the Recording Secretary
of the National Baptist
Conventions?The Rev. H. W,
Long, able pastor of the First
Calvary Chi5fPh acted as the
Master of Ceremonies for the
occasion. - Twd" great choruses
furnished the music- ?
While in the City, the famous
orator addressed the students oi
both Allen Universtiy and Benedict
College. He was -accorded
afh-ettt^siasllc uvatlon by both
groups. .
Morris is on a month tour ol
South Carolina. He is appearing
this week in Newberry, Clinton
and Lfhirens. Next week he It
scheduled to stop oyer in An
derson, Greenwood,* Abtyeville
Edgefield, and Trenton.
MIXED SKYTteT nuour-o
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TRA AND STRING ENSEM
BLEJ AND MRS. MARIOh
?coPTQCir ur Musreatr
ENTERTAINMENT
? (McGhee News Service)
The Claflin Concert Companj
under the auspices of the Char
Teston chapter of theAdumni As
sociation, rendered a very credi
table program at Wesley M. E
Church, Charleston, April 16th
present. i
The people at Charleston Kav<
already beginrto arrange loi
the annual visit of. the Companj
to the "Citi^ by the Sea."
Soloists'for the Concert were
Mrs. Mafrion Coprich, Violinist
Mr. ih&mas Fraser, Cornetist
Mr. Charles- Williams.?Tsnor
Miss Marie Lovett, Contralto am
Miss Annette Moorer, Soprano
During the Intermission Pres
Randolph' and Dean Pearsoi
made Instructive talks on the
progress and growth of Claflin
This program was made possible
thru the untiring efforts of Mrs
G. M. Randolph, head af the de
fcartment of Music and Mrs. Ma
riQn L. Cpprich, Director of the
urcnestra.
I do not think much of a man wh<
is not #riser today than he was yes
terday. ? Abraham Lincoln
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MT. frSGAH A. M. E. CHURCH
NOTES
Special to The Palmetto I reader >
Greenwood, Apr. 29?The services
of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E.
" Church were well attended last
11 Sunday. "The Feast of Seven Ta1
of Mt- Pisgah in the near fu
ture. , ' 7 \
1 Our May Day contest is on for
^llen-University. The effort is
1 lull of promi&e for success.
-The Negro Business League of
' Greenwood is still -alive. In the
' near Tuturewe- hope to say a
jwoi'd about the Negro's outlook
fin Greenwood and what he is
1 Hning with the splendid opportuI
nity that confronts him here.
Maybe, all things considered, the
i greatest appointment the Negro
has been to many of the real
friends he has in other race
groups, has been his inability US
(develop a leadership that can
function with the universal race
groups about him. The almost
1 insane jealousy, littleness," along
with the disposition to underrate
the value of the excetional men
and women of his group is his
' own problem with which he is
. sorely afflicted. Ju^t as son as a
man_or _a__woman m ms group
gives promise of possession any
| exceptional ability in any defi
nite direction, then we begin a
. 'fight on them to reduce them, to
. our own measure. An impartial
i criticism of either men or/meas!
ures Is always worthy while. It
i ke^ps men who have done a few
' things that are worth, while from
) huving the "big head."?Decop
, ibn, rascality and "grafting
/should be denounced. The men
. or measures that stand for these
(j things should be set aside. Bu
uve should have proof without a
'I
7Kiiatt^r ~of doubt tthat these
: things are really true.. Meh and
.women who have given thousands
of dollars for Negro education-are
Wore^and more becom'
ing disgusted with this tendency
. which is- so elearly manifested
"in many'Negroes toward all Negroes
who . ha^e developed any
ability whatever for exceptional
'. service- Well, if we give the fel,
lows who are fighting what they
, want, what will.they-do with it?
'! Answer. Tear it up.- Well, if
jany measure of power was given
thorn, what would they do
7 with it.? .Answer: They would
.'out Simon Legree the original
r Simon Legree as slave drivers.
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... YYiiiic ago a wen eaucated
' ahd friendly \yhite man To the
1 Negro called me into his office
it and read to -me-more than a dozen
different dipings from a number
of Negro newspapers about
, Negroes. "Now," said heA "I
("am sure thar I ^have had more
" dealings with ^ome_pf these -men
"'Thus denounced than the writers
'of thPKo plipinga?Some of them
have used thousands of dollars of
_ tmy mmify, andj-ba-ve-ncvei lust
a cent. Many of them I-would
trust ao I would not tiust scures
M of white men with whom I am
"'.personally acquainted. Now, why
all of this abuse of thede splen"
did men?. I had no idea before
v^that men of the type in question
* read so many Negro newspapers
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and so closely followed the Negro's
efforts with his own group.
We have brought a good deal of ?
what we face in this section today
upon ourselves.?Then, too, ??:
the overworked expersessiona of /
"My Race My. Rare" have so J _L
placed many of our group that
they are hot able to produce anything
that the other race can appreciate.
They have no Remedies
for anything. The enly'bowa
that abide in theii^quivers are ?I
those that are diped in hearthatred
and indiscriminate abuse.
During my many years residence 4
was both amusing and sad to see
the clever and splendid minds of
our groupm lhat section so com-.
plntnly g|>pn fp fhfi fruitless
effort in question. At a safe
distance from the field of conflict
the^~"woiiTd indiscriminately aDuse
both Southern white men
ftnd Southern Negroes.?Just frg ?
soon as they happened to be in
the section with which they
iiound so much fault, their I
fj
mouths are closed so tight that
"hot even an "amen" ^ can be
hoard from them. . Our group
It is not too late for us to learn
that the indiscriminate abuse of
the white people in question in
any section is riot likely to bring
anything to us. Conflicts, time
and the conditions which have J
beset as, have enabled us to " - ?
"spot" the real enemies of our
; group within o?r-group, and we?
. must find a way to dispose of ,
these before we can do much
with the "other fellow.
: jgecr^tary nf Agrirulture
to Visit State .
College. *
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;" "McGhee News Service.
Orangeburg, S. C., April 24.?President
Wilkinson has been informe'd .
that Secretary of. Agriculture Jardine
on his Southern trip .will visit
Orangeburg May 10th in company
of Agricultural Extension. During
he day he will inspect the work at f
State College and in this connection,
some of the Negno Farm Demonstrations
being carried on in the County.
; FAIRWOt^^OTES. ~
JkVe visited the Association of
the BaptisOIissionary.Society
' last Sunday. Mrs. Martin took
the place-of Mrs. Wilkinson, *
made a brief appeal for Fairwold .
and received an offering nf $6.02 p
Dr. and Mrs. D. K. Jenkins,
Mrs. Watson and daughter, vjsi- ?ted
Fairwold last Sunday. Dr. ?
Jenkins left a donation of $1.00
We thank them for calling and
hope they will come agaim
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