Mr - - : mmamBwo. Bp-. x g , / S-J? Dr. Geo. W. Carver, who has one hundred and sixty five, new prnHiieta from the peanut, and _ bert H. Jones of Wilberforce. ||| ~ D a degreT^3 On^c^ored womaij from the University of Pennsyl ^ , . ? vania?-Miss Sadie Moasell. In the last census there wer i _ - 3077 doctors, 478 dentiq'ta. Somt of them are the best to be fouuc ' " ? Yet we do notappreriate thetrir Ther^aramoEe-thAn BOO college a and normal schools foar colored people. Thoy arp aiippftr7<>d hy> i the church, the states; and philanthropists. Gifts frojn the edu cational foundations: \h Allen University, Beiiedict/Col lege, Morris College arid th.^ city of Columbia. S At the close of the Civil war, we had a very few professional men. Today there are. ne&jriy ?"7 ST~ -one hundred thousand-^rofess, ionals. . ; 7 . We have no grounds tobe)^ shamed of ourselves In~the ebu but chattel under the auctioneers a?j ~~ hammer; today we, own more than' 600,000 homes, including 3U0,00U farms covering zi,unu,000 acres of land, wofth tujinrace in so snort a~flme nas ^cr " : cumulated more. ' "j '. J Banks. Just fifty years algo there were very few of us who 7 khew how to yet mnnpv nirnTSr bankr and~today ~wghave ~Ne? grroes owning and operating aboutr one Jiundred hanks, with a capital stock of about $3,000,000 _ bout $5(^000 000.00 ' ' I saw a colored man dcpeaiHn a colored bank in Columbia^ S. , C., -over $4,000.00 at on^-timef 3 I am, myself this day, the pas y . ana nave ail the cash money that ~~ J" ^-ffl^^eposlted in that .same " .... .n-bjanJt.?? _ ^ It began in 1921, with assets of $2^6O0M)O. Th$ resourses at the close of the third year was : v: ? Inourancc 06sT Fifty yeaia ago the colored people of America had heard very little about insurance. And even, tudayjthere I" " x -^are thousands who say that they - Vo not need- any money" after ~ ' not want tnTTeave anything fortheir children to fuss ovei; after : "ttrey\are gone* In the face~bf alT this we have more than forty ini;. surande companies operated by .Negroes,. 7- 1 I shall inen lion only those lHatr operate m Columbia. The Mutual Relief and Benevojtent Association of South Carolina with ? head quarters- 4n-Gohrmbia has i deposited with the state fnsur; ~ ance~^epartment $32,000.00 It V ihas assets amounting to $77,090 employs six clerks in the office, Sr o m . ?- ana nag oyer 150 agcntg. ^-7The National Benefit Life Insurance Co., Washington, D.. C. ? has tr capita! of $250^(!R)07(50, as^ sets over $1,000,000.00 and has j?: - deposited with the Insurance Department $256,600.00, with over $38,000,000.00 insurance in force. It has 86 branch offices with one here in Columbia, operating in - 26 states and 225,000 policy holders giving employment to hun-, ^ - dreds of men and wonien- 1 It- 1--* I tJUUHi ?IIU *L2> pU^^lUiULigi> .ueior I hka been going jon lntremlttently, yi intone the Ises bitterly, has brrough th^ rest of the country, in a way tba cannot but prove helpful to that-sec tion. The prosperity that the Soutl enjoyed the " fields. and" not?fn<* South furnished the raw produc 'and the North the finished jproduct Ifiotton was kingt Now comes a new order of things The moTteyed interests of the, Eas and North are entering this virgii "fielcTlmd building large industria plants in the vicinity of Muscle Shoal where electrical energy will be cheap llahnr plentiful aTn"d"~alsa- cheap, an where the climate the year round i ' mTI'd^and "agreeable. If this-bultdlhi jprogjam is carried into all of^they^sui factories' become- as numerous belov las they are above the Mason Dixon line, sectional animosities "tha have for so long existed will graduall: rdieToutZand the country in fact h' united. ~~ ' " Again the hand of the black mai is seen in this readjustment Th '.thousands who left the cotton ani sugar cane fields of the South for th factories an7r~mTlTs~hT" The Nrvrll brought about a -condition little 4es than a panic. Large plantdtioiTown I era .who had been liyiog^m the fat o iths-land became" property p'oor?fo what good is the land if it is impoa isible to get .farm help??-The silve fining to-this praticular cloud is tha Titltttm^of^uF"grdup7The great major lity of whom belong to the workini [class. -With the influx of broade ! minds "conditions for them will b |vastly improved;'.IBS. southern whtt l^l hi^'^^nd^hce on one-farm prod ,uct and try the sure method of di -versified-farmmg, or go into the flel of manufacture. It may take year :for the South to fully awaken fror !her deep economic sleep, but a ra of hope is seen in her yawning.?Th ! Drs. Jenkins Entertain I - . . - w One of the .most enjoyable occasion i pulled off in the city in recent time ! was a Stag: Party given by the Dr! jjenk^^^^^theit^^auU^^^me^ 'Thirty .ox mure stags conshding-oE th i leading business and professional me jsif the city and'-a- few visitors froi I elsewhere enjoyed. thi3 unusual affair j Whist was the ox-der of .the eveningAll kind of Whist, too-gdod, bad an ; indifferent. When the Seores wer j made up. it was revealed that Dr. t fG.-Stuart was champion, closely fo I lowed by IVter-W. C. Johnson, with D C. E, Stephenson claiming first ' b | counting ..backwards. Approprjat .prizes were-awarded to the-succes'sfi ones. A delightful supper was serve by the charming Mesdames N. A. an D. K. Jenkins. The occasion was vote a most happy one by all present. Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, Negro Educator, is Taken to NewTorl i Dr. R. S.' Wilkinson, president c { the State College at Orangeburj who has been suffering with ill healt j-for some time was taken Saturday t (New York for treatment. Dr. Wi kinson has been in poor health sine last October and his condition has r< cently become worse. He was accon panied to New York by Dr. Beanie c ffimitgr. ?.?.. OFFER SCHOOL Benefactors Provide Negro Institute Match Gift. BSITon, Jan. 6?Mr, and Mrs. Glan f 76,000 for the endowment of the Alie Freeman Palmar Memorial iBSflttit at Sedalia, N. C? proykfed* a lik aiflount is rmifced byjtfte trustees.' ? The Inatitutipzr Is attended by 30* Negrp Children, ? THEPALMEI DK. J. C. WHITE WELCOMED _ TO THE LAND OF THE SKY. Continued from page 1. ... ' objected to' being competitors, with ? the non-productive alave labor. 7 On the other hand slave labor was 1 profitnhle-to the-South. -fiAfc-beoause 8--the warm climate Slrtred~the : Negro*!*1 tj- mature, and theicfoiu made^thlB 'sec^ tion his natural home, and second ? idealise the Negro could" be trusted ~ aim wan unexcelled as a good held 3 hand.. The first parting of the ways with 3 The North and the South took place on Dec. 20. 1849 when California or~ ganized a state- constitution and peti^ tinned congress fbt admission as a ^ etate. The-North supported the meas. ure jind the?-South opposed ftr The ground "of -opposition was that the ? Missouri Compromise Lino in its - tention to-the Pacific Ocean crossed California, whereby a part of the proV s posed state was opened to slavery, 8 mis uone p y an act o x congress e which no territorial legislation, could f abrogate. California aught titers t jected. * t The reply of the North was more - moral but less logical, they said that h the argument of the opponents-of the t not to the whojg of California, and that the Missouri Compromise "Line 7 had respect to the .purchase of La. i. The -debate became more and more t violent^ until the stability of the Unrr ion was seriously threatened.. 1?:"Henry Clay appeared for the, last s time, by introducing the" bill known i, as "Clay's Cqftltfrromise -Bill." H earLing the. rail from Eternity..he passed.. s to the great beypund. Henry Clay's j tDompromise^Bilh'was-an idle dream. r "Ladles and?gbftUemen^ God~~pre^= i1pared mighty men to combat with the / conditions of those trying timed." The I'i spanker rriHtil.nmed grunt cliar.acters-t ip- history, such as Mrs. Harriet B: t Stowe, the author of "Uncle Tom's e Cabin,"' Wendell Phillipsr, WilRam L. Garrison^'find many, others who have i helped to combat with Ch e times. b I "John Brown's*" execution," ..continued: i | the speaker, "brought on the Civil I e War more than any thing else. In 1858 i. h:n. stranire figure appeared in. Amerir s) can panics.?xms man?was Abra ham CTncoln. "He went to Wa$ingf; ton in disguise* but hen was a man r for the time and Goo? has?atwaysj; . ; raised mighty men to combat -with r I the times. H?r~was the only doctor t that could prescribe for_ American ills, j hjllis object was to save tho Uniofr. \T| "Some people say thar Abraham j ? I Lincoln was not opposed to slavery. r j Whea he came into-New Orleans he I e'saw a Negro under the overseer with j e | his back "bieedtngy he said.' 'If gTgot a-chanee that- abominablej[-1 institution X wil frit-fchardi'-^4f -you.; i_ | want to do right God will give you dja chance. Gffd~~gave him a chance. t- Tnv> TOO 1- nr~?Jv? a uon. xowo, iic BifucK it witn nisi n i pen, which is always ^nightier than I y ! the sword.- He overturned the auction ejblock and the., Negro-- proclaimed? |'Thank God^ L am. free!' . Some day. ^ er's knee'the father wiH-^tell of the i man^ who_ buiit_a monumont irr^thtr" ?jjjiearts of 15,000,000 black men. ?The ^Emancipation was nothing new, it !S was the re-echo of God's voiced/What? J i y / 3-| soever, ye would that men should do ?-~ -"Wh^n'the jews ief^^ndage 'they ? crossed- the Red Sea. When we were n set free we were left in the larid of ^ j our former taslrtnasters. Grefrt men ~J hands of God. 'It was hot by mightf ^inor by power, but by my spirit, "SattlT' e , the Lrod of hosts.' We faced?the^ fcrggggtg5t:spfire;islon ttmr the worlfl "ha.T: I" I ever known. The Jew was permitted r-1 to borrow silver and gold from his y 'former task master, but we-could e : neither beg, borrow,'nor steal. *1; "Some said" that the Negro would d, die out if left free. Since 1863 we d j number 15,000,000. When the Jew d i left Egypt he carried 600,000 men of war.' Every-fifth-man was,a. soldier. The Negro has. made the-greatest racial progress. They are borrf so fast that _you can. hardly count them. "" |j. ""Some sald that thtnNegro's skulls ~ were too thick. From Maryland to I Texas they are crowded in the school 'house." Dr. White gave an illustra^'jtion of an old mountaineer who saw o t a freight train for the first time. , 1 When he saw the "iron homft" r>nnf. ' 1ng, its heart throbbing, he said, "It'll j never move; you can push it as much j as you want . to, but it will never y move.-V When the train moved at the rate of ten to twenty miles, the ? htm, by- God, she'th never- Stoprf0 "They are saying that we willneter stop. ' ' ^ "There wereTpfopagandas that the Negro co.uld take' the primary stud? tes^dmt-notrthe higher studies. Bee~ fore those men were" Eofh the~Negroes d wefe making Greek books. AU tfre e Negro wUnts is a fair chance. e "Then they said that the Negro was e an inferior being. That is the worse blow of all. "T will admit tfiat there 0 may be some people mora socially At than 1 am but thtf it nobody Jtet- _ [TO LEADER V-" ' ' ?* . 1 ter than I. "There-is a color question that has gotten into the race. _You can be a man; look the world in tbe face and ?ay T am a man!'?Is white better than black? To find the area of a circle you must know the circumference and hte diameter" You cannot take a. segment and prove it. 'All coons are not alike.'?Qan a white hen lay mor? eggs With mure meat and more nutrition to health than a black hen? Will a white cow give more Tnilk with mure cream and mbMrionducive to -health than a black cow ? Is a white man more secure mentally, physieally. and morally than a black man? Who fell the treed, dug the ditches and tunnelled the mountains 7 The'Negiu. He will measure up with' the white man if. he/is given the proper coriditions-ef foed ahd environment; ? ."I believe that when Jesus left Flint's hall and that black man met hiag that the Negro'was te be the friend of' God. If God has any friends toTiay they are to ber found among the dusky sons of Ham. ".The Negroes have banks, there are four-hundred Negro papers^ 600,000 homes in cities and rural districts, and also secret societies!" Dr. -White discussed Several colored societies and n&nks.. I "After ttrr deluge the Bible^teSe: u^ that Noah and his three sons came out of the ark," ZSKfian. went to the Edst and from him the yellow racesoriginated.' Japheth went North; and the white race originated from him. Ham went out to Egypt and founded the ^Ethiopian race, of which we are a part. One of these day a -those live in peaceLwith this SQUther.n .W.hM that fwe^are^^not. the cauaeLoi the ?aThis Southland is the paradise of America., I?_you cannot stay here let us-do like the-Negro did m~tne -haunted house." Dr. White mentioned the story of the haunted house, and further stated, "Let us stay here until 'Martin' comes. The Southern white man likes you as an individual. The Northern white man likes you off a distance. We^,mUst work the Negro freedom out here. The Negro that pays his debts~4ooks the world in the face and ia a ri^ah-that can-get any accommodation in' Asheville. Let the good Negroes get together, make friends with the Southern white man and wrn Turn to our side. Stay ?o r - Lgl ; - . ......... jgl u- _ ^ K[ t-j?^" .^r ' IIHI * ? ' ? . \ * IS *- -* '' \ ll"l - _ ijjii ^ l? I ? W ~~ __J. B. LEWIE, 1tj^= =?=^-j jg 1 j ?? Lewie jj - / 1310 ASSE iijfaBfjrjraDrarifltfrtftBriBBraran JCiCICiyClClgJCIglCICIpCICiflCfpCHg ? : -<*p V* , .. ~~?y? gether for good: " - - of t! "I thank God for coming here and lay. 1 speaking. These three sons are com- G0d. ing together again around the throne ^joQ? - of God. Shem and Japhetli will bring "ZJTT, their contributions to the Madter, but I- see another coming tjiat no man sefVi can number! ~1 can hear the tramp tory Alr>nyn P Ha - ' 1NCORPQRAT I A | 1012 Washington St; ~ PHOI il*--^-?--'- -~ Wm.^ANDEJ SHOE^HTN^ PARLC TJ--> -? * - ' ? ** X~> S"X*WKKKKK~XKKKK"t"X"X"X"X"X~ I" ? ' B. A. BLOC * : - TAILORIN ? - Dry uleaning, Pressinj jF ~ ~ " ' """ IBiia Cleaned and Bloel ! For and Deliver. V ti m wr 1-1 A ok v Ki .% wusningiun rnone J ? X^X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X"X~X~X"X~X? gjHjzrziEjarejEizjzrzraremzjz^^ ' u~ ..I. ? ' y M}^- "t . a / , 1 i- ' 8SttCQ2??0X8^ PRtfrJTINP. ~ -/ ^the Ait~df producing - - g V - f ' i, npressions on PapeiU, knd we have the A ART ' - a * ~7'-"' ~ rr~ ; Printing & Supply cal and Long Distance. Phone 4f>23 MBLY STREET~" COLWMBI/ ,...?i??*'J iT** . i. Uorday, January 1Q> 1925. ieir~feet?the black Boxuf ot Harass their contributionsk.at the feet 'I came through slavery, I hfl t houtTds at my heels.'God sa^H L done, thou good and faithfiB mt?the battle Is fought, lliu nifl "won; enter into thy joy."" : ~~ ri rdv & Co. A ED X Vi - 1 JNDERTAKERS "1 ~and Emfealmeri . - 3 Funeral Supplies 1 T LOWEST PRICES \ i ? I ^7~ __/j ME 3922 Columbia " .CS - . * * *,"* * ? ' w . r , . i ggATU " l,j, )0M >R RE jtR. ^ ~; T" KEfF~?^ ^4^3 I and Dyeing '* ~ T" red,?We-Gaif 1 '-? * / i - : a*! / J ' 3814 Columbia, S. C. v ? X ' ' ' I'/ ' ? , " x?x~x~x~x~x"x~x?x~x~x?:? 5 ' j I ^ Co. ' j