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The Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By Bp*"' The Palmetto*Leader Pub. Co. B[j J. B. Lewie. ?PreaidantN. X.HFREDERICK, Editot W. FRANK WILLIAMS .?1? ^ Contributing Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON. Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATESv vuc i. cat ?J>Z.UU Six Months- - - - Three Months ? : .75 " :?'Quisle Copy" .. rtfir ? CASH IN ADVANCE. , - TELEPHONE 4523 , SATURDAY, JANs 24, 1925. * m -.r - ' tj-i 1 ? ?Hortr~Adelbert 11. Roberts' of Ghimcmber of the- Illinois Senate. Ho -is the only colored man in the coun ...I -toy holding such a ? -i . ~ -y- , ? it .. f_J ; , : Bp"*" ? : ?-?-?:? ? ? * . It looks like <-iiniiy~rwilt have a r place in .the prohibition laws. Presi'Oent Coolidge nas let some of The tvc'1 natlCS nnd..y<i7}iut tti nr.Thorn niv> riif. ferent "degrees" pf_ violating such-laws i . and therefore the punishment should - * * J . \ "Since" hit'11 flak been chosen the! American people to' be the President, President Coolidge is beginning to show that he has a mind of his own -" ? and thp <? p?r in operation, what that fhind conceives to be the k.. ~ ~ besL- Qf such, stuff .were Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson. -- * --It is-said thai within receni'years $5,000,000 have "Trcen spertt Tn .the , erection of churches ir^LIarlem, New York's colored district, by our group. . .. It would, be interesting to know just - : how many. j^llarjj_\yjthiii?thc . same -time have been invested !in colored business enterprises.. ~ ^ ~ ~ , ~ * * ???I The politicians Sre already making known the oflices thny deserve to hold. Some are expressing surprise " . however that their names are being discussed in connection with certain positions, although in secret they are ~ doing and have been doing all they - could to be favorably considered., Their "surprise" is really refreshing. * ^ Colored people of wealth aro now contributing large sums of money to educational institutions. Recently Mmer A'Lelia \Valker. gave $26_,000 to the Hampton-Tuskpgee Endow7 menF" fiinTI. ~ 5lr"~ .1, T. "~T;i'hsnn J--o? ""-Philadelphia contributed S5.QQQ to' Morgan College, of Baltimore and-tte Malones of St. Louis, Mo., are nofbd for 'their, large gifts tb educational, arfd'TellgrbuVT Tnstitutions, running irfr~ to' the thousands. ' 1 *>! * In Canada, the, three leading, denohh i n a t i o n s?* Mcthodi s ts, Ei' e s b$ t k r ians "and Con<rt-clrdt'ionalists--will u" nite on. the 10th dav nf June into the United rhiiwt m' f'nnn/in Canada ?is" shying the way to the Christians; uT XTitT v\ urld: -There different denAni inatrons are uniting while in America for a doien years or more two branches of ' the same denomination?'the ^ .Methodists?haVe been, trying to unite without success to this date. I ~ ' " V , ' i t' - . PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR ? COLORED PEOPLE, ?_ % t- Just when, the colored citizens are wondering, a hospital will be providT" - ed for them, .v few years ago a" bond issue of $.'100,000 was authorized by the qualified. electors of Richland 'f. -ing public,, hospitals. ^?ut of" the proceed Br the- CohmrWar Ws p 11 aT was ~?purchased and improved for the?eare of white patients! The colored citizens were of the impression that a El hospital for thorn was also to be pro|j_ "i vided. So far nothing- has been done and according to the last report of. jprtKe"rii"onoy wo -raided rf somethingis not soon done, there will be nothing [' "left, to provide for the colored people. According to thlT report remain nnTv WHT tha. |^"7" J^Pd ?f *bt! colored-people be prvoid ed for out of this? It is true |hat j" charity nptlenta-ere being edred for |L . pitals. But it is too plain for argub merit that progressive counties and L cities do not depeni on private hospitals to care for their; citizens. But K| "" .back and "beyond this, there is We WlJ . bond Issue, made for the specific pur pose of providing hospitals for the citizens of RichlancT County. -We are "] sure that the whites who have this matter in charge cannot help from j land dp recognize the fact that if any ! part-ef-the citizens of the county and ^ city, need hospital facilities it is the [colored part. The colored people j-have -understood that a -part?of the " proceeds "of the'bopd issue was tied \ up on account of the manner., in which the bends were sold and have [patiently awaited the time when Ihej ! money was released. Now, since the I' 'money is available, will not something!; be done ? The whites of this vicini1 crarTtnrit^*7 a au<* * ed people and they are, because of . that attitude, expecting that something be, done. * t'~ I \ . . ! r- ??~T_ ; TU17 TWPVTirTII A M1?VT\MI?vrr , a mm m i A. n Aill A iU 111 niTIUll 1.^ The proposed amendment-which?is now before the. legislatures of the jvariuus states for rati flea Iron ur re- : Ejection-is fine "of much importance , with possibilities- of good or evjl. It, ~ . if adopted, wilt touch thp life, of verydne, white and colored. The pur-_ . pose of the amendment is to give TCOirgreiTs" the puwer to "limit, regn?J f late and prohibit the-labor of~pgr5dTTs Iunder T8 years of age.-?S^far ifI has been rejected by four states and ! ratified by?two. While the Southern states ~as~a"'whole seem To be" against it, yet it must be remembered that the Northern states aro by jio moons?all- in" favor?of- it/ ' The! only two states so far that have ratified it fall in different sections of the ! rniint.rv Arlfnncnc r\f (lio CnnfV. California of the West. While of the Tsfales that have_ rejected it Massachusetts, a N"e\v England state, stands ' j out prominently*. It- cannot therefore he said that those in favor or against ^ it are for or against it from a~sec- , tionaL standpoint. While :t.he South-. _ eiii uigunuuit against it usually em- . phasizes l)i?. ^tatt!'s Right theory? [a theory ;that:jvce~ha.ve never been !over jubilant with," perhaps because it is too closely associated with past [events in the history of our group? [ yet there seems to be other good and j .sufficient reason why such an amend- j -mont should he defeated. So strongly do we believe in its rejection that ! if there were no other ways or rea| sons for its rejection, we could easily, let by-gone be by-gone and .see itj' rejected alone qn_ihe_-State's. Right ' ; theory. ~ 1 The proposed amendment is broad 1 in its language, and once engrafted j( [unto the Federal Constitution, thereji is no telling what Congress J&ould dorf^ ! Recent use of power,' given: to this j1 -body. by - the?1 8th amendment, shows ^ just "what " Congres's is capable of j doing. For some inexplicable reason, jj gravitate to that body, jjuch being i* the case, and the work of those folks j5 being now. so much in evidence tcr the 1 annoyance of-straight thinking people'5 i-rr=*TK ,J v: v? i: v." ,1- - . - C ~ ' be made good in a dnv thP <;tn<-?0 w * ""better" keep Tor themselves the few remaining powers that they have." What's the matter anyway with the ' states that they cannot look out"for c themselves? There are federal?effi-1A cers enough as it is, running?around iA 'and hokmV jhomsplvf^ in peopVu's |f homes, telling them what to eat and * drink?and yet some people think j there ought to be more to telt papa 1 and mama just what they mast have their own children dor^ Yes, the pro-|" ; n sed 20thAmendment is a very good : .one to reject.?That South Carolina wtruld-reject it was never in <loubt.^ ' ""~~ " ' j-? ' 1 Civil Service Exam. ! t ' * v - * ' : v - T- ;; ^tenographer-Typisi to be Se-? l - - ".?. ; T ?f< lected in February. f"~ - .v v? The UnifeTl States civil service ? too m mission announces the following ' open competitive examinations: Ste-.1 | noKi-apher-typist, February 14, for i Ibath.- -the 4eoartjttet>t?l ?? 1 vices. ^ j lienjamin H. Kaigler, the civil s^r-r-fi .vice commission's representative At < Columbia says that the examinations , will begin promptly at 1 o'clock, that i ' potsbhs wKo pass' Clie tfeparlinuBlflT'" examination will; be-eligible for appointment in Columbia and other {places'-in the fifth civil service disItrict. Mr. Kaigler calls attention "to ~ the' fact that for some time the de-r | mand for stenographer-typists has ex- < ceeded the -supply, and that persons -< wmrquaufy in ma wftruMmnun wiiih have an pxrellnnt nnnn*ti,ni4? I ? vumvjr Ml *C* reiving appointment. Further infer- ' rri^tion and application blanks may be obtained - by -applying direct to Mr. Kaigler at the Columbia postbffic.? The Stated. _ 1 ^ ^ ^ * THE PALMET i The Set x By William Fn THE ATLANTA- iNBEPENDENT. It seems that the Atlanta Independent is suffering a slump in business Beginning?with the?Christmas day edition this venerable champion of our rights in the Southland has been just a four page affair. .No explanation has been given in its columns, so we chargo4t-tn a lack' of business. The writer is unable to understand why Northern cities have larger and better Negro newspapers than Southern cities. Take Pittsburg, for instance, with far less Negroes than Atlanta, yet it has perhaps the lead ing -newsnaner npf our group. The Independent .says Atlanta has a colored population of 86,000. Surely such a number should support a paper ecpSaT^to"* The- Pittsburg Courier. The Independent has an able- staff rroiruthe editor down and wp hope it will soon start up the ladder agairi. ?0?* * THE-RECORDER-INDICATOR. The recent merging of The Peoples Recorder and the Southern Indicator was one-of th?-best-thingg that-eetrid often remarked that Columbia was too small 7a city to suppoYt sOTHaYijr Negro newspapers. Unfortunately, a Negro newspaper does well to exist at be^t, and ' four nowcpaporr. catmoi-do justice to themselves nor/ their natrons and-advcrtisers in a city ofT20,000 race people, many of whom do not take either. / , ;'~7 7 77 " ' 'rr,-?' I am sure Editor Roach has made rrrrrrry sacrifices fOV tile bGTreflt M his people, Arid it is too bad that the majority- <jfc- us do not show appreciation when'sacrifices are made in our behalf. I worked for The Indicator, in-1020 and must say my^association ivTEK Editor Koach .was most plwre^ ing. In - this position i chanced to meet the best people throughout the itate of South Carolina. Editor Roach and Manager Taylor deserve the support o?_. the entire state in their attempt to put. out' a irst class newspaper. Lonta^ live The Etecorder-In,dicator. * * ? "" ROBERT A. LEE. Great men must be honored._wheth?r. we are in accord with them or not. Abraham Lincoln, once, itespised hy :he white people of the South, is now id nil red by them. The honesly ufhiy convictions, thfe big-heartedness of his purpose and the tenacity of his will .vere high points in the-rcalms of"human (endurance, and these are points, which the White south stands for. ?enercfi than Robert 12. Lee. Owing :o his strategy the first two years of he Civil. War seemed to have meant i Confederate victory. But the ever ncreasing- superiority of- the Union irmies in men and resources made ngenuity; . . ^ ~ This- week the entire South comnemorates the birth of its great mar:yr. Schoolhouses will close their loora. banks and'blher public concerns vill suspend business and meetings ,vi 11 be held to do-honor to th?~momory the great soldier who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox' in ' 18G5, !hereby causing*'a re-united nation ind. the freedom of four million -slaves. * # ? THE SEARCHLIGHT^ A RARE REENIOX. ?I wouhl like to have been in Voldoo ,a, Ga., a Tew days gao when my"dear >1(1 grandmother, ,aged 88, called all V0r~chTIdren, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren together for a big famy reunion: Family^Wtmions are com-non, but such a reunion as was held it the behest of ray grandmother ;he other day is quite a rare occurmce. "It was rare in the sense that hp fnthprinc \v;V<s <Tm nnnrmnnc dso that some of the "children" callad together have reached the ggv vhere they loot as old as their rr\oth!T. ~ ~ ' ?Concerning the event,, Ifhe VahfosTa rimes, a white daily-,-h<ld this to say: *"Aunt" Matilda Williams, eightyiight years of age, Rnd living at 710 West Magnolia street, hail a family reunion yenterdny.?frhtrhas eight liv-~ ;ng children, ftve^raviTTg-dted., She naa? twenty five living?grandchildren and fifteen dead. She has twentythree living great-grandchildren and one dead. "Her children are: Pfearlie-ChRTiller, Dixie Williams,' Henry Williams, Laura"SheIton, Huddy-Mose Williams, Faonie Ix>u Williams, Lena Rice and Mattie Stafford. "Aunt" Matilda was born here in Lowndes County and was a grown woman before Valdosta was thought of. She has seen the forests cleared, the railroads built and the~t0WTl grow. Bhe Hi ^njnywjy jite dwipiuT har ad vaneed age, allher children being well thought of in the community.77 It may be a big thing to have foreparenta-.whQ..can "trace their ancestry to royal families and "BamBoula Chieftains" and the like, but it pivea . /V'-'.-'Yt? '** | TO LEADER ~ * " urchlight :>: ink Williams. | yotra mighty good feeling to belong - to old families' which can give today irrevfew"bf their history dating thirty years before the Civil War, spotless - in character,?and all children and grandchildren and great- grandchildren unknown to trouble with the law. COLLEGE FRATERNITIES. " _ .When our daddies attended College there were no Greek letter fraternities in Negro colleges. They only h?d_ literary and -debating societies with Greek names. For several years they tried to get into the white raternities?that is, those who attefided - Northern schools?but- they were not admitted- ..AS. a result the Negro ' Greek letter frats , were?organized. These fraternities are now in all the - chapters arc in white colleges. TherS' nre graduate chapters in some cities where there are _no colleges. The Alpha. Phi Alpha Was the first Negro fraternity "organized in a " white college, but '.the Omega Pdi Phi-was?the first one organized in a Negro college. It was organized at Howard University. There are "51 chapters fo this fraternity in various colleges -from Boston University in ; the East to the" University "of BoutEj j -Atlanta was the first city in the South to. catch the college fraternity fevgr, when the Omega Fsi Phi, Eta Chapter, was established at Morehouse College?and?Atlanta University itr 1918. Now Atlanta" leads all cities in the number chapters .and mem' bers^ chapters being established at" -Morehouse, Atlanta U., Clark, Gam? mon. and' a graduate chapter in the " city. - The Alphas have two chapters here and the Karma Alnhn Psi'a Vmvo two. Morris Brown has a chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma, the youngest of' the fraternities. College fraternities stand for scholarships character and brotherhood. They put stress upon-, the necessity of ouF reading NegTo^literature, learning about Negro arts, protecting womanhood and many other Impor-" tant things that concern our group. JThey also have a social side that j never goes neglected? Whatever else is liaid, it is a certainty that the uted a considerable amount- of dignity to the college-set. : . ?' 0- * ~ '* - .'_r ? _ _ 1 ItjiLK JrLifJW?Ks. ~ Tiger Flower-s^ the "fighting deacon," is justly the pride of Georgia. , He seems too cfuiet and unassufhing to belong to?the prize ring. Yet heis an example of the kind of men that ^should belong to it. He can, boast of I being fr6e"oT'two habits that are comjmrm in rnr>*t mnn iV. epnrfo, in hno . j incss and in every walk of life^thtr" use of tobacco and whiskey. His abstinence frorri the use of these deadly ' poisonous pleasures, coupled with hia._ | regular-habits in ea'ting, sleping and j j scientific?speed,?are?evidently?the-[sources to. which he owes his success j in the prize ring. ~ Flowers' defeat at the hand-of-Jack ; Delaney?in?Madison Square Garden j Frdiay night was a shock to the en- < tire-pubiicv "The writer can attribute |h"fs defeat to twn ranspg- First., ? j Flowers is fighting too often, -He and j his manager, Walk Littler, should re^ 1 [member that iron will wear out. Af ter a man has. reached Flowers' class ' as a fighter, he should reduce the number of his encounters. Other- 1 wise, meri of his equal or class will be in better condition when a match is held. Second, he is the victim of what coufd "Have happened to any -ftghter^n the ring?ill luck?the man * catching him unawares. Do you remcmbcr when Firpo knoekde"Dfefnpsey~through the rones? .The Wild Bull caught the Champion unawares. "Mr. O. JJ. Keller, sport writer for The Atlanta Journal, and a fine man, says in part: " "Candidly,. I am surprised.^ 1 had no idea Delaney would atop the TigerTIt1 they meet again- I do not believe; he coud repeat, or win from the Tiger un ~punil^ of any ntTiCr way. Appar- " jtmffy he got hold of the black "man with a good punch to the chin, which neve;r has been the Tiger's strongest point. Delaney can sock. He stopped Paul Berlenbach 1u the mldgT nT" a Fong run of kuockout victories by the ex-wrestler. And he stopped ITowers. And now the great Negro fighter will have to' start over, in a way, and work up. again, after beating Greb and others who rate better | ttyan Delaney. I still do not fancy Delaney as a top-noeher, and if Flow-1 cent outcome will he reversed." ' This is the opinion of all fair-mind- j ed sport writer^ whether they write in the ^ojne town of FloWers^ipr in ! some city on tfeoPacific coast: Tou will hear from Flowers again. IH ii) ' isiiilti l'" "i~~~ - ?" - ' " ? 4*'? #,* # 1^. ~ - - . * I? . ? ? ' - -...'. L .. ?.# -? * mi je?????as8C8?tt?3?8ac8^^ | DULL JIMMIE. jL | BY JEAK JEW. __ ?J * From the very first day in school _ Jimi^i? lnyH given no one reason, to n suspect that he had as much' as an 11 average brain power. Or that he had n more prospect, of a completed educa- P tibn7 IhatPfhe^boy ~who poes the us- ^ ual compulsory limit because it is T mandatory rather than ffdfM his"7!?^ ? the school authorities' desire to maiH^" tain him. ? t] Jimmie never seemed to be interest- p to yet ahnut, and had no* tho hertic ""..-Ir..i .... c _ unauoprvviug- c*\;civivjr ?ullii u\jyo v/j. his age are wont to have. - - - ?- ? The teacher was never troubled \yith any constant noisy coyducfr ? from hirp, but she could not under-. _ Stand?hi*., unchanging- disposition? which ^he called mean. Some disposition had to-be made ^ of Jimmie, for'his dullness retarded the progress of the class.? His parents were -consulted. At ~ home he did hot" romp and play for long, was given more to lingering in- ? doors. He apparently gt^ve much stu- n dy to his books, hut?Showed little evidence of learning from his study. r Then came the inauguration of the a school clinic. Every child-- in the .amination. r? s Jimmie was found to be affected with?myopia (defect of sight) two t( chronic abaccsscd teeth and-hvpertro- * ' phied tonsils. .- J '( ! 6 ' Q ?Jimmie's teeth were, treated and ^ tonsils. removed.?When he returned ~ to school he was given a seat nearer ft winr^nw wVioro Vio nonld - ? .....V.V if ?? MVt v 11V vvutu IIWTW U^VtrW ^ j Highi?for-' MSt trouMed eyes' .sake. t( From, that day on Jimmieled ip scholarship and is as active as. any. : other boy. ; . n There are many other" Jimmies v whose mental growth is curtailed be- si cause of physical defects so common "ft to childhood. The specialist tells us o that rickets, a disease characterized by softening of the bones, is rdspon- a sible for much of the spine- erirva- ~b ture with its attendant discomforts, a That insufficient "food or, a. lack of the c proper kind of food, resulting in s malnutrition, creates a physical con- p tlifinn tuhirh vpru Affpri nptci qq o -f i UttiUil w * * i V/1 i ? MA Wv 11 BA va? i* u JOHNSON-BRAE Funeral Diredto ' Embali 1115 Washington ? i i | . v^v/Liumuj fxK"X~x~x~x~XK*x~x~x~x~x~x 3tew | " IS THE W Victory Say | To Each and Everyen | ^and Fri We Have just paid c | members of our 1924 ] whieh meant So much | one of them. ? ~ | -'#e want 5000 men, > | to join our 1925 Savin I We hope to payout :E mas and would like fo | number. | COME TO THE BAN LET US WRIT WE PAY 4%-QN SiH fYi&orySav ? HARVEY^ Prrsident, ~ ' r ' 5 n;rT" " ?? " M ' mirii?u' " Saturday January 24, 1925. VBT lental cog, and if not corrected early lay actually' stunt mental growth. yg Therfe is no reason why. we should xpeet moreout-of-ehildren possessed nth physical defects; than we ex>ect ol complaining grown.upt' ? ?A here is-no way to separate the merr= pment is progressive and thay in? uence each other in their developlent. Mental growth cannot contin- ~~ e long in on unhealthy--body. Eli- ; lination of physical handicaps is rim-?? ??: erative to the best interest* of the ~ 1 hild -if-we-would have it do its test; * - Then give the Jimmies a chhnce. t may he ?p to them to give?to ' heir studies tho ber.t tftat g in dlt'lll, ut ft Is up to their keepers to see hat thpy are at least physically preared ^o give tHe_ best that is in rein; ~ T \ ' Toolidge Considers j Stalker 4?ill Harsh _ ' ?~ ? ? f leftSure Would Jail All 'Violators .... of Liquor Law?Executive . FavorsFeurt's Discretion. ~ Washingtoh, Jan.:?Legislation jo^ take jail sentences mandatory -for ? -? rohibition law ofFendbrs i^held; by= 'resident CooHdge to involve excesjye punishment r ? rn Suoh legislation -now -re' bfooro the nasp in the Stalker*bHl reported by in almost unanimous vote of the i "7 judiciary?committee. With " repse'ct * 3 it the president takes the position hat, as there~are degrees in the sci- ?* lusness of prohibition violations, .disretion as between line or jail sen gnces or as"to both shcndd bcaHow- ' d the courts. ^ ~ i Possession of liquor in a flask, alhough a V'"l0tinn nf thnJau;, ia ^r?T o the Tnrrul-uf MivCoolidge a serious Y" fferise, bQf on the other "hand possesion for liquor illicit sale is a serious latter. The executive Would not look . , ?i i 1 ' S .'ith favor on a law meting out the ame punTshment to the citizen who i as -liquor In his impassion for his wn use as to the bootlegger. The president, however, has not ftZul n opportunity to study the Stalker . , ill and consequent^ his views 011 it ,? s "given today can not be taken as lear indication of his action with repect^to the measure should it' be assed by congress and l?Ut UP to him or-signatureor vet-o.?-The State. ILEY-MORRIsj 1 rs & Licensed |??^ triers -?i it. Phone 3512 | [A, S. C. -[ ^^rosyoxous I ggari^-^g^ ISH 0F?--?, | ings Bank f t te of its Depositors | ends. / I >ut $25,000.00 to the ? 4 ?mas Savings Club, - | . " ^ I , ? vomen and children ? gi Club. | r YOU-to be in.thi.s_ | ?: . - '.L. ...- .? : _ K AT ONCE AND X TE YOU UP; " :1/ TOSS yi;nimTs. ?1 mgs Bank I U. L. FLOYD, Cashier. j|~ m- -* 1 n m ?Kv "-i .. <'. ' 'jiw rz -.i.