Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Palmotto Leader R,; Published Weekly Ry The Palmetto Leader Puh?C J. B. Lewie, ?.I Preside N. J. FREDERICK, _ _ TI ? Edit ' . W. FRA N K 4VI LLi AMS?rz ?.?.?. Contributing Edit r. GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manag r-^-r-^-t^TPgCRtTOOITiyMfeS: One Year $2, Fr- six Mentha .J. ?? v* Three Months ?? i Single Copy _ f CASH TN Any A NC F SATURDAY, JAN.^^3a2l 1 South Carolina now hasT al the land formerly embraced,, Camp Jackson, .near Columbi has been set aside for this pi - pose and designated by Preside Coolidge as* "Jackson .Nation Forest." p mnfnina flonnft 3r- : r?: ? ? " cres. . South Carolina, South. Dako [s_; and Oklahoma. rejected the pr posed 20th Amendment to tl ?federal cnostitution last wee jr ' The rnnnt now stands. 2 Stat for ratification and T again; '' The other stated will be hea; TjLr 1__ from as their legrelaturesme rsW? and art: ^ _ ^ ??* ' *? ?- ]? Did you observe the erlipso the sun last Saturday 'mofninj : -~a? It was a total eclipse visible certain sections only. No oi to see another as it will be aboi 200 yearsHbefore such anothi phenomenon occur-s, accordir ??io- the-^astronomers.?= . ; m?-??hp The State Legislature ?seen ?- to have a grudge agaliial ti automobile.?Bespi te?the?fa that the automobile already pa: four taxes?federar at time * purchase, state license, properl tax levied by city, county ar state and a gasojina tsx of cents per gallon, it is propose to levy an additional levy of ?eents per gallon, making- a tot I - of 5 cents-for every^ gallon pu t - chased. - -- . . 0 0 0 _ * ?A- rreenville yUry brought |- verdict-of guilty of murde with no recommendation to me [ cy, against ..three white-'Sion la . week. An unustial feature i the case is that the condemn* belong-tof hesame-farrrily?far1 er atid hvn sntis SrmtVi Pan lina juries are not hesitatir , these days rand "timfs in mi demning to death those guilty < ..murder ? j* . F ?All" honor to the Mississsip I - Sheriff?rHomer J. Bullen?\vl with his deputies prevented jt mob from taking"" a prison from his jail. With drawn-gin the Sheriff and his deputies to -?the^mobr that an attempt to e; ter wonlfi ho?disastrous.? T4 mob believed1'a'nd departe There was no conniving with tl f tmium ++rrr m ?t ivww viiviv uitu ucnv.c lilCi 1 was mo murder. Mobs are qui willing to pour into the help.le; and unarmed hot lead but*th( ?? do not Tike It themselves. She ; Jff Bullen is a> worthy represe: ?? 1 tative of the law. ' r ' -*= -O - Voorhbes School and the Epi ^ copal Chureh. rar^lina has rntmL-t.n fnlro Ovi -Voerheessuhoot located at Deri ~ mark. ^ The actual taking ovi of this school will be hailed wil i r ? joy by the dolored people of tl they are communicants of tl m_: i i- j- ti V < i^piBuupai cnurcri or not. it w] mean that a powerful section < J-?{?hocomc more! active and inte R. ested in the e#uca?ion of the cc t ored people, fn wealth, infli ence and culture no rsligioi sect towers above a body in tt important work of training: tt youths Tor Kp zenship means much for the ra( the state. More and moi - ^ ^. , J ? .. .-::-c^r^n:' L- _^? '? ia it being lecugnized that it is T the part of wisdom to make the d ~ Negro rtiore efficient and the s o. best way, the only waw4a to see 1 that he is given the-opportunity to acquire an education. While ' or ? ? primariiy-the education of its S or citizens is the duty of the statey :er yet without the aid^ of the _h ~ churches, education-would he" at a ^ajhich lower levelthan it is, g M -not only among the colored but ^ ^j-the whites too. Under -present t.i 05 (conditions, the task is too great * for the State anyway and "so 'far ^ _Jas the colored citizens are con23 icerned, there cannot be too much J " activity on the part of the Vari^4>-tt?-ehurchesf. VuurhCCS K5sTTa(T^ ^ a useful and honorable career, h ? Uouhded as it wasbwa~ woman with" T vicion many yearib ago, h in it was fostered chiefly by the ^ ; Voorhees, in whose honor it was s; ~ named. It has been aided also by the whites of this state, many d iaj cf whom contributed of their v a_ nmo and infln?ncs an woH?nr-fr - money. Under the auspices of ii the Fnisriiruil i')iiiH'h <f ig rloqfiTirbs ta<ed to become a most important! fi r>_ agency in the education of the h he colored people ofrthe state. _ b k: Ljj es Capital "N" For Negro. ii 3t ! "Someone wants to know" a r?j writes Mr. Nell Battle Lewis of b iergh, N C., "Why 1 capitalize h [the word Nepro/' For the hene./g of fit of^11 ...pnro whito Protestant ;? patriots, I gladly explain that I ^1 imeaptftatize-^he word Negro for ^ le i exactly the samereasorLlcapi- a jhjtalize the word Nordic?because tl ut (it is the proper name of a racer er When I,write seriously I write a] lg Negro and!jwhen_Irm joking lib i write willi ma /^o_!r( fnoteff iio contempt "whatever, ^ is tit me^Y 1*nffT,,1TinHfy- I (^onot ^ ie write negro or'nordic or indian|C( ct| or mongolian J\ Score one for C( fsjMr. Lewis. "It has long been the C( ! custom of even high class newstyjpaners to write the word Negro 11 ld^with a small "n." Such a-prac3]tice cannot be- justified by any;*-1 Jd; rule of the English Language, k' 2 While, as a rule, one does not; S' alftook to the newspapers' for mas- Pe h-' terpieces in English "composition w or regard them as authorities in ^ -* the use of the English language h tn! yet irTs biit natural to expect ^ r> that they be on speaking terms r_ with the elementary rules of EnBf glistiz None can deny that the j rfjword Negro is.the pr.oper name 111 of a racej being such it should "1 fr-T receive the same usage as other ^ Q-, words-of that class. Perhaps some people are just so deter- P( fc^mined that the Negi'dahoulcl not ^ be treated as other races, -that iEnglish or no English, they a mean to emphasize h1 tude. ? However, it is gratifying 10 to note that quite a few high b( a class journals are.now writing n( 3r the word with a proper rqga.rd ,k' ^'for the English language.... It is J} n" pers so doing are those whose jth rthe~Negro. - Such journals trave 3' 10 a far greater weight too with j?j re the colored people. Somehow, ^ there-i& a feeling among-them' ss that such newspaparfr-ftrfr-^rrnTTri -y honest in_their preachmpnt and ai r_ that what they say is really for ^ n-,their betterment. * j01 As for the word "nigger" well, j**1 the man or newspaper that uses ja s-|"such a term in referenced^ the c* Jcolored people, might as_weljjiad, 1)] -l'Jsaid nothing. In fact it C1 belter that nothnig had -b?e?jAl ft-1 said. For even though the best -r advice might have been given, ei -n yet nothing but the term was[Ii: lcj heard and only anger aroused, sc although not. expressed or eveniK )C (exhibited. Like the journals !ei ill 'now capitalizing the'word Negro, J ^ those still ?lillgihg lo-the sfoaH^ &|"n" arc confined to noparticularlt* r~; section, But "there is hnps~thfiT^B ?1- after awhile all everywhere wiTT ^' J-Lwrite real English. (/ u1 ial- ? ? Q-?l-J m le Negroes Before the Cciurts Yes- tr ie terday and To-Pay, a( g""ljbogm#.ovei?'eonwipld newspa- ti ie per clippings a few days ago, A e w? came across the Mlawing'ai i i ?? '<* 11"" " -- * ' -'i -rti7.xrK-rr7~-T- - ' 1 ~? aken from Tfie State, a leading ;v .ally-o? Soukt Carolina, the is- ^ sue being of November 24tiv^? 899r-: bp J COURT IN EDGEFIELD. ' ! The Negroes Were AH Convicted. peeinl to -The State.??t , :=? j Edgefield, Nov. 23, 1899.?As. usal almost every poor negro that has Q, anvicted. The same irrepressible onriict-between white man andrme^ of ro goipg on yet. It is human na- . iie the world over for the stronger ^ ijority of cases, it is bitter, unre--^ ;nting prejudice against ignorance cil hd-misfortune. - The negroes ignor- >rr and misfortune has no effect on ? le sympathies of the majority of the re fiite. people,of the south. ^ I am not surprised sometimes at pnslllgH among tfiP nemnn firrniii IBlf lot isf in many inatrirfenna, hard ideed. I heard one poor negro on the , tand give~as plam ahrd consistent a tatement of his case as I have ever card; He^killed another negro in - . ?elf-delense and was cnovicted of:111 lanstaughter. The negro excited my j a empathy very much. - ; - ' . erit is living now, and*^if^soj JJe ,rould his verdict be the same nc We are pretty-sure that; ju t he were to visit the courts y eld, he would note that 25 years ' ave made quite a change forthe c etter. While conditions arelin ot yet ideal?but who-is expect- ^)G ig the ideal ??it is a truth that colored man before the courts aday is not convicted simply be-f ff&se-he is colored.?Of course^ e hair a better?shuw in" some! Duplies fliari he has in others,-I 'j J T i : * . ! w uv-wHs-is uue-ratner lomeiaet lat ; some counties are more aekward in intelligence.: wealth 1 - nd all; jth&tthese carry with Is? lem. * - [of The highest moral standards'^3 re never found where'ignoranee j ^ as a strong hold. "Bitter, un-jfi< denling^prejudice"' is-ndTongerTL. le predominating'feeling that's13 light have existed then, as this I eii )rrespondent observed. The )lored man has a chance in the|ye )urts todays This, to some ex-ed mt, is .reflected by the ^gradual icreaso of the number of color- an I attorneys^ngaged in the prac- siJ se of law not only in this state ut in. other southern states, ome of these attorneys are aps___ raring before the various courts ith success. ""Were it true To-^ ay that a colored man had no iance in the courts, what chance ^ ould a^-col^red attorney have in lem ? The past few years have no ;en a decided change in senti- arl ient on the part of the white1 an towarels-the Negro. He is i ja that it is hot nece5sary"td"be";otr eanly unjust to impress his su- ^ priority. There is more help ih inter-racial cooperation to- a& ly than ever before. There is | ^rc greater number of upstand;g"Whit?Tmem today than ever erifore demanding that justice! 1 ? given the Negro, and they are 0^ :> longer afraid to let i t be ^ io\vn that?Uiey . stand for such ^ ^ istice. All in all, a great ad-;S. mcement-has been made^overn le condttio^s as observed by the ygasppnderrtrrot > twenty-live? saTS ago, to the greafad vantage.^? ^ the colored people. ~ !scl EV. SMITH WELCOMED f0i .ispices of the Ladies Aid Soc-jinj ty was tendered the new past- So * of Wesley'M. E. Church Fri-jsoi ly night, January 23rii._ Quite ed number _of?friends- of- thejHL lurch with the members"were^Gh resent. Speeches of welcome,rie T h^bnlf r>f fKn irnrinim id organizations^ the cliLu ch^^ve *re made by Messrs. R. J. Palm-!a i % G. L. Floyd and G. Lee Rut*, tnr ff and Mesdames L. J. Hick- (tl >n and L, E^-Brooks and Miss m.c dwina 'Hlcftfl, Vr w p \ Pastor of Sidney Park C. M. jva . Church, made the welcome,at IdiUtitii?an hcxKal?-^? < lm A/Ti..;.. J Ki">. ... ? Wi Ull Vy iJXi i 1 K) " sraSrUnion and ^o^HorT,i. nei uckettof Benedict Colktfe on ? ^half of th? educational instit- bo tions. Rev. J. II. Johnson in- Ge ade a response to the welcome Th oduc&d the new pflstnr^jyy h n mj Idresse&^-Aftcr^tlui ftpnooh6sr fir ie ladles seFved refreshments, is ttprney J.jJfrederick acted bu \ Master of -Ceremonies. . aff _X. ^ - ** ~ * - * " -4? ?:? ?w . .?' . 1 * . S ..i . - V I O LEADER X~X?<K"X**XKK~X~X~X~X~X~X~; 271 ~ The Sea Dj William Fi a x-x~x~x?x~x~xkk~x~x~x~x~x FIGHTING THE PISTOL. | There is a campaign on in eorgi.a for legislation that will .rever put a-s4op-4o-4ho sale the pistol. Thei5?~ts a homicte?mania?fchgottghouL this1 lintry.'"'It~'Is "dangerous to alk through the streets of our ties because of the increasing imber of highway robbers who . gard the. lives of peaceful huan beings-no more than they . ?uld the live^'ul rational ? .Thie pistol toter is usually^ U sliiftless loafer who sleeps ' day and gocs~man-hunting by ght. He is even more than* loafer-?-he is a ^-murderer. hen he is put for money and wels he realizes that he is in > man's land, and is usually PP*red=Mzahootrftrst:?The onway to escape death is by Owing; to the state, which ld-ups and pistol tot-. g has reached in Georgia, esidially, in Atlanta, The Constition has launched a campaign (iich is receiving the support of e public g,t large. The state TspTrrhly--'will deaPwith the pi31 tnter when it meets in. June, : rare-certain r The-Jndependent Recovers. Labi \\ eek we- menttofiMr the- emingly deplorable condition The Atlanta Independent. It id-carried only four pages ioF vpral wpplf? n nrl 1,'f ; or news^of interest; . The last issue of on*- rligtm- . lished contemporary was the, jhtpage- seven ccdumttpaper iich we have seen for many., arsr It ~Wa"s~ brimful of news, itorials and advertisements. ( We are proud of its-recovery d-trust it^wrlt-grow'td^be a ] cteen page journal with all the , atures of a real newspaper. ~T THE3QYS. ' i: The writer is particularly in-T -ested in friends^ And weHBe^ ve in the old saying that "old j ends are best friends." .The!. ends to whom we refer "are! t our oldest friends but they ! mighty gojid?friends. r Our days at Allen -Universityt all never be forgotten. Thelendships formedwere-worth; r slayvat the institution. And s-glorious-days were brought, ck to our memory a lew days: 0 when we -received letters^ mi some of our old friends! to found us through Thp'T.paH-' C. Leonard Mance, a brilliant i? ap, nephew to ex-President L< mce, is doing well in Tampa, Hj a. He is emfttoyedlll ttRFIL 1 .j Custom-House in that city.; I] 1 is Secretary, of a-half dozen [ges, a church' tn-r K, qjsL He is''married and his;] ie is a teacher in the public \j lools of Tampa. ~ J.'William Witherspoon, our!*! *mer class-mate, has his handsjj the gospel plow and is sweep- jj I the North-western section of. uth Carolina. He is giving ; i pctime to poetry. We locat-l'; him by his contribution totj iglits and SHaoows" in~The I icago-Defender. He is mar-N d and has a family.? [** Willie James Ainakcr"l?rdoing \ j II In New York^'City. _He~^ * )ost office clerk. He was also j r class-mate. He and his boss ie madam) have a nice apart ;nt inMlar)pm ? We can not omttr ^^eke^Treze" ] nt who is studying Theology ; Boston University. We have ; arly two-year?, - ; Last but not least comes the 3 norable, energetic, efficient '! o. H. Hampton, manager of ;! e Leader. It was through his ^aterious ^workings?that we !; st saw the an invaluable asset to Colum- !j i and if we could alienate ht3" !j fictions from President Lewie .] -? ?r . m { - ^4 la< rchlight . |pt nk Williams. ~ | ** and the to^rn wivfclrhas "Mai? ? Street,? he would be soon man- el aging a big paper and printing plant in - t%<y^^ate Cityr~^And: since he is so devoted- to the se state?thnat Tyrants noTUlvorces" n Hefe*&~1ffiping that Tipyntr 18rffstre=- ^ pecting_ thrown?. wid-nab? him- ^ for life, ^ / i ' v I SCHOOL EXAMS. BY JEAN JEW. ca -^here was a time when t o "^5 question was to make oneself li- ev able to the heaping ridicule of of educators. th Of late there has been much ity discussion pro and con on the Hse h* fulness of the modern school ex- un ftmination. As wuiild hr rv pected. Tnostzfrave-been in favor oli of its perpetuation, still there w* are some outstanding educators th who speak boldly, for its abolish- 8"? ment and- think it one.of the pu most imperative . of' American ? school reforms. th ^TiTFtlc progress has boon made -dh in this direction, probably be*7^ capse of the fact lhat those verse to tho practice of examiiv- "th atioris have been slow to advance ar any worthwhile substitute ifid equally as slo\v_to discard the ex.- raF ams imtfre-absenceof something of which would wolL_sauxzo-J.n.sttitiri in A few years ago a college of m( an eastern university was courageous enougli to throw the per- sei iodic nerve Caching bogie 'over on the cliff. Just what wiH Tie'The CO; influence of . the experiment1 on J rthei^schools and universities de- f-h pends much on the degree of sue- ta< cess. Merely continuing the ex- sti periment wili-not be.a determ'ining factor for universal abolish- fie merit;. , ;?^? :?. .all However, keen interest is not do" JOHNSON-BRAD Funeral Direcftoi Embaln 1115 Washing loir-Si - COLUMBL I nBHBHBBBmDBHBB : X"X~xk*<"X":"X~:mx?>H~X~W~X~X?* \ -2V ^foqpp? an^ t " jfft.W-'* f - ? *?=? . [ " " IS THE WI" I Victory Savi | To Each and JEvery one |:_- "v? ? - and Frie We have just paid or ^ members of our 1924 X K '- > __ j; whiV.h mpgnt rp rmich ???<-rrx? j. one of them. j: We want 5000 men, w \ to join our. 1925 Saving L ? ? ??<c ? We hope to pay out $i I *nas and would like for |T number. : COME TO THE BAN* [ _ LET US WRIT! f - CAV- 4% ON-?*v+ fViSorv^Savi I W. H HARVEY, President, jtturcfay, January 31, i925. < it:in practice. Some^of-thd defenders^ the __Xj aihf contena that thy servdrto f* ?ed out those laggards, who pe-? r wiH attain anything and oth-17 s who serve to obstruct the nor; -J al progress of classroom work- --?_zr: e itr would give "that class of; - vhgent-students-ondire oppoiS .7 ,tnCjpnrrinnpp WifVi fVinfn >nnl r-r dirty. This idea seems to be ?s a cause for fear of these so lied ^classroom ck>g8 ~thanIXor |:V for thf y n .... = /es in charge. ^ ??* On the other hand many connd that examinations handip tnany otherwise good stu- . j nts, who fail to give written A idence of their real knowledge the_ subject, eithei* because ~ I ey do not explain satisfaotor- - I r the examiners' hobbies, or ?auaeof soma nourotic cbmplox derstood but unrestrained. It-all hrttigu baili Lu IfflHrthc i saying which J read somelere, that wide blessings cover e rich and poor alike, and the od as the bad suffer in a broad nishmerit. :> / ' , -JI?? ? . . The idea has been advanced ~~ at-in the absence of exams inridual mciit could be reCognizHgycloac-tilassioom contact? itrucior with student. Iri this?? eoi^is^uhd. aiie>juf the best ' ^ guments in favor of discard- But even this has its awbacks in-the lecture system -1;' -colleges (unless modified) and the crowded condition of the jdern school. . Looking at these facts it would am to indicate that more than e-reform is necessary to ac mplish the desired effect. It does stand to reason.though, it where ever possible,"the con^t between instructor and ident should give sufficient portunityTor ascertaining proiency and deficiency, and at events, an experiment could no harm, - LEY-MORRIS s & Licensed a^rs ~ 1 \ ' ^ \,s.c : ^prosperous | ,~ jfe.gr j SH OF? :: ngs Bank j| s of its Depositors | ids. .?j " mas Savings Club, -i: Iidpuiness l.i> each omen and children ] \ fs Glub. 2 ; r ;t: 50,000 next Christ- ?; YOU to be ihrrthls? :: - "" : : AT ONCE AND I S YOU UP. ft/ NliS ACCOUNTS. j ? ings Bank 11 _*-- < - ? ' i