The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 07, 1925, Page EIGHT, Image 8
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l benedict news
"BY GII.ROYE GRIFFIN
Every one who has attended college
r*7 must appreciate the pleasure derived
:?by the - etudentsfcoaa?the monthly _
socials. When routine grows Krone- 1
tonous and continuous drudgery at
books produces a dull attitude, then
these moments of happy companions
c* = ship come like rain after a protfact~i
ed drought, ft has been said thfte cine
who. has been educated at Befte
- never forget her chapel services;
it is believed also, that t^iey
ver forget.and it is knowp that they "
never lose the poise and pollsh-which ;
her socials impart. j
Two days of last week. Friday and .
Saturday, the thirtieth and thirty?firat '
J will be rememborod for quite n while
??-the occasions of the occurrence of J]
r two highly ^enjoyed festivals. Friday's!
event was promoted by one of the (
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classes in - an-etidrttvtrr to- accumulate
money for Benedict 's annual drive.
After a merry?half hour of social
intercourse a movie was shown. The
entertainment of the evening^ has received
considerable complimentary re-:
? mrfrks from many who attended it.
Tfae-monthly pmaaure feasTT&ifrw- ~
ed on Saturday. It instilled the usual
pleasure in the" hearts of the stildents.-?
On?Saturday?night the?Douglass ..i
Debating Club again assembled.'~The
programme consisted of addresses'
by Messrs Daniels, Griffin and -Poe. 1
Mr.Daniels' speech, which was .eon- cemed
with student problems was, 1
: truly well prepared and full.
The Greek letter fraternity., the
Phi Sigma Fraternity, has elected offi
cers. Their.names and offices foil aw.:
Mr. L. J. Hicks, President;. Mr. w. A. 1
Ford, V.-President; Mr. J. A. Pawriey,
Secretary; Mr. O. W. Riuer, "
Treasurer;* Mr. R. C. Cunningham,
Mr. Baxter, Chaplain; Mr. C.-C. Wood~
soh, Editor. ~ .. ~ ~~ ' ?- -
?ajie omrprs ot the Y. W; C. At are.:
Miss CathWtne Jenkins, President;
Miss Blanche Thompson, V.-President;
Miss Geneva Moseley, Secretary; Miss
Ethel Evans, Treasurer. 7
? ?Qn^WednesHay at chapel service,
the students and faculty were address...
ciate Editor of Missons?-oi-Ne w Yurk.~ ~
Mr. Lippart'sTaddress which was very
instructive and . inspiring had as .its
Chriatlik?4-Giv? Thyself."
Questions and Answers
^ In Npgrn History
BY GEORGE WELLS PARKER
Aiithflg At "Tha Mfea uf TIim Sim."
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Questions pertaining to Negro His
tory anywhere tf of general interest.
and not too long, will be answered by[
"*' ? Mr? Parker lh ihii column. when I
space will not permit or the subject is.]
not suitable,, letters will be personally}
answered, shbjept to proper limitations,
and when a stamped-envelope :
is enclosed. Address all communica-1
tions to George "Wells Parker",' 3"423'
Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Copyright, .1924 by ^ThG Associated
- Negro Press.
How many Negroes fought in \
the Revolutionary War??-B. B.;
I M.r Chattanooga, Tenn. ? Three'
ithousand. Alexander Hamilton
was the'first to proposeTit. t
Please give some" information
l" ghout Negroe writers^?E. S7~Sj
Phoenix, Ariz. The moifT
_ Browning, Dunbar poets, Dumas,1
Hearn was a famous story tel-j
1 ler and writer-of legends. InA-!
merica we" have DuBots. Chest-|
nut, Benjamin Brawley, William 1
Braithwaite -(critiCj) etc. _
Please give three or four reabotktfor
Stirling Negro history.:
J. H. H., Selma, Ala. Kace pride;
ro on L ?
^ *mvv/ oopiiQnuiiy nupcf race
confidence, "race love, and most
?-of-all tp get rid of the slavcrpsy
chology which is the greatest
curse of the Negro today.
When was Judge Straker elected
Judge in Detroit, Mich??
Si-E^L. W., Seattle, Wash.
X canndf give you this infro?,
mation.?Perhaps some readers
can and, if so, if he or she will;
send rrietho information, f ^shaH
write yuu. -n- ?
-Who was the greatest.Negro
. . author??F. H. L., Lamar, Miss.
- Alexander Dumas. Not only
was he the greatest Negro writ-1
r- j _ i
? er, but perhaps the srreatest and
most prolific of all romantic
writers. ~ ?
^ - ?For when ce .-did the Cartheyenians
come ??D:
con, Ga. 1 ; - jgf.
wig fofliyted hjlBno,
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THE WHATNOT II
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By ROBERT P. EDWARDS
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(For The Associated Negro Press.) (
158. Who is Matthew Jenkins j
of Mont des Singes? j
fey, perfromed one of the-niost daring
exploits ofT the4- World j
War. At Mont des Singes, he (
went ahead--o?' his comrades^
and captured a fortified tunnel j
from a company of Germans^
then by the aid of his comrades ^
held it for hours without-^
food of ammunitions, , making ^
use of the enemy machine gun!
ammunition until relieved: Fur }
this extraordinary hravery hp'
was given the Crotk de Guerre | \
wiBi Palms, and the Distinguish- i j
ed Service Cross. ?, ^
159. What became of Caraby-- ^
ses' Expedition against Ethio- j
pta? ?:
When Cambyses, king of Per- t
C. he proeoedod?to arrange.^
for 4he reduction of Ethiopia. "t
and sent spies with gifts to Nat q
Nastesen. king-of Ethlopia. Up- ^
on their return the spies gave N
such a wonderful description joF"
their various experiences, with were
fettered in gold that Cambyses
set out at once to make war
in order to get gold; A
Greek historiamreeordsihat-the X
Ethiopians met the Persian Ar- \
my at J;he oasis?of Aminon?in 4
the Xibyan desert, and literally s
obliterated them, losS to the t
Persian army of 50,000, killed, i
wounded and captured?of?rtrr-i
flower practically ending?the^
Persian Empire. t
?150. What was the~Parrish i
% - ?v L . ? bequest
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A peculiar request 'was that f
Ta]in Pqc? V* nf T>Vi{1o^rvlv\V*J o * ?-* f
uuim x ui 14011 vn?xr Iiuauoi^iiiaHi I *
1808. Under the provisions of It
his will there was established a ?
fund, one third to be used for t
dren, one third foj the aicbof In- i
dians and one thil&L for the aidK
were tp-be used in the State of i
Pensylvania, the annual income, ?
of eariTThIrd~~usually amounts (
~to $200:00.. ?
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44,706 Gallons Seized \
In January. <
Greenville. S. C? Jan.. 31.? j
The monthly-report of T.loyd H J
Grandy, South Carolina prohibi- <
tion director,"announced today, 1
showed that 44,706 gallons of ;
"spirits" had been confiscated in ]
ihe__atate during. January. Sev- ji
enty one stills and distilleries 3
\yprp rnirlprf nrtri HpgfrnypH, 37 i
worth of- property was seized
and destroyed, three automcrbiles
w e r e confiscated?and $1,190.50
worth of property was
seized and destroyed.
a princess of Phoenicia. Later
Africans from the northem-part,"
of the continent mixed with the
inhabitants. The?Phoenicians-were
also a people of African de
uy. u |
I have read somewhere that
our numerals came from dark
races, P4ease explain.?R. T/V.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Our numerals are Arabic and
"came from the Arabians. They
were an African race. The
northeim^Arabs were mulattoes^.
and akin to the Ethiopians.
Sometime ago you mentioned
the temple of El Karnac as the
greatest temple ever reared and
Tacotfta, T^ash.
Thebes in Upper Egypt. ' It
TfTin the "Same neighbprheo^where
the tomb of King T\rt was
I recently. uncovered.
Him firi1iir^"- 1
Elephant Noted for
Keen Sense of Smell
What the - elephant lacks in
/ision is more tliaiLCcnnpensatejdL
'nr hyZthfe anlmai*s~keeir-sense)f
smell. His trunk is probably
the best smelling apparatus
n the world, and he* depends
irst of all on TuiTsen so of smellr
When die-i^ aF alt suspicious
le moves his trunk round in ev;ry
direction, so that the slight ?st.;
taint in the air will reach
lim. In many pther ways ^thfr
elephant's trunk is the most ex-i
:raordirraTy pan ot that7, Tirostr"
sxtraorqing&y Hhlwal, the Prpv-'
dence ggyc _ ~H
It is entirely flexible at every
boint and it can turn in any,di-!
-ection and lias. imnsiidmL^
strength. There is no bone in
t, but it is constructed of intervoven
muscles and sinew, so
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rough thaFyou can scarcely cut
t with a knife.
From it an elephant can shoots
i stream of water that will put!
>ut a fire*, and with it he -can I
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ift a tree trunk-weighing, u tun.
>r pullia delicate blade of ^grass |
le drinks with it, feeds himself
vitH-itT smells with it? Avor^sT
vith it and fights with it.
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Darge and Small Sums
Swell Conscience Fund
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At the United States Treasury!
lepartmcnt in'Washington there
s a conscience fund and it is;
froWtirg rapidly."" ConscTence;tung:lrTdivtdQals
from all ~see-*
l? 1 t
iuiio ux me cuiuiuy, uiiu tJVt^rij
n foreign lands, frequently send
n "puma of mone% to make' gopd
rauda-that the^ have perpe-:
rated on Uncle Sam. Since thej
irst chnlnbutipn of rive dollars
und has grown to nearly $600,-!
>00. Those who contribute to j
his fund hardly ever give their i
luthentic names, and few go tpj
he trouble to explain how they
tame to unjustly get-inta pos-|
ie?^n-of-government-property
>r money. ? ^?"
These rantHfrutions have var-^
pd from n nnp-nprif nnofo o-n i
.tamp to $30,000. At the pres^j
int time the annual receipts are!
said to amount to over $5,000r
rhe largest contribution, that Of
i.30,000, .was accompanied by a
orief_note_ stating that it was
thefilial installment on an~$80;=D00<
payment, which was four
times the amount the sender had
=tolen._^ The most frequent contributors
to this fund-ar^ little
:hildren who send in a few scents
to make good cancelled postage
stamps which they have used illegally.
These .small remittancpaBiedj
bjv. Ihe^^hilst^^aUieu'c
notes jfhowinff the mpnfnl twViit.
. mmm^ MIV?|VIH Vfr V*
?Pathfinder Magazine. ?
NEGRO AND DAIRYING
Uordele (GaT7 Dispatch.
It should be. noted by dairy
farmers that one of the recent
top producers among the Jersey
herds;of this county was tended
by_a Negro boy.?We "have no
idea that the average Negro
farmer in the South is equipped
to Take care of a fine dairy herd.
But that is also true-of the average^
white farmer.
It will not be easy for the Negro
farmer to understand dairying,
but it is possible for him to
understand and maka a success
of it. Sldthful, lazy, run down
at the heel methods will not jio
on the dairy form." Tho Negro
who is thrifty and energetic can
be a good dairy farmer. He can
succeed, a^ihat as well as any
other farming. His standard of
work, of sanitation about the
ing feed may be made to meet
the requirement by training.
^The~Negro farmer Who is willing
to work is usually a gotxl
farmer. Where he is depend**
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~ VT' \ "T m 1
?-? ATVPB^
able~~and reliable and his whtt<
friends jvill not he-slow aboil
giving hm a chance to do some
thing with farming as it can b<
dbne with dairy cattle.
?TheiNati.onal Republican Con
vention held at Philadelphia ii
for t Ire; first time in the hislurj
of presidentiaLeonventions, th<
Negfo's voice was heard and ap
-plauded,*'
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Charles- t. Redmond was th<
first Negro to take the platiorrr
Li-slavery cause, and wao? n<
douht. tfcg ablest representative
that the race had until, the ap
parance of ^Frederick Douglas*
in 1842. T
Tleopeit Tut's Tomb. ?London,
EnglanCT'^h.?Ante
patch to the Exchange Tele
4g^plL^amL_LM.xui:1_Egypt<, say;
the t.otnh of Tnt-Ankh-Amen wat
reopened Sunday in the presence
c f Government officials and mem
bcrs of the Antiquities Departments.
The?contents of the
tomb taken out last year were
handed over to Howard Carter
the .Egyptologist, Mr.T "Cartel
iohnd-ovorything that hartheer
sealed when the tomb was closec
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remained in tact.
The priceless pall of the sarcophagus.
which has been -left
outride the tomb in a thin^wgocl
'en shed, howeverr had detori'
A HERO.
EellG?Maud says?that?tht
man- she marries must be a here
of the gridiron:"""
any eooking done he'll-have-tc
JBess?Ife will be; if thfere't
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