The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 07, 1925, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Saturday, Majpch ?, 1925. )
Principal Moton, of Tuskegee-1
Institute, in a recent address, ^
predicted that the white Women '
? -~of t.h?> Smith-- would "soon bring c
, ^an-end io Itie lynching jnauggy=j
Now that President Coolidgel
hna: hp>pri inaugurated as presi- 1
they are going to gtit. Don't ^
rush the President, boys, no use. c
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In the appropriation bill before
the legislature, the follow- t
nig items for colored citizens (
7 directly are included: State t
" Colored College $106;625; Fair- \
wold Kcj-Hjnl7-^rOQO and -Stato-J
Colored Fair Association-$1;5G0: r"
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. The Chicago Tribune now is!
Til-favor of reappointing Con"
.gressional representatidiT off the
- t basis of registered' voters. This I
question is yet to be,settled by c
. Congress. What picthod willbe?
adopted, if any differing from~j
that now in vogue, is not known. (
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The physicians of Nashville, (
- v Tenn., don't like the recent e- j
nipt inn of. their fellow- physi- (
cian, Dr. Sumlin, who if he is j
?correctly quotod, needs-to be.dis-T
cinlined- To thp a?norcinn ,
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he- did upon, the students of s
Fisk shows him a man of more (
nmouth than brains. - ;t
We are publishing the largest . y
newsiest and best printed week^
~r)y in the state. That is ^our ^
business. If you want such a
paper, your duty is to help keep ^
it so with cash subscriptions N
and- -advertisements,?Without^
these two things no paper can ^
thrive. Have you sent in your~~c
: . subscription?- fy
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~ Affm- nP! it t^flf the j
passage of the Dyer Anti-lynch-^
u;n ~ ? ^
nig will id llC'ot'SSai y lO IIliiKC >j
Mississippi, Louisiana and Geor- v
gia observe their-jovvn laws pro- *
vided^Tfpr the Orderly punish-^
merit of crime. Both states ^
, - have' staged recent lynchings.
How much better, we wonder,
rio-thev regard themselvfes for
this barbarity? . ,* ]
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South Carolina is. fortunate'
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In having given birth to_ that .
eminent multi-millionaire, Bernard
M. Baruch, whose native1'"
;L home is Camden.- Though for
many years, he has made his.
_ Home in New York City?the
place too where he has madeTiis^
nhjrney?yet he has not forgot- v
ten his native state. To aid its n
boll-weovil stricken sections, he v
is willing and has offered to pro- c
vide millions. ^
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A Jiood of'telegrams poured ti
?? into Washington Monday from c
various parts of the country, ;b
Mexico and Canada asking "cle- t
mency for our leader Marcus v\
Garvey." The telegrams, it is o
differed, only in the number of n
Deode said to hgvr-rtfam^i i?
the various meetings. It is safeu
to say that the telegr&ms all o- h
? riginated At -one amt the same a
place and were dispatched from'S
the various places by the few of s<
Carveyites residing there^. The;fj
colored, people ^pf this country Ts
are not bothering themselves a- j k
bout Garvey. They irj perfect-1 u
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^willing for him to serve his} J
entence like any other male-'i
actor. 3
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DR. LONG ON THE BOLE- |
WEEVIL. j
Of special interest to the far- i
jg tho rppprif. address of i
Dr. W. W. Long, of Clemson, di-p
ector of the Extension Service
?n the boll-weevil., Nothing has i;
lone, more t<f-bring suffering to ;
he South-^tfre cotton growing';
actions,?than this same little, [<
igly boll-weevil. Thousands of J.i
lollars have been spent in' an
iffort ta stamp him out, and. in
hio work, Dr. Long has been i
cn efficient factor. The larmers ,
ire warned against believingT
'thaFthey have ^vecTtKe wee- [
ii\ priblem and that the weevil <
s no longer a malice." The far
Tier who jias this idea of the
veevil problem is in great dan- i
ger of suffering severe finan-i:
:ial loss." , '.L". ' " j;
TTy fTfTit^rTre and "energy. Dr.::
-.ong, believes, cottpn can be^
)roduvedr~only 'however if cou- '<
)led with well known methods |i
>f weevil control. The, .marketji
dirdS'Of remedies tor and^meih-':
)ds of beating the weevil, but
Dr. Lon'g says: "there is only::
one method of direct control j<
hat can be absolutely relied -up=f
if raicium arsenate."?Farmers j'
tdvice of Pr Long who has de-r
^ted^so'inuch study to this|
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AJSUTLER WHO IS MORE.
The American Magazine for
Vlarch tells the story of a young
colored man?King D. Ganaway]
-who was not satisfied to be
ust a mere cog in the scheme ~
)f life. Though employed as a-!
inHpr in fl wpfllthy family in
Thicago, he realized that with!
i mind and the will to do he
oulcT ^oiYiebody instead-ofust
one of the common herd.
ona-Aav off r^^v-oOrr!:
;r isfe'ek, a day which he could
>pend as he liked, by hard work
lirecfred^ by a mind whieh^
hought, he is today recognized i
is ono-o?-the hest-knowm ama- [
eur photographers in the coun- !
T$~. He has to ; hia-eredit the j
vinnirrg of the first prize in the
Wanrjamaker National Photographic
Contest-" where there:
vere nine hundred entries. The-i
vrnrang-pioture-^-The Spirit ofrransportati'on"?was
the result
if patience, hardy study and wilt
)Q\ver, and it took two years ior(
lim to get the picture that he
wT tTirkcii nwny in his mindr
This story of Ganaway is annspjring
one. Young men and"
vomen in school and out as.:
veil, who are inclined to think j
hat there are no - opportunities-!
oday4o stand out from tho root'*
is a result of intelligent effort,p
vould do-well to.read the story;1
f JCittg-JX--Ganaway. A little!
nore thought, a little more,in-!'
lu^try and not Quite so much _
iteasunr is the fOad"~to" beconi-J
ng homebody. --- ?
EDUCATION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
The "Educational Section" of ij
'her-State of February?25th, -(
tas well worth the time andL
loney spent in giving a general (
iew of the progress made in.
duaction during the past few1,
eare. It shows that the people '
f South Carolina are awakened
5 the importance of giving the
hild a chance and thus contriute
to and make sure of the fu-^
ure welfare-of this common^
wealth. Of special interest to (
ur group are the sketches por
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raying the improvements made . ,
)r the education of the colored,'
itizens. Rp.tter school houses
rell trained teachers and the elpful
attitude of the whites
re-aplendidly' set forth by the
Itate Supervisor of Negro
jhools, Mr. J. B. Felton. Aside 1
tate, many educational and phi-l
mthropic agencies are doing
luch to give the colored more J
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and better training. The ehi
aid comes frira. the, Rosenwa
Fund, devoted to the erectii
3f decent and comfortable schc
buildings; the Jeanes Fund, tl
Slater Fund and federal fun'
under the Smith-Hughes act a
used chiefly in~" maintainii
tehchers fof vocational trainii
and Home Economic .^j>ours<
For the training of_teachers
Summer Schools, aslcte^-fio
State and county "funds; t
General Education Board w
the chief contributor. For th
work last summer, ten schoc
were provided, the largest on
being thnsp at Rpriprtirt^oHe.
and the State Colored Colleg
/laKing in consideration ?
greatness of the task to be a
oomplished, there may be sor
who might say that aftar-^a
not much is being done. T]
thoughtful however ^ keeping
minH wVin^ ^ A
a.HV T>HO UC1II?. UUilC t*
year^ago or ^even five yeai
and comparing it^with what
now being done, niust feefr^e
couraged as well as grateful f
the undoubted improvemenl
none of which vvonld have he<
or. could have been without a r
alizalion-of-the-fact that mom
spent for Negro education
money wgll s^ent.v. The attitui
of mind and-heart being rig!
what may not be hoped ? Ge
tainly there is no room for di
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^ IN GEORGIA
its a sovereign state of the j
m'ericairrrepublicr Its- a sta
where they say Christ, is r
world. Its a state" where fii
rhnrrhes are dedicated to~t]
teacning or those principles la
down by that Christ. It's
state where the?iiihabitan
thereof claim to be civilize
schooled in the virtues and pra
tices of the more enlightent
ueopIcs-^f^henvqrtcT. And y<
it seems that up to this da
they have not rhe ability to d
vise laws for the proper punis
ment of~crimes.?If they sg
they have the ability and ha1
deviled such laws, then th<
have nefc-'-eivilization enoughobserve
and uphold those law
For Georgia burns-human beinj
as a method of punishincr crimi
or alleged crimes. - Georgia do*
not believe in her own court
her own judges, her own pros
cuting attorneys,- her-own whi
juries, in short, herself.- Geo
gia then cannot be> really civ
lized for civilization believes
itself nn'd Georgia does nc
"But it was only a 'nigger' th;
was burned," says Georgia. Ye
but he was a human being ar
leal with such beings it mak<
no diiTerence what erime rm
be charged.' Prominent .mc
Look part, as well as tne rm-ra
and none thought" "that the
were doing a crime, or if th(
thought so, their own laws a;
held in such light regard th;
not one even took the precai
tion disguise himself. N
there -wih be-fio one punishe
AT community whose idea of m<
rality and civilization is so lo
:ouId not muster up men enoug
to constitute real jury bei
only on upholdingTaw.
Qeorgia may think she ht
shown her superiority but t\
real civilized world must shudd<
Por the burning of human b
ings has no .place in twentiet
century civilization.- One wit
any sensibilities at all capn<
help but shudder to even thir
of burning a human bein
Georgia burns human beinj
ah^gTurlfles'hi it. Poor Geurgi
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NOTICE.
Communications intended f<
the - current issue must rea<
Eftie office, <if out hf town) hi
'ater than Tuesday night. C
ty news by Wednesday nigh
CTTf) tflPftPER
^ ~ -vThe Sea
w\i 01;
| By William Fra
he ^X"X"M"H?W"X^>Mm^K-X',:''X^
^s j . My opener this week is anothre[er
story of a Negro who couldlgin't
be told from white until he
lg displayed one of the features
;8,1 characteristic of his race. in
It was in Chicago during the
ill^race riot when two burly black"men
met a reaLiair fel^TIow"
on the - street and mistook
iisihim for white.
)ls| "There's-^ 'fay', said one,
es "let's blow his d brains
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?e-1 "For-- God's sake don't hurt
^jtne/^-said the mulatto. "I am
tc" colored, I am colored!"
ne i "Naw he ain't P' exclaimed the
second dalk fellow,?look?at
!leidem blue eyes an' dat straight
in hair!"
?nj "I tell you, fellows, I'm. col^orecH"
protested the mulatto/
*s. "Well," said the first dark feln~jlow,
"if yolT is colored you mus*
or proVe~it. _ Lemme hear you sing
:s, ???
- |UCWUM4 .
-The: mulatto sang the blues
^ perfectly and proved that he
^ was colored. Then he went on
his way rejoicing^
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%(. Or THOMAS WILL WRITE.
iT*T
I , Jesse~D. Thomas, Field SecIS
I -
retary of The National Urban
! League, with headquarters' in
: jAtlanta, has consented to contribute
articles- occasionally to.
- The Leader.
*s>: ??F^Thofrifl3 has sot upUrban
League branches in many cities
te^&Lthe South. ?He is a-great ore-;
ganizer,- lecturer and wirter arid
he has done much for the nnfortnne
nates of our race-tlirough his
lie eonnetrtion with the Urban Leaid
gue. He is also president of the
a Tuskegee Alumni Association.
IV He is instrumental in?getting
d, the big endowments for Tuske?-!gee
as welh as closely connected
id with the greafcalripaiVn- for
it, funds with which to erect a
y, Booker Washington Monument^
e- in Atlanta. i
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iy TIGER" FLOWERS AGATN7
/e; Evidently Jack Delaney has
i Tiger_TT?wer's number. . Jack
^JusT knows how to get the Tis-!
ger's goat?and he gets it. Per?s|sonally
we do not, think Tiger
esTshould challenge him ^tgatn.
es There "are "better and more high^ated
fighters than Delanpv
e_ which Flowers has whipped and
?The-Avriter is personally ac"i-1
quainted with Theodore Flowers
inand IfVes only two blocks from
^ it'he Sensational fighter. His
at wife and the writer are dislant:S?
relatives and both of us have
^ eaten~rriuch hog and hominy a
tO . w/\ii. \7ol/lAaf o r?AAr<yi o- - QA _
' ruunu v cnuusitij vjuui ^ict* ou}
gslwe are naturdlly interested in"
l> ;Flowers. __- '
?n But we insist that Tiger fights
: too often. He can't lasjt at it
iy;and he-Avill reach an untimely
;y i grave if he keeps it up..
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? THE STONE MOUNTAIN?affair:'
'1 It is not to our knowledge
' that any black people havp con-i
tributed a penrijr to the Stone
.^Mountain Memorial Associatidn
m^ '
' toward the carving of the great
Confederate Monument on the
_ side of Stone Mountain., sixfppn
ls; mile's from Atlanta. But we|
*e.are concerned, in a way, with
"r the mountain, the monument,!
Bland
the Association.
' j In 1864 when Sherman was
'^marching on Atlanta with his!
? ^rcat army making a path six-i
1 J ty miles in width, Stone Moun-]
1 tain was the scene of much of
1 the confliet and here the Confed[ienflZ.^ut
.their efforts failed
'and their gallantry crumbled iri'
ttr submission.
_j Some fifty years later at the
3rlsupnpit of Jthis huge rode, Col.
;h William Joseph Simmons found-x
led tlm modern Knights of the
P?Jtu Klux Klan.
A little later the Association
it. which is sponsoring the work on
| - -a ?-f k l #
irchlight ' v |
ink Williams. $
the monument was formed.. The
great American sculptor, Gut- j
zon Borglum, was secured to
carve the monument. Now
there is strife between the Association
and Mr._ Borglum.
First, charges were brought up
that he was loafing onr the job,
^while, it is said, on the other
hand he has been trying to help
finance the work. In doing this
it was necessary for him to
?omo time away from the
| work, which continued during
; his absence. ?
When the Association ousted
U i ?*% > In fi4- tirnnlr V* ^ 1
,111111 i<v3?/ vvccn. nc ucauujicu cite
|rrmrlo1q wtiiVVi prnmpfpd ft" wnrJ
rant for his arrest. He was arrested
at Greensboro,1ST.~Crr~
The courts will decide wheth;
er or not the sculptor acted with-,
! in -his rights to destroy the^
moflols. ?"* -?
j BY JEAN JEW. : |
So few are the odd-characters
?
of slavery days and so imper-1
j ceptible the influence of the re- ;
t maining few, their pastpredomi-^
nance seems but an interesting ;
legend. - --??-T7? * ?? . |
pearly gates' of "God's Heben^
l^tho, progeny of his own bon-|
jdaged-generation, he sees a dis^j
! tinct line of cleavage more pro-1
j nounced, I am sure, than was j
I his realization of his real predic-|
| anient withm-the sight of the-,
I"big house" at the top of the!
Villi. t ^ I
He sees a new Negro who sees j
j things black ai^virtuejn_blacki4
"Who refuses to label white virtue^
"SngrpttlSf virtuewhite.
it~short whileTagd^a Negro
JOHNSON-BRA
Funeral Direcfb
? Erabai
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1115 Washington
? COLUME
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. ?IS THE V
| To E^ch-and Everyo
[| , and Fr
? We have just paid
k members of our 1924
r5
which meant so muc
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i one of them. ~
|A We want 5000 men,
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to join our 1925 Savi
j i We hope to pay out
| mas and would like f
| number. "
| COME TO THE BAT
| LET US Will
~ " WE FAY 4% W S/
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Satigteys MaVch ?, 1925.
child with its mother entered a' .
New York subway clinging fran- r
tically to a little blacK7~~doll.
White faces displayed curious
smiles; tlie mother's face shone
radiant also. But their smiles
were indieat i ve of very different
emotionsr : v "T c
One was of a curious^ humori
! yet-withal,.'I dare say, a subscious
admiration for the black
tot who showed a genuine feeb
ing for the little black doll in
-its- arms- _.Thev mother's smile
was, without a doubt, a bold acknowledgement
of her conscious
pride in the living and lifeless
[dark hued babies.
? Idols are things or?ppranwa
representative of a high spirit
-anaworthy oi respect ami emulation.
If
then the Negr;o rejoices in
his newly acquinjiL pi ide, it in
not because of an idle fancy,
but because there is an increas
ing numberof truly great within
tlns^ihimdicapped race - o?whom
they are justly proud.
These In turn deiUdiistrale ?
the possibilities of the race.
And since an individual eanbn
sheaat^nerereasilyJiis possibili^^
ties by depicting the achieve.-.?
"ments of others who lal^orecHm
der the same handicaps, it
should not seem strange and is
exceedingly wise that their adolescents
lie taught prTde in the
I black things representative of
black genius.
During IJncle Tom's time Ne- ?
gro psychology acted in another
\v:iv Thorn worn n fow ovoptw^^
has exceptions and therefore to
think about- rising to hteir
heights was, more, or less, a
dream. Too,?the things for ?
which the ambition would be
vtimnl-Ood wwe found in a general
wayHnioiig Hie Lii-lmg racer
and the Negro's attitude would
prevail accordingly.
Today the Negro believes that
The" quickest way tro become a
"railroad director is to-be first a
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