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pjfc-rr~~" . . ~r .. ^ .' FOUR _ The Palmetto Leader V. Published Weekly By The Palmetto . Leader Pub^ C \310 ASSEMBLY STREET r^ \ COLUMBIA, S. C. J. B. LEWIE -.Preside . N J. FREDERICK, _ J.JJEdil W. FRANK WILLIAMS -- Contributing Edi' GEO. TL HASlPTOM,' <_ _ J-lMtffiaj / SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year~--_. ^2 Six Months..c. 1 Three Wontfe Single Copy r - CASH IN ADVANCE. . Saturday, March 21, 1925. Expriments made at the Sta boll weevil laboratory at Flc 7 ence indicates great number _ bolhweevils this yean Farme should prepare for a successl battle with this pest. . ; - ... % * " , : ^\nd now wp have with us peehfriti^n Irrhh1 T" M HII'W - arance to wine ia eliminated ... changed sa!ve thp e teferenc which hold up wine in an unfa r orable light. That's Volstea ism "runnin' wild." ~ ~ ~w~ w t They certainly have some i 1/Miliar linrgpg in nr^ngehdygT They don't mind jumping ov the traces holding them to loaded wagon, tu,rn around a: buck a Ford. Tfris occured-la week according to reports T Ford was as gentle as a lamb. * "" * " J J ; ; -Ever now and then we re of a carload shipment of poi try to. northern markets frc various courrties under the dirt tion of County agents. .We wd der to what extent are-eolor farmers contributing to the shinments. If*' thev are n - r=.r aJ_a_i n g poultry, they a neglecting a profitable side li and their interest in .this shot be stimulated. ^ ~__Z E . ... * _ * When some Senators were i : President Coolidge resubmitth the name of Charles B. War* to the Senate for Attorney-^l eral, precedents were looked i and lo and behold. it was foui O. K., for did not President Hs ding-resubmit the name of Ho Walter L. Cohen for Custor Comptroller at New Orleans a ter he had been rejected? V ace always there to-hehr=mr pinch. : XL S. Coniititution seems to j the whole constitution, judgii by the racket mnda flhaat-i enforcement and yet it dee only with what man must - " "ranst not drink. Some other mendments dealing with the fu damental rights of American ci izens, and just as much a pa of the Constitution as thei 18t ~are given as much attention a Lioa-iorsaKen orphan.* lii perhaps, that's Americanism. o SUBJECTS OR CITIZENS? 'The inaugural address v President Coolfdgd is now hi tory. Varying estimates as hit or missed the pet theori or interests of those commer ing. Certain truths howev stated therein cannot be di counted- or minimized, howev judiced thinker would have the In the whole address, no pa stands out more significant than the-following: In a republic^ the flm rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedjence to law. Under a__des. pot ism- tflwrHsw may be iTrrpnxprl upon the subject. He has . nc voice in its making, no influence . in its administration, it does not represent him. ..Under a free gwp. ernmepfr"the 'citizen marktTT^jiip o\ffir urws. ehooses hisovwfr-gTrroinV*Tstrafors, whljii&r ffpi-esgnt hm Those- -whrfwant their rights re. -_^--c!^Spected under the constitution -- ' - - and the law ought to set,the example themselves df^fJoserving _ th *ra laffi. While there jn&y be those of high rioUt. the U ' ""VVV^v--" . V- - _> * /- j UX ; > i| ri ar-|| lhe beai " 1r By William Fran OVERFED. "fi nit TEMPERANCE is a virtue in * :or:all human affaira which should ^ be permitted to hold the prime * tor position. Whether it be in , cer pleasure, business, education- cht ^ t religion^ it is always the safest r [course to"select. - * .00? Dr. John Roaxrh Straton, em- 2!> .inciitJMew York divine, is tak^J !ing"~care of this subject as it"1 ideals with, religion especially in his denomination^- He ryjS|j: the Rockefellers for their exces-ic ^rstve liberallty~m deflations txfj^ * the Baptist church. And he.j substantiates his attacks^with 3 ~^ a Arm warning of -the- contami- ^ ite nation which wiH inevitably oc- ^ >r-,cur ih this great church if it! i i n j- > i :ul it were. c . X On the other hand the RockeJ* feller Interests come out incrlt-!r icism or the general church I; m tnrougn a u. Bediorcl7~ chair- <3 es man of the Standard Oil Com- ; IT* T ' ' ' ' " J ? * "Ipany, President of the Board of a ' " Trustees of Emanuel Baptist ^ _ church in Brooklyn, and direc-ja )e tor of the Brooklyn" Y. M. C. ^A.je y In an interview with certain pa-) ^ -ipers recently he said: ja ; "As a business proposition/-] ^ thc"Ghufch muat keep abreast 1 -x of the times, or'be left behind..'r ^ 1 There has been a great change It ^lin the relationship bej,ween..com-";r jmunities and_their churches in s a(j the past-fifteen years. The t jj"_; Church is no longer the center: >m; of social activity that it was be- j \ JC_!iore the coming of the motion't >n_ipicture _and the automobile."" -4c ecjL. It is recorded-that-Mr. Bed-, 3e ford gives much of his time and-fe [0t money to religious activities t re and is, therefore, a friend of the_y nej church. He mentioned the e-j jjj normous crime bill of 1924 and g jexprfissed his_ inability^ as to fc j whether it should be charged 1; nJto ineffective prohibition, post-o thing else. = T a gjjij The ponit is, Mr. Bedford, of n n_; the Rockefeller interests, gives a up big money to tire, church. ;n rcdj The question is, does his phi-js ir_ llanthropy mean a real asset tojs ,n t the .church or does it make th y nsj church obligated to him in sim- v ; nle ? " i [t' U v e j; - We think the Lillian coumf _ - --- t at times, 'the barbarian and the j n he defective always violate-iti-Those ^ , who disregard the rules of socio; ty are not exhibiting a superior a ig; intelligence, are not promoting ! tfl^-frePHnm--nTul inTlepnnHnmu^ nur -lg ^^"Nmot following the path of civilir ,, lis zation, but are displaying the J traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and, dreading -tho -j] a- way that leads back to" the jun- . n_ -gle. ; ' - . t There are about nine millions I .'theoretical citizens in America, t rt \ ' - ? 1 i kj-a most loyal and useful group, jh 1^|priviteges of American citizen-iC ship. It does not make or help j a in the making offhe laws which! he must-obey, it has no voice j s . I in the choosing of the adminis-b l 'itrators of those laws, nor can a it fake a part, in choosing the tr es j representatives who make laws.jii l^";The doing of these things ared< er [ the chief-privileges of free citi-!n ls";zens, the denial of them stamps jk erLthe ones denied subjects: for thej\ e'|denlat~must come from some o m :-u_ I j une wno nas tne greater power. ' v - " It seems that blaCk Ameri-,s . -can. just can't get away from ]; slavery, and it never will until! P . the American Constitution j" | means what itsays; until the'g > American j?etfernment enforces | 'ftsfiwtTlaws. Th e Constitu-il< ^"fion will have to get beyoncLU Ihe joko iitngo and bo what it 7 J" was intended to be. No Ameri-jh 1 can is honest who talks aboutp observing one part and ak the" - -same-timo dioregard anulliui 1 L part. - - _ "l _ 4 - ^ ^ - THE PALMET] ^ V .^7 chlight I |c ik Williams.^ | X^K"XTCMX~xkkk"XmX~X"XmX~X nake good again without enter- * ng a * "business proposition?*"-^ Vnd Wo dof?t-thml^?hc "poor ia msiness" being done by the c Church is caused either by inef?.|r ecd^e^prom bitiooi_or_ .post-war^ noral breakdown. We dare not ^ natch our wits with those of a nhhonaire oil king, but we ^ lot regard the Church as a buii- a less proposition. Anyway, we P igree that the Church must be ^ irogressive as all other phases >f human - uplift 'or business or ~ intcrtainm^itrrT And overfeed ng the C'hflicll dues nuL SuWo ^ he problem. ^ - . > ... " ~~r"~ ri SIMILAR INTERESTS are do- c ng our race a great injustice in e he form of enormous gifts to chools that are already richly a ndowed, while others are allow- \ td to s.uffer for the want of fi- o lanciai-aid.- . " e Why make a bridge over the i higher learn- r ng to gorge the cutTeis of in- ~t lustrial schools? We agree that 1) ndustrial schools are a great isset to our race* and must con- ii inue with ample aid, but it is c ill fer-the goe<t ^of our greatr-i ountry that our colleges ancT p irofessional schools be reason- b ibly improved and supported, p ["he* big interests owe as much t o-highei educaliuii among OHFt i^ople as to. any. other form. v Toward, the first school of the s ace and the only university, is j c acriflced to the whims of sotr^-r hern congressmen^ - --2= ._! a Fisk gets a fair endowment if i I ier students asquiesce to the P aunts-of- southern ideas as inculcated by its heads. a, and Knox v illy must make heir insufficient endowments c tretch as stretch can. j C Morris Brown and Allen' must , ^ ;o unendowed at the cost^-of-3 deeding^ sacrifices made-by" the ^ aborers and wosherwomen of," ur race. - : - -j-n These, Mr. Phalantliropist, l^1 re the institutions _that really ln eed your millions! Be temper-1P te in your gifts so that youiP nay reach a larger number of chools. The.\L_jdl_jieed your as-* istance. And the' future -of ;a our country largely depencTsTon ^ /hat you do for them. in _ _r Q - - F PArlAT T^AIT XipF1 r BUSINESS FAILURES of;c L. JegrO enterprises cturmg the" ast few mpnths are nothing jj? acc fVanr* oof"O'W viiun uouuxiiOUiu^. J_>IUWI1 nd Stevens, Philadelphia bank-'a rsT recently closed two banks /hich they operated in the Qua-J :er City. The Mechanics Sav-|^ ist year. The Mississippi Life p nsurance company lost itself inC o the Southern Life (white) je ii 1924 and the Standard Lifecl bTTdwed suit in 1925. It is ;T aid^ thaf ^Ben Davis' faction of;k leurm'a Odd Fellows -is- down r; nd out. jn omewhere. Can- it be incapa- P iiit.y ? .Not hardly. .Our men Sl ro competent because they get he best training that is offered e n Southern and Northern col- n 2ges. It seem's to be unfairess on one side and, of course, ick of confidence on the other. 2 f alLfailures, however. But we have noticed that the. entrepreneur'^ . of our race eems to stick well by continual-; * y observing the "latss^z faire"! iolicy. The: "hands off" ^and t do for yourself" man seems to 'p :et along better. " lp As far as we know, the Hop- f :ins Book Concern of Atlanta, p a- the sole property of Mr. J.: n I. Hopkins. And it is said tot >e the largest Negro book store a n the country. "t Again, as far as we know, p ftM, S. JLeevy is the sole ownir of t hfg departmetiit storr HTXEAPER . , -=r= n. ftohimhfa, S'-]C, - There are several successful :d by single owners. Single ownership is not the >est, so far as we can judge, but vhere men have nobody to fear, ave themselves, things seem to lo a^JeaTnbetter in the long run. This is a weakness that must >e overcome. We ct^n only gain letter treatment in this country y .getting wealth and power. ?hese will come Ohly by unity ,nd cooperation. The Jew has iroven this. Let the Ne#ro folow suit. **' . WHICH! MA,YBfi you know O. O. Mcniy to who writes "Pita uf Hew fork Lif6ff for a number of daily throughout -t h- e ountry. We read his column vrey morning." ^ Recently he was in Atlanta nd New Orleans on his first isit to the South. For a weelc r so he wrote "Bits of Southrn Life" and gave the couiltry rrterestincr reading about this uai vuluuu jjuclioh of tlie~copef ry, 1 Th hia writing ahnnt Atanta he mentioned the aristoratic suuthern-air^that still exsts in a tiny manner and of the hivalry of southern gentlemen, also wrote about our~raue ipnnlp "hnvincr n mnnnnnlv nn W|^ v. - 'V I *** fs % _A4*V**Vr|<Vf*^ v*4 letel and private-home=jobs and mt especial stress on the conentment which the Negro seems o,-enjoys m the South. The .histling of Negroes on the troots while en route to work aught his attention and he aade comment on that also. On mere visit he saw .that the fegroJia& HQ_,cause for comlaint downTiere. <>.. * * Mr. Mclntyre is in Paris now nd is writing "Bits of \ Paris Life." The oilier day he inluded Negro life in Paris oil his eport, and among the things ie said are, that Negroes are llowed to dine in the leading afes- in Paris ; AmericarriSfegro len mix freely with white \yolen and. dance with-them at he cafes ancL hallsr and, that lost of. the Jazz orohestras-that lay for the big dances are comosed of American Negroes. Personally, we do not jyanlto. ssociate-jwith" whites- ^neither ere nor in Paris: But we are ot exactly sure we would rathr live in a place where we must rear a white coat to sep grand oach when we travel, ride reight elevators in certain uildings and be called "George" rhen we serve the white man nd~"Jack" when he serves us hail lo live SOMEWHERE else. o . . AT TOP Anr ffnnm*i * mv/ivuiiv/u OA ..UUVjIlCiO A fCA. "The writer "is" informed that he Morehouse College Glee :iub and Orchestra of 25 singrs and 35 musicians "will "tnlude Columbia on its spring tour frer-orchestra is said to be . the est-college.. orchestra of the See: The writer was business lanager of this organization in 021 -22 anrl nnn -P . V... >*v VM11 V V/UV/U 1U1 tUC opularity it enjoys from Jackonville to Memphis, on~account t its rare quality. It is directd by Kemper Harreld, the fa10U8 violinist. ' t " L_WHEN THtJPEQ^l PLE RULE. BY JEAN JEW. Some of us might wonder why he assertion, "the people want ieace,^ is never enjoyed^-aS"~a ermanent reality in view of the act that irTthis modern era the tAAnlA o ir\r\AOArl 4-r\ V* r* Ml Ks OUp^/Uk)CU tu UC Lilt; nasters of their own fate. Even rchisnrf'prevaila to the letter he spirit Is republican and the >aface a passive post. Then, why is it that there is & much talk of peice and so [little of it? The fact is tha | though on the surface, govern ment by the people is apparen it is more in truth government a few or groups.__ And imthii boasted American democracy the tendency is representatives of the people, and governmenl by the representatives foi* th< people. Groups, factions, parties, all have their opinions of what should constitute peace and hov endeavors to create sentiment in its favor and force Jheir is sues,- They divide the people Still the essential thing the T>eo "pie want is peace. They care not about, the manner used tc anive at peace. ~Theiy peace: Ana wnai is more, tneii cry has always been for "peace War is a, product of tl^e classes high above the masses and-Selmasses. In fact they more often lo e. Secret treaties made bv tht diplomatic jugglers of a people's destiny is no more-the voiee oi the people than thp voieo of people is the breath- of war. What more then can be ex pected than that treaties become mejre scraps of paper when it is forj6d upon them, or revealedTo them imtimes of crises I always will believe in the peoples' sincerity to end war, in spite of a belief to the contrary. Trcatic34iaYe beeipmade by the masters' of might and the people have carried out the terms, but today they are ^demanding that the conditions which they are to observe musl be known before hand and bVlr harmony with their will. Now-a-days treaties are being made more slowly-and mon openly, and it is safe to aav thai siich is much so because of the concern which the voice of the people is being given. v Why should it not be in harmony with democratic princiJOHNSON-BRA Funeral Dired - Emtre _ _ f 1 n f \\r- _ i_r i lAu v^asningron COLUM | _ yiew l IS THE I v y ua | To Each and Every | and F I We have just paic | members 6f our 192< | which meant so mu | one of them. :j; We want 5000 mer to join our 1925 Sa\ | We hope to pay oi | mas and would like. ? number. f COME TO THE BA * - , ^LET US WR ^ WE PAT 4% ON I Virtory Sa ; ^ W. H. HARVEY, President, 111 | il 111MMIIM4MMMM " 1:,V ---^ Saturday, March 21, 1925. t pies to have all "peace making'* - in open assembly wherfe the t newspaper reporters may sit unt restrained in their writings;, i. galleries where the lawyer, the- r business man, the clerk, the gar3 hage man, and the peanut- veit t der:"may sit and see and hp r, 5 and applaud or hiss as they see - be put out for- over jenthuaiaaff) t or annoyance, but their actions^ ZZ I will at least serve as a kev to f what will be ^favorable to the ' ; masses. But the people do not yet . rule; when they do, then will be the ^iay-of -peace. - n < I > I PTTA . . r-/A -IYIC. I I v -o I M i C.. I , ERS' ASSOCIATION. WHERE r- THE OFPICERS~"5TgTP ~ j 5 y President, C. A. Lawson, 13H Pine ~~S+r^Mrs.*"Crtfflir; 7 . i Mr. H. H. Butler, 1311 Pine St, ~"Mrs7 orlhln. > Mr. A. A. Sims, 818 Laurel St., ^""MVs. Hattle Sims. ~ 1 Prbf. L. Cain, 1411 Qak St., Mrs. . , . i Mrs. .Aflee, Lasalne, 1321 Plna St., Prof. S. L. Finjey, 1610 Gregg St.. V ' - Mis. L. J. Rhodes. Prof. V. A. Heard, 1610 Gregg SU 1 Rhodes;., ; ' _i . . ... < L. Dr. R. S; WilkinBonr-2113-HamPton ~"Ave., Mrs. Daniels^ " Prof. G. W. Howard, 1308 Barnwell ou, 4>UU. >v ubiuug J.UII. - Prof. J. S. Boyd, 1309 -Pine St., . Mrs. I. M. A. Myers. fc_ Mrs. JRena J. Clark, 929 Piaa_iSt.. ' " Prof.^Jos Berry, 1311 Pine St., Mrs^ *- i ' - Dr. "Gordon B. Hancock, 1211 Barnj well St.L. Mrs. A. P. Dunbar. Prof. Asa Thompson^ 1215 PiftB Bt:. . ' - Mi'b. W. Corley. Miss Dora Boston, 1716 Wayne -St., Mrs. Belle Vincent. Prof. J. s! Shanklin, 1309 Plrie St.. t _Mra. I. M. A. Myers..-'. ' Prof. J. P. 'Burgess, 1315 Pine St., = -Mra. B. A. "Blockers. : 5 Mrs. PulLen, 1321 Pine St., Mrs. T. ! J. Miles. Dean Henry Pearson, Mrs. B. A. Blocker. Prof. B. F. Cox, 1313 Pine SC j_Prof^:W. D. Urake, 1309-PineSt. - * = iDLEY-MORRIS I I :ors & Licensed gp ilrnpis ^ - ~ L_ ^ BIA, S. 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