Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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p FOUR ' ?The Palmetto Leader N? PubllaKed Wee]t.l.y By ?p The Palmetto I.fcader Pub. Co. ^ 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET r .COLUMBIA, S. C. l! _ -p TELEPHONE 4523 1 . J. B. LEWIE? President j M. J. FREDF.RTCIC^ EdUorj f W. FRANK WlO]iSM3"r^~-^i.J'lT . Contributing Editor1^ GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager f V ? SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ~ t - "cash in advance.-^ , t ~ * L ] One Year ? $2.00 Ri-g ; .... l.?5 Three Months . .75 t i " ... i Ringlp Cnpv .05 ; J 5 _ .. ? SnturHnv?MarcB-2IS^ 1925. 4 >' 7 ~ . .T : - ? . Former Senator?Stanley of ^ Kentucky.is reported as saying j in a speech that he is injto makejLj laws! We wonder what- he s thinks laws are for anyway.. ! i - .... The estimated wealth of the ' __ race is tfro billions dollars, ac-'j - 1 cording to a recent survey by ^ Prbf. Monroe Work, of Tus- ], kegee Institute. From practically nothing in 1865 to two bU- { - lions in 1925 is going some. - ! j ___ What aboVit Citizens' Military ; ""Training Camps I'm- colored >. young men, Uncle Sam ? Bet- ? ter remember that, there are ^ ?""still wars apd rumors of' Wars. , When war does come,-colored ... soldiers will be needed too, and , colored officers are going to be demanded?if there is to be real , ?? fighting. 1 - -y ? ? : ? Lf ....... - - ' ;. * * V -l" ? ?Speaking in-London, Prof. J. j W-~Uroem-V iri fl lpr>1 MVP nri" "TKo 1 -Menace .of Color," $aid that . "each of flip of mankind l has its speciahCmerits and has J made its own contribution to ] the progress of Dip world "?But 1 , there are many who would say'< "each of the races of mankind j ? save the Negro." : : l( ^Dr. DeBtihi in the April Crisis \ ^"7" " paints* a" picture of conditions < ^existing at Fisk University that-, ~is altbgtTTer gloomy. Dr. Du- i Bois is a trained ^investigator ; - .and writer. What ircr-yays"on-^ any subject cannot be lightly j dismissed. He ends thncr~artrcie~j . _with^?Men-and-won>em of BlackAmerica: Let ny decent NegXQM send" his child to Fisk until Fa- < yeffe" McKem/.ie goes.""~ j< lished about a thousand ..miles 1 frpm S^Qiilli -Carrdina that a lo-^ ~ cal central committer' in Hranp burg had its third meeting to ( discuss plans for the "entertain- , ment of tfee Pahnettd State Med- j ical Association in Aprj 1. Per^ Tiaps we have overlooked^.it, but anyway we haven't seen such an { ??item in-any-newspaper -of this | State. Often too, news of the j colleges of the State appear in ( papers published in'other sec- j in the State newspapers. But | -rs* ' " "Perhaps, these colleges are try- . - ' lug to ffeT^tuilenls elsewhere, \ , and for that reason they send , their news tTfprp ? ?0 .-NOW. IT'S VIRGINIA. "- !* ' i -HerefeoforerVirginia has kepV her skirts fairly clean of mob c murder. In fact, Virginia has ~ the reputation of enforcing 'law within its bounds. But she falls'* from grace. .A common mob of 0 cut-i hroats and criminals has brought disgrace upon her.. Of i course, some in~that 5tatesssj~ course, sortie may say that some1 of the best citizens of Waverly a in_that_ State were members of a the mob that lynched an. alleged r criminal, hut that isn't saying h --?--mw.h'. The heal ailimmti of nnvt.; ?:? community "that effrrand d6 flout'Ti the law and commit murder are- t; not very high. They are want- e: " ihg in "moral development and i< no one is very high who larks n that.. Governor Lee Trinkle p may deplore and offer any kind j h J>* , * - t ^ f reward he wants to but it rionwealth Attorney Howerton an summon all the grand juries te?wants tQ and it will finally esult in nothing. The ,wretch= is Who murdered their own law ilong with an alleged criminal mew what they were doing! Phey kuew the sentiment and noral ideas of the community rom whence must come the juy that will try them?if trial here be, which, is very doubtul. So well did they know that hey did not even try to disguise hemselves. Everyone is known 3ut what of that? Communiies that furnish lynching paries never furnish men with guts prtongh to rnnvirt. Tf whiff nen ever lack excuse for -any,hing it is the lynching of a Ne?ro?it makes no difference?! .vhat he?is?accused. White nen make the laws,-"they adninster ^He law%?and yet, it ieems, they have no confidence n their own laws? and their owr idministration. There can be ;ainsaying the?fact, that, ir nany things the white race is ;he superior race of the day; >ut when ij> indulges ip mob murier^ ic has a darn poor way oi showing- its superiority. Nothng connected with it, from the very beginning until the last bloody handec nurderers, smacks of superiority. Schools-and churehe3 are g 'ailu re in and-around Waverly. Va., it seems. .J-.. _ . ' ;?i "LOOTING BY NEGROES." , , -Last week raimT Beach. Fla. vas visited by a disastrous fire lestroyed. At the time These [ToYelS were filled with" "guests As was natural great excitemenl prevailed. Guests rushed here and there, trying to save theii personal effects. The hote aelp who happened to be colored lid all they could in assisting the quests to save their goods. The highly imaginative reportei seeing colored people laden witt I he triip'siit?oflTpr'Ts nf nnno r>nn. . luded that looting was ..^feeing Jem^tfrrtt^once tiashcd to the waiting world that much looting ivas done, "chiefly Joy Niigroes^ riTC front-pages of the iei4Ji,.of_ihti country took prl^c n spreading the report. ^vater "however. it was founc ? instead?-~of?"tooting hiefly by Negroes," the goods +1-.^. 1 jl inc gucsis were savcu ciueily by Negroes, for the hote' lelp 'were acting under ftistruc:ions in trying t,o carry to safety "h'fr I^ffpph jC^o-mflny guests, riiuf luijui-mr did not have the lecdncy to correct his first erroneous report. But it would je interesting to know just how rrTHrry Tyfthe~"papers that p~ubli>>hed the slanderous^ report irinted the correct account on :he first page. It woulcTbe more iiLcreKung- 10 Know now m^y )f the readers of the first report read the corrected account. i fiend, thp" aasaalifl&MB s. made and -instead of a fiend in innocent party is found. The \ogro of America is bad and real dark because the newspapers nake him so. A little more luth and charity on the part ?f the newspapers would make this old world look So much retterf~rtr~certalnly would be a nore pleasant place for the colred brother. -O i' IOWARD UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION.r ,The colored race in particular nd all well-wishers of the race s- weH as those who have "the eal welfare of the country at cart wilT-yefoice over the fact hat eongrofw did after all deal berally with IToWard Universiy. Howard needed very much nlarged facilities for its Medr :al department, and Congress nrognized this urgent nood by rovidirig the sum of $370,000 or a new "Medical building. w-' -- - - m THE PALMETTJ ' The~colured race is provided IflE -with-many schools but for some' * treasons little attention has been g gi.ven to providing colleges for||; the training of colorecT~physf-T"\ ijciaps. BcsidesHoward, there a is only one real Medical College j in the whole country?Meharry; Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.'m rftor the training of colored phy- \\ Jsicians. The welfare of any'sc race depends upon its health;] o ij-the prosperity of any?nation ] w 'rests upon the health of its.peo- II . | pie. The colored racO' is pre-hi t j dominately of the . South and al l j were the South as wise as it p? ,should-be, if would see to it that ir Mmplo provioion for the liaiii-lVV i;ing ef a sufficient number pnl- m j macists and nurses are provided, w 1 Instead of ?that: from renorts.' Ht seems that-the Congressmen, ir ior rather suftie uf Ihetn, from : the South do what they can to tl ; j block appropriations for Howard ft sj University; thisjtoo^ d?spiite the tc [) FadT that, so far as the Medidal > I department is concerned, the_ln i; South rcecivea more advantages1 ei ( therefrom than any other sec- a; ,ition. But the appropriation is al ]inade and all's well jpj H o THE TEACHERS ARE HERE. t} j Coming to Cplumbia this is week are 1,500 delegates most ai tpublic schools of South Carolina t association -of the_vvhite teaph^ lp j'ers convenes here at the same ^ jtime, and lor their coii'vehlion s] : possibly 5,t)00 educators will b Jcome to Columbia! For the two ci ^contentions moi'e ? than 6,000 ir "... teachers wijJLbe. Jiere before tl ' this The Leader is the n lijuwuk? ?-?: r < For the past several years the ' convention of colored teachers h * has been hold in Columbia .antDb, f its coming was due in part to tl J. the eflorts of Prof. I.jvf, A d ers, the secretary and^Mrs. C. q * D. Saxon, Prof. Johnson,. DejuJ q 1 Thompson, Dn Sims, Dr. C. B. a Antisdel and others of the-local o 1 group, and in part to the hospi- k ^tality of Columbia people, who ? havp thrown wide th"ir rlnnn 1 i P; 5 the visiting teachers?and they s< ; are doing that this year asneverd before. "The city is. literally n " decorated... with placards with k ' the words: "Welcohie Teachers it of. the P-almetto ?Association/' T 1 written therem^- k fi?in.p ' tspirit.^Those who are not en- Jt 1 tertainingTrave contributed som- c< ' ething to the fund being raised fi Lfor-the-amnraf hmcheon- and'lRv^ i in a way, we are all anxious ' that our'visiting tcacliers may h leave Columbia with the right t< L4mprcssion having had the most C ' enjoyable time ever given themrr 'ton a similar occasion,. " r Professor -flyers tells as <5f~n< V-the support Jbeteg-reeeiycd fromFfr, ' City' Council and the Chamber 1 of-Commerce of-4heeiiy ^orpub-' ; J licity and entertainment of the teachers. Columbia has one of ' the best" governments "of any ci=.: ' tv in the South best groun of nffienri- in 4? ~ vnuifet LV ^aT/OUr municipal affairs a s al ?as yoiL_wili lint! anywliere in el 1 "Dixie." If you want to own a tl t home in a fine city think of Ckr-Hr ' lumbia; if you desire to buyj L from merchants who study your tl 1inierestratfd sell at right prices tl shop with them while in Colum- rt bia this week-end. Columbia is the garden spot of the Carolinas. a ' 1 - "rA ? " - ; ?or : Jfct?retofore-it has been impos| sible to tell the age of any fish with any degree of accuracy, but | now they say by looking into the 1 fish's ear one can tell its age. -j-~ 01 t In the internal ear of the fish there is a little bom^ pocket Tn this pocket there Is a tiny stone"Q/. ?-*' tlC, I called an "otholith," which rolls 1 about as the f'isUHlpM this way and that and helps him to know ;if it is right sk]e up. As the ; grows larger. ; And one can tell now from the in jsize of this "ear stone" just how b J old the fish really is. T"" ]bi [> leader ? IN THE OTHER FELLOW'S BOOTS J BY JEAN JEW. & yxmxa&wx^^ Often we hear of this or that an having died. - -Who was he? fhat did he do or why is there ) much concern about the fate >f the business or movement itfr-which he was connected ? e started a -business which jilt upon an individual personlity, and depended oh that for srmanency. He started to goig a movement the success of hlch could be made possible aly by a man of liia t.ype. Oi, hich seermed to be of divine igin,?Such men arooccn once i a generation. Ma... im t _ j 1 hi n vvv uiai ne 1a aeaa, inis ling will go to naught or suf;r irreparably. There is no one ) fill his hoots. But after the ceremonies ham sen chanted and the tears wlpI away, up steps a man who ssumes the responsibility with II the courage and grace as his redecessbr was want to evince. Tis true that he does not fill 10 other's boots'for every man > /the center of a littTe<-world nd when he is removed frnm_ iat- world the center shifts, he laws of matter" and space re no more definite than theT tws- of individuality. ?Nxrirwo si'sons-have exactly the samp oecifications in make-up and Sarinsj And no? two- persons m have the same individuality tore than two persons can see ie same rainbow. The sameess mav he apparent, but not When a man comes to the^ elm of an institution started y another he* comes into a~ttt" e world but the center is much ift'crcnt. There wifl be freuent adjustments to regain euilibrium, and thqre may be n entire change ir* the aspect f that little world, but it will eep on the.upward march. ? George Washington was the ither oi nis comitry, but his Dns have surpassed his most istant dream. TnhisTTay^.he r>1 nf n TTniterl j torffly is a standard^ for the JVbrld. he destruction of the Bastile berated-but few oppressed, but is a memory of glory and a mstant reminder of the benets of republicanism. Those TlO came after keen Frnnee free. Paul and his apostolic ost made Christianity a thing > he "desired. WyelifiV-Knovv, alviri, Luther and others have lade'lt a thing desired. . . ?:The other man's boots can ei'er_he filled, byit this man's oots may be bigger still. BJCTWATION TO HERMES ZIMMERMAN Evanston, 111., March?Hermes iinmeriiian, colored tenOr and )mposer, Was invited to appear ! the Northwestern, university lapel this week and was given le entire period by the presidig officer. ' .JThis was a signal honor fori le race and shows the trend of le age. in recognizing abilitjH Tgardless of color. Mr, Zimlerman has the honor of being recognized American 'compos, 11 H !J J ?? wen ?? aiavonre renor ana, ing two" sacred numbers :| 5wing Low" by Burleigh. ancL fs^bwn "Chief Corner Stone," j [ Want to J be Ready" and A-] erica Firsthand Forever." Ev-. y numl>er! was enthusiastical-j applauded^ Miss LeJun^ >nes was the very competent :companistp I ~ TiixniTs | , _?*? By Leonard Massenburge 1 (By the Associated Negro Press.) 1 There-is a mystery surroundff-the fuF-ocnl which has never ;en solved.. No one has ever ;en able to discover where they 4 ) J Columbia: Teache^Dlesr? . Miss Katie Cochran Passes at - Father's Home. Wa& For- ?t merjy at Allen University. . . " v "* |tan ishi] Special to The Leader: Due'West, Mar. 23.?The pas- j ?qjj sing of Miss Katie Cochran, one e(| j of the most prominent teachers |e(j [of the State was sad newS to yag1 hih ^people. of this section. The k&e !)V Miss Cochran wna a daughter of 1 W. J. Cochran, of this city. | Le? Funeral services were held at a(j(| the A. M. E. church near Abbe- j ( ville? > TEACHER HERE. nig ?Miss Cochran- was- for-several' |IC years connected witlrthe educational forces of Columbia: In. ^ hpr early life sho ontered Allen'w^{ University as a student; following her graduation she was e-ieve lected as a teacher of the highjgQ^ school department-that is a part g^j of the University course to un-|spo der graduates. j_ Resigning?her ;cju] connection with the University, i { . _ ' I Missi Cochran was elected to a jyja chair in the English department! jyjr, at the Howard High School in|ier passing o? Miss Cochran, Prin-r-"'] I this city. When informed of the wjj jcipal I. Mr-.-Ar Myers issued a ci0( long statement to the stud^its j and teachers of Howard, pRyin'g- )jT,r his highest tribute of respect to -] one of Columbia's faithfid odn- ^ cational workers; ???: ^jr, j- The -following letter was "mail- & i [ed-to the parents of Miss Cuch-jday ran by the members of the fac-'w^ julty of Howard school in this j. [city, where she served for four p^i j years as a teacher?? -^'ni I "Mr. W. J. Cochran andfafrir jily of tho deceased Miss KaCie! gir i Cochran, Due West, S. C. wie "The Principal and Faculty of (wit HoWhl'd School, Columbia, S. C., wh; i express deepebL aorfow and re- die: gret in learning of the death of grii hour?fellow - teacher. For iour lnd years-Miss Cochran taught in ligl Howard school. She was loved Gn ?? c?: by pupils and teachers and ren- daj dered efficient service. She did ?^ her duty and left a record that the is a credit to her and the schnni < v ^-Signed: I. M. A. Myers,jris* [Principal, Alma Wat3on, MatrePieon l at -r : - Iuciin.in3, AKiiea fftuir .janie Atl-jloni jams. D. C- Thomas, n T? Kna\/rui jC. H. Thompson, W. E. Herrinjby [H. E. Randolph, C- E_._M&ck* JL.! wel Daniels-Reynolds, Susie OannonJnHS Rosa Taylor.,4^*J~? " r clas Columbia, March 23. Pre pre Poro Girl Orchestra J^ Makes Chicago Debut Ma ? i ? mai Chicago, TIL, March?An or-!the eriestra ox prettyr attractive] I ; ? - ?j add jgo in winter." No openas yet jbeen able to make arecord of ^iar ! their hiding place. "All that is'^or; i known is that on the islands of Le j !St. Paul and St. George, ip laska, thevSeals begin to appear u.jj about the end of April or the.for first of May, and toward the lat-: _ ter part of August or in the' 0 kirst weeks of Sepienrber.~they]xy^ disappear as strangely and .mys-;Spe< rteriouslv aft *hey f-amp '^Tnthis -miL respect they are not less puz- casj zling to scientists than the hugej-?~* school of tuna fish which, ap- i -j? pear a*nd jlisappear from the wa-! ??ters of southern California reg-|^a ularly each year. ' j a h b' 0*11110 -Picall lin.Tn V/./? 1- 1 ' ' xu.iu now nave ucen caugni, j tra marked, and turned loose, with: maj the hope that" some of them wjmight be caught in other waters during the winter months, but ^ec so far none of th/m^-hAs been* captured. ^-A similar method of ^ marking seals would do no gopd, I told for they are never seen during :ate< the winter months. Years ago the seals numbered 5,000,000 or; more, where today they may be^ , counted only up to four or frvej hundred thousand Y<ff~nvhh in the days when they were most Tra numerous, their habit of disap-.foiH pearing suddenly without leav-;whf ing a tface of their whereabouts,! , 7 I CjQS and as suddenly reappearing aft-! w. an 35V61-&1 taonths, of 1 was just as mysterious-as it is and today. tell ' * ? - * Hf~ -Cs~~ ? t - . . - . : \ s i'i i ! ? ?s ' . *--r' Saturday,-March 28, 1925.?~?~ LauieiTs JNews. By Mary Lee Fowler ,aurens, Mar. 26.?Miss MftrV Morris, Downs street ehterled in honor of the membero and friends of the Sunshine b,-Friday .afternoon. The owing program was renderay Miss Mary Tilly, who talkon Sunshine; Mrs. Benzena titer, The Evidences of Truth Miss Julia Fowler. Miss Luik sang solos. The closing Iress, was made by the Rev! McClellan, D. D., pastor of ' he! A. M. E. chul'eh. Friday nt tne Hub rendered a publiterary program at Bethel rch. "he Boosters Club held its ;kly- meeting at the home of i 3. Etta Garliiifrtnri Thnriidny nintarwith Mrs. Sallip D Mont. ^ aery, the' vice-president prehg. The following ladies" ke^ on tht betterment of the y. Namely, Mrs. S. D. Montnerv. Mrs. Sheltoty Mrs." ry Mills, Mrs. Garlington, 3. Annie L. Owefts, Mrs. Fowand Mrs. Mary Garrett. "he A: C>;E. League meeting I be held Sunday at 4:30 o':k in the afternoon, a very ^resting local program has * n^af ranged. "he Willing Workers Board * ' V*; i their" weekly meeting with 3: Anna Austin. The W. H - i\ Mission Society met Thurs r afternoon at Rpthel ehnvrh? h Mrs. Sue Rice, presiding.' ' tmong !the sick are Mr. Stobo ks, Mrs. Caroline Iiiggins,"* - 1 Miss Sarah Ferguson; Is, trimly, uniformed- and~ ? lding brass recti instruments," h a precision and sweetness ieh captivated tlve large.^an=. -?: nee which crowded into Pilm Baptist Chureli. 33rd and lana Avenue was the high )t in a upique event, a Poro iduation held here last Fri--? ~ r night. ,r U1 the way from St .Louis se young- musicians, under* direction ol' Piul'. J. II. Ilal- , 1 ^videJy known instructor had -1 te. as JJie^guefixs of jfc ? and. 1 ho Chicago Cktbyand M cagOi.uhowed its appreciation giving . them a a-ight royal come. An ex^eylent pro^am^-^-^ > rendered by the graduating W is. Mrs. Juliette Phillips, :&ident of Chicago Poro Club, - C_ sided while Mrs. l?lla Brooks, 'Hi IMU f I'M I AT' i - J 1* T ..vnubiutui) pi ci>en LtJtl i>irs. lone 1G business women_wJia?? de their first official bow to nterspersed with a helpful Iress on Success by Mrs. Ma2 and remarks by Judge Wil- ' "" n Harrison, was the~valedic / number given by Mrs. MamPierce, numerous . solos iiiling~a ^dbTrn number by Prof, amy" Harris which called severaFeneor^j, and a varr of selections by the orchesSacred music, they make a cialty of, and it" Was parti-" H'ly-appropri a t?T Tor' tTie""*o"cion. Mrs. Malone believes only that Sacred music has most beautiful melody but ^ f FtFTsffeany the music with J eart and soul. The orches- m was entertained at the Poro ision on Grand -Boulevard ch had its opening a few ks ago. 4 he old saying "A little bird I me," is said to have origin1 in early days when suner ious people paid considerable iHtipn to tfiejrirds and their erent cries, "which were beed?to foreteH events: \ ce? of this belief are to be ^ ad?in the?Old Testament i '.re verse20, chapter 10, Eciastes, speaks of "for a bird ho air shah" carry the voice,- ? that which .hath wings shall a the matter.