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The Palmetto Leader j* F " The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ' RV J. B. LEWIE .1* President C 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET~ L Entered at the Post -Offiee at Colum- I y ti>. s. c., as Second Class Matter.. t KP TFTFPHQNK <523 * BL N. J..FREDERICK, ____Editor t ? W. FRANK WILLIAMS ? jj Contributing Editor . GEO. H. HAMPTON, __^__.Manager 1 : : :?I ..( SUBSCRIPTION BATES: i CASH IN ADVANCE. it Una Iwr??- ' ' I?TTn~'S Six Months . Z 1.25 t Three Months 75 1 - Single Copy .05 l Advertising Rates given on appli- t fci??cation. J gr ~ bb~|" Saturday, May 2, 1925. fr Reading of the Brutality, aid- c ~ ed and abetted by some judges < and prosecuting attorneys, prac- t ticed against poor,_ignorant Ne-li F greus In Florida, bfte?cannot ! fc help from wondering just, what c If- kind" of people inhabit that State } ttL as common there as free labor, j t *" !1 For some reason or other the r F Chicago Defender seefms to be i e1 getting rid of the men who have f helped mightly to make it what,* !, it IS to-dfly. A front, page not- $ ice in its last issue, announced i |A- . the lact that no longer connect- t ed. with the paper are Phil A. ? Jones, Roscoe Simmons, Alfred i Anderson and J. Delos Bell. But (. fcr for being too, inquisitive,?vue i L would ask,? what's the-matter f 1 brother Abbott? "The Week" < ft? bySimmons and the splendid ;i Mg- editorials of Anderson will no i IF- - doubt be missed. - '' jl ?That indeed is a, regrettable i fteenrnr>^ wh groin i^h^ri#^-: i Br Aiken'county loht his life while i leading a party of officers in < iflL search of liquor last week ancH ~y one of the sunected on^g Koing < y??shotrduwn and three others ggr^l ing too many good men to lose < V their lives and others to be con-'l F . fined in prisons. We .wish to i fc ufge rnlnrod >n jilmUrond _|L the law, only trouble results in t ;JLr? violating laws any way?and, t y right?Row-^especmlly the liq-g uor law. There was* no reasoffl I* for the tragedy in Aiken county < W,r~ last Ssturdav. * * h K-". . ' * * *. Tm Mr. George S. "Schuyler con-'j v ducts a column in the Pittsburg 1 4 Courier under the head of i I "Thrusts and Lunges." ffisj _ ?- coijiments are usuallv interest-li = Tng. For some reason, he does j ff- not seem to care much for" Dr. t p. DuBdis, t^fi-Editor of The Crisis c and delights in "thrusts - and 1 |^Munges" at -him. However%-4h-^ gr last week's issue, he shows that t g he doSa not read very rnrnfnllv t -fr -before he undertakes" to_ corner 'R 1 went. The Crisis for May con-1 jjU tains the program for the future-* ~ 'ft ftn<^ en^S admitting that it is, t ft ail enormous task for a magazine; 1 - p of 52 pages, selling for 15 cents" s ft' etc. Mr. Schuvler at once hona 1 on.Dr. DuBois and says that he 1 ft was "undoubtedly" referring to ft another magazine in a_.derogaft tory manner. Careful reading * ft-would have shown Mr. Srhny--pi ft . that the statement was but a.b ^ under ft and "undoubtedly" referred to 1 ft:The Crisis, a magazine of "52 c - -ft pages and selling for 15 cents/' I ft Incidentally the' program as putr ft lined is very good. ~ !2._ dr. Mckenzie resigns r " Finif rnMfc Bei haDfl. iheJ?Mt thing that j j been done for the welfare [ s j^Jfeealdent McKenzie last week r w ' Mm** ho presented his resignatr s to the Board of Trustees of t | /| r \ "' 4*y"," *V'. '** y'iT- * n?{-V ' * k43jp^* " \^'- Jv* . 4 . _ .*".' _ ._ ^ hat institution. Whatever :I rrightr have T>een the merits or:H lemerifs of the recent trouble^ g 'resident McKenzie as the head r >f that school had passed. The a colored people, for "whom Fisk e vas. established and is main- r ained. have simply Tost colfl^~r lence in him. The colored peo- 1 )le of today are not the same as'i ;hose of yesterday. They are de- s nancling more and will not be i satisfied with what they accept- .! jd years,ago. There is no use t ^hutting the eye to this phase of t heir development. The surprise ng tiling would be were it c itnerwise. Incidentally, the -< ?ood Doctor leaves a few of his i ippologist up in the air.'^VVhat I .vill they oay now? Ivieamvhile, c ;he outlook for Fisk has bright- i m e d ^ hnff ' T)~fr d o i i h FTfk fhfiiro t -vill be even brighter than its t brilliant past. Score one now for c Jr. DuBoisyye critics of him. ' S ;* q Ifl GRADUATING COSTUMES jc :ommencement season will' be. ( >n. Thousahdsof young?people" ^ vilTbe graifuatecTTrom the var-'i ous high ahd normal schoolg^j Barents will be called upon for fxtra exper ses in prfeparhtgrthe- ? foung graduates to be proper- j y garbed for this all important 1 jccasion. While as a rule the col-' \ eges have the cap and gown/1 Fhe high school graduates look 1 ipomrhe occasion ais a time for r i display uf cuslly costumes? a mil this applies to the sweet ^ jirl?graduates. Fond- parents^ ire "ah" too aml^'tious to bedeck i :heir children, forgetting, it i : o m o fliof f lio r\nn oci/^n io v*r\f 1 IUUI 111V/ WWUOIUH 10 I1VO ?or the display of the dressmak-, ;rs' art, but is rather but a' Tjlile stone in the rnareh nf prr>_? 1 rregs. OfrroursST tile:yoUng girl -! logs not think of the cost. She \ nay not know of thereaksaerh-; ire her parents have made JtO- \ seep her in school to that day. < der ambition is to look ,as well, . f not better, as any of her class J nates? In every such class; there" ire graduates whose, parent can , easily afford to furnish costly , Iresses etc^ whilethere are ofh-'t n-s whose parents are already in iebt, but whose pridewviH make ; hem -go-furtherTriTo have their*; ihild as richly costumed as. any. ( Because of this situation, the principal of such'sthools are fal- j Ing dow'n on their jobs if they ] lu nut prescribe a sensible cos- ^ ;ume, of... little cost. They miss ^ in;npportunif5rT)f_ impf^sihg a j esson rui consiueraieness ^or . )thers. Besides, they lia^e a" ( :ha?nce of helping some weak. jouls from acquiring, or further \ mactising, if already acquired, j ;he foolish?if ;i|ot dishonest?practise of IiVing beyond one's i nearis. What, evei%. the young-1 nay think-about sweeter^1 riqture cannot be presented^ ;han one of a gr^duaTirig class" )f young ladies garbed in a uni- t iorm of white of simple design: i Fhe teachers and principals of t ;hese schools should not allow heii giaduates to decide this 1 natter, but they themselves u ihouJd guide and actually de-_^ side. In so doing they wiH have r he gratitude of many parents, i hough they may never hcarht } 10 expressed. _____ r ?O- U rttE?ANNUAL REPORT OF ~ THEN, A. A. C. P. t We have received a ?Qpy of-f. he annual report of the Nat- c on'al Association for the Ad-; ^ancement of rnlnred People. .. rhe report for the past vearj ihown that this Association is % tccomplishing worth while work f >ut of all proportion to the com- ^ )arativeiy small sum of money ,h^t has been at its command. ^ raking in consideration the t scope of the Work undertaken t ind what it means to the colored. race of this country fn its fight r ust for the ordinary -rightsIr md privileges of an American ^ ^ :k4?en;?the-stnafr arrrotmt of-j noney contributed to this As- a ociation is a reflection upon the j welve million colored people of jc THE PALM El America. The colored people1 lave societies of all kinds, or anized for yarious ? purposes,h nillions of dollars are collected ,nd spent, but there is not one ixisting today that means as nuch or is doing anything com-^ iaraJdjO-QiihiL worO?Xhe^K,-A^ u. K,~pTrfts efforts to make American citizenship mean omething real to a large part of tak native born population. Mr. f. Woldon Johnson thp Sarroary of this Association, directs lie work of this-organization vith an earnestness, a breadth )f vision and a comprehension . >f the conditions standing in! 11 the path of the colored peo-ile that is seldom fouyd in one hargcd with making a> programJ uul working it Qut. Every in.elligent colored citkom- in paricular should spread the Work .( 4 v.":a ,;-i:? xt i >i im? rvcswucnuion, rsone can cio 10 without thanking God that iich an -organization?exists, j iven though the necessity of tuch an a^sogjaUon in America, leveled to the kind of work in on on a country that boasts of ts freedom, j ustice and--denro^ racy. The report gives a succinct tccount of. the fight waged a- ( jainst residential segregation, ynching, an analysis of the pro>osed Federal Education Bill, ;he fight of- the colored people 'or civil rights, their achievenent's in art and their relations^ vitn labor. The work of lliis^Ssociation challenges the support>f oveL y culOi ed."citizen of-Am^1 jj icr. Tfr moans noihcthing, it is loing something, h rx^conality, Growth ? | and- Decay. ' g nv JEAN ji;w. ?r persen in' body?lir.os. curves'. ; :olor, poise. No matter how nh)uto the difference, it is real' ?? _to^e jTositivo; fyp'n in tltn ?ase o.f twins. 'One person is unlike another' ujoiiiid-^do^ieo of-igfiTTil-e pow-:. iP^ancFdiffers irr character?110 jteness 01 soul. , No matter how small the difill the comparative cimditip^ \nd this in spite of the mother jetween her twin girls, as far is' she had "any' knowledge is lie time of birth. . . ' . =, - These difl^uices "ot mind, >ody, and chariacter taken colectively is the 'personality. ~ r" Then personality- is a human hing capable of growth and tti*ophyr~ Arid si nee it is- a defrnte" "tnfruence_it is worthy jof iareful intention and the right ;ort of attention for the (iuility jf the attention given dmcrnine's very much its growEITor" lecayr~ d 'There are people who think .last catering to their?already ilnnixinus?ego?^ivcs^yffrpm a" iha^m in which others have ntnrh delight. I myself delight n the poor, egotistic "simp,"-. >ut it is that delight that tiekNi 1 irrtrfun, iiLcaiaied too far, be!or;ies aTo'uisive, so it is with he things which - cause fun. ' iuch, tlieih- is a symptom of de~-' aying personality. T_... There ate others wiiose ego is ' WrmTet! in tlieLstnigrg;e to Taring 1 nt) fuH hl^om these qtrerfiticsJ vhich serve as j>n inspiration md genuine happinessTo others, mumiig vmy wj. icwaru as revard comes from effort to make he person next f/o you more tolrrairtr and bigger fn the little hings of lifer ? T_.-.^ In such gnjainrrn of lmTrf7~ lofrlcncss of1 soul, and with such The charm of it is mystifying, he presence of a great person- ' tlity, we have -an uncommon >ersonal satisfaction. We find 1 >ur personality > reaching out to ; . " T7~. [TO LEADER |" . - The Seai | By1 William Frai MORNING SLEEP. ~i - Morning -sleep-4a the viper which stoola the caacnce from the flowery" life of mankind. In this wedo not mean sleep in the common sense. We mean sleep 1 ih-the morning' of one's life. U would regard life divided into three parts?morning, noon and ni?ht.~ By morning I mean that period leading from birth up to the fortieth year. Noon" exists " between the ages of forty and ; forty-five. Past fifty-five I 1 would say a person is in the twilight fo his eartfily career. This div-ision?is, i pei haps, correct-TfT the vernacular of those who are in the morning period, in which : the writer is now passing. Those uc.vuiui max .see it. arrterently. j . The future of the -Negro race 11 thougKlfess sleeper of our group. 11 The youth in cot!cgglio~Tphger? burns the midnight oil to solve;' the problems of to morrow^ lessons.. He jazzes away his<; or makes his rounds among j those "broads" on his "string." jj classes and after launching into"" the busy world he is lost in the^ crowd.? ? ? ? r ?The young man, single or rtiar-'' ried. who lives JCor-Jbhe-^resent he- in the futuro a victim-ofr despair. *'-A plan, a motivp nl; thought in- mind for some fu-j ture accomplishment should be, the characteristic of everyybufig ' man or woman. While pleasure,' is- necessary for the refreshing! of the mind "and body, too much j of iL means the annihilation of j llQtli_-afld=deontinuous poor aw j cumslances?IF not downright^ poverty. ) ' "As young people, we must eonscr\v6-our energy and pennies-minds and bodies and be reason-j1 ably independent in the future. ,!< ?Ws>curse the -\vhite~man for ?r|-nH^]| 1.^ y., mull' consider the fact thflt fKo ""---j derdog is-akvays -.kicked"around, t. Speaking of dogs, the fice will j always be at the mercy of the!' bulb It is a biological.... imnos^jSlhilit.V to hn rvf'VlfivxiMo** ' ^ VX. WVAAV^ Hiog, ^UUl j.s human beings it: is not impos- j uble. for the?Negro race to e-'. merge - from u nclef - the heap. V Every race of-mankind has the; ianie jxnttTher of brain cells/The creyelopmeht of them ifi whatT makes the difference. Let us grow in. knowledge,character and financial worth? and let us start today. Let ?us adopt- thg- biulge t- system?for I these three. Il~wlll~ vvork. "it I must work if we are to bewithjl he "who's who" in the races of! r ! ii?wi m in. r ? nn mrnm mm pi ft, and little do we think that in that moment and by the effort to reaQh, our personality ha.3 al>;o grown. -?? ??Dr. Adams, of Spartanhlirnr Vfcitc* r i Grand Lecturer, K. of P., Enter- ' tained by Columbia Lodges. Dr. G. K. Adams, of Spartart- ; burg, the Grand Lecturer for the ; Jurisdiction?of?South Carolina ; was the guest of several lodges ; of the Knights of PythiaiFtn'! this city, on last Thursday night. 1 1'c arrivecHrrthe city from Charleston at midday; and between that time and evening he was made acquainted With'a-large number of local K. of P. members. Crescent Lodge No. 95; Sanders Lodge No. 61; Enterprise Ijtodgc-Nor 89; Ci.vstaT XortgfT^ ?vo. && and -Columbia LodgeNoT " 11, acted as host to this honorable gentleman, representing ag h edoe^ tbe?Grand-_JLodge?*rof- South Carolina. The Grand Deputy of Richland County, Sir W. H, Thomas took an active part in helping the a.... '' ' " br.-T.'.J > - ? X tl rchlight ., . : : g ik Williams. ? ;?J mankind. T * " " w ??GRAND OPERA. \ri As far as I know, whenever a; the Metropolitan Grand Jipera ti Company leaves New York, it a< goes to Atlanta, Ga., or Cleveland, Ohio. Last week the lead- e] ing opera stars of the - world ti made their annualappearance a] at the Auditorium-Armory in tl Atlanta. Opera week is always t< a gala week in the Southern me- tl tropolis and last week was no ex- g ?t7i dm m ,T7, A JfU?. UV^I/IUII VU 111C X U1C, U1II}J Oj to the daily press there~2\S5Ee a: yiei lorS" in ACTafila frum nearly rr every state east or the Missis- h sippi and some from far away as the'state of Washington. d< I was., there three^iights andjG saw, and heard four operas ren- F tiered; ?It was niy first'opportuhlty to see the Metropolitans in & aetion. I heard the great tenor, n Martinelli, arid the well known- 4c soprano. FlorenceXaston.?at H their best in the French dperay tl "La Juive." I heard Frances^ iAlda^. the renowned contralto, ;b and Feodor Chaliapin, the great- tl est basso in-opera, sing in the- w Ltlio-German opera, "Mcfisto^ci fele." I heard Scotti, the bari- e Lone, and Eastern, ih-the Italian; opcivar "La Tubca/' Ahd then 1 f< heard the great Rosa Ponsclle.: h over whnin Atkntn rnvrro, htTS< Mascagni's great one-act opera,!^ "Gavelleria Rusticanay ! e: All 11 ? - au ine stunts and styles of! a Fifth Avenue were in evidence C and traffic seemed to rather hard on the poor pedes.t'ri&ns-Ik was a great week for me but greater week for the fairer bunch. 1? ? ? > EE COLUMBIA- AND ATLANTA'T The iearrh^1N* ^ One-all. of its space-to~our peo-1>" pie alone. As you know, we are' connected in some way or anothsr-^with Gveiythmg Avhtte"people rlo. * ? .? ? V ' By the papers ! note that^Go-4? fumbilT won the attendance cup ig ?s? * ? ^ !n the opening game of the South j Atlantic Baseball Leao-na witVi / t ~ w"? TT * v** I . about 3,456 paid admissions. I ^ guesnTlT"number of our people wore present; say the 456. Thai ^ was great for a town rreJXhe ^ largest in the league and out fori three or four years. / jg Atlanta won the Southern^ League-Attendance pyp with 100 ;paid admissions. Nearly 1,000' of these were "us," ."met' 1: not included. Birmingham was in the race but fell 3,000 short. a New Orleans and Memphia-feH^ lower. The four smaller cities,^ in the league, Nashville, Mobile,',1^ Littl_eJB?dvimd Chattanooga diach-2 their contest and Mobile won.- I ^ bpvp InHprpg Qrrnn[rn fnTn'u ti coming of their guest. The!e' Chancellor Commands s: Slra P. ^ ATcCleHan, Gco.-W. Grecn7~3r~Br"^ Denly, H. D. Pearson andM. Gil- q bert, of the lodges that enter- vv tained Dr. Adams had prepared u t Eleventh Annual 1 ?OF TI | STATE O | JUNE 15, to JU ^ , Authorized byJthe State I)< I Elementary, High Sch< | cational courses lead :j; certicates and c< | Five Weeks Sessioi ^ z-'mm ? Entrance Fee ? h>oard targpgainn ^"TTSboratory Piee for each Indust 'i* For further information, addres f -t R. S. WILK :?-* - , * ^Saturday, May 2> 1025. Smoker for the members of." II" leir lodges in honor of the rand Xecturer^ at the Masonic tall, on Washington street. . Everything was made ready ' nd at 8:30 p. mi.. Sir W_H. ho~mas introduced Dr. Adams ith a few timely remarks. He jpresented the Grand Lecturer 3 being.-welllittecr for bis posi- ~on and that he had taken an 2tive interest in the work. Dr Adams, the Grand Lectur r, gave to those present a lecjre on the three degrees and Iso why those connected with? le various lodges shouldbe betrmen. His talk was logical? ? le whole way through and it ave the men something to think f a(ter he had gone. JDr? Adms impressed hta audience vefy inch and they are ?nvinna ear him agaim _ After he had finished his_ won-11. erful address, Sir J. B. Lewie, u K. of R. & S., and Master of 'inance of Crystal Lodge No. - 3Lxesponded to Dr. Adams by ssuring him of his being web 3me to Columbia-and that the >dges here arealways ready to ~ nanism. le caterer had prepared a menu tat pleased all. Ham sandiches, cheese, crackers, pickles, >1.1 l-.L * s :? jiu lemonaae, cigars ana cigarttes were served abundantly. 'Dr:~Ad&ma left on Friday ~ Dr his home in Spartanburg, ~T aving ^reviotrsly expressed him slf as being well pleased with ntertained. fiVES $50 TO Nr A. A C. P. IN MEMORY OF REV. WM. By- N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.) -In?rrrembfy^t the late RevT William GrGanhett, of Rochester: r. It., Mrs. Gannett has sent a ontribtition of $50 to the Naipn&l Association for the Adancement of Colored People, it ~ as announced today. Dr. Gan ett, whose son is Lewis Gan- " ett, editor of "The- Nation.'' ... ras a prominent Unitarian vr^: _.T^: yman, auihor of a number of . 2ligious, devotional and historial works. , . ( ' Dr. Gannett was one of the JV<JirTheTfTvh6 led the fight' aninst the exclusion of Negroes om the freshmen dormitories PINGARN MEDAL NOMINATIONS CLOSE JITNR ^gt - ' ; By N. A. A. C. P. Press.J3endceJ|_-?J All nominations for this year's ' ward of the Spingarn Medal, l?hC.prcsented~at the-Denver ? onference of fhe N. A. A. C. P. ' lust be in the hands "of the pingarn Medal Award Committee, on or before the closing ate,. J.une 1st.-?Many nominaions have-already been^recst^ cl. Those arriving after jthe louing rin1.e.f eaiimit lie ennsliW,. ___ dL All nominations-shenM-rbe ddressed to Bishop John: Hurst !hairman, Spingarn Medal A^ard Committee, 6^^fth Avene, New York City. v a> -- * Summer Session ? OLLEGE I LY 18,1925. | apartment of Education. I aol, College and"Yo- | ling to renewal of \ allege credits. , ;[ ? i?Six Days Each | *S? ?? 3.00 *:?~ rr^mHTT rial Subject - ___$ 1.50 V, is "'?' * INSON, PresTdent, J > Orangeburg, S. C. - 'i-'rJi .Lj^- jTc.v^" - ~~Zk~