The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 09, 1925, Page FOUR, Image 4
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The Palmetto Leader !m
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Saturday, May 9, 1925. i
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The coming" term of the
Greenville Circuit Court can-welF?
lue called the "Murder Session." t)
Twenty-six men and women a-' e'
_ wait trial for the killing of their f
fellowmen. : ~ |"j
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Negro Trade - Week. Have^
" ^ you made it arbusiness to spend
/.- something-with some .coiomt?
_T man or woman? If not, youj^
?i don't belong, you are simply :
_ there and can't help yourself. jv
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Vaccination is now the fashion s;
in ' Washington. Because of
quite, a few cases of small pox,
the health authorities are in- c
aisting on vaccination. - Presi-[^
" f CnnlirlVyA n (1
u^nu anu uLIici piumi-l*
??nfitit personages were among *
the first to take the precaution.:
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ftppording trr report <sf~ *W'a
National Bureau "oF> Casualty 6
and Surety Underwriters, 19,- t<
:Ji 000 deaths were caused by auto-,Si
mobile Occidents last year. *
while 450,00(1 wjere-inJnredT?
reckless persoplias no right to e
?. ? be entrusted with an automobile,
and one who takes a drink b
t before starting j>ut on a drive i11
Is a potential criminal,?even S
=== though lie dues not becoma-one-0'
. ~ in reality. <? . . .19
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Negro education sefems to be t)
$ ,v coming into* its own. Within b
il. - i - i -i ? ? * '
me last six montns more money i
has been contributed J}or this '1
^iiT-^^purposebyphilanihropista-^han?h
any other_period since Emanci- g
p&tion. Besides, the_ States o
that-Jmv?-Jbeen. denying him a a
decent appropriation from taxes J
have decided on a more lustTa
policy and are ?rovidirig more i]
"'money. .We must not forget 0
however, that the corresponding a
' duty of seeing te-it that-there v
k be greater usefulness and whole- a
some development rest upon usl^
? as a consequence thereof. jo
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p~ " Just when will our Southern u
statesmen be able to consider b
^ .questions on their merits^ffiey^
??are so busy with*?their?eyesa
L .squinted on the Negro,lhat noth- jp
ing very able ever come from; a
them. While people everywhere ?
pIrp pro rliapiisaimr +V10 nVinnrn'm.. ?
MA V V44UVUUU1415 tllU ^iiail^lllg U
of~tlie Senate rules in reference. o
to the effect it would have on'o
the trmnsactionof business, Senator
Pat Harrison, of-Mississip- t
1 pi can only see it as effecting j a
the colored citizens. Some so- n
called statesmen must undoubt- v
edly thank God, morning, noonh
and night that America is peo-ia
pled partly by black people. |2Ej
THE CHICAGO DEFENDER'S t
TROUBLE.
i Some of the newspapers seem
to think that the trouble recently
discovered among the employaoo
of The Chicago Defender is v
but retribution for the practise rn
of that paper of publishing ev
8- erything sensational, true or un- f
i that view however, we are not | n
in accord. The Defender is notlr
|p!-lmmune agafhaT dtehoncsty on t
Wgfc, the part oTTia^employ ees any t
* * * * "He ?
ore than any other employer,
he saddest part about the sorid
affair is that the very men
ho had helped this paper to
le prosperity and power thaU
ndoubtedly it enjays, -are the
nes that were secretly and dism^f^Hy
liTnri^rrritntnp tt What.,:,
ver might be said about the pol:y
of the paper* it must hegjyn
to R. S. Ahbott. he has build-'
d better than any other color-,
d man im journalism,^ To be^
et rayed as he was by the men
e trusted and had given ahance
to make good in asphere
et somewhat" duobtful among
ur people, is cruel to say the
;ast. Well thinking men?un-.
nprirfrt by envy?must, sympa^
!iize Willi Mr. Abbott. " ^
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"SOUTHERN MEMORIES."
"Under the above, caption, with
ub-titfe, of "Sidelights on the
? T> ui ?> 1
i-aee jriuuiem, v appears in
cribner's Magazine for May"
uite an interesting study of the
ace question by an Americansed
Frenchman, Albert Guerrd.
Aside fron^.. theapolegetic^
Dne that most writers of Southrn
conditions: seem to think
iscqssions, a-nd the too frequent
se of the word "nigger" and
darkies," the article is a rather
leasing and keqn analytical exosition
of condTtions as they1
re known by intelligent minds,
-Thite and black. Of course,
ne cannot agree with all'that-hr
aid, as, for *an instance, when
he writer can find any^ grounds
or the exclusion of the colored
itizens, wholesale or retail,
rom the, suttrageT~imAnahner"
iffering from the exclusion of
ny other part of the citizenry.
Tie r wfroie~ troublerJJie writer
hinks, is "class-feeling, pure
nd simple," nothing but "snob-;
lshnesfll1' "This londitioiT
snsified by "soci&l difference"ays
the writer, without which
he problem -Avould not be so
irulen't in^ts character.' -Howver,
Mr. Guerardjias hope that
here~will bear xhange for the
efter because of his "confidence.
1 the 'Americanism' of the
outh."?Closing his?splendid
tudy he says, "If Americanism
oes mean common sense, and^
air play, then the people who
oasts the purest American
lcod cannot help reverting to
he ideal of^ tijteir country. .
'he Southerners are gentlemen:
j?KORUMd thcni To -app^y tlift
entlemenlv code and thp. spirit
f chivalry between the races
le. They know~that bragging
nd brutal assertrveriess. in the
ndividual are the surest tokens
f vulgarity. A man who acted
s a man in the same way j^s_
re systematically act as a racer
nd as we too often act as a na:on,
Avould be bunted af~noce
ut of polite society." And fially,
he enchtAvltfr what must
ndouhtedly be in the mind and
leart of every fair-minded in-^
GlligehtTpcfaon: """"""The?Negro
mong lis is also aneter&nl reroarh
. We owe it, not to him
^one, but to our own conscience,
o efface the last consequences
f-the ancient slave, trade.^--W?
we it above all to-the spirit of
ur ancestors. They were repnnsible
for- the cursetand unil
we have ttirnrrrttbe'pTTF?A TnfA
> pleasing, the stain on their
nemory will not be washed a^ay."
"
"The greatest drawback to this
rticle is that it appears in
cribner's, a magazine which is
he very sectiorr for whose beneit
it is written.
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" A DOLLAR DOWN."
A dollar down and a dollar
yheri you catth him, as the"
riethod of buying what you
haven't money to pay for is
acetiousiy expressed, is playing
lavoc. A fuw years ago, this
nethod of doing business wa
lot heard of, certainly not in
bailiwick, Aa carried on.
oday all over this country, it is {
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a vicious syst^in. maki
more liars, thieves, cheats a
other such -similar animals th
any other business system tl
is passing as legitimate. F
one to go-in debt for the pi
chase of some things is gc
spnsp?llkp hnyirig a homo^a
an instance. But this thing
buying clothes and some otl
things that eeuld. easily be dc
without is playing havoc w:
the real happiness and welfj
of the people^ Too many pi
pTe as a result of the ere
houses are way beyond th
means; extravagance has r
wild. With easy credit, it tal
a very sensible person to de
himself things that his distort
fancyurgcs himTo buy untrh
has earned the " money wi
whteh"to-pay for it. There i
altogether too many people 1
ing next week for this one.
there is a more miserable, a
discnstmff rhfli'flpt.pr tVinri r>
who owes everybody, it woi
be ihteresttng to see him. Su
a person can make more pro
ises^in day t.hnn ha ran p,
form in a year.-^-and all t
time he know^Jtje is lying. Bj
xing -misfortune,?the man w
is heels over head in debt,
there because there is_ a seric
defect in his character. He
either too lazy to earn- sufficic
lt5r~his needs; Or he has not se
control enough to deny hiitfis
^things he fancies until he h
carncd the nfice or at.heartis
dishonest or* all of these m
be combined.
These credit houses, inste
of being a blessing, are a cui
in more Ways than one! I
time to- ease up on the dol
down proposition and many o'
~er things~that lead to extra1
gance. If you haven't tlie-pri
da-without. * :
| . NEGRO POLK
li SONGS. ^
BY JEAN JEW.
i Negro folk songs ha-ve be
considered, for long, a rnfp~a
original type among that ck
of music called folk songs.
k The local color, given them
the' strcmge- pronunciation
words, description of the s
ting in which the fftain peo
live, and the odd ehnntii
serves to stagip them &3 f<
songs. -
Only the plain people can c
-ate--foik-songs?sonfeu which*
theyoutburst of a isoul in "joy
in-sorrow?such joy and sorr
as come to those in lowly s
tions. .. ...... ;
Every attempt then to char.
"the original nature of folk sot
in whatever respect, is a si
It is but common knowlec
that. every rising sun obsen
a change nTthe originatirteriT
of Negro folk songs.
And it fs-daubtful irChose s?
pie, people, who in the dark-dt
found so much relief and he
in TR P1I* SOnffQ wmilrl
X
their own creation could th
hear the-present rendition
those quaint musical expr
-mons.-?-*-r??-* t~
L .91!.^ hears^pretty Ir
songs,- rich in their uncomir
appeal, but they never res
the perfection of the lore sor
if deprived of that soft blarr
of the Irish common folk.
; , It is the same with all otl
folk songs?Russian, Germ
^rench, Armenian, Negro. Si
songs may go through "a proo
j of refinement, or other cultu
! developments, but they cam
'be called true folk songs,
change them and maintain th
i n rt4- 1#4.V\/%1 i f~* ?t vk u ^ ?- XT? ?
iu'uui iu uinuu tu trie cr
' tors of them.
Those , people could not si
i their songs as they are bei
.suing today. They ?fe not sn
cient to tell the- feeling of 1
. oppressed. ^ ^
The new setting, with si
^wFords as ham pronoun*
"harm;'' hand pronoun*
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lETTO LEADER
rig "horned," stand pronounced ?
,nd "starned," may be Negro songs
tan but not true Negra folk songsr^
lat
<or MOTHER'S DAY
ir-uj LI ?ILL-?
l0(j. To have one day in each year
For;-*8* ?nrtiM 11 rfimindor nf=?
0? - great maternal love that no one ?
ier-else except our mothers could be- ^
>ne stow shmiM DrlnglLa happy X
ith bought to every one. This day ^
should be observed by all as a 0
B0_ tribute to the one who has con^"fributed
so much to our happi- **
ejr|ness, the true love of a mother. 0
unEaciryeaythe presideht^ssues^^1
ces a proclamation setting aside theL
ny-second Sunday frr May as the day ^
Pfl to revere the memory of moth-;^
ers who have passedon and to;h
pay-homage to the mothers who Ci
? a v?h liwiwrv T4- ?4 1... ? ?*! ???* 1? ?
ire """8- ii ia Liie general cus-|"
v_ torn for those of us whose moth-|z<
ers are living to wear red car- je!
^nations and for those who have ^
ng : lost their mothers to wear wfyite 0
^ carnations iiTher memory. s
,^1 ATtribute "To My Mother" by ^
m. the great Edgar "AI?en"Foe should ^
Br express 'the real love and feeling
that we ought have for our4e
ar_ mothers.. .. One verse carries the ^
^0TfoUowing thought,- ^
jg r~> "In the heavens above, ^
IUS^ The Angels, whispering to one ?
jar another^ ~T~7~' - - 'f5
jnt'Can find, their burning terms of ^
llf:!, - ^love, ^ '' '! " ?
ej? None so_dey,otional as that of
las! 'mother'." ' ?
?How many timeo have we1^
ay paused for a few moments to,C
i think back to our childhood days 11
,acj and recall the many things our|\v
.se mothers would do to stop our =
lar brighter for us to iixe 4m - j ti
hh i "Who ran to help me when I b
TTi Tell.
va- , '
Anc^ would some pretty jitory
_ ii ' tell, .?
Or kiss the place to make it
>t >', _ well^ -,?:
ZM. _ ^ mother."
jBj No doubt most -of .us. have
S heard that-old song, "Just Break jy
8.1 the News to Mother." Her boy! a
8 was wounded on the battle field q
oaa and even though he was dying
-en he sent a loving message to his n
nd j mother. He did not forget herj0
and we should never forget our.s
(mothers for there is no one on'a
by (earth ths?t thinks, or cares?fori^
of us like our mothers,
et-i H. D. PEARSON, ]*
pie I ^
lg Paul Robeson and Law- e
ilk rence Brown Srnrp N. v.
Y. Success with s a
re_ " Negro Songs. f
sre^ ? - - ? - ? ? j
or (By N. A. A'. C. P. Press. Serried):
oPaul Robeson, star of Eugene :c
ta- O'Neil's "Emporer Jones".7and,_
"All God's Chillun," who gave ?
ige a recital of Negro spirituals and ^
igs, secular songs -together?willijt
:ep-iEawrence Brown, young colored ij
~[coYrTposer~and'. singer, has scored! ^
Ige.such a success that the Green-!
.res I wirh Village Theatre hha an-;
lty nouhced a" second recital, for | ^
jMay .??rr|, trt the J
m- demand to hear thcao singers. ^-4f
iys | Atfthe first recital, on Sunday,^
>pe Anril 1^, the rmtira hnurn nrml^
ize sold out, including standing,
ley room, and many late comers hadjP
of to be turned away/ ?jJl
ea- The program was - composed ~
jbntirely'oi; Negro songs, some of ?
ion who, in^additioh ?o singing^with
ich Mr. Robeson, played the accom-'g
igs!paniments on "the piano. ! t
ley In comment upon the first re-J
cital, the music critic of the New i
ler York Evening Post declared: Tjj
an, | "An audience that taxed thei'i
ich capacity of the theatre heard j
ess Mr. Robeson sing and received
ral his offerings with great enthu-;3
lot siasm. He was generous with 3
To his encores. Assisting him was '3
eir Lawrence Brown, who played his 14
ea-U^eumpanlments perfectly and
sang in sever&h of the .spirituals i
. I - f-4
mg which called for two voices. Is
"lilr. Robeson's voice is a lus-jj
ff'Uious, mellow^ boss baidtone. Hef^
:he [ ;-ir: .:_x, A w H
aciriiuaia_As. lew interpret
ich ters of those beautiful and mov- Ijj
:ed'i*ig folk-songs have ?uiig them {
jetfjifl fcfew York." <
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EDITOR OF ATLANT.
WILL SPEAI
Editor Benjamin J. Davis of
'he Atla>nta Independent will
peak in' Asheville June 15 on
lace Newspapers and their Deelop
merit. Mr. Davis is presient
of the National Negro
tess"Association of
imerica's greatest writers and
rators. He is noted for conemning
the wrong and prpt&t1
g the right. He has been head
f the-Odd Fellows in Georgia
Tr a number of~years.?
As a writer and an orator, he
5 fearless and intrepid?he is
Georgia's spokesman. The world
as wondered- how Mr. Savis
r Georgia, but- the white citi?r<n
/?#. 1 11_ 1 1
ciio ujl ?jeun?i<o nave me nignst
respect for him, especially
hose in Atlanta. He is also one
f the wealthiest Negroes in the
fate of Ueorgia. His palatial
welling is on% Qf the most artstic
in the South.
In addition to Mr. Davis, othr
speakers who will appear on
his program are: Editors W. L.
orter of The East Tennessee
Tews, Knoxville, Tenn., J. A.
bach of the Recorder-IndiitofTColumbia,
S. C., and ^N. J.
rederick of The Palmetto Lea*
er, Columbia^ S. C.
The coming of these distingished
educators Ts an honor tc
.shoville and allwesterri -Ntrrtii
aroliija. The Asheville sumler
school foir colored teachers
. ? ?
rill bejn session at this time and
Critics of the other metropolian
dailies were equally favors
Ie in their eomment.
Colored Show Saiiing
t To Germany. * ~
By J. A. (Billboard) Jacksotrr
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
New York, N. Y., May.?Or
lay B7 Arthur Lyons, vaudeville
gent, will sail on - the White
itar Line S. S. Arabic for Gerlany
t&king with him a-grouj
?~36 Negro performers and mu<
iciatis who will open in o-revut
t the Admirla Palace, Berlin
lorris uest is the promoter oi
he engagement which is foi
welve weeks with an option or
ight weeks more. The troupe
^-scheduled to travel first clasi
nd reservations have been made
or them at the Central hotel ii
terfiiir????^
"Greenlee Ann lirayfcoii, Lottie
Jee, late prima donna of Choclate
Dandies, the-Three Eddies
largaret Simms, Boby and Baj
Joins, A1 Tfroore, Adelaide Hall
George Stetson, Ruth 5 Cherry
?.la Branch, Allegretta Endorsoi
larie Bushel, Thelma WatWns
%elma Green, Bobby Vincent
ia .Jones, and Sam Woodings
rchestra of 12 pieces are the
eople who make up the Compa
y that will sail 1
Eleventh Annua
mIV Vllill 4^M?1UU
' ~ OF
I STATE C
JUNE 15, to .
: Authorized by the State
f Elementary Hiirh Si
cational courses lc
certificates an
Five Weeks Sessi
_ . ... TF
Entrance Fee
t-Lahoraf.nffi Faa for ?ach4w$
For further information, adrl
I - > R. S. WI
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SfttttFdfly? May 1925i
\ INDEPENDENT ? ^
C IN ASHEVILLE JI. C.
I these gentlemen will have an op- j
portunity to send a personal message
to our people thru intelligent
representatives from differnY
sections of"YHIs^YaYe"flLK3""oYher
states?This will be a. rare
opportunity for the Asheville
Bummer school to hear these gentlemen
and to meet them personally.
The Asheville summer school
.Ihptrins .Tnnp 10th and a,11 nnr
i for this "important meeting. Th<L .
; Ministerial Union, Fraternal or[
ders, professional and business
. to visit the Land ofthe Sky.
HON. SEYMOUR CARROLL
AND EDITOR J. D. CARR TO
SPEAK JOINTLY.
( Winston-Salem High School AuI
ditorldm, May 17, at 3i00 P.M.
Hon. Seymour Carroll, Field'
Secretary of the American Hu- _. r
...mane Education Society of Bos
; ton, and J. D. Carr, editor of The
Asheville Enterprise, will speult ^
. in Winston-Salem, May 17, at
, 3:00 P. M., at the 14th Street'
High School auditorium. Neith- '
, er needs_ &n introduction?you r~
' know them. They are going ?
there under the auspices of the
| North Carolina Grand CommandL
ery?of Sons and Daughters of
. I Peace. Winstcm-Salem is manii
|festing every effort to make this
[ ] a great success.
White Wom^n Crosses <
_ London, England, May.?Mrs.
~ Delia J. Ackley. of New Vnrir,
the first white woirp" tn attempt?
to cross the heart of Africa unaccompanied
by* a white man
has completed part of her jour-^
1 ncy having traversed the Somali
* desert. Mrs. Ackley in her first w
L message sent back to-- civiliza*
tion reports that she has been
> treated with the utmost cour.
tesy by the nativea with whom
_ haa f,f>rriA in ^ontnrt and who i_=^
l_ar& her guides and travelling
' companions.-- The trip which is
^ being made under the auspices L
* of the Brooklyn Museum of Arts
i and Sciences is proving itself
J productive of many rare skins
r and animaLlife specimens which
she is sending- to America by
' way of London.
1 M\ m
" jCLOSINQl- EXERCISES-- OE^
I RPHnni^AT rPATMl?
CREEK
' Closing Exercises of Pilgrim . ' r
school were had on Mav 18th,,
1925."
, With Mrs. Catherine E. Hol(
man as teacher we had quite a
Y success on the whole.. The child
~ ren were well trained. The
^ tomime and drill were-fine. To
much praise cannot be given to
r the teacher, Mrs Holm an, fnr
s the good work rendered" in our
school room ar^l community. We
[need more teaclieia uf her type.
w?&o&a&a^^
.1 Summer Session?|
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College 4?
JULY 18,1925r ?
Department of Education., ; \ 1_
chool, College and Vo- 3;
fading to renewal of J ?
d college credits. <;?
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ion?Six Days Each ::
:rms '- j Li-.
rr~rzr:_J_ '$ 3.00 *
% 80.00 I. ?
afigfoT Subjggt _^?trSO % ??
iress %
LKINSON, President. ?... - it -...
' Orangeburg, S. C. j >. ?:
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