The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 16, 1925, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Saturday, May 16, 1925. .J,
. ? ; ,. The shame of democracy?or |
Tshall we say democracy as ex-1
-?uent occurence of "race riots"!
according tcTnewspaper dispatch^
es. Russia used to be the prem-1
- ' ier country-fey- race rioting, raqc..j
progroms and race oppression of
' "all binds but the" "United States
_ seems to be the first country of"
' the world now.
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?-jkJeaTT Ralph lugy of :
I does not seem to have a very J
high regard for democracy. "It .
i s -impotent under a severe
strain," says the Dean, "and
whines, pearls, grovels and sub~nuts."
Perhaps the good Dean
?got his idea of democracy fromobservfng-'
the manner in which /
Colored American -Citizens arc itreated
under democracy.
Bishop R. A. Carter of the C.
M. E. Church predicts an early
Iscopal Church, and the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. This
however he.said will not be done
until the colored momhors-of -that;
f ; 1.4. I' '
XTlCLIlUUl^t V^llUl til iruiu t
it. The" good Bishop does not
? Tcftew-tl^ese ^vemherii -very well. .
THey haver too mucn sense to ~
leave and thereby 'forfeit there
property rights. . ' .
1 ? ?*? . ..... The
further reprieve granted
: Carroll Orr, sentenced to clcet.ro->;
cution for murder by Gov. McLeod
was an act of justice. According
to affidavits presented by
the attuiiio.y leprc.iCiitiiig the ^
condemmed man, the jury which
convicted had access or was ser
ved liquor during its deliberation.
A decision sending a man!1
' ??ttHrbr-dcath is certainly solemn- enough
to be fr^c ol' suidid cir?
cumstances. .
If its right to violate" one law
- .
i because vou dont Tike it. why is .
it wrong to violate any or all
laws? If one section, of this
country_can rightly violator pro-,
vision of the U. S. Constitution.
why cant another section violate
-any other provision with good
rights? In fact, why isn't' it
right then to violate any provicomrnon?
Therein is the danger.
Who is to decide just
what shall be observed and what
?:? disregarded ?
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SHOULD CARROLL ORR DIE?
"Yes, Orr'should be. elcctrcuted
if he is guilty of the murder with
ital punishment is the law of the
? State,: But has Orr been convicted
by a jury as contemplated
by the law? Ay, there's the rub.
The Governor has reprlevcd Urr
?ofyustice, the reaaombeing to
give the' Attorney representing
Orr opportunity to present a mo- *
firm tn +110 Snnrowo rftiiipt which
if granted rigJft;, might result in
a new trial. The Supreme Court
ha? denied the - motion,?hub.
should that mca-n Qrr ought be
electrocuted? Can South Carolinians
allow a man's life to be
~faEen under the form uf law un^J
? hr .
? - ymn) '
ng the trial and conviction of J
^arroH Orr? The fact that "hejr
s a black man makes no differ- i
;nce?yes it should, for the bpin- i
on Is too prevalent that a black 1
nan accused of a crime against :
r-whjte-man has no- show of ob- j
Laining firmness and justice, e- j
unrmnna tVinngrh it may be. 1
Now, what^ are some of the <
things which should make fair '
and just men sit up and take no- ;
tice? .The attorney for Orr presented,
and has affidavits ^rom -i
a member of the jury which convicted
Orr swearing that liquor <
was served them, sent in a coffee 1
pot; Tie ought~tTj"know-,-he "was there;
another member of the ]
j_Ury .swears that mcmberq of tho =i
jury were allowed to leave the ;
jury room~singly and in-groups-j
during deliberation; he ought to ;
know he was there/ A /statedwitness
swears that a shot was 1
fired from the rear of the store 1
while P'T ^ alleged to have fired
from the front. But disregard- <
ing the latter, are not the affid- i
avits of the jurors sufficient to
bring the manner of Orr's con^viction
under suspicion? It is .
true that .affidavits were submitted
by the baliffs and the :
Sheriff td the ctmlary but \voTTld j
men who liad really.participated
make?such affidavits were tho farts
nnt- truof and that too
where -a Negro's life was involved.
accused of killing a -man jpf
fhel-Mme as the jurors? "
That these jurors subsequently '
made contary affidavits only i
piakes the case worse. The Supreme
Court has decided against
Orr but the Supreme Court is;'
bound by'the right rulfs of law.]
But the law can be ioffoj&ed and I
justice at the sanie time murd-;
ei'ed. J__
low a man to be electrocuted under
such circumstances as these.
"From out, of the Swamps of
Arkansas came the hero of the
ilisaster-a big black Negro man,]
Iom_Lea,"-so was the descrip-r
ti_on_of ,the man who by himself f
saved 30 of t he GO passehgers a-j'
in the Mississippi ,^iver near]
Memphis, Tenn., last week, Tom
1 '**> is an ordinary. ignorant Negro,
unschooled in the finerv
ihfn^swjf"life, yet possessed of a
heart of gold. Thinking not of,"
himself while men,-'women and;
children were struggling for life i
;? fWo tnrtmlpnt. waters or thfe .
Mississippi, he was possessed of J
only the one' idea?that of sav-,
ing. The struggling ones were
not of his race, but what of that?
Tiie call of duty^vvas-velear-cr-And- .
is not that the history of .the
Black Race in America? When
has' it ever ialtered"? The hard
treatment given ttr-partieulary
in some Sections has never" yet"
caused it to be wanting when a
crisis has arisen and its help \vas
needed. There is no sourness
in its breast, no hatred in its
soul. It works orr amd hopes
that it will be better, knowing
that it has been worse. Tffere
are thousands of Tom Leas, tho
it'may seem at times that this
fact is forgotten, and attention
is only attracted when some catastrophe
occurs. Ali honor to
this Tom Lea.
THE INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL OF WOMEN
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?? Ul'l 111 Irt I CUI1 Vftl IIUI1 U1
this association was held i n
Washington, D. C. last week.
Delegates from the civilized
world over were in attendance,
including colored women ot America.
A part Of the program
of this meeting was designed to
show the devel'opemeht of Americaii
Music A hand of Sioux
Warriors from South. Xiakota,.
was there to give selections of
Indian music as were a large
humber of colored artists to give
selections of the only real, true
American musUrthat" them is.
The presence of the Indians gave
no trouble whatever,
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- the paumet
^IdrecT people?ah, but this is
America. Though these Col-,
3red Musicians sre men~and women
of. culture, education and
refinement, still they were either
too dangerous or uncouth or
something that it was thought
[pest to pen them up by them!
tet~ themroam freely. What
cared the management that the
National Council of Women of
the United States, \vhos<? guests
these people were, had pledged
advance that there would be
no segregation? In polite ~st?
ciety*; we^Jiave r^ad somewhere,
that a host'br hostess, never permits
anything to be dnne.to hiir.,
milate or offend his guestsr It
hrfrue-that the President of the National
Council disclaimed res- 1
ponsibility for what was taken -
q TT 11/1 X KJ J-X^l 4%. pi
I ' NAMEV_ |j;
? I RY IT?A"~'^W, <*j
Jean Jew.
- What's in a name? A rose,
hy anv other name smells j-ustl
rtrr mmjuI. ?i>i Hi?H^-Um=PtuiUuidiso
it is?with lifeless things.
; What mailers it if an aster
is called a sunflower? an eveivj
' 1
green-shrub?a rosemary, a wild
aster?a daisy, or a narcissus]
?a daffodil? They serve to-difH'
ferent.iate merely To whatever
plant group a flower msy~belOTT?
within that group are many, others.
Others, probably, with less
attractive Ujinufs but?greater
fragrance. Moreover you may
nres? the svvnre-Tn^inii'n e-nm??
x ~ ~ ^ X-^.7V1IVW xa.yji.il u
flower?rose, violet, or an mltra
combination of flowers and if
the source is not known it matFrance
we want, "It' is the fragrance
we get.
So it is witl). other objects of
similar nature.' The automobile
may Be callecTa^gas. buggy ;~the
rail locomotive may be called an
iron horse, but there is little dif
ference in the appeal of the different
terms and we get there
just the same.
But th^fe^tS^something in a
name, and I hope there will always
be.
Take, the word MOTHER^ No
other name can take the place
of the vyord mother and have
the same_._appeal or permeate
the inner/chambers of our sopls
like that word -mother, fyVen
, i - - /v?A
iuii iixiii inaiiiH art1 -msunicient,
for ^ whether in prose or poetry
we unconsciously begin "Dear
Mother" and "To Mother." Mother
signifies a tenderness, an understanding
and a love which
we could not appreciate in any
er disguised by sume other
name.* If we;-"could not see
mother's voice would not have
its accustomed force unless-we
FRIENDSHIP, another of
those iiHangible wordfh?~No otlu:
er word expresses friendship
like'. friendship itself. When
friendship is called bv anv other
name all its virtues remain be-'
hind with it; the beauty of its
meaning is lost, fragrant heart
Then there is LOVE.?Love
ea? be love only. If a carnation
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TO LEADER - ?-c
smells sweet and is beautifuland
you call it a Ring's bud"
no one will be pricked seriously.
But give love another name and
hearts are wounded, souls are
mightily affected. As much of
the charm is in the word as in
the feeling.
and Tragrance, means nothing.
Love?the word?even without
action is life. . " . "
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as an affront by the Colored Artists?but
it was done neverless.
The result was a refusal to participate
by the Colored Musicians
the reason being stated to the
Councirby Mrs. Ilallie Q. Brown
one of the most prominent Colored
women of America and an
Ex-president of the Nation nil
Association of Colored Women
which is a part of the American
section of the International Cou- :
acih No doubt the European delegates
got a pretty good idea .of
how things are done in America where
it seems, individual worth
is not the things that counts so
much as well, of what race areT
you'.' The delegates missed aV
concert that was worth wliile, to '
compensate, what was obtained j
in its place?
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8- WIT A T'G TXT A
i v/u iiici.y uuauge me ctMor oi i
the violet to red, or name the lily J
of the valley the daisy of the J
field; but for the ecstasy of
youth, tho comfort of age and ;
the hope of life leave thos&oionreplacable
terms?MOTHER,
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE.
Columbus Operator Dedicates
New Buildiugv
(By The Associated Negro Press.5 '
New Ytfrk, Chicago and other cities ,
of tremendous populations nf Negroes
are prone to great credit for the advance
in general^business among ys.
However, it is a fact that when one
regards the laws of proportion, some (
of the smaller cities have just reaso.n_ \
to dispute with the larger places the
claim to superiority in many directions.
Columbus^Chior is owe^auch j
town. Several times have citizens of
thyt Ohio capital been features in ,
stories that told of commercial and ]
business development. - -. ?. '
The recent dedication of thq^Xhfia. *
rcsa Building, named in honor of the "j
builder's wife, brings forward the j
name of James A. Jackson as a real- ,
ly operator and general business fac- ^
This S7&..UQ0.00 -business block.' at ^
Long and Tafmadge streets was dedicated
April 17. It houses John is. (
Logan Realty, "^he Long Street Pharmacy,
The Coldhian Service Company
DryB Milton Tribbett, a dentist; Drs.
J. Harmon- Wilson, James Tyler and
Sidney- Sloan, all physicians. _ j
:?Jaek^on, "With Mrs. "Ruby R. Wil- '
liams, widow of a former business
pTtnoiv i< tlm- ninnar t,f tVin r>i.nhn^.~
modern equipment including a $25,000
pipe jjrgan, the installation of t
which \vas made at the. same time ^
that $50,000 in alterations were made j
on tho property that originally cost .
more than $75.00fl.~ ?
With another. local Citizen, he is ,
interested in the Jackson-Logan A* partments;"
a $200,000 property, the
first floor of which is occupied bv a ^
bakery and restaurant, while the three
upper floors are tenanted by famines, j
There . are still other, properties" ip j
the city that belong to hint. -* bfotwjt.h-standing"
the fact,. he- is. hlmselfa renter
insofar as his honje .is con
cernpd. He resides on Monroe Ave- (
nuc and Long street,;-ir> ine of the j
cities' finest residence districts.
A nephew, Orpha Smith. JaCksoi\, ,
manages a billiard room opposite-the theater
that is one of Mr. Jackson's
earliest ventures) and one of the moat
successful ones. ^ "*
* It is remarkable how businesa -instinct
wilLattnunrliire associates, Mra.s^
Williams, one-wf4uA-buainess partners |-(
is in- an unusual business for a wo- ,
man of any group; dnd she is Snaking
a success with it. She operates
cunlen that she is regarded as one t>f
the richest women of the state, Mr. ]
Logan, too, has a tremendous personal
business, one that requires
sales manager and a staff salesman::
Jackson has indeed invested a very (
commonplace and familiar nafme with j
a rare distinction; and Columbus has ,
through .him and his associates added j
to its claim to national -eminence as
a city of business Negroes.
Dr. Hprhprt Millar
-- Goes to Fisk
(By The Associated Negro Press.) ~
- Nashville, Tenn., May?Dr. Herbert '
Adolphus filler, son-in-law of tho
first president and'founder of Fiik
University, has entered upon his dut^s
as executive chairman of the committee
on administration of the institution.
Dr. Miller will serve for the
remainer of the year and will spend
a portion of each week in this city.
The other member's.of thte "comml- ~
ttee on administration are: Prof. Augustus
Shaw, Thomas M. Brumfield,
and Miss Elizabeth Collinge7 dean of!
wmrren, all of the university faculty. J
Miller's present plan is to get J
a complete" understanding ~oT the crlti- ,
cai situation at f isk and Xft ?Jo-opCrHtrr{<
with the trustees, faculty and alumni <
of the University in trying to work ?
out some plan T>y~ whichk'isk can con- "<
tinue its position in the field of edu- <
cation. It is not definitely known as ;
to whether Dr. Miller will succeed to '
the presidency of the institution when ;
the work of the committee of manage- |
ment ends. \
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Greenville Boy Worth
-- Quarter Million
Benj. J. Bryant Once a Claflir
Student Gets Estate of th<
--Ls.te Mrs. Ann'; White, Whc
JD ied a Week Ago. ? Now Runs
- A Taitor.Shop. . . - -, (By'Semour
Camd!.)' ?
'Greejwille, "JJ. C.,-May 14.?Special
The happiest young: colored nian ir
South .Carolina, should be. Benj. J
Uryatit, about 30 years old aud conducts
a tailoring business in this citv.
As Mllipt II ? Pnluin v..
^ vi4Miu _yyiuuiu^CI
is known .by his mahy. personal "friends
as *'talkless Ben." f He reads alf o|
the time. On his. desk in his' little
tailor shop are more books arid papers
than-you will-find-suits-to-press
Benj. does not use the new modern
',1.1'nm pn'ss fni' 4>rr?Ming-suits, ^ hQt
heats his irons In ^a sivluII bucket in
the yard on coat that He* Rets from
the mountains. In most of the shops
in Greenville you can g*et a"suit press3d-for-25c;
but Mr, Dryant's. Pressing
Shop is opened to~~aIl for 50c~.~per suit!
When seen by a reporter he would
hot "'discuss the will 'of -his grandmother,
the late Mrs. Ann White,
who left him near a block of property
in front of the New Imperial Hotel;
next to the Fifst Presbyterian
Church, (white) in -very heart
sf the city. On the corner from Mr.
Bryant's estate" is the new half-millioh
lollar bank building pf the People's
National Bank. More than GO years
tgo Mrs. White -paid a-very small
;um of jnpney for this l'tfnd That is now
valued at $2^0,000^00;?She lived to
be' riCar 90-years old^ and is survived
^y. i h e~ parents of^her o nl y g ra nd - son
hemselves, Mr.?and?Mrs. - Theo. J-.
Bryant. Mrs.' Bryhnt was hei^etily
laughter. ?5??:?-? .?? Benj.
J. Bryant is -a graduate of
Jlaflin University, he is near 30 years
jfei and devotes his time to reading
ind his small pressing club that'-is looted
in a brick buildirtg on "the corler
of Washington and Academy St^.
tfe^statefr that no chamres are to hp
natle in his life's vocation. The city
^very real estate-dealer^ every auto
igent,.cotton mill stock agents, have
lo.o.n among his repent, callers.?Hs
loes not smile, so his callers are all
.urned back by the "smileless and
.alkless Benj." with a stern business
ook with his, new-famous words:
'I am sorry I am not in the market."
Mr. Bryant likes President Coolidge
le reads every act of the Congress,
rnd talks of the. measures that will
Help the South. He is a great friend
;f Tuskegbe Institdt~(T"iriid "&r."Rohgrt
tti" Mo tori', whom he .has never met.
!n talking about his home city he
ays ^ii Vut'<>n_ better schools for. the
People, and is an out spoken adviser
n the educational program of t\io
ieople in this community. His travjls.
have^becn limited W South Caroina.
but ho knuws more^ahmit t.he
jutside world thun any other colored
man in Greenville county.' . Blake
D. Goldsmith.
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Another death,ip._ Greenville was
less man. His estate reported In the
laily papers here to be worth more
ham $150,000.00/ To his wife, >frs.
LidU Goldsmith, who lives on ! East
McRee Avnouo, he left $500.00 ?in
and .to his:-.sister, Mrs. -Mattie
Goldsmith Farjupr, of this city and
ais brother W. Homer Goldsmith, of
Atlantic Citj'. N.M., the remainder of
his estate of $150,000.00 was left;
Mi>fh Farmer is the executrix?of?th?
estate. His wife, one of the mbst
prominent welfare and social workers
in tho Piedmont, it is undetfstobcT is
planning to, contest the will.
Georgetown Items,
Sunday here in' our quaint little
eity, was-a calm, peaceful and beauti?
Eleventh Annua
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| STATE C
JUNE 15, to J
^ Authorized by the State
| Elementary, High Sc
I cational courses le
| certificates am
| Five Weeks Sessi
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a : J-tl
y Entrance Fee .
? Board for Session
? T Moratory Fee for each Indr
X For further information, add
|7 ; R. S. WT1
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Saturday, May 16, 1925. ?~4ul
one. This being the 2nd Sunday
ija. May, which, has- been set aL
part as "Mother's Day" Big Bethel
" bloomed as before. An inspiring serl
mon was preached by the pastor Kev. -
k J. L. Benbow at 11 o'clock a. m. He
used for Jiiff "text "Forgive us bur -,
* debts as we forgive our debtors." It
was very helpful and instructive to
At 8:00 o'clock" p.*in., the annual?
_ Thanksgiving sermon of the Odd Fel- ..
. lows and Ruthites- was preached.
? The address in behalf ^)f the Ruthjtes
t way>d<dlvgr?a byMiss^Jani1^ E,
. She^vV&s t^t^er best. The Allen Chris- 6
- fian Eudedvor "League held its ser?
vice' at 6:30 p/M. Some "Very uplift--;
i irig-yem?rk^-&ere" given by tl^pastor
f on the lesson"How to Spend' Sun*
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; day," after which a special" "Mother^-?2
- Day" program was rendered, consist
ing of-solos, papers and read i rigs ;~~all?
i of which were very inspiring.. -We
thank Miss Rosa L. Gregg very kind-. .
i .ly^fof putting forth the effort to get"
i up such an enjoyable program. V
i All Leaguers and friends " wore
. white and red flowers in-remembrance
- of dear mothers, who have passed, on
and for those who still remath-with
us. We should all prize "Mother's
Day" as one of the greatest in the
history of our lives. Because as one *
r writer has $aid: ? ? ? ?
"There is in all this gold arid hollow
world, no fount of deep, strong,
deathless "love, Save that within a
mot&er's hearty ^ '
At A:00 p. m.,' a special "Mother's
Day" sermon was preached by the
. pastor. . ' ' . '.
- An interesting base ball game was
played ~oti?yesterday?(Monday ITT,?
' at tho- ,Av C. L. Park., Baptist va.
Methodist, (local) Batteries for Bap--tisU
Beach, and-Washington. Metho??
141st: ..-Poinsett'e '*> and Bryan. The ??
acoi^s were 14 to 4 in/ favor' ofyth'e "
Methodists.J ^; ?*?r'.7r_7" ^7"
- - Mr. Thos. Pettigru Frase'r is leav- -?
r ing Friday -for- Buokroo, Beach, Vir
ginia. He is to play trumpet in the
Bayshore Hotel's Orchestra~for. the
season. This is quite an .honor for
Georgetown, as the other members
j of the orchestra are from Hampton,
t Mr. Fraser. thhr year "v^as cornet-soloist
for Claflin Symphony Orchestra
land Band master; a*rare honor for a..
student. ,He has been a student of
. his father. Prof.JWrightrWPfld's great ~
est colored cOrnetist; and of Miss Lula
Hunt. He is a- trumpeter of natural
ability and comes from a mus-'
ieal family and we feel, that he is.
capable of holding his own. ?
' Mr. Luther Theophtl'us Purvis, is.
back home, from Albermarle, N. C.r
where ho was "an instructor in, The1
j Stanley County Training School for
The great Navy dirigible Los Angeles
passed over Georgetown, Sat-_ _
urday about 6:20 p. m. Messrs. Phrfc
ip RrBrunson, T. Pettigru Fr&ser. L.
Theophilus Purvis and C. Sheraldton
Browne wgre out canoeing and were
able to see the Los, Angeles as it
passed Jivcf thoir hp.-ids nn Winy ah
Bay.
Chns. S. Browne, Reporter.
ON HUMANE-TOUR. \
Seymour Carroll and J. D. Garr Are 1
Heard in North Carolina in Intercut
Of lfumane Work. '
, Winston-Salem, N.- C., May tl.?r
In~ company with Dr. A. T." Kennedy,.
^is city, Mr. Seymour Carroll,
field secretary of the "American IIu- 7"
mane Education Society, of Bostorv
with Southern Field Headquarters at
Greenville, S7 C., in company wittf J.
. D. Carr, Esq.; Editor of The Asheville _ __
(N. C.) Enterprise, opened r three
days llumand Educational tour here ^
this week. The party is travelling
In an auto and will cover three counties.
Dr. Kennedy and- ethers?are
sponsoring the movement in the interest
of "Be1 Kind To Animals'?in
North Carolina.
I Summer Session |
THE |
COLLEGE | i
(ULY 18,1925. ;
Department of Education. 1;
:hool, College and Vo- 1;
ading to renewal of
i college credits. : \?
on--Six Days Each |
RMS ?
riy_" $ s.oo $
20.00 | *,
ratrial Stfbjtrrrt _ 1.50
reas i\
CJCINSONy President, ; \
Orangeburg, 5. C._^ ^
jmrr- ~ ^. j . v