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LAURENS- NEWS
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Mrs. Mary Mills was host^a of
the Boosters Club on last Thursday.
Rev. J. C. McClellan presided.- The t)
program was very instructive as well
as interesting. We had with us Miss R
Janie Sullivan from Tairrytown, N. Y. li'
she gaA'e to the Club some encourag- w
ing remarks. Rev. McClellan?wade- ?
a very good talk as usual. .We al- hi
ways enjoy listening at him. The s(
hostess assisted by Mrs. Etta Garling- tl
ton served a delicious course of ice
cream and cake. Mrs.' Louise Price
^ will entertaiTrthe club next Thursday. ~
The Laurens District Conference
was held at Bethel A. M. E. .Church,
< May 21.-24;? Rev. J. W. Lykes, Pre- ?
siding Elder oF~the C&urens District
' '.Was present also Dr. D. H. Sims, Pros
ident of Allen University. Stinday, 111
May 2'4th marked the close ;6f the
District Conference? ? at
! The regular church?services were m
7 ^ # carried on as usual. The Morning
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?- uci IHUJ1 VV?J> jnrtttliCU try- uit^ ~jt I C&IU7
ing 'Elder, the evening sermon was
preached by Rev. I. S._'R<yd, pastor P*
of Boon's Chapel Methodist Church.
. It has been reported t.hnt this w.is the
hiost successful conference ever held,
I . The''Laurens District went over the
topbjuunerically und financially. The 41
dist?ipt president of the Woman's
. Missionary Society was present and
made^jm excellent talk to the mem- 111
tiers, of the conference., ?
Rev. and Mrs. Jatnes R. Johnson
were the guests of Mr.'and' Mrs. Will 0
Moore during- -the confe'rence.
Mrs. J. G. Stuart is in the nity il
visiting relatives and-friends,land al- 01
M. E. Church on Sunday. 111
Mrs. Jt-G;?MedcHan~hns be^n glad *
to have her dear "hiother .with - her ^
during the past week. - w
= ig?_ Miss Mary V. Bailey, who has been
~ teaching school^ in Orangeburg frioa 311
returned home and reports a most
successful school terht. ta
~ 1 *?*?Misn Mary Curniriglvom?who -has W
?? oeeiv -teaen-Hty?scnoot- m i\ortn caro-'"'
lina has returned home. $5
. Miss Carrie L. Henry and Mr. Roy
.Cunningham have returned home-from 9^
Benedict College, Columbia, S. C., al- K'
so Miss Cecelia Maude Duckctt has M
returned home from Scotia College, se
Concord^ N. C. We are very glad to Wtn
""see these .young people, and are hop-)
ing that they are going-to-take active aT
parts in the church work, as the P'
church is in need for the service of in
the yonuger people. ^ .
Misses Theopia Finley and Warnie Zi
Hood ;are home from Morris College. w
The. Slabtown Convention...was gi- ?*
ven at Bethel A. M. E. .Church qn D
- Thursday, May 14th. There was a T"4
P^nty ?f laughter in the audience, th
everybody "enjoyed 'the Convention, bj
~ " The ladies of" the Stewardess Rfrard" er
l__No..i gave a Seven-Feast, injthe base^l-jc
ment'of Bethel church. Sev.en tables W1
????Sjtvtrre sprcad. anef beautifully "decora- ^
ted with .Dorothy Penkins Roses. The th
? The last meeting oi the Woman's
; Missionary Society was reported very R'
successful, one of'the best That has ^
been had this year. ~ "* " "ft
" "The SiiiTsIilrm?Cfn'ti~~
day. May 2'Jth at the home of the hi
President, Mrs. E. S. Nelson on Burns th
^ Ave L . --? ? ~ -Tt
;? The A.. . ~LV League met Sunday"
tit 2:00 o'clock. Topics were dis- v'i
cussed briefly by the president, Mrs, S?
- Ifcttgtte- and visiting ftiends. T
J * Sunday -Morning, May 31st there 1?
* will be a Memorial exercise at Bethel -?<
v^nurcn at iziuu o'clock. A lull house
-g expt.cted. All members, friends,
r ? and visitors are asked to attend. ^
"llISS MARY L. FOWLER, Reporter. <T
?- ?? Nfews of Clinton. "T~
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Friendship IIij^h School of Clinton, es
S. C., began its closing exercises Fri- ~fr
_ day.night, May loth. On that night j
was the. Reclaimers' ^Contest. The i
children spoke well. Well enough to' aj
puzzle any judge. I
Gate City Lodge No. 54, K. of P...^
ottered $10 fn prizes to the three j
best speakers, as follows;.$5.00 t.o the
???-??first, three dollars to the second and
$2.00 to the third. Miss Lorene Wright AV
won first prize J&5.00. _The_ contest
was-so hard for the interpretation of
U ~ . -1 A.* M
liiu juuKes mat tney nave the - re- ^
_ _ maining $5.00 to the next -five girls vc
deliveringihe best orations. This tr Tt
the 10th grade, 18 girls and 3 boys. ^
The?tenth grade should be called the
Adams' Class, in honor of the Rev.
E. A. Adams, Pastor of Bethel A. M.
E. Church, Columbia, S. C. j
: Rev.-Adams organized, this class in ^
1922, the first year of our high school ^
/'"""""""recognized by the state. ?
On Sunday, May 17, Rev. -G. K.
Lyles preached the Baccalaureate fif
' sprmon j" Friflnar.y.ip
o'clock p. m. There were ten girls ^
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to graduate from the eleventh' grade &
not one boy. Oh, where is my boy --?
r^-- ' . to-night? About five years ago there
were seven boys ift this^rade Stid ce
. - - -Sr- . *~* ' '' |
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m . nin r '
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girls, Only_ ten 10 graduate. ~
On Tqesclay, May 19th, part of the
tie children played their part well
:cusing the 5th and^4th grades who
ere left out of the exercises.
On Thursday night, Rev. M. C. H.
illard, delivered the annual address
- the graduating class <lTth grtide^ev.
Dillard ^vas at his best and devered
a most .eloquent address which
as enjoyed by all.
_Rev. G. K. Lylesy-who goes r-witli
is head down leaning on Jesus, has
> many good things in store; he told
te class all that Paul told Timothy.
Bennettsviller Locals "j
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ditor Palmetto Leader: <
Please allow me space in your valablo
columns to t-eH of the -happen-^
igs at Macedonia Baptist Church. |
Sunday, May 17th was a high day
i_thiii-qila.ee, under the leadership of
ir efficient .superintendent, Brother
E. Pouncy. The Sunday School is
ill moving onwardand upward. TheT
tendance wa^'good and every de
irtment .was active. The -bible .class
lUght by the pastor is making its
ay inter the minds of many who
iretoforc did not attend Sunday ^
:hool. It is inspiring to see them
ishing-in to their classesi 1
For the morning service the pasir,
Rev. P. B. Mdodana used for at
lbject: "Jesus for the most leader!
: men," from which he. preached a j
iry-strong npd .spicitnnt sermon. He'
mphasised the importance of the'
? inn rv/irvnln Ktrinry nr? fn iKn cnir_ i
II iOViail J.f*_V/?/AW AC V <11(3 U|i tv VIIV OJ7tl - .
uaF Standard in. .preference of -the"atoria't
standard of" fife. He told^of'
le lack on the part of thtx-ehurrfr
embers in .that they stress material
.hmgs above the spiritual things.,
he enthusiasm Van high and there l
as evidence of a spiritual-feast while On
May 19th the public school here
ught.by MrsTMalToy antfJIiss Anna1
illiama. closed with a very lnterestg
program. The occasion wds good _
om every angl?..' 4- "I
Mrs. Sarah Royals, age 7o, depart- .
I this life May 19th. "Shi? was the
andmother of Miss Luebuther and 1
iss Rosa Lee Luster, ThO funeral
xvices conducted by Rev. W. F. Mc- j
itosh. . .
The farmers of Marlboro County;
e entering their busy period chopng
cotton, Fertilizing corn ahd cut-'
g grain. :;'f
Last Sunday >vas a big day at Mt. ,
on Baptist Church, Dovesville, S. C.;
here they had the memorial services
their" Brother'and Deacon, T. S.
avis, who departed this life March
tfrr^ltr25. In behalf of Bro. Ouyts-^ree
papers were read by Sisters Elli-j
' Adams and Smith; a?f<C'W words of ;
icmiragpinont?from "Deacuu fi. "
>ries and other?; "Servant of God'*
as sung. by the Saw STiTI ^Baptist
tTQretriChotiH' *'ShalT We tiather i
e River" wits also sung. The pas-4
r,?Rev. J.d. HarrifvOu-ttHned to Job
[T 'Tr'a ^ian flay shall he Live again."
ev. Harrison was at his best as he j
ways do. Music" Whs- rendered by f
le Saw""Miit*Ba]Jfist Choirs
sr trip. \Ve had a good road' atl~
10- way. I can only say Rev. Hars6r>
Is..fi find preacher and .he. has j.
i'o find churches, Hftw Milt, Beimel l>-1
lie, S. C. and Mt. Zion, Darlington,-1
- C. He know:} just how to manage |
(her of them.-" ' ' j
Since the last writing w^ have ~tnnl~
ts of sickness and deaths in our
immunity. ^? - ; r
T. H. WILLIAMS o |
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HE OLD MOTHER CHURCH j
AT GREENWOOD
ditor, Palmetto Leaders If
you'can spare the space,- I am
ire that the people of Greenwood, !
specially, the good members and'
iends of " Weston Chapel A. M. E.'
hurch 4K)ul.d be glad to read this!
jblication. In the first place please J
low me to congratulate you and'
)ur company for that unique idea,
earTcuf, first class Negro Journal.
is already filling a long felt_need'
i. this state.?I?e4n see no?reason1
hy it should not he to our people!
hat the Columbiu State is to its1
iopie/ ?
But we started out to say that ,
'eston Chapel A. M. E. Chureh is
?ry much alive. Be it remembered
at this church is the oldest in the 1
wn of Greenwood and has the honor I
being the mother church rep-ardle |
denominations. It is very historic,!
id out of it has come some of the
ading ministers of the A; M. E.
ffurch^ In 1&U5 the church was renit
and the corner stone laid by
r. G. T. Colenuwv I am told that
ie Parsonage was built more than!
'ty years ago; and that there has |
sen? veiy lillle 6T no" repairs for'
iarfy a half century. Reason sxrc-t
ist the material work that is so
uch needed.
At the last Annual Conference held
Clintffl, W te--..
ived an appointment to this place.
THE PALME1
m i uymgp?'??!'..
We found, here a fine people, a hotT
-bed of -African Methodist, who gave
us a warm reception. We found also;
much need oT~a beautiftil building or1
repairs to "save our property at Weston
Chapel. Being so ambitious to
serve, we pointed out the needs and
went to work. Already we have rebuildcd
the fence, put in water,-and
now looking XoA&ird to a modern parsonage.
?=-To test-the ability and willingness
ta do we staged a little rally which
ended last Sunday. .Thank God we
did not fail. The captains worked
like trojans. Read the results.
' Stewardesses Board' No. 1. Mrs.
Carrie Waller?$64.00; No. 2, Mrs. Y.
B. Nance?$1)3.00; No. 3, Mrs. Bessie
Hays?:$102.60; No. 4~Mrs. Ida Allen,
$53.35; Willing Workers Club, Mrs.
CharitS, Jackson?$57.26; Cant-BeEvery-ready
Club, Mrs. Mary Gilbert?$28.75;
Boosters Club, Mrs. Jes- sie
Mae Frpemaii?$22.U0; ^Busybee
"Club, Miss Ruth Darrafi?-$21.50; Mrs. ,
Arclia -CliiMs^lEres.- Deaconess Board i
$12.70.
Others have not yet reported. We
hope when all reports are in that our
rally will be all that we hoped for.
Our Motto "Service." Bray ior us. 1
More annon.
W7T. RICE, Pastor. \
REV. McCONNELL CALLED T(T3tff
BAPTIST CIlLKtJIi AT HAKIS. 2
villi-:, s. c. , ." i
?The Rev. J.>C, McConhell, B. Th , Pastor
of Mt. Pisgah-Baptist Ghurch, :
RidgeWay, S. C., has been called to the
pastofTfte pT t7ie~First Baptist Church '
of Hartsville, S. C. Rev., McConnell ]
has already moved to Hartsville and (
will take up his new work _
ly. The Leader congratulates the k
good People of Hartsville on their good i
selection. ^
to iTil palmetto leat)rr
Please allow me space in the Palmetto-Leader
Co 'speak "o f my Old1 ^
Pollys' Home. The old folks are got-'5j|
ting- along nicely. I. wish to thank ?
the,Roy. R. M. Myers for the doifntion, i~
and it was highly appreciated.
BrotheiuBailey of The Zion Baptist | <
Church and Bro. White of the Union1 ^
Baptist Church, conducted very splen- j
djdly scribes for the old folks on Sun-'
day HTtergoi) rV aH 5 o*cto"ckT iSptwufiirp
remarks .were made Ly Bros. Bailoy <
and White. Both choirs were out. iny<
full bloom, I was very much pleased <
with the liberal collection donated by
the choirs? and Bro. ^Dailey for~nrde-7
]icrotis bay of fruit. The old folW.en- '
joyed-the services to the highest. WeV
were also pleased to. have "Bro. Ruth j 1
of the?Bethel A. M. ?. Church oirTp
witn us on yesterday, he also offered (
a pTayer which wc and God were very ' ,
nnjeh pleased with.
Wa^.vitrhe~glad to receive all donations
from our^frjends.;^^ \ |J
lie v. Jyj^gcrs Daughtetf,
^ T'S.USHhTfteGERS
DEATH OF SISTER SUESAN!
WARDLAW .
?Cttlhotm Fcdis, S. C~ May^li)?The j
niany friends _<Tf Sister Kuosan WardJ?w
will regret to hear of her death,
which came on_ the 10th of inst, at
the home o"f "her son.-Have Wardlaw. "
. She had lived trr br>' hoary and Iff:
a languish condition for a long time. ;
She was a member .of the Springfield
ttnadu i n the Springfield Semctary.i
She has a son who survived her, Dave c,
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son. The funeral was put off until |
the first Sunday ip. August in ordbr |
that. all the relatives y, ho could not L
he present at the interment may be,
present. A" ?
' Truly the great central of your
household has gone. She always did,
her duty nobly. Ripened in?years,1
and fully" prepared for another state'!
of-existanccj, she passes on- now to
enjoy the regard of a~iii'e well spent -p
on earth. ,-T~ - ? ?
- _ _ -w A. WARE. |
JljNE "CRISIS" EDITORIAL,
ADVISES HAMPTON ON[
"SOCIAL EQUALITY IS-^
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One of the leading editorials
f^vleiu io - u coptoe /\f vnrtlifta
V^i lorn ip cv 1V.O \/i.
which it is suggested that James
E. Gregg; principal of Hampton j
Institute, make to a local whlteT
ctliforTwho had charged that j
"social equality" was being
practiced at Hampton. The j
local white editor had asked:. A
"Do not white and colored t
folk at Hampton meet as social
equals ?" T 7 , ~
*'Do f.Tiov not RompflipPH pat _
together?"
"Are not-Hampton students. J
taught the equality of races?"
"Was not Booker Washington
entertained socially by-Hamp&m trustees
in the Northland are $
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[TO LEADER _T ..i,. ^
not black Moton and whit<
Gregg often thus entertained to
gether.*
To these queries The Crisis
editorial in ihe June numbei
suggests the following replies:
"Yes, we do^practice socia
equality at * Hampton. We always
"irave practiced it and wc
always shall. How else can
teachers and tam^frtJheet buFas
equals? -Yes, we eat togetherrat
times. ToHtrc sure, we have some
'Jim Crow' dining Tiatia-Anr-iifr.
pease our Southern friends but
we are .ashamed of-this and try
to conceal it, Yes, our white
principal and some of our white
touchers are entertained in The
North and in the South now and
then where distinguished black
folk are present and wc apprts
eiate this opportunity. The-resalts
of the social equality -practiced
at Hampton have been
fine friendships, real knowledge
of human souls, hitrh 1 lVllltf* MMfl
C-? - ' cilA'^_
high thinking; and we know of
no single racial intermarriage
3f mulatto child as a result;
while on the other hand the result
of racial segregation in the
State of Virginia was officially
reported at 161,171 mulattoes in
192J),"
The editorial further^ warns
Tiat to permit segregation at
Tamp ton, foreshadows arworld
>t Ku Klux Klans and AngloSaxon
Leagues and the continuance
of hatred, lynching and
; ~~
Another editnidal_Lu iho .Turin
Crisis analyses the methods; by
which colored people are <fis-~
Tanchise'd in the various South%
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3 ern States, those methods in
eluding use of literacy, testa,
~~ property qualifications, poll tax,
i employment, army service, and
other means. ,
Other features of the June
| Crisis are "Burutu Moon," by
, Langstou Hughes." an account of
r an evening in an African vil- ^
rTfpbn the problem of Negro unity,
by William Stuart Nell
son, professor" in the Howard ^
_ XJniyersity ^School of Religion y ~
and a reproduction of an etch|ing
by Albert A. Smith.
MOVED ROAD TEN MILES <
TO REACH HOSPITAL^
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New YorkT^N- Y., May?(By 1
tThg Associated Negro Press)? e
From the town of Nyadiriy in T
the heart of Rhodesia, Africa, ^
conies proof of the truth of the
Ipoet/s? \vr>vri.'? 1 j.
! beaten path will -he found to
lead to a house of the man who
! is a blesshig to his fellow men/',
; Dr. Samuel Godfrey, a mis- q;
sionary of the Methodist Epis^ 7^
cojial church, who spent twenty ^
Lyeuih as. a medical missionary
I in this p$rt of Afrtea^wasLComr A
plefing a hospital budding in A
Nyadiri when, he was stricken C
ill and died Intt Since N
then his co-laborers have com- P
| pleted" this medical center. d
The hospital has been r>lnr?>H ol
, out in a ceil tor of unlive popu-"F
lation away from white settle- ci
^meiltsr It has heen marip. the ^
center l'oiv^ome thirty out-sta- li
ating & Supply C
reet
Pfor any orgar
Iges for office
with lac? up tl
tz badges
(Li>adges
12 badges
W? make e.%pecia
d Ushers' badges
nbosslng machine
iparlment to do g<
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nting & Supply C
set
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j Saturday, May-30-,-1925. "1
tions where missionaries, teach- jj
eys,' pfistors and natives labor. \
The nearest white settlements I
are the towns of Mrewa and, JL
Mtoko. These towns, 40 miles jU
apart, are connected by a fine of
road for automobiles. The hos- ^
pital was ten m'lesaway from
this inatrr road," But so necessary
did it become for the life
:>f both the white and the native
population that the government
?uilt, a npw road conneeting-the
own and going around by the '
vay of Nyadiri. The government
in fact, spent a large sum
)f money to move the road to~
he hospital.
Dm- Stanley R. P. Montgomirjt^Wd-^r&T-^Monlgomery,
ot
.oronto, Ont., Canada, ar^ now
n route to Rhodesia, where
hey will be in charge of this J
ipspital builtj)y^Drr Gurae^?? ^
I OLD PARENTTEACHERS'
MEETING
Daytona, Florida, May?(By
'he^Associated Negro Press)? F
'he regular-monthly meeting of
ie Volusia County Teachers'
association was ?held in- the?*?
.uditorium of the Daytona- 4
ookman Collegiate institute. j|
Ers". Mary MeLeod Bcthune,
resident, this-.week-.. A splenid
and representative group j|
E parents and teachers were?
resent when the opening exerS?S
started. The .program 2alt
*with the diseussion- of d<jnquent
children. ? ?^
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