The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 30, 1925, Page FOUR, Image 4
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The Palmetto Leader
Published Weekly By
E Tht Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ^
J. B. LEWIE ?? President t
1310 ASSEMBLY STREET y
COLUMBIA. S. C.
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Saturday, May 30, 1925. ' i"1
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?* The Supreme--Court of Miss- issippi
has rendered a decision
? in which-it is hold that the Chi-?
nese not being white is Colored *
and the young Chinese must &t-,
tend colored scheels?and not;!
those for white children. But;1
wait until tlie question of where;1
^shall the Japanese go come.-: up--; *
TTaoan has a strong navy. raanyr
? ~ air ships and a trained^rrmy;?-p
"' , m m ' j a
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If" congressmen Wlenry 15. y
Steagell of the 3rd Alabama di?- j
trict and Miles C. Aligned of the
7.th_district are correctly quoted
in their comments on the stud-.
ents' strike at Howard University,
it but shows that Alabama ".
. is but very poorly represented in ^
the national legislature. These j
men with such ideas belong in
a period at least fifty years back. IJ
Such rot as they gave is void if - ^
any intelligence at all,
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According to?the- "Uhfcago" v
ed by_ the Chicago Crime Com-it
mission, of -th .991 murders rt
committed during the past four'p
ypftr*-only' eigtrt~mnrders were;*
f hanged. During the past two,o
years, every criminal hanged jv
.?:?was Colored. _ T'-Xher a.is.-Some,:,j>?
the Whip. We yonder whyja
doesn't the Chicago Defender get
busy on some of the things at C
its own doors instead of havingje
its eyes forever focused on the l
-South? Tis looking too-fur._ o
t
-m T
r :"y., '~--7~~ r
~4Tr?st week a mob estimated to7
be about 5000 strong attempted X
to storm the jail at Dallas, Tex.'r
and take therefrom two coloredD
prisoneW; The mob made a rnls-1^
take however about the kind* of I^
sheriff and officers ^ i n charge.'
Instend^ol"- getting- -the Two pris-r | ^
rmers. it got hoi loai.'l. Five of j
the mob were injured, the others1
quickly dispersed. The law rrotj
tne prisoners, was protected by
that sheriff and officers. Texas
for once shows-the way. Page =
Florida and a. lew. other mob
ridden states.1
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The assertion Gertrude i'
Stern in the New York Times d
??- that the phrases, "First 111 War, | e
first' in peace and first -in The4f
hearts of his countrymen,'*?re- r
ferrirjg t o George Washington c
was fi^st -written by Phyllis 1<
Wheatley, the Colored poetess, s
has started up quite a contro- b
versy. The authorship of these "t
phraseS Ms heretofore been at- 3
tributed to "Light Ifyse"' Harry n
l^ee. it is norriDie to tninK ac-jt
cording to some of our Southern h
friends that these words were t
first expressed by a colored per- I
son. But whether Miss Wheat-?ley
is or is not the^author of the v
phrases makes no difference, her u
fame is secured and is \n nowise s
tfopeadefit upon this expression, v
i?; ly - ' *T?~~~ "
"Selling Seaboard Services"
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_ The Seaboard Railway com-;!|
jany is to distribute buttons I !j
rearing the above .slogan. >_ jj|
isten?buttons are to be distri-j
)uted only t oitirvvtTite employees!
Nrow, tne emef?business df^iSrf
milmnd-is the selling ef trans-U
portation or service. But the r
Seaboard employs hundreds of i
colored people in the production! j
jTTransportation. That being'
[rue, just why does it or will it t
nake it so plain to these employ- !v
jes, that it does not care about c
:heir "Spelling Service."?No??o poration
can do its best with a k
iart only of its employees really
nt.prest.ed in its welfare. Per- ^
lap, the Seaboard thinks that its a
Colored employees can onhr sellHj
ts service to their own people >s
<ntl ahniTf tbehv it cares but lit^J
;le. That seems an afflictions^
, * i '" a t.v'M mi i
,vitn most 01 our railways, x ney s
are nothing much about the ser-^
ace they' give the Colored pat -!|,
*ons, though they Jo. not balk1 j.
nr receiving their hard earnedi
lollars. The railroads are .con-1
inually asking the priviledgejok! v
aking off or discontinuing cer-1 j
ain passenger trains on the | v
jrotrnds that they "are losing inip
he operation. As motor con-L
revafice bdcome^-mofe conven-L
- . __ilI
eiit, so far as the colored pass- -1
;ngers are Concerned. They are< n
roing to Tdse^Tnore. The rirll-L
oads have never paid much atr ||
7mtlTTn~tTr^elHmrserr^iee to them
. lid at the first opportunity thejrj-f,
re going^to lose them. N o, L
here is not a very valuable good'tj
rill and the fault is the railroad, |~
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- THE GRADUATES. : L
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ThiWis the season of the clos-j
tig of the schools and colleges, j
housands of young men and wo- <
ten are leaving school for the
tern realities of life. Up to r-~
his moment most of them have 11
een living in a* dream world. ^
?Ut now all will be changed. The ^
flings that were" gotten ih'Thejv
chools- mn^tr-he-eii'ried into, t.ho-' |1
TCrrts:?H the"student ght"~iTd-J01
hing*In schoob-he will'have no- ni
hing to varry with him?If -he ,11.
erformed the dnyrs task in.
drool, he will do the snino out ^
f school. Such a one will he H
rorthy to receive benefits and.J1
. ill he in r-onfer benefits l-'
or the trseful life is ono of give-.^
nd take. ' ? ^
T'"' <^TE-^TrAlV7t-nf IliM
Colored man and woman is hard--^
r than that of any other race. |
Tie question with them is not,
nly individual but racial* and j
his has to be even keptjn mind.,1*
?ut,notwithstanding this, this 4
oung army will make good, they a
nust make good?this haSk everf^
icon kept before them. There
leed be no sighs for new worlds; ~
0 conquor. There is much to lt
lo right here. The world hasTlever
presented more glorious j,
opportunities than at this very, '
erio<.i ,TT.^:ikthat43 needethia the 4
nan the woman with the vision 1
?11
nd the detexmnfation. Lets go.
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FIGHTING INTELLIGENCE n
The legislature of Tennessee n
ra?>- passed a law which makes It
t criminal to teach evolution orjt
arwinism in any school support-Jo
d in whole or in part by public Jd
nnds. Of cnurse^no one needjV
e^ch the cbnclusion that the j L
conclusion tFTat the Tennessee d
Bgislators, in passing this a-ct, n
hould themselves men FaF a-~ n
>ove the average intelligence of I
he usual run of legislators, f
lilrn lpgiidfttnr.y nf rru<- )f
iy states, simply passed some- a
hing concerning which they hSfl, li
>ut small ideas,'wanting at the k
ime something better to do.IT
nttle however did those Solons ii
;now that when they placed that n
>iece of tomfoolery on the stat- le
ite book, they were firing "a Ii
hot that was heard around the r
inirliL" Prof. J. -T. Scopes, a In
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. ,fHE pALM
moxiOimo;o:o.omoAo.oACH^ao:o.x>,o:<
I ~ The Sgj
|: By William Fr;
5jC7?^ao^.o.o:o;aoxio^ooAo:o?ox>x
THE RAYSIof the Searchligh:
rave not abpearccT in The Leadei
'ecently. To be .exact, we havi
nissed two weeks. But it seem;
Lkeyanionth to the writer ifTc
lobody else. Its terrible to say
but down right jealousy perneats-mv
whole soul and bodj
vhen I see another scribe's.stufl
jccupying the important and sa
Searchlight." ( . v. >.' ' .
It was myl will io come, and ]
iai.l some pni I uIV s11) 1)' 11 rrrrltt
bouts but I wqs deprived of the
leasure _bV that horribly persllant
old ingratQ, Mr. M. Quad
le-is a parasyte aaid has JL>eer
ucKing me 1110 out 01 me loi
cxcral weeks. Ycl be has roivimously
cooled my temper will
ucks. So. aftcr~all"'Mr. Quad
^ a;friend:
If there are any peopUOvhC
OLste. time to road my column,
suppose t he-more-thoughtl'ui
fonder why do I use the first
crson when referring to myoil'..
In answer to -their silent
uestion let ihe say I have auhoritv
f or doim*-so. I -can
ame ' a -dozen* (or less, to play
ave) of the. best columnist ol
he .eouifl'iw who use- ttio first
orsrcm, ly^t hrrr
jr you now. lleyyvood Brown
he leading eolumnjst in Ameria;
Fi nnic Sullivan, of the World
nd 0? if Keeieivof the Atlanta
ournal.
If it's good enough for these
oys,- it's?good e!umgll for me.
A Marvelous Exception
THE MAGAZINE section of
tc~ At 1 a n fa Jo a 1; n a 1 has-broken
Jong , kept rule i n southern
jurnalism by printing ^ Negro's
icture in full dress 'suit, a page
cticle with many quotation^
oni the Negro, none of which
as the slightest touch 'ot'the
isiom-ary -th-alect, and a cotntendable
r'elVreiicu, to his career
1 the city of Atlanta.
The page under discussion is
e.volod.lQ.I'o;vy banvr. as lie.
; known to ciTioivd people. and"
ist ,,r?ai,ncy," as_he isTyiiown to
io whites. -Tin? article was
tttttti?bv .mr-. ttfrrtrtrtrrtttrtct
erkerson. and n^iTrnrrrPiir~ttre
L.llaiila Journal Mtigttztrrcriarer
ulTday. """ TIJClaris- Iftiuorjrie
apliony- "2-") Years oi* Calling
ars 'for Atlanta Sotiely.v
"Afrs:- Pcrkersoiv?beg i i; s b y
riming a dozen things you may
^suclyas get ma-rrmi 1 *\vithdlit
minister,., or make a formal
ow?to?societv without' a fond
jacber in'a school of? Tennessee,
:ent right Oil tcflching JiQ. biojgical
text that had been in use
el'ore that law, which text told
f- the- developement of "man ac6rdirrg"tcr
the t hcory of teachigs
01 uharles . Darwin. The
rofetssor was arrested" ,and i s
e tried July 10th l'or that "high
HsderrrcanftT" Srs the learned
'ennessee judge styled, it. ... E
imont lawyers from all over
f"' TVnnnrv will be unpaged in
hjv&'ial of the professor. Clarnce
Harrow of Chicago and Duley
field Alaloneot -\<-\v Vcirk
.'ill be among those 0- 'ending
'rof Scopes. ;While the great
reamer and talker William Jenings
Bryan will be numbered aTong
the prosecuting all oriieysi
'erhaps no one is more- thankful
or thi.s_piece of freakish legisit
inn than Prof Scopes. From
n unheard of- humble .teacher,
e has become the most widely
nowii JJI uiu uuuiitiy,
'ennessee cant stop thought nor
itelleclural progress though she
lay reject it. The freedom of
;arning tviH remain fn America,
ri trying to get away irom the
nonkey, Tennessee becomes a
. r-^r
ii i M4m i> in mi i-ii i'i rsii hT W^iafcr''
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ETTO LEADER
archlight
Link Williams.
t mamma and a host of aunts an
i-jgraiHlinulhel's composing a n
i reiving lino, lmf you cannot hav
3 a- coming out party, or any soi
rjof wedding and not haveoBarhe
, I to call the cars. She quote
- Barney like this: "I earned som
r of them in my arms when the
f I were babies. I've brought thei
-'out, and I've married them off.
? She says, during the first veg
or so of Metropolitan Opera i
[ Atlanta, a duplicate system c
Kchecks was inaugurated-lor ai
; tomobiles, but it was later aboi
:ished, Ijecause?Barney djdri'
. need it. His memory of th
t^Umusahds oB names .and?face
',<ynl om."
i~j .Mix. Pcrkson says Barne;
I has become an Atlanta Institu
tion. He has had the honor o
shaking hands with four presi
) tlcnty..pf the United States. II
. called cars for President Roose
U yelt, Taijt and?Harding whej
t hey visited Atlanta and was in
"reduced ~t o~ President Wilsoi
; jwhen he accompanied the Shrin
;ers to?thc national convention a
i j Washington.- __7 _
'[ .-Barney tells all about Atlan
''la's oldest families, clubs and e
\ r.ts that concerned them.'
^~Bjirnry~1s not what .they eal
i t, a white man's "nigger;".. H
1 Vvorh^onlvfoV whita people o
doesn't hav-e to be a lawyer, doc
} tor or professor to be honored
The car-caUer's position is jus
-as important in its place as tha
.jot' an artist' in its place. An<
i.tiiis is evident in Barney's case
as Ik; is just as highly respectec
My leading colored citizens'df At
, lahta as By the whites wit!
jwhom he deals.
i_ I)K. FOSDICK'S CALL
IT BUST BE a shock and a-i
'eye-opener to the most uncon"
corned .tins election of Dl\ Harrj
| Emerson Fosdick to The pasto
irate of the. Park Avenue Baptisi
!ChuKtU=The RdlBetelleT ehuTcl
in Now York. Congregation o1
linti Heetuals and money magna
jt.es that it is. 1 dicL_not. think
! would live-to sec even Park Ave
-Btte BAPTIST. chui cli-agiiiii-Tx
I take-Tnerahor s \v i 1 hon 14nsi stin-j
on hn-ptism by immersion.?Am
'to think that only seventeen uu
'of TOO mepihers present utterec
(a dissenting voice." But this wa:
| der which I)r. Fosdick consentec
!to accept the-call. And if. thej
did not hold more dearly to then
the privilege of having Dr. Fos
- dick a- their pastor than the aa
credness. of their creed, thej
I have not done injury to~thei]
'const ic.iH t'.s at any rate. . I wil
-he looking to see now this actioi
digests on the organs of othe:
Baptists in th i s_ co u nt r y.
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
j .
"THE SOUTH produces a mos
- peculiar set of people of the An
! glo-Snvxm variety. Sometime
their?alert;ness, itj you please
startles the world, and dh?tfi
i.other hand they' are dumb be
~1 :?? ; 1 *
tyond reconciliation.
rr?1 n. ..it. T."i x ...L* .1
ino oouinern r.xposiuun wnici
: i has just closed in New York wa
v; a many-fold affair. I belie vei
was partly intended to blind th
nation's eyes to the many-injus
tices and humiliations which col
ofect"people suiter in the $outh
11 Just to crowd the nation's sigh
and mind with southern achieve
^ment in corftmeree, art and sci
^ebceTneant much in tli's'TesjTec!
anrT to The weak-minded and in
jdifferent it showed that th<
i South is not such a bad plae
after all. .
1 lV?n CLrvtifV* iun'f i
>yi;iiy tilt; uvum 1011 t ouv.it <
jbatf place, but it is a-4oat;worsi
""TTTan it~ should b6. ~Ahd It Couli
: be made better without cost ii
[honor or pride to the white peo
TTYgyrwr.1,- r,
~
3a; ... ..
X iple who hold its destiny in their
X hands. If every white persor
X!and every-icolored pepson would
!*' make himself-a resolution pur.posing
to cut the last bit of prejudice
from his heart, we could
? gpf rHnng happily without thai
y her race. And prosperity and a
,s Southern Exposition wouldn't
e have to be carried to New York,
y Saxon.
n
NORFOLK INFESTED
*- WITH DOPE FIENDS
n r-"
if Norfolk, Va., May?(By Tiie
I iT*" * i A -yr 1 n ? i.i
l-i nouncement by J. Williams Gilftjford,
investigator, for the Unit-.
e [ed State's Department of Juss
tiee, that wit-hin thio oity'e tiUy
^ 000 population there are- 2,5uG
? narcotic addiets, has cansed
^ grave concern among the most
thoughtful elements of local
residents. The figures refer to
? habitants.?It means that one
in every thirty Negrdes in the
city is a dope eater! ulirtord's
n figures, are backed up by^ other
responsible investigators* and
I authorities:^
The work of Investigator
_ Clifford ti^s haTi the'effect of
=f 4-urning-attent-ion to phases of
Negro hfe in southern cities
|]| that grow increasingly detti
e menial to mm ,aue to discrimif
nation in the. enforcement of
y law and, tha_ appointment of
ft I officers of the taw,?Up until
-( the time- Glifford?went to Nor1.
j folk, accord'ng- to the Journal
t__iind Guide of that cityr~lT~~had
i *
I | HAVE YOU HE
I THE SIMPKIN S
1 ? Now Flaying Private and V
8: ' " Anywhere in th
| Music Studio FREDERICK
~r|jj Phom
W. L. Simpkins, Mgr.,
1 J Ben Garris
- |Jf "Atldi ;ess all ! mail to W. L.?Slilipl
oo^ox>o:o^:oo:o:ox>:o^;o^x^3ox>^ox>^
rff ^IVLJKL Holloway's Sui
>!_:
:;| ?-Ayo night schi
?will open Juno 15th and cloge Augi
_Jj? tunity to learfi the touch system
:1 $ Shorthand. Business Enirlish. Ma
had eight ycara of actual cxpcvi<
[ l 8 -Benedict 'College^ HOLLC
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! | Lower Sou
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i X - ApprovecLby. the State !
,!$ JUNE 9?Jl
1] % ?
" " A standard Summer Set
nA -v of the south-eastern se
|X Board, * at reasonable
hy rifi??ns ofMIendah
. j- For further information, ad
or C. A. JOHNSON
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Eleventh Annua!
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OF
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?Ht": . JUNE 15, to J
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i ? Authorized by the State
H|' Elementary, High Sc
t! i cational courses le;
-f? " .
1 e<?rtifir?atoa an/
_ WAAJlVMtfVkJ Ull\
i| Five Weeks Sessii
B ?! e
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Entrance Fee
$ Board ^.Session :
a X L&boratOTy Egg fof each Indn
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$ f * ? K. S. WH
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Saturday, May 30, 1925. ,
been impossible to trace the
i traffic m narcotic among Ne- 3
I groes, due largely to the. fact
- that the dealers knew that all ?
officers of the law would be j
^ white; and, -as a consequence,
^ refused to geirto any Vtfhit.e per"
sons. ~ They escaped detection -?"
and were left free to ply their
" trade among easily^ sold Negroes.
, . f'
::?Thus the traffic in th?s city,
grew to alarming proportion
and might have been going on
had not the government sent a '?m
I Negro investigator.?He did thp i_
. work with swiftness and great
thoroughness,?helping Negroes
"to protect themselves, and show
ing the government that, even
in the South, as the Gu'de remarksT
the Negro officer can be t
* of- greatest value among *Ne-~
groes. Mr. Clifford has come /
- in for much praise because of
, his work here. SECOND
ANNUAL AUTO
RACE AT CHICAGO _
Chicago, 111-, May 21.-yThe ~~
ColorecT Automobile Racing As.sociatioiv
tho organization that
promoted the successful race
last year at Hawthorne, has an- *.A
nounced their second annual au- 1
'Tomoblle race for the afternoon ;??
r\f -Mity 94 Thp rapp will hp -
:-held at the Thornton Track,
175th and Halstenit?Streets.^
. The promoter. Bill Jeffries,-him- self
a driver of ability, is authority
for the statement- that
[already more than thirty entries
hitve been received with more
promised. - _ /
2A#H THEM? | A ?
ENTERTAINERS
'ublic Engagements. Will go A
e Two Carolinas.
: BLDG., COLUMBIA, S.X.?? ?:
e 9173 t ?|
- ^ R. E. Simpkins, Asst. Mgr., . r;5.
on, Director. ;5 -~i
_ M
timer Business School I r"m
ftOL FOR ADULTS '
ist. 14, in9K An exppptional onpor- 8
of Type-writing, Gregg method of -8
thematics and Spelling.. AVe Jiave Jj:
WAY, Director y . |j
XX~XKKK~X"XK~X~xkk~X~X~X^<-:- ' ^ ,
?;???-?? a : *?
th Carolina !
L FOR TEACHERSf
ALE, S. C. 1 ^51=4==^
Department of Education &
JLY 18, 1925. jj
iool to serve the teachers
ction of South Carolina, 1 X J
rates will be furnished i aM
n:w ==^?-1 J
rlrpQQ ? . ' X H
W Hcgistrar, Allendale, S. C. $ M
, Director, Columbia, Sr C. $
c>oooooooo<M>o.^ Aj
I Summer Session fl
THE- | W
iOLLEGE |IULY
18,1925.
Department of Education. ^
hool, College and yoading
to renewal of Jj
1 college credits. &
on?Six Days Each if
RMS ^ if?
3.00 | ^
?-, $ 90 00 I
istrial Subject :_^r$ 1.50 |
,K1NS0N, President* J
? Orangeburg, S. C. ?
SIE.^