The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 27, 1925, Page FOUR, Image 4
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S attrrd ayr~3 n n e 27,1925.
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University has not been dropped tl
r from the faculty of that mstittr-'U
. tion as hips been reported errone- zt
"* ously. IluWard without Profes- ti
t sor Miller would not be the same, al
' tft
The Atlanta Independent does- d<
n't seem to like the awards of the e>
??i Spingarn Medal. To its way of zc
thinking out the ieleven awards T
-only foiir rise-beyond- the farei- is
cal. Oh well, you?just can't w
please everybody. ' j tr
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Editors Bass of the. California
Eagle and Ben -Da^is of the At
i?\\'
_ lanta (Ga.) Independent-are be-! w
ing sued -forlibel uy certain gen- q(
- tlemen who claim that their good
Raines and character have been f.
injure^. These Editors, how- ^
^-eTTso'cdyrto haVcTFo fear of thel^
" outcome, even though the plain- n~
tiffs are men of the while race. Lj
~ * ? *
' -.-While-Genevai Robert. T.pe
lard of Alabam a is damning the <r.
?-h?K^gro soldiers of the late war,;.
* -X. " in
?LU,New honors Dorrence
I Brooks, one of those same sol- ^
dier's who gave" his life in France?'
for his?country. A square , atm^
-h? i^oitvstreev.-EttgQcombe.anrt sr.
li_ Nicholas avenue will hereafter i
- " " ' ' " ' ? i. ^
be known as."Dorrence Brooks" i
* * square,__ But are cowards; thus honored
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* * < . 8t
: After all, the., colored people
r?? i-H - L0^
need n<+t be too hard on the great
, general Robrt. Lee Btrtlard for; *
Ids attempted stTti^ures-on the ^
culorcd^sqltfigr. The mail wauls ^
to sell his Look and it has alw.dvs
been popular to. da nth the Negro, i,1
* t il(
The Negro's record as a soldier i
-is too secure-Xo^li^-xlimmed by an-by
.. orumarj^fe'eneral .steeped in prejudic(r.
* -i .
* * ?
'
' After atrthchullabaloo about
the so-called "Teapot Dome" (lit
scandal,-Judge T. B. Kennedy, U.si
S. district judgepbefore whom g<
the ca>e was-tried,, has decided ei
? -that-the deal was legal an with-'nt
out taint,-of' course, Senator (tl
?WalsKeK^P; n tan a - who gained ' A
his reputation by his partisan ef-Tr
_ fort to damn everyone "connect- K
ed with JJpe deal heartily dis- j
sents. Hut the Court has spo- G
ken. : aj
o p,
THE SI'INGARN ME7>AL 1923 a]
dal will be made to Jam*. r Wei-: ^
"" "don Johnson. J:hci
? faithful and'efficient Socroi ryjiL
of the National Association for; ^
the Advancement of Colored peo- p,
pie. Mr. Johnson has had a note ft
worthy career. He is an alto- fc
get her" useful man, part 1 cuTarly!
to his race and in a way therefore
to the country. Of course,
T l
? ; there-may be difference of opinion
as to-what person has made ^1
the highest and greatest achieve- c<
* " mgnf in-%he pant your or years im
t but be that as it may, a man wor- '
r:: 'thv of the distinction has been ^
cfregefl by the coinmittee whose
L.v duty it was to make the choice.
We doubt if there is a man ini^
? "America who is doing a greater
work and in a more intelligent F
id effective manner than this j*
me James Weldon Johnson. {
lere may be some who think {
ey are doihg it but that's about ?
...... y
1. Mr. Johnson is a worthy re-,
-congratulates him 1
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FUTURE WARS ' !r,
Uf course, there will be wars, j>
ispite peace societies, Leagues a
: Nations and other organiza- h
ons whofoolishly hope that na- \
ons are going to do what- lnai-fn
duals' have not yet learned tofr
>) Viz: settle their differences 0
ithbut resort to physical force, p
he United States, like other 11a- -\
ons, is going-to have some ti
ghting to -do_ too.. But this n
mritry, unlike other nations, is ,?
it trying to have all of citi111s
ready to loyally, efficiently b
id enthusiastically give . their Ci
ist with whole hearts?In plain!
irds, this country is saying in R
-feet to one tenth of its citizens
. . i_
Afon^t-givrra fig about-your be- k
g . flblfi t" g'v*1 *hff .,hpgtr'Mi/:
hile ?iiilions-rae being spent by A
le government in training-the b
ivorit'e nine-tenths oi its citi- s.
ins, nothing is being spent i'or v.
le tenth that- has always loy- 11
ly stood up for it. -Barred tl
:am Wdst Point. Military .Aca.-...a
jmy and Annapolis, nothing is r<
,'en done., by way ol' the eiti-^ b
ills' Military Training Camps.!
lie great big idea, ol' course, a
- to hare ncr - colored officers b
h<*n w-av pomes This foun-j
y is too much welded to the*
'opaganda-JJiat colored ' men I
in fight as a buck private but; ^
ont do as an officer. TheAvorld '
ar disproved this idea, despite r
meral Bullard's Memoirs. The h
>lored man can fight, " has :J
hat this fact-lra?ri?een dcirrmr^
rated in the late war wtrs thrti'
) help on the part of officers of v
ie mind of General-Bullarcjj-and a
ord knows, their names were
gion? ask the-hoys who were n
ivcr there." The white officers a
i gneral proved so mean and ^
ejudiced that in future wars, ^
iere must be a mighty careful
eking?of?those who~are-. to-^
immand the?colored boyn,?iT-*
iere is to be real lighting. This;
lunUy for its own welfare, had
itter lay-off the old "al^ right'
TTnTcks^t 110 good as officers"/-*"
tiff. Ccnored soldiers in' the * <
iture are going to expect .col- ^
ed officers, and."upstanding in-U
lligelit young colored men
igfat~be"given- training along-"
iat line. Gen. Iiullard's "Mem- V'
ie. --General. Btffiard-'?-'Mem-;
rs" are going'to do more than;
1 intended. * !>*
FfrHO N FAY-SIMPER IS r
SUED FOIl $10,000 , t,j
BY CLARK GRIER > t,
Clark 'Grici', prominent repub-j
:an of Georgia,-Ttttrstlay filed',
jit in Fulton superior court a- ,
linst the. Atlanta Jndepend
it Publishing company,-a^Negrt) n
jwspaper for^ft>,000 damages, j
ie outgrowth of an article in an ^
pril issue-of the Independent I
i wmcn ne__cianns no was at-?;^
icked. " -j.
According- to the petition,
rier's reputation has been dam- (
?ed and he has been held up to ^
ublie ridicule on account of the
- . w
lleged attack. i,
^he story referred-fn -.was--,
ng(|s ^
tun, and tliun assails him
ie pretension of, organizing rer- '
ublican clubs in the state. This, (a.
ie story relates, was only an ef-;
>rt on frier's part to enrich
imself. The public is yarned
td Tt is stated in the story
lat Grier does not represent f
Te "repnhHcsm state central
:>mmittee or any other organi-|f
The article ends by charging ^
?: r ? if
nat hp i'i a "devil wearing the ^
very of a saint," according to r
rier's petition, which was filed c
/ John T. Echols and Charles t
Wells, his attorneys
THE PALME!
The Sear
By William Fran
- VE SCRIBE TRAVELS -?44
^JLkave jus|t boarded a Georgia "
ailroad train at the old station ^
i Atlanta and expect to debark a
ia-Um--hours- hence. Some how
feel sort of unnecessary when ^
ly back, is turned on the Gate j,
itv. Now, I don't know wheth- s
r it is altogether the city that c
uts me in this state of mind. ^
Iy idols of the present and fu- t
Lire, the wife and two yelping,
veddlesome kids^ have no little
art to play in causing the blues ,,
t^kis?departurc. Yet Lraust1,
e on ..hiy-^a-y-rfor the sake of
ducation anclfrivfersion.
s ._.c
IDING THROUGH GEORGIA
I am sixteen miles out of At-^1
uitn-and ^here's that giant tOjl-V"
, v.tovuv^iVH, KJ
fountain ?he looks like a giantj?
s31oon with the sun kissing her ^
lick, Daki nerni. 1 am too far a-,^
ay to see the ecfuestrian, stat- c
es of Confederate war lords but
he huge mountain of granite* "0
lul. Uie_.heauiifjxL. landscape sur.-.:1
Dunding it make a sight wonder-|c
ttt-toJjQhcId. -??'--tS
There's a- quarry ancl the men i
re cutting';atone to be used on *
tiHtlings and curbs;?? ?p
The wind blows mv prpeinii?|a
traw hat l'rom the hanger and
grab it as it starts eyt o? the;11
nnrl/iwr A vaII'A-P '
iiivivj ?? 01^11 v^i ^ ?,
The pastor of my church is |
iding this train and he sits be-j*
iml me. A discussion about the tn
olm T. Scopes case and evolu-;r
^ ^
+r \vhh ihytrn and , .the ^antis. p
nt but I agree with hinrto avert r
n argument., * {!;
IEerdV'Madison, Ga., an old]?
century. Isue twoTremeteries , ^
here!they do not Jim Crow the!
iegro; dead. . ? j i:
People who live in country ;v
rOUIV??AMMMI
lAITIANri?Aim GENERAIM
KISSEL'S RESIGNATION |l
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June?Ie
he following letter was sent;c
) the America" Secretary .;of-:p
late, in the name of Haitians by ti
Patriotic Union: ^ "7
To Hon.- Frank B. Kellogg,
ocretary of Statu, .u
Washington, I). C. 7 |tl
^Sir , y |b
. "We. have the honor, to writer
on this letter to pay qur.respec- o
Til homage to you and to.take!p
aTHrherfy to call y^r LMtTn-Jf:
ion on the necessity of the?re-!o
i 1! rif Air .TnVm Amon'.Ll
un-lligh Commissioner to Haiti, b
"Mr. Russell is the author of's
ikI responsible for, or nearly, all jo
hat we are suffering actually.1 C
nder the regime of the govrn-1
;eni of ?.Ir. Borno. electd on the t
Oth of April, 1022, by incompet- t
nt cohnciliors^of State. r
- "If," In lOlTTfhie Senatroial 1
ommittee of Investigation of 2
he Cnlted St.-'trs had taken ac-C
aunt. of l.he protestations- and 1;
il'iu 'nur.s of the audience which ,h
s-rated here at its sessions,!
}"lf?n l!u> r?f filisipn zi< r?vr?_ I I
lave been- maintained in Haiti at
loimcclt the latter wouTtt "not
liv title Wh&tKOeVOl'. ~~
"It v oukl he long to enumerate. ^
11 .the grievances against, Mr.
tu -sell. The Hatian Governtothing
without first snbmiting
it to the Legation of the U- j
nent or what replaces it, - does ~
iited States,Tand tTiat(| in virtue
if n vprlinl nnfp pvrVinnororl T-ip_
- ?y ? Ir
ween the legauoh of the United j
lalian Government. Mr. Rusfcbis-tho
soul of the present regime
of occupation. The peo- {
>le would be very happy if as
tronmtiln tfi tW grpnt mpflsnroa 1
>f reparation the American Gov- 1
srnment decided to give them i
hat satisfaction. ...... v- <
"But, that is not all: The Hai- (
?gO LEADER ^
chlight ' |;
k Williams. |
owns shnuld_neyer die from
verworlc. ..Three's aTpoor white
nan whittling on a stick. And
wo men hammering with the
,nvil in a small blacksmith shop.
LndTwo men sitting on their
lows while the train whizzes by.
Everybody meets the . train aifd
tas a chat with his or her couins
and aunts. There's a groery
store and a bench of odlers.
lee! We city folk are the ones
hat work hard.
Here'sThomson, Ga., the homcT
f the. famous politician, Tom
Watson. There's an nl<l nrinfinrr
' T f xt.-. 1 g
rouo under a shelter.?Bete ha
ts fifty years old, and dollars to
rollers TomJised it. ?t
There is an old man on this
rain^who says he is from Athens
ia.v^and haa not been Lu Atlana-in
Sf.yoargt?The "iliVs
re oyer 71'miles apartaowUbeoes
not care to see the "Ne\v|
."o'rli of the Ooutli."?IIu s lie
an't afford to dodge traffic. * |
Here is Augusta, fourth city
f Georgia. I wire the Pahnet-io
Leader's manager that I am'
hanging trains for Columbia. I1
re$S Broad street and the river
>nd hit Carolina dirt. Passing
hrough Trenton, BatesburffT1eesville
and Lexingt^w Kidsre
selling peaches as thy were'
oing in Georgia. I don't see as
oany.idle farms as I ?aw on the
ther side of theSavannah.
l am in Columbia for the first
ime in five years. The manager
neets me. Washington street
leeds repaving. Editor Freder:k
looks well. He is a real \vi i-er.-Mr.
Leevy, bignnerchant, is
he picture of health a?nd?eaysttlantans
have money but lib
trains. I admit there is room
or Negro clothing stores in Atanta
but there's room in Col?mia>
for many other things.
'Leaving tomorrow for Washngton,_
D. C. The Searchlight
,rill be continued.
. r?
tail puuplu"'aie dupriml siiicc917
of their legislative repres- ,
iitalion. GenT Cole and Con.
>utler have related before, the
Committee of Investigation oi'
he United States-diow-they-havo^
aken part to the dissolution oi'
he Chambers.
?firtL una. ui luui^.f, ci;i
:ien, we have no legislative chain
ers. It is & body of t'nnctroTiaris,
nominated by the President
f Haiti, that functions in its
lace. You understand, bir, vnat
Fthe danger, lor utTYoliec-fea--?
ur laws are made l>y 4ndividun-Li.
lociles and serviles, nominated
y the executive power, which itelf
dares not do anything withut
the approbations the High
Commissioner. ?? ? s
"We. therefore", beseech won
o pass orders t,o your roiires'm.iivs
in the Island, so that \venight
have the legislative electons
on the 10th of January, ltl5,
date foreseen for that by the
;oiisllUjllun, which Mr. GL'mK- .
yn.-'--Roosevelt has boasted to
tave given us."
JNCOLN UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
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(By The Associated Negro Press. 1 :
tjtrus ?f Lhe Culluge commencenent
at Lincoln university, Pa.,
vere the laying,of the corner
tone of the new $82,500 Science
building and a Memorial Service
conducted by the AlafrTrii Assoc ation
in memory fo the late
resident Dr. John B. Kendall, of
fersey City. * The crowds in atendance
at the Commencement
xercises broke the record of recent
yearn, On Tuesday, .hiho
), the campus was crowded with
? ?-? - _ - . .... U--\ ^
lutomobiles from Philadelphia
md Baltimore, as well as from
noreUistant points. Visitors ;
:ame from Denver (Colo.) from
Oklahoma City, from Atlanta
and Savannah Georgia, from
Boston and intermediate points.
MARINES IN HAITI TO STAY
- ? 41
?(T'.y The AasHci-.itod Nggro Press.-) ? ?
New York. N. Y., June?Ac- a
cording to Brigadier General Ful- :v
!er, cunimandee-of?the thrrttecTT
States Marine Brigade occupying 1
who was among the 194% f
passengers who arrived recent-1s
in ttrcr states; the marines are 5
in Haiti to stay. The General
in discussing the present attit- t
udc of the'United States Govern- j
i-nent toward Haiti- declared that
he could see no change in the ?
American policy toward the Hai- *
t ian govoriimont and only -tho pol k
.ncianr, oi'ihe islands were hos- *
tile toward the presence of the i
marines. General Fuller did not \
eompient on the atrocities-with-t
Vviiieli the marines aie chaiged. ,c
?? 1' ?"" ???
RENTS COLLI' XD IF r|
Ali.-jif i:ut fi.i;i'n,Pi?nrita,;.wf-Mini
houses yui: sane on instalmi
' KENT.
NOTARY.!?
(It requested will conn
REAL ESTATE ANT
7750 HNCOLN ST,_ , . Flf
frirtont Sill
For Colorec
Anderson, S. C., Ju
A]) roveiV by the State Departn
?Under the? direct supervision t
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L. M. IVl\*
_ ^nd .1. II. FELTON, State Su
.A;'*r.''A< oft?i-ry the State Depai
t*t-iIn:., fir itIs. . * and louuild up h
~T!cc7ToTTm tc.e 111e and activities (
Thiv. cunivnor school has been
?tonohrr.". work in the north
Thus a .plondid opportunity, at
to:. 'T'i _tr-' ' "i- sf.-lWm tn iiilm
Sessions hckl in Reed Street h
Heard for session will be fur
i >.'i at reasonable rates. J
itvyJ d ration fee ?81.00.
l"cr ui ttycr nforniaiibn write ..
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Mr M/Molloway's Sum
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A ti.itiy U) li.'iiii the" touch system o
hf F-h?mtr.rrl, ibi.ono.s English, Matt
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? < a;e vc.^ ,i\.:.-o.uible. Address
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Authorized by the State I
-? Memeatary, High Set
cational courses lea
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? certificates and
4r? :?: i?
j Five Weeks Sessio
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;i; Entrance Fee ;
.Board for Session'
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Saturday, June 27, 1925.
BURNS FATHER'S WILL,
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
Easton Pa?.June ?One of the
Fitxst unusual eases in North
a ' \
impton county in many years~
\as brought to light here Wednesday,
wheir dohii Rothenhausm
\\ a^'aiTQsted~fQr hurning-hia.
ather's will. The apparent rea- _
;on for his act is that the will
.tipulates that his wife is to get?
iis slrfrrtrofrhis-4ate-Tather<s es-_
ate
The av:t was committed several
lays ago, just before the fathsr's
funeral, when the will was a>oat
toTSeTread. Rothenhausler
ii i ?j <? j j t i _ j? i_i. _
rramwn it. irom tngnannsjoi tne .?,
uh.'tivc who was about to read???t,
threw it into the fire and then
; - C*
vayed the poker around and "
hreatened to kill anyone who ?
amc neai him,. ~~~
?122 ~ loans NEGOTIATED ?
fS REAL.ESTATE 1 ~ 7^
i-lh-sitlrnls-fttihgment sept 1st Month _
sst. my prices like paying
seej me.
ublic ' . . '
e to probate papers.)
LIN VE STI\ IE N TSL .. i
COLUMBIA, S. C.
nmer School ??
?
T1 T
1 Teachers
ily 20--August 28.
lent of Education./
)l Superintendents
l.oHOV WDDKMAN, Newberry
ISS K ATS WOI"FORD, LAURENS
T. E. DORN, Greenwood _-_i -^-1
IPAFFEY, Anderson :? ? : '
per visor of Negr^o Schools. - .
tment of Education.
iigh idea's whictrshouid faere- '
if the community,
organized to serve elementary
western counties of the stat?.
i:< little expense, is offered the
1 a standard summer school.
igh school .building.
rushed by the citizens of An- "
Miss A. E. Webb, 1243 S. Fant incipal
ItookerWashintftOih =
U'lUit. ' zzz
>,c>:oo.o.o.C'v.v.C'.o.o<:':o_o o</o_o asepaaaos) mer
Business School |
t. 1.1, An .'onuoptional oppor1?g??
f Typo-vv riling, tiregg method of o
lemaifcs and Spelling. We have ?
Columbia, S. <J. jjj
OC-ti<vC-OOO3C'v^O?O>3C<ODCOO]<^toC0ao . *
'-JKT-r v? >?.-wUM? mt ^ -i II MiWUMa^?^? ??
:^o.'.->:v.v.v oo.g-:? v
timer Schodl ?/.
ITH CAROLINA | .
LY 24,1025. ; j ~?"
iTOX-KXPKRT 1
STRONG -FAC-' J
zed by Depart- f/ isL .
ibiicily Lbairman. ' ' -???.
:> o 00 o oo o ocro ooooo^owoxfoxoyff
o " %
Summer Session *
UK |
MkLKIjfc, 4
iLY 18,1925. '?|
)epartment of Education. ^ S
tool, College and V^~|
ding fo renewal of $
college ctedits. |
>n--Six Days Each i
MS " ' |
~ ^ J, 3.00 *
20.00 f _
trial Subject 1.50 4
?ss ... ?
KINSON, President, -|
Orangeburg, S. C, ?
omaam^ao?to^^8?3??ceca8$oi