Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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E-jr:> J" ' J ' . . ... FOUR The Palmetto Leader P . ... n Published Weekly By l: . * ' ' P The Fglmetto Leader Pub. Co. s J. B. LEWIE - President b 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET i d COLUMBIA, S. C. ? Entered at. the Post Office at Colum- ^ bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. ^ TELEPHONE 4623 t Nf J. Frederick, Editor 8 W. FRANK WILLIAMS ii Contributing Editor t HENRY D. PEARSON .-City Editor c : flEn, H, HAMPTON, Manager 4 n . ,i_ ; subscription rates: One Year v--~- 12.00 C Six Menth8-jr___i 1.25 1 Three Months ..75 ' - "~r RTwylft Copy _ --I? .05 ^ Advertising Rates given on appli- 1 cation.. ? ? - . 1 I J Saturday^ August 15. 1925. j. - *7 " ; " | f Chicago seems .to be a great iplace to kill and then cheat death \ by being declared crazy. Doyvn , this way one had better have . 1 some other defense than being 'j crazy. '. ... " ] first bale of cotton for the sea1 * son^was sold at auction:?The L_ t>rice_paid-was-70^ 1-2 cents per] .. -v- pound. * How good would it be! < if all bales were first bales arid h brought such'a price. ( : : ?. ^ ?- ? ? . ' ' J Beginning in September;*--the \ Brewer Normal school, C>reen-^ wood, S. C., will be In charge of J. - a colorecFfacuity from President;] on down. Since the founding of i \ this school in 1869. by. the Artier- j ican MissionaryHSociety, it has' had as its head white principals as well as white instructors?only a few colored teachers being employed. * ' U ^ v _ " V The Asheville Enterpriser a , paper -published irv North _Caro-l liria, knows the value of colored, enterprisers. It is a booster for . all , such that are trying' to ele- j vale jdie race, whether in its own State or elsewhere. Viewing , ? " ~~w4th dinmna ihe jvrft-nmi, '^flrFr m . Rnnordnp Indicator nf gmth"Cftii olina to dise-Ourage "the; State ??r? .Goloied-Fair Association, which1' has been serving the people for , 17 years, has pledged its efforts!' ? to 'hftlp. ttrn.T Carr. r 0. m 1 "Looks like 'Col, Jfrnmie'! - Roach writes only on the State Fair and then on the Baptist ministers down in South Caro liua^?xo one ohv-h mv hm-ftt---' \ . ' ~ """" ! -5 tion to Roach and hisrwritings, i" They laugh-. at hliS writings.; every community, something- to'' laugh at Asheville Enter-* prise. * - " ' *4' Look out Brother Carr or you-^' will soon be den(mTreed"W^Fof^ ten" by the Recorder-Indicator.1 Don't you know, .that a man who ?^dfts a paper --must write aboutsomething? Perhaps, Editor , - Roaeh is ambitious to be remembered by ."CheState FaTFTs rot- ' "Ten" as WasBFother Jasper by' "the sun do move." ? 0 ~ E MISSOURI DISGRACING ! Missouri is the State from1, whence Congressman Dyer, author of the proposed Federal Anti-lynching law hails. Per-1 haps, Missouri wants tO' emphasize the heed of sdch a law "as jBut whatever the reason for the effort of Missouri, to place her-' self alongside of Georgia, Florida i Mississippi and a few other backward States, particularly j when it uuiiii^-U^-ob^ervfltlorr of j Jaw aiid Jihti- protectiorr of life/] she has only succeeded in show- , ing to the world that its citi- { zens care nothing for its laws, i if A *: rr.-'U?i* ? . **?*?i*??uun ? civm/.aiiuji, oased t on Christianity as we suppose,rj~ ? ^ to to bo judged by the blowing j' off of Ray Cummins, the County ,e i^-- 'ii "m i> rosecutor, then that State does ** ot stand for much. If that % I % rosecutor has expressed?the entiment and attitude of the etter citizens of Missouri then vv 0 one. ought h&ye any eonfi- ^ ence in its courts. Perhaps, the mob that lynched Walter flllchtill, afer allrknew~tfrgt~,ftre" ^ lave been?rather of the opinion hat the kind of murder known ? is lynching should be controlled ua * /?Q J tnd stamped out bv the States hat are so stained with that ( rime. However, notwithstand- C1 ng the fewer?lynehiwgn?now ^ ^ -f |f\ aking place, we are inclined to he belief that it is as much the luty of the Federal Government 111 u see'thai" men a criminal have lis. day in court as it is to try ls :p~keep a person Yroiii drinking1 :CUJ 1 little liquor. It would seem ~ hat life is about as important ^ is liquor in at least'it ought.be, ^ lotwithstanding the. millions ta spent to suppress the liquor tfaf^ ia-and 'not one Cent to see that A11 i man gets a show for his life in i ;he -courts. That >Missourianj001 mob? we bet, would debate you j m< all day on its belief in the Bible.,r Mobs are usually made?tip of *-1irnists. us ' _o 110 WHAT'S WRONG IN OUR ^ COLLEGES? There must undoubtedly be something wrong in, the conduct j <-'a >f institutions of learning for re5 :olored ybuths at the head of ^ vKoh nre-^wEtfe- presidents. Ei- j Ev :her the students are, awakening j it? all, they are human beings just(m? like anybody else and are enti-jlal tied to the same kind treatment jr the authorities are foo slow I's in realizing that methods of a quarter of a century ago are out'l)r 31 pra^> in inese days ana limeTT"77 Fhe ofti ideas mufst give wayv^ rhe?recent . trouble at Fisk >hows that old ddeaa must give next and now the Alumni ofAin-. th Johi University are up m aiTTTS:^ against the new president-elect. ?f fhe objection to the- latter is oased un his attitude to the face tary ol the National Board of ^ ^Missions 01 the I'resijyterian ^ church. which Board has charge of the colored schools of the su South. It is'noteworthy that in ^r< no instance of protests has a de-_jL mand"-been made that the insti-^ tutions be jaresided over by a" colored president instead of a JS white one, instead the demand JAl nTt'or presclients that respect the nT( hope, aspirations and ambitions of the students as a ppoplp and tin American citizens. Patrenalism ta which has been so prominent m .m< the past is out of date jufd _tjie sooner the remaining white pres-j"11 idents of colored institutions re- ;ni( uognze this, the students, alum-,^ei ni mid frl^11(^| ?.f^uch^ins^tu-M__ that the treatment and training!111 of the youn& be along the same Au lilies as .those Of oiher people. 1 ^ they going?to be-satisfied ^1(' with nothing less. This is a new f ? flay a nrl a new spirit i? nhrn^r]; whch mue.l he served. -?r .tinj CONDEMNS CHOCOLATE?-m /Q.i A :1A?i xi r? ?v . - \t^j me nasuumicu i>t;jfro rress.j lOl Bridgeton, Conn., Aug.?"Theinj woman who eats a pound of choc?eo' olates and wakes up next morn- st; ing thirsty and with a head- in ache, is no better than the man has that terrible 'morning after' ?oi fueling."? jan That was one of the jolts deliv- de ?red here by William Sampson, je< health lecturer, ~wtr(T~trffJM5PhiTTvj lelivering a series of addresses Ge bere- ^ : JL _UaH "Don't put piqkles on your ta-. :>le and ask then a blessing," hej" *aid, "for God never intended, ' sickles to be eaten. Even thei0^ tnimals have better sense thanicai 'o eat them." """" > * ]fir; Sampson -has ireen ^serving thi 'free lunched'4o show the prop/ ? ir hot weather menu. Er *4 V ..I.I ' ' . -i ~ THE PALMET The Sear< By William Fra] t WEEKS INTH&NATION'S CAPITAL >,-ft has oft.pn- occnrpd to mp *i-4he person whn ran find all . j pleasure, adventure, recreants in his own home town and es nothing for travel or an aslonal visit to some distant y, state or country, belongs an aire earlier than the Chrisji era. And yet it is sad. to many such persons are living this enlightened twentieth cen y. What life means to them far beyond my ability tp callate There is the farmer or small. vn man who has never visited i capital ftr chief city of his, te. And there is the cityjjian uiithiiiks his burg is all in allthe capital or chief city x>f his: intry. And again there is the j jtropolitan bird, who thinks: aC the world is enclosed with-; the limits of his city^ There! mo~r? to be learned by all of: if we will but give up the mo-< tonousiures of the homefojiij rhts and_ne_\y faces. ; Washington City, the nation's , is wonderful in many >pects and nobody can know by simply reading about it. reri to visit it and ride through beautifui streets' and parks' d neglect goihg-through~+he-| my governmental departments; mous ntuSeums and galleries' arts arid sciences and industry unfair to one's self and the ci-i because he cannot-give?the. oper description of the city j d its sights when he returns me to be among his friends Places of Interest. Washington's _ monument ' is 2 highest work of masonr^^nr e world. It's height <>is &5j ^o-inches.?It is constructed j white marble and thousands j rvator each year- The writer! 41 bud Ike stops whi ' was OUt 01 oraer. There are ! 5te[Ja TujiTI hwttwm frFTrep. j ie best view of the city and rrounding country can be had )m the top of the monument, stands on the banks of the tomac. The Smithsonian Institution situated -on a part-of t-he^ Malkoccupies a leadimr place a mgrtdie learned establishments: the world.?Besides its vol-' ies of research work it con-1 -V ins some old inventions, a-f 3ng which is the first- printing! ess: It also contans the first! iofype-machine and the first \ jnotype. These were most resting to the writer... The Corcoran Art Gallery hasj e of the best, collections pf aft* the United States. .It wgs^ uruled and enddwed by WiiFiam1 . Curui an, as a gil'l 10 IHd bUb-' in 1869. ^1. -i E1 The Lincoln_Memorial is a trble Temple Shrlno~~situated^ The Mall opposite the WasJw ?ton- monument. There are snow white Done coliinHhV 1! r each of {.he-states eonstituti the Union at t lie time of Lining death. A massive marble J *tute "of Abraham Lincoln is this building. The National Museum is unr the direetioiT of-the Smfthuian institution and cavers two d PIHfJlt'hird aeeeH:?Here?are posited many interesting ob -ts of science* and art. The 'iter saw uniforms worn by meral Sherman and other offis of the Civil War.?We alno w dresses worn by Martha ashing ion and the wives of ler presidents in early Amerin history. We also saw the st automobile and models of 2 first steamships, fhe-fitn-eatt of - Printing and igraving is an imposing stone , s* * . ? ? ;,*Tn fO LEADER ~ " chlight J I nk Williams. || ? ' structure. It is a branch of the ^ United States Treasury and em- ~ plynst 4,000 ppnplp ^ ~'~~Tford'? TTiAa^ropiyhgrfl Lincoln ^ was shot, stands on >10th street-_^_ between E and F and has a slight ?t resemblance of the modern thea- j tre. Opposite this building is . the house where Lincoln died. ^ In this house is a collection10 of T.inroln mpmnrials We paused fo there for several minutes. The Government Printing Office is a most interesting place sr to .visit. We spent three hours ;w passing through the ~ buildirrgr1 ^ The building:cost $3,500,000 ahdfZ tho Vfllnp nf its PniiinniPnf is 9,9. - ! 80te000. ..In this buildingpostal cards, ^monev orders, the Con- OJ gressional Record and hundreds printed. There are 4f 100 em- CI ployees and the annual cost of h< operation is $12,000,000.-- The building is eight stories in height a] and covers an entire block, tl Fourteen-tonsofmetal are used daily on type-setting machines. j0 The paper consumed in: 1924 was ei 42^)00,000 pounds. It maintains p< a. library of 350,000 different a Government publications, day g? and night orchestras to.entertain a employees during lunch hours, sr recreation an dreading rooms, te shower baths and fuor bowling"*'sc -alleys for the use of employees. Hardrng Hah, on the top floor,"? seats 1,200 persons and is devot- tc ed ta social activities of employ- p( ees and may be quiclcly converted ai info a ball room, a motion picture" m theatre. ti< Composition: 121 linotype ma- bi chines, 120r mbhotype~keyboards, 126 monotype casters, 373 book al and hand compositors, 77 make- al Binding: 3G folding^rhachinesy-^ 1 gathering?maehines, 18- wire stitchers, 52 sewing machines, 16 ruling machines, 41 cutting S1 anchtrirnming maehniesr ~~ . Pi uss vvo^'k: 25 Webb m'^Ssesr? 103 cylinder presses, 21 platen, TTIT75ST*S7lti^hel-ft;d rotary pi'ess- ^ es, 5 automatic-feed envelope presses, 2 embossing presses! 81 Platemaking: ^7 casting box- w es, 5 molding presses, 12 routers, 13 saws and trimmers and 100 . other miscellaneous machines. S1 - P h o I o-e ngr aTiri gf^Fully equip- e* ped for half-tone work of 120 to ^ 150 line screen, all kinds of tine- Jjf cut work. w Before reaching the. Proof- ? rea^Trs room, we?thought we ? Ifeard a Sunday school in session. pair of readers would drown out Sj th& irolse" of the other pair. .; w We saw the water coloring of j0 paper and hook edges injprocess. ? Il_\vas-wottrterXui.^ Colored em-^ plovees can be ^oimd. in all de- -}y partmnets. " "T_ ^ ! . . : Other ""Places. ~ ^ Other places of interest too tt numerous to describe- are: The International Bureau oT^ftmrei-_ can Republics, theJted-Cross Me- "fcc morial, the Treasury Building, in the Patent Office, the office buil- sr dings of the House of Represen- he tatives and the Senate, the Union Station, the State, War and 5 Navy Building, the Department di of Agriculture, the Post Office ci Department, the Pension Build- t ing, the White House, the Capi- ^ to!, thg Army WarColiege, and ? many other places of lesser importance. . < ^ THE PEOPLE. ol In an earlier article we charged sj the people of Washington with.w being onobbioh and clannish. We;iu admit that we were a bit hasty te in advertising the city to the y< readers of this paper. While pi Washington is not a cosmopolitan ar city in the sense that NefrHSforklth or Baltimore is, it's people are ar just AS frteajjty as could be ex- lo pected in * city where so many W iJ.. .. . -.? 1.^1 ?mu ?. J ? "Bv The People. Of The] EVffcS OF A SMALL TOWN The subject "Evils of a Small own, affords much discussion it I believe when thqjdiscussion ~ finally ended, the majority _ ill agree that the small town ( fers more opportunities for one ] > do wrong than the large city. 11 he question is naturally asked i rhy do you say that? The fol-n wing reasons I give: First, people, especially the!4 >ung. want recreation. Thpj nail town offers no means of;, holesome lemmllott, therelore j ie youngpepple.resort to other^ eans/77 7 * ^ The people In-the small town , ave to work hard for a living,'j i the-job soon-until late, and'( 3 soon grows tired of monotony ; ldgfresout toHhave a little re^^ * will take a little drink to >othe the weary mind. Drunk id disorderly conduct will be fpglllt J . Spcond, tlie Tmall tgwn i? w par in school efficiency, it I ther has poor teaehers or a j* ior building. It is very hard i get a good duuehui1 to staying small town, and I am glad to,* ly that this is becoming to be thing of the past. Most of our:1 nail towns have recently erec-V id or are now erecting modern,' fhool buildings. Good buildings 111 bring goocP teachers. Third, denominational spirit is 1 >o high in ? small town. Es- ' scially between the Methodists! id Baptists.. The main argu-j' ient is: Whether you can go top saven or not without ;i being ] iptized. 1 There are many good things :>out the small town, there is < , . ways some good in the worst 1 ; ue, : j? ? Many evil things that would i< appen,. gossippers keep, them iwn, (God bless them) theyave done much "in keeping the ( natt~to\yn grdod. ?No?one?caTFj hi-what-would happen in the ! . nail town if therg was no per*-^ )n to talk about it, to tell the', ii - r TH(T small town needs far-j ghtpft-husinews men, men who1 ill see beyond the generation.! ; is said that old men dream. , . _ ... M ons. This being true it is nec- , 5sary for a good many-of-our^ d n*ien to pass away because1 leir vision has been dimmed.:' he young men aro coming* ith great visions. The, small town needs a live- 5 ire club tcT boost the interest^ ? the town, a base ball team, ;1 T. M. e. A. director- to takgf jecial care of the young boys ( ho are out looking for recreat- ( y'- ,<b Thn-smalhtOWn n^ds^prohibi^ _ with the bootleggers"The large"citv has its faults;) icause there is so little evil in 1 le best of us. p I am not encouraging people < r leave the small town and go J g that the citizens who live in 1 nail towns"will stay~Ihere aricT jtter their condition . WAYMAN JOHNSON. 1 . - - - ! , fferent sections, races and,so-p al standings are represented, he. longer we stayecLlhere the1] I 2iter?jwe liked it, and towards le last, ,we really felt reluctant < > leave the city." An evidence]1 ' this is the fact that after i sending a week in Philadelphia; < 6 stopped over another weekji rs and newspaper men,, law- f irs, teachers, government em- 1 oyees, bricklayers, merchants^ id laborers and werg Convinced ~ lat they are-absolutely human-H id friendly at that, : ,-If we live ng enough we are going to r ashington agaih. , :.t -"'J. ' '! IU>*I }C*WY~2 Saturday, August 15, 1925. For The People. | A YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES UNION FOR COLUMBIA - By Tom Truth. We have at ^present, in the hurclies of Columbia, Epworth Leagues, Baptist Young People's .. jtX. Unions^ Allen christian Endea- ' /or Leatrues. and Vafirk Snrip. ?? Each society is confined to i denomination, the Allen Christan Endeavor; League is~an African Methodist Episcopal organ featipn; the Varick Societies are jorinected with the A. M. E. Z. hurches; the Epworth Leagues ire young people's clubs fostered )y the Methodist Episcopal :hurch; the Baptist Young People's Unions are sponsorefTTty :he Baptist churches. And they do good in.their intivrdual""fields.""They serve as ortims for the expression and de /elopment of the talent of the ; ,mung folk-and contribute tangi. fiy toward the financial support )f various religious endeavors; ;hey also foster the elevation of norals of-rtb^ people^ nd :hese phases of their work they doak their pursuits with a religious and spiritual influence* ivhich lends much good to the jpbuilding of the church. Yet, in thlTbpihToh of the wri .ec, and as conceded- by ~ rrtrrrt?society members, they? lave their faults. "... .Attendance is not always the *>' jest, neither representative of the youth of the city, nor pro- ^ jortionate tb the adult population. . ' - . Participants in the exercises jffered are not always^ apprecia:ive of their responsibilities and ired are mediocre; . . Due to the numebr of these societies, no-^e of them is fre- ? public talent, and such other outside talent as is sometimes nec- 1 BBSS In. 55555 as a drawing mil as iHspliatlun. ? .. It is believed that these faultscan benighted to acertainde?ree. We cannot expect perfection , " The remedial instrument Which is the writer's irieft, ia an association of young people's societies, which would not interfere with the local work nf in dividuaL organizations This association?would claim as its membership the members of the various development units" but asmlcLhayer-of-courser aseparate ~ _ afficial roster. By meeting ance a month the interference would be negligible. Such, an organization would certainly "make- great headway toward off-setflng the faults aaove mentioned. . Due toJts magnitude it would draw tho attontion of public talent, and Secure its interest and service. -?; ? """By its Vory'grcatiiess, those?:== participating in its?programs would be forced to a realization Df the importance of their tasks, 4 and consequently ^ would render the best possible service. , ^ By serving as a refined, religious, educatiqnal and spiritual source Of l?ntertalnment it would, iraw into its portals those who waste their'timeor spend it To % detriment of. their moral stan- * iard, and by showing the bene ?its of attendance would, by actng as a clearing house, add con dderably to the number of the nembers of the individual so:ieties. ^ The idea has other "benefieTnT"" " 'egturog.?? ? Think^ Society- presidents. V ? nembers, mothers and fathers, ran't you come together? .