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Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By The,Palmetto Leader Pub. Go. J. B. LEWIE President ToiO ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. . .j T . . I -Entered at theiPgst Office at Columtelephone ... 'r , 45g N. j. FREDERICK, . _ EditorW. F RANK WILIAA MS _ ---. - - ? =T! -J, ? . T'Cuntrlbuiin^ Eiliu>7' HENRY -41. PEARSON City Editor GEO. II. HAMPTON, 7" Manager . ~ subscription rates: cash in Advance. one year c $2.q0l Six Months ? 1.25 Three Months ?. i_ '.75 Single Copy 1 .05 Advertising Kales "given on appli. ~ catiunr : ? , ' ' "Communications intended tor ?"The current issue must reach this office, (if out of town) not later- than .Tuesday night.? J ty^news by Wednesday night. I Saturday,'September 12, 1925.? ? ? TTie uovemor isstied-a-proclamation calling upon the people to pray for rain last Sunday. It rained Monday;- Now, was that ' * * . . . an answer to t he prayers'or just a natural happ&u^g? =; ;???y * ? Answering a correspondent of -~feehox, Mass., as to whether or ? not president?Goolidge ?is?a. Klansman, t h e Springfield, L (Mass.)"-Republican says simply and emphatically, "lie is not a Klansman." < o fer?^ Henry Lincoln Johnson, the . Republican National Committeem : man for Georgia is being raked -r .-..v. over the coals for recommending Marion G. Dunningy?a proroi. nent Klansman.. for Collector of Custqms vA Savannah,- Ga. Pert??"Line." has his reasons," being a past-master in polities. * Two coloml people and one white man have been arrested t in the Rainwater murder; three colored mFn"let aicessoides in the 1 . . Reward -killing but so far as anv & = on e knows, nothing?hrrs?been done to have arrested the assas~ sins of Pink Whaley?not oven _ a reward ollered. \\ haley is eob jrt ored. Is thai- ;y-ToasoFT? . The United States will/ now ; J, " '-perhaps' take.--more ,t han nominal ? ' " interest in T.iheH:i. t he- Al'rican ^republic. Experiment by. Fire. stone, the Auto tiit- manufacturer, in growing rubber has proven highly successful. America wants to find a?way: .-or place to grow rubber and thus dree herself from n?i?a ^ ...v. \7t HI I?.. tain.-?But Liberia had boUor bo . uuulioub. _y:?^feZg"ani. ' PJll=??a A - very kind nurse for dark people. g - " - i . Q , ^rrrr NEWSPAPERS AND THE > NEGRO. i . .That'there is a general policy thiHlewspa-peee-of the country r j-+ . -to -hold up the Negro race To The world as a criminal race can - mannor in. uhn h- iHlegeH ninv; L *-\' ? concerning it- is gcjjerallr treated. About the only time the doings of the race occtrpy front pages in these "pftfregrS. is --when some alleged crime is committed. These papers do not care either whether the so-called news If: is true or not. Perhaps, the news being sent out by the A sift sociated Press,.js_taken_asJj:uje^ But, wtTil(T"the Associated Press H f - is the greatest news gathering V* ( agency in the world, it is by no means the greatest truth telling K g agency. More bunk, propogan ua aiiu misrepresentation ot the p Negro race has been sent out K v by this agency than any other in existence. As a recent example: Last Saturday in Montclair, N. BLjb J., a little 6 year old white child was kidna|>ped. At onee the ? news was heralded-to the world bgjx". by the newspapers?front page 1 and big headlines?that "Man-1 P ' * U?-g-^c _ ? ? V? . ? . , "Posse Seek Negro Who?Abducted Six Year Old White Girl." The article their goes bhTf to tell about the Negro this and | the that; the little white g child this and the little~whitet? child that. |t ?Tbp npvt day however if was^t. tie ghi "was snatched up b>> a ll dark skinned white man andt whisked away."?Did this sub p scuuent article with the truth ? a"lU)L'ur"-"'dh front pages? Not mt,c all,--but tucked away op a mid-11 die page with other newts, per- ; a haps more interesting?for?the t time being. The head line too-'p was different, oh, so different?It "Maniac Sought in Kidnapping," 1 not White Maniac, please notice, a Wirat?evidently was intended r was- clone. Not THrecroutrof ten i persons who- road -1 he first, ac- c count would read the second ar ^ tide and meanwhile the Idea was1 \ -abroad that the a-cMvascommit-j\ ted by a JNegro and, being so, c the whole ji'ace must suffer. ja This may he lair from the news-jl papers standpoint, but if it is If right and honest or just the j meaning of those words will have c to_be_reyised. e ?_ " " o~ \ j Tzl UNUSED TIALENT. % _ Two weeks ago, the _Colored { Elks held thei^ annual 5onven-j{ -Tioga iii Richmond. It is-esti-i^ nnHed that.* the gathering!.. brought together from the coun-'~ try over 40?ut>u "visitors?the^ greatest crowd ever assembled j in Richmond. No untoward in-!, cident happened to mar the occa- ' j : sion. The whites were kindli-L ness itself?nothing unusual however in the South as the var-1v ious colored organizations can ' ^ testify. The visitors conducted, ^ themselves as well behaved and t iqrright people usually do, re- ^ _nienibering at all times that: j they were - guests. But to' ac-'t commodate such a crowd de-L "nianded organizing ability ofi~ -the highest order and directing'^ intelligence u mi s u al?a n cl this~, task Was for colored neonlo to . accomplish. L'ouTcT It be done ?1 ^ it was dona and well done. The t of it, "No convention crowd ever . i.s.wmbled hero has been ban-' j died with one-half the efficiency D -that has marked the progress of' ihis one/' fn another issue,1. speaking of the magnitude of the1, ttask and J he nwrrin charge oft the whole arrangements, it said,' ",\I. A. Norrell, who has literally! gen ins for organization and ^ who had every detail~af the tipsj oT his fingers; and his assistantsand sub-cliairmen. arranged af- ' iiiir^ so definitely and clearly as to i?ut to-shamCTa]]_pr eyious ar- i rangements for. any, convention', herd in Kichmond by white ' or colored?people/'?So?able br-j 1 Noi'i'oll, indeed, that the1 Times-^ Dispatch has no hesitation in as-;, selling that .he is mentally andl^ ^temperamentally equipped, to;, Is'. scarry through any .sort of work that may be intrusted to him.1 j It i> therefore"clear to those1 who have followed the proceedwigs of the convention, both be-^ I ere ar-d after its assemblage1 that its shilling success has been ..due cluefly to the extraordinary ability of M. A. Norrell and his associates. The Times-Dispatch was on the scene and knows whereof it. spoke. Mr. Norrell only lacked the opportunity to. ( display the "extraordinary" abil-!j ity that he had all the time.'] There are many NorreHs all over: j tnls country whose abiTrfvrcouTd' > be used to the betterment and ( progress of American life, but j because of the color caste, is be- \ -mg allowed to go to waste. Hecause,.in this country, color i's,1 first peeped at, more ability isfjl unused than anywhere else in the^ civilized world. There ought be i no limitation on efficiency, cer- j tainly no such artificial one as f is now predominately American, i The Norrells should have a 1 chance unlimited. is jn ?ui> "" ? "wr1.1" a?' THE PALMET IETHOD1ST WEEKLY WARN 1 PROTESTANTISM, T " *" ^ " V In its leading editorial of Auust 27, Southwestern Christian idvocnte published -by-the Mchodist Book*Concern, condemns he recent .parade of the ' Ku wlux Klan ih the National cap- 1 trrt;?and tillers a?mining that he Klan is a dangerous menace 1 o Protestant Christianity?The ^ ioathwesteriL Christian Advo- ] ate?imd?previously published i wo articles defending the Klan ? nd it is upon these articles that 1 he editorial comments.?Of the arade in Washington, the edi- 1 orial says: 1 "It was an ignorant and deii- ' ,nt flaunting of the red sliirt of ( etigious an<l racial narrowness 1 nto the faces of the other-scores J + . ..f i -i-'-'J!? ? I* ?UlJlU?.-> U1 li.'U -ilUHUIlg ClLlr * ens tmd Protectant Christians i did refuse to be carried oft' into ** esses of religious Pharisaism '< ind racial discrimination at the ( Clan's behest, lIo\vev,er much { t may voluiitarily assumed! has^ ognized role r.?s mentor or guar- 1 lian of the rights or religion of 1 American citizens. -We nave a 1 .. ... .. . ....i; - x. government of people, compe- 1 ent for theset-hingsv - The Man >roposes either to* usurp the fun tlons of our government or" to 1 upploment them; if ..the,former :c s their object, they should he ' topped by |he goveaaaent; tiny alter purpose is an indirect in- ' j 1 n-1 - uuuii<j:ii 01 ino government as ? netticient, and is equally blaln- ' tble and un-American. . If Klanism is synonymous 1 vith' Protestantism, and this/ Yotestantism is the vehicle "of 1 .7 ; 'hristianit/, in study a cohibina-1 ion the death warrant of Proestant Christianity. A Christ- ' anibj-Hrhatr u n d or~dr. m i n a nce of i he spirit of rampant racialism | ueh as the.Kla,n espouses, arays groups within itself againstj ipposes race against bni ^ *tnH.i<>ns race suiMM'diiiat'ioii ami ubservency, thereby disqualiies h. elf tp become a universal . -.iHilbw,. ; il< "^.nclinn tnd stalus_as..a> divine re-vdat ion Iff. l .. .:.. ~ ~ 3 II i vo I IasIV. jJJlIiUfeU| iUy,_L-ll 1'lSt?^ anity is-Hon-rUuial. It nni.-.t re- t nam so or l.e out distanced and ^ ropplantotl by sonic oilier one of he world's-living religions. [, '''We do nc/w and will forever' 'cpudiato on ethical, historical,\ 'elisions and racial grounds that ^ Klan-riddeji? Prote s'n'ntlsni he'-1 t ng fostered by such fanaticism , is was'exhibited in Ttie'Wash-i, ngton ' demonstration already a illuded to. It \vas in no sense an!' niicial Protestant demonstration! It had not t-ho olVicinl ennet ion of 1] xpy Protestant Christian deno-J, ninatioji. It is gratTfvinir food i : : --V .1 for mental reflection that the i President of .the nation was not : )omho(vzlo(l into Honoring it by his presence. As faulty as is the , American cliurclrr it stands to ; her eternal credit that no branch )f the church .gave even -tacit approval to that large-Acale ex- , hression of racial and rchylous ^ animosities." " ' -NEVER SAY 1 ... { Ub' ^Irs. K. S. Nelson) J , Press onward fts better than [ sitting aside, and dreaming and-'sighing and waiting.the tide. In life's greatest battle-they only. prevail, who daily marches onWith eye that is open, a ton-j ?ue that's not dumb, a heart i" :hat will never to sorrow sue-! ho' thousands assail. How j strong and how mighfcy-^who no- < ;er- say "fail." fn lifes rosey,! norning, in manhood's firm1 iride, let this be the motto our 1 'oot.stops to guide; in storm and ^ n sunshine whatever assail, we'-t 1 onward and conquer and never i ay "FAIL." _ .< I ?f - w IPMB IIMMMIT "mncr ro LEADER LEX AS GIRLS ENTERTAIN dinner And Dance For..Uo?ivsel.( Men Is-Tendered By Green-.ville Girls.--Mrs. Laurene W. Lee . Is . Hostess to - Younger s Set. - -? ?- ' 1 . lu . Greenville, S. C. Sept. 10?Lit- c le Texas is a section of Green- I illfl in whiph iivpn n num. a >er of the race citizens of Green- h rV. Lee who lives at number 9 f \nn. street, tendered, a " dinner yid dance to many of the young- a ;r set"ol' "Little Texas." a Tho drawing room and dining ii oom of the Lee's home, was all 0 urned into one la?rge room, "I'll ^ >ee you in my dreams," and an- t )ther late number from the mus- v c roti;' Let me caH you sweet- c leart," soon caught the popular j'" ilr of the guest, and they sang ^ ue. Mr.-Lee's heme was beauti- ,1 Ii)1y, rWornted wii-h ^.lil.-fluxve-rs md palms. The "bjunch" enjoy- * xi, itself, and have the promise * )f many nime patties fui the falh^ ind winter. _ . * Diimurwvas a ^einaf iiart of ~ ;he program. A table was ar-- * anged in the large dining room * rhatraeeompanied-the party of ~ herrymakers. f . Among the_gnest were: Mis;es Hattie Iladden, Lillian Cam>bell, Julia Frances Mins, Fran- ^ rjg~" Gilliard, Pauline McCurry, G Mrs. Brucie Jones May, Mrs. ^ [" erry Latirpore, and the lollow-^ ng young men: John Benton, * 1. Taylor Roberts, W. G.-Sher- ~ nan, T. Roosoyelt Brown, Julius * Williams, Allen Gilliard and Per- c y Latimore- -att-of- Greenville. * Most of the young men are em- *" .Joyces of the Poinsef Hotel, in" UiA ciU^"Carolijia's Finest." ^ ^ \ SINGING CONVENTION AT t SHADY GROVE A. M. E i CHURCH. (By~Simon Davis) We went to Shady Grove A. i M. KrcliUTctrTastr4wjivday, aS^iV^ ,vas an oft' day, being-a fifth Sun- i lay. There was a singing eon- ^ .ention in session. There the c 'oilowing choirs were present:-- * yitldy Gim'e No. 'J. luuki Mr.* SnMtti^l^der; Pine Grove, Alfred Childs, leader; Mt. Hebron.J Will Depoulia, loader; Mulberry, t Mrs. Pinkie Jackson, leader. A 1 ivant -to toll, you, Mrs. .-Pinkie? Jackson and her choir taken the f lay.- The Rev. W. E. White ? ircachcd the morning sermon.,( The church was"crowded before * services. All o! the choirs sang ? well* but Mulberry sang best'. ' Prof. If. S. Cannon was chairman ^ They sang four rounds each. After the first round Prof. Can- * rtbrt announced -that- thejr were ? joing?Co sing--fine and every- 1 jody could .singv. and a collect ion, ? was taken. Tfrcy raised $7.33 ' Rev. J. W. Martin was called on ^ lo say something. He made ? >ome splendid remarks. I was 1 surprisefhte know that Mr-. A.<H. Nash did not take the Palmetto 1 Leader, so I gave him one part 's jf my last copy and gave Mr t O- O im in hopes of getting the people ^ :>f St, Peter and Shady Grove 1 to reading The Palmetto Leader. x So we left Shady -Grove and N :ftme home to Abbeville. We went to ?t~- James A. M. Er 1 Sunday night. The * Household^ of- Ruth -turned, out " and the Odd Fellows were invitsent, but the members were x there to shine just the same. fhe Rev. Albert Long preached. ] [lis subject was "Love Never ; - The Rev.- fxa. Jenkins t >poke in behalf of the Odd Fel- r ows and in behalf of the Juve- ? ailes by Miss Ellen Green, and 1 n behalf of the Household of i Ruth. Mrs. M. L. Pope in behalf v >f the Juveniles. Master Sam- ? jel Garlington read the names of t ;he following deceased mem- t aers: Mrs. Marie Robinson, of r ~v v I GREENWOOD NEWS. _ _j (By P^ELWells) ZT7 ?7?.? "" - pi The Piedmont j^eot^on is stillJ1 uttering for rain. * The Rev. I. J. Miller of Kings- , ioro has just closed a very suc-"j essful revival meeting at Mt.'< 'Isgah A: M E: sh;-rch. Be tST strong preacher, one df-the^ est in the State. The people of!] Greenwood will-long remember^ lev* Miller's words. jj Sunday was*- C^nrnumien- Dayt Mt. Plsgah.?Tim Rev. Rich- | rrd Marshall land charge of the ( crvices. The Junior Steward- , sses under the supervision of^ Irs. Lilla Williams deported ! hemselves creditably. They j V.i + ? TV.?' vi V/ vij v/oov-vi All ?r uilVt ' hoir rendered most excellent , nusic. Their procession, led by ; Jrother R. H. McGhee was im-^ iressive. ~ The organist, Mrq. )aisy B. Holman was at her b-'s; U Ih?? eveiiinu survTru.s the uas*-^ or spoke on "The One Thing".' , le was assisted by Re\\~J7~ V. Douglas, who administered he communion. ThfV East, Find School, under he prmtripalship of Prof. V. AX Ieard is preparing to Jjegim cork Monday morning Septem>er 11th. The teachers had a 1 acuity meeting Tuesday. ? Mrs. Geo. A. Singlefoh has reurned from a visit to her par-' :nts in Philadelphia. She also' isited Professor E. D.-Ward-of-r Cnw ynrk.Pitv She worship-'>ed at Bethel Church on last >unday and spent the day in Srooklih, with Mrs. W. W. Beckitt. Mrs. Beckett is the wife of he distinguished "Bishop of south Carolina. On returning, heN stopped.in Baltimore and \*as the guest of Bishop _and >T)'S. John Tn Wi1min.fr. on she' visited her brother, who sa^ postal clerk. President DrH. Sims and wife' vere callers at the A. I\l. E. patronage last Saturday^ He re)orts a bright outlook for Allen dent had a conference with Pro-, 'cssur- Geo. 11. Singletoiu eon-ierning some new course which vill be given injLhp_D<y wtnien g,u,inl g/,iA11f'n .vt Allmv TTnj. ersity this term. ~- \ \Ver still Have on the sick list: brother R. J. Logan. Jeff Fea-' herstcne and sister Sallie Giliam.' The Palmetto Leader- - is growing in popularity in thecffry~ is strongest boosters are Rev. Jep. A. Singleton of Mt. Pisgah md the Rev. AV. P." Williams ul' ( ilorris Chapel Baptist Church. -Misses Cora a-nd Henrietta? Yilliams- aye home after having ipe^FeJiiht'.weeks - in New York,"1 \T. Y. .*\Ve are glad to have them eacher in East End High School Liid Miss Cora- is a student at Al-; en University.. She left on _ Wednesday lor Columbia, where rho will visit her sister, Mrs. D. t I. Sims.. Don't ""let us forget diss Lucy Williams-Avho is leavity for Lake City, where ;he will resume her duty as a eacher in the High School of i iliat city. -Miss-AYrlliamsis a' rradun<te~of Allen University at fcFahd we are glad to say thatjhese are three young.. ladies' vith inspiration, and that is vhat we noed-among our people, dr. Hiram Williams, who is tak-' ngMedichie at Howard Univer-i ;ity gave his mother and baby| 4Mer^ their glorious trip to New; H-H'k City: Mr. G. I* Floyd of Columbia,! ,vas in the city on Sunday last isiting relatives and friends.? Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Caldwell of -loslon. Mr.iss , spent a few days I tils city; Mrs. Rebecca Buchatan of the city; Mrs. Emma dorris, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. \Kni;s /vnuerson, Atlanta, Ga. [ Vftcr the sermon a collection ' vas taken. Mrs. M. L. Pope and | diss Lucinda White were put a?t he table, with Sir h. A. Richie' o assist them. $10.15 were aised. . ' - * Saturday, gepteiffpber 12, 1925. in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. _ i Arthur Williams. They left last I rhursday through the country, in thpir httie car. We_hoge for -jm them a safe trip, i * ' ~ rMr. and Mrs. Allen Jennings, spent the day in Edgefield, visitCharlie Harris. - * Mrs. Carrie E. James, Mr. I/. H. Washington and Mrs. Jennie E. Vauss of Due West spent tne tay-with Mr. and Mrs. Jooinh ? Moore on last Friday. ?The Rev.?'W/ P.-Williams is home alter spending several -? fays in Ashoville,?During his. stay in the "Land of the'Sky,"' he met several old friends from the Palmetto State; mentioning, the Rev. L. D. Gamble pastor of the A. M. E. Church, at Union and Mr. McDowell also of Union, J S. C. Rev. Williams had the ' pleasure of shading Hands with ~ the Rev. J. R. Nelson, who has been pa-Stor of Mt. Zion Baptist hurch for TYiora.lhaiu Lwunlyj seven years. The Rev. A: W. Williams was-^? In the city on Sunday last visit- __ ing his brother, the Rev. ,W. P. Williams of Morris Chanel Bantist church. He left on Monday J. for Sumter, where he will spend A a,,few days visiting his parents. The Rev. Willie-ms is a resident of Sezxvin, Texas, and a teacher at- the Guadalupe College. We wish" for him a very pleasant, stay in our state.. '. ?Mrs. C. E. Stuart is home after having snent two weeks in As h e ville, N. O. There is a big time at Weston Chapel A. M. E. church this week. The Rev. N. A. Rice, of ? Lexington, is conducting a meeting. On Monday night his sub- _ ject was: "Faihc v for?they know not what they do,-" A ed-i t wouldn't l.iu frrir f? the Editor for me io ask space to put the many 1 glorious thoughts that the Rev. Rice gave from this wonderful subjects ~ Mrs. J. A. Connelly and daugh tors hdt'O Jliwt returned fium Al? rendale~~ The Misses " Connelly say they had a-very pleasant ==; stay. T1k> Rpv .T. A. Connelly. Pas- ? ^4- TT phnrrVi Vmgjust closed a? series of meetings at Estey, Seneca, McCormick a success. The Rev. Connelly is doing a great work wherever Fre^goesr?around: world was given on Monday under the auspices of Trinity M. E. church, of which the Kev. J. A. Connelly is pastor. The Revival, at Trinity M. E. church will begin "Sunday Sept. 27. Let us all attend this meeting a?d make-it- a-great success. _ FOOT BALL DOPE. Coach Newberry former star of -State-Gollego-ie-coaching* at??-Brewer and will frlow his whistle on the "14th of September for all candidates expecting to.make the foot ball machine foriBrewerv _On paper our team is as good a s any Uich .School team, in the. State, and on the gridiron we expect it to be better. Be careful Booker T. High and remember what the?last team did to you that Newberry coached. All other High Schools think before you lea-p on the Brewer-"Steam roller. 1--1- - Ml ljI 35UXL ed later. Card of Thanks. To my many friends:? I wish to expretfs-my sincere = gratitude to you for your many kindnesses and expressions of loyalty and sympathy shown mfr in the recent loss of my husband life on Sept. 4, 1925, in Augusta, Ga. _ . MRS. JULIA HENTZ. - ^ ?:? '.Jaf'-'V