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t " The Palmetto Leader . . ? Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. J. B. LEWIE ?-PreStdenT y _ _ JL310 ASSEMBLY B111BET . COLUMBIA, S. C. ? ErrterecTat the "Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as iSecond Class Matter. TELEPHONE . .. . , "4523 N. J. FREDERICK, Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS ,rt_ _ Contributing Editor HENRY I) PEAR^nY City Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, 'Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: - * CASH IN ADVANCE. One Year ? $2.00 ?"?Six Months ?? TSS Three Months ?? .75 Single Copy ' . .05 Advertising Rates given on application.' ' " t . '??? i-? Communications IntondeTl for :?must reach this ofliee, (if out of town) not ?? dater-thirrrTiresday night. Ci ly neus by Wednesday night. -Saturday, October ^ to publish the old thread , bare bunk about "lie confessed" jevery time -a mob engages if the Ameneah "sport of lynching ' Such an expression is on a pal ?_? -wit-h "d^h is - the hands of unknown pm-tiesr1 The Methodist Episcopal T" CtiurcM hayyvotcd oycrvvhelmly ?for unification -while the Methodist Church. South has votec just the other way. Thereason can,, be summed, yip in_ one ?word ^JaTiruiuiiienl Jiieitiber ol the latter says?"Nigger." *' V- - So many colored newspaper.* ; have rmtrdtr^tirxr nTiKtake- in?t-*ayTug that Henry Lincoln Johnst>n, lately deceased, was tlTC dnly_cplored rrremher sCHKe^Re^ publican ? National Committee and Mrs. George S. Williams i.* Lilt-' oilIV COKMTfl commilffl'u-f), man'. They ought b^yetwhnteri that Perry \Y._ Howard aiTd~Mrs. E. 7r. Bobze^both of. Mississippi hold similar places. r-?r 1 ?f?"* ? "5" J ; More and move is it beinj - Agitated "that Negro history b( ' I studied in Negro schools. Then is no reason .why it should npi T A people oifght know it.own history?and the-b histoid _ ?f the Negro is one of which Ik can be proud. Of^aur-xe^h- i; weff to know the history o] > ujjiiui ratus ami jjeopies, our 03 , all one's "wn hi.-'t#^ should not be neglected. WCC."tfie matter with the Negro.'Col leges 111 particular That' ffiej make no provision l'or such 1 _ study? . \ ? ?:?- ~7~;~v'7 1 f One of the greatest problem; now Confronting the Anicj'icar * 7 T^TuTr ? 1? ? _ ^ - ^ IM i Iift i 01 SC'glt'gai lOlT It is spreading all over the coun try. .In the North all kinds-ol efforts are being made to keej homes ^in soealled, "exclusive' sections. Hut ?why should ho1 -an American citizen kuyi ant live in any place he is able h ? pay- for-V?Like every deUerff intelligent man, the Negro <\t ? _ r,ircn the 'best.?Besides, wind - real right .has oM frerTnem u tell anolhanavherq ho shall live.. Hotv strange is it that there are so many people in these dgys-and time who believe thai ~ the mob^-torclT and shot gun /\nu tins 100 when there is sc much talk about abolishing war as the greatest enemy of civili o 1 i..- Cut Out So Many Dances. We are not opposed to dancing under proper restrictions, nor do we think those who engage in it &re necessarily hell 1 "T"r? bound fiS so' many preachers ?*? /uollajily 'assert in their Tiiatribes against' dancing. But &, r ' ^ ^ jw? . Kfcf "" . . - 1 . r| - The Sea I ' By William Fr X~X~> -HID FALL. = NATURAL CHANGES ar possibly the greatest benefactor ~F6 mankind. If it rained alway the earth would be reverted t -1 he days- of Noah and" ther rwoukt be 110 more "two-fifth land on the globe as it is toda^ And theme would be no forms c -life preserved except thatroUth fishes, as Mr. Bryan would hav said. If the present drough should continue through year mankind would perish arid rnarr main would return to dust.?3 the sun's rays could cover all th earth at one tirne there woul ^e^even a good thing'can be ovei doiTOi Like?everything?eh* there is- a time foT dancing aih r-4here- is time wtien thgre- ai ot hef t hmgs to he cloneTar moi important. -.School time is her the parents who allow the sons and daughters to go 01 three-Or. four times almost ever ; wuekto dances and other k*inc of amusement are not very pa: > ticular about the Mvelfare" c ! their children. For the nro: these young men and wome ' "ought be home engaged in sthd; v retiring at a proper , time fc rest in Order that they may I : ready in. m ind and body for tt day's task., many a boy an girl have become discouraged J L school because?of a poor shov ing due to neglect of study, ap ' want of rest,'- the resdtt of tc ^ much parties. " Parents shonl " guard against this. Simply r< fuse-to allow amusements to h ?terferewith ?study: ,The chi will-thank you for it in aff< years. All play and little wor is as bad as. all work and lit! " olavr. ~ ~~ V ~ 0' , vaffioun County Negroes T~?'' . Afraid. Since the "brutal murder < Pink Who ley in the?town ofrS 1 Ma-WH-MVS. lllti - ^p77T"T 1 Calhoun County, the colore * "people have become restiv Many of them artr~plaTming I .. h ave?a-place and?its vicinTl where, it seems, the life of a cc f ored man is not' Isatfe. For it i no secret that JP?nk Whaley \v-. i killed not because of a priva 1 grudge, but rather?because H < community would have it s cJTkiLJLmrest of - the Colored pe ??pie.- -is?inteTisifiecl by" lette; v signed "K. K. KT7 No. one a f ('iuainted with conditions in th r St ate "believes that those lette: t'rom tke^RlairWl j-organixatiotty though the. aut. - ors may be members. But wh r ever be the authors, one thir i is' certain, they are of the san mind and breed as the*ass'assii of I'jnk Whaley. . The prom * nenU white people of St. Ma 1 thews -hekf?? meeting fri 11 Court House Friday night i - last week to assure the colon people that they need not 1 > alarmed over the letters and i C barm would Tome to anv~oT fl law abiding. But Pink Whale 1 was law a5i3fhg?wR6^cah-s? LdillVmnt ??yot he was killed" 1 J some people of that commnnit The bjgiC '.white people dov ~"thGFo~can inve thf hp?t Uinrl , a > s u ra n c e.jLtC jsa'fety. Xo.the- k *- ured L'itj^elis by showing a ge; iltne disposition to appreher J the murderers of Whaley. Th; ; will do more good than ma: Ljilooliiig speeches.?Why car they offer a reward for tho a prehension of the slayers ar ) urge the Governor to offer suitable reward also? When man?N>grn jlaw abiding as Pink Whak vva-s, with wealth running in tl hundred of thousands can be i . foully murdered as Whaley wj aim iioming oone aOQUt it, ce tainly it is time for the po< and ignorant to become appr< hensive, even without fhp ?tin ? ulant of anonymous letters wit > mythical signatures. ' L \l~ J " *> V ~ . THE PALM El rchlight ; | ank Williams. $ - _i_? ?J?X :and quice j tude; and if night remained al,gj ways-vegetation?would die for s Ithe want uf sunlight anddis0 ease would steal the life of mane kind, ,aj If one season lasted the whole (j'as there are parts"of the world [tihyhich undergo very light change'es and the people live and enjoy health about as well as we do. ,s But we who ljve in the temperp 5te zone are the chosen people of nature.? ?" ie On September 21 that season ^ of th&year called fall was ushered into the limelight again. It BroilglU gladness to some and x_- sadness to others.?The good uld vacation days have- rpasyed ami e the kids can-no-longer frolic and go picnicing. The base ball bug p has said farewell to his chosen c> ? . ir sport and the season for work? in the school room, in the faey tory and in the office?is at hand. ~ : IJ ut to many of us joy comes in a new role?foot ball, eonit oerts and hunting. And just a,n round the corner is old Santa yt Claus, the welcome annua] yjts)r itor U) all oMhe kiddies.' But, ^ FOOT BALL: My! How*gopd ie that "word sounds! This alone makes ye seribe like fallTjetter [n than ahy_Lotlier season?of- the year. I "First--down, and ten to ?iMarvelou.> situalion! And )0 with the first snap of the pig's h skin my boy follows a pe.-r?u-t e. interference to the goal line for n. a touchdown! ?Thtf^pdeTs miry "like their jr- spring, the kids their summer, k and the coal dealers their winf.... l.,,f 1. i IVI , l J LI L \> 1IUII lilC LLliJVUi) Ueglll __to rurn Crown and the >vorms ? ape "transform,uU in t o butto-illi..* old game of 1'ouUaalL-Ls in vogue. 3f * itr: ^ 7? r >? I* JAH<ii)A.=?== "The Land_u> Flovvei'.-i," they e- call it. Perhaps it-."is the- land of flowers for wtiii?? p.w.pln, lm< y it is the'land of thorns for our '1~ people. AHd-^iL^yuii will pardon -4 Vj ^ we will nay it > < the jandof iS for they arc fools who can elite joy the fragrance of flowers their nciglihoi'h a-ro" tor? tured by the stick of thorns. ^rJi'htrt's Florida. 2 Notr-only-docs Florida rank ac_ mong the highest in the lynehjs ing column, but her Xegro citifs zens are victims of mure crimi?? raTTTlstni.s aiufbody punishments h- ihan t hose of any hlfet state in the Utitott. "Just -the other day a white te insurance' collector murddred a is Ndgro woman a baby, in her arms d- This happened in Jacksonville, tz. thd metropolP. And we liav'e-fell ie reasons to liblieve he will not be rjf punished. Policemen in Jackid sonville freuimntlv kill1 N^grftfrfl for the sport of it ; and a few 10 years ago a Xegro was lynched ie and dragged through the main >y streets o:?_tha?t city. A leading *y Negro store there was forced out. jy of business by law. because an y-advertising ciit cilar fti.?ti Ibuted 'n among our people by 4his firm, of the Baker Merchandise* store, lb^ii'i IM'h' Mile a- competitors. The- wriLer hapld pened to be in Jacksonville at the at time this happened, and read the ss circular and talked with Miss tH- Baker, of the firm, p-?^Ihe^predoniinating foreign elld ement around Tampa makes it a better there for our people than a it' is in Jacksonville, hut this ^;\V>sl EMorid'i mnbrnp'r iTii;y an occasional lynching. le Mulberry, Fin., is the den of Negro haters and you must wear *s overalls there to get along, so r- we are told. And it must have m been in this vicinity where Tiger e- Flowers, the:" gentleman prize 3?fighter7-waT?TTTTTTfT^t)0()Tdr speech h ing. Before the case came up he was' advised to stay away ____ [TO LEADER - ^ -STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP ' I MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT 1 OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24. ? 1912. r ' * Of The Palmettp Leader, published w eeklj,1, HtCftllihima, ^ G.. EorTlcl. h. ^ 1925. 1, That the ndmes and adresses.of j the publisher^ editor, managing edir j.i Tor and business managers are: Published The Palmetto Leader 1 Publishing Co., Columbia, S. C. ; 1 Editor, N. J. Frederick, Columbia, S. C. a ... , ' Business Manager, Geo. H. Hanip-^ , -tort, Qoluhibia, S. C. ^ j, 2.?That?the owners?are:?Give names and addresses of individual ^ owners, or if a corporation, give its 1 name and the names' and addresses. 1 of stockholders .owniner 1 ner .cent . or more of the total amount of stock.) ji (if'ii IT Hampton. Columhin, S, -Cr-^43. That' the known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders ] owning or holding. 1 per gent or more * of total amount of bonds, mortgages,', or -*dher securities are: None. I, ?o. - TliUl the average number of [ copies eflfh iumit. r. f thiu pnhUno- |J tion sold or distributed, Jdiraugh the 7 ^mails' or 'UlherwlSC. to paid subscri- j hers during the six months preceding , the-date shown above is. (This in-? formation is required from daily pubneat ions only.) GEO. H. HAMPTON, Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before nie_ ?the* 30th day ol September, 1925. I _ N. J. -FREDERICK, Notary Public. (My commission expires at pleasure : "of the Governor. ' Tropical fruits soon may be . shipped in a thin rubber coajting. This will allow ripe-picking and r ; Td'CYgTTt~~cI ec o mpos i t i"o n. A A policeman in Oa-klancV Cali- I l'ornia". claims the world's largest. 1-7)?i?a? rxjxru. . 1HC,) llica^uic lr-? lrt r inches in length. from the town and let his lawyer ^-represent him or he may be lynched Tor speeding" his-.-$6TQ00" Lincoln sedan through the town, j Then there is Miami! I can call it "Miami" in my city but if i JLgo tliere I must call t "?oura? bv Mr. A. B. King, a_student at. Morehouse College,'whose home! is at Columbia. He was in the -j-L'uUman service down there this ?And1 ye die tuld that lYogroks- 'an* nOV wanted on the ."Appian Way" of Miami unless " they are in the services of whitepeople. And the reader doubtless recalls that only, in recent , yea-rs Tras-ayNegro been allowed to drive atcar-in this hustling South Florida city. ) They, uav bur wagp<r- noBBC . there and many of our fy^smle jure migrating, but any stale [that offers its Negro citizens less . privileges' and protection than jthis old state in which we live lends no enchantment to us, re-, Igwdlonn of itn high wages 1 0 a [ STANDARD LIFE. i Perhaps the'world has become informed by- this time that the Standard Life Insurance Com pany,?of'Atlanta, Ga., has not been purchased by the St. Louis it was misinformed by the .Associated Negro Press recently. It is still i n the-- hands?oft he ? Southern Insurance Co., of Nashbeen made concerning the sale,, it is said, but~tne deafhas never _ been closed, *? :? ,The Associated Negro Press is" be blarned forrttris erron? cous report because " tlTey are simply news brokers, handing it *ouT astfTs given to them. The' 1st. Louis gang was a I>it too has-! ,ty in releasing this news which ' was no news at all. The deal may never .go through. And if it doesh't there is still a chance ; for the old stockhdlders to get it back (without Perry, of, jcourse) and put it right back on Auburn Avenue where it be-' longs; Atlanta is the Negro 7 j commercial and educational center of the country, and with its 'trained business men and ever1 1 i increasing wealth among our people there is no doubt that the future of the Standard Life will, it is redeemed by our own peo-' pie right here in the heart of the 'south-east. L_j, * . ** w' THE OPENING OF ALLEN n UNIVERSITY; jfi ' 1 - ;.<M On Friday, Sept. the 18th, of w initial Faculty Meeting of Allen tJ Dniveraify-waa?held. Ail of a. the teachers and professors werejsi present. President D. H. Sims g jegins the second year. df his ad- cj ministration. His speech to the jj faculty was of a high order, d His ideas moved on a lofty plain, tl His address appears below. A c< set of resolutions prepared and h readjby Prof, George A.Single-:*, ton expressed the soatiment of n the faculty.f* On the 22nd,1 ei the University had its regular j w opening. Addresses were de- j" livered by President Sims andjT Bishop W7~ W.~ Heckeff. Several !v prominent ministers were pres-'g ant. A large number of stu- jr dents have registered, It is ex- k\ pected that the College Depart- 't< ment will have the largest num-'^ bor of students in its hislorv. K ' Tiie faculty~Kas three1 new a-d-f s ditions; namely: . Profs. Re-jt] becca Jones Jordan, L u c i 1 le u Bi umfield?and Prill. Robert L. i Pegues who is* the newly elected-? head?ef-the Grammar School, p The University will function de-t; partmentally. President Sims 5 is putting !cver a.worth while program. The new cafeteria is7^ a thing ?f-beauty. It will fill a ^ long felt need. The afternoon; work in Teacher Training will n begin soon under the principal- ? ship of rroi. Jordan. ' Tj The friends of Allen Uniyer- p sity will be glad to know that1 she moves steadily forwat d. Her c ultimate?aim is a standard in-js stitution, intellectual efficiency, n moral integrity, honesty and (] straightforward business met.hods. : t George A. Singleton, ^ Prof, at Allen Univ. e PRESIDENT SIMS' ADDRESS c MEETING. ???^ . . . " i] Fellow Teachers, Greeting: ^ I congratulate myselfhav-1 \\ ing this opportunity tu ^wurkl with this group, I congratu-; late,you pn,membership in such f an honorable high falling T'At n, this meeting, the absence of one a who labored with us nine years j is conspicious. 13ishop William v David-7rhftpptlTe ~ Our former,'' Chancellor has passed. He'a "'"11 woyc-nm-yi beneficiaries of his vision and r endeavors. We_pause to grate-L fully asltnowledge his past ser-! vice ancl^ bid^peace to his .ashes s The Bishops' Council has sent to1 j us a favorite son, whose vision c nrirl tnw?finn?! pur-mitS Will1 ^ hail him with delight and pledge'^ him unstinted-support; He'must'n succeeu u uur neip can contribute to his laudable program. Last^year-was a very pleasant v and significant school period for' usr because of accomplishments? ^ These accomplishments are not rejoiced in quantitatively but p qualitatively. They" indicate the ^ tendency of our . constituency y program of .education. But there is still vast room for improve? ^ merit." ~ " ~ 4I am highly pleased with the rj past- but not satisfied. "The ^ business of education is becom- n ing more complicated and difficult with the coming of each j( new day."?Marx.?? ? We belong to a profession which is growing. It is in the i_ - n making. No one has s&icL the ^ last word on education, not even ' on how to teach Arithmetic or ^ Georgraphy. We must grow. One of the great temptations, ^ of the Negro teacher is to get in y a^-trt. "We have too many cases of "dry-rot." Too many school ^ agencies which are static. We'7 need a dynamic group to put the j| r\v?Ar#vn -rv? nir/i** T r*4- nn nU/Mihhv. uvu? uci un auuuiuei ^ our responsibility. We are simultaneously benefioiaries-mwt benefactors. Bene^ J ficiaries of all the J^ast, of all the accumulation of civilization. We e are benefactors for all who are w ' .*> . 7-^T' ' r. - *s SaturdawNOctoher 3, 1925. ow under our direction, bene actors for the group yet to E?me who will be heirs of all aeir day. Throughout the past -m ges man has accumulated vast tores, of experience and has radually crystalized these into, ivilizatfon. They are organized lto institutions, books, oral tfaitions, customs and beliefs, hat are the precipitate from intact with nature and men. F a single generation fails for aifle caur.o to pass dowit^ttrthe ext this accumulated experince of the - past, civilization * Quid be lost, says Dewey in his .... ,1 ?J :.! ft Luyuu^uu^y tutu mucauon. <? his isjour task: To fit. t,frp ipdiidual into his environment by iving him such an understandig of the environment that he 'ill be able not only so to mas?r it, that he will not clash 'ith it to his own disadvantage^?-B hare in making it into sometiing" better. In other words ^ 'e are not simply to instruct in ,atin, Arithmetic, .Geometry, eople will soon forget the deails?but our task is to help , uild a group by using whatever s good in a fine adjustment to 1 nviroment, and by making the tandard better. * .. * To help ip. the accomplishment of our- particular task at illen during this scholastic yanr ? have the following suggestions o make.:_ -" ?~~~ lv- Develop?a strong racial ' onsciousness in ydur students. ' 7,^;A : su jjiugim vuiu ui \juiiouiuuaiess_o? Kind"?cam hope to ren? er the largest service to Negro >ey& and -girls in this era of heir history. The lack or thistas taken the "punch" out of our ducationjal maneuvers.- Repectability for his group in ontrast and comparison with _ __ ther groupsis ftfeCtisa&ry to RSnhe best out of his unfoldtig. . "This is the real reason for-? eaehing Negro historvr Negro 1 ilerature, etc., in our Colleges. ~~ M 2." Be apostles of the ideal. 3. Be evolutionists in educa- ^k ion. v I-mean believe in profession of life and social as w.eil ^k ^biological movements. 4. Be steadfast in the things- j irliirh aro riffh* Tlnnt " ho fl turn-coat." Be merT of thought V nu convictions -ann nnr a mere?-M nachine. Our schools have nadeenough machines. We fl iiusT make-some mem? m 5. Study the tradition of the chool which you are serving. lelp to perpetuate it. If you annot, the honorable thing is to ? esign. < ? ^ 6. Give, less time and thought ' o rights T and privileges ancf~~ nore time to duty and service.' . 7. Be Optimists. See the ;ood and beautiful and worthwhile in life. "Seejhe dough jjLt -jmcL notihe whole in the v:-. ouerhnut." 8J_ Cooperation is need es-idual" supremacy has passed. Ve are not looking for sd many. ermit stars, but for a team. "But the greatest .of these is , ' >nve." I mean goodwill.?l-be? eech that we propagate that, 'hough we do all said above^and rave not love, it will profit lis jssuii'frum the making of "Jel- "1: It contains all , of the food> alues while it is in the package nd even after taken out. It las various flavors and attracIve cotorsr-but is not at its best intil it congeals. It needs cerain conditions of temperature nd location before it congeals. Ve cannot be at our best here ? ?*r- ^ ?* . " intil we congeal in alt that isood, noble and progressive. Let Ls all .contribute our full quota o the congealing of our group i-fe as teachers of Allen Univerity j D. Hi Sims. . Three-fifths of those employ* 1' d in the automobile factories fork in Michigan.' ; "jr"