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FOUR ? . The Palmetto Leader a r. . - . .* - isc ? Published Weekly Bv, m ^-Tlie' Palmetto ihrodcr Pub, 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET d( COLUMBIA, S. C. bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. TELEPHONE " 4523 1 N. J. FREDERICK, - Editor j -?c A. B. LIND3EY, Managing Editor y J; B. LEWIE ___ Fraternal Editor r W. FRANK WILLIAMS-- ?? j. _ Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON 'City Editor j1 GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: [ CASH IN ADVANCE. <. One Year^~~ "7~"~ ?2.0(T^ Six Months ? , 1.25 j Three Monthsr '75 ^ . '.Single Copy ..... . 05 ,j ??31 Advertising IUtca given?mv apph- | ?* ' cation. . ' ' . - ' t c *' ? ' ?n't ' Communications intendedj, fory the current issue must reach c ? this office, (if out ^of Town) not 1 later tlian Tuesday night. City news by Wednesday night. i Saturday, October 10. 19.15. ) a???????i?r *m ?tmtvy T3?? At last Dempsey*" and Wills .: littVti biittii "matcftetr to " fight. ] But why get-excited V It. makes no difference who wins, nothing ] - ___ ":T vital will be proven. To TighTl ~Ts these itten's business?and -a? _ . Aw^n^palSIJaje it ia"T5py will ' proceed to punch- each other tor i i ?? the same reason* 1 hat ally cner- 1 -? getiq ^men -work. . ~_|t . 1 * ' ' " ?'H For the month ot September. 14." persons lost ther Jives on1 the State highwaysTKrough Automobile recklessness, while 35 were seriously injured and 41 ] received minor in j u ries. - The 1 automobile is a great eon veil- i ' ience, but at" the same tinie it 1 seems quite a menace. Reck-! less driving and speeding were j the two chief -agencies. in the! 77 accidents that were reported.] > f > 11 c h t be; f rom driving a car as} ? ?",q11 '"^ml fiend. }? _ m ? J P"" hoi^!''d thing at...least in _ the recent mob activities has'!. iwiiiiiiiiiMii* bLLii." &! > ? --ouT.'iiokttii1 cuiidlmna"f."' tion.and the clarion call for of-T ficers to do ttyeir duty in run-] ,?: ning down ifte ' scurvy brutes by the governors--t-rf-t-hr-eo com-1 IIIUIIVV CcULIl^ 111 V v 111L' 11 LliU.\ j pers Have been Hold and em-! phatic in their comiemna-tin. So! ?? u n 1 ika- former- timr-- _nu. _ a put-! ogies and tiniid rebuke.. Per-.i haps, had the present attitude: been in vogue in the past, ITkJ mob would riot today be so pow- j ~ ~ erful. But, perhaps, after all, " ifighteoiisness is a process. Congressman Casque of the1 _\\ Sixth -Congressional district' breaks into the news again to """ , > =infnrm th^ world lh'fii hi> willoppose the granting of suffrage. - ; to the citizens'"of the District of Columbia, because forsooth, the colored citizens miirht also t " enjoy the privilege. It is too bad that our Southern Congress ^ men so "often pose a?s "Negro i :i ff Ti- 4, ~ u.i : - uaneps. 11 creates a uau nil- j ?_- ,T pression -tv?r t1tr srrt ion. Too- | r?? -much?blood has been spilt in ^ jfc ... time past foi-J-piman liberty tor j r. one to devote His time and tal- t ents these days and time for.: \ ~ its-suppression- Why, after att, ^ -?should any man desire to keep a another down? _ : . ... . ia * * * 7?? 1 s | It may not be generally known a hut the M^h^di^t - Episcopal s C U ' - fif W""'t tains a very Rood college for the . education of colored -youths, t St This institution is located in t ff l % Augusta, Ga., and is known as ft ,Paine College. Recently a 's 000 dormitory for men was ded- f icated. This commodious build- ^ h-7? ing was erected with jmoney .ii contributed -by the young people! of the Methodist Epworth Lear- jj gue and because of this is call?rL ' f, Epworth Hall. Bennett Hall,r< ?-? ?1 " ?? ;? ?-?? fc- -'* rL-^?z 1- ?r girls' dormitory, was erected >me years ago by the "Mission y women of this church and? ect another building for the VN apartments of domestic science ? nd economics. i ;?o?- - " ~ ? b NO K. K. K. LETTERS TO C OR. WILKINSON, i h In a dispatch to the Ashe- ^ ille Enterprise last week?some ? eporter drew too greatly on his ;j magination. Speaking of the t lumber of colored t pooplo who'} lad received allegejd_ K. K. K. etters, the reporter said that r )r. Wilkinson, president of theTr &ate_College had ^lso received j >ne. In a communication ta us,j] )r. Wilkinson says that there j s no truth in such a report. , ^ot only he has received no such \ ett'er but no other prominent colored?person in?Orangeburg ^ las i-ecelvefl such letters. ?*?^ 1 WHpfhpr such a report -was j lesigned to cause apprehension { tt the State College, we do- not ^ know?we hope not. At any 4 ate no alarm has been caused, y Phe College opened last week ( ,vith more than a hundred newrj students than it has ever had. !s rhe good work of the State Col- j ege as well* as the other col-1 i leges of the state is so well') mown and appreci?ted,that not j jven the Klan would harm 'them | ? The culwed " people "'knoyrjthiij | \ amT" have jqo apprehqmdon. L Such' repurls ought- be barred } Yom high flnss np\Vs]iapprs nn-j il verified by careful examina- ;ion. ???? '?? ? -? O RACE PREJUDICE. ? ? - - ~ _ a The following description of'0 )rej!udice is so full and descrip-'j .ive thaLYwe-pass- it -on im-they Ktpe that it may be beneficial ( o some. "Easy to create, it is hard to |G destroy. Sinister of wit, it is | "tions are false, it sees in dark" ~" j tiess; it is blind in the light. It natures lies and rejects truth. H oeiline: hatred, it blasts sympathy!" It rides those who give 7 it life. It is a conjured Franken- 1 tcin, 'dominating millions ?of " -g men. It sits beside the gfates ~ of- life and takes the toll of all ? ?thai p-' ** ' "U.is the conservator of all that . xYfrn)f! - rtn"V"?wi ^.th? '}* I stfoyer' 'of the works -of justice; It is ihe hand-maiden of error, the nemesis. of knowledge. It feeds fear and poisons "hope. It l lire?-?by the law of Jbe dead. _Il thrives upon the meat of_ves_. ^ lerday. . It sickens on the sustenance of today. ~ It is the an- . e.iehist of the heart. It smothers faith. It gives love "to the - Jj 'torch. It bemoans penevolence ^ and shuns communion. It stills the sound of._.n.u?s;e and palsies hrrrrh^mrt ftF:tl>'t. It ?~a^S "be!kf-'aTRt 'sets suspicion" ' oti a ?j throne. It -rejoice# in tears. Itsmirth is in misery.? ^ .????-d "It is tlie monster of Ihe mind. . It pollutes thought, serves de- : * pail, and ravishes rij?ht,? It of- ji fends against fact and is a strah iu&ti;. avwwimig in sophistry. * It divines the unreal i and "walks in the way of pharr-" ^ ''" iniliu.?ll iliain& Lilt' pntiwua i .lirewed by witches Of .the brain. ( It JLi /A_thing of"charms and amu- n . ret*/* ; 1 "It is prejudice! 1 - ?o? ?? A HIT OF HUMOR. 1 For those who enjoy now and\t hen humorous writing, the con-1) tribution of Editor- Charlton !t rV right, of the Columb^r-Rec-jl >rd, published in the Baltimore l Evening Sun on ^he Perils of,i Employing the Political Power jt o Influence Weather" must's lave given pleasure a plehly. 1 n the article appears this com- t c expression, discussing the re- r ponse of the weather to the ob- t ervanee of the day for fasting g tnd praying for rain: "The re- s ponse was dramatic. Rain fell c il, nm;fi in some -spots > . , , , d ihowers fell all around.. Near g he Georgia ljne, lightning "de^ stroyed two churches, but as't nuy weiii cnui cues, anu herefore Repdfrlican churches, 1 t was not figft thht their de- t truction derogated in anyway t rom the virtue of "the rain, I ^hich was entirely Democratic a i conception." a The whole article was repub- h shed ih the Sunday Record' and t t really an enjoyable piece of s wading. , - t < v ; t . i ^ * as 'Z.V M J , - rT v ; , a " ^ TKR PALM FT* A BENEFACTOR OF THE a SOUTH. |b ? * Perhaps, the average fnan.p rhn^Tpr T)TacFT has never heard t f Prof. George W. Carver, of a 'uskegee Institute. If he hap h Carver's fault. A more retir- n qg and self effacing genius cftn n tardly be imagined. - Yet he a las done , and is doing,as much e f not more for the welfare and"'1 n-osperity of the South in par- j icular as. any man -living JiV hat r ^ Vhini'i with fhta pnannt. fl sweet potatoes and pecans is t [eally marvelous. It has meant f noney to poor farmers who t ike. Now, he has tackled fhe-c jroblem. of gelling dyes from ''j rntive woods, harks, herbs and i lowers. Previous to this - he t las Tnade the Alabama jclay I rield dyes that rival that of the' indent Egyptians, the secret ) >roeess of which seemed to have 1 lied with them. Prof. Car-:r pr'v; investigations- and work A nean much to the South. Al- t eady his discoveries are being i commercialized and out of them r many people who perhaps de- r ipise, if not Dr. Carver himself, \ lis race, for he. belongs to the d inicIsTir ofbYiiienoa, the ace. fiut of that he thinks j Tot7 til* desire rstro r>e oKtne v ^ ** ^ * peatest. service to humanity t yith no li nutation oidistinel ion.! t ll'i" hands.?Solaii.? -?-?|-f . ;? ? ! ; im W 1 ? ; j; ' H I 'AT A \T IT Vr jfc And hath mad'e of one blood ^ til nations of men" Tor to" dwelt ^ m all the face of the earth and ^ iathudetermined the times TTro^'appotrrtod and the hounds >f t.heir habitation.?Acts 17:; !G. I believe if there is any! ^ lie thing needed to he regarded .T-lhis present, time it is hu-; rrjanity. Especially we who r claim to he Christians. Paul had nroached at Thessatonica- ( 11 the synagogue aof the Jews!] ind some of them believed and } b'great multitude of Creeks and j ?thief women, not- a few but-) here were some Jews that he-jl beved'Trot; "and -They set* tne 1 :ity in an uproar and' the broth- 1 '?n at once ;;ont Paul and Silas i away by night unU; Korea.1 ] logue again. These were more luble than those in Thessa)f>nlc&;< .hey received the word with ali eadiness of mind and searched - ... i die_ SnripLiiro.r, daily whathnr; those?things , ueie?z&. But j these same -Jewss--_\v hem they eatned that Pau^was preaching ; 11 Berea and the people were be-' 1 lieving in _ Jesus Christ, theye vent over there and stirrer! up j me people. l lie I>'-'Ml1)TP 'M j nice sent Paul away again; but ] Silas?awl?T itmnheus? abode!" :here sstiJJ and they carried -Paid -to - Athene, but he sent41 lack for these two brethren. | ?Bttt while Paul Waited; his'l jpirit was stirred in him, when le saw?the city wholly given-'; o idolatry. Then ^ertaiir phi- j ] eeofthers- encountered h im, but j ?aul - was given a- chance to be1 t leard and e_xpress_liimseIF~on 11 :he new and st range" doctrine J is they spent their time in nnth ng else but to toil or hear some hing new.' Paul stood in the nidst of Mars Hill and told: 1 hem that, he perceived that mj{ ill things they were too super-4 ititious. He said that?he. saw} i >ne of their inscriptions to the 1 inknown Gmt Paul took this ^ *> is a text and declared the un-jt known God." unto them"! Paul 11 aught that he knew this and!] wanted Him to become their 1^ cnown God, instead of 'their i mown god, Bat, to do that'i hey must bring till men on a/ evel and repent of ttteir sins'f ,nd believe in the resurrection \ if Christ, but this they Ij lad not done. Why Paul had | trouble Js because there were t.c ome Jews that thoughtlbecause f hey were of Israel that Sal-'. , * . r ^ IX) LEADER ?? nd the Gospel had no right.to j ? e preached to any other na- J & kwh?On this account Paul had i j j go from place to place and! g he brethren had to send him * way by "night. Jason's house * ad been assaulted all on the S ccount ot race" prejudice and * uuuu,y evei &ui- anytniug out ? f that, but fl.n Assaulting*- spirit ' | nd^a mob crowd; nor nobody 8 ver wilb. You tafer the present day for; & t. We have more trouble in color line than we havo r~Ji'om any thing- else. I don't1 mow ho\fr a man, can think that | le is more than some otner manT" m-"color. When Paul hath de-| lared here that-God Tha3 made*? is all from one blood. White ~ leople are not the only people ? hat think this; black people ire guilty of the very same thing. Any man that thinks le is more than someone else ~~ nuctpof being a^Ghristian. And my man that thinks he is more ? han someone else because he is ilack, lacks that much of being i Christian. Though the two nay go-to church every Sunday norning with their arms stock uH of Bfbiei^ The people--of-Uhens had these and the Jews iaxl? but^ they thought they cere more than other people. ^ An\r lanif vi tViol <-lnuu let-regard humanity is no ehris-tianity. Thou shall love the -ord thy God with thine heart :oit1 and mind; and thy neigh- >or as thyself, saith the Lord, ^ \nd remember God;ha>t1r made >f one blood all nations, of men 'or to dwell on, all the face of he earth and hath determined . he times before appointed and j he bounds of-their habitation. GRADY JONES. , ttEV. -JAGGERS' OLD FOLKS' , HOME. ! ro The Leader: In behalf of the Rey. Jaggers? did Folks' Hornet this 'enablfoL. lie to say, that the old folks aye getting along?nicely. r The 01th folks wish to express their ap-T * ireci.ation pf-the Zion and Union j ivonderful keryTcds rendered ofT^ last" Sunday. The church was crowded and the meeting was grand. The meeting was contiucTecl by brother "White, of Union Baptist and Brother McUormick, oi Zion Baptist churchSpiepdid remarks?by Brother Fields; subject: - Missions. We vviiuii tu tiiank 1 he /ion and Liir = ion Baptist churches tor the n- ~ nance.?I also wish to thank the rJ Rev. R. M. Myers for the donation. The Solicitor for' the Home is Old Uncle Metz. PleasIT^ recognize him, a-s he comes by, i nm kindly nmliiny that ?11 do- nations for the Old Folks' Home will please be sent to 2120 ElfTi- ~j wood Ave, I ask the cooperation of all my friends^ -?r.~ ?"J SUSIE JAGGERS. Rev. Chas. Jaggers' daughter. P. S.?I vvjsh to thank the Missionaries from the First Pres Sywrian church, (white}~for the amount of groceries and also a ima)l purse; which wa* yery Tiuch appreciated,. ~ ' ? ?1 nn> A GREAT NEED;? Columbia, S. C., Oct., 5^~ Perhaps the heads and their assistants of Negro colleges ip ^ South Carolina- (at least ^ havel nanaged and are now controlInnr t Vjpir itnf (Anc lUOtil/WVIWUW JfUl .veil; ncvcrthcTotm it occmn that' ? capers a-nd all others who can lelp in the production of a bo(flc probably to be known as or published under the title of 'Sketches of Noteworthy Ne- ^ 'roes of South Carolina," would )e of great benefit to us a pea- 1 fie. Another crying need for the immunity is.a real Y. M. C. A~ or our- young men! ? W. H. ROOK. __ ; i aa^-rrr---' ^ i V " ' ;-; STRAY LE A. Department of C By WILLIAM D. -] . (Ail contributions to this Departn poetry." accompanied by stamped ai and sent to 1501% Taylor St., Columt nara?. Amateurs and poet-aspirants, tha'. talent, if you-have it.) siring poems on any subject for any < moriams, expressions of friendship, < kinds. ?8??aB836ajCi?S^^ / __ t , L ^ ^ ? i K 11 H; k H TThe sweetest rose must fad - A sad sad thought but ti ' And thou, too, little maid, Must lose the bloorff of y The music of your voice? -<?? Some day'll lose its stive Thine eyes, the_^utgfelI4=?h Must lose their aright * And Care shall leave liis li Written upon your face And where yuur black lu(t Worry shall silver trace ~ Thy graceful form must si = Beneath the.blows ot A As tHou creep'st to the br Of life's curtainless stag* All outward beauty fades. The rose once blown mu; But beauty true pervades The soul, and cannot di< And in your eyes I see A pure soul's shining lij , jn beauty, robing thee In virtd^ ^owers brigbl So Time can only * show . ~Thy fairer beauty, dear . And Agp's RPVPfPst blow? Must leave thy soul-glea Beauty of soul endures, Though outward beauty ~\_i_.Love, ev'ry soul assures; - So laugh away your sig >ROGRAM OF THE FIFTY-EIGH THE GETHSEMANB BAl'TIS". HELD WITH ZION 1 iA COLUMBIA, RE V . J. C WHr Vednesday, Thursday and Friday, C The Mot her Association, or?the oh ton of South Carolina.) : ' u'-r,nMt\'n \ v mop? 9:00 A. M.?Meeting of, the Exeei 0:00 A. M.?Devotions. ? 4:00 A. ^?Introductory 'Seirmon Wallayeville, or Rev. Z. E. D( 2:30 KlWj?Enrollment of L^ujjj-hi WEDNESDAY?AFTER 3:00 P. M.?Devotions. q.1k u hf rr t-i , . o.iu j. 4 i?i.? 11cw^urt'i" h ivepori. JL30 P. M.?Moderator's Annual . 3:45 P. M.?Election and installati 4:00 P. M.?Welcome Address by ?Response by "D(^OTl A\'rC;T;cv;! 4:30 P. M.?Reception and reading WEDN ESI) A Y?KVEf 7:00~P. 7:30 !p. M??Solo by Mrs. Rebecca Doctrinal Sermon by Rev. S. E. C. Grafton, P. D.r Prosperity. 9:30 P. M.?Benedict College and it ^-Association by Dr. C. B. Antisch journrpent. THI'HSIIAV- 111 III .M p:30 ^j.?DevutlniiH." 0:0Q A. Af.?Resumption of busrnt } :00 A. M.?Institute Lecture by b Columbia. 2 :00 M?-Morris Collegeand wha _ -Baptists, by Dr. J. J. Slacks, P 1 -on p m TU .i 1 . ,vw ? . ?r4 iiv juiatiun Ul i ne ue< W. M. Charley, Arthurtown. hi '^liah.?Geneial Discussion. 1:30 P. M.?Introduction of new p 2:00;fDt- dinner, THITRSDAV?A ITER? 3:00 P. M.<?Devotions. 3:15 ~P. M.-?State Mission and \vl building, Dr. P. P. Watson or ville.. {Collection.. *f A .00 V-. external evidence -- Rev. T. M. Bftykiji, D. D., Colum The internal evidence of a God i Rice, B. P., Columbia. Genera ournment. TTOO P. M.-?Devotions. 7:30 P. M.?Benedict College Qua - by Rev. L. C. Jenkins, A" B..~i Ridgeway. Collection. * 9:30 JL M.=-r-Good health essential Dr. J. fl. Stuart, FRin A V iuno\Ti\T ? ifiullillil 9:00 A. M.?Devotions. 9:30 A. M.?The'Woman's Auxiiiai mane Association by Mr.s?AIedt u:u0 A. M.?City Missionary Union 1:00 A. M.?Missionary Sermop by Rev. J. T. Roseboro, Winnsboro 2:00 M.?Greetings from white Ba Pastor of 2nd Baptist Church, ( Report of Committees. _ Final REV. J. C. WHITE, Modcr REV. J. A. BYRD, Clerk, Saturday, October 10, 1925/ '.AVF.S r.r ; . | urrent Poetry ^ \ ROBINSON. lent must be typewritten, "real x id addressed return envelope, 1 >ia, S. C., to the Editor of this * be printed under^ your -own i?7? this is your chance" to develop *. Fors his services to anyone cjp- r accasi"^, such as epitaphs, oie- * ir topics tor programs of all ?' ^ A TT m XT' ?\J Mr-tr?? ? ??? ~c, : .1 " . uth. ouTTTT ? ??TT?.,., v nine, ??i _?__?Ja* splendor. ne, I ?~ .. ks twine, * -J?"' 11 brink ' ge, -r--^=?^???-? ink it, die. -.-pt . ' ; iy' _ .1 - 4 v ST? * ""ri*1 . j i ^ . . _. N 9 * . .j' ' ' -.- ; in. clear. _ ' ^ dies. * * V _ . _? TH* ANNUAL SESSION OP r ASSOCIATION TO BE PTIST CHURCH, , s.c. . rE, Pastors kt. ?Sth, 29th and 30th, 1925. Baof 1st J3rganizaSING SESSION. ? itive Board. j =by the Rgv. J. M. Freeman, >nnis, Columbia. Collection. 1 es, Ministers and mpsspng^rg. :NO()N^SESSION. " Addrps* ui uniuers. < Dr. D. K. Jenkins, D. D. S. s, Chester. ~ .... of letters. Adjournment. # ' sING SESSION. : Reese, Columbia. Blake. Dowry ville, or Rev. D?? s claims upon the Gethsemane ?1; President. Collection.- AdIMJ SESSION -'SS. ? 1? tevrtf: W. Loftg, A. B., B. I)., t it has done for'the Negro resident. CdlTer* firm icon to the pastor, by Deacon r>d Deacon S. J. Dunlap, En a-stors and visitors. WON SESSION. lat we are doing in kingdom Rev. J. W. Easley, Greeleyof a God called Minister by !_ _ : :? a ?. ? tntt. ~ L _ ?~ ?? called Minister by Rev. T. W. 1 discussion. Collection. A<\r Nfi SESSION. -- ??? >rtette. Educational Sermon" Columbia, or Rev: N. Smithy ^to Christtarr useftrhreBg, by G SESSION. (J?nVGhi^r"riulnlp peths6" by Mrs. P. A. Spigner, Pres. Rev. G. M. Mills, Carlisle or . Collection. tptists .by Dr. J. Dean Craift*#,Tr white) Col urn Ida.? adjournment. " " - aior, Columbia, S. C.t _ . / Rion, S. 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