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P"' The Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. iaiO ASSfiMBl.Y-SlUtEEl___ ?+.- ; - COLUMBIA, S. C. ? fe* .. -r* , ? Entered at the Post Office at (Solumbia, S. C., 63 Second Class Matter. TELEPHONE 'II 4623 IV: - " " ~"r ' A N. J. FREDERICK, Editor A. ti. L1NDSEX, __ Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Editor ? > '-W, FRANK WILLIAMS -F-~----^ ? - Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON.-City Editor REP. H. HAMPTON. .Manager * ? SUBSCRIPTION HATES! ~~ CASH IN ADVANCE. .One Year. f <2.00 Si* Months 1.25 - ~~ Three Months T5 ?1 ?1 Slltglfr Copy .u(> __ Advertising Rules given on appli?? cation.. Communications intended for the current issue must reach this office, (if out of town) not later than Tuesday night. Ci ty news by Wednesday night, Saturday, February 20. 1926. , After all, Atlanta seems to agree with the Constitution, its leading newspapers, when, it says "There is a limit to which this racial legislation matter , can dc * more harm than good." "Ma" Ferguson,, Governor oi Texas, stirred up a hornet's nest by issuing a proclamation cal ? ling on ner ienow citizens tc celebrate the birthdays of Abra? . hair\ yTnroln. The Civil War ma} be over in Texas, but certainly not the feelings of bitterness - - In Virginia, the legislature is wrestling with a"bill to say jusl * who is white and who isn't. The ...?standard laid down by the pro* poised law is causing loud anc long protests from those.;; wlic law wouldn't be "white." America tertainly is spending muci time oyer the white question. - -? _ Governor MeLian of North Ca rolina believes that when the law . -Should Lfc pun j-d-ttftk ltd lining ;*jvr clemency^to the 15 men convic Buncombe County Jail last Fal V he said: The sovereignity .of al the people.pf the ?tate was trampled under foot and insulted by the mob when it attempted tc take the law into its own hands to say mobs will not be very ac nve in mat state. Last week troops had to be ?r?? called out at Gcoi ^elou n, Dulaware, to prevent the lynching oi a criminal vand to insure a itria r by legal process. In Coushatta - Louisiana, the same thing had tc be done. Good for the officials r^rrrrr.- - : but what can be-said fon the ci vilization of people who are vvil ' ling to submit to the very law^ that they have enacted? Aftei all, is American civilization bul a veneer, and a very thin one al " <- that? v Allen University celebratec "Negro History Week" by programs each day made up entirely from worthy deeds and activities of the Negro. President Sims and his faculty ai*fr-U> be congratulated for giving attentior to this long neglected subject, It is getting high time for Negrc schools and colleges to give-attention to the worthwhile achievements of life race. Studying all the time about other peo; pie tolhe neglect of one's own is not calculated to inculcate a .i ,t pride of race tha.t should be in j - ?the mind# and hearty of every^ The "newest enterprise among W& colored business is the Home stead Bakery, This business is 4 ' ored people and is a credit to jthem. Colored people spend a_ great deal of money for food and clothing but for some re&s- I on or-other:- they^ do- not enter i largely into the business of supplying themselves. There is no 1 ! other,, race upon the face of the j ; Earth that depends almost enl.tirely. on some other race to sup- 1 -ply?their every-day needs amr< wants. It's a peculiarity of the/ i Negro, due perhaps to his past \ \ training and experience: Thlt 1 . until he - gets over this?racial iWeahness, his progress will never ^ i be what it ought be. We believe i unreservedly in colored people _ ! entering the "Various businesses 1 and that. Negroes should givo j them their patronage. This lat-p I est enterprise is a needful one 1 and the colored citizens should " patronize it. Every successful 1 Negro business is a boost for i the race, thougTi the unthinking 1 may not see it. There can be no 1 ekcuse for not giving large pat- < . ronage to this newest enterprise, i It is centrally located on Assem bly Street near the corner of 1 1 i Washington Street, and is clean t 1; sanitary and carries a full line of 1 l'sych things as are found in a '> first class bakery. \." ! ? ?O? > THE AMENDMENT TO THE j -^-Sv CONSTITUTION i Of' fmifOQ fJaoeo /lava an/) ii. I -V ? w v.? ?JN/, VliVUV V4t*J U UHU tiillV/ J 'when one speaks of amendments 4 1 to the Constitution, it is general ly understood that the 14th, 15th ' | and 18th are referred to. This 1 |isjtrue because the discussion of >1 the .enforcement o??the 18th ] h brings up so easily the eiifuice-i ment of the 14Th and 15th. And < ; j this5- is true because the most < 'jardent7 supporters of the 18th ; urge its observance because it * is the law of the land and-4s-a-i ' paft of the U". S. Constitution, ) | and no good citizen * therefore < -[should be guilty ofTaw violation, i | Those, however, whn arp mt ?r> . L-unarm or ed of -the f8th and-in different to the others?retort with, "what about the enforce- i merit of the 14th and 15th'i" ] [ Can good citizens violate thorns ; 1 while shedding crocodile tears 'pabout the 18th?" Of course, ^er.e can be no fair and logical j r answer to the retort, but the 1 ' argument goes merrily on. Ev- 1 'jurywhere it is heard all over i " | the Country and even in Con- 1 r; gross, where the oath to uphold . 'jand support the Constitution is 5 just mumbling so many words; ] '.that and nothing more. v Just a 'few days-ago, quite an interes.j ijng colloquy occured in Congress s, when Mr. Madden, the Chairman vol tile Appropriation Committee, jwas presenting an Urgent Defi- 1 'jciency Bill. Congressman Ber- 1 >|ger asked, "Can the gentleman ! ) give an estimate of how much it' > costs to enforce the 18th Amend- 1 rmehf?" Mr. Madden answered Joy saying: "1 should say over" .Sd0,C0u,uwo." Mr. Berger con- ( . j tinuing, asked, "How much is 1 'i x - - > jsiient iorme entorcement of theh loth, 14th and 15th Amend- 1 ments?" To this Mr. Madden rel plied, "No money is expended, 1 'j because there is no attempt' to {.enforce." And there you have < > J ,' it. While-all Amendments ought i > i .. - - * - . _ .? . bo enforced, yet we. donT T>e- ] i iieve any good will result from ! >jany such attitude. It the 14th ' and 15th Amendments are to ( ' he enforced, they should be on ; their merits and not~simply be- i : cause so much ado is being made ' ; about the 18th." Mixing up the 1 ^enforcement in such a manner l will ? "-.x H - ?*?.. vmj -inumt trtar, trie coioreciTj citizens wilt be scotched in some < manner. The playing of the one 1 politics. The South wants the , 18th but not the others and the * I . *. .? j . South usually gets what she ; i wants. * * t ?a?-?* 1 w ' : j "THII PAfcMCTH THE CRIME WAVE ?" 01 (By Jean Jew) If The crime wave is sweeping m before the bars off Justice white w nen and black. - Sweeping with ei such torrential flow that the keepers of society are becoming st ?reatly alarmed. s< Primarily interested is cen- tc ;ered in the general national vi^ fc elation of the laws uf the land, m rhe main interest, however, in ir the South, seems to be in the C lumber of white criminals^Ih^m carcerated and the increasing cr lumber of crimes committed by tc ivhites. ' , r< led because otits inability to li? find a roason for so many moro -S^ vhite criminals today than yes- ri ter-day. / ' bi Many reasons have been ad* danced by them but never t\\e vv mo cnn W n oil or\o/>f or! flicif l ^ai x fi v ouoj^tiv-u uiat the real reason was known, for U L>y no twist of the imagination w :ould we figure how ft could re- n nain ^o long abscure. 11 To one class, the-' unpunished, without a doubt, the reason for e( 30 few convictions has always r< jeep known. -01 Not until last week...have we S1 seen or heard the real reason, a without apologetic amendments, for. the past racial crime propor- ^ tion. - .r - j n A correspondent to the State P; recently said among other'things^ 'for the first time in the history u Of the State, Uhere are more white people in the penitentiary than Negroes. I believe another thing, if the same kind of even [ ^ banded justice had been dealt |a jut itM)o.Lh races, the proportion I11 sf white would have been great- ^ sr. For we are prone' to give the *( white man the benefit of all doubt, reasonable or unreason- *( able." n ?For years this has been the *( :ase and the Negro has paid the ilnjust price?-death and impris- ^ snment?for, in many cases, the white mail's conscious fniscar- a! riage of justice, through thet?! inevitable -Jn-ice of ignorance, il- C( literacy and economic depen- ^ dance.? ?? ??^ Rdt ttii< nrnv fl'ijir Thol Negro is less liable to tra-^s, ^ nQjorfi-Jihlp to defend himself, and ? the white man is no more prone 111 lo make the guilty pay the pen- , alty?the only reasonable protect tion for enlightened society. "MY RELIGION" A EXTRACTS FROM N$\\ YORK U . HERALD TRIBUNE ? (By Rev. J. P. Washington) ^ _ rr This subject, Relitrion. has!11' caused great controversy in the'|r Church and the World, not only lr so, but it is today c'ausing great ^ controversy. Religion can almost be classed as an instinct; J .. % *7 - --4 * V* man is "a religious "being; notj only wo, but man has always tippn religions?This subject has ?1 caused "many men to Suffer martyrdom; some were burned at the j^1 stake; sorrre-fjstrarctsedrand yetj * this question about religion is ^ no nearer being settled today P than it was in the incipiency of % the Church. Does this cause any one to be- :ome alarmed? If so why should it? Thinking people disagree; no two men see things in theff same light, yet men ought be!* angle to reason the matter out! A and not stay apart on account of diversified opinions. Victor P Hughes says: "An Idea an ir-jd resistable." 1"he following is an' extract from the New York Her-|h aid-Tribune on the above named h subject, "My Religion." "If I should analyze my reli- b jyion, I should say that it had two P :haracteristics, viz: humility and g the spirit of struggle. I believe r< fact of this belief makes me C humble in His presence,?I_4e-4 not want to bind Him and define |T Him in words; I know that l| cannot do this, and I refuse to|V | V ' ' . 5 s :-v . P.. . / OLBAtol dmit the ability of any mai group of men to define God I take Him to be the Father ol tankind, then I must regard al horn He has created as broth *s." "If Hfr has manifested Him ilf through Christ,- I do noi jek to penetrate the mystery > put into words, and force m^ >rmula on other men. My hu lility makes me relaize thai try ig to follow the precepts o Christ takes all the' thought: rid time l have. Quarrelling /er doctrines and rituals seem: xjne to have nothing to do witl iligion. I believe in the weak ess of human nature. This be ef arouses the spirit of strug le?, struggle against tho vn ous tendencies and impulses ii aman nature that makes it hart >r "me to de' unto others as ould have them do-onto me.' "The spirit of struggle, my re gion teachers me, does not en< ith checking evil impulses; i lust go to prompt me to goo< npulses." I, am so selfish, s< zy, that it is easy to be content 1 with being respectable. Mj iligion teaches me, that sin o mission is as bad, or worse thai n f>f (ifiminiaoinn PViki'oJ- 1_ vx vv*UiiUk}OiVllr\JllllCt Ictligll very positive form of servic d one's fellow men which n< lergy has constantly preached or any church has cbnsistentl: racticed. Here is where the spi t of struggle-is hartfestto keej p; but one must go on." . ? "There isn't anything more t< than this; I believe in God, al lough I know very little abou dm. I believe in Jesus Christ lthough I know very little abou no relation between libit a?in od. I am glad that I have th< cachings of Christ, and try t )llow them, although it is har< d live up to any of' them. I ob-religion essentially the wij ) right living?" And does not this will, if if i 3 attain the Slightest measur F success, require constant tho' sk of God that I shall never b anient with my fulfillment o lese dutielf for I do not want t< >se my religion. ? To mv feeble min^ t ie greatest thing in the world nd should be the Msomum bon m" of every man's life. . i*"InW ?? i. & T- College Observe! Negro History Week Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 13? ft. T. Gr>11o{rp Negp [istory Week with appropriate rograms. Tuesday morning, a 3gular chapel services, Mr. M . Burt, a member of the Fresh i&n College class in the Depart lent.of Agriculture, read a ver instructive paper on "The Negr 1 Agriculture.". Dean T. E. Mc dnney delivered an address oi The African Background of th Vfro-American." Wednesday ight, Mr. Richard E. Harriso: ave a recital at which time onl selection from Negro author 'ere rendered. Thursday nigh he Modern Priscilla Club, ai . J! _ J* * t iiiies oi me <^w,y, rendered rogram dealing: with lives o reat Negro women. . * t? Andrews Notes Rev. J. E. Tindall passed awa; uietly to his Heavenly home 01 eb. 2. He is' survived by hi vife and two children. Mrs homas Thompson of Philadel hia, Penn., and Mr.'Oscar Tin al of Beaufort, S. C. Mr. Seward Carter is bad ome from Baraton, Fla., wher e has been for three months. Mr. Theodore Pearson ha een confined to his home for th ast two weeks suffering wit! rippe. We hope him a speed; ecovery. Miaa PhoebeA. Brown of Ms lellanville, S. G?? has been ad edto the faculty tyf jhe G. School of this City. Mrs. E.* Carter and Mrs. F /heeler and children spent th i week-end in Florence. \* . i "The play entitled?Followed by 1 I Fate," presented by the faculty l and students of the G. C.JT. < -1 School was given in Kingstree i on Friday night. 1 Rev. J. C. Quarles was a visi- < t tor in our City on Saturday. He , is the pastor at Bethel "A. M. E. ] r Church in Kingstree. - " ] Mr. James Greene left on Tuesday for St. Augustine, Fla., " f: where he expects to be for a 3 j while. _ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greene and ] s: friends motored to Georgetown *;on Sunday in their new Hudson -'Brougham. Mr. Amos of Hartville was a - visitor here on Saturday. -j?Mi. Willie JuhnsLun's sister of ' i week. . rt? v < ; j. Chester Paragraphs 1 tj Mr. William Powe, a student -J /-.P T - j ui uivingsiuuc was if 3 pleasant visitor to the City on - Tuesday and Wednesday. y j Miss Lizzie Heathingtori, of f this City ,and Mr. Willie Billips, n1 of Washington, D. C., were mart ried recently in Clearwater, Fla., e and are expected here in a few o days to spend a-while with rela-' 1.1 tives and friends. y, Miss Arthenia Davis of Ridgeway is visiting her sister, Mrs. < p Roxio Da-yis. , V The pre-nuptial reception, of o Miss Emma Mcintosh was atten ded by a number of friends at t the home of her parents, Mp and Will \I/TnTTvITi .Wor Cif J ?. ? ?. v VVU11J VVbM' KJlt VII t Monday evening. Delicious salil ad, followed by sweets, was " e served. The presents were nu0 merous, useful and very pretty. 1 Miss Mcintosh is to be married s to "Mr. James Watson, of Baltl- \ II more, Md. On account ojf ilk. ;ness, Mr. Watson was not able s to be present at the reception.? ej Little Miss Eloise---Babcock is t fast improving at the home of T'W nn-A.a., A T?7. - x uci j^ai 1UI . clUU 1V1I S. UKUrgG e Babcock, f Re\v. Mr. Easley preached at o Calvary Baptist. Church on Sun! clay morning. He also represejiled hi.i uuik as Mf&lUIiary, dhil ' t,1: received a creditable 'donation -?from-the Churb h -&nd i t sawdh a 'ivies. ? > r - ? - Large crowds are in atendance S each Sunday, at the A-" M.E. Z. . . j Church to hear the pastor, Rev. R. A. Carroll, in his series of sermons on "The Prodigal Son." 11 * -The Buy's ConoeiT will beTeffe dered at Calvary Baptist Church t on Sunday night. Feb. 21 C [ Mr. and Mrs. Madison Worthy '" gave a pretty surprise party to ' thpir daughter, Miss Rgna, on ^ j Friday night, in honor of her sixteenth birthday. The ydung " people enjoyed the evening very! n much and spent the time playing j e,the piano, playing games and Z\listening in_on the radio.- -The n young guests gave many useful y-gifts to Miss Rosa:?Iler parents presented?her with a handbag"" ^ containing a neat sum of money 1 and some dainty handkerchiefs. An icG cream course was ^served. Many were the expressions tendered Rev. J. W. Coleman, 1 ? " IB. A. BL .? TAILO Dry Cleaning, Pre - * , Hats Cleaned and J l;' o For and Deliver. - !> 1112 Washington St., Phi So " , o k e! < > J ! " 1 WHENINC0LUM1 elij BROADWAY ] hfi: EVERYTHING SANITA l? o ' FISH an? HI .... 1 ' . ' lfrstti d. w. wo< X 1108 Washington Street, . Vfc _ ' '1 ' ; 8a^d?y.y-Febft*?ry. 20, f9?& s ' Sunday, on the death of his wife ast week in Ridge Spring. Mr. Dewitt McCorey, a student )f Johnson C. Smith Universit, is ^endmg aTew"d^yF with His" " * parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Mc- ." ^orey. . " On the sick-list are Mrs. Jane Macon,- Bailey St.; Mrs. Bessie Franklin, Lacy St. . INSPIRATIONAL POEM By Lawrence Dunmore, Georgetown. After hearing a sermon by Rev. J. E. Beard from the 42 Psalm these linesrpbme to me:- " , ' As the heart pantetb after the water brodltnt?: O God, JTTi panteth fTTy sod! alter ? Thee; / ? , ' ' ' Thou and Thou alone, U God, ?Can rest and comfort me. : 3. i?'-A - M My soul thirsteth for Thee, O God, For God the living; rhoU alone art holy, Just und strength giving. My tears have been meat ~ Day and night for me; , t But my soul is not cast down ! For thou will it so ~to be. , ? la When by friends I am forsaken, x And mine^ enemies surround me, I will not lose hope, O God, I will look steadfastly to Thee. My soul is not disquieted within Tho' the veil "forces" oT the world oppress; U J Thou will it so. Thou art wise; xlJ Thou will give my soul its rest. jKnfl I fear noftTtb trials of this world, Hp' l.| Thou art my staff, my rod; j And as" the heart panteth after the,]J2 J| . > water brooks _ ' 1 So jymlelh J%iy soulfafter Thee 0 GodT^BjH McBeth Hiffh School I Union, S. C- V Eivlins Feb. 12, >926. ^ Albert all. Ruff, TeacHer. Pecolia ^s>frr Walter Lee Jeter, Henry Gossette, Robert Talley,? Agremena-' Kershaw, Odessa Johnson, Arsie Miller, Bessie Davis, .Lillian Richard, Joe CopeIflTlfl Klanplio Tofoi- Willie M/\? v* %J\JA t ? t HIIU?11U1" ris, Whjt.lpy Tfolflon. . . NORTH, S, .?__ We wish to inform the public of the lost of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Feb. 11, by (ire. Our loss is very great as the building was a good one. So we are our friends and the public every where to please help us in our efforts to rebuild. By order-ofltho Church.- John H. Chevis, Clerk;"J Martin & Thurman Electrical Contractors" LlCFyNJiSFn AMn HONinCTrv " ^ wvrTtr?i7 Phones 8723-8854 .' i*. ... -> SJ Columbia, S. C. I OCKER 7 r . :7Z_: KlNti 7 * ;" ssing and Dyeing !! blocked. We Call J| one 3814 1 Columbia, S. C. < ., < i \ < i < i BIA, EAT AT THE 11 lYAIRY C AFF. / . . ' ;? u?U RY ANI) Ul'-TO-D ATEr ! I \ r_ .* / :: ' \ 1 GAME , \SON. J 5DS, Prop. "Tj| Columbia, ft. C.