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The Palmetto Leader j
Published Weekly By
The Palmetto Leader Pub; Co.
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COLUMBIA. S. C.
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Entered atnhe l'ost Utlice at Coluin;
bia, S. C., as Second .Class Matter.
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N. J. FREDERICK., -v-Editor
A. B. LINDSEY, Managing Editor
J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Edito/v
. W. FRANK WILLIAMS
_ V- Contributing Editor.
HENRY D. PEARSON City Editor
GEO. H. HAMPTON, .... Manager.
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' ty news by Wednesday night.
* Saturday, April 3, 192f>.
* L&w observing people of this
'country ought not hold up their
hands in holy horror at the attempt'
nullification of the 18th
'Amendment: They are responsible
since all of these years they,
have viewed Ayith complacency
"the nullification oi the. 14th and.
15th Amendments. Hypocraoy
never does any good.;
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According tb the Fourth Non
?Lynching Roll of Honor, .ot the"
Commission-on.Race Relation? of
the^ Federal Cuncil of Chnrcho^,
? " ~~ there-were- 38-States that- were
free from lynching in 1925. " It
is gratifying tp note that South
Carolina is 'among the States
that were free from this form
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The-Colored citizens of Colum-'
bia appreciate the new pl??y?
> ground at New Howard School
- provided by City Council. It
-vis well equipped and no doubt
will mean much\ to the chrldren.
- Councilman Sweeney, head of flTeT
'playground depart'mentj)resepted'to
the school a bor.DUful A.
merican flag which. will fly fromg
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tne pole erected by the parentteachers'
Association of which
Mrs. H. N. Vincent is president.
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"TThe danger of these exciting
"man hunts" by an irresponsible
??gamr is illnstrated hv the dut^'
' alleged'mm inal?-Charley. Sauncriminal
assault. At once hundreds
of men begun to hunt.
They chased another colored man
for 48 hours,1 shooting at him
several times. He was finally
captured, when lo rxid behold,
he was not the man wanted at
all! Suppose he ha(i been killed
?oh well it would just have
been a Negro killed by mistake.
In Norfolk, V&., a city ordinance
was eha'ctedT establishing
" white blocks" and "colored
?- -blocks." ' A white man opened up
a place of business in a "colored
block." The colored people ~inordinance
was declared unconstitutional
by the polite judge and
the white man freed. An apneal
wan made by. the colored
? "complainai^^TwfmilTS^TnnT^
This court sustained the police
judge. That is, of coiltse, what
the colored people wanted. Segregation
laws are alright until
they are invoked against the
.white man where the making of
~ money is involved, then presto,
^ W unconstitutional?arrd
only then.
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NEGRO JEALOUSY
One of the greatest weakness
of the colored race is the little,
nasty, envious feeling-hnown as
jA^lmiay. - No 'colored man of
^ Standing and influence can escape.
In fact, the highecJris,
position, the greater his influence (
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for good,' the stronger and more t
bitter the feeling of jealousy on i
the part of those who would if 1
they could but who must of ne- i
cessity recognize tfie superiorUb
ty of the objects of their envy. {
The fools ^lon't seem to realize t
that they are hurting themselves ~
by pulling down and trying to
destroy those who have arisen by
thler merit?-They-seem not to jknow
that race is measured
truly- by its outstanding and up-;
standing characters. Recent!
happenings show that the colored
people have indeed much
to learn in their effort to gain
a respectful place among the .
races of the world. *
Hon. Jas. A. Cobb was conjirmed
by the Senate as a judge
of the Municipal Courts uf WaslT1
T (Tt nr All Vprrvnoe r\f
p..0 v.. P Ali p 1 v/vo Ui IT
ton in .particular ought rejoice. |
yet we find that there are some;
Itttfe- jealous "soirte^hcr-are-try^ing
to have his confirmation reconsidered,
though there be dan-;
gcr of the colored race - losing:
the'judgeship altogether should
it be tlone. ?. ./ .
At the Veterans' Hospital at :
Tuskegee, Ala., a " conspiracy!
seems to to have existed among,
certain little mean Negro sub-!
ordinates to "discredit the man-j
agenient of Dr. Ward, forget-;
all colored personnel at thathospital.
Ami this in vaiious lines of
endeavor can instances 'be cited
of little mean acts, the children.
of interna'! jealousy withini
The7 race. The Negro , Jias e- j~
nough external obstacles lu .fight
and he should not be called upon
to tli^flpate his strength in fight
4ng internal-devilment. -?The-'
sooner this is learned; the better j
it will be. - -- -
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THE NEGRO FOR HIS
OWN EDUCATION "
One naturally expects Tnfornir.'lion
from colleges and uriUl
ver-rilies, not loose assertions anel 1
popular misconception. For many ?
years, it has been the custom to 1
-irfdk- about the whites bearing 1
the expense of giving tne colored ;
Uondsjrtliey gttl'^The'thing has :
been repeii-ted so "often that it \
jias-been believed. A few days
ago, Supt. Koon of Wilson, N. C. '
schuqls-- made a scientific study ]
of t_Ke matter" and ?ound that instead,
of the whites paying for 1
V i.irrA - i* '
cuuv.ai.lUil 111 II1USI OI tne i
SouUionr Slates, Nn'f tr-waHr-i
contributing to the education of~
the * whites. For this, Supt.
koon was~almost ousted trom his:
position. Other studies of this(
side of the racial question have 1
been made. A few years ago a i
committee of colored citizens of '
intelligence made a-n investiga- >
lion of this phase of racial life 1
and found that in South Carolina 1
the colored people were contri- i
buting in round numbers, one
inmi.ln.td .thousand dollars to the 1
white schools.?In other words, l
that a-mount -from direct taxes1
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spent, for \vhite schools instead,!
of colored schools, ui?-diriSP
taxes were not taken into consid- i
oration. The renult 'was de-7
rived at by taking the amount 1
ported by the ^it6 Superinten-;
dent of Educa-tion, the value of 1
Vowi'r> 1 ?
^ vjj/ci art appeal uu ill
jlii1MLn_\n "f V, fi, 1
Census Department a scientific 1
study of this matter can be made J
yet in a recent issue of the "Uni-H
versity Weekly News," a paper
published by the University of 1
South Carolina, ? discussing i
"Some Economic^ Factofs and 1
Education?in South Carolina" 1
this excerpt appears, "As a pro- :
ducer, these coditions make it <
impossible for him (the Negro)
as^ a race to earn much more t
than enough "to maintain itfe <
ilcnce, what is spent on his edu- i
cation must virtually come from *
the earnings o^ the white race."" 1
Evidently the writer of that ar- 1
ticle has never made a ^tudy 1
of the educational question ?
South Carolina. He seems con-J
THE PALME!
?Jlted_ to simply pa^s along a
)iece of fiction that long ago has
jeen proven as such; that"and
lothing more. If the Negroes
vere given only what they pay ;
is taxes for school purposes in
his State, they would have betON
AN EAS"
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u*y wimam
On a beau
? Just beLuye
----* T hpflidth
As they fell
And their
" And sweet i
As it rang
On the solen
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jStnging pi
a Let Him reij
r?Was the c
As they flew
1?-????? But piaist
_ The mother
0 . -' Who inou
?.And in-her 1
ButJ&r<V
V^U'lieii they i
. C>A^d when
There was a
: - ' Fiml'^lc
- - ' My God! Mi
.. ? Why hast
~~ w lien t hou
, " But in tin
' Gfad-shock- tl
A I'd thfng
T " canif- ff
. v . Ringing pv.-i
J_ ' \ ' And orj[ tl
- Jesus left-hi
- - And made
There tfT3
-^v? Self Reliance" |
By J. P. Washington
It h?3 been a, considerable 1
!engthvof time since we attempt-!
3d to do any writing through
these columns. We acknowledge i
that we are inadequate to give'
anything 01 ./value to the pilblic
but "a bird that, lingers in the
nest,1 does, know the use ot
Sight." :v ^ |
If we" never begin to write,'
we will never be' able; if we are
never criticized, we possibly will
never know our strength vand
weaknesses. We are always expecting
criticisms, these will help
us~as the years rnilzliy ij
a few lines on the above-named
subject, "Self Reliance " 1
Among all the mental qualifi-i
nations which help on to success I
in life, there is none^ which is of i
more importance than self-reli-!
ance. If you want a thing well
done", do it yourself; this is an
aid maxim which will serve well
if put in practice to-day".
. Those who rely most upon
themselves for the aeoamnlish-1
meht~of~ah*y aim are the ones|
who do the best work. The spi- j
rit of self-help is the root of all'
genuine growth in the individual.
Help from without is. often en-1
feebling -imits effects,?but Trcfoa
fronr within invariably invigorates:
m ? |
It is energetic individualism
which produces the most power- j
ful effect upon the life and ac- j
tion of others- and rally consti- >
utes the best practtcat enucarrorF
It is said" that when Joh C. Calhoun
was ridiculed by his. fel
low student at Yale for his in- (
tense application to study, he
raised a louder laughter against
Fumself by replying "I am forced 1
make the most oTlnyTirne in
school, that I may aquit myself
creditably in Congress.
I assure you if I \vere not sa.isfied
with my ability to reach
Congress in three years, I will
it once leave college."- Here was
5elf-help and self-reliance. Cal-j
loun knew the difficulties* that.
ay between him and the goal of
lis amotion, and while the other |
helping himself to overcome
Vis tj mMk
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"TO LEADER T"~~r
ter schools in every respect. No,
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the whites in South Carolina are
not burdened with the education
of the Negro. The "Pay-as-you- (
go'' law applies to him with a
vengeance. , . !
CERMORN.
N. Wilson)
tiful Easter morn,
the day hadSdawned,
te voiees of tlAAngels. ,
up oh the "balm A
merry notes
nelodiot., *
* thi'or.glmot the land
in breezes."
aises to God, praise to God,
gn'forever more; 1.
iciroes of the_angels.
from shore to-shore.
;s to Mary, -r? ?? ?
fned 7?ftd wept, * P*"
igart, man\* secrets-kept.
hat a horrible sight
nailed his hands with spikes
they pierced Him in the side
shiver and a cry.
)i WJ-ama Sabachthani ?
7 Godl
Thou forsaken rite
hast alfpower to set'me free?
? ninth hour,
>e earth and rent the towers 1
mves_were ojlened.and the saints
irth. i
pes to God forever more.
lis beautiful Easier morn, ^
s grave unknown,- ??
his way to heaven's door,
lall reign forever more.
rih era^- : ??r?|
j The man who dares to* think
for himself and act independently
docs a service for his-race,
|say's one of the brightset modern
| thinkers, and daily experience
shows that it is energetic individualism
which produces the
irno.-.t powerful effects upon the
life of others, and ri&lly constitutes
aThp best pr^yTj^l Pf^lJ'
j cation. ~ I
I ' Schiller designated ' thewedu'
cation of the human race, consisting
in action, conduct, selfreliance,
self-culture, and selficontrol;
all that tends to disci!
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pline one truly, <md fit him for
ilhe iiropcr performance of duties.
life; a kind a edu^
"cation not to.be"learned from
( books or acquired "by any amount
01 htefary training. r~
I All experience serves to illustrate
and enforce the lesson that
\
a man perfects himself by work
-more than by reading?that it!
is life rather than literature, action
rather than meie study and
words, and character rather than
biography which tends to rendvate
mankind. i
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Interracial Committee ~
I Of State Hold Meet
/ The" South Carolina State"In4erracial
Committee met -here
March 26 to discuss some-yery/
important programs of racial uplift.
At the session at the white Y~{
W. C. A. building, Mrs. C. P. McGowan
presided. Among the
im t events of the- meet-'
ing was the appeal made to the
State "Senate~t^r-the-Execu.tive;
Committee for &n appropriation1
for the Fairwold Working Girls'i
Home, recently destroyed by fire.
On the State Committee the
followinor TYinml^v^
Q vrv.vi VVI IIIVIIIUCIO W ci e
nddeck Prof. I. M. A .-Myers of-Columbia-;
Prof. Duekett, Benedict
College; President D. H.j
Sims, Allen University ; Prof. B. <
E. Mays and Profl Asa Gordon,
State CoJilege; Mrs. Alice Lasaine
Mrs. Susie Dart Butler, and
Theordore Harleston noted artist
of Charleston.
In' a letter sent out by W. W.
Alexander of ^Atlanta,. Ga., Director
of Interracial Committee
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to Mrs. Wilkinson, notice of the I
session of the National Interra- 1
~ctaL Committee to be held irv i
Tuskegee, Al&? April 8th was j
.given. Many of the colored '
leaders who go to make up the 1 ]
Committee are expected to be,]
pra-nnt at rli^o imprytimt S(?Ssiohs.
The names of the colored J
representatives of the Commit- (
tee are as follows:- !
Mr. and Mrs. R. k. juoton of ]
Alaba-rna, Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune, (Florida jBishop J. S.' i
Flippdr and Mr. and Mrs. John i
Hope, Georgia; Bishop C. Clem- j
ents, Kentucky; Bishop It. E.
Jones, Louisiana ;\Mrs. Char- ]
lotle H. Diuvm), Mr a. IL L. Me
Crorey and C. CL-Spaulding, N. ''j
C.; Mrs. Wilkinson from South 4
Carolina, Isaac Fisher and Mrs. ]
Croswait, Tennesee; Mrs. Janie i
Porter Barrett and John M. Gandy,
Virginia; and fium other ;
States. Miss Eva Bowles.
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Notes From Beaufort
i
Beaufort has been very fortu- '
natfe during- the past week in j
liaving come to her, three nationally
known characters in
the persons of Mrs. Mary Mc- J
Skimmon, President of the Na- J
tional Teachers' - Association; 1
Miss Ruth . Ellis, the widely i'
known Dramatic Reader and Mr. J'
Charles . Sate hell Morris, the
wonderful orator.?Mrs. McSkimr.^
mon spoke at the Robert Small 1
High School Chapel Monday,noon 1
to a largO and appreciative audi-^
ence.-?Her mcsoagoVwas indeed j
trmrgflY'vnr iri. HiriiVir iinr^?-PnUn-F
cnthurla.-m. She held tha.atteH- 1
tion of the smallest child pres- j
ent; T-hcn on Wednesday._nigh?._
at the F. A. B. Church, Miss 2
Rutk Ellis appeared in Dramatic
Readings. Miss Ellis proved her
self to be a true elocutionist, i
Her' .selections, "Sioux Chief's.]
Daughter" and "Briar Rose" '
and her interpretation of "Boots' <
were especially fine and proved |
conclusively the possibilities off
our people in the Dramatic
World. Many distinguished
white friends were present, a- i
mong whom were Mayor Bray
and former Secretary of the Xa- ;
vv. Edwin'Denbv. who spends
his winter here. Hon. Denbyji
1 nale _a short talk.. commenting
mostly on the wonderful gl ft*>T
Miss ElHsr- Mis* Ellis* also ren- !
dered Readings at PenTT. X,. &. I. 1
School, Mather School and the
County Training School while. J
in this section. On Friday night i
Tf"nv.--p-A?tphnr-c h. Mw ca
orator appeared on the scene and
made .Beaufort swell with pride
i.1% Ihn 4 f R m
Ill nig njiu?icui;c.liuu LIHJ &ICULI
orators of the past haA^Jieeiil
resurrected in the person of a I
colored man?Charles Sa-tchett
Morris. Mr. Morris with States- j
held his large and appreciative-audience
spell-bound, while- he,
with perfect ease afifd self-conthe
Man."?Mr. Morris ; -lso spoke _
at?the.Mather School Saturday
morning.- Indeed we hope that
Mr. Morris can be secured to be
with us 011 the 30th of May at.,
our Memorial Services; Beau- ~
Tort * feels greatly indebted to
iB. A. BL<
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Y iiais Cleaned and 1
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Saturday April 3, 1926
hose who made it possible to
ia?re these great characters vis- ~
rt- U&. ' :
Those attending the State
reachers' Association which was
Upheld at Columbia were:
Mrs. Ljaurine Frazicr, Helen
Schener Misses Mabel Saxun,"
Etta M. Washington, Florence
3i*L-nt, R. Williams; Profs. J. S.
Shanklin, J. A. Wilson. They reported
a most excellent.session-;-??Dr.
P. Hardwick of Savannah,
lia., was & visitor last week in
town. While here, he was the
?uest of Dr. H. E. Marshall.,
On k'.st Sunday morning, Drs.
H. E. Marshall and P. Hardwick?
nrt/j Attnrnny. F.,
ington motored . to Allendale,
rhey were aeeoiniJaiiied home by =
Miss Etta Washington and lit- """ .
tIe~Ml ss Helen Rice.
The funeral services of Mrs.
Anita M. Green was had from
the home' of Mrs. James Riley,
her aunt on last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Green was known
heref as Miss Anita Myers, ?
daughter off. Mr. Alex. Myers, for
merly of this place, but now of
(U.. ta m AT '
??cj-siuugIUII, kj. v>. IUIS. oireen
was very much loved by all who
knew her j*nd her death caused
a shadow-to- be casted ovei1 her
many friends. She is survived
by her father, Alex. Myers, her
er, Mrs. Ida Myiers. several half
brothers and sisters; aunts, cousins,,
and a host of friends. The ~~
floral designs were numerous and
beautiful... b
The friends of Mr. Alex. My^rs
deed glad to see-themJast week^ _ .
but equally regret the purpose
fur?wliii'h they came?to The?=
fjneral of their daughter and sis- ..
ter, Aniata M. Green. .'. j
What is considered the best
improvement our little City has '
made in many months is now
being undertakenTn the planting
of more than a hundred beautiful
"palmetto trees on either, ~
side oft he Stat el I i gHwa y enter- ~
ing Beaufort. It is understood *
that these palmettos will extend
about two miles out, and when
the work is completed- wilL-pra??
sent a most inviting apperance.
'At last! "Speed Chrysler Six". ~~
is deScl?Dr! Luther's Ford
killed him- in a wreck on the
corner'oi ClTa?rles~~and pVrriee .
Sts. week before last. Now that "
both "Studebaker Six" and
"Chrysler are dead?look outL
turn is next. Come up Rev. and
bake?yo^r?dose.?tiXuff Sod "
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