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.. 7 /. .> wj fV , ' *rt . . ., t . ? TOUR . - The Paljgetto Leader " Published Weekly By T The Palmetto Leaded Pub. Co. 4*10 ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA, S,?C. l Entered at the Post Office at Column bia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. TELEPHONE 4623 N. J. FREDERICK, Editor A. B. LINDSEY, .-Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS !_ Contributing Editor HENRY U: PEARSON Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON. Manager W. N. WILSON ?Traveling Agent J SUBSCRIPTION KATES-r CASH IN/ADVANCB7^ One Year $2.00 Six Months 1.25 Single Copy , .05 Advertising Rates given on appliv cation. ' ,; v . Communications-intended for the current .issue must reach this office, (if out of town) ngt later than Tuesday night. Ci: ty newtt: by- Wednesday night. - r ??? . ? Saturday, May 1,- 1926. v JUst suppose the Negro is the - crudest, most backward and low::jBst~of the humUn race.?Would not that very fact be a challenge to the mosj enlightened" race? 'After all,_what greater work1 can a man engage in~ than the. uplift of the lowly ? t We heartily agree with the St?Louis Argus when it says, discussing Gongres'sman-4Inmilument for the colored units brigaded with the French: "Not monuments to the dead but human rights to the "living."7 Xet not those who died, die In vain. v: 1 * s ' 'TvFanatics, "hypocrites, church* es, Bishops and professional anti-prohibitionists ought use some ?other argument for the observance of the Prohibition laws than loyalty to the.Federal Constitution. i Too long h asft been ?- fashionable to violate ;ind 'tolerate the violation-?those parts that some do not want to observe. .. ?' " 1 The colored Knights of Pythias and the women division, the ?-Calantheana,?of~Texa&. have resources and assets of over one million dollars ? to be exact, $1,004,521?according to a recent financial statement! Such a cooperative accomplishment as this ought give encouragement to colored citizens the country over. Cooperation pints the way to success. ' -i. ' ' ^s? . t ' . . , 0 "0 C ' Congressman -Victor Berger of Wisconsin. Socialist, has in troduccd another Anti Lynching Bill in Congress.?^his bill will have about as much chance of passim? as any of the uthers? and that means nothing -doing. American whites are not yet - *- quite sure 4;hat lynching^ is un. . civilized well as .unchristian. When they make up their mind about it, lynching will cease and -not before. We are getting a little fed up on -anti-lynching T r t 0 0 0 . . From the Kansas City Call the following excerpt from a speech of Judge Welch address. ^ ing a colored audience there is taken: "You people are harder on each other than white peo ?plo are upon you. -You* can not seem te forget your personal differences for the good of the whole.?We"t?e nut like thai, ah ' though at times, we may have the greatest possible breach." The Judge was speaking in Kansas City but he must have been visualizing conditions in and around this jvicinftyt. iir: -?-?-? "LILY WHITE" REPUBLICANS In an able editorial under the -1- ... f? ? iTort," The State in its issue ofje | April 27th savs. among otherjd rthings: "No respectable Repub-TC lican party can be organized j | with hope^. oT~"attracting more t ithan a handful of good citizens A ^unless iTshall bodily white. Sub--^ Istaptial men.TKbugh convinced^ of the soundness of Republican t doctrine, simply will-not go into p lan-organization unless it shall e --have practical and strong guar- \ antieS against Negro control or 1 Negro influence?" ? _^L ; i That being true, there will v ; be no strong' republican party o composed of all citizens in South a 1. Carolina, we fearT ~~WKere7 'the "strong guarantees" to come [from? What power is there that |can give spell guarantees? The , Republican party at its "birth | was dedicated to freedom, to liberty and fairness. To bar Ne- 1 groes from participation in the t choosing of officres who consti- I j tute .the various governments s simply because they are Negroes f has never beeri the act,Of the Re- ~u publican party. The Republican C party set-'a standard and bid n i welcome to all who meet that c "standardi No camouflage, no trick laws r *. * . ' ; J* exist in any section where republicanism prevails, instead, i everything is" done to encourage 1 i the participation of all .citizens , in everything pertaining to ; government. "Lily White Re-ft publicans" is a misnomer. There are no such republicans. ~ Such N a biuud is unly found in sections ' where individual worth, educa^, tion, culture and wealth pollti= ( ^aily countrTor nothrng so far as = < i vr~?~ '* ' I k ciLivelier| are concerned,; and such a policy is not republi-! _ can. But the white people really need n<* "guarantees" from any-! ^ one. They themselves' could eas- a ily control fairly a republilcan r "" organization?they would, need \ I ho "lily white" business. The>*:t have the intelligence and the ? I wealth jmd our suffrageiaws x I theoretically ?re based on that.-{ I We fair however' that its not r i control, that is desirecLtait abso- t f:lute denial oF^participation^im ! j : thft part Jafl cblorcuL-citiz&ns? whir/his nnt?rppnhlir'Rn L q; t EDITOR ROACH AGAIN t i ' ERUPTS jl ?* . - ? :?_-i It is really regretable that the r Editor of tHe Kecorder-Indica- c upon which he differs . with f others without displaying the 1 narrowness of hs heart. Truth J i to him seems verily a stranger t facts an unknown quality. He * ?delights in impugning the mo- -I ' tives; of everyone and finds a t fulness of joy in ciuestioning the 1 sincerity of all who differ from-U him. For facts, hie substitutes ( vaflaripy* and for truth, dirtv in- j sinuations.?it?onu discusses! -rfrcesc ahd he undertakes to on d iter the discussfbn, be fore he gets ~ through he will be talking abPu t~ ! "ships and sealing wax,cabbages * ' and kings," ^ According to' his ' ^pr eachme nts- there tsTno one 1 honest but himself, yes, the;only ( ! one who has not bowed dovfrn to Baal. v?ssaying to answer an J " editorial in the Palmetto Leader which dealt with.the reorganiz- 1 'ing of the State Fair Aspocia- 1 [lion, he, without the semblance c I of logic or truth," accused us of *" attacking Dr.., Wilkinsorr? and ( "I that too at the behest of some""j Fair officials since, we, as he says 1 jai*e the attorney for the Afisocia J j tion. If we are the attorney, 1 {Editor Roach is the only person * I vfho knows it, we certainly dop't. (But follow out the motive of the * "attack" which exists* only in Editor Roach's distorted mind: ( i(l) This editor, he says, "still * I wants" the place occupied by Dr. * Wilkinson; (2) He "attacksj' be- ^ cause (supposedly) he is; aligned c with "certain men who have ? s 3 been and are now doing their j best to.cripple him." (Dr. Wilkinson). Now that's real news, ,t 'and we must confess that the n ' * ? ' THE PALME rudite far-seeing and learned eitor has accomplished a 'scoop.' Jp until then, no one even sus ecfectThaLthere \vas a deep and tuld cftnsprracyto eripple Dr. Vilkinson. But Editor Roach ero of old has taken steps to see hat no harm comes to the re>ublic ! All honor to the discovirer and protector! The fact is, lowever, the only harm that is ikely to come to Dr. Wilkinson s the harm that Editor Roach vitl bring in his eternal harping h his name and bringing it into ,11 of his foolish discussions. ANOTHER AMENDMENT? NULLIFIED. \ Collier's Weekly in its issue of April 24th, discussing the 8th Amendment under the capion of "Federal Prohibition Has railed," makes this significant t?tementrr""No good <?an come rom the nullification of another ^rrrendment to "the American Constitution." Of course, refernrp i* maflp to thp nullification if the 14th and 15th Amend. ft . . . nents. . "Collier\s statement implies that 'Pod has eurrce^'of th 'edisdafrr lave been treated. But what is ind where is the-gpod? If the lenying of certain American ciizens tHeir~coh^ITtutional rights vith which "these Amendments s trnpfl. t hen good has been ac^harlc3 Satchcll Morns speaks at First Calvary Speaking in Columbia for the hird time this year, last Sunday afternoon, Charles Satchell Moris, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., celebraed .Negro journalist and orator, hriiled 'the great erowd which tssembled to hear him. Morris., vhoTs fambus on two" donrtnehfs'or his eloquence, delivered a nessage which was later charac-erized as one of the Ablest heard n this City this year. - "This is a world of mind,"he [nnlMrnrl, "Tf ymi Mrappia <1i,v nind of the world, you change he world. The stupendous task o be^at^ffplished by- the" members of our group is tb change )ect to ourselves. Each indivilual exerts a profound influence upon his associates, upon his ellowmen and upon the'earth at arge.'. He can no more refrain 'rom this whether it be volun:arily or involuntarily than he nay dam the Atlantic Ocean, ar est the flight of time, confine he gentle"zephys to a cage, nor -estrain the giolden sun from Ltfyly kissing jthe sparkling d^w Irop in the silver meadows." The ;hrong enjoyed that, attesting ts approval by "spontaneous apdanse: ? 1 tnd deserved tribute t othe Ne. rro press, declaring that it had jeen one of4he mo'.t manly, In selfish, and consistent agencies in our progress. That the alack^ipan is acquainted _.with be injustices meted out to him as never befure . and Is deterhihecj to have those injustices redressed, was one of Morris'a contentions here. . ?Morris also requested his auditors to think of themselves ngly as men. He stated that j-od has giyen all men certain tbiiitie*-and TMo _ Jk ilio AC/ ??> rue of races as of individuals of .0 the black man had been the rift or music. The spokesman lrged the crowd to make some outstanding andnotable contribution /to the happiness and culure of thej world with his gift. The fact that Negroes were reeifyng a hearing in many places yhich were previously closed igainst him also encouraged and j nspired the speaker. Morris, who is a graduate of he University of Chicago, forner National Executive' Secre -. ? - . V - - - *a.uv ? :TTO LEADER complished. If -by the denying of these same citizens the free-1 dom of other American citizens Is guOd, then good has been ac-1 kind is good, then the nullified"! jtion of the 14th and Iftt.h A-i can deny that the Negro citizens deneid the right to participate in the choosing of the various governmental official&re-the men j who tax them, spend the money and make laws by which they are guided-j^-are political slaves as i suredly as their grand-parents were physical Slaves. In a way, political shrcary is ns heartless,cruel, untair and unchristian as j was, physical slavery. And to sooth the conscience, all kinds of excuses are made, the same as were during the system of physical slavery. Education, culture.' uprightness and money mean no.ihihg ttPS Negro in the South insofar as citizenship rights and privileges are concerned. Collierrs is not quite' right in itsstatement. It should-be: "No good has ever come from nullitying any amendment to the merican - Constitution." Xlie 18th is not observed, arid is not going to be, because the American people have too lorrg looked with complacency on the nullification of their amendments before the 18th. The law of compensation cannot be gottert around. As one ^ows, verily 'shall hef reap. ^ I "t.ary for hrpnoh \\yaF~Ornhans.1 winner of the New York State 0ratorical prize and the Chicago Essay trophy, is regarded as one of the most brilliant young colored men in the United States "lt~ i.i i- 1 * * '* ' licit cue grea^granuson 01 me lamented Frederick Douglass, j He was introduced to, the Sun-j day afternoon ^e-rowd he$e by the Rev. C. P. Madison, also of Nor-; folk, whoJisJLe Recording Secre-tary of the National Baptist Cj nyention.-r~ "The Rey. H. W.j Long, able pastor of the First Calvary Church acted as the Master?of Ceremonies for _the occasion. -TTwo great, chin-uses furnished the music- =~T While in the City, the famous orator addressed the students of . both Allen Univcrstiy and Benedict College. He was accorded groups. . 1 , -Morris" is on a month tour of South^Caro]ina. . He is appearing this week in Newberry,-Clinton, and Laurens. Next week.he is scheduled to stop over in Anderson, Greenwood, Abbeville, Edgefield, and Trenton. ? ?-?? ? ' CLAFLIN MALE*" QUARTET MIXED SEXTET, ORCHES-i TRA AND STRING ENSEM t RLE AND MRS. MARION ?COPRICH?IN?M1JSIGAL ENTERTAINMENT (McGhee Tlewa Service) The ClafliiT Concert Company^ under the auspicer, of the Char-? sociatlon, rendered a very creditable program at Wesley M. EChurch, Charleston, April 16th. The cnjoydd by all present. ?1?1 r The people at Charleston have1 already begun to arrange for the annual visit of the Company to the "City by the Sea." Mrs. Marion Coprich, Violinist, nit. mi ? ii.ix. uiuinas eraser, Cornetist; [Mr; efraHes Williams, "TTenor; Miss Marie Lovett, Contralto and |Miss Annette Moorer, Soprano. During-the 'intermission Pi esH~ Eandolph and Dean Pearson made instructive talks on the progress and growth of Claflin.! This program was made possible thru the untiring efforts of Mrs. G. M. Randolph, head af the de-^' partment of^Tusic and Mrs. Ma-T rion b. Coprich, Director of the Orchestra. - => i. I do not think much of a man who is nOt#viser today than he was yesterday. ' Abraham Lincoln. . , ' ' MT. tMSGAH A. M. E. CHURCH " NOTES,- ? Special to The Palmetto Leaders ?Apr. ?The services. of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church were vvoll attended .last Sunday. Th? Feast of Seven Tables will be staged by the ladies of Mt- Pisgah in the near future. ? Our May Day contest is on for Allen University? The effort-is. lull of promise for success. ? The Negro .Business League of Greenwood is still alive. In the near future we hope to say a word about the Negro's ffnt.look. in Greenwood and what he is doing with the splendid opportunity that confronts him here. Maybe, all-things considered, the greatest appointment the Negro has been to many of the readfriends -he-has in other race groups, has been his inability ^to develop a leadership that can function with the universal Tace insane jealousy, littleness, along with the disposition t? underrate the value of the excetional men and women of his group is his own problem with which he is sorely afflicted: Jin t as son as a man or a woman in his groupgives promise of possession any' exceptional ability in any definite direction, then we begin a fight ^n them to reduce them to nil)' nu-n mnomiLn A i:? 1 VMII uiwaouic. XTrtl, 1111 pill Ucll criticism of either men or measures ir, always worth while.?IL koeps men who have done a few things that are worth while fi-om having the "big head." Deception, rascality and grafting should be denounced. The men or measures that stand for these things should be set aside. Bii we should have proof without a shat'i w ' of doubt that these things are really true. Men and women who have- given thousands of dollars for Negro educatTon are more and more becoming disgusted with this tendency which is so clearly manifested in msJthy 'Negro.qSvtoward all Neg^oov^'ho have developed any ability -whattfver for exceptional Borvieo. Woll; if wo give the fellows who are lighting what they want, what will they do with it? Answer. Tear it up* Well, if any measure of power was given to them, what would thev do with it? Answer: They would out Simon Legree the original Simon Legree as slave drivers. A short while ago a well erbirofoA and friendly white man to" the and read to me mor6 tHan a dozen different clipings from a nuiph.er of-Negro--newspapers about Negroes. "Now,'" said: he, "I am sure that I have had more dealings with Home of these men thus denounced than the writers of these clipings. Some of them haa^used-thousanda of-dollars of mv money, and I have never lost a cent?Many of -them I would trnst^as T would not trust scores of white men with whom I am personally acquainted. Now, why alt of this abuse of thebe splendid men?. 1 had no idea before that men of the type in question read so many "^wspapet-s T B.A.BL I TAILC x Drv Cleaning. Prt] i Hats Cleaned and For and'Deliver. a 1112 Washing ion St., __ Ph < > 1 ?; <> WHEN IN COLUM ;; - .? ??.? : j?r--?BROADWAY I! "'! -EVERYTHING SANITA < ? i FISH an :? IN SE < L_ V . :K? ?t D. W. WQI i \ r W ' 1108 Washington Street, i...... i,? ' . '* , . -... ZL'". . ..4_. .. - / V * - ' *'*' ... * a * Saturday, May 1, 1926. and so closely followed tjje^egro's efforts with his own group. We have brought a good deal of what we face in this section to^~ day upon ourselves. Then, too, "My Race My Race" have so * placed many of our group that they are-not able to produce any-. . [thing that the other.race can appreciate. They have no remedies for anything. The only bows I that abide in their quivers are ' those that are aipect~m heart- : hatred and indiscriminate abuse. . During my many years residence in the North ^nd the East, it was both amusing and sad to see -fcj-in nlnvnr nnH t'pkjiuliil t}f our group in that section so completely given up to the fruitless _effort_ -in question. At a safe distance from the field of conflict chey would indiscriminately aouse both Southern .white men and Southern Negroes/ Just as soon as they happened to be in ~ ^the section with,-which they found so much fault, their ^ mouths are closed so tight' that ?not pvpn an "amen * can be -heard.. from them. . Our group will have to abandon this folly. It is not too late for us to learn .that the indiscriminate abuse of the .White people in question in r. __ any section is not likely to bring 'anything tb us. Conflicts, time and' the cdnditfons which have J beset us, have enabled us to "spot" the real enemies of oqr group within our group, and we must find a way to dispose of-""these beiore we can do much with the nlher feHnw: : ccticiaij ui Agriculture tcrVisit State - College. .W-- McGhee News Service. Orangeburg, S. C., April 24.?Pres- ; ident Wilkinson has been?informed J I that Secretary of Agriculture Jar- 1 Orangeburg May 10th in company " with Mr. W. W. Long, State Director | of Agricultural Extension. During I he day he wilf-inspect the work at f |State College and in this connection, Uome of the Negwr Farm Demonstrations beingiarried on in the County. FAIRWOLD NOTES. - i We visited the Association of the Baptist Missionary Society last Sunday. Mrs. Martin took the place df Mrs. Wilkinson, I and received an offering of $6.02 ^ I Dr. and Mrs. D. K. Jenkins, "r? "Mrs. Watson and daughter, visi- ? t.Pfi Fflirujnl/l o i ? ?.?wxu jasi, ounaay?ur. 8 Jenkins left a donation of $1.00 We thank them for calling and hope they will come again" Martin & Thurman A .. Electrical Contractors . '"1 " LICENSED AND BONDED ~l Phones 8723-^854 i ' I OCKER RING T lasing and Dyeing , -.J : -M Blocked. VVe Call -; lone 3814 Columbia, S. C. .7 >- J RIA, EAT AT THE DAIRY CAFE TjH RY AND tJP-TO-DATR \ tM d GAME_ ODSf Prop; 1 a ' ii Columbia, 8. C. .j .i. M'rlt - - y - .tiisS