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' FOUR , ? Published Weekly By? 4? ?The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. ? 1810 ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA. S. C. Entered ut the Post Office at Colum* bla, S. C., as Second Class Matter. TELEPHONE , r - 46ii3 N. J. FREDERICK, ? Editor A. B. LIN BSE Y, Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE -Fraternal Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS _i . Contributing Editor ? hitmpv n PBARsnn JCitv Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, Manager W. N. WILSON --Traveling Agent ? Subscription rates: ~ ' 4 CASU IN AiWANCE.-"== ;? ? -OneYear__L____-?- 82.00 Six Month^.,- ? 1.25 ?^nree aiontna ;i4. Single Copy j - = .05 Advertising- Rates given on appli cation. - ' Communications intended for the current issue must reach this office, (if out of town) not __ later than Tuesday nighL, Cu ty 'news by Wednesday night.' Just suppose the Negro is the crudest, most backward and lowest of the human race. - Would "not that very fact be a challenge to the most enlightened Vace? After all, what greater work can a man engage in than the uplift of the lowly? -i-i . * ' ; ? Wo hoartily agree with the St.-, Louis Argus when it says, discussing Congressman Hamil ton Fish's Bill to nrnvidp ? mnn Twnent for the colored units brigaded with the French: "Not monuments to the dead but hu man rights to the living." Let not those who died, die in vain. ? * * * es, Bishops and professional anti-prohibitionists ought use some other argument, for the tfblerv"?v? r ance of the Prohibition- laws ? - than loyalty to the Federal Constitution. Too long h asit been ? ... fashionable to violate-and tolerate the violation?those parts that some do not want to observe. T " " " ~~ . . l-, . . The colored Knights of Pythias and the w"omen division, the Calanthcana, of Texas, have resources and assets of over one ^ million dollars ? to be exact, <51 A A/I KOI + ~ ? CILLU1 Ulll^ IU <X i c* "cent financial statement. .Such a cooperative accomplishment as this ought give encouragement to colored citizens the country over?__, Cooperation pints the way . to success. ' ^ ^vr , -J. m * m j? Congressman?Victor Berger of Wisconsin, Socialist, ha^j in troduced another Anti-Lynchirtg 7 . _ Dill ip Congress. This bill will have ahont as much chance of passing as any of the others? and that means nothing doing. American whites are not yet ^ ? . - 9 . Z quite sure that lynching is un_ eivilizcd-afr welh-as unchristian. When they make up their mind aboutitriynchrfig will cease and not before. We are getting" a little fed up on gnti-lynching bills.'- ?-f , - . , 1 ' L m ' * 'm From- the Karmary Ci?y Call the following excerpt from a speech of Judge Welch addressing a colored audience there is taken: "Yoii people are harder on each other than white peo {He areupon?you.?Ydu can net seem to forget your personal differences for the good of the whole. We are not like that, although at times, we may have the ^greatest possible breach." The Judge was speaking in Kaiy^ sas City hut he most have been visualizing conditions in and around this vicinity "LILY WHITE" REPUBLI- * + ?cans ' , In an able editorial tinder the caption "A Symptom in Beau 7 *' . ~ ?. .*" Stafp in ita issue of April 27th says, among other things: "No respectable Republican party can be organized j with hope-of attracting more I than a "handful of good citizens unless it shall be lily white. Substantial men, though convinced of the soundness of Republican ctbe trine, simply will not go into [an organization unless it t shall ihave practical arid strong guaranties against Negro control or I Negro influence ?" That being true, there will i be no strong republican party ; composed of all citizens in South | Carolina, we fear. Where is [the "strong guarantees,J-^eome from? What power is.there that can give such guarantees? The Republican party?at-Tts birth was dedicated to freedom, to ir berty and fairness. To bar Negroes from participation in the choosing of officres who constii tute the various governments | simply because they are^ Negroes ^ias. never been the act of theTlepubFican party. The Republican t party set a standard and bid ! welcome to all who meet that '! standard. I No camouflage, no trick laws j exist in- any section wher-e re; publicanism prevails/ Instead, everything is'done-to encourage the participation of all citizens in everything pertaining to j government. "Lily White Re; publicans" is a misnomer. There iare'no such republicans. Such a breed ib unly found in sections j where individual worth, education, culture and wealth politiically count for nothing so far aa j Negro citizen^ are concerned, I and such a policy is not republican. But the white people really peed no "guarantees^ from-anyone. They, themselves coqld easily control fairly a republican , uigamzauun?mey would need no "lily white" business. They have the intelligence and the I wealth and our suffrage laws theoretically are basecj^on -that, We-'fair however that itsr hot (control that is"desired but alTsbriufe denial of participation on , the part of colored citizens? which is not republican. * * P?~ " EDITOR"ROACH AGAIN ERUPTS It is really regretalile that the tor cannot discuss any subject upon, which he.o differs * with others without displaying the narrowness of hs heart. Truth | to him seems yerjly a stranger facts- an unknown quality. He -delights in' impugning the moitives; of everyone and finds a sincerity of all who differ from him. For facts, he substitutes J J - -J.?ar. rt - ?i ^ vagtuanu mr rrnr.n, tnrny insinuations. If one discusses cheese and he undertakes to enIter the discussiuii/befure he gets through he will be talking about j"ships and sealing wax,, cabbages j and kingsJ- According-to-his ! preachment^, there , is no. one 'one who has not bowed down tc Baak Essaying tt?~answer an editorial in thcvPalmetto Leadei which dealt With the reorganizing of the State Fair Asaociaition, he, without the"semblance jof logic 01/truth,'accused us ol | attacking/Dr. Wilkinson? anc -Hrhaf-tf** ?4r-the~-beheHt of sona4 Fair officials since, we/as he says [ are the attorney for the Assoela | tion./ If w$ are the attorney I Editor Roach is the only person ! - r . |wtfo knows it, we certainly don't, i But follow out thp motive of the i/'attack" which exists* only in {Editor Roach's distorted mind: (1) 'This editor, he says, "still I wants" the place occupied by Dr, Wilkinsofti (2) Ho "attacks" ba cause (supposedly) he is aligned ' "^Tttr "merr*1 wherhim been and are now doing their best to cripple liim." (Dr. Wilkinson). Now that's real news, Und we must confess that the , v.vV..7;-^-, .7 7 r THE PALMI erudite far-seeing and learned editor has accomplished a 'scoop.' ' Up until then, no one even auuj pected that there was a deep and | bold conspiracy to cripple Dr. ; Wilkinson. But Editor Roach 'has discovered such and like~Gicero of old has taken steps to see ! that no harm comes to the republic! All honor to the discoverer and protector! The fact is, .however, the only harm that is I likely to come ?o Dr. Wilkinson lis the harm that Editor Roach will bring in his eternal harping all of his foolish discussions. " ?O? ANOTHER AMENDMENT NULLIFIED. / r Collier's Weekly in?its issue ?of April 24th, discussing the 18th Amendment under the caption of "Federal Prohibition Has Fai]ed/'_ makes tthia significant statement: "No good can come , from thenullification of another Amendment to the^American . Constitution." Of course, reference is made to the nullification of the 14th and 15th Amendments. . ,! Collier's^statement implies that good >has come 'of th edisdain i - ' ! have been treated. But what is and where is the good? If jhe denying of certain Ameridanci11 , " ' . , _. ' '? I ttzens^heir constitutional rights "with which these Amendments gnnrf, thfm good has hpen np. Charles Satchell Morris i . . - >" Speaks-at First Calvary 'M j Speaking in Columbia for the I third time this year, last Sunday ' .afternoon, Charles Satthell Mor j ris, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., ceteferii-r jtect Negro jounialist and.orator, j thrilled the great crowd which ! assembled to hear him. Morris 1 who is famous on two conitnents .for his eloquence, .delivered a ; j nressage which wati later charac terized as one of the ablest heard ~ in ih^jJity this year. ? - -"This is^fi world of mind/'.he rierlarod. ''If vou can chango the - mind of the world, you change the world. The stupendous task to be accomplished by the mem^ "" bers of our group is to change _ H-m mirifl nf tbprwrrrld with ress pect to ourselves. Each indivi. dual exerts a profound influence ; upon his associates, upon his l fellowmen and upon the earth at i large. He can no more refrain i from this whether it .be volun tarily or involuntarily ^than he . may dam the Atlantic Ocean, ar. rest the-flight of time, confine , the gentle zephys to a-oage, nor i 1 J ? ? 111 cnti tun tiiv?i>un xrom r coyly kissing' the sparkling dew ; droprirrthe silver meadows." The rttirong enjoyed that, attesting . it* approval by spontaneous apr~pfause. and deserved tribute t othe Nej gro press, declaring that it had . been one of ..the mp;,t manly, j unselfish, and consistent agenr cies in our progress. That the , black man is acquainted' with ^ The injustices ffietedout to him f as nevhr- before?ant^-is deter. mined to have- those injustices l redressed, was one of Morris' ~ contentlOTrrtefer" ? ?Morris also requested' hhr-anI ditors to think of themselves u ^esa problems and increasj ingly as men. He stated that r God han given all men certain HrrtjrliiiuK and talents-?Thts~te ~s$ t true of races as of individuals of to the black man had been the , gift of music. The spokesman ~ urged the crowd to make some outstanding andnotable contri[ birtion to the happiness and culture of the world with his -gift. The fact that Negroes were receiving a hearing in many places which were previously closed r against him also encouraged and inspired the speaker. Morris, who is a graduate of the University of Chicago, fori mer National Executive Secre CTTO LEADER . V complished. If by the denying R of these same citizens the freedom of other ^American citizens is good, then good has been ac- Q complished. If slavery of any i kind is good, then the mallifica-j^ tion ofx the 14thmnd 15th A L mendments is good, for no one c can deny that the Negro citizens , deneid the right to participate11 ."in the choosing of thevarious ^ governmental official-?the men who tax them, spend the money and make laws by which they are t ; guided?are political slaves as sur.edly >as their^ grand-parents > were physjcal slaves. In a way, political slavery is as heartless,)^, cruel, unfair and unchristian .as' ^ was, physical slavery.?And- to sooth the conscience, all kinds l of excuses are made, the same as j iwere during the system of phy-,^ uprightness and money mean no- j. thihg to a Mogro in the Smith ; insofar as citizenship rights and~t privileges are concerned.' Col- ^ lier's is not- quite right in its ^ ;statement. "It should be": "No j ^good has ever come from nulli- Tying any amendment to the A- 3 mericjfh Constitution." The , ,18th is not observed, and is not going to be, because the Ameri- ,s can people have too long looked , {. I with complacency on the nullifi- ,, I N t cation of their amendments be- e fore the 18th. The law of com- 1 -1 _ : . . - -> ' IT pensation cannot be gotten a-r r round. As one qows, verily / J ' u tary-T'for French War Orphans, winner of the New York State Ot * ratorical prize and the Chicago Essay trophy,' is regarded as: one of the most brilliant young " colored men in the United States ,c He is the great grandsonofidie ' lamented. Frederick Douglass.j * He was introduced to"tfefrJg>unday afternoon croWdjaMP-bf the 1 Rev. C. P. Madison, also of Nor-;. folk, who is the Recording Secre- ^ tary of the National - Baptist . Convention. "The ReV.";H. W.I1 Long, able pastor of the. First ) ,-GaIvary Church acted as the 1 /Master of Ceremonies for the^ futmiohed the mw? While in the City, the famous orator addressed the students of N '"Both Allen Universtiy and Bene- 1 diet ^ alhjn^by^oth * groups. s p South Carolina. He is appearing * this "week in Newberry, Clinton, u and Laurens. Next , week he is ' l scheduled to strep over in An derson, Greenwood. Abbovillp Edgefield, and Trenton. L CLAFLIN MALE, QUARTET ' MIXED SEXTET, ORCHES-! TRA AND STRING ENSEM-L RLE AND MRS. MARION - CQPIUCH?IN?MUSICAL?^ - ? ENTERTAINMENT L _ ' ' ' . (McGhee News Secvice) . Ti .The Claflin Concert Company ~ under the auspices', of the Char lestoiFShfopter ol the Alumni As-:, sociation, rendered a very creditftble program at Wesley M. E. '^ Church, Charleston, April lfith. ^ The concert was enfoved by allri present. The people at Charleston have' j already begun?t?--arrange fori;] +v. i " - * ^ me annual visit oi tne Company !j to the "City by the Sea." ij Soloists for the Concert were: ] r. Thomas Fraser,> CornetiSt ;1| 4Mr*-_Charles Williams,?Tenor; \ , Miss Marie F-ovett, Contralto and! ' i Miss Annette Moorer, Soprano.1, During the 'intermission Pres. I; Randolph and Dean Pearson ; made instructive talks on the ! progress and growth of Claflin. I This program was made possible ! thru the untiring efforts of Mrs. ! -Q-. M. Randolphrhead af the de*- .! partment of Music and Mrs. Ma- ! ^rioii D. CoprictirDireetorof the i Orchestra. . '< I do not think much of a man who ; ,ia not#viser today than he was yes-/ terday. Abraham Lincoln.]! -IT. faSGAH A. M. E. CHURCH an TlOTES ~ *? "fiT > . W Special to The Palmetto Leader Greenwood, Apr. 29?The serr'ices of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Ttiurctr were well attended last ?y Sunday. The Feast of^Seven Tailes wilLhe staged by the ladies ^ )f Mt- Pisgah in the near fu- ? v pr T*7'. J ' 1 : J. ' Our May Day contest Is on for \llen University. The effort is ^ ull of promise for success. The Negro Business League of xreenwood is still -alive. ln_the P1 tear future we hope to say a .m vord about,the Negro's outlook Wi n Greenwood and what iie-48-^ iomg with the splendid opportu- ou lity that' confronts him here. jaybe, all things considered, the -?, greatest appointment the Negro ? las "been to many 6f the real riends he has in other race ou iiuups, lias been his inability-to* levelop a leadership that can 380 unction with the universal race . ^ :roups about him. The almost risane jealousy, littleness,, along m< vith the disposition to underrate he value of the excetional men' md women of his group is his VV1 wn problem with which he is ^ orely afflicted. Just as son as a ^ nan or a woman in his group ;ives promise of possession any *l> ixceptional ability in any de.filite direction, then we begin a ^ ight on them to reduce them td iur owff measure. An impartial ^ riticism of either men or measires is always worth while. It ^ feeps men who have done a few hings that are worthwhile from laving the "big head, ?-Decepbn,, rascality and grafting ihould be denounced. The men >r meas ures'that stand for these hings should be set aside. Bn re should have proof without a hat |w of doubt >that these . hings are rpally true. Men. and i romen who have"-glveh"~thh"us^ nids of dollars for Negro educaion are mofe aijd iribre beeomng disgusted with this tendency wj vhich is so clearly manifested of n many NegroesToward all-Ne^'fr rroe.v who have developed any ^ hilfty whatever for exceptional W >G1'vlc??-S!eI1-if we giv/rthe fel~ vant, what will they do with it? Vnswer. Tear it up. Well, if my measure of power was given th vith it? Answer: They would t )ut Simon Legree the original m Simon Legree as slave drivers, ar V short while ago a well educated md friendly white man to the M STegro called me into his office _te md read to me more than a doz- Jc ?n different clipings from a num- W jer of Negro. newspapers about1h( Negroes. "Now," said he, "I mi sure that I have had more "jT lealings with .<<ome of these fnen hus denounced than the writers >f these clinings. Somp of lave used tFousands of rinllnra r.f ny money,, and j^-have never lost t cent. Many_of .them I would- ? rust as T would not trust scores >f white men with whom I am ler^naUy^acquainted. Now, why __ ill of-thTs^abnse^ of these spIeiF_ lid men?. I had,ho4dea before ' * o hat men of the type in question *ead s.o many Negro newspapers j? ? . - B. A. BLO TAILOR I. Dry Cleaning, Press I / Hats gleaned and bl< > For and Deliver. ! 1112 Washington St., Plior i 1?? r1 a^ > - WHEN IN COEDMBI > broadway d > EVERYTHING SANITAK ?c " ' FISH and . ? , Ll_l_?-SEAS >? ; : d. w. wooi 1108 Washington Street, . L rr . Saturday, Majf 1, 1926. d so closely followed the Ne- ^ o'o efforts with his own group. e have brought a good deal of ? tat we face in this section toy upon ourselves. Then, too. e overworked expersessionsi of ?j? ily Race My Race" have so \ aced many of our group that ey are not able to produce anyeciate. They have no remebs for anything. The only bows at abide in their quivers are ... Jt ose that are diped in heartitred and indiscriminate abuse, jring my many years residence 4 the North and the East, it as both apiusing and sad to see a rlpypr nnH splpnHiH mindft of r group in that section so com etely given up to the fruitless Fort in question. At a safe. stance from the field of-corlfltet ; ey would indiscriminately a- ^ ise both Southern white men id Southern Negroes. Just as . on as they happened to bo in Fhe section with which they und j* so much fault, their : i" ouths are closed so tight that? not even an "amen" can be ' tard from them. . Our group ill have, to abandon this folly, is not too late for us to learn at the indiscriminate abuse of e white people in question in ly section is not likely to bring lything to us. Conflicts, time id . the conditions which have |1 eset us, have enabled us to ;pot" the real enemies of our ;oup within ourgroup, and we -?ust find a way to dispose of lese before we can do much ith the other fellow. ecretary of Agricui ture to Visit State-??; College. ? ' 0 McGhee News Service. Orangeburg, S. C., April 24.?Pres- WtllrtTTBOiff "hss beeninformed r-J at Secretary o? Agriculture Jar- | ip r?n hi< Snnthnrn trip will visit. I angeburg May 10th in company ' ih Mr. W.f W. Long, State Director Agricultural Extension, During '' e-(lay he will- inspect the work~at f me of the'JMegno Farm JDemonstra-ns being' carfitTd oh 'in the UountyT ^ ~ PAIRWOfiD NOTES. ~ - o Z_ We visited the" Association of ie Baptist Missionary Society st Sunday-;?Mra. Martin took he place of Mrs. Wilkinson, ade^, brief appeal for Fairwold . id received an offering of $6.02 "* I r>v ..A*-? ^ -- - .^1. rtuu mrs. u. k. Jenkins, rs. Watson and daughter, visid Fairwold laat, Snnriny jRr. . ' mkins left a donation of $l~QO _ re thank them for calling and jpe they wiircbme again. 4artin & Thurman -J Electrical ConfracTorB^ LICENSED AND BONDED ^Phones 8723r-8854 ~ 1 Columbia, S. C, - J KER' ~r?. ' - I ING ' -7 ing and Dyeing . ' L?" fl ocked. W e Gail X ? - =-= - 1 ie 3814 Columbia, S. C. ; ; I A, EAT AT THE | I AIRY CAFE . II Y AND^ UP-TO-DATE ^ GAME -i~r-??i JON. .. ' , FhB DS, Prop. IT.^I Columbia, 8. C.1 * r.^?fj ?>1> , .I r a .1 -"l