The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 01, 1926, Page FOUR, Image 5
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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 " " "
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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.
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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 '
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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. ?
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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. ~
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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.
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