The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 08, 1926, Page SIX, Image 6
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Mr. T. J. Lemon
,_Miss"Eloise Jaggers
Mrs. Louise W. Randolph I L_
' Miss Annie L. Ackerman
Rev. W. R. Bowman
Rev. S. C. Campbell -
_.Rev. M. C. Williams
' " Mr. E. .C. "Clark _ ____
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Mips Marie Tribble ...
Miss Myrtle Evans
Miss Glennie Mae Mosely
Mr: R. L. Blue _
Charleston Co. Schools
Celebrate May Day
; Charle"t^n May 6?A bright,
sunshiny day ushered in the first
_of May and found the participants
from nine Negro schools
of Charleston County gathered!
at the St. Paul's Presbyterian
Church to properly observe this
day. *-??
?Atongj-^with parents, and
friends of the school children
'were the Negro county health
nurse, Mrs. J. S. Trezevant and
her executive, Mrs. A- Tanksley,
county health nurse for
white. . * *
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Promptly at 11 o'clock the audience
was called to order tojvit
,? riess an excellent program that
been prepared. To do jusrtice
to the program would re77"^
quiie attendance personally. But
speciafmention must be made of
a few of the numbers. The prory
crram tVinmrli vo^io/l m?>c.
o-?? v..uwgu >untu nao JJC1
bonification of health-and its res=~
sentials and was as follows:-^
Invocation?Rev. Brown.* WpI
. come Address?Rev. Paden. Na.
tional Negro Anthem?Schools;Health
Recitations?Different
children. Health Songs?School
Parade of School Children. May
Pole Dance==Chureh Hill ttap.
list "SchtfoE
v ? In every number each deser
ved^speeialmention and left In
.deliblo improfieiOno on the listeners.
At the'end a most'striking
pageant was presented. This
was worth coming miles to see.
Aside from the reaL lessons it
sary for good health. There were
.most striking posters, illustra
?tia^ the lesson to be taught,
makiSTg the pageanttiot only mtensely
entertaining but highly
instructive as well. . '
An outstanding feature of the
day was the "Health Station",
where health literature bf all
description^<-as'distributed. Each
-v. child was presented a tube of
ColgateV tooth jjaste;
Altogether* the whole affair
-vyas a tremendous~ access and"
Reflects great credit to. the
z7 nurse Miss Trpypvnnt, xvhn on.
?z-. ginccrcd the wliule affair and"
z^ her loyal corps of teachers who
tendered such valuable assistance
m training the children.
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Prof. James Johnson
City and Miss Mattie E. Wolfe
of Williston, S. C. were quietly
united in Holy wedlock, Friday
April 30thf 6:30 p, m.; at the
home of Rev. A. B. Coleman,
the pastor-of the bride, Denmark
S. C- ReVi A. B. Coleman officiating.
The bricle is the charming
daughter of Rev. P. R. WnTfa
?? of Williston, A. M. EJ. minister.
She is a product of Allen University,
having taught for the
last 8 or 4 term<| in the City
schools of WiUiston. The bridegroom
is ,a native of Bamberg
and a college graduate of the
State College, Orangeburg. For
?-? ? the last two or three yearsT
? Prof. Johnson was a partial resident-of
North Corollna and the
City of AShevIlle, where he has
been engaged in school work.
The new coupl&Ieft early this
week for ttjjeu first lap oftheir
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honeymoon. They will make
their future home in Asheville, i
N. C.?The couple have the bent
wishes of a large host of relatives
a'nd friends tor a successful
and happy future.?' ?- ?
Johnson Bi others located on
R. R. Avenue have made attractive
improvements to their
ousiness establishment. The "
walls are freshly painted in apawake
business men.
Quite a "serious incident -occured
near here Sunday evening
last (May 2). A party of Bam- j
berg residents were returning '
from the anniversary services i
which were held at Union.Jfep-H
tist Church, located about 8 <
miles Soythwes^ rity "r near
the. Savannah - Columbia i
State Highway No. 33. While
coming " dmvn a grade on the ;
Highway, the driver seemed to
(h?ve lost control of the car, a
Ford, causing it to turn" over, i
throwing -some of the oecupants ;
throug the glass windshield. <
Those most seriously'hurt wpi-p.^
Mrs. Alice Williams and Mrs.
Williams of this City,
tlje former received a fractured
collar bone. At this writing it
is said that her condition is very
SerioUS- Mrs. Mflrnip ^Villiflmg zeceived
ah ugly wound in the <
head over the eyes. . We trust
they will recover soon.?The car" ~
was driven by Mr. Edwaid Bit- '
i'ord, its owner, "who was slight- 1
ly .injured.? - Miss
Bamfield of Yemassee !
was a "week-end visitor of Rev.. 1
and- Mrs. Narman on Bridge-St. .
i A party of young men of
Orang&hiifg motored over to
hear-the annual sermon at 'Fra- _
aierTSxceisior Academy, this City,
Sunday May 2nd, 4 -p. m. i
They were headed bv aVIr. B. O.
Walker and spent a pleasant
time at the home of Rev. and
Mrs, Robinson on VVost Church Street.
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School days with colored stu- _
stents in Bamberg county ..will
soon be arpast issue. Onlytwo^
are fn~oxjeration now, Voorhees
Normal and Industrial School at ,
Ppnmark and the Frasier Sehoob
of this City. Tne latter is in "
process of closing now. What
would"~'the county do. without ]
rtireCHurch schools to help^edu- |
Icate our peapie ?
r The writer preached for the ,
[faculty and student?body of ^
Voorhees N. an I School, Denmark,
Sunday the 2nd, at 10:30
a. m. To see the boys and girls 1
i march in for religious service
Sunday morning brings to the
I human eye and mind the highjest
type of Christian civilization.
[ Prdf. Blanton associated with
Prof . Manifee and their co-workers,
deserve much credit for the |
splendid discipline and thorough
work of the Vorheef\ School,
The writer's text was taken 1
from Matt 8:32, "And ye shall ;
kinow the truth and the truth i
shall make you"(ree.". The ser- \
mpn.was well taken.' <
Rev. C. A. Zeigler of this City ]
preached the annual sermon of (
the Frasier-Sehoof here Sunday
4 p. m. to a record house at the ]
Frasier auditorium.-- He used
as a text, Matt. 25 :i5."' Subject: I
"Use well what thou hast." "file 1
speaker dug deep and soared i
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THE PALMET
high driving home his subject)
point by point. Dr. Zeigler ist
truly a great preacher, .
V?Rev. T. A. Rohin&on =
Bennettsville Locals
is very difficult to the farmers,
many had to replant. Trust they
will, overcome it all.
round the -county of Marlboro are
very busy closing out their
schools. - i ' ' Mrs.
Minnie Gandy and Miss
Emma Drake had quite a nice
closing exercise last week.
Many have "passed on" since
our last writing. Mr.^Jacob Wil- j
liams, one of Macedonia's pld
choir members for U number of
The-bereaved family has the ;
sympathy1 of the community.
?Rev. ii. H. "Reduck, pastor, is ~
doing ncely. He certainly delivered
a "strong and spiritual 1
sermon Sunday A. M. We trust ;
that the god people of Bennetts^
ville will take care of him.
' The many friends of. Miss. Isa- 1
bella Sander are glad to Have her ^
back in the City. She was in ^
Washington taking _a course in "!
nurs etraining. She looks the (
piettirgf of health. Guess Prof. '
McEaddy is full of smiles once
more.
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The Bennettsville Graded School
began its closing program Monday
night. T-hese exercises will 1
sontinue -throughout this week.
Quito n large class is te-gradu^ =
ate this year.
Marry of the Florida migrators 1
are returning home for the sum- ^
mer. ' . * .
The Silas Green Show-was in ,
the City Tuesday etfennig. (Suite
a larg eerowd, both white and ~
colored attended. The performance
was good
Rev. S. S. Youngblood is^still 1
holding his own at Shiloh Bap^
tist Church. . . v
R$v. W. H. Shaw of North Carolina
is at his best at St. Mark
Baptist Church. He is a-gplendid
minister-- - , ? l
Mrs. Hattie-^pears reports a ,
pleasant' scnooFTerrn inTYyon^ j
N. C., Misses Battle B. and ~
Willie B. Jones. - i
Rev. J. G. Gregg, pastor~bf j
Seter Falls Church is doing nicery
with his Church work.?^?l-j
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31 uoiumoia is spending a wnne
with her aunt, Mrs- W. P. Simp- 1
kins. ~ ... *"1
-* Mrs. Nathaniel Ellison and lit- '
tie daughter of. Columbia are 1
the guestsi of Rev1, and Mrs. W.
M. Gantt. ^
Mrfr Edgefield C5. Tr. Sf'hooJTa ;eulty
was entertained by the 5
?Mr. .and Mrs. Walter Owens i
and Mrs, ffialjace Harris on
WWlnpgriny, nnrl HTwn F. W j
Anderson on Tuesday, Prof and
Mrs. E. W. Parker on Sunday 5
and Rev, and Mrs- W. M. Gantt J
on Thursday evening. They were
royally entertained at each so- 1
crart and take this means of ex- <
pressing their sincere-apprecia- (
tion to the foregoing patrons for
their hospitality shown on all i
these occasions.
The Comencement exercises of i
the Edgefield High School were
held in the school auditorium, j
beginning April. 26 and ending 1
April 30. O nMonday. night,
the first and second grades ren/
dered an excellent play, "Tl/e 1
Rose Dream." Little Mary Al- *
ice Simpkins, acting _as Jjttte"Rose".
The play was a sijfccess
from begining to end and i*eflec- '
ted much-credit to the fallowing 1
teachers who had charge-of the '
exercises: MrsrRosa L. Gantt,
Miss Ellen Mills and Miss Bessie.
3. Martin. - " ' /
\ye were glad to have^ our r
E?oa?d of Trustees with us.
The following gentlemen:
Supt. of Education, W. W? Filler
; Messrs; C. Lynch, Kemp, Ri- .
?er, Byrd and HIghtower, ax- 1
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pressed themselves as being fav- I
orably impressed with the school r
and the work of the teachers, r
under the prrncipteship of PreO"
\V. E. Parker. We were glad to* i
listen to our colored patrons ex- e
press thei'rftppreninfinn nf fha_4
work and interest manifested br t
Prof. W. E. Parker and his corps p
of teachers, '1 t
At. t.Vip elnap-nf these exercisest
Mr^C^Lynch announced the re- c
election of the teachers fop 1926
and 1927 as follows:- Rosa L.
Gantt, Bessie C- Martin, Ellen ^
Mills, Rosa E. Parker, Ida B. ?
Boyd, Maud R. Sanders, Pealre <j
g. Simpkins and W. E. Parker, [j
On Wednesday night, the 3rdfj
4th and 5th Grades rendered an
excellent play, "The Los,t Slip- q
per.''?Mary EUa Smith acting^ ^
as little "Daisy," Wallace Simp-!a
kins as "Prince Sunshine." All g
DIP phftrartprs WPTP at thek^bestThis
play reflected much credit ^
fe0=th ^dflbWmg:Teachersl_^issj
Ida B. Boyd and Mrs. Rosa E.
Parker. ; - a
On Friday night, the 6th, 7th ^
3th and 9th Grades, rendered a'-j
Ira ma entitled?"Miss. Cherry
Blossom." Evelyn Parker acting
as~^herry^^nd" Wallace Simp- ^
klna as "Jack'" Mrs. Pearle E. ^
Simpkins and Prof. W~ E. Parker
had charge of.this drama. It was
nighty praised by all who saw it.
At the close ot these exercises ?
Prof. Parke'r was called to the g
ostriim by Mrs. Rosa L. Gantt. S
Miss Bessie C. Martin in behalf J|
jf the teachers, with .-frnjno QnA
Ifting words, presented to him'!
?ifts as a token of appreciation'!
for his sound counsel and guid-jj
ance during this scholastic year. ^
Rev. J. F. Marshall, pastor of J
Macednoia Baptist Church,--was1
at h[s best on Sunday, May 2^
The rally for the piafio was quite ;
a success. We ^thank you for,
your contribution.
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New York City Locals j
New Yory City?Although I
am In large C'ty 1 witi-ad?
rhit there is nothing that brings
5ie .more joy-than-your wonder
ful paperT The Palmetty T.onrioi' .
[ find ,the only way to keep up
with the home news is-through
this paper. , . ~|
Just now we are having our
first Spring days. We certainly '1
tk> appreciate them after such'
a severe winter. I
Miss B&sie Wright who*1 has
oeen spending some time with!
elatives at Hagood, S. C., re-j
turned to the City. A welcome;
larty was given in honor of Mi?s g!
Wright at the home of Mr. and ^
Mrs. Nelson, 1 East 132nd SL?*
The party was given by Messrg^.^
Aroodward and Boykin.
Mrs- Lottie Ackerrfoji, who J
spent ^ week here with he% sis- ps
?. "MVo rrrr-rrrrrlfe?
mi o. luiu?i.'' nuay?p. w
n. for Sumterr-&r-G;
The charging dq"gh*^ ^_L
Vlro. -B.?Wriglti, littleMlssl
rhomasina Wright of Rembert,
3. C., spent a week visiting relatives
in this City. __ n
Mrs. Vibla Williams of 223
West jjflnri Street,?whrr?wss""^
called to Charleston, S. C. on ac-ii<
:ount of illness, has returned- m
Miss Margaret D. Woodward ~~
is planning to attend Columbj^a
University tor the Summer Session,
Mr. Frank "Smoaks, a gradu- s
at& of State College _'25, is attending
the City College. Mr. q
smoaks is making good.
Mr. Berriltt Binkins of Wood- "
3ridge, N. J. is a constant visi-1
:or at No. 1 East 132nd St. Apt. Q
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The graduates of State Col- j
ege are trying their very best
;o organize a State College Club |
n this City. & $
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Ruff in Graded School 0
Closes Successful Term |
Ruffin, May 6?The Ruffin 1
traded Schol of this place closed
ts most successful term here on u
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Monday and Tuesday nights, Ap
il 26 and 27th- Our enrollmen
eached 214 this year.
The students are making rap
d progress in their classes.jOui
ichool'enjoyed a 7 month tern
hio year whieh-isr contribute
o the untiring efforts of th<
>atrons and teachers. The Coun
y and State gave us five rponthi
tnd the patrons?keptr the door!
>pen for two months longer.^
On "Monday'^ nTgfi ~a" very effi
clent and enjovahlo pi^grarr
vas rendered by the Primary
md Intermediate Grades, cot*
lucted by Me^dames Minnie L
liohor, Annie L.' A^kerman an(
Nettie L. Wilkins.
- On Tuesday night, the Higl
Ichool Department_rendered ai
xcellent program consisting oi
, prize speaking contest anc
-raduating exercisesr
Thece were six graduates viz
liases Thelmn. Bryant, Jtusardjei
Cearse, Angeline McMillan, Em
ty~McMiiran, Ethel L. Warrer
nd Mr. Rethll Williams. Th<
onored ones were: Mte.se*
'helma Bryant and Emily Me.
Iillan. i '' . * ~
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The commencement address
ras_delivered"b"y Attorney Chas
)- Washington of Beaufort, whc
lade a very masterful and inpiring
address. v"
Among the visiting friends
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Professioi
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1:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Office 3530
5:00 Pi M. to 8 P. M. Res. 6548
Dr. CLE. Stepehenson
Physician and Surgeon
iseasea of Women nndA^hiWrenA
Specialty
flica: _"-i Residence:
114 y? Assembly *6t, 1S28 Oak St
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Dr. L. M. DANIELS
Physician and Surgeon
p<cial Attention Givan. Diseases of
Women.
121 Washington St. 2210 Hampton
ffice Phone: 6429 Res. Phone: 7166
fflce Hours: .. Telephones:
L:QQ. Ree?-4?M
5:00 to 8:00 P. M." *7
DR. J. G. STUART
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fflce: Residence:
102 Main Street 1417 Pine Street
" COLUMBIA, 8. C.
7.
fflce Hours:
> A. M. to 1 B. M.
\ P. M. to 7 P. IT.
Dr. J. H. Goodwin
lit WsshinftoB St Columbia ST C
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? Saturday, May ^ 1926.
.kvere: Dr. James Al. Wilson,
t Principal of Robert Smalls High
j School, Beaufort; Prof. P. J.
r'man Mouzon, Beaufort and Prof. .
1 B. W. McTeer.;
i fort, is the principal of this
'school.
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3 Hag'Ood New?.
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Notwithstanding the long dry spell
T farmers have .begun chopping alr
ready. . '' ~ ??,
Quite a crowd worshipped at Haf- '
*|ton Creek Baptist church on-?lm
Mond inst. The assistant Pastor, Rev.
Joseph Reed preached a soul-stirring
I sermon. In the afternoon he preach^
ed a special sermofc for the Mission
ary Society of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist ^
^ church. " _
i ' Mrs. Lottie Athenson and her niece
Thomasina Wright returned from
. New York City, after spending two
r weeks with her ai3teis, Mis. Carrie 7
Nelson and Miss Bessie Wright. Littie
Thomasina spent a part of her
1 time with her Aunt, Miss Margaret
) D. Woojdard.
) Little Mittie Nelson and LeRpy Nel_
son returned with them-to spend
- summer with their Aunt, Mrs. Atkinson.
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i We _we.re._glad. to have Mrs^-L.-Wr
. Randolph in our community " this
j week. She was the guest of her sis*'"*"
ter, Mrs. T. B. Wright.
While'- here sh? .got several subscribers7
for the "Leader" with proml
ises of several others.
as;?"Tj_ ?
ent Medicines II
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bber Goods-*
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Sff&Mnd in-', ? - ' lass
Drug Stor* ?IT
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)rug Store _
ishington Street
5IA, S. C. - ?1
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nal Cards i: ?
Office Hours: A.'^Phoni l&Hfl - 3
r v.A. M. to 2 P. M. >, V|
a p w tn v p H, ]
Sundays By Appointments. i
Dr. H. G. Thompson I
Surgeon Dentist
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. j
Pyorrhea Treated Successfully.
.1444-V4 Assembly St. Columbia, S. C
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Office Hours: 10 to 12 M.; 2 to 6 P. M. "" ]
Telephones: Office 6744; Res, 3702 J
DR. M. A. EVANS I
Diseases of Women A Specialty.
Graduate Nurses in Attendance.
, 1501% Taylor St., Columbia,' S. C. ' 1
Office Hourst ? Telephones T ~~~ I
8 to 9 A. M. Office 4247
1 to 2 P. M. ' Res. 8875
H t? 8 P. M.
. Dr, WrD. Chappelle, Jr. 'I
umce: Res<Jence: *
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Office Hours: Telephones: fl
8:00 to 10:00 A. M. Res. 7270|
12 to 2:00 P, M.? Office 7260 '
6:00 to 8:00 P. M. I)r.
O; J. Champion, *
PHYSICIAN
Office: Residence:
1323 Assembly St., 706 Assembly St.
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