The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 22, 1926, Page FOUR, Image 6

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SpT">i- V . FOUR , The Palmetto Leader i . " j Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader ' Pub. Co. 1310 ASSEMBLY STREE'I Columbia! s. c. , Knforiwi at the Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. . V TELEPHONE ?_ 4&Z3 n. j. FREDERICK, .Editor X. B. LINDSEY, ?Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE Fraternal, Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS _1~_ _ Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON :_City Editor ; GEO. H. HAMPTON, _____ Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATESr , CASH IN ADVANCE. On? Year IT?1 $2.00 Three Months .. .VF .Single Copy Advertising Rates given on application. ~ - r ? Communications intended for. the current issue must reach this office, (if out of town) not - later than Tuesday night. Ci ? ' *y ?eW8- hy WpHnpsdn v night-: SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1926 A New York syndicate through Tom O'Rouke, veteran promoter, has-offered Jack . ' Dempsey $1,000,000 to fight Harry Wills in September or October. ; But,, shucks, it will- take j more than a smail sum like a mil^ lion to get Dempsey in a ryig . r with Wills-?^ ? - - . ?' V * . . In a survey of racial feeling" made by a California professor, ~"7" rtidst ofthe "almost: "300" i7eopla quizzed^ said~~of all peopfc,- the Turks aroused the. most antipathy in them,a followed by Ne groes and mulattoes. Ob, \Vell, suppose we .ought, feel grateful that, at any rate, there* is some other race they hate r^ore than the Negro. r . , "Christianity is a* failure unless it can bring' the different races into right relations with one_? another and set them to living on the basis of h rot her' hood in the household of -God/' soya tho College of I ji shops n,f " tbe-Methodist Episcopal Church. ~* ? Sooth, in their quadrennial address to the General Conference in i^sftion?at Memphis,....Tenri. To which we say, amen.'? * * * : Are people really interested in Education ? Tuesday last the ch tizens of Columbia were given the opportunity to vote on the _ i^auing^=^oTi^TOfr ^onc!s fff school purposes. Just 1,143 men and women -were interested- enough to vote. A few weeks ago a mayor and two councilmen were to be nominated, more than 4,000 voters cast their ballot. . And yet, which election was the most important? * -?.... .?. *-L. Perhaps, after reading the inside story of Dr. Moton's resistance to threats of violence, even to the taking of his life and ^ the destruction of Tuskegee in the effort to have him endorse the having of a white personnel in charge of the U. S.N Hospital at Tuskegee, those people who heaped abuse u^M>n hi* head-Will make ample apology to him- We wonder jvhat his^, critics would have done circumstanced as he was. * * * A news article says Florida * ' * * needs people. Evidently it does not need colored people for the jroughnecks down there soefn bent on reducing the number by lyjftKing.'"TKeyTTyncKecT^2 " hfi an down theVe again lastwe#k, who later was proven absolutely innocent of a crime. But wonder of wonders, 14 of the lynchers have been arrested; among , the number being the tax assessor and the town constable. -O ATLANTA INDEPENDENT OPPOSES THE FISH BILL - ? Congressinan Hamilton Fish of New York introduced a bill in f- ' " JH??"55? - t Vy? House of Representatives 1 to appropriate $30,000 to erect a monument in France in honor of-four regiments, of colored Arperican soldiers attached to the ( French Army during the WorlcJ j hnwpyftr. without the almost (solid opposition of the democrats j-and one lone republican. The J 1 i-:* VA. J _ ll. A Al jueinucrais maue me most iperej to. No one can wonder at that, Ifor, regrettable as it may seem, ; yet it irwUiiy?.d<hey always opj pose in Congress anything pro! posed for the helping of the colored race, even though the J same men at their, respective | homes as Individuals- give enIcouragcment and help to worr _thy colored people. The wonder in this matter, however, is the t-akipj&intef Editor Ben Davis of the Atlanta Independent by such arguments as were advanced by I thcnv=-especialLv inaU- at uonJ grcssman Upshavv. of Georgia. i Editor Davis is a republican of I republicans, being at present j fhc~T~National Committeeman j fronvGebrgia-.. But even so, fori , once, Editor Davis is in com- \ iplete accord with the democrats." i They . opposed the passage of ' such" a bill and so does Editor j Davis, who-hopes it will be de. feat?d in tfter^Sena.te while all the other colored people hope it will be passed. ' ... mi " * t i 1 .. i. 1 i. ? ? 1 j me independent uuL_eenoes .1 {lo p g r e s s m a 11 TT p s 11 a w when it ff?ay?v discussing this bill: [ "We- hre H<H T'a)uuul people OP 1 while iJU'ple. \Vc are Americans and . the ilaMTmeans tt>Q, same thing to ail tif in common.. Xmv. nroth.gr Davis- is old ej nough to know better than that, i He knows that he is a colored man, he is Hot allowed to forget it. American'though he be, evjcry. Negro in America knows, i if he knows anything, that he is ' a colored man, with aU th.at means by way of. limitetptoppor1 run it ies and the denial of civil rights-common to every other A-! Tmei-cian. Th^ flag, though to j it-none is more loyal than thej .Negri v.does natsnean: _t.he_.same_; tThing to a Negro that it means ; * i * u ~ it a. i , 10 a uiiut! man, UIIU urmu i>. ?use in raying so. ^ 1 j "If what Editor Davis says be;! ) true, why the necessity for such f'orgahizations such as the N. A.I 1 A- C. P.. The Equal- Rightsi | League and interracial Commit-: , tee. the-latter an organization! ' anih^iien'^^BuT^w^-^go Rnr Mn,-,. it seems, the Indenen-| dent was napping;l ? ?o? ' y MrKINLEY ANTI-LYNCHING t. " " BILL j , -. aZ By a vote of 9 to 3 the Senate ', -Judiciary Committee refused to j report favorably the AntB ; Lynching bill introduced by !Seator MeKin-loy of Illinois, his own colleague, Senator Deneen of . Chicago voting against the bill. The Chicago Defender must have lost it's rabbit foot when _i.itself votes against a bill that -. a. Senator hailing from Chicago the Defender has been pulling 'so hard for. Cut in truth", who expected a republican Congress to pass such a law ? To be frank, we as nbon expect to see such' a |bill passed by a democratic coni gress as one decidedly republican. The republican party, when rit made, the enactment of an anti-lyching law one of the . planks in its* platform of 1924, was the only spreading bumcombe. to catch colored people's "f" 1?7, ' H vote. The republicans could have ermctecrsuch a law anytime it wanted to for the past six years. It's about time for the1 j colored voters to cease being j 1 fooled by such simple devises of: The republican party. ' So far' | as the colored citizens are con-j i cerned anyway, the party is sim-1 j ply one of promises. ***** THE PALMET TtiE THE RACE PROBLEM "By' MrsfTJora Get Kefirs The Church is the whole body of believers of every age and clime; it is based upon the great principle that -Christfamty-js a social religion; it is in purpose and effort the outward ex- ; hibition of Christ's kingdom in the world. It is exponential of all the " doctrines He taught and a reflex of Ilis immaculate and exalted life. Its ideal character is to be sought in the person and wQl-k of Christ himself. He is its central figure its inspirations its criterion for moral excellence. All lihe current^ of truth and goodness which, have been flowing as a living stream through the history of the world, has been given origin and force through the influence of a Church. It is the author of every great moral.. u.. K ~i? 1 1 ?x? ti-iuiiu, uuui ui Kiuivluuui una naiiunal life, nor" can it fulfill its mission until humanity shall be regenerated and sanctified and presented to God's throne, "without spot or wrinkle or any such thing." While I do not believe in a junion of church* and" State, L regard it as the primary duty of the Church to make its influence fejjt ,in the entire community, wording a healthy sentiment, shaping legislation, developing?high?ideals for character, -amUakimr-tha-initiator-tt- in nil thinga .hat help t6 . make?the world better. The Church stands for the oldest as -well as the most invincible system of truth in the world, hence it jomes to men with the voice of&au-; ijiority?an 'authority that all the skepticism and infidelity" of all the ages have never been able to set a" side, nor can. it for earth and heaven may pass away, but Divine-truth never. Now since it holds such positional eminence arnbng men, since it is the only authority for the settlement of differences between .man and man, .he breaking dovin of the middle wall of prejudice; since by teaching the world the best and highest a'ndnpurest ,essuns of love, is is softening and mellowing men's selfish dispositions and hastening the period when "the lion and the lamb shall lie down to"gcther and a little child shall lead ^lem." Its mission shall not be ac- . c<>niplTshed uhtil by its teachipffs, iC' " shall develop a new humanity, a new1 ltbu n.dnp, l'rce from race hatred and ne of the humble Nazarene. -That thdre~is in. this Country, a! -7-nec-probh;m,-i3 painfully' apparent. } It is confined to 110 particular locality i taking upon itself one form in the! " otuli una another in the~North.?The j urination of sterling character; the ; inn nf wealth: the educational i and religious contact with the whites ! only seem to aggravate our condition ' and make the pT<H>lem more complicated. By some unwritten law, the white men of all sections of this country hav?- .decided to permit the Negro to advance just so far, and then by uftt just legislation and intimidation, by : openly and ruthlessly depriving him jf every-"guaranteed political as well is civil right; by murder and outlaw| y calculated to make demons quake with' tear lest. Christian men cheat chem out of their demoniacal records; -by-a- wicked. arul__S-gtisel.es s. p re j ud ic ,haU-is transmitted from, sire to son and thus kept always alive by an op|U'L'^l'un w ui.su than that freiw which we were lately delivered, they fetter ,p.d burden and wither' our manhood ; and womanhood; blind to all we have J ontributed toward the wealth and [power of the American people in evfi-y war they have ever waged[ ?T s?y when in the . Hjidgt of th}S [Vountry there urc two oivtlixaliunB, tha ; .iie weak," left at the mercy of the .ndill'erence and mean ingratitude of ' .ts stronger ally. _Xhere is a problem f-ymd vi-hw-h will never be solved ' until "Doth races tmj intluencfid. and= I swayed by the teachings of Him who I I# V"'"-'*""" ''"'-' .' iince to the captive and to set aftioTTiyilHra? dial are hrnisec^* '1 he immortal Frederick Douglass in recognition of the deplorable conditions of this people id an eloquent outburst in 18811, Said: ''It is the Negro's lot to live in a land where every presumption is against him unless we accept the presumption ~t>f worthiness and in inferiority. If his course is downward, Tfe meets very little 'resistance. but if upward, his way is disputed at- every turn of dhc road. Lf he comes in rags and wretched, he answers every" demand for a Negro and provokes no anger. But if he presumes to be a gentleman and a scholar, he is entirely^out ^of his place, and if he succeeds at aTT, he has to do so aguinsjj. encouragmg->odds^ Now how far cun^ the Church alfect these conditions? ' How far reaching shall be her doctrines? . She can shirk no responsibilities nor wink^at sin and wickedness, nor excuse herself upon the- plea that they are outside of her jurisdiction. While her works is Spiritual'it is also moral and therefore affects the social condiuons of men.? She can not condone wrong. Her founder thundered from "Sihiai: "Thou Shalt Not Kill" .and the apostles to the Gentiles gave us an epitome of the gospel in these words: "Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever thnigs are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things fire loVel'y, whatsoever things are a good report; if there he any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things. The Church' must stand bes;i<le the weak jinfl nnnresseH Her arms must he extended wide to support those who "need sympathy. The most effectvie human agency she must use is a God called and God-fear;ng minwiUiy,?If the -gentlemen of tlm cloth that occupy the pulpits of the white Churches would preach ' less of science and more of the religion of Christ. The religion that teaches the I 'Fatherhood of God and the Brother' hood of Man.' If they would throw off tho fear of the people and preach ' a pure unadulterated gospel denouncing, sin and wickdeness and urge the people to observe the Golden Rule. If they would rise above race prejudice themselves and like true men of God tell the people the truth, the Church would be a mighty factor in solving the race problem. I've neard one white minister in my Jife that was brave enough to da- a ' " / 4 -. / i'& 'Jl&t,. . \ ' 1 TO LEADER ^ *~o f pounce mob law and murder. Now* if the pulpit .were not muzzled anft^ gagged, it would cry aloud against the sin of murder, especially in the, South. ? Th? Church, is dying- for the need' of a strong, brave, coscientions ministry. A ministry that will lift up its voice like a trumpet. You may sink me - or may save me but I wiirhold ministry, unmoved bv the frowns of men. A Luther, a Calvin, a Cranner and JohnWesley; their preaching was sharper 'than two-edged swords or pointed arrows fresh from the quiver; for it lifted the gates of empires from their hinges, made, kings tremble upon their thrones at day and toss upon thier beds at night, broke down the meanness of the human head and gave place for the entrance of light and life and truth. In Holywood, Mary, queen of Scots, wept at the. sin^ereout the A mei-^n? people in the flush of National glory. The National sin of race hatred, race murder, race oppossession. The ministers of' the white race -can never make me feel that they are friends to the Negro until they thunder against lynch law, against the Jnhumanity, the barbarism of roasting God's handiwork alive. How shall they ever preach from the text: Thou 3halt not kill?" Christian ministers abetting murder to gain political and racial powers. The pulpit must teacfi if Christ's kingdom is to come and His will be done. Christ instituted the ministry that they might be His ambassadors suing for peace- ahd love, -the very Gospel that; they' should preach is opposed to bloodshed and murder. If the doctrines ?? Christ; are honestly and faithfully taught, every problem which is the result of the depravity of the human heart, will find a "happy solution. No other force can so quickly accomplish this like the pure GospeL The Gospel of Christ has shown* its force over every phase of man's existence and individual's nature over humanity itself.It changed Paul the Persecutor into Paul, the zealous _ missionary and martyr for the truth he once despised. It caught John Neulin, the slave trada Christian poet and preaeher. It sent-its arrows deep into John Bunyan's heart and brought him forth in defense of truth "mid thus gave tothe world the "infmortal dreamer's Pilgrim Progress. It seized Luther I in the depths ot Koman Catholic 001'-1 puption and sin and taught him the I .evangelic lesson that the just shoulcf live by faith and gave the world the intrepid reformer, the Prince of preadhers^ It has lifted the king's crown from 'his" imperial -brow and consecrated hifn to God's service, it has set the worltl to think ing and kept it thinking dujjng'all the centuries. * "* I believe that the God who is interested in all the problems of the earth is interested in the Negro problem va&lo' and that the pure Gospel, the Gospel of Christ, I say, will bring aabout the happy solution of the race problem. A. &. T. College Notes "Suhshipe Sammy," the cynosure in the movie , worltLwasT "gulshed visKO'r'during the chapel po. period on Thursday, May 11. -jfie_apd his gang were filling a 'Wdfctt-'s _engagement at the local theatre, and h?^vas kind enough to appear before"the Students Of A. & T. with his fjimnrr quartette. I'resident Bluford introduced him as the greatest Negro movie stqy. "Sunshine Sttmmy" is only xild^. hut shows much dexterity on the stage. His quartette ren-; ilC'ivd several loils" which?wore heartily enjoyed by the student body. Beside this quartette, a first class orchestra, a trainer and a number of /?r>mf>rtinns traveled with ,-the star. The world's famous mpvis star is enroute to Hollywood whoro he hopes, to resume former activities. Phi Beta Sigma Gives Annual Ball Murphy Hall f was the center of much: attraction on last Friday .night the T3th inst. ' A large number of guests, including friends from Winston-Salem, Durham, .Charlotte, Fayetteville and Greensboro, prominent uties in North Carolina, appeared in gorgeous evening gowns, tuxedos and full dress suits to pass a delightful evening with the members "of the "Eta chapter of Phi Betrr^tgma fraternity. The hall was artistically decorated, portraing the colors, emblems and ideals of the, fraternity. The music was first class, being the distinguished ^.orchestra of "Sunshine Sammy's^ company. Every item that goes to make ,an.evening pleasant and enjoyable was present?beautiful women, handsome men, first-class music, good punch and artistic decorations. The party broke up at. about 2 a. m., filling the guests with due estimation and just admiration for their host. Dr. Plummer Speaks in Chapel gram sponsored by the Phi Beta Sig-rria^ fraternjt^ Dr. Plummer of Raleigh, "N7 C., spoke on "The Negro in Business," duriQg tne_ cnap^i periou on Tuesday, May 11. The speaker is an ex-student of A. & T. and was proud to be back on the campus.1 This being his ffpnt visit since he left h:s Alma Mater, Dr. Pluipmer could not help , noticing the rapid "' progress ! the institution has made in the past few years. He was glad to see a- [ gain some of the old faceq and mentioned with just pride some of the. achievements of his .college generation. :? ... - ' ? __ ? * ? . ^ Saturday, May 22, 1926 rr ^MMFNrFMFNTS ) v S~ 57th Commenc^mentProgfamClaflin Unlversltly .Orangeburg, South Carolina Tuesday. Mav. 25th. 8:00 P. M.?Primary Exihibition, THE GOLDEN APPLE, by Maude O. Wallace. Admission 15c. . Wendesday, May 2Gth, 8:00 p. m.?English Exhibition, EVERY YOUTH, by Harry L. Newton, Admission 25c. Friday, May 28th. 8:00 P. M.?Annual Musicale. Admission 25c. ' Saturday, May 20th?Lav.n Fete PAGEANT OF THE NATIONS?Campus 10c for Chair. " J ' * 'rr ' Sunday-,. May 30, ll-iOtKrA. M.?Annual Sermon' by Rev. W. S. Thompson, Distric.t Superintendent, Benettsville Dis'trict, South Carolina Conference, i Sunday, May-30th, 4:00 P. M.?Baccalaureate Sermon, by Dr. I. Garland Pftnn, Cincinn^tti. Ohio. ' , ' ; ' " . Monday, May 31st, 4:00 P. M.?Class Day Exercises/ . Monday, Ma? 31st, 8:00 P. M,?Dunton* Oratorical Contest. Tuesday, June 1st, 10:30 A. M.?-Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees. Tuesday, June 1st, 3:00 P. M.?Business Meeting of Alumni.. Tuesday, June tst, 8:00 P. M.?Alumni Program and Banquet. t _ * Wednesday, June 2nd, 10:30 A. M.?Commencement Exercises and Gradu-' ating Exercises of College of Liberal Arts, High School and Normal Departments. Address to Class by Dr. P. J. Maveety, Chicago, 111. , The Publlic Is Cordiall Invited to Attend These Exercises. PrpgiHpnt ' 1 ' / " 9 Commencement Exercises?Allen University Sunday, June .6th, 3:30 P. M.?Baccalaureate Sermon, by Dh Si J. John-son, D. D., Washington,-D. C. ? ;???? Stinday, Jupe Glh, 8:00 P. M.? Artt/itess'to religious Societies, Rev. J. B. Elliott, B.~D;, Columbia, S. C. - ?|? * Monday, June 7th,;8:00 I*. M.?Address to LiteflTFy Societies, President John H. Lewis. ^ AJLAtlanta, Ga. " : , . _ _ - Tuesday, June 8th, 9:30 Av. M.?Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Tuesday, June 8th, 8:?m P.M.-Address to Di\<inity_ School, Rev. Samuel' Nance, D, I)., Greenwood, S> -C. " - * Wednesday, June 'Jlh, 10:00 A. M.?Class Day Exercises. u "Wednesday, Julie Oth, 8:00 ,i\ ?Address to Alumni .Association, Rev. ,D. A. Perrin,. D. D., Charleston, S. C. Thursday, Julie 10tft,~TQ:00 Ariel.- -Commencement Address, BishOp R.'A. Carter. D. P.. Chicago! III.- ? = ' r /I 4 GRAMMAR SCHOOL I)EPARTMENT: __ Primary Department?Monday, May 24, 8:80 P. M.?Operetta in two acts? "Cinderella."?Admission 15e : ... ? Sponsored by Misses Bertha A. Bouknight .and Ruby Juanita Benson Intermediate Department?Wednesday. .May 20, Sdlii P. M.?operetta in two acts-^"Hearts and Blossoms"?Admission 15 and 25 cents. -?? Sponsored by Mrs.-Vanilla R. Clark and Miss Ethel R. Gibson L__ Eighth Sriulo?Monday, May 31, .8:30 P_.M.?Drama in thrtee acts?"The Dream Th'atj Came True''?Admission 25 cents. ^ _ t Sponsored by Mrs. L. K. Nelson. | * R. L. Pegues', Principal. *' ? TO ALL OF THESE EXERCISE YOU ARI<; CORDIALLY INVITED*. RT. REV. JOHN IIURST, I). D., Bishop . , D. H. SIMS. President.- _ commencement Program of A. & T. College . - Ocenhbero. North -Carolina 1 * __? T , . : ? ?7 . !\l;iv 93 p ' aaturday, May 20, 11:00 a. ni.?Inauguration of Prof. F\ D. Bluford, PresidtMil-dltlri? ' 1 : - Sunday- May ,'50, 3:30 p. m.?Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev; Mordicai Johnson, Pastor First Baptist Church, Charleston, West Virginia. MonTTay, May .'U.?Alumni Day. 10:00 a. m.-j?Business Meeting of Alumnt Assotnauuiv. 3:30?Class Day Exercises. 8:00?Annual Musicale. ' '"-A* luesday, June -rrmrnr ni.'-?Annual Competitive Drill. 2:30 p. m.?Commencement Exercises. Address: Rt. Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom, Bishop A. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tennessee. . . . lflT" ' FORTIETH COMMENCEMENT- ^ u- 26 : _ Harbison Agricultural College Wednesday and Thur.^iay nights j . - Parochial School Exercises Friday, 2:30 P. M. Class Day Exercises Friday, 8:30 P. M. ..... a... Junior Pfaze Contest Saturday, 11 A.M. pfenit??Drive through the big 3,000 :tract to River Saturday, 8:30 P. M. "Short addresses and remarks by members of the old andmew school.s.? -?_?... ,v , 1 ...JL'-.'f- ' -'-ft'--- ? Sunday, 11 A. M. . .Catechif-m and a reunion of old and new school^ 7" Sunday, 3:30 P. Mr- - * *?r? - ? ...^ ? . - i^?-- -- - uotcBiBureaie oermon Sunday, 8:00 P. M. , ? Y. M. C. A. and Vesper Seryices Monday, 9:00 A. M. -- -- .. . __ Trustee Meeting,-/ .1 1 Monday, 12 o'c!o"cT< Annual address and special remarks by representatives' of old and new KcRooTsT Recess. " 'if j "Bibflday, *3:00 P. M. Graduating Exercises. Awarding of Diplomas and 1 I Prizes. " , YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THESE EXERCISES. C. M. YOUNG, President. ? Commencement Program Drayton St. Hi' School k?- ? NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA Sunday, May 30, 3:30 P. M.?Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. E. P. Ellis, Pastdr Miller Chapel A. M. E. Church, Newberry. j Monday, May 31, 8:00 P.'M.. __ ' ExercfSfcs of the Primary Department *Tuesday-, June 1, 8:00 P. M.?Exercises of the Interrpbdiate Department. . s 1n j Wednesday, June 2, 8:00'P. M.?-Annual Declamation Contest High .School Department. ? " ^ V Thursday, June 3, 8:00 P. M.?Graduating Exercises, Address by Dr. S. ' J. Derrick, President of Newberry College, Newberry. _ R. F. Gladden, Principal. ; J | - WHEN IN COLUMBIA. EAT AT THE ; ?^?1 BROADWAY DAIRY CAFfi | J ;; EVERYTHING SANITARY AND UP-TO-DATE ; i |i FISH and GAME 1 > ' ----J- IN SEASON, - ? ?i-;?-i? * [ D. W. WOODS, Prop. . , . ; | 1108 Washington Street, Columbia, S. C. ! \ n'.nititiirii w~i fruiffittiU