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m* : F FOUK ? .* The Palmetto Leader _j Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. LuilO ASSEMBLY STREET COLOMBIA, S. C. Entered at the Post Oflice at Colum? bia, S. C.. as Second Class Matter.! tELEPHONE 4623 N. J. FREDERICK, ___tEditor A. B. LINDSEY, r_Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE., .Fraternal Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS : Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON?Ci,ty Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, .Manager W. N. WILSON -^Traveling Agent SUBSCRIPTION RATES: CASH IN ADVANCE. r. One Year . '?---?-? 12.00 Six Months " . 1.25 Three Months .76 Single Copy .05 Advertising Rates given on application. - Communications intended for the current issue must reach ttris officerfif out of town) not later than Tuesday night.?City news t>y- Wednesday night. Saturday, June 5, 1926. ^ . I To be sure, the graduates are th'P important nprsnnn^.< nhopt' now. Parents look their pride , ,and happiness. But what ha\;e >' ~t "these same parents done to.proRemembei', the other rn"? busy looking out for its o\vri~to ; bother about yours, and no one can blame it either. The evolutionists and fundamentansts are still at it, ButH wouldn't it be better for some 1 gf the energy spent in these : wrangles be used in trying to make practical the teaching of ?Christ?- After all, it doesn't make much difference hpw you got here, but it does mean much as to what you do and how you *. Jdo it while here. " ?-. The Twenty-first Annual Session of the (National Baptist. < Sunday School Congress will j convene ni this City next Wednesday. This will be by far , the largest -gathering ever as ??sembled in Columbia, Visfflors" ~?tuilTljA^'f-Luiri every section of rihe cduiry. Columbians Should ? see to it that this City impress] itself "as a most corrgeniaT place for conventions. M tt-leoked -at-ene time as-4?-the^ colored race would again boast of a congressman.' The 12th district of St Louis, Mo- seemed to - such a man, ; But alas and alack, as soon as one Lawyer announced jhis purpose 'to run another did the same thing, thus dividing the votersT TheTesuIt' will be defeat for both of the gentlemen. Colored people just - will nat get together to put over anything. >' :7 --^o? A NEW TRIAL FOR THE LOWMANS Whatever may be said?of the administration uf justice in the South 111 SO far as colored citizens arc concerned! it cannot~be~ ?T ^aid that they do not receive jus/ tice when their cause is before the Supreme Court of South , Carolina. If before, there had been any doubt, the recent decis-j ion in the case of the three Low-1 - mans r ought dispel that. Here1 -fltere three humble colored peo-| pie convicted in the Circuit Court of the murder of one of; the most popular officers of the, i_'_ XL * e11. ?/? ? ' otctue?xrie ^nerur 01 AiKen County?and yet ori appeal to the Supreme "Court, the convical ordered. One of_the chief reasons._jfor. setting the convictions aside was because the defendants had not received a fair and impartial trial as, contemplated by the law of the State. But this is not an isolated case. This same court hai ' % *, f / * rendered other decisions where justice to the colored detfen dants were not giveninthe low- ~v er courts. The rigid stand of * the Supreme Court for the ad- s ministration of real justice cannot help but have a good influ- b ence on down the line? It must g too hav'G ft hearing on the exis- C tence of the colored citizens of 1 the State. ??? ?? Where there is confidence in the courts, there must be more satisfactory living. There will " be happiness, contentment and ^ Justice only is the protection e of life, liberty and property and t] in its wake is industry, thrift n and happiness. ' . ... t . O THE U. S. SUPREME COURTS DECISION 'J ; ? We can not see just why any of the colored race should t>e- f come excited or discouraged by jv the recent decision of the Uuited ' States Supreme Court in the f( Curtis-Gorrigap-?_ vq Buckley Case.?The Court dismissed thejl appeal on the ground that it had P jio jurisdiction- The merits of _ the case were not considered at all?and for that particular reas-' on.\ There is no sense either in speaking Harshly ofJ the~jiTstic<?" :?Mr. "Sanford?who happened to write the opinion because_hiL_ hails froni the South, What he|? wrote roidd not havp been the opinion of the'Court did not a majority of the Justices, agree with it. . . . j. ~ 7- J > We as a race are too prone toi attribute everything to preju-! . ilifP that rtopa not Just happen' as we hoped or expected. To speak disparingly of Justice Sanford because he is from the South is neither sensible nor fair Can it not be remembered that in t"he case arising in Louisville, Ky. in 1917, when the question ^ of Municipal Segregation- was ~ put .up to this same Court, that a it was a Southern man?Chief ? Justice ^Vhite of Louisiana? tl * , ? ^ # who-wrote the opinion knocking "! such an ordinance to pieces? We f ourselves ought not be unfair ^ while asking and praying for t( fairness from others, ? -a j The whole case arose out of ! an agreement of soofie white 41 pnnpln murmur thpmnplvon not < f>''1 sell, lease or give to colored peo- & pie or allow the u^e of or occii- g pancy of their property for 21 u .years by them. It would seem s that these people have the right b 110 so agree among tnemseives 1 just the same as it is the right of d .colored people to agree among b themselves not to buy houses or i I anything else from white peo- 6 pie or work-for them or any par- j1 ticular group of them. v ? This particular decision moans nothing and the sooner its for- n gotten the more pleasant it will 1 be. . . ' . " * I' ' m *m ' ^ i V MT. PISGAH A. M. E. CHURCH l NOTES - ? r ' ~ ? -r v (Special Correspcmttfhce) . Greenwood, June 3.?The second 0 'quarterly conference of TVTt. P13-~ ;Kah.A. M. E._ Church held by Rev. D. 0 r t> tv n ? | x^. MHUUJUUU1I. A. U. U1 i-lic W1CC11- | J: wood District, is said to have been the j hrrrr^dne The Churdh in question hair { I haci for a long time. Every Depart- ' I ment of the Church was fully repre? c scnted, and presented a written report a of its activities. It was found out t out that aver $600.00 had vbeen col- c lected for all purposes. Peace and v | harmony prevails in each department c of the Church. * / r J The morning service at Mt. Pis- a gah last Sunday was well attended, fi | Mrs. Holdman, our efficient organist J who is principal*'df^the West End s Graded School, gave her cantata n ["Cornelia" at the Marion St. Baptist a Church Sunday night. Her many fi friends of Mt, Pisgah visited that | fi a i J - .wnuiui uuiiuajf menu utiKe uruvyu.tl of people attended this service. ru Rev. Samuel Nance preached the! r Annual Sermon for the Brewer Nor- c mal School, Sunday aftternoon at 3:30 a p. m. A large cfowd was present. Prof. Heard", the efficient principal c: of the East End Graded School, gives k his closing exercises in the Mt. Pis- j A gah A. M. E. Church, Tuesday night, u June 1st. , * j< Rev. E. H. Burgess, pastor of the a Troy Circuit, in the Greenwood Dis- Ir trict, died last Sunday afternoon. He f< * f " THE PALMET vas a faithful, studious minister of he New Testament. More will be aid about him in our Nojtes next week Weekly Comment?"The Reformer" Church fights among" Negroes are ioth funny and serious. One of the :reatest Church fights the A. M. E. 'hurch has had, was waged between 899 and 1904. The writer of these Notes" was in that great fight. Dr. \V. D." Chapelle, afterward Hishp Chappelle, published "The Monitor" n Nashville, Tenn. At that time the color question" was an issue in the L. M. E. Church. Rev. S. T. Tice and ' score of others, were great .reformrs in those days. It Was intensely nteresting to watch the actions of hese reformers in those days and to ote - the personal attitude towards he things for which they contended. T 1 A. -J if i was a ourrespoiiuem, ox me luuntor" and thus Dr. Chappelle and I ought side by side in that great conict. He never forgot "the simple ervices I rendered at that time.. Now, one of the most interesting eatures to be noted in this conflict ;as, that no one was willing to sufer for his convictions. The fight was aged for personal gain rather than or any principles that were worth 'hile. Some of the fellows who made briiliannighi aginsHight-ak timed: reachers, married women who were REV. G, B. TAYLOR, D. jD. Pastor Second Baptist Church, asHrittx?, Tennessee. [most white. It was interesting to ote that just as soon as they had jarried these light-skinned' sisters hat the fight had ceased on our lightskined br<j?h$cn. Others of them ought grafting and stealing. Thcj anted the widows and orphans to be otter cared for. Their hearts were ender for these neglected sons of our httrch.??-? t7 : *\Vell, just as soon as a brother was lade a presiding elder or given a good ppoiritment, nothing more was heard ppoinlment, nothing more was heard bout his great interest in these nelectcd ones, flis mouth was closed" p as tight as a clam. It was not afe for any minister to abuse our ishops in those davs as manv of hrrrr-an; abused?rrcmr? Our -bishops tood together then better than they o now. If a fellow mistreated one ishop it was nothing- more than foolTher bishop. The death dose was repared for such a fellow, and if one i-shop did not give it to him another rould. ?' In most, cases it was interesting1 to ibto the type of men who lead in hese great conflicts. The people'who ;ne\V them real well, had but. little onfidence in them. Sensationalism i-as thechief element in their effort, 'hey had no real interest in the peoile as a whole. They observed some /anted, and they went after those hings, whether they deserved them r not. I remember distinctly, that ome. of them \}tere sent to some of ui l-iwitiius, ana naving no for the place they fought ust fls hard to get, .iwny from fhnsa 'laces as they did to get to them. -Church fights/ mean nothing to the ause of God and His .Kingdom unless principle of righteousness is conended for. >> This principle connot be ontended for by those who do not ^ant to be righteous in their course of onduct in life. For instance, ta"ke a nan*who is a common drunkard and liar, what business has he making a ight in the Church of God? What oes he represent? He can not be aid to be a christian, and he can lot really represent Gpd's -tausev in ,ny such a conflict, then, what is he ghting for? It cannot be said he is ighting for sin, if it were, then why oea he not live right?. Well, then, ows in any branch of the christian hurch? Answer: Heart selfishness nd the spirit of gain.' Not three such men out of thirty ares a rap of their fingers nbput the ingdom of God and its righteousness, in envious heart, fired by a wicked nconverted imagination becomes jalous of the way another gets along, nd then that same motive urges such idividuals on to take from the other allow that that he and others want. f TO LEADER us soon as this happen^, the fight isoflf until something else happens to J him or surrounds most of the fights in Negro churches. When men start a fight in a church I want to know their record. What did they stand for before the fight was' - - REV. EARNEST HALL, D. .D. . c Pastor East Mt. Zion Baptist I Church, Cleveland, Ohio. made? What kind of a life did they' ? -lead, in the communities in whieh-the^. 1 lived? Wore they honest, clean^ up-!> right men in their social contact with : men and conditions about them? 'o What rhiir;nMfM<%" have thev develoned h with these noble traits in them among those wlium they .have lived ? j If any men .who presumes to make church fights ^an not pass this test-p no practical purpose whatever. It will not be out of place just here to give the readers of these Notes just a bit of the history of 'one of the 1 greatest "would-be" reformers the A. I M. E. Church has produced within the past 3U years. The retormer and 1 , were members of one of our Northern I Conferences. It hapenned that one of 1 our ministers was acidentally killed, by one of the fast trains in' that sec-" tion. Well, the wife of this minister j felt that she could trust this man. He | was her P. E., and. she knew he had, cursetl out all of the bishops., and many ministers for being liars and grafters. Especially, was^this refbr| mer bitter in his attacks against the pate Bishops Gainefe and C. S. Smith. \ Well, she callec! on this reformer and 1 j laid before him the condition that' ! confronted her. Said she: "-Now Dr. 11 want to make this railroad pay for j i killing my husband. I have proof j that the fault "is with them.- I want! you to help me in this matter. I know j of no other man' into whose hands I ( would rather place this matter than j' yn.n-i- ^ If lliny wilt- nnt crOtln thig ' | matter out of coxrrtrtffen I want top sua them for $2,000.00. I am placing h ! the"evidence and aTI "other matters of ' ; this case for your examination." | Now it happenned that after this * transaction, that the writer of theseij iftotca. bccomo?this?broken?hearted r ' woman's pastor, and each of the state-! ments made above are actually true.,' Now, what did this gfeat reformer, ; jwho in the paper he published had 1 cursed out all or msfrof our- bishops, ^tlo-m-this^caw)?- ril-telf"you what he j did. He went out into the city in'( which this affair happened, hired ', n U prostitute, dressed her up in garments 1 of mourning, and carried her to the j ! offices of the railroad company, and i with this woman compromised the J 1 case, got all of the money he could | and gave the faithful wife of the dead minister nothing. The minister's wife '' Jwas one among the best women who ' ever belonged to an "A. M. E. ChurchT ~ 'This man even ran for a General OfI Q.t.1 A? h.o^^6 *n. our bite the dust an dto die ingloriously -elsewhere. fond -each has been thp-J sad end of most of our reformers. 1 They want to reform others Without 1 reforming themselves. Note this and learn the lesson it gives. 1 Jackson High School 1 Closes Session- < Chester, June 2.?The Commence- i ment exercises of the Jackson High > School began Friday evening, M$y 1 28th when the htintl^ and 'Tenth ] Grades presehted a pastoral operet- ? ta, "Sylvia" in two acts at the High '} School Auditorium. J jj The Baccalaureate Sermojl was de- j livcrcd by Rev. T. J. Williams of this ? City, which was sane, safe and filled f I with helpful words of inspiration, j which will long linger in the hearts of ? his hearers as seeds that "have been ? sown, that will bud and blossom into ? fragrant flowers. The particular ? stress that he placed on the necessity ? of, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" ? will nevln* be forgotten. S Class day exercises were held 'Mon- ? lay evening. " s The graduating class waa one of ? the largest In the history of the ] school and with an atendance that surpassed any recent years. The Commencerhgnt exercises came to a close Tuesday night at Mt. ^ftloriah Baptist Church and as usual on such an occasion, th atendance was large and enthusiastic. Prof. Mdodana and his co-workers have every reason to feel gratitled at the splendid recurd the school has made of the session just enden. : : T There were 18 girls in the graduating class, they are as follows:jRosatee Aaron,"Ethel Begson, Ani nie, Boykin, Alwilda Cantey, Ruth CarterT Fannie?DuBoae, Margaret Gamble, Bessie James, Anna-Jenkins, Rosa Jones, Irene Kirkland, Ross Kirkland, Dorothy 'McLemore, Jimmie Meeks, Rena Patterson, Charlotte rcainey, ii.ua neynoias, Aine 1 nomas. The Annual address before the graiuating class was delivered by Mr. J. B. Felton, Supervisor of Colored Schools of South Carolina. Mr. Fiel-^ on has been heard in Camdefl,Lhqfoye ind he always pleases his audience. :omments were made on his very iractical and impressive address. An attractive musical program un-1 ler the supervision of Miss A. O. Jurnes was included in the exercises. The diplomas, the first in the hisorv of the schonh^VCre prosChted by Jr. C. H. Yates, Chairman of the Joard?ref- Trustees. - The exehcises hroughout were very attractive and mpressive and were witnessed by not mly a large number of Camden folks mt by a number from out of town. 7SM I i\ -I |RS jfl 9y ^MBKSy jK. . *' *r jflBSS^flHRr \ #St % ^HaJBSSBy ** REV. E. R* CAKTE'R, D. I)."""" ^Pastor Friedship Baptist Church, Vtlanta, Ga., Scholar and Biblical ex-"* )ositor. Georgetown's Doings Church! The Rally at Bethel A. M. E. Church dosed Monday night. ' It was more han arstrcccss. Tne amount raised as >fliciall.v reported Tuesday morning as $3,300 but more is expected to be reported as several of the 90 Captains lid not report. Mrs. - J.-N-r -Robinson | ptJ fVip f^rmtni hv fjvri^i>ir? <Sim on 1 ViWi.WU. I'he amoimt of each Captain to raise .vas $50.00. "The Wesley M F. , R?TT^T^7Tn~T^n"pist and St. Stephen Rally are still jn. We hope that each one woll do is well or etter than Bethel. ~"tr School Howard -School Commencement started Sunday, May. -3Qr with Rev. I. Goings IDanie 1 s,D. ~D7,~ pastd r ~~of Llothesda Baptist:?Church?preaching he Annual Sermon." On Monday evening the, two plays 'The Pageant of Flowers" and "The Rainbow's End"- were pfef&'nted by the lower grades. Master Elliott Alston-1 and little Garanujie Jackson ire to be commended for playing their prats so vtfeH. ~~~ Blossoms,"" an operetta in two ?acts ivere presented by the Intermediate well, but Corrinrie Burgess as Malindy and Frazier_^(^ijia(jiL-k?l>i_t]l?^ mdience laughing with their humor most- the evening. 1 . .Wednesday evening came the~senior :lass in a play called "The Black ^hp?n " "TViw nlnv > ...... vvc?o very KUOU I and shows the long hard training ay Prof. Beck was not in vain. Rev. R. C. Brogdon of Orangeburg ielivered the Annual Address which vas very timely and.good. On Thursday evening a reception vas given by the citizens'of the City and the members of the faculty" in aonor of the school's base ball team. It was weir"attended and many good i ' il ' O000000O0OOOOO:O0OOOOO0000;0< | 1926 SUMMI | State Agricultural an * ORANGEBURG, SI JUNE 21 T FIVE WEEKE, S Courses in Elementary, Hi] | tional Subjects leading to Co ; Teachers' Certificate. EXCELLENT FACUL' in every course offered. Fo o. v R C0C8C8ObC8J0I6CUl0Cttyl0C0^0I8C8IUlOC0v0C8C0C8IK8J?C *1"^ ' 1 'I * ?.. Saturday, June 5, 1926. I * " . ^ 7~~ ~ _ speeches were " made. It was held in the school's auditorium. Friday evening, the seniors were = entertained by the juniors at the Palmetto Theatre. Personal During the past week, the boys and girls from ^various schools came in fur the summer. ' From State came Florence Purvis, Harriett Guidon, E. Harper, S. Wash-?* ington, B. James and Frasier. From Benedict: L.(Smith, K. Polly, S. Par- . ker and J. Polly. From. J. C. Smith R. Purlmore and R. Brown. From Alleni Hi Burgess, M. Martin. From _ St* Augustine, Raleigh, N. C. and Morris: J. Atkinson, Lawrence P. McKenzie, A.. Alston, D. Bland and E. Rhue. - Mrs. W. C. Atkinson and Miss O. Atkinson made a flying trip to Sumter to witness the graduating exerises at Morris College. - Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Atkinson have * ? make their home. Mr^ W. H. Brown of .New York City is spending a few days in the City. , ' Mr. and Mrs. G.'\V. Howard, C. K. Knox and B. F. -Williams motored to Elloree, Sunday to attend the-iburial of one of Mrs. Howard relatives. Robert Dobbins, S. and A. Beach, motored to Sumter Sunday. Did you -ee her "Red" and did you hear wH&t went on? ... r_,T..?..\...... Mr. tr. Daniels, a student of Benedict, is visiting his brother, Rev. CLGoins Daniels of the city. j Mr ,Tr\Vin Pnrvio loft fnr "NTniir Yniili 1 last Saturday. h Mr. Levi Brown has returned home " after spending' t-he winter in Jack-' -stmOillB. Flu. - Mr. Jumcs Polly is -ill-at his home?-? on High ^Market Street. We wish he will soon* recover. *. ? Society '' J\ '\ . "The Booker "T. Washington Club hold itg^egular meeting at^the resi' dent of Miss Mau#le$t Kelley on last Thursday. ~ If folks stop gossiping some maybe two ladies will not walk .out "together. all the time, because they will have more time to find men interesting?nuff sed. . ? The Youth Improvement Club held its Regular meeting at the'home of Miss Pauline Dunmore last Monday evening. . ? - r-yyi? The B. T. W Club cruised down the bay and stopped at North Island where they had a beach party. l He Four Horsemen will leave in a^Ford on the ITtlT for Philadelphia. General ' ' v I did not get to the graduation exercises, but I just know* they built another school on the stage. "Ruth the Gleaner" has played for - * the last time we hope.' It was good - \ but don't run a hoi'tse until It la tired. {|nths .seemed a little tired the last time. ' Georgetown, "The City Of Hospitality," nedds ~a vacation from so ' many rallies then ifwill be a pleasure tto-be back home. Commencement tiine we get a pro mitse of a new school but wo never ? getit. We were fold today that our school has five first grade teachers and >a combined enrollment of 420 teachers and one second grade teacher^1 Poor teachers. We would like to know , ^ how they make out^? - - ~ "Yes"\ve wish "a'beffer year next term. 'I SIDNEY PARK C. M. E. CHURCH * ' ^ 1 * . ' At 10:30, Sunday School service was opened, up by theSupt. by singing a hymn, then prayer. Scripture Lesson J daV School scholars assembled t/-> respective classes for the lesson. J Many?vivaiting friends-were present? -1 , f all took a part in our Sunday School ^ iHTY'ffi, At 11:30 we all were blessed with a wonderful sermon by Rev. George~X7* _ Singleton, a professor of Allen University. He preached a soul-stirring and heart-striking.,, sermon- from the 4ext Matt. 16:24: "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, 'If any man will } come jifter me, let him deny himself, * and t_ake up his cross ahd follow me' " . Rev;' Singleton preached for us again Sunday nightr His sermons were enjoyed by all. This is the 2nd time that Rev. Singleton has preached for us an he has a standing inyita-tion at-Sidney Park at all time. SR SESSION I v d Mechanical College J o !?! * - r\lTfTif n *m i/u in U\RULIINA ! O JULY 23 _ '! . IX DAYS EACH. . ! \ gh School, College and Vocaliege Credits and Renewal of | TY OF SPECIALISTS g r further information, write g S. WILKINSON, President, i ? a ' * / A