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FOUR - The Palmetto Leader '-Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA, S. cT Entered at the Post Office at Colum^1 bia. S. C., as Second Class Matter. ? - TELEPHONE ..=_T 4623, N. J. FRE"DERICkTT7~ Editor A. B. LINDSEY, -/Managing Editor J. B. LEWIE ./.Fraternal Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS .? Contributing Editor . HENRY D. PEARSON?City Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON, J Manager ~ W. N. WILSON ..Traveling Agent pti TEr^: CASH IN ADVANCE. Out Year-??- |2.00 Six Months ?- ;1.2B Three Months ??.- ,76' Single Copy ?-?? .05 Advertising Rutes givenion appli cation. __Communications- intended for the current issue must reach : tiris office. iif outof town) not later TTian" Tuesdays nrgfrt.? ty news by Wednesday night. ^Saturday^Juned^ The Colored citizens appreciate very rmich the summer school provided for delinquent pupils by the Board of City School Commissioners- The Board is also planning to erect a $50,000 ' grammar?school lu take the place of that old landmark?Howard School. ~ ; !rC!r'' ~" . * . .. - .The Senatorial primary in v j ' Pennsylvania cost in round num bers, $2,000,000. The disclos?? ures of the payment of thio-ktfge torial Committee investigating the recent primary. White voters got their money. But according to those who deny the - colored neonle the ricrht to vote * ? - V . . ?J fully, colored people are the only ones that receive money in elections. They therefore, should not bO allowed -the privilege of the ballot! r But . who believes ? that? *' . ? " The New York World certain "jiy makes Senator Borah, the erratic /statesman, from .Idaho, look likethirty cent?: The^Senator with an eye on the Presidenr cy^G'od save the mark!?undertook to picture New Yorkers 2fnd ; . other States that care nothing . . for-the Volstead Act asjnullifi ers fof the Constitution. The World simply reminded the Senator that he has all his years in the Senate stood for the nullification of the 14th and 15th Amendments"Which are just as -.-much a part of the Constitution and isdmportant as the 18th Amendment.1 Senator Borah is re? publican so-called, the Ne>v York World is democratic\ ~ _ : - *- *; * According 10 reports nied witn the State Highway Department, nineteen persons were killed during May as a result of automobile accidents- Of the 86 accidents, 25 were due to collisions ? between motor cars. Evidently carelessness Is on the increase ^ among'drivers of autos. "While > all drivers ought exercise the greatest.care, yet colored drivers had better be exceedingly careFTTH mere is a disposition to always blame the" colored driver when there is a collision between his car apd that - driven Jhy a white driver, irrespective of how it occured. A few days ago, a colored boy on a bicycle/was rSh into from the rear by a white driver of an auto and by good fortune escaped without injury. The white driver jumped out of boyfand finally had him arrested, the boy shouldn't have escaped injury or death- This may seem fantastic, but it's true neverthe1 ^ - ? less. ^ ?0 A COLORED PRESIDENT FOR HOWARD UNIVERSITY For the first time in Its exis_ . . tence, a colored man has been e * ^ V * ? \ lected President of Howard University, the leading institution of higher learning for the Negro in America. There is no good reason why such a president should not have even before 1 now been at the head of that u! niversity. Because, that institution gets-its?principal support from Congress, many have Thought it inadvisable to have a president of the colored race, es, pecially when it is remembered | that Congress is made up entirely of white people, many of whom | in legislative" talk have not 1 seemed very friendly to the race. I Tn this rnnnprtinn Attention i? I * I always called to the "points of order" raised by some Southern 'member of the House of Representatives every time the appropriation item of Howard was reached. However, that is about all such a member can do even UTlf o r?t*Aai/lnr?4- T?^ ? t TTitll C* vvivi tu UC" J sides, it must not be understood (that all Southern Congressmen j are opposed to Howard* tor they are not. Only recently, when | this item was being discussed, I Congressman Blanton of Texas jtnnlf a vig-nrniis and high stand tlor such an appropriation. Soujtherri Congressmen, besides" are accustomed to seeing colored presidents of educational instiltutions In every Southern State [ colored men preside over the colleges provided by the States for their colored citizens. There ought not then be any apprehension for Howard on that score. The, new President?Bishop John A. Gregg?is an out standing figure, an educator that has phoven hi3 mettle. With the : full support^and confidence of the colored people under President Gregg, Howard University will no doubt enter upon its mosf glorious period. . ,- / I Thp trustees, we believe; have done wfcll in the selection of Bishop Gregg. ? EDITOR BEN DAVIS ROOTS FOR SENATOR BUTLER Senator Butler of Massachusetts certainly has one booster in the person of that vigorous I writer. Bon Davie. Editor of_tha Atlanta, fndefieiident. Were the _ colored voters ^^Massachusetts of the same mind and possessed .6f~ the enthusiasm of Brother Davis for all things republican? jfar as the election of Senatur Butler in November is concerned, 'all would be over but the shout| ing. But perhaps the Massachusetts colored voters know both Senator Butler and his democratic opponent ex-Senator David 11. Walsh better than Editor Davj is. The very fact that there is doubt about whether they will support Senator Butler or exSenator Walsh shows that the mere fact that one is a republi| can and the other a democrat has nothing to do -with the matter, instead they are contrasting the two in terms of real action in so far as colored people are | concerned and not in fine talk i and meaiiingless promises, j It is~true as Editor Davis says, I that Senator Butler "stands for , and represents the party that jhflg piil Mi^ry vfitntrr-rm ttm j books, or has parsed every bit , of legislation and created all the , sentiment in this country in fur7Snd political rights," But no longer does that party give*a ( hang about any.kind of Negro rights. If Mr. Walsh, as Editor , Davis says, "stands for the poli ucai party tnat nas impaired, ( so far as lies/ in its power, every, rignt ana privilege bestowed upon the Negro by the Republican," jthat same Republican party has stood supinely by and allowed , >t to be done as if it were ashamed of, what it did in the ; past- . While one may not have respect for the highwayman who holds him up, can he have any for the policeman standing by and allow it to be done? Editor . ; i . THE PALME! Davis points out something at least, done by Mr. Walsh which endears him to the colored voters. Now what has Senator Butler done? The colored citizens have been complaining of both acts of mission and commission affecting- them as citizens ever, since Senator Rntler has been in Washington. They have petitioned and implored the President for whom Senator Butler stand sponsor, and what has been the result? Nothing. and yet the great Republican party has been power. ' ; After all, men And not,-party label is the thing qnd it's time colored'citizens learningit.NOTED ORATOR CHARMS CROWD IN GREENWOOD AND NEWBERRY Greenwood, June 14-1?"To speak by precept is great, but to speak by example is greater and more effective,'declared the eloquent Charles Satchell Morris. Jr; of Norfolk. man address ilelivpred here last evening. The faTnourrorator made-his~hr*tappearance before a Greenwood audience in Morris Chapel Baptist Church. ' He was presented by ^ the Rey. Dr. W. P, Williams, as "the most able spokes* - man on' the American pkEfcform." ? At the conclusion of his brilliant hour and a half of speech, he was u--mmimmislv invited by the Ministerial Union to return here and speak on the 4th Sunday afternoon in this month, Avhich" He has promised to do. -?Morris?charmed?the?crowd?which irroolfld bim Viovh Ho bold > iivi?. nt nciu tuc auv?ionce spoil-bound with his eloquence. Those who came out td hear him purely from curiosity he added to his thousands of admirers in this State. It is expected that on his next visit lie will be given a royal welcome as has-been the general rule in South " Carolina. _ Second Time- In- Newberry Newberry. June 16?For the second time in less than two months, Charles' Satchell Morris spoke to a Newberry crowd last night. People " from?several "pntnts irr~this .section were thrilled by the celebrated Virginia orator. Morris contended that instead of asking for a place in American democracy, the- black, man ought to make his own place. "If that be done," he shouted, "No one may 1 take it from you. Yours will be a place by the right of conquest, by the power of the pioneers." Many social courtesies were ex tended the popular young figure here, I who is always'a prime favorite with Newberryinas. He departed on the after nifd n train for Columbia and i)!her points down State. ' Next Sunday1 afternoon, June 20th, 1' Morris will journey to Batesburg to appear for the first time at a mammoth mass meeting in that City. Yt ^ is expected that scores will come from nearby cities to welcome him! Monday night, he is slated to speak i '.n Estill, where elaborate prepara nons nave been made tor his coming. Tuesday night, lie will return to ; Barnwell Xo sgeal^Trom the platform of the County Court House. When ho spoke in that city in ApriJ, Colonel I Calhoun, president" of the South Carolina Bankers' Association (white) I responded to his message, voicing the | hope of the entire populace that he would consent to deliver another ad~ dress at his earliest convenience. Morris will also talk to the City of Allendale, where recently he delivered the Commencement oration, and in Barnberg. He wiir close his week's engagements by being the principal figure at a collossal mass meeting to be staged in Edgefield next Friday night. [His recent trip to that city was amota-* ble event, but it is planned to make , the occasion next Friday evening an even more memorable one. The entire countryside is being notified of the | second visit of the mighty spokesman. Morris is being literally besieged yiYjfch invitations urging him to coni j sent to speak at other meetings In Columbia in the immediate future. He J-announced definitely however, Wednes I day, that he could accent, nn fnrtlior j ivitations in the capital city this year, j having already spoken five times since March fifteenth, and twenty times . in the past four years. He declared i he would rather appear in "Columbia j^th#m?anywhere eh*; in the State, but i that there were other cities he must j visit. the tart the negro woman is to play in the Solution of the race problem (Continued Jrom last week) ' Man represents the understanding 1 of the unverse, woman th ewill, man : the mind and woman the soul. Uhrist ! himself exalted woman assuming her nature as a tabernacle of his divih ; ~ ~?ttt" ? : - _ . . .. v. TO LEADER nity and a temple of the Holy Ghost. Therefore woman must exhibit a strong Missionary Spirit. She must lay aside so much popularity that' does not mean any thing, go out among, the masses 'of the people. The National Association has chosen as I it's . motto: ^Lifting" as we climb." | In oredr to live strictly up to this ; sentiment, its members have deter| mined To come in the" closest possible j touch with the masses of the women through whom the-womanhood of our people are always pudged. It is unfortunate but it is true, that the dominant race in this country insist upon judging the Negro by his most illiterate and .vicious characters rather than by the more intelligent and worthy classes. The Negro woman of education and culture knows that she cannot escape altogether fKe" I consequences of her more depraved sister. ~ ?' 7?-1 Women, certainly you can see that if you turn a deaf ear to the call of duty, hoth policy and self-preservation ! demand that you go down among-the , illiterate' and even, the vicious to whom you are bound by the tie of sible effort to reclaim them by coming: .in close-touch .with, the masses. It is possible to correct many of the -evils which militate so seriously against us and inauguarate the reforms without which as a race we cani not hope to succeed. . Now, how can we reach the masses (of'oifr wnwi7 They will not attend J public meetings, they will not attend Church, they feel out of place in j these meetings, so here is no way to reach them ""other than in their homes. Our women think if they go into J ihese homes it will mar the character. Hut it will not mar the character of a true woman who is worthy of emuj Fation, a woman who can teach the I lesson of purity, marality and cleanliness of body and soul and furnish exI anip.le,-be with the elements to be j uplifted certainly not of it. It is possible to help a weak or fallen sister to rise if the? helper like ^ the Levlte-pass by oft the--other?side rmd merely call out: "Arise and stand in the beauty of pure womanhood," "rather than like the Samaritan: she goes_to her and lifts her to her feet. The touch of the hand in proof of a " heai t full of sympathy- goes a long WnV in wirmino- on/1 ~ I Muting uuu uuiuiii^ a living, | lasting evidence of the regenerating influence of charity. ?-Women,- you owe it to God to- lift fallen ' hi/manity. God is not giving away long white robes, starry crowns and milk and honey in heaven, but to obtain these, you must do your duty. You have a mission to perform, a mission, as enobling and elevating as that of the angel host who burned with a seraphic zeal to do God's" bei hosts, a mission having-for it* m4mal object the uplifting of fallen humanity, a mission, the outgrowth of the glorious principles of Christianity L covered with?the--dateless centuries which like a sea of light roll around ilte throne of your glory, whatever the possibilities of man to do good, the possibilities of woman are greater for without Trer. there would be no home circles and no home circles wpuld mean no races of nations. Man may lead unnumbered hosts to victory, he - may ren" -kingdoms, convulse nationsand drehch battlefields in blooth but .woman with heavenly smiles and pleasant words can outweigh, out number nnrt nutatrin tlin w..v w?*vk/v4.*{/ tiiv jiuuicat CI" forts of a generation. Man may boast of Superior strength, but woman excells in beauty. Man may call himself a monarch, but woman'may sway his sceptre whithersoever she will?" May I repeat? .-Woman represents the soul of man. It was a woman who walked through the streets of Alexandria, her hair hanging m tangled locks about her shoulders, her bosom burning with the hidden fire of patriotism, with a burning torch in one hand and a vessel of water in the other exclaiming "I will burn the heavens with this fire and extinguish the fires of hell with this water!" Man may love his god. Woman can you not see the great _ responsibility that rests on your shoulders. Can you not see w.hat God and the world ;?re asking of you? To be Continued Nekt Week_ Bluford Gets Honorary Degree President AT & T. College Made Doctor of Pedagogy By The University of Richmond . , I Richmond, Va., June 14?At the commencement exercises of Union U-.j niversity, Richmond, President F. D. Bluford, of the Agricultural & Tech-j nical College, was conferred the hon-j urary degree of doctor "Of pedagogy^ by his Alma Mater. The exercises were held in Coburn: Hall, Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock* The applause following ^he onferring of the degree upon President filuford was proof of the high esteem and the sanction of the large iaaHhaaaaesii fg-qg-g??? ' crowd whiek- had gathered on Com-J i mencement day. < This is a signal honor accorded ! I President JBluford so soon after his c , formal inauguration to the presidency i | of the Agricultural and Technical Col- I | lege, for it shows not only that he has of administration at A. & T. College, 1 but that his efforts have been noted I j with appreciation. ? 1 On the evening before, President Eluford delivered an^ elootrenr t>lea < to the young Negro graduates of I Union University to contirtue their education. His subject was "More I Beyond." In conclusion-he said, "\Vhat < I we need today is men with the ideal I (of service. . . Today all opportunities are in your favor. The gates of I ' konwledge swing wide for you and ' more avenues of employment are o- n pen to you than 6ver before awaited a group of your Negro graduates." '-t < Stflfp rnllporp lioo-inc "Vb.nu Summer School i Next Monday, 21st1 j Orangeburg, June 17.?The Annual 1 Summer School, which is a regular semester Of the-State A. & M. College pvill begin next-Monday and there . lis every reason to believe that the latendance this year will be very much 'greater than for the past three years j t even though they had a splendid on i-oiitnent last year. From the a p neas tions sent in a'nd the interest taken in Ihe sessiomas advertised and from the rich courses offered?teachers attending State' College this" summer will 1 j have the same opportunities they"! ' would have if they were to attend iTuskegee or liampton. I The Bulletin, which- is-the official _! pulication of State College, fully explains the courses offered, special feaj tures to be had and also gives _the .best of .instructors. For the coming 4 1 summer the program offered is un? usually strong. In addition to menv bens' of the regular college faculty, many distinguished teachers from oth er colleges and high schools will be , 1 on tlie1 faculty. | The courses offered are designed to .] meet the needs^^tj^the following persons: teachers who wish to increase -j f-their professional skill; school?prin^ _] , cipals, supervisors, graduate students I housewives and social workers. I" The following courses are offered: Primary and Elementary arithmetic, j -Geography, Physiology, Drawing, Hisi to>-y, Primary Methods, Spelling, j Grammar, Penmanship, Reading, High School Algebra, Grammar, General ] Science , Rhetoric, Geometry, Civics, j Chemistry and Manual Arts. . j? The Teacher TrainingjCuutMea ] J Academic subjects: Aineriean His'tuiy, Ouiit'iul Sl'Il'ul'u, Nature Study, " Literature, Geography, Educational Subjects?Administration and Supert \}isionf Community Service, Educational Psychology, Ethiifs, CTDservation Prniciples of Teaching, j Elementary Education?Primary Arithmtltlc and Methods, Language and " Spelling for grammar grades, Head- ~ ing Methods, -Physical Education, Drawing, Manual Arts, Penmanship, typewriting, Mpsic, Sewing, Cooking, Basketry, Trades, Chorus work, Public Schqpl Music. ^ In correction there will be advanced courses in college work leading Jto degrees. This offers those who desire 1 u cimnce 10 improve ineir professional status. . I Special Features of the Session There wilh be eonferencesof Smith^ I Hughes Agricultural and Home Economics teachers, June 21 to 20, first week of the session; Smith-Lever j Farm Home Demonstration agents and I farmers, June 28 to July 3, second week of the session. All of these 1 meetings will be of interest and the teachers attending the summer school . ill have an poportunity to witness these activities^ Moving/ pictures, of a very high , grade will be given weekly for the : ! benefit and entertainment of the '..teachers. . 1 iUch courses in -Agriculture are of- "J fered. They are (Jesigned to prepare , the ' student-teachers and perspective ( teachers of agriculture to meet the requirements of the State Board?oS ( Education. - / j DR. P. P. WATSON GOES TO "CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE" i Dr. P. P. Watson, General Mission-' > 1926 SUMME | 'State Agricultural anc orangeburg, SO JUNE 21 T( t ??five weeke, sr * ' Courses in Elementary, Ilig ^ tional Subjects leading to Coll J: Teachers' Certificate. EXCELLENT FACUI/I * fn every course offered. For Saturday, June 19, 1926. iry ,oL thfi__Baptist. State Convention >f S. C., after atendfhg the Sunday School- Congress in the City, left Sunlay in company with Mrs. Watson for i pleasant stay in the City of Brothery Love. . They are there on a visit to ther son-hrdaw, Mr. T. ~E. M. Lewis ami family and in response to an invita:ion extended by the trustees and 'acuity of Lincoln University. ' ^n Tuesday he will witness the Dratorical Contest at 10:30 a. m. and :he commencement at 2 p. m. "Wednesday morning he will.vi^it :he New England Baptist Convention )f which the Rev. J. C. Jackson, an lonored son of S. C. is president. The convention will be held with :he Union Baptist Church of " which he Rev. James E. Kirkland is the iastor. ?: The National Baptist "Sunday School Congress will hold its session in the . ?i :ity of Brooklyn next week. If possible we will endeavor to take n some of the meetings and note what he Baptist forces of America divided = ire doing for real constructional work l kingdom building. The great and absorbing desire of my heart is ?or Christian fellowship, spiritual unity in harmony with the fnind and prayer of Christ tfur Teach^ ir flnH I would to Uod that the Colored Bap tists of America spend a month it more 1n the school of-prayer in flis sermon on the mount, and in the 17th chapter of John's Gospel, Which s fundamental in the deepening of he spiritual lines of^his believers and he^corisecrating and concentration of ill of our spiritual resources, in. the making of a better home, a baiter school, a better church, a better State ,i ansfnrmalion of the kingdoms of his world,' making --them the king- , Joms of our Lord and His ChristJ - V ?P. P., Watson . Anderson Notes Mr. W. J.-Caldwell left Sunday a. m. for. New,York Citv. ; kae K._Jones and Jr Anderson motored to Hendcrsonville, N.--C. Miss Conyous Jones has gone to Philadelphia to spend the summer. Miss -Geogia Sullivan, one of the 0 Heed Street teachers, has gone to her Miss Ruth Mack who has been atending. school in Atlanta Is at-home. Mr. J. R. Bolden is remodeling his home on Wardlaw Street. Kev. M. C. Anderson is spending his" vacation in AshevilLe,' N. C. rMr. _thana . Williams of Birming- _ _i 1am, Ala. is visiting his old home and friends. Miss Alice E. Webb left Sunday a. m. .for Allendale' where she is to be me of-idie instiucfrors~tn the~sufnmer chool. Mrs. Corrine Peek attended the.reinion of her class at Tuskegee, spending a week at her home in Atlanta before returiqg home. She reports ' i very pleasant trip. Mrs. Marcia Marion atended the commencement exercises at Johnson C. Smith University. ?' Prof. Charles McMillan' Spent a few lays in.the City the guest of Miss Lcoiia burton. 1 The Automobile Race Rally at St. Paul ^as quite a success. Mr. Ji R. Thomas and Mrs. Z. V. All Williams iriving a Pierce-Arrow won the race. i The prize was a five dollar gold piece. 1 Rev. S. C. Campbell and Mrs. Mary J Overton driving a came second ^ winning a gold piece. Mr. T. ^ B. Williams and Miss Maggie Butler came third wininga silver_^ollar. Mrs. Ilattie Jackson fourth1 winning 50c. 0 Mr. W. I. Peek and Mrar-B. L. Davis got the buffalo nickel! The total amount of money raised raised was $448.77. /. St. Paul Baptist ^Church has been nicely carpeted and everything is in readiness for the State S. S. .and B. ' ' , Y. P. U. Convention in July. Anderson is anxiously awaiting the coming of the many visitors expefeted. The many friends of Mrs. Lena Williams were snrrv to hear nf hpr ^? ieath Sunday morning. She had been sick for some time. She will be funsralizeg Wednesday Afternoon at St. Paul. She leaves a husband, son, laughter, sister and a host of sorrowing friends. Mr. Sam Frazier who has been ill for some time died last Monday night. His funeral was held Thursday at the Royal Baptist Church. R SESSION 1 n/'honinnl f2 m. iiAwiiuiuvai \jV7UCj^C U 1JTH CAROLINA 1 ) JULY 23 X DAYS EACH. jr ~ h School, College $nd Voca- 1 ege Credits and Renewal of ? Y OF SPECIALISTS | further information, write S. WILKINSON, President. S ,'s ,