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Saturday, June 26, 1926. | The Degree Evi j ~ - REV. AXBEHT* By Rev, Albert H. I^>ng, D. D. ? Within, a few days I can bring together for your inspection fifteen hun fired prefessora, not one of whom have received any training except a normal course in this section, which is hard,. ly a high school course in other sections. Many of the. men in question have allowed themselves to be called .< professor so often until they really believe themselves to be professors. This condition has produced satisfied ignorance" in our group in many ways that has destroyed the aspirations for the better, things* in' life. Just why any man should allow himself to be called professor .when he knows that he is not, anfi that his. pretending to be such with no abilitv o sustain himself in it, has always been somewhat of a mystery to me.~ It looks funny to see a fellow strut. ting up one of our streets,, and then to see the little pugs of deception here and there bowing to him with: "Good morning., professor" when that same fellow^ knows that iiTso far as his being a professor is concerned, that he is a blantant hnmhng. Forty years ago in the days of our weakness, when w^ Mid so many intellectual straw men and women, an excuae might be offered for such fol?_ ly, but in the present"period of our mental growth and' intellectual expansion, no excuse can be offered for it. Our white brother who has our , examination papers to go over, has a number of hearty laughs of our _ . ?"professor business". HP is really amusing to see how wisd. some of ? these fellows look when they are called professor. - Some time ago in,a large Southern City I was introduced to one of these walking Solomons. After having been introduced to him se said:" We's glad , f ^ to have you's in our midst. What might be the place you hail from?" *' After having been told, he said "Ah yes, I delivered one of my lecturs there some years ago. I am sure that you have heard about me. I am this, tnat, ancTthe; other." I stood still while the- gas was -4-ising- in hirm?Ilis crowd of larne ducks soon gathered around him and he began to tell about the wonderful things he had done. Now the fellow in question is nothing more than a wind bag. Nothing can be added to the intellectual strength-of our group by multiplying professors whe-have frown on this shamming and foolish_ '' r" nessV"' . 7""'.: - . < In some^.well-known cases, just as soon as a fellow is called -professor or doctor, his end is in sight. At dhce , Tiie_becomgaJa.fi.nishe(f product, and his fight for personal efficiency ends. He has no more interest in the maior ' schools of thought about him. He enters a make-believe land of efficiency which he imagines that he possesses, and his real usefulness Is at an end. We should be honest enough with our misguided young people and teli them that the are tiot educatedr We ? chould tell ttfeirf that they have learn? ed a few facts that are worth while, but that there is a great sea of wis* ? dom that they have not even touched. Now ..to allow them to be puffed up I with the belief that they are profes^ ' sotb when they have not neatly received a first rate high school course ? is almost criminal. This is just what we are doing in hundreds of cases. Well, when we come to the ministry, we are in the same boat and we ;are aicted with the same conditions. I visited a brother minister somq time ago. I did not know that he had. bought a D. D. degree. So I called at his house and"asltad~ft>r Elder so ~ and so. I was told that ELDER So and So was not at home. As I passed on down the street, I met a man and inquired for the minister in Question. I learned that he ^as at home when I- called, but as I had asked for ELDER and had not asked for DOCTOR, I had missed mv man. . The men and women among us who possess exceptional ability are aMhost overshadowed bv these Brent.lemen nf sophistry and Shamming Who reprei sent dh6 thing while they konw them^ selves to possess another. The degree mills a ye not as numerous among us today as they once were. However, none of them should exist. They have done more to encourage ignorance and stupidity among iA as a group^ than any other one thing has done from an educational view point. In/Tuscaloosa, Ala. a few years ?' ' , f 8 - OFFICE THONE 145 fy i , CHAMPIO] FUNERAL D1 I LICENSED 1 t 927 Bi*oad Street, DAY AND NIGHT CALL! 1 % ' .r / -J'..'A,: > i . '-jr-r il In Our Group \ H. LONG. D. D. i >WwW"XKKKK^M',XMX',W"/vv:":'V'i versity. I heard him speak at a C M. E. Church -in that City. As h( was , introduced as the president oi H^l-University, I sat back and expected a great naesage. I got the mes sage alright. As the University was located in that-city, I was determinec to see it. In company with severai young men, we went out near th? city limits and found a shabby one roomed affair that would hot havt done credit to a back woods school and this was the place so widely advertised as Hal University. Here was a fellow strutting up^ffhd down th streets of Tuscaloosa, puffing s^nd blowing, and advertising himself here and there as the president of Ha! University. A few years ago during our pastor ale in Niagara Falls, N. Y. an .agent came there -with printed cuts oi splendid .looking buildings,. representing a college?only on paper ready, to /tegrpgg to nftv on?TriK would buy them. He could shower down degrees just like the rain fab ing out of the elements. He had A B/s.* A. M's., D. D's. and and other of the C.-D's.-.that. a. fellow would_bui already prepared,. The funny thing ibout it is, that Uilic me felluwa among us with these toys attached .o their names trying to fool the people. There is a type of man among us who" has a mania for ' degrees. 1 chanped g*np "dth flii"h n mnn on-' Said he. "Long do you know that I am a doctor now? When you go out this evening be sure and- call me doctor, How do you think my D. D. becomes me? The "niggers" did not want mt to have it, but I collected the amount of money the school authorities waned, and I made that fuol president and his bunch give it to me.". As we walked in and out among tht ladies that night, I constantly gav< him the doctor rfiedicine he wanted When the doctor lotion was giver o him, his head would fly back, ant his-eyes would roll in the direction 01 the ladies. /He constantly patted m< on the shoulder-and saidr ^Long, yoi | Jan get any favor from me you want.' I Mnw Vio*" ? '^1* * ' * ..tic naa a ieilOW WDO KneV nothing .more about real culture thai a monkey does about "Sunday, whos< mania for degrees had made a foo _of him. The last I heard from thii fellow, he had'A. M. and Ph. D. at ?ached to hft name.?? ? Now, of what, use is this mess tc our group ? In what helped by such a course of folly anc .jnadness? ' If one chances to attend any large gatherings of either Methodists 01 Baptists, and if his literary stomach is delicate, it is best to have an M. D near you. Nearly every little pigeontoed fellow .you meet is a doctor ol something. You will meet Dr. Hog They are all there with dreased panti and lloking wise.. Then, too, you will meet Professor Ho*i Air, Professoi ~Cgattaif Swinger ^rnTP?<artr~Ki*?. um. The brightest minds in these meetings cannot keep these blatant pretenders still. They are in evidence every where. They must be seen They make a scramblefor the^front seats. They are both a menace anc a curse to many_of .our most important meetirtgs. Just as soon- as he meets you, he pushes under your nose # card with an ST"M., a D. D. or at X. X; for you to look at. - Just as soor as this performance is over he ex. pects you to call him Dr~-lfcat Rat 01 Dr. X. X. If you fair to do so, yoi , diave losT a friend. The men and wo men who are worthy of these thing! . have had them forced Upon fehCffi;?Tin L schools that conferred them fount themselves highly honored in begging them to accept them. Their exceptioi al ability wagged the degree, the de gree does -not wag thorn. The tim< has come for us to stop this foolish ness. Men who cannot enter the re terpretation in any field of effort fo] which the degree was given have n< business My friends: These things mean something to-day. We have but fev accredited professors among us to-daj Men who cannot do any sustained men tal work, dishonor theselves and theil group by having a long list of a. b's a. M's., btd's. and the others ?)'s ateached to their names. Many. ol Tthese men have never been on a cam ' pus of a real tJniversity in whicl post graduate work is done. The onlj residence phone 29s-j V & HAILE [RECTORS and i EMBALMERS - J Camdert, S. C. b promptly attended I " THE PALM1 > work they could do in such a place \ would be to wash its windows, clean < out its rooms and to be a utility ji We are some sixty years from slav3 ery, let's get away from this course of folly and imbecility. A long string of degrees ran no longer ^ovar flur . ignorance and our inefficiency. *4 ? ? * ? iLl 11 1 *1 3^ Licva jjiuw iiilu me irnng tnai we [ pretend to he. _ .What. Hay ynu 1 j Chester Paragraphs ' Rev. R. A. Carroll, pastor of the 5 A. M. E. Zion Church attended the commencement of Lincoln Univresity 5 to be present at the graduation of his son, Prof. R. A. Carroll, who was ? one of the eleven honor graduates 1 in the large class of sixty-six mem^ bers. Rev. Mr. Catroll is highly ' pleased with the excellent record > made by his son, arid speaks in glowI ing terms of the commencement. After a few days on the campus at Lincoln, Rev. Carroll visited relatives ; and friends dp. York, Pen*., Wilmingiton, Del? Baltimore, Md., Charlotte, N. C., returning to Chester very much > .elated over his trip. E?iffrrund Mrs. T. J: Walker,"Wftertygfe ' married last week in N. C., arrived in the city Monday evening. The Summer- School at Rock Hill ' has a large enrollment, and the at-1 L tendance grows daily. ?1 ?J : foe following persona are leaving. J soon to spendtfte su'pimer at theresII pective places: - Miss Connie C. Mc-? . I Ilwain, Mr. S. D. Rainey, Jr., Wash-I | ington, D.. C.; Misses Susanna a'nd I'Beulah Mcintosh, Baltimore, ^Md.; 1 Miss Sdrah Baum, Asbury Park, N. J. J-" Mr. Jesse DeGrarteuned l<alt baturr day evening for Philadelphia, i Mr. Samuel James and father are . at the Seashore Hotel, Wrightsville I Beach, N. C. for the summer. J ! Mr. S. D. Rainey, Sr.^ motored to ; j Columbia Sunday accompanied by his j-??ur little children, Rachel, Inez, Ni: land and Kliza, who are spending a week with their aunt, MrsrEliza Mcs Ghee, Hardin Street. ? J Mrs. Eliza Meader, Shelton, S. C., . is visiting Rev. and Mrs. -D. C. Baum. i Mr. Joseph Thompson and- Mr. New1 ton Hope are taking a great deal of f; interest in drilling the ladies of the 51 Military Corps of Calantheans on the i [ Loomis Street School grounds. -' | Miss Louise Stanback is attending f i Summer Normal at A. & T. College, i Greensboro, N- C. i j Rev. W. L. Welch of Union- was in 1 i the City Tuesday. ? i . Rev. W. A.-Currence, of Wadesboro, -1 N. C., spent last week at the home > S. M. Brice. Rev. Cuyrence was_some ? what indisposed; but returned hdmff I ? 1 . i* Office Phone 6026 -H J; ' - : ? ? . . Ti{ N.J.FRB < Attorney-at-Law i ^; ? "-"Practice tiu all Court [i?[ 1119 Washington Street, J J. H. ROI * | . - _ rMEECHAIi f| _ c..uM , 3 purnr luttut IjljSr . ' TELEPHf \ r 1118'/j Washington Strreet. r VKfOBQBCBX&OSttO^^ i-STHEl SATISft .. IN C WORKMANSH SEE SPRING & [i, ALL WOOl. 1 J WONDERFUL VAI - UW ?!,JN ? 1117 WASHINC ; | CALL 6963 FO i ! ? ! j REESE'S D1 | | MRS. P. R. I ji'J A Fuit Line of Pate Cigarettes and Tobac Madam C. J. Walker ; J Times.. Ice Cream an ! J PHON c 1422 Assembly Street, * BTTO LEADER ^ feeling much better. Rev. Mr. Cohen of the A. M. E. Z. Ghurch, has been transferred to the 1st Presbyterian Church of Key West, Flar Rev^ CoRen 'Ieft "Friday, and' Mrs. Cohen and the two little ones will leave in a few weeks to join him. ?The Women's Baptist Convention in <Uuio'n is attended by quite a jiumber of persons from Chester. Union News ' I By M. A. T. Some time has elapsed since we have written our readers from this section. | rsow mat scnoojs and colleges are abput closed, children's Day over, we< hope to find it more convenient to let our readers hear from us often. ! Our Churches ^are well attendedand . pastors with members are look-! ing~~forward to the coming of theWomen's Baptist State Convention. I Before this letter is read the wbmen j of S. C. will be within our gates, audi most of the business shall have been | transacted. "All things are ready1 come and see." Commencement at McBeth High I School has passed -into history. Exercises TTeld by Primary, Intermedin ate, Grammar and High School pupils were all very commendable. - The entire faculty waS^cungratulated upon. the success attending the work. June?2nd?was?Class?night;?Mts.-t Ruth Conor frridn- tnnohnr lOth grade was in charge tof program with Miss Ruth McKisBick, pianist. The entire program including musical selections were perfect gems. Some said that Miss 'McKissick played better than ever. The beautiful class colors, pink and green, were displayed j I with effect. Lights being shaded with ! pink bells, casT a soft pinkish glow | bver all. Too much cannot be said for Mrs. i d.;j? ] ' i i iuc onu miss 1*1 erv. is sick ior tne most excellent program prepared on Class night. -Thirty-one graduates left McBeth High this year. ' Mi?. J. H- Simpkins, Snpt. of-CorLinth Sunday School, three children are | among (fie number, namely: Misses Lilly and Helen and Mr. Johnnie Simpkins. ' Deacon Ruff of Corinth has' another daughter who is also a member of the Class of 1926. ^Deacon Ruff be-i lieves in "education and in the pro-; per training of children, each child j in this family, belongs to the Church' | except -the-two baby, ones, who at- j tend our Sunday, School. There* are ahout ten in the bunch if we are not mistaken. Deacon and Mrs, Ruff are 'loved and respected by all who know | them" j The Children's Day program at ; Bethel A". M. E. Church was" prepared ] , " 1 rr * "I Residence Phone 6798 !! IDERICK , 'ill i? md Notary Public. !! .&4H-?tale and Federal. ; u Columbia, S. C. ! r so:o:o?:o:cfa??^^^ JERTSON I IT TAIIQB? -L_& * To Order. -? [)NE 4003 | Columbia. S. C. % ?3?ocoaflce9G *E IS I VCTION I >UR I HP & SERVICE | our , I SUMMER t . SAMPLES | .UES AT $30& $35" , v? & PAUL j: JTON STREET - r RJiALESMAN | \ 3KK8C0C8O6C8O0C8O6C0C0MC0C8O0C0A3OOttCflC0C83hR fltTG STORE tEESE, Prop. 2 nt Medicines. , Cigars, cos. A Full Line of 'a Preparations at all * ? d Sodas. ~ - 5. E 7820 '-T?- [ Columbia, S. C. { B808Q8???08080809MQeQ^^ --- - ?. ?1__. *k. ! by Mrs. Mr E.--Hemphill, assisted by Miss Dora A. Hardy. It was very good. e Miss -Ellen?Cregor, efficient clerk ' atT Iie NT CrTn s u ra^ce olTiccT an<I~M 1 s s , Sloan (?) ^pent a very pleasant time visiting patrons of the school taught ; by Miss Sloan,?Welford, S. C. = Miss Ruth Welch, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Welch of Zion A. "M, E. . Chnrch is at' homey and is fast, mak; ing friends with young and-old of this community. . . , - Mrs. Rev? Taylor was a welcome^ ' visitor at ..Corinth a few Sundays ago. Come again Madam. | Mrs.. Pernetta Benson is back home again after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Williams, who | now resides in the city of Canton, O. Mrs. Dr. Dawkins on South Wallace Street entertained the Mission' ary Society of Zion"A. "MT E. Church 1Mrs.- Janie Douglass is the honored prusiut'iu, wno is ever wide awake to the call of duty. All who were privileged to atend this meeting are loud in praise for the generous hospitality extended by Mrs. Dawkins.' Some who were present felt like singing "Forever here my rest shall be." A rich musical and literary program was rendered fhvn a fear.t uf gitml thingn invitingly spread for those present. Mrs. Carrie Byrd, one of the teachers qt Corinth, gave a glowing account of her visit to the Congress in Columbia. Mrs Byrd made a complpte report and expresses great satisfaction ^Or having Again we thank our Sunday School for electing us as one of their representatives and regret -that it -was -impracticable for us to attend. We are very grateful for the helpful inforin&lioii bruught us by those in attenMiss Alberta Iiuff were privileged to attend the Sunday School Congress of 1926. Pastor Daniels and the Madam. are well pleased with looks of the interior-'of the parsonage and are grateful to the members for the work just completed.?Come and see! Some day a more modern loking buil"ding will occupy the place^trfUhej-pTe^ sent one. Mr. M. C.? McKissick on Douglass Heights attended the session of the. Grand Lodge of K. of P. in Florida.' many were in attendance, prominently among the number were Bishop ThSHflr^Hurst of -Chicago, I1HS.- W. Green and W. Wandrus' of Jacksonville, Fla. the Grand Chancellor. * j Mr. and Mrs. Gadlin entertained fit lunch, Bishop Hurst^and others. Brother "Mack" reports this entire visit to Florida a most-'pleasant one. He is so well impressed with all that ^returning. Mrs. Eunice Gadlin is the daughter of -Mr. and Mrs. MeKissiek? I naturally he enjoys visiting her beautiful sjimnv home vet, \^o feel that I there is room enough in Union for [ him to "live ~here. '^Florida is too crowded for you "Mack."~ WEf~\K &&* ^ T I 18B^ REV. J. J. HARR1 THE UNITED SONS 01 is an organization which is doin infirm people of South Carolina ITawiVnn Otntn * T 4 r>. 0 ucuiinuii, HWI-C -wMwwr, rmii?? D. V. McCrae, State Treasurer, alive and gives to the benefici pays from fifty to one hundred from $25.00 to $100.00 in case ( household goods. It pays from ness and up to $10.00 on Doctor' Think of it; and for any iT -REV. J. J. HARRISON. S."M..i or Prof. J. A. KIRK, S I MONTGOMERY Gl 1 _ i Now Back \ 1108 Ham * We are now back in busii W with a complete line of Stai J shall be glad to have the busi 5 as that of new ones. * Tmtta j Miss Mattie Gossett from State Col- ? 'j lege is at home. We are glad to note that she is growing^,stronger. We're , hoping that she will 50oh be fully restored to- health. . 'Mrs. Carrie Shell on North Church Streets very- ijl at thitrwriting.' We? i pray tor tier recovery. The Children's Day exercises at Corinth Baptist Church, June 20th, wore vrey good.?Miss Alberta Ruff, Mrs. Hoseboro and Mentor were in charge of the program. Mrs. Daniels Byrd, and "Tobin attend rehearsal* at intervals to render whatever serj vice necessary. We doff .our hats to * the teachers who prepared such an excellent program. Too much praise cannot be given Miss Ruff for her faithfulness and untiring efforts in preparing this irrnp-mm Tha play "Coronation Day"was rich in the lesson it taught. The characters: Youth ? iss Mdtred McKissick. Wisdom? Miss Orsie Miller. Self?Miss Willie Eubanks. Service?Miss Louise Rodgcrs who was crowned queen bv Youth. These eharacetrs with many others, "Thoughts." "Deeds", etc, were well represented by each one. The music for the entire exercise was rich in mclody and upon the whole it was k. Misses Simpkins, Kate Ruff, Odessa Johnson assisted Miss Alberta Ruff with mno .music,,..JEhreb cheers for tlie Juhior Choir of Corinth. Long JWssJRuff. who is a horn lender * ; ,ine Closing exercises of Wallace ? Street Primary School were held at Corinth Church, June 15th. A repre-_ sentative number attended and the program was pronouncel good. Mrs. Tobin thanks the members of Corlriih and the citizens oL Union for their patronage. r~~7 ~ + Misses Dewey and Willie McDowell. a are at home on Homlet Street Rntv, report a very successful school term. . THE ORDINATION OF BRO. SIMON > This service was-carried out at the iL-I'fcUitof Baptii?t_piui'cli Which BrO. "TTihion now pastors. On the 3rd Sy.nday, June 20th, Rev. A."Bailey and Rev. C. Leaphart carried .out the work as" Rev. T. M. Boy- kin was not present. . 'The services were as follows: ""Devotional exerci"ses^E)ia* J. M. Hall. Hymn, 555, s. m. Bro. L. Z. . Eichelt>erger, student-preacher of Morris College read the scripture les- v ... t on. Hymn 556 was sung. Rev. A. Baiiey used for hi&;'tekt II Timothy ' "v 2:15, from which he .preached a won- " derfu'l sermon. : _L The Rev. Bailey pastoVf' three -jhmclies, and Is a member of t.ha m. ecutive board. After the speaker gave the hand of -welcome to ministerial - Mnto ? . V11C ' t charge was given .to him by Rev. Leaphart. ?H. II, Grigger. ? I I d HBONy ?UU Mwtw > ~ ? ABRAHAM & D. of J. ?-? g a great work for the poor and . It has at its head Rev. J. J. F. A. Kirkr State Secretary?smdIt pays _to its members whila ary something after death" It dollars for hospital benefits and < )f total loss by fire of house and $1.50 to $3.00 per week for sick>s^brtl. ^ ^ - - uyi umiiuii. write >flin Richland St ..-Columbia. 1. C. I. Sec., Ronnetlsville. S, C. tOCERY COMPANY |j in Business ' * pton Street less at 1108 Hampton Street ? ^ >le and Fancy Groceries. We "? ness of our old friends as well i j ?