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j. " -j, -A , "*T \ % four ? ?The Palmetto Leader Published Weekly By The Palmetto Leader" Pub. Co. T?I0 ASSEMBLY STREET > COLUMBIA. 8. C. Entered at ihe Post ufllce at Columbia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. ?? TELEPHONE *&?& N. J. FREDERICK, Editor A. B. LINDSEY, __ Managing Editor .J. B. LEWIE ^ .'?Fraternal Editor W. FRANK WILLIAMS ? Contributing Editor ? t HENRY D. i'fcAKSUN.-City suitor GEO. H. HAMPTON, . Manager W. . N.v-WH>Sa?l ? Traveling Agent ~ SUBSCRIPTION" RATES: CASH IN ADVANGE. .? ' One Year ; ?r $2.00 Six Months 1! ? 1.26 Three Months .76 Single Copy 1--.?- .06 Advertising Rutes given on appli, cation. Communications intended for * , the current issue must reach this office, (if out. of town) not later "Than Tuesday night. CP - ty?news by Wednesday?night. Saturday^," June 26, 1926. At last the U. S. Senate has macle up its mind about firmation of Hon. Jas. A. Cobb ~ .as Judge of the Municipal Court of Washington. It refused to reconsider, on motion of Senator ? " Pat Harrison of Mississippi, its favorable vote of March 17th. It is now Judge Cobb Without a doubt. . .. . > ? > ' A $500,000 paving bond isisue will soon be placed before the citizens of this City to vote upon. ~ Are you prepared to vote? If you haven't, a registration certificate you can't vote. The -Ifcegistration books are ''opened at the Court House every first Monday. Register. ? T 1 -* ? ?--?5 -J Senator Blease is reported as sayirrg in a speech in the U. S. Senate that he has always been just to the Negro, citing instances to prove same. It must be acknowledged that the Senator in his official actions has been L_Li__ far from injustice-and hostility to colored citizens. . ?^?, ?? *? * uoger tJabson, the Statisti cian, says that "Next jo whiskey and a useless wife, the desire to wear a white collar and have an office desk has held back more men than any- other thing to day." YcTcmg^merr preparing for" their life work can well keep in mind that it's the flannel shirt jobs- today- that offer the most . ..in monetary reward. 7"Sr i" # # . . It is said that "politics" has he*?n injected into the pffnrt tn But what has "politics" to do with two pugs^*punching each other? :Not "politics .but down right littleness mixed with "fear of the outcome is the thing that . has up to this time prevented a tight between Dempsey and Wills. Air. Carroll D. Nance, a candress last week, discussing the appropriation bill of the last le . gi.slat.urft whir^fcas written by _ . him, said that "it was to Aid the white children of South Caro lina, charit^l^in^^utipna_ and 1 the old- Confederate soldiersr1 That's pretty disappointing--to. all the other-people and institutions of South Carolina. The idea of legislature appropria-, tions is the general welfare of I the State, which means all. -^ T^ - " -?Q-? ; SENATOR BORAH, THE 14th, 15th and 18th AMENDMENTS The admittedly able man, Senator Borah of IdaKo. ha? taken to himself the role of champion' of the 18th Amendment. Hej holds up his hands in holy terror at even the suggestion of nullifying the 18th Amendment. "It should not be," the erratic ^ statesman exclaims, "it's a part1 of the Constitution and no good American would think of nullifying any part of the United State's Constitution." Answertng the Senator, some who are not so certain about the goodness of the 18th Amendment ask, "What about the nullification of the 14th and 15th A-1 -mendments-? 'Are they not an integral part of that same Constitution?" I Not however for a moment is j the Senator embarrassed. "But I do not admit," says the Sena- j tor, "that the 14th and 15th A-j mendments are being nullified." j | Of course, he does not admit ( ;1t. How could he get himself out Iof the hole if he did? If how* j ever the Senator's^krtowledge' ' of other important things which ! concern hia country is on a par with his knowledge of what has ( been and is being done to the 14th and 15th Amendments,j Aen the wonder is that he is rated so highly as an able man. "It is true that so far as the" concerned, there is no outright i nullification, but what_?j30.Ut.the spirt? If the 14th an'd 15tlrA- ! i mendmonts mean anything at all? they mean that the colored | citizens of the United States l who measure up to the same l^andards set for, have the same | rights of all other citizens to 1 participate in the selection of [ the various officials without let or hindrances of any kind. They mean, if they mean anything, -that a Negro in South Carolina or any other Southern State can identify himself with the democratic or republican party?ju&t as he chooses, the same as he can | in New York, Massachusetts or any other State* where not only the letter but the spirit of these , Amendments are observed. But can,he? . j Perhaps the eminent Senator TUP PART Til I." XT VVAMiu i IS TO PLAY IN THE SOLUTION OF ?TIE RACE PROBLEM By Mrs, , Cora Gethers, Georgetown. Continued frpm last Week" *~V'God honored womanhood in the blrih of Christ. She was a party .to the fall and now she has become a I party in the salvation of the world. In.dispair we apeal to heaven for relief and in distress we welcome th'e celestial intervention of woman. Her {"soft hands can cool the fevered brow. tHer "sweet" voice "wiH calm - the an. I guished mind. Her holy influence can 'infuse into" the surroundings all the | endearments _nf home. H-Q.M-E. Four capitals. Women stop, look and listen! At every cross road of life . this sign posted in large letters. The greatest poets of all times have sung. ' described it?in, the?gluwing?words, Ut-s-beauty audi sweetness and influnece ' ' upon the"world for good. "fh ehome is i practically every thing; it is beyond i expression. Since .civilization began thousands even millions of the invaded and struggling have died for it beJ cause wltfr the home 'gone all that .lifts humanity above the beasts is gone. The home with what it sheli ters and what it means is the sum of all we have on earth. Women do you 1 oyer think of that?. It is because I it contains the whole of what makes -k*va~-o?-4?an -and womair. -The love ' o fchildren, the comforts and amenities of life and is the citadel for the children's preservation and developement.' It Is the birih place of all that " may be done for increasing the hap! piness of human beings. ; I Now, the Queen of/ the home . is _ .woman. What other word awakens ' sucli tender emotions in our breast. kWhat other word has such power over ithestrong and weak alike? What other word carries with "it such a world of 'memories? Ideal it v nnd T.nvo? | Woman whoever and whereever you I go, do you know that -you are the l*4eved personality in the wurld??Dcr you know that in your hands lies the vitality of the race, the strength of the nation? -You seem to stand back appalled. You canot believe it. You no doubt have neVter thought of your self as being of so much importance. . Yon do not know that the world has its eyes on you hopefully and fearfully. Do you think that the walls of your home shut you in and that is is a sim- pie dyty to keep the house and rear the children? Stop, look and listen! 1 11 iiT T?r * * - f " *? ^ v * '* " "*; 0 - - / ' $ TO LEADER Public Welcome. Attend Bible Institute held at 2nd. Nazareth Baptist church, Elmwood j by the Southern Fireside Tract Society, of Jacksonville, Fla., Rev. J. J. Brabham. Sec'y. Special Address at Wesley M. E. j church, Gervais and Barnwell Sts., - Sunday 3:30 p. m., Rev, N. S. Smith, J Pastor. _ I f ?^*"T . :V ' 'A . THE PALMET is only concerned with the letter when h,e refuses to admit the nullification of these Amendments, iyrgettirig or ignoring the fact that the "letter .killeth, but the spirit giveth life." ? THE 1926 SPINGARN MEDAL AWARD The Spingarn Medal, which is awarded each year to some Negro for distinguished services, will this year be presented to Dr. Carter G. Woodson of Washington, D. C. Perhapsv no one who has been the recipient of this medal in the past, has done more to merit the award than has Dr. Woodson. The recital js as follows: "For ten years service in collecting and publishing records of the Negro in America, culminating in the publication of 'Negro~Orators and Their Orations' and 'Free Neo-rn HpoHo Families in the United States "in 1830* ? Besides thesie works. Dr. Woodson is the author of a number of other publications dealing with the -history of the Negro in America- ao well a3 the publisher of The Journal of Negro History. .Much that is authentically known to the paintaking . investigations of Dr. Woodson. More than anyone else he has brought to the attention of Negroes the merits of the achievements of the race; things that ought make the Negro lift up his head and feel that he belongs to a race that hau the ability to achieve. --tThere can be no greater work than this. A people that knows nothing much of itself can't get very far, for tl^fe pride of self is .based on knowledge. It is well that the work of Dr^JWood"sohhe given this recognition. Rear the children, on that denends tho welfare of the Church, the home -and the State. Th(^ child's future is in your hands. Show me a good man and r will show you a good mother rings-true in almost every case. It is bedause_the mpther. far more, than the father influences the action and conducts of the children, that her good examples is of so much groater? im-J porta nce..# If mother be good, all the shortcomings of the father will fail to lead the children astray, b"Ut if mother is not what she should be, all the holy influneces of angels cannot save the children. It is up to the "bjMlh,munhi into tha, children pure principles. Woman, the world is "asking you to inculcate correct principles and set good examples for your children whose Httlo YeeT" hui'g_ao many, thorny pfflhs of temptations. injustice?and prejudice^-to tread. I would to God today that I could get our woinen stirred up until they could see the great importance ot reaching the "masses of our women without so doing the great liroblem would remam'unsolvod.i I can say just here with pride that we have many noble women in our own rflCP M'tnco liiirn. _ - ..>1 ??,u iauurs are worthy of emulation. Among whom We find Frances Watkins JIarper, Sojourner Truth, Phyllis Wheatley, Ida Wells Barnett and others. In this advanced age if the Negro woman would scale the delectable alroady attained by move nighl.v fuvored races' women, you must ?initj_ yourself in your endeavors .to uplift the masses with concentration- of thought and unity of- action all things arc possible. These can effect, victories when armies and navies fail.] The part the Negro woman is to play is of vital importance. There is no sphere in which your' activiti?S-4o not go. Gather then yohr forces; elevate yourself to some lofty heights where you can' behold the need of . p ' your race; raise your voice for God nnrJ 4 JUOWV.C, u:ave no stone untamed J in your endeavor to route the forces of all oposiption. ..There is no height so elevated but what your influence c-anT climb; no depths so low hut whaa your virtues touch, cart purify. However dark and foreboding the cloud mrty be, the effulgent rays from your faithful and consecrated personality will dispell. And ere long.Ethiopia's sons and daughters led by pious women will be elevated among the en-' lightened races of the world. The End. Next week:. "The Man That The World Needs To-day." _ 1 THE PROBLEM OF DrffdRCE IN THE UNITED STATES. By Miss Lillian D. Watts In older days families were held to- ; gether by innumerable ties.- : I I The existence of the home deperi- i 'ded upon-its unity; when mother and i 1 children depended upon the father for maintainence. ] But this <fo?ndition no longer exists, i - The members no longer have that i genuine family interest and not e- i nough interest is shown to develop a . ' race for this future generation. The 1 intermingling of the individual with i foreign characters of unlike |ways J' and habits have brought on an actual ' social breakdown. - T Family ties"have also been broken . up by econorriicTties. During' this- pre^l sent crisis women can make their oWn ! way and are able to compete with j men.?This growing economic lnde- j 1 ; penaenoe of women Is & lact Which 1 has produced the growth of divorce in J i | the United States. % . ' . :' : T1 The United States has the greatest i divorce rating of all civilized nations i with the exception of Japan. |_ Every State in the Union grants t divorces with the exception of one ( which stands out alone with her royal t ! colors and positively refuses to grant i divorces on any grounds, that is South ( Carolina. New York with its bright s ' lights, paved streets, money and over-. j whclminjg " crowd?is?not?the?wprse i [ state in the Upinn. Sha stppw in next, i 'with her binding laws granting di-j'\ j vorces for adultery only. Had it not j ( , been for this clause, Mrs Stillman f and her child would have been de-! t 1 sorted and left to face many false' i rumors'. Now that she was protected r by a lack of evidence she is again with 1 c her husband enjoying his protection. I?Co nect icut? faHs- next - m - line ~ with y very rigid' laws. If you can produce f 1 evidence complying with ?tfie State \ < laws you might secure a divorce, but'* the wife must be supported. 1 Nevada is a regular play house. Go .in Ronn and io-six--months?you are -t free. jt ; The other States are about in the t 1 . . I same;sphere, with very little or no > ; la\v at all. ! e The States granting divorces clas?tho divorce decision as n legah-rj disolution in whole or in part of the marriage relation by-court or ano- 7 ther body having competant authority. Any separation made without . . some legal form is not classed as a piegal tjivorce. 1 f?The divurcu rating In thr"UhTTg3 l States is increasing two m; .three times v as fast as marriage, with causes vary-' I Jng in different States. 1t In quite a number of cases children 1 have been affected. p r ~ Records show that most cases startT~ ; their procedure about the fifth year^t r of -marriage which is evidence to show . t Jilat living conditions must have some >' t effect. 1 _ 4 I Again, the divorce laws of the dif- " jferent States hayp a tendency to encourage separation?" Other causes are' [_ _hasty marriages. N |rriages for | wealth, society, men not willing to' ; shoulder the responsibility, uf r mar--', ried man, women not willing to cope. with the needs of a wife, also couj pies not of th esame standard. I Divorces as forestated, not only involves the divorcees; but the chil-l 1 ilien uf the divorcees and the family; Ofttimes there are some caused to suffer and left to drift; others ore but burdens to the family. Family ties ' are broken by husband and wife, bring iinr the families into their quarrels^[ It is paretic to see a mother and babe sueing^ for divorce because of. the brutality, drunkedness or morals of^ an unworthy husband. The same holds good with women who are not j willing to assume the duties of a wife ~ and .mother or with a disposition that C is not pleading. ^ 1 Our only possible relief is to so ? train the children in their early lives ? to apply- themselves to the home,, C cherish their family relation, conect 2 school and home leagues. Mother and i? fathers: give the correct training to ? your boys and girls. jg Tfie divorce rating* will never^e ft reduced until our people are educated g -Economically, socially and. religiously, g The home atid the school must make $ some effort to develop each generation g into citizens whose attitude towards. ft the home will be wholesome.. J fie ft school must serve as an instrument of S insurance against disorders and as ft a means of control. Not until then $ will the divorce rating be reduced in 8 the- United States. % |g - * ' . ill. . t APPEAL FOR STATE S. S. & * B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION 4 -TO MEET AT ANDERSON . IULYJ5^MADEJaY ? REV. W. HOWARD ? * Now that the Congress is over, all t eyes' should be turned;toward~A'nderT j son for the 20th Annual Session of the I above Convention. : 1 Twenty years of this Convention t is a record of which every one ought < be proud. The .money raised during 1 these 20 years ($48,020.80) "the-in- i spiration imparted for more and bet- r ter Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. ? work, the "fellowship and better ^pqijluintances of the thousands that j have attended its missionary de- j $ partment are among its contributions : iL. xr r* ? i.? ? I Lunaiu unliving vim megro oapusis ' c of the State up to their present state. of efficiency^? s - t ?U The Sunday School and Young p Peoples' Union are still vital factors 1 in our Church and Racial life.? Time?<j and money spent in furthering these I agencies will pay back a thousand fold a A. consecrated knowledge of the Bi-1 c ble for' the present^ generation is one r of the prime necessities of the day.11 The Sunday School and the B. Y. P. Y U. ape our two most potent agencies \ for imparting this knowledge. Our i State and district conventions should ( tiave as their dominant theme, the i: itttdy of the Bible. . .. ' . >?' jt The State Convention which is to V iieet at Anderson next month will li impart to ltui1 anxious student very nuch help.?- Its program of lectures,1 sermons,, papers, deportmental meet- ; ~ ngs, et$ will afford rich spiritual j ind intellectual food. I Every school and union will do well ; a make a special effort to have a dele- 1 * ' t. i' ' 1 jate present. If not possible to sena ' / i delegate, send a letter with doorway ! g 'ee. Financially {he convention has j] lone well, but this convention ought j strive "to raise more money than any : p areviousone. The need for- money J / low is urgent.?Pi. Slaiks is nmking' v i-great record at Morris -College -an<H7i ve know that the increased erowth 1 >f IVforris College calls for a corres- a >onding increase in contributions from 1 v he Baptists of the State,And then there is the cause of , t nissions, Home and. Foreign. These ; t auses should have Ihe unstrited sup- | prions blunder for the impression to [o out thafTwe are indifferent to the p ause of Missions and our State or-it: janizations must set the pace for the C ocal and district bodies. * n Rev. S. C. Campbell, pastor and the d food?people of St? -PmtT are- making xtensive preparations to entertain ^ he convention and from all points of ii dew, this will be one of the best, most n njoyaye and^mose profitable sessions, p [yi'SUJI ^uly lb". ' li - ^ <f "MY OBSERVATION" - t ???? o By O. A. Parker C The trustee board meeting of Allen -tJnivresity is now a matter of his-Tri - - - - - -? ory." 1 ATtTTough itw as approached ti vith many apprehensions and fore- c >odings the clouds were all dispersed >nd the_atork accomplished was un- a irecedented in the operation of a ii chool with such proportions us~Alleh "y ^University. Especially when you hink* that this 'institution is con- g rolled by colored people, a better spiit prevailed anion}? the laity during jn he acsaion of this board than perhaps A THE ANDERSON S APPROVED BY THE S OF EDUC Excellent location- An attrat study.,.; Ample efficient private homes atV6a>sonable r SESSION BEGINS JULY 19, For further infi Miss Alice E. W S&C8XC<O9C8C8CGC0C??CeCW^^ ST. AUGUSTIN | (A Junior ( - RALEIGH, NORT1 FOUNDED | Affiliated with- the?American Chu I Augustine's aims to prepare capabh [ ' positions of leadership and responsibi t . ' ENROLLMENT IS Courses offered r-?Junior Co Academic and i Accredited by the North Carolint the St. Agnes Training School foi Memorial Training Sdhool for Church connected with the Institution. ' It is hope'd that it will l>e possible course for students entering the Colh the fall of 1020. To accomplish this gaged in raising a fund of $500,000 f ditional endowment. ? For catalog,, etc., addcess The President, REV. ED< sea ?: .11 Saturday, June 26, 1926. my board that has been mine to attend. This was the result of Bishop fohn Hurst's impartial ruling and the rankness with which he tackled the ntricate proWems-ofthe-schoof which vere presented at that meeting. Perlaps one of the most outstanding hings that was done was the ap- r~ minting of a body of layjnen headed >y Prof. George Howard of Georgeown, S. C. to investigate sdme con litions around the school that did not ^ rreate a vtjry healthy atmosphere. . Phis-will preclude the criticism com- i ng from the laymen that thejrfiave lot been given an opportunity to as- j ;ist*in .running the school. The financial returns from the dis~ ~ i- U I 1~ UIV.VS agg I cgan;u suiiiciiuug liver ! 19,000. ^ The presidents report showed a dg- -* 5 :ided increase in the number of students and. finance, Jand everybody eft with a brighter prospect for the chool's' future. feishop HOrst showed himself an aiept in handling men and measures, le does not seem to encourage tricks tnd the like, but he idicated in the pening of the meeting that he had 10 special favors for any one except hose that did their work. And that lis sessions would be open to. any iody. When merit be made the basis nd the only basis of success in our ? Church fand I use the word tnoriin all of its phases and ramifications) . here yiU-Jfee a lot of men whom I've mown that are put forward that will iave to be relegated and vice versa. NORTH MEDICAL ASS'N. HOLDS 38th ANNUXTT SESSION 7 ; I Durham^N. C. June f7?The 38th innual North State Medical Asso- " " iafio'n is in session here with many n atendantre. . ?J? . * Anjong the prominent surgeons and physicians is Dr. L. D. Miller from tsheville, N. C., President-elect and " ? uiu win ue sworn in at tms session I pit1 silent aTTd surgeon of renown. " Dr. Miller is a typical mountaineer, t one vPiwe a splendid brick-layer nth a mean slight witlua-trxiwel. The Association is to be congra-y_ ulated for its wise choice in elecing Dr. Miller as its President! He is an accomplished physician, . aying received his literary training it Claflin University, Orangeburg, . Crr"after which hf spent a year in he School of Liberal Ar(ts, New York 'ity., He next attended Boston Uiversity where he graduated in Meicine in 1918, the only member of his acr m the class. ?? He is prominent in civic life and istrumental in the Negro getting ? < idny good things from the white v cople not only in Asheville but thruut the ent.ir^ . ... na.t . Dr. L. O. filler is_chief surgeon of he Bllue Ridge Hospital of this City ne of the.seven members of the N. !. Welfare Committee, chairman of > he Executive Committee of the Meive member of the St. Mathfas Episopal Church of this City. Dr. Miller is to lecture on Pellegra , t the National Medical Association n Philadelphia in August of this ear. ~ , " II "TJnc before has be apeared on proram at the National Medical Assn. With.^this Herculean leader;- I see S othing but success for the. Medical koovwiaviuii ui inonn \^arolina, ? -i UMMER SCHOOL 1 TATE DEPARTMENT ATION J ' itive and helpful course of , \ > teaching forra. Board in? ? ates. ' ^ ? * ENDS AUGUST 28, 1926 k * < C. A. Johnson. Director. oi'mation write, , ehbr 1247 S. Fant Street, ^ ? Anderson, S. C. '' . j oeooeoo&xiwo^^ E'S SCHOOL >llege) | H CAROLINA 8 A ? 1867. jx ^ rch Institute for Negroes. St! v; }. youth of the Negro Race for g lity. g i 125 -1926?!>02. ? liege, Teacher Training, c || Vocational. - 8 a i State Board of Education. 8". r Nurses and the Bishop Tuttle ? and Social Service Workers are fi . to provide a four-year .College c }ge Department as Freshmen in 5 < purpose the Institution is en- g or buildings equipment and ad- C GAR H. GOOLD, M. A. \