Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ipi_ Georgetown, S. C. Mrs. Cora Gethers, who has just ( completed an article in Thie Palmetto ' Leader and is now writing an article under the title: "The Kind of Man the World Needs Today." came to this J city from Pittsburgh, Pa.y~~but> her ' home is in Norfolk, Va. She is.the daughter of the well-known Rev. Dav_ * id Jennings, pastor of the 1st Baptist Church, Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moses and family is the guest of Mr." ft. A. Moses 1-1 on Entanuel Street. / . . . J Mrs. O'neil Robinson of New York City is in the city owing to the illness ? of her father, Mr. 'Ed' Nesbit. ']*. ?^ - Prof, A. G. Gill motored to Sffmpit ?^ Monday and delivered;*!! address at - , the Educational Rally. i In the various parties who mo- ' > a. 1 i.. ?f; a . _ii.' 1 v! 'lorea to manning 10 auenu in.e Jt\m loch-Crawford wedding on Wednesday, were Mr. -an$l Mrs. Joseph Addison, Miss Orilla and Mr. and Mrs. H. ; Atkinson, Slrs..'Louisc -Bowman, Mes- ( srs. S. W. Tucker,, A. Q. Dunmore,' C. K. Knox.?Stephen?Beech and Dr. ?Wm. S. Thompson. The Classic of the Season will be the first appearance of Prof. W. E., -?- Davis and his famous five jazzing boys of Florence." On Tuesday evening they will play for^a puhjk: dance and on Wednesday, a privafF dance! will be given under the diction of, . the Smarter Set! Prof, Davis andT J the iboys who toured ~ Florida this.! year will l?e here. In General' Our rural cehoolo should l>o inveo? tigated. On ,asking various teachers qqestions we found one lady who stopped-1 school in the sixth "grade teaching on a permit. Talking with a gathering of teachers' we got some-i,, what embarrassed by having him using many incorrect verbs. We were told that the colored supervisor visited some of the schools only once in J' five montho and the superintendent ?i never sees sonic-of the- teacher* -rr~ they are not allowed in his office. I The salary of a teacher is $40.00 ' per month and5 the school term is 4 to 5 months. Most of the school ' houses are only a small elaborated1 Church wlttr an excess a'mdurit of" . ventilation and very poor heating system. ' We feel that someone should see to 1 it that the schools-ln? taken better. care for the schools xvoTild be better off closed down than to ha've sonic unfit teacher in them, dejfft rting broken English, owing to their unfitnessT^ ? An Idea' ?; j1 So many of us give birth to a very thoughtful idea but jlet it go to| sleep- because some one knocks IE I oVCEheardr^wo veiy premising young , business men advance an idea* a lew ' days ago, but seemingly they did not,1 have back bone enough to bring it be- t ' .fore the public. I suppose they are/ afraid of the knocks. Then- idea was ' ' a band.?I du nul believe nn Individual J " or an organization- would object to helping such a cause. We need a band. Not a few men getting togeth- } er making.out for the sake of a dollar. This is a very good idea. Why not bring it out in the stVt-ets aridITTcHehtH / l it to the public. Yes,'we wanjt a i i ^ ? 1 urttaa uanu. J1 _! ' The Tattler Saw a young man going over the 1 road to take a smoke; a noor excuse. You can run"two girls in" a small ' town. Ask how at the barber shop. ' If you ifan't make love at honjg,' take (1 your'gijjf to a party and sit in a car.?pi The J slogan is: "If,_you can't, ride ' ?' 'em, you oan't U8ap..:tnjw." Dui a rai 1 * boys, or two fellows will have 'em ( all. . ' < I" We would like to know why a ecr- 1 tain person didn't go on th(' sn'l 1 ^ Wdft"-shg has made out wtttr hotlriTt-< dances. I' A certain party is living in hopes.'1 Only two more years to wait, madhnv. ^ Society The Business Men Recreational ' Club met at the home of *VIr. H. K. Atkinson with Mr. A, G. Gill, pre+u-i.. dent," presiding. The Club's objdct is to work for-better-cooperation among : " business men ofithe city^"?" |' The Y. I. C. met at"fhe home of Mi^s.* Pauline Dunmore and was entertained ' by Mr. Prince Anderson. A very en-! * joyable time was had. The Smarter Set held an indoor1 1 picnic on Monday, July 5, at Ivlect*1 i Hall. A very enjoyable ? tjme, was ,' had., 1 Mr. and Mrs. James TCinlnrVi nwivr.a in the city about nine o'clock Wediiesday evening and were met at their 1 home by a number of friends. A re- 1 caption wag held at the present home ? of the newly married couple on StrJ James Street. Best by Test "Wave -o" - j: An Idea! Hair Trainer for Men and * Women. 'Keeps the ilair in its plape 1 1 and train*. Hair to lie straight, for!1 jfesr- Sale at ^^ y Nelson's Barber Shop..,, Ml MAIN ST, COLUMBIA, S. C. 1 WEte;. ?frtiVr . - 7' . , - .v. 4 -. % * / " . * .. 7. - t ** ' T * - J?-?-'?*? CHICAGO NEWS By Prof. W. R. Bowman Mrs. Bowman and I left Columbia, Wednesday, June 23 on "The Carolina Special" for Chicago, accompanying lis wdre Mrs, Robinson and her two laughters, her brother joined us at Jenkinsville, or I should say Alston. The first thing to mar our feeling was a wrecked car near Asheville where a white woman had lost control of her ear, fell or tumbled off lvii overhead bridge onto the tracks, killing herself. We were delayed 'here quite a while. After then we were soon in Asheville where we -aw and met a good many teachers of Richland County. They toltfus things were cum in /\snevnie ana wisnea us inuch success in our undertaking. We :tlsu saw old friend Lewie. Pinkney of Wfinisboro", who^sold us-the first car we ever owned, Lewie as usual had !i bushel of good-looking girls around him,. begging them to marry him. He a flirt in the superlative degree. .Ml night l<mg-we,sped-througlLN. C. getting "cat naps" along the way. .Inst about midnight the porter hollered: "Memphis". We knew tjien we were in Tennessee. The next day :it sunrise we were somewhere in Kentucky and at 11:30 by Columbia time and 10:30 by Central time* we landed in Cincinnatti, Ohio. At this city our trulTrmatesparted, as they were enroute to Detroit, while :lfe mada'fn~and "this scribe to a New York and. Chicago Special which is hotter-known- as "Big Four" and hy j the way she is a big four, as she speeds over those few hundred miles in five, hours with about four stops. Indianapolis where our next General Conference will be held, \s a great (Jityi ,we" stopped there a while; and at? 6:30 p. m. we were in Chicago where we met our adopted . daughter, Alothia and her kind husband, who?soon hud us at their palatial supper awaited us. After a'chat or . wo, being broken down and tired from the long trip, we soon found ouf?elves -to bed. Tins, is our first trip North of the Moson-Dixrm Line, and nearly every king people do . seem strange to us. Chicago is a large city, Columbia to [ hica.pi is what Irmo or Fort Motte i; -to**fc>omnibia. It is the second largest in America, New York is a little larger by several miles. Chicago believe^ in the almighty dollar. rl* -you have plenty "of mfiney, you are alright in Chicago "and cah get anything you want. There are all kinds of people here t'nnn?every?rmrntry?rn?the world. " 1 11. ] < is :i Church nf some fatih or = :ctmn>i<iati?n en nearly every block, . besides the SaWation Army; plenty ofa beggars of all descriptions, however, majority ate white or.spme other nationality, nQt colored as usnid. ? ??? v All Uic r nurcnes anu what not are " full each service. The Junior pastor preached in the basement. Just as '.<>n as* service is over, they hurrah to the hall diamond-and yell to the 'H?rCiJuiig.voices; the movies do their >est business on Sunday^ Whiskey TTeT'^c very best of beer are here. Colored and white eat and dine in he sa,me hotels, ride in the same car iihI ihi. the same seat, they have the Schools and they think they] lave the*best of everything, however, iieat as Chicago is, they do 'many hings that your reporter thinks not icst l\.r all concerned. Chicago is a ..?f, n?r.;r..i , vnics-to courtesy and being nice to he lady folks. I was on a car, a .vhite lady came in aqd sat beside ne. several more blocks the ear war . I gave or offered my seat to the ndy folks; you-could h?ar it whispering all over the: "He is from the South." One white man told us, ivhen you get a seat keep it. They -ay yes or no jio mater what you 4o for.' fhcm, never 'I thank you.' There is no Jim Crow here, colored md white attend the same school, many belong, to the same Church, and * T" ~~ \ : hey-sajr there is more people in Chii-ago-than in the whole State of S. C. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held heir 17th Annual Session here in the I'ilgrim Baptist Church. Among the in oiiunuiit speaicers were ur. JOhn ftrrpr, president of Morehouse College; L. C. Dyer, of the Dyer AntiLynching Bill; Julius Ttosenwald, noted Chicago Philantropist; Theodore Roosevelt, .Jr.; and Clarence Darrow, vhn w?n thnt famous Sweet case in [Jetrbit. This reporter had never seen pi; heard these noted speakers. In company with our own Prof. Geo. A. Singleton of Allen University, who is ' ilso here in the University of Chicago, i,ve wended'our way to the Auditorium Theatre where ten thousand or more people were there. The, ushers told is' to leave as every seat was occupied, but we made him believe we vere members of the Convention; Mr. Darrow is a mixed Jew, spoke vith^his thumb in his suspenders, arid ~ or one hour or more, those people jj . - . ,, .. v 7^yv- *0mss*i . -. ' -A .1-iv? THE PALME! listened to him with great interest. Our particular interest was In Mr. Rosenwald's speech, as we are the beneficiary of his gift in South Carolina. After the meeting we went to him and congratulated him upon his speech, and told him we were from,. South Carolina. He asked about our good Mr. Felder. I told him all of us love Mr. Felder, and that a better man for that position hasn't been born yet. We shall tell you mpre about this great man in our next issue. Tftis day, Monday, July B, is a great day in Chicago. We have been here ten days, the majority of the Churches are giving excursions by boat or rail to some near-by town.. -rr hurc^e?- - ??? We visited Dr. C. M. Tanner at Greater Bethel both Sundays. He has things well in hand, and is planning to buy the largest Church in Chicago. Dr. Tanner has certainly done a Herculanean work, his Churcft burned down several years ago, with partly no insurance, but with strong faith in God the largest and best colored Church in Chicago. If the General Conference would know his worth and ability, he would be elected bishop on the first ballot. ^ We shall tell more about Dr. Tanner's work here in our nexfwritpUp. . ; We also met and heard Dr. R. H. Ward of Augusta preaph. Me also is ini fhe race for the bishopricr^istTDr; J. Morant of Mississippi. They all arp in favor nf and thinlf thfet nnr man. Dr. R. W. Mance, should be elected Bishop. I made it .plain to them that South Carolina wilT do Mange's bid^" ding, and will line up with^ny State who will reciprocate the same. We also worshipped with Dr. Taylor at Quinn Char>el. Sundav niclit Hp has the largest and best Sunday School in town with an nf 500 or more. He is doing well. yet, but was told he is diking well. We shall tell ^ou about this stammering school in our next write-up; we had to go through a deal of red tape before tbey would enroll us. Our daughter Alethia has two of >e prettiest girls we have ever seen, The older one's name is Clementine, the youger's Alethia-Metza. They live in a nice four-story house and are doing well from every view point. Alethia is.coming back to South Carolina with us to spend the winter with her kith and ktn. "We also met and dined with a good many friends, among whom are Mrs. Bessie Thompson, who is a leading , barber. This is the nrst time a woman has ever_cut our hair, she is also p very good cook: her parlor is above the ordinary, her loving husbaYuT has a good position up town, he comes to see me very ofteiv.;w.e_are buddies. We also dined with Mr. and Mrs. John Sydnorrtheyiare from the South. . and had a dinner, that reminded us of "Mrs, Adeline Kfinnedy, Marie-Dessesau, Phyllis Myers and Lizzie Kennedy and Janie Epps. ? We shall stop now this letter is toolong now. _ . " ' - W. <J. JLV u. < .". The Emilie D. Martifl W-. C. T. U. met with Mrs. G. T. Dillard, 2019 Marioh St. The discussion on the 18th Amendment and prohibition was enthusiastically discussed. ? Qui i.txl meeting will tw With Mrs. " H. L. Hawkins, 1625 Two Notch Road, Tuesday, July 20, 5 p. m. You are invited. call: "These are momentous times. Never did our need for the indwelling, outreaching, all conquering spirit of the most high God stand out more clearly. All the powers of darkness have arrayed themselves against our God given prohibition low;" is is a verita- . ble battle of Armageddon. The promise is 'wh the enemy shall 1 come like a flood; the spirit of the ortf shall lift up against him'. But the spirit is given in answer to pray-, er. Are we praying as we once did? Prayer is the mightiest weapon wa can wield, because he who prays in"" faith lays hold on omnipotence. Let us-wield- with matchless power. ? "Let us renew our c'ovenent at the blessed noontide hoyr, and be found, 'with one accord in one place,' crying mightily to God for the overthrow of the plans of the wickedrfor the opening of the blind eyes of those who strengthening of the hearts and hands of those who, entrusted with the ad-, ministration of the law, are seeking to do justice, and for the election to office of men, who will interpret and administer the law in the council of he Holy Spirit., =- ? Power in Prayer "Jesus Christ said: 'If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shah ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which ft in heaven.' Oh, the power of united ^ * . V c'u-tT? iair-?1 .?sr - ? ^ - ; ' - ' " '* ' ' ' " ' ' fc-M - r*. -V r. _ ... ". . *" , . - /'"/v. rTQ LEADER ~ " ' T3 prayer! Think of half a million pray-, era every day storming the gates of ;C? heaven! They will bring peace, pow- $ er and victory. v Will you join us??If so, please write a card at once to 8 your State evangelistfic superinten- Oi dontt oayingi 4I will you stotin the gates of heaven at noontide every ? day"'. Chester Paragraph* - f ? ' ? ~r m (OJ Rev. A. R. Cohen is he new pastor u of the 1st A. M. E.. Z. Church^of^Key^j terian Church, as was stated in a for-' 8 merojssue. Rev. Cohen writes that Q he is much pleased with his Church . ! and people, and that ull are anxiously ^ awaiting the coming of Mrs: Cohen 8 and little ones. " 3 Supt. S. L. Finley and teachers de- U cided to change the Sunday School $ from the afternoon hour to the morn-1 ing hour, and on the past Sunday, aK| very large crowd was present, and i <3 all were so interested, that a motion !? as made to have the Sunday School M hereafter each Sunday morning. At \ present, the ^our is 10 o'-clock, andjq "every one seen^s pleased with the'!? change. Children's Day will be held *4 ouSund&y^af ter?oon^atfto'cimFk. ^1? Mrs. Eldora Wise .Shepherd Mc-; o Cullough djetLSunday,. at her home on* % Lacy Street) after severhl weel^f ill- J ness. Her funeral Services were held | ^ at the A. M. E. Z. Church. Rev. R. '4A. Carroll preached the "sermon. The 6 body was laid to rest in Hebron Cenie- 3 tery with Undertaker Spann in charge X She leaves a husband, mother, several-1 brothers and sisters and many sorrow-; ing friends. t? l-r? Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wise and little son, motored here from Asheville to; ? Ittfehd the funeral of the former's ' sister Mrs. Eldora McCullough. I ?. Miss Annie Garrick spent a couple of days in the ,C:ity last week as the V guest of Mrs. C^M. Finley. ' Mr. S. D. Raineyr^rr,"left for Wash-. o< Lngton, D. C., Sunday afternoon. A very unusual program was'en joyed- by- a- large fcrowd xm Friday night at the City Opera House, stres- > sing the importance of cotton. Sew eral prizes were given to the little % girls with the best dressed dolls, and to_the_young ladies wearing the most becomincr dVesses. Drills?soncrs? X - ? ? stunts?dllustpations?and a?typical plantation scene made up the program * Mrs. J. S. Stanback and Miss Laura * Hinton were_in charge, and received many congratulations for the sue- !?! cess of the program. . ^ *? summer Jn Washington. J,.'. Mrs. Delia Bell is again in the city, !? after spending several years in Fla. *:* and Philadelphia. Mrs. Bell is having { her pretty home on Cemetery Street, reiuuduled. Born to Mrs. Ethel Leach Jackson, |j'_ on Sunday, a son. Mother and baby > are doing well.. - -Mr, Mack-Jaeksorr of~ T5tUTnl>ia was "! !" in the city last week. ] Mrs. Mamie Sample and little chil- y dren of Birmingham, Al?,\""cfri<C"<>t^l- A" ting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J, *?.; J. Argurs. Mrs. Marguerite Ayer<* Foster and -"d here with her father, Mr. Robert . j t Ayers^ Rev. James'Foster is at pros- ? ent in Tenn. but will ioin thorn lntnv A . - ? , A The many friends of Mrs. Julia Dil- y irrli nf r'nimrwV.in, ^?Rev.1 W. 1.1 V,. Welch of Union; were sorry to"learn he injuries which they, sustained in |t n automobile accident in Union last o week. Both Mr&? Dill a id and Rev.-? Welch are former residents of Ches-^ ] ter and are held in the very highest esteem by hundreds of friends' here, who wish for them a speedy recovery.' . The Women's Convention whi*h has Di just closed in Union was attended by' a large crowd from Chester. Pastor qj Daniels and his congregation, enterv 14 tained the Convention royally. The meetings were very beneficial, ami 'he attendance each day was excel-; lent. The Missionary Society of the Calvary Baptist Church, sent athe President, Mrs. Hettie Raiffiey. Mrs.! Rainey carried a number of fancy 10 pieces for the Needle Work Depart-j*"' ment as well as a pleasing amount 11 for the Boykin*Gilmore Fund, and1 Of other monies. Miss Minerva Lee, Dis^j trict Vice-President of Chester county, made a splendid report of her work. J Mrs. C. M. Finley was made a Dis- (If trict Vice-President, and Miss Lee and 11 Finley hope to reach. a large 0 number of Churches during the year, f? Mrs. Carrie Kennedy, Madam M. E. Woods, Miss Katie Allen. Mr. Flovd Atkinson, Miss Archina McCray, Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Carrie ^ Thompson, Mr. Vander Sniith, Rev.i and Mrs. J. C. Gilmore, Prof. S. L. * Finley, Master Louis Finley, Mr. S. IT. Rainey^Mrs. JejmJSfC. Baurri, Mr. Of and Mrs. Madison Worthy, Misses 10 Rosa and Hazel Worthy^ Master GIa-? 5 rence Worthy, Mrs. Jane Clayburn and Mrs. Marie Gilmore, are among these who attended the Convention. H C ' ' : ; - ' r' ; 1 ___ Saturday, July 10, 1926. ~1 - WHKN IN BROADWAY DAIRY CAFE K VKR YTHINfi SA1M IT A If Y AND lll'-TO-DATK ? 8 """.FISH and GAME 7 "" ; 1 IX SEASON. - 8 D. W. WOODS, Prop. , 110$ Washington Street, Columbia, S. C. | Have your Old Clothes and Hats s; Made New and Keep Your New $ Clotl les Looking New by sending^ 1 them to US. ; ;;; . I We do Steam and Dry Cleaning-- ? I . Clean and Block -Tdats--Dyeing, Repair- ; ing and Tailoring-'-All Work~seht for and delivered on SHORT NOTICE. . Service .?! Just-Dial | . PHONE 7162 ! ~ J. W. BRUNSQN r -: A;:" MERCHANT TAH?>3 _.j_.._ 713 MAIN STREET COLUMBIA, S. C. I ^ ppooooopopoo.QjvcuptoftiyaoreQooooooQooo^ - ? y r~~ % .* Fresh Meats! Fresh Meats! j Let US Jaave vonr orders for anything in fresh meat line. We carry a full | line of the very best Beef, Mutton, | ~ " carry a full line" of Chickens,'^Eggs^l and Fish. . ... . ; ' $ i-V A. GT DENT ? 4-? - 1334 Assembly Street ~ | ^.Phones: 4351 -4353 I :"X~X~X~X*XK~X"X~:W<K~X'<"XKXK"X^"X?<"X"X~X"X~X"X~X"K~>* r" . , * . ?? Professional Cards " t - . ,, ,,?? ? 1 Pice Hours: , Telephones: Office Hours": Phone IIS6 :30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Office 3530 9 A. M. to'^ P. M. :00 P. M. to 8 P. M. Res. 6548 3 P. M. to 7 P. M. Dr. C. E. Stepelienson Sundays Appoint,m?nf?_ I'hyKKian and snrirvon i t)r. H. G. Thompson ~*Surg4on Dentist ,? Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. aaasos of Women and Children A. ^^or'^ea Tfeal? > '^C1C*S?'.U^?1' Specialty 1414*4 Assembly St. Columbia, 3. C Flee: Residence: j ' 14% Assembly St. 1328 Oak St -gfg?????? ?? /* " . _ _ ' I a Office Hours: 10 to 12 M.; 2 to 6 P. M. T TV/I* "TV A XT IT?T CJ Telephones: Office 5744; Res. 3702 . Dr. L. M. DANIELS DR. M. A. EVANS . . , _ Diseases of Women A Specialty, hjsician and Surgeon Graduate Nurses in Attendance. . , ... p. 1301% Taylor St., Columbia, S. C. :ecial Attention Given Diseases of; Women. ( 1 21 Wasniiiston St. 2210 Hampton lice Phone: 6429 Ros. Phone: qtUB I :? ?? . r-? = I Office Hour*: ? Telephones/'^ - - 8 to 9 A. M. Office 424* s 1 to 2 P. M. Rea. 8875 6 to 8 P. M. Roe Hours: Telephones: :00 to 1:00 P. M. Res. 4692 Df." W. D; Chappelle, Jr. :0Q to 8:00 Pt' M. a-?; rz 7-*- ?" Office: Resdenee: ~ I)R. J. G. STUART 2101 Gejrvals St, 1801 *Pine St Rce: Residence: 02 Main Street 1417 Pine Street vvts arx tt Columbia, s. c. DR. H. H. COOPER ???????. Dentist t ?.? r?r?-? V Rce Hours: . : Gold Crown and Bridge Work ??ri? A. M. to 1 P. M. , A Specialty P. M. to 7 P. m. ? = ^ v 11 . . Sp^rirfr Attention Given to DisetW Dr. J. n. Dooawin ' ortuTGumT" 18 Washington St. Columbia S. C Phone 6429 1125 Washington St. * r'y^^ ,?;;i *1','-frr-i