The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, July 17, 1926, Page THREE, Image 3
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The Family Life
| REV. ALDEItT
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? In 18&6 the Negroes of this Country
are said to have owned 12,000 homes.
In 1926 they are said to own 700,000
homes. Any one who has traveled
from Boston to New Orleans with
open eyes.;will come in vital contacf
with many homes owned by Negroes
that are well worth while. The history
that the Negro has made in
this country is seen in the homes he
has tried to' build for "his wife and
sacrifices and his struggles. ~ He htiji
notf" always been protected in his ef?
forta-along-this line. - Manj^tiruek-jxis.
nome was invaded by those who took
the law into their own hands, and they
imposed^ upon him and his that that
they would not allow him to do to
them without dealing out death to
him. Some .of the most cultured
homes in America belong to Negiues.
r The Other fellow liu? hud tu lewrite
his opinion about the Negro more
There are groups in some- sections
~TZ? who are_ well acquainted with the
shiftless Negro with- his hat in his
hand and a grin on his face; but that
same group' knows little or nothing
apportioned home, with all of the
Imodern Comforts that other people en*
joy. '
However, we face a new condition
^ today. . More and, more, the Negro
is coming -into his own. The slave
?? mother who came out of slavery, Cva's
? more careful about her childish than
many modern mothers, are now. We
had fewer books and schools than we
have now, and yet, there was a standard
of life in many homes more rigid...
ly adhered to than w? have now. The
inspiration for the best things of this
life must first find its expression^ in
our home life. The moral growth of
any group first of all, find its expires
sion in the. home life. If the standard
t ! of life in the home is low, the moral
progress of such a people will finally
turbs the purity of his home, is the"
Negro's* worst enemy. * ?
Thirty years^ago, hundreds of our
?? father's- and mothers gathered their
families about them at night and discussed
with them the problems of
life. Each child waa kept in tMieh
with the burdens and the problems
which afflicted the family., Together
they planned , for the, education of one
and another of. the children. Some
time John would hire out for eight
? dollars py month, and give up. every
. school.- *
The_historv of the early Negro in
.? buying homes and plantations, will
reveal the unity of his family in each
effort that he put forth. Young men
. . in .those days have been known to
have hired-" out for ten dollars per
month and theip-board, and they wilwards
payfhg~T6r The Tittle plantation
. . that father was buying. Whenever a
? horse or- mule yas purchased, every
member of the family who was able
towards its ownership by the family.
Because of this expression of famHy
unity, the early Negro lost but few
pieces of property that he attempted
- ? to pur^H^se. Each knew of- its-value
because of the personal contribution
he or she had made to the ownership
of that that brought joy to all.
Families thus taught understand the'
value of the team spirit in life. Thus
the foundation-of the Negro's-financial
prosperity was. laid in this country
amidst just such conditions. /His
???holdings in many places were remarkable.
His children's children
have by their foolishness, lost property
worth millio'ns of dollars. "Some
of the, now most valuable pieces of
property in the South were once in
the name^?f Negroes. The team spirit
in his family group.enabled him to
owii e property in question-. JosT
as he saw the white families about
him plan for success, so he learned to
^ plan for success in the same., way.
Just as saw the better of best white
families about him draw a line between
the shiftless "and worthless of
their own group, so the Negro learned
' to draw a line between the shiftless
and the worthless in his group. The
-Haw that he saw observed obtained
j^the cultured white families in which
served, he adopted that law of life
k ^BTas far as he could in his own h"i5me.
LA Belton Locals.
Mr* Robert Keith has enlarged his
\ ic^cTeaift parlor and offers unexcelled
Courtesy and comfort. Mr. Keith is a
strong rival of Mr. James RJce in providing
a splendid "Rest Room" for
eolored people in Belton. .
4 Miss Clementine Williams, gradu?
ate of State College has beenjjpending
some time in Atlanta. She re>
ports a very pleasant trip.
. Dr. W. C. Crawford and aon-of An
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pThe result of this vyas, that the chain- ^
gangs had but few of his children on
them.
No young girls were allowed to
, flirt with married men in those* days. |
If a girl deceived her mother and
brought forth a child that belonged (
Jo the other group, she was hanished. ^
If a young man deceived a girl in .
*ne family and failed to marry her,
he could not go with the young ladies (*
in dny of the best families.
Yoong-^sven those days were
taught how to properly respect the .
ladies they came in contact with. The: (
mothers demanded it for their daugh-' '
ters and the young man who didjipt' j
give such an expression of respect'
could not go with them. ?^
We have more wealth now than we I.
had then. We have "better schools ,
better homes now than we had then.'But,
we have not our children under ,
as good control now as as they were .
then. The team spirit so often seenT
in our family group then is not seen 1
so often now. The old time ifamily <
council is almost abandoned.^ In those 1
days each family stood, in the defense I
of the other family. If a boy or girl 1
did any thing wrong in my home, hell
or she was punished for it just as j 1
much so as if it had been done in his; 1
or her own home. The parents, as a
whole, ^ere a unit in the rearing of 1
their children. The sorrows of 'one
parent Nvkre" the sorrows of other '
parents However, the commercial i
vision of life has changed all of this. 1
One's neighbor will now take another
parent's child into his or her home and s
destroy that child and then laugh at
the results ?that follow. Homes in i
which one should be safe, are now in j
many cases, the meeting places in c
which both boy and girls are detroy- i
ed I heard a mother thus speak to
another mother's child some time ago; \
"Well," if I had vour face. I wmilH '
just- what I wanted. I would not 1
stay aFiVome hounded down just like t
a dog. I would go out and hav? a )
good time. You see how I treftt my
girls? I mean for them to have a <
good time while the^ are young. Of | r
course, their father-is opposed to it,' c
-but I find-a-way to let Chem go just the
same." , ; . .
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"Now what is the real-truth in the i
life of. this mother ? girls have' i
1 ah unsavory- record with both low |
white and colored men. The/ are u- <
^nivei-Sally mistrusted by all. and,?their ]
| the mother in question knows this, and
her aourse of action in leading another .
person's child into tRe- same cpndi- ,
tion makes of her one of the most I'
dangerous women in the community
in which she lives. There are thou- j \
sands of such mothers among- us and: ,
each one of them should be put out of;
basincss. In each place, in which the
"Negro -fives,-he must?cpar a soeail 1-1
structure of his own. He must raise-' "
,the standard of life in that place. If *
TiiX children ar to catch the vision Qf
life needed for the future, he must
protects his home. Our mqfchers and
fathers should organize in every town ?
in every State in the- South and North t
for the protection of their children.
More talks on childhood, the structure i<
of thp home and the best way to rear 8
children successfully should be given |!
These will yield larger results in the *
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future than will the card parties and 9
dancing parties now in hundreds of
our homes. "Dancing parties in our
homes often lead to other kind of par- $
ties out of our homes. From these
other parties of. which the parents, -A
have no knowledge, the children go:,
to the houses of shame and disgrace.! \
Let's keep out of our hojjpes every- j
thing that will lower our standard of i J
j life. We .owe this to our children.'j
If we intend to eftjoy the best things' (
that the future life here promises to i J
those who are fighting for the best j J
in the fields in which weCServe, then I
we must standardize oyrr home life. {
The strength of our Church life and \
our school life depends upon the pu- i
rity of our home life. If our girls 1
and boys are to go forth with power j
to endure the storms of life that they
must face; then we must keep our '
home life pure, and we must make ;
determined war on everything and on
anything that pollutes our home life. I :
/ Barents, WHAT SHALL WE DOj
ABOUT THIS MATTER?
I dcrson spent <- Saturday with ORev/ |
J. W. Withcgopo?ni? Rev. Crawford.
has installed e very creditable finan- clal
system at Bethel, Anderson, which ;
gives regularity and removes any :
prospective irritation from financial! j
phases of church life. *His madam i
teaches in the Reid Street High School
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Rev. Roosevelt Thomas, recently i
j of Morris College and pSstor of St.
1 Mary Baptist Church, Due West, has
' rftade his home in Belton. We are j
pleased t<?.have Rev. and Mrs. Thomas.
Miss Mary Bradley^pf Green Street
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thk palmed
s improving. Miss Bradley has#been
11 for two months. Bro. Burns, a
strong officer of the A. M..E. Church ,
,vho has teen confined for 15 months,
s also improving. The iChurch canidt
forget Bro. and Sister Burns du ii%
this hour. -'- ???
Mrs. "frlattie Logan, -stewardess of iethiehem.
Churefi, has returned from
\sheville where she has been visiting
elatives and friends. She enjoyed
i Tpleasant stay in the mountains,
)Ut we are-^lad to have her return.
Mr. Sylvester Greenlee has left for
Charlotte t<7 accept employment. Mr.,,
areenlee has been an exceptional a'ide
n Church and"60cieiy-in Belton. The
jood wishes of all go with him.
Dr. J. W. Pennington Has begun an
ivangelistie itinerary. He has every
:onvenience to give life to his meet-1
ngs and We are expecting jfreat results
this-summer. * *
Mrs. Corris Watkins, the wife of
Dr. H. Watkins, and an efficient teaehjr
of the Union High School, has reu'rned
from Union where she has been ,
n attendance at the State Baptist
Missionary Convention.
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Sunday7 July was a Busy day at
Bethel A. M. E. Church. At 11 o*^"
dock; our - pastor;%JJpY. J. B. Smith
Trenched a Wonderful sermon :und ut =
1:30 he preached another soul-stiring
i" to the Woman's Chrisdan
Union, one to Jie long remem-j
sered by each and every one that
heard him. ?The music for this occasion
was-Tendered by the New
irove tfaptist uhurch choir. "
' I&y. \y. F. Rice, pffStor of Allen
Temple A.?M. E. Church of Greenville,
was a visitor in our City on
Friday. ... v - ,
Mrs. Sarah Smith is home after
spending fife winter Daytona, Fla.
Rev. Lee A. Logan of Clinton, Rev.
indv Mrs. J.'C. McClellan and Miss
Mary Tilly motored to Greenville
>n Wednesday, where Mrs. McClellan
ind Miss Tilly will spend some time
Mrs. Annie Boyd of Columbia was
vith friends. . . \ .
1 visitor...at the. home, of Mrs. Corrie
Fletcher while here, she spent some
ime with her mother, Mrs. eunningtam-in
Waterloo, Laurens county,
Mr. Tobias Thompson's house and
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lelightful _rpeetiing :'at the jfcjpjvie of;
The Blue Bird Sewing-^fltiW held a i
Mrs. Dora Sullivan, July 8. The |
rneetffig was called to order by the
president. Song?''Yield not to
lemptation." Lord's Prayer in con-;
:ert. 'Singing?"A Charge to Keep1
[ Have". -The-third chapter of-the j
5b?pel of St. .John-was read-by?Umm
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We are now back in busin
with a complete line of Stapl
shall b? glad to have the busir
as that of new ones. ?
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president. Solo?Miss Emma Hun-, served. Miss Ei
ter. Solo?Mrs. Blaekstock. Short asked to thank Mr
talk?Mrs- Sullivan. \Ve were delight- repast. The Club
ed to have with us some visitors, viz: meet at the hon
Mrs. Lula Thompson, Mrs. Lida Mc- Blaekstock, July 22
Morris, Mrs. Geneva Chrisp and Mrs.
Curtis Chrisp, Williams, formerly of
this city, but now of Detroit, Mich.
We are always glad to have visitors.
and hope they^^ill be with usjigain. % -
The Club was engaged in sewing for Miss Lotlie MeG
one hout* then a sweet coure was dergone a serious
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July and
We are offering for fhe months of July and Aug
visiting cards* a?s follows: 100 Cards for $1.00 of
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Residence I'hone <?7?S _ |! v J
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1DERICK ^ inp with much pr<
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nd Notary Public. ^ - - Sunday morning
4 1 Sunday School was
b?StaU mnd lederal. .??_u?e Supt^Re^^icc
. J? $ t SchooC was opene<
Columbia, s. C. Y aftei' which the cl
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11 Business *- . " <3 TV E. Robinson.
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)ton fetreet g Sunday nightie a
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ess at T108 Hampton Street g p, ykcs, d. This
e and Fancy Groceries. We g t|nlc Rced<,r.Po
less of our old friends as well 3 Miss Rosai Pi
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IE IS 8 I leave, and at the
S | ceived a-special i
ACTION i""' Mr?' *. ?'?
5 %vas planning
{JR g mer with, stating(
?^ .3 cause she was com
IP SE>R.\^ICIiy 5 a few weeks with*t
. ? take her back. A
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SU MMER. AfToV?
& i untl the 10th of Ji
t 1V1 E?L/ELS P decided not to go,
' S inot have very long
,UES AT S30& S35 ? ! plnnninp: to teach
S Whibley left Sati
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HON STREET | merry makers
r salesman J 1 dance brill
^ , _~Mn?ked with bea
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D Merry Makers at
tlTG STORE S | Tuesday evening J
EESE, Prop. ' S 1:i0ua' m* ?.
}I O Ihe pavilhon ws
it Medicines. Cigars, r k rntod for the occ
!QS. A Full Line of ? number of the youi
8 Preparations at all - p matrons attending
i Sodaa. --** ? ?* ***? out of?t.own guontn
3 7820 . ?r 8 | to the tunes of tl
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mma Hunter was Benedict Hospital, Columbia, >s i"1*
s. Sullivan for the provinK rapidly. We hope for her a
then adjourned, toj
le of Mrs. Sailie speedy recovery. * ...
, on Jersey Street. I Th(, ruin Sunday was m?oh accepted
' Amanda Joyner and Mrs. Celeste
r Locals? Dowdy and son are away vIMtfhp re- 7 r
' ' latives in Greensboro, N. C.
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auhlin who has un-'l Robert Ruth >vho has bet'n on the
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operation in the sick list is improving.
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Columbia, S. C.
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. j. Punch was served from midnight
until 1:3U a;'THT" ~ ?
lurch is still mov- - Owinig to the pleasing condition" of
Dgress as. the time ^he weaJthei1 and the continuation of
" ' .' the breeze which swept through the
at 10 o 'clock, theM'avi,llon during the evening, tivery
i called to order by one spent a comfortable and enjoyable'
irge Blakeley. _The eveniuig. ^ .
1-by song Those chaperoning were^ Attorney
lasses were* turned ant^ Mrs. N. j. Frederick, Mrs. T. IT. *^
lers for discussion Jones, Mrs. L. B. Walker, Mrs. L. K.
lirty minutes. The Nelson, Mrs. V. Clark, Mrs."~D. H..
id interested in the Means, Dr. M. A-. Evans and Miss J. ....? _
* O. Poinse?te.'
adience received aii ?
y our raster Rev.- 1. Hasty, N. C. ?
He preached, from ? 7
ink ye oLChrist-*"?7- * ? ^? * ....
ilso received a most - The family of Mr. A. F. Hastie
y Rev. B. Spiceman"w^re very ?hicl to see his return
was iiideed a great home; on July 4th from \Vindell, N. C.
int. \ Miss Carrie Lee McNair spent a
nckney was disap- few days with Miss Elcase Hastie at
her t'ripTTx) Phila- Hasty, N. C. lly
does every sum- Mrs. Maggie Lee Revels of Lawtrunk
packed for rinburg,, N.-C. spent a fevv days with
getting" ready to her father. .
same time she re- Mrs. Haltie Floyd is T^'V ULnow.
delivery from her 3e hope to see her up a?ain looking
B. Whibley, who weH as ever,
to spend the sum- There was a picnic at the Training
not to come, be- School July 3rd. Everybody enjoyed
ing home to spend A. concert was held in the school f
he- family, and will on the 2nd.
liss Pinckney was 0ur dear pastor is very ill in
because this was t^ie hospital at Fayetteville. We hope
rst trip home in 4 to soe him very soon on the job.
s. Whibley stayed Rev. J. J. Hines' funeral was
uly, Miss Pinckney preached at S. Luke's Missionary
because she would- Baptist Church the 2nd Sunday fn the
f to stay as she is month by Dr. J. S. Brown from Rocky
this fall. Mrs. Mount, N. C.
>rday accompanied Miss Mary R. Graham is very ill at
\ Chappelle Pinck- this writing.
~ Since the downpour of rain last
m , week, our farms have taken on new
' COUNTRY CLUB life
iavt'aw? The-next Convention will be held
AFFAIR at st, Luke's Missionary Baptist
Church. v. '
uty and charm was .? ? * ^
lance given by the Best by Test ? ;
Lindenwood Park, , ... . , . '
!rom 9 p. m. until W AVE" O"
is^ artistically deco- An Ideal Hair Trained f?r Men and
Asfcen and a large Women. Keeps-the Hair in it?;placo
lger set and society and trains Hair to lie straight. For
, including several Sale at
who mttuciljL ? . . ?
ie famous Young's Nelson's Barber Shop
a, which furnished . ? \
iroughout ths eve- 531 4HAIN ST., " COLOMBIA, S. C#
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