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1 . . * - .- / , - . .(V FOUR ' ?.- V.7* The Palmetto Leader i Published Weekly By ~ The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co." . 1310 ASSEMBLY STREET COLUMBIA, S. 6=77? Entered at the Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as Second Class Matter. * T TELEPHONE ^ 4523 J. FREDERICK, . Editor! A. f7 LINDSEY, _ _Managing Editor! ,J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Editor! Jw. FRANK WILLIAMS ?? ? i ___ Contributing Editor HENRY D. PEARSON? City Editor GEO. H. HAMPTON,;??. Manager W?N. WILSON.?Traveling Agent SUBSCRIPTION RATES! CASH IN ADVANCE. _ One Year???????? $2.00 o;_ tr 1.1 1 OK OIJL lUUIltllS X.UV t Three Months ?? .75 i ' Single Copy 05 Advertising Rates given on appli-j eatlbnl? * ? ?I ^ Communications, intended for the current issue,.must reach this office, (if out rfFTown) notr later than Tuesday night. Ct^ ty news by Wednesday night. SATURDAY, JULY 24, [1926 y' \ At last it's out. Senator Borah of Idaho wants to be a presidential nominee. He knows that he will never lie the Republican nominee- and, of course, not the Democratic one, so he suggests . .. . *a third party with a prohibition platform. Go to ;it Senator, that's as near as-youvll ever get * to the White House. ?. n- . ' * ' First Fisk University,., then Howard and now Lincoln. All have had trouble over their presid, mi r* i j . 'i ^ i :?meiiLs. me nrst iwo nave~eiec-^r__ted men satisfactory to all con cerned.?Lincoln, however, is yet agitated over the selection of a suitable man. Of all the Boards of Trustees, that .pf Lincoln' ..seems to La the most .czar-like. I Ed Clover confessed to the killing of a white man-and woman. He was confined to the county jail in Macon, Ga., amffelrongly guarded by. officers to prevent a ' .Q?pb.that gathered from Inching him. Three arrests of mob 57 members were made, one of the three being a ministerial student^ 9f Mercer University. The young minister was armed?not witn a Bible, but with a man killer, a pistol and 40 rolTfids of cartridges. Wonder what- this young man is preparing preach, TOveT An 4- 1 ^ ?1 c 1 1 iv iciw, jsuii-control or brutality, savagery and ven-?-?geaticc? t ] . / i . - ? ? ? .1 * As. usual, the Editor of J|ie Recorder-Indicator is unable to discuss an issue. He begins one thing and ends up on something else. The Palmetto Leader said , that "if there has been any 'unrest' over-such an announcement ?the parading of 10,000 Klans' mem Trr^^olumbia?-we - h^Y? failcM to note it". Now, the thing involved was the""tmrest" amdng Columbia's' most law-a>biding citizens" as Editor Roach said .t|iere was. F>eing in touch , with'"Columbia's most law-abid" ing citizens," it would seem that we certainly might run across some "of that "unrest," but we haven't. The fact is. therp is none; Editdr Roach.to thecontrary notwithstanding. Thel Recorder-Indicator may have t^e world believe' that "Columbia's most law-abiding citizens" are like scared rabbits, hut we are unwilling for such* a misrepresentation to go unchallenged. Selah-^, FRATERNAL ORDERS CON V ENTIONS % From now on for the next month or more, the various fraternal orders will; be holding -their annnual conventions. Much money and time will. be spent. Some of these conventions will do constructive work, something that will count in the develope? .nlent of the race. The majority however, will mean nothing more # than th,e opportunity for some so-called orator to display hia wares and some would-be politician to try to convince thebro- " thers that the very life of the organization depends upon his being elected to some office. If the benefit of the gathering of men together were taken away,_the time and money spent in the majority of these^ conventions could easily be placed on the loss side of the ledger for, as a rule, they amount to nothing really worthwhile. *1 Ma Ay. of these fraternal orders have tens and hundreds thousands of dollars, but, like a child with n rfl7nr thpv hnvp nnt thp [ slightest idea of its potentiality for good or evil, unless^perchance it causes pain in the manner of its use. Too often the prevalent idea is. that the_ irtoney piled up I is fui the dead, not the living i and if the living has a different thought it is soon impressed up"on them "that they must die be-' .fore any of that sacred money can be used. .j Perhaps, the colored brother ought not be blamed too hard fois -this tendency. All his religious training of the past and much of it-at the present has pointed to the day of death, to the other world. Thd idea that this Tife^ been too long soft-pedaled^ Most of us seem, as a result, too busy I preparing to die to Jo much I preparing-to live. ? ' * REFORMATORY FOR COLORED GIRLS A report from Yprk, S. C., to the Sunday State, tells-of a con^ dition th^gt the good wliit? peo-, pie of this* State ought not allow to exist! The dispatch relatd^ "A REBUTTAL" # < By Rev. O." A. Parker The article.-written by- Dr. Albert Long on the Bishopric and South Ca-' rolina was rr splendid effort -on hispart to show the calibre of men that should be elected to the bishopric at the next General "Conference, but if the -writer nought to boost .the candi-dacy of Dr. R. W. Mance for that ofhe has fallen down on the job. I The trend of h'is article does not ring true to his convictions that he. has in former tlimes expressed or inipfied. The premises of his* article js falacious as \V*ell as misleading and if it is tu be U^kjCn as an argument in.fav or. of Dr. -Manee's election, ho evidently has done him more harm than good. Ih the first place, when he sets -forth?that?vve~ should _aeL, elect - Dr. Mance for South CaroljYia but elsewhere, he either does not understand I the policy of the Church or he is j woefully fucking in manhood to exl press a truth which he Tteeks to conceal. He should know that we do not. elect Bishops for any special field, but' I they- are_elected as Bishops of the A. IM. E. Church, and according to the I itineracy, they are as liable to prejside over the State of their nativity as any "other place. :?:? | His argument reminds me of an injeitlent that oeeucetMn-this-State some I time ago". A certain Church in the I lo\Ver part of the State voted a young I man a license to preach in order to get j rid of him, claiming as a reason that . he was of no service but rather an ; impositiofi-*upon them. This young man finally became an itinerant elder and was subsequently sent back to the same church thflt licensed him. Theofficers of the said church as well as the members opposed his coming/ After a much heated?argument, pro and con, upon the ndvice of the older of ficers, he was retained claiming as they did that he was their' product and they could not, feel Well to impose upon others that they "(fid not want themselves- : ."itJ Therefore, according to Dr. Long's argument, he Wants Dt. Mance elected but not for South Carolina, when as^ a matter of fact if lie is made a Bish-~ ftP'+mhe A. M. E; Church, he has as "much Pl^ht presiding trr his home as any-other place. J When he speaks about our being | sick of home men, I do not understand him. The greatest success that the church and school in South Carolina have ever had was Minden'-tfee late Bishop W. D, Chappelle, a native of-this State, This is a fact that his erjemies do not deny. So there is nothing wrong with home men as Bishops and I cannot see the angle from which reason a Unless he wants, to, say. that Bishop Chappelle's and Beckett's -X. X, ' . 'S? } ^ THE PALMET that two colored girls 10 and 14 years were convicted of assaults on two white women of that county. They were sentenced by the Judge to the Reformatory for_Negrq youths in Lexington county, near Columbia until they were 21 years oLage- Just why tfiey were sentenced to-that Reformatory is a puzzle, for it certainly ought be known by "this time that that place was provided exclusively, quite a number of years ago, for colored boys. However, the young girls were taken there, but of course, were refused admittance. They were then taken to the pententiary, but th$y were again refused, as they should have been, since they were not sentenced to that place. What would anybody want to put little girls like those in the penitentiary anyway for? V> . . iU. l.'li.1!. UCI1I& A CI UJtU tllCI C) tlW HttW girls were taken back to York and lodged in jail. But how can they be "kept there? Their sentence is not to that jail. Now, as the dispatch says, the Solicitor of that circuit will endeavor to Trave Judge Henry, who sentenced the girls in the first place, change the sentence to the penitentiary. But what authority t\as a judge to change a sentence once imposed and court adjourned-? ? ? So there the \yhole Thing comes about because in the firs* instance, this State has so far failed to provide a. place for young delinquent colored girls. It has provided for white "boys, white girls and colored boys, but for its colored girls who need the kind of care and training provided in such plafce^, it has failed Surely, the Christian,, intelligent . White citizens-of this State will not allow such-a condition to obtain longer. administrations were absolute failures; and of course.the good Dr. could -not say this unless he has changed like a good many of Bishop Chappelle's friends since his death. And then he is inconsistent^or if we elect men only for other fields, we would have to destrpy the itineracy and this would be unmethodiatic.. . When he. says a man will be after KKis election what he was before, is only partially true and if it were absolutely true then we have made and n.-ill m-U-n c?r.v. yf.yy ^rioUS mistakes in -electing merufar .tlus_ exalted position. He seems to forget that men are capable of progression artd'that it is possible for men to work up to the btlll'O which they have attained. - South Carolina has always stood for the men whom they thought qualified for the bishopric. But in the future those of us wher are in the trenehee are not going to stand for somethings that we stood for in former years. So as I'm cOfTcer.ned, it has never mattered with nie as to which Bishop came to the State, the only thing that has gi\;en me grave concern is tha we must find a WflV in oliminntc that class of men who seek to build a machine around a "Bishop for themselves and those of their household, We have suffered mi?rc from this RSfiris than \ve have from ahy othei condition in the Church. -When oh< I reads Dr7 LdUg's article, one cannol be impressed so much with his sincerity. His reasoning is bad for he seemVto "expose imperfection of mer who aspire to that position, and ther build upon that premises an argument in defense of Dr. Mance's election. If D/\ Long has any doubt of Dr Mance's fitness^ he ought to get ofl the fence one way or the other. should not seeled hide a multiplicity of words' that hiivt no meaning. A MUSICAL CONCERT You will miss the treat of the seasor -if you fail to see the- great rnusica concert at First Calvary Baptist Church, on Richland Street, Mondaj evening, July 20. The admission wil bf? IS ronU ^ f ? * j _ __ ,. \j i me very uesi local talents will participate. ^ The program for the evening wil be flg fftii6Wk!r?seifl?Mr. JaKc Eu banks. Clarinet Solo?Mr. T. H Pinckney. * Solo?Miss Daisy Roach Selection?Coleridge Taylor Choral Club. Violin Solo?Mr. E. M. Keitt, Solo*?Miss Cora Keitt. Solo?Rev. A C. Brogdon.^Piano Solos? Miss H. Keitl Solo?ID S. Allen. Cornet Splo? Rev. H. W. Isom. Solo?Mrs Corrie Brewster. Reading?Mrs Elsie Nelson. -Instrumental Solo?Miss Annic< Williams. Solo?Ivira. Mary" Styck . Cello Solo?Miss Blanche Singleton. E. M. Keitt, Director I * TO LEADER ?? ?: . ; State S. S. and B.. Y. P. I Great Session Dr. J. C, White the Unanimous ( Elected on One Ballot Great S The Occasion. Fine Mu: Last Sunday night at 11 f>. m. in Anderson when President White let fall the gavel and said: "I declare the 20th annual session oT the State Sunday School %nd B. Y. P. U. Convention of South Carolina will stand adjourned until we meet with the Morris Street Baptist Chiirch of Charleston on Thursday before the third Lord's day in July-1927.," there passed into history the greatest session ever held by that body in the twenty yeara of its existence. It was great in point of attendance great in intellectuality, great in point of high toned christian canduct, and great in spiritual acquisition. Pre-Convention Services Wednesday night, July--13thT4he us. ual pre-Convention services were' held at the St. Paul Baptist Church of An. derson. .The Anderson people aVe wide-awake and had everything ready for their guests. Rev. Stephen C. , Campbell had arranged with the post office authorities for a sub-post, office to be located in the big up-todate ^parsonage. Mr. Quick, the efficient postal clerk was in charge. Headquarters ha#l been established for the president of the Convention and his . cabinet, the same .^arrangement had been made for the secretary. But that is not what I started out - to say. Wednesday night the dpler. gates were there from all over South Carolina, the big Churtfh auditorium I , was crowded to capacity. A large body of the leading,,whites of Anderson ^yas out. The Rev. Mr. Campbell "presided with* the dignity of a Joe 1 V^ct I1I1UII. . . 6 The addresses by Mayor Fant, Rev. Kirkpatrick of the FirsX^white Presbyterian, were indeed fin^ and cordial, and those by the colored speakers were superfine. The choir under the direction of Mrs. Pullins, Music "Teacrher"-at"Morris--Gollege, was all that one could wish. . \ ~ A novel feature of that "exercise was, a young lady delivered up to Dr. P, R. Watson, on behalf of the Con^" vention, a huge key. Dr. P. P. Watsorr .he State Missionary responded, bringing much information in the line of the crime-wave that is now' sweeping this country. After the collection, and announcements, the body stood ad~ "journed until Thursday, The First Day's Session The Executive Board--met in the Tteed~Streef "Graded School adjoining" - the Church. While a ~very spirited deLt. votional service was being held within the ' Church, preparatory to the Introductory Sermon, which was " aenverea oy tne RdV. Junius 3. Eaile; ~ President "of the Educational andMis. sionary Convention of South Carolina, , ;Dr. Earle complained of being indisposed, but from the delivery of that . sermon, it seemed that Dr. Earle I preached as though it was his last. hJDr. J. Cv White took charge and gave , an intermission of* 45 minutes for enrollment, then we recessed for dinner. '' "j . President White's Wonderful Address , The afternoon session was filled , with excitement, and rumors were , afloat in the very air, the Church i was crowded with .^spectators}?-and [ standing room was at a premium. That Dr. White is South Carolina's peerless"orator, is known everywhere, , but hundreds of the young graduates . had?never^-heard him. Dr. H. M. , Moore of Charlotte, N. C., was prer sented by j4eo-president, I. S.- Reed . who was presiding! Dr. Moore intro, duced president White in choice lanj guage. Rev. White arose amid the l cheers of hundreds. With calmness - of a Webster, his eye \vith one sweep took in the whole Situation. His introduction was,gen?,. The house r could not help from cheerincr almost at each period. He gave much hisr tQfy "hitherto unknown by those , young people of the doings of the Baptists. He described the session of the Convention in Anderson after twenty years like that of Jacob's return to Bpfclitf, ^ where he slept a, mong jackals and noxous animals. 1 He called on the young people to build ; an altar to God in service,'devotion r and fidelity. He told of the great N&I tional Baptist Sunday School Cont gress recently held in Columbia, and said: "In spite of the slurs thrown at I it, and of those who had tried to --wftoL rn.l'n pn?p1n) it wna tho^rPilt. est meeting ever held on the soil of South Carolina,.'' He outlined his I program for this State's work, and graphically told of Morris College; and made a wonderful plea .for an I endowment fund of $100,000 for Mor. ris Colleger and advocated that the r Baptists add $50,000 to Benedict Col. lege's endowment. The climax of his ? great oratorical flight was made, perhaps, when he foTa the storjnoT Napolean standing under the shadow of the Pyramids and told the French J. Convention Concludes at Anderson Choice. All Other Officers Were peeches and Lectures Featured sic} Harmony Prevails. iV^.?.? j__ "1 Army that "40 centuries look upon you today". He closed out with the greatest piece of'oratory eyer heard upon the floor of the Baptist .{State Convention. Dr. J. H. Goodwin took the Boor and .said it was the greatest speech he had ever hearad. Rev. Wm. Howard made a motion | that the State Convention vote their Confidence to Dr. White in view of some slurs that had been made in reference to his integrity, that he has the confidence in aything pertaining to Baptists affairs. ur. i. ivi. coyKin said Jonn the Baptist nevef (|id make a speech of" "such import. ' *'t i. ?Rev. C. Ef Molester characterized Dr. White as the leading thinker of " -today. The Corresponding Secretary, Rev. Wm. Howard, made his_report which was highly pleasing, also Mr. O. B. Drakeford, the treasurer. A motion was offered that all the officers be relected?this was passed without" a dissenting vote. So complete had Dr. White's speech copfounded things that "not a dog's-tongue moved" against him.: ? ' Dr. Wm. Howard's Great Lecture 0n6> of the greatest Bible lectures ever listened to by that body was der livered bv the Rev. Wm. Howard of Darlington, the Corresponding Secretary of the Convention, subject: "The Preservation of the Bible". This address was filled with historical facts as to the persecution and the various translations and ^ther means through which, Providence has kept pure the word of God. The Education Sermon preached by the Rev. H. H. Butler, A. B. of Hartsville, Thursday night, was the strong est- sermon in interest of Christian Education ever heard by that body. Dr. Butler is easily-the" strongest?gospeL preacher nn South CarolinarDean Redfern of Benedict College spoke in iterest of the College, this pwa? followed by a speech of a young jiady for the St. Luke Hospital of Greenville. ' . '?7 H Friday?The Second Day A number of inspiring papers, wellpreparetk^and intelligently delivered by leading young women of the State. Some of the gweetest singers-in this State interspersed with the rarest music-.-? - ; . t - . Dr. J. J. Stark's speech on Morris College was a_gem. He \?as introduced by President J. S. E^arle. Dr. Starks is the educational wizard of America.?Mni-i-U Pol lego hU rr.nnnup Morris College is the greatest piece of work that has ever taken place on the American continent, d he sermon Friday night by the IWv. W. W. Chap'pelle, B. D., of Bamberg, stamps him among the great preachprs of ihie SfpJo The?lecture- Friday morning bythe Rev. H. W. Long-, A. B., pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church, Colura*, bia?for depth and heigh ET~~ ''and breaflfhAwas the most profound ever listened to by the Baptists of this State. Dr. Long is a polished shaft in the hands* of^ God for good. He is one among the strongest men of this country r~ Saturday?The Third Day "Thrs day was a full day. Many ex? cellent papers were heard and splendid talks were made. Ther Departmental Group meetings were held at the Reed Stret Graded School. This was the great feature of the Convention. Many splendid deductins were made from the lessons and systems taught in those group meetings. Dr. White created a new group department of music for next year with rrui. o. /\. Lawson and Mr. Henry Brown of Florence , as conductors. Sunday?The Last Day Sunday was a "Red Letter Day" ST. AUGUSTI] ft (A Junioi | RALEIGH, NOR 8 * FOUND1 8 Affiliated with the American G 2 Augustine's aims to prepare capa jg pf^itinna nf laprlorahip nnrl rptpi^c -fir- .. ENROLLMENT 8 Courses, offered:?Junior ( .Academic a fi: Accredited by the North Carol g: The St. Agnes Training School o| ..Memorial Training School for Chur fi: connected with the Institution, rt It is hoped that it will be possil 8 course for students entering the Ci x the fall of 1926. Tq accomplish t 8 gaged in raiding a fund of $500,00t fi ditional endowment. * "a" For catalog, etc,, address * $2 The President, REV. E _____ M 1 ? Saturday, July 24, A fron.t Line B. Y. P. U. was conducted by vice-president, Miss Mayme J. Brock of Greenville. The missionary sermon was delivered by the Itcv. S. D. Riokenbacker, , A. B.,' of Branchville. The AnnualJSermon at 3:00 o'clock,. was preached by the Rev. Charles tL- _ . { Brown, B. D., pastor "of Second "TWijvary^ifptist Church} Columbia^, This sermoTi?was pronounced the best sermon of the Convention. . " ' t The ciosing Sermon was preached by the Rev. L. C. Jenkins, A. B. of Kershaw. This was an- intellectual ; ifrid spiritual treat . and a fitting closing: The Music program Saturday night was the finest ever held. ..Among those who shone as stars of.-the first magnitude in South?Carolina's world ?: of music were> Miss Daisy Roach, Mrs. J. J. Starks, Mrs. J. G. White, Prof. C. A. Lawson, the quartette' 4 known as. the "Kings of Harmony" of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Sumter, the St. Paul Quartete, Anderson. Thus ended he greatest, most hhr- ^ monious, most brilliant and nil round gnnrt?g*fnl EUntn g <g nnVT"'R, 'V'7"Pi TT ' pAtH'Onl ir??, ntrnv Wnl/1 i?-? tVi C1? v^vitt VJIVIVU ViVViJ. I1V1U fit UUUlll Vyaiu- "> tV lina. "" ' . ] McCleUanvijle Locals v-V** r;ff1he happy realization of a dream " of years is tlwrconstruction now under way, of bridges spanning the two branches of the Santee River near the Atlantic coast. The completion ^ of these bridges will make Charleston and. Georgetown next door neigh.bprs and McCleyapville beneficiary to both. : .V 7" ' n In anticipation . of the refresh~ ing showers of commercial blessing whrch they" hope to fall upon their heads from this projpct, the citizens of the juvenile seaport will "gp to the . ballot box the 25th instv and say whether McOlellanville shall incorporate and take her rightful place among the progressive commonwealth or whether she shall remain' upon the dead limbs of progress and say: "The old tUne religion is tfood enough for me.? j-. , . ' That .the spirit of old time .Cfrirnp- "?? meetings, now "very dead" in prohere was amply widened last week at Lily Pond Baptist Church,^Santee, where inspiring rermons were delivered by splendid characters and good T'ottectiuns?raiscwl Still vmir liifnr. mailt utterly fajls^to .see the spiritual ? benefit to. h6 derived from a meeting " " > made livffly by green Corn liquor and reckless handling of motor vehicles. Mrs Catherine E. H.olmes left last week for Brooklyn. 1ST. Y. where she ?__ will spend -licr vacation--of several weekev; -as--g4?eKt-of-he*i--4?istery-.Mrs^.-^ Yic^orp >S, Bovell. - "Mr. and M ps. D. Eric Wilson with their daughters, Caroline and TJlara, left Monday for Spartanburg to atlhi. nw.f.tiilfr nf th? fiviind P.hwp^er-of?the-Eastern-Star. Mrs. MaJie J. RoWe of Charleston will accompany them, If enabled to resist the temptation of a visit to Asheville, N. C., thfry will return Saturday afternoon;? ? ?otherwise not until next week. ' V IN MKMORIAM a .. ^mmaJSSSSBBi 1 ' .L" To Mr. William Capers Boozer, died July; 23, 1925. ** - , - t ? In vain~*are tributes written on the r> tomb Of one we love in vain are flowers strewn Upon the grave to perish in the gloom: For in four hearts a nobler monu? ?mcntjis hewn. . * V '?1?'iT -~c 1 7?; For love keeps fresh in tender merhory A green, beftowered ultar in xjxxr 4 _ breasts,. 1 Whereon, by nobler deeds, we rear for thee .* ... A living monument whose .head a bright star crests; ~AmT~yct *tts fitting thus to keepTrtivg To all the world the memory of thee! While with our lives we each shall daily strive To build~ on eartH bricrht. crolden monuments to thee. ^ ??Bennie Boozer, brother. VE'S SCHOOL College)* h I TH CAROLINA * 8 M EI) 1867. 8 T hurch Institute for Negroes. St. $ 1 ble youth of the Negro Race for g ihility. Q ? 1925-1926?502. > College, Teacher Training, ? nd Vocational. '-J ina State Board of Education. for Nurses and the Bishop Tuttle . ?: ch and Social Service Workers are ? ale, to provide a four-year OJ.lege Q 'S jllcge DeparTmenlTas Freshmen in S his purpose the Institution is en- * 0 for buildings equipment and ad- . DGAR H. GOOLD, M. A. 1 ,'S .t-sp-r- * - -'-jjfe- -