Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W* 7 ?? '? - < . fOUR ~ rr?? ? ?The raijTietto Leao^rf Published Weekly By 1 ' :r^=r. rrt,, - ?i fe The Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. _ \m ABBKMbLV .riTUISm '=? ______ rOlJTMBlA. 8. C. - __ L -.Entered at the I'oat Olltfie. at Co.lyrtfbia, S. C.,7as Second Class-Matter. I'KLKPHON'K - . .?4628-N. J. FUkUEKlCK, EditoT A B. LINDSEY, Managing Editor ' J. B. LEWIE Fraternal Editor ?^CVRXNK WH.I.IAMS HEN It Y 1). PEARSON City Editor. GEO. H. HAMPTON.'--- Manager W. X. WIl.SQN Traveling 'Aganifl 7 SUBSCRIPTION HATES?; CASH IN ADVANCE. ~ On?~Year - |2.00 . Six Months .1 1.26 Three Months ?- - .76 Single Copy - .06 . ' . Advertising Rates given on applU , (frrpnnn.ii.-Hti.inH intended for . the .-current issue must reach this office, (if out of town) not ~ ? tat be than Tuesday night. City news by Wednesday night. . . ' Saturday, September.25. 192(>. "The moral toijdtJitiy. of?the"" present day Negro is undoubted- "" ly retrogarding,r' says Dean Kel- , ley Miller nf Howm-d TTniver' ving P. Johnson,' editor of The V Semi-UHtetnl- tirgan- ot the E=- = piscopal Church, The Witness? discussing* youthful tendencies _? ' in general, sa^: "The whole country is sex-mad." Evident- " ? ly mere, is work ahead for all" ~ good men and women, r K Sumter Cbunty-tarmet's have :? not pay more than 75. cents per hundred pounds to cotton pick ers.?Suppose now cotton yick- ' . ers deci.de they will not pick for lesx^han one dollar per hundred pounds.- What Then? A com- ' bination usually invites another ?comnmation. However,. \vn;ir is ? ivp of ttip,nKilJ.ar-- V' ' ~ " \ ' MiTrh at.- JiJarfdn. -is. as the result of a hurricane Saturday last. - Jdillkms of-dollarsworth of property was destroyed 1 -and many lives lost. Aid the country over has been given or offered to the stricken people. "".(.Floj'jda -.will recover however, but 1" Its recovery.?let it be hoped,that a little more of jus ? HPP?taw nilfl?f-lm rnftlr nf'human ? - ?kindir^ find"abode "in that sun nv Si fl t P ? :? ?? * | . Senator Jas. -A. It <'ed of Missouri lefs 1 f~fu'.'tvnown"in "no uncertain torn- 1 hat he lias no patieifee^with Hie Ku Klux Klan, or any other gang that has fori its object the propagation of re-j ' ' HgiQUS-. or racial piT.uidifp "I j ?'- ? regard with ?ai> ho rronee every attenmpt to ostracize man or wbman because of race or reli?That 's?ftrm?and worthy ?.? .Of a Senator, but, .somehow, wp just can't help from wondering' _ v if fh^good Senator includes the' 4-n.. .... f uic iri mi man or wo- ; " man;"*" i ?- Til E CO I X)R i :i) T. \V: -JC7 AT I -?. .V . ?~l Col urn bia will soon ha_VC_-SUXj T active colorful Y. W. C. A., the! dream of thai giTimtTainl noble, - ? - Woman, Sax^n-Yeavs^ qitrOj she start oil - work to-makehor Womtf. ? trtter-j Encouraged and aided by a band - of gootT women, the' money thj - -- ---- purchase a piece of }>mperty for -1 this work was gradually ra-isedr -?? About a month ago, these ladies1 purchased"!* good"piece of .property on the corner of Park ahd! " Hampton .Sll'beis and are plan4^ ?ning'to soon )>egin their work. Already plans are being made to open a> day mir.seryWvhcre babies will be taken- care of while theT * mothers, must be at work. Olli-: or-activities w'.ijjl be instHtitgrfc^; - Anon flsther plans a re, ^11 laicU ? --?-Colored Columbians should r?K ? I I nil II I 1 ? t, ? thing worthwhile-r-no' one cer^ i tainly will doubt that this in* >'titution ip?not badljr^rrecdcd. -1 Whftn, thprofnrp, ?. rail in maHp, 4 let exroryono roopond, flop in 3 helping the Y. W. C. A.f you will 1 be helping yourself. i mi i* x-wr A *11 ? -1 ? ine*iur a. win soon pe \ an important agency in the up- < lift of Colored Columbia. It has 1 behind it asi fine a group of ladies as can be found anywhere^ women Who have given unstintedly of their time-in making the 1 idea of reality. AJ1 honor then toTMesdames Mattie - Johnson, Belle Vincent. Carrie Antherford, Lula Nelson, Pauline Reese Cori in?_EMderIcETand Matilda ] Griffin, who, with Mrs. Saxon, finally decided that the time had arrived for action. - It, of course is- not to be understood that ? A. because r of these ladies alone, for they 7 wnvn~ffint fhn hrll irrthriii nf [ hundreds, nf. other good women r without whose Work and assis- b tance, there yet would be no 1 *ui'h institution. ??o? ; THE Itw rn A RE. . ?, uftui ntciucvia to ^syr being for the whites, and t lie_littIe"on"fo'r thp r!n1niv>H Tha.. Crisis fcjr Septetnber, presents -tbe=4?^KnitH( of,a suivey made by it of educational conditions in UeorgTa and reveals the aboye_as t her way Georgians think as citi-" should be educated. Sur^ _ye^.SiiOf- the. common schools of other .Southern States am to be ' made and published. These sujr"WysllreThade possible by an appropriation of ^5,000 by the-Oarferenceg< between The?amount sp^nt per pupil for the two races in the other States will be about Mil! KJM'le'as that of Georgia. It is evident that the whites am "Just" playing at educating the Negro or thev think hn i? o an per-man not needing sp much he is so easily taught-. Thinking m tnosejigures and those of the other States why oKould there he any wonder that tha Nflgr^L 'c ' J ? - r. K- i'** . y?. ? ???" TT3 '? : ' . ^ r ' - 1 Several months, ago, -two col- f ored girls, 14 and 16 years of age 1 w.ere^cmiv Kited in YorK County^ Counrt of General Sessions of assault on awhite woman. They 1 I' II HI. rn" r?' *? ? were sentenced to the.Reforma- v tory for Negroes until ' they 1 were 21 years of age. Because, ! however, ' llus Reformatory ^way i f^foblished-for?boys only,?atb t mission Was refused the-grls: c the penitentiary would not re- 1 ceive them, not hayjngjjeen sen- | tenced there. The dilemna has j t)Tien~*^ol^efir7hy granting thia f girls a new 'trial?on whose mo- t tion it is not said nor" on what 1 giuuiul.?Of course,"they Were "* promptly convicted, one of as- * saull and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the other of s assault and battery with-intent ^ to kill.?Each \vas given a sen- -* tehee of siJf months in the peni- 1 teptjaryTor a fine of frlSO. The -j ^e)tteneesy^OweveT.~^re "hot ~un-' _] duly- severe for such offenses^" Of course, it can be readily ^een that the new trial and seth " tence was but a way to get a- ' round a failure so far on the part of South Carolina to dodts i duty "in providing a suitable n place for young colored delin cilient girls. "Wliile boys, colored boys and white girls are provided tor.JjLutior some^re'ason. this: ^ State does not think it worth while uivim duty to give alien- ' tion to colored girls. A new legislature-kas-been-cHosen; We hope that it will have some man or men in it who will see. the necessity_of providing for. delinquent colored girls and will have the welfare of his State at heart -enoug-k to introduce and Tight " -for-thepassage of such a bilT. ^O? $3(^.29 AGAINST $1.59?'GAr The above sums' irn thn n mounts spent per pupil by the educational department of Georgia. Hip lnvorov fimivn'r./.nJl/.n'. i-~ ~ THE PALMt a ignorant anfl backward' in comparison wicir tne wnires r f the. different:e Ketween mctivitcycncc between educaliun, culture and refinement, then it cer:amly jajH^ndt^be the fault-of ^" whites if a vas^ difference loes not-always exisrn>elvveeh :he two races. People who are BOOK CHAT \ Board of Directors of N. A". A. C. P, SONGS" 7 T By Dor thy"Scarborough. Published 5y The. Harvard University /Press, Cambridge, Mass. Price. $3.50. ' ' " " '* Confess to Being somewhat ate in reveiewing this ..book/ I have it?Fn deterred by the fact that I* ftas io-index and one hao q rigbtrflT dread i book of researchf hat is hot indexed. Towever, once the first plunge is aken all dread disatinenrs. ^he book s written in a sprightly, entertaining nanner, and if one has to index it ineaclfr so much the greater familiar ry itviI.. WKMly, ft dow iptdeftl with the Spirituals, but coniines itself to less familiar material hnue-h Tallev. Odrnn nnrl .Tnhnsnn and rther*- have been over a lui'irc part'Of illss Scarborough's field. The volume contains 2Q3 songs. OG of them with the music, and many iiaking the collection. She tells of low she has "loafed on side steps^ nnig guilefully over garden fences, jroiled before cook, stoves and iron hurches and colored homes, she even leguiled old church members to sing ong forbidden and forgotten reels] she so bullied the. students of Baylor IniyersitSv Waco, Texas, thatthey acetiously declared she had arranged hat they should not pass their finals inless,they procured new folk-songs 'or her.?Evidently she enjoyed her teareh. "If weary financiers but knew he fun there is in it," she declares, 'they"would quit their dehks'tO go iri search of songs/' And if they cannot jfe-themselves she suggests that they andow ehniru for folk aonga in the uiiivefiities. " Therq is no closed season, though if collectors do Pot hurry jp the season will be closed forever^ far as many_^pr?ci??is "hi Forgr concerned." J The chaptgsyAell of Negro Ballads, H5gffRP"1Sougs -or Reels, Children's Game Songs, Songs about Animals, Work-^ongs, Railroad Songs and Blues. There is even a chapter or the Negro's part in Transmitting the Traditional Songs and Ballads?? It is.impossible for any but an exprrrt to evaluate the "importance, o1 die-material Miss" Scarborough has gathpred.? As?a?scholar?she,, musl have-dbne her-best~to dptprmhie whether-the Negro ^onppTVNegro~or adaption?of a tyhite song. Perhaps at times it l^. impossible to kndw. Il was pleasing to se^ that many college glees^ef -the4ast-dentury were Negrc in origin. Some of those tired elder, ly. financiers who ought to endow folk song.as boys gathering used-to sing to a rollicking tune, "The monkey mai ried the babbooir's sister/' They usee also to sing. "A grasshopper sittiiig on a sweet potato vine." v_ery slowlj when he was feoing to the funeral very fast when he came back. Thej sent-the animals into the ark, one bj one andTtwo by. two/ "Rhinoceros anc the Kangaroo." They knew "Jav bin a sittin' on a swingin* limb." And al these are Negro. The Chapter on children's songs h slight. -MissScarborough had diliicul ty in finding many. She has-not "Arms, arms, arms around me. Prai little sissy will ye marry me," that w< hear in Npw York. .Her* reels are th< newest material to me, and she has i number of good work songs. ButT-^ is thp prognnno?of the music thai r>"l f V?n /vvtU. -? L mv. UUUR 1IUI/ UIU JT U ItjpVSllUfj for" thff^foffiHore - student, buta^do lightful thing for all of up to have Here are over a hundred melodies. Wi ea ndance-and plriy and^work to them hammer while he sings, "Who buil< de ark? Noah bdild it, eut his tim hirr Hnwt)." - "" TVIiss Scarborough has done mucl for hef section pf the country. Whei a Negro chorus appeared oh the plat form of Baylor Univprfdt.u tn f"n music it wag greeted with a riot ol enthusiasm. After repeated encores the profjtam was allowed to contipu< only if the Negroes returned and sant foi-all Miss Scarborough dofflr Btt when she gpaaka oi awakened intereei in Negro problems of education anc soryice, and in illustration notes thai Carnegie Hall yas lately .packed t< hear singers from Hampton arid Tub u11e la amused; The Pisk Ju . .-.'V' ?.* .c ' -"N |.l\' " ' nro LEADER - ?^5^ ^s?^ . n.i |.|?J.I j responsible for the great ignorI ance that- exist in the Negro "hte Hiionu-Vi nor rr> frmnnnntty he-"t HUM a? mi lguuiaui, JJUUU_ for-nolhing cuss. It t.akft? Uneven the moat sanguine nnnnnf Mcome tQQ fiiithusiastic over a ratio of $36.29 to $4.59. ihiJee singers-awakened^ so much ]n^ terest, in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, nearly sixty years ago. Hundreds. 'of thousands of people in the North knew the Spirituals > before this century dawned, and they knew them be, cause of Che" White Northern teachers who went into Southern Negro schools and. ostracism. They had a beautiful [ volume of Spirituals at Calhoun Coi-.j ~l ored School twenty years atroT Miss Scarborough had to study at Cainbridge to find out what was at her back door. Ifiut she-haa^ generoaaly "JdTC'U7 Ut h?tr 'K?!p in bringing him into his own. BELTON LOCALS JVTrfi. V. W .Tnhnsnn, rlniiprKtnii ir?? law of R/sv.~A. J. C. Johnson, who has been North for 14 years, 11 years of 1 - which oho spent in New Yorltt hos re Armstrong, attending serviced at the A. M. E. Church while here. Mts. , Ruth Hammonds, Who accompanied her here will remain in Belton. l\Tiss Mnyme - Gamble has returned,to Chicago ^ ?J. The Reedy Ricr-n^Hsoemtrert-inct at; Williamston last week. ?Rev. Steward the field agent for Missions attended and "reports success in his work. He - has attended several smuar meetings^ Bro. W, A. Burns, who has been sick, for 18 months, left for the State s. e., lastMonday morning, accompanied by his :T>rether+ .Ed. ?? The A. M. E. and Holiness Church.es ifssiste'd by the good Baptists and white people, contributed liberally to - hhn lust Sunday. ' May this continue.Mesdames M. L. Witherspoon with other ladies entertained last Thurs. " day evening with a lovely house par-I tv. inVcn in hnnnr nf Mrq ttngn Smith of Detroit, Mich., who has been visi-, r ting Mi .v Fluyd Brown and MrsT~JT^ " G. Milliner, and who returned home this Week. The follwoing persons at? E:S?0.ded_t.ne. .party; -Messrs- Sylvester b CilonnlwH, I,, D. Logan, ArnoU Kew ; nedy, L. D. Anderson, Rev. J. W. With . erspoon, Bro. L. B. Shaw, Master Jas.; Milliner,. Mesdames Lilla ShaW, Gus-j , sie Kennedy, Hattie Griffin, T. W11-1 p liams. I. Greenlee, J. Rogers, J. Meek, i ins, Tiller Payton, Equilla Shaw, Rosa I Milliner. Hattie Kenny. .Wcr?l d?ii. - eiuus cuurses were served. The Palmetto Leader is the best^ paper in the State. The man who i' docs hot read it is like the country r hoy wliu -cuurla a _ tWtt-Happer?alT ways late! LRev. Wirdloy Hunt^ the Evangelist"; i |wno has preached here for t.w? t was a marvel. His - preaching was i straightforward, clean, _ pungent,' ? clear-cut, illuminating. Those' who . liked it least, need-it piost. Rev. Rorisevtdf~ThoTTTns will preach r at the Av M. E. Church next Thursday ! : night, Sept. 30. Let everybody go out j p. is for Rncky Mount. Thipthl Chinch^ I Mrs. Lllla Shaw, captain. ~ Rev. Stewart Oliver- preaches at i j the A. M. E. Church tomorrow at 4 r -p.- mr. - A: special Educatioal rally wiir I he featured. : :? 1 liui.-Ilnion High School wilt openf Monday, Sept. 20 with an excellent corps of teachers. A special -opening 3 exercise will be conducted Monday. 9 a. m. ?~ l ; _ . . . ~ 'the presiding elder of the GreenL ville District, hug rnllnd htv panTro^ 3 ta meet here^Monday, Sept. 26. Pj-E. > Douglas is expecting, nt. tha^ timn,. i endowment reports. We hope to wit-, t ness a sermon that dav nt. high noon, f Miss Neicie Gary of Abbeville was ~ u :? ? - - f ui muni service 10 ine cs. s. and choir ria^t Sunday, mroning. She is snc^" . ceedin'g nicely in the Graded School l_ here. Mrs. Carrie Wntlrins and r daughter also visited al'rvlCesTat the?Church. Come again. > Martin & I hurman I Electrical Contractors . ' ' ~ \ j UCENSF.D AND BQNDEJ^ _! ; ^ lL-Phones^7?3^854 t .'.J? . , . - ^ ? 1 , , / ? - ? PAlwiV.ki? C ? . j vi\yiuniuiat v>. >ii" 11 >! in1" r i ' [mart li rV 'fi * < }. ' 4 * . ' V ' - - "* Saturday, September 25, 1926. I? * nrppnwnnrl -^niifK C flffttina . ? ?> ' . . '*' i l ' !_ -y- - ? . 1 ? =? * : ' * . o j> . ? ? - -z^r?'? .. . j v o -?^ Sta'te agcredjj^JjigKSchoftl, ? firflHnntrs receive. ? Second Grade Sfrafe Teackero' P?rhfim^ - ^ An Able raculty % 1 from At-anrUrrj I n^ihthnnQ fr*?j :: Exaemes are Moderate ' ~ j; W. H. HILYARD, Principal jr~ ,?? ?.14 ! ! ? <h ! W^^WOWW"?*.^ j i i : l L ! j? An Accredited Institution of the A. ,M. E. Church and the. State of ^ ^ rjb . -1~?Sf)oth CaTotinfar '".IltfiTrticiarv =fff^!nr"5TaTe"r aiul_GeneraI A A?? ~" .w Educational BoanT Funds. . ~ ?|E ? Offers exceptional opportunities to ^i.e Negro youth. Has fine facili- ? .'.* ties for the -foJlAvitig courses:- * ' ... _.. | ?|??Divinity in. Dickon^m Theototfletl ' Bcniiiiarv'.'.~~"Cfttlego~ of Arta and T ~ ?Science. College ox Education (Teacher Training). 1 High School. -X 2 Horne Economies. ' .^Cunniiei'clalr Music. Training SchooL 2 LOCATED IN AN ATTRACTIVE SECTION OF COLUMBIA, S. C. $ Professorial staff is cjtynppsod of graduates of leading Colleges.and !|! Universities of the coiiAtry., One of the recent additions is a Pro- X ' ' Y feasor of "Science in the College Department. i:. ' X. ' Religious?Intellectual?Physical Tiainiii|r are combined to prepare 41 <j. for leadership. ~ ~ T ? . ' i.vS ^ Student activities and socia nd?r supervision* receive tfyeir X *? -share of attention and furnish pleasant diversion frotn study. *2" Y An ideal place for ynnng men antl .vvomart to hot ? ^ v 1,094 Students from Seven States AVere-in Attendance Last Year % , . FALE TERM begins Wedhfesday, September 15, 1926. All stu- X ?- dents" exnocting to v?**wlo-in tlin ilm-mitnvin.! ,1.... 1 V t'? r-T o " - r"v wy? mivvi ivo wic 1 v,vjutqtcy _vy 1U1 VYOIU A - , y a deposit of five dollars foi reservation of rooms before Soptpmhyr 5f- - ^ 12, 1926.?Ajjplicatiuns are connnt? in rapidly and the trustees and 'f .* President discourage promiscuous residing, in thn ?Deposits will k" If he refuntled if the applicant ;.tloeK .not matriculate, otherwise it will A y be applied on the Applicant's expenses. ' v _ 4?Nnlice. EiHjiior<trnayy-?6iailualluii-from. the_High School will tal** J X place this year as udual and a certificate will be awardea for the same. A > | DAVID HENki SIMS, ? BISHOP JOHN HURST, X v . - President. ' Chairman of The Board of Trustees. % '' 'WwVX,?X"t',X,'X"!"X,'M"!''!',*''!',!'?!??W!??!???wWVwV.4|v.|H'w*w*^|wVMVM,^AAAAj.A ] | A Door Of Hope For The I | Colored Race. "1^ *5 " T\Vo thing's thcrtnrre that never return?time past and notrlecten on- A y.?portunity. Spring And summer, --Autumn and Winter, indifferentmlike y X to persons and seasons, time moves on." . X jy__Time_iiLcarrying YOU 4o-a-T ut-tmr-fiHed1with bright _prospects, or ? aa ?ld age of poverty and^ regrets. You can't dwadle away a Winter 5! V .v wixioui jeopardizing a future. Every hoar-wasted now bends your di- X Y recti an more surely towardjh^ jgnlc iwap of wojjl,-OUthumanity. ^ v X What you get in this woiTu_depenals wholly upon yourselx. What * I you. do with your time determine* absolutely what you Are. No one X *i* can help you if you will not help yourself.?You Iruye.got your own jr X fight to make. To earn more, learn more. \ Y You know which way you are traveling; backward or forward, and ?? ~ytraTrarr ctraTlgC'ydur direction if you will. You know your weaknesses jj and can remedy them IF YOU WANT TO. You are the architect of !! ? your own fortune.' An hour a day spent in acquiring knowledge, will 4> 1:2 save your future. ' ? .~"* Every hour spent in getting knowledge is a step nearer snrtcpaa, < >?i X Every hour wasted is LOST' KO&SWER. The.world-is full of-OppoS^""^ |X tunities. "The successfulthe futufer is getting ready for his X y future today. He .is..distancing YOU becauseJie embraces, every on"X poi'Cunlly to Improve nis aUgvnrnents, while you stand stilL . - . V I ' |? You need stand still no longer;' you can climb if you will. Begin ?> X today, this very hour, the maMsNff your future. Are you able to fill X a better positnio^i if the opportunity presents, itself ? The average J' X price paid to typewriters and^stenogrSuhers is from $18 to $35 a week. [2 This school otters vou" the collecting IinV between the past, and the fu- Y PX ture. 1L offers you the opportunity of aViire footing nn the highway?2 nf PROSPERITY -i>r xmiin ,t are assisted to locate in desirable positions. THINK QF THOSE 'f ? TIMES when you have yeafned for ji future?when you have grown $ ?impatient with- the barrieis that scdhied lu hold you down to SUCh ft X narrow sphere of life?when-you hear of the Career of an acquaintant J, |Y whom you knuvv-Lo be -lawn rdfy-Tib more Capable than .yojj. It is a '! |2 matter of DEVELOPED OPPORTUNITY The-questioh^-isi arc^you '2 " { satisfied with your condition and. prospects for the future. '.Qr.-do you X v want-to step out frdm tlfc crowd HTS<i count for something morp than Y j-^^tTTe average! Injother Words, what does pay day motor to yoroT~~~~"T 2?? help you to get there. Thbi nrhfinl ivill parfttnt vnn in n mrf r*rrtfrff'flilTf""7" IX ..In gdlden with-opportunity. ' "T-:?- 2 It Fits You For Success Anywhere ;; X Would you like to make your.residenece^in busy CosmoTroijtaTi New '! y -Yorle^?WmrJrF yrrtriilar to trvrr in scTnie quiet oIa Southern City like y la Ney Orletins? \yould you liko'to Jive in arimft hustling f.it.y ) j fy llkeXihicago, or San Francisco? Would you like to live in the quaint old-National CapitaW-like Washmgtoftj-i). C. TQliis great BCllUurwill 'A enable you to choose your own location. There is unlimited demand \ , . y for typewriters and stenographers everywhere^ Send in your applica- ?? . V tion. - . r- 1L?? ^ .. HoTT-Now! ; >? Time usually requirfedto complete the corurse lis from three to si* <? ] y months. The course contqins: shorthand and typewriting, penman?? 't 1% fch'Pn bookkeeping, commercial law, letter-writing,dictation and punc- t [j? tuation. ^ - '?"? * < jA This College ^yill open Monday, .September 6, 1526. . . " J \ fW-ILUAMS* KITSINF.SS srHnrtfr i i ? r Laiiiwwu 11 t PROF. Af^HONSO WILLIAMS, President, 'r & i'.i. ffi Hnnlrar Wanfciwgton IIHjrMj, DIHull Otitet.,.. ...i* * 1 ' J | I : Lo?k-Bex 516. Columbia, 8". C. !!