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T /t*he Palmetto Leader Published ^I'eekly By rhe Palmetto Leader Pub. Co. 1310 ASSEMBLY ST UK HI COLUMBIA, 8. C. Entered ;?i-the post OQice ut Culuin bi?. 8. an ?Clnwn Matter' j . ^ ' / TELEPHONE 46^ . N. J. FuEuKltiCK. J Editor A. B. LINDSEY, Managing Editor ??^ <?n?i ii'mur ? ..t M. Lily M Hi - _ _ 1 KIIVI 11(11 LiUt'UI - - " W if IT ,1 \W{ lL* I I I I A \K , _ , _ ^. _ "7 T~~CoatTi 1)n t i n g EdiIt i IIKNKY I). I'GAIJSON City Editor GEO. II. -HA'Al I'TON, . Manage? E. H, TREZEYAXT -.-City A sent ?? - and IFnivcl\n^*Kc|;i*oscMuaLive. ~~ ~~~ SUIISt KH'lloA KATES*'. ' ~ - * CASH IN ADVANCE j ' One Year " ... $2 0' Six Months .... . I;2? Three Months : 1.' .7f> Single* Copy v : . . / .^.05 Advertising Rates given on application. --7? r t Communications intended foi ; 7- the current "h^tte?huesl?reae1 -... - ollim; jit flu L of uiwir) nw ~ f later than Tuesday night Ci . ' ty news by Wednesday night. ? Satuiday. Demnher^ 1th, 1020. - America tnaTnthtriir Philippines "-are?>mt_yet -ready forself-government. But iTTTitr ability to onset observe and enforce decent laws for the protection of life be a' test of readiness for self -~go vera nienC some of these United States, were gradt . uated too early, * * ' Some time [>go, n bond issue of $500,000 was voted by -t-he- .eitizens of Columbia for school purpo e..Of this sum the School Board has announced that _ it plans to spend f*M' Vo? gio pupils m fdHovfsr: suo.-Uw for a new school and $00,000. for an addition to Booker Washing: . * > . . ton 'school. Surelv. no one will object to tins small sum being * expended for Negro graining. * * The N, A, A. ~C. P. has colled ?upon?President.?Cod i d go to speak a word of'condemnation " of lawlessness in the form of lynching. But what's .the use of bothering th<Q President ? He is, fed busyTTvjth Other things to think about such a little thing as lynching a few Negro boys, women and men. Besides he may hurt the feelings of some perfect Americans. The sad part ai out mob mur( ders is the indifference of the . Churcn. Bo much attention?isbeing given to the effort of prc venting a fellow 1'iuin getting a . .glass of lifiuor that the cries and moans of a Butchered Negro cannot be heard, even though the-crjr comes from a woman v or a child. No wonder so many people can't understand the religion it tries to propagate. > . V. While the days of '7b are being recalled, it should not be forgotten thai it was a Negro? a member of the legislature" from Newberry -County who-l>y his rnte^gave ... ' conti oL (iff the legislature to the Demo?! rats. The .. Democrat? however have >ho\vn their gratitude by br/.ring his race from any partirlnation u hatev. er - iir ??the government. ?;?U?; ?ELECTIONS IN SOlfTff ?^ CAHOI.iN* ~ C i t i 7.ens "arc'si) p p o a o rl to votothc same as in other .States. ?But, if one is tgrjgrtgg by the number of ballots cast in elections, the conclusion must be reached That either the qu'alifi - coitions for stiffrage is extremely " ly in cliff erent. .'Jthe eT<Tion held ?in?November last, the results of which ha^'been lately- denumber^of votes, received by any fitntcfl Etennter Sm4th roooiv ed only 14,560, while the.rxiem ? - -faere oHht Hi 6. Houao of Rap . 9 -f re^entativeg, received votes rang ing from 2,416, ~ the highest, down to 1532. The combined _ voles *f or the 7 members of Congress -was only, 14,320. Of1 , a greater vote is cast in the primary and that after that, all I intm^st^Host-smee" nomination m iho VIl'lnlQW ia onnii.nlnrtt 4 ... V..V 4s>.Wi U1 v aicn t tu election. But even at that, les$ than 200,000 voters exercise the privilege of t.he ballot in.-thrt prim. contestfe ?The fact js. those who have the ballot don't care about it; their chief concern is to keep, others from losing it. That accomplished, they care nothing much about what faction or intellectual and moral level take charge of the government. :Why wonder then at the lawlessness and non-observance pf* the Taw ? 7iiut Wouldnlt some of the political "bosses" of-the North" be happy if- they had m"i -h a small number ofindiffer-en-t voters to deal with! iSouth Carolina ien't clotng ftlUCh"When out of a-population, of about 1,800,000 she can only show such a measly number-of voters. O? ;v " . JQXBs; urn NEGRO EDITORS IN KENTUCKY. Evidently the "freedom of the /taqo vto? n ?- z3z - -i i"v,k?<? viuvo nut *\ijilu cuiurea editors in Kentucky or the white people of the>t ataitfe are-so ju9t in their dealings with, .the Negro in their courts, that to say |Gthenvh?-is really to libel them.; RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING DR. rr. w. mance; for the bish. S OPIfC AND BISHOP HURST'S RETURN TO SOUTH CAROLINA I ' ? - . Greenville. S.~C^Npv: 1 ro. thedShdiop and- Brethren pfTlKr . , Piedmont Conference: . Whereas, the JRev. R. W. Mance, has had signal success, in his church and school career, in the African A nd vrnereas he has exhibited gifts moral and religioUs, stamina and exe 'cutive force?suilkSent to-grace the' Bench" of the Bishops of.':-the church whereas his "twenty five vt'imr . scr.ice_.as--metropolitan pastor, pre , - s.ding -elder,- circuit preacher, mis"? .sion pastor and citizen, belove^ by ail the people irrespective -of denomination^ ' '' v? A yd wln'i'on he in nnw elirrnd in thn group of the three leading defeated candidates, ryjini'ng alternately se ci.nd in this group, and is favorably looked upon . 6y the connection as a man of worth and promise and look j ed on by the cohstituancy in South j Carolina.as-the promised standard bearer oi its suffrage in 11)28, Therefore be it resolvd# that this -conference ~~hercpy endorse his TFSndi daey and eommit itself to the spp? port of the same._al. ensuiner Gen oral Conference, May 1928. Respectfully signed, . L). L. U itherspoon, D. II. Sims, - W. C. Crawford, . J. c. McClellan C. A. Singleton, 'A. G. Martin, ... J. W. Douglass,\ i. Albert Long, i-- .. ~B. J. Ramsey, W. G. Owens. ? Columbia- g. OttNov. 24, 1920. To-the Bishop and*'Brethern of the South Carolina Annual Conference, -Sitting: . ?. - ?-? .. ?^ We now approach an epochol peri, oil in the lite of African-Methodism ?. in?South Carolina. Our boasts have been loud in respect to the pioneers and their im~ -.-c-liatl'1 successors/ antT their work an.I leficv reniinuisneu tir numamty. ( Of them we gladly sing and re. verently, and to him and his who has ; come- to take up the: task, the reigns of government, of so stupenduoua a ^tah^C-eaclaim;:All_hailTu thla hero and to this heroine of many battles v.here luaduiship lias given fl lllstre efeorch and mtnehme to humanTtty? ' >" i ':We live, in deeds, nol-years;., in _ thuiigiitsr-nat_breaths; _ j In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should ?count time by heart. 'I hrobs: he mpst lives Who thinks most, feelg noblest, I Such have been the life and service 7TT Tit. Rev. John Hurst, Bishop- of . Fkiidu and South CarounaT aiiu wan Mrs. Bertha K. hur^t, and their <fon tribution to the church and race. ~ nd whereas the Rt. Rev. John ~LLursk_-A?~Mi? LLi JU has becrr-aa s:Kned Bishop of South Carolina,and wi!h hi3 wile tots. Bertha K. Hurst, they' come y/ith a vision complete with conaUnetivB ideals and wilU Qodr : ? ?T\'. - T? 1 ?^^ TTTTC PAT.MTE Last week, two colored editors William Warle^r of the Louis ville News and I. Willis "Cole were fined $250.00 each for li "telling Judge Ruby, Laffoon -^hese-editoro had published-ar tides protesting against the has ty and ra-tfter perfunctory trial: that were Jbeing planned tcTt /given three Negroes charge! with attacking a white woman The manner in which Dreoara Jjon was being made to railroiu tin* flpfpndants way protected a * gains Mby these editors. ^Fhe; "Had in mind a 15 minuses tria of another Neg*o similarly charged only a few months be ToreTas well 'as the long drawi out trial, of a young white mai jcharged. with .attacking a col ored girl and who, to keep fron doing the just thing, was calle< crazy ahdlputlrt an asylum. Bu hgrause the.se editors dared rais< theiFvoices, against "another le gal lynching" as they termet K?wh&t else could a 1:5 inm ntfta trial be ??Thev were in dicted-'for libelling the Judge because perchance^they wern on to. say that T;he Negroei would not -be given a fair trial Some folks are qertainly "tou cny wnen one is not willing t( always keep silent over wronj Treatment so plain that a blinc man could see it. Thuse editor; should?as they will do?figTii that decision through everj court piuvidVd for appeals. Ite1 a precedent be established; May be7 the next one to be plaguec will not be colored." And whereas .their entrainmen , has already begun to show forth it: virtures and substantial worth am quickening force, as exemplified ii the gyowth-ftf-A^pthndimrt in "t.he-4fffit of flowers", and now"merging int( full fruitition in the proudd Palmett< State, South Carolina,-?: ; . And whereas our predilections hav< been with-jwarmth. of soul and-mint [and with cordalitv of yn~Ve fellows Yt 1 Christ, . . I Be It Therefore Resolved..'. That w herebyextend t.0~ them, a giad ham arid -welcome them to the Seventh E District ami,pledge tiiefW lib general,- and of--tHo South rearolini Conference, in particular, retrospec ting the virtues of the past and intn specting the greater lustre and atheir untarnished and beneficent leat ership. Respectfully signed, , E. H. Coit, . R. W. Mance,^~ M. A. F.ollins, P. C. Lisbon, ? ? A. FT B. Horry, ??-r? J. H. Chcatnut; R; Wv D$nt>ar, ' J P JenningM,?*-?? ~ E. B. Mack W. L. N. Ball ??. E..G. Anderson. C. W. M. Queen, W. R. A. Felder, : C. J. Agnum. -M. B. McPherson, W. R. Alston, St. George, S. C., Nov. 25,192( To the Bishop and Brethren of th< Conference: { Whereas the Rev. R. W. Mance, i formidable candidate for the bishop ric and ah illustrifttfs son of Soutl Carolina, aimable career as metropo litan pastor, presiding "|61der, collegi tiopal forces of state, being for se veral* years president of the Stati Teachers-Association, -- And whereas he" has acceptably chiirrh nnH nonnlo fnr tvinro fVion i >""" ' quarter-pf a century, ??| And whore&s-he is now looked upoi as the most promitferrt candidate^fo ^he Bishopric, in South Caroftna, haV _jrur ^receivutL an exceptionally?large vote than either of the other candi dates?in?South Carolina and subse :_4uently ranking alternately second i: the *?roup oF the three leading aspir | pages ^n5 ^andth^'G^nera Conforonce minutoB of lh24, -I -* y gas Ji'-' ^n-thcLjgQmmen dation of the -ministry, laity an< 01 o"UiH?U..IU, lrres^ejc J tive of denomination, because of hi cy for the Bishopric and commit it self to the support of the same at th ensuiriJTtJencral Conference May 192 J Respectfully, signed, " E. J. Coit, M. K. Hollins ? ? P. C. Lisbon. ?. B. Mack, \ A. P. B. Horry, ^ tlQW4yr ? mmMs&maim > ?. . . . ?.r .-.jl ,-=n ;? ;?"? " ' r *"' TTO LBADElt ^ j -- j? ? l, W. R. Alston, VW. F. McBrown, , * E. W? Graham, '' " J. B. Jennings,J. H. Chesnut, ? v ' R. H. Dunbar, -I- ? C. J. Agnuny, . ? J". B. Jennings, . ^ r J J. W L. Bali; ' C: W. McQueen, ^ E. C. Anderson, * . W. R. A. Felder, ^ M. B. McPheraon W. G. Gibbs J" ' * J. H. Rhames, " G7"W. Baxter, Thos. K.rW. Ball^ ; C. E. Xadson, I' 2.' S. Albany^ r . ' AV. K. Wilfeon, A. B. Coleman, J *' J. M. Glenn; ' / s> w. Wolfe, ] , t' D. J. Ladson^ ?G. W. GiHiBQiy if W. H. Turner, * ' J J - S. J. Gillison, ? .. T. H. JoHnsoni I'-"'" i ~ _' C. Capers,-| P. R. Wolfe, -j- -CLIPS OF Lim 9 ' . 1 (By Phauden Hix.) ; o ? ' * J?. * ... Copyright by J. W. Witherspoon. r} , ' " % If I , \ * rtr~ I ^. . .. ?? 3 It is peculiar that men will expect t ^cotton prices to .pdvfince. The law r of supply and demand holds the bal. I a nee of power. long a? our out. crs and unders are all silk, and satin, and imported linen, and so .forth, we * can't expect any high price for the old staple. t Monday. A man stood on^tlre ex s tremity of Pine street and swore he i was done for. "The labor of twenty n: years has been swept away," he 1 . laid. We pitied him a< he told^ of ) 1 his wife, who wasin dire need of win. 31 ter clothing and his bare children? I one -dozen arid two. He damned ev_ 3- erybody and everything and painted J. picture of the world going to the E Jiow^\vQ\vs^ The president came long. "Attracted by the swearing, he e--carried-the-man'tnto the building and 1; balanced his account. He discovered that the poor, heart stricken man 2 Had on the sheet the mammoth sum 3 -o?"$3rfe6;? ?; '??- ? The only things strutting sthese 3 -old days are turkey gobblers, pea. ocks^eople with bad corns on their F. eet and numskulls. ir ' , . . ?-? Most everybody has an itch for , money, but the trouble is they do not 'rcratch deep and long enough. : .[ ' ' . ^ " Wo is done had de megration norP, jibuf, now way will we megrate next? When the davonette wasconstruct. Gil the designer was thinkings in terms of-iwo. Yet they are a little to0 spacious for this- advanced age when men are trying to teach close and intimate cooperation. An inventor is still looked for who can do the extraordinary thing. This is your chance. We need some way to prevent wrecks. To this end some j body must bringTortlf machine that , [ can do it.s own stunts while our Tyoung people "hehTfRI the steering l J wheel do theirs^ , I People think now that the ^church i is a good place to step into out of ? the ram, or to see the new-pastor ,or j.o make a survey of~the~qther sis^ ters' frocks,- what- little frocks they 5 do wear. . ' " 1 ' ' A man told me the other day that a: he is sure Jesus had some Negro | bluod in 'him:?He' said:?"tto man ? | wholly a Jew would have turned down r he DeviPs proposition of all the world just for a little bowing down." j columby, a. C,. ? noV. 25. 4925, 0- mr. fodden hiX, ^ .? - rfd wiLLson miLL, s, C. T JeeT~cuosin foauen, andsotorth: ~ 1 if you has enny respecK fur Youst - 'htrch VoWs'yotr Weel seNf>-TTre~da1 _| c25 _i paid fur you en de quarterlj d confence. De preechia salD he _ WoulD stan lietWixt .you. and Hit s but dat skoundel don bin Tuk from - us, and us: has . anudder -une^Sen^ 6 me my munney an not maybe. Do i e | 1. ? Julie Nelson, 8 ! w.- f^AAn* UiY ? WW llll IWliUUil fimf ATION IN WB ... ... GEO SCHOOLS IN S. C? Entty_ Smith Hughe, t?arh?rh of ' * * ' v - 5 TO REVIVE L< BRANCHO 3 ; >' ?i - , Dr. J. C. White and his officers.authorize those who are interested in. ItTvIvmg the N. A. A .C. P. to hold a _ jnftss meeting: at Zion Baptist church on Thursday night, December~9th, at " 8 o*clock. Every person whb is in terested in this work for^the ad vancement of colored people is in vite<d and requested to come. Be - nranarad tn. renew vonr annual mem uersmp or to join. n yau ao not know about the organization come . and hear and learn for, yourself. Law Tiome Economics met at State College Prtday?aAd Saturday, Nov. 26 and 27. Two: general meetings "were held. The remainder -of the time was. given to the. discussion of the agricultural _ teachers' .annual program, and'to tho home economics teachers' lesson plans equipment; etc. Each boy in an agricultural class project we nTean that the pupil is BAfMA + Ik'iiAl * * oviiiw |/vmujr vi aunie kiiiu oi live stock on the home_ farm and thereby get actual practice in 'doing the - things he iB taught in school.?Ar? rangements are made with,\the boy_ and his father, and when necessary, with jthe landlord. for the 'boy -to handle his project, keep a record un der ^He direfethm-of the agricultunrt teacher, pay all expenses, and be al - lowed' to- get, the profit. ^ This year the teachers areranxous to help . the :boys secure and finance a project,. or projects, of sufficient size tO jassure each boy a profit of at least one hundred dollars. . . The boys at Hartsville under the supervision of Mr; H. C. Brewer, Vocational _ teacher, -and- at DUntpn Memorial - under the supervision of ' Mr. M. Johnakin, vocational teacher 1 and teacher trainer, have decided to , | save at least .twelve dollars a year. .This sum is small, but the habit" Tormedrin youth will ije~of inestimable , value to these boys when their earn ing capacities become greater. To' develop the habit of industry," thrift and a desire for beautiful school and | home yards as well as Iclacquire meth j5jAliens If- An Accredited Institution -of the -. A rnrAlhtfi Ronnfinin?-? f Educational Offers exceptional opportunitic^lfi ties for the fol: Divinity?in Dickerson Theological Science. College of Education (1 Home Economics. Commercia LOCATED IN AN ATTRACTIVE Professorial staff is composed df' Universities of tEe-country. One fessor of Science in thd College D< y Religious?Intellectual?Physical ,1 i for leadership. = qp-?Student activities and social lif i share.."<? u attention . anff furnish | Y , An ideal place for young men a ^ 1,094 Students from Seven State Ijj! FALL TERM begins Wednesda X dents expecting to reside in 1 he do y .a deposit .of five .dollars for reser1 12, 1926. Applications are ominj X President discourage promiscuous l X be refunded if the applicant does T be applied on the. applicant's""PTTJTC y Notice Extraordinary?Graduation ?place this year as usual and a certil =| 4 DAVID HENRY SIMS, President. CI " t \\ MAI | INDUSTRIE BEAUFORT, S ?A School Home f .l_Trainingior hris yjL? Happy Home Life-' Rxerci*e--Base Ball--Ba ?$1* ^tructors in School R i Y, Ninth GracU-Preparat I" ' H?ic CoarteS?Mus <> i A ' : : Ar ^ Yom^Gifl's Of :: Christian I ij L School Opens S ;; 1 LYDIAEDGEI ItiiUfnuwi ****' 1 Saturday, December 411i?-1326v- ? DCAL r* FN.A.A. C. P. yer Frederick has consented to ad_ dress the meeting. 5 While Mr. Fred- __ erick is conservative, he Is very ^ thuoghtful, clear?and froceful. ft?is?hoped?that the readers of this paper will help spread, the notice. We should have one thousand per_ - ^ sons: The committee will hav^ a iood force of speakers; J. n. WmiF, PaB*1-"' nf giun,. H. E. LINDSAY, Acting Pres., R.W.JACKSON, AetingCSeq. ' r. ? * . ods of conducting an organization, it is recommended that a Junior Voca.. ti< nffl Society be organized in every A school in which thcwe~Ts vocational work. Some" of the teachers have j already organized"-this-society. in their .? ^ ; schools. " " 7 ~\**''. ' The Vocational Council, made up of . local farmers, is helpful io-promoting the work, provided it is ufed only fo p.omofe the vocational program. At Blackville, Mr. B. J. Reddish vocation -alZteacher: thi.- Council helped-tp plan the farm operations of the school |landv At;Allendale, Mr. Arthur DdnV" tiels vocational teacher and principal this Council helped to put over a sue, cessful fair and-also assisted in -beau tifying the school ground. The Vo. ?. cational Council at Marion, Mr. D. C. ' i _ _ ' ; McDuffie vocational teacher and prin . cipal, helped to plan and successfully I put over a campaign to raise money [to lviild nnrl fqilip nnjnrnlmtnr hnngq and a shed with screens and equip. _ment -fot-canning- The- activities of ?hese?Vocational?Counoilc?were re : ported by the teachers at the recent i.Conference. ( Watch tills cloumh each week to ~ see what is being done by the teach. to the task of preparing young people to do things so that they will have money with 'which to pay puLlic-vlU?ofe?;_to. build churches, st hoob heusesj roads and-ljrtdgest-ttr - - ? buy food, clothes, books, newspapers, pictures, pianos and other necessities .and conveniences; so that this State may be a happy place in which tu ? iiiversitv 111 -g A. M. E. .Church and the. State of ? ' of the Slater and Ueneral | ' * _ Board Funds X the Negro youth. {I;is fine faeili- X lowing courses:- - .. V Seminary^ College of Arts and { reacher, Training). Iligh School, L Music. Training School. X SECTION OF COLUMBIA. S. C. ' . * O graduates of leading Colleges and ?J? of the recent additions is a Pro- 1*1 ?partmont. > . . - 4 framing are combined to prepare ? . pleasant diversion from study. $ nd women to he; T .1 s Were in Attendance Last Year ^ ? y, September 15, 102(1. All sturnlitones are reriu6?t0'(1~tT> forward 1 |??? nation of rooms'before Sept^fabet ' jr / Z in rapidly and the trustees andIt 4p? esiding In the City. Deposits will .j. not matriculate, otherwise it will X insffS. " ~~ * 7 . Y from 'the TTigb School will take jr irate will be awarder for the same. ?a? BISHOP JOHN HURST, ? lairman or rne Board ot t rustees. Y i H* * ?.?sw " j ???????? .LSCHOOL^I iouth Carolina ?r _ ! --i-r? , | or your Daughter?^ tian Womanhood?|i?rJ. . 4 I > Good Food?Oin^Door ! i&ket BalU-C artful?In- '\i? ooms-l Fird thrcvfeh X ofy and Home Econo- ' . !T - R etigious Training. L < > 315er?gfrifv for a 1 ? Education m - " * . t' * ii ' < RLY% Principal ; .