The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, August 06, 1927, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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1310 Assembly Stre
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Act of Congress.
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'The Lertder-will pubhsh "VrjeP and~i;
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the au'her, and are not ot' a <!
mumcativn* win \.*.t notkdi
__L. ? returneiTT/ : ?> r
V REMIT!
Checks, Drafio .ii.J P dotal'or Exp/esrs i
. v v . lo'tjie order of the
N. J. FRi.lJEElLK
J. B.LEW IK
W. FRANK WILLIAMS
HENRY D. PpARSUN
GEO.^H. H AJflPTON . _. . .. . T ^
Cconmumeations ndcnuetOor iho e
should reach the editorial Ot . k ol i inr
' day of" each weekr. City" news; locals, \
, day night. . . ; ' " 1 ' . '
COLUMBIA,_S. C., SATU
Young Negroes should Think o
card playing, picnics and othrr-t
amusements should, come only
L<i tomrlit in wniifVi -
~ ~ A A k J VU a?. J
_T "v.^ '" ? . . .. ' "Tijr
President Goolitlgcriias at last
??other term ay president. and it
. - by tjhe ancient oracles. His stal
to run for president in 11)28."
"in economy.
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It seem^ to be a great thing h
America.?Witness tl.c Pa u?
been made over these two lega!l\
seven years than lias been madi
" of 4','()00^)h>ek Anii;r iaTh-'cftr/en7
ism-nn'ans soniethhig in Ajnorii
' " ' " ? : ? ? .? H
Justice Taylor tff the X;:\v "S
ft i tempera ry order nn'lifvtTuT""
...Elks.'. The. .Elks. will t horoforo
Ne\v York. Pit v as derided id /
white Elks of Now V<>itv intern
~~ thereby indicating that t"hey n
are not the .same .as 19 years ^
' issued., ' .
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flr\ 13 ! ^ 1- . 1 .1
.. wuvci iivM j\njniirns musi do c'C
out of tin- National Guards'\vlu
but ;s it not aserioi'.f rc?lettioi
JN*3 whi11's_J;ti jictieii to :
. sary? The. ^PT^j out tub t ho r
I*e followed by ^pdfch&orotis pr>t
mobs. Only tlijU will break up
With rnnl.'mpt - 'THE
C'OMAK
"Each race of man must be .1
* races, with a common sor.ship,"
in tit mil bur n;n! (ihi.t ut i^rlit;"tn
. _ of the National Association fo
7 People. "Every time," said she
the yellow or the-brown race "c
to others the sheer absurdity of
he has helped to teach to the w
of the earth, the -common l'atl
??-Mis-s .Gale was not' thinking pa
~ of Atlanta, but of Anthony Ove
and success is similar to that oi
Alonzo F. Herndon, a citizen
1 - ginning, and circumscribed by
American fteg.ro (V, i.iie- sou On
know, feel and ovMPi-irmpp rI?>iI\
any Negro can accumulate a n
shrewd inves tments. bruited as j-,
shows thai he has ability the op
and is really one of the sons of
Georgia's most valuable citizens,
./ ingly conceded to thousands oLj
worth?because only he was of
the largest tax payers of that s
tu lake a pari in 1 lie choo-Ong n
jie-'t how ,rr,uoh. of his. money Y
Georgia as a .sovereign stale.or Ti
because only he p ldnrV n
.arrogant white friends, has. *e
reiionev lie ought to contribute i
should he' spent.' Rut the life <
able rrfntntidn rtQ such ah- urdit i
Mr. Herndow -Has done his. xiari
other races with a common sons
the lesson he learned? \Te hoi
for us all to become,millionaires
Mr He'-ndon was njn unrlght, i
hut he could no* vote: Vm couh]
the of other mil'ionrin
money at a1!. No ther country
situation, 1
GRANH ' nnrr K oT
MFMPEP OP TI
The fwontv tfrrrfr?
Pythias'"c!?s'cd a most sm'-eessful
One.of the outstanding things'it
of the Association for the Advar
work of thev^\s.so<*iation. seeking
real American ci.izer.hhin, is rr
thoughtful at*en!lnn and sAmpr
i R^Ukwiw .uncu'l it <. n'ir.r? mi "FT1
jirhiovor>iont <3. I luiu r.,,. 1
? .?ni.. l in- ' i* i'' i; in I n(;
orerl people are united in vnrion
' Feekirjy to holn the Nrtrro on. but
attention to the *ll?iri(r<< enneornr
done to make iivimr a more Her
' ''lie i>u ttfr> vi^bto of t^'*'vc?
Vro h^liovo tbflf tV|o ion of ?
? Km'^bN "orld well bo followed b
t?in1v + hpv < : -?(} r'ot :<nond n thi
tbari tbot of por+r,nd<nr for rio-h
- - tion ofthe^Umted State? a? well a
tr . . . . /
ttir ffifaftrriLY
i
et, Columbia. S. C.
orittl Phono l.>23
, S. C., as. second class matter.by an j
PTIONS ' Three
Months. $ .,V5'
"(Single Copy .05 I
)\vyu by law.
it'iitd by t-i.o'nuu.iv^^nd ndMi'OSM^ of
oi'ajiintory nature. -Anonymous com-!
1. - Kdpit;Ititl nv'tiiiu'?ffrri{it3t wilt nut lie !
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ANCESV ' . : . . j
Money /Chdor.s should bo made payable j
. Pnlmotto bonder
-r:. . - , 1 Editor
? ZZ'l Fraternal t'ori ospondoneo
--- -. - Correspondence J
. i ' Ne\v< Editor I
' - -IVfcanugi'r
urty."t i.^uo uni.'l be very i> Us, an-.i
I'aHiu-tto l."aut'r mn laicr ijiun i
itrSc/nuhs mui social.news, -by \Vo<nie7KL)AY,
AUGUST, 6, 1927"
a ft el' w\ i'k. And i his should
Qxposed hijiisolf "concerning an
is as clear as the ans-vvers iriven^
,cnxnit re-ads: "I do not choose
l'nc rre.-ident certainly believes I
o be a radical and a foreigner jn |
Van/o(U fiasco. Morn adu liasj
r i Oiivicleel'murderers in the la.st
> over the lynching and bujrning
in tlle past AO-years. Radical
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? ?+ 7?- ; ; 1 ' . ?
'ork Supreme Court hat; issued
[ fie -m.i unctionsv' ;igain s t c<>lore?!
?hold?i4-^ II nillllil t'lim-nri!
MoVaMnn(l..>OhW-fa-|t~yoar... The
osed-iw objection In 1 li?? nibm?
ceojrnizcd..-tiliat eoncjitvms today
jo when I hey had the injunction
o* *?>?U*4~t'or
hi> prompt cnlliiie
never mob art ion is threatened.
] :'it tiie si if .governiiiji: boast o!
>e en nn 1-in < ?r e -U-nd -mono-neees nilitia
is' ni**" enough. -Itrt'sluiuld
eciTtWn of, ttlose composing, the
the tendency, to regards the law
1 " '
)N SOiNSHII^ h
auyht that there are four other
declared Miss Zona Gale, promi
an address at the J Mil session
r the Advancement of Colored
. "t hat any member of the black
an find it in his heart,to teach'
the arrogance of the white race,
bite race our common, ownership
lerhoodi .of- -God.". At the time,
rticu-larly of Alonzo F. Hern don
i.f?? vm.':,.: ? r
mm in v iiiiHjio, wi*)>e ute Work
f Mrc I 1errrttonr-* ~T ~ of
Georgia, with an humble be
all the arrogances. that only ?r
ii'ii section of this ^riimtry mt*.
<1m"1 a real millionaire. - That
Million (totWs by real work am'
0 is by racial and color, prejutliceY
pal of anv ra'-e God has created.
God. Mr. Hem 'on was one of
dhbugh denied the-privileges'will
others of far less usefulness and
-the black race. Though one of
la<e. yet he was denied the right
if t he Very men who were to say
io should contribute to maintain
iow t hat money .should be sjnmt?
inn, and-no Mark mTTTny^aTMmT
nse enough lo kno^r how?mtrrfr
n the form of taxes, nor how-it-)
if Mr. I Tern don is an uonnswer
e< but stih-fhey are maintained.
L. to teach "thai there-ar.e To.ni'
hip." as Miss Gale says, but will
^e-'that it'will not be necessary
before the fact he driven'home*,
iseful citizen, and" a milliohTilro.
I not ride on the ra dreads, wit h
or ijioq with less money or no.,
in. the world can present siich a
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* P RE/;OME? A T.TFE
IE -N. A. A. C. P.
f - the .Grand?i/idee Kblghls My
session in Glia: lesiotv last week.}
did was to become a life member ,
icemcnt of Colored People. The,:
only the uplift of the Negro to1
tore and * more challenging the:
>rf_rjf thinking .colored people.!
;t.ftVg~bIMmTn frrrf- le and' !i ^
highest importance. The col
is_ kinds of fraternal orders, all.
a'ide from giving most of their J
d with?death, nothing much is I
ont thing. Particularly is fhisJ
men and citizen* are ronryrnefl.
loufw^fVrohna Grand Lodge of
v other fraternal orders. Ger i
iuyami-dol far1 - in h better cause *
ornavanteerl hv the ronsfitu '
is of the several sfaos "hut which j
3 ' ' -?* i&J
THE PALMETT
are denied by tbose^ho^aj^not
well understand thai they are g
who defy the Constitution unle
Will lake money lo make the i
given the colored man Out real
himseET And it's going 10 take i
about success. His cause is. just
to anyone else. We believe that .
shall have been taken wb.en all c
shall contribute theii; share of mi
?iualit.v of laWrnd opportunity.
r ' ?t-THEJ1
William
, ~ Tiic ri" vvTTrr,ii>]|;,i" j^rf:
; The .ia/./.v -nvlce or' tT\e c;
. Tho alcoliolic. odors. bet am
.She closed her blood; hot t
' And buried h ho' bed h:
Arni', a'l1 b.o"-^ ' ?';>r truT
? - .The riMijfed jin.N-'pbvered ai
The "ha'f nud >. ndy shooh
i : -Wfet*.-Td<i"i tr'"-s. r-inm
St ivrod nr.Mi'on* Pihl-- Tiro!
: I.i.ho sinrm tossed waves
' \ Tore -It the mould of life
'scaped like a tortured dm
\ moment a''v lin~tr~ thcr
" 7 .All hn(??T> of tee tlnv .e
~~?f.-ill ei to the ''loor< hei
r
" " v; ~r ~?r"?* ? *
. . one saw th??-eloornV any
" ^*dl "V-'n she upon mhose
We oidy 'elt hi> l-resonci
1 Pi s' P'nl mrv i-. her wpii
Tlvm Me'apcholy oarrro ah
Tp \vrel*chedno>s. \ a;nod I)
Tn airooy ..of h- ?v } -sn. :> he
Spld" e'v ne-sp'vir .jrave^h
?rP"' ;iH '.i dnu1 ; cii', o|' o
Thee Grim T *oh v led h
' - Til v I 'P ,f- :;.-'d -OHO'l si
A;Tlliv ott of \"0or"fllrhrt^ini
. P"-.-ed. riV)f i, tho V
. .. T ::rv>Y fly -k- .>-<> i' . [
o' i. v,(-i .. nx ] ~
? ." Tv> i v.w r; ' ; ;!< f)n;->? ivH h
I" i'.ii' n.n: ffv> . 1 ' j'I ] )|M
^ (Wv i iy V-Nybovd on 1
bn>l). ;s \V(>;
^ v- v 'V'-h-.W.-T ;n
T'1 .'- !
Torp. f! no Ins- ft V? .".iWI f
V ' . 1 ' ! !.; 1 .1,1
.Crow /-1.*! ' sr'i|:nj'r, '>
. n<!. -r.r! !yj^.'sfirl% in
~ ; ((iv'I"i 1 '. !i 'v>"i' =
- A VISION
V-7-^*'- '-:IJy. -W.i ;AIai:|c
T-.saw it like a beam of li^jl
( limb;*iip ; he mountain \
I V?ur.injj dowii yrold |>
l ike a pathway . I'roffl the
I .Saw on t in's hlyhway so
Tm sf.rat of-oiu'- vve l.o'vt'i
1 ?mv in;r <jk >-\yrt..in lhaUkful
For. l'lv'; .-iiiys .from heave
I aw !u> "lav advanoiiy'
? Vl''t l lihu t sh-i He k\
4?? v> ;U'"' I'M' .Tl'uvin-;'- i.-:ino])V
r ! '!( ph/.tW!'I'.rci noontide sky
1 saw *1 111.'" of hnppines.#
,-Vr}i o.?i't!Vl.v .'wa^i^o fpr
Tittf wi'h Tjv ?>'>\yu\varfl fl
.-.That happi-iv^s hu* c<?a *e
1 \ fo?* b but 1 hw
TV/fr'nov mo \r. thy hour
' }jy j"rlv,iyl- f?<:?*?. ^ hbnV'T >
Wcr.". I'i'M ?-i nridc ,ai
i ^-rr~?i<.-r i'i.,1 pTTfrni
. . Vl'111i 1 )l>'iTT-^r~7?-r~[ jollffv
k \ v.i'Vl.f'' " "11 iif" sedfivV
A1' ' ! 11 " 1 ?:<>?.' t !
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J| Mountain City |
if- ECHOES f
The. Associated I'|< s carried the
news last week that a majority of
the (Pond old i'ai'tv S..,m ..
mitu-meri \Vere in favor (if; hohfing
<i\e fii'Xt convention down in California
?a nirc ^gorid long Vide?l>ut
are wc to lose sight >f manhood and
everything else in order to get- the
(). K. stamped upon us so that the
'>"-V wiil piny ll.v y-an?e-in the sameoiu
way?tiod (orhid.
\VTiy should any one Fleeted hy the ]
ty have to how and beck in order to
get elected, for the sake of a few |
"olored . Jiieu. having their \vav. naid
to a National Convention* 3very four j
years. Today the colored Republic- l
ans are as voiceless as our cousin,
~m?r moTikoo "?s-wu ^ - '
i ikiii now
months ahead, there arc those who
are ready to the licking actv-from
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PLEADER
101; jaw. /The Negroes might as
oing ty/get Nothing from those
tss they contend for it, and it
;6nlesi. Physical freedom was
freedom must be achieved by
mited action on his part to bring
; he seeks nothing that belongs
a long step in the right direction
eiored organizations everywhere
:>ney to the cause of freedom, e
HOST ITIJT E-r
\*."m l;'\ | > '*
IX Kobinson . . .
* J'. - '* _ _
ivcw" oppress!VP,-_
nhaycttOr . ' ^ '
10 sickening.
yes, as if to hide;
t'i-lt'ead in hor arnia.- =
!od down pointed cheete.-y
id a choking sob - $ ..' * r ?as
in her blood, ,
T" loathing, " ???~
i of lvn.'-pring dpsh-p .
at sea': a yearning pain >
t "hit tin* t-ry * ' .
n,.j +'l
> k: emu nt'vv ct VVcty.
rumpled" form, T -.
r ylnssupaot. r ?;
el as he wintred,
s's jprloamy"*sRade,? : ? ?
:it brooding; -
d dark Despair. y
deep remorse,- : c .
writhed;
er a vision:
Unit Penth: ~ - '
er away to die.
idling . all .serene;
V-- ,
Ivor's flood beneath.
icad,
e hired ire heart:
1 'I ri"iihl!n'> Tipfure, : %
he roykv plains,"
ary of the way.
TTis <r?nt1e smile:
-^eer*. and Death, abashed,
'e'd. as flee^ t.b(Wnierht,
T.lfo <ndsed as love
- ?^r?stit-ute- ??ir?r
iv.jjTnr.ff p <5ltrh rtf thanks,
I ^'s arrnsand died,
-Ml \'Ut)\u\ reserved). .
f :: k . ' .
<$v life ...
>11; Thompson .
ligh; - ,
earns slanting,
sky.
bright?7 . 2' .'- ;V
ncssi.
II ahovpj,^. ; ; .. ; * ..
fast,
of heaven, ' . . "?-?; .
r-;~--r~
nio: ' . ..
rift of life,
(1 to be./'- -
}. w.ix rrdne v
of neofl;
^ifpht. for a?d.
rid selfish >jrreed. '
try
>oy i hroujyh
inoss?
ft J m.. nut rue. ? ? head
to heel. If we could get a few
( men, real race loving men, to stand
up at th<t Convention, speak up for
the race, 'and refuse to be dried up
wiith the promise of a little money or
a joy ride, there would he enough
loyal delegates to put in whoever was
j best fitted to go. Men of the state
| tooK at our condition politically in
, dear old South Carolina?"The worse
I ever." I dare any colored man to
!. Uy and prove ullieiwise. ~
Well I saw a strange man Cutting
i around town one day this week: af
ter some little digging in I found that
Atlanta Independent, here, for the
purpose of putting on a 500 subscribe
was the' representative of the
TiiiiT" fTilTlr' .Xow tho Atlanta finwTF
does fairly well, in fact its Editor
would stick to the facts, at all times,
;p he would, it would be in class Ai
Now we are not selfish,-, and if the
good brother from Georgia can come
.jjL-aruI.calfch .them, why let hirh have
them. He is representing a .worth
while paper all right. But what
makes us scratch Our heads is, why
the people of theState pay Tor an
outside paper when we have in the
Palmetto Leader as newsy a sheet
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?V,VMy?W.VWVV.VVV.WV%' vvv.uv I
| Pointed Points jp
g By George A. Singleton jjj| j
OC^OO'C-^ODvOC-O^O.OOOOCfOO.OOOv 1
' Av ' 1
Sunday finds us in Evanston, Illinois
with the- Rev. \V. A. Fountain.
He and his young wife have .lived
themselves into the hearts of Unpeople
there. They will entertain the
Chicago Annual-Cpnfenpnce Am Sept..
- 21 "He is expecting' President. Sims !
- to-preach foi liim tlie second Sunday X
will be at Bethel Sinai,. Rev. II. Y. '
Tookey, pastor. Say what you will,
Hremdont Simn io headed-IWH he top ^
most level in the church. . They, aie
already discussing him for- the opis -
gqpficy. . 1
- .Such wonderful weather! oty-.day
?the heat is unbearable and the next, '
it is cold enough tp Wear. an oyer .'. ,
= co&t. ; ? . . I j
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--?Mrs, Gworgo A. Singleton brre cum- .]
, pteted successfully the summer term']
at Wilberforce and has joined the ,
- >m I '
- Scribe in Chicago, our home for at ' .
ldast a year. Already she is im ! (
pressed-with the citvr but li'Wtw. ltns?L,
ton better. 'Vr \
? If-j
Are you ..watching the Naval Con. }
ference at Geneva? Uftcle Sam- and. ]
John Bull are at daggers points ore |
the size. of their respective navies,
- Thoy?arc rotting the stake lor the,*,
next war, and world holocaust. Win n
all is ready.the cyrtaj.n \yfll be raised - 'j
and millions of civii-zed fhprr,- Tirade - ]
in the -moral likeness of. God, will j
- mttijeh forth to ba'ttlo. You will He ,
called to go, light-and' .lio>- ?*^ruL.
Lloyd George says: "('ofirtaelice?at
- Geneva \%i 11 mean iin'mifrti ,n nrivii's
_ . ' ' ' . ' . ' ? 1
"While studying conferences, j^aze
iinnn ' tllo hiirh cltnv/'hmon ? * i <Ai. Ii?t??
; the world conference on Faith and
Order at Luzanne. They are seek
intr a basis of union pnd
hensign. The Eastern and Western
churches split back' in TIF over the '
yoiiq( JaAtic_ an<i . . eoptro\t'ii
sies:?the West and- East will hot be '
thei^y. "Only the Protectant; worid
will be represented. The Baptists ari'
- not takiim ?^pnrt. Qui? AmorharFehurches
would do. a better job tryr
ing to tackle sorfie .social wrongs at
"hyTfTe. So far as an organized mm
i^t-ry, we have been studiously si^nt.
The non.black ministry in this'coun
try ~eoulct~be a Tfrtght'y* iTower' fot' so. ~
ciai justice ancf kingdom bull l.ng,
but tney are, atraitl ot their jobs, A
side from. Will Alexander, John'
Hayrms Holmes, Posdick, L. O. Hart*.
man Tmd a precious few more the white
pulpit is silent. If thp ehureh js
not .to_he . withqut.,-it,Av.ili. Jiot he.
. ' . ' ^
worthy of Ilim who died on the*cross
Where today is * the. Amos Of AinfaJ- law,
the Rosea of love, the. Isaiah ot
- faith? Would that the church could
again produce a Paul, an Augustine,"
a .Savonarola, a Huss. One Martin .
Luther wouud be worth a thousand
preachers who pasture instead of
pastoring fhe people.
j We accept the status quo too com
placerttly. Of course, we like to talk
bbout rights; but we do not forget
our duties. We give iit too easily.
Wia'ar'e not out for paternalism. This
state and country belong to us as
^ much as to any people. There are
~ certain ' lliiqgs .no will have to con ftend
forj^-nght for; nnd if needs be [
die for?"Life, liberty, and the pur :
suit of happiness" We can easily get ;
--dlong without the IikhI immtljgii- lead-'
er wno auyocai.es less, una Tens us
I t,o stay in our place. Where is otiv,
place? In war it is at the front; in ,
retreat it is in thy rear; on the street ,
ears it is behind; on steamers it is j
below; in heaven it is no the outside." j |
"They who would be free must strike j
the first blow." .
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NOTICE; .. . j
We have misplaced the names of i
those who paid 25 cents or more oh i
Sunday during the Christian union <
which Closed last week-at- Mill Creek,
but as soon as we find them the ;
write up along with the above in i
formation will be published. ? j
W. K. BOWMAN.
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= Cui'liBlfci 1 Augnwt L1?Mis. M.ifhlT
Burton is in Carlisle and will remain . i
here till the 8th of August, any and
oil l/\yl/r?n ml?rt t?* ?
may write he?- at Carlisle care of ]
Westly Robinson. - i j
- ^ " ~'' -t
as any that slides from the press? ]
Of course the fellow that gets up and I
goes after them generally gets them. J
W Trust the folks that get out the V
Leader wili-wake up.- r::^. ??U
"The Fool." ,
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Saturday, August 6, 1927
A,I K'I'IKK TUO.M ASIllA ILLE
iditor Palmetto Leader,
adumbiov ?
)&&? $ir: * _
I am idebned to rewive the ;tchder.. ^
t is just fine, but I am not surprised
vnen i mins. wno is tne r.uu-or. iuu
u'e only the chip of the- old block.. I
ove. S. C. you know it is my' native
>tate; No limn can truly hate an
jther unless he first do thq other a '?
wong. This rule for Individuals is.
[hft. t'Ule for races-ur^intions. Rare??
latred fir prejudice comes from one .
:accv doing ' t'iie other ruie wrong. \It:
s wrung to" disHain-iri:-e Negroes in
.he .Southern fcfatcs. A people deprived
of the right, to jury duty, the .
right to vote and be voted for is dc. .
;he privilege to lild and, propPi-ty Ull. '
til some one wan^s it.-" -Then life is
gone %r they are Vhipped to give up - -Thtm??wTiom?sluill?the?_
eictini go''.' Jhe jpdge, jui:y andjotii.
mi, tod ; I* Jr'inie ' antT will not go
jack 'on themselves.. Who can blame *;'
[hem ? X<T .^ no mart. f>ist-mt?ehl>-tf- f_
mienl si the mother of the Aiken out_..
mro, the Ahdununvj'hy^ing^The^ Ufr ^
ion- mob. N?w and liwMT nii'Se la\v_ . 1
less . putyag.es are perpetrated on '
*01110 pom- white . people. 1 here are
Hood white people iiv South Carolina
tn^d?none bettor?than?the-?prosonf??
jjoVverimr; but they nvIII: never be able
to have order vuntil the" good white. 1
people and geod-blayk people join
bahds at the jjallot bbk. It is said
that-God Kayo the white people of
lie South po\y.yr to'TUitv in righteous^?- f
i.1 > *, .ind it' rhoy-will not In; will take ?:
it ,fponv'.them and give' it to another
leopile 'TlUtt \vtl{~irsrlher power right-?, ' .
lyV" 11* thjs lS'T?'U':,t'huHm>u-?iniat'.be ;
near.- These Inal thiinw, huvt? ' been
i11'""TV "'"befked l'or a while."
But .ib, by. iak'.^ Jlic power p om' the_
White .pibple ''What rave or .nation
w on Id lie give ii lo Surely hot to
the Negroes, for he is in|t using1*'" .
iUnd lit I If p. -tvi' lie Mtiv. bus proper' -??
ly. I think (lod . will O'onie himself
and in his own way .destroy'the'wick,
ed, set up his own right edu? king- *
dom and have his will done on earth
a." in?liotrvoiv. 'i liei o . v as a?tune?
When -there wsa no evil in all the
cart li and I bat time is mgr. at hand
ftjfuin?a-heiv.' .the. JXildi-oos _'wj]l_ iru, ,
herit the earth ami Meligiit thetpsel
vos'.in the abundance of peace.. .
riie Southern Stafes. They may have
ti'io.pnJTfillv O. C. ll'iliiio.oii.
tist cTily .Ministerial Union
. ' *" ' See. Asheyillc..Bap
Dated, August d. lb-7.
I()!i\ Ii l.\ BY. I'M Iv S l l'il'.l. l)Kl\ . "
,-i:u. was ii rrat a n <m iivw???: The
great yiterc-st being Shown ill
VAOUA L<.,iui<j ImIHUT omIIC. it\ -mind
that grand old song- kn'ovn as John
*. J ' _ st' * '
Henry. Who liasnot heard of Jolm
Henry, the fa;nobs \ejrio.. steel driv.'
erf -The---Meey-is-thnt-he w-as aliout ?rthe
most power till stool driver that
over, livod^ It Is said that- during- the building
of the Uig IJoiul Tunnel he
(VdhvpeTod With- a ytvron drill, out.
hamnier in His hand." ' "
Is this-a true story", or is it .an.in_
t cresting tale .that .Negro workmen
I'f vt tie no ii> .ail. sct.ivds uiii i , s "
possible*' but did it really happen? *
Some people who have investigated
this legend say that John liepuy- Was
only a myth, .an imaginary ehavac.
tor in vented-by grb steel drivers.
Others say that John Henry was a
real than, that lie did drive against
the steAVn driil; ami that he really
did hP'.r. A and limp dead with the .
Hammer, jh his hand. ?
Anumg those who are trying to
tin d_outrf lie truth a bo ifi John Henry --is
ITofseSon TT TiJuwr.n T.I' tKTT
LTiiveisU.y of North Carolina. MrV
Jidinson .is collecting songs and stoics
about John.-Henry-, from all ov_ *
L-r .the nation, and later on no, is go J , ..
ng to. put all of these in a hook a
bout John llenry. He say's, "I am
inclined to think that the-story about . '
John Henry is a tare story, but of
course 1 would rather, have definite
proof that it is,true. . I believe that
there are still >many people living ' .
ivho could uiyfc evidence concerning'
he origin of the story about John
Henry-, hut they are growing old,-,
mil unless they speak syon we may
lever know whether John Henry was
i man or a myth."
Sir. Johnson Would- like to hear ?*
from anyt.no who knows a sortg about
Tumi IiffTTT"T>?"\\ho can toll him uny_
;hmi; _nj>out the origin of the song,
lie is especially anxious to find an
llenry song, and, V>e states he will
iay a good price for such a copy. lie
[ Mil, North TWoUpii. It is to be .
loped that all who know j?fything* su. J
>out Joiin Henry! wilt writo- to Mr. M
lohntfon and. thus help to preserve '
ace before it is too late. ,