The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, September 10, 1927, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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- Checks, Drafts and Postal or Expres
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HENRY 1). PEARSON - f
-GEO. II. llAMl'TON __
r??? - Comrouiiu'atio'iis hucntiea lor i.im
should reach" the od'lorial tie k of Ti
day of each week. City news, locals
. -day-Wight,- ;?? .?
CQi-X :.ir.iA, S. C... SA i l i
" . That is not a nice picture el
" y":: _ tec-ted in Georgiaby the Aiiurr
school oiliciaIs ill si:, I,. ;.i
mit trailer on : 1 iuF Txrrraitrr^
wald, to say nothing of .the IS
earnings to insure a comforts
dren. .
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~ "" Speaking of school building-.
democracy a..-. it-is. pi act Ned in'u
When COiOi ed pftnp?e, ?r>n<1then,'
if thev would have dec";
stances, .dig down in -their po<
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Dr. Nicholas Murray Fuller,
ty, apd an emhg ot RapM hvor
one or two more ahvendinen'ts 1
the United Slates an ubiii pi
?- ; s-uch thing ?;"ut aTtued thai in
~~ ; quest"Mi. The Dr. does not s;
- . ever nominated fti\' president <
being, he will hnvo to sa-v v.-ha
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'Phn ? a'u 1. 1
pnv ayne I?. Wheeler, the
Association. ' Mr. Wheeler. by
/ ' as. well as'the hypocrisy aiid
holders who vote dry hoi drink
iul-j?4ite4Hfrl-4prJthr conn;, .
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' Georgia ami Alabama roi'usc
?. they have been displaced by h
Cteuigiu passed a so -called V
a press rftuzzliug law. Some
things these, days and times,
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Vance Marchhank,.tho -.Hi
_ named by president Coolitlge
. fully passed his first e\amir
> wj has-been ordered to lTport'l"
4?-ijk tion March 1st.
'Jl animation, will indeed proyy i h
jw" J ' ' ' '.WTTn-v' i
J" "Popular govern 111^1;1 in the i
hns'lic a- nubutitmcd in-TiT"".'!
. . g?*icm.es, conironco wi
states who are .obedient to par
, t .... cies of govepnn^elH Vhu taxing
oiganizat'iohrC.. This is. the
r?ent lawyer of iticiiinonu, Va,
however, was" not thinkijig >1
the Negro jn the n;.?nie hl"..:
. : ' . wailing t he fact that in tile ?\
part of. tlW white prnpir
As long?iiisL44r<^ u?\i"leiiT'ocrfVt rc-"s
jgirn, it war, A.H' iglit. lhji
. to the \viiiUes?" also, he crjVs o
action has a reaciiou. Oae. c;
??- ?the ("id h^trreing Tiiinsetf
Mr. Anderson s \\ u/.'ie soeoc
many truths ocn;g. uiu-ro'd- j
?^?nkull <.?^f'iiis i.oI* an <. xanmn.- j
. the Negrp: "\Ve a
- meir legitimate development.
"* *. . unjust, but it >\ouM. be'higibh
> educated man lias an e,\plosi\
" be given an 6nnt let "?The' wo
not been recogni/'.edbuj'orc, or
it. But then so many tliii:'ys
- -J 4 : so out of harmony with the ;r;
... 1 TtTTS^TTiing7"f) I a-i n as" it is,-in-1s b
time, right "even as to the Xeg
. . GO TO-^eiIOO
"The time for-the boys and.g
young men mid women to tal:
arrived. It is the sacred did;
' his child at tends, Vimi..
"A boy is better unborn than i
equally to girls. liefo and titer
Son whfvhas lu-hinvcd mm , ES8
very fact that thev are so poii
ordinary. No one tak"s the ti
and women of education. 'A h
of all people need education.
. too friendly; tor ages, past 1
beings to contribute to the w
To'them even y>t is not wcoi
-other-people nv<d trj rrrnmv T^
for them to jrmtch 1,fafn v. i;!
neglects to seo tr* it that his <
iiiu imiH ni'ii'C mull nr"nTT^>
, *? cruel world handicapped and r>
??" with - wi^ii li (lie world >;0 \ \
- fco^feHmkV htrfjr*"thr't a nyotie i?
The ?nly look ing out wih-be lo
" 7used and robbed.
Tn thdse sections where hard
vided, th"fe Negroes Should dema
t : or...
?tto Waiter - t l
bklv ' ? 4
root, Columbia, S. C. 1 " ?
[itorial Rhone 4523 ~ ril
da, S. C., as second class matter by an t|
RUCTIONS " ' ."-fy" . ' . " :'T
8 Three. Muaths L? t
5. : Ciimio Cupy ..L, .?? .05 '
,llowed by law- ' ' |?
; rational letters" on subjects of jjeneral O
ipanied by the-rmnios and addresses o'fg
dexmnatory nature. Aiwnviimiia- nmi. ft
:Td. Kejected manusdipts will not be ?
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,s Money Orders should be niade payable ;
I he Rnlniotto Loader' ' ' T
-r >-\j. * Editor w
? Fraternal Correspondence n
? ~ Correspondence ~
- iNe\vs Editor
Manager *
.cat rent is?uu luust be Very brief, ami.
he:i>Jalmet to Leaner liut later than Tues- '/
; personals and *oc.ial hews, by Wed nek- "
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a)^V 8EITKM15ER 10, 1927 <i
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lOt* way a- Rosenwakl school is e r
la' tiulviioiulont. Surely, the white'.*:
ii>il -.n low in mo rn In ?.< to tuiu ! y
1 gy.'it'rot:^ gentleman. Mr. Rosen 't1
jegroos who gave of{Jieir meagre ii
v?'r.> school building t'or their chil i<
. . ' , , ' X ' / q
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isn't it a serious commentary on1 b
our viTwrn si>|fjnn of tin- country I'-..i
-+1.1011'. pro rata of. direct taxes and: s|
?nt school bYRldinggs in many in L;
; trots 't<y y> to vide them?' r - 11
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l'reridetit of Columbia Uiiivoni j o
. v.ii {been accused of saying that
ifttv-tlVo 1 !th and 15th would make ! .
ile.denies that he said any. \
' ' yl -m-<-iili-1,- ntimp p}iu y
\iy what that idea is. hut, if hp is y,
>f,tho 1*. S. as he would not mind. ;j
t his idea i& .
* *- ??? ;?:?*7
osl its. ablest- leader in the recoilt:
iteneml counsel of the Anti Saloon K
reason of his position, and ability! ,
cowardice of most national'office!
.Wet. \va> perhaps tile most power I u
* * * - ' ? .-uLi''d
to pass anti. masking -hiwsvtdio'-. >,
e lawlessness\ii -mrerk. c .'wards; yet ;
we . purity" la-w and Alalxtma i p
legislatures are certa-inly funny .]
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-* - * ?' ?7 > . :<X.
uf a. colored soldier aiitl Who was"
to enter West' Point, has success
'is. rogayupciMy* tiie Hardest, aud i
\Vcst Pointt for t ho 1'iitai examina *
ir. 'th;f't the <rflicei>-"giving this ex ?
cmselve* '"Oflieys ami gentlerqen." ,
?OV-?-T". -. ^ ; ./ >
lML ILHAHTfflN ?r~,
rcuthha^ been dostroy etl tand t hel p ?
vavl ocii- puvpet'utoting political oli [
i.La holding groups in the several j =i
iy organ bullions and'use the agon j
owers tomaintiiin a<ntl control t tn-sc l.
way tilings political in - the South j .
ta-i1 if iii--y-W. Anderson, a .promi I .J
r and a Republican, Mr I
"t lie whole-ale dUii'^iicliisement pl'.i .i
' unite uprenyicy.'V He was be!,tr
Vii/ie.-idc^ist ranc!ii^cjno?at, a great'! <i
./.'j,! l.i_^fp^i(--44c+4ry ?1 i1.1 ram liUorh; r
cHenu'dunty -wnytrs~znra i n"f~T}y >T-i-e-'tlie
ru ult has been so disastrous
ill a.iui iclls the truth, But every !l
' 'U Uiollg the Xi-yi'D n'it'mit :,i ' i,
I- 1- - ' - - - -J
n uowever, was a- IMou^h.tL'ul dhe/H
'U'llV t() VV1"-V nnn lm) ||i||.|'> j
x arming a. change of policy toward'J
wiv- the Negroes and 11 ie 11 suppressjT
Tlijv would not only be cruelly t:<
' dangerous to social order for tliej;
:aml dynomite former which must j ><
..tier is sut.!{"aH o'bvious tl'Ulh ha* *
at least attention publicly called to ;c
are done in-relation to the Negro]<
'lna'ri1 ''up Dial iirny^71""
-en just simply overlooked. Given'1
ro\vill eventually prevail.
?-o?? -rt
I. ANl) COLLEGE. U
iris to onlei* dii- viyin^- Mr.]i 1
e their places iff collegers lias again l
y <>Levery parent to .>pc to it. i hat.a
w hooh' L lias rightly been said: )1
mt aught," which, of course, applies|
"lie may "point 1" a mu i h 'fill pn ^
wit-Pout much education, but I lie".v
a t ed out shows that it i.- out of the c
trid to point out the snc( tkssfnl mnn
r;t is raken toV granted- -Negroes *t!
They are in ? world that is none s
! hoy hfove been regarded as only h
el fare and comfort of other races. '
Mod the position of possibilities of A
H-grado, it yr-absolutely necessary""'
Vrr.in. The parent who therefore T
'hild is- given sch'2i>X_adLviintages
r lies ends "hit? ehild- out into the ?]
n easy victim for fhe unscrupulous-^'
d'-ldy inhabited.. It's alL^tonsense-*
going to look Slit f<>r the ignorant. *
i m:tt just how he ran be exploited, *
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!y FveiY excuses for schools are pro ?
nd good schools and if they are not' Cl
* THE PALMETTO L
irovided, so far as possible, they
daces Wiiere schools are provided,
tin to have schools and where thej
afcly conchKlt'cr tliTUdTfos;.> W-hn^:
. re not friendly and prefer the U
lore easily mistreat them. Demand
3r onlyjhrbUKh education is thete
ti
Pointed Points I s
3 as
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By George A. Singleton g eUi
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cv:-jac^ao.aa a
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Convocation i
SU'llI IM11 llpV Ciwnml ll'UC r?mmn<Ol?n
J -V ~ w??\l II no VCUW1U11
uty-rt^r-Hio' l' nivcr.nty ul' Chicago at hivhrt?n?e
over' six hundred . young /i
ten. and women received underirrad- Th
atdaiul gi;udiu\te decrees. The udrofesTwas
delivered hy- Professor Dan- ?
'if Kvans of Harvard, Cambridge, -pg
lass. Hit?- subject was, "The meaniK
and value til a liberal education."
he sight of an acadeunjc procession qv
always impress e. It has a ten- (
eney .to ifmpire *undergraduates to gu
ursive their studied further. It repcst
ills an ideal >yhieh stirs One's
>'Opest nature-. Perhaps-th>wonenp=fotT==Tfr=r>WrrtTitiire
comes down from
lie .Middle Auvs during the romantic i
;tys o'' kni.ehthoed when' the .feudal gu
ad invested his vassal, an the es-r
uir_e wiis knighted. It is thrilling to ju,
ie. a, aia-.ei nt" -Art.vwt'.P litis Oitt'ttcd'
'rs In aided -witl^ t he-symbol of
. hiuUi'.niy our thoughts *T?
bod eaSt ward to. t1?> cVlui-iition.-ii *mv?l
i of Ai;i',: k'a. where and .when after nio
ijToe years of suslajjied^jnlelloctnat Pq
tlo'.u we were niude air alun.nus, of
1 n rniversity. Wo r-.nieihber As
le yi w n.ddc ok that, .day,' and' one
tar.later, ceased to be - an' Entered Pe
d'tn-ciLi . ..nd?became' a?Master' "
> tu l-mas. On thsat day another vow
as iwade," and- its realization we Bu
Iriv'e to.iacT?UiVe now.
The?"Wiiii lor (.Jiini'H i1 i,?elided '
I'i'.h ; 1.i"11iiivaialimi v\e \ViU 'be "At
t w?rk tyain.. All of you cannot atrial
11 "t i. l!ai Vi\rd. rfr the Ur.iver- "N
iy. but your sons and daughters can *?
riny the e yrre'at in>iUtiil:.>hs" 'down
e st:. jldnPH zed L you.Jmnl bate t Wi
r.a.trainrd in standard, seuools Your
liildren in . t jpd !'< 'embarrassed in A-r
ie lilucilliur.al wurl'l when they leave
>r other' institutions. .Not only - do
ie. yiyat schools desire to know what. If'
tyifo y?1fo Kirov byt where you dblined
it. wlit-n, who' your teachers ;
!?? ? 1 u'liiin#. u %.?oi:. ? i ^
? v "..iwjv.nuc}, WlWiVra U)eil' ,
vixvi'h. . The ^damltmi is'sot, and it Th
- up ' ' us to measure up -to it. Frgsli'i.t
Si;;.;s. often says that \vc must
ot have to. npoloyizb .lor uur eduatiO!?r
This t unvoention has brought Fo
hese aiid inairy .more thoughts to mv
lilKj. ' ' . " ~T \x
*" I i.tc Xeirvo has his own welfare*'
n *is hand. Th- only tiling that is1
jid- Miyi" lis . i'lt. -i-oiitv." Profound.;
tho l.ihr.v ") Tj.oatki-'s brilixuit.
'itiiil versatile editor, N.!.
. I* txaiviavh, iri ,'ihe is? u'e 'of iW pant J
rrrkr i :-.e X?. '- ? <)- gj'otip like e^ery*!
thor in ad the :i;?s W ,history ifingtjta
tti:v^ -its own way. Xut paU-rnaTism, to
a- }:bi?n.-.- around .y.d'.k o"i^v 'nats in .our 1 do
laials"- :i>kii'\? al- -, .and ehnrity, .but.. scl
!.oni<> .?- oh oyr^ iTv-t and ''"mantlingifh
raan s <-I;:>ney. lie who will demand- hit
i'"" n"77ht h. turned over to-the mor- -j tic
l i ai thou hast - in u*7
by ha:. ;I ein- auv.yeiiv''Welfare." j
:ty--;io\s'-ht'settinii' P.
.a is ! ' i ;. v or I:-, k of intetlijfence JVC
t is iioo:s .~i V I'onp T io.b i an
1 in\c]Iigeneu ' k'e ps us apart, di- ; nii
ide.-; u's,- ami ma) i united, concerted fehi
ii.ta'at *in_ invpos -Hiility, Wliily we ..
:) <: i :V< rantfy .irarn-lli-nir .among our-' nn
ich US. I I K I t lui X" nvifwun C!^...U I nn
, a\iu; o,gutn- |7,w
i'h Kingdoms of Israel, the Greeks | tet
l.'i K-ms cnt. r'. destroy our nutnn. | lei
>t.i\, us. Let history ' thi
>ear witness. ;
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It is not ins) .jo liable to .write a CO- >n
liunrtte howaJhy. without mention- da
ng continued. air exploits. Now a
'riii? ? > ??i> .U.i i,?Tito wonderful ex-| hk
il.oi's of thL. air are conspicuous by j
lvj. f|l, ni-f. n f . v r 111 if Hiiwi't
>or that-you'sJtTowed Yasco da Gama ! in
io\v to cross'ttu" f>eoujy jjian were_th?j-tia
rr.sC to ctrcunniavHifiiU' the globe; ypu j
i cveyA Vdi'iiihuV . pilot' when he dis- ; thi
overed America. You helped found soi
ho oldes' t'Arn .in Anmi-ir o . Vim Wio'A an
ho first man from the old country to go
o\v and reap grain in Amerfca. You su<
i*1 pod Balboa' in his expedition and
iccovtry of thv peaceful Pacific, inj
V'hxm A'h. oral l'<nrv J>SC
op of (lie,*earlh you beat.hint there or
y ix fill! half hour. Be not dismayed
;if'
hill have perfected aerial navigation He
efrf^will ho (la1 fir*t-trrlly along the ftn
ti!J;y Way?rrrH discover lar--distant Hd
.hvs whH*h hhtr highest pe^yereeT tele- So
ropes faih to bring within our ken. hir
Xriortn hhh?d js In y?Ui' Veins; your
olden heritage lies beneath the ac- Pa'
undated sands of the centuries. 1 col
EADER Ij,
should leave and go to thosi
It ig( the right of every citi
ir are not provided, i(t can be
rrioranjt so that they can th
schools, then patronize them,
hoi\p; i&there life itself.
IE MIRROR AND MICROSCOPI
others, "but we must see ourselve
well as others because we live i:
iicLi houses. -With the Mirror w
1 see ourselves nnr.l wkh the Micro
)e. we can see others even fror
tine point of -view.? ~ "
ience '"I^he Mirror and Mfcfoscope.
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FOR A- THAT
V\ ith Apologies to Robert Burns)
-o2?out* fickle mindo> like winte
winds,
e noblest breast adores us mos
A consequence I draw that.
ept 1ovq we bear for all that's fail
Our humble slave, an' a' ihat;
t lor<lly will, we hold it still
A niortal sin to throw IhatTr IT?
:T're. CUrst, and burut, and trcate
worst
tVhen. on our honor we stand pat;
t what do we get when tho table i
set, ... ^ ,
st a'diet' of "gall for a' that.
wrong, or iin right, for our coun
try, we fight,
AncPthe" rich man's coffers w(<
ke fat; ?\
th customs and laws we bpholld ii
death s jaws
reward in our face we are spat.
t. poodles, and cats, and rpactiq
and rats,
\nd bed . bugs and ants have j
t the poor sons of Ham,
show;
,
l'ho meek as-a lamb
e forbidden to enter the door.
ot welcome," he says,; "to our op
. ras and .plays, ,\ _
And our psfrks and our playground
?md~" foaeraj; '
wll?crowd you out-p-and- knock- yo
. about, ?
id with our feet crush you ' lik
Toads."
we brace from our bent, and .shot
some dissent, ? . . '.
And?show?wo can think und* ou
hat, : ' .
ore's nothing we get but a flogginj
and threat.
And a rope on the neck for at that
r a' that and a' that,
Hctrorrah! Vfo're tirerl nf a-' that;
goin' be it, storm
That they'll^ no-v.^r forgot for i
'that. " .
HOW TEA HERS SHOW APPRECIATION
The, board of education in a cei
n southern city Recently decide
cut expenses this fylL by havln
ubUe sessions in some~of the publ:
h.ools and eliminating some of th
?ht .schools. Of coursp this mear
(1 thov even?nrnviHoA thrt.t? this nr
m would apply in the largermea:
e to the colored schools.
The local branch of the N. A. A. (
rcipiily "a-w '"j'Kti"V- in thi
t and called a meeting of parent
ght be drawn up and presented t
e proper authorities,
ft is said that on the night of th
eeting parents were out ip larg
rubers?but only two public schoc
ichers were present, the Others $1
tiding several danee^.^md crow4in
e peanut galleries in white theatre
Even though their'jobs and salaric
>re at . stake, the meeting was nc
iportant enopgh for their atter
nee.
Now what can We expect in a cas
e this?? ? '?
Dewey K., who conducts a colum
The Chicago Defender, says sai
it ieally: ?
"Bughouse Fable: We!re so sorr
b bby from Brunswick, Ga., got los
mewhere between 'his home stat
rl Brazil, it we had a plane we'
and search for him.Georgians ar
rh nice people/you kfiow."
Whenever the life of a human b(
? is imperilled it is no time fc
help even if he be the Imperii
izard of the Ku Klux Klan. .
But Raul Redfein is nu Ql'Orgiat
* is a native of Rochester, N. Y
<T his home is in ^Columbia, S. (
rrT IrTTfie North and reared In th
uth by Northern parents make
n a northerner, in my eStimatior
it- doubtless lig was-taught by M
rents to be kindly disposed, towar
ored people, as they -are engage
-' ,. 1 ~ .
B in educational work among' our peo- j
- pie at Benedict College, Redfern was
5 only a Georgian by adoption?or may
5" "BtfTTe didn't even adopt the Cracker
e State as his future abode. He was
simply employed by the revenue departmnt
of the state.
' Be it as it may, Redfern is, or, was
I a pioneer in a field which is destined
take -first -place In vapid ti'itiVsPOT-'
tation and exploration,
s Before Redfern hopped off from
n Glynn Isle beach, he saidr don't give
? tn ?TJc weeks. >We hope , he is still
II alive and slowly making his way towards
civilization in spite of the ma?
~ny haaarde he tfldil N encounter in the 1
jungles of Brazil. .. i
"Supporting Race En
terprises Here."
1 (PART I.)
Mr. Editor:
There seems to be an appreciable
amount of unrest among your readers j
respecting the above subject, judg- '
ing from the correspondents to your-'
paper. 1
c? hayy bccrr~nroved 10 oiler a contribution,
but desisted, until J_read
your timely editorial of the 3cd;^oj
s I beg to hand in the following: I
This is an old, deep and puzzling
subject; one that-is ever in order- dnd:
in the hope of itg^StJlutipn, ,ohe all i
"but despairs; if ^nK.i.l, h.iu.nv...^
very walls that bar. us from- , our
s {jiyuiiacu uesucs, erumoie. wnencver
I hear, wherever I see, "Negro" btisn
iness," I^stand at attention."
Quoting your headlines directly in
this article, like yourself, my mind
is working lpcally. ? t....
s_ Considering the earning power of'
our people and making-comparisons
^ with other cities of proportionate;
populations, itwould appear that the
Negro in business "HKBKJ" is up t",
if not ahead of anjl in the ?state.
Three undertaking establishments j
put him ahtr$tf of the whites of this |
- city. To be serious however, Bailey,
Blocker, Brunson, Bowling, Owen &
s> Paul;- Collins, Clark, Sharper -artti Si-,
mons; and Simons, the blacksmith,
u- -the Begat, Beestr'sr hnptTTab'druggisCs'
Homestead Bakery, Lcevv's Depart-1
0 ment Store and other business, interests,
Eubank's shoe repdiVer," Citi-'
zeiis Furniture Store, .two hospitals, i
v ".three Insurance companies, three real;
estate ruen, one hank, . among ' the
tt Stale's best; a score of doctors and
dentists, Mrs. King's, Dressmaking
^ establishment, the South's 'ablest at- j
? torriey of color, two Ol'Ahree print;.j
i. ing establishments?the one, The
Hampton?which as God gives man a
Saturday, it gives the race a Palmet
to?Leader; these and lii'any Others'
a- Mr. Editor, make mr-bad showing as"'
ventures. But as representative of.,
i' ithe enterprising spirits of their pro*
meters' as they are, they do not get
responses as a whqle, from .their race.
Instances are not rare, where, if ra-j
cial businesses-did not draw patronage
and sympathy from the whites,
"- their existence would be. nrohlemntin
d As said above, this is a deep sub-\
g ject and the simply directing the race!
ic to patronize its enterprises, because
l?_ >h??y nvn V'tci-il.nntnujii.i ? nJ irtm... lull)
?t solve, does not gfct us far. It prim- i
> ' arily affect? "the race's-business and i
>-1 professional men themselves asT Keen;4
ly, as their patrons and clients. It
Z. deeply touches the teachers and protfrzfesKuru
nnd goes directly to the heart ^
s of the pulpit. It is the big question
gibus Education," the awak-1
o ening. of a racial consciousness of
FAITH in itself, - .
e I would cavji. to do: business with
(?_ my race, with only a-sub^-thought^
>1 that it is Negro. The controlling
t- motive should be, that I am-getting
g servIce- ShcT TeceTvTng values for my j
;s coin.
js Experience seems to teach, that the
>t motive that prompts a colored man'
>- to do business with whites in^pref-,'
erence of the blacks, is the ill-found!
>e ed and often fals^ belief, th?',f tin
better values?POOR FAITH. On'
the -Other hand, when a tUilte ihari'
i patronizes n Negro, jt appears, he
(loes so cm the?belief-that, he gets at
dollar's worth for a dollar and per-'
t| t ?- t-t
y haps a little more than the same
it dollar would get from a white man's
e place. Hi* knov" vi-ry "H'll,- hf
d the cream of service and some white!
e families are so partial to the_ wares j
of their colored dealers that they i
!- suffer inconveniences to be supplied
>r by them?CONFIDENCE.' J
y Conversely, the colored man scarce
*1 ly gets courtequs service from the av
la-awu white riinrrnv Hti'tfimls wltK*4
T. suflU'IOnt, to sustain him for a single
^ transaction.^ ha would maintain Ids*z.
solf^rpsppyf. ?i_ ?: rri
e"- " A~-Gentile-,reviewing a Sunday i
g school ofTcreJ ?5.Q0^Jtd the one whoi
i. would name the greatest eharaeter
5--0I I lie Bible; the liust hand up was
d a little Jew: "Who was it Aaron?" 1
d And promptly came the answer, that!
m m i ; j ^
Saturday September 10. 1927
surprised all, "Jesus Christ." He won.
After school, the Jewish boys inquired,
"JVhy you did not say Moses?" ,
"He answered, "Beeshes Is ' bui'snea," '
you' know. .. .
There should be sufficient FAITH
in both business mart and patron to' ~
"do business and not "Beesnesr"1 There ?
ought be a definite and consistent
pulley in mice and service, tu'a'll.
- Why Negro business and - professional
men can't-get-together for mutual
helpfUlrteSST A ? City' With T\Vo
colleges, three.public schbQla,the-ppe-?-?
fessional and business .men citod abuve,,
the ministers "etc:, that" are dai-,
ly spenders; a city that has t.be energy
and tact to yeafly promote -un . ??
enterprise of ihe proportions as their 5
State Fair, flight support richly, the
present and as many more, business
enterprises-of IfRe nature. We^ ven^
lure to say, the trouble is with this"
very complaining class.' The man
who eats his bread out of the g\vea? r
of" his face, the farmers and those .
who live-by Brawn, "thAp are the
salt of the earth, that savors .our
professional and business nien's efforts.
Sffd, but the- nxtre you educato^he
colored man, lhe further- you ? .get
him, as a patron, from the raxre's
busitiua* /idea voir. and the more ? i.
they know of the sacrifices and Strug
gles of these enterprising ones, who-T/
are trying to establish the race, the
less their sympathies. It's a sharp
charge to hurl directly to tha<loors:
of* oiy profcssiondfr antl-business'mctr.. ' '
" IfEKE/' And until, this class so
instruct and discipline themselves to
settle their troubles in their business
or some other leagues, and do
to and among themselves,. as they
would have the general public do to
iiiuui, wu uiy uui KUIM?. ?uyttii\;c
our racial enterprises, pu-^-ceptibly.
And. l?v the w-av. tliis is the - missing
link to the final success of our business
enterprises, would wash. "Physician
heat thyself?' The'guagc, the
therniomotey, that measures the race's
capabilities .in all.things, is its willingness
to submit.to its- own leadership
and its_ FAITH in its own
possibilities. -'v : * '. -:L
But Mr. Editor, FAITH exists in ?
none but those who ai'e jh.CHARITY.
Ho wb intimate that with our intol- "
-tactual??e<}u+rements, Vur -supposed
moral ^standard; our church alliliations,- :
secret, order vows, Unit for want.of
charily our faith is destroyed and for'
the want of faith our progress is hjndered?
'*' '
* , .
Cant any good come out "of Xaza
FethIs it posible to substitute good
for evil, virtue for malice, purity for
fenvy and love for hate? For years .
the chief objectives of the malicious,
have been to exhibit their hate/and
spread their venom; -vi'hile in com pi a
cency a tnoupliuess public looked on
i hone?an tics and?flute l'ed itself on
the actor as the hero ?f the hour.
No people commands re'speet from
others that do not respect themselves
and ;t race over which hangs so heavy
a pall, who facQ suppestians of its
inferiority in every. public place and
on every public carrier, and in addition,'
would crush and kill..its own
pride; can it he..wondered! that in such
a race, there does not yet remain enoifrgh
self respect to have sufficient
r'nii to cniitriiniu. tu tin; efforts of ~~
its adventurers. ,
"Tsa *\ve decide to coneludo this
~ art icJe liy part two, at a subsequent '
time, \V(? will furnish examples of our
ideal businesses, locally namin.tr.) ^ [
Greeh Jackson.
-Coiunihi.i, s, -r> "r?:
JiltOOKLANl) NEWS ..
On Snitrniher 10th, 11127,. there Will '
Jje_a. birthday entertainment given at
Brookland Baptist-church, New Brook
to havd an envelope in which he or she
will put a penny to every year that
they say the pastor is old; and a
prize is 'also green to the on-AhatT 7tVmakes
The host inw?5
In connection wUh this there will ^
-?".be II conrrst between three girls
one fl'? in Double l^nni^, nn? funm ~~
Mt.Zion and one from Brookland.
The girl/rasiing the highest amount
above $10.00 gets $2.50 in gold; second
prize, highest amount-above $7.50 * ' '.
gets $1.50; Third girl raising the
highest amount* above $5.00 gets SI.
"00; in connection with this will be
a Tvne writinar ? ? -
- 1-> ?Oil a
letterless keyboard.
. Those services will begin at 8 o'- ."
clock "P. M. Mr. . Manigault's hand __
-wdf be on the ground one h.our ahead
of time to amuse youN'as you march
in. The public j<' inrrf.nl ?*" ? ^' '* ~
.to 1ip on time:?~ 1 . . *
Key. Mt_lL ilallovvayy-Pastor. ~
l>ea. 1. C. Cook. Clerk. . _k_. ??
( Attn TIIIMfc'O ?
.... I wish tu thank my, many friends
for. the many acts of kindness'to me
during my recent illness.
Joseph Tucker, 2130 Gervais St * ^
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