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~~i ' C^UMjjjArsTc., SA1
Armistice Day; celebrating ll
years aco. was o r. Tv,.ii. m! .>v?.
est armiotice though in this, eoi
pres..ion and a denial of the
rights.
?
. . _J2eople of.some sections qf t
of the law have scomcu so, spirit
, lynching a._helpicsS prisoner. ,
?v the a:"Aver. 'Ihe .horilT'of-the
. Attoincy were loth, dclcl.'tvd foi
ers and hoir sympathizers-pun:
"their" offices. Of coui. e. the>;
7 - severed from bi.rcfiice. hence n
the crowd, vicious or otherwise,
to help <*r :?
Near every presidential elect
get- bu>y in the 3ciiilli Tlipy
jobs. ' They beirin the old worn
party would turn its back comj
Democrats in helping to comp
.out of tho-ir- A-mei ica'ii rigfttgT
. strong parties. No use thoug
South, like Ephraim, is joined
entirely too many Negro votes i
tally-white, "republicans" ough
Democratic party. .
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Mr. Howard. Snyder, a white
est mistake, he says, that The
that its progress, is subserved V
J . : THE 15TH AND 11
The nuliifieatiQn of the 14th
S. Constitution had become so
. . given to it at ail lor years.. Ti
tieuiarly with the citizenship rrj
ican. citizenry?the "submerged
nothing would-be.said_ahout it
^ mendment, an amendmei|tvwhj
cannot drink. Now, the sectioi
the 14th and loth amendments']
?for the 18rh,wvhilc for the m
...i~: i*! I - * % .%
which nas aiways ooserveci til?
j?5f tti? lSlh?and there's the
* South just how hypocritical it i:
ingjthe 18ih because it is a pai
it,nullifies-lhe 1 Ith and
The^orth thiidvs-44: yftti fright
- - U nullification of the \4
K : - 18th"or rrrttrur the iar.ativ.ai Vc
'and eifect to-1he, 18th Anicntli
Sena tiln:.? of Virj
undyi^brhi.1 t;iTft i'. jj_Scut!i care
. "Senato. thai iicl a*Southei
to the- l-!th. ajed Amejidm
ingeniotr?:?does not say lh;
. .lifted cfo'-uiutciy ill spirit if not^
if he has lived all these voars
that, just let. him a?<k*fhe first
meets. The Senator' Jinows qjf
Negro in the South-?except;'!
"* . the privilege ,of voting freely a
> constitute the governments?F(
makes no difference how inte
Negro may be.
The inconsistent Senator Bo
i L ningL all over The country cleliv
has called nullification.of the 18t
known no bounds in talking al
_ U. S. Constitution.?But of lat
the 14th and loth Amendments
that hejha-s been forced to say
including in itsj program the e
Amendments alohg^ith the 1
sincerity ? . .<
ALDERMAN F
? r FVierid ; nnrT tiflmirm-j
_ ..... M..v. w o c t j y
Fred R. Moore of the New Yor
ored weeklies in the country, 1
the great city of New York.- A.
?with which Editor Moore was s
OWnd^eople, a romarkahle ihiog
to an offiye on his first 'venture
is true that ne was, & iew years
by the President, hut-that waft i
of the man. Editor 1Tooiv? Vi?.q
?: wan w'rioi'o ofnrt:; will he given
Pn!r^?fp l.rMnr ronerrntulatan=
of Ills uv-rTTThy hir, neighbors.
PRETTTDtCE
nr?r?r>r no .cir^umstar
V^r(.v{fv,0?t,-;r,i,|.n,or pCfq |?jjq p
???? -i1 ?r fl 1 *"?*" f ^?
'ArY)r"-i?o Pn-t'f1p __Qhvirf jfvM.'f
frig. civViznHon is nothing. -Fn
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'tto ICraiter
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:URDAY, NOV. 19, 1927.
tie cessation of the World War
t"-.A-fflf?riea laut woolti?The grc;
uitry would-be a cessation of o]
'weaker citizens their America
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his country; wonder, why-office]
dess in the face, of mobs bent c
A recent .election in Virginia
County and the Commonwealth
r reelection beacuse-they had fri
idled them by defeating.them f<
average office-holder hates to 1
lore often than not, he runej wil
Besides, Negroes have no vot<
: ,
:ion year, lily-white "republican!
^navc irreir -eye^on tine pq^'fllD
out tune about if the-Republic!
xletely on the Negro and join tl
iletely freeze these JoyaLcitizej
the SouTFl would soon have tv
h^-it is?too- well known that, tl
to its idol, and besides, there a
in certain pivotal Northern state
t stay where they belong?-in tl
? '
man of Mississippi has-certain
iriodical "Plain Talk." The grea
South is making, is in thinkii
>y "holding the Negro-down."
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*TH AMENDMENTS.
complete thalt no notice" had be<
lis was so becaySe they dealt pa
rhts of the despised part of Ame
tenth, blaek people. Perha
now were it not lor the 18th .
cli^tells a person what he can
i of the country which repudiat
happens to he strong?professed
io<|t part, that part of the counti
14th and 15th does not' care mu<
! rub. The North is telling tl
s in talking so. much about obser
?.of the U. S. Constitution, whi
iQnaUy^a-partrOf^the Constitute
en the SouthJiy hinting at'acti<
lib and 15th unless it l?>y off tl
>lstead Act, designed to give for
nent. ...
jinir- however gives the North
s not for its threats.- -Besides, tl
rn state hcM passed a law contra
ents. The Senator of couise:'
at these Amendmefittif are not m
in letter. He knows they are ai
in. the South and has not learn
colored man of the South that ]
should know that there i s
1 g possibly ^Tennessee?that hi
nd unrestricfedly for officers \vl
jderal, State or Municipal?and
lligent, upright or wealthy th
rah has been for some time ru
rerinjf Philippics against what 1
hj Amendments His eloquence h
bout the saoredng^s of the whc
e, the "question of nullification
r has been fired at him so steadi
that he is in favor of his par'
nforcement of the .14th and 15i
8th. But who can believe in h
RED R. MOORE.
- here rejoice to know that Edit
k Age,' one of the best edited cc
has been elect^an Aldefrrqfljb?
iside fronyfetre seelTTfria-rfflanlmi I
;upportedvat the baJTot box by h
: w'&s that Mr. Moore was electf
Into^politicn of this character
ago. named as mini^terto Liber
? recognition of the general rner
been a consistent fighter for-d
fy will certainly have one Aide
TbrTFTeTienefit pf its people. T1
Editor Moof ciyr this" rpcbgnitic
L^, ? ???* ' ' r GONE
WILD. ~
ices can be justified. But when
xecra^le. Tt seems that rfve pr<
r.,.nrii(? |u the strongest thing j
om Alabama comes a story of i
mm p \" ii i n
THE PALMET]
' . - l . -J- --an
inhuman and heartless an a
or in any clime. A student of Fit
is head of the Clinical tkuai-m
Tuskegee. Ala., had an aiitomp
of Athens, Ala., being severely J
to Athene and on being exami
n found that his neck wars broke
mendable effort to -save a life,
to receive the injured, student
rg young mi&n was colored, refuse
6 of the case, was explained b.v th
~ hospital, which is an agency fc
- Negro could be X-rayed there. 1
man, in an effort to save his
^ | roads to Huntsville, 26 miles a1
m4 thatrcould give the service ne
The student died shortly after j
" of physicians that the delay an
le' away any chance the injured bo
race ^prejudice musf.be scrvec
?: that hospital, we venture, to sa
^ a. hat to maintain the literal
:e given "in Genesis, but they kno
h>od Samaritan as given in I ul
^ can he expected from a state th
idi - whips in the hands of marked
S- people to "sell" their lands to
B- method, -
Pointed Points \
By Qeorge A. Singleton <
rg CKKKtcu^Ojav.aao o v
m! Professor Jackson,
is Professor Jackson khew mathcma
'g tics, but he did not know boys; how
IS ever, his good humor enabled him t
retain his job. When the crisis cam
3r he turned-out to be*thg-(best pxpon
3e ent of the tnilitary art in the Arm;
;h oi the south. When di,d he ever los
es a battle? He could whip several ar
mies at once by rapid' marches, an<
striking them "Separately before tKe;
3" ! could unite. ' He* was a religious fa
il5 1 Hfttft MinU' Sonie uf his men said "01
in 'Jack's crazy," Polks- said -the sum
ie ' about "Unc-le Bill),*". Sher,man, yet h
VO son carried out Lee's orders atrrHar
he pers -Ferry in. the?fail- of sixty tw
re' and if Hill had not lost his copy 0
>S. the,famous Military Order 192, th
lie Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietar
would have turned out difTerentlj
Then suppose Professor Jackson'ha
l\r ' not hppn ninrdnrnd Kv Vitown mo
I ? ? ? it-;
at Chancellor^vtlle. "
lg j The grandson of a slave whor
Profpssnp .Trm1r;ffOn frmpht Vi'pp i
- j-chains sits in a class with theogran
! son of the Hero of First Manassas
[J, That l.S progress. Wt>-.hnv<> rntri.?
in long way since the days of slaver?
?r- In the long run time wilt heal th
,r. open., sore of racfe hatred and anti
pS pathy caused bv nearly three bun
1 dred years of enforced labor. In th
or | meantime do^not let prejudice pre
gg! vent you from reading the Life d
}y Stonewall Jackson. * '
ry The Baptist Ghurchi h ch
The Baptist Church has playc
he an important role in the religiou
V- .life * off America. Whenever on
lie j thinks of this great church, immed
rn.-jately Roger Williams comes, to nllht
\*\ ITtrarir mon. t
J11 man uucxroiuu III tilt; I11MU1
11 * * , m ^
ne,,.Of religion .in A merlca knuvi^ahu
ce In 163G Williams was banished fror
| Massachusetts, and founded the Ill's
to Baptist church in America in I'rovi
he lte"nce)_Rh'd(Ie Island lGd'J. This wa
9 .
ry the beginning o&Baptislism in.Ame
Is lea. it stood lor religious^ liber tj
jl- and separation of church , and stat<
nd j "The Baptist church more than an
ed other was responsible for gatning re
hejligiotj* liberty in America.You ar
a' beginning'"flow t0 .think of Josep
as Willis, of yotfr group, js\4io plante
ho this-church for the first time in th
ft i territory of what is now Louisian
at in 1812.. The history of tho Baptist
makes interesting reading. Ask you
n-! pastor about the heginnirfg. nf th
he t Baptist Church in your state{'-abou
as j about George Liele and, Andrew-Bry
lip an in Georgia. ~
of ~ '
Jy ' .? ' Pointed Points
ty It is the aim of Pointed Points t
th stimulate thinking. The lamented "W
IS W. S. Scarborough of WilberfOrce U
niversity said to this writer in thei
-^Tast 'conversation; "Givfe me the m5l
who thinks." Theman who engage
or in this strenuuos mental exercise wil
>! run the government^ - operate, th
school, be the captain in industry
IS was to "git thar first with the mos
?d rqgn." Thn man who thinks will tro
IF.there ahead 'of the other fellow. G*?t
ia ting there, sometimes requires cireum
it locution; detours and fbrced marches
e- but he gets there.?
F* It ia hoped that this cohimrt wil
je_ rflusri rnn"n """* *w deny lillh
)T1 self superfluous luxuries and go t<
School. If he can not go to school
huv a few hoots ami venrl tlinm r>
some voung- girls tn n
it 'coat and expensive fineries and buckli
0. dawn to study. One day many year;
p ago Professor C. G. Garrett let. fall ii
a class wliei-fT the writer was <x stu.
^ dent the etoty of a young man wh<
? ' . . V* %
111 lei^wiiMMr^**?
ro LEADER
,ct as ever happened at any time
>k university, the.father of whon
'cut of the Veterans' hospital al
hile-^ccident seven miles outsidi
injured. The student was rushet
med by white" physicians, it wat
il The physicians in thcir-cenrr
tried to get the Deoa.tur hospita
for an X-Ray. But because
d., T^ie urgency and seriousness
ie physicians but to 110 ayail. Th(
)r life saving \\#s adamant. N(
ife or no life. The injured younj
life, whs rushed oveir uncertair
iVay, where the-only hospital wa;
cessary under the circumstances
getting there and it it the opjriior
d long ride over rough roads toot
y had for his life. But /^m^ricM
1. Every" person connected wit!
y? would fight of the dropping o:
interpretation of the creation"" a;
w litffc about the parable of -ih.
re.. . Maybe though nothing bettoi
at enforces its id^a of?qthios witl
cowards at night or fprces..colm:e(
wiy vvho covets it by, the sann
J entered . school _in rags". .When th<
| teacher spoke kindly to him abou
Shis destitution he replied: "I will tak<
wlial1 n'.uiit'V I have- now and buy 4
Greek book. After I have, learnei
} Greek *1 will get some clothes.'
t Pointed Points would like to fire thi
j minds of Xegi-o yout^i ^.:everywher
j. -with- this- -spirit, We do not-r ca H z
our opportunity over against the con
dition of the boys and girls of thrc
generations ago. Young people, wha
0 "are we going to do'with our free
^7tonr?~ 7 ' "?
y.' . The Piedmont Conference
e This week Bishop John Hurst i
- holding the Piedmont Cfinferen^0 I
d spirit we are mingling with_the goo
y llrethren who so graciously endorse
-. is to 'odit-thc Chrictiah Recorder, th
d I'lectiun coining off next 'May _lyi Chi
e east,- and joining the Columbia, ou
k u.uik' was in the Piedmont. We lov
- , vnv uH-uuuii biu'iu, ?anu t/iey nav
o-hing are riieing- doner espeeially ~a
f long the lines of education. We hav
e always held that close inbreeding i
n -is dangerous ?r.d deleterious for a so
r. rial group as it is for stock. The i>*
d--fusion of-new- blood and new idea
n makes for progress. The bringing i
j of'new teachers at a School is help
n ful; the . .bringing in-' of a :presiden
n from ihe-ouiside, with- a npw prfrfcrai
d and vision is -beneficial. Th'e comin
I ". *
l. of Bi-hop Hurst has piused the churc
a - " advanfr.?This week tbc Picdmon
Conference-is. putting' on the cap
c steins cf a wonder f til scries of con
. forenoon in the State. After' thi
_ 'he Bishops' CouneiJ in Alabama, an
o Mange's election next May-. Tins i
_ r,.he'opportiSn0 time, for South Garo
f. i'na to_lakq. the lend in Jhought-?w
: i# shaping tho log;<?l-it inn iri th??-r??vy
! General Conference. The elected del
j gates should get together, not.onl;
s on mcrt but measures.^*
. | - THE SEARCHLIGHT
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y- ??By \y. Frank ^Wffltams """
A . , ^
n " iiat- s in a name? . Maybe there'
iL_Uj2tking.--At kust I know-many "sei
. ~ "ahis of I lie Peor-le" ar. . morel v
s of the people; "skimmed mil
t in.,t.s;iueiades as cream" ns mihm
and Sullivan have said. And yo
?. 'know,' Benedict .Arnold a\ps not
y patriot. ^ - cs. I"; -
- 1' ; Recently we cho^e as the captio
c t'or our column "The Mirror and Mi
h'ri^.si'opc,'' We had a reason, but w
d , just can't like it, as We-do our ol
e tap'.iont "The Searchlight." We hav
a used this name ever since we edite
s the old sclipol paper down in Valdostj
r Ga. S0 "with this issue we go bac
jlo out* fll'St lOVfe.
Convalescing.
The writer of this column has bee
ill for several weeks. We have nc
beert. Confined ever1 since our last con
?. Iribution appeared in The Leader, bu
r* \v0 spent' several days home. "W
" i arc glad to be tfOt again and able t
* , write our column. % .
8 ....... Florence Mills.
The press hos given much space t
F Che passing of -Florence Mills. Sh
' j deserved tail of it not only bccaus
t ! she leached the -peak ?of Kef profes
t j sion but because she , won for colore'
1 l.pntevtniBors .and, the -mcc?at"-tatg
: j more respect and some admiratioi
^jfrom the white mce in this countr;
an? ^Kv/>o>r . : .
( But according to her aTTegecT in
r come while she am used thousands he
j forc. the footlights, it seems incredi
3; bio that her estate was rated a
, j only S.TS.OOQ.QQ^af thb \ time of- her|death.
.
F-l Aufl t.no. hfin nnmrt mill V?w
? from the illustrious scroll of donori
3a 1 o charity arid education, nn .Wf havi
i read nothing of her -will to such need?
. 'natlttrtioriB. Had she rememberec
a them her name would be revered thn
L /. ? -* -
iMtr- ~ . . ..
f
~ - Sai
?'decades and centuries. ? . _ A
1 A funeral that cost many thousands
t,1 of dullars 'will hamper her esteem in ( fi
>' the hearts of those who know and' tl
1 .feel the need of philanthropy. oi
iincourageraettt. ~
1 The Cupital Theatre,.the finest N
? musement house in Atlanta, has set a
5 a precedent by employing a young q
j colored woman. Miss Walter Mae Lo*. - ,
) gan as ticket ^seller. and completely
r in charge of the colored booth. p
1 Miss Logan is charming and com_
3 petent, and" the colored |>eopl<? of _T
Atlanta have shown their apprecia.* ~
1 Lion of this recognition of our group
t by-increasing in attendance. - ..
I The . capital is -the newest theatre ^
1 in Atlanta and is on the Pantages
f Vaudeville Circuit. .
j The accomodations for colored patrons
in fhis theatre are all that can
r by oN'poOtOct Ttnywhere"in the South. F
1 Every convenience jjiven the white ^
* V?' 1 1 1 1 1 K
j pinions is aiso enjoyeu Dy xne cou
j <retf patrons*" Tlve theatre is a dreprh ^
-7m<T }T is always a pleasure t? visit ?
It. - t
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L Death Farm No. 2. S
e Death Farm No. 2 hay heer> loeat. J3
:i the city "of Atlanta. / ? P
' The n .ws came as a thunderbolt s
e from a clear sky?because the scene b
e of this horrible affair lies in the back- a
ea yard of the rhief ifftyr~of tlre:~SbutJi.r f
- west. f ?J??-J?tt?t '-> <- s
e It was all about booUleg liquor ^
t Fear of the murdered Negr0 caused
_ his asjassin'to bump him off and bur? f
his body three feet below the surface i
of* ?i cornfield. a
Tlie owner of the farm does not ap- ^
q pear to be connected with the crime 1
i it'was in thn Williams' case in Jasl c
^ per county a few years ago. A white 1
;,ohant and a Negro laborer seem to I
indicted and th? Solicitor General's
~ Office is Tint nn the trail of others. ^
The scene of this tragedy lies be. *
~ tween the $65,00(hffO?hom^~trf Tiger 1
--Flowers on the outskirts of Atlanta r
_ and the new Lincoln MemoriaLcem- i
e at cry. for colored people: .
? MR. POMPEY SHARPER PASSES 1
Ii_L U
I By George A. Singleton.??:5?j1
? The Falmetto-Leader-^of-last week (
f carried t-he? shocking- intelligence of '
"The transition of mj^ friend and (
brother, MrTFompey Sharper. Years 1
^ ago when I walked with the students 1
of Allen tQ old Bethe} Church with <
Professors J. W.' Morris and J.. L. 1
Baumgardner, I came to single out,.y
^ J the familiar figure of my friend. He '
, i was always active in: the church and
interested ij?- education.. Many "were !
the heart , to.heart chats which we had ''
d together in his . place of business? *
castles. JIe was an inspiration to' ^
me. When I returned to the city to '
work in Allen University Mr. Sharper |1
and I renewed our long friendship. '
Now he is dead, far hence he lies. *
family. It was a pleasure for me to ,-J
iliS.ruet his_-hrillinnt *r,A farming 1
daughter," Miss Catherine, whom he 1
*j has"left to realize her. father's ideal 1
education. He wanted her to go to
" TheTop. lie often said to me: "Pro_
k lessor, she is all -I have; and I want
^ uei tu igu uu," and niuke gOod."
u _ In the pasging of the years Mr.
a sharper and I became workmen to_
getheF-1?master^workmen on the Temn
pie of Time. TV hen I saw the light
he was there. His altar was mv al_
"tar, his God my God. I have sustainT
d eu a personal loss in the removal of
this brave man from the terrestial
G
J scene, but I have gained by having
j met and known him. . ~
k Mrs. Sharper and beloved - daughter
w ill find, comfort -in the life he lived,
and in the God he served. Aguin a- i
gain must we turn to the consoling ^
^ words of our Master: "Let not yoqr't
,t hearts fcq troubled." Death is a tre- }
mcndous fact in life. It seems hard r
with us, but* our Heavenly Father e
e knows best. As I write these lines r
0 I gaze-upon a'large bouquet of pink f
roses which wfoe gv emnaltsei j
" roses which were given me lust eve- t
ning after an address. So fitting in v
^ reniembrance of him. Already 'they a
e show faint signs of decay. 1
e In time we too like the petals of I
the roses'must drop, and like "green
j leaves, turn red and, fall." ?
C?His lodge is In sorrow, ~his brotK. "
n. ers mourn his loss, the craft is sorely IV
y stricken. Hut our faith" teaches us
an adamantine belief in a life beyond,
in the City Four Square. In that land a
i - -A n ? - t "
tcny:. .my, ny i.nn n J]
we strive to meet our brother, and all p
t mnster "hraftsnierwffjio have gone be.
r f?He- .this hour the Waster's word t
is his, and the word of the poet is t;
r- ouihh . ? ? -r
1 8
?- "I feel like him who tmuda along Tj
r Some banquet hall deserted;
U The garlands and The friends are f
il *<>??, ' - it
'_._l ' ii.iii: jji t ? ? *"
turday, November 19, 1927.
nd all but me departed."
With broken hearts we turn away
om this newly-made sepulcher with
le words of our ancient brother upon
iir lips: ?
fotes of our departing time.
,^'we journey here below, . v
in pur pilgrimage of woe.
lor'.uls now indulge a tear,
'or mortality is here,'
*?t_ ' . / '
trother Pompey Sharper hail! And
arewe 11! _
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' MOUNTAIN CITY ECHOES
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Well, the weather nian hag been
fnU^to tiie "Fair" folks this season.
he Greenville County Folks were
lessfcd with ideal weather. Then the
Irecnwood people came next and pull* '
d off a pretty good fair. I am sorry
o my that the Fair as a whole was .
ot quite as good as it has been. Th*
Ipartanburg colored folks work on a
Ian that tickled t.bem to death. Hut
0 our way of seeing things, it^ a ?
ioor proposition. The white fair as*
ociation gives them the .use of oneuilding
to show their exhibits in^.
lso has built a good distance off rom
th(rregul? grand sjand a small
tand, nothing grand about it; fbr it -?
las no cover, no lights at night and
s so far from the band until one
an not understand what the musit is
hat-the band is playing. T<v warm"
1 seat on the stand^ it costs 2$ cents
[urihfT the races, just like the others
>ay. They tell me that the Asso- /
? ? * ' * ?
?wv?uh uviiovcj a cciwuhi amoum?ho
he colored folks to takc oare of the. Premiums;
also sends out free tick,
ts to the* school children for educational
day and judging from tit* ?
rowd of onV .folks that were, present
KT**y we were over, we concluded
hat the white fair association has
lothing- to regret in the deal. Aa
isual, but (where folks-have not got?>mins
and common sense enough to
mite their, own forces and buy a^d?
juild, then?it'a_?ke that' the 'white ,
friends take care of them. Ander
ion pulled off her fair this week. We
ire proud to say that the fair wai
luite an improvement oh last ^ear.
They rent the fair ground, hn?. w
aught while over there that plans
ire being laid to purchase some lands 1
little out and build; tfhigh sounda
jood. We did not get-to the Mt Carnel
Pair in Laurens County, which ....
va3 held this week also. The Mt.
ffarmel operates on their own plant.
Well w note that the Great Colored
f-":- - r*. - - . . . . -
jKut * anj aner Deing Knocked down
ind shown where*to fall, with ft hint,'
has decided t0 try^and get a ground
iT its own.?In fact wo think we read
vhere spmc resolutions were passed in
;he stockhloders' meeting to that
feet. Well we will see what' we will
t
see as to ,those people ever going
hat far. But we are hoping that
hey-may do bo.?Wie also saw where
the Allen University people offers
iRoirgrewrfls for~the u'sy" of the fair. 30
with that offer shelved tip, the 1928
State Fair ought to be staged.
We noticed that-Bro.- Ben ;Davis of *"
jporgia, seems to be in favor of Mr.
Poolidge and an unlnstructed d?Te
patton from Georgia to the next National
Convention, Bro. Ben Davis U
setting his sails in order that they
nay bet- in the saling regardless of
tow the wind blows. Well, being on
^he-water wagon when It U hot~ajRl^? ?
lry does mean something in poll. .
ino Tir? J? 1 -*? * *
. v?. c nunuer now lon{ D lor?
he order for South Carolina perform
ince will be issued? If the jump- *
acks are all in good order the play
vill be about as usuol whenthe time
:omesr~ BuF ltTs a mighty peculiar
vind that blows in the same direction
ctt the time and a mighty "Big Pool"
hat can be fooled all the time. So
lere is hopThg that men of the, race,
eal men, men that work for an htfn.
st living, men that would like to
nake it possible for the boys and
rirls of today have a voice in the
iffoirs of Statg tomorrow; men that
hink, will realize what and where
. -v
^ are politically in South Carolina.-"
nd come together and decide, and
pt no one dictate what must be done.
hit let it be an-^our" decision.
"The Fool"
IT. ZION A. M, E?CHURCH RALLY"
**?* fiftETSunday. Oct. 30th. was
high day .^gth us Our nwecrinfeeii'-&^=:
lent, Mr. Joseph SewelPwas at hia
ost of duty onetime Sunday morning.
The Sunday School was largely atcnded,
and the lesson beautifully
aught. '
The pastor is always on hand to
ee that le^ry thing it carried out
border.
At 12:00 o'clock the Rally began*
or the purpose of buying Tfcad, and
loving ths church.
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