Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pyp*": '1 j ^ % V"? ?? rnm^rnJ. " & PAGE FOUR. L ' CTlic Palui -. ^ , - -v -^ " w ? ? 1310 Assembly I Business and 1 lSntered at the Post Office &t Colui . , Act of Congress. " / 1 '" . . suua One Year ??1_? $2, Six Months v-v-- - 1 Official AdvertisenTents at the rate The Leader will publish-brief, ar ... .< interest when they ure acco .the author^ anil are not of . ; ? ^ munications will not be no' 7 returned. ' ..-V ' ~ ' REM Checks, Drafts and Postal or Expn 1?2 ?. r? -.to -the-order of N. J. FRFDER1CK ... J. B. LEWIE . W. FRANK WILLIAMS ?? HENRY D. PEARSON : ----GEO. H. HAMPTON -- ? ? ^?I 'nrtminiiirationa lllto IHIL'U?TOT?ttl ; should reach the editorial (le k ^of^j gay "hight.^^ COliUMiUA^S/^V-feV Tjip^ ^r>i?.ht?rhm?d oIBllUm nbefore'thc inler^tJUe" Co mm of down its'decision rectii\tly in w to .deal, with the wake qiieMio hood. The potters and maids on tips. v ' "Babes in Joy land" i^v wha the Orangeburg Convention te up to that idea. Some therh th?--'Boss" not keeping his .] promised that it" they would . and give Air, Kythewood. the vention the air, he ?the "Ik v* : . skinned gentleman won'd the Spartanburg ?rorii the. Fourt . overwhelmingly "elected" jjruj nromnilv had Ills nenhewrrftT: "eleeted:" . ' . . ; ' ' . "Some of "Boss. Joe's"* bench ' 0/v.: nouncing the corrupt methods throne of State Chairman, N? _:?- there is in a Republican ".part: . ' because they fear that the bi off: others because'they have . however, that all. such will ki tinker's damn about their ina what, motive it may arise...... There is but one ,executive-* ment where the-Negro has a d , i . ..-V- is the Recorder of Deeds otIic< ?publican Congressman desires .- introduced nicorrt+r in Congre: ?ferred io tire District OtVvtnri is being regarded as simply a ~ save in the time ol war. ; < "* ^.Negro "citizens-,-, or more, co as another, democrat or ropuTj tt : 2 1. , i: : ^?:?r-??== DISTRICT DELEGATE The following delegates? ha\ b'ert to represent hinr (the Hop tm^Hcan.'National Convention First DistriH.- J. I). ] }, M y e Sbcond~D:si.rict ?j. M. June ' Third Dirtru r. U. It. Tuilu"?Fourth Dist rict?-Joseph . A. nephew of "Boss Joe." ' Fifth District?J I). l)yo_iu Sixth District?-Rev. Win. II ? s . Si.iiu;nIh District?P. ,1, Mjy, At every one -of these dist little "brownbag ' were pronii ftTi holding ol' these convent h that they would ndt conflict a o"brown bag'-Tittended To YIum out tha other. .A l'ew of the.pi the "bag" around. What l'or ?? - ?uicnisTEr This is the decennial period No one is a qualified, voter unl day of January. 1928. ~ Old r< and no one willhe allowed to '..Every citizen- ought retriste "T" - thai since tHev.cannni hnln ir . ^ " , other stale officers, there is ) way to look after so import an thing to he voted for. as de> irr __?I i+v-a^wYt?-^h(mT;(TiT(Ts ")T~air*k i "This is important to everyone* ; - - es are the thing that pay for h< debar colored' voters fronr t h r?> them from voting either for or Tmpmve men I s 1 var i ous?kfrr tained from h(V>^t \y| different about such a-matter The only -sensible thing to vote?then vote at every oppo: The requirements for regis' and write any section of the S or 2nd : Pay taxes on at least t erty?-any kind of property, rc since it is at least, three hund the law to,.show ta^ receipts v less one In ten ds to re g 1 s t e r on istrar?> usually require one to.s f?re, applying for i episli aiion. ery IsrMufldayftf the rnprrftn r special etectioits oranv kind, tl unfil TTO/Tay-sTx.'fcrti the. spoola h ijfh Tim o J __ .. :??-_? m xtta Waiter EEKLY ' * Street, Columbia. S. C . "" [editorial Rhone 4523 niSia, S3. C., as second class matter by a CRIP icons' ,, T-r- -r-^ ,00 Three Months .1 .25 Single Copy ... ; ? * ^;C allowed by law. iVi .rational letters on subjects of genen mpanied by the names and addresses c a defamatory nature. Anonymous con tieed. Rejected manuscripts will not t UTANCES !$s Money Orders should be made payabl tl.e Fahnetto Leadtrrr ~ 7" ^ v?- ?dit( _______ Fratgrnal Correspondent _ __* ri Correspondent rztrL? ^?*-.?.^-^ewgEditt - _ 1 J [Manage u curicm umu muat Lro very bi'iei'.-ah ['ho-Palmetto Letuler not Jater than Tue: pprsnnnls and social news, by Wednes ' . - ' ! rUltUAY, MARCH" 17, 1928 a?LGommrs>?. T^iai^udy"h^idg hich is denied that it had authorit 11?r'an issue raised lly the Brother will have-to'continue to get aloi? ? ?. t "Boss Joe" look the delegates a i 11\ and right royally did they liv now have the nerve to talk abou iironyse with them. They say h just "elect", his man?Mr. Mix-oil? colored candidate before that cor iss"? would see to it that a dar r.ext day be elected a delegate a h District. Well, .Mr.' Mixon wa so'nh A. Tulberl. District Attorney * * _ f men are actually"'mad at us for dc by which the ".Boss" is held in hi itional Committeeman and all tha . " in SOuth Carolina. Some are ma ennial '<oxpcnsovmcnicy" will be cu neither se.ris<f norslrame. We hop >ep in mind that \v(c do not give ihiess; it makes no difference fror * * v * . lepartment of the Federal Govern lianttmrbe the head thereof. Tha ? in Washington. Now,: even a Re that to be taken away. -'By his bill ss', he would have this office trail? mcnt. ;More and more the Negri n undesirable citizen of America^i V rrectly,inhabitants, need not ge ltcaii, iFo far as we are concerned. ifr*A;';,:;' ' ?:s ALL "ELECTED" NOW. 'o been "elected" by; Boss Joe Tol ublicans)' at Kansas City at the Re in .Julie.. : ? - > Ti.U.'S; District-^ttorhey: s (.colored y. . . ' rt. "Ikiss Tdo's1' brother. / loiuert, u. S. District Attorney olorcd), .?- } ' : oward (colored). on, Deputy U/ S". Marshall. rict Commit inn Do4 i Tm. itiul lrr IK lit at U pdonU?iH-faut-^lhcydat0: >ns wore ordered by the "Boss' s< s he could, not be at one while', tin jT'Tierl The one would be lost with lithful also followecUthe "Boss" aw ? Oh, ask. us'another, -0 ' / : ' : tl ~."HE(?ISTEK! ~~ for registration in South Carolina less he has registered.since the Is gistration certificates are no goo< vote with one. . . i the choosing of? the Governor an< no need to register. " This a soit; t a thing. Officers are not the onh ihj?_aqd important a*-41wk4s.-?Tlrh au', H?itig votea ior or aprawrs who pays taxes, for remember, tax :>nds eventually. Primary laws tha e electipn jol* officers-cannot-debai 1 aganfst bdnds'of any and all kinds tls- at'e- m^dc fronrr tnc moncv ob ittt-rnrr-rmiy cvpect if he is ao~ht ? js to. register and be_prjepamCli iTumty. brat ion arc: 1st. . Be able, to rea< late Constitution submitted to y-ou hree hundred dollars worth of prop >al estate o\; personal or both; jus l in - run nonara worth. While it is no ^hen applying.for registration (tin his tax receipt, $300) yet the Reg how his tax receipts. When, there carry.the tax receipts along. Ev s is registration da v. If there an ldL-the hooke-are-opened-every-da*. 1 elect ion. izen Khouhtregister. It is getting r> realize that this isra duty and no: i weH as men are^feitled toflregis "v '^T *7" ?. i " 1 t I Pointed Points 1 n & By George A. Singleton 3 lg ' The: Weekly Text: And they cried jout till at once," Saying, Away with i this limn, and release nntq u.s Barabil bus: (who.lor a certain-sedition lhade ' >f j in the city, and for' nunder, \yu.s - en-st' K| into, prison). Tilate therefore, willBut they cried, saying .crucify him, crucify iviin. Luke lid: 1 H.'21. . . '* ' A I.cnT.on Thought. Tins week wc |r 1 project our imagination backward aj cross the yeaTs and- behold The trial >r of Jesus in th.c_.cu.uyt .of the 11 mi A11. ;r Pontius Pilate. The Priinrium 1iT ,n | crowded w'ith-a. writable lynchers' 5-' hiob intent upon. the blood of dcSu-. >- 11 late finds, no fau.U in him 'and is ' , airxioiis~to let" him go :n.f iro' vZ~ '?? - "-ill, lUl-tTT-T-rtTTT. . rr B sus bit couif anil tlfi'o^iph the fr.ial Avert; Herod, anjtrdU"r-s. .Pontius PilaU' *j-: - leroo -dKspv>serp.ott >>t?enst*-<ttttiJTrsw Pilate sent Her husband a Tetter in y which she importuned hint ,tb hayc, /iothinp to do \yiPh .this- jiist man. Arb rayed apainsj; Jesus were the priestly party, the common people, thq Zealots and Pharisees. The pri< sts' w'ori apainst. him because .his'teachinp aim. 7(1 aj. the destruction of the source of their economic train. When he by-' r ! 0 .. ... '.urned the . . tables jj.f the lUaUey-' ~~ lumpers- his one tlioupht. must liavt been, " I will have mercy and. not /Sacrifice." The people Were disap-., pointed, in Ili'm." They expected a deliverer of royal line to- restore "apain to ys rhWlvmpdom'' of Uavic : >? , .1. . -s tnd Stjloirron.' The Xeah.it were c.hn-. prined because He was yaJknl' rnouph. Some scholars, seem to. think - that here lies the reason why the S prowd jirefeprcd Pavabbas 1 o ,Jt ius. t Our New Testament sa\'^ that Ba?:at> fk~ >as was a .robber, Inn the "word doe -~ 1 not nic.ui for wliTit if- mo.onf .(<? f.br e oeople of Jesus' day. The word is a ciiarii, lisOn with, knives. They. wer.e n radicals,men ready and Avi'lliJif* t< lie for Israel. The crowd alv.ay ; -Iambi's for the nia n \vlio :eoresciL T heir ideals. ' i?,:' * : t Jesus rejected .of nun,4' h^s <i\vr* i_ eop-le . who failed to appi'-ec iaie hi \vorth and .greatness, v.a- !e t?. ' ~ raar his' cross through the ""iVin'pm 0 late to (jiiU'i tha, and ihere ex'ecnj -' _ m1. This tragedy occurred, nearly t v. thousand ^year- ages.'." lu;t Mill ua.-"' .gl'ipping power. The life of praetic1 lily .every great luah'is a repiietp pi 1.| he life of Je.-ns." It. is "hm.urn na- : ufeIftoy people-<o%rejeet*tnip<ri* own") The home/town l\dtr.w-dftU'_veP.-p??jHrn; iar with" his aunties, eous.ijiis and in." ? lest, if he attempts; t*> set up zi hi >v tandardl immediately ihe.V siiy. "I ; lot this the .son of the carpenter.* Joseph?" ; I.et .'the lives -.of "Jesus. cried for Baruhna's. ' Verity " a pro*. ? "pliel i.!i." not, "without hoir r .aye, n, hi'-/ own country.;' . "Professor \V. K. IL \ hihois Speaks It. is'always zt pleasure to listen t<> L)r. PuBuis, one ol' the world'.-"' ri'- at-* "st scholars.. and le.a'rne'<T'nii-TiT^Tq??*" ^IvcentlJ,' "lie addressed the I)u SfliVle " '"loll and tln-ir quest ; a' the 3 liattox C'luh, Cliiczigo, *<>h the ipses1 . . * ton. .of " kf n em ploy metr *.'' lie- d-v7 eloped the' thought -that uncmploy vibnt is; caused today by 'l"? overturn in methods < >f la1?>r' caused by = bn'wi-Io . .u.'ir-inrfrthn :U'h and rapid invention?. The way 'out is " for the non-white workman 'to; ' t:?in the unions, .and chnje into larger r "ontrol of cnpitrhl. I>urinj? the forum hour your r< pri'-rohlative raised he Question' of vedist>-rtmf ion of _tr?- : r 'ent. Human needs are plentiful, but . i no men w no .are unsKuif',1 ouirni nei r v . ome skilled. If (ho labor rn?trk?'t'is k rluttcsi* in Chicai'o, and there .is a aliuj- shortage in tcxas. the': scnai-". ^ 1 >1 o laborer w ill noLwemain in Clrra<ro and starve. hut mutraie-to Tejtas. Human, mods arc just as urea! *- now as ever,' and st}11 th( re is much =e toryulkm jiml wunL-. TiiiaiAan in-? ? tcrcstin# study?frrr?your lw>Vs and " <rirls in college who- seek tfrrnmr to Trips with rt real live, vital probKhn. hia, js president of- the club. ' :1 ? Another Hank Fails. Right on tbo heels of the Memphis t l hank failure cynics flic news of the t.'j_failure. of the - AVagg-J-lnrnors ?BHnk-: u anil Trust (' o m p# ny, ijV.S a vann!ih. In - spite of it all niemT^erS of oar group~ not??heart. That?ir?that . ?prtce we must pay for competition. IT! Memphis (Tisgsfer. j feftr vop will;/lkcover a freezing otit of y<>iir.Jpoof'ff" tn the m.Vi-kci of credit because t Boh Church heat-lhc. antLNearrntis i? - - fhe Mayoralitv election. Think thru everything you sec in the papers.' I . ... - i . Money ^is power, and the ultimate solution to all rubral problctns will bo in proportion to thoir participation in power. It's an uphill tight all the way,?but??the?way?of?progro^ ,1 ho Victory Bank is still open and doiug business. . During the Week.' * It. has been Our good pleasure. t? meet during the week Bishops Gaines W. T. Vernon, A..J. Carey, A , ?? ' Y' ' J Gregg, President Gilbert Jones oj W-ii keif one I rti\ crsity, W. E. *B, DuBois, J. O. llaitheox and J. C VndersOnv The occasion-\v*s in'the i)se of'most of the ch'urchrridn, the Annual Chataiiqua for Education. It ?a-triways 'inspiring~Tb~cfmtT with -the leaders of our race. Inqhlentally /our scpihe delivered an address or dllcnl inn^ On Sbmrlnv nuivrinrr both Bishop Gregg and Professor Tohn B. Hawkins worshipped with Bishop Gaine?, and Dr. II, Y. Tookes u Greater-'Bet hoi. It will he-of-4nt-'Vj 1 1o state' that the Convocation Address at Xort 11 western Uni-i cosily delivered by Dr. W. K B. DuBoTv. T&at is "prOgYes?. r 1 ho .\. M. I! Gciicr.il Gimforojiro ?-iVDmfb-afto-r-rnrxi ?mid ~fhe~ general offfOrcncc will convene in Chicago, VIready- leaders of- delegations arc Topping in and looking after the as-ignineiTts of their- men. This conference-bids'fa|r to be the grandest n the history' of.African, Methodism The. delegates- are coming imbued -v-f-Ivsepkms-ym-posos to legislate j*m the good < f the. entire church. The :a n y on lid id ales' for- Ollice "aH'O doing :dl in their power to' impress a ir broth: en with the-fitness of election. There. :\re many in the field Tit' as the versatile writer, I)p. E, Philip Hll'm says, "'1 hy (ienoritl Con Jerome pa'. A ihem, in or-out." 1 Iky la that. "All ipon up and no irian down.' n th . aule,n'.;iLk>n from {South Carolina this writer can. boast of one hunbed per cent friendship,- arid the pro ram of-the sfrcte is. his program. lit ': '-aid ; o in tlncse column's, and ht so in form fed the Leader of tfte Dele,.ViVYi.ir, ISIrnr neliinri.. JSonic of his fine ni s outside Of -(he stale arc .'ryin.tr to make capital'of the fact that newspaper articles .have recenty,. a f pea red carrying the state program'in which lis name is..omit tod. j> t hat'*.?" -a small part of the light Anybody who conies to Chicago in .-?>!: .> thinking that the Sevuith PP' i'i. t?has thaT" att itude will be sadly tirt'akvn. I; \ ill do as |>?\- Kllis say.:: "Do what we can for Professor (let). -Sin-Jet on in hi worthy nspiran {it'll' for Tlve Christian lleeovder,' lic'avt rt euiiid ask. oh. eivpec-t no more I . ''AS IT 11-/' ~ ?i? l". cv .V-'....,.. Dty. 4 , , t.v ?s< i %> ' "A younj? man <?r" woman who pees o work as a-laborer anil remain a laborer all his?days is a poor- bun'!e fa llesh anil bono?; It is natural mi- one to advance; mJt only in age ! uri-fi nance as well, ~'l")an't be "ft sham eil <>f y<mr job, far an .art.is good if -.be'ifio I've1 lTacin/t,?it. Is good'rtnd serv; ipg as a means J^n an end. We "are movies? all the time* but slowly.1 You must nvd'.Tsti'ind-it takes- 4hw. The v*n Id was not trade in a day? your i-t'i -Y1'. t '?v. tt * -ar*il. inielo?in day-. V- .v * *- ..^A/kle Mini / IvilV/'lutC 1? J ?' i . I II.I II ? I . V IU.U uuUllHg more Hum a dream of a born r, whu.-'i' vision caused' him to . t:>i>1TsTT tin- "gnat Church; looking forward '<> a hotter iand 'brighter day for the black boybr-.girl. This dream was not dreamed in day. Each of f- ;i rnv IK'in*' livdnTrfDWmiT Ulntrt" UK* tin}? sailing opportunities. Are we as- college boys and girls able to face the problem of'bettering the condition of our group? We Can.1 only do so, boys ynd girls, by taking, advantage, of di's'advantag.p W luft-*" is -*-u cross? Can wo apprciate success- without failure? Does not co'iipotitnoh promote progress? Ms-t'ovjs. I. think wo~arc andjjttve boon too sympathetic, and we-^fifc dill in that s'lagot I would, rather lib\iovo it is fear -or irtforlor complex. Wo will have to do something to he niii.-U-ipat"r. ITis . hc-ad you will find i n the*. ''Almighty Dollar." ilo\r are we known otncr tnnn oy our >onps : Y'V-r know ' the condition of the other group. You will-find tho ho jut of an Mian fliw'f nit the "Yiighly Browp l>ollar." Why? Because they did not ha'vo any sympathy for a grotip that would encroach upon their rights. Therefore is - wd made. It comes to you silently and unexpectedly; onTyr~yon~~TiTuM~}iiivean open mind to. recerve Jt, 'J rouble Ys^rtot dostlnctSye .-unless yqu allow it -to destroy., Trouble- cannot crush vou yrrrr Trttirw yoursidf-trrhr"n'US>T~ ed. Trouble'is opportunity and success fit it' rc-iduunr.? "As it is" the great events of history have -not boon written, hut the strife gcccwa^y. in winning endurable progress. ? ? -r - . ' *v " sj, HOME; OWNERSHIP i liuilding "A Rock in u Weary Land; : a Shelter in the Time of Storm" ? ?? : ??r I. Not long-agoo the newspapers pub-! lished the story of* a minister advising. "newly weds" With this eloquent _ atatomonti "llonie is a little hollow ' scooped out of five wandy hill of the > world'where we ean.be shielded from i'ts cares and its annoyances/' r - - . . ' One of the finest Results of hutnati i progress' and one of the greatest blessings of our present civilization - is the .modern home with it's-noble--i?deals, tjifc chief of which is the ideal T?f Ofte Wife for each "hushnnd?the . nionoganius_ family. This idea of the family was present-in many ancient civilizations but came to us_perhaps i?i j..?'i_ ?im-r -fir- j nl t 4ii.., - uirguiy us wie gun, ot^tmrirews, nut, no ancient people ever achieved ariythi/iff quite ns fine as the ideal modern home. Chaaldcans, Egyptians, -r Babyloivfeng) Assyrians, Greeks and Konvans_ studied-the stars, made won-. - durfut . IIH'cliaUj^aJ inventions, ' ConX.-qtftwed mighty empires, produced pro- found thinkers* and wrote" wonderful laws hut, their homes were castle "[v~inr'eior to ours; especially in the. elemriefs of material comfort; and, " : excepting. theJc ws in the .treatment of women. The all powerful .king's, . emperors, potentates and i\olrlcs of these jjncient people "endured a home life that would be considered inad' quate .for the poorest Of our citizens t- today., . * The chief weaknesses of the homes of the ancient peoples were- their lit" tie regard ~foT~th mothers and their failure to build *he home primarily l inr mo cnuci. irns was generally i*t?e of them .all, including the Greeks and Romans. Perhaps the only peo7 pies pf ;uKjent tnues who camo noai f ^the modern- conception of the home wore tho Chinese- and the Jews, eg- : peciaUy the Jews. The superiority .ol' tlie home life of t,he Chinese people lias been reflected, in.the wonder-fuT staahility of their society with Tttc-aying civilizations and falling naChTns an arouondV- Thekoflo)0??-? tions all around. The purity of the Jewish home is reflected in the crystal characters the race has produced. We need only mention'Moses and Jesus Christ as products of the Jewish home. . - , * It-may he 'questionable whether the avmj^.up home of the present 'day sur" pass the ancient JmcasTTTrrrd Chinorc . homes Jji moral purity. But we nius' iCiuenahef tliat although many peo-j I .a., a,,- i:.-.. .... * -t \ Jiiw nw l.wv u^v; .CM- mil' 111 V'cjH V> jJl_ a 'morality "and he-me life tin- same was !ikuc in the old-days. Then, too, (and t Ids is onr chief Nadvahtago) the hum hle-t .homos of today are ^superior to-t he best of the ancient-homes, in the x'onvonietn'es of. modem life. The , thintrs we consider necessary-?pure runninjr water, lieht; heat and many (,thCr 'things?.Were poorly supplied jiv these ancient homes. However, I houses cannot make ho pies and the } material- elements are not the most' important; if so the Wicked:,Roman - e r,j mm. Xini. who "lived in a house of gold, would have achieved an excellent home life. 'c ' ? Tim two .GUKATEST AND MOST NHOKSSARY 'ELEMENTS .TO lH'llll' A-TRUE- HOME ARE: A , I'DRhLWU.\lAX AND A .IUST MAN, ; 1 in a word. CHARACTER. Nnvt in.. i Ik- cliai actor of the : builders, the Most important Thing to make the homo successful is t<\ OWN TfHC^ llOUSB.. The writer has always-been thankful" that he was born-of parents Who' owned, their own home. The ownership of a htmtu rt'pri'ki'nts ho" 1 ^ ; great expenditure of wealth but it.; helps wonderfully toward making parents. and children of the home what i hoy s1i?frld The: - When you see a: marr" who owns his own home you can u; mi ally stamp him as a belter citizen . than "the renter." The wife probably Takes more pride in keeping the ' house that is hers. The moving habit, which usually goes \vith not omna ing the house* .makes for, irresponsichild who after yKirs tan" sii^g -with * ! tile poet: ' . . "I remember, I reniembor TJie place WllQI't' I W}tS horn " riUTmrchipnTffk"" 11his possible and probably by keepV' ' rng the child in the~same home dur- " I IUK uiu lwimativu jn;i 11MI Ol HIS 11IC. , (hie. of the things which th? colored people of . America need to stress mosl j today is the OWNERSHIP OF HOMES. It should be taught in the family, impersed in the schools, and preached ( bands are wise if they pick the MAN WHO WANTS TO OWN HIS OWN ( HuME, because they will find it very ~ Niiflicnlt to "make a' shelter in the _1 time (.f storw^-oaE-nf ? they wrH flrvl. lt Impossible to make < " a rock in the weary lnnd'> out of, j a "renteel house which is likely any day, like the tents Of?the?Arabs of | old, t?- "fold up and silently steal u-~x I why," leaving mother and children < i ? 1 Saturday, March 17, 1928 ' . ~ ' . . *+ _ naked and cold in an unfriendly world. Colored Comrade,-LET US OWN OUR HOMES AT ANY COST/ The lovable poet, Longfellow, singer of the songs of the aouls of the common people, expressed truth ar- * tisticaally when he sang: Home-keeping hearts are happiest; "* 'For those who wander they^Know not where . ' Are full of Trouble and full of care; To live at home is best. A. H. GORDON. "A SON OF GOD" __Uy Mrs. Ellen Dorrah Cleekley Not. many weeks ago when I was _ about my morning chores, I heard, a Voice speak to me distinctly. It said this: -f ' - ' ~ Beloved,' now we are the sons of Gud and it does not yet appear what ? we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him;: j for we, shall see Hihi as H4 is. . ? As a son of God I go forth knowirfg that my heavenly Father^ m wUh me heavenly'thoughts sustain and exalt me. I know?that.. Hp prompts ma to ?AVi&U dectsiins. I realize-that- He- is-within me and about me; inspiring me in Ilis fatherly wisdom. - * ' ' As God'a son I have no relations to Jhe limited things of this, world. I have no contact with weakness, adver'siyt or those things which seem ? v to exist in that superstitious world in which God is unknown, as the Son of God I am an overcomer. I have power to overcome the beljef that I could be unsuccessful or that other persons could 'oppress or'limit me. I loan overcome all things, because of thcTdTvTTie authority (invested me. As a son of God I am an evangelist, of optimism. I spread ntyThessage ev erywherc. I am engaged in silently ' preading the truth through thinking, elevating and upliting thought. , In season I speak words of trurti which are mighty to. cause others to know *~ "When the Clock Strikes Twelve'* /r': the truth: knowing that God approves of mo and that, which I do, I am happy, free from all self condemnation. . I am no longer anxious about the future. _ I cast my burdens, upon the f,urd und all my affairs* are ft!VHHjly adjusted. _____ MOUNTVILLE NEWf*"* "; -?Sunday waa regular preaching, day at Little River?Zion Baptist Churfch and although the weather was inclenn4 p.nC \\r rr ? a xtr & ? v/i. Aicjuiiviv auu mi, tt . I,. Cunningharfi, of Walterboro, worshipped with us. Our Sunday School . "is proKi'iit'slng: The lesson was beautifully taught in concert bv jProf. Roddick; in which he gave some helpful thoughts concerning-.the feeding * * of tho multitudes. Rev. Taylor' , preached an able sermon at the morning services. ; . ... Just after the collection and announcements Prof. Reddiclc came forwaid.find spoke in.intcrest of the K. of P. Great encouragement was giv en those who are eager to become memBers~of the order. ? Mrs. II;E ?Floyd7 teacher of the Wadesworth school, Clinton, closed her school Friday ;an"d a picnic was given by the patrons of the school. Some words of encouragment were spoken by Mrs. Cadis Jackson and Mrs. ftlary Kingsboro."7* ' 'j -Many of the students rendered recitations, solos, etc. The pupils of the first and. third grades surprised the * teacher with some very useful present. A few words of thanks were , spoken by the teacher which ended the school term.Mrs. H. E". Floyd wishes it to be known to the ladies of Mounville and niHnpnnf f Aiime' f Uof J? ?1^1? A v?>?jmvviiv wuuiio may one ia ttUlC >U f serve you with the. Drcaminad system of hairdressing and toilet articles. Treatment? 1.50; 75 cents every two sveeks. . MOUNT CARMEL NEWS In spite of the downpour of rain the muddy roads a few of . Rockford's members witnessed the sermon preached by Rev. J, C. Letman. Sun . - : ?The-teachers and students of Rock ford, school are glad to hear that^""' Dorothy?Anderson, Janie McCombs_ snd George Laggett are improving. Rev. J. R. Gallowav. the countv su. last week. Rev. J. B. Smith was the invited ruest of Mr. and Mrs. Gillebeaux, tVCchresdaji. ~ ~~~ : t~~ * J"-.4 Among the ones that attended the Hhirtsian Union meeting were .Mr. H. D, Dunlftpj-lV^rs. E. L. Martin and Mr? Chas. Mi Harrin. ? - Miss -e?rriu V: Dial spent the week ?nd in Laurens with relatives and Mrs. E. L. Martin and Miss C. V. ~>iat~nre planning to attend "the teach'rs' meeting in McCormack, Saturlay. . ;