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L," PAGE FOITK. ??? Ultr {Ialuu ?; . .we; 1310 Assembly >?t , Business and I'd * - - ' ^ . .. . v - Entered at th"?> I'u-t Uiiice-iu CuiunfL Act of C."oTi^te'??. --"* 1 VlUiU One Year <. S-.oi Six Months ._ i. 21 Orticial Advertisements a: ti.e rale "-a" The Leader wili^piii i .? : ali > iPterg.*AjA\J^v.,.. hey, - returned. : . r-.-? - U : - UilMli '' ? Checks, Drafts and I\.stnl or L.\},>ros ' . ?-?-? tn.the ui'.it':1 of : m .1 rtrr .-vrTtTrttr.?" ?rrr?*? J. B. LEJVIlv ....... : . W. FlfrAxK WIl.LiA.Ua . .. HE > V I. - l'i a i v _ i GEO.. II.. II AM l'i O.N" . .. . ..L . I'uiiiii.U'if. ul'jj:.? u.y.: .-.a .Va . :..J ih'ouio reach'iKf van. T:tu iiv" '\<>i 'i h aay of each we. a. -Guy n Wa. ci..,-, ' Pay nitffit. T" ^ Cul.lA! !h A. S. ('., SAY " "TasT"? . . that it is; uiAuiv i.i i'. Ir a ni 1 . matter oYy??y.. . *i i'u-" _.-ala. y.Yi * $5,UOU.OO i or ygar. ttvuo a." mOI" any oi.' U.c o.uat vors a-> tlic ,t>? s, n m .s t l r 11 a*is 'i jiis tloll . ril'atic giiute, ti aii l : .i" i cj I cm . " x Mtjie- w> ) ?t..tf.iyi.il ; jj! roWn i.; rr.enckd inar in-' salary it n. y- $10,0\iU jYr annum. ' . i*. * . The Nat i/Miai .11'lfolii'i.i' e Hi A I>. C\, is oaj jiiViitiiiain'tiiat .Y colkvieu irpm yoii.'t C.; ]*<.;,] ic. . w&i'thy -v)\u l'pri^%ti?nrri?''i-oTi loan v? A>e,'l<!0 ta f,o YYY t A " fercc.ttcii of .rnti^ is..... a uhdorsu < Y, "n1 <.?. ry-'.U-'Miu . . de.4r.0.d l y olTkY} Ydt'tii 'in hti." hot ; for them to- cij.a'in r -1.- <? A . ~. ;A\.as' .tfrrernvcly^au-Tv/i'. -,'i-ho''.s monoYthe vision ' p.i*. Negro irhaiicial. riis lluiiv .lis. ^ JThe Xvgro-^VfAk mt1-Prors -A: Hlh?14th,*in Louisville, Ky.. ' tor oi" The Atlanta Jiui't'iviuien lion, .and Henry Al'eji Uowl. i . The Nigl'b jncs.>'?s a j ower'ii j-Tepiated. lntt itV doing its \y< In thg -Tojpot' Donfti -l anda ,, darnfk-st to k invar i H*' ibr-ii'Ifm crat,'they I r.lNnv Ukr a laid-?\v J*VO < ft lb<t ~VT r\51i I'M V ill '1 S'driii/I . ' gation Jof j )!i ..of elections or for iiUTo i'Uilia, ~i . . lcj Lcj . H .-. . .. . ;j . Abcqt" Ihip .jfoolosi ]>ro;n? -ft ?rv ; gt'rikcJof;f so thitr th<i LahMioIVMajvi oan la . IoikPU.' ' J.J : . _ the fc>(ip>-lr <V Mr.{ 1; . ' thoy 'frill -f-: l; t ; I } ;' !V"-'c. times >\'!vn Jffct-.'s u;. j?M j;i the, asisl;>.|vt. vT' Ivto' - per tors Lollop t >e afqfr for i-hc Vty i>oo]i>!cr\ ^ . TTETo !./.i.--.? P_\I.AI-kTTO'J'iio iVV;nio' u.>' i'oai h;r>' .V>* : - ElCPalS II< . ~-A-<tt1 l tilG ll'-. ti'.C ?V-r>rk*(ii'.4.;ji?, _ " J" a:ii i Ti^r; frrl.i. - , t ; [ Up'-ii'lin.- wm k i l'ai.y < ;,,(! j . v Jy Tm;d iin.J nijh>n-s u'r irking .j . . liiiit is a_ (li.-gra; o' l:> nnv ; civilaiui C.r.ri.- I injury.: yi CIKCUIGROU' : V rvr liA.J |.r,f past few years in \ j uy and . ol what - is io . it+rkkar (.| ? whgii.cn i.r 'n/ii, .y,:.-v ;;ir, ,.--:vr. ' . improvoiiK /.t to the (i:dt hat Ih be ashamed. l>ecaii-e iheh-of t . portanrc .work imwhiVht unse.fjslf r.spi;'it ami 111<.-ir (it-torn work, -Tile Pa! mo: to la \\\-} ing the hopa that tdmr :,tu.yAvii - *: ; sprriitiit!? ribj;u'*v This con^jLUiy is the . That.it .meets-a real need anroi great recoitl made in the past vice. fcJo well has this cdmpan, of fen |:lo.- cn-.ii w-i iIpi l.ini.i ^ ?? ham, i\r?Or??its-home i ifvrlaTh ** ^auu.OUO jt' rrc;eiit ly im l eased-L lt-1 i itviiy j,i- is jiu\y lut-HS "jlma. At ltsannual nn dimr tin Ju?^yt'han a.'; sta ai/iiuiiUng~h? si /" V|0;000. />.side from the prote "4 vested in colored property and 63 paid employes and thus help , ploymeiff?a crying need arnong only writes bonds of all kin^-l cident and-health lfro>K elf^rhV> risk.<\ The cx( ca/jdinarv sticce, reuthe en^r^-y fdl, 1. ncu^iU gdiT, Fkiu'h'or and business''irirt; -r aml'-Mr/m. /l-Pore .snefpdn. Tn'n hut one . of ton- siiV 'eessAd W -4! bunftr~^tHe greatest business ag m*?m i it litl'rli till i in* 0 r ifii - ' I - . I Iilftii I 'ltu iCnubr 1 KKLY. . 'J reel, Columbia. ?. C. ' * ?j itorial l'hbne t."?23 ? " g iu, a. C.^-as ?cCtmd Piysa mutter by an j c Three .Months $ .?5 ^ Sinir.lv Copy ... i-_ -- * '..Ofif llow?i bylaw. . . v' *. : 3 rational letfeVrf or. subjects of ponerul tHiiiivt:- uy iiiv names-ami a chirpy so a -of - Ui*~ iuuu-uiry .. nai^Vr---iVi>p.'?ympna com-? r i ANi ii> . ~~ ,r T u i Mu'noy'Qi gc:-y should .be. p*ari?? pny^ihla ^ '1 ainiv'ta Lender ' - l Eifitor 1 : i Fraternal Cor respond once c _ - . - - - - i* - ; Corre.spumuyice?u - ? : .yews l-.uito! [ ----- -r - ? Manugey 13r * y .1'<. ..;fc ..-.-.'..i lie Vel'V p '101, ami V / ;:;r: ;tx> n.< t lifter than 'L'ues, .-pergonal* ana MWiai Lew;*, by Wegne* I L,llU^\y, -3?AKC1L ?1, 1928 A , 1 4-'-nme;tl i? aivaker.iirtrht) the rl c,t iis. minister .to i.iLoria in th.e ? .' iliis gove nt roeht oiheia 1 is onb : aii as l hat oi the representative .v .n Lih. riJi-.-ri tar that t-o weei.. Wle duly and isut a higher diplo 1 cnl'atiWs or other powers, Tin .President Cooiidgc has reeoili0 Lihcri-a niihjslor be raised ro i * * .| uranre Company- of Washington. \ . 'a.-, nnh hoi- alto to n ;c its money'."' to lio'l? colored hnsmess m- tiling? a u reopte. Ileacnlly it in'ade .,1; ' iriryria i'v, hi;.n.-v to assist.in* tiVy*'. ...Luijdh;i?: Prhysyt I-V-t-hians. it' i 1 nnrdfrrm^.site wTiluh .whs '.much 4tu.-.o'frhey \youlVi not sell, the Way si in liiv eye.;! ion of .their huiidiny-s ai ion hi liejiefitv however 'iiad-thy ! l to help and it did. "Negroesmet j '^yvrT" Jiic. lion. i>. JL i1;ivisj" The ri! >le eili-'* t% .is tlie president pi".t.liis associa-] >i" N.'i( :i> <il>', Tuni., tiy .hviv!iiry " \ this country that is not yet ap-j ik-nxvvilhelessr } .!, the -Democrats are (loijij.y then t: M|,:. i.i;: a.i i!:e momTpTrot'.jr Dom/- I ft iU\-s j iu; liar tin jr of ii few. Dome j ' rie.?Ai'ii r-ci!!. is (lie iiivcs-t-r---: fll.<u*ii;;iiiidn- ?or the purification t!-;uivantuao It ral her looks tin y K - ? * ? : ^ , ,i. " "" | r a?!vr?v < .1 -jalejy ;js th&. propose } -! r? emttcjr&n "Kmei'ir.ericy* \e rt!ri.-.*it-{jer. of the porters' i<m- , e ls net thai <j Dip'porters,-l>ut<>. T to : ! y ..i ? .-o i'Moli -h a.-, to sTrT'.< * v anjf-1hat tpo m ) !' - V'-'T- s< arVe! Mr, A.~I.. '4"<.: ;< n.' <>t' tile Hrot-horlu q'di of, I'uilnia: el" hi nyt.elso I id te'i1" air-*" *" /k v< ii Eii? A^ctvrroN '; 1 v i iat w:i is \v ji h us- this week?r. iLv'rrrih.fli h;h a ami woiiH^h?I'po: ? c-d. | end in a' iar>!i'.T. measure thai" ' " a-i.ii.M- i uT unman u}.|ii't. I'ooj;. ' luiir condition* anil in suiToumUf diUc.Ti; division 111at lays claim t< : Viay carry ..n. In , his i h..y -ir, . -s il.al hiis nnuly in th.-i .u-ipnaiit.- ft is inay ??e an earnest "l" time |?iit. 'ii' them selves To ';he task of self-,' <:,v-nip,y i v v. njam n that llGed.hdt j tiicy- arc; heyaiisc of (he irii- J. ' '.V are mijmtfedj.U-rauso of then ' .'.'ll'lion "to lyvaliia-tb-do tho dayV somes the til h) tins city, express* h! r j roiitahlg and'pleasant.-' '! iNI) SlIiETY COMPANY red Enniiin^ i>ni|-miiV in the world, g colored people is ittowii by- the ^ year?its lirst your 01 active* sery been conducted'that a dividend .lis a a-i 111 a 1 me el i ng h el (L. in r- ^ Wei-'ly ( .ipit.ilisi'.r hi* to s'2oit,00 that it.might enter ^ ej_tu do -uu.- iacss in ftouth ClU'o- v * . ?y _ reports ot it .-.-oil; vers slant I'i.ircrt *' 2 1,"OD and a surplus of. about e i t ion given, the conmanv hns in- f I'c-iiritifo over-870,000 and has ! in flie opening- of avenues of em- v colored people. The company not silt has launched out into the ae- jj po'h-ies thai rover ^ll'ClaH.sea of >1 l.lii I'limii-ini- ii ilno l.ii ni-h v 4.-jut4t4"ovH. -Pnofr-^-nr W.v(T. "TVa r-' ^ p u?t inordinary." hcinp- president ^ enterprfrr?r ,nf the Durham ?tr gregation in the .'country. ^ . is ^ ifiifl-l' Tlr " . ??r. .... | Pointed Points J By George A. Singleton ! The Weekly Text: "Now when the veil wud come, lie sat down with the Weh u." Ala it. 2G;20. A .Lenten Meditation When - w? leiv cliik.ten. in school we learned. fiat the hoove text would be classed ,s a sun pie declarative sentence. ' liut (A,, iaA'^-inueti-it hpfds~oF~pathos and ueaningfulncss as we look back up n tly.' lull ot the curtain upon the nrtnly life* of Jesus, 'ihe text recti us- a veiy simple net whifh lY>ight ?9 duplicated ' over and over again li the-JiA-es-'of many Palmetto Leadrites. When supper was ready after a iiiv lit' hnr.l iviirlf' r.n lln> t'sirm. in he school room, or in the parish, we at dotyn Avrrh our i'Amihes to u plain ut, enj yarle meal, it was not the ,aaLiy oi the food-which meant rsu nt:t'li to.- U5T," httfthe'conlact otHfovlng j.irit. Mother, lather, wife, childen, were ail there. Following the 1 suing l.y the head of the family he meal w as eaten with light hearts uid,thanks fo God. I here is something about a common itcaj that has mighty appeal. Neary' ail the great leligions of the past alii a' place in their programs for it. v\ hefi C. hristianity took it over it' was ot a i:taC . tiling, Hut neveF ifi~ the >i story- ol' tile world was there TevtM k,a.ii a .gnihran: meal, eaten as when air.-.L rd broiie the bread, with tlu .velve in the upper. r6um. It was one it"'the last great acts of llis careeiv ia the i ut'ure it yvould serve as a mer.oiiui to thu?e fortunate ones who / ? ?i f?: i! ?. !j(| IT IIJC I'll mu ULVll'l WU3 J1UOU t;.:i forebodings, lie knew intaitivey v. l?*o Jus-to'urse would lead. The jlTL' e were' a! 1 thret*. LLis?truste^ .,pnf:is. I'c.li-, Juuies, John, Judas knd iio lv,s.. T Ca, Judas.. "With desire have d? irvd to cat this l&is'sover i.h \ t It aui rei sutler, but one ol oil', shall be tray .Me." Then the con? e.yaiiun gloved upon a mystical lane; Hearts Were made to a;in a.? ti.e.y never burned before. . hen' the -supper was ended "They :ng a ljymn and' went out unto the - "-lilt TTT cii v:o?, itow wonderful would have been to-have, joined in ny >; ; a hy'ayt lead by Jesus. .1 tlrink when- I road .the sweet story of old ' . . .." ' ' Vhen Jesus was here among men, , rVii ald like to haw-been--with Him then." . L . We ni^y have our 'card parties .and t!:.borat<f banquets, dinners and edl-' iti,ns.%wt they pale into insignfi.iu e v. 'aen we contemplate * . 1 lu doleful night before His death , The Lamb for sinners Tslnin; . mm. alhio?; with His dying breath, This siileir.'n feast ordain, I'iaery and gewgaws, . plots and ... by^klj'- ?ne',; and HHdr-ynii's" i.:d ra/,oo d.h tine* ions vanish as TKT ' v- I kg rising sun, when men Ui women m all seriousness-crowd 'a I Qlg 1 'I- ' ilitn/ J>iuu.nt IJ f 1! I uibseifibors to the Nation were irivit to a ban iuet in honor of Mr. Vi 1 >ni, the editor, in Haltimorb. I.tfWas tii. ni-i-to obtain service in .a hotel au o'dark-skinned Christians -werei < 'present. _ It was htul in a priv;.{e family. Jesus could not have - '' " 11 >' ' ' ti.iii -'.n-hinuton or Columbia because His nvi-talion is to ''Whosoever will", may. onto." 1 (1< <1 help us as we hurry alone: with he crowd to Calvary to realize inroaringly the sheer, nonesense and oclishnesi- of prejudice and hatred m-i exclu^iyenesB. May yve be" so; ( i/.eci upon by Vhe lloly Spirit that chile men will love black men, and ilavk men, yellow men, for out f one blood the jVlost-IIigh^roade rttr-- """ . -\i . Jesse Wilson. . Aft other, splendid (yj)G ot manhood [iiiis time, lor eternity ^nri^g -xruj! env^fincif a I s h i p of ProfeSsoi j V." M. llilyard at jirewer in Green | Hr t\ I was tlirovvrrihto cgjitact with ! liv_ iVilsmv freouen'.ly."-?His afTahfei iature, and constitutional smile will | vor ahide. Wli^ strikes me With l t ree nnji>i$^the mehiovy_ of my last !i!.k t^-1 he -students ttf Brwer. It | .'as'only last spring. Both the prin-1 ipal and I weieconseimts of our COIt-' lmii plated departure from the"state.' )r was in the month of April when he grass' Was green and the flowers t?H- > ip. I he fa -i111y and"studentnrly on the CampHS just ; thf' sjouhiy. s lengthened toward the ig holiness unto the Lord:''-t'There-ose nf_a Puritan! SnhhntfiT" Th?-leF.Cluh sang man spirituals: "CryBalm in Gilcad," and "Swing hoy/, ?-?? . r* /* -i. . ' v ^ 1. : r ~--r~? 77 * Sweet Chariot"; Our talk was from j t the text: "this do in remembrance of c Me." Wilson was in the audience and i grippped my hand at the close of \ the touching service. Now he's trans- t tated and is with Hi'm who said in i the upper room nearly two thousand ( ago- "This do in-rempmhranrf ; o/Me." 1 Then And Now. < The teachers' association which is being held thisr month causes one tc < pthink about then and now. Just & Zewr~years agmMyour grand -parents t were chattel slaves and counted so t much per head like mules and pigs. __ In this-state iirl:834 the-Legislature 1 passed a law making it a crime for ( them to be taught the rudiments of 1 knowledge. But oh, what a change! I , lhe darkness is passed, and the true J light' of freedom is~sTuning for you t and for hie. Out of the dark abyss 1 , we have come and are still struggling i I upward toward a place in the sun. i The state majr deprive us of a just _i and fair apportionment of public edu ntional funds, but -by God's grace we _ will lift ourselves by our bootstraps. tP.enedici. - Allen, - Morris- and CAafiin bear vocal testimony. Under the circumstances we have done- well. If c iTurner,. Payne, Durham afkl Chap- ? j 'die could co;me up in their day and \ iinki> hpa<l nrrninsf tViA torrihlp- cfnrm . v r ?V ! of opposition, what can we not do in a his day of grace and opportunity. (: A teachers' association?it means a j | -leal more than a spring, fashion show, ( 1 \nd a big dance. 'It means a setting f I rip of ideals, a gathering of inspira- { ion, a raising of. the standard of j V.'ac)iors and education, a consecration ( of heart and to the larger frno. )t ; lorn ar.d emancipation without which . our physical emancipatioh is small , n comparison. If this columnist is j I n orryr he stands to be corrected. One said: "With a great sum pur-, i based I this freedom" aj^d the oth- } >r. replied:'"I was free born." '. THE MODERN MOSES ) ON NEGRO LEADERSHIP i ?r< We all knuw?the Story of JMoscs,' c 1 be Jew, commissioned to lead the 1 Children of Israel from the slavery j ! >f Ancient Egypt into the Promised c ; and. We are also familiar with his i j rodern^ counterpart, Negro Leader- ( j :hip in the United States today? ^ amipored of htmd mils of . dark Indi- t ] -iduals who are aboveblack mas- "c j -cs, or think they modern i Mutus tuuJ 0 f U; n_kti & ft' 01' Xvc he re" he 1 s trying to lead the Negro, but since * ! he most potent SALVATION IN < j THIS WOfeLD TODA.Y I? ECONOMIC PROSPERITY we submit the pro. ; losition that the proper task for Ne| fro leadership today is to. lead- the Negro into ECONOMIC POWER, ike Moses of o.ld, this Negro Moses )f" today is destined not- to il-tfch the i promised Land^And he.has forfeit: -d his right to lead his. fello\vs~there j because of a fatal weakness. It is j? he purpose of this "article* to point out ! ; ^he-reason of his failure to reach "eco; lomic security himself and his ina| dlil-y to Pilot men tr. tVint nnynt I ?d harbor, * ' '-. 'f .' ' . . 7 . " ' " j I Reluctantly-have we" come Fo ail- ' nit, and With no little mnrtifipntlrm rtn 2 we publish our conviction that the 1 I Negro leader of today is the funda- (l ( mental cause of the backwardness of ,n ' )ui' people in economic prosperity be- n ""cause-he iaiTs to-practice what he so v oudly preaches: namely, co-operj\tioni >{ all Negroes in business enterprises, ^ i etc. Ask any Negro grnr>pr whMW.!: ; he Negro leaders, college presidents, ,? ministers, protessors, .physicians and 1 )thers of like class .carry regular ac- j v ounts at his store. Ho will invaria- ^ ; dc tell you "no." Ask the Negro law- j1 j yqf whose cases he plead'. On the 0 , ist_of his clients the-names?of Ne-jl | gro leaders will be-.conspicuous for,n [ .heir absence. Ask the Negro bank-..]11 er, struggling to keep his financial 11 ark" above the waves in this present,c storm of economic uncertainty, who ' deposits most largely and freely in I his instiution ahd you will find that a 'th^only large accounts placed with!' him fiy Negro "leaders" arc tfie ac-j( counts of colored?secret?sroeleftp* ' H ~clnirchb?>r-Qther organizations frflTTd^' ling the funds "of the common p.cople. '' The Negro "leader" deposits his own;'' money in the white bank. _ .Ask the | 1 -Negro-physician who calls Turn to ja heal their wounded ^bodies. He will , u?ll you "Susie, the .cook"; "Jennie, 1 the maid"; "Mary, the nurse." Seld- *( om will he speak of^ther J'ebonized ^ leaders" yfftrtheet, socially. ^Ask-ihe pastor rrf^the-First Baptist Church or vv Bethel A. -M. E. Cnthedral, if you ^ plese, who supports the gfeat pr- ^ frnni7atjiom?He will toll you ot "Ms- ^ ^ saBfew?$wWral3Rr^?95TriF^fromanu ^ and "Brother Tom Berry, the ^Iraw^ '" won." Of course, there is "Deacon Thei.dore Philips, fhO doctor"; or per-^'' h#p* "Rteward dr Mrrfpfan TTiph'fowor, the undertaker" but those latter gen-,'11 tlemen "ra?e the collection" and 01-1 r * - ' ;* . ^m ' J* . .. M...' ; / entatiously give their dollars design (d to persuade customers tm the mbr ow, Finally, ask the Negro teachO vhose "Brown-eyed durlfngs" sit be 'ore her and him from their prime .o their_ college diploma. You* yvil liscover that the list of pupils, es Tecially m the. latter, yearsoi ciiKun will not contaip the nymes of th hildren of Mr. Modern Moses, th Ymerican Negro leader. Those "pre ious darlings" have.gone,to some e.\ dusvie white schaol -it.here' N?>rdi servants show thcni_liow ta acquit: .he "inferiority complex" in thp.mos ipproved western fashion. This Modern Moses?hypocriliei ^egro leaders?preachipg - "rac )ride" must be buried in deserved ol ivion, and Joshua? a new Ncgr Leadership?practicing foal sac l-i igial, eouvacttoua, dnring, tfuo- ee< lomic cooperation must lead the rac nto the-Promised Land of ccbnomi welfare, the only salvation that offer . scapfe from the real Devil of thi nodern world?Poverty. ?A. II. GORDO: i ? ? * ? ' . ; MOUNTAIN CITY ECHOES. Well, we will hold irp for an lion >r so on politics and ingratitude i >tate affairs, and broadcast a fo vaves on po'.Uics and in gratitude i ttaurch affairs. O. yes, 'Bud," 1 an ind'-have been all my life, one that ha leep interest in church affairs, regari ess of denominat ion.. 1 watch closel he mdvejneht of all of them, and vor iften I discover more dcv.il1 than ChrTf n some things that are put over. \Y (Hall confine oursclf to the great M. 1 ''liureh in-Uvls .Slater For tho'liohpT if those that do not know, and ther ire many of them, we want, to explaj low that church operates. It has leaut'iful system, when carried out i i Christ like way. The rules and rej ilattoils governing t:ie church as" vhole, are. made hy th emembers < >acli local charge. Every four ycai hey meet in what is ltnown as tli le.neral Conference. Noj/U-tO- Stai vith each charge, and a charge i3 t!i vork under one pastor, lias quarter) 'onferenees held under the snnnrvigin if a district super-ntYmdcnt. formerl mown as.Presiding Elder. Every foi rears each charge in tlie State elect me delegate (layman) to go to tho ai lual conference, where they ele< ;>ght delegates tojrepresent the Stat vork i nthe General Conference. I he >1. E. Chureh tiie?.laymen?H?-v iqual say bo in the. making up of tli rpo.it lindv wliloh nnlroc on/1 nh?nolv 1,1' fCgul attons. ^hore is" no npne; rom the work done at the Ono-r. Conference. The prenclmr.s-elect f-n iut of their number. The lay met nceting to themselves, elect four oi >f their number. I might add fnrliffi iake; that the' "Bishop'.' of the i llected by. the delegates making u he.body, which, boiled down, ntopn hat the humblest membe r of - tli ihurch helps elect the men who .ne t ule as heads of the church. TJio spir )f the system, as set' forth by tli bunders of the ctmiYh was, ami i hat, those who have shown by tliei vorks that they are best fltTeTl fn lea, ire the ones to -be li o n o r , i ?. T.I 11 in.cn iers of each charge i?tru sun nosed t - -? ? ?X- ? 1 av .aside everv fe.dimr m ttie neiti.. iml -guid "1 n i.1-1"1 M1 - lie person, measured by 'Jb'al avoi' lone for the cause.( - The preacher md laymen in session ought not to lc inytlilng enter in as to their deeisio vhen deciding orr who to sen:l, butKh dvancement or the great cause c Jlirlst .and humanity. The man or wi nan-4-liiit Inn liiTiughf-arrd |hT"hrtrrrtri ltings to pass* the man or wotna hat by his Christian life nnd uutipin rork, figliPlpg; .3 fin .days against th orces of sin, ignorance and supersti ion, the man that, does not-conced no inch" of tha.gronnd to-belong t ho devlt and-his followers. thrrr*vCfTT lie'that deserves to go. If there 1) nany measuring up to- the high idea onor them one hy one as tire year oiiie ami* go. The above is .the. gen ral rule that will hold good nn\ Niere., . But in some States there i n' exception. -That exception tip reacher's' of the splendid. bid Sontl arolina Conference lmvi; niwnyi oted. ever since T Tan recall and (>va fl preU> RUntr "fccaiTrr." Then as been one thins in-South 'Cnrolin: oat the M-.-E. Church has^held dear t< .s_ heart, ami rightly so.?That w*u rfd ts Clan In University. What tho M. E. Clvnrch is. toi'ay ir ds State, and 'finite a few ntimrs n< ) that, you mu^t fcixc, credit largely ti s splendid school at Orftngrd^iy^^jt tty "Ttat'oT ewpprlliliy tuoso State? here educational advantages , art leagi-e, and T mean for the Negro ,'here a denomination njaintains a tic ippnrt? a well-fittod cehoot in every FgjKicf, that denomination is stronp i that' special StaLo. South Carolina its Claflin for theE.-Chnreh;tRtttt Itct and-Morris Colleges for the Hap sF Church and Allen University for le A. M. E. Church. Sink all momhere of the above three V . . ' ** -> - , Snturdny, March 24, 1928 u - ch.iij<ps inlo tho Atlantic ocean at Coho time. Mum .come, buck and take r ati ok, and you will llnd church buildi. Saga unit' eonftregatlons in the State r few and fur-he twocnv- " ^ "V II A good Hchool, well managed and -muiyi l.t d- is-Mm biggest asBet any rta." uomlniilion in tho southland can have, *} - uil 1 go a bit iurtfiiJr and say, good o .^'tTTTola,'. managed and supported for - ufy. people by. church or State, are the/. >',? ggi . t and most.beneficial things that ... J i* Van by idrcurt by the stde of the path-, ii way'of lifo.- l'hat religion thut toachca tt-~ it-ami inspires the ones that have it, to ! iii;t in ta in. nuihsu pb ur L sclmols, whereby^ il i|io green timber may .bo taken in in ? tho folni of boys and girls, young men >- and young. women, and there kiln o. dried- as it wore, . then plained, ? ; i- chiseled, hammered, shaped and faaliHiTi.Mud niitll u t'cdl wurthy mmrpr woo ai in is turned out on tho marlfet, Is a l-* . ic .mighty good kind to havd. lu fact, s" any other kind is not worth on earth is or auywhoro else, "a tinker's damn." . j I're'aclu-ia are.nil right. No wait a. S' jniiiulo. I mean some of them, but I * tell you they -will moiio Very olow * ? ; Si'l'LIU "l i!'U l?S UIV n unju.. v?-?^I largo i)it of it for rlirfSET If you burn if down the school buil'/ings and forbid ? touchers to teafcTi*"~under penalty of w .loath, admitting' that a dollar invest- - It n od in^t good school brings more interim est than cue invv'-sUf I anywhere else d on earth, and admitting, that a well iV managed and supported denominationy *1 scb'Hd is-a dog asset, then the next v big itctn is tlij head of tlie school, fieri guiltless of how you pour your money !e and send students- if the head of a '-iih ol Is-no good, then you had best it take ymir'mflHt'.v, li.u\- a Ford, and lot ' . c the children go joy riding. Absolutely ! n no-./School can'lie what it. ought and : ^ a must if parents, are' to entrust their n 'iTl'Mfdh Into' its hands for the making it- and shaping process of lite. Think for IT a immiTfii, in a large hieasure, the- suc >f ::t\ss or ilji!un; of ? human soul while s ou-carth depends on the stuff that was ic injected into, it while a student'in the BLj iiitiuovif sense. So l Say* ggajnynty?? ie . (.liool can be in'efasS "A" without a !v. vl.iss "A" head, and that means .every y , for in life. .. ,r .. l*i> until a few -years ftgo .the head s of Claflin was a preacher, and I might" 11 add a white man?the color should not have' inlluenced?other?"Brother 5 e Divines when it catnc to dishing out 11 honors.. 1 won't say it did and I won't * iliy 11 Ualh'f. Jiut all honors due to bo 10 heaped upon oi|o that was plpylng his 's ) ! i t r;p i ..v.-illy ami' loyally wp l! handed over Ifor around' forty "'years to l' him who siuQti' aL the *. head-of" the 1Ik .-hurt h. school, ajtd rightly so. Some years ago I wondeVcrd as to the whys *' 'hat the?president. of?that school? " should be honored at all times iri^ IS ' _A_ prej. tu-encej w> so. many -strong, iaiiniiu. 1' pastors. ?1 saw through a, glass darkly 18 then. But as I grow older, and my. "'-hoys and-girls begin . to bloom- Into ? manhood and-womanhood and realiz ' ing .what; a stubborn 'thing, it, is to in.the a mark in Fife, .and. gee. clearly? ' s- each day what a great responsibility u "'.hangs over the head of. him who is.. head of it home 01' school. having ^ these things inipressed deeper and ilit |v ! day b, da>. J now take pleas1 me in', dofl'ing mv ha't liiph - ?? f old veterans of the clot-h State stood , K su gallantly from the time that Dr. 'a, Dunt.on was elected* president, until I he resigned.. Those old war horses.of II the gospel at ettcli honor giving lime, c_ iiot only honored the riinn that was at the head of. the1 school, but added laurels , to his wreath by electing ^ aim prst and at the head'of the dele11: Ration. There never was a real doubt , fi" about bis hot being sent,, as one of (> the four during all the years. In - fact, the boys only talked and planned 0 ;md. slated three- The president of 0 their si-haul .considered all most a P standing delegate: Thdy reasoned c thus: rl ho man that Is helping me to ' * 1 make a real God-fearing, race-serving. 3 man or woman out of my boy and . '- girl, "sure he is.going, if n>y vote can -;..m ' help ??nd him?Gratitude." bj "Cap Jim." ,.t . ' "AS IT IS" - y ~"By T. W. McClary - ' * Allen has bpen advertised and has ^ liefm more under the administration of Dr. Smis than it_haA hppn in1 " : ~M [ fancy. \Vc have he?rd that we either ! go forward or backward. Well, she 1. is going forward with rajTTd stride. 1 The question is, does' it pay to ad*| venture? iLuloes not. Now the quesr tiun in i'uur btlnd is, why' doesn't it? ' That's true. I'll agree to both sides, for if you are to be successfull, you tniist be known through some means. J ~ FnT firfnri inl!c?? ~ ^ yon are able to deliver the goods. As an institution ofJenrningr Allen f* rfn- j^ .j ing her JiiL Sho chould be proud Of j ber sons and daughters for they are S'ome "are making goftd, oth- ' jj ers have the vision and will adventure j Ifttcr.,. "As it is" wo are not standing ! ' ' ? / ' ' L ??? . _ ' - ?