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larhness and despair. "Jesus is dead, o
;:id*\ve thought ile would redeem Is- '/
iau4,?Ho was .1 wonderful character, i
and we left all'to .follow llim.- What s
h. li we do?" One spoke'? up and t
"aid: "I'm going fishing." The o{h- >
e_s ehiutu'd in: "We a^e going with I
iWIdle tliey were about to turn '
ow~y from" religious idealism,, and ?
h-'gh pufpc.se' they, experienced' a >
( .ving consciousness . that' Jesus is v
i u, dead,-.hut alive fdroverinore. . c
Xu man .can explain the Resurrect c
a a.-; yoit. would an example in a- .
i t *iivt. l.:o- -dVbolars-hnvo"quibbled o\y.r
rt?ever since "it happened, Tb>ut
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<r.f it/iri, I lie" Hoeing .disciples,- ?nd- f
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t, i knov'-lliia,'tin* poww: of His. j
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"?\ o.'jV.:-.-- tla in.eampfc .of this sea- '
a-' ir tvf - .think ni' 11 in (enns. of |
h- ,?l?v -es. liUU_iiiid_ spats. n
that in l!is Re.su r:
has heroine; a "poweV - ill out''
-ami i'oV'iliiit \vi> are ready ynd '
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' a ' - sJi.eavi' h II :,:i, atjo-:!yi; 'j with j
w iami reUrn With Him." (
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... : i 'ty l?.I.: i i'??j.wiv.s are whin-J
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. I a las trip vision lie will jj?> :i.- ' '
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: a>'?r iiHtl at iio' T iantior ht>y. "Seeni y
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!:m. .!i.;,.v:;ai:t!'ol." eVitieisni.'v ;
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t r 4 explain? never, retraet:-. nee-..;
/ .t; : a-; .;svt jf.iloni' and let them
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??t. '''?i"1 i! < iiini "in IV;rf i!agshi|V,
:.riere i*! ._>lie Achieved.-'
'i'i-ftvit;. later- tin- war was \yuii, .
ly 1 'if:r-vdeh'ii'.ii. ' tlic 'laiul wa heard
-.- .ui'. ! .f<ituaii Four
;W:.- s!n . e.s Wore set flVC. "CiO 1
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"The Modern Moses." . . j'1
<?i;Cordon has recently said:
' t It:,. : ;;i.e.sir ji in lhisj.1
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. w\jt.i;r ,.V ihc.>c.lines' is stmining' !
1 1 i . Lraili i1 i^o.-l'anxiously' i
' : at^.annt. He midnr- ;
nd-s ~s(>j:. (hirdon's pusitiyn :<
:;i M . ! 1 i > U I !i W 111 1 l[l
I imx'd in i no < l.-iea a.' ] >eft,'iu,!er a few t
\y,< i kg I/aid.' .?>n" "The- iteligion Worth, ;
Having" is" inl nuieh oat oi\lim? withf;
that i f ilu "Modern Moses." Ahentj'
e. } re>;. ?r'- ar.tieh', those -.acquainted
JSJj tin- Mo-e..s of t >!< Itilil.. 1' to mi' t)o?t i
h' v"as more -than a nu i'e eediviiniie . ]
i . ' :. JI i' was a^many.sided eliaraer i
H woijM not l>e sayiiv.r too poi.-h ?;
I i\. that- In was a.'soekij lead- 1
i-v, : oiiiewlmt military" genius, 1
f. te tsnd unitary, expert*, pro, 1
ij rn : and lowgivdr. lie- lived.'*
' .. i t line _ he It ire there was a division t
oi. labor. yet tlie TxfEdltrhleiL. Jot-hro-j-t
d wiscjom oj that. . i
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in;]ott:uuo _o?l cco?i.jj
0! ; \ muWitfj of t{ie
_'*^?Ji?Litix .\vn!<. ! _ h?ul?any*' X
!?;at ;.H to >>iy Ih? would seek to ,|
v I" '- i.foij 'Jn' renders of this col- j
c!i!ii fjj(. nccC^ITy of having Anions. ?
c iMothfoj; along with Moses. i1
. d' 1c, out. nny iiia1 tV|K; \?F~t'
J ! '-'i1 -"-'l lint's' lhat. It1 Vc
???: ?Lv 't ll I in' 1 't <?Ol)m ?]- I.and?fi
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' ' t^coDonjiu alone, hut religious, so- v
mr, nJu-tnol. Wo i|
t- ha-. c a vivt' ed'lcado\,vili]> rihle |'f]
l,? t o{.( \\ iUi the demands of ubr high-Jju
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y complex ^'ci vilization. Our stress up11
the economic will land us where the
tmerican white mandsiuday, at the
>laee where he is obsessed und posesscil
with burden of things. Maerial
things are neceSsary. Oone
nust have fooxl, clothing and shelter,
?ut let first things bo first. Life is
nore than bread and meat, Cadilaes
nd ClieVrolets. The "Hlodern Moses"
vill ?be one of many to point us the
vay out of this waste howling \V71drness
to the land of , milk and hon y
. . ... .V
MOUNTAIN City-BtlHOES
Speaking of how royally the minisers
of the youth Carolina JVI. K. Con e
fence honored the head of' their
- h yet through (piite-a fnv years
here?\vys an under current running
'VOID ln-j.-rcl .III' 111. llllil'll Mlowcd
ll:;t'feelill'lf ivx vtv.lnp- fur h" iiom
o head the school, not that the friend
tTKt~t)l'Qthoho had lor so nuun
cars stood at'the head, had not plajy*1
his part well; not that the school
lad^uMf^owrr-bj^-leatis and bounds;'
lot that some of the graduates turn d
out had not nnule wonderful imuessions-um
n the people of the county,.
v..) mm- f. 1i -iml I'ipliilo >.ii~
.hat the time was ripe for a-eoloied
nmt ty.TTe"placed at the head of the.
dlu.ol. They reasoned that it.was
useless to develop well trained: and.
uipp'otent men within tiie race 11 tin
dart's whei-e-<lhese men Jit ili. woue l>
jc -always- held by friends aml'-brofh.?rs
.of -the fither rAee. .\'o\v of"xuuJtr.se,
there Were no lambasting in public
tint, now" howling ami barking in
jnil?lic.about it. bat in a qui"! /.'hrii-tlike
way those that - were in charge
f til is'fa it <il' !>'" " I't rn I'. ,iiii.
d'of .the real desire of a large part
it the j3xnfeivn'ce.- So after a while
it did come?in a -way tjiat all con.ftm
d wore happy and pleased. Tin
duniglu'that* a yotuig well trained, cob'
ired mail was to direct, teach and in-spire
the youth-'of his race from then
an at -(Muffin made many feel good.
Ih (Muir h there is a board to handle
el dili'erent parts of the chureTi .worki
so the hoard began to look about t'o.i
i Ivl'ow that would weigh tip to the
requirements. It's one thing U>.- take
:t "li.tie thing and. steadily develop., jt.
into a big thing, but to tavkle'a J.>ig.
thing as head and continue the trrowlk
.hat tiling is a bigger job. Any.
ing good in another state in one pi
i- !Vn ?*u- h {j.JiiniL mil I i?*i\i t ?< K t Kit,
Iri-' \ ' "
vi'i' tliCT-stato, sit-w'i; "are . told, 'fell in
behind him and with' (hi* assi'suineo
jf-thc- pastors "a'nd lnc-nihiTs of -th.
;Va'.c\ he has things joins' nicely dow n
t' Oranji'ebar#. - Makiiiir just,' what
vi ryloyal'colored man wants?a bipam!
he'lucr coHeee year hy year.
Uvil pi'icr?ehr=?In-o.iii r?hrrct?brrrr
in the mate for smut' months, flit' tinu"
fof, electing dyliyates to lenoral
1 "oivfereiico^roiled around. The coii-'
feience met thlit year in Sparfanhui'v:
> Now the thin;;, changed. This
:in:.-- now noavi,- was :-mip:y a
[Hain UTyivutiv wlio! Hail prepared him
a lt' ;<> tea-It; ho his l'nlo lis to bein,y
i'.on.^r-'d,' was in' the hands ol' the.laymen
ami lay-women. Xi.w we want
I" > ay?thai a ill.1 II it comes to a lay
. o;i\eiil hai ol the M . W.. Vh jfreTi of
ihis Stale, -the spirit. jruidc s. every
U'iioti ol' the hrothoi's. l?ut it is the.
spirit ol' the devil in a hirpe measure!.
In fad it' you want'T^see sell.ishnc.
lis'; layed lull percent j-^i^mu want
u's'oe h.en wiro-pnll mul or I1 UJ?*Tlxor
yi'cat church in "Soutb T'nrolimi
is '.operated withfln only one or two
julv s'tieldinjf habes to he eared for; if
pill want to see a bunch in operation I
hat was out to net elected re-aiu dlessJ
>r tarn*;-'ihcrti visit" a M. K. l;iy comj
. civ ion. u h'eh {ho Coys arc t uniuiiu in |
*hii?h''. as they wore loUr years atvo i
. Hut at that, they (till alter pausing j
f<>v a yru'iiiciit, _ulu
I?i Osnieift came inl<). the meeting ami
made a short address, they did 'lay
o4de the slate I'ov a moment and eei
led the race president on'tile first
ml let. . Precisely like the preachers
aid Lceri-doing for?the guuid old
vhite" president iiy the past. Well
hit was the only Thing commendable
ithiv in tiuit iu1'VL11vc |>nss 11
ip as church history.- \Fonr
years linvo rolled qfT the refit
i.eain, and at last the annual confer-,
nee wlrtrTT^net, 1 iii.j told in "The i
TCy^TI am told RRain that tly presientof
Clal'fin was calh'd home a few
ays lie fore the meet mj.;-. <>n account
if death in his family;, therefore j
Ol M 'not niccl the lii'othen: itthI si's-'!'
I I S face t(> face MS hy did fimi- i mn-.i
.?ro. and make a speech. "Well ves.
i' thttf is what you want tn I'mur,
cs. - lie had put in four splendid \
jeHri.' wo.rlT T>i IIUJ henool since last
( legate electing; time; yes. everybody
hat we- inquired of said ThatClaflin
^ some, ir> fault W find. of ,
the management of Dr. Randolph as
president. - ""But When those Christ-"
+tkt7-huli' oiios niel fo place honors
upon four distinguished workers of
the church; when,it came to the place
where i't seems to' rue that it ought'
to have been a real pleasure for the !
laymen to exprtsa their approval of
the one that had the biggest job upon
his shoulders of <any .laymen in the 1
conference and because he was forced |
to be absent on account of honoring
the dead in his family, the cotoretL;
head of Cilnflin did not get>a. peep in}
They-, did not even elect him fourth
alternate. There is a peculiar streak'
hat crosses through the make-up
of (he average colored _ human -amth
sCFange. to Say, education nor anything
else dt^es not lessen its effect.
Sonictimc' wfc just can't appreciate
'iiitv. -m,] nni,.;..n^y TYhtrfl
lathed oyer with a colored skin, as
'.'.jL'jdu when covered with While skin.
L iu re hi hut one i.eal reason w hy the
resident of Clnflin was snowed Unic;
and that is. h.....simply?wjm-hmfr
lorcd. That'ts all?had he bfcen a
..u:i ...j't! .1 , ,, .
wiiiic- nusn, w.iin me recoru identical'
ts it is, and had ben suddenly called
0 .the \Vost coast o# Africa) on the
ante- mission that lit". Randolph was
ailed awav oh, those same devout
- oils. llinFffiTTifFhters oV Christ would
' v vo considered .it sinning against thc_
?'Ioly0 Gh.i^st to,not have elected him.
Why the greatest blow one could have
"lit the sl-hool. would have been to
i.i\e flighted the head. Hut ah!'How,
ll'ereht when colored folks doa4 with
1 do red fplhs! Xow, some may say,
hy mention color? . Well," Rud that
'< the reason advanced when a change
n president was asked. r\Vhat we
ed tiii!:? ,, i'tf?faith In thusowho~have
the ability and integrity to lead. Then
:.ow tim- am ill "thai we n;. Ni'gi'OOS
am and do give honor where honor Is
a If?wo?had?a few' move ^Rig
Men" that feel as little servants, and
i lew less little fellows that really
are small, liut> to themselves look big.
chat a Wonderful blessing it Would
o. \Ve' trust the president will eoniiuto
to press on with vigor. 1
The bitterest - flower .that blooms
'i< m the human soul is ingratitude.
"CAP JIM;"
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' ,>ioi)i;kn observations; ' >'
By Joseph V. Raker*
"v'niile Brother, Smikv" and "A BloJI
on ^Jie Si utchcon."
No" matter ^ItttlrPF"vou were born
"^ t: It - a -silver'spoon in youtV mouth- as
lie say in'.*/ goes, or .whether vou have
:ever tiyd a silver spoon in your
i!ouin, wnetner you nave .Associated
itli the liyst people, or. whether you'
i. vi1 l.oei\ identified With n middle
!.s's, y-ou have at. sometime in your
.}'(. 4uet with someone who just would
.. a rfig Iriend'y. ? ? ' .. ' .
Try-as you would to tyeivl thorn
'ht.'..and <lo'.iill iiv your power to
help them. they still' Could find some.;
?11 er in their heart against you; they
I til1 could iViai "some urourids for piiij.sn-^ou
in scorn, jmd try as you would
i c mid not any remedy for
heir ills In:', I think you will find.'
hat- l ost?remedy or treatineilt Will
.< to SMfl.K iJlitJ.T11 Kll, SMILK.
Whenever yoti lejrin to feel that
* 1 nii'"1 ' '"-' mi in "
i : lilior continues to start av.alanOcs.
untruths toward your social posi-1
ami i rics" to coi riipt the minds
>i" vf>ur host friends l>y' so doiinr, met
vo/r tiicniy with a heart full of the
/rit.y ? i stprinjr and SMILE DROTll/;.
SMILE. ,^1-^?- '
. ItJer.|M to the writer, and I prc-ir-rmrrtTr
mapy other persons that "the
; siest and 'poorest way to incur the
ill reeling of most people is to tuy to
iit. your head a hove the ipnial trend
u i he nVassys, fy.. to do sotnehing uni:
ual. Try even to heJp_them-to lift
Iti ir heads, and you will sodn feel*:
silnjr of their .voi'bal dampers?
hut as lontr as y.ou feel that you are
i'dit. vialkJ?u-ir and?SMILE
?
"Wc'ii- m-nix a-vtalkirdr-the highway
of life, ' .
-We-Ve fretted and (Ulttefed with wor- ]
r'y .and strife. . * j
Let us drop l?y the wayside the heavy
? ?dd loud,- f -'.J32_4
ail rest at .--the/ irwr~rrt the turn of.t
. ?rl - -:t - t
_ mi' ritiiil?Let.us
tarry awhile *. ?
At 'Tjv Sien "f ^he Smile'."
A Blot on the Scutcheon;
It see ins to me, as a young journal- j
ist< that, the art has progressed to
the "extent .Ahal--au?oi'din.tiy?Ne^ro"1
"Journal eoul ( find something to fill
+t-?coin in n^. ;md to lorm its main
11 1 l iili tloi iMn|ili;.n ,o vi.rl^Hv
iLLirnlh'jf n iih uci y fTRTTTNAUY jour-7
nt.lisa^^ut^^oiUttug-^nto.^t iiKHItlitcllC^
leaders... ??4
^ A journal of this kind, although
probably havinir. grounds -for~srmne of
i'i< accusations, is a BLOT ON, THE \
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Saturday, April 7, 1928w
SCUTCHEON of moderrt journalism,
and should and to mv mind, wjll not ,
recciv c any consideration foj the betUi
people, of the state or country. ?
li is not my intention to use my
space for lighting people or journals, .
Utcause it is not journalistic courtesy,
but I don't think any broad minded
person will criticise my resentment
ae a journalist, of the utter corruption- ,
.he journalistic public by a journal,
which Is ajdu to exist only as long as
seme scandal is rnmpaTt7 ~~ "
Every- modern . journalist should
dagger, such art institution as long ^
as it continues to indulge in such t.;trash,
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PROF. 11ECK WIUTI# ABOUT
TEACHERS' AASUC1AT1QN
The ll'LH) m'sammi 01' thf 1'nlMltlltO ~
Teachers' -t ssnriat inn,?from all i'o. 7?
ports, was a good meeting, Mticl
praise is .due the_ retiring president; _ _
I and the executive secretary, whose ai
tiiiitv'.ant ? implicit v .'agent is excellent
i indeed.' 'iTie^'ncw oiliciaL?-sutrCecding
i them are bu.h excel lent. jjicMV ._yild..,I 1
am sure will make good.
1 would like to offer the sugge'stion
|l.hT?t-Tt-Tn'T?i-m ounce T..j-ni ore h:n-m..n^.
at election'time if the law was definite
regarding the Veuufe of office in.
the association. . .
We are told that iii' ^luiti, before
occupation of that jsta'nd hy the U.
S. government, the. approach of. elecliou.wds
a signal foTfa cival war.
When the retiring*'officials would have
| u> escape l>v a gun-bout to some place
j of hiding till-after election. AH ftt'O*
(j)ie do; but~oui- groiun csnccialiyltiko?? ??
changes.
, of place to recall the incidents of' the *
[ Snartaliburg meeting of the association
some years ago, when- cohsidera*
tile l'egling was Shown,.during- the c
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ivi tiwji ?'i uiu j?it^mtiii iiiiti uuitvii^ \'a
the association.
During 'the heat of discussion at
this nuettrTJT a prominent educator remarked
that the. Association had had
; hut three, presidents in twenty years.
I So^ strong was the sentiment to change ?
this continuing men in Toflice in the
association that some one suggested
that the Palmetto Association follow .
|' he example, of the white association o
! and limit the term of president to one ~
! year; Hit they finally decided to give'
two years, and the incumbent cquhJ
r.ot i.. I.; 'I'lo^ m.iJ*
j-WTTHen into the. constitution, revised '
at' that meeting. .This matter was.
thoroughly, thrashed out and decided
'iron -at - that TwTjir. |'
with" that rule l)r. Manco, I believe >
I .'nine down after two years. But by
the time of tlie next election the conI
, 'V\
sti'utioii.appeared in pamphlet form :v
at d .Vvns so wnfded that nothing in it
j'coviltl Uo construed to mean that the
! oflli'ia-h^ToTlftl hot offer for as many?; *
?11'it's as tlwy end'1 making the ?
'.pii ii and Meaning" of the real consti- .
'nt ion adopted at Spartanlvurg a mil- *
lily. .
Hnt the old adifge,' "Constitutions
are m t made, hilt are the result of :
I'cfroiv^h" ijj- ti.uo. The constitution should
represent the . expressed will
of tile members"m'aliing up an or-'
, Kuhlzatioh.
; The hew pflicinls of the Palmetto
Ai:. oointnui liaw ft great opportunity
- t|iat. of ecttinu' haek or forward,
!'o the real spirit of the constitution of
the Association.,
'The nuriihors .of young men coming
put from tlio schools and colleges
must he given a chance. Our women
|wield the gavel. "Pass it*on'-.22- :?T?
J. B. BEtK. V
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WS IT. IS^ .
:By:"T."T VV7McCInry*7"
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-.What is tho jireat business of life?
\V f? !U'n I'nnl'tmnf/wl mhaI.IA'MAM ?'#
' * *?T v . VW?IU"I, mi ? an [innitunih?tft
,jill jvihds; ^otnc itoTn'g woodwork, also
| niakiilp: breast works to reinforce their
strength; other using battering ram
against the effort of the thinking
few, with very litHy idca^of life and ???
future.Mention ten years hence; most
likely they will say that the future
will . take (aire of itself:? There?ra v-smnathing
urnin u ovorything?Now,
iif that is true you1 will have to pre-""
pare for life?work. Every individual
in the universe-is-ohligated in some
way to each other. Even plants and
animals know their duty to each oth
cr thru D] virtu power; fnna must find
his thru reason. We do not know-the
cause of life nor the exact truth of
its origin. That should he a miner-?i-1_~
isfsue to iifl', > - ')
Pile fcll'-w h"* *'j"d "T if" j- wllfd
make it." For the?oppression^?the- *??
main thing ir to In dissatisfied with
f he nf'W c indttinjn, foL- jt iii a. .atop *?
ward success*; ' "
?..Wo must' depart fr6m our present \ Cop
tent c<1 position. Thercf^en the
great biisiiius.4 of lile is; to he, to do,"
to do without and lastly to deparf.