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vV Pi; FAGEFOmt f {lulmrtt . - WEEK] '* 131.0 Assembly Streel ?' * - Business and Editor Entered at the Post Office .at Columbia, t- , v Act of Confess. r","'T"' ' ~Subscrip One Year $J2.u0 7 Six Months ]? 1.25 FOREIGN' ADVERT 1~ H 608- S. Dei Official Advertisements at the rate allow . the . Leader will publish brief anil rat interest when they are accomfnin . the authorg and are not of a del mdmcationa will nut be noticed, returned. : ; ! .. v"v"' 7 REMIITA ?? ' Thfcks. Drafts and Postal or Express M ~ to tne order uf the fef M. J. FREDERICK _ 77 ? 1 & TPWIP H? W. FRANK WILLIAMS . henry t>. pearson GEO. H. HAMPTON Communications intended ior ti:u cur *?.?* ahrtni.i Miifh thp editorial de k of The P _ . each week. City hews, locals, pei COLUMBIA, S. 6f, SATU1 ~~Well, wonders never cease;?We frnthnrjyiff nf TMpgi-n 1 linpoiTats in i beginning July 24th. Some of th " Houston where a wired tier oi' sea ? nf thpli' cnlnr. While they are dis taining to the success of their par Presidential nominee, why has lie lynchings of some of their owiv]>e< whv ^'Prn AJpcrifitic rlouni-liln so-called Elaine riot, but better stil if he does not believe in lynching. V, S Senate to kill the l.)ver Ami t _ * * Mrs." Clem Shaver, the wife ol' i National Committee for the past pleased over the Houston Cdnver say a man who \vill? shut his eye; which the Democtfitic" Party has crat, not a Democrat." At any ra ?^who drink "wet'l and yell "dry." 1 *?*?* There are ten border and Nort vote is practically-the balance of white friends say that'no Negroni cmt, we can r.o reason tor the to provq them wrong. M . * * * The Negroes of America are illy "status is so inferior.?The time n ignorance was the sole trouble; a been made$long that line, almosi \ i^ea. If however, within the ne.\i ing of the Negro would improve 1 ' educatiori""has, there will be anotl treatment. We do not of -course. . ' let up in the educational program, en the economic side of his existei Surely "Uncle Ifarvey" the ger =? mont section, is mistaken when 1 Attorney up that side is trying to can Party?-whatever that is. Th sal party, not one of races. ? -?u O . T. TUSKEGEE'S L YNCH I N /S3 Twice each year Tuskegee Inst " lynchings compiled by its Departr six months of the current year, il t murders.- We say "Americaii-Alu of brutality, coward ice'-and savag country. However, this year. Tu sending out the news. The States ings were: Louisiana, 2; Missouri, that Mississippi does not appear-, COP shniilrt Vinv? m-itil + 1-.,, ... * before sending out the compilation ?? thft nnmlipr li^tfMl two d:iv* Ix-fo] ended the first six months. Missi: among the number of States that proceeded at once to show the worl J_ -States^ that ispreserving 'icfvilizat doubt about it, sheUynched two c greater than getting the better o they could thrash them in a tight, the record more impressive this mAt*A A* i 1 - /% uiit muic iu iic.i recuni i or lilt! Ill's - a.^ttle slow in carrying out the ai ing therefore clidnot take place unt the night of June 30th.. This lyne ? has credit for 3. will have to bo-ri last six months, yet' she* no doubt Abou Ben Adhem, her name lead i months. Count on Mississippj, to i T" "3-V fy Christianity- Tuskegec will do in mind and never send out any r term actually ends, unless -Missis "honor roll." The actual number about for the first six months is si STAN DA III) Oil The Standard Oil Company of Ii policy of employing colored men ports" have it that in Chicago color of two such stations, besides oper? St. Louis, one; Minneapolis, one, Springfield. 111. and Kansas City, brought about by a successful app< -- dard, Col. Robert W. Stewart, b through its Industrial Relations departure from the old blooded ai business corporations as well as f South and West.?Buoineur, whicintelligence and efficiency always c with a dark face-shows up. Bus as only persons to contribute all hi -in its operation. :zz: The employees to whom the J ? : places should realise that mm> th depends on their making.good. T V tho nppnirig of nhinr nv*?nnim ??I* i riess enterprises besides an ihcre? ___ the Standard. Colored of such 1 ' I a ICraftrr i. / I LY - j t, Columbia, S. C. I ial Phone 4523 ~ C S. C., as second class matter by an c noNs Three Muulhs 1 .75 -j Single Copy -1, .05 l? KING AGENCY inborn St., Chicago, 111. . ? ed by law. ~?? ional letters on subjects of general i * ied by the names and addresses of ! famatory nature. Anonymous com- , ?wpjpfrpfi manuscripts will not be ; * nces \? onc^ Orders should be made payable* t Pnlmvm I frirlnr Editor j ~r-\- Fraternal Correspondence"]^" Correspondence | V,r* e News Editor |1 __ . Manager -s rent issue must be very brief, and j almeito Leader not later than Tues[ Saimlu ...! 'ipi by W'Ws., 1 IIP AY, JULY 14, 1928 \ StMMV iuY^~T horp i^TiTiTP-Tr-pn^?trt- -j Cleveland. Ohio, for threi? days t ose follows oughi had pone to ^ Is was prepared for gentlemen cussing weighty quest-ions per fy, they might ask tlioii Vice-? never denounced tlie brutal x ^plo in his home city, or again. ( black birds in his State in the 1. they should inquiry just why, t lie Joined (Tie filibuster in the Lynching Bill? : ' the. Chairman of the Democrat ' four years, seems not to -be itioiVs action. Says she, "We ' > like an ostrich to the things 1 always stood for is a booze-o- j to, that's a new name for those ( hern States where the Negro ' power. Since our Southern as sense enough to be a DemoXegioes uf those -states to try. 1 * 1 1 trented because their economic 1 vas when it was thought, that J iifl *ill offni'f c Innii'Avn Viov.n I o tin; eMlurdon of tho economic., t 55 years, the economic stand- ? in the same proportion as his 1 fier" story to tell in his general : mean that threi'e.should bo any ' but that move altentiort.be giv-. nee, _ . ! . # . ' -1 lial correspondent of the Pied- ? te savs that the U: S. tlisiriot i organize a Lilly-\vhite Kepubli- ? e Republican Party' is a univerG T*EC<)RI) WRONG. " itute sends out the record of i nent or Kecords. For tire first t t had -a count of five American < rders" for this particular kind cry belongs exclusively to ttus ~ skegeo ,\vas a little too fast in j ; reported as having had lynch- ] 1 and Texas 2. It will be noted" : For that very reason, Tuske- j ery last day of .June had passed h Instead of that, she sent out I re-the first day of July which}. ssippi sensing that she was not-! | had shown theit "superiority" 1 d that she was m among those 1 .ion." That there'might be no : olored, men {jeeused of nothing i f two white men who thought j but guessed wrong. To make i enlightened state, tried to add I six mOllths hilt thn li?Tv? worn l [J rangements. The third lyncn-, il something after 12:00 o'clock 11 hing-then, although Mississippi j: 'corded as one of the second or 11 is proud of the fact that, like ; s ail the rest for the last 6 ,1 iphold civilization and exempli-;; well in the future to keep this ; ecords of lynchings before the; i ; sip pi's name appears on- this of lychings that people know I 3ven. ' j LOTTING NEGROES " ] idiana has recently adopted the < in its gas filling stations. Re- , ed merfare in exclusive Charge- iting four greasing stations; in , and employed as attendants in Mo. This new policy was ?al to the president of the Rtany the National Urban League Department- This is indeed a nd unreasonable policy of most irms and- persorfs, North'. East, i h make such ado about mo-it, hanges the tune when th n movtl. iness seems to regard Negroes e has, but to have" no other part standard has opened up these fan just their weekly ^pay-eheck heir success.o-ill im ilrmlil meiili arhployment in other big" busiise of the number employed by busineaa^-tooy can help in th-ie^ irwhole patronage to the buaimmmtiMtmmiw - 0-1? - -- THE PALMETTC ress that purtnioi. -stieh" a- liberal" liore avenues of employment for < md colored people should make it lig the most efficient and depetii lew fields are opened to them?nc >11 to what they may have-already Pointed Points j By George A< Singleton -8 ? The ,Weekly Text: I have sinned, datt. $7:4. . ' :C Tlvix-j ixiv three.wi^ril sentence, the 1 act of which is found in the life and listory of every persons who rends k his column. No one is immune; not wm thn "holy sanctified." , ^ Mn has been in the world ever since ' ^ nan began his arduous struggle" and- * linv godward, and will still be here * o long as this |*?^Id is the kind 'it s. Horatio is thinking of sin as ','vioit ating God's law," but this writer is niiiKniK aoout sin .as- man's failure ' o do uiijl realist his. best uiider any iinl all I'li'diL'stances and at ail times. iN Vnen the arrow . nijsses the mark,) here "is sin. +rr this 'sense/mo man j nilht- beauty und-Jlidmes. Hear .the.;.^ kuuls of Drowning; ? ' I 'VVliat I aspired to be, and was not, 1 , Comforts- me." . * j^ i his universe seems to t>e shot thru > f vith evil, natural and moral. Torna-!. Ides, cyclone.;, monsoons, tidal waves' md floods come and tako heavy tolls k >f human " lil'e. The earth quakes, j t he ligtning strikes and entire citjesj ire wiped out of existence. In Afri-. K a it is said that the Dinci ants de-l ^ ;troy all Hl'e in-sight when they ap-.j j >ear. In the Philipincs locusts^swarm . ( U wn upon a field once rich with'jfvaiiy ^ iml when they leave the field is bare. ! ( In the South man is pestered with j. he boll'weevil. In Africa, the Afri- , an in his ignorance, seeks to placate j j -onre fetish spirit to take care of him.! , r? r?u:ii?: ?? * ii i'iiv- i tinii'piuus-mis serine nasseen , it'tle crosses erected in the fields. The natives think the presence of the cross ivHl insure them against "uiisuccess. In America sometimesago the Govern-' ir. of a certain state had the people : r.ray for rain. I wonder what God / thought: "You want .something done \ Car yourself, yet ypu desire me to i' 10 it.." People in ,a}l ages turn to' the Great Spirit when they want ' something tiny cannot obtain of their ' yw.n efforts. . I. ... . ' In the early forties a destructive ' tornado swept through the western .1 frontier, and people thought it. was hie to the wi th of God; Several times V 11 the: history-art" America the epidemic ~ Tf j-ellow fever has decimated New York. Philadelphia'am! New Orleans. ' Physicians vverc ignorant of the cause' 1 i)f the deadly, fever, hut they, nyw ; have-rthe deadly fever well under con- j Lrol, I.ikeyvise tiphoid and many otln- 1 ?r deadly diseases. Science has mov I'd forward in .thejfield of medicine. ' When tlie epidemic- comes today,, instead of assembling the people together to pray the Board of Health prevents piihlic gatherings . of any .. sort, puts the city under quarrantine, 1 isolates the. germs, and inocelates the ' citizensr TheTpoint is. Horatio, that man is slowly conquering- sin. The ">1(1 see was right.when lie said: "My people are destroyed tTrrr?htr4< of? knowledge." In the long run man will conquer the boll weevil in hte' South, the Oliver 'AntsMn Af-rica, the' tsete tsete fly in Africa and the locust,' in the Philippinnes. He will conquer them not by petitionary' prayar -tor' Allah, the .Great Spiiit, or Vuweh, i !>ut by applied, science. Remember it w%s only a few years ago in South Carolina and throughout the lo\veiv *|outh where cotton was planted that 1 ho phi-ntiono'i's tli.l not know-any thine ' III tout fertilizer and rotation of crops, | 1 out iru-the prucess'of time he learned, j' uu) today the Soutfejs on the upward i swing. A story is-told about a Ken-I .ucky farmer during the slavery days, who livjed on poor. land. He kept his' horses j'in his stable until it was so L1 full of manure, until they could no fonfcer enter. Ho then built another] Uable. Do not criticize the old bro.th- : ?r because he did not have sense e-j nOugh to scatter the valuable ferti-1 l:zer over Ida Held, and' tlieieby ' in- j :rease his yield. Perhaps he was 11 praying in th? meantime that his re- j turns from his farm be increased. I The most optimistic amongst us i cannot see the time when man will. J \Vholy , mater the- univur.se, but' cortaihly he. will advance in -proportion to his conqqest over sin, moral and natural. Can you conceive of any other way ? Now some brother has called Professor I)u Rois and M"r. Clarence DarI'ow nlfldt'ls and atheists, which is an awful thing to do. The able editor mended for nis \\-orf[ in behalf of those two doughty exponents of practical Christianity The brother who made the charge has not stopped to.think ' that there are many Christians and "Y""' % * ' *' '* . ? LEADER "attitude. The opening up of Colored people is the great need a religion to make good by giviable service where and when t forgetting, of course, to hold r. . iiembers of organized churorh who are itheists. The word has got to be a ugbear in some circles. The question ilid in the meantime refuse to acept the findings of men who have pent centurie^TfyhTg "txr work out i theology about God;? The old Hoists, and the Christians and *Turka ailed each other, infidels. JBome peo>lo called Tom Paine an qtheist, but 10 wrote '.'The Crisis,Common Jense," and "Aii Appeal to Reason," it a '"Time that tried men's souls." Vaghirusjou. made a inotioiv that he it ?nulo_JiisUit iuui aplmv of the na" ion and the old hard-headed Cbnjressnieii howled the General down, Ie withdrew his motion. Yet Paine Iitl more than any other one man Co | ii*ip u ashin|^trm-ivut ?Mie war of Inlependeiiec which was celebrated on he Fourth of this month. WHiut tilir..vorld needs is more men who will go ortlf ami live C hristian .principles nore and talk about them less. All he cbnfusion and strife that the VM'IU. has had in all'the years has I >~een the Result of" talk.?As a- ride \ he nifth Who talks must hnuw.i Icon j Extreme loquacity is . almost invariailv a positive siirn of mental d< iency. 1 .. ' When Harrow visited a certain city ' ecently he was refused admittance o certain churches, because his I ,'icws- are different flrom some other ' leople. What difference does it-make f a man differs in opinion'from you ? i'.ou do not have to believe as he does.Even yet \ve have not lchrnud to. be .olerant. We are like a Methodist General Conference. If a speaker Iocs .not say what we think he ought say we nowt mm down. lJarraw, and DuBois will not be howled' (town. Hast thou heard the story, Horatio, A'Kich ends thus: "Thou are not 1'iUL front the kingdom?.,, , MABUL WILSON. The A fro-American carries a story about the success of a South Carolina iiil in Philadelphia. Evidently Miss trrr son had to. leaVe College hectUisi; >f. her womanhood and courage to -peak In-r convictions.?The eommendable thing is that she stuck ti? it. and made. good. Many? students tvptfUl have given up- What she says about antiquated teaching methods is true. Some readers think this writer rather hard on your educiationalvmeth?ds. This is an illustration of what 1 'li^Vnssivl in this column labok learning versus etjlucalion.j You aroup is slavishly hound to old meiha school room, of a .college today who is unable to present his subject in strictly modern fashion". It may he hard hut our teachei.s must come from' the best universities of learning in the land. -Congratulations Miss Wilson and all likr^hijr who have tin courage to "go off to school." ?Mass.. Louise-Fountain, teacher of education in Alien-University, is studying at Northwestern University.' It is encouraging to meet toacheas ? . q who feel tile IU'L'i- to hot tov nivniipii themselves. ? * MOUNTAIN CITY KCIIOl'S We read withj'Ogret the statement Of Mr. Joel ' Jackson in last week's issue of The Leader- as. for one of the men he mentioned we can't say that the statement vtjas. much of a shcok to us. Though we had been, told by many men that our friend from Spartanburg would not do to depend upon, yet there ar etimes in the life ofAmen when changes take place, and old bad habits are put asi<ie. w e have read, where old bald-hearted gamblers softened up and m.tde pretty or d preachers, which of course was nr>t much "of an improvement compared with some of those lontr tail coats That \ye hflye mot in a political way in the months-passed and pone. Cut they made, the .change. So If pfter talking the matter over face to face, and then after witnessing this same man in Columbia during or I'nthev right nftor the big steam roller, handled by that sainted.divine, had rrtashed flat all^ opposition in t^ie connection, stepped up and curse and threaten to slap the divine, and dared him to dispute his word. I Said. suvo? ly 'our friend from the "Burg" moans to stand up for what ho knows to bo right and fair and .fust, for all concerned. But Jackson says that Car, a IViv paltry do 1 lars a com promise was had. Well, can't we find a Negro that will refuse to be put in the pncWnt of anv man for a few dol-' 1 ars. Then Jafckkoh 4a ys further that" the- man I had faith! in. the man that could stand and contend so stulihornly for the right as"he .saw1 the right went into some kind of a iwritton agrecmen. Well now until?the?contents of that written document are HggflUM?11 ifi?ant mi - - rr"Pf' ^ .^7 7 7^""' >? made the public will withhold judg- '-tim ment. I just can't bring myself to j out the point where I will believe that-J the Hawkins has betrayed his trust, sold det his birth right for a mess of porridge " since so many of the "boys in the PiedInont sectioh have faith in Hawkttis, **' and look upon him as a .real he-man.. the He might clear up all doubts now by t^le making a statement* to the public. | "We want to take our hat off to Mr.'WQ Jackson for having the courage to re- sor fuse a ride in that Packard; fok" there 8r< is nothing that runs oh wheels that 8*a rides'any smoother than a Paekard. the Ho when?ar-eoloied man prefers to wh walk Vathev than accept a Packard mo ride, you have to give it to him. me Some Negroes would have accepted ^or the- ridir had' been in a lt)12 -John ^ Henry. i " '* j I old Wfell, this is a strange state we P.01 were bred and born in, when it comes tlC( 4tt-donn I'lL'hl iuMiuu-fnr tlir color Od nrin, ^ especially if the case involved > a matter'between a white and colored 14 years ago in a court house with a< a white judge, white jury and a white a 1 solicitor, and a white woman as chief' ^-? witnesg. A case was tried %Vhere a *\c' dnTor "Tgiu^ for tij? assaulting a white woman. "After rto ?H evidence was in and a closing =*** speech hy the solicitor the jury (12 v>'? white' men) went out and could not an< decide oh a verdict, so a mistrial WHS 901 h;yl, and any time 12 white men can't ^vo u>kcjher.with h verdict iu vict a Negro for ass^lut In-South JU1 Carol-inn, the evidence must have been ML very shabby. Well the second jury f&i drawn saw more in it, and we guess sh' there \fas more.in it, and they found fQ1 a vcTdict of guiltv. The good judge fln< gave, the poor fellow thirty years, nii which,'if he a'iaUy was guilty was et< not a day too much. Those thirty | ??' 'years-were .drawn on the Strength uC j in h'te wort! of the woman. ,The man ha spent =13 years of-hard labor in the juc State penitentiary. The. papers say it. that several efforts have been made. stf Tv the good white folks of that coun-J as ty to get a patklon. Now, who on if iL \._i: - n? nlv ! Tli iN<i"L?i" unifNC uuit as iimuy ?,A * Tahiti' nu n iuhIwlici'L. in South Caro- coi linn" would give ono-ihalf hour of their STATEMENX_OF_Tl .. . ,U. OF ; ; ?The Virfgry _Sa: Located at Columbia, S. (\ at the c RESOUm i.oaivs and Discounts" Overdrafts ( ? Bonds and Stocks Owned _ _ Furniture and Fixtures Banking House . Other Real Estate Owned Due from Banks and Bankers __ _ Currency _ . (.rOld* . v .... _CSilver and Other Minor Coin i ( 'U 1 Ti - - v iici-nK aim wish nenis - **" F.xchange& or the Clearing House Other Resources'; - . 'Total " / v .1/ . LIABJLIl Capitbl Sock Paid in' -Surplus Fund( Int^and disct.) __ . 1 ndivided profits, less current exj>e] Due to Ranks and Bankers : - Dividends Unpaid liuiivi(i.ua! Deposits subject to checl Savinjxsl^eppsits Demand Certificates of Deposit rime Certificates of Deposit Certified checks 'ur-' ..('ashier's Check ? ?, ? Xotes amct Riits~rediscounted : Pills payable. including certificates f Reserve fund carried on gen., bid. o Christmas Club . Total State of South Carolina, County of Before mo cnrriM(T J: FUOYD. bank, who, being duly sworn, says true condition of said bank, as slim Sworn to and subscribed bafore rr Correct Attest: I). R. Starks, N o The Charleston Sun g -T Aft llr?V? M VMV11 I A SUMMER SC HOOL IN TH] J , July 23?Continu 3 Approved by the State Dep: 3 Credits given on Permanent Oe 8 of* Certificates. J. B. F<ON, Slate Agent of B, ' W. A. SCHIFFLEY, State Supe H. H. McCARLEY, Count Supt ?C. A. JOHNSON, Principal Booker "Washingto g Courses in? Primary Kli'niPntjirv Utah Sri Courses for Orprth. in PHysioa! Education! . * ft S T R O N O t~Tr" 8 For additional information, address ft MRS. AUCE 8 16 Kracke St.,' . acraatwcpoecs&^^ * * -I ? ^ - ^ 1 pppipy? i in i^pw Saturday, July 14, 19i928 1 ie get a real guilty NelBiM/ ' ; of the "pen" who had been u wf re for committing one of the mr" W estable acts that can be, - NQ, IIs' J is pust not the way of white rrl/ the state. After serving 13 ye?^ j s a clap of thunder on Xmas Dt^ k news flashed over the State thu, I woman had gone before the ProAL ,e judge and swore that the Negro^\ a?guilty, Thn gnvwnnr after \ ne deliberations pardoned the Ne- Vk \j\ >. One of the leadingrpapiers of the 6 t started- a subscription list for i mail and raised around $600.00 7p ich was to be issued to the man dfl nlhly ~untH?the-legislature could , et and devise plans to pay "the man fl his 13 years work for the State. >11, it.did begin to look like1 our V I [ home state was reaching the nt where fain*.play and plain jus-.,s were coming into their own. But >re- is such a thing as going too ' t~~^rrnrrlrmlY fflMllv llir fntnl hlun of urging that the woman that :1 s\Vorn falsely according to her davit and caused an innocent man ?' labor in fetters and chains for 13 \rs should be punished. At the i?. I read that the grand jury was investigate I felt that some strange , 4- r"VfitlPrimig ^''rn in the affair uld take place! Telling ihtTtrutfT i letting one out from under a long , itenco ia alL right tn punish a man for having cworn falsely^pK! 1 >ro thn ]-ub. So the grand y finds no truth in the petition d the woman comes back with a irth sworn statement declaring that? j didn't sign~"any paper setting th the innocence of the colored man d that the paper she did sign was sread to her, as she could not read, Now think about this matter . od people of the State. TFirst bear * that paper was in the nds of white mert. The probate Ige was a white man or woman, and was his duty before pfobating the itoment to read it to the woman she could not read, and to inquire . < she really understood the contents is undoubtly must have been The arse?if hot why ? Why would any (Continued on Page 7) fie Condition ? r rings Bank x. / ?' _ lose of business June 30, 1928 :es ~~ $100,210.58. ^ V 139.99 .. . ~ V - 5,OQO.OO L 4,694.60 _ ; NQNE " . none ? 46,776.76v "M 482.00 210.00 ~~m 181.37 M . 1,770.00 ^ NONE ... .. _w-~-38,954.19 .^198,419.49 1ES ? * ' 1.; i kaa ft -i . j _ 5T47&UU.O1 ( 38,586.79 \ rises and taxe.^ paid NONE .. none Lr O.IK TOO" TO - n ijj ji;, < oo. o 75,19248 _ NONE ; ' 700.00 ' P J NONE , r-886.81. V $122,618.07 -NONE ? or money borrowed NONE r savings ledgers-.. NONE 22,713.82 ,-:_^____$198,419.49 Richland: Cashier of the above, named . ~ that the above statement is a >vn by the books of said bank. 'r * G. L.. FLOYD, le-this 5th day^of July, 1928. ' N. J. FREDERICK ^ Mnlnvw t? CI r* Aiviui j A UUIIU 1UT o. v>. . A. Jenkins, W.-H. Harvey. amer School for j ers E "CITY BY THE SEA" ing 30 Days \ artmenf of FH hpq4ia?% 8 - . MMUVUI.1V11 rtificates and on Renewal J Negro Schools. 5 rvisor of Summer Schools. ;. Education,.^Charleston.? \ Director, 1 n School, Columbia. iaal?Snhiectn. Special i 1 Training and Health A C U L T - Y !- + LaSATNE "". Cha|rleatony 8. C. ! r