The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, December 08, 1928, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

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I'AC'I^FOUB . llalmE ?. t * w? r 1310 Assembly St Business and Ed Ln;e:V-i at the i'ost Office at Columv ^-v:? Ac: of: Conigress. . . '' . . SCBSCI One Year Bix ilonthl r' i.-< ?5==; : M5 ?>Si -fr?v \Vvli.*ZII- i-' t;t >... iio> s. l. Official Advcrti.-enit nts- jit t:;e rate a V . iil pul?\is.h c.ict- ano ? /"*^mijreft when rhey arc accon t - * * * thf anh ar- nut vi v ^? niunicationi will n.<ri l?q noti, " f^turned. ; f ' - ; . ~rrvr" "jt"'' V Checks, . Drat is I ~al or Lxprca : ' " . io t;.e cruer q: ,, J. E1U- OKLlt E ? J. B. LEWIE -- W. FHAXK. WILLI AMc -- ' w HK\RV ll lJi', U.-.O.N ; GEO. II. HAMPTON ~ CoiumuHiv.utiofis in'unuea ior u'.w . . " .should- reaclv the. editorial ft- k of T 4 i r ^tty ftf gaclr' WerHt. QitjrTiaw*, locaL " n'^ht- ' W s- (- b'-A Tliv I . S. Sii!'\cy of Colored 1 i v n.ni.y " i ii i'".h > n Hlhi tlifig li:.'(lilies i- liic hi irtva itffildge c6ui^W: ilut n umbci; i> ' ,??.. iiii/oi'QiI aii' liiviv ('.ri' lib;- u t airtj-.v.. Tr.'nV .tHV niufiiil u'mU-V- i> MiVir. \y "too-smalL i- jiuCtJliy small". ? ? a > ~T~i ( Uimbia b ,ii:- Vila nii-lsl .of thf -i. VV'i il-' .othitivs ?! ak (' il i;-H iwli.V, ?lii rli) ad ;; ( ' :./. 1 !a n i;.'.i oa-n)r IiL . hi.tolbi etl. i'iii;'.ch>.. ' ? ? 3 J . \ .Juliusi'liosi i.v.ii.j]. the ; -PiO/ 'M to Tin\var?l i'jiivei;>.it\ ^ ' yU--\ jur tJu>v scit-ii-iii; depart; v. j: V : 1 )r. li'rnest K. Juvt, is the "Tr "SnpTCiT.et'baiu i 1'mr .S. V>V^y al PythianT< npilo in (, j-lv-'agO' This is an fieht/>t<>i " >'ii:rtii:i larsv It i- t in-. tftffesj j r-:i .'uir < nitl a?>s<n"i;it ot'Tlio country . v.v' ' ^ .- ^ A bout .tin h'. ar.<t arsl ,.<li i\ Wftji.thal o!" -iWy'lVr .\h initliU, 'I Thus*' nun on* mbt>?iv'yu!es "wt parade "t: colored .-x-service rn ?i?1 ... ? i iuu I D : ; u:i'ii Jiii'ii 1 11 lit . cyilt >' hack-Crro ns.<i i:aj ??<1 - :y'*> ; these <'Xy- bijili' .rs yion cir i ar . .- Aut'li a '.i.hrljv;* stisj ou^itev posture I in nu n of .that idea i__ ' . pn>pertyv ' '' V' "r- \m.\s. (i rn?vk ; . . -Noxi. \y< ( ;<. he \ i(ToT-yTfTiy i . 61' ii< X"i< nhout -SHf-h moan nuich in the v.av of ha _ . 'vim. Vii iy^X-.ti-xlrLiuyli le ;ttt posit \v-eek-- y \v. k ! < 11 j.m irv.mhpi: pi* <6Q!;,;**' Whilu'T^pj,idea: (j X i ' ''a'- ?^1 f1(i i n '-r o\'!r:t,n.iorn j ' -fy y jao> (T y(1. ."ho re,-outs wof nt.'-v Avitl-ifo.- Iii.n hy no fnoan; r:" for <"> ' hin^, .Mi 1 < ''inninjr of .a.; Uori?account . I to- have. : * j;i ' lu.\y c;t,v it is 1, ' -/'ill. wj < account. Tt is indeed m ..1 ' ,(r 1?fill the l irjif i ; 'fyinft .as ,i hat .'may, be.-.. No . vtr.r{ that th"\* did not join t . a* fJ "oliii> for jfttnltor yoar e ~?.. -L ) 6'tf |.ai<i oir. inm^eririr :4 -V -x < i-t ;iMC KDl'CATION OF : v . ' la spite iho fact-that last .-ye ?. tn''a of ?H-5.57 for carl! v*hf?e i :?and on ly S7-.17- for. one! i rerlei report of Supervisor J.,' TJ. Fel Una is1 really frying 1o put an e ^ Xeprro child. ('omparaiivoly s .-'uvni |iiiii,v, remaps i\ywou 1 . . r - menl.s. act uall,v "made rai her th (lit ions a"s ai-e founrkrn twjxc \v< ??> Speaking-of some of the imp 'Stivs: "Wo IniV" :i nHiilo-n" i'ii| j*" rooms in every county "in Sot no. other southern stale can 1 1927-11)28^ three new indu. tr renee Suml or ami Rock Tli'l With e(|uipf menf. $"1r?.000 or mo modem instrttct'hwiyto tticfiffri given training fh several trade r He speaks in glowing terms and local authorities in hring ^ sc^00!s--..^Tlt/it, in itself means ;? 1ure.?Wh^ro: f hiu n am" jfclor ferenod, if rr>4' actual hostility ' rr That t lie si uilj, Slater. Rn-^m ltre'ij>sj)on ihlh for'^rrmch of th . the Supervisor. <i)n the wlvo education' Is eiu-ouraging. r ^.r ??r- < * ? ft ?" iSt . , ; , J ' ' ' ? *tto Waiter CKLY . net. Columbia, S. C. iiorial Phone 4523 >ia. S. C., as second class matter by an itli'TipNsX r ' v / ) .Three Months ?^?J .76 5 Single Copy .05 ^maixpT^AGEXCY ..Z lk&rborrt St., Chicago, 111. . .lioVed by' law. * * '" , 1 . 7~ l ruponal letters on subjects of general' lpanied by. the fiames and addresses of i defamatory nature/ Ajiooymous comceifc Rejected marnrscripts will not-be ? ' ? . : ITAXCtS i Money Orders should be made payable I ? T an/tor "* V * Editor V _Fruitinial Cunespcmd*"1'* Correspondent./ N'ewa Edited ' _ Z i--. 3Iana ger current issue must be very brief, and he. Palmetto Leader not later than Tuesly-per^ftals and-iocial news, by WedneslTURDAY. DEC. 8. 1928. Colleges recently published-shows ralively few pupils* pursuing a real u,;ly aboiU 13,000. When it is heit 12,000 000 colored people-in this _t hitiCi come the leaders, such a Even .the proportion of high school 9 " . ? * : " J campaign to raise-its community ;e efforts to enlist the help of her ir are apart of the community, yet . r makes any; real effort to interest r * x - * ' % ' ' -i. ?. . * * yrc.it philanthropist, has given ;o be expended in a period of five r;c"ut. especially that of biology of l head. I'-.;. ' eon has'announced that the Nation, will be dedicated December 11th". it which cost over one million dob r\vned by any of tbe colored*frater* * ^ :" 7 ijerft tbing police officers ever did :V!Wswo p'hicomen Armistice Day. re assigned to ride in front of a on.. ri]ie-e so-called officers of -the a.ib (iaty_ made their rnoloinvrfye screen .so dense as . to make adc. The policemen were punished without pay. That at last was a 1 are hardly fit to protect life and -o-^?- . | . - " V; ' : r/\I) V O i ITTWU1 A iuiv.i n. \ > h>ua Ii/Vx> 1\ n;/> Ilank will pay toHhcvrrAvnilx rs h<t(>. T"hjs amount of .money will poini-ss, joy and comfort to those . -cJ-Sid o+Hf-i-jtrHly -enottyh~to-(le^ '! i mil now they have become a Ciyi:-;lntas Clubs arose out of- the ' V" ,:.c.n(l f?r th(? Christmas hoiiI hlusi ra'e what the saving of pen? vought all of such money be spent jch of that money ought to be the ?one of the best things in this be ambitiOus to have a pevmane'iu ore important to have'fsuoh an ac* just-to have it for Christmas?as doubt, there will be many who will he Xmas Club last year. However. tr. up' at the same time this club 'dr.- so that they may participate -O j. ; ; ;c:' : \ EC JROES?SOUTH CAROLINA >ar there was-a per capita expendi>upil enrolled'in the public schools, ed child, according to the annual ton of Negro Schools, South Caro'ducation within the grasp of every peaking, what has boon done may d be fairer to view the improve. an com pari ncr the results with ron. 'althy-ffnd liberal states.' roycmcnts made Supervisor-Felt ton al reboot -building of two or more ith*Caro1inn an achievement tlj/it )oa^t- During the scholastic year :nl buddings were erected in FloT n each cilSd these buildijiga cost. ifo^ ?They are now prepared to give F?? in home economics; the fcoys arc ~ ?f ........ . ? . . of the cooperation given by county ing about improvements in Negro much and augur*}* well for the fufacililies, there is usually indlC on the Pnrt of such vald and General Education Board is'new awakening in. recognized by lo, the outlook.for Negro public ? l:. | ' ( *' * - V: , J * I . - , the EaLMett< r? 0 *<5 | Pointed Points | 0 By George A." Singleton | O*>??vja?y-"v vv-C-v\ ZiCyvvv. &?? Ju'xb^ ?-The- Weckijr Text:- "He who" iajliot ayainst you is' iVr you.'' . ? . keep' your" weather-eye peeled for " what is. happening on Wall'Struct for that is the capuol of the"-nation.-* The stock market is sky hijrh and "still _ mount iiii.r. .-oii-il i.- Democrats mitfht ; have read 'the s'i^ns ,of. the times 1 twenty. t\>t:r hours before the elee- : -(tioT\. Bettinir oil lloovcr^the nikht restore was 5 ;to I. and Wall Streets ! is ni'Vi v cray.v. Looks as if thej 1 couhtrv is in for continued -.prosperity. una you may lay to that. Also keep "y?.?ur eye mi tl\f gmtlomaji you helpedj'to elect now i.ruisinn Trf Central " meric.nn waters..and along'the 'Spon. ish Main. ^ - * ' ! ' The American-Federation of Labor ,is out to prevent blTmThestC In the' -world there ate Q,000,000 blind. I see by the papers, that lepers, are being fitairsrdv Is not that what Je''Tri"s~T","[)7nr_.'!.;K(i his disciples to doV, , The day o? miracles is just beginmug to-jemwn. Sc'i.er.ee has bee*n the means of wonderful progress even in ybur day and mine. It has been - applied t0 life's problems.'; \\"e who would dare pro > ! iim insr th.. rnee's-greatest ben. Lefaetor is either a crazy or consummate "fool or both:T^\Vh'at has the , ne.\t'li.fty years in stbiv for us? Your grandfather n.ver thought of a radio, vita via ph. Titr "ship, microphone, or tclephoto.' 'Malty other >?- invehtions might be added. Today they are ".onnnonplaees. . 1'hysics and chemjs, pry are' enthroned today as biology : was in the"day of Darwin. Suppose man continues to; unlock tlie mysterj ies ,'of j uturi. -Already the world is jthot ui hi terras; of energy; force and ^( (fTriiTfrv. Jroinebody is likely to dis key-to tjie universe, touch leVer or ..press a button ancT Ulow i'lie. earth into .-mithrcens. WT.;i; ililfeFpnco would-it make Were the- earth .destroyed.? Cod has million* of world. out in, spare that hufftan eye lms never seen and* which '.he most powerful telescope cannot 7'TF.TTt~VC i 11.i;, lUi.h'.niT .vlfirrnu We don't know what bbtiiricd in . the past and are wholly mm -rantofwhat will ab f.i'n in t i <?ii . .'.ft-history toacl^ontjiiit n stain things . will occur - in broad < ullif-e. but of the details we. are in the ilitrk. Tlu-Se lines are being penned; f r. readers of this column in a city-,once a part of the senbotlonv. One can walkv-'tlie streets, "bft roam tjie forests and See shells and renrains' *olf ' sea li te tha tonce I tilled the' waters with pulsing, vibrant' j, a, Cti t*Si i-'-fluv?tlie?has leccd--. : d had firv land appear.-u... This,.jtrue jLavti-rj 11 coastal plain of Aniori ' V-f^ ' v:"l-V a js embraceil by 'j.'. irj 1 V tt' V: 1;r, .tvUi, Kl brirftr -andI Alabama.- The deep, white, sand, liye .oak v pint*, trees, palms, palmettos, U*.!l a wonderful story. .J ?, Tl?> <l iy your .scribe stood for, a Kri'. f' n.f.itn i'it. ladeath the tree where |.John Wi.-liy,' foipiderof Methodism j ri ached 5i? the Indians when'he came over' V>. -thi *. continent with James -( t i;. i [? . Ask vo'.iV 'school teacher '-i.r pa-I r t?? .tell ,-you about WosJeJ* and <)y' ihorpe. .'1 he* writer saw-;ar> Und,fprt.e'n(::ei in IT#! by the colonizer, o,ne inimhed years after the jiVi'st-.st'he L was I >u.n<led-'-tn- America. ' 1l y.as next oar pleasure, to visit the battle' U'round of "bloody . Marsh" j.wjjeie Oaie: horjie turned back the |.Spanish.' Had he lost that day South I Carolina and (leorjria nvij?ht. have ; i t-eh-( athojie and Spanish instead of j l'iotestant and Knudjsh, So I much ! hinges upon a single*jL-vent in history." -)-?-?.. '?r?^?r-y?" ,. ' ?* 1 \ \Vho wrote the "Marshes of Glyn?"| I This writer- stood beneath the oak j j where the author~used -to muse and j j h'rodd,Who pi'Odifced the preat poem.j Lyman Half,'?Every .school hoy re' j members the signers nl1 the iH't'lnrafion of Ih(le)iendenee? - Your, scribe, j wa-w?vwy jieeOivtly- near this man's ; estate. It thrills one to*view the old , ivinains of a rettiim; that has passed.' ' - I ? 1 f>00 years hence school hoys and 'girls will read .of us in hook's, ronrtp 4*a'iWl play <v here-wcht bur and toil noWT | an<l some old farmer will plough up jjuir skull hones in preparation of the [earth for his next crop. "Ohjowhy should the spirit of lftorfal he proud?" -??fiHAxnr.vn.M, m.ws.? Thanksgiving services were held at the home of Mj Miles, president of the <Woma'^.TET.is.sionnry Sobriety of -the " RethTcHem Baptist chu?<-h, ThHnksyiving ovi-ning hi..2. '?4 J ) LEADER tE It I P A T E TIC | j" MUSING S " T]' By I. HALKtiK BOL NI) 8 ~~~ A group of colored students JVcyohd the hifeh school in* classification ago to muue,three contemporary Ncgro poets whose works are dutstdirding. Because of their inability to do so it occurred to me that in large measure we are ighoraait of what some "flew individui\I;s who-^bylong to our raoe group are doing by way of disproving that . Wg* are an > inferior group of people. Try to answer the following questions on yoitr'self and J sec to what ex en't you are acquainted ~ with the-Negro's contribution to American culture: ^ 1. c NarinrTfive outstanding Negro poc^Si " ^ f*v~w ' 2. \\~ho wrote "The Fij'e in The Flint?" - ' , ' lf' ' " * ' " '} \vi,n 'j. ?> ??y;:w?y>v x JijkMi . . ; 4. What type of lijfe does JLangston Hughes portray in his poems? 5. Name one hook written l\y Countee Cullen.-___?-?T ?0. Who is Georgia Douglass John-, son ? 7. >?ame "three" hooks written Jjy W. E. B, DuBois. ! 8. Who is the best known of all 3 ifccgro artists today, both in the United States and. Euro-pe? j 9. Who is the most versatile Ne- | gro artist'' ' ' 10. What Xegr0 first played the leading vole in Eugene O'Xeil's "The , Kmporer Jones ?" ? 11. Name one; Negro sculptor 'of j prominence. . . . : 12. Name one Negro painter of prominence. : 13. "Who is Claude McKay? * 14. Whose lines are these anil from what - poem""? "She even thinks that up in Heipen Her class lies late and snores, While poor black cherubs rise at. . seven " * To do celestial chores." 15. Who wrote "There is Confu.-,. sion V" -Hk For what purpose was "God's.] trombone's published ? 17. To what periodical" does Iiu- ( dolph Fisher OoiHribute - regularly ? 18. Of what does fc Jean Toomer 1 write? 19.. What Xogro ma ga /.inea*-have 1 conducted contests calculated to stim- j ulate Negro artistic progress? 20 W ho is Paul Robeson ? ( If you are able to answer those questions your knowledge _of the? race's contribution will stand the. tost ^ but if not it would be well to"find out the answers, and acquaint yourself more fully with, the material with Which I huVe dealt. ' '.** ; > This column, by provoking it's, rcii- ' dors to thought, may be a means- ( whereby the" proper stimulus might>" bp. given to some boy. or girl, man or' ^ "woman lo discover latent |)ossil)ili- [ ties within himself and respond byigiving to the world a real artistic or ' literary contribution. . { -I" ' ? _ . < James W'eldon Johnson has said' somewhere A people may become great thru ( many means, hut there- is only one' measure "by which its greatness is i l Tl.,.' ' It't'UKIII'A'U <111W (ilCIVIIU\VIVUK^l< 111*, itinal measure of iho greatness nf a'l peoples is the amount and standard j| of the literature and art they havej^ produced. The world does, not know 1 that a people is great until that poo- ( ! pie produces great literature and ail. IS a people that has produced "great I ( literature and art has ever been look-' i cd upon by the world as distinctly invjj ferior. The status of the Negro in ( the United States is^more a questhroJof National mental attitude- toward I And nothing will do more to change I' that mental attitude an'd raise his sta-1 tus than a demonstration of intcllccj- J j ual parity by the Negro through the , production of literature and. art." !, o'clock and were attended by a large 1 congregation?trf?old *>folks.?There ,J were- about 25 old ladies ranging in:( age from 00 tG 75 years olifc. There ' 40 served dinner by a committee of nine ladies and children; sixteen din-J neiys were sent out to sick and una- [ -Hgd old folks. A Thanksgiving pro-;1 4. - . - .... - - J - gram was rendered in which the fol- j I lowing members of the Methodtat and ,' Baptist churches took part: Thanks- * giving song by the congregation; a ' song by Mrsr Mr Mv Miller; Beading j bOfith pHnlm by Mrs. E. F. Miles; 1 prayer by Mrs. Bell Dunbar: a short, j i talk by the prpkidont Mrs. E. F. < Miles, on the first Thanksgiving. The i president of the Society introduced j the vice-preshlent of the Society. In 1 a few fitting remarks Mrs. M. M. IVfil- < lerf Tbpn Tffff t.bn innnIn . nnd^l . - t ^ _ . ' * * . . I , J ' ' j j ^ / B|DK.WM. Abot U11S Is generally a taboo subject In J. dom mentioned.. Many women, 1 nooa tH?5Ugh this nefarious method.* tlic system- The usual idea Is; to chi And fwlry? Are we. to become a ore we tb-become a degenerate peo] ~ after sticli prpctIcesV 4 No woman wh ttom can-hope to have strong, health; might have the appearance of health Df degeneration Is 'there, to blossom 01 irlmc or other vlce^. Let us .compare the normal with normally-born chllcl is like a hard-bol IVnen It comes to this world. It com intact, with all of the necessary pa There is nothing left to cause trouble Not so with a premature child, ai ibortion Is: the premature expulsion fore time, because this process-reseh .? -|'f nn you remember how Pieces ol Mings t.n the Hhrll. linlrte It la well r that Is the way with an abortion. Diluting to the shell to causfc Infect tntv sysiom "and to make a strong wc poisons circulate through the" entlr woman to be sickly, as many term ""It ache, headache, a feeling of depress loss of weight and many other thing: children, but abortions Induced with * - - tents- It Is this popular outrage agali wasting a wondefful heritage and mal A woman true to herself and to 1 Copyrighted, 1928. by th am)kks6n news '' T~ Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Williams of r.altiinoro, Md., ar?_ visiting '(heir mrents Mr. and Mrs. Jewitt Wilj^anis Mrs. Arfnie" ltlanding of Beaufort s"spend!n^ awhile with her son-ih!i\v and daughter Mr. and Mrs. 0. V Quick. Miss Virginia Wrat kins', one of the south Fr/iit street ^school teachers was ill last week. We hope she will re ah.le l-? lie out-,scion.' . ' ..J'Mr.' f'i ed! -Junbs' of Asheyillo spent i few days'.\vi^h his* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tohi ..Iones last week. Mrs; Janie Ellison is taking: a reatinent in the Anderson County losjiitah ', . Miss Fannie Eaura Raipey spent he Thanksgiving holidays at home She had as lyrr guest, one of her coworkers Miss Othello Wadsworth. Miss Klixa .1. Hall spent the weekend at homo. .wr. \wuirr t.uniiiuKuuiii ,01 ,-ifle was in IhVcTty last weeiC. 7" Mrs.' Annie Boldcn was called lo Camden last \yeek oh account, of'-tEe. lliU'ss ot* Bev. Hoykin. Mrs.' M. I<. (.lassaway has moved nto?her--attractive?little bungalow >n Stephens'St. She is doing nicely. " Mr. Scott and Miss .JejTerson were Saturday. ' k ^ Miss Htf-nwihia Johnson gave her hot her Mrs. Iv. Johnson a surprise drthday party Monday evening.1 Juite a iiuniliei' of friends gathered ;o wish-Mrs. Johnson many more innpy birthdays. Many useful and leautiful gifts were given; delicious refreshments were served. L lo the bedside of her "sic k daughter ast, week. .Miss Collier is some betLer. . .?< ;? Union tltT"SThool- was the meeea for \r.derson' CoUnty. Baptists in particular'and for other, friends in generil. There were visitors also from S regit V.iii^. (jrceiUvood, tWilliamston md niany'^ other .places, ..The rally inder the direction (if Mr. W. I. Peek a as a great success, $1,200.00 being raised". Mach praise, is <lue Mr. .^eek ind his loyal its^istants^or *he splen lid iaterest inanil'e ffid aiul. the work hey did. Lots of provisions wore hrmtght by the good people.- A dc:ailod. account of all who gave will ippoar in the Rocky River Association in!lutes. \Vt.. wish 'to mention . the splendid exhibits, at thi? Colored Anderson Co. Pair. The schools" were well represented. Reed Street High_School rereived 1st prize. I think we are correct in saying that this school has received the 1st prize every year for many years. Seneca Junior College received '2nd prise; Williamston gard?d school received 3rd prize. "Mr. Power won. the 1st prize for an individual agricultural booth. Mr. Brown won 2nd prize. There were two hurch 'booths, Thompson Centenial i"d S'. T'aul. The Thompson teuton lial M. K. church had a lovely booth which took 1st prize, There wasTan\v.\?Q'k galore, plain sowfrtg, crocket sWuied fruit and many other' novel uTi, injii were inciceci a credit to any people. ; St. Paul-Baptist church had a beau liful' Ixjoth- coptalning, fancy work, plairt sowing, crochet work, canned 'riiit, (lowers and several antique aricles,. a snake potato that attracted i great deal of attention. This nadc a most interesting and approil'li'iId liilk for (hp iluuiimi.?In rm'TVl>ry of the** dnnd Wince last Thanksriving a short-talk was made by the i resident. Prayer, hy Deacon Charlie kVhitlock; a song hy the vice-presilent. Three were ejght vacant .chair? >y donth nince last Thanksgiving. ; . < . . . ft 1 I I Saturday, December 8, 1928. ? ? ?? i Health Pr S.VLNDFJtS . ^ '?"?"? "? 'Hons polite society, much practised, yet sel- both single and married, evade .mother. Few know the harmful cffectilt has on ?at a fruitful nature. J barren* people With no off-siring? Or [>le through off-spring, begotten of or o begets children1 After freqilent abor- ~T j youngsters. They "-, , ? , but the stigmate Lit lit later years In the abnormal: A W led egg In Its shell, p - * es* out of Its shelf -1 ? rts or appendages. id that is what an | '.... |1| * ' of a young life be- fcnbles a sbft-bolled r a soft-boiled egg ; ' riny parts arc left iman weak. ?Thc2? e body causing a , to have lcukorrhca or "whiles." backIon and melancholia, lack of appetite, . *. s. ana .Induced In women "wfisTcau .ait pear malice afore thought and crlm'hal in- " ist womahhood-that is sapping, vitality, king a strong nation weak and puny, ler progeny Is a rare treasure, nr.Jt I! . ? e National Feature Service * _ . " = _ . Newberry News 'Newberry, S. C., Dec. 5.?The far mers in this county were very glad to see the nice rain on last Saturday which was the heaviest rain we have had this fall..- Since the farmers luts e?sowed a irreat deal of small grain, this rain will bring it up. The merchant's we.re very much disap- ' | pointed on Saturday.Business was very poor Willi uieiu; iupt niuuy i^upie in town. All the'\lcw and ; old , : preachers were cj' the job on Sunday. They met at Dr.. Singleton's i >rug ' Store,' from there to " different places of assignment. Sunday was a tine day. Many church goers were 'out. - ' . ' ' Mr. Simp Coleman died on Nov. 25th- and was f.uneralized. at his church' on last Sunday, lie lived to a ripe old age. He was well known around Newherry and was a member of St.. Jacol'l Odd Fellow lodge. ? Mr. Lce Bouknight one of the paI Irons of Klisha school died at his Thome oh?Nov. 28/?Mfr. Bouknight was a'Christian gftttleman, a-dover I of his race," tw school worker. He . | will he missed in that community, lie. was Tune rallied (ft his church on).t * Un^t?Stpnla-jl'?Cross Road A. M. E. church.' ; Mrs. L. M. Gilder wa^ out walking aroifnd in tlie yard on last Saturday. We are glad to see her out again. Mr. Grose Floyd is still Gn the sick list, improving very slowly. Miss. Addie Pearson spent Thanksgiving day with her sister Mrs. Mary B. Thomason Anderson, S. C. Mrs> Alice Jr Lohg is some better ?? ? .if lliiu M-i-ifitlir ? ! The Patterson Undertaking Estabiishmeut is doing good business. Mr. - l'n terson is a real undertaker. r7 ! 'J lie . services \vere good at Miller on last Sunday., . ,, Five boys from the State College , . motored fji-ofn Orangeburg on Thanks giving ami spent four days. They claim that all 'of this time was Thanksgiving with them. Some of the ? boys look like they may have walked ' part,,of the way: When asked how .did you -ceme ? We started in a Ford [ All oT the teachers are asked "for " attend the Teachers' meeting on the :22nd, and pay your annual dues and State Tbltchers' Association 'dues. This is the last meeting for the year .JLU2&.: _ - - '. . ' ' . ' t FLOY DALE NEWS. .. We thank the Bishop and Presiding Elder for sending Itev. B. W. Ransom to this place. The church has two sidcs^thcLJapUiimd-and-the financial and the two must ga .hand in hand. The three churches of the circuit were called together by Rev. 'Ransom in Joint session aijd his plans were outlined for the Conference year. The ' . I people ludleve that he Is master of the situation and have pledged their cooperation. 1 ~ I)r. K. H. Anderson held his first Quarterly -Conference Dec. 1st and 2nd. It was carried out in a businesslike manner. All reports' were good. A total of $123.16 having been . realized! A brilliant future is prom^ . ised . booth received 2nd prize. -1 h<? community- booths m needle* - ? ? worlfr-canned goods, and agricultural ' ; products were excellent. The pot flo* wers were attractive and cakes very pleasing to the eye. The thrift department was wonderful. Wish we could tell you about the things. Let's make .the *te*t--jfc*rr~bigger arT<T""lf5t: ~ Ter.? : ~ 3 ' . . ' ?r \ -1. J . 1. . - i