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^???-- COLI'MIILX, s. C .Haxv
, THK LKADU
It is no idle1 boast that actuate?
/editorial thud.Ji as .been chosen. A
.' Negroes the Palmetto Leader has
* in tile country:?The Leader is ur
give to the Negro that faith in bin
~ race that would take its rightful
/_ march. * ,
We stable without cji|uivoeaHon t
piece for all thcr~i'e<iplcrH-t-k<. nor
biased in .arfy-of its policies. It st;
information. In order to gi\'o tb^tL
of the many questions tliaTconin
J Leader has a-rcaved a galaxy of sj
- ' The Leader have from time to tit
concerning.qui' effort- and some l'c
pea red in oUr column?*. All these e
Too often do we see t Ti* oeta'ipa
do we leftrn anything about the |
Palmetto Loader is.what it- is beet
thought, recognition of a1- vital pu
Geo. II. Hampton. Part for llampt
Carolina-would today I to. without
.7; takes its place amoni? the foivmos
. who is responsible for the aupear;i
to week. J-l is- he who nowr tVcifcH
who is responsible for the type of j
per. South Carolina'should tre.asio
?Flf^Thilest a^htit4on to our h.atf
? ? Tines " i iindiii-l ed by Dr. C^oriHuii
University. Dr. Hant:ock is agouti:
Palmetto State. The voi^e of C.or
? hrrwt throuyhunt'the length njici
welcome him most heartily'to our
to.contribute hi7.column as eviden
COLUMBIA MOM
In the wake of our (liscussidn s<
uikMaiy i acntTios?tor ixogrocs lllrl.u.
that a branch of 1 In* Columbia Pnbl
fall. at. the Phyllis Wlieat.loy Vv W
? M>ts. Julia Wat sop Tully in pursuit
nient at the Morehouso-Spolmyn
taking charge of the* colored brat
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We feel tliat this, is a fonvhnl V
ing expression to t he grat itudo \vh
the consideration given n^-by 4-he i
, Columbia ha-s awakened to the r?
are certain privileges tliat should
that among" these privileges is that
The opening of t he colored, brain"
1 Iv bring about t be heighten in <r of
Columbian whose minds will berbi
of life because of the ^pporUnvitii't
_ The facl Uiat the city has.^seeu-t
ed for* such work in charge of the li
cause every agency a-mong us that
ment "of our peopl? to busv itself \
ored iJohrmtrra lo lakojull advantt
If Columbia's 'colored populace s
to.a'sufficient degree there is stroi
erected for them a library building
pary for a first class library. Unm
colored branch <>C44e Columbia 1'n
The Leader for Colored Columbia!
those responsible for its inception.
"NKMKKIS or A MICK
The leading art icle in. I la-roofs
Stuart Chaser op. "The Nemesis of is
a Certified Public Accountant I
- Jm\; and. a_close Indent '.of .our
ithoiit quest
American business^
At the outset Air. Chase gTveF
"I returned from Mexico the lies
the Pennsylvania Station landed n?."
ing, in front ?d" an-apart nient house i
_ \Ve_rubbfciL out eyes. How were we
the wh(fho Tenet IT oF the Mock a sol
^ filled the sidewalk .from house wall: ti
.'One of the poorest lands. h> the riches
suffering, while here on the side \va
public, whore, it- ??* (dh'cod.t-hlrty m
serve the needs -at every--man, worn
-? tired men without work and withou
Mr .Chase ttien gives us a very i
conditions anjl suggests measures
mitigated. says t hat unemploy
ed iiV not altogether liquidated if
suggests that some of the advert is
Sueh-sdoirans- as: Six Hours' Work
^ a oh.^ Ivorv So/p ('JL U ?h \
Hf^ad vases that public' opinion 1
in tVie Liberty Bond drives. Mr. (
?_ deration should lie given those vet
? no fault of t heir own, ttnd t ba t
vr*"*" f' ^ d'#.'niss;at watre. and un?
ex; lr.'iD tie dismissal wage &s heir
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Liiumg publications by and for g
taken its place beside J.he best u
u-ompromising ill, its efforts to y<
iiself that is so essentfal to any ^
place in civilization's onward 0l
hat The Leader is the moutii- th
i sectarian, non fraternal, non
mds for culture, education and"-,
iLy-ppl^f {he best interpretation nc
nit "the- human race today the ,u
tlendid writers. Th? readers of yc
rie expressed fhemselves to us
iv of their expressions have an- t,
xpressions we appreciate. a:
nt of the throne. Too seldom NN
n
>ower behind the throne. The ^
tuse of the untiTing zeal, fore- si
blic need, and self sacrifice of n
011 it is very likely that South ^
a medium 'of -expression that {j(
d Xejfro pu 1?1 ications. It is h*T a
inee of The Le.atler from week K
'? th.-H iI :tppo::.rs Tl is tn> st
writings that appear in the pa- a
V him. ?
is the column "Between The tl
n. 1 IniK-ork. of Virginia Union 11
i Carolinian, a-nd a credit to the 17
j^n 1 J. Hancock is one that is t,
-tir^ailLh-ot thi^-COUh-try. We =5
statf, and cite his willingness ;?
ce of the Leader's '-'leading!" a
BS FORWARD "V'
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one time ago a-nent the lack of <>
lumbia cahie the announcement lj
ic library is to be opened in the ^
*. C. A. for Negroes, and that p
Hf a course in library manage- -d
himnier School with a.xn>\\^tor 1'J
ich. of the Columbia Public li- f
^oi
loir: a misuse this means of giv- ()
icli all pur people must feel for
city in which we live. "
>alizat ionof the fact that there
he granted all her citizens and (
of mental improvement.
'i of the library will undoubtedthe
ambition of^jpany a young
mo attuned to the best things
; afforded them for reading the
de<b - "
it to place one. specially proparibrary
is significant, and should
has to do with the enlightenvilh
the I'licoiiriiin.moDl- of juAige
of this service. '
how that they are appreciative
lg likli}\ood that there may be
with a<U the equipment necesistakabtynhe
establishment of
blic library is a forward move.
its extends sinecrest thanks to
K AN ItdSINKSS". .
magazine for July, is that by
American Business," Mr. Chase
iresi(ieiit of the l.abor Bureau*.
pre? opt -day economic sy stem
ion, to have his ray regarding
ir:?mrilire;,
t wct^TTrTAiijdLThp' taxi from--. ,Sl
about seven o\du(TrdTr--th4ijaorn- "
n the east thirties in New YorKT J
t<? get into the apartment ? For L
id phalanx of men, six abreast,
o flitter. . . . We had'come from
if under the snn. But'among the a
rnmTerrt ~rrrp-t n7T7JTt?~lt,t^u.nn.M?^Z Z3
Ik of the Queen City of the Rerrhnnicnl
slaves an1 I'lpilpped tfi
ail, at>d child, were fifteen hun- 0
rr food."
lluminat inpr. analysis of existing
.whereby they may he greatly r
ment may be greatly diminish- n
we rare enough about it. He
intf fraternity should originate f
and Work for Everybody. Give 1
Xut Your UosV If-MnYimTTfr
? ? ?. I ?
to mobilized as it wr.'s mobilized
'hase believes that some consin>
Irare losi their jops through T
vo systems jjP aid arcutff oilier,- j
employment compensation. He t
1K a lump sum paid by the com- >
. "
^_^MaBMMTOgaPAT,METT
>any to an.employee when forced 1
Unemployment compensation is e:
-'serves -from profits and payrolls
ry when hard times comer
_IJ' tliis coitiiLry .would ward off i
million should lie pi.sd this matter
durable proportion of the people
ilies of life their minds turn to w
hose wha have gra'rnei'Bd.jHirplils"
i theirs. TheTtesult is a bloody e
list rial Revolution as the Nemesi
BETWEEN THE I,
LINES ' '
' NI)IXJRKKl) D'KSTINCT-IOfTT
Uiere is in tins .country a weli-ue- j
nod , 'degrov mania*, and especially s
as it manifested itself anion# Ne- i
roes! Our degree-producing lnstitu- 7
mi s ^ a re workih g^ uvlt^ tinn'.^incroit^_ ^
ml more a degree Is regarded as ;rrr ~
idispensalde requisite for distinction.
i) suite of many-degrees, some gra- n
uates a re Aciu a 1 ly^eil iicateifT and Tn n
pile of sofne degrees, many of the
raduntps -wrl]" nchiere in their gifren 1 :
eld' oT ehdeavor! On the other hand, j
e go hlun(lerin#ly_on~helieviu# that ] ,
decree holds" sfmic magic power to
ransform an environment, without ^
le hard work ?and determination ^
r~Ts"lrue. tlmt?a- decree - may. in a j,
iven situation, #ive~lur~DpporUuiity_jj
> display talents and real ability, f
it these same decrees will prove an
nsUrmountable handicap to many! a
rere it. not for their degrees many ^
: the graduates of 1930 would prove v
leir. worth by the rigid, application of
Kiir God-given powers; as it is, they .
'e donmoj to failurebecause they
ill "over-cherish" hard work and |
i mm on sense: ?10 aaie tnere nas |,
it been discovered any substitute forird
work ami commfin sense and the
mug graduate with his degree will
ofn if he faces.?this- fact at onee4
Thtr-Avhjte people are more accus- '
lined dtigroo and ro they do not?
(k what degree a person has butl*
hat can the person "do? We know of 1*
situation in a pertain city where a.y
T)ite and colored person are holding
miliar, and corresponding places with J t
t their respective groups. Both are 11
ighly efficient. Neither holds a de- I
fee. The whites are *givTng their
eartiest cooperation and getting over J
community-uplift program. The No-jf
roes are "scrapping" among them-! 5
. Ives and failing to cooperate with *
constructive prog ram because its 1
riginator happened not to have a de- 1
lee.' Thtv degree-man-in has struck,*
ie said community with damaging *
<rce! Such foolis.h notions are muk- i'
ightlv stenninir stones. It is in>ini> I
) be a line thing when Negroes line!!
ut that it Is possible 1,(1 belnghLvi
ml truly educated without degrees'*
nd even without going to?college. "1
heu'e ?is an "undegreed distinction'^, s
iat any reading person may; attain. 1'
it cours'e it is all right to have ii de-|'
roe; lull when that degree curtails t
ur initiative and determination it; 1
ecomes a positive, detriment. We re- , '
eat?that -in- *piU_Lu? .diigxgea,_Si>n]e . \
i our young graduated are g]wK tft?>
e blessings tl) our struggling race; <.
undegrm'd distinction" within the i
rasp of many, and that they fnny'i
isc to .111001. the challenge, is .at -uiiccJ
ur hope and prayer! - . t
iN 'TDK QTHKK HAND . jWhen
Dr. Du Hois takes a "whack" it
L industrial educators, we must bear 1
i mind that he wasnOt attacking in-T*
ustrial education! When he charg- '
I that industrial education is a fail- jj
re he was iniliciing the industrial j
locators, who swerved from ther ori- J
inal p.urposiv to enter the fields of 7'
dlegiate endeavor. In the light of!,
irrent developments it does seem <
lat their departure has been imfor-jf
.mate, although they were striving.}
> ti Very real and pressing do- a
taild in their attempt to~sunnlv high- 1
i cuuvuiiuu. inuuMiiaL euueauvn,
ii certain intelligible reasons, has,'
ever boon popular wita_ .i\eg,roes; ,<
igher education has??WllPh the ih-'<ustrial
educators made their depar- 1
iie, they did so in response to a ^
opular demand lather than from a >
ludied and convincing diagnosis of j1
onoinic trends apparent Th tip* na-i(
on. Hut Dr. DuBois must-admit that'!f
lere lias been no greater factor ini
le departure of these industrial edu- .
itors' program than his own very r1
oWerful influence! The Negro race 11
as always regardi'l J)r. l)u Hois asj^
pposed to industrial edw^ion, and |'
ir better or worse, he has wow'.thci.,
tiger. portion of the Negro racd? to t
is point of view, even the industrial |
[locators,- Dr. Du- Bois' attack' there-1'
>re was directed to a situation tvhtch^5
uiny will hold he helped to create! i'
On the other Jiaiul'' it seems a coins- j*
al pity that Negroes have not had the |
p port unity of real industrial .-.educar- '
iop without , which their economic J
Store?i*_Jiy no means roseate. Wejj
. under it Dr."~Du Bol>!' Howard Dm- H,
ersity commencement speech is not'1
subtle lamentation of this facTT ? 1
rN'D w ivmrij _ ;
-The urn re 1 see of Koumania's Idea {
f a king, the more thankfol I am!
h h rt nni'n so called "citizen" of the.'.
Jnited States. The way Roumania
ets her king is not much encourage-}'
nent'to youth to walk the "straight
iml narrow!"
What the Negro race needs is less
mphasis on things that mark an aris-'
ocraey and more on things that niilrk!
_''jjoi>ocracy.". ^Vm 1 a ''joh-ocTal'-'r
5 S' far more Tmporlant question than |
We recently passed through a South j
Carolina pity aiVd found a young i
nan holding a Master's degree work-1
ng at a filling station, Re was white! 5
IF tiillSt tfe served at theTiigher up" j~,
able of job*--before the Negro. When
oung white men with advanced de-1
r >- - ' ' :
&JL$Ai>mk ?? , ^
to give his position to a machine
xplained as the accumulation o
to meet th^ just debts,of ifidus
revolution and, anarrhy mnra at
-of unemployment. When a cor
::re lacking in the bare nece?
ays and means of exacting fror
treasures That which they thfnl
onHict. Mr. <Jhase cites the In
is of American Business. /
?rees work at lilli stations, Negroe
had better hold' their jobs.
What this country needs is fewe
illing stations for automobiles an
iust about one for the pocket-boo
his.side of "Boot-leggersville."
,vith flowers/' a million want it sai
We recently passed a millionaire'
lome and saw an ugly poodle look
ng through the window. He eats fror
ilver plates; sleeps in downy bed?
ides . in Lincolns and Packards. am
s fondled and petted by Those o
treat wealth and culture.?Hereafte
n speaking about being fed a dog^
ife. always sav whosp dog. .
With crime rampant and the stocl
uarket unsteady, with lynchings. an<
nurders to punctuate the day's news
cith principle taking orders from pre
u<licer we may say with the old ma:
s in a"mell of a hess."
Of course we do not wish Bisho
'annon any harm but we are gla
e fs kept tooTiusy to make^peeche
/hich foment prejudice against th
owly Negro. MajT Tmkham's healt
lp always good? T.et -SgWHvh*y~~prA
or the Bishop! v - .
The Prince of Wales is not so?ba
fter all, he managed to get himsel
iorn on our birthday, June 23rd. H
wll doubtless make a great king!P
O I N T E D
POINTS
By GEORGE A. SINGLETON
The weekly text,;?"tip- that-tillpt
hF soil hath more ^virtue than h
hat'prayeth "ten thousand prayers.
Zoroaster.
The weekly thot: "Give me libei
y to? know, to utter -and -to argu
'reely according to my conscience, t
>ove aj| other liberties."?Mil ton; \
Along the skyline-td~tKe~Southea'f
aid beyond Washington Park may b
u en the gray towers of a great ir
stitution, the University of Chicago
lown < below along South Parkwa
housands of automobiles pass an
epass in neverending stream. Chiec
ro is a wonderful city. Its hotel
ire excellent. A suite of.r^oms in th
lotel Grand afford every comfort an
nutlern?convenience..
Quite, a privilege to meet and cha
with professors jand teachers one
nure^ Ueafr Shailer Mathews, -Profes
;ors W. E. Todd, J." T. McNeil, C. 1
dolman,.and A. E. Haydon. The mos
aiprgnie blessing that tfan come to on
s. to meet with spirits" intensely i
lim and who wish him well. The
o hear Dr. C.. W. Gilkey make a cha
>el talk in Bond Chapel where divin
ires have again and again been re
c indled and fanned into fiame.
Albert C. Ktiqdsun is a nauiB 1
unjure wun. n.very intelligent reaue
>f these lines knows?that?he-4s th
nost outstanding scholar in Methoc
sm, and Dean of Boston Universit
his scribe sat at his feet. In 192
te left "the school on the hill," andJ
vas u few days ago that he stood fac
;o face with the learned prophet-dea
n his "office in the University of Chi
ago. The talk was of other days,>f
Dent, Lemon, Willis King, Boot!
dariatt,?classmates and schoolmate
ii?h up in state, <in church, Chinf
inditu. Japan, and Africa. A grea
:eacher is a benison to mankind.
One who is in the business of edu
ation must incessarttly study am
it'tend the universityy centers wher
;oung scholars are learning how t
nake the?modern educational attacl
roo few of your people do it." On th
animus'one may meet and chat wit
rhomasifia Thomas, popular sehoc
gaetlPf bf Columbia who reeeivpd ne
mdorgraduate decree last summer
3etram Doyle of Fisk, Clarence Hat
rey Mills, who received his Ph. D. i
omance languages a few yfcars ag<
toseqe McKinney, who has just re
eived his doctorate. These doctor
?f philosophy are here working jup
is hard as if they had not graduatee
James K. Vardaman of Mississipf
s dead. They say that running wate
ju'r'ifies itself every seven feeT. Th
oh i^ to keep the water running. Th
\lmighty whatever, whoever, an
vhorever he is, will see-to that, Jus
lave patience. . . , _ ?
South Carolina is once more in th
imelight with the Union lynching ?
i Black son of God. Nobady deplore
Uwles?ness of any. kind any more tha
;his writer. He eschews, lynching, h
?schews "rape." But the chances at
iv most cases the "rape" is a chargi
At any rate civilised ahd lawabidin
people should let the law take it
joiHsth?The atate cannot rise abov
a?.. mosi aepravea__and lawless ' el<
ment.
_ It a crimp is-committed or somcoti
is suspected arrest the guilty and tr
him according to law. This i? a Ion
lane that has no turning, and tb
words of a great teacher are just s
true today as when uttered twent
Centuries ago: "They that fight wit
the sword will perish with the sword
Making it more modern one may sa;
"They that fight with 'far and torcl
will perish with 'tar and torch.!
Let the orthodox, fundamentalist, Vi
gin Birtbj, Bible belt remember thi
-The prase, the pulpit And the aehosystem
arc- largely responsible f<
th^ TJamnabte crime of lynching ar
burning at the stake. The press -bi
cause it is bias.-prejudiced and weal
need, the pulpit because it ithinb
largely of its helly in?d hot of Jesti
and the school system 'Because it
founded upon undemocratic principle
If the question is one of short drei
' II .1 * ' qi)?
""". f ' " ' '
3. ses. bobEed TvUvf? or dancing1, the t
f church is the first body to be heard j
- from. The Roman Catholic Pope, the 7 c
- "Methodist Bishop* the President of^i
the jBaptist Convention, ^he Head of(j
the Prmhyterian Synod, andaltTrto'ngi
, the denominational line, but let the!
question of human rights be raised,j(
disfranchisement, segregation, the la- ]
1 bor question, industrial oppression, e-! \
k quality bofer the law and on public ?
. carriers and the hollow-voiced, black J c
-> coated, white shirted group close up j1
as tightly as the proverbial clam. 1
Why not a group of prophets una-1
fraid to declaim against sin, wrong, I c
and shame from the. housetpps ?. Do f
T not say the folk will not hear you. If *
j* they refuse to hear you in one city j
k go to another. Do not think about a I c
^ job. The man with a message will get I
Jem- go__out-beyond Jordan to hear -
John, the Herald? He had ROM&thing;
s- to say and said it.
" Civilisation of the present has been s
made possible because some men of s
\? hprnip mnnlrl
j ? ?v? rrtic w iihiik 10 aie iqr _t
r P."5 life to *'Ve am*.onp dpnth *" ;
s When preachers of righteousness learn}
Tiow to die for the right an*1 "f"- thy [
, truth you will get somewhere. The' \
* new generation of Negroes has ar-jf
rived at the place where there must' t
* "phrase^fr 1" mbia ?Rccord^ & ';
y in America who stand for ^Lmeriean-^
ism. Those^who do hot are~To btT'com- g
P mended for their frankness and truth- t
a fulness. They have repudiated God, t
s Jesus and the- Jtlfily- Ghost. The Bi- 0
? ^ble^has beeh thrown on "the dump and j,
n"irf its stead ecclesiastics jexalt Stod- },
y dard's "Rising Tide of Color," Grant's t,
, "Passing of a great race," and the
fr poisonous virus of such vituperation f
as emitted from Tom Dixon's pen. I
8 Perhaps the hope of bW Bible belt i
is to become industrialised, urbanised,'"v
and rightly educated. Industrialised ,v,
?to the extent that people will be so j
will not have-time forrlynching. On s
the other hand the larger the concen-!
tration of population in any given P
area the less liklihood of a lynching v
i>arty. Mobbists?are usually cowardsr I1
Where the non-white's have fi chance
h. to particir>ato^th^-4^n?4v4ng-??*< rmhtrpd
e to the. vanishing point. As a rule lynch-t
" ings and stake parties do not occur ^
in large cities. The last point is hope- .-C
. less for several generations to come, 11
" but in the long run it will be a reali-M
*ty- : ; L
Pew days ago this writer talkt with "
Pf Mrs.. V. A. Heard of Betroit. When~f~
,e he was in Greenwood Mrs. Heard, Pro- iA
>. fessor Heard and the entire family!
i _r if? r?; *- rtt-J *
i; were memners ox iui. nsgun. in v.m?
y cago he has. chatted with the Rev; I"
3" W. W. Harris, "who is making good}
i_ at Roekford, Illinois. Glad to meet i
s with George Bifown, old schoolmate
e of other years. Small is the world. ?
d Happy to meet again the- ticklers i
? of typewriter kevs and the pushers |
of quills in the office of the Defender:!
e Dewey Jones, Kellum, et al. Editor !
~ Abbott is air ocular demonstration of'
[>_ pluck, gritjand success. He is genuine^T?
/ ly polite and the soul of hospitality.}.
e When this writer comes to Chicago,!
n the Defender plant is one of the first' t
n places he visits. Editor Abbott isp
t. still receiving congratulatory letters j ^
e upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of j 1
The World's Greatest Weekly.
This columnist congratulates Mr. L
?E. C. McLeod for having recently re-j V
ceived~from Boston University the do !
r gree, M. A . If there is Any one thing i y
,e your race" needs it is ah~ intelligent
spiritual leadership. Above all it needs.
^ a fearless/ honest and loyal leader- j
"j away from meaningless formalism |\
^ and slave tradition. If that leadership /
e is not forthcoming 'the very rocks I
n and stones will cry out.
What about the testimonial to Pro-j*
J fessor C. G. Garrett? 'Reverends W*;?
g W. Harris says he is for it. Show ap~ I:
t preciation when he can appreciate it. j
The thing that distinguishes man '
from the brute s the use o?4ools. Your
prehistoric ancestors were as happy T
? oyer their first.stone hatohfHt as you *
e Lindburgh. Tools emancipate men. r
? Why?is 1769?significant ? -Think itover.
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* By-1. WALKER ROUND ,._i
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. A very illuminating little volume <
>i has come to our attention on the Q
r "History and. Beliefrr of the Major' ^
e Religions" by Warren School. In the
e first chapter "Whose Heretic Ate ^
d You?" the author says that most of t
it us believe, that we have a right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happie
ness, so long as. we permit others to j
,f live, be free and pursue happiness. ?
,s He says however that most every ?
n great religious system seems to cher
,e isn tne.iaea tnat tne supreme, rower
revealed to that system alone. \
exactly how men should live and pur- f]
g sue happiness. "Everybody is a here;s
tic to somebody else" says the author, t
te It is not our ptrrposetn enter tnto~b~
a complete review of this work, but j
because it presents some very help-!r
^e_ ful information concerning the great I (
y reljgions the world we shall speak'c.
g briefly of them. He gives us a table 1
Le showing the per centage of the world's v
is populationthat believe in The"dlffereht"|"
ry-"religions^ Confucianism 13.4; Hindu-; j
fh ism, J2."8; Animism, 9.9; Buddhism,^
8.4; Taoisrrf, 2.6; Shintoism, 1.4; Juda-U
r; ism, .7; Roman Catholic, 16.5; Pro-'j
f^telit&'ftts, 10.4; Greek Orthodox, 7.4; rj
" Miscellaneous .9. This table shows!
r- that G5.7 per cent of the world popu- j
s, lation is non-christian. L
9f^e5?fucian;Hm is a Chinese religion i
)r which takes its name from Confucius ,i
i<T its prophet. Through His teachings I
e- Confucius 1voped 'to elevate huma- j,
t- nitv. Mohammedanism gets its name
:S from Mohammed, an Arabian, who ]
s~, tvah borti at Mecca. He was a keen <
is business man with A ^th^eftslty tot r?- t
s. ligious meditation. When he was about
forty years old visions appeared t
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<j him according to which he Was ap- .
jointed the apostle of a new religion
3lied, ^falam; or-entire 'submission to
eldecataes of Allah or God. Moham- \|
ndd, during his religious' activities,. **
'laimed that he made a tiip tu heaven.
A thousand or more years before
Confucius there was written down in
mtia a religio- philosophical code
vhich waa Jatur-called the vmhtiif The ??
luthors yj' these vedas were priests
>r Bralimans. Xbc Vedas are the
>asis of the religious system now
mown as Hinduism or Brahuininism.
Animism is. the belief that every
>bject contains a spiritual force or
orm. The Ainmist believes that the
md tlujt irid^ouTil be worshipped beause
it may help or -hinder' nv-n. t *
'radically . all religion":; have evolve!??^?
rom Ainmism.
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Buddhism?uau?founded alxuit?69# -r=?
B. C. by Siddarlha Gautama. He was
in Indian "prince who believed himelf
capable of producing -a-religious
ystem that would to a greater extent
han the then prevailing_ Hinduism.
liminate the misery, sull'ering and
ui iuw uf hupittnliy'. " v
ry?the Chinese' pniiosopiu'r, l-i-Dhr,
vho was a coirtemnorai y wit hvConucius.?Afterwards
he wns
ze, which means the .old-'-philosopher
r the old son. The scripture of Taosm
~is?a book written hy .hint e.-dh-t.
The Hath fn "Virtue."
Shin-toism is a. coniLhuith 11 religious
and patriotic system which has
>een practiced in .'Japan for at- least
wo thousand years. These are a few
>f the relprions diseossetf-f>y- M r. SchoT]
n his little book. They are presented N
ie.re. that'our* readers may the'better
cquaint themselves' with the many
elisions in the world.
UK I. FN A N'KWS
Sunday school opened at 10:(XI n *
a. with Superintendent .1. S^-Strn^ "
lers.. At. 7,00 p* in. tin* A. C. K.
.ehppio, met with President Jesse Mar- hall/
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At 8:00 j). tm. Rev. J. W. Wright '
ireflched ' if wonderful sermon, which
/e all egjoyod. \Ve hope lie will soon
ireach ap^iu. .. ? r?
Itcv. R. A.. V<?'.iujv spent the \v?ek
mJ atr~Un ion. ^
Miss 'StacjL__WhiiuiIre.,and?neither,
1 r^.. Ella \\'lii tin ire, and aunt/Mrs.
'ornelia Marshall in-...jH^d l'iom Spar* anburtf
last week and spent a few
lays with J.: \V. Mai shall.
Mr. Elliott Kohiriiioii was tfp Sun?
ay from Coluiuhi/i.
--Kittle Miss.Josephine?httnpiioirs pf
Miikulelphia and Little Mi> - Mildred , .
Stephens, of Spai I aiil.oi e will -TpeUd
he summer with tlii ii iri-ni.t mf.Uiov '
!rs. Ella Kinartl.
-John?Woslev?ttn?hrrH mrnr \viih
hem. '
Mrs. ami Miss W hit thin* ami .Mrs. j
larshall stopped in i'linton a while
u see llev.- l). .\L W'aiid-worth, enoute
to'.'Heleiia.T
BENNKTTSN ILlftf NEWS ?;
The?Bull Weevil.- invi'?mat iii"? ~
tragressin : mrrrry -phiiM"-.- however,
he cotton _ crops. ttir<m> 11..?it the rouny
lodft promising.
Mr. \V. It. t.'io; landr-m?deacon?of? ?
it. Bulah Baptist church. died Friav'
afternoon. He was funerali/ed >.
iuiulay p. in. Undertaker .1. W". II.
lorris had charge.of the lmdy.
Also Mr.' 11. .1. Mil' dj, mem Iter of
it. James Baptist church, died in tlu?
nfii'iimry Thursday and was I'unecnleo
(1 Minday p. in. 1 ntlei laker ~tr. ?. ?
*Owe had eliiTrpe' t>T TTTe remains.
The unions of this count y . closed " *"
vith great success. The NV\\* FVe
Jfit', lllluil.1. m.-l -VA'illl I'm.- ,\ 1 - ? ?
podprjitor and visaed with a splenlid
session. ~ *
Mrs. A. J. WTTght aitrl IvcY"daupher
and son. spent a pleasant stay at ' %j ' ,
he home of Mrs. II, llarlic on.Thurslay.
Rev.?Wright alsu called. Mit;
larlie is one of this stfurige t momers
of the church. - v .
Misses"Rosa and Wiliio "Cohen of
it. Mark Baptist church, wire in the
ity Thursday and reported tTiat Re\%*
V. II. Sha\u.rof I^uir'mhure: was unalimopVly
elected pastor of-the al> >ve
lamed church. Their, children's dnv
nogram was very r-ood. Thi- i Rev
chaw's seeond pastor'tnpy-to St. Maik ?
hQrch. ?
The children's day pr.-gram : t
Ivans .chapel and St. Paul Hantis.t
mirchps jiverp,, very mod
Miss fcler>?teeo Mct'ollum is iliitrbving
njcely.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bowman returned
0 Pittsburgh- Wednesday atrd their
daughter, r.Mrs.. Nellie McKay ao-id
hildyen accoinjtanied theiu>to spend __
he summer. , !
Mrs. Mahel Ross on?King street
pent a few days in I hu lint-ton last
?l,
vctrn trim. *** ,
'Many of Mho teache'rs that had
"harge,of the adult schools this wirier
received, happily* a letter from the
ounty superintendent-last week. *
Dr. W. S. llavtuu. Mr. 1.. Johnnakin,
diss Emma Drake, Mr. W. McRae
tnd.many others speitt a -lovely f. ??
11. with Mrs. ami Miss Sanders.
Mrs. Nannie McRae is in hod again.
Miss Mary J. Johnson of Ilan|pttfri,
Virginia is home and reports her derm
if school a success. 3..
Miss Margaret llanna made a visit
o Florence last week. ?:? . . >
Iffi^ Flnvii Toy hr'nn the sick list.
Mrs. Minnie Reese is improving
licely. Rev. W. R. Reese ha:L accept>d
the pastorate of Mt^/.inn Baptist
hut'ch. and is doing nicely. ,
vere very trdmT Snmhiv. _?~
Mr. .1; B. ITTake, inspector of the. * :
h?Gr M. -insurance company, .motor-?.
d to Durham "Monday w lie re he spent
he week as the guest of the Negro
fisurance association nt the home erf- <r
ice of the N.; CTTVT'utnntr
This move nddod much to Mr. J.
3 Drake's experience, in insurance
vork. '
"''Ww/'NplTfi'1 T>. Wi'iPi'tiiiw
ngton Mr. ami Mrs. .1I. Drake; Miss
VTargaret TTanha. ' we're Hie p. m.
quests of Hie rypni-tit Monday. t
?Mix.?and Mi'wT T. Tt' I>rukct?Men,
liellie D?Me ('o I hi (it, -- 'HHielnin R.
spears motored to Maxto|j_ MuilZlay ,
is guesls of Mrs. fadward McCollum;
Mrs. Nellio MeCollum left M-on-. .
lay for Washington.
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