The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, August 09, 1930, Image 1
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G. Lee Ratliff the C
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Among the Major fraternal brgaui-j
zations among our group. the lietievo 1
lent Protective Order of Elks'of the
World is conspicuously .outstanding.
And most largely due to the herculean
labors, rare persistency and
enormous sacrifices of the lion, (I.
Lee Ratcliffer? Til is Order nrbr.^ in
^?-.South Carolina unusually-high r.iLi.ii::., .
being, In fact, foremost among the
foremost. In consequence it lias iliily
^?? rnme to .pass, as. follows^
As a result of the nuine ideal
strength of the South Carol itia lodge
ahd the acknowledged iuilucit.ee ?k
their representatives in the Grand |
Lodge, the idea has been glowing, audi
now unalterably obtains, that this J
State is duly entitled io. and must '
not longer be cteuuM^. it r.epieseniativo-j.
on the official Staff' of the ^ National '
Grand Lodge. Thus H came about,
and Increasingly is'brought t.o pass,
. . that the Hon. (1. la*_c Rau liffp, .1 lie '
' * most outstanding Kilt in this jurisdic '
tion, jand^'equally outstanding as" a
citizen, finanewfFT and?industrial pro.
moter has been put forward and hi.
" being enthusiastically urged ^ for j
urana Ksteemed?Loyal?Ki.;riii :jt
," the session-of the Crand LoiLye at De
~ troit, August 24-30.
He is a member in, ami I'.isi J?Txa 1ted
Ruler of Palmetto Lodge No. 342
of Columbia, as well us unanimously
chosen president for the 1:1st seven
* consecutive years of the state .-\ssp"
elation of which he Ms the'.louiujer.
? Mt waa at the unntiaj no^Mon ot iln^t-.
State 'Association ija^ Columbia, Juno
17-19, that it was unanimously voted
w" that he should.,.be South ..Carolina's
candidate for the office" of (irahd Kk-.
e" teemed Loyal Knight at Detroit. In
addition t othis enviable endorsement,
a committee of leading Klks. composed [
of the most prominent citizens of our j
group in the Stattv are .leuving.no
stone upturned, so to speak, in efforts ,
performed to awaken the activities of
filltdo n in general?ill South Carolina
iu particular,-to** make assurances
doubly assured that, at Detroit, the
Hon. Q. Lee Ratcliffe and the Cra'nd
Esteemed Lo^t^Knight shall he made
to function in the one atuf very same
person. v~ ....
Among other things most complicommittee
is generously broadcasting
this in regards to him: . ,
eminent fitness and hecauso he fullymeasures
up t(5 a high standard as an
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? executive head. His lodge and many
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)NALHONOR
)utstanding Elk in
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LEE RATLIFF
other lodges, as wa it as numerous,per
anus' Iti? Iriy iiiomiiieiW in 'affairs of
! !! Icdom .have eiil liusiaslieafly euch
rse?| his eandidaev ami will unstintedly
lend . their influence?to serum
his election at Detroit-."
While there can lie no ' possible
?. <;iiTft that i Tie Elks'of soutirT'arollna
M i 11iijii go lit) Wfoei-to htakt; his elecliiin
an' act -omplished fact, there is
abundant reason for the assertion
uutU til f C'M'
Zeiis generally of our State, his election
would be assured, because of the
follow ing:
A ar^eilizi-tuLlic is always prominent
in if indeed nuT?E?the leader of,}
e. rlaiidy "ever a most generous con- j
i ri I tutor to. and civic . movement that
gives promise of economic help,to, or
_< fu ral lidteyTrtetit for, one- people. A
devout adherent of the Lowly Naza- =
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i i-in-, in- ii.im iiriivcii a positive laciur
i)| In* piuiiitvss id churches in general.
In fact.Tu liuili North Cardlina and"
Siuil h Carolina there stands- today
many, church edilics;- imijosing and
beaut iful. whii.se completion Were
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made possible by the financial aid
,i ' 1 ' "- iiii'i-il "In
the M. K Church, the church of
his choice, he is_ now. and long has
teen, troth trUHL^e. jind steward,
wlrihf more lhau live years he
served'.as. superintendent of tile Sum
day School, having relinquished it, i
Iiovm'X -r, only -because multiplied* and
i-vi r inureasing duties. .Moreover,'
d^ein:1 a in.iii whose unusual business
sagacity has enabled him t-o dccunTu
la I e a lTTrTily deslrahtn- oniouijit' of-this\\orld's
goods, and to become an outstanding
financier among our group,
lie has ever sought, anij successfully
coiil ri \ d. so to operate that his prosoerilv
should he of helnfiilness to
his people in lluiir hour of need. This
he h;ts' done through timely loans and '
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I lie furnishing of bond's that otherwise j
eopT<T dot he ser iTTeTt: Tlien, too, he Is j
a director ;rs well as 'vice .president of
the \n toiy SUVtll'JJS Batik:?president f
of. the iToiuliiig Company; president
of-the Music irnd Trnrtrnff Company;
president of the Suhsidurar^ Branch
of the Fidelity Surity Company of
Durham, N. C., as well as dealer -inreal
estate, "'j In all of his activities,
hrevevor kit endea-vor is tQ_bfi Of
substantial help to ltis people. Thus
it comes about that he has already,
amf eoiHiuueR meritoriously lo demnii-drsTe
t?K wot'thlness uf any office
Til rtie Ftk's Drnmi Lodge and of any
position within the po'wer of his race
to bestow.
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MRS. ROW EN A ANDREWS
PERRIN PASSES
On Sunday Evening, July 27. i
G:J0 P. M., Mrs. Rowena Perrin, tl
Wife of Rev. D. A. Perrin, Prcsfdir
Elder of the Mt. Pleasant Distric
Palmetto Conference, died at her lai
residence, 12 Morris St., Charlesto
S. C.
'.Her remains were funeralized at la
late reside nee Tuesday at ;> P. M'., ke
J L. Benbow acted as master of Con
mnnio, Dn/I !??.. TV.f TV <C TV* -1 I
1IIWIIIVO MliU iktv, 1T1. ivi,. muu^un, 1IU1
vered the eulogy. A host of frient
were present ta pay their-respects 1
one who has served the communit
well. The family^ and friends accoii
panied the body to Sumter,.S.- Q. whei
the compiital services were held at M
TTsgah A. M. E. Church. -Rev. A.-;
Spears acted as master of cevepionli
while the following made . remark
ReVs. E. A-. Adams, J. \V. "Murph, 3
M. Mouzon and Bishop Mrii, Dav
of the A. M. .E. Church. Rev. .1.
41enb?w delivered-'-the eulogy.
Telegrams and floral dfferinps'\yei
numerous expressing the high-te tee
in which the deceased was held.
Mrs. Perrin was one of natme's m
ble women by birth, training -and su
rounding. Born of a progressive pi
lenthuud, Mr. and Mrs. Wr^RA-tultaui
of Sumter, S. C., She began life wil
much to makf. her a leader of her
in all that mea$s triumphant womat
hood. e received her trail
ing in Sumter, S. C., Scotia Seminai
Concord, N. C. and Boston Conservj
tory of Music, Mass. She was a Mus
teacher for years in Florida and ak
a school teacher, having taught i
State College, Orangeburg, S. C., A
Ion University. Columbia,S. C.Geore
?t^wn pro! F.bnr]pSton.
In 1898 she became the bride of Ke
TT"~A7~Pt'rrin, who presided in Flor
da for 18 years and in South Carol
na for the past 14- years. She wJ
the mother of five ^.children, three <
which are left to mourn her. A so
'n_?r ii ?.i m..
i roi. n. vjttmicw i vi i hi, win* is in?
teaching at Shaw University, Ralei^
N. C. and -who at one time taught ;
Allen University, Columbia, S. C., ai
two daughters, Misses Amelia a 11
Mary Rowena Perrin. She Also lcav'
a grand-daughter, Miss Julia Rowc.
Perrin and a host of "relatives ar
friends.
ft can Tjes&UI of Mis. Pcrion Uu
she was kind, cultured, matronly, hcl
ful and christlike. She has seryt
faithfully and will he missed""by thm
\yho enjoyed her association.
SILVER STREET NEWS
Rev. J., W. L. Ducket t was a \v<
eniiinrt visitor- in- the Jack son's hon
on Thursday,?en route from the Vd
lous towns .of North Carolina, whei
he spent two weeks' vacation,
Muliins, S.'g/, Where he is now ser
1rrg his "7th appointment as paste
Rev. Duckett, is and old since:
friend of the above named family.
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S. JAGGFRS It
JCUSr 1924
E FORGET 1:
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a uy jotinson- luauky Kg
Fal Home
j. Mr : nil Mr. (-. I lioun ?<l <:u ni^?'.iryuiM
"' f.r. ..it' Ui'i - nil r an ^
'. lay. TUc.v too ;? v.-r/ near friemfv
Wjof I he * Ja? i.i mi lit mily aiiyl .are a..' .
V ! i uiiir at al! t ijn*
T ! .-MrsT TT~TJ In ksoif"is?rhmrcr?t<tn'
ti! after )i:t \ i11 . t lit U :i' )et? Ii .fork it) Ii.
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II. not- a tew ila> - aeo. Mi.- . lielline i
Jaiksun 'wishes" to'thank th,. friend-^,
O . I, I. ... I .1 I III li. I.
fiVi-n h i iUii'io' the -last two
j. Wi l li H.
Is ' Mr (! oJ'"o Iii w . It. hr*i-;iof h;S.
ihunilaii^- w ati i in. ton i'op. lras "T>tr"A.
I:iuoil .ho ii. ):: of \Vateinilon
rej.'taitii-il the name of "Watermelon
Set- hi'ln -ll i-li ii'kiOt '5 ? iii.l v i.i Mi
|i,?\i:n- ;i11-I IMillin
s:f - "IVrKkx'n i:\vs,
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is ,\li>. .1 flat k. Jj;iTnj\-aiii. alter spemlilip?*
Vi'rV pleasant va? at inll VkiitiliK
1 I ep'tt i I r-?rtfitf' I 1 i * 11 I III I n a a. lN.-UU-,
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>t1 s>l\:niig .<i ml New Vmiv. leiunieil;
. Iicitite la-1 Satttnlav in 151.* tleliphi uT
"> t r iellil : . Mrs. .1? II. i nil i Urn as.Si.l?
'" j ant in ItTeTjVnt'-"'" i,r Ti.. Y1!:. n t"^r:ni?-1 ]
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}l f The ilatiev t'ivili at Itif I'ttlllWiM?i
'X IN,n,I last I N nl.i v nit-liI I'.- I lie. W aium.- ,
1 .men ol AYki-n w.i :i *. i y '" n joy a tilt- j
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j. j Tin-M if Vmla NN. TmUoti. Malta
io'oiu.i and (iit i. iii-ii i',a.tits ^i ? in him
;?'wt'fk i iul as tho lioi*-1* uiif>t of Mi -.
Geo. K. ?-a\ t r nil KeisTia\\ St.
'"I Rev. A.\V. 11 ill' aii?I t'aiinlv Ivft hot
Ki iila \ 111> >i u rirt.' I in?4-1 i.i i l< 'LLi.??-X ? i
iivlitn.y tli..; will in.iKt ihr.r tutni' j
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is. t*l , Ssi va ii it.I Ii. ?G.t .- ;i? i-i i iti| >.i n im) '' ' .jJ
sniiif liit inl- t>f J.'n K >)V\m?\ Ft a
n] spent la I r'aUii i! i \ atlei iiiinll as t hn '
r|, i'lit- ts ni 111 \. \V T K'-nii. i'ami lamT
it iI>
til i ' .Miss Nettie -Ki iiju r spent last \u> li '
^ i ,,! ; > Aikcii as ili?-' pni'st ot li 1 |
. * ; ..rents' I>' v. and Mrs Kennel*. j
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nH?iVPms .laitt-a -Llul-dmi aj'tt i wti|i|i^ I
a v ?ry ideas an! \ at at inn i t K*n. n1
* S W'll'H I'llitlivi"1?.iinl liieinl*.?in;tuimt >1
a. .In Imr tio'llie ill 1 M tn nlt lii t . i; l. la j
^ jiainniay.
1 Tin- mum triomtt- oj Mr \V4!li:rm
. jt'orloy will l?o ilt'lirlili tl in loam tluil
Hi*' is out itl the.hosjiitul now and tin.
l proving w^ndovinlly.
^ ! A largo nuinlior of frionds from
~ } Atfcan. a11cndc11 t hrr -ttrvivul MRrung
lS,'C and report1 that the mooting; was
TP t l ,
lrt at Jerusalem last week, Ridge Spring
vary good. _ Ftovs. M. and J. Busll
re pastor ot this church for thirty Tears.
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Holding Sessions at
August 4th to 3
from Eve
j.l:n . at State College,Orangeburg,S.C.
This day will stand out as one of
Hi';- li'ign spots in the history- of theTiTstltution.
It was the opening day!
.jf thv Negro Extension Service School
a iiii h^is scheduled to last through the ,
period of " August 4 to 5tT 1 he?str#-iion
got under way with ease, all" preliiuiniiries
and pre-session arrangeiHf-hts
had been-perfected Ko_thatJWhen, .
the various representatives, include
ing teach >ts and students, arrived
\ > ryt hing was in readiness for the
-iimuth running -of the machinery.flu-?earv'
with -'which the?sessiolLr
f:tited is due largely-.ti the combined
.-Holts of Director F. M Staley, the ^
llll'ill liM'w t ?'o..nl?i> . i *
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in-1if\it on ulid its 'executive chief, ^
Pit -nit ni' H -55, WilkiiisoTir vrbtf Was ,
the in.lent laetoi in having the school
brought lo the Palmetto State.
tiatn.-red at the institution are rep "
o_uLi_Uilive.; Uoiu the states of harp '
1:.ml. jJela'itai_e, Viiginia, North Caro1"
11-i: truuliL Carolina,.. Florida and
Georgia.. Front ail indications, it is
ilt ituieVl to be- oi great profit and bene- ,
lit t;. Ilius'e who are TTi a11eiiOanee "
Ai , p. tiini' In ipitiriiialiqir whir'h has
In .'11 handed oiit by the Director, there
.tie- 117 idrui and home demonstration ,
u ~'t ni:?+??at I f ndancti?at?this?session. distributed
as follows: Georgia 34;
Florida 14; Maryland 3'; North CaroIhiA
lie Virginia L'S. South Caroling lit
:vt ll.Uj A. Al. the first convocation
wa- held in the auditorium..of White
ll.ili. at which time important anrfn.utu
einelits were made, welcome d(l
di wa,* ftelfvervd by"~l>rA^R. S. Wil
kiuiuii President- of the College, and
an inspiring, instructive message was
Agriculturalist^ L\ 8. Department of
\ i rculture. Washington, D, C. <
In extending a hearty and cordial '
w elcniie,"to t ln? agTnt"TFr~ Wilkinson""1
t iled that because of his. close in-^
titnacy With those who were response '
hie for establishing this school, he 1
|JC1 ia I i.r imrnrM^U 111 Hie wei'.
i':? iv nf?ttre-^rfgents:?He-brought out J
tlu- idea that lie was one "of the com- 1
! mittey who met early in the year forj
f >hnulatnig. pian<*toi the three schoolsj:in?I
tor that reason the agents may*,
rest assui'ed that he was goiVig to put'1
forth every .effort to make their stay I
it State College enjoyable and profitable'
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hr K T Shinn in his inspiring '
-jn-s?age. told the agents that he had i
planned to talk about the objectivesi
and procedure rather than deliver a!
~rri lii.'il addres^. He told the agents;
that the Rosenwald Fund has given
the sole idea that the agent* fc'ill stay
hear the earth and help the people
sol Ye their > problems ands' become
happy, contented, prosperous^ soyressr- ~
Mil He was homing that the instruci
iiiii which will be given out by the '
-elected faculty of-experts and sper 1
ei-.'s-i- i\ on hi he void of the'tradition- j
1 al let tures,, that it .would be a com- (
1 lunation' of laboratory, discussion and
lii'JV! it.v on ttre part of all who would, (
make up the class. Dr. Shtn'n emI
pliusized tlu- decline on?the part of
| Negro farm ownership. He urged the
f^eiits to use their influence to 'help
jtlie*Xegrie. farmer to realize the ad- i
vantage to be able to stand on his. ]
ifeet. look^the world in the face and
fit mine, emancipated from flnancial ^
i-sln vevy. ? L
[ He further shoto'ed that the men |
.mil women fathered at State College i
| may. put over better than any other
group the lesson of rural, prosperity
lie'showed hv statistics' how tiie <
people are leaving the farm due *to
i inefficiency. unl\appiness >or the de'stiT
to live ut her kThflw of .Ufc;
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tin to the farm demonstration agent to
stimulate the desire on the part "of
_h ^ rinwra and -rural pedpl ~
rmaiir on the farm. --?
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'J>\ have never been able to under
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::E: FIVE CENT.* I'Kk curv
qsioN - VICE
SCHOOL ~
State College from
Oth ..A Snrrcco
ry Angle
stand,-' said -Dm-Shinn, "the. 'iiflcico. ?
between?cultural education ami prac-tical
education. Wliere is the burtl'-T
line? The type of education most people
are concerned with is the kind
that will help them make a living.
That type of education that train's, the
nnlUiiliml fnr pfncper<l jiving jr. tlie
o.nly type worth anVthng It is the . '
type of training" that will lit-Tn". vou
get on. yO.ur feet- and look t he World
in the face, become independent aj'd
able to solve the great daily problems.'.'.
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He closed his address by making an
appt^i'l to tlie. agents t.. do every tiling. *
that they can to deal with tite-e-pnrtr"""
lems of life. According to him, if welink
up our daiiy iiie witn ttefinite
problems' it will be impossible tot
failure to overtake you ""Vrha-t- we .
get out of 'life is determined by .the
gffurtfs we put .in it." .
During tlie session among pr.;iiiio iii ... .
sd.n^ators, Federal and State expef- -?
an.T. ititernat ionaiiy kiiowit-er^--ye-^ T " ~
ers will be brought in the wity >
give lectures and denionstrairoiix. ' >
the students. Included among tho--e
who are to be in Orangeburg for t:,e
first two weeks are: In d 11 Hi,A .
August 5-6: Dr. W. J Spillnian. \ugust
11; Mr. A B. Graham Augu t
18-18 ,?Afr?P. 1.?Ph.m'ibei A us i
"LSL, Mr. V. X. Valgren. Apgu.-t ^
and Mr. B B. Derrick. August -2-2d.
session from August 6-9.
UNION NEWS _____
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, On Thursday, July IT 193t>. .Mi-..
Willie Brown delightfully entertained
i group of the younger set with, a
luncheon. The guests arrived around
5:30 and piayea 1 whist1 unrn ; ?
when Mrs. Brown invited them ttito
the dining room which was decoYcUed
with lovely spring flowers.. The guests ^
were seated- at two tables where- a
salad course with iced tea, ye cTeani
and jcake were .served Miss Xell'a
Davis thanked the hastes? for her
kind hospitality. After half -hour of
socializing, the group left reporting
a wonderful time. Those invited Were:
Misses -Belle .l.*h?s.T? I.. n .-....
Thelma Dawk ins. The'opa Yuung.
Nella Davi.v Peiolia Fane Vln<?Han
;ock. Myrtle Giles,. and Susan Bensun.
Messrs. Johnny NichoUisr-Arthur
Benson. Jr., Eugene .Hawkins. E N".
Williams ,and William Benson
ESTILL NEWS.
Sunday was a great da>' with us
[t .was our third quarterly conference
Rev. 1 W Welburn preached three
able sermons Sunday anJ delivered u
great address to "the -Sunday School
He spent the week with Rev D J '
[rOdstrmmcr-C. Capers. He left E.-tiU
Monday morning for Elloree. The
Beaufort. District is proud ot ElderWelburn.
He is on the, job though
this being/"tus hrsv appoininent us
P. E. ^
We are praying for his return to.
the district where he can shiAv hliti- forward
under this great leader. We
are coming u? to St George O: lv.
The great anni^fPsafy will convene
August 24th at St Luke A M. *"t.
church. The friends are cordially invited
t'o come.
Mra.Clraec Washington has returned
from a trip to dincinnaii.' lietrd'T dnd
Canada where she speint three weeks
vacation with. slstefsT- and relatives.
She was accompanied back by Mrs. j
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J 1> Thompbon ot Cincinnati, Qhio.
She reports everybody well and happy. ,