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|jh .. . , . . t* " " ' ?' / , 1 ? 4. Page 4 :?I * ; CUhi> $almr1 T PUBUISHEE GEO. H. HAMI1 : 1310 Assembly Stre* Entered at the Post Office at Columbia Act of Congress. . . One Year 1 |2.oV Six Months 1.25 _ FUKEKLN ADYER - W. B. Z1FF CO., W)8 Dt Official Advertisements at the rate al The Leader will publish brief and rati terest when they are accompanied thors and are not a defamatory -*?? will hot be noticed .. Rejected mai ' ^ REMIT! - i Checks, Drafts and Postal or Express : to?the order of the Palmetto Lea w J. FREDERICK H. VV. BAUMGARDNKR ___ -777. 4 * ... should reach the editorial dwak ol Tuesday of each week. City news Wednesday night. B U s tt??-ssami?pdi COLUMBIA, S. C? SAT I . ... COLUMBI - ? ?- The Seventh Quadrennial mee ?Feyeign Missionary Society of t Church has taken its place as a - ed beyond question t he genuine tnrough the lips of the thousaw her portals tor the occasion. I gathering occurred in Columbia, ?-*- opera ted ,-so whole-heartedly, in 1 tue without which Colunibia, won ?-? I^i the first place our Mayor, reputation of never disappointin; extend a hearty welcome to lii; , j . about to many of these gatheri ^ we observe that high officials ai * cere regrets that they are unabl ?? that pressing engagement, .and exerted its pressure just at thai had afforded them greater pleasi in person" form the greater proj always delivers his own welcomt ~ - ljinhop"Rovcrdy "C7 Run>.ttni~Ti that they are big people by the their general and special guests, not provided thpse ui ho "were don -and as far afrTTvvas humanly pes also who were quartered elsewlr The State President Mrs. Ro; assistance of her several comm preparation hadbeen made that the smooth running of the Conv tion the ftev.-R. S. Lawrence, Pi mittees, and especially his splenc Mrs. Lilla Taylor Bates must ccn elation. The fact is that the Palfnetto columns were sufficiently spacio individual who contributed any ciun s successrui carrying oui. r , Carolina's success, and we must the absolute absence of denonii Guncrul Conference.^ Political-? Fraternal Grand Lodges, or win care of them !' ARE OUR RKPOR A question" that lies heavily uj the apparent refusal of white he ?MrXi, Miss, or Mr., in speaking 1 their hewiFcoIumns. TT~appears over the use of tho.se.-titles. l.i ofite form used in all the article ported the doings of the Mission . So and So" or "the daughter of ^ and So."?Tu uiir way of thinki more ludicrous than the calling titles of respect. TV]e chief reason foF this edit of June 27 on ."Why Not Toda issue of The State the name of previously appeared in a "contri the late Bishop W. D. Chappelle, Mrs. R. C. Chappelle, of 1208 Ha not marked "contributed."' A question that arises is: A * the cause of these omissions, or Mrs. is used before a colored wor en identity. ..The instance whei was where some property had be report telephoned into headquai is so important not to call color investigation should always be n j?v'>- man-is white or colored before 1 SCHUYLER INVEST] It has come-to hg+it ihat~whc January it was nob for the purp book Black No More, but for t.hr tigating conditions in -Liberia I newspapers?the New York Eva Public Ledger. In a series of six articles Mr. ions based upon six.jnonths of ti .interviews in the Liberian Repul series of articls is: "Is Liberia ?vure section of the New York pa tures taken by Mr. Schuyler sho t 11 4 fCvn *t ft ii-'lrie m'f r;V V t ^ U 1 yi-? *n 111C Ut }7I)1V7| iw i* page announcement in the same t'/.. investigation~Tfre announcement carries th struggling beneath the burden ( earns 13c a day. Is he slave or day under the blazing tVopicaf s datejd warehouse with fifty fell come ill or he will be cast aside? ' '' '' ' * . I tto ffirahrr s > WEEKLY 7 f rON, Publisher. et, Columbia, S. C. j i, S. C., as second class matter by an ^ PTIONB ?: 1_ _g Three Months $ .75 }; Single Copy L .05 t TIS1NG AGENCY c urborn St., Chicago, Hi. ' ? lowed by law. . . t bnul letters on subjects of general in- , by the names and addresses <?f the aunature. Auonymou? communications ? rogeript* will not be returned. C 'ANCES ' ' ~ Mohey Oredrs should be-made^payaUIe" der. ? Etlilur._j Acting Editor j wait-issue- most- be very brief, and J f Lhe Palmetto Leader not later than , , locals, personals and social news, by tofial-Hhone 1523 JRDAY, JULY 11, 1931. \ does it. : ? ling of the Woman's Home and " -he African Methodis t Episcopal 1 historical fact. Columbia merit-^praise that fell from the hearts ^ 1 and more visitors that entered t iever has a more distinguished v and never have Columbians co- * 1 hat hospitality is a vir- ( ild "not care to exist. ? De l. R. Qxvphs livpirniv to his 11 g toy being on hand in person to ^ 3 City's guests. In pur getting > ngs and reading of many more, c e usually absent and that "sin- s e to attend on account of this or [ that had not that engagement--, very inopportune time, nothing i ire than to welcome their guests i lortion of the addresses made by * a ft in their stead. .. Qur Ma ITa'nd it is appreciated. ' j r.T7T TTW Vmmu ttulKnni pivivml . manner in which they cared for * There was no comfort that was j liciled at the Episcopal residence, ( sible for them tot "provided those -1 ere. <ena C. Chappelle with the able " it.tees evidenced that efficient ct ; there should be ncrhftches?m -r ention's affairs. In this connect- 1 istor of Bethel" Church, his corn; ' lid choir under the leadership of r ne in for their slrare of commen- j . ,j header wishes that its editorial 1 us to couch the name of every 1 ?if U'll l * T7f tU,, ' . 11*7111 >? UUlt > V.1 IU lllC VyUU VCII | | or it was Columbia's and South r not forget to specifically mention * national lines. Bring on your c >rettkrmH--Convention!;, Mammoth^ it have you, Columbia will take s rICRS TO Bl.AME? [ 1011 our :heart is. this question of wspapers to use the proper title3 :>f uilorrtl women and men in J "that any- form Takes precedence est week we noted that the fav- \ \s marked ''contributed" that ary Convention was "the wife of ' So and So" or "the widow of So y ing such .evasion as fihis is even t -of names, and the omisssion of s . i rcfiuaHso soon atter our ediforial 1 y" is that in Sunday morning's r, Mrst R. C. Chappefie, which had i thpted" report, as "the widow of ' " in the same paper, appeared as x rden Street, in a retwrt' that was ' * i re colored reporters, sometime+Vr j is it that alwavu u/hpn thp titlp ( nan's name it is a case of rnistak- ^ e Mrs. Chappelle was ..so called, , en stolen from her and the thefts i -ters. It seems as though, if it 1 ed women Miss, or Mrs., careful -! nady to determine whether a wo- , ler name is published. t GATES IN LIBERIA n George S- Schuyler sailed last ' ose of evading the results of his I > very different purpose of invos- , 'or New York and Philadelphia r ?ning Post and the Philadelphia ; Schuyler has set forth his opin- ^ aveli observation, adventure and \ die. The question asked in this y i a Slave State?" The rotogra- 1 per earrierHrwo-full pages of pic- [ wing some of the conditions pic- t heir {nibTil-afipm'ahd a quarterissue states the purpose of the 1 1 . * i e picture of a Liberian worker J. )f a huge toad, and states: "He i free? TTe is forced to work all r :un. He lives in a dirty, dilapi- 8 ow workers. - He must not bo- \ -to recover or to die! (When his r v , , - the Palmetto i vvo-ytar labor contract ends he igns another. ^M'ho is he? A 1 an Republic l'oumkd in 1821 by ree Negro. "Reports of evil conditions in Nations investigation last sumni romised to clean house. Have t he land of the free "or the hon 'ost sent George S. Schuyler, to k'huyler lias returned?after six~ le witnessed. Slavery,, fortjed 1: hfcse things of the past? Read les?Is Liberia a Slave State?" Mr! Scliuyler does yeport some [hat one better qualified to inves ate the results than George S. S Vhile abroad material for his s< fathered. This novel is announc >ut Of the publishing firm, \V>>rr Schuyler was released - temporal' Publishers of Black No More t( slaves Today he. is . to do two m Schuyler, t-h'e Palmetto Leader t aspect 1'or the intellect and intell ect ami intelligence whose skins jy "Black-No, More" processes, b BETWEEN THE LINES BY CORDON H.'HANTO&K. . . . A Sneare of Righteousness Some years ago we lectured to a lo-<ton audience from the subject, The?Sneare oi' Righteousness.''' Wei" ook tfte^ position thai?there .comp^ tii"*1 m the life of men and nation.-, r vhen it is-far. inure advanageous t>? " lo right than to do wrong! We .cited he deliverance of Isreal- froni Egypt chen plages vexed that "land of the eldom rain" until Pharaoh was. quite villing that Isreal should return to ?anaan. It?was?right?that T-u-.-;/) i hould return, and it was fitting, of ] ypT xmlyTtie -^counre of plagues could i ?ring the t'haraon To termsi The 'snare of righteousness" caught hun' i iVe further cited the ernancipat'on!. >f the Negro in this .country. By j ;ome strange stroke, of fortune and ircumstances,' the freedom ~ "of the J. sTegro sonieho^v bee am involvd in the ireseryation of the "Union, and the Negro's emancipation came as a by-: jroduct of certain prppitious circum" tances which no human can fully tnder-tahd. This countro was caug.ht n "the snare "of rurhteousnes' anil . 1 !<- I .Nt*l'*lo? W;l c 11 l.'l III'111..I. t.*<J! Till- I niTi-e we tti.uk of tYiTiT T^Tnn-'of Inn.' 1 igo, the more.-we are convinced that j here was an element of truth in it'j t is line that under iici 11 v i'irruntft.tu I es we at# tempted to do the \sign4 Towsout -there let t iiites. when \v.? ire also tempted to do the right one.-. Shakespeare was going to the heart >f the matter, when he averred that here is a divinitv that shapes our 'nds' Vnu-rh-liew tliem FTTw we will. There are. tunes when men ate forced o. di. i i;' 111 t Inmr'. mi ill. I? The l.'nited State- is prnposng a noratorium to succor (letmany that j hoveling oil t hi' I * I'l It Is o I i'i'oi loll iIC I lamnation. For ten years the allies tav.e contrived scheme after scheme lesigned to increase and prolong the vrotcholine-- .it T>n- I ' 111 111 'i 11 | plo 11 ruin 1 ici* < ! ! 111 '11 \ I In- in.pii'i iiie' tations have, well-nigh ruined themelves! So has it come ahout .that, in itder for the compter ng nation- to UFvivo. tier mil o c i.i.isf I.,- -}iic?L *'"!' unately tor the nations they have' ieen the "snare of righteousness" and f they will onlv walk therein they hall he saved.? There is :d<\ays the lossibility that* men -and nations may 'xercise that common seme. that nearii. salvation. The news of the proposal to declare m international moratorium had a lullish effect upon- the.* stock market mfr~upr.ii busiiivs thnnniMHIM thd 1 world. This all ilndientes ?t h.Tt frT cilling (lei luanJ^t+Te"iTlTii'-s and their ^mpaTRuers were also killing thein,elves. Booker T. \Vashihgton spoke vords of great wisdom when tn~said hat one man'cannot hold another iuhe ditch unless lie- stfi\s thete him;elf. The recent incident in interlationa) affairs prove a tremendous n the affairs of-the future. May it lot -bo-true that some hidden hand lad led the na-ftrrnp into a snare of ighteonsness into a situation when " he magnanimous and right fifing t>e:omes obviously advantageous? We 11'11 I i111 i inl lo n I I i i I I I in *i i iii i i's .. mmec|iae?and ultimate ?hope is in" u*tthis, peculiar situation?"tWe -snare rf righteousness." In fact times vithout number we have declared that the whifT- man mu-1 ' ait? the'Xei?ro. >r himself he 4o-H?Itrflm. ami in his alone, is the ultimate hope for lie NegroT larger emancipation. . Tt s to the white * man's advantage to >a^h ignorance and supeestitaou. anorig Negroes for thefhhy" hcTprolits juite as much as the Negroes if not liore so. In the coming. generations . tie White "man ts going tn find it advantageous. to further gran* iu to e 0 black men, for thereby the white nan will gain tremendous, advantage. Things are mighty dark for the black ttati?now.?brrt?it?rrmst?he borne?rrr ntnd that they are not near as dark is t hev once were.. The Negro who iua?is looa.v witti the dawn <>f a new lay approaching ought ti> tin*! If >ur forefathers* could fa<;e nearly .'100 'ear* nf slavery amjjive, what ought ve "to do with our1 promising oeginnngs in almost every field of useful ndeavor ? -I^4^us -bear in mind that here is a "snare of righteousness" hat is hound to catch this nalion hv. . ihd by, and perhaps,' sooner th 'jn #we xpeci. Then ion, all oppression, all njustice, alT prejudice, all malevolence s based upon error'. ' Truth'Wdl cored every social and economic wrong! Vfter all .is said and done, man is nore mistaken than mean. Truth has ( mortage on this world, and it is ust a matter of time and the mortage vill be foreclosed.' Not so much by eason of man's efforts as in spite of I 1 1 *> ,KADER . ? i i ? may be imprisoned?until he . Siberian?^ citizen of the Afi i'! Liberia resulted in a League of ler. The Liberian Government l hey done it? Is Liberia today 11 ie*of the slave? The Evening t. Liberia to find out. facts. Mrmonths-?and now reveals what -* ibor, bartering of women?are this startling series of six arti startling happenings. -We doubt t itigate the conditions aridj tabucnuyier could have been chosen- 1 ?cond novel, Slaves Today, was \ ed in the new fall booklet just ; en Rrpwfir and Pntawm - My -* ily by the Macau lay Company, "s )" take the African trip. After- . lore books for~Macaulay~ Mr. , hinks, is doing much to create, igenrtrof people who have intel- 1 are not sun-tanned, or bleached lit naturally dark. ( them,, we can ho^e for a brighter tomorrow. Little_ by little ine-n and nations urn moving towards a snare of righteousness" and the recent move for an international moratorium is evidence thereof! t P O I N T E I) POINTS 1 G ear jre Simtelon. _ ' f . VII Tlit' weekly '< xt: (Jo- ye Inlo : 11 llic world, and- " ?-i-:n-ii tttv pterind. ' .It'Mi-t' .??l: N aituivt h, ' lilt* weekly tllut: "I look- upon I Ik* *" \voi Id, as my. jia?;i- li." . . . " I ?: *' .luk 11 Wf iley.. t Hi. tt'inple is- the unist-i* llirj r.l'tars ait the lull--. * I i r'. illi't'l) e'i:j tlu I il'Onti- .' llii pri.e: I tuy pn it "thrill ! 1 . No church confines t lie G?<d avTTu l made * 1 lie Wui'ld o1*' Veo^-iiiif l 1.1Vell; 5 Oul in the open, U. my - old? Worship the tjuii ol.HeuVt-lu * Sputtsvyood ill Tl+e--Jnly (Yp-i-. J "God move-- ill a my-teri-ni - "way." iAialofci..a -piiiir'.s-hitav ihie i .up '.o if day hiU down?tiJiiairii.o-T^-w .:ll tn.lui but rick tomorrow?. happy todav but ' - :ul tomorrow, in t lit- hum e ?it' ninth i I ill!'. i lull HI till. I 11 .1 I 11 I I I ll 11 1 I lllllll 2 tiiiiioi'ieiv, alive today, but dead to 1 ntoiiow. .Such i lite. Then why ' hoilld the rinl'it of iiiolt.il ho inouh 7 ' Tin ll Which il taken* at .lie Hood leadj ^ pea i e Wii:' ri"hl lull who k|ioW> w lueii ' IV "the flood?" 1.ike.tilt* mall at the I pool .heie i: llo, in a n to.p"j.e them a I liil uhen the water i- tfoubled. ' I lei'bel t llooVel JuH Hie : pollo'.'lll ~ ''ip'111 tioW hot all. Q- U4_ Ills'.- pXiapusUid- S liltu'a t'ui *1 illltt?"He hrrrt?l'l "l l?t?year'?+ W lt?ji Jlldpe Hai ki l' W .I np lor eoil i til'iiiat ion. Within a lew month I I.. I people will oivttpy the eeiitei of i It?' s'tufe. t'umillOf) . oil}.'lit." I >11 ' Jull W 1 nt t to (lii, lii t lit-" event tii.it I y??ii aic in diiiilil refer to the liunn < "TTTTTTmT ! > i ? l'i 11?^VToTTmT ,1^?~ ltcVi-i ily. (Kail: mil i: a rare 'j'ir- 'ti it. ll<* M't.'S what la* tlii-tik: i an . >p li (Kit Utility toi" ulii1 who liA c: 1 i 1111 rUi al lv and yluni - hni: 11? thV breach, I I"' U'Ullf I ill.W UIM ... .''It -t lllll lfr> UtVepl: 111- litli-l' I' 1:11 s>'e 11- t .H i* and I'd o|i|?i>i t.aili' v. I I;n \ lii'!nVi'il Laid '.?i ;a . I.ur.u ai.d i t -'happr! I i l.and ilT~l "pen | :> i. i and CIoilV J."real oilt o! iioof.-. hail!. | SpenLinj* ahoiit- 111i11 -i , a-!* some \ n'hti'd?t laic lie i?(n tell > on?i,i 11, i inlin ? diu'i'il tire Misxiuri t "ii-1.'oil* <e inV j In IUeP 1 lou.se of Ri-pltin ii'.ijjui' * i-:a I a' I'd rd the (ILvil?-W'nT"^" " - t __-ht?fc~~~un possible- , iToin this 1111in>i a11 cit\ -wiilioiil iih i. rn.nktK liiin wliu preserved- tin n;i tinii and res'anvil a race to. it- - birth rn'ht - Abraham. Thin-obi. Would t.> Clod that another unlaid with lii spirit were uiliung-t the children-lit t men." ~ . "* " T 4 ~ T L>. II. Snii-r, is one of Aiuei ica' hn ( C t men. die appi oai-he-i he :vrdejr ol n college pi'i.adelit. it wa a ^i-unine pleasure to liavt- WoiLt with k him. 'Ihi.-- Writer shared .In-.. euuJi- | deuce, and will r'o hi leiieth. Im I. r.ini, fie is (le-1 iin-'d toi- la iwi* 111111 ' , There -i: no way to lu-ad Innf oil I ?lli^ llialvi'c- a nil .al-.e who .- eek: to ^ pji .i.'l i 'i i ryhndy. tint nnin won h i ^ fu'i/.ed toy Koine; to a place and en- j_ tie17.i'd by the -ante crowd . Wheti- he I left.. Reflect upon -the weekly thofl set toi1 above., The (World, i my i'a- [. ..: .i. . ...a . . .. . . . i i ... ' I I * v? t' Ui i\r. nircll- !>r ? \ t i 1 j aeu a-' by i.uiil." ~ ~~ " I uiii doing u goo^i jvoil. so 11 nit I CUIHlOt Cuil'ife tltiWIIr" lO'll - fiJUi-Ht I V till' I adversity' of Clrirago hular. hip will ha\'e to be .turned down tor the present.. Carried/ The?W. H. and K. Meet pig i imw -history -The \s l et-ee-hted?-teas ?? i?eICTe the btrt^w+rrrf* tn-did .-ee Wa: inspiring.. He Will alt* nd the Miles Convention when it >? ?? . in Ht; I .11*11 M-H 1 )|H h> I . 1 Quite a dumber of eandidati'. w'ei e pfe: en I. ,\ oal I \\ 111 i a 111;:, and \\ < . ley were seen shaking .hand with the brethren. Dr. Wright hall imi. urnv-,' ed when the writer left, neither ha.I Dr. Tookes, <Dr. Morris wa till smiles. Hutler' of (Je.orgia was in evidenee, also Ilitbeox- and Atwler .. .... . . . ... .. r Koir oi i ini<?? nr. .John iiaj uornt* ui Alka nsaa. .wuii_piV-tn t and preparing ' to "make a strong effort to land the 1 editorship of the Southern Recorder. lolin i.> a bu.stlor.. - 5 B. G. Dawson is a success where * c\'ta; he goes. Kansas ( tl>. New Or * leans, (Chicago, Atlanta jnt Big Bethel the story is the same. He^is a real ' pastor, a Smith CaroTInian to "t.lie c manor born. Cleveland may witness * a dark horse or two and it may he V Dr. Dawson. He recently raised more money for Morris Brown College than !i any African Methodist preacher hv- P ing or dead. / . j .. ' j I / ~ ' \ The writer was royally and happU y received at tin* ortiyiLJjl Jlm-LouisiHr Header^ Louisville, Ky? a few lays ago while parsing thru the city. I lu management exprest appreciaion for his feeble efforts in supjJIyng I'oin tet| Points. The Luuisvilie .e.iiler like the Palmetto Leader is i irrc'at paper. "Where is Ira??" "lias Bryant oine?'" I ll*, si questions were as'kk. tenisteinly -in the writer's presence Ini ?lie* the- It W?days he Was at the Wiv.denary Meeting. Bryant ha^i not nine, lie j> the most t'alkl of man ii his 'church. Withal he is a success. A In n a man is a succCss Tie inei'i(s lie i ight to talk. .Thi {'olumiiist joins with Bishop [''Upper in sorrowing at this time be-, apse of the demise of his wife. He cnew her . well While teaching at Uuri is Brown- many delightful mo ees in heaven. In'the7same breath words Of cotidot.,1 Rl-l.oi. Virnnii U'hn 'Via'.; u t ln-;t hi mother. Only those who have. Jo:'l molltei s know ' what it ileal). . ? Jscar DePriest calls the Negro to Conference. . . .. t Oscar .Deprlc'st?represents?somehing new in Negro politics. He is he only Negro member of Congress Mid haSiback of him lh<? vnliii niipport? )I * the ' N eg'roes^W ho ~V olist itute the uhng hiajority mi his district. He issunies to serve as the Negro renesentathe at-laftre. His claim is. illowed and he satisfactorily fulfils .he assumed role*. He i$ bold and' duot and goes for his objective Tvlth el'M'sliiug fiaiihne.w?He derive * bin political commission directly from he people, and not from the party j losses. He is neither hand picked or elf-appointed, but is beloved and apiroved of the people. He represents lie will of the race at-large as ceroinly as he does" that of bis constiTients in the first Illinois district.' <! ' proilhg front Ihe.pCdple, T>IH Jde.-i ; lot sprint; 1 roiii them when they ap- j jroai'H him. TT<? goes throughout the :otintry urging the people everywhere j u make instant use of whatever poli- j ieal power they may?have to reduce ! heir' grievances and advaAM)v their j he eustuuiary belatedneSs. of our j eauers, .wait till the national conven- 1 u ns. have been called, the committees I lobcies" adopted before pressing the lainis of ;the race. For fully two ,1-its ill .t(ls"aiu-e"~nriTie cnnmain.. h.^ alls a race-wide, {ire-convention, conWency to formulate and press our, lainis wliere\er they will. eount to j be best adv'aniage. . .Moi "Tfoes. heTlts', "re?hrt'ii t hr-?trmif: r<dy~npi5Tr~oire j joiie : I-Although the- nui'-t disinguished had highly honored Henibln-.an within tHe Negro group,, he ccogi1i7.es tivc i nethcaoy-- of a - part 1 zap rppr:i| to reiiuvtv' lhe ius.l gnevaiicos" if the nifc. ^Thii.ai let Hod ..has _ becn1 ci tainly" a sutlieiently long pprkd o determine its ert'ectiveness. And . I the political I.tin- ol .I? .race ha.teadily relapsed. If we add to Taft, j larding, and add to Harding, Coolid j v. - and add to ('oolidco, Hoover, the"! xiur total of Negro advantage aim idvanceti'iint on the political scale ihs been negative.-' There does not ....... t.. I... .-I I..'.. I .1-1 - ... .?* ?*n> i iii im.-i IIU}^ iri im- | I.I me.'hud of |>!... edlue. ..Sin ek forty imiL i'T r.iil'iM' iMi'.'lit t?f iu*i.Q the 1 rial "1" a different method. K is not i l-.i ! i : s.. In cut inile. forever I ii this dark hncertuin wnv. At tin I resent rat*' of retrogression y.v would ?e? iniieh furher hark in. 'PaO than! ve am in IPMI. I challeiig. lov-aTid II ? ?i. ,i i. a.i..i- iuji.il,. ; n > h'ar terms whej%?'he exoects tki i iinital one nary reliance fo load the] ' ''bio th.i next hvo. tnili iilluwiM .r I went y years. . Now coines Oscar Del'riest making 1 i .direct appeal to the people them- | ekes in unite in a non parti/an jnv? j iiT**..I ji.n of t lie .pi: t a ml -reasonable lariiM -of TFje.race to' bofli of the1 p*11 itica] parties: This is- tvithnit pi u.indice to any person's political >ias 1.1 predilection. The proposal is ! an.to* tie ..jutaiairuus to l.hc nii.iT-din o i f * it her minority and disadvantaged j Tulips. *- The woman suffragists, ttie j ahontes, the drvs, am1- ?lie wets hy | ire-cofivenUon - agreen\ nt, u1111e; m. lij.-: ho; pp.oi h, it h a?aci o'-i I lie inser~j mn <if their demands in the party; iltform. All 1 {thorites, all wonuin. inffTitt'K-. .nil u't'tw,1 no ;>n dry? will1 jot vote for either party, whatever leclarations may be carried in the] ilatform.. Many will follow their old tolitical allegiance regardless of the .pec+at ttemawk of the oarticulaT^TiT-' t. t ?; w in. h they mi'iv e.pouse. Bn he great wei t?J&. .thg^inoral influ net* of tJ10 movement'Svin'he thrown rr the side of that party, whh. h mpat. .? :<i \ .ipiatc- if.\ platform to their; ifgen demands. Many Negroes would -ontinue to follow the Urand Old I * I v t-hnuKh Tt oJatTdi'm ctimc on' jo Idly for the lily white-1. Others vouM refuse to vote for the Deino rat.te rival, though the .party-declared ip- the remedy of ell ju.st grievances, -o ','iu .tU I he. hold ?.f pr.lil n ul.ti-.i'li? ion and inheit-ia. But the time hftsi 1 lived when the 1 hoii'Hit fill NevTo.j <>ter mii<t seek polii'eal alignment roni rational rattier than from senti- i nental and emotional consideration. | Mr. Del'rjest's suggestion appeals j nost strongly to those who place | acila welfare 'above the triumph of n\ pot i tie at party. This will ITpdfeal j o a rapidly increasing number of un-j elfish Negroes, especially of the | monger generation who approach the ] itnntioo with onen nnnil-i.?Of eour-e ' lie appeal is hopele- s. to die-hard, obi , me .Holiibon Nevro f&ditlean whos**^ losed mind has neither learned notorgotten any new political k howled-' :e since -Reconstruction. The fifteenth Census shows an iniazing increase in the number of Jegro voting strength in the North. Neither party can reasonably hope to . i :* \ Saturday, July ft, 193-1. carry any one of these essential Easierit aiuh nviU^we?Wnr^tateB with out considerable re-enforcement from the Negro contingency. Now is the strategic time for the-Negro to-sell his ballot' for what it is most worth? the recognition of his rights' and pri- II vileges under the Constitution and the law. The be>.t bargain can always be made when there is more than one bidder.:? -Xiie increasing re: enfranchisement ot the race through Northern migration adds timeliness to Mr. DePrie.?t*s statesmanlike proposal. . ~ ? KELLY MILLER. 7 AN APPEAL FOR ' A LARGER MEMBERSHIP IN THE BAPT. S. - S. AND B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION By Stephen Campbell, Pnblicity Sect:'-.--.---r"Arise.hiuf go over this Jordan, thou and ALL the people" is a imperative to this hodv it vvii? tn' . liies wlit-n they stout) by the* rippling- ' = cwatei's .of muddy' Jordan years ago. "There remains yet much land to be conquered," carrys the same import to this organization as it did when -the agi J Joshua leaned upon bis stptf pressed by .lie weight of yeai's. I have heard a voice deep, in the silent chambers of my inner being conimanding nie to "Speak unto the peo pie thntdfhcy go forward, not backward, outward, not inward, and upward, not downward, and to vou. who rhllVe been waiting for "the urge to Keilnfe -f) rlnV p.mi V>r initio," in ?1? I I call upon to join us at Union, Si C'f, July 1G-19, and help us to "Enlarge the place of our tent, lengthen our cords, aifd strengthen' our stakes." " A glance at the numhon of- ?phnnh '-iiltd unions enrolled in, the convention will bo an a opunwr t thotio who are ? asleep on the job. "Open the young man's eyes (leaders) that ?^e may? I see. is.the need of this organization. Big flowery speeches and a big parade of sentences may stir.the hear; | tivcs to iv-.u-li the unreached portion of the s'ate, where scores of schools .ind union- are idle because, "No man ? hath hired me." I am addressing this an peal fo you direct in the name 01 me uuovemion ueing commanded ny hiy chief, president Gandy.'to put it up to you to come and be a vital part of this convention. The I'Ul'Ulds are l.at?there are less than 100 schools enrolled to this date. I counted 65 schools, 27 unions and 19 conventions ! that etnulied last year at Green Vlllc. 1 am ort'eiing n big1'prize for ih.- he : plan to ic-aeh thgse~sctTgi)ts~ ?? There are inore than lOOO Baptist chin dies in this ^tite-and less than ? ! 1-4 belongs to the slate body. Like j the church at Ephesus Acts 19:2 "He' | said unto the hi, Have ye received the IJIoly Ghost . s-bice; ye belleve(1 ? And they said uniu him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. . - * Like tiii* people, there ars plenty places which have never heard of the Stale Sunday. School Convention and ! its up to tlie new administration to ' .'t^TTrtt that They not-only hear-butr I see iC Most likely we have been | fishing too close to the banks of city ' churches and to us the voice comes | "Launch out into the deep." j Many just complaints have come to i ars of the secretary from the "litth?ti> In"?uinoug?which i..,?thu^ ntftcr get a' cfrrfede -to appear on the program, To you 1 say, look at this . \ earls piogram and you will find it filled with men who have pever appeared before 1 admit that too' few ii.f us aie lying- to do too thuch but 1 the only way to corect this is see to it that iio one of us is elected to_wu? ? ?i.i I,, lio.,u.| .?I am loiiyiiiced^tftatwe have enough-Sunday?School and Union vviirk'i rv tn 111:if*i' uii flu- iier.nrrmel (if " our convention without doubling up placer'. It Villi .Will join till1 CUUVeilLlUlI jQu van help correct this. People like you of wide experience and gooU , little leaven leaventh the whole lump" If we had you'as. a njember of the convention, you could do great good in helpin" us to adopt a new policy i- .lil.S vh:>i 11.1 lini'H the d in i n ist rat ion l is unLy one year old. now is vour lima to present yourself.and plans to help... nvake this a greater convention. It you ioin us, here are a few of | the in'tiblc'iip1 uliirli yuu1 may help u's ? solve: A egregation of Ifbard memhefs <(live more people places); The C-; ahh-hine of .a registration bureau ' of all who attend each session so as to have fenders lor the work; A dis tributioii of the work and honors of 't hn convention: The election of a full i : ime .('oi re-ponding Secretary with a living salary, going over the state f-defiverifig a Live Livey message fre3 from the Avorry of wondering if he will, g. t a collection; The ^separation faTt the^B. V. P. U. from the Sunday. School ' wtoh each meeting at the ante place at the same time but with Ipjt.icc/f. for each. The B. Y.> P U. I meeting or holding its session on Thursday and the Sunday School hav-' : mg Friday, thru Sunday. At presj-.r-nt the B.- Vv-Pr U, is only a space I til lex on the jnugram. | Annual inemebrs ought he reconii mended by their schools or unions; > \ t< t- |?i umuviii:\ uu^ia utr ucc iu as: | ?'ny* the president and let someone "cl^e tffivct the music; The convention ii-ed "lu'urtqnni'ters thru which all its business ought pass with official * ?la liuiiery; All road*' led to Rome" and csery young people club and organization ought lead to this conven. ti>iii-. "Why stand ye here - idle?. I,uid no mail hath hired us." This is ,my last appeal before the convention mets~out D. V. I. will do my besf for this convention to make it the largest and bedt organized l.udy in tin- state. "A'Tittle fl'Ulli many- ? :tiii 1 ' ?1?t inni 'none,?many?doing a lit ,le and none doing it all, organized Qfck-pntivud and supervised, will make this the biggest body of its kind in America, And if you will join by paying your $5.00 for schools and unions, $7.50 for conventions, $3.00 for annual members and $5.00 for, life membership, this organization will GROW, GO and GLOW. a. ' I 11 i' i?l 'n ilifllEf' % V.? '