The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, December 12, 1931, Page Page 4, Image 4
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Communications intended for' lire c urrent Dsue must
; . be very brief and shoflid reach the editorial desk
of the Palmetto Deed. 1 . it later than Tuesday
of each week. City news, locals, personals arid
~7 ~~r~" social-news, "by Wcdner.itry?my4it-r
Business and Editori:U .Piu:ne 4 .>.2 3
columma. s. e.. .i>kt. i2rmr;
' HKI.KX IIAt: !':.\\?%ST.
Those forUmu-L.es \v!:?? ; ' .'( the ! '\>n? recital
rendered by IIelCn I"~v vT*0' "A.Ik 11 Universjt ~
auditorium Tuesday evon.ny. iex.nor fust mu.-t
have lecn highly pie. ed '' ; i > plondid-di-rlh;~
of musicianship,. tckiufi ? iti-try nindo. V>v
- ; MHBs~ttc.tra.ru- -,?-?^ " "?" - -r^
Miss Italian is ?in" ' v. of.our ?:*??- . ,
who- use the' tin do- :'- 1 < ?y as- a* 1.1? d .;> *
of concert ex'ptv'sslojK ' 'rytuy; id'. Vci'e .
support Jt'o'i- i-e!iv\i:,.; .: . ' : i.-ii.'- esthetic taste'
to 'the 'ex-Urn i " J.t1:\T s?;o J. ^ ;* ?i?s;l her i !a\ in
. tempt in t':.e a) l ai:*. a . . t>H>s*cains
"playintr d<s:v n." ' to ~ . r yiiu.;
the masteri ii res- of fU.', < '..< i l ie a lei:-' v:.
toward heii'htynin-i' tri ? |;j'veeiat.inn V those
woi.Us and tlu !r.
Parents who hate, l.-v - ? -. . a:rrhu-r. ft-t
sons be.-omi vs vrrorrt a ft>.ii>tedly encouraKed
when (he ! . \ 'I.
Columbia pr? prasn
as Bach., i;.>othy.:i 'i .
was (!{ ".-1> 1 to. ' ''m; . - ov. >. > nrraii::.
ments' of Negro r.eard Y, >.
Hajran shall not soon ,Vi',
_ I'RINCM'LKS AM) :i 1 AMttXAI.J 11KS.
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It seems to lis lh;.t ' .. . t.?o much <! . 1;.
evading of issues and iiui .1 ..intr in personal'tie
?i : carried?on nnuniK?..'dry'?u?M1 i [^.0].
throughouc America.' iki^ d- being' done anion.-'
white and colored- pe-u'.'. <> .n ?. t U'Htion h :i been
called to this, ten !> u < df i, inanity 1 ?t:t lg-.
_ week while reading SciinydoV column "Views jtrw"
and Reviews'-' in the I'itt.-bu: e'f < ourie'r several instances
where thjs'eheqp pt.; had teen resorted
to coursed tTTfutftih b'fiT* :
Mr.., Schuyler ildfntedOut that when-as he. hadj
attacked certain princ'ij Ic-' u.-cd by certain in*
- -? dividua 1 s ?t ho~e?indivii'r; ' ? !n -' .-rot <..j~ d.-f> i.. i
ing their principles; enti .? .on a course'of a'l ?us
and villification ?.t"vSjiu;.-h .and rr.tiu r atempo-d
to discredit what he had i ! ccattse "of his pid-.
vaie eor.yems. than ! ' r a't-wrt I. I
" rebut bis . ai '-rnmom'n-?rbr: : ?m?rm?tin. c"r~lviuniu
iiy j n<?)i i ,
as having mucked rij::i. }?,.m .-ay v..-.
certainly worth ivadit nr.
~ Conies t?> iV.iiM i iv ' . H**?i?I I, T..il\
L ulicie _"Tir" xTanTi s'>- vf'' .T;r:,Vu:;:\:o:uP;r <u
by that extinct ni..jr ~ . ?.- ' ;e*k. Tfi TT*
article Mr.. Davis ji-!1 1 .. to certain la
es of Negroes who in >- >.; |il,r liter,ts< 1.t
as the claiL'-es in corp. h , lew'. . v, ..
form the masses: li . . heso In- .
tend to ttax . atUuuiit a he ma.sc- .-.a.then
desert them In. . . i'tv'o! ami ?. on
mic struggles. ? -*h article \v..s pit?
dished Mr. I >a\ is v.. s hi ever- fj inl tWe
-rettumiocr haling n " one nttenij*
-=? at. deund+n -.-a: -? . ' n.rnihi'in o n
that was dro.e ' .l\|< l -dr.. i taX-lto
abuse and -t Ids -?] - :.< .km: dared' to e . '
?press win it a.- vy...
- " **!? We' .'rrc- iwl-'r.mtr-TrJ , ? IIM?h?
-^J#:j6tblished iii -comic -tfju 1 !|*'flVU?- ;: ? , -ys. hit the.
.the prinrii le* is ibe ;% *"* ,hk g. and the $ ? '
. ..... son involvt'd c-.iy ' !; >. . in^'ame it X
our opinion that ';!>?>, , c. In nd m'n
~ the church involved . : -flyugh-!. in i.
case of the bishop *. 1* ? ' . hi f laving sivivn
i contract to pay a ;;k! accuses him of the
parent hood -of her I.:.*:. .id?.. .. t hom-ond ?<
.... i_ iars, in. attempting i<r ti t i^lfown every detail oi
the t rn ncithf i i in o>i-l It' ? .1 . -.lone . 1.: 1. I
T sacred g.uments, well ,<nn an^t it not let ITcenc.v
prevail. The principle there is decency. h
is not -the bishop per < . V.'e trilst that the day
"v he hastened when principles will always pre
vail over personalities a primary consideration in
human intercourse, l.ec us remember that intra
race prejudice is even worse than iyter race preju
* dibe. There is no strife so lethal a<# internecine
strife.
J. A. KOCli'iKS, HISTORIAN.
Tn the Afro Amcr'e.n ?.f 1 ?? week an -article' ! v
J. A. TToklus . voiu.h-a V t ' : very interesting anrl
valuable info?mat!(.n that :: boil: from bis "Ca i
scheduled to make its appearance real soon. > In
fact he said that the printer promised him that it
would be ready December third.
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f-nfrHy inicres-ted|in Mr. Holers' an
..^ wo t75turvv that whatever bears
!.?!.! \:;jv a la la I l bat- guarantees its
> Tire . ; ; i ! that have been ap
\ i<> At'U-f'-i'n anil the Ijlu^iaU:;.]
i ; i ; ni U"; a i?" pen concerning
. f.Tnt* event = basctT upon intensive
;. .. a'ir.To <7Tr in i; 1?I unusual Iiivest
: "; v. * ' 'lie i s ; Mly enthusiastic aboul
I'*,.. i.- v !Li--.-i?r Iv-oV.
j .. . i'.a t; o-1 vs i?f. a. is "Worlds (IreatesH
. Ik This ! < ok is'announeei
. : u rirc eibiien el aneihf'r work of tilt
:? will contain bioc:plvies of niort
nu n arci vhuu-h of African de
i- w.1 i uu'ie lb .11 two hundred ai
-e 1 (?k -is Wiih published. in
K. ." .sui-er\ 1: i?):i. if_.w'e understaiu
j i-tiiilh ? !iir cne i'c>li-:iv.
i ; e?n;t-ia;:y in11 rest !!vtr as a l ie
. ' !: :.!? i-' "i"'' a?h ice to ihoy who?uy*h-tc
' " : . >.\ ii i-iiilo in tin UTonipli liment
| i ; arkor ?<>m|i!ix:ons, to jjet Mr. Kogers
11. ig^i-Uaic-itA-cuntciilk? W titers like Mr
! m , ;, !?. ?l . not 'rrt?*r~tn.jToptrtnr opinion in whal
S " *" * it -rather * folhw -their trtUh wherevot
'* . ! b in in. .id all lhe.en ouragemCnt the\
i ; i- . i in r r,x.ir mt oUn.'l na-1 wnrn*
I ; . .! . il x'i-i ; -ta'es that ho- has had great difficultx
1 <-; :i publisher for his work because; thesi
piu-d sa-tisfy a ' white' "r Adding clientele:
\ .) ' : i'i-- i'i< 'iiatfiial is estraordinai ly bri
' possibility. Negroes fail to reat
-j r-? i iiii.iiuj.v in la>-rv mnVibers because
' '-tsn. ;b?> b? ol.s are too high. Oui
t i ay a- hi;:;1.', - two to two am
. V wheti' iV.-'r average watte scale
higher. N.-gr- vs~ by and large art
r .1. 'lie.' .oil... of Niuii
few of our papers entry. book re
. . , :'?v1utc.- Few of our e ducat or;
- v in "o.*; i .the:-,- students of the
v: taia.v o.h . library and reading
f ? ?rr._- s ; c v t.:t:iy pirn- where most
j ' ? * r?> - it ri . ' t ' l- . '.v-m . n /I T
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\: ! ::V)'U' sovvue ill U<
' i -: i v'. :: itiih-.liis writers
* ; ? ; :s; \*.vs ;;l>vo;td whore ]j<
; .. ' >1 i iit the. \v?rl(l'.'
i; - -r=7?r~*Vlth UlO Wl'S.I
' - i ; ; Inr* >?!'- cthin'h
;- - - - '/, . r is pleased u
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LINES
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I < 1 .-* . -? * - -,T ?1.1 < 4- Witii?MB
riui" siitA w "
i . . > < <.; ;> iitV tini altmc, t(?*l?o'ob;
. ? V a.-qovn;.!. IT. as \U' arc toltl". that ilT
j.: i \ > i 1111 - a v.i-i.i. a |.o;:tul of airo, the:
I . ; . i sa^- J?;.. * an ninui- of interpreiani'on -is
t v/.r.ii ci ol.soi valio'n! Alt about us arc
I c;. t: ; irinjj tl.at aTo thviilir.y; and interest1
, , . ^ , !; t i I i M i .! ' 1 ?11 ? V I l'i? lll-aliltiiti<i i m Koi 1
. t mm; " ;
i > ...iMii i"r Xcjgro education as* conceive;!
y ... , ii.^iiiirrVi'.ns upon whose support-the
. ;i>l? - >. 7u'.e .pr?-gtam depends,' presents a -study
?ttt ' I'.'f*?tro?; I< <> -1?. ei'ulin and?the most
.->? i cmU-.atiou. It is proposed to build l'our
u.ige X; .10 t tiiua.iuji.d i-ciiU'i.-; one in Nashville,
.. X, ;r.~_iTT7ir~ oiv m .\e\v~ (irleans; lloward
I ..ivt a'. Washington making the fourth.
At 1 i.m i . , :.i n-iii',i h< .million do Liars has been givi'U
1 r tuii.rk at A;lau^a.'and already, big things
are i.i v.ay lor the p.-bo-great' Dilhvtd UniverJ
_sii'y Nt-v. Orieah-. These four great educational
>'iji n * .Negro edueatioh~\rtltrTn-years to come.
in o'ii?v hichcr. ethlertttrrnaj avenues for. No[
;. lot:-'. -. ~
??hrr* ?' 1i] ie ie god iiioie the larcer
i Vt.'-.i.e I oi\ei sitie>. are restricting: their Negro
.. . . a, Den- these large centers in the
ove-L |V d. X; g. oo.? id .all probnlity, will
^tlTogcither. In oilier words, the p'resi
,.i .or Xegio edueaUon .mraiis a more
t i .ant (,|. .ac ,\i-gro. Mole and more
. X. .. a. . ,r:u;i ! or_iMlli aU^'irn.aVt tjarn lowttril
tU r ill j?! ?. -fill. Dill UlllDiyolllC
;rr? * tom*#?^uvr: 1'inTC atv lis could lit- rea i;.i^*'^i?ih'
ad\nntages and m?hh- disi.i
< fUu'a; naa: oi\uni;y. in that these
, ? ,.i er?i?:i \. i..?i I!, "ill In- nn-i"
*. r iy n.v'iv i i-a<-aaiiU< financially.
.. . ' u;: i ' v ill an ad\outage,
t.' . . i i;:a- relation. the disadvani.
a,O' Jh . v c.ie at present .entirely loo
.a i < it'll net ? iiviVvi-cii the-whites and
. r?>noif ?rt t Jie-t.tost. oeiielicient of these
, ni fine, la f get* universities of the cot.ni>
. t?r- \ :.I'll t+rtM- c.\VK:-h> 'Negroes, .th^ cause
'-its h Mi -tiller. Already the
taints* li-a'-ious ate becoming 1'ewo'r
i?. is ijv'it'.-t lfi-l V" paddle his own rea;
a . JZfiaP?' tHii'D1, lliiv I * -4 H hl-t frVV" xWiiV1^
?-? n I, . atte. f.i tint, present .policy ol segrent
<1 ami t'i.ei.e is every .Reason -to
I ' -t. i.l - in res ..initial MaUcrs,..lUul :.t0 Litis
' ai.'. : i t . !.: if c.ii. pit a.- -e-tre.vat ion in church
1 = . d. - V. t' H. ^ : tn t't 11. til?11 "-'"-T"'! thill
m j... v are ui.ihy to giow 3'arther and "farther
I . , ?>.: t.
it. . . ..id i" see wiv. t^ils will not be- productive
>r. ::.iiiiii.i py ie??ti111^t glegation is spreading
rt? : 1 .in 1.. l -frrrr 111 HIllll'^e educaliotial
yi't ' wu AegmeVat vhe South, is hut a part ot
a.- a.ust it he forgotten thai these centers
11 y !'iv iiue a' pressing necessity, in view of the
p,tit m 'i.e.,i.'"iva.uD PiMiu.-inn i'tujm tin; .larger
whit.- tail.e.rsities When philanthropists poured
out la ir means to esUthlish ilamton and Tuskegee,
it. ma., l have. WceA. ^jnoiivated. by the belief that
.:u!u, "i'1 edutaion was-the Only type suited to Negroes
; they may have seen that there Would arise
a cor.ui ion in this country when this type of educa.iof,
would be the Negro's only hope of 'survival.
in oib. , v.orcls, those whites who have so long enio
.ra*-, d Negroes to qualify themselves in the manu.
. . a' , i;..iy have done so out of a conviction born
of i'ln.iii.ue knowledge, of the white man's program
thai Negroes wo/ild sorely need to practice these
arts, for the reason that the practice of fine arts
. among' whites, would ultimately be foreign to Amenta's
p tog-ram.
We can always tell what the Negro thinks by his
tall<7 v 4- ti ll that the white man thinks by his ac.
.... i !.i uhi.e nia minders! a n.ls the Negro in this
eMi.iti much better than the Nei^ro understands
the'while man. It is true that such success as the
Negro has attained in this country in a business
, i\vii l.uilt upon the policy of segregation,
and p< i haps the white man believes that the more
Complete the'segregation the more probable it is
that the Negro will survive. He this as it may,
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THE PALMETTO LEADER, ,
1 segregation as a national policy towrds the Negro
I today prevails and there is not one reson to believe
! tlit it will be otherwise a hundred years from no Ml
1 The Negro will have u> make the most of it ami
' j any policy that do.es not take this into account is
L | bound to be awkwaul. and abortive. Almost every
; > major' consideration of the dominant white race.
trrric>. forward to trnibfe complete*segregation of the 1
p4 anrl-thf Wfi'n m:iy as well make this fact |
part of his planning. The proposal to establish j
1 four large educational centers for Negroes--iH-jnst
"a straw in the wind." Iti is f>roplietic!
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I POINTED POINTS |j
, | HV GEORGE A. SINGLETON I
!? The Weekly Text:
I will raise ray eyes to the" hills;
-Whence do en- my help come? ?;?
My hel^1 is from the Lord, ,
- ^ Who mailt' Lice, heavens and earth. .
?The Psalms 121:1.
\ The Weekly Thot; ' "
? There is a* heaven, for ever, day
, by day, ' .. .
The upward long ing of rav soul
doth tell me so.
There is a hell, I'm quite sure;
l'or * pray,
I v If there were not, \vhere_would
1 my neighbours go?- -Dunbar.
' "" Quite hijman is your poet this week. He lives
L and_mcvs_aiuLlia.s his being ammiff contriving, iealr
otis, envious, gossiping1, folk. Regardless of the
] duift in modern theology, some gf your people need
7 frelr and-a lot of it. In certain quarters'nine niay
hear the statement that there is hell on earth. Yes,
and Brother John C. Doe will need some hell soon
p as from earth he "gde>. '' " "? "
But Dunbar is thinking about his Dayton neigh>
hors. Strange, but Jrue, you naver -replly -know a
, pei son until you live with him. Once more it is
easy to think of heaven in terms of your, friends
and relatives, but what about your "neighbors?"
What .about your enemies and millions of beings
?you nave never seen and never will see?"
, Gefmf Hits -fs-n- +ttdl-of--aTT 'earth".' ~"And yo.li
will find many who will so vote, it is the task of
1 he saints to build heaven here. Big job, but go
to it. Weak brothers and sisters who will not face
' the fight or right against wrong ti'V to pass the
?? r n-wi' i o: - ?- -
.-v.- w -tM i "JJILL Lju-Xttt^fic?i-fio lemgaom
f= " whether Di' n|o. iN ot the Jesus way.
( Pri es of commodities continue to move upon a
low* iev-el? K-ggs at thirty edits the Hnvpn Von
'--(-member when they were much higher. Gasoline
~7s around seven cent* the gallon. May be more
...vhore you are. Hut speftking about prices. They
are .governed "by the law of supply and demand.
I'erh;.ps u costs a respectable hen no more to lay
\ a (i .en cgv* in 1P31 than it did in 1U16. The de|
tie would-be buyers have the wherewithal with
whi.h to buy, the demand is not'elfective.'
Pri es are 11vwQi8EPTT!?e the people have no money
to spend, or they ' a\e not so much a- they would
like to have: Christmas- season?is here and otrT
- ovan?dep es; ion wil; til- bit a teiritic blow. Merchants
will do bi?- business, Hailroaus will also
reap a fair profit. % In the jim crow kingdom many
; of your people w?ll ride in automobiles.
The next step will be to have, the United States
, Congress enact a national segregation and jim crow
law for aeroplanes. This will become opercive
when -your people begin to fly. Two things hin'
der them now. First, they ha-ve not the kale, and
Sc.ond, '.they have "not' enoiu-h faith.
.Congressman DePi iest has held his non-partisan
~ cc nferenee. Trusc sonic good was accomphslvt. PF
there cvm' was : timn' bv ?liiu ...a,... '
- ? ^ ,, >11 UIU1 IKILIUII >v ?l VII ^'UUI'
people needed to cbmc ch.sm I ni> i*t her it i. now
Did you read gihout the two .wind's of Bronze Baptists
in Texas getting together after twenty-five
under the sun. Now let the other Baptises and
Methodists do the saute. thing. Carter .Woodson 1st
not .far front right in his contention for an united
. hureti for your?folk. . . i.. .. Avoidance
of"ritip'lieatioiT' of elfu.rt at home and
abroad, strengthening of educational work, heightening
the standards of ministerial eificiency. But
here this insigiiilieant writer .wjieit he says, that union
in the Bronze citurelt will ?.onte when the lay,
membership demands it.' Not before. The moral
insight always outruns the eeonpntic. When they
_cateh up with each other a change will take place.
Bight around tlie coiner is the economic. How
long it will take him to turn it is the.question;""
ITerbei t Hoover, fits" caii'ineC aird alt government I
employees are giving about three days salary for i
unemployment. Ladies and gentlemen who studied'
with irhis -wrncr last, year will remember some
thing* that were said \vh.n .Mussolini and the ltal--ian..oahine.u
were being talkt about. In the long .
run the high anil-mighty walk the way .of the
Pointed Pointer..
1 he entire faculty of Boston University has a-,
greed to a reduction of salary. Don't be frightened,
now. Your salary was reduced from the outset.
This does not apply to you.
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.. ....i. ........ .r. imi, l iiiirny,. ?ijiu a cnanco |
to work. The -I'm--sklent of the American Federation
of Labor recently told the nation's lawmakers
that the unemployment situation would be solved
if industry would operate on a live-day basis. This.
- humble?M-rilic ?reduce hours?ffmL-rethiee- =
the .days. Then there would be enough to put
cAeryboUy to work. With money in the pockets of
all, all would be able to purchase Koods. Welcome
. iiftud times all around. But . if they. will?nut., hear
- Itr?> banc u h,v umilil von expect" them to he?r your ?
scribe?
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!!
Extraordinary Concern
l or the Columbia F'orum and Liberty Lovers
Issues of vital concern to all of Columbia's
Citizens._are to the fore now. '. 1
The soberest thought, the most genuine
loyalty unallryed courage, dogged determinot.'AU
e?wl nl 1..4~ 1
iiaiiKU aim CIUMIUIU" UIincmnillieHS iiltJ Iltieued
immediately. In the interest of our fellovvmen
and those yet unborn, let us pull together
forgetting individual interest and
priviate fortunes. .. . . t.
Let's help to settle it now, once and for
all. Let's meet at Allen University at 4:30
L- Ab _ Th.oir~nTusic and presentation of the "
cause by loaders of Columbia. TTvory man's
opinion will count. ./ ?:
I). II. SIMS,
President of the Columbia Forum.
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FIRST CALVARY 11 ATT. cnUttCU'
Rev. S. S. Youjngblood, I'astor
The S. S. was opened at 10:00 A. AI
with a lartrt- number present. After
the lesson in classes lhc entire
Io'up was inspired by a well prepar
<-d review of the lesson by Mirs Annie
lieshiu,-wio --of our young, but well,
prepared teachers
The* pastor's 'text 5Glh Psalm, one
id' David's prayers in which he asked
.he Lord to deliver his feet from falling,
that he might walk before the
i.ord in His light. The prayer, of
David should be the prayer of every
soul. As the Christian's way "is-beset
with dangers we must always
Look to the Lord for help/Tor we are
not able without Him to overcome.
Brother 11. \V. Bradley one of the
officers of th<> chlifrli lint !.??
tend sympathy to Bro. Bradley and
family in their sorrow. *
Sisicr Julia Thompson one ot our
old members is in thr Good Sanmritan
Hospital. We are praying for
her recovery. '
Brother John Roseborough has had
the misfortune of getting, one of his
letrs broken wo hope that he will
soon recover.
1 he tstudents ajul son?e of V'ie
members. of Mjio. faculty ol Benedict
College worsh-ipp ui with us last Sunday.
We '.vciv glad to ha.'? them.
The Willing "Workers C iub whleK"
)itets every Thursday afternoon at
a:.')0- will meet al. tile home of Airs.
Harrison oil Richland St. It is one
:of the aims of the club to study the
Bible. Come a^id lend us your *rid.
J ' ' ' O . .. . _
Rev. J. C. Anderson I'astor
The Sunday School levon was very
inspiring and was well taught. Sub
jo.ct "Unto the Ends of the Earthf
II Tim. -1:0-18" Both1 teachers and
"Ttudents~ci>gerly sought for the truth
of the lesson and were amply rewarded
for so .oing.
At 11:110 the pastor preached an in-.
Uliriiur unl-mnn' I
d3llt With the precious blood of Chrjst
as of a lamb without blemish' unci
without spot." Thj Holy Spirit was
present and all c.njL,ved a sp: ilnai
foast. There wore a number of vis-'
itofs: present. We always extend to
them a "hearty welcome. Holy Communion
was served to a large number.
Ac '. A1 c- . League rendered a
program wht- h- was enjoyed by alb
The jura r used as his text ' fov
John (J: 11. Then those men when they
had seen -the?miracle that Jesus tiidsaid
this is of a tiuth tht Prophet
-that?should entire untu the world.
This was a "won.'.erful sermon.
Sunday will close our conference
year. The pastor, and officers arcurging
ai| members to bo present
and pay their conference claim. The
presiding elder will hold .his last
vene at Batesburg, S. C., Docembei
'quarter Sunday.
The .annual conference will cou- '
lb with Bishop J. A. Hamlet, presiding
in Bishop K. S. Williams' place
Bishop Williams is 111 ai his home iijT
Augusta, Ga. ..
On Sunday night the choir will givt.
a Harvest pageant. This promises
to be'very good.
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THE Ml'SIC BOX - .
(By Theo.> A. Lane).
Folksongs?No. 1
What is the meaning of the term
'folksong"??-?-,-n?
A folksong is that ballad or tune
sung by a common people.
If is most essential that the word
folly nng be-,' understood as having
distinctive a meaning as7 folklore,
myth'm- legend. Mm?y countries of the
European Continent are most emphatic
in the legendary folksong. The
song does not only express joy and
festivity a* -one is?so?ready?to he
lieVe but also saefness and grief,, as
the occasion, may demand. . ' J
Perhap$ the best well known of the
foreign folksongs arc 'those of the '
German people, the Russian, the Irish
and the English people. Although,1
an Englishman does not consider hiin
self a foreigner to us Americans. I
Coming back to our own shores, we
are immediately attached to one class
or group of songs, when the word
folksong js mentioned; that of the
Negro, more widely known" as the
".Spiritual" and "Plantation Melody".
in ycarepasso'dr rtTgrc "frtffigs so saered
to our people, especially here
!l?tlie South, have been classed by no
the so-called "rag time" and.."coon- I
song."
Thrm'ffh *he ""tiring effort ofTsuch
outstanding men of the race as II. T.
Burleigh, J. Rosamond Johnson, R.
Mmhiinid Di-it and qthcr prominent
composers ; and music writers, not
'"orgetting TCP-mention thv. host of I
singers, in the lead <jX wi.ich appears
r.e name the famous Roland Hayes,-- -!
i lie ' spiritual"?torn beer. -to-ugV. to '
'he front, ami is now taking its '
|,i.ace 111 the American c.?cert and
fasi Iwoming a mine -ippri l iat.ed fr.r
recital scores, and I do nr!\ ve it is
t >r by our own p> :?ie as well as
the people of the white race, as time
advances.
The "Spiritual" is not a populat.
song in the sense in which the word
is most frequently used, not only a
song or tune admired by the pe
but the song (created) by the people.
It has come into existence with
out the influence of coneious art, but
a spontaneous utterance filled with
characteristic - expression of ?the?
fdelings of a people. They are identified
in most case^ by certain peculiarities
of rhythm-, form of melody'
which are traceable more or less clearly
to racial temperment, modes of
life, climatic and political conditions,
gcorgraphical environment and lan-i
guage. I
?Saturday, December
__ something to think awht
When we realise dnthijig we find our
selves amidts a series > oT conflicts,
!ar struggle for survival ..We have beI
come a unit in our great human fan^^
j ily. filled into some definite euviui^^F~
I nient, which determines in most instances
just what roje we will play
4n "this great drama uf-Ifftn
j We spring up-like flowers, adopt ourselves
to our surroundings, the s.une
customs and habits of our parents,
wear the style of clothing they wear
'which helps us to adjust ourselves to
The climatic condition, intact every
mode of our habits is more or less a
istep in the process of adaptation to
j our particular environment. .
| The. present social order is the fortunate
recipient of an age of niach-?
inary .which is a great factor in an
'-environment wo have countless, laboi
saving, devices, also various forms of
amusements resulting frominvencl"ons
of machinery which makes our en
I vii-onment <0-1111 11
ted existences for a higher,type of
givilfttion. ?? .
When the creator of worlds held the
planets like plastic clay in his hand
He looked down the ages and saw
that tlu?de-tiny ?.T all tttt- creations
of his -hand wuuh' hinge around a se
ries of actions, that is just how well
and in what maniv i the highest form
of life would fit i..to ifis Universe, he
saw that there .vould always he a
group of individuals who would' ?TW/k
to convert the natural forces into use
1 11 forms of matter by day tve see a
group of masterminds, thinkers who
see far ahead ol their Time and
doing their part toward making
social order less complex.
ent scheme of things than that of yes '
1 terdy to-day we use steamboats,
radio, wireles telegraphy, cannon
guns, aeroplanes, and submarines in
place of the crude machinery of yesterday
and it has taken the thinking "
individual to give those thin<r< n"v,
r T3ut how many of our people are
thinking individuals? eventfrq~tliehonds
of slavery have only been removed
from us. a little over sixty years, we
have some thinking individuals "who
-have^riaen toplaeesof?rccmmTtTml "
yer, the Scientis, the Militr.ry genius.1
thi Statesman the Physican, the lawwith
the ranks .ol.any people.We hue
We. have James Weldon .lohnsnn t-h.?
Stateman, l)r Dan William.-, nn ?^ii ?nent
Surgeon who has performed the
unusual operation and a sucfe.sful
one. on the human 'heart, which has
placed him on the summit in the surgical
environment.-Dr. Goo.-fai-tvr- ntav
be retrardpfl n? din ?.;rs-r.
w 0.^_. v?; :v?v ??v iV 11 I i 1 li: V<
ius of the age. Ho has placed his race
in an enviable position by hi* is
covcries of the use 'the sweet, potato,
pecan.and peanut, having seem-. >i ,t
-HtHitlr ed -amPcighty two prodUc tsTT < > hi
the pecan, and eighty two from the
peanut, he was elected a mginber
the 'British Royal Society of Sciem-3^
Col.-Chas. Young, the milacavy genius^ .
had "the eyes of the nation centered
on him in the last war anil to day the
eyes of the world are focused on Dr.
Dubois, Dr.. Carter Woodson, and Dr.
'Alen Locke as Schorlars. the negro
gives to America its only contribution
In Negro Folksong; Harry T. Burleigh
still produces, in the field of poe_Lry.-iva
have composer? that cunnm he
snrpassed. We have a William I'ickeiis
a Paul Laurence 1, unbar, a I luges.- a "CuTIeiT
and a Johnson
Indeed tTie *Ne/*'b has achieved?
added to the gv.at environment in '
which we nrc ? p..it. Hisaehmn^irrimT
hit VP helped it to grow lugger and
better. But lest we forget, our future .
race, our postery can not-live on the
past acomplish ment's. j
Are we destined to stand on this
{Hateau? We' need another Carver,
another Dubios, another Burleigh, our
progress must not cease!
Katheryn l)ugged Renibert
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i uijiaiisiA PUBLIC LIBRARY
"Y" BUILDING, 1429 PAKK ST.'
Xovnmhpy'j; Ropnrf
Adult circulation: Fiction 250; NonFiction
1:59; Total .'189.
Juvenile circulation: Fiction 15'J; Nogfc
Fiction 91, Total'243.
Entire circulation: 632 books and IT
magazines.
New borrowers: Adult 36, Juvenile 8,
Total 44.
Present enrollment 1142. 122 new
books for Juvenile section, of which
some are as follows:
Boys and Girls of Modern Days by
C. S. Bailey; The World War and
What Was 'Behind It by L. P, Benczct.
Ettlquette, Jr.,"hy Clark" and QuigTeyr"
Child's Story of the Human Race by
Ramon Coffman; When lie was Just
a LitHf Chil'ri.-hy-Lm:yIU^momLj-The
A'oung .Supercargo, Wm. Dr.y^rfaie;
Romance of Science S.ei'icA_AiL A. ldi- '
I'uy; Old Curiosity Shop, Charles
Dickens; Child's Book of the Teeth,,
Ferguson; Everyday Mouth Hygiene,
Tosenh Heat): Captain K:ii). nwl.wpii.ii?
Heyliger; The Magic Loaves, and
Cither Tales, Herodotus;Betty Leicester's
Christmas by Jewett; High
Lights of Geography by Jordan and
Cather; Health Readers by Lummis
and Schawe; Our Trees aud How They
Serve us; Maddox; The Book, of Mis-,
aionary Herues, B. J. Matthew's; Tom
Strong, Washington's Scout, A. B.
Mason; Hollow Tree Stories by A. B.
Paine? Knu; t? ?--n
?^n? ? lay Dttseoaii ana
Babe Ruth by G. H. Ruth; Anne of
Geierstein by Sir Walter iScott; Winter,
Summer, Spring Fall by Sharp;
The Four Wonders: cotton, wool, linen
silk, Shilig; Sewing Susie, Elsie
master; Mustafa, the Egyptian )Boy,
Starr; Western Frontier Stories, St.-?^.
Nicholas; Nature Study and Science
Trafton; Science of Everyday Life
Van BnskiYk; Tales of tfie First AhT
rnals by Walker; South America To- '
day R. A. Whi'te;?Birds' Christmas
Carol Wiggin; Life of George Wash
ington Life., of Thomas J. Jackson;
Life of Robert E. Lee Williamson.
Other books of Christmas stories apd
poems are available:"'"'
Respectfully
J. W. Talley, Llbmilan
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