The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, April 23, 1932, Page Page 4, Image 4
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? (. U I.L..MB1 A. S. .< ATI' 111 >A Y AERIE. 23, lMSb "CLARENCE
HARROW AM) THE NEGRO.
We recall vividly the visit made by Clarence
Harrow, eminent criminal lawyer,. ur<l. brill iaht
American free thinker, to C1 luir.bia some lew years
back. The occasion ol' his visit was a prohibition
debate with i'oymcr Coiutiessman t pshaw of Georgia.
Though wo enjoyed the debate frbfn our perch
in the roost oi the Columbia Theatre, of immea- 1
surably greater enjoyment to us was the period of
.twenty or more minutes spent in conversation with
.. Mr. Darrow back stage after his lecture.
^ ~ Hfr " i'h f'"0' \,\.groes wi- approachMr.
l>arr w while he was- in v^yvcTsalion with a .
group of tipproxiiiiatelv thirty wiiites. On?itliUng
our group a; proach. he immediately hit tlie gi'oup
of white- and came toward Us wjtli extended hand. '
It was then he was engag'Ob fn conversation
concerning his legal, literary and ' philosophical
career." He was "delighted to. shows-Some ligJit on his
connection with the I.o? 5 ocl I.oei>i Swvi'tt ami scop
?_^Ca_uH-llA.L'-'Ulti.'y" to discii-'s his many magazine,
articles; ami' his critical ds>ay mi ! n zgraTU's' *
translation of Oman Khayyam's fatuous Rlihaiyat.
At the expiration <f Mr. I>at row's^talking with
and listeni-ug, to hjs small delegation of Negroes
he ventured the remark,?a ml. in the. presence of
a goodly nu?J>er of white, auditors ?1tl at at last
he had encountered some persops of edurati> n in
the South.
When we see and hear Clarence I-'arr \v t astigated
for his taking pa:t in tin- ^.Massive bortesque
trial in Honolulu w.e recall that, night on the
Columbia Theatre stage and conclude Umt- '
Harrow bel< ngs to )p> race " iu 'Tly .thinking,. that
he is. a civilized, human being - something that is
a rarity on this earth. For t io- 1 tig the Negroes
have' been illusioned it; believing that Mtt.?I'Utrow
.r XcjCTQ l;?vwr as such. Mr. l>Urr~w nus mn espoused
the cau?c pf Nii'i-ocs bci.av.so ot an>'
for the Negro as Negro. hut because Tin Xegro as
a mudsill group that needs the protection ct" the
strong. Danow <h e-n t ca;c a- bane whylbe^ jou
:.re white. black, blue, green or 'yellow ; all he
? nam- ! that?.justice -hall ie '"ur !"' - _
B.ekcwing, that justice liilght he. thwarted in. the
Honolulu ca.-e C.laren it Da'rtnAv has, interposed tfis .
rvices to jnevent stivn a_ miscarriage-?it p-ossi
h 11 j_ - i;i r -aa-Ai^a"'-, ' 1 t-.oh.-h. -Kvi-n d
T I'.I en c.e
ficient to warrant humanity's eternal gratituio.
I'UiKXTS. TKAC 11KKS. CHH.DKKN I
There arc- no***?? i'atuuzatluiii_iL!ii|j.n?._..put g' oup
that Are so potojitfrilly serviceable as are the- several
Pat out-Teacher .\ssoiciations. These Associations
have as their sole objective the contenting
of the spirit of cooperati1 n, good will, and under'
standing between parent* and teacher to the etui
that the* child may receive better instruction at
home <and in the class room-r 1
- T.a-4 week it was the writers pleasure to ad?~?1?"d;*(-s
-?rf?P.iii lit' Tcachut A?soi i.ai lull. It struck _
him that there was not*, 'quite as large an attendance
at the meeting, as there might hav-e heeTT;
He made a plea lor a nv.iv . positive attitude at
junderstand'Ott each other on the part <d parents
and?p,ui'h).i-v fur the chil'ls benefit."Among
Neglues it is the leache]L_whu luust.guf
art he's t, in cieatintr friendly relations, because most
parents arc;, people who have?not had the .advantages
that the teachers have had?.is meaner as is
the training tf jv.anv, man - df our teachers. The'
teacher must destroy the> natural hesitancy - on the,
part of most parents about_iip.prnaehing them with
Ttrga-rds , their children's progress in education.;
" Jhe duty oT teaching child TTTPt parent 'dev Ol ves
U.pon the teach' r '>1* Negro youth. .
To -effectively pro-c- ute this, duty Hgid preparation
must he madte_J.>y our teachers. They can
not afford . to accept certifica?i'.ri on preparation
inferior to. that for which white teachers are. certified.
U't-atf advising all those who wo aid- assume
the responsibility of teaching our . outh to get
nothing less than a-bachelor of Arts degree, whyth-.
er it is required or not. ?
We read a great lament in "School Ami Society,"
an educational magazine, some while back,
that teaching in college, was nqt up to that in the
'gramman and tritch ssdmnU. . It i, n-n- hqpiMe _
opinion that the place whc-ie the most efficient and =
pains taking teaching is needed is in the earlier
.grades, hence the.need for better prepared teachers.
Teach the child to think and he will master
the higher phases of learning for himself. We
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iu|jc that every parent in_iJulumIua. may- line up
uth th? I'. T. A. movement. " L 1
HI M A X IT A HIA N ISM. a". :
It camo to our attention last week tjhat Mr. Ar- \
rher M. Huntington, New' York capialist who has t
a winter home at Brcoksgredn, near Georgetown
l^is pledged himself to open a hospital to take 1
of lun'so.*' that?haye heen rendered useless htvanse _
; .1,1 rvtVw.f Kdllcac '
?It i:? (>?iL belief that there is -no- way in which ]
a man may better demonstrate his right to be
called a human being" than through his attitude
toward his dumb companions.
The man who has the capacity for feeling theills
suffered by beasts must all the more feel the
care of suffering humanity. We think that such
examples as this shown by Mr. Huntington are
worthy of our attention because they, show us that .
there is yet much love in our world. 3 -?
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] BETWEEN THE LINES j
I BY GORDON B. HANCOCK - f x
Criticism Or Crabbism t
All great men welcome criticism! There is no 7<
greater sign of moral and intellectual Weakness t
thnn lhi> tV.-M- of vrifirfsm." Thefo is lip greatei'Oin- J
-dex-cAfi -a?stalwart charaeWr than fearlessness be- (
fore the onslaughts of critics. It was said of the <
late Dr. Elliott who was for nearly a halt' century {
piesident of Harvard University and recognized the- "1
world over as one of the greatest educators Of all '
-time, that he-had a penchanf for retailing op his 1
faculty those men who fearlessly ciiticlsed him in
constructive ways.?The man who agreed with him -*
was always in greater danger of dismissal than the
one who offered real and copsturctive criticism.
Fortunately for Dr. Elliott he had to face intelligent
critics and that he profited thereby the age's
will attest. The Negio race needs criticism and Negro
leadership stands in great need of the constructive
critic's 'shaft. Criticism is essential to advancement
and it forms in many ways the crucible
in which our ideas and ideals are purified--Criti-' ~
cismcf'or constructive ends may be useful; but cri- 1
ticism for eiitieism's sake may be detrimental to i
the race's Lest interests. There are evidences that
criticism among .many Negroes is an obsession.
Just as we read in the B:ble of those possessed
with-devils, there are many Negroes .today possessed
it seems with the devil of* destructive criticism.
We have young and c^ld Negroes who seeK ~
nence through criticism. . Having done nothing, and
now doing nothing, and with prospects of doing
4tuthing,. they set font to attain prominence by criticifing
those doing something. - To shallow pur- i
nose and to no, putpose at all they criticise everyi
ody. Nothing is right to them save heir own babblings
born of rampant imagination, unsupported
by experience and unbalanced by sincerity and can-"
dor. , Their sole purpose is. to become prominent
a I id 1 h?' short .nt way is to r lit i.hs., t hoi . u t h.-r... _
to. There is possible room for one of two Negroes
in this country to attain unto'"prominence after
ihis fashion. George Schuyler made a good, .job of
.Ufiind fortunately Schuyler had smnvt 1 h ftgp tu' .my
along with his criticism. Today we have, "just
scores of would be Schuylers who are just itching
for notoriety and seek to satiate their craving therefor
by criticising somebody. This selfsame tribe
believe that anybody who cam write a newspaper
"ailicle" is. forthwith a leader of the Negro, race.
The Negro race is afflicted 'witH. numbers of these!
If as Sghuyler, they had some- definite idea to go
along with their criticism, they might be for some
sefVice to the great cause" of Negro advancement.
purpose. The tragedy of this trive is not that they
like th? real workers and doers. of things,-but they
themselves accomplish nothing.
Our most rabid critus today aro -thuse who have.lion,
pi.^hii^r aild arc. |1(AV doing nothing and repre- .
sent nothing!" Nearly eleven-tenths of the Negro l
critics fair in the category o'f the blind man who <
was in a dark room looking for a blact cat that
was not in there! A very aggravated case, of notoriety
itch underlies most of the criticism which
fills our papers from time to time. Unfortunately
for the Negro race,." criticis-m- alone is not going
to lift?tis; need men of c'cnistructivc ideas.?A--j
thousand generations of "would-be-noted" critics,
will not life", our burden nor help us fight in the
face of tremendous odds. Where few build and
nuin-. tear down progress will bo slow and painful! j
T^(T~Ncgiro , race 'luchiWq progi'mii. >, It lacksrffrc-, Z
^lviu.. I t liti-u- < Cinu-ITI I'll effort directed
toward sonic common goal.Most of those who (
might do something to help the situation are giving
themselves- to distructive criticism their superiors. |
Vr-ry often it is as if a five were thcatenin.g a1 bult-dog. The
pjty |is not the harm they do- but the good they
7Io~not do. SoihiT oF'the cTTticTshi i?~sin':-ere" and ~
.onstructive; but nearly five-fourths of it is downlight,
"crabbism." Grabs are little creatures af- i
ter the^oi'dcr of cramfish. When they are caught
.or bait in salt water fishing, they are left in an
open basket of very little depth. They might easily
escape but they have a?way of putting another
back whenever they nearly reach the.top. The
basket needs no cover to keep the crabs from escap*
ing. Thfe erabs attend tn that!" If Negroes were
ji a basket?they are in the basket of a critical
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PALMETTO LEADER *
The mind itself is a unit and as su,h is not divisive
into oat'ts, but it expresses various activities.
iVe cannot segregate any one mental activity and
-ay the mind is expressing that one alone. All may I
tie working to some extent at one and the same
:inie. One activity however, usually predominates,
he others reinforcing as subord nate activities,
Why not test your natural ability by pantomim
ng a pfM't.of the story of "Pieihot." The .story
follows.
Pierrot is left alone and sorely hurt. He goi>s to J
he dcor. lie-is overcome.by his love for Phynette. I
fie turn no money? He- is -desperately worried over he
state of affairs because of the attitude of Phylette.
He goes to her room as if to call her. He
s almost overcome/ He knows it is futile, she will i
lot listen. What can he do. His pockets are empty.
He goes to the table, picks up bills, looks them
>ver, things seem rjioc.e hopeless than ever. He
hops them carelessly. He notices a deok of cards,
licks them up and shuffles them slowly. An idea
jegins to dawn. His mind goes to the gambling
able.. Instantly he feels that is folly. He has no
Assurance of winning. He puts the cards on the
able* again?pushing them from him and Walks j
iway. A dreadful thought dawns upon him, lie
night cut his threat, commit suicide, but that is j
oo hideous, he cannot do it. .He picks up tho photo
xne weeKiy text: "uivo evei'y man thine ear, ;
out lew tiiy voice; take every man's censure, but.'
leservo thy judgement."
No one has to tell you the name of the reputed
author of theaUove lines. 1'erhaps LngUsh-speech
iilius its most loity expression in.him, in other words
'a still tongue wakes a wise head.' .Listen nivie
tiiu l..liv jv .tluny people viould he better oil' 11
they would keep their mouths shut. The thinker
<e.s tiiihg- none anu not tile oiauis.
Illinois went -into a political primary last week '
iiiat was Mgml leant. l lie Democrat, Judge lloover ;
won out over his' livals by a large plurality vote.
.11 li.e 10 |.u:ili. an .ipini -Llie coiuosi w as int.lerlvi
iought belw cell Sen Smalls and Onulf ( u.-tei. 1 ITe'j
ouster was lirciorst by tiio \V. C. T. U.. dud the Ann1.'
Saloon League.^ lie represented the* Dr.vs.
Small has been twice governor. His campaign
ipanager was "Bill" Thompson "t f Chicago ami
t'oi mer mayor. It is siad that Small was endotst
by the'Ku^Klux Klan. - v I
This did' not prevent your people from voting for )
him because he was.always_been lair to them." Ileiiee
Small won over Custer by a plurality of ninety odd
thousand. . .
Feeling among the Republicans is better. It is
hoped that Small will be elected in November. 1 o ;
drat end we work. A Democrat has not sat in the *
JToveinor's chair for sixteen years.
Depriest won a significant victory in Chicago.
Nut only did he win the Primary for the- Xatiynal
hou*e of Representatives by a large Note hut
fur committeeman. Colonel Rosc^C" Simmons was
lc-cted to the Republiceangbonvention.
Roth the Chicago Tribune and Defender lost their
liglits. The people won. This state is wet, soaking,
dropping wet. So is the countiy.
One week more, and Cleveland. Beau roans, boards
illegal assessments, duplication of?efforts?here is
iv he re the-retrenchers and mergists should get'has*>.
much work is to bo done. Reduce the number} of
presiding, eldeis, make their districts larger, aiuF reluce
assessments on the local churches:. .
- Strengthen episcopal .leadership. ThTng in terms .
m,t of -spite but r.f thi? best ipt.-rum ,.f f|p. fhnnll.
of leadership, of which the church and race will be
Kditor R. R. Wright will bring to the bench a type
proud and for which it w,ill not have to apologize.
ELECT WKJ.GHT. ' ' r ~ "
David Henry Sims is well known. His ability is
unquestioned. He has made his way and today
South Carolina proudly offers him to the eonvenlion.
Work for SIMS.
Xoah Williams. Whoever beats Xoah will have,
to work hard. .Competent, efficient, able affable,
and as Dr. Tookes of Florida would say, true as
steel: Noah will be elected, say the FORECASTS
S.
Should the Philadelphia Book Concern be merged
With the Nashville Printing Plant the location will'1
h??limn! c't'lllJ'ltl from a poiiu view ol geography
and the people. Sentiment* will "nbt~iTiIe this General
Conference. It has alreadyprippled the church.
Sentiment and sympathy to the winds. Look the
issues squarely in the face. j ..
Brother J. B. Smith, better known as "Master
Mind" said some kind things about your scribe last
wcrk-4tr?tho?Christian Recorder concerning his aspirations
to Ik? elected ediTor in Cleveland.? Thanks
Dr." Smith. You will not be forgotten by this per-'
son. One rises by pushing somebody elee.
Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom goes to conference.
He has wrought well. A greater prophet stands
Tiot within the ministry today. Ixived, admired,
respected by all. Come back if you chn but wherever
you go may God go with you. ELECT WRIGHT.
NOT IV \SI?IBA\r POR PDi-einpvi'
nii' doksn"r think \s 1:1.1. ok
: (nwiuo -fhkss " '?v?^
11 V'aiui(iuvl) Street, '
Boston, .Mass,, '
v? April Hi, IW.12 *
Kilitor 1'ajnaA-to Deader:
Dear Sir, Allow me to e< .lyratuiato *
you on. the neat u|tpearanee of your*
editorial page. D think tliat it makes \
a FvsJTvvTaTjTv appearance ami 1 Ilk- *
eel the sul/stariee of >'< ur editorials. 1
ffc-j*?scltlum-that 1 bother about "
reading .behind X?.gio editor?* lor 1
71.est of them .strike me as being a
1-uinh of cheap 1 rauds trying'-to assist
a'brother racketcoi' in getting 1
the dough. There is nothing more
disappo nting iji U\e*g;b enierpr j
than the Xegro press, i "think. They
all seem to adoj'it a polie-y of stradciling
and compromising in .every and .
any thing. ;
"Our Id ess is the worst subsidy we t
have. You can buy\a Negro, editor t
wjth a saw buck, Again eongratti- |
luting you tin the liign elhss lorniat v
and subs tun e of The i'ulmcTtu Lead- t
er, 1 urn, \ ... . - ,
WILLIAM W. LARK t
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Kditors Notet 'While appreciating i
-Mr. Lark's expression anent The I'al- i
moo'.. 1 .....1--.. .. : i.
'IIV.HV/ V -<1 I I I ' ' I il)i I V'V I I II
hi'.?blanket?indictment?<_t?the Xonro 1
j>loss.- \Yhon -M r. LaFk adnuIs that" ho
doesn't road In-hind Xeiy'ro- editors i
he disqualifies himself as one capable ?
of speaking with authority. Wo t
rocoiYimehd to Mr; Lark that lu* road t
after- Xejrro editors more often. The ]
better are Schuyler, of the National >
Nw>; \wonr, of the Norfolk Journal <
and (Juide; Atkins, of the Houston >
Infornt<^y-JL\I ui phy, of the Afro 1
American;' Irvmyxc, of the Black Dis- t
patch; Itahney of the ('im.ini.ait. >
Uniorrj Rhodes, of the Philadelphia i
Tribune; and \vlk-n?Kosede 1 Simmons. i
writes'edit'rials foe the- Chicago iJo- i
fender. If these **^uts are follow- i
ed Mr. Lark's opinu.n ahoui the Notrro
press.- will ho. clnlniied! . I
ANI)Ki:\VS NOI LS ,
It was indeed a shock to the -family
and friends ti. i - . -: : i Lu- <; aid <<: 1
Brown has been living in llartsville.
S.. C. lor a number of years. Ho
was a yoiin.u?man of a!'"i.t?I u eiu \ -?
five years old. lie was a barber i?y 1
ai pi cen liieates aluU e< >IIe'-te <
X For-Piiillefin. wrile
& THE PRESIDENT,
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IMPORTANT NOTK
The Palmetto State Teachers'
tlon directed this ulVice to continu
^ettinjx in touch with school oHU*
trkven those who, ;nv mendht< TTP
are not now .members may .-end
ceivo a incnd>er>hio card which v
ileees ot" the association. The?1
is not to jay for a eo-'jtion. Tin
h"i*s for | lit tine- them in tench
who are ret ivo^t m i'l r--< It
T ""Hues paid t" June oO, 1an
who have rot paid their State A
voav need not.ask' for hel-n unless
hershtp fee is onHoyed with the
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A llenrl'dn C/v.
A ft A1 V l\?(l IV k^VI I
1 ~AT
g Allendale County
?; Beginning June 13th
8 ' (Supervised by The Stale
8 Work is oll'eV-od- lending to the.-t?ene>
A' its" leading- To high sehool cort ifiVJtliv
8-u4tv hI' I I'.i' ktM"! 'iTTM'r^T mhTf'i f?
Cr * Send at (nee fu
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Saturday, April 23, 1932.
Tlu-Vc- were quite a number of outnw
it ?U uuitls uud. -relatives- from
'olumhia, llartsville and other near
>y pla os. Anions the out-of-town
oik wire, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn, Air. L
Did Mrs. James Murry, Mr. and Mrs.
Wis. .Jula 15. Weir, Miss Annie Thonq)ion,
Mrs. Bern ice Hallman, and .Mr.
ileywad Bowman, of Columbia, S. (\
W-r:?:in'l Airs.?Alston;?M vs.?Juhnsun? :
v.iv.%, ,-ivn iiuiu siuuy, aii'l
u?l?m table wiH and unshake(1 trust. '
ti (iod he has made for himself a rerun!
Wmeh will stand the test of tiniy,
lie lias made a record not only as a , j
link church man but he has demon
'tat0(1 his~abi 111y as a leader of men H
n the business world. lie is Presilent
and Manager of one of the. lar- ?
rest colored business coopoTattons ~m '
lie state, of which kve are justly 1
ugud. lie is a man. of wonderful 1
,id>?n. a piofound thinicer and elu- 1
iiicnl. speaker, a great organizer, a
ueel gospel preacher and then too,
>e has a"progranv . He has caught
he vision of the young people and if
riven the opportunity, to put his plans
nto operation Will fill a long felt
teed ill. I ho chli tTh. He has a .magleii
power for attracting and holdi?g
you.ng people. His life is an inl>ii:ati<>n
to eveiy youth with whom
a*-comes in contact. He is the land:
of num. that the church needs. j
The A. K. League is the baby of
he church and should he nurturn'ed
Mi'il she* i< aide, to bo?seif support- .
if. sr." l)o-etors Cairhvefl and Morris
lave wrought well aild riow that tliev :
uie seeking- higher honors we pray
hat their mantles will fall on Doctor *
< pears.
?The rd'oro, we the Executive Bnaid
u.uio \\ . ji. oc r. , .miss. oo. iSortn
iaM Conference do. prayerfully soli- . 1
:j the most profound consideration
I the bishops and delegates of this
. choral conference in behalf of Doco{'
.spears as Seeretai y-Treasurer of he
A.C. K. League.
Respectfully submitted:
.Mrs. Klizabeth Wells. ?
, . Mrs. I". K. McRea
. . Mrs. H. L. Thomas
Mrs.', K. L._ Alston ,
Mrs. 1 Hi Lett
Mrs. Emma 1). Johnson
.Mis. Hat tie Anderson
_ Mrs. M, R. l'inderjgrass
Mrs. S. S. Rice ?.
7li s. It. W. Ransom * ' '
Mrs. Annette._C\ Fortune
OLLEGE f
sPS?;ir>Ni I
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ending july 16, 1932 f
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ng. a wide range of special ?
Kxperienced Faculty. High {
1 Fourses leading to renew- X
state college f
Orangeburg, S. C. *1'
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;e to teachers.
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Association at its last conven- _____
i.e jo assist qualified teachers in
ials. This service is only to be
llie a < ,s v. m aXiun Teaciiers- w liu_ ?!
Si..00- num\hership fee and re- .?
ci'l entitle them to all the priv.00
is the member-shin fpe. and
ere js no chanre made to mem- *
with school officials, and those
* for the current year. Teachers
spoliation dues for the current
a money order for SI.00 memrequest.
I\ BURGESS.
Executive Secretary.
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MMER SCHOOL > |
ith Carolina |
Training School |
i, Ending July 16th "I .
Department of Eduation) &
v?il ol certificates} advanced creds;_.Primary
and -Klcmentary meth- g
t'MM'li 8 T
r information g .
C. V BINCJ Director t
Box ,346 S
Allendale, S. C. c
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