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-?? v ? , Ply 1 5% {laluirttii ICraiirr 1 PUBLISHED WEEKLY 1310 Assembly Street, Columbia, S. C. Entered at the Post Ottke at Columbia, S. C., as second' class matter by aj\ Act of Congress* _ ^ SUBSCRIPTIONS % Olio Vuti r nn Tliiiie Month .76 Six Months 1.2* Single Copy ** FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGBNCY W. B. Z1FF CO.. 608 S_ IkMrhorn St Ctiiravo. IIL iiumuv^s aiiu DUiiunii i none 4?>Z3 _ .. ' ./ < cot:umhia. s. r. sati'KDay, octobkr 8. 1932 TEACIIKRS' ASSOCIATION WISE. 1i t? .... It has come to our at lent ion that the Palmetto St fate Teachers' Association;?of:-whic-li?I1^-1L .But?Tor, of- -Ha-rtsvi-llu- isrlpr evident, has made a "ovcin a direction that portends much Tor the welfare of the colored people7 of South Carolina 1?y way of ^ -th?ir p-oinin^ useful knowledge regmiing their-paT? ticular group, and race relations generally. '?At-the-lgsi?meetinig~u?_Llic "Associa' ion a rcsolu . tion was adopted looking, forward to such an end. Tlie adopted ' rcsnlu' ion?ivn<:?" Wlmrvai-?intnh?ma teitjal is coming from the press daily in the form of magazine articles and hooks by Nagroes or about Negroes,, "much of which has real merit, and much of which is mere trash. We recommend that a small committee he appointed whose duly n shall JTe t?5 1'evioW?sueli maUiinl, especially new hooks in the field of Negro life ?';.nd history for the nur ?g-' n - . ?rm r at its peaic ready to do things in a big way some- e thing, happened to cause its cessation. We believe that it is possible for the people 0"f ^ Columbia to s,tait sonic- things and continue tbem; Why can't or dyn't the Forum members get togeth- 1 er and form a new organization.-;There is much that a Forum can do for the Social and Cultural j welfare of our community. .. The organization has 1 not Deen dissolved, it has merely bw.'ome inactive. > ' The older people of Columbia owe it to their ( youth'to revivd their Foium, for when the youth 1 see thair elders shillv-shallvmo- over imnortflnt I vnuii.1 >u imcsiivM' sucn irugeuy.- iireat irsnttfin ' kno\Vs, as the world Idoes, that martyrs for the right are the powers that lift empires from their 1 hinges and defeat mighty armies equipped with the mightiest engines -o?*-d?jstruction. It is the unselfishness of the little"'Mahatma that gives him ?i(is power? Gandhi's . power lis a tribute to the ^ life ;and teachings of the /lovtfy \azareno, that we conquer Trot~str~much by power and might , as by., a "J. certain .'bent of spirit. Gandhi tfhreatens tfo die ^ alone to stave the Indians from the exploitation of 1 ^the British Empire but to save them * fromt Uhemselves." 'PP.-. lnpg Hvnivri out fight, for freedom- in 1 Ireland is due to the division -of <the Irish people-~ and one of the difficulties in tthe fight of the Indian's for freedom is this self same division with- J in- the Indian peorfe. Gandhi would die as a protest against Indians i reading down Indians,?Thfci _ caste IndVan tvould forget the "untoiMbable" and.,J leave him in his degredation; but against this < Gandhi Avould protest unto death. He woiild .have i "the Initially to rise or fall together. Gjandhi i thnt tlio limits to the rising Indians are set _ by those that are sinking, and that a race must 1 im ?t th" t'"ttom well as nt the top. One j of the great dangers that struggling groups must fight against is this self-same tendency 'for /the? caste?individuals to forget the "untouchables." 1 Une of Ttrc UTliit?bandit an?.?XT~ ' groes today is this tendency for the cas'e Nogro to forget the "Negro, untouchables" and there are many. The "hold-your-job" gospel was proclaimed 1 for the "Negro untouchables" but the taste Negroes' would not understand! The gospel .of duT ^ "I)ouble-I)uty-l)ollar" was likewise addressed primarily to the Negro untouchables, but ttite caste Nr.pro?persisted in misunderstanding its purport. More recently we advocated the favm?as' art?es-? cape from the perals" and poverty ami Vice of the cities; it was an attempt to devise some plan * to alleviate the distresses of the "Negro untouch- > akl.es", the Negro leaders at once arose t0 arms . with the flimsiest kind of excuses and with no excuse at all for opposing the destitute Negro's re- i turn to Iho farm. Just what is to lie done with v -those ."Nemo untouchables" they do not n|tke f plain. They are just opposed 10 his return to tin? country where already he had laid the foundation s of his present welt-being. With the fcinds of ec- t ohomic tendencies pointing towards the - rural dis- ) tricts as the noKt step in national development and < with signs multiplying that the Negre's lot in .the -i cities, will become hardtr?and?harder,?with -pan-? perization increasing at an alarming rate among t the Negro populations of our urban centers, Negro, ^ leadership f.s united on just one point, and .that ^ is J hey lo not want Negroes to return to the farm i even if there lSjiiollMng fdi .him inl the'cities1 They _ '""in*1 h"n ''"TV'MH mi 'j "f "hnritv ? with the tentacles of mendicancy .outstretched oc- ^ topu? like to squeeze out the last vestige of manhood- ...] and self-reliance. If the farm is .such a fearful i place how did, the Negro arrive at his present, 1 state? The suggestion that the farm*" may oiler ~ some succor for the l|ard-pressed Negroes of our cities is based upon certain_ohvious tendencies op- r erative in the life of thei nation; the objections to 4 he farm are rather based upon "highly aggravat- I * ed" wishes of Negroes who would break faith with 1 the "Negro untouchables."- If not the?farm then" I] what? Sensible men would prefer the farm with ] its limited possibilities to'the city with its unlim- ? ited impossibilities. The economic life of the r|a- ; tiort-is roughly divided into agricultural, domestic, ) industrial and professional. There will be a few ' professional places for the caste Negroes, but the y -masses must turn to one of the other fields. With 1 the dominant white man laying Hold on the indus- j 'rial and fast- conquering the domestic field, the i Negro it seems must resort to whatever the white 1 man declines. The Negro then must turn to that fifld whore the pressure, of competition is less se-_ vere. This, is the only recourse of the "Negro i untouchable." 1 o . J ne nrsi raiiK uut Uie A. IM. E. Ghurch gained a jishop of a very high oi'der. He is the second r Oborlin man to be elected , to the episcopacy in his hurch, the first sometime Yale student, "the first i University of Chicago graduate. His 'address to Li* Chicago Conference was superb. This writer 5 was /pleased *0 be in the session wherr bo precluded. ... Pleasure also to see Noah W. Williams. No man 1 in the trenches worked harder for Bishop Williams' ] elevation than your son. He presides over a grdat j State, South Carolina. There was Jorn H. J Clayltorn, Editor of tlve" Southern Christian-1" Record er. John is making the Recorder a very popular religious journal. i * J * A. J. Allen, secretary?u[ llie American?Biblo * Society was thercv- Also Drs. G. F. ."David of Ken- ? tueky; M. R. Dixon, Arl^nsas; President R. R. f Wright, Supt. Howard D. Gregg, and Dean George 1J V. U OOdSQii -of _ WillH'-rforeo.r- Smith J_Caro]|nians: ; Talmadge C. Ilendeuson, M. D.. and Joshua Brown ' j M. 1).; Mrs. W. W. Harris, and Beulah Vance-Nance J and M%S?4aiUa Gibson-Jackson. P But ^ack to Dr. Sims. It is a pleasure to isee one elevated with ivVwv?v> < ........... v. ui uuiifiicuuw ? prmessor- < thfov-r It vast -during, this period of his ljfe that ne wrote so many poetic tribute to the Charles ~ Rfiveiv?We- find this. river winding in and out of ? his poetry. His home in Cambridge; Massaohu- ^ ;etts is as'it was during his occupancy over fifty , /ears ago. '"Hie Old '^Idrk on the Stairs" re- *' rains. We all remeniher that very human poem,, -c 'The Children's ' Hour". A picture of 'grave ! Mice, laughing Allegra and Edith with the golden t iair' hangs in the dining roomr The picture was ^ minted by his son. 'Iiaughing Allegra* (Mrs. An- .j lie Allegra Thorpe) is stiFl living. She gracious- *j y escorts one, about her father's manse. - 3 The arrafiB^ment of the very beautiful flower *j rardens is one lrtid out by the poet... There lie 3 ilso in the Study a portrait of this poetical Story Teller. The portrait too was painted by his son. J Mi ink well on the desk is a gift from Percy Bys- ^ ihe Shelley. The chair made from the tree under j Vhich the 'old Smithy' stood is conspicuously plac- .j id in the Study. 5 It w*as quite informing to hear 'laughing Alle- .j era' tHay "Wayside Inn was not' known by thpt ?j lame until mly father wrote 'Tales of a Wayside 3 nn' before that it was known as the 'Red Horse'." j "Hiawatha", "Evangeline" (and* many other po- 3 nis written by him are not just words?-but igrip- { >ing stories of real people told in feimple beauti- 3 ul language in a way one does not forget. Hin nother Zilpha Wadsworth, a direct descendant of *j h-iscilla the Puritan Maiden and John Alden, im- 3 normalized by Ixingfellow in (his poem,"The CourJ- 5 hip of Miles Standish." * - j The poet sperft most of his boyhood in the ^ own where he was born, Portland, Maine. The *1 icauty, the quiet, the puiiity of his surronndintm i luring these years colored his whole life. Hia .1 >oem, "My Lost Youth" covers this (period beau- 4 ifully. In his Portland home is the original man- *i rtrripfr-^4-^'Tho Rainy Day" on tJhe desk *w}iere j 10 wrote it. What an attractive little home ,*TH7sT 5 s too, the birthplace" of the gentleman, the ?chol|ar, 5 he poet. - 5 Pay Your Subcript'n Today)I! - , \ Jf ' ?> II ??? HI L LIS WHEATLEY BRANCH OF THE COLUMBIA PUBLIC ~ LIBRARt?1429 PARK ST. Report for the month of SepL: Adult circulation*:" Fiction 514,_Non , iction 100, total 614.. _ Juvenile circulation: Fiction 90, Jon-fiction 108. total 198. I. ? r Entire circulation: .812 books and 6 magazines. ? , ! New adult borrowers:. 22, juvenile' ?, total 27. ^ Present membership 1GQ0. Visitors during the month were Hiss Blondelle A. WfcaJey of Clafin college, -Odangeburg, S. C., and Hiss Rupert Blanchard^ Girl Reserve i secretary, Y. W. C. A., RicbmOhd,"^ * .o ' ' We were pleased to have, Pfbf. Simmons the new Principal of Book- L tr Washington !H,ij|jrH Qchool enroll ind borrow books also former tench>rs and students renew their mem>ership. Others who have not regis- , ered are cordially invited to come n iLcai?n- 1? M t? 4 p. M. and 5t 5. M. to 8 P. "M. every day except sundJays and holidays. A collection of books was donated >y Mr. Robert Moorman and some ire being catalogued" and prepared or^irculation. ? . ? - 7? ... V-( Requested books have beeh considtJ >red and will be ordered as soon as... msgihlw A]] persons having overlue books will please return UWiu at = ?nce so that others may use them, j 'roper and careful handling of books vill insure longer service of books. Yours for service, ' * . t J. W. TALLEY, Librarian CARLISLE NEWS. !' Sunday was a high day at William 3h)apel A. M. E. Z. Church.; Elder1. Crosby from Chester" held his last. luarter 'at Jthis cfil<rch wh'ich was rery sad.. The nasfftr Pnv , -*v lad to, leave and go to <St; Luke on lis work. Everybody was sorry for . rim tp leave. Elder Crosby preached i soul sfirritxg sermon:?iHts?textvas found St. Matthews 24th chapter ( i liirt of the 29tH verse. ^Subjeefc: 'Let Jesus accompany you." He jnve some interesting points on the ' iulbject. He inado all of us feel glad iev?r.rnftKy gave a wonderful talk icfore communion and sang Kemem-" ;er Me, O, Lord, Remember Me. We t latfed to aet) tilin and liis loving wife eave. Mrs. Crosby gave some very nteresting information to the Missit naries. She is a fine woman. We ' ippe for them much success. . OLD ?OLK HOME NEWS For the past two Sundays we have md some wide awake meetings at the Jld Folic Homo.?On?last?Sunday yhich Was Comlmlunion Sunday we vere so pleased to have with us Rev. Sltevenson Who accompanied Rev. Vlauldin to the Home. Rev. Mauldin aid?the?fire and?Rev.?Rtpvengnn started it to burning. My! What a > Baseball. Basketball, NEXT SESSION BEGINS i Graduates of leading Uni \ ?" j> For further Information, Add . THE PRE* C Morris College .v,. Saturday, October 8, 1932 **?1 * - i ? EDGEFIELD NEWS 4 Trinity A.- M. E. Church SuiuHiy School ope?ied at 10:00 a.' m. by Supt. ? 3. W> Gomillion, The lessen wan taught by <Mrs. J. C. McCellan, our beloved Presiding Elder's wife, whodemonstrated herself as an efficient SnnHsu/ S-jrVinrJ oontini ?-u t.uc uiuau. 1 ne .omi'ers oi tlio ? church said such has not happened in twenty yeats. The membership requested, the return of Presiding Elder and Pastor. All the clubs of the /church Jare? busy ,a?t work., flfhe Booster's wfH meet Thursday afternoon at Trinity Hall, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, President. There will be a Mock Wedding at Trinity A. Mr^Er-GhurehrrOetr?l-2th, Alsonir Baby Contest, Oct.?16th, Jl_p. M. under the auspices of Mrs. Mayme Baxter and Ootmne Gamble, The ex-pastor, Rov. J. A. Gfvmble worshipped with us Sunday eVening r and brought greetings from?Irmn. He. was aqcopmanied lrv his grand daughter and some* o"fnis""ftTOmbers. The Presiding Elder went away, with atl?sniiks;?A?flllll n ftc"ment and many good things to eat." ' V r it. Well, we have a new member iij. our family namely, Eugune?Furgev son. We welcome him to our family. Urinations COLUMBIA, S. C. & y. ' '. - T COLLEGE f th Carolina 4^ ? . ,1 . H A GREAT MISSION X * *