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I $1ah&ettiHCcatur PU BLUSHED vviyattnr 1310 Assembly Street, Columbia, S. C. Entered at the Post Office at Columbia, S. C., as second class matter by an Act of Congress. SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year :?$2.00 Three Month $ .75 mx lfonthj "2. 1M Single Copy - .05 FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGENCY W. B. Z1FF CO., 60S S. Dearborn SC, Chicago, I1L i Official Advertisements at the rate allowed by-law. The Leader will publish brief and rational letters on subjects of general interest when they are aceompanied by the names and addresses of the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Ke _ jected manuscripts*v^ni not bc-'re turned-.? ' _ " THE STATE FAtR. Be^inr.-ire next 'Monday. the State Fair amonjr pur people wil'Utake place through next' Saturday. It"i> ouiiu-i. ;he hest Fair in many years will .'e held despite .. -males; read u^:: m'a ~ ~~ ""seem to V-e . jrettinjr ' mere c- eratiw-iv . minded 'than they haveyi <A-r. hetvtef'<re- F"f .. a Fair to he success! u!,~c xpera ti>. u is n<. e .-ted. : Aside frl>m :he reirula-r fea:ar? - :* the Fair. ar. exceptional array of Athletic e\a.r.t. has lavrr-arraneed. Wddne-day . F. ere die", and' Georgia State meet in a h'adVatve. "Bijr Thur><ia'y"/Alivn and Fame' naet. 'and Friday Booker Washington' a'r.d t.he r- -ne High School team fr.om Raleijrh. X -rtr. far olina . llleet " 'X yh* reiterate our position .rejrarVdnV the State Fair- We-think that everyi^ dy should do hisJeveTbest to make of it a real demon? strati on of the .progress Xejrroes have made under such* severe handicaps as they have , heen-compelled tcr-tabo'r. It is. hot-asking too-much to bespeak for ^ the 19:12 Fair the trreates- outpour of pdo-' pie- and the maximum of cooperation 'oft ? the- part of all A.ntli . I. ll.fil'iny, DOCTORS AWAKENING'. It lias coiiio to .our intention/'that the ISegro physimians, of Columbia ii-nd vieihi'iy ah?, about to hold a Clinic- Next week in >r. tljree to riv.e PM.. a FTe-natal. Clinic is t<be held. The Palmetto" Leader-desires that as many, people as are- needed--to do ' sr. should take'advantage of this free treatment. Therr~are lots of circumstances -whenmuch )< discovered by students tvvho do re_ search work in. various, holds: but -Negroes would, do well in their many centers in th? South to do all that tKey*can to make all the -avenues--of^information opei^_to all tic citizens of the state- ' 1 o r | BETWEEN Tilt: LINES "j BY GORDON B. H AN'COCK , POLITICAL CROSS-ROAI)^. l_o Politically the Xe'ero should he s'av.dh.dr r?t th? ross-roads! In past- years he :rich: ra -e 'oor. (.rum.viiu.\ ueciCHXl r?y }ij?s da to which wav he w take;,for there were but two way?. About"'election time 'be Republicans would*make cestuios and the S'egro felt called upon to rush to 'noRepublican' political fold. Lily-whitism rjs a politic a' jsrf-'Av*? ?as more and nifue indienTerf~the' p..~ t ?ublk'ani?in on -he color ouo^tion. I~i tie ; v little i- the Republican Party ha? reduced. the N irv- ir. a political way so.that today the Xegro stands.politically wounded in the house of hi? friend?. While | the Republicans were rediicir.fr the Xecrro politically the Democrats here and there were making overtures and in later years the Socialists have T-e<Ved the Xeprro on. When we consider the- Negro's political estate today with what it was'- tT.;rt v y;-:v?' >, ' asro. we must be convinced that the Xepro has- lost y ground. Having received such at 1 he hands of Ro> ' publicanism and with but faint gestures .from the I; . ,j .. l>eoi .meets. the^Nvgru need well standing ut t { *>1 ivi--:ii ci'os.? roads of tho nation. His rush in "th?* |iolfi"K*nl fold of Koffftblic anism should not" h <ii? h foregone cojic 1 usion^tts, in u as^ ^>'4U?a.. r-i*nd ^ttviViTrstanccs i)a"We"Av "fPug nt snW~ antiil'i'" in I political status'that wV-ll tYiight ho stand at tju* .ro; roads ahd ponder u t'etv things between now a I election day! There aro those crying to him. " here is the way,'.' but .Uio Negro \\ ill do wi ll to ta . luyii .slowly! Political trends aie far more p'ou a> .-it political de'erminenf than the. smooth ph '.tales of. enthusiastic vatnyagnors. . 9 . I ft a national way the Negro need not exp more-fnr4 t he future than lfe' hys ieeoi\ed .in t past, natuely his gradu.il elimina i>>n through \ Joss af. iuditiial caste. .lust as the No-'roe's hi 1 ee;i yeduced"in the' departments in Washiipfl in tjie las' twomv.tne wtrs. so nniv he .expect b.e reduced in'the futuYe unless s oething is di 'to revive the. ideals of 1 emocftcy in this nati Mortr and mere the efofc the Ncgrh ntus look . p?.'-l. t!ial >tu-o r ?a h'..h aiigti.t.. r. >! \ ;jng Prevalent is hot itctirl'y so iniporrartt as voting1 th.e mayor of vJ)e."> h<tnc town. W ithin recent ye thole has been"some successful a git a. ion to .net Nogw- to si c the possMlities in 'loo.il rather 1 national political alignments'. A beginning has h< i-i\ in . Kickiunfyd- and in Memphis and Alia1 .. e- Ne-gr<? has iiiaOe?soir.r p*,t\;rrc>s*,llr,' nthiopeiul . -t r?'e .sooner the Negro asse.r s his pol j ' ' f1 -?i?<? J i'V Hi " . ! that -have lot their tt i-aitit^rs. the >ooner ''J,.. V ' ;.-\ :-V J;v ;^jC aT;;i; Ii:'d^ '! > "V ; a* . - * ... ** W;:-.^^';!h?VV'5v tr.v .I1 I' a r ^! ; v nr, ' r, .,?'* V;'.' "! ' ?? - ..< + a: n. . r " ii i ' r ^ ^ l' 'v '; " ~.'Ja : -: I'v .I!. * \\V> i; SATURDAY AND SUNDAY T< o? COLLECT FOR THE "LEAE r THEM. i :.n i. ! i n * * * * * ?? * * * * V * yw * ,/ li'y Mi .lames Melvin is again in the Jen ol i'y = visil In** hi* parents in I her it(sehoii?. N. (V IirH .Mr.'-and .Mrs. Robert Caldwell are bl< "rT*,+" pi i.iid parents nl TTTlair^fryiv1 ? (>Ni Ir.i'rn Sep', f*' at Lvans. * . - . ... *5u , . -Mrs, I.illie White lias returned to I J ; he'r hnn'i(. in ^vilh.tte^ alter being She Ci'I'd?hei r hi-em-so' ?T " the sickness in- I :lM<i th-alh ?f ^rF*s. Kdsanna JohnStfn. cith Rev.: S. .M. Douglass .of (laffney iple was in the city Tuesday- on busines. , Kg- Mi-s l.ula Hnulware left for Hick- u0 dea ! ur^.^ X. C.. last wcyk. >er- I : -MS s. C. i.i jre lloulwaiv aful three . any ! children wert. recent gttest^ to rela vay. i ives, . L; np I Mr. An '.y WJijte arrive^ I-V' "at" . from New Mersey, to visit relatives. c'* I On. the sick li<t are. Mrs. Tena 01 i'V" | Cri. nshaw. Mrs. -Maggie Shiver. Mr. . . ,s ! Mi.hn Aichiie. Mr. Willie Caldwell. ' liw Miss Kthel ..lulia liphinsori. ar ?on I)r. and Mrs. M. S. Allen have fe- lei sued cards 'unc-unehig the jnarriage c1*- of tliviiv 'daughter. Miss BereaniCe sc,1 -Allen '(> Mr Lester 0. Sp.ellman on c< I T . . ?t A fcrotip of white hi .school teachers "HI *^P' ?>n.! 'u-np,, n mii<i :il nml lit *:* For further information write? :j: - REV. A C. COOK, * HENN I MORRIS C _ Sumter* Soutli ? A GREAT SCHOOL WITH | ' O?' X Her aim is to prepare each i I X a_ living hut to make a life. S 11*1 witii a more hopeful outlook tt r ' X Christian Environment ? i i : christian Ed : | X * j { Departments? rv I { Junior College ^ $ Teacher Training . ") & High School , ? School of Music ^ 1 Home Economics ?hx Supervised Extra Curi ? Baseball, Basketball. F ? NEXT SESSION BEGINS TIT Graduates of Leading Unive I ?? ;1; For further Information, Addrc i $ THE PRESI1 > j Ij* Morris College c* GSOUTIONS ADdl'TED BY THE Sl'.MTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION; OCTOBER 1. 1932 "In the ntiidst of life we are in - ? ath." With grief stricken, hearts we reive the sad intelligence of the pas- ? ig of our beloved Supervisor, Dr. Bragu Anthony, whose work an<l jrth in Sumter county cannot be timated and whose" life is worthy emulation. Whereas God in His infinite wisnn his seen fit to enter our ranks id call l'ro.a lat>or to reward pur ider. Whereas she has wor.ked ardidufcly r seventeen years, making Sumter ninty 'the banner county hi jthj ate of South Carolina along educajfia'l lines: ? And Whereas through her untir- . u efforts we haVe several improv* schools, the terms lengthened^the T dustrial work emphasized and an ... i: i o o l ?iv crcuiitm ouiiiiuur oiruuoi vaiauusu* TVK.roffivo, Ru Jt ResolvedFThat we ?\v in' humble subhmission to Alighty. God who is too wise to make mistaks and too just to be unkind. Resolved that in her demise we ive lost a matchless leader, a tiress Worker and a ''sincere frier*!', hose beautiful Christian life stands it prominently, - -? Resolved that we as teachers and -workers extend our heartfelt symrlhy-to the bereaved family. Resolved that a copy of these Resutions be placed on record -Jeered her memory, a copy be sent to ,c, firmly in.l a eopy tn e secular papers. So live that when thy summons me to join the innumerable carain, that moves to that mysterious 'alms, where each shall take hi-s lamber. in the silent halls of Ueaih. um go not like the quary slave at ght scourged to his dungeon, But istained and soothed by an unfalring trust approach thy grave like ie who wraps ''"the drapery of his * ucji about him and lies- down 'o eiysant dreams. Resceptcully submitted, Miss A. Elizabeth Brogdon Mrs. J. D. Atkinson Mrs. Elizabeth A*. WellsMrs.. M, D. Smith * o V ? Miss Viola R. Boston. CEMENT I o Live, Buiies the ;Dead, and X iveh your Widow a Christmas ?^~ > I ; il? A I?I? A TJ A A/1 Y