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BAUMUARDNEK Acting Editor, tin LEE ^ GRANT Manager re: Communications intended for the current issue must yn' be very brief and should reach the editorial doat- ! Gath?the Columbia .Forum Tor Social and. P'hical \vi Progress, which we. to our >1.inn'. have peiniitud to die so ignominious a death. ?ince leaving .us ?this- -BhdTOTrifrm-ot t-. t , j,? n j'n n id "Tg reins of \\ illierfo'ne U,ri vorsi,y. fhe oldest l>ul- coi "nrk?fur?Slio?higlicr?i.-i'h:i,n' a n "j?No'jti?youth?i-n? *' the L nited States. It was he. whom tive Demo- y cratic party entrusted .with the leading'of. 'he- Xe- ^.a, gro out from the humiliation^.! IJepufrlkDn thraldom wi in' the recent election. bet Now we have wi'h us the redoubtable Xoah W. "a. Williams, first to be elec'od ir+'-the General no Conference held ^a.t CV leyeland. HDbbp Williams, po has proved himself .to' be a c .ippb-le leader and his5 wise counsel has gone^far toward h;?mohixing re-k 1(j ligious and social values amfvng the Xegro citizenry foi in our state. Bishop Williams w .is elevated from an "/"lie trenches"?the pastorale. -That he was sue- -',1? cessful there is attested by his elevation,.. During ,m the Annual Conferences held by him to date he-has--fill deli lei ud il '-Uiy lwiures and addresses touching up- w? on the myriad phases of the Nrucn partii ipa'ion in Current life. In his statements. which ' have been ?pj ciation, of which our Soujh Carolina CV lieges. are 0r member?. A Tien and Renedict at tbo time* of this , writing ?haVe playeiT-iiUt oflo opponon' in comrnon. Allen defeated Georgia State 0-0. Reindict dofea'- jC ed -Georgia State. 0-12#?- Paine defeated Al- m, len G-0 Georgia St^te tied Paine 6-G. Allen-defeat- g,( ed Claflin 1.1-0: Claflin reversed .the numeral on ?7?Paine and defea'od heT"'f11-0. State, who held Tuskegee to a.13-7 score, defeated Benedict G-0. Benej. ?f (lict defeated Morris 22-0. Morris and Yoorhees ^ a 6-6 tie.' Paine onlv defeated Yoorhees 2-0. From ,, * . Ij. i these figures it doesn't seem that relative scores are- very accurate in enabling one'to : judge 'he \ ?difference between competing football teams. 'i'v Football remains a great game and we should be ^ happy to have it receive greater >upport. in South ai'< / 1 i; a i * A i_ . . . : i t \^ i h:1. . i.' ? - - u t. I - I ? " ? * ? ? ? ?=;-=?= i to awaken to^the necessity of assigning officials Tj several Raines at the beginning ot the season;) w< i for the officials knowing their rules and their of rpetation. " taa o ?mmJ4' BETWEENJTHEJLINES Z BY GORDON B. HANCOCK to SHORT WICK METHODS (Vhen a lamp burns low one of two tl;ingsj?and ^ ssibly both?may be the matter. The wich' may either too short or the oil too'low in the vessel, e situation may be met in one of two ways?and isibly both?may be the matter. The wick may mished or the short wick replaced by a longer one. ther of these two courses is in accord with com>H sense. There is of course a third alternative, " 4^hat is, shaking the" lanrpr This dampens the I ct& and the light will accordingly flare up temrarily only to bum low again. The wick?ler.g?ning and lamp?-filling methods are the only ai es to comport with the principles of sound busi-a y| ss or common sense. The short-wick methods hi 11 never commend themselves to thoughtful melt, o\ is homely illustration-sets fyrth-the trotrblos-wi^h ? is old woild of ours which is at present ia lhe ei roes* of economic convulsions'. The fever of un- ei st is rising; the pnl'-.if ?if fLmrncjat- fac_ ==fj isn ana iiuui; rne tongue or national pontics is m ated and industry is'having high blood pressure is tli Signs of a weakening hearty With all our at nnmnie ni'dev U desperately-sick-and""his -malady ti deep-eated and dangerous. Our politicians are m 'ering slaves, but surgery it seems must bo the hi Limate resort, "dust what to cut and where, no- al Hv ommg iii-p^nt^i^Vnnw, but that cutting \i. in order "nearly everybody agrees. The campaign _cc at lias just closed has Been a campaign of "short- ec ck" measures. Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor. Mr. w lover has brought forward any program that looks ei rward to ultimate relieving the, distress of-.lhe n< llions that are facing a distress more distressing, lii hether a giograni of bublic construction or paying t? soldiers bonus, the ultimate result is the same, at is simply a short-wick method of meeting the ga tical situation. It matters little whether the of iff is low or high, whether the bonus js paid now w iifty years hence; whether we. have more public el< istruction or stop, that already ill progress, funda- oc mtally our trouble is'the same. The wlfole trouble eo that too, much of the products of capital and labor Di es for profit and too littl^for wages! _ wi Some one has said that if und when a fellow wins a the marbles, he must divide \vith the other fet- th vs or . stop playing. He might also have added ru it if "Big Boy" shoots craps with ''Shorty" and wi ns all of "Shorty's" money, we are not ^helping w< orty very much by supplying him wifh change, ha e must get him another partner, or get "Big Boy" a other victim. All. of the methods that have been 'ered with the possible exception of,. Norman _ve Iculated to have no more than a temporary effect of the situation, Our hunger marchers cannot exlin themselves but they know that Big Boy is get? mi _ tm . r>' ?> . - 1 _:_ ...i \g II UII, AI1UI Dl^ IUU II1USL CAJHUIII U1CU ?? I ) 'little, Their voice is.-feeble now, but hunger po 11 raise it louderv Fortunately for the "Big Boys" gu ? 'hungry multitudes are content with matching po Cv but they may have the notion later that a lit- in violence to go alone with thp nuuicMng^w :=: more noticeable. Then trouble will start in this So mtry for good! It is to be hoped that the "Big an ys" fit' thU' mnntry will not fniva nnr hungry 4-kl hortfes" to riot for a-living. The distance that mi irmin Thomas is outstripped in the election indi- mi es how seriously this nation still takes "short- th ck" methods. In the meantime the Negro had th iter dig in for a siege, for the end is not yet! The lat tiynal administrations in this country are like ' inj change of dynasties in Egypt, they simply mean lb thing to -the Negro. The Negro's hope is in local ph litical alignments, and what he does not get this an ,y 'he will 'not get at all! This is sad but true! -ba was myself on a committee of economists who ill vocated. the five bilkion-dollar Federal bond issue he public construction, by which hundreds of thous- to J. ~ c ? r. .1 ... * r ~ l _ *#l. ve giown too niui^h cotton and spun "too much ith; whicch'is more important, to know the events the War of 181*2, or what the results of the next tr will ? In a majority of the private schools we ' ill proceed through the coming winter of bread e> and soup kitchens, assuming that in some ijic way-it is more"worth-while to understand the ttlo of Phillipi, -than the cause of unemployment. John A. Lesfer in the Friend. From the Crisis. Democracy is in .the saddle. Never in the history the Republican party his it suffered such a de- C it as was experienced in Nov. 8. Hoover 'and the O.-P. were snowed under. J] But the country, the government, the na'ion will e. The government- is. above Political Parties. 1J hen Parties serve out their day they die. Others ?. born tind exist so long as they meet the needs the people. The stars arid stripes still float to the breeze. A ,v employees may suffer lo'ss of th*-'1, jobs, t.nt it? IL.ho i-otm inhered 111 a t many people of color vot^the democratic ticket to spi'e Mr. Lilly-White J over. ' . Now th'Jt the Democrats are in they have a trrand D portumty to boitd ^vfr a""cnnstii'uency that "the " i's' will not be able to beat in 11?36. It remains be seen whether the party will seize the opportuy presented, is not. Fair treatment, justice, a Jare deal to all will win friends to the democratic ndard. Dnce more, salute Dr. A. C. Sumter, from Allen ^ i - . ? ? <' ftlt PALMETTO LEADER ^mple, Greenville to Allen Temple, Cincinnati. His ork in the former city is monumented. The eyes Sout h Carolina will follow Dj. Sumter' a^ he kes charge of the Cincinnati Church. Already people are forgetting national politics id following- football- After that baseball. Such American life. In* the meantime brewers are^ ofhauling, tkeifhtachinery -for' making tteFr. Will the lame-duck session of Congtess be able enact wetf legislation before March 4. We shall ait and see. 'Consolation to believe the saloon. 11 nor hp returned ~ tr. . -O ' _ LITERARY ECHOES BY GRACE VERA POSTLES PAUL LAWRENCE DUNBAR "Nature took.Bums from a plow and Paul from i elevator, -and Paul has done for iTts own people hat Burns did for the nea^ants ?f Scotland?he is expressed then in their own \va> "and in their vn words." - ' "** ' Paul ^WTerie'e Dunbar first showed signs ot tallt for versification at the age of seven. His teach, s encouraged him t'hiouirh 'Hyp yradptf ,tvh?n i?. sgti ~S?Jli0Ut~~he editecPihe High School Times, a ninthly publication. He graduated witlh honors in 191 and the class song composed by him was sung ; the Commencement exercises. Paiil was -at thisme aboutrfreruinbark-UpOn the-sea of-tiifiicufty. Motct oney was needed in the home than Vbat_earned by is mother who was a washerwoman. Paul was ways willing to help. He was employed as an eleator boy,, and received four dollars a weekr?Of >urse he yanicd a bo'tor job, but Litis was all lie >uld get, and he -made the most of it. Paul always antedto go to gollege and study law, but his fath died when he was quite young. This fine son ;ver grumbled ^s he shared b?large part of the lancial obligation. < Once or twice Paul was excused from his post ; the elevator for an hour or so to accept an en goment to read some of hi spoems for a'group, literary people. His poetic genius "spvqad Wte ild fire.- Intellectuals sought?interviews witn-thb eva'or btiy'at his place Of employment. On one casion they found by his. side in. the elevator a py of the Century Magazine, a tablet and a pencil, unbar sUys of tins meeting: "My embarrassment as terrible. In the "midst of a sentence, perhaps ring would come ftoni the top of the building for e elevator, and I would have to ejccuse myself and n up after passengers." ' Many of his poems were itten while waiting for elevator passengers.- He >uld scribble fa. few lines, then answer a call peiv ps from the top floor, scribble some more, and as result we have a lovely volume of poems to peruse. Most of us. know of his dialect poems than his rses written in legitimate English. Dunbar was ry fond of his dialect pOems~but he was more fond his productions in classic English. He s<aid, "I nd out graceful little poems suited] for any of the >gai.uic9, uui aic 1 cui iicu lo-me uy eauurs io say, "we would be very glad to have a dialect eni, Mr. Dunbar, but we do not care, for the l'aniage" compositions!"- Three of his unusually tine ems are, "We Wear the Mask," "Ships That Pass the Night'' and "Ode to Ethiopia." _ ? I'TTeif ijjliT7- 7Wtnn?uv^ky^ thyoityH- rrrrt -thr uth and West reading his uotitt>. . His fine diction d interpretation wete always received with en* j si asm;?He?rarely?refused an engageiUOlU. Tight have been better if hjy ha(| rested his throat jre. On one occasion lie was psked to read at e"HoIlis Street Theatre, Boston. At that time his roat was in very poor condition. A day or two er he wrote to a friend of the.event: "My readers here have been'very successful, the one at the >11 is Street Theatre, Boston, liaving quite a.triuni1. But they have been a little too much for me, d I am now suffering from a cold, fatigue and a d throat.'" Shortly after this Dunbar was taken with pneumonia. He never full'* recovered his altli. His lowered vitality permitted little germs play havoc with his lungs. He was optimistic* itil the end. He died in 1'JOG at the age of thirtyur and v.as buried in Dayton "neaf de willers. in crass." * . _ -* . . . i , ' ?- 1: ;1 BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS 4 ? A Larg<F Assortment to elect From. Your Name 'rinted On Each Card lOXES OF 12; 20 and 25 $2.00 and $1.50 With Name Printed. ' - . * * " " > ' * 4 } - J Saturday, November 19^1932 _ I Palmetto State Teachers* ! "*' | Association Begins Its I ' 1932-33 Campaign Tor T < | Membership Many county teachers' associations are holding their ?i regular county meetings. Plans are being formulated S ' jg for the year's work- On account of the economic eondi-" 8: 8; 1 tions it seems to be inadvisable to holddistrict meetings 8 ; g this year as was planned- However, we suggest that 8 o each county association get the member of the executive * ? . { committee of the district in which the county is located X .*" .' ' ' ' ' j 1 . :^"X~^XK~xkk~^X~X"X~xxk~XK~X~X~X"X~X-X~X~XK~XK~X~X~>? : I CELEB RATE ?| | Thanksgiving .Day | | ' WITH US ^ i iJIOth Annual Grand Session $ f? : - x ? * : (>F THE?? ? | Holley Funeral Aid Societies I f . ? ? ?WILL HE HELD AT THE { | Webber School Building | I Eastover, S. C, | t o V _? ^ ? - %i. Annual,Sermen by Rev. J. B. Barbef^ supported { - { by his Choirs from Beulah and St. Mark. Special Music I*. $ by the I.owman Sisters, famous Jubilee Singers. V % | COMMITTEE | X ~ _/. ? S. C. Cope, Wm. Webber, Ben Scott, E. G. Davis, Peter Anderson, X *1* C. M. Williams, Eugene Sasporter, llenry WillUm.i, (), McBeth, 4 X S. V. Rhoden, C. K. Williams, K. W. Holley, Geo. Wilson, Katy" V V -jJ X Jones, M. E. Hinton, M. M, Deas, Carrie House, L. W. Randolph, ? Eli Wilson, Ben Hawkins, ,H. Burks, Fannie Steward, Carrie L. X X General, Has. Branch, G". C. Woodard, L. A. Rithardson, Lena X Sumter, J. J. J/ines. Si. E. .Christie. Celestine Rivers, O. E. Ran- X *t* dolph. Wm. Gnatt Hqsea Dunlap, Dave Williams, J. P. Holley, NaL X Williams, Roberson Reese, Joe Cheeseboro; Eva Joyner, Florence X Jenkins.-dtis7"Jtmkins, Prof. Barnwell, Katy Sott, J. S. Rhodes X James I,a!brew, Rosevelt Mcl.anghlin.ilam Richardson, L. M. X Diauiv^W-TTrcner C<im Cmlil. X y > 11 1 - > '? N- HOI,IyEY, (irand Noble Shepherd $ J* S. J- Dl'NLAP, Grand Sec'ty. A ? ?<??? ? ? ? '. ^ SPECIAL NOTICE To News Reporters Please Send Your News on Monday on account of'Thanks- ' giving We will Print Wednesday Vv ^ '