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It was a pleasure, to a\:di -ss the Forum :/id discuss a: the conclusion < :* the"talk 'he \n. well-timed and." we!.-thought-.'U" questions' mit u? by the questioners. This s.h wed lha' Cfe( thought and <ar?: e had bvon Exercised in pr-par the program. .. - ' Tfy? Rev. AVrsrht. who has' 1 et*n a student un Harry Kmersor. F< - a' !' ,; . Thy i : ai >t inar:-. New York, bi. irtf. r; -rtmf :iut'i wyvr!.. ested ;n every phase c ' mmuui'y welfare. ?? appoar* -to ha'.? rulvd- vhn 'c TV'.der.c*- '* poorly al! denontinatior.*'." He a No' puhltshejC a. 'mont newspaper wh.tdh c?^ta'fu<~ri.itch '.ha; i- th'uuh: j voking. ^Ve pause to pay- tribute ' to.- this yo' man because^.Here ate too few ministers of c< muftity m.ir.d*dness among us, and they are be needed. ; SUPPORT X EORQ_Bl SIN ESS. 1141 L U> IU J | > V. llirt'w I lil'v .-4.C* . H. I u ui L?x;c v* man. He employ?' us last and tires us first. I we who must, do something about h(eso cotnliti s&i,don-g afs they exist and it seems that they here for a loner time.. All of u? would -do; well to^put up -our-hamv. where our business is concerned -and- pull toge as-a unit that we may be saved from' the hum tion' of becoming public charges in large numb 'Banks, insurance companies and all other types business institutions cV.tn do nothing other t fail when people eith-r withhold or withdraw t support from theni. Let tus'learn that in busii as well as in the other aspects of life -'self pre cation is the first law of nature." If wo.would 1 our children.employed we must make their emp ment possible! TWO RADIO TALK'S.? The Pittsburgh Courier carried two hulio addr es in its issue of last week. One was made l white man. the other by a black man. The w man is. the Rev. James A. (iillis. editor .of "Catholic World." The black mm is George Schuyler, columnist and editorial writer or. " -t Pittsburgh Courier, and noted writer and inv< gator. The theme of hof-h addresses was the N* and his Ameii an problems. It is interesting :Xrt"-t: . . '' ? J LT - - JL ,)ti. , ion of the races. If nature does not, God does not, p for the, laws of nature are the laws of God." Re member thesearewords spoken by a white man"during the Catholic hour before the vast radio audience. , The following is taken from the Schuyler address &8 * "Then there is the amusing effort made everywhere North and South, to keep the two races as far a-4 part as possible, in spite of the fact rhjat SO per 'T? cent of the colored people" are already: the obvious- " J_ result of proximity. State legislatures thought " that when they passed laws against racial interilL m'arriage they could stop intermixture. . , There I aw. -are more white people frequenting the black belts d: our larger cities than ever. We KavOn't got ac. cabarets or speakeasies enough to hold them all." au- Such f'.ank discussion of a question as this before y- such a vast number of people by white and black"! ^e" speakers must ultimately show how ludicrous is the situation where under such a document as our " Federal Constitution such discriminatory conditions for Negroes for employment .\cnicfi no .\>'g*<>os m<, mi. roni [have jyid no immediate prospects of getting. j?ouch .soever prefers to see the impecunious Negro remair. mic 'in the city a} beggar and a slave to want and bun"- j T5o j:ath'er. liiah!" se~e' bim likcrtttnr rmrorunrrr.i^ rrb^y- to [resort to whatever-meagre opportunities, the country -sc-i ] oilers . cannot be Called the friend of \"egro ad1 of -Oancement. These '.'wishful thinkers", are having . dreams that' ar.e not. going to* come true?dreams ght that show tho employing white man forever dehy-> itile ing to the imp'eeunious whites su'h places as ate ares I offered. The hurdep of "employing the urban Negro ;c: e ! is going to fall -more-iwd more upon-.Nvgi mos?ami . iven j the-- lack of unity .among Negroes at 'he present, gr-t'-tnge of their development ntake- j-'w.di-nigh im- . seo-i possible for the Negro to economically sustain. . per- . hdnself in the cities. " ' u:.? m?v. .*>, *u? i i:v'5C sv<.aiia i " i i eta v* ku: t* ??.ivrw- ?''-u?v t is farm", movement show their igno; anee in a"rguinp ions over a point .That lias been thrown out nearly two are j.decades Ago. Any so-called "back-lo-the-farm" I movem ent is a derisive reference to n movemPn'' ters r'hat has passed. The so-called "writers" who canther 'not distinguish between a "back-to-the-favmi moveilia jment -yid the ".country life movement" show toe ers. groat ignorance to be seriously considered. The of fo:mer is a mass movement and 'he latter is an haiv individual movement predicated upon the f: .prove-1 heir 'ment of the rural life *after such jv?inner a? to . ness give a satisfactory and satisfying life. Now comes ser-i *he-echo from the recent regional meeting oi tin iave t'rban Leagues to ^the- etfe< t that after all the toy- Negro hdd better consider some of the things 'ha4 are making attractive certain features of country fiife. The LeVrgues almost advocated the re*urn of | the unemployed Negroes tp the farms. They of j*ovrsp- said such return must be effected af'cr a ess- 1-ase-method plan. That was what I advoea'ed in >V a mv f?3v Head address last summer when I argued bite that -a Federal Bureau which had for its purpose the !tehahilita'ion of such Negroes as* o?M rot surS. jvive ir> the cities. Some Federal plan" i* 'He only h ejhope if great exploit! ition is to he averted. If can ?sti-.he done and it Will he done. 'prro J Tho Negro who is opposed to 'he Negro's return t o'to tho farm on "general*'principles" either lacks halanoQ nf or what i- worsen lacks ado? * * . cing ouate intelligence v*nd information ?to. deal with faets as they are. Li'tie by little the Negro is gothe i M-,g to consider returning to the farm, if lie cannot ary J find means of subsistence in the cities or must^subtan, jsist on-charity. I.i'tle by little hunger and'misery ack will cure our "die-in 'ihe-city" complaint! tain . ???o? j * , da- f ' pro | POINTED POINTS^ le(1, il BY GEORGE A. SINGLETON tich i lt I The. Weekly Text: Follow me . . . I will make un-l Grant us the will to fashion as we feel, - , ni? t'ALfclETTO LEADER' l Grant us the strength fo labor as we kno ' Grant us t>he purposes-ribbed ami rdgpd wi steel,' To strike the blow. Knowledge we ask not?knowledge Thou hi . ltnt: But. Lord, the will?there lies one bett need. X?ive us to build above the doep~lntef>t ~~ The deed, the deed! Joshui 11. Jones, dead. Wonderful man was 1 He was the living embodiment of courage, indi try. and success. Show jne the one man in yo group who has wrought in the field of education he. Snurh Carolina gave him to the race and 1 church. The mantle , of charity is' forever dra\ over is precious .memory; Shorter Hall is concri and stell will stand for scores of years as a mor 'ment more vocal than words the zeal of Josh H, Jones. . . . . Foot ball season is officially closed. Now for . ittle hard work in thp fJa?s mnni Ir> o"v'^' Hoover and Roosevelt have met and threslit ov old straw. History was made by the, eonferent 4u tbe-d<F-ra--<ma*ie party han not the virion mn a pre to make .good. it .will make some moft histo 11'o'T {'' r-lr ^em t-o liftVT fahh inDelano. Tin v.ill:udlt,^ ? - ?* o .a s . LITERARY ECHpES BY GRACE VERA TOSTLES WHAT IS POETRY? * About, four years ago Edwin Markham addresse he litt.uiltn.ts of a New England college. He ?d not' announ e his subject but his. remarks, all r vo.'tr?! around 'he definition of poetry. While p rusintr a gather worn text book I observe.on the f .'eat" some rather hastily written - excerpts fro - ^'-tkha-tnV --Ug?turer?These arc* thevC u r_~ "Poeti ls--s sodt ( : the thinking heart. The ppet ai'lug to m'ake pareni'thoumapparent. .__Tl great prophets of the Hebrew lif^ saw^life poet ally. ..The popt. suddenly sees beauties th have been unnoticed. Poetry is the antithes *.f science. The poet sees the .otter side of ma Ho finally "quoted Aristbtle who says the poet rying to comple'e the incomplete designs of natui W<*uid it be too much aipiss to say poetry is tl -turf of which our life is made?" Isn't iT tl universal language ? It is found in the' ocean, se flower. dance, sky. moon, sun and in books. The l?- much truth in "all that is worth remomberir in life is the poetry of it." u lot us glance for a moment at some of the E g'ds-h- poet*.. ChaUcer has been labeled as one 'he* four greatest English poe's, but his' poetry n*>t poetical.' He delighted in severe activity ind. His work has a religions sanctity about onr.ectgd with the manners and superstitions jbe'agcir?Spencer is the most poetical. His is ori inal, rich and has much variety in his 'allegoric ersonages. It is alb fairyland. There is that lo1 V'oau'v. He ha? an inexaustible imaginatio He is a genius at lulling. one's senses until one fini himself in a u'opia nevyr wishing to return to tl 'fits and noises of 'his world. ? ' The four greatest names in English poetry a Hiaucer. Spencer. 'Shakespeare and Milton. ( ' hese four Hjtzlitt ?ays. Chaucer ejccels as the po rf 'Ttianneis. or of real life; Spencer as the poet ' Romance; Shakespeare as the poet\ of Nature, 'he largest sense ofr the term; and Milton as t] tr.e' of morality." Ohaucer describe^ things as tin ire: Spencer as we* wish them to he. The charh er's?ic of Chaucer is intensity; of Spen;'er remot ntss; of Milton, elevation; of Shakespeare, ever thine. ' The names of Dryden and Pope appear on t1 hoiizon. Their poetry was artificial. They we root's of art and not of Nature. They were narro' t'ashior.able with no entuhsiasni of poetry. Dryd< Lad the greater Strength uf mind.?Pope had?tmdre delicate feeling. . Thomson "is the T?ost of tl ie-t^piptiye poets. Of Cowper it is said th'at "L shakes hands with Nature with a pair of fashio able gloves on; he .is-delicate to fastidiousness ai ,'hul to get Lack to the drawing room and the L lies, the sofa and fhe tea-urn." With all 'this 1 is a genuine poet. As for Burns he had an eye to see and a hea to feel. What surri'sses his love songs in beau and true pathos. How vivid are his pictures- i good fello\v?fhip, of soelai glee and quaint humo What is poetry? ^s it the 'stuff of which li: is made?' y A ' . 01 * courage the Parent-Teacher m ? sell a large number of Chri ibuv at least a dollar's worth . r" JOHN State College, Orangeburg, 1 , *71 *7* al? , '. ?*" ? ?"?-= h?j A CITY OX I MF. HWK OF Til 1'. j BLACK WACCAMAW RIVEIt T ? Thehivtoric city of Conway situat^ j ed., on -tPTe banks of the dark waters, j i sC' called Waccamaw River, "no w ;c- ! I | stands as gateway to Horry Strand, ^ j a beach of charm and beauty, " S. C. .e i Summer resort." V "I 11G ' j One glimpse from %e d'ark waters ve j of Waccamaw, brings one's attention , to a. dark cloud that h;ix. rnvpi-cl fhA i lovely blue skies and shutting of the ?n, I , brilliant rays of the sun light from ?fT~!~tho' earth." ; ?ir i t i It was on the bank of this river , ' where the Cultural City sprang-up ( to sendr forth its men out into the world,tot better a nation, or . * : J But farther into the city " ritfey be??found oTilnvhcs of" various>kimfe- .up-" r held DV 'lp;Wlihe ni 1 iu<t1.1". t\f rCh.,l-,.- I witb-a fftt-nt f?ul ku>l<-with an oxeeh lant faculty and a splendid environmerit. It is from .school that boys and girls will recieve a foundamenta! ' course, where they may enter into leading universities and institutions ?an i be clo.oihod As A No. I After ' taking up and completing a de'sireu i(j course, .may stay out upon the broad ' stage of life to make this world a ' peaceful natron where true harmpny will reign..for ever and for ever. '. | Iv 9 m ' CfADSDKN NEWS , . " !-y t" - i< It was quite dull arouni Gadsden he oil Thanksgiving vD.a.y. Everybody ti- went to' Eastover to attend The 10th at Annual Grand Session of The Holley ;is Funeral Aid Soeities of Richland and n. : Calhoun*-Counties, The- same was is ; said Co have been the grandest affair j P. e.er witnrssi-d in thnt nimmnnil v If hp you missed it you missed -a treat. I ie Thp""Grand Noble Shepherd, Mr. ' >i, IV. S. Ho-lh'i. is doing meat uuik in ve Ric'hland and Calhoun Counties. He ' i<r is to be commended highly. To the readeu* of this article; If i n. you are not a member of' tliis organi0f zation, get in touch wiHi Mr. Holley 1 js at once. And if your children are j 0f not members of the Juvenile Dept. i it. do tike wise. Your reporter reecom-j of mend this, The Holley Funeral Aid ' p. Societies of Richland and Calhoun 1 me, nave sent in tne*r state ^ yours, do so before the holi- X ops (lovvn*exjjenses in my of-~ f , o the State Association; en- *X Association; by all means, X" stmas Seals; and be sure co X r yourself. x* r. P. BURGESS, Incentive "Secretary. XK~xk~XK~XK~X~XK~X~X~X~X~X c r has been re-elected nresidpnf Mr. Backman Richardson principal of the Graded School at Wagener, S. C. spent the Thanksgiving holdiays home with his parents and friends^ | Mrs. Idell^ M.. Boozer is still, on "L the sick list but is much improved at this writing. ? . j Mrr and Mrs. R. 'H?. Marshall wish * to rhank the many friends for the nice Thanksgiving boxes sent to their daughter, Miss Beatrice Marshall of Voorhees Schooh. " ... Masters Ludy .and James Marshall, 'entertained a number of friends *with an opposym dinner Thanksgiving Day.. Til/-.or. n ? "" ? '' wv.ot iJitocm were. iuessrs I50D Brown, David. Singleton, Herbert Lorick and J. H. Marshall. After dinner the host served a delicious 'rrnrrsp of penimmon baQr^. - " T. E. Boozer, Reporter. MACEDONIA PRESBYTERIAN I L CHURCH Fort Mill.?Our pastor Rev. Parker brought to us another .one of those .painting; lt,nd inspittai|onal sjprmons there yet any that is left of the.' house of SauIYhat I might show him kindness for Jonathan's sake." Theme Gratitude. 1 ^ As we know/S9a^fl was. ah ert^my of David to the extent that he sought his life 4 but ^Jonathan, Saul's "teon, was David's friend and he put David wise of his father's part, and /or-this kind deed David, ''wfes- very grateful to (Jonathan. Notwithstanding* that Saul was the enemy of David, David remembered the good things of Jonathan, the son, rather than 'the mean Miss Addie L. Faulkner spent Thanksgiving dhy in Charlotte visiting friends. Miss Julia Geter of Greensboro, N. 0., made a pop call at the home of Miss Beatty, her sister, Sunday evening on returning from Chester. Miss Emerlyne Steele departed this life Thursday, Nov. 24, 1932. Funeral services were held at the Bethlehem Baptist church, Friday Nov. 25 at^SrSO o'clock. *