The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, May 01, 1937, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

I. fellJ*. ing? V0L- XIII?NO. 19. fever ~~*i 7 T""*. , Fr 27th Annual Sessif S. C. Federation of Women's Clubs w ] THEME: "THE WORLD MOVES -FORWARD t)N THE FEET OF LITTLE CHILDREN" '* _____ The twenty-seventh annual ses-. sion of the South Carolina Fed- St ? ' ; eration of Colored Women's club nc will bo hgl(l_a.t-GreenviIlet South j;( Carolina, May 7, 8, 9, 1937. Theme , of this meeting: "The World Mov- ' es Forward on the Feet of Little " Children." Motto: "Lifting A^s tri Wfe Climb". - te . .". ' ei Program ,Q Friday night, May 7?8:30 p.m of John Wesley M. E. church, Mrs at Hattic L.. Duckett, presiding. tr Invocation?Rev. E. C. Wright. Solo?Dr. Guy Douglass Welcome Address? w Mrs. A. D. Stagg Musi"?Sterling choir Address?Dr. E. A. E. lluggins Representing professional and business men's clubs. Music?Sterling choir. Introduction of President? __ Mrs. M. B. Wilkinson Remarks by the PresidentMiss Helen Usher _ : Introduction of Reurosentntivee from clubs?Miss Helen Usher Saturday motiving 1) o'clock-Phyllis Wheatley Ce'ntter. Miss Maggie Glover, presiding. Devotions conducted by th.- Chap lain, Mrs. Leah Thompson, assisted by a representative from | Hartsville. D: 111:0U A.M.?Young- IVopleV . program. - r Music? ' ~ }Reading?Miss Grace Howe duiic? Vddress?Miss A. Cecite Johnson v Instrumental duet?Misses ILCler. V Daniels and Beverly Washington. / . Addit-ss?Mrs. Josie Hazel,'N.Y.A ' ' camp director. . " Report on Benefits derived from M N.Y.A. Camp?Miss Sadellc McCord, representative from N.Y. . A. camp, Oiangeburg. Reading?Mrtj, J. W. Harper ^ Music? *. N 11;0U a.m.?Mrs. H. II. Butler c, presiding Ollicors' Reports?Senior and Jun- , ior. f'liili Pmvii'to I r\ Committee Reports s< 12:00-12:30?Address? Mrs. A. F. McKissick 12:30-2:00 p.m.?Business Sunday, May 9 11:00 a.m.?Visitation to Churches t. . 3:00 p.m.?Phyllis Whoatley Ceil- p ter-?Miss Helen Usher, presidintf ' ' Invocation?Rev, J. \\. Wither- * spoon. In Music? cl k Childicn from the Wilkinson Home t i Solo?Mrs. J. T. D is her Introduction of Speaker? , Mrs. Uouglas K. Jenkins Address ? Mr. Abram Simpson w President of Allen univeisity C Stolo?Mrs. II. W. iiaumgardner al Appeal for Wilkinson Home? j Mrs. M. Wilkinson Wilkinson Hume Rally MusicBenediction. Funeral Directors _and Embalmers to n ? Hold 12th Annual th pi FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND w .1 EM HAL.MEKvS: l(] / ic -r'Choster, S. C., April 21st? ? Your twelfth annual convention si meets in Rock Hill, S. C., May 12th ami 13th, and you are cor- ^ dially invited and expected to at=? tend.?: " The executive , board, together w with Mrs. J. Mary Robinson, who cc is chairman of the local entertainment committee, met in Co- ^ lumbia, March 2Gth and, completed a very broad program for the 01 meeting. w I have already given due notice w to all who are to appear upon the program, and have in turn re- . ccived assuranee that-tha?place? ?! will be filled. y Many of the subjects will tend g tn lend ways to solve many of our professional problems,~aS" woih as we have the assurance that the P City of Rock Hill will make us C( welcome, and the local commit- y tee will furnish entertainment that will make the two days worthwhile to .us. Wb are, therefore, requesting of ? you your presence, and ask that IV trr\n tHo rninmitt.pp ? of your intentions to be present. j( It is also your privilege to bring your friends. c Programs for the occasion will p be forwarded to you wiA-Hin a 'I few days. t Yours for a successful convention, W. I. Peek, president, Anderson; J. E. Spann, secretary, Chester; Mrs. J. Mary Robinson, chairman, .entertainment committee, Rock Hill, South Carolina. k.., I - j ~ imtJ. ^ ^es Bailey Laid To Rest % ELL i % V'TERIOR AM) INTERIM VTOR ILL SEVER ONTHS James Bailey, 53, died at his me, 2470 Gervais street, at 5:12 iturday-afternoon after an ill?*s of eight months. Born in [rxington- county, -he?eame?to-jGo-; mbia early in his /youth and foi ie past 35 years he has been enig-ed in the business of an in-' rior-exterior decorator and genal contractor, being in demand ntinuously for the high quality ' his work. For' several years different times, he was a vesyman of St. Luke's P. E. church id was serving in that ollice hen stvieken with his last 'illness Ik; is strrvivcd by his wl;f, Mrs. j'.ia Bailey; live daughters, Mrs. 'elen Williams ol' Columbus, O.. rs. Ethel .Pearson of Columbia; isses Eloise, Corine and Hariiet 1 of Columbia; three brothers, 'alter and Joseph Bailey of ewark, X. J., and Jasper Bail, of Philanelphia, Pa.; two sis rs, Mrs. Franeena Tindall. of ewark, X. J.; Mrs. Elizabeth 'heeler of Tampa, Fla.; and two >ns-in-iaw, aim one grauuson. . Funeral services were conduct1 from-St. Luke's P. Iv.. church ; 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. I. Mat-Donald. Int. 1 inert in the almetto cemetery. Members of the deceased busiess film were the active pall ?arers.- The vestrymen and m> n's uh were the honorary pall bearMr. Bailey unquestionably had ic esteem of both races, lie did ork in the handsomest homes in olumbia; always respectful and ways respected; always upright i his dialings.. His death will ? generally regretted. FEDERATION LETTER Orangeburg, S. C. car Friendf You_kno'W full well the. story of e Marion Birnie Wilkinson Orrnnagc, fo-merly known as Fairold, at Cayce, S. C. A story lillI with the joys, distrc-s," and attaches of thirty little orphan rls, who look to us for care and ipport. In such a pressing time wo need :lp for these children, and l'eel ml. wp hnvt. only to issue the call, hOn loyal mCn and women will one to* our rescue. Our plan is this: One thousand more yearly subscriptions of ie do'llar each per year to -our ork, these annual contributors ill, make up a permanent list of iterestcd fiicnds on whom we can spend. The noble contribution last oar has lightened ~"bur burden reatly, and we trust that for the ear of 1937 we will be able tc lace you on our~list f</r a dullat ontribution. May we depend or ou to1 aid our cause this year? As we would like to make our reort for 1937 at our annual-meetipr to be held the early part o'l lay (7th, 8th and 9th) we will reatly appreciate it if you will ?t the collector of.the club in youi ity have your donation so that oui ilans will be forward rapidlj Tianking you for your kind in ercst in our endeavor. Yours for, "Lifting as we climb' The South Carolina Fqderatioi of Colored Women Campaign Committee Marion B Wilkinson, Orange - .1 rpal COLUMBIA, SOUT : i Bishop Wright Meets The King of The Swazis BremersjJorp, Swaziland?Bishop Hr R. Wright of the A. M, E. church paid an oflicial visit" to Swaziland and was accorded the honor of meeting the King of the Swazis, Sobbusa II. On account of? death in his immediate" family _ thyrJdng waS'-Hfaablo to attend the reception given to the bishop at J the capital, where, the Resident I Commission, Knglands official ren resentative, his wife and daughter and other, distinguished- personages we're in attendance. But the King sent word lfc would meet the bishop on Sunday afternoon. It so happened that Bisho?p Wright had to stait a new mission at Tmvronco Marques in Portuguese East Africa on the Indian ocean | at tb:xt same time, and I.owrenco Marque:- is nearly 200 miles away. 'Th 1 isho^i however arrived back prTSwaziland at night. Instead of I receiving the bishop ip his hut. j King Sohhusa met him in open i Held at midnieht. amid grass giewij-g two to four feet high. The King was clad in his native eosI luvae. hare feet.- with heads about i lvs ankle- an"d wrists and neck. ard a hkud'et tin ?\vn-aver him ' after the fasjiion of a. Ro'nin-n toga. Th re *. rc.eUng were erehanged and the hishop viven a heartv welcome i to Swa'dila .h "1 will have the l\onoi to- ca'i. upon my I.ord Bishop tonight, if it he his pleasure" -aid the King, "and if you. will go to your plac of abode._I will foli low in n half hour." I In a half hour tin- Kine's nies ;senger announced the. King's presence. For two hours the bishop ond the Kiiiir conversed. Bishop Wright. d-scribes the. King as,a nian five feet eight inches, not yet forty, Weighing about 150 pounds. "When I heard his voice in the ivld I recognidrd something superior in it, and *1 said to my wife, 'that must be the King', nlMio I did not expect such a romantic meeting jnnder the beautiful .\friea-sky. But when I sat down to talk with him T was charmed, i 1 was more than charmed: I was completely captivated. His round :>|ii;..-t boyish fare, in spite of !h beard, is most expressive, and ax he. talks bis eyes s.'ish. lie started the conversation by ' asking mo to tell about, my work. I tyld him. and added that our chtir. h was groatly interested in hi . people, and asked if there was anything he would suggest to me. I found him thoroughly familiar Willi the History 01 tin- ,\. 31. i<j. church. Hi' had'sent one. of his chiefs to America to investigate it. ind the chief had brought back a yood report. 1 envied the King's :ommand of English. He quoted the Bible, the poets, and showed ing hut of rare, culture. He is'a philosoplv r and a theologian with a keen interest it) world politics. \Yh 11 h. left to go, he passed my car in the moonlight. "You hltvo a 1!?:57 Hodge", said he. "How did you know I asked. Then he told me- more about the Dodge than 1 ever km w. I was later told he is an enthusiastic motorist. But '>e was more deeply'interested in '.lie economic development of his ne- pie. He controls vast average v. hibh is communally ovviied. My -irggestion that American Negro farm specialists could help his. country was received with deep nterest". . * King Sohbusa II received world vide fame some ten years ago hen he contested Britain's right - -H -eei ti>in-l;miK in his; kingdoms. , lie lias traveled extensively in Af, rica and Europe, and- may some ^ dav eo to Anterica as he has i great admiration for American Negro. , burg; S. C. Chairman Campaign I Committee. I Helen Usher, Sumter, S. C., ' Provident of Federation Belle Vincent, Columbia, S. C.p ' I Treas. Wilkinson Home Joyce Jenkins, Columbia, S. C., Chairman Wilkinson Home Activities 1 Marion B. Paul, Columbia, Chr Trustee Bo-ard of Wilkinson Home Ktta B. Rowe, Orangeburg, S. C - Secretary Campaign Committee. rncfti H CAROLINA, SATURDAY, ! Business Is Favorite Career Of Morehouse Seniors, Survey Shows Atlanta, Ga., April 22?.Special! ?Business continues to attract the largest number of Morehouse col" lege seniors. Of the '<4 men 111 the upper class, 14 have indicated this as their chosen occupation. Teaching is second with Id men electing it, while the ministry and religious - education together rank third with nine men, and medicine with seven adherents is- fourth. Data on intended careers of seniors have been gathered by Dean B. R. Brazeal, and made public "liT connection with thp campus observation of the National Vocational opportunity campaing which is being sponsored nationally by the Naltonal Urban League. Duaing the week well known speakers have discussed vocational problems at the daily chapel service. The survey dhows Morehouse seniors plan to follow a variety of cai ecus. Five pian in entering social; work, and two would be sociologists. TtlF law llitei o. t:; tlrree and throe.others would engage in physical education. Accounting, as apart from business, is tlud *hoiee of two seniors, while anoth . er plans to engage in work with producers' cooperatives. One student has selected each of the following occupations; actor, architect, artist, biologist, chemist, -economist, engineer and go\ eminent wo! ktr: Fight of th class have not yet determined .what carc.erhey will follow. . In general, the choice of professions fullow the line of the ac luuniic majors in college. The majors fleeted by .seniors have been tabulated, as follows: economies and business administration 17, religion i), history P, Knglisli 8, sociology 8, mathematics 7, biology 5, education 4, chemistry 8, art 2, French 1, and physical ed-( ucation 1. . During National Vocational Opportunity Week talks have b on made to students by Professor Ira I'e A. Reid of the department of siciolog.v of Atlantd university; Reginald A. Johnson, executive e.ciVtary -of the Atlanta Urban League. T. Arnold Hill, director ol the department of industrial relations of the National Urban lieague and Dean B. R. Brazeal of Morehouse college. News In And Around Washington Washington, p. C., TVIay 1st? The weather aruond the ration's capital is far from being settled. Cold water has been falling from last Saturday night until Monday night and is still falling. The second crop of Cherry BloS sonis mot very unpleasant weatlv er, those who didn't see the first ones will hardly see the last. ?The?Baltimore"?conference" Ot the A. M. E. church will hold its annual meeting in Baltimore at Ebenezer church, beginning on /\pni ~o. nisnop iu. 11. i'avis win preside. "Sloop not, dream not. but aviso the judge is at the door". Where sendeth thou me? Hev. A. J. Wilson was funeralizcd last Thursday, April 22 at the Metropolitan A. M. E. church. He was secretary of the Extension Loard of the A. M. E. church since 1U21). The Rev. Mr. Wilson was born in South Carolina. Among some . of the places he pastured were: Charlotte, N. C.; Raleigh, N. C.; and Wilmington, N. C. He also served as elder in North Carolina and Western North Carolina conferences. The Rev. Mr. Wilson left t< mourn his loss, a wife, Mis, S. A Wilson; two sons, Dr. R. A. Wilson of Washington, D. C., and Prof. 1J. 11. Wilson who is Eng lish 'in&tyuetpr at Morris Browi: college, Atlanta, Ga. -- The A. U. club meets at Mr. and 'Mrs. E. Cheeks for a call meeting on Friday to discuss a r-pi lug frolic. To subscribe for The Palmetto Leader in Washington, call North 342 or stop at 140'J T. St., N I W., J. O. llart^ ^ S. C. State College Commencement Announced Orangeburg, S. C.?Leaders, , 'distinguished in the field of relig ion and education, have been se! cured as baccalaureate and commencement speakers on the com'l i _ O Continued on Page 8 MEea MAY 1. 1937 sura nee Asso. Meets in Augusta, Ga. By II. W. Baumgardner Augusta, Ga.?The Augusta Chronical, the leading daily news paper ~Tp tjMg_&cctwrt7--'edited T7y ?Htnir"TKonias J. Hamilton, who* is also postmaster of this city, in an editorial, April IP, said: "Augu-ta is proud o*f the ,fact that she lias the Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance CompanPf one [ of the leading insurance companies among Negioes in the United States, an,:! that Walter S. lloiusby, vice pre.-ident oT this company is. also the executive head of the National Insurance Association, which convenes in Augusta May 20-28, and which comprises some 21) or niorjL' companies. '* "The Pilgrim is a substantial Augusta institution 'with a. long W. s. 1IOUNSI3V, President record of eoitiey* to ihe colored people o'f the coniinuiiity and this I .section t? tvc South. It has an in pretMiablo position financially, , bcitijj: well managed, and is generous iii its treatment of pc'iey-. holders. "The Chronicle congratulates President Ilornshy upon bring the National Negro' In uranee A ->ciation to Augusta for its annual meeting ami w<> feel that he has done a groat joh in making Pilgrim the gieat institution that it is." Alljrusta. (lil. -PlvMdcrt W. S. Ilornshy, of the National Negro Insurance Association, and vicepresident am'. general manager of the Pilgrim Health and T.ife Insurance Company lias announced 'that President Harry 11. Pace, of the Supreme I.ioMty Life In-uranco Company, <-f Chicago will be the speaker on the. opening night of the annual National' liwnamo Convention May 'id, and that C. C. Spaulding, jiresi U nt -of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, of Durham Avill respond to all the addn sses of welcome. Augusta, (Ja. -Herheit W. Baumgardmr, formerly Piafrcs-or of Psychology* in-Allen- univusity and now director of education and publicity for Co P*hrvirn HonPlrl and Life Insurance Cc.'nipaiiv will discuss the* subject "Sale* Psychology" at the National Xojii'o Insurance Association. Mr. Raumffardner'ii ambuss is proaranuue.l for the final day, May 28. It. T. W. Hid II PRESENTS "THE GONDOLIERS" 'I'lc (lie,, club ?:f Hooker Wash uiuioii iiikii ^ ""i win present "The Gondoliers," a Gilbert ami Sullivan light opera at the Colulmbin Town-lie) au itc'riiim on May 14. This type of offering is an annua) presentation, the school having given "I'iniifore'' and "The Mikado." in the* last t\vc; years This year's opera is under the direetion of Kevnold Scott and II. G. Raskin products of the music sfhc/ols of Hampton and TMsk respectively, an i music instructors in the i igh school.* fsolo part-s will be?taken hv lne.il talent, j teachers, and pupils. "Thc Gondoliers" i- a cc/mic op era. Tlv scene is lavl in Venice. Italy. The story centers around the fact that two gondoliers suddenly learn hat one of them, they do not know which, is supposed to be a king and to have married a duchess in his infancy. The gondoliers do not receive the startling news kindly for they are already happily married to Italian maidens. Alennwmle, the duchess, who is now a very beautiful younjr w<vman, is greatly troubled when she is told that che was married in in tancy to a prince. It will moan that shc will have to'(five up her lover for royalty. But an old nurse of the prince comes forward and clears up the mystry and leaver evtrybody happy. I I i iihtv J Dean R. E. Clement Chosen President . Atlanta Univ. > Atlanta, Ga., Apiil 24?Special - I>r. Kufiis FL ('lenient, dean of tlie Louisville; Municipal college for Ncproes, was today elected president pf-Atlantp university to . succeed the..late l>r. John Hope who .died in'February, 1 (?:><>. Dr.! Clement was thy unanimous choice -of the hoard Of trustees of the' university which met for its anlllltll e/ioel?.. 1 .1VP.-IUI1 Ill'IU. The- president-elect is a yradunto of . Idviiui'tono co'hiyc, of Sdjisbury, No ith 4'arolina, ami holds (ho (loyro.es -o-f?l>a holni ,o( ~ divinity from (lari.ctt Ui' lical in stituUv master of arts and doctoi of philosophy from Nor' liwV.stern uuiveisity.. llo'.is the first ddan 'of the Municipal oolloyo for No* yfoos in I.ouisvillo. havi: y :vi.v-;... d in this i>o-it'on since 1 '.*11. Hof. vo yohijv (t, Louisville. ho was professor of history and jjoverh- , r i -it. and later dear. of liis alma Dr. Clement is M7 years old. and . >s a native * of Salisbury; North Carolina. .IIo is the son- of* the Into He hop (iooryv C. Clements and Emma Williams Chnr. nt. He w i mar-hied in Pooonihor l'd'JO to ' Mi.-s Pearl A. .Jidmson. T ley. have ono dauehfor. I'pon eoiuplotioii ! ?!!-: eolloyv \\c:k am! his yradsua'.! s, 1." rottirrad to Sal- ' islusiy Whr.teaohof ill l.iv iiiystonc eolh' .o. In t'.'l'S-vn h" was.a t'ni vw s'ty ft lli.w in history <H ..Northwestern university. In Iptll he wa; ealli'd to Louisville t ? lie ..the.. rtittil ?v I* tlio n. ?i *.'1 K-Kl JIIlLHlv . icipal roliciie for N--.yrd.'S. ' Ii> addition to his adniini-tr; live duties there, he sciw.i.i as professor ,-f lustoiy. Tin* newly chosen, presi lent' has ( hec.11 president of tiro N'atioi al \sseeiaiinji. for Teachers in Coi- ' >tcd schools and of the National Association of (.'ollr.yiat Deans, and Registrars, lie - is- -a lnein- ( Iter of the - Anion an I'isforieai As .I, iation and the As ixNation ' for the.. Study of N'ogrp I.il'e and ( History^ I Dr. Clement will It. th' second pics.ident of Atlanta university since-it-, was rooriraniHed i: lPdh as 1 :i a radual'e school, and \ as then '* affiliated with Fpehaan co'|(?jrt f01? ] Women M! ,d Mo>Vh"U>e !' >r lUt'll. ' At the time ,01' the. aililia ion, Dr. John i??.?>c?. tlien psesi lent of Morehouse college was chosen fo : he lh prc-ideiif of the new At- ' lanti^-^ujiiversity. ITv'a- Dr. ' . anininistirfttion tin- endowment n!' tiu- univet'sitv was in- ' : ?k-?t% *4 | reasid tenfold, and e than a 1 million dollars was expended on 1 >ew huildines and erinipm- iit. En- * rollim-nt in the graduate school ' ' ose duriny his administration 1 in 1This yeas the en- * iollment ?)f graduate students was 1 -2a in the summer session and 1 IS durintf the retnilav session. rm- i Knights ' Of Pythias . Fil'tv.pitrhfh Annual r * ^UllUUl | | Thanksgving Services Hy .1 u 1 in Braxton Clark , | ; ?*; f Xt.w Vink C'itv, X. V., An-d-^ J ?Knights of Pythias of the Uni- *' form Rank, Subordinate Bodges, Mas tier of Works Couijcil, Courts of Calanthe, Nurses I; nit, Juvenile Department and Auxiliary brandies (Alphabetical OuUr) of t "I New York with representatives lrom Yonkers, New Roeheilu, Fai Uoekaway, and Brooklyn made a colorful (Ifsidttv at Bethel A. M E. church, 5-1 West 132nd stieet untlav afternoon. t The mens ion was the Order's . Ifty-eighth 'annual Thanksgiving services. * Rev. II. P.?All ! 'isnn pii<tQ|- (,1 _t Beth.el church delivered the ser t mon. Appearing om the program , ... K_:- I M ? * 4 win' iximi cfioir, *j> u \ t.* 11111 * <up?l)'I mont chorus, Beatrice Baker, F.ltintre Beau, tenor; D. Jerome Bradford, baritone. t The principal addresses were ( made by Mrs. Rosa I\ Peyton who . spoke on Calantheanikm and liarold W. Clark, grand lecturer. His f subject was M.As- Pyhtinns ami 1 Negroes, What Are You Doing?" i Other speakers were I.t>e Craw-; . ford, Grand Chancellor of New Rochclle; Rosn G. Blocker, Grand ( * Worthy Counsellor; General Fet- s er S. Jackson, Cnpt? J. B. John- f son; Mrs. Jessie Wells, J. B. Williams, Mrs. Margaret R. Driggs. * George. R. Sumncri was mastei ' of eeremonies. j he 7th ~PRICET 6 CENTS Attention Baptist Brother-Hood of South Carolina The. Educational and Missionary rnnv^l.km-n So'.ltf. f'ai'olia'a will??" held its Sixtieth Annual Session in Manning, S. C. with the Ebenczor Baptist eJbprv-h. Rev. A. Daniel--, pjL^tor.- Time, May 4-7, 1&37. Rev. Daniels and his people have madr. every preparation for our entertainment. This promises to bc olio of the best sessions in the history of the convention. TVi.. c,. ?..? is? i- ? ...v >uik'iwiik ?juir>ittiiiuiiu iaymon and ministers arc on the program: Revsr. A;?Wi?Hdt;?Hi?B; l'l.'sli. I'. B.?Mabry,?Win.?Lips-? comb, J. W. White, H. H. Petersen P. B. Mdodana, C. II. Brown, L. K. Daniels, J. P. Reedier, S. S. YoungblooJ, P. A. Gallaliam, S. C. Ghlnpbell, I. I). Pinson, J. J. Si nk's, Mr. W. I. Peek^iiX'f. C. A. I.awson, Mrs. M. K, Howard and Drs. 1). J. Dixon and J. CI. Stew- , art. It will be worth your trip to hoar-t-ho afHiutd add'ress-of?Prest dent II. II. But-lcr, to' say nothing l>1" the Educational addresses of Drs. Starks' and Pinson. Come hear Rev. 3. C. Campbell outline "T*"* the ]>Ians for the School of Methods and Mr:. ' give her plans for the Golden Jubilee of the Woman's'Convention ip 1938. All delegates representing ovrai:i/.ation are asked to register _ . Wednesdaymorning between 9 and 10 o'clock a. m. . ? II. il. Butler, President L. C. Jenkins, Secretary VIRGINIA STATU LOSES IN TRIANGULAR DERATE TO SOUTH CAROLINA Orangeburg, S. C.?April 27, 1937, the South . Carolina State college Debating Team defpntpd ? Virginia State college, here Menlay night, April 20, in their annual Triangular Debate. The The question was, Resolved: That Congress should be empowered to fix minim am wages ar.<l maxium hears for industry. The South Carolina Affirmative .team, composed of Mrs Cecil Whittaker, Mr. Howard .Jouian, and .Mr. Austin Edwards, alternate, faced oxceeningljf difficult competition from .he Virginia negative team composed of Miss Eunice Odom, Miss Ruby Vaugh n, and Miss Elizabeth Moore, alternate. Miss Whittaker and Mr. Jordan -cored their second victory of the uason, for they had defeated Florida State A. & M. college at fallahas'see on March 1," the ques;ion then .being, Resolved:> That Electric Utilities should be govern nontally ItAvncd and operated. South Carolina won a double viccry on. -that night,' with Miss Elizabeth Bradford, and MissPruicnoe Oliphard defending the af irniativc in Orangeburg, and Miss A'hit taker. and" Dir. Jordon, Miss Marion Williams, alternate de^ mting the negative at Tallahassee, "lorida. ^ The team this year has been 'oacliod by Mrs. Etta B. Rowe, Miss Grace V. Pr/stles, and Mr. Iryant Blakemon, and Mrs. N. C. six, upo#Pwhom great responsilility has rested. Lass night's delate closed the debating season 'or State A. & M.'co'llege, but next reAr is eagerly looked forward to, "nd much success is anticipated. ?_?.? m ? ^ Federation Notes 'lit- Haipberg 'Counly District Federation I!? Id at'Clear Pond Saturday, March 27, 1937 . To soma house wives no tempnti?vrl wonhi he -strong enough to ? nkc them away from home the-all oo busy Saturday, proceeding 'aster, but to the busy woman, he woman, of vision and many in- , crest the day was just right to ittact an lure her to take an auto rip through the open country. I'his ideal day, March 27, called he wotnen to the Bamberg Couny Federation bold at the Clear 'ond school building. At no sea<>n of the year are th0 wcvuls more )eautiful than when the Dogwood, he Jasamine, and Honcysuclc? are n bloath. This colorful new life wry where, augmented by the !ongs of birds and smell of fresh arth from the newly plowed earth rave inspiration and assurance tc; he folks who gladly 'pays the Continued on Page 8