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H' ' _ _ (Bfrg :??flaltnetta fipa&er |sPUBLISHED WEEKLY E? Iftin AaoomMy St. i roftimhiaj S.-f!/ " Entered ut the Post Office at Co. lumbia, S. C., as second class matter by an Act of Congress. ! SUBSCRIPTIONS , L j One Year i. $2.00 Six Months- -ii, 1.26 'Ihiee Months ... .75 L. Single Copy 06 - FOREIGN ADVERTISING. AGEM7Y W. If. ZIFF CO.. Dchrborn St.. Chicago, 111. Ollieial Advertisements at the rate allowed by law. The Leudor will' publish oriel and ? rational letters _on subjects oi general interest when they are accompanied by the names und address of tne authors and are n6t of a dematory nature. . i ATrorrywBTOS communication will not be noticed. Rejected iiianu* scrips will not bo returned. REMITTANCES Checks, Drafts and Postal or Ex. press Money Orders should be made payaole to the oruer oi r . The Palmetto Leader. ? GEO II. HAMPTON Publisher n. j. frederick editor E. PHILIP ELLIS -?Field Agent L. G. BOWMAN Circulating Mgr. ' Comnrutticati.on intended for the , current issue must be very -ferial and should reach the editorial desk not Jater tnan Tuesday of each wrjek. City news, locals, personais and social, news by Wednesday. Bus nesa and Editorial Phone 4523 SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 4938 TOO MANY MURDERS IN COLUMBIA. Every Criminal Court session of Richland Couiity has before it 1 or 4 Negroes accused of killing some other colored man?.sometimes -a woman. The punishmenl given these murderers of times Dor uer on the ridiculous. Because' ol that, the life of the average Ne. gro is about as cheap as the roc ord breaking 1937 cotton crop Although there have been munj atrocious killings of Negroes bj Negroes, not a murderer has evei been given the electric . chair. Qm ifjiiLi-iiL'L'cr, ITUTT ~nr~t Governor saw fit to commute thi sentence to life imprisonment; hi gave mercy to one who was merci less in his manner of killing hii woman victim. While in law-, ev t-ry'kilting 'is not' hi Ureter oftime! 1 a jower?g i ado?manslaughter?ye. mat^ilaughtvi^ is ael'iuus enougl ' " fYiWyrh ft killer to get more thai the.*suul 2, 3, and occasionally I years ^ sentence. The one Judgi ?who fceems -to look upoft the kill ing ch-Negroes by Negroes as i sejioiis matter is Judge J. Henr; Johfison. No 2 or 3 years sentence as a rule for.him; he piled on th years for manslaughter*. Wer such a policy common, we ventur the assertion that there would b less shooting and stabbing t death of Negroes by Negroes; lif would be safer. The situation a now exists in this killing buoinoo .is of sufficient importance to <clair the intelligent and poitive jatten tion of?our welfare organization' ~ and the .Ministerial Union. Ca ?there te anything more importan than the protection life? Ther should lyjVimprovement in condi 4 rions in Columbia and Iiichlan County. c . GREAT IS WALTER WHITE. Acco'rding to Senator J. I Byrnes of South Carolina, til busterjng against the Anti-Lynch ing hill, Walter White has attair ed the proportions of a Mussolir or Hitler. Officially, Walter Whit is Secretary of .the National' Assc ciation for the.Advancement o Colored People. The Senator ho1 "ever has pyombted him to the ?lic tatorship of the United States Se ate. He.said that Mr. White "ha ordered this Bill to pass." He fui ther asserted that if Mr. Whit would agree to the shelving; of th hill the advocates of its passag "would desert it as quickly as foe ball players unscramble when th "Whistle of -the-- referee is -hearfk lieve the Senate is bossed by M -m . White, a colored man. It is onl \ a subtle way of trying to injec racial prejudices in the ",'mattei The Senator is for preserving th , - * iree htjq?unrestricted right c mass miirdersy^I^C White for th ways of civilized government: May the Wens and ideals of th Whites prevaij and those of th Senator soon pass away from th face of the globe?-certainly froi America. , : - -*- .. ^ m i i-~ DEMOCRACY IN ACTION?AN TI-LYNCH BILL. Aa_ these lines are written, thi cpuntry is affording an exhibitio of Just how much foolishness an <vaste ~6an ~be tolerated und$r democratic f6tW of governmen The enactment of a law to end ' ' specie of savagery found only?in_ A i n erica?1 ynch'fng?preseh 19 the picture* Reliable polls of the decent sentiment of the South as well as all the other sections of the country show a decided majority in favor ojf the enactment of such aHaw. And yet a small num ber of politicians have blocked for days any positive action. That such \ course, is costing the nation'* taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars does not count with them. They simply are opposeo to any law that will restrict the light to string up or burntheh dark fellow citizens. Two pnilos I r*f (rnvnrnmnnt will nvnnf. '.ally fight it out?democracy and Facism. Both have their faults. Americans so far for the most part believe that their system is mighty poor way at times of show ing it. Fancy such a spectacle as the Senate is tolerating presenting itself in Germany, Italy or'Russia. TrTthose countries; there- would have ere now been either the enactment nf auch a law or' it would nave been thrust' aside ami uthei business entered into. And the foolishness that is being jjotten ofl by some of the Senators is appalling. One must wonder juist how some of those men ever got i r that body. Especially is what what they are saying in the socalled debate is indicative of theii intellectual level. They seem tc care for neither facts norjogie assuming of course that they have an .acquaintance with them and arc honest in their attitude. There are at least 70 of the 96 members of the Senate peldged .to vote foi the Anii-lynching bill, hut 15 politicians are holding off the "Voting ' If that be true, then it only show; for -a certainty that a .democratic j system is surely a funny animai at times; fifteen certainly is no1 ' a majority of ninety-six?and democracy means the rule of a majority?at least that is the theory i nil W ; \!T i I \| I'lTVl jfiflUUil lAU^I L/ll 1 i if ECHOES ; ,!;? By "CAP JIM" I ' Starting off from where we pari ed last week. Our New Year's pro1 gram Sunday afternoon - the 2nd | vvaa really encouraging. An extra large crowd was out. The different 1 numbers on program were wel 1 earriud out. Wo shall not take then oiie by one, since each was good ' but w,e must pause to throw i f I L J rose at the original poem for 193$ ] by Miss F. L. Lykcs. For a. lont j lime at each Emancipation Laj , | Program, this young lady has woi > , applause by delivering a wortl ; while poem of her own,the though I oncouched therein, in keeping wit! , Ithe occasion. She_ has taken ~ pain 2jand given thought each year, try -jing to produce a gem. We fee 8 Kl,~ iU-A. I ? I unc uuici a lhul ner xaoo proquc 5ltion was the best yet. We pass 01 tho m?w TVio unlna hy Dt T~Dougt55s~ and Mrs. Bessie "Sulllvai j were very good. Sterling did her e self honor. The quartet furnishe* _ I.several selections and each wa a' welLtaken. In fact with due re y spect to the past, the gang on th 3 3 . e team of 4 now?just is putting ou e'the stuff. They did no monke; ej stuff, hut put out several number e in a way that folks that appreci ate real singing could enjoy. Re; a'C F. Gandy was down for remark b- m* was?fku^-and-to the pointn urging our folks to unite in som ' way for protection. He painted i very dark pieHiru ao to the Negr t making no effort to protect him c self in a legal way. At one tim j it looked as if he was knockinj all of the wind out of the speake of the d^y's sails?he became s wrapped up in pressing his thot All enjoyed his say. Now if an ' one has decided to put into prae ] tice his advice, which .was timelj i. we doubt. Then the speaker o )i the dav. the Rev. J. W Wither et spoon was introduced. He soo made it_clear that his powder wa ^ still dry. hie dived off into his a u-dress as-if he had no thought o n the past. His job was to carr Is home his message to that splendi e crowd in front and on the sidh e of him. He traced the history o e the colored, man from away ypn * dor up until now Now all Vnus e ? admit to do that was a iob: bu as a whole htr made a pretty goo r- job of it. Hia advice as to hot ^ to handle present day phoblem r that confront the race, was san Lv e~-and sensible. The address w a well prepared and well deliveret ^ IVn tmof frV.r.4. . n.An ?^A ^ , t? v, U uot iimo j i/ nan accu nvwn u e'goorl soil, ^ftrs a whole the aftei e noon was great; and thf?e wh e, came out, seemed to have fel 71 j paid. "T We note with regret that th f- spirit of honoring the first day i 'January seems to be graduall is growing to bo a thing of the psa n In faet it seems as if the Negr a of today .Just is not interested f t. nouffh in his beginning or his enc i ln| ii i citizen; to come tog?ethe ^ ^ ' ~ THE P at any tlma or any place and reason the plight Out I thlnlr from " 1 any angle nnd regardless to what any one may argue; that at least once a year, we should" gather .ourselves together and take stock in the business world it's done; i n fact no one can figure out what is what unless at some time "stock is aken." One thing is surethere is no sucfTlhing as barely holding our own. We are either matting gooa?or we are nou ioj ' know this cannot be fot^ttfc'out Jjy guess work. The shaker J^at ,Sun. day afternoon s^U-among other good things that'cotoroq-. folks usually act and then think. Well, maybe they U30d to do that way7 but ?t seems nowadays $hat h e fails to think either before or af| ter if he acts?the trouble is today . the colored man seems to be doI ing very little acting and less thinking and oft time? when?he i does act,*he acts like a fool.. May the day brighten. z Kampbellgrams * | X Stephen C. Campbell , Many suggestions .have come for F the most outstanding events among Negro Baptists for 193?.T^.H were fine but all cannot be deaignatcd "Outstanding." " ' : 1. The marvelous enrollment at ; Morris College ranks flr9t. ( 2. The organization of Clinics by the S. S. and BYPU Department of Religious Education. - tj 3. Survey conducted by- the statistician. This shows tha^t Negro II Bantists raised thru - their organi Jzations $143,227.57. This does not * include local church expenses and 1 Work. Baptist property is valued f at $4,375,478.10. This is church property. ~ ? ? : 4. The attendance at " the An' nual State Conventions. \ 5. The Annual School of Meth1 ods of 1937. This waa the largest * gathering of any denomination in ' South Carolina and the record is ^excelled only* by?The?Palmetto : State Teachers Association. ' 6. The new type of Journal edi* ted by L. C. Jenkins. i 7. The organization of the Wo. 1 rhan's Convention 50th Anniver1 sary Program. This is the great1 est achievement of"the* M. Kr How 1 ard administration. < . . _ 5 8_ The appearance of Rev. A. 3 W. Hill on the Congress program; * Rev. H. H. Butler on the National 1 Convention Program and the elec tion of a certain man as assistant ^ ?9.?RepreaenialiOfLlin the Nation n al f'nn>o? AkoOMAa /v/ | ?V \yvi??^uviwii ?*VV1 ?|i HMWMVV v* -122 yeara. dj 10. The ereetlon of a $60,000 91Library at Benedict College." FT The building program B7f e Friendship College, t 12. The Sandy River Associa/! tion's Educational Rally. 3 13.' The 12 Point Lon^ Range - Program of the Educational and ' Missionary Convention. 3 14. The Moderator's Conference 15. The Rally Plan for the Cone vention by G. G. "Daniels. 3 16. The devotional message by Q- Arthur J. Wright.? - 17. The retention of the For?,eign Mission office in Columbia, K with J. P. Reeder, Cot.- Sec. r 18. The planning for the Ceno tral Office for the denomination, s 19. The adoption of the Assoy ciational Training - Program i n Charleston county. '.J The work or H,-W. Long at f , Macedonia Baptist church, Darling ton. nj 21. The fine spirit of cooperation 9 which exists among Baptist leadd ers. fi .. *< Trends Among Baptists. d 1? A Unification of all Associa9 tions behind the state program un 'f^der a general secretary who will ir direct the work for greater effec't tivenesa. it' 1 _ . . jT 2. County wide associationsoi the unification of all small associag tions in counties into one big coun e ty-wide association. And where one ^association covers several counties ] the county-wide basis to be formu n lated. '"J 3. Monthly contributions from e the schools and union* for the sup * port of the training program of the S. S. and BYPU Convention. 0' n 4. One state-wide convention y for all the Baptists of the State 5. State-wide conferences foi 0 the planning of a more err cctivc program. *? Ir 6. Constant touch with all Uu aurcrro leader / i*? *3?* ?* ** > ^--^m btv^ / i?y:y.:.v;', j( 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Pictured here-! one of the V left, a patient referred to the registered and his case histr patient is given a thorough pi tor and nurse Below, nt left the X-ray is examined by a "s Thousands of incipient ca ws h lar to this one before they hav Photos. | MAYBE SO AN 11 ? (Ky W. H. j ' niHONLC XG ' Have you met 1 ha t i?' > t ; . M . who i By always sintfn r Mfc t he* lowdhwn blues- compitunB inpf about somcmmm! <v is most bore some when his romnlainis are about himself. This guy is always sjck, a :id' yet he "goes anywlyjrc tro.desires,?hi fact he is more often on the fi<> than the w7tt~nndjiuarty person tt, whom he. broadcasts' his ills. Th. listener knows it and-lnnp-hs This- complair.er never feoK well in bocl3'; he affects .to b?.worried in mind about something! all or most of the time.*. The reprehensible and annoying thing about it alb is the fact that he miluuds^hLs miseries and his woes on somebody else. Generally, I feci like telling a blues dispenser to take - his woes to the Lord or to the pelice 'arid leave them there' or somewhere. Everybody is against'this com resources .tnrtr mi ic..ponuencc a?n visitation. Meet the Baptist leaders at Sum tor July 13, with your doorway delegations and a donation. The State S. S. and BYPU Convention will meet that day. Kelly Miller Writes on The Renunciation of Dr. WTETB.~DuI5ois PART II Turn back the. .-pa?us__of race history for ten years.". \vhen 1 wrote an article in' Current History Magazine pointing put iho in. evitabiljty of segregation as tin outcome of race prejudice. Du Bois was then at the head of the brain trust under the auspices o! -the NAAt Ar Or Pr This miliiaiijl organization consolidated its -in genuity m?tWmujat 'r.g?Uvc?condemnatory reply in the same issr.t ox this n'agazine in which I \va* ybranckd a??af eoni.ii'nnin-cr,?um ,'mer apd timeqrerrer; but they in ,thoir Olympian superiority affected to serve eternity. But what s change a dcdatfe'hns brrtught forth; i Mr. - Benjamin Stolberg, whose ' article" in the Nation of October-^ ' 1937, is the occasion* of , renunciation, accuses Ur.*'TWBoi.< of aiming- to set up a ^race~ ntrtarr; i chy. "Of, all things!" frowns Stol berg;,"Of all things!" retorts Du> iBois; and so cxclaini we nil., Br ( pn^nctnl rxf h.imnn rights n ml );Hf .equality and puts his reliance ir I a dubious polhfical-.cconomic experiment. Negro autarchy or pol 1 (ileal, industrial, or economic au ? ? *?';v *, j^1 WtfjiTa ji \m^^K Jtffl IJ . AMU BjBhb ^ - ''] m>t^^^jS60StBWKtKESMKKKKM PA clinics in operation. Above, at 1 clinic by a local welfare agency is .... i_ ? ?-> --?- '? * 'i y im utuiucu. rvt nnuiiiti lysical examination by a WPA doc, i\ patient is X-rayed; and at right specialist for signs o f the disease, ave been discovered in clinics simie advanced too far for cure.?WPA *X'4"V 0 M A YBE NOT | >hacl\l<?ford) ' ? >Ml\l MNERS 1 plainer, so he says and may think, j I <1 m.'t kno\V about that. I think ^-that is mostly n pi n/y notion trav, ylin r pell mell through a disorder' e.: brain. ? One thing.I do know that every? body IS against, and that one thing is Ulat everybody get<R tired of listening to sob stories and complaint , stuff. Somebody should -'start a Com plainer?- Swret- Society.?The?o& i"ft should Ik' to a 11 o\v these gloon spreaders to-meet ever so often sc tiiey may do fh eir SOb stuff?t? members of their own fraternity One of the requirements for bom fide members should be that noth ~rrnr said in meetings munt be airec in public, oj told to anybody except members of the Complainers Society. C) boy! how would you like t( drop m -cm a meeting like that? Tlt^ckon 3*011 could stand it whole 'sale fashion without going nuts yourself?- Not unless you are eli. ' gible for membership. I liope you are not eligible? "ar.d I do mean you." ((Copyright 1938). i Inromiy in the midst of an arro j gant overpowering democracy. _u not only unfeasible but unthinkn ble. Stolberg Itke others of hi! ' soci;d persuasion believes that Car Marx like John the Baptist wai i inc narmnger 01 mc coming 01 ar i ideal social ordi'r, All those wh< do hot accept his gospel are wavei [ aside with the left hand as beinj , heathen or unregencrat-e simpleton s7 Dr. DuBois haSnotWbeComi ' an evangelist of the new doctrin1 prfiflnmlng to his?lace, "Boper ' hand." What assurance have wi j that Carl Marx and communisn [can overcome race prejudice .when I religion and philanthropy hav< J failed? "Hvven if we takef or grant j ed that the destruction of capital isnivxSs good for the- nation, wha assurance has DuBois or "Stolberf [ that Tl wi] he good for the Negro' | I have always admired in "obi , joftivitv the magnificiont obsessioi rof Dr puRois and eould wish tha .t i ko {W'iil iam Morn'oe Troter 1 might'"have persisted to the em in th delightful delusion that jus , tire^ equality and human right; . for the Negro were just, arourn ' the corner. I had hoped that hi t would 'Vontinue to live in his 75WT mysterious realm "beyond the veil' { and give the world a'shhltm. , example of. a Negro idgaliSt.. Hu [ man nature has bv%n ' enobled bj i the 'Quest of the- absolute. ur. ijukois' eonversion come! 1 too late in life to -have any d\r - namic value. We naturally doub tHe genuineness of any conversioi * after ?dxty. We admire and exto . the sudden convert who-like the a * "pnstlo Pant shifts the foundatioi : of his faith from lower to highe i grounds when he sees a new light - But-fl backward conversion is ana -.thematized as apostacy. Poster! -,ty builds no monument?} the poo : - -t *.. . 1 . . r -* ' " " , " Sa EPWPPh^&|1| ImLl - f' m^m B HKt In the past few years the Works done much for the improvement of gro population. Its activities have thu problem of Tuberculosis among c munities hospitals and clinics have by WPA workers, while in others lo ed to,provide necessary facilities by ines no paeons to the memory of 1 "'ho apostate. Dr DuBois has 'ought a good fight and has about finished his course; but, alas, he , ~*vas~ Anally faltered?hr the faith, We admire the heroes and martyrs vhn rmrstie their ideal to the end, t Although they die without the ^ sight, yet they endure as seeing ^ the invisible. After all there is no discredit- j ! in pursuing the unattainable, the . ldcjal posited in the -declaration-oi f Independence that all men are en- J dowd with the inalienable rights < . of life, liberty and thp^ pursuit of , happiness should never be abandoned though like the asymptote I in mathematics it constantly ap. proaches but never reaches its limit. These truths are self-evident 1 and. therefore, everlasting, and alf; though race prejudice may deny y the Negio the exercise thereof, it /cannot take away from him the t Tight thereto. I had" been dispos-^ . ed to classify Dr. DuBois among" [ the choice human spirits who . would not be swerved from-hrs ul-? , timate goal by things preseht or 1 1 things to come, heights or depths, 1 j powers or ' principalities, or any , 1 ,other creature. J But the real tragedy of Dr. Du- ' j Bois' sudden conversion will be its/ /reflex upon those of the Talented/ . Tooth wVin looked Trv him for licht-t . , - - ** ? --o y and" loading, with the devotion of) discipleship. "Howl fir tree f<U"l the cedar has fallen!" KELLY MILLER. 3 St. Par.I A. M. E. Ckrrch 1 Rev. J C. Coaxum. Pastor 3 The S. S opened as usual with J the Supt., Mr. Wm. Doxs-.n at his j post. The iesson was very beauj tifully discussed by t'ao pastor - and others. e Theme of the pastor's" discourse ^ The- Midnight Cry. It mis really Rev. Coaxum spent tTTt week1 end.\\4WP^tr. -and M*-a*fcGj^l?puden. s Mrs. C. Rebecca Williams of J Greenville spent a short \^Rile " with her grandparents, Mr. land " Mrs J. E. Holmes*- __ . Those who attended the got- j ? together meeting in Gieenwood. ^ from SL Paul were Brotliers Wm. 1 Dixson, A Aaron and Mr. and 1 Mrs. J. E. Holmes. j j Mrr.. Mary MnVins ig nr> the sink 1 list. Also Mr. B. F. Actms, Ji*. ? We are hoping for them an earl> ' recovery." ' |f i ^ I * nam 7 ~" . ;?? .i turday, January 15, 1938 ? i * " ,;-:v>:"' gl 1:*^I Progress Administration-4ias?_ ? ? the health of America's Neincluded special attention to olored people. In many" combeen erected or established cal ottieials have been insplrsurveys ofhealth conditions rillRI) ANNUAL SESSION OF HOME CHARITY LODGE. ilotto: Faith, Hope and Charity. St. Stephens, S. C.?The Third innual session of the United Orler of Home Charity Lodge was leld with Lodge No. 5, at St. Mat hews Baptist Church, Dec. 31, L93-7-Jan. 1 and 2, 1938 with the . 3rand.faster, M. Davis* presiding. U 10:45 on Friday morning, Dec. 11, the Grand Mastar called the louse to order. The Grand Secreary called the roll of officers and lelegates; all were present and . _ .vere seated in the bounds. At 5:15 the Rev. J. Middleton preach. ;d a .wonderful sermon, and sat . lown in the midst of several .a-. nens. The business of the O^Ser .vas attended to. . -Friday evening 7:30 intraduc?r? ?^ ;oiy..amnion by Rev. \Y^j^tMob- i, ey; subject: Prayer? ". -? .vas at his best This was itiafeod i powerful, uplifting sermon. God ?v jless.Jiev. Mobley. This was said * :o be one of the best' sessions in .he history of theLodge. Mr. Alfred Davig^as elected as Deputy to work in Berkeley coutv:y and Mr. W. E. Matthews was dected as jGrand Counsellor jf the Lodger being all?of he newly^lctttt^oiofricers' for 1938; ill others hold their seats until 1939, At-11:30 Saturday morning the Rev. Robinson preached a itery ?ood serin^m.. Ai 8;30 Jan... 1st. :he Material March was conduct;d by BrO. Fred Wilson and Bro. Dndoden. The?Memorial?r.ermon vas preached by Rev. W. S. MeDlary. Rev. McClary is one of the >utstanding ministers of the day. He preached a soul stirring sermon to the delfght of all his hearsr?. " This Is said to be-one .of the Jest Lodges of its kind. It waa organized four years ago. It has its charter from Columbia to do .*t.? -eal business in the State of South Carolina. And-it is growings ^ eaps and bounds. Under the pres?nt leadership or the writer "don't " ;ee why it should fail ' LEEVY'S- | I'-"""FUNERAI/HOME -! -??r dertaking And Embalming ! ?SLOGAN? H ! LOWER PRICES i AttBUI.ANCfr SERVICE i Near As Your Nearest Phone" i ulet taker for State" Hospital? ? 1 TAYLOR ST. 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