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Figi 8 y NOTICE! ^ The Holloway Business school, has 16 years of. operation in the still going on with much success, both summer and winter. Write him, Route 1 Box 177-B Columbia " Call him, Phbne 9881 or 9115. N0TICE The Executive Board of the State W. H. & F.* Society will convene ir> the. T.ihrttry at Allun University Wednesday, Juno 1, at 2 .p.m. All members are urgently requested to be present. MRS. S. L. FLIPPER, ^ MRS. L, -R. JENNINGS, Secretary. Trustee Board of Allen Univ. Called By order uf Bishop Joseph Sim. eon Flipper, D.D., LL. D., Presiding Bishop of the Seventh Episcopal District: The Trustee Board of AHen University is hereby called to meet in annual session Wednesday, June let, 1938, 10 a. m., in the Auditorium of the Chappelle Administration Building, Allen University, Columbia, S. C. BISHOP J. S. FLIPPER, Presiding Bishop, 488 Houston St., N. E., _ ' J. E. THOMAS,' Sec. of Trustee Board, 618 N. Coit Street, Florence, S. C. * THE JOLLY STROTHERS CLUB The club met at Amy's Beauty shoppe on Tuesday night, May 24. 1938. The mdetirig was opened with devotional service as usual, fiffcer whidh tha committees on Various assignments reported?a hundred percent. The club, has been very succGssful in its various undertakings and each of its members are contributing his or her whole-hearted co operation to make it an even great er success. f After the meeting adjourned, a delicious course of ice er01*""1 cake was served by our hostess, Mrs. Carrie E. Roof of which every ome enjoyed I'm sure.; CLAFUN HIGHLIGHTS Continued from Page 1 noted for its music. The devel opnient of student appreciation along this line, not only instrumeh_ tally, but also chorally, has been one of the highlights of the college.. It. i* believed.- a-nd well- may it be, that Mrs. Gertrude M. Randolph, wife of President J. B. Ran dolph, is one of . the finest and most successful of the "music^achers in Southeastern "colleges. Claflin Sets Up New Chapter of Omega Former students, present students. friends. and?wall-wishersof Claflin college are now'rejoic? 4ng over lhe setting up of a new ' Undergraduate Chapter of the Ome ga Psi Phi. Fraternity, Lambda Sigma, at Claflin college. Present at th?_-Cprenionie.s was a distinguished gu^st, Representative erf the Sixth District, Mr. ,S. Herbert Adams, Registrar of Johnson C. Smith university, of Charlotte, N. C. The following students became Charter Members of the Chapter: W. B. Cooper, Florence; Roscok? E. DeVeaux, Seabrook; Walter L, Hildebrand, Manning; James Middlcton, Orangeburg; Claude Mc- _ .C'ollorn," Bamberg; Solomon Jacques, Holly Hill; Horace Johnson, Greenville; Tl.addeus Kennerly, Jacksonville. Fla.; Charles King. Jacksonville, Fla.; Manning?Rose mond, Creenville. JaTngs Stewart h Columbus, Ohio; James Summers, Orangeburg; Jame, Thomas, Sum ' . ter, and Claude Willis, Columbus, Ohio. At the ceremonies there were represented the following Chap-"" ters erf Omega: Xi'Psi, State college; Rho>, Johnson C. Smith; Pi -Phi, Chorlottc, N.antf gpsllfth " - Omega, Orangeburg, S. C.; and Lambda Sigma Claflin college. Praises were given Dean Fitchett of Claflin for his tireless efforts in having a Chapter espablishcd at Claflin, aftd" very-genuine interest in the welfare of the student-body through membership in fraternities. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LEADER ' .1'* ,1 ~ - ~ ' . . . _ m ,( ul. J . . Allen University Gym Campaign previously acknowledged $1714.69 Mrs. Eva K. Dunlap Jones 1.00 Mrs. Hale B. Thompson 2.60 Mrs. M. E. Hemphill 1.00 Mr. VVm. Martin 2.00 Mrs. Rv?Morris ~ ""5.00 State Supt., James Hope L. 1.00 Cash 2.00 Mrs. Sarah Z. Daniels 1.00 Palmetto Farmers Sup, Co. 5.00 Mr. Eugene Lewis 1.00 A. U. Club Trip-Around-the' World ... 1.50 Total $1737.69 State Alumni To Meet June 1st The State Aliimnr association will hold its hu.sines9 session at Allen university, June 1 at 4:00 p.m.?A full attendance is expuclsd on this occasion. It is suggested that each member come prepared to pay his annual membership fee. TABERNACLE BAPT. CHURCH Rev. Wm, Watson, Pastor Greenville.Sunday school at t' e usual hour with Supt. B. Bradley in ^charge. A very large attendieo.. Blackboard exercise by Milss Pauline Turner. At 11:30 Rev. Wm. ~ WatsoT myaehed from Gen. 15:18 Theme: The Evil Eye. It was a great s?i mon. At three g'clock thenp htvere several singing classes, for benefit of the~tfrcrreh.:r~BYPU at 4:45 o'clock. i At?Rev. Watson?preached I'.mother great sermon fiopi part ! two of the text used in the morn ing. This' being rally day everybody's 'mind was turned to the rally. AVe were very glad to see Dea. Foster out to service all day. The rally was a success. The amount i" ised SI,000.16. Dea. Stenhous?'s Club No. 0 lead with $151.80; Dea B. S. Abner second with $140.00. The Woman's Auxiliary met with Mrs. Sudie Williams on ".Sicbee Ave. We had with us the yice-Pres. off the State Convert ion, Mrs. B. V. Gandy, who made i very interesting talk on and ibout the State work. Miss Julia Brock is still on the sick list. CHESTER PARAGRAPHS AIiv Robert Nelson, Jr., motor ll home from Mi%mi, "Fla., where he spent the winter. Mr. Cyrilt S*pan|n graduated Tuesday morning from Benedict College. Mrs. J. E. Spann went tu Columbia .Monday- to ftttemP--eonr* niericemGnt activities at Benedict College, and to be present at the graduation of her son. Cards, announcing the marriage >f Miss Mabel Brown of the Fin: ' ay High, iartilty, tO-MTrAJhyTJ Iv T.enhardt, of Sterling, Hi faculty, of Greenville, were received in the city last Tuesday morning, friends wish them much happiness 0 m i prosperity. Miss Elreta Meltcrn had as her fuest for the week-end, Mr. T. Alexander who has been studying 11 the. Medioah School of Melmiry Nashville??Tcnn. He attended the Junior-Senior?banquet at JFlnlcy High on Friday evening. The Junior-Senior banquet wasa most enjoyable affair at Fin ley Hi Friday .evening; with the tables arranged in the ^hape of the letter F, guests found theii seats by place cards. A salad course, followed by ice cream and punch, was very nicely served by a group of girls fi'orm the eighth grade. The decorations were gold ' and black, the ribbons were suspended from the ceiling in co>pfous streamers, and mad?e a beautiful show. Girl?_of t_he_J_uik__ ior and Senior classes, and the la !y teachers, all wore evening murx o TV,? ? A lm ^ uua^ IllCIt VI tlic lasscg wore white trousers aria lark coat.*,_whilft the -men teoeh?TH ware dark suits. Mrs. Lenhardt -aug, "Ah S\^dt Mystery1 o f Life," and the^rls Sextetto gave two*"numbers. These were applaud ed vociferously. In the reception room, the setting was that of an nut-door scene. In the middle oF~ the room was a bird bath, and overhead and round about was covered with vines?hidden in a coiner was a radio. Lawn chairs wore arranged all around the rnnm fav tUn r?nAf.u . ' i ....... guinin, aim m^y enjoyed chatting until they were invited int0 the dining room to partake of the tempting and palatable repast which was arranged by Miss Melton and the Juniors. . ' ?Miss TTrriestine Wilkerson ha? as her gu^st her sister, Miss Neina Wilkerson, who has been \ student at Benedict College this 4 1 SCHOOL- NEW?]i Cowpens high school recently closed one of its most successful j school-terms. The faculty for this plftt term of '37 "and '38 was com pc/sed of the following persons: Dr. S. D. Brown, Prin.. Mrs. Bes sie L." Brown, Asst.; Mi98 Inez Elesta Ashley, Music; Miss Mable Whaley, History; Miss Gladys Coleman, English. This same faculty has been re-elected to serve for- the school term of '38-'39. : ^ There were 13 young people who finished the Grammar school Dept. and are full fledged Freshmen for next term. This group under Mi's. Brown was very active allC the year. Their guest, guest speaker for commencement 1 -was?Rev.?Addisnn,?formerly crf-p Columbia, now pastor of Trinity AME church in Spartanburg. | Leaving the school as high ! school seniors, who hope to be Fneshuien somewhere next yeai were; Missea Edith Dover, Roxhiimh Toueiicc, Clara Cash, Elease Cash and Mrv Fr^d Torrence. ] These young people will be greatly missed in the school activities, especially basket ball. Dr. Brown and his faculty arc j continuously looking forward foi c der thatthe school spirit will n->t lag over the summer, a bovs and girls base ball team has beefo organized and are ready for engagements. If there is a girls or boys junior team anywhere in the State that has some open dates we would like to contact you Any team interested in boQking gills or boys games, please write Dr. S. D. Brown, 266 Edgewooj Ave., Spartanburg, S. C., ov Miss Gladys Coleman. ?Peoples Cafe, 420 S. Liberty St., Spartanburg. year. Miss Annie B. Stanback left Monday night to witness the graduation of her brother, Mr. pnrtment of PhotQgraphy. Mr. Jamea Heath is in this year's graduating class from the Tailoring department. Miss Ida Mitchell has as her guest her little sister, Willie Vpi-twOIp,?from?Blairs. |Students from the various col leges will bo in soon. ~ Prof. and Mrs. D. L. Washingion motored here from Edgefield Sunday and are the guests of Mrs. Shelton's parents, Mr. and-1 Mrs. Abe Shelton, Ashford St. Mr. Eugene Adair was in the city Tuesday from J. C. Smith University where he is a student in the Theological department. . Prof, rsd Mrs. L. S. Brown and Mrs. M. M. Adair are in Phila- ' delphia attending the General As- f semhlv of Lho Prenbytevian church. Mrs. Sarah Dodds, of Rock Hill si>cnt Monday with her relatives. Mrs. Melissa Hope and Mrs,?i Minnie ^Sanders, Pinekney St. Miss Blanche Simpson was call-' cd homo because of the death of 1 her . sister, Mrs. Mary Strother. 1 Mrs. Lizzie Wiley lost ? thor by death Friday. Funeral 1 sci vices were held at Gethsemane 1 Barpttsr church. Sunday. A large 1 crorwd attended. She was a fine i woman and many were the sad c hearts at the church to pay their c BIRTH OF A I r: |T was a boy In tho Floronco. >M Tha chants of tha nagro workar plaintivo simpla malodias took forn mind on a grandar scala, and ha compoting, in hit mind. tnti PALMETTO LEADER |* 1914 -<v .. >- B( PURPLE ANNO MEET YOUR FRIE] THE BENEDICT OF NEW 1 ' STUDENTS' Vi* AT THE BEAUTIFU t Renaissai 150 West 138th St Thursday Eveni - 1_ Vernon Andrade Information: H. W. Chappelle. Mrs. Julia Braxton Clark, _ Moniinn ** BBHN7F C2n<?y Kllk I '' %TH? ORCHESTRA / LEAOER PUT "UNTILTHE /S REAL THINK COMES ALONG* /J? OUT IN ERONT ASA REAL /St SONG, THE TUNE PAID / -OEP-eY-MTlKING HjAA I ONE OF THE MOST DIS- ^ CUSSED MUSICAN5 IN " I THE PAST THREE MONTHS, \ ?7? \ with a cast oi 5,000 featuring WARNER FREDDIE BAXTER-BARTHOLOMEW ARLEEN WHELAN STARTS MONDAY! PALM tributes of respect. Undertaker Harold Spann was in charge. Mr. William Wylie motored here from Winston for the funeral of ins grandmother (Sunday. Rev. ami Mrs. W. M. Honor and and Mrs. J. C. Honor and VI]ss Bessie Honor went down to Benedict College Tuesday morrnng and witnessed-"the graduation )f Miss Maggie Honor, who revived her diploma, Cum Laude. SONG IPS! ^ :c N .1938 UNCINQ Goto NDS^N^EW YORK COLLEGE CLUB IfORK CITY iCATION PROM L AIR-CONDITIONED ice Casino reet. New York City **g, June 1C, 1938 IC -BY and his Orchestra m^iTman l_ 365 W. 118th St, Apt. 24 ^ fwt 2-2130 ? " ' ~ ! ^ IHHHHHHHHHHV - ^ndou^r\ wii "fx / / ^ the terpsicworean r-low in london with lew leslie production of "blackbirds",started out "r> become a trainee norse. .ater she took up book-keeping and finally became a dancer. & the singer, ano actor. is now in aol lvwood ano is one oftre few negocs ever selected .by a motion picture company to write material for cinema productions . ...re's now wrlt/ng series of 'saopfs' for r.k.o. wuica negro actors and tresses will be featured. Join Your Old Friends And Meet New Ones at tha I .School Closing Dance _ To-Night (FRIDAY MAY 27th) At The Township Auditorium = ' Featuring ^ WALTER BARNES And His 15 Piece Band With Henry Dilworth Doing The Crooning Yes Indeed! Yes Indeed! q . ?*Vi "ST. LOUIS BLUES" By William C. Handy - * *k IpPF ^ ^j, aver, and befora Whan hard time! had turned to t? music. But music i Chicago World's Handy was altfS^fs s t. labor when hard tim< ho tat on a balo Ho bocamo hit o bank, and with a up a $20 printor's d r box tho molody 100,000, copy talo. romomborod., did not at first rocor body taid "It louia veryWAr.ww wrw V home of fhe Methodist Rev. Charl nard Handy, and everybody rejoice another minister-to-be had been boi M*rua<? & *? * ?vao?<(Oc* m v ) ? *?r> e -am MJ 1? ' abama, Boys will bo boys, howi os Ber- be was fifteen, William ?d that "Worldly" music. He hit the n. Fair in 1893 with quarto their Twenty-five years ago, V in hrs of cotton on a Mississippi began Pencil wrote on a cigai by which ha will bo alway \ ??i?wsaaw "** ,Music Features A * LONGEST ? and oddest ? song i title in ASCAP'S files to date is 1 "Plant a Watermelon on My Grave and Let the ' Juice Soak 1 Through." B*I C1 ^ ll ($ Americans. Let j Loult Hel3 t h e eagle < scream! Verdi < posers, Ravel led the French contingmit and Tschalkowsky the Rug- i al,an.\. i Brpadicath^sparse with musical comedies this^season, is waiting i hopefully for C*de Porter'3 neio < heigh-ho, called "YoU^Never Know." Jtcportu icmih us of rft<ee prospcc-l tfve song hits in the show: "From Alpha to ; Omega," "At Long Last t Loic," the title of which \ is undoubtedly inspired BEf by the former King Ed- { ward's a b dicati o n ' speech and "By Candle j. SMRT,. ***% It has been many a long day since candle- ;V:J? light uas hymned by^aBsjS^m^^ the songwriters. They I prefer moonlight. Most memorable candlelight line occurs in Paul r)r/*VPP),,0 s\ 1 fl hnll r* "On the Bayilcs of the Wabash ': ?.' Tl^ugh J. Rr>?amon< the sycamores the citii A.S.v.j illeliyhts are yleaming." i ! No passing has been more complete in America than that of the minstrel show. Until a few years ago , jninstrels were conspicuously asso- ; ilatetJ^with the amusement life of 1 the nation. Radio and the movies have killed them off, until today \ there is a scant half dozen minstrel . troupes touring up and down the ( country. Many of the most prominent minstrels have been gathered to their fathers ? Primrose, West, Dockatader, Mclntyre and Heath, Honey Boy Evans, Theodore A. MetsfT A.S.C.A.P., but there are still some 1 veterans left, notably, John W. Vogel and Eddie Leonard. They and ! their companies were responsible : for many a geat song hit. It was J Metz who composed the immortal J tune, "A Hot Time in the Old Town J Tonight " TTiitiLhla dentil 11 in- J two ago at SS, Metz toiled amid the cliffs and clefs of Tin Pan Alley. He -j Hired to"reminisce about his old song and its national glorification ' during the Spanish American War. Metz wrote the song in 1886 when , he was the conductor of the Mcln- . tyre and Heath Minstrels?wrote it on a train passing through Louisiana. He had decided, he once told us when we found him in his cubby ] help fit the E. B. -Marka Music finnr- a puny, III mid Manhattan, to compose < a march for the street parades of 1 the troupe. * i As the train approached a ham- > let called Old Town the company i / iE SURE TO SEE .... "DADDY LO Repeated by 1*0) Presented by B.T. In The School _Wednesday Night, Ju ieneral Admission ? By Joi i cam? Handy turned It was whi lever paid, and young ee that the K>ing back to physical song came tc ?s were over. I Arhn%e*rot I -I T?tmnaeaifr?HP I | 1 I?? I [ wn publisher, running' Handy's i eposit on his song to .and a compc Phonograph companies ComposArs, d the song. And every- him to wee hm" would dte-and his musical I * % J ' , Saturday^ May- 2&y 1938 sHW-tfJ jJI ^mv5 Photo Syndicate noticed a negro cabin burning by the railroad tracks. Mclntyre, al- . ways ready to Joke, observed thai "there's going to be a hot time in Old Town tonight." Heath heard his partner's remark, and turning to Ntetz, said: "That'll make a great title JfiK your march." , , , Took 11 Years to Catch On And the title became.?It totu played fov ten years without arout ing any emotion in the land SdVC in small boys icho lined the route of 1 the parades. Then In 1898 Met*, clone with trouping, was operating rt musical agency^in New York. Into his office one day burst Joo Hay den, formerly an end man with the Mclntyre and Heath minstrels. He had written words for "A Hot Time" and tcould sell them for $15. Mctz heard them, was struck with their fbrce and originality and pur ' :hascd them. } The song was copyrighted In \fnyl ; L896 and published. It failed to catch on, though various sing ers featured it in vau? (icvi*Je- A Vear later, ^?11 ,l0K'cl"er> ** began to , lllll sc':c 1ancV ?f th* "X Wm public. But by this time it had attracted the at? irt* '**111 tc",ion ?f May Irwin, MjLsufficient guarantee of > MM any tune's popular ajr & ifp pcah^She featured it at tf,c atrL Bijou Theatre " and it Mvqme her lead' iWM 'na 1luml)Cr ? such a fading number that it uas advertised -along with the name of the singer in front of th?^ J Johnson jUanhOWSer~" "x (V P. - , " ?i - X Our soldiers in the Spanish-Amefcan War adopted it in 1898 and gave it undying glory.-Nor was it confined to the Cuban conflict. It provided martial inspiration for American troops in the Boxer Rebellion, where its words were changed to "A Hot Time in China Tonight" and for the British Tommies in the Boer War, who substituted ''Transvaal" for 'Chin^." Later, as if to demonstrate the universality of its appeal, it fur- * nished the musical motif. for the funeral marcli of a Filipino chief. \ " 1 ' \ Conqueredxthe World The song conquered the world. It was known and shouted and whistled in every crossroads of America. Then the fires died down, tmly to blaze again when Theodore Roosevelt and his impassioned cotorts, in need of a spirited marchng tune, which' would symbolize their zeal and vigor, made it the .homo oong of the Bull Moose Conmention in Chicago in 1912. It was again reyiveH In thfl Wftrlrt Wnr, Vthe doughboys changing the first line of the chorus to "When you see >ur Yankee flghtin' line." The Song is thus indelibly woven with the history of America, la a jeloved part of musical folklore. The estate of Theodore A. Meta participates in the royalties divided 1 ;aca quarter by the American 8o?" "~?" :lety of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which licenses the per- , 'orming rights of songs composed, vritten or published and CDPJ&l?1 ightedv.brltrffieinbera. NG LEGS" ;>ular Demand W. Senior Class Auditorium ine lrsC&M-o^lock ? ? . 10 Onts From ASCAP Filet leph R. Fliesler and Paul Carrurfi ?AU(, p ile he was working on the levidea for his "St. Louie Blues" > him. - ... membership both as a publisher iser in the American Society of - Authors and Publishers enabled , ther the depression end fulfill seritege,