The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 04, 1938, Image 1
VOL. JOJI?NO. 23 - "
Great "Ovation
of Dr. L. H. H?
Sec.-Treas. Chu
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The Manning District was called
i to order by the great leader and "a
business genius, Dr. L. H. Heming u
way, at Diggers A.M.E.--GhiHiehr-*
May 27, 1938. 1 F
After leading his conference ? in s
every phase of church activities, t
Shcl* foi; 9 years Presiding Elder,'11
he was elected Secretary-Treasur-, P
? er of the great A; M;?E~. Church t
of the world. We are looking, for C
great things from the leadership li
of this strong, energetic, ambitious C
leader, who has been called higher F
to do noble things for our Zion. F
God has ahyays had a man some-1 F
where in the world to trust with 1
the work of his church.?Wt??can ?
almost hear the Master saying: v
- Hemingway, the Church Extension 1
has slipped out of its useful place, ^
All. who know Dr. Hemingway be-j v
lieve that there is a new lay for.1"
the department of Extension.
M. H. Baxley, the Only ]
? ? .. Colored Dairyman in 1
This Part of State I
I
All citizens of Columbia and thei
neighboring towns who desire, to!
patronize and see Netrro Dairv I
business should drive up the Winns
boro highway about twelve miles
and see the progressive and attractive
dairy of Mr. M. II. Bax-,.
~ leyrTTTen caU 2111 d^Toryour grade ~
, A milk" to be delivered to your
door: - - , ?
Had vou visited, thi.^ spot. five H
years ago, you would have called J
it a place of starvation. During I
the last four years under the administration
ot Mr. M. H. Baxley ~
time* labor and money have been j
linked together. There have?been j
up there, and dozens of homes and i
markets are now simnlin.) uvorv
- - g- r V.V.J j
day with genuine grade A milk
from Daxley's Dairy.
This-dairy i* not,-.capable to sup- |
ply its present consumers' with j
grade A milk only, but it is seekihg
fob-new consumers every week.
The "thnry " iti expanding,?and tfio ?t
supply of milk is increasing every ~j
day. Therefore new customers are <
noededr 1? j
Every colored citizen -should be 5
proud when one of our race men
goes into" such a wonderful business
as a dairyman. Your interest ^
is best shown by becoming a daily
consumer of grade A milk from
the only first class colored dairy
in this part of the state. ,
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^ COPE NEWS
Sunday morning was a full day
in and around Cope. Our pastor
after holding his meeting at Mace
donia church, motored to Good 11
Hope where he finished up reports | _
for the District Conference. At
4 p.m. Mr. Harnie Pinckney our
State League Pres. and his quar- C
tet visited Good Hope; where he ?
made some splendid remarks to 1
the Sunday School and ACE Lea- *
gue and church work in general.
? j _ ~
On Sunday night they returned to
Macedonia where they put over a j
splendid -pKggram in interest of ( ,,
. . - tho trustees. We enjoyed having
?l?.r:"'3---them . ?..... ^ ^
Miss Rebecca Gass, who spent .
several weeks in the city of J>unj- j
ter with relatives and friends, rcr-j t
- ports quite an enjoyable trip".* We ^
are glad to welcome her back to1 13
, her several' duties. I ^
1 Miss Connie Mae Johnson after,
spending many days in the city' v
of Charleston with relatives Mr. j
~ and"Mrs." ThPS." tsSatrrc hnfr return ed
home to assume her duties. She G
ronnrto 1 '
vw tioivuig owiiiu ui <jiiui cues j
and schools while there; and also r
a pleasant stay. t
We are glad to say that Mr. ^
Robert Connor who has been ill, \
seems to be on the mend. I s
On Sunday Rev. EE. dtichburg f
" after Sunday school and- services'
motored over to Emanuel where ?
he and his staff completed their r
District Conference collections. 1 (
On Monday, May 23, little Miss- a
^ darvi9 gavo a high party in honor jj
of their teacher and classmate#^
V
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in Hnn -r
AAA A m-%* A
immingway
irch Extension
A great crowd gathered to hear
nd see our Presiding Elder wind p
his work, and to tender tumor
hat such a i?pn?v?Dr. A.,.
\ Spears spoke of the need of
uch a man as Dr. Hemingway at
his time. Dr. J.. L. Ben bow, in
nd unbiased and glowing terms,
raised the great work of the Disriet
and said that the A. M. E. "
Ihurch is- blessed to find a man
ike Dr. Hemingway to head the
Ihurch Extension. iDrs. J. Mc-|
L?nzie Harrison, B. F Hildebrand, I
I. F. G. Dent, J I Hamilton, IT J. (
lodge, also Professor C. G. Gar- f
ett and Mr. H. Pinckney appear-1
ated leader They were loud in .
heir praise of Dr. Hemingway foi
lis work and achievements. He
/ill be .missed by all,' nevertheless
t'e pray God's leadership will eary
hin on to higher heights.
~ \ ' L. C. BURGESS. ' .
looker Washington
heights May Queen
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GEORGIA .VERDELLE* JONES i
aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles ,
1 I
ones, Avho is a member of the,
"irst. Grade, was crowned "May'|
jueen" of Booker Washington'
[eights School on Monday evening'
lay 16, 1938.
GEORGETOWN NEWS
< by E. J. F. ? 1
When we write again the commencement
exercises, will all be :
'Ver. On -Wednesday evening
une 1st the graduaFiorr exercises '
rill be held in Bethesda Baptist
hurch,' when Dr. J. E."Blanton,
nesident of Voorhees N. and I. 1
nstitute, - Denmark, will deliver i
he annua] address at which time
c/ity one will launch out on the
ea of life to- anchor somewhere.
On last evening at the Howard
Iigh school auditorium the play, I
The Old Fashioned Charm" was
(resented to a packed house by
^he-. Baccalaureate by Dr. Roand
F. Smith of Macon. Ga., at
lethesda Baptist church, Sunday
day 29, was one long to be remembered
and aot^easily forgoten.
^ L d |j if ^ I^ i-v|\ /t f ^ ^ 1 \ A
i n" nt/try ui in r. i noiiias -v/oticu
vas brought here Saturday from
acksonville, Fla. Committal slices
were bed at the Wids Funral
home Sunday afternoon. Dr.
). N. Wilson, officiating. Internent
was made in Bethel cemeery.
He leaves to jnourn his
fffsprlrtg a wife. Mrs. Mary E. Co*
len, a sister Mrs. Louisa Poin-a
n v\/l n Urv?f- Lnw
vnc aim n iivfov i/i ijiiivri icinnvis
and friends.
Funeral services for Mr. Francis
it the home of the former's grand
mother Mts. A. C. Richardson, in
|
)rangeburg. The children danced*
ind played many games.' After
vtrieh they Served a -delicious re-- ast
All expressed themselves as
aving had an enjoyable time.
J ifur
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V COLUMBIA
Commencement
Speaker
KqPTOK
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^^^H[B|^^k|HfiHKflHE
-.DR.- I). WARD NICHOLS
Pastor of Emanuel A. AI.
Church, Now York Oity, candula
for Bishop in the next Gener
Conference preached to a thoiisai
*-w"~v i\1m 1 " Ctin.L. ?? " * A 1 1 ..?% T
|/v\/^riv uinv ^vuuia^ ui mien v_ Ii
versity, when he delivered tl
baccalaureate sermon to the gra<
uating classes of the Universit
Sons of Zion Against Sons
Greece,-" was the Subject ub
treated by Drv Nichols.
Judge Armond Scott
Mather Final Speake
Camden.?Judge Armond V
Scott, of the Municipal Court i
Washington, D. C., presented th
commencement address to* Matht
Academy's graduating class o
twontyoight, May 20, at eleven u
clock 011 Thursday mornmgT
Judge Sft-ott is one of four iSc
*ro judges in the United States
md is a leader in a large numW
fraternal and civic organiza
dons.
Heine- a uradunte of JMinson C
Smith University and of the la\
ichool of Shaw University, an
laving practised law for thirty
ive years, Judge Scott is we]
tcquaintcd with the problems tha
ffeo.liir.t - 1-..
(UlUdUlUllcl^
Dobbins wVi' held from St. i-'toph
?n church ^rantlay afternoon in th
>rosen.ce of a hoH of relatives an(
friends. I It had boon in.fai'.inj
health for a lon<r time. The ov.i
mine"suddenly while on Ins job a
a?wntvhtmm?Eridny?nite. Tho*
to mourn his demist are the wi
[low, throe dTmgtTteTs ( tto "Son ?TIT'
ft host of relatives and friends. H
was the brother of the late Re\
S. J. Dobbins Ihteunent was a
Sampit.
Our Visit to the Mt. Pleasant Disl
It was a pleasure on last. Thurs
[lay tto witness the first day morn
ing session of the Mt. l'loasan
district conference of which th
Rev. J. E. Thomas is the very effi
eient presiding elder in eompan;
with our Pastdr, Dr. \V. B. I
Clarke and" Mrs. E. J. Richaidsor
We motored there despite tho in
clemency 0f the weather. Tha
morning the peorple %veTe there i:
large numbers. The sermon by th
Rov. W. M. Taylor,-., was a rea
tr^at. It seem that the people am
pastor are coi'tainly catering to thi
plans of their presiding elder, t
few years ago when our friend
Dr. R. E. Brogdon, presided ove
this district it was our pleasure t<
liceonfpnny' he and Mrs. Brogdo
to one of his comferences. To fin*
the saoie loyal people and if mem
ory serves us right the Rev. Isaai
I. Major was then the_entcrtaiij
ing pastor. As at this meeting i
was a pleasure to meet a numbe
of lady*' friends whom we_vuorke*
with in the missionary scfcietj
Mesdarriea Murry, Holette,. Wil
flams and others.
of thc~doings of Bethel A. M. E
ehurch under the present admin
istra'tion."
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Dr. W. B. L. Clarke, Pastor
Several marked, improvements
have been recently made whid
makes Bet be] and tis surrounding:
the most beautiful of any churcl
in the city.
Note the improvements made ii
18 months of Dr. Clarke's admin
istration. The old narsonacre ha
had a new- romn added, it has bcei
painted in and ouitside, electri
installed. The church propertia
Continued on Page T$
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V"SOUJTH CAROLINA, SATUR
State College Grads
Hear Dr. Caliver
=1 Orangeburg, S. C.. May 31, 193?
?Dr. Ambrose Ualiver, isenioi
?- Specialist in the, Education of Nr.
groes. U. S. Office -?fL-Education
Washington. D. C., delivered th(
_ S'ate Collpgg .commencement ad
dress to ninety-five candidates foi
'i (legi^ej and a lurge audience, t
| great portion of which was niadt
i class .of 193&7who, in the words of
* Presilient Whittaker, bore the burr
den in the heat of the day." Dr.
Caliver gave a most practical and
c rational address?otr -Education for
^ Occupational Efficiency. Educa'l
tion, he said, has not been as suc 1
cessful in changing man as science
I has been in changing man's envii
ronment. Four stages in agriculture
were cited as an example of
y. t"He great change: Primitive, in
fp--which sods were used, the control
a] stage, in which so'il was eliminat1(j
ed and finally Synthetic Agricul,j.
lure, whereby the chemist transK,
fers the. production of products" to
(j- the factory, thereby eliminating
? sun, wind, Tain and soil.
The following Deans presented
jy the candidates for degrees: Dean
K. \\\ Green, Art* and Science,
Education and Business Administration;
Dean M. J. Gardiner,
Home Economic^ Dean P. V. Jewell,
Mechanic Arts; and Dean W.
M. Buchanan, Agriculture. Edythe
M. Watermann. Registrar," anr
nounced a long ist of prizes and
honors received frc/m friends of
' the college and State College Alum
112 t:i clubs throughout the nation.
'' The General Alumni association
met and inaugurated a very pro'
gncssjvcjiiograni: which_inc 1 u
the election of one member of
each active club of State college to
be represented on the Executive
1 committee and the creatioon of the
" offices of Executive Secretary and
publicity agent. The genpral-offiL
cera elfcte.i_Avare Dr. T. H. Best.
v president; S.' T. Bailey, vice-presi
d 'dent;- II. "W. Crawford, executive
secretary; K. B. Stewart, re.cordII
irig secretary; W. ,.T. Calhoun,
t treasurer and Paul R.'Webber, Jr.
r. publicity agent.
Continued un Page 6 ,
i Dr. Pickens Speaks to
\ Lexington Forum- [?
f- On Atrt41-?7th at 8 p.m.- Dr. AViU
liarn Pickens appeared, at the
tl Lexington Roscnwatd school- and
c opened the discussion for the fo'.
rum on the topic "The Sharecropt
per". Over four hundred colored
and white people turned out to
:. hear him open the discussion on
- this subject in a fearless, interest
ing and intelligent manner.
t The audi?nc?? was held speeche
less for dhe houFT" We could have
- spent at least two hours metre lisy
telling to this educational magnet.
Dr. Pickens, opened-th*?forum
i. discussion of "The Sharecroppers"
- by discussing clearly and distinctt
ly, the following points:
1. What is a Sharecropper? A
e farm tenant? A day laborer?
1 (a) Relation of slave system to
:1 present farm tenacy. (b) Influp.
once of slavery on poor whites and
i blacks.
I. 2. Where are the sharecropper?
i' (a) Relative number of white and
> Negro sharecroppers, (b) Migrate
tion-of the 80's and the Mississippi
1 valley.
3. What the present depression
p did to- the sharecropper? (a)
- The New Deal plan for idle acres
t (b) The Organization of Southern
r Tenant Farmers Union.-?
1 4. The chhnge of relationship
of poor white and black farm work
ers.
0. The Delta Go-operative
s_ Farm .in Mississippi.
G. Why is it more chtTicult for
- farm labor than for industrial la_
bur t0organize. 1
After the above ttonnts wefce
fully discussed the forum was left
open thirty minutes for questions
by or from flTryonc in the audience.
! These thirty minutes were very
i lively. *''
s Most of the questions were anil
swered intelligently by the forum
leader.
a | This community considers her
self highly honored and it was a
a I treat to have such a wonderful
r? | human library and bureau of in
c formation to come to her.
a We are eagerly looking forward
s to liia coming to ua again on"
June 7th, 8^0
j ?ca
DAY, JUNE 4, 1938
RE-ELECTED
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PRES. E. H. McGILL, A.M., DD.
The board of trustees unanimously
re-elected Dr. E. H. Mc-j
Gill president of Allen1 University
in its opening session Wednesday.
President McGill's- annual report j
calls for new librarv fov ah I
Ministers and laymen highly pleas)
od with new administration.
I'OMARIA NEWS .
[ ! v
The St. Luke At M. E.. church
held its regular preaching service
May 2'Jth, the morning sermon
was preached by Rev. J. S'. Martin
after which we adjourned until
3:30 p.m.
Continued on Page 0
State-Wide Gala Day
State V-H Camp XoVTBtT Scene of
Gathering
On June 8, more than 5,000 persons
will come to Columbia to atter.d
the State Council of Farm
Women In connection with this
will be the 4-II Rally Day.
Plans are in the making for one
of the most enjoyable days of the
summer.
The Farm and Iloihe lJemonstra
tion agents will come from thei^
counties bringing large delegations
Thine will -be many attractions,
including a Queen's Contest. The
coronation of the queen will bv'
held ut 2 p.m.,.
A very interesting program has
been arranged. Prominent persons'
will be present and appear on the
program?Some of these speakersare
Mrs. Kobert Hus^a Moton, Mr.'
A. L. Holsey of Tusliegee Institute
Ala., and Mr. John P- Davis, Field
Other attractions for the day include
swimming," tennis matches, J
ftolf, various other games and the
awarding of prizes. *" |
Remember the date?-June 8,
and the place, State 4-H Camp.
Everybody is invited to come out.
Courses in Health
and Physical Ed to be
Offered at Charleston
F. RIVERS BARNWELL, JR.
FORT FORTH, TEXAS
INSTRUCTOR
An announcement from the head
nnnvtnra nf fV>? ?
v* uiv cvu HI vai uiuia
tuberculosis Association states
that F. Rivers Barnwell, Jr., instructor
in health and physical education
in one of the junior high
schools of Fort Worth, Texas, will
offer courses in health and physiI
cal education at the Charleston
l Summer school for teachers which
I opens June 20.
Mr. Barnwell who did his un(
dergraduatc work at Fisk university,
Nashville, iTenn., and holds
| the Master of Wivntf-.Degree in
. I'ublic Health from the University
mended by Miss Pansy Nichols,!
executive secretary of the Texas i
| Tuberculosis association and Misa |
Clara Pennington, executive secretory
of the Fort Worth Tuberculosis
society.
Division 2, which is the Negro
' committee of the Charleston?Tuberculosis
association.-had a Christ
nias Seal sale of more than $900 j
last December. Mr. Barnwell's
I service in the Charelston Summer '
! school will bo Ono ?f the features
of (ho 1938 Christmas Seal program
made possible by theRO
funds. Mrs. Ashley Halsey is .sccj.retary
of the- Charleston Tubercui
losls association, and the Roverend~
Ct, Ledbetter ts- chairman
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Congressman
A Political Sy
lis Kel
The Congressional Record o 1
April 27. contains an address bj
in which he recounts his exper
iences as the first Negro Democrat
of - t he Ho use of II epre sen tative a
He tells us in his address, "When
I entered the Congress there wert
grave misgivings in the minds of
thousands of our citizens as to
how T wmiid ho iwoivgA hy the
members of my own party, and
there were many expressions uttered
by men in high positions to
the effect that my -presence in Con
gress would mean nothing insofar
as helping the race. They claimed
that the party of which I am a
member wus so steeped in prejudice
and hatred toward and for
the Negro that not only would my
presence in the Congress be look
Ied upon with gruve suspicion by
a larire number ????
? ? ...jr v-uut-aKues
on the Democratic side of the
House, but that it would be impossible
for me to enlist the
sympathy, the good will, and the
cooperation of these men- in any
effort I might put forth in the interest
of my own group." He also
| tells that, his opponents in his
first Congressional campaign had
him photographed being caged off
front the otlter members of the
Hbuse on the Democratic side...It'
is not ncessary for Mr. Mitchell
to assure us that all of these predictions
were belied by his experiences,.
for we -read In the?Corrf
gressional Record and in the daily
press, that this new comer was |
received by?his Pemuciatic?col-.
leagues both from the North andj
from the South with all the cour-(
tesy and civilities to which a mem
ber of Congress-is entitled.'?"He
has submitted and advocated measures
for the benedit of his race
of his Negro Republican predecessors.
Arthur \V. Mitchell, is a political
symbol typifying the transition
of the Negro's allegiance from the
Republican tp the Democratic Par,
ty. Politically speaking?all- Negroes
were horn in. th.g.Republican
Household of faith. The idea -n f
the black man's citizenship and
enfranchisement was conceived in
the mind of the Grand Old Party,
in the days of its enthusiasm for
freedom 4?nd equality. The Fourteenth
Amendment conferred upon
the Negro the rights of citizenship
and safeguarded his privileges and
immunities against the invasion
of the states. This lies at the foun
dation of all that the Negro is or
can hope to be as a political enti-^
ty.
At first the Negro embraced this
faith with zeal and enthusiasm of I
the new convert. The Republican I
creed constituted his political orthordoxy.
Any deviation therefrom
was unforgivable heresy. Aposta-1
cy from the faith was visited with,
malediction akin to excommunication.
All Negro Republicans were
tssigned a place in Abraham's bos-'|
om, while the erring brethren were
relegated to the region that burn-j
eth with brimstone and fire. Only
so recently as the last Presidential;
campaign, a profervid Republican]
orator rose to remark that all Negro
Democrats would wake up and
find their proper place IrThelt. 1
During these latter years the
WHITMIRE NEWS
Sunday school at Cedar Grove
was well attended Sunday. A fine
lesson w>as discussed mrdwe wor*
pleased to have one visitor, MiS9
Otis Johnson. Please come again.
The adult program that was
sponsored last Sunday night at
Bruce Tabernacle church by Miss
Easter Robinson was a success.
The participants rendered excellent
sortgs^- and poems. Finances
good.
The Heavenlv Gosnpl sincrpr* r\1
Spartanburg rendered a. very nice
program at Sim9 Chapel Baptist
church, Wednesday night, May 25.
'We sympathize with the Heavenly
Gcrspel singers in the loss
of the tenorV Mr. Fred Whitmore
.who passed to the great beyond.
Mr. and Mrs. James Epps ant
-children accompanted by Mrs. EU
I mira and Rosalee Eppa vlaited Mrs
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PRICE: 5 CENTS _
Mitchell
mbol
ly Miller. ?
C Negro has bolted to the Demociar
tic Party with something of the
- suddenness of a?cfcrp?erf?thunder"
. from a clear sky. A preponderant
: majority of the qualified voters
>_ has ^supported- the Democratic
i- cause during the last three Nation>1
al elections.
'I The latter day Neglo Democrats
' were born of recent tendencies us
'if thev had"sliddenlv aocn n'new"
1 light. The vociferous Negj'o Dem'
ocratic leaders today were equally
1 vociferous Republicans day-before
'yesterday." Congressman Mitchell
j himself, 'Robert L. Vann, William
L. Houston, et al belonged to this
'category. Dr. William J. Thompkins,
Recorder of Deeds, is the
only upstanding aboriginal Negro
Democrat.
, I recently conducted interviews
with Mr. Perry W. Howard, Re(
publican National Commit?eeman
I from Mississippi and with Dr.
, William J. Thompkins, Recorder of
| Deeds, Washington, on the Negro's
alignment with the two old line
parties. Mr. Howard with bourbon
consistency advocated abherance
to the Republican axis, omitted
| none of the old doctrines and dictas,
which have been relied upon
for the last sixty years, and adding
nothing new. The most inter
esiuig part of the potato?plant is
under the ground. On the other
hand Dr. -Thompkins, the exponent
of Democracy and the New Deal,
looked forward to the east and to
the rising sun. Mr. Howard believed
that ffie Southern vote of
the Negro to the Democratic^ Party
was but a temporary aberation,
and that the. straying sheep would
return to the fold when the hysteria
had died away. Dr. Thornp
kins, believed that the new alignment
will be paramount and beneJlcial.
Which diagnosis is .correct,
time will tell.
When Congressman George W.
White uttered his swan song on
the tloor of Congress thirty years
ago, he predicted that the Negro _
in due time would return to the
nails on Congress. The Vide a that
the first new comer would be a _
"Negro Democrat from the North
es of his mind. There have been
Kvpnfv.twn Vf'ffvn k""11 "e
Congress, two being members of
! the Senate, all of these were died
j"in the wool Republicans;, It was
the" urii5&rsal thought, feeling and
"belief, that their successors i f
there ever were any, yvould be of
the same political persuasion. But
in steps Arthur W. Mitchell, and
upsets all political predictions.
lie has already served two terms,
as Representative from the first
Congressional District of Illinois,
and in the recent primary he was
renominated by a larger number
of votes than was received by his
three Republican opponents combined.
This indicates that he will
be re-elected at least for a third
time. - ,.
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Detroit, with a large
segregated Negro population will
undoubtedly send Negroes to Congress
within the next decade.
From present indications these
new Negro- Representatives will
be Democrats. The experience of
Congressman Mitchell, marks, a
new chapter" in "the pel ft ifaT' Trtu -J ~
tory of the Negro race.
i Sallie Price and others Sunday.
We were very sorry to learn
that Miss Easter Robinson is ill
tat tthis writing and will leave
l"Wednesday for hospital treatment,
We hope for her a speedy recovery.
Mr. J. C. Byrd funeral home has
been remodeled ami everything
can be serviced there day and nite.
j Mrs. Lec/la Joiner is still on the
l.invpiPYfd ..lis.'L. alse little. Master
I Hampton Williams. ... ..,. .
1 TTie^Box Supper Saturday rifle
' at Cedar Grove was very successful.
I Vacation days have jUst begun
and we wish all the children a barj
rel of weath ahd happiness.
Heaven
I I used to thiuk that Heaven,
i Was just your soul and mind,
But now I know that Heaven,
Is far b^vond a line.
?By . Willi* L. Bppa,