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4 . . Jlalmrtto Epa&rr PUBLISHED WEEKLY .110 Assembly St., Columbia, S. C Watered at* the Post Office at Co lumbia, $. C., aA second elas mutter by an Act of (Joagree*. SUBSCRIPTIONS Uue Year _ . . ' , M |2.nfl s>ix Month* 1.26 i'hree Mouth* .76 Single Copy .66 FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGENCY tV. B. ZlFFjJO., 606 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, ill. Official Adver. tiaenient* at the rate allowed by law. the Leader will publish brief an rational letters on subjects of general interest when they are accompanied b^ the names at?i addresses of the authors and 'are not of a defamatory natuie. Anonymous communications v> i J nbt be noticed. Rejected menu .. scripts will not be returned. REMITTANCES 1 'hanhe f^roftu ami r>rv?t_ol nr k v .J wuv....An I The Board Is urging every achool, B. T. U. and lovers of Christian Leadership to send in monthly a donation if only lOe. The board's goal is, "A Monthly Donation From 1000 Schools and Union# 2t000 Baptists Monthly." The board rs urging the conventions to sand, up whatever money raised in your annual meetings for Missions, whether the Cor. Sec. comes to your meeting or not. Send your donation aa * picas?Money wmers should vie made puyable to the order C The Palmetto Leader. GEO. H. HAMPTON Publieho E. PHILIP ELLIS i.Field Agen _r? L. G. BOWMAN Circulation Mgr. Communications intended for the current issue must be very brief ?TjTKr ShouT3 reach' the editoria ' ; desk notyiate'r than Tuesday ot each wpolt rity nw.. Wola personals and social new*, by Wednesday. . Telephone 4f>23 Saturday, September 24, 19.">8 ^ y , *& ^Kampbellgrams j Bv Stephen C. Campbell X South?Carolina -Baptists moved " forward Monday, Sept. 19, when the State Mission Board met at Benedict Cqllege"in all day sessron ? and heard the report of the various committees?and?the? plans from the different members as to the diest" methods of promoting Church Schools, B. T. U's., Vaca-j tion Church Schools, Wee4< Day Religious Schools, Wholesome R9creations. and Community Action Dr. Charles H. Brown was elect ed chairman^and_treaaurer jQj_all Profhotion Funds. Prof.- A W-- recording secretary. Mrs. Geneva Young, Greenville, was elected board treasurer. Dynamo Cnmpholl _ was retained as Cor. Soc. Dr. J; P. Redder was named with the chairman and Cor. Sec. as a sperial pnmmitfoh tn mnVn nnnfodfc V,%* ' ^ *** ?*?%?*>? ? Details were worked out for the - Field Force and the Trainings pro ~ gram, with the District Vice Pros : idents?and District Missionaries^ ~ as pivots around which the field -work would be earned on thus relieving the Cor. Sec. of many responsibilities. i Enrollment in the State Con-( vention will be the major empha-' sis. Training schools will be con-| j ducted throughout the State and one day conferences will_ha?-con- ducted in each county. Every col lege in the State "will be visjtecJ and every agency doing similar work will be contacted that the total program of training might be coordinated. Promotional literature will be sent every section of the State. Every member present expressed complete satisfaction with the work done and the plans for the futuro. Efforts will be made to reach the small communities and the small .schools and conventions. Any small corpmunity desiring a - ??School of Methftd9 can contact, The Department of Leadership Traiing, Box 51, Anderson, S. C., and_ plana for these schools wilt be given free. MfkntMv Dffuriniyii ~ ? > | MAYBE SO AN | (By W. H. S INDULGING - I wish I had accurate statistics to inform me how many smart people there are in tins world, and how many lazy people. My guess is that there" are more lazy folks -in the world. ' HityUe Si) ahd maybe not. I know'thi-s: there is nothing .from which t Inn average humtm be ing runs with faster feet than he does from work. I know, too, t'hat thosuajujs plus thousands regSfrcT"worlc as a misfortune, as a sort of crime. Ilenct: sn_ much laziness. , Scarcely one in .a million dies from ^work; ?it's over woTk tHat kills. But how many people real ly over wink??There ai'e thousands who kill lots of time in overindulgence and gadding about, hug ging some pet,-notion or whinr. We say they worked themselves to death when the poor simps simply bioke down running from and dodging honest tori. _ You cannot overtax your powers^ of mind, heart and- body with schemes to get by easily (dodge work) and then claim that work" ; "?) ypn I-Q11.P thi. Promotion Day Sunday, Sept. 18 "was Promotion Day among Southern Baptists. If you cic1 not have Promotion Day in your church, do this at.once and file with the office the number of classes and the* names and addresses of. teachers. Free' ihforma I tton will be sent upon request. | Study .Month ?? ? -j I October is Training Months-Send n for youn .lutiniiig- information-. Have a Training Class thi-s month . Study Bnil^iini'- ,cjt inil'iiil 'inn ' -ay School, or The School in which' we Teach, 'these books cost only .50c. Send a report when the school! or class closes. Here and There Your Dynamo was with t h e Reedy River Association last week I'hey had a line session RrV 13 * Batten is the new moderator. In erest i? 'election ' n i hren i'hey received me royally and gave ?heip-monthly dohafvoh for four months. ? From thC'ie I went to the North ETnoree 'Convention, Prof. J. L.J Joiuvj,- president and they wel-j coined me with open arms and heard the messages with gladness.;, his is a t \v <,jjt a; 'cdwed to Le.ome a live star eon- ; rentier by It-.i'.t. Many of the chools-- repo.'Uf-i great progress and plan to iavn_.train-mg?schrrrdsTT They gave monthly-offering foil ten months. " 11 Aleut* a4?Ih'iii1 il't July I.", t TTTe Daptis: Assembly. T' h o_a Youth C < nfen t.ee, The Annual s School of Methods, and the State, i S. S. and B. T. U. Convention '"ill r meet. Start n'.Miig your money. \ NOW. Our- attendance goal i s'c 1,000. j ST. ANDREWS A..M.E. Cjjl.'RCH | Rev. G. H.. White, Pastor < ; " l Andrew?, S. C.--Our church. ' ?i*uul uas vuy etliciently conduct d by assistTtht Supt. Mrs. F-. Urevne. Supt. Smith taught the 1 " ? "r (junior s c.ass wnile the pffstor taught a clast of small boys. The \ Supt. gaw- some very helpful sug- ] gestions as to how to make our ] Sunday stthool better-. The les- , son was pointedly and thoroughly ( reviewed by?Mitt;. Almeta Robin- son* one of our public school teachers. This beirjr Endowment Day the ! pastor used for morning worship { Hod's University as a subject. Miss Ann C. Marks and Mr. Joseph Thompson who enter AIR-a this week gave a few1 words of departure and stated they haive registered in God's university also. Miss flattie- Wheeler enter All?r> too. Miss Alice Williams and Mr. Thaddeus Thompson are expected to go to the same college in short. Thus five are expected to be in our church srhnpl from, our church. Miss Anna Bell? Grcone nnd_ Mr Torrence Britton are going from the West Andrews church. The League is progressing nicely under the Vice President, Mr Robert Lee Graham. Our last quarterly conference was very impressively conducted by Dr. Benbow. All reports showed progress. Thi\s quaif er twelve were added to the church; nine converted; two baptized and one died. Rldpr Rer.bow gave a : very strong and thoughtful j*Ff?~ ir.on on Jhe subject: .Christian Manhood. He was accompanied , by his evcrte wife who is his secretary and chauffeur. They dined ' at th? parsonage. i * ?T ** 4,, D MAYBE NOT >hackleford) <j killed you. Believe it or not, hon est-to-coodness labor seldom, al things equal, kills anybody. | There are thousands who kil | themselves seeking soma tufe for work?some will-o-tha ! wisp they continually grab at bu ' miss: All their powers spent ii ^rabbtngTThey suddenly get grab bed by illness or death. Worl j didn't do it.- Laziness perform J ed that deadly operation. Another thing: don't you believi final every .fellow you see in over 'alls is a working character. Don' . you figure that every woman yot : sec carrying a brief-case or t handbag is doing ? thing Don't you get the rdea that everj doctor you see driving his car ai high speed , all over town is busj making calls. Check carefully b< fore you decide that every preach er in a pulpit or every teacher it a school room is really working -Unless?you figure that" they ar< woiking hard to keep from work ing?if ycu get what I mean. ' (Copyright, 1938). . The Voice From The Mountain By B. .F. Stewart Sometimes we are almost compelled tp use the -words of Hjiat great Ro man_p rajtor who said': "Oh! ye immortal gods where'in the world are we?" For^wdiVn we review the pages of. hjlto-ny"' -and look at the present condition of the world it seems as IhouglT^jvo are just where we were in 1914. Sfnpn.. r.rm c-ii ,i .lUf War would be the last of wars. For the nations would be so closely bound together by different treaties that Wars would be impossible. And with the * League ,vf" Vofinno \Vrv.-U .1UV.VUO, WUI V, AKWA?V/?& Peace Trwaty, etc,, it did seem lik.-?timf-?"'iirn rirFjTT ftv.nv the facq, of the earth. But today 4t?eueniA at??if fttl these treaties have been thrown in the scrap basket and nations are determin i'. to_.seJ.tle their-differences like they did in the days of Caesar, A lex an '.er and Napoleon. We are compelled -to agree that the enly peace that will kivP?nations from war will be the peace of the Lowly Nazarene. As He pirrdT "My peace I leave with you, is not at th? world's peace." Sunday School Convention ? One might be surprised to know hat we have some live wire Sunday schools and churches, up in lu-e minima'"" T 111 yv. :he North Endree S.unday School 7onvfntktn?hetd its annual sesiit.n at Mt. Grove Baptist church J vhivh' is .situated right up in thei mddleof the mountains. The con-J ention is headed by one of the oming sons of South Carolina, a' ,-oung man who received his eolego training at Morris College ind. is now serving well in this State "ancriri North Carolina. This :oung man is by name Rev. Jr~kr Eones?whu is destined, to kd one ~>f the mountain peak leaders?irr ,hi*se mountains. On Friday wife were gracod with the presence of Rev. S.C. Camp bell, who brought us a very timely message concerning the work and organization of a No. 1 Sun-J lav school. jOn- Saturday, Prof.| Nelson of Benedict College found, his way up in these mountains find brought us art inspiring mos-j >age and some helpful suggestions concerning our School of Methods for 1030. Come wrain- Prof, son, and~ all others of your type.' All officers were re-elected?tor1030. The Convention will moet next year at Aiken. Chapel i n Taylors. The North Enoroe Association of which Rev. W. M. Lipscomb is moderator will meet Friday be fore thu second Sunday in October at Travelers Baptist church, wwvr-Spartanburg. The writer Vias been the pastor_ of this great Hack-for nxtceii yuara and will be glad to havo the brethren drop in and visit this Association. Under the management of Mrs T? n n . ... rj. d. irreene tne ladies of the church had the Seven Table Feast Monday niprht a/t Greene's hall. The supper was a success. Mrs. Greene is an exceptional church worker. Our pastor is to*?prepare?the report on the state of the country M*r the Palnetto conference which meets October 13th. . PAY UP YOUR SUBSCRIPTION > THE PALMETTO LEADER [ These Collej I of ( I KELLY I -The August number of the Cris i is is its annual educational issui which is devoted to the Americai 1 Negroes in College 1937-38, 3,07! ~ graduates with collegiate and pro j fessicmal degrees are listed. Thi: -) imposing list of graduates fairlj - suggest interesting indications aiu i gives rise to stirious reflections. 3 I... The Rapid'Rise in the Numbei of College Graduates 1 ' The rapid rise in the j?umber__oj 1 Negroes with Academic Degree! ' ;o i ic .O C.AU/leant during the past few decades t|To an observer like me who has M witnessed the curve of Negro col 11 lege graduates rise almost fron j the zero point to its present higl . registry and which is still on' it; 5 sharp upward trend, these figure) are peculiarly^ significant. Doe: _ this intellectual ^enrichment of th< race connote ? corresponding in ""Crease fh power and spcial effic iency of an educated leadership? This query must be pondefred seriously. II. Co-eds The increase in the female contingent rs the most surprising. " While the Crisis does not furnish ' exact statistics ?f the proportion of the sexes, yet we know from collateral information that thn coeds constitutes a larg? majority of the 24,000 Negro college stu^ dcnts"and?of" tTie "3^000 graduates. Fifty years ago a colored woman I college- -gmrhttrtf was r regarded I like "The Female Novelist" of Gilbert and Sullivan's MilraHo "peculiar anamaly." The first colored woman to graduate from the college of Howard University was my classmate Mrs. Josephine T. Washington, who is now retired as T3oan~ of Wunien at llberforce university. For a number of years thereaftersuch graduates were like angels visit, few__and fax. between, but today the women coh stitute 1,121- against 1,119 men m Howard total enrollment. If we subtract the students preparing for such maseuline professfohs as physicians, dentist, druggist, lawyers, preachers, engineers and architects, the. female preponderance would be stilfl more glaring. It is also noticeable in Howard l-umveisity, that the female stuJents usually carry away the schol arship honors. The Crisis carries the photographs of twenty-one female and nine male graduated. It is to*t?e presumed that the editor i?f the ( risi? pnlnntn>l thu 1iU U'lflv refer rice to scholarship standing and was not influenced gy pulchri tu-e. The higher education of the Farmers of The Nation to Meet National Convention to Be Held at Forsythe, ~Ga., in State College This <Year President Leon HarP^ Soc-? retary S. B. Wilson Set Dates as October 26th to 29th Inclusive Forsythe, Ga. (Special)?Tillers of the soil, stock-raisers, frurtj frnwpra nnult.rv.raiser* wit hi other farmers in diversified crops Avill meet in this city at the Georgia State College on October 26? 29 inclusive. The official call has already been issued?fey M*"- Leon Harris, the president of the organ 1 ization, and countersigned by S. I tJ. Wilson;* secretarV?tfe?asurer. I Prof. Hubbard, the president of Lther state-school, who was-rhost to 'this group*one year ago, invited thena back to this "Peach Tree"| statej"for the purpose of demonsrating to them the interest that the farmers have in the organization that rs calculated to lift them. A large delegation is expected to be .in attendance. Invitations were extended to the Governor of 1 every unc (if th? forty-eight states to send a representative so that greetings could come from the nation. Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture, together with Dr. H. A. Hunt, head of the Farm Credit Administration, Washington, D. C., Hon. E. A. Mil ler, Assistant . Director of Southern Region, Agricultural Administration, Washington, I>. C., Mr, " J. A. Jacki>n, representative of the Standard Qil Coftipany, New Pli- -? ** ... iuir ?n? tne r arm Adminthroughout th? southeast and southwest, are expected to attend. In addition to this, invitations have been sent to. tl\e heads of all the Land Grant Col. ge Graduates 3urs . MILLER. -I Negro has already become feminlz e ed. 11 j ) III. Xe-roea In Northorn gJligii -JThe. number of graduates from s j white colleges cannot fail to exi -cite attention m which there were i 2,525 students and 192 graduates. New York University, had 494 stu, dentsT Ohio State 451. Wavne 431. r University of Kansas 192, Univer sity of Indiana 168, Hunter eolf lege 150; University Illinois i 112. " Negroes -in Northern col - logon are mote numerous than 6UT" . collegiate enrollment two decades s ago,. Negro students are admitted - practically to every college an^ i university in the United States i outside of proscriptive region of i the South. This increase of Nes gro students in northt?rn colleges 3 and universities carries its own ? suggestion and significance. The ^ ^Crisis _doea~not^-lfst any profess^ - ional degrees granted by North' ern universities. This seems to be an oversight and somewhat vi" "fates the appraisement of'thev effectiveness of Negro and Northern colleges. IV. Graduate Courses Howard, Fisk and Atlanta operate graduate schools, leading . -only-to the first?graduate "degree I of .Master of Arts and Master of Science. ^J^Q...Negro ?universitv ts yet equipped to confer creditably I the degree of Doctor nf Phil"<iaphy. 'There -were nino Negro ;graduates with the decree of Doc-! I tor of Philosophy, all of which were conferred by Northern uni-' ! versities. The?re were 211 Masters] J of Arts and Science Degrees of which 98 were conferred by white institutions, 45 bv Howard, 1 Atlanta, 18 by Fisk, 4 by Hampton .4, by Virginia Stuffy Neither Howard nor Atlanta has La_,complete* graduate setup. But 1 limited their curricula to the Mas I?, ? V .ter'nf Arts and Master of Science 'the first graduate degree, which' I contemplate one year advanced | study beyond the Baccalaureate, j This graduate work is designed ' primarily to grve the student ad-, ditional inside and grasp upon his ' college course? bo that he may more affectively teach in secondary schools. It will be some years, perhaps fully a generation before they can acquire the requisite equipment, staff, and student hrr4y~trr~~f"rf'fy fri" pt-u.iiTT' ate degree. ' 1 I-find that these reflections on our college graduates are so.'eiu. gaging that I shall have to continue them in any next release." leges operated for Negroes thru :>ut tne United States, to either be present or to send a represen tativc. # . Ij President Harris assures the : farmers of the nation that the en- j tire four days will be devoted to-j a program of uplift, dealing dnlyfj with matters that will help the far mens individually and collective- i ly. Farm credits, farm loans and i even plans for purchasing farms ! on easy payments, will be submit-'; ted to the contention. The President of State College. \ plans to house most of the farm-1 era in the school building, while the citizens of Forsythe, representing both*~TSces, haVe already given assurance that a hospitable welcome will be* extended to all. - The Governor of every state vitejl has sent Pres. Harris "let- _ ters, messages and greetings in ad vance, assuring the organization of their good will, their moral sympathy and, such support as canj be given them hot inconsistentt with their state funds. Plans for an extensive exhibit are already underway. Merchants manufacturers and dealers in farm supplies will be urged to have on the gruonda their wares to display in order that the farmers might get first-hand information on what to get, where to get it and the price to be paid. The Housewives Organization wrll be invited to take part. The Exhibit consisting of home e:onom, ics, such as canning, fruit-drying, ^quilting, preserving, cake-making, new methods of dairying, meatcuring and?other farm helps as were pushed in the past several years, rs still bc?ing encouraged. I This organization, declared Pres jident Harris in a special communil cation, ia the only expression in^ the form of a National Conveni tion that the farmers will have thia yaar. ? ???????? jDr. Mary McLeod Bethune Speaks At Chicago Director of Negro Affairs NY.A Guest- of Ladies' Auxiliaries ol Brotherhood of Sleeping Cai - Sorters lit Chicago x Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. now Director of Naero Affairs for the National Youth Administration will speak at the public mass mcel i*ng of the Ladies' Auxiliaries!r.'tc the Brotherhood of Sleeping Cai I Porters in Chicago, at the Churcl of the (3bb<r Shepherd, Sunday af , ternoon, Sept. 25. Mrs. Bethune j is tljd President of Bethune-Cook man College, which is a result ol 1 .. a rtterger, one of the schools !T~i which. Cookman Institute, w a s Cookman Instituter was whet^Mr: A. Philip Randolph, President of the Brotherhood_"y. ?Wpinff? Porters, received his early training in JackSonvi.ie, FloiIda. ? "Mury 'M?LeocT Peliiuno was one of a"*Tamily of seventeen children born of slave parent? in '9fn humble cabin near Itlayesville, S. C. When she was about eleven years old, a. little mission school was openod near her homo hv tlm of Missions of the Presbyterian Chui't'll. IhHueneed by her mother's hungering for?knowlei'ec; Mrrry McLeod was one bf the r*u'st children to walk the four mi)'** t. n school. fthe wa^-later a war, foe a scholarship at Scotia""Seminary by Miss Mary Crissman of S. Denver Colorado. 1 j Trained at Scotia Seminary, the State Collega at Orangeburg, S. C., and the Mo-dy Bible Institute, Chicago, she "fCTCYi'ded her" own school for girls at Daytona- Beach Florida, in 1904. Her capital was $1.50 and unlimited faith; h or plant, a rented cottage. In 1923 this school was mergt^f with the Cookman Institute of Jacksonville -Florida and he" a me?eo-educarfnTT al. Today it is an accredited Jtin ior college specializing in teacher traiing, and its campus boasts 14 ?<S6a38&83B&93&tt O OO O O O O O OO O < !> C MORRiS / SUMTI j Monument of I the Pride of Is Hncfi SCHOOL j SCHOOL OF Et \ / LIBERAL A THEOLO( | Faculty made up of ? Universities. Grad fi. of responsibility in c I try and commerce. 1 Opens Sept jj REGISTRATION S 2 Rates Reasonable. Cat; 1 T F> PTNT91 jjLooo oooo oaoo ooo o o :o o o oo o <: COA ON ALL THF f mure a Ciml. df an, ?SM^-<Ss}[a i PULLMAN CAIL P< comfortable In tht Consult Passenger Tt Ticket Agents tor Fs Reservations anrl ot J. T. COBB, Divinion I'asst SOUTHERN RA t ? Saturday, September 21, L93g buildings, uppraised at approxi. mately a mrllion dollar*. Her life epitomizes for Negro ^ yOuth_Uie. ?tvenrth afL-^urtt?^ ^the power of will to overcome ap. jKirtn tl y _ unsurirLaunt4iWt. ofrrtrnctes, ? She is recognized as one of the k most potent factors in Xho growth oi lnier-raciai goou will in America. , atdky. - liil- - Mrs." Hothuii5"s ] * life is printed in numerous publi- ' r cations, notably in "Negro p^,? } dors and Heroes'.' by Brawley, and Ralph Bullock's "In " [ Spite of Handicaps". The I.iterj ary Digest _ot March 6.-HK3 ntcrfn. ed her "Nepro Anpcl," Elmer j ter in the Survey Graphic fen Oc-^p tober, 102ft, interprets her as "A . Modern Matriarch." anil th.. trpl Life Insurance Company of r Tampa, Florida,.-Captions her pic-"? lure "on their ?1038 calendars as "Queen of the Nepro Race." \ "> mi m -c- ? -ALTr MOItTATI irAITT^TFFRTcH I ^ -* ^ Rev. C. H. pickctt. Pastor -j ftp"1 tnnburg, S. C.?Last SunI :'ay triir services wore vm-y Cnnj ~ all day. Rev^.T. S. Earle, formoily off this city but now resides - in Wnsh inert or.. P. C., .preached for us both morning and?night. , At 11:80 ho selected his tox^.-i from Luke 9:85, subject Hear Jesus. At 8:00 Rev. Earle came 'forth with another great message i?toxt Matthew 1-fi: 18, subject' The " Church Must On. These sermons were well delivered. I Rev. Eavle preached tjor M"t. Moriah 28 years. We were indeed^- ? giad to" havehi m with us m last Sunday. We bid him God's speed I ar.4-.-t.iumt he wil live it Tb'irg^TlhYe'.' ^ | Rev. Pickett, is now conducting a ten nights utecting in Ohio, hut will be in same time Satur! day, and will fill his own pulpitT ( on the 4th Surnday. He has been away for three we?ks. There will be a Parade of the I seasons at-Alt. 'Moriah church on J Eridii.v.. nifht.. Uitubci?rttr Yrrn are cordially invited to be pre5 ^ son t. Admission 10e. - ' The public: is cordially invited to '""at lend an O-hl Folks concei t at Mt. Moriah, M.ft day night, Sept. 20. Admission. 5c. ^ . Ttrrr"Vl's i f oTs "present" were Profs ? W. A, Xoal, Eugene Rivers and T. M. Moore of Rock Hill, S. C.; : Ik. J.jII. Walk-u---m*?Spartanburg:?;?" Mr. Ifoldia, Mis. Ruth If ldin of Cnior, S. a'd Miss Ida ~ Smith, of Spartaiihurg were the --pl.asuui .sU.itc/rs at the home of Mrs. Azalee R. MeGet an:: mother Mrs. Lizzie Rc-we, Sunday af. ternoon. J ? jVIiss Ida Smith left Monday -Piornir.g.. IVm- -Xmth Caroli.-.a Slat" ' College, Durham, X. C., to resume her studies. . " '. fOO'vvOvOv.vOvvOOOOOOOoOO.0??( COLLEGE 1CR, S. C. 1 ??????- J <|~~ \egro Achievement, g Cegro Baptists >U CATION | RTS \ | tical school?? 8 graduates of leading | uates occupy places ? ?hurch, school, inclus- | ember- 15th 1 EPT. 13th and 11 th iloftue Sent upon Request. : ON, President j >.o;oooo.oooc>oovooo.oo<too?co^:^ wmtMsSMB CHES tOUGH TRAINS restful trip at low cm t r safety of train travel aiiic Repraiantathvai 01 re?, SchadulM, Pull mat." hat Iiava) Inlormatioa nger Agent, Columbia, S. C. a ILWAY SYSTEM