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|F-?fi^pi i ??= q ?? ?. :; ?br |Ialmrttfl Eeaiier PUBLISHED WEEKLY 1810 Assembly St., Columbra, S.< Entered at the Post Office at C< lumbia, S. C., as second clai matter by an Act of Uongres SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year ... $2.< Six Months 1.2 Three Months Single Copy , i. .( FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGENCY W. B. ZIFF CO., 608 S. Dearboi St., Chicago, 111. Officiab Adve tisements at the rate allowed 1 law. The Leader will publish brief ai rational letters on subjects 1 . general interest when they a accompanied by the names ai addresses of the authors ar are not of a defamatory natui Anonymous communications w not be noticed. Rejected man scripts will not be returned. REMITTANCES Checks, Drafts and Postal or E press Money Orders should 1 . made payable to the order The Palmetto Leader. GEO H. HAMPTON .... Publish E. PHILIP ELLIS ... Field Age L. G. BOWMAN, Circulation M^ Communications intended for tl current issue must be very brii and shcruld reach the editor! desk not later than Tuesday < each week. City news, local Wednesday. Telephone 4523 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 19 SELL CHRISTMAS?SEALS The; -32nd Christmas Seal Sa in the-'United States is now o and it is impprtanj, yes, necessai that tfvery citizen buy Christm; Seals.?When you buy U Chrisinru seal you contribute to a fund th keeps in motion a great moveme; against the spread of Tubercul sis.. Statistics show that almost and a half million menr worai and children have died of-Tube qulosis- during th0 post 30 yea_r An additional two and a half mi lion would Rave died ddring thi time if the mortality rate of J years ago had continued to pr vail. "As we study these statistics v find that the reduction of tl death rate caused by tubcrculos represents-a fffle piefe of wot carried on by the organizatior supported by ahe Christmas" Se; Sale fund. It is said that the ai nua! death toll from luberculos in the United States 250.60 ?"if the death of the early 1'JOO had continued. Even at the pres ent time the death rate from. Jth dreaded disease is too high?an most ospecially amor.;? Negroe Every seven minutes some ind vidual *!ies *rom the tuberculs germ. In 'South Carolina there .ar0 t be f-.und organizations in ever county handling Christnlas Seal: i . It is our hope that the Negr units will gQ ahead of all pre vious records in selling seals. W Rhould realize at least an averag * of $100 from each county. Sue an effort would bring to t h State fund about $5,000. That i ? * ^ nmqll conti ihution w'lJcn w think of the use bciiyr, made c this -money Rnd the great nee of every citizen lending his aid i the mighty campaign being cai ried on to lessen, if not to stam out the disease that has such" hold on the huWwm- ratfe. Ge busy. Sell Christmas Seals. "It Will BiT Daybreak Soon" The above subject is the. titl of a new book written hv Arrhi hair! Rutledge and published b the Flemmine H. Revell Oh. Ne\ Work City. It sells for $1.25; book of 130 pages that picture the life of Negroes on Mr. Rut ledge's 1800?acr<^plan4ation mm McClellanville. S. 0. TTis charac ters are all renl "flesh and blood men and women, whose manne of living bring smiles to one' ' lips at times ard again toar? t( one's eyes as he reads the boo' page after nage, following th author's descriptiomr'oT these pc pie and follow their trail throug' swamp and savannah and frH th? lure of their wildwood. Mr. Rutledge has attempted ii a scholarly way, to define an glorify the real philosophy of lif as interpreted and displayed b; these illiterate people, who live ii peace to themselves far awa; from "Main Street" and from ur ban life. t,' Xtr. Rutledge, South -Carnttrifl': F-- Poet-I^ureate, has paid a fine tr bute to tho spiritual side of Ne gro life, when ho says:" Theri appears to be a definite and dee] F If- , /* " ' j?" ' ..J" . '?a I <' v. i I II HHP relationship between the Negro': spiritual insight and the profoun* wisdom of the East. Far remove* ! from_ the banalities?of moderi 'eridition,' close to the mysteriou: source of things is the Negro'; real spirit. He deals in spiritua reconnaisance." The story is built around lead ing spirits on his plantation. Th< book is dedicated to Sue Alston ss his cook, and Sam Weston, hi: 8 playmate before he left the plac< for college. Sam did not //o t < school, but became a fine carpen ter. I)r. Rutledge went to collect jq became an outstand'ng teache and was honored by the - Soutl >5 Carolina Legislature as Poet-Lai reate. 75 While sailing down the Sante< '5 River, a distance of-ten miles fo a landng to go on a duck hunt traveling in a dugout Cyprus ca noc hoping to reach a place cal ed "Tranquility" they were los in n mighty fog. The boat dippei T' water and the"tides seemed .desir >y ous of sending them to eternity It was at this point that Mr. Rut - ledge suggested to Sa\jj that the; turn the log canoe over end clinj ?* to it. Sam was the boatman?th r? confidential, lifo-long friend o Mr. Rutledge?and every Neg^ lci -has Ms white man. -Rnt Snm snt' '** "never mind, Cap*n~ it wttl b iii daybreak soon." u1 Daybreak came, thev Iande< _ safely.- It was_this statement fron Sam Weston that gave Dr. Rut ledge a thought out of which h . wrote liis. book, "It Will Be. Day x- oreak Soon." be In the closing paragraph of hi of *fcook, Dr. Rutledge says: "In1 deep' and real sense, poetry i more trye than truth. "Elements and instinctive, it gushes fron the heart in pure and melodiou <?r stream. And among the hgh gift nt of the plantation Negro as I hav ?r> known him in his poesy, brcathinj ^ into life sompfVin^ nf the Miwin spirit, shining in darkness as ; 1C star above the looming Cypresse cf the lovely yellow pines in thos< al wildj^oods where he has his home 3f And none of us, I -think, can d , better thhn share with him hi calm assurance, that no matte how long and perilous the nigh may seem, "it will be daybrcal soon." K The main thought which causet the writer to put his book on tb? market^ is flexible in mcSninjr am Kas a'nathctic appeal. For mnn than 200 years millions of- blacl people worked as slaveSr-but crie* "never mind Cap'n., it will b< n? daybreak soon." Minority group: ry in Europe and America are strut as| g1ino fi nm Viirdchipn iiH 111 im'I as upon any other citizens; they an crying1. "Never mind Cap'n., i will be daybreak "soon"""' 0- ? ? 3 State College Asks !rn $321,000 for '39-'40 LS-_ ===rr ' * Orangeburg.?President Millet M p. Whittaker, South Carolini W State A. & M. College, appearec e" before the budget commission o1 South Carolinar .asking for $.121, 'G 000 to cover maintenance and pel 1e manent improvements . for th( is year 10.10-40. -For Maintenance, the amount rc(inest,ed was $102,000 which?-b ?*> increase of $50,000. over the > last year. is For permanent improvements (L tho aniBUiil is $H2,000as t h c state's portion* of the five yfnr 1- building program. This will be is supplemented hy grants from the id PWA. s In the five-year program, thr i. first trree units arc near compleu tion: $25,000 improvements on the Athletic Field; The Wilkinson Lio brary, $80,000; the New Dormitory^ Miller Hall. $05,000. Anoth or unit, the Mechanic Arts building, $120,000, is now rapidly hear 0 ing completion. T Beginning in 10.30, the second e year, of the fivo-year program JL .allr, for a Ilonu; RcnTTOnTics ,huild " ing, $05,000, another dormitory, e $05,000 and a laundry, $25,000. s * Besides maintenance appropria e tiens by" the state, the college alsr f receives $51,000 from, federal d sources and $50,000 from tuition n and fees. The Budget Commission is made p up of the Governor, the ChairT a man of the Ways and Means Com t mittee of House and th'e Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate. These three write the hurl get for the state which is pre ' sentcd to 'the legislature, in January. ? Enrollment this year fins reach ed the unprecedented number of p 772 college students, 250 rrf which u are Freshmen. The Faculty and y administrative officers number 75 * BALTIMORE, MO. NEWS By (Mrs.) Barney Douglass^ ri?fcrtiialay, "November 20 thor? , was a state rally at Mt. Hebron. ? The President, Mrs. Mary We^ T ther, of the church Pastor's Aid , and every member r?joiccd iin Mrs ^ Weathers because she Lg very kind ^ hearted and trie, to help ev?rye body. "She with?han-gww?alor'r q "T&iscd $65.00 in this rally. The ^ secretary, her daughter Miss Asalee Weathers. The program con-, sistetf of solos, duefs, quartet, and n recitations. d Monday night, the Deacons met c at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night choir y rehearsal and prayer meeting. On fy Wedn^adny night fttfrte (das7 c7 ny d^ted by Rev. Daniels aj, M,t. _ at 7 till 8:30 p.m. Everybody is Hebrrf.r every WedneseiajJ- night r i:#viled. Thursday Sight service J as 8:00 o'clock by Rev. M. Flow. ers. We all enjoyed Thanksgive ing day. 5 Sunday, NovenrYber 27 at 9:30 111 1 11 11 J.i; MAYBE SO A] s ;; (By W. H 9 < 1 * * j the price of ignorance e' We pay for what we know ar s we pay for what we do not kno> e I think we pay more for our i| 3 noranee. I do not mean igno - ante in the sense that one is i literate or unlearned. All me r are ignorant of some thingsb many things. After all, who J, really wise? In many respec I Solomon was n fool. When you do not know, yc p have to pay the fellow who doi 1 know. Th&t's why many peop ? hold positions. They know mo about the work than anybody els C i i. s.v.all dial light in your ri ' dio set goes out. It seems"simp 1 en ugh?fixing, that. Just hi another lamp and stick it-rn. B ' when you try you cannot get tl y a.m. Sunday school met as usua % Service at 11:3U by Rev. Flower e".Se:vices were als0 hejd at 3:! f and at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Flowers i p! gai/ preached. - d BY IT: at 0:'") p.m. by the Pre 6^T<Rht~Mrs. Alice Flemon. S. S. at Friendship Bapt. churc , 10 Se rvice* "at 11:30 a.m. ar 1 8:to p.m. by T1 v. Jackson. Nov. O mmuriicfn servici ' we'e .held at Morning Star Bap , ! chui eh co ducted by the Paste ' Rev. Gat r t. . c' On sick list: Mr. William G$f "'.ney. k< v. Mc.V'l, Mfrs; Arsor Mcl)owell7 Mrs. Virginia _Mu ^ and Jit tie Miss Elizalx-th Heat ^ We wish all an early recovery* s For many morths Sparro *s Point has been closed down bi g she is up again and listen at th j, whenever Spai'row Point close g all <>th|??r works close .in the ril a of Baltimore and State of Mar; s land but she is getting back ! bloom once more calling all me , back to work every day. ?^ EDGEFIELD NEWS r 1 . Kdgefidld acadc my closed it ] doors for the Thanksgiving hoi . days, November. 23, to resume i work November 2H. The folio win c, teachers" left for their variot tiomesr and (^htinilacett-^T^Tfttere! ^ Mi-ses-Boil la h Ingram, Iloi-K Hil j Juanita Jotws, Newberry; Efil r Massey, Abbeville: Iniez Whartc 5 Yarnesville. r Those attending the Btnedic } State gunk l'fi'oin li' l'e Were Pre p C. O. Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Wa t lace Simkins, Mr. ar.<l Mrs. 1 1 {.lai(icdr.-"Miss""Xadine Parker, Gc Miller, J'i ry \Yils?m and T<-mmi " Butler.. 1 The Golden Rule club met ? tie. home of Mrs. Lizzie Morgan o ^ Thanksgiving day. The a ^.ur ?I Inrve a rtt+fy?wrH take pirn r ('h: istma.s night at Maeedohi , Baptist church. j Prof. and Mrs. W. K. I'arkt f and. son and Mrs. Maggie J. Coo ro-ei' were -the?dtrrrrn?guests of Re r and Mrs. M. K. (lord:*.; on Thank > giving day. Mr, Fdward Morgan accompi \ ni'd by a frier.d was.'the week e. .d gti' ts of . elative^ lietc. Miss Kvelyn Par.ker sper the holidays in Columbia and wit i some h1 r work in Bar well big school.. ; ?mi- sympatny *!.. ' xton'fod t rtho bereaved family of Mrs. IT' r rif tta Russey who departed thi fife Saturday. Nov. 20 fry WeKrIi/ofield; .Mr--. Ru?sev ]<av(s f host of relative^ and friends wh mourn her lo?s. Funeral service hf ld Tuesday afternoon' N'm- n: b: r 20 1 China drove .R ip i<- chineli. .Mrs. Zenohia Cook a-d d-ni/ht' ?pent He. h- liday.j with relative and friend, he-e. Mr-. loin Si-vkirs and h Y dan tdi'er M-'t-v A lie so' t the W < ] end in Columbia visitmy mfativ Tile JuvenUej?/^lvhrift i;!ub wit meet .'it *h" lyere of .1 ii-tte An d'rson, F>- r-enibe- 1.0 at 2,-.20 p.nt The Adult Thrift r-l'ib will mee Tohr. I.e.. I ten mber 10, 7:20 p.m - at t)ie i o-ne of Mr. and Mrs Mr-'. I.illian And'rson is sperd in|? several day- i. Aiken vi-'t i :'r"hep daughter Mrs." In 11? n Mil es. TV" Mit istr,-rial conferenci wty. L.I.I . . M 1. . : . .11. - . 1 -*i 111-1?< ; j .m.icimi ril?| l>apu>T f'flUrci nt) Th.'i"K^jrivinj; day'. Quhf. J i,T flic ministersof the distric1 were present. - mfs \cA df.MY N i:ws ~ Zclda Wi'kerson, Reporter* Rook \V< ok- jwas obsorv'd a Rettis with appropriate program: ii',dor?<4+o?4ttwf-mtt?of?Miss "Trnr tie Williams,, lihratrian a'?l Mr C. IT. Faff, (cachor of commereia ^subject? and secretary to our pr'.'s ident.. An intcrf ding and irspirinp Thanksgiving program at elevet - o'cloc^ Wednesday. Nov. 23. marl J ed th(. hogn nmg of our Thanks giving holidays, which lasted fWn 'il Monday nv mint;. Mrs. IIu _ bcrt and all pnrticipan+s?o tht j- urogram are eonpji^ndcd for it I About three fourths of our largt 1 ramp's famijy spirit the holiday; | at their homes, or visiting fcla ' .tives. Those who .remained or | tin campus (a hundred or more] i spert the time viry pleasantly I Among the enjoyable feature: | Thanksgivirg Day and a trip t< ! Augusta. Miss Willie Mae Rlocker, ou II. E. teaeher, spent the holiday; in Columbia, the guest of Mrs. D THE PALMETTO LEADER VP MAYBE NOT . Shackleford) ; | < > i ] thinjf to work. You send, for a ; radio, expert. He comes. He id spends five minutes, and the job v. is complete. i- "What's the price?" you ask. r? "One dollar," he says. "One dold lar for the little you did?" you ^n squawk. ? Sometof us really get angry. We; is forget that the expert charges for ts what he knows and we pay for what we don't know. >u Just a new'screw here, a mendes ed wire there; just a washer inle (sorted here and a piece of new re pipe ther. You cannot do tne jod. ;e. V'ou do not know how. There rs a-, one thing you do know and that ile Ts7 you have to pay the fellow who ay does know. ? ut: he' (Copyy>ght) - N| d. M. Hubeit, of our English deV s. partment. She reports having had JO a royal time, a- Among those who attended the State-Benedict game in Columbia 3- were: Prin. S. L. Collins, Prof, and MrSi C. Albert Rubents and Phoe h be, Prof. and. Mrs. H. A. Blasseinid irame and H. A. Junior, Mrs. M. P. Williams,"Miss Ixittie Williams es and Mr. W. P. Lewis, t. The holiday party sponsored by r. Mr. Lewis Saturday evening was a very enjoyable affair, f- Sunday evening a group of our ia singers, accompanied by Miss la Franklin, Mr. Farr and Mr. Simh, moins, rendered a program at the A. M. E. church, Aiken, Rev. Jenrh kins, pastor. . The audience was Jt well pleased with the progrm. is Principal Collins, the R.uhens, s the Blass^n?ales and Mr. W. Pick ' ?- Lewis were?guests at a stfmptuV ous turkey dinner at the home of 'n Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Hubert, CoIn lumbia. on Thanksgiving * day. They and the.'0 other guests pres rv>t did full justice to the superb occasion. Our annual Christmas Seal drive was launched at the Sunday : afternnoon worship hour. Prin ts Collins spoike-briefly cm the im ? portance of the Seal y?ale and JS urged each person to give until j it hurts in the-campaign. Wo plgh j To go over the, top with colors flying. m Senior Fred Ramsey was delighted to have his mother ar.d t- Mr. and Mrs. Sumter and little cor rr his sister and brcrther-in-law, jvis1 't him njf Thanksgiving day. *~ President and Mrs. Nicholson, or. 10 tertained a group of faculty menrie hers an<l other friends at a very ejoyable Thanksgiving dinr.e*. . it Miss Thomasina Harris erf Spar n tar.ixurg spent a pan of Thanks11 givirg holidays with friends here. tc-Ttt?thr?very?special d (flight'" Jof la Mr. C. II. F. of our faculty, who <aw to it that she enjoyed he: i <tay immensely. She is a very p charming and gracious j-'oung yy lady. Our S.:rday school wa? presid1 over bv Miss Ruby Nicholson. . assistant superintendent Sunday, L ay ho?carried?out?tke?program?irr ^ a very ffTicic-nt manner. Senior . Ruby Cure-ton made ^tho review ' cm tpf r t s on the 1eSc^nTr~ Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Caldwell - pent the holidays at their home ? t'oluPihia. He was thrilled to 0 witness thy triumph of his alma " mater over State college Thanksj" givL'it. day. Harbison institute, Irmo, were on a Prof, ard Mrs. W. II Wilson of 'he campus Sunday, having come ?o bring he> brother, Wm. Mc' Di/rald, freshman, who had b*er it home because of illness. We are glad to welcome McDonald '.asnd :ust that he shall keep Well. Adviser Caldwell and tho Sen or high school class are getting 'r-'vTTy to present a unique pro \ ' am soon. Be on the lookout for Von can not be a one ~ hundred. 1 per cent member of the Bettis family unless you read the Pal motto ' !,? ader each week. COKIv>BL'RY NEWS St. Paul A. M. E. Church (>/?.. () ii /?f ? - - "V,, iv. ii. u'cen, |-?x,sior -The-lovely Indian, summer weather has gore and winter has set .. in. Sunday, tho' chilly and cold, , fovind the- faithfu|_ one? in the t Holy Temple lic/g'ry fcr the ( bread of life. The pastor could not b" with us Sunday so the Presiding Elder, Rev. W. S. Mima filled the pulpit in his stead. He brought to us-a wonderful message. Text Joshua 24:27: This t stone shall he a witness. The s mess ape Was a masterpiece. Vis itoi-s Mrs. Mafnei Pearson litd ik 'arrldauphter, Shipley Ann of I Philadelphia. They are spending i sometime here with her mcrtherir.-law, Mrs. Fartnie Pearson. : We regret very much that Mr. i Geo. Pearson, the son of Mrs. Fan i_ nio- l*mrsQn ativl the late Mr. Olin - Pearson is a patient in the State hospital. We are hoping for him an_ .early- recovery. He was a faithful "Sexton of our church. Those spending Thanksgiving at ' homo wer(. Misses Henirictta Rob' inson, Elizabeth Reader, Rosa Nash and Eugenia Mae Holmes. 1 MrS. Maggie L. Washington 1 Martin of Annistoni, Ala., in here visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. ? Squire Washington. 1 Mi-. MaSon Needum "Jack"" if 'l vtry sick. We aro hopinlg for him ain early recovery. 1 Those home for Thanksgiving 5 Mattie- Stark*, Minnie Anderson, ' from Brewer Hi, Misses Mary and j?? * BENNETTSVILLE NEWS The happy Thanksgiving: day is over. Quite a large number erf our home teachers sponrt. the week etvd home with parents. Misses Mabel Reese and Ella Re^se of Batesburg Hi school; Miss Ettern Thompson, of Leesville graded i school; Miss Bright of Nicholas ! school; Prof, and Mrs. E. Thompson Niholas; Prof. J. Smith, Miss Minnie Mae Smith and Miss Mary Malloy of Lamar; Miss M. ?mith of Timmoiisville Hi;-Miss Delphine McDaniel of Robert Smalls Hi. In every respect these teachej-s spent a lovely week-end home. Miss L^e of Leesville spent the week end home with Miss E. Thompson. Miss Laine of Laurinbugr, N. C. ? t-V . T> ?:n? xt r* ana Air. renn ui ac<p?uic, a-?. worshiped with Shiloh service Sun day mornjrg. Guests of Prof, and Mrs. C, Gr&en and Mrs. Ellerbe. Also Mrs. Gardner of the Zion church. Mr. J. B. Drake witnessed the game in Greensboro Thanksgiving. Rev. Wright preached from the subject "The Tested .Christ" Sunday morning. A large crowd was present. Communion was served. Mr. and Mrs. L. Johnakin hocvored 'Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Johnson of New York with a dinner Sunday. u . The Progressive Bible club is improving nicely. Our sick friends, Mr. G. Spears Mrs. Bostic, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Jesse Reese. The many' friends regret to learn of the mishap of Mr. McLeod Jr., last week Columbia. Trust all of our friends will soon ^r ecover. Mr. Joshua Israel and'Miss Alberta Lowry wedded Wednesday evening at the home of the bride by Rev. A. J Wright, pastor of the bride. Th*y left Thursday morning for their honeymoon trip iv Florcne, S. C Mrs. H. C. Brown of Raleigh, N. C., Mrs. Rose S, Pitts of Charlotte; Miss B. Sherre.H of States^. villt; Miss Lottie Williams of N. Y .City, were'the pleasant evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. .J, B. Drake, Thursday. Mr. Prince spent Thanksgiving ir. Cheraw with relatives. Mrs. Alice McKay is still irt N.Y. to the bedside of her sick daughter. Miss Ophelia McKay. :?Miss B. E. Graham reports succe.?s in the g'oup meeting with the rural district school,, this term. They will meet with St. | Mark school this week. Mrs. T. T. Robinson and Miss L. Johnson teachers. > zProf. H. Zimmerma rwitriess^d the earro at Mor-is College ?n Thanksgiving Day. OCONEE COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION HOLDS MEET Westminster. S. C., November ]*th?The teachers of the O. C. T. * A. held their second meeting of the year Friday November 18 at the Westminster hi,gh school. Mr. j D. H. Thompson, president presid rng. 'Departmental meetings were j held with the following parsons! in charge: Mr. L. R. Simpson ru-j ral group; Mrs. C. C. Arthur, pri-' mary group; Mrs. M. B. Thomas,t elementary group and Mr. A. L. I Code, ni^rh school group. a ' *1 At JLTS-aH- assembled m' the auditorium Where a short de-, votion period was held! Having lost some of the officers by going; to take up other positions and one: by death new ones were .elected, j -Very interesting reports from: each department were given. Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Jeanes tea- I cner, maae remarks and suggest-1 ed that tre association purchase a Mimeograph : machine which was agreed upon. The association also agreed to give $5.00 in the Sen- I ' a Jr. College Thanksgiving ral- i ,y\ - The?officers elected Tor'11938- 1 39 term: Mr. D. H. Thompson, pre sident; Mr. A. IL. Code, vice-president; Mrs. C. C. Arthur, secretary; Mr. L. R. Simpson, treasurer; Rev. J. D. Hicks, chaplain; Miss Agnes Barber, pianist; Miss Gwennie Mae Owens, reporter and a number of committees, v BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. W. B. L Clarke, Pastor Sunday school begarii at the usual hour. Although the weather was cold, we had quite a repre- i sentative school. A very beautiful lesson r Thou shgjt not: steal. This lesson, like the others was, thoroughly taught rm all of the I plasses after which Mr. W. H ' Harvey, made a very impressive review of the lesson tj the as- I sembly. For the morning service the paator ftdectcd^ffs^arJ^xt T^alms 17:34, subject A Satisfied Mind. ' The sermon was very beautifully' illustrated showing we shall all | he satisfied when we awake in Thy Likeness" . We were indeed grateful to have-Dr, MeOill, presidcntT' of All?n university worship with us Sunday. All visitors are always welcome. For ^the ntght message 'Rev. Jefferson former pastor . of Mill or<, chapel, Newberry brought th? message. He selected a* a te:;t Psalms 27:&. The sermon was encoinaging arvl inapiring7 Emma L. Arnold, Eunice Hoggins, Mr. WoflKy Adams and Mr. AJtori Anderson.- ? ??-?? Mrs. Mary MiTTer daughter Mian Ollie, hotVs, Furmo-n and Jack speuvt Thanksgiving in Columbia with her two daughters Misses IJelia arjd Louise and Rev^ RrMtller. ? t. - .. I RIDGE SPRING/NEWS s< Teachers and stuents are hard " at. work agaTn after a few pleasar\ holidays. The spirit of ? Thanksgiving was truly exempli fo ,.s ed hr-the numerous packages brot A. by the students to make the. old, sick and needy happy on Thanksgiving day. t Several teachers' spent Thanks- w giving at their homes while others i attended the Benedict-State game * and visited in neighboring towns, jMisses Catherine, Thressa Gomillion spent Sunday in Sumpter t accompanied by their parents and t< Mr. Waddie Davis. ^ ,Sevaral former graduates were ^ seen in town during the holidays from Bettis, Voorhees and other 0 schools. forget the minstrel King i of Kings ir. interest of the -Agriculture Dept., Friday night. Admission 10 ce.its Ito ^veiybody. , Purchase a nymbcr for 2 cent'. -\ take a chance on the cake. v Miss Kate Glover holding No. Ellison the hen. < -Brooks met with an accident but _V glad that no ore-was injured. The 4th grade is lonesome with x out Mazie Hammond on account of 0 illness and a"e wishing her a t speedy recovery. ^ F Church services were very im- e pressive Sunday. ' Mr. E. W. Boadnax has returned from N. Y. to the delight of his r family and many friends. n c . ' j 1 JUHNSl'O.y MANS ^ Edgefield bounty Tr. School i ? The Community fair held its an r nv?al program in the school audi- f torium November 21 - ntmt 22. Monday night, Nov. 21 the fair association membcrs and visiting ftriends wWe thrilled with the address maae by Prof. W. C. Hurley a former student of the Edge- ? field school and assistant Rcan oi -I the Department of Agriculture t a t State A. a nePM: n?otlcge. - Tuesday night, Nov. 22nd Mr "e George Dowdy gave thg final ad- c dress of the community fail a which was very nice anid highly '? appreciated oy the fair associa- t ticm.?Mis. Maney, Mr. U. tiall ~f man, Mrs. Daisy White, Mrs. Man t gie Murray and others, gave inter- c *sting remarks emphasizing the i educational value of a commun- t ity fair. Mr. C. 0. Floyd made a very * interesting talk concerning the ,|J community fair. ' v Mr. H. A. Blassengale, agyriteacher ancT'Miss Blocker, II E7 teacher brought excellent exhibits from the H. E. and Agri-depart- j. ment of Bettis Junior cpllege. Mrs. C. Pope, president of the P.T.A. gave some very splendid, remarks concerning the work erf the P.T.A. durk.g this school year. ^ ItOBERT SMAU S \K\VS I Beaufort, S. C.-?Mr. Howard , ed his relatives during the week, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wright. , On Wednesday at 12 o'clock the spirit erf Thanksgiving Day | reigned at the Robert Smalls Hi | #1 /I / / I CANVASSERS ?Write me this DREAM NUMBER toilet articles p\ ailing plan. Low Prices. Genet with your customers. Write for \ - Abb*' Wall or* Cosmetics. 1 UNDERTAKER AND LICE SOUTH CAROLINA ' - F l? WASHINGTON 8T. 1 4 ? ^ 'WF I Saturday, December 3, 1938 . :hool. of ccrOiionics,-. Prof. ? /. Williams. After the program k? gjrin of the 7th, Oth aiul 9th rades delivered thf if Thanksgiv- ?? ig baskets to needy families pornored by the H. E. teacher Irs. II. Sclnper. Wednesday might the Principal 'ruf. 11. K. Alston sponsored a lay party and Turkey contest in he school auditorium. Dancing as the main feature of the even g. Mrs. Iiuth Waters holding he_ lucky number received the lost beautiful and large turkey oi her Thanksgiving dinner. At t> o'clock Thanksgiving a.m. he Robert Smalls Generals moored to Orangeburg to- m^et the i ilkinson high* school. The Wilinson being the firce Tdor.s cun-. uered the Generals with the st'or s 25-0. A large crowd witn?ssd the game. Misses Elizabeth Polite, A. Iaynes, W. P?ytheworo<J and Mr. ^ P. Bythew?od witnessed the a m?. Miss Ettfc Washington 'oritf of he Rob. rt Smalls teachers' spent 'haoksgiving in Charleston, ?. C. isitvig relatives and friends. Or November 27 the Young Menf 1? A~ R phmvti irnve n ?jb ?'?*?"?? ?*- *--- " 1/^ ally, for the benefit of the church. t musical and literary program rns had.?The guest speaker Prof V. K. Alston-. Much credit due -? He yoking mOn. A uinnque sTinT ens raised. The regular monthly meetirfc f the PTA will be held Dec. 14 at he J. T, Washington Library at I o'clock. An interesting prarrnm has boon arranged for dadILTs' right. All members and ~~ riendi are urged to attend. The first congressional district iff the Palmetto- ?tatb Teachers issociatio-n wil convene at Robert Smalls "-High school. Decejnbej10 at 12 o'clock. Be sure and ' me. ,Tho president of the state. ~ issociation will be present, Mr. b/ddey Anderson, along with scyrnl. otlv rs. ?uch as Messrs Schif- ^ Hoy ard Foltrn. . CAMDEN NEWS Mrs. Floreno E. Ilurst has two i/iintr .'girls. her niece's children; v Hisses Sa44io Thomas and Lucrle Tolmes staying, with her and atending Jackson High. 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