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Pftgt 8 Dr. Ernest Hall Dr. Ernest Hall pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church, Cleveland,' Ohio, died in Springfield, 111. Fu-I 7 ^TYetal services held Friday at 1:00 |X m., in Cleveland, Ohio, at the1 above named church. Dr. Hall was one of the leading, lecturers in the National Baptist j Sunday School Congress and one of the outstanding l aplers in the National Baptist C. m ention. He had been afflicted for the past two years, but was well on the road to recovery wV en the end T came. -? Letters to Santa Claus December 9. - Welford.- S. C.. R. 1, Box 59, Mi. r? i^vv. i ouuiu; It wont be 1 cjitr now,* before you ? will bo knocking- nt my dood.?I have been thinking: of you for a lon.tr while. I am noi as long-for anything -in" particular.' hut you can just leave me some of everything: you have. ? -rf?Thanhs a lut? ; ~ Marcellus Hooka rd. Wolfoyd. S. ,C.. It. 1. Box blh? My Dear Old Santa: 1 ju.'t want to inform you that ? ' 1 Rt- -thinking?of?you pntl-^ am?rrk ricHi.and mail sale Continued from Page I Seals, with almost no trouble ' a*. . all. We fe"l that it is the mo?: corvenient and n lens a?-.: wry : conduct the Seal Salt ' front the standpoint of- th: -oral nubile." "The re'd fr.r a ..successful Seal' Sale i s .outstandingly apparent fen twn vnn^mj' TUi. - ... ' V* ^ * A IV 1; n UTS-Ltime the: Negro- citizens have had ^ full chnrer- of the.i- .Sale and w? want to niakc.it a especially good | ore, and the second is that there, ic groat need of fu -<ls to fight "tuberculosis", Mrs. Johnson concluded. The committee -suggests the " ' following ways of using thecals: ? ??On?cards and?packages?to foreign countries. f>> Christmas paekag-s an<i cards mailed to any place in this . ... cou' try.. , t. i On correspondence cards to ' carry ( hvist mas messages. On bridge tallies a."d place cards at parties this month. > On church calendars. 1 On bills, business letters. !>ul letirs. ledge notices. ? As ChflMnuis tic- de.oration "worked out?in-spieial designs. As part of a stamp collection. On restaurant meatus. Christina* St al* nv.ikc. a beau tiful?decoration. Teamed with ?:?; millions of others.^ tlv y are?m-ak-fng possible a lift, saving campaign that is saving- hundreds of thous?" ands of dives. ' By LOU/. (Music Features < SONGS are frequently given the < ing the theme song of the film assume that cf a song. Recent instc ? ?????? Gilbert's number "Colorado Sun\ set." This song Efti i title ha9 been |?K 7 purchased for a new picture star<lj j star, Gene Autry. f "^5"'J 50,000 Old Songs 1 Musical re N Ywll I search has be~~f aHl \ come a national h Wiw i pastime. It has Louis Reld moved from the dusty exclusiveness of the public library to the embracing hospitality / the front parlor. Reliable spies tell wie that in the music files of .[,. ' Radio City alone there are more than 60,000 old tunes which at one time or another have been sawed out of the fiddles of the republic or sung in the lamplight of old-fashioned parlors. 4 P 4 Through old and forgotten songa ?many of them are being given new life, so pressing Is America's hunger for music?one may trace the coarse of America* love-making, 40* political campaigns, the rise of prohibition, pub- mxM lie spirit in time of war Egj|||l 1 # and the history of Tin S Pan Alley. The collections .inelude piecee of Die days ? j*** when men wora shawl3 1 and the land was filled with circuit riders. Some JNNIi copies date back to 1840. The very numberM Of theBe tunes te^tifleslHHKjifl eloquently to the fact that we are a songwrit-- L. Wol Ing nation. a s. Radio City's chief collector of olJ songs is William J. Glassmacker His collection was assembled in old music shops, in a thousand out-ofthe-way places, on the forgotten attic shelves of countless musicians f- Of a family of music publishers, Glassmacker, as a boy, heard musk talked and played on all sides. The dinner conversation was shop talk In his school vacations he worked in the original music store of C. H. ' ? Ditaon, then situated iH Uriion Square, N?w York. He never got ? far away from music. Ho learned to know and love the ??W ! -< : f4 . ~ fI . . "f 1-1-1"? f most counting the minutes until Xmas Evo nite. You mav leave me a wagon when you pass my house [a few fire works and some fruits and candies, and I'll be satisfied. Thanking in advance. . Rayfnbnd Thomas Arnold. -? M I I Aiken Co. Teachers' I Association? Continued from Page 1 ' Cure showed how a healthy and I nrosnefous life can be lived on . the farm. The pictures were en, tertnining, most amusing and | very worthwhile. At the meeting there was an exhibition of canned fruit and l vegetables made passible by the I 4-H club women headed by Mis? I M. M. McKissick, Home Demon tsraticn agent. Also a very important farm meeting headed by County Agent, Mr. Geoge T. Dow lav. Mr; Harold Daniels, Agricultural Supervisor with his office at i State College, was present. ? All the teachers are expected to attend the Second Congressional District, meeting Of the Palmetto Str.'p Teachers' Association hond ed hy Mr. Z. Towns end. which is to be held at State College in Orangeburg. Saturday. Dec. *7. T-al?11 ?a.m. The?Second?Corr I gre.-sicnal District is composed of the counties of Aiken. Bambere P- ' 'WoTl. Cal':;Olin. (i?->-rr0i>i;r?r Sumter. The Association has its euost " ' ?Hr?. H.?MeGill.?Preside"* of -Allen University" "Music " ;11 Ko furnished by State College ar<: tcollege. ' 1NTOS COLL'FGF 'NEWS - : ar a-.i belovedl FV.toho.-. it . : v.;;;0 5: C.. who was 3 v,.- .. .,f j.;r;Sr V;<ej, c!a-s V ? T o'nvy .iy Flotchc- nossessjw d kindness. be*vvoPnce and trustful-ess. Fhe rank.1 Jasticallv and becnuso hm plnco is now vacant all of H'- - on will mourn her passine V's,.- F!etohpr was over strickl " by a serious attack of illness ''h >-dnv_ nieht?The doctor came *0 !v ) o" Friday and found that t uudilion was -too serious to| Mik" the ride to her home, ard on Saturday morning: at a quartpr| of six, she bidded her schoolmate? iroo'Mtyc; J?nd passed, this life. She was funeralized at?her 'm:uu! -SitKday, Some-of the momb :v.' f the faculty an<l studentbody .motored to Westville to the I fur oral. "Just Pals",-a comedy drama >n Mine act\; is in the making and win lie presented by the Athletic association in the interest of the basketball trains under the direc i- je*f MPs Jennie L- Howze and Prof. A. J. Johnson. Keen vour Ui s <>p\ i\ for the date ard don't sei'inu u i1' al drama-starring1 -Misses Laura B. Cooke, * Carrie Lewis, Vashti Johnson, Emily Bar pPi 5 ~#E/0 &. Photo Syndicate) title of a motion, picture, thus becom Seldom does the name of a movie ince of such a turn-about is L. Wolfe ballads that mushroomed into popular affection and were as qulqkly * forgotten. Forgotten, that is, by , everyone- but himself. He saved copies. Put them away fn old trunks. and over the years amassed a formidable pile. v The oTd songs,, reheafd, revive 1 old memories aprong.peopl.e who do In Glassmacker's collection are such things as "Hayes for President," aired in the political campaign of 1876 and "Hancock Is Coming," a Democratic song of 1 1880; Campaign songs have gone out of style and with them much of 1 the color and gaiety of the political i rumble-blimble. m p m Perhaps, they went out because . generally they did not serve their primary purpose of putting ovcf their candidate for publia office. Certainly Champ Clark got nowhere i oith "You Ootta Stop Kickin' My i Dawg AroundNor was Al Smith i helped by "Sidewalks of New York." In fact, this old song, adopted for his caw paignfor the Presidency may have cost him votes with its ever-present __*? suggestion of East Bids jPpn| tenement life. Franklin | m/& D- Roosevelt was luckiet WSmLlr with "Happy Days Art ?Here Again,'1 but as u- :jmT events proved he did not Wjm need the song. He would SlH^Pk have been elected even had he chosen "Massa's the Cold, Cold Ground" for his caw paign ditty. ' fe Gilbert Prohibition 8ongs c A P* Songs were early Identified with the prohibI ition movement. Several such songs . are in Glassmacker's collection, most i of them tear-jerking pleas to pappy ?"Don't Sell My Father Rum, i "Father, Drink No More," "Don't Go to the Barroom, Father." Though > maudlin songs have rolled up heavy earnings in America, it is doubtful ' if the ballads of the prohibitionists ' produced either profits or converts. Pappy didn't hear the pleas. In fact, he was making too much noise sing ing "How Dry I Am," "Sweet Adeline," "Sixteen Men on a Dead Man's Cbssf* to hear. IB PALMETTO LEADER AND WHAT ABC Sandomingo are either under the protection of the IJ. S>.. or 'shiolded by the Monroe Doctrine. False pride may cause yoru to discount the depths from which the Lincoln Proclamation lifted you, but the jiafL.sif*ht of our untrained boys bei:ig shunted to labor batalions. will remind you of your neglect Jo insist upotn the American government to give *to its colored citizens the same traiiving in army and navy as given to citizens of lighter color. We are preparing for one of the best demonstrations we have had for years. Automobiles decorated, floats' represent ing our business concerns,?our ei* ic and religious activities, oui beauiiful giils, our schools, all 'his ar.d more,, led by our cracl band dressed in their gala uni form, the youth and pride of oui nation. Invitation^ are extended to al societies, churches, business con cpiVis and to the public in gtner al to be present or> next Tuesda; night at 8 o'clock. Brir.g contri buttons .for the support of the 01 coming occasion. Meeting place N'azareth Baptist church, Eas Gtrvais street,' Rev. Downs pas tor. Mvs. Griffin, mother of colore* World Wa r Vote fans of SoTlth" Ca olina, an ardent supporter of th celebration, and other outstandinj ladies art expected to be present J . Chester Paragraphs Mrs. Louise 3. Woodbury and li tie son, Albert, ade here froi Norfolk, Va., to spend awhili Friends will be interested to kno1 that her brother, Mr. Rudolp Rtatuback, who has be^n .criticall ill at Tuskegoc Institute, is shov inpr' signs of improvement. Hi mother. Mrs. E. L. W. Stanbac has been there with him for tt past three weeks. It is hoped thf ne will soon be well and that bot will return to Chester at an earl date. Mrs. Caesar Walker and litt son, from Savannah, Ga., spei - Thanksgiving holidays with hi sister in law Mds. Ella .Waitson Mrs. Rose Torrence, of Brainei Institute had as her Thankseivir and week end guest, her siste Mrs. Mamie Toatley, of Ashe^ill Mr. C. E. Leathers' brother wl has been very sick is getting be ter. Chested friends were pained 1 learn of the death of Mrs'. J. i Baten, in Union, With her husbar Rev. J. A. Baten and daughte Miss Sarah Baten, she was a fr rjuFnt visitor here to the hon jf hed daughter, MVs. Daisy Atkinson. She was a very fine v ? man and was much loved het Much sympathy is extended th family. Mds. C. M. Finley was called ? Tj ber, Helen Kingston and Cassic Hubbard, Messrs Fred H. Thompson, James W. Lindsay, Ralph McClain arnd Clinton Medloek. The girls basketbaH team with a few varsity members plus the new material from different sec tions cf the state is going thn a daily workout making preparation for their heavy schedule. The} have ahoady created a winninj spirit ar 1"|vve-beli?ve from obser vation. th;\tf they are about in trin for the s^a^on. MORE ABOUT THE GREAT CELEBRATION TO BE HELD HERE JANUARY 2nd Just how dangerous the~ situa tior? confronting us is, seems no to be realized by many. In 191the world war broke out upon u; almost like a clap of thunder fi'on a clear sky?not so. just now, am pie warning is being givefi tc America., A bloody war is nov being waged in China. The Civi war in Spain continues with each sitk^nearly. exhausted. Only tht exercise of extreme patience has prevented, so far, the United States and Krgfiind from not hav J"g been drawn. into the eonflict. Hitler ard Mnssolir.-i are almost offering' daily casus belli (sufficier.t cause for war). A< we look I our bright innocent bovs in the race, we are reminded, <yf the possibility of the reenacting of the ' holocaust - that swept- the world from 1914 to 1918. January 1st will be the colored' Americans natal day. Who knows that twelve months from today may not find this ration busy with preparation to stop the onrush of the dictator,. to crush the last vestage of democracy ? Let us calmly <QOmp together January 2nd and prayerfully f listen to our leaders. To no ether nation can we lopk when danger confronts us. The few I colored states of Liberia, Haiti and v jSSaEbfflM Allendale Monday for the funera if her nephew, Mr. Albert Endonr Callaham of Aiken. At Columbia she was joined by her son, Prof, -S. Louis Finley. Mr, Curtis Cunningham was taken sick Sunday in Calvary Baptist church during the morning service. He is very much improvet CjMrs. Carrie Kennedy is improv ing after many months confined t< home with an afflicted foot. Every one is glad to see Mis: Mildred Shields again at her clas: room "duties. She returned hom< . from Columbia last Sunday nigh - whcdc she spent .several"days wltl her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Powe Calhoun St.. while recoverinj fmm wounds received in an auto mobile accident a few weeks ago Mds. Thomas Hammonds taugh for Miss Shields during her ab sence. Finley High Notes ' Most >f_ the out of town teach is a) Finley Ilitfrh School spen ; 'he Thanksgivi?g-hcli(}?yg-at~thtrl esp- ctive- horr.os. A new school is being built o t_ A.-vliioril sLnictJod_ihe_convenierK of many of the primary childrei [ Misses Rosa B. Gilmore, Maggi i Honor and Louise Babeock,' wh . are now teaching on the hill i r the business section of the towi will "have dooms in this new scho< 1 building. * On Friday night, December li - a pageant, entitled "Out of., th i Dark," depicting the history c - the Negro from their ardival int 1 America, to the present time, wi !, be given in the auditorium of Fi t ley High School. The pageant wi - bo directed by Miss Eula Colema and Miss Emily Copeland. The d ado. rehearsing often, and the pg ^ lie i pan Is" are in readiness for e realistic and enjoyable pagean arv From beginning to end, the cj mnwl scenes will biT gripping. ?rcbrmiK of 75 voices will sing aj propdiate spirituals. The Rotary Club (white) ?poi sored a benefit game Friday nil it at the fair grounds, between Fii n ley High Blue Jackets and Carvi 2 High," of Spadtanburg. An in w mense crowd of white and colon h witnessed this'game. After e y penses are paid, the Club will fi r nish gifts for the less fortuna is oloied children at Christmas. T1 Y score was. 19 to 0 in favor of Fi ic ley High. il Class rooms at Finley High a h leinc; decorated for the holiday y -Miss Ernestine Wilkedson, Mi T. Luck spent Thanksgiving wet lc ind in GafFnoy with the formei it twin sister, M iss C.ernldine W kersorT ( Mis Mattie Mae Heath, spe 'd a day in Charlotte as guest o ig Miss Dovey Johnson. d, Miss Edna Woodard and Pd< e. A. D. Hardin basket ball coach 10 are getting their teams ready t- begin the schedule for this ycj The games Will be played in t to FinTey Hiirh auditorium. \ Prof. A. D. Hardin attended id meeting of Athletic coaches i x, Camden, Saturday. e- Miss Lucretia^Xewis^ia out age 10 after being very sick for seved B. days. iro Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ayers a e tha parents of a fine son. thr is first born. Mother and baby a .doing well, to I Miss deo Spann spent Than ' " VA )UT 77/75NEWS? ^tosta' 1 giving in Sumter, at Morris Col i lege, as guest of her sitser, Miss , Salome Spann. Mr. and Mrs. "Bud" Burget spent Thanksgiving holidays ii Washington, D. C. with relatives ' They had a fine time and repor : that there was a"pTenty~ of snow, i Prof, and Mrs. S. L. Finlej went last Saturday to Charlott 5 to see their school mate a n < triend. Kev. h. m. Moore, wno 1 3 Biclc. ' A very large number ot peopl< ~ from here attended the AMES ^ Conference, in?Great Falls las week. ' Mr. and Mrs. Jame? Char.dle y * of Richburg, spent Saturday witl their sister, Mrs, D. C. Crosby, j Sainta Claus will arrive in Che?>te at 5:30 o'clock Thursday after noon. The lights will be turnei on rind will illuminate the busi ness section each night afterward _ until. the holidays are over. Th homes, stores and schools are pu t Ting on a "Christmas "appearance. r IN MEMORIAM n e In memory of our loving hu? 1 T>an3 and lather Mr. John F Brown, who left us December < e 1936. o n Two years ago you left us dad ^ To enter your home above, j Do'you know you left us sad, 31 To- join our God of love? 5, You left us one Friday noon, ie Yes, you passed sweetly away, . We still think you left too' sooi 31 And it seems you've gone to sta ;o U Now that you've been gone So Ion [n To that happy home on high, .. We know you are singing swe< songs, m|With the Angels in the sky sy .r God led you safely on the-w&y^ Rftow. that you couldn't wai He'll call us to you home day t- To enter the Golden Gate. ts __ i? A Gn Sunday morn we still carry c Tire teachings' you taught f< *r" We Have 'e " Decided To ie Repeat Our re s. For 10 Days Only! sk December- 7 Throi r's ' iW- Tl/ _ ?Ml ~ -11 vv e win sen yu nt' . for 10 per ce f Immediate del Sale starts De es come n t01 H, IF. he "our stock is a ^ some unusual: i Of Cour tin ? * " Hamj si<r * tT, - Dod i 1309 Hampton ks I1 -V . w . S years. . Your memories last, though you've ( gone, 'But how can we keep back tears? Today finds us closer to God, With our staff and our rod; To travel the road you have trod Beneath the cold, cold sod. Sleep on Dad, we'll be there, We know you have a resting place In that city, sometime, somewhere j We'll see you face to face. Your beloved wif and children, Mrs. Mary P. Brown Mr. Hemphill Brown Mr. Belton Brown Mr. Quay Brown Mrs. Mary F. Chambers Mrs. Bessie B. Gregory Exciting! Romantic! v Equal to "Robin Hood" "IF I WERE V KING" RONALD FRANCES COLMAN DEE y -. i _ ^ Wow Playing - PALMETTO I S By IOU/3 i ' iMusic Features & , 1>URELY Personal: I have never i ' A heard "Dixie" or "Stars and 1 Stripes Forever" played that I n didn't note ,a pause in the con- t versa.tion 1 HRimsky - Korsakoff's "Schehera- ' zade," though I performed too 1 often, is for me 1 the most melo- I dious Oriental 1 music ever writ- I ten . . . I don't ' remember ever 7 . having heard a Louis Reid colo on the bas* soon. I wish I could forget all the 1 1 T U a AwA tlio rnrnpf 3UIU3 A. tiavb IUQIU V?n H.v vw. ? ?, . . Whenever I hear old bucolic airs on 1 the jews' harp and harmonica 1 am aharply reminded of the vast coun- 1 try that lies west of the Hudson River . Of all the classics that are r; iazzed, the works of Chaminade -t have passed through the hopper the j least marred. . P * Ps The swing artists have tried ^to do things to "The Harp That Once e. Through Tara's Halls." but the t old tune defies them. _| ... for deft humor and facile phrase the - ./B| ! ablest lyricists seem i to me to be Lorenz] O-ySfifc.- ' Hart Ifa Gershwin and t" ryBpfe? ' Howard Dietz. . Nev- h in's "Venetian Love ^jf ^ Song" invariably^ rcIs m > 1, me upon a fruitless quest of the golden girl. ) \ . I prefer a coutralto H crooning "Mighty Lak a Rose" to a coloratura y singing the "Bird Song" EL.V*rfffih from '.'Pagliacci " . . Of all the tunes about the?fc 1 rinbi Mil ' weather. Carroll Gib- J bons' "A Garden in the ! Rain" and Ann Ronell's n( "Rain on tne Roof" have the most y cheer for me. ^ j We have waited year* to read In i me newspapers oj a comea\an et buried to the strains of the "Funeral Mar eh of a Marionette " No Civil War Song? There iBtMtlinir omission t to the recent Gettysburg celebration. None of the Civil War melodies were revived for the reunion of the Blue and the Gray. Yet, the songs of the Civil War are the most stir)n . Xing of afl those inspired by the >r Requ SPECIAL t ? igh December 17 u any car in our stock, pi nt down. No red tape ivery of the car you selec cember 7th and closes i TQDAY AND MAKE YOUR S AVE YOUR CAR FOR CHRIST "NOT UNUSUALLY LARGE LY BIG VALUES. se New Licenses Are Included at Dton Motor ge and Plymouth Cars^-Dodge 1 . -V ... - -1 y. I Saturday, DecemlieiLlO, 1938 Colored Dolls \ large variety to select from . ? , PRICES REASONABLE Mailed Orders Filled Promptly. Address ?tBERNICE BAXTER ~"T 926 Short HI. Columbia. S. C.' ^ | ? Photo Syndicate) wars of the last hundred years. . , Those TIP Songs Innumerable are the song titles hat begin with tbe contraction Til." The exhaustive flies of the \met;ican Society of Composers. \uthor8 and Publishers reveal that practically evejry prominent songwriter has produced one or more numbers starting with the little personal determination 'Til" Most popular recent tune iri this category is 'TU Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" by Warren and Dubln. with 19.000 performances to its -credit. 'I'll Stand By" from the pens of Benny Davis and J. Fred Coots Is a fairly close second with U.00& In third position, with a creditable showing of 6.500 performances Is Noel Coward's "I'll Follow My Secret Heart." written some years back. London'? leading songwriter too# also responsible, you may recall, for that trrtu rtirr " I'll" trait* WieloAt*. "I'll See You Again *' Many year* ago Albert von Tilzer wrote Ttt Be With You in Apple Blottom Time." Out Eduwr/U nnt tn h* out done turned out around me time "TU Be You When the Bloom Again." I Ball, of "Loot id the World I$ fame. wrote an tong?"I'll Forget Vidldr Herbert it ented with Ttt rried to the Hue to ? . Military Band." before the rise of Hopkins, Louie irtch and Gene wrote TU Be a Claut to Yon." d Diet* Have you forgotten that odd bit of wistfulnesa, "ID Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You," by the comparatively, unknown 8an? Theard? John Redmond and Sammy Mysels?struck a note of defiJBSce with "111 Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me." More up the customary sentimental side of Tin Pan Alley are "IH Bo Happy When the Preacher Makes You Mine," by Walter Donaldson, Sam M. Lewti and Joe Young, and "IT! Always Be In Love With You," by the trio, Herman Ruby, Bud Green and Sam back was Fred Ahlert *nd Tuck's "HI Get By." ; i : est | Per Cent \ 1 down i \ SALE J iced $100 to $395 i. No waiting. " it. REMEMBER: December 17th. ELECTION. MAS. 15 UT W E HAVE the Prices. s, Inc. 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