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w/T ~ ] 7 Saturday, January 7, 1939. LEESVILLE NEWS . Decemjber 25th, the Pastor, R?v. W, R. Bowman of Calvary 1 A1 M. E. church preached a wo?derful sermon at 3:30. The visitors were welcomed. Miss Mott I was one of the guests. Rev. W. R. Bowman, Miss El| oise Jan^rette and Miss G. (L. Boney were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Howard Christmas Day. Mrs. Aninie Thomas. Mrs. Eusorvs visited the Bofe-nes family n3te Howard, sons, and grand? at Lexington. D?c. 26. Miss E. S. Marshall and Misr Viola Norris were the suppef guests at the Thompson family home, Dec. 27, Lexington. (Sunday, "Jan. 1, 1939 wa8 a high day at Calvary. S. S. began at its usual hour with Supt. Rtrd teachers at then- post of drty. At 11:30 o'clock a visiting presiding eldPr of the Anderson district Rev. B. E. Godform brought a soul stirring sermon I | The A. C. E. League was at 6:00 ~~t>'clock under the guida/nce of E. \ S. Marshall. Sunday night 7:30 we were *very Jk grateful to have another visiting minister who preached a soul r stirring sermon, in the person of Rev. J. L. Fisher the pastor of St. James C. M. E. church, Bates burg. Mr. James West gave the largest amount of money in Sun( day night's collection. 1. The P.T.A. met Monday night January 2, 1939 at the Hampton High aehool. . High school.- . CHRISTMAS DAY AT SPRINGFIELD BAPT. CHURCH Sjy By Miss Mamie J. Brock I Ml The Christmas spirit ran high the Sunday school at morning with teachers and pupil3 in their places the lesson of God's Great f Love was interestingly taught and [| > ^.enjoyed by all. During the j5<un? day morning service two very appropriate solos -were rendered. Preceding the' sermon Mrs. Anna L. Hickson sang very sweetly A Dream of BpthlpVipm K? rr t Ashford. Just after the sermon Dr.-Guy Douglass pleasingly sang The Lord's Prayer by Albert Hay Malotte. There were many Christmas pro giams and cantatas rendered during the day but we especially men Ition the program given by the Springfield Baptist choir in the rendition of 'The Coming of the ( King". A living picture and car*ol program for Christmas. The spacious auditorium was a bout filled when at five minutes of eight o'clock with Miss Mamie J. Brock at the organ the sweet strains of Silent Night |>eafled forth. At eight o'clock the choir sweetly WShg the aiici^ht sjongT Oh* Come, Oh. Come Emmanuel 4 A jPGFboys' life r* DEC. 9 -16 11 ^ Issues packed wiih I m wholesome adventure stories, thrills, $| OO action, Scoutcraft... Mall subscriptions dlroct to fr the SOY SCOUTS of AMIRICA 1 Park Ave., Now York, N.Y., publishers of Soys' life... # or through your local i ) [ PINCKNEY'ST ^5 UNDERTAKER AND LI( SOUTH CAROLIN I B| WASHINGTON ?T. aft followed by the picture of the An mmciation whHe Rev. Safcnoiel Gfandy rdad the scripturte dulling which the hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, was softly played. Joy to the World by the choir followed by the picture The Visitation; Scrtflture dlurlng which Hark the glad Sound the Saviour Comes was softly played. The choir them sang There is Room in my Heart followed by the picture The Visitation". .Several other songs and carols w^re sung; other pictures were also shown. Each of the pictures were presented from?the rostrum behind large frames of black cheese cloth which^ wdth the propper costumeg make up and light ing the audience was able to gaze upon real Bible pictures. Fcrr one hour and thirty minutes the large audience sat in almost tiful carols, lovely pictures and scripture readings were being the program from the beginning tp the end. Much credit is due Mr, T? J Hadden for the general staging make up and beautiful lighting o' this program. Those posing as Bible charac ters are: Mrs. Rosa Young, repre senting Mary; Mrs. Anna Hickson representing Elizabeth; the babj of Mrs. Hattie Pierson represent ing the Christ child. Mrs. Marie Hijggins and Miss Helen Gandj Angels; Dr. H. S. Smiley, Joseph Messrs Robert Murphy ar n c Hamp Shepherd representing shep herds; Conrad Gadidy, Wilkin: Garrett, shepherd boys. The beautiful large Germar police dog of Mr. Robert Murphj gave a beautiful pose as a shepherd "dog. fivei-yone leit tne: Duumng sing ing the praises of the unique anc unusual presentation of this program. Mr. T. J. Hadden, chorister Miss-Mamie J. Brock, organist. WINNSBORO NEWS Emancipation colouration took place in the auditorium of Fair "field county training school oi Monday, January 2nd at 12 p.m a great parade started from th< campus and proceeded through th< heart of the town, around "tetr blocks and back . to the schoo building. Trucks, a float, decora ted bicycles and many cars mad< up the parade. Filing into the auditorium Mr S. A. Moore with a few appro priate words acted as master o: ceremonies. With Miss Eleasi Peay at the piKno music was rej dered fby the audience. Invoca tion by Rev. R. J. Lee; scripfun reading by Rev. V A. Janerette then followed art inspiring tall ~ from Mr. David Beltoir our coun ty faj*m demrtnstration agent - P r PnnningViwm thpn in troduced Rev. J. M. Beatty, pas tor of \^t. Paul Baptist churc here, speaker of the hour. H tocrk for his subject "The Negro es' Place in America". The speal e'r wa8 equal to the occasipn. II brought his group here from Af rica homeless, friendless, destl tute and enslaved. Developrni the farms amd the country a large, taking a gr^at hand in al of the wars of this country, -re ceiving training in every line o endeavor, becoming owners erf al institutions that hrs more favorei brother owns and at a valuatioi of-2-billion dollars. .TKfe speake declared that the Negro had i right to the place of any othi* American citizens. "Lest we forget" the Proclam ation was read by Mr. R. J. Mil IP*. Poif Rna + fn TtrioUo/i^ frv /?ol up Abraham LrncoH and Booke T. "Waahinfirtfh to tnljWrm them that they did not labor for ua ii rain. Thus ended a splendid EUNBRAL HOME BN8BD BMBALMER OF A AND GEORGIA Funeral Car* and Funeral Equipment AS GOOD AS THE BEST And Better Than the Rest And Prices Leas Office Pkctic 2-8*57 Recideact Pkoae 7711 OOUVTMT AND - SERVICE ooMarna, i.'er W?f 'i'" '?.?i . V' * ^L' 1 -" mancipation exercise. Mrs. Susie Washington and her niece from Florida spent thp Christmas holidays vtfth her sis tek"a herev Mesdames Dave Mc Cullough, James Brown ahd Cae sar Banks, returnng last Sunday. The man/y friends of Mrs. Thomasenia Fisher are glad to welcome her back in our town after a long stay in Hartsford, Conn. She ?nd her husband look the pride of the race in their new car. M^ss Viola L Yjouiyf, became the bfide~bf~Mr. Edgar -Rich . o'clock. -- The wedding tool^-plaee at-the Weepfeig Matry\ J^prt.$=t church, White Oak, S. O. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Neal, pastor of the church. The church was decorated for the oc easiom in green, white and blue The flower girls were little Mar garet Richmond and Willie Mae ^ McCroey. They were beautifully ' clad^d in white dresses carrying baskets of white and red rose? and snapdogans. The attendants were: Misses - Maggjp Johnson, Classic Mobley atnd Maggie Mcbley; Messrs Jas C>, Richmond, Eugene R'obtnson and Lonnie Gaither. I The?maid?uf horiur was?Mis? r Jeanette Richmond, and serving as ; best man was Mr. Ivy Boyds. ! The young bride is the daughte r of Mrs. Hattie Hackett. She re1 ceived her education at Eonmetl I Scott high school and Friendship ? college, Rack Hill. For the pas! 5 four years she has held a posi tion as teacher in Lancaster Co 1 Mr. Richmond is the oldest son ' of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Richmond =- of White Oak. He is a graduate nf hoth the Fairfield countv train ' ing school, W^innsboro..jand the Friendship college at Ruck?ffitt The bride and groom Were classmates at Friendship college grad '> uating rr? the class of 1934. Wf wish the newly wedded pair happj sailing over the sea of life. Prof. P. A. Stewart motored to Oklahoma for the Christma! : holidays. Rev. Moses B^ltcm and broth 1 er Prof. Joseph of North Carolim were pop callers in our town lasl week. i Prof. C. O. Mcintosh and wife 1 Prof. F. E. Mcintosh and tw< ' sisters Misses Eva nnd Anrvelfl " all motored to Alabama Christ 5 mas to visit their brother Mr John. They report a fine trip. Among those who came Komi from college were: Misses Rutl ^ Toatley, Mae F. Baxter, Ev^lyi s Ross a?nd Edn aM. Lyles fron 1 Brainerd; Elease_ Manigault fron State college; Emma ifrid Sars J Beatjty and (their brother Foul ? from Benedict and M)artha am { Bennie Ciinningham from All^i - and Mr. Butler Woodard fron * Coulter and Paul L. Ross fron - ..Inhn^nn r Smith Univ. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Peay ar ^ the proud parents of their firs boy. Both the son and his mcrtl ?er?are?doing well.? ^ Prof. C, Spann fend Prof. W. A e Ross. spent^ the^; Christmas ta gether in Chester, Lancastei ' Winnsborp and Union. They re ? joice therefor. * . Fairfield county training schoc 1 reopened last Tuesday morning ii " full bloom and with renewe ' strength to fight ignorance an * superstition to a finish. Ever * teacher and pupil were blessed t 1 return to their post. ^ -'Mr; Aubry Tucker spe-nt las 9 week end in our town the gu?s r of his sister, Mrs. W. A. Ros.? He returned to Jonesville las * Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Washing 1 ton of Chapel Hil, N. C.t spen r their Christmas in our town thi 1 guests of Mr. and Mrs. J .L. Ba tiste. her sister. They mad< many visits while here and als< many friends. We were glad aJ usual to have . bad them in oui midst. nnwMitw ?VRWD We find that Bowman, S. C., has twenty grocer stores, rrvor? than any towtn of its size. We have one operated by colored Mr.. C. D. Bowman who also operates a restaurant. He is also a successful farmer. There are sev eral other business enterprise operated here which solicits your patronage. Christmas morning packages were delivered to the poor. At St. Michael M. E. church here, S. S. was well conducted. Rpv Waymer preached a soul at^-rii*g aermofci. We: hope fbr the pastor an early recovery. Quite a few of the members and friends were home( for the ^ ?l THB PALMETTO 'Augusta, Ga.?South A Haines School. Revival o rl?tennis tournament and a 1 holidays. We resolved to do better w renewed ambition in 1939. 1 solicjt the cooperation oT c ^ friends in helping to make c ' Sunday school grow. Rev. R. ' Cunningham, pastor; S. D. Joi Sqpt.; M. B. Little, Sec. i KINGVILLE JOTTINGS I ' > Hello fellow reader^ of our o i Palmetto Leader: i Time... sur-elymaYches. on a t 4efc-ua march on and upward?w old time. 1938 rs passing out a we stand on the brink of a N ' Year. As we stand here let > not staind with so many vows a resolutions that are forgotten: I fore the first day of January 1 . passed by. But let us make t one sincerely from our heai nesoiveu: 10 lei my ienow me t business ale/rue and *pend m< ^ time in taking care of mine s isfactorily. By living this da . we shall be able to make a gn ) er com. ibution to civilizi^ti j and fallen humanity. We \v fill more seats iff the Suae school pews for there will be time left bo gos.Jip ab'ut d i neighbors and their affairs Aft^r all nothing is gaii t from gossip but much valua , time and useful energy both ; ! lost. Are yop guilty? Begirt t check on yourself today. The Christmas spirit seen * to be" well taken ivr this commi 1 ity., Christmas eve night I malny carols were heard and II a far distant about 11:30 p.m. 3 ?could hoar?the?valirnt?soldi singing spirituals and rejoic * hc/noi rag the Christ child in Stc ^ Hill Prayer meeting house. " vices were continued at the rious churches..-. _The Sum r' schools were quite alive v PUwi'Cf rvtoe 1 ftOCAMC T? OV TT Taylor, pastor of Mt. Olive Ba was truly at his host as he pre: 11 ed a two fold sermon. Ths- H ^ Comniur.ron message jointly w ^ the Christmas message. Th y who listened rejoiced and said 0 is good to he here. Thj scrvi were enrch^d v.'th the presence * many of our good members i .* visiting friends w^re home '* Christmas' vacation'. We rec 1 yJ nized the presence of Misses E abeth and Clotelle Finch of St college and Grepham, rfcspseti ty; P.of; William S1 ymour f Jamestown hi; Miss Matilda > ' con of Barnwell hi; Mioses S? * Lee arret Theresa Williams? M ' Lula Mae Jones and brother i 1 bert all of Booker Washington Columbia. We welcome both t teachers and students and w for you a successful New Year The pastor was presented gi in cash and parcels of oth^r i ! rietieg amd a liberal offering w , taken. We invrte our visiti I friends to come in and wor?l often. O?. . ttwe on when n^ws reached us that one our youfnpr members had passed the eterrnal realm. Mr. Frap passed after a brief illness D ' 24 at Golumbia hospital. Tt young man was funeraliv.ed Thu day frojm hr* home church R Olive. Rev. Downs delivered beautiful funeral message. , T Sunday school choir sang for t occasion. - Rev. Downs will [Idng remembered for the fitti message delivered. He was' i . _ m \ iStl-1USS^I jfel Plfl tlantic Athletic Conference repres f baseball, awarding 1938 football basket ball tournament were reco , sisfted by Revs. Wine of !Forti ith Motte; Rev. Young1, Rev. Williams irVe The bereaved family has our >ur sympathy. Undertaker Manigault ^ >ur was in charge. c H.I ? f ^s COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS ? t TREE A GRAND SUCCESS f. \ - ? 1 's On Monday, Dec. 25th , the children around Kingville had a ^ wn jolly good time at the home of % Mrs. Lucille Finch Johnson. A- t nd bout fifty boys and girls gather- -] ith- ed in spite of the rain. The tree r nd was placed m one of the spacious t ew rooms ladened with many gifts. c us Nuts, candies and fruit, pep com ( nd amd rajsins made the added dec- , be_ .oralmns. Most any one could ,, ias hav*- enjoyed seeing these little f his ones er.joy themselves reciting c *ts.land singing Christmas pieces. Af- j n's tor which every person present j )rfl was giv^n a token in gifts, nuts at- candies and fruit. As Mrs. John t dly son assisted by Messrs Willie -at Tucker and Albert Jones labelled t ion and distributed gifts Misses Eli- y rao.-th . a.nd Clotclle Finch kf pt j lay the children well entertained with , no pames and stunt dances. Every 'ur child had its share of real fun. j Th^y* said they wished Christ- ( fltd J mas would last a month. The ble affair was varied with a big bingo are party and did we have fun try 1 -to - ing to win the different prizes, i 'The winners were B. J. Johnson, f Grant r inch, Fnrliho Cnnper, ? Louisa Tucker and John Allen < an- ? ^? Jr. All were given prizes. The grand march was gheat ; in ;ou P'a^'ec^ t0 tune of Jingle Bells, i cra The children brought tokens of j appreciation which made 31 r a 5 ing Johnson very happy. The Christ- < )ny mas tree is an annual fete so the t1 children look forward to its com- ] tepw ; ? ing with great anxiety and much ] va" ti ^ . T? v. inc^rwii*^ _J ... ' others happy. ? | M. ; ? ? ? ' ipt EBERNEzER AME CHURCH ^ch Rev. I). N. Wilson, Pastor oly " " ? ? jth Charleston.?Sunday was a very c a<e beautiful day. Being the first Sun day in another year, a very large . ces appreciative audiepce was pres- i 0? ent. The church was crowded New md Yearns Eve night as usual. The foi scrv'?e was very soul stirring and c og- "Plating. _ The pastor dcli|V??reu a very no- s ble sermon^ during the morning , worship. He admonished us to f forget the tpihgs of the past and e . look forward to the things of the 1 ?? future, forever keeping Christ as il o i i . our guide. The evening sermon was delivered by Rev. H. Taylor. He emphasized the importance of ^ capturing lost souls. The audi- * -t- -enees -were -much- inspired by both sermons. s The Presiding Elder, Dr. J, E. Thomas held a very successful Quarter on the third Sunday in 0 a r\ t . ? i . _ , r lu'cenioer. i.nnsimas ciav services-H ng . ? . which were also inspirational were attended- by 'small but appre s ciajive audiences. The presence of ed many visitors was noted through of out all services. in Mr. Leroy Brown of Howard j ik University, Washington, D. . C., -j ec. spent his Christmas holidays in lis the city with his wife Mary M. irs Brown, your reporter. tl \t. The presenee of Miss Mable i a Hampton. New York, Mr. Graham ? he -New York, Mr. Paul Jones, Phila- p he rlelphia and, host of other out -of.i-41 be town guests were noted. h ng The choirs, botn Junior and Sen is- ior sang beautifully. r y -7 (j:? ? i^l Ml fBI entatives of eleven colleges, \vf championship to Georgia S'tah mm ended and adopted at the st HETHEL~A. M. E. CHURCH The Sunday school met at thf-' hers present to begin another c juaiter's lesson The lesson was- d aught on the various classes and ti vas quite 'interesting from, many ingles. <i The pastor appearantly was at ^ lis best for the eleven o'clock ser J ice. His text, was selected from 1 he book of Genesis. Subject: C Taking Stock. Many hearts were o nade to rejoice as he proclaimed he truths found-in this practial subject selected. Sunday was 8 Tommunron day and many of the nembers partook ODf the'emblems epi fcsenting the broken body and K ;hed blood of the Master. Th? ? hoir as u?ual is rendering excelent service with "Mrs. Lila T. Bate* at the console. . . v for the night service the pas* * or brought another inspiring mes 0 age. The text "was selected from he book of Joshua. Subject The s Jntroden Path. Come to Bethel ^ T Trcinds and visitors are always welcome. - >IL LEONIPAS DELAINE DF MISSISSIPPI HERE tl Dr. Leonidas DeLaine of Green ille, Miss., spent Christmas week n Columbia after being away % from the State since 1918. . . a Dr. DeLaine is a native of Clar a ?ndon County. He was born a t ^ Manning and is the brother of |? Mrs. Carrie E. McGill of Allen ^ University. He spent three years n the Army, served over seas r with the rank ot Lieutenant, kc ^ :eived his medical training a t ^ Western Reserve and Meharry. j. He first entered his practice i n ^ Memphis and later located in w Srce'nyille, Miss., where he has _j; juijl up a large practice ana ieaas p in his profession there. Dr. De- \ Laine was'the guest of Dr. and u Mrs. McGill while here. He was q accompanied by his chauffeur and 5 iffice secretary. p \ LUMNI CONFERENCE p ALLEN JANUARY 14 \\ . S -There wiHbe a conference with ^ lelegates from all Alumni chapers in the State at Allen univ^riity, January 14, at 4 p m. " Not less tlhan twt> delegates rom each chapter will be expectd. At present we have the folowing chr.pters in the state: Laurens. Clinton."<jre<TjvilIf7~'Co umbia, Newbefry, Sumte, Clar- Sl mdon, Marion,-Georgetown. Con ? vay, Charlestdn, Sportanburg ^ Jnion and Calhoun. Elach chaptetr is requested to end two delegates to the confe-ncey January 14. , ^ The object of the meeting <s to irganize fully the Alumni cam ^ >aign in the interest of the li trary buildirg for Allen univerity. d! t t w ? * 0. 1. 1* . ivjiinrt, L l V3HJWU 1. M. A" Mvers, ? L Executive See. IAPTIST MINISTERS l-NI*>N ?* O HOLD ELECTION h< The Baptist Ministers unron of es he City <rf Columbia and4,vie' h< ty will convene Monday, Janury 16, 193ft at First Nafcareth a( laptist church. At which time ut is annual gUction of officara will^ ? e held. j Fi Rev. A. B. Bailey, Pres. la Rev. W."S. Bookhart, Bee. ge Page 5 BE l8|B if yfffcp 2SS& HB' .'><:r4f^4 988H Kg ri^p gm . - -' WK mBW y*wBi Wffflj in mot ^ r> annnul cnwinri ?* 2 College,, a track-meet, a 'ssiorit:. 1 ? Chester paragraphs Continued from Page 2 usband Mrs. kobin?o<n~and Miss ireen of Winston-Salem motored * </wn and spent a day with rela- ^ ~ ives. Mrs. Lizzie Dixon with her aughters, Miss Lucretia Lewis. frs. Lucy Mackey arxi children, ames, Dorothy, Bernard and Jno. harlotte as guests ofMrs. Dixn's sister, Mrs. Lula Hemphill... Mr. Cyril Spann, of the high chool faculty of Camden spent he holidays here at home. Mrs. Dorothy "McCoy and dau- ~ hters, Misses Virginia Dorcrthy Irowi.i and Frankie Lee of Glen Rogers, W; Va., visited their moher and grandmother, Mrs. Magie Anderson for the holidays, liss Browne, a former graduate f Benedict college is teaching in kn Rogers. While visiting in our tate she ppont several dayg as ouse guest of Mr and Mrs. 'Cut' 'hi/mpson. 2010 Gervais St., Co urr.oia, x ney accompanied her ack 'to Chester where she will >in her mother and sister and relrn home. Misses Virginia Price and sis*r spent the holidays in Dams, ille, Va. Students returning to college fter spending the holidays here re: Miss Sarah Mildred Ayers. 'cotia college; Miss Matilda Al>n, Fisk university; Miss Eunice idair and Mabel Hill, Ktnoxville ?*?-?allege; Miss Salome Spann, Mor is college; Mis?es Julia Spann, Millie Mae Burris. Willie Mae [eeks, Daisy Reed, Roxie and Taiitha Barber, Messrs, Llcrvd Deraffenreid, Edward Murray, Ed ard Kennedy, Ed. West Brown, ames F, McCulIough, M. L. HI1,? hrzah Bowser, Benredidt college Ir. J. Camillus Knight, Liincoln niversity; Mr. Quay Hopkins, Hover Torrence. Mr. Davis, J. C. mith university; Misses Esther inight and Lina Bell Torrence. tennett college; Messrc Milburn tfchbur^, Clifford Hooper, Wil- . e Chappel, Mr?s Ruth Hardirt, tate college; Miss Eula Worthy, 'riendship college. Prophet* West cff the "Holiness hureh, Oak,street, held all day ?rvice on Christmas day and had uite a full house with a lively i^eting, - - Services at all churches were m accordance with the Christmas ?ason. At Calvary Rapt., church 18 Pastor, Rev. W. T .Coker -arm ? resented With an oVhVnat by ;he * congregation. Rev. a?nd Mrs. J .C. Honor have loved into their new home near ol umbia _ street. Miss Katharine McHcrweft of r'ashington, D. C., a student of eredrct'college accompanied Mis"w ulia 5vnsnn Vinmn fnr +Vin Vinli. ' ays. > Mr. Ralph Pughsley and Mr. eroy Walker, studecits of Benect college spent Saturday here. Miss Ruth Walker who teaches ; Whitmire speat the holidays ?ra. Prof. Leon Stanback who teachi in N. C. was home for the ylidayg. The basketball season will open i Finley High school audft-ori? n Friday night. 6th in a double header?Finley Hi?against the airfield school of Winnsboro. A rge crowd is expected to be prent.