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JJWfU W 11 v.'WP^ 1 i ^ i :?^ &*,. ? |: ?lie flalmptta iGpahrr PUBLISHED WEEKLY 1310 Assembly St., Columbia, S.C. Entered at the Post Office at Ce lumbia, S. C., as second class matter by an Act of Congress. SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year ... __ $2.00 Six Months r 1.26 Three Months ? .76 Single Copy ? .06 FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGENCY | I W. B. ZIFF CO., 008 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Official Advertisements at the rate allowed. ?y / law. , r The Leader will publish brief aind rational letters on subjects of general interest when they are ocvviiipatuvu u jr wnv iiwut^a MI,Vi addresses of the authors and are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned. ? REMITTANCES Checks. Drafts and Postal or Express Money O ders should bo made payable to Utve order of" The Palmetto Leader. GEO H. HAMPTON ... Publisher E. PHILIP ELLIS .... Freld Agent ? L. G. BOWMAN> Circulation Mgr ^ Communications intended for the ft current issue" must be very brief and shcruld reach the editorial desk not later than Tuesday of each week. City news, locals Wednesday. Telephone 4523 . .. ; t Saturday, March 4. 19391PALMETTO TEACHERS WELCOME ine annual convention of the Palmetto State Teachers' association, an organization of prime ' distinction and off teachers in Negro schools, will be held in Columbia -again this year. The convention dates are March 0 and 10. Mrs. Henry Monteith, Mrs. HanM' nibal Howard and Mr. Eichelberger, officials oT The Richland County association, have their 5^ # plans well underway for the housK ?f the delegates. B; Columbia cilixens are? alwa-ysB willing and ready to make the B. stay of delegates to the state ccmvention pleasant. The admin-* istrations of the two college;} will join the local committee in providing for the comfort of the teachers while they sojourn in Columbia. Information from the office of the executive secretary gives the information that more than 5,000 teachers have joined or renewed their memberships in the association. We. may expect at least 3,000 of these teachers to come to Columbia for the con vantion. The Palmetto Leader extends L 1 nr\ rvi a + n, + Innolmre orwl hope they will have a helpful meet ing and that their visit to the city-will bd one ?>f pleasure ar.d information', PLACE THE LAW SCH()?L AT ALLEN Ex-Governor Cole L. Blease made the following, statement to a rejjresentative of The Palmetto Leader while in his office last Saturday: "I think that the legislature should appropriate funds for a law school for Negroes and place this unit at Allen univerk sity. _ Allen stands as (number one in honest to (God faithful service to her people and their Heavenly Father." A law school supported by the state and placed as ' a state "Unit at Allen ur.ivor.<Uy"Arould be very convenient for supervisory Cse^vice rendered by the law school at the University of South Carolina ? updoi?the-direct inn'-of Lean Nelson Fritfjson, of the university's law school. A continuity between the law faculty thus established at Allen and the law faculty at the university could be effectively established to serve as a blessing to. the class of Negro students registered in Allen's law school. It is a happy thought. A RICH PRELATE Bishop J. C. Martin of Mem - phis, Tennessee, is deceased. His estate has heen valued by appraisB " ers at $200,000, according to the United press. We remember when the late I Dr. J. C. Martin pastored Sidney Park on Blanding street, but we : didn't dream of him being such' B a financier. It's a great opportunity in being a bishop, appa-1 rently. Do you wonder why so Br" many "ministers aspire fern this office in the Methodist churches? i I "BIGGER AND BETTER NEGRO BT NEWSPAPER WEEK" B;. It is high time that we set up some movement to bring home to B our people the importance of NeB gro owned newspapers in theii i B~ struggle ?o develop gfroup culB' many of us, especially amomg -?oBL' called educated Negroes, sjpoak J disparagingly of Negro newspa-' pers. ?S * I Newspapers are the eyes, ears I B and mouths a f nations and . ? - J* groups. The Negro business, the Negro church, and all group activities have grown because of the influence of the Negro press. During the period from February 27 to March 5 the journalistic society, sponsored by the Delta Phi Delta, is sponsoring "Bigger and Better Negro Newspaper Week". According to data compiled by the Department of Commerce we have 183 Negro newspapers and magazines with a combined average circulation of 1,411,807. This circulation is (steadily growing. With 2,803,756 Negro families in the U. S. tl\is Circulation should be doubled. The general plan of having bigger and better Negro newspapers is ably presented by George S. Schuyler, the brilliant editorial I writer of the Pittsburgh Courier. Closing his editorial on this important question, M r . Schuyler said: .. ; "Negro-owned newspapers will become bigger aind better as they are able to gfet bigger and better advertising "which will furnish them with money to hire larger anil more cnnipptpnt staffs and tn foster specialization to a greater degree. One way to get bigger and better advertising accounts is for Negroes to buy at least one Negro newspaper per week pgr family and so increase the total circulation of the Negro press 100 per cent. Another way is to patronize the firms that advertise in the Negro newspapers 4hd to let thom know that you are making your purchase for that reason One way to~fmproye the. tone"ancI typography of Negro newspapers is for readers to send in intelligent ^criticism and stop grumbling "flown by the big gate". Many of our newspapers are still inclined to be sensational, "ratty" and undignified, but it is obvious that if those- who pretend to be ^shocked will make the editors know it, the changes they would like to see will the sooner take place. Moreover, newspapers seldom rise much" higher than their readers." ? "The Old Gray" ? | B/ I j* Rev. E. Philip Ellis { i* "> - 't *4Th<m Shall Not Kill." When it comes to capital crimes it seems that our governments in thou latter days should take?the sixtt> commandment out of their catalogues of crimes. Killing an individual is the easiest crime to be freed of by the courts. One draws--a long sentence for stealing and similar miner crimes, but when he kills'another as a rule ht is cut on a small bond before the victim is buried. That's the case where a Negro kills a.Negro and where a white person kills a white person. It is said that one hundred dollars at least will come near clearing a Negro for killing almost any kind of Negro. While it will cost a white person, considerable more for killing another white 7 erson. But both will be rreed. Now when a Negro kills a white person "good bye Negro." But whe 11 a white man kills a Nearo it's "good morning white man"-for he will scarcely be arrested. Why such leniency i s shown murderers by our recent courts, oiie is at a loss to say. Un'ess it is that our courts are th?t is so often killed. But in do inp: so many worthy characters are dealt with the same way. We must confess that the bulk o f those killed are of the sorry sort. Rut the courts actions make life cheaper than a stolen article from the 5 and 10c stoes. In almost fe'-^ry case you will find the murderers and the persons murdered have no affiliations with any of the churches whatever. That itself accounts for the deed. Then Another fact is, when persons (usually) white, have committeed the most brutal murder, they are per mitted to lay around in jails for months and sometimes years before their eases- are finally disposed of. Too often their bones ought be bleached when they are -still here in devilment, Electoral Colleges All meetings in South Carolina to elect delegates to the General Conference which meets in "Detroit, Mich., May 1040 will convene next Tuesday the 7th at the several places- fixed by the six annual conferences 'ast fall. It's useless to publish the places, as notices have already appeared in this and other papers as to the time and places. Then since six colleges are being held on the same day, and at the same houi there can be no visits from one place to the other. All will have to he at home. And while we feel that the general church has done tV local t'hnrcVl V frvmrfl .. S.?TV |||JU.>VH.C in representation to that body, it seems that we the ministers and laytnembers will be the greatest sufferers. Only three laymen can be erected when at Toast 5 should he chosen. This simply, means that some good person that should be elected by all means will be defeated. Not because of inefficiency but for the sake of a law that never passed the ^General Conference. So instead of falling o\it with one another, some of oUr -bes?laymen just -as well prepare for one of two things:, pbv their way to the General Conference I or stay at home. This will also be true with many of us as pastors, 1 and few of the presiding elders. Our Whereabouts Next week we Will be in Co L. ? r> ' UM'I I-""-- ^ ?5-, j 1 MAYBE SO AN (By W. H. <"KwW"JmK??X?<-K"W->'W"K"W-W"; HI < Hell is a town in Norway. The hell I'm thinking about is in every place everywhere. I am not thinking- of hell as the average preacher and his members think of it?some place in which you land some day if? I am thinking of hell as an everpresent condition -\yhich those who preach about it, and those who listen to the preaching fact everywhere most of the time. To me hell is disappointment, worry, anxiety, fear, temporary and permanent defeat. To me hell is often a mental attitude. I also think that hell is often of our own making Some people conjure up hell, think of hell and live in hell It's their very own big j>r little nil of* IViaSm rvnt v\ f\ 1! t i ? /l/\ 1\ a utn u^ J7tI" U1C11 U V? II MllIVUUC) lieve it or not. , 1 am als<r-thinktng?of?heU?af a term or a word mostly used by luubiav- And -while at the office we will publish our directory column. Persons subscribing this week and at the Palmteto State Teachers' Association will also be in this column. With this issue or your desks of files you can com muniCftte With any subscriber ir our Leader's family. It will be a special tryat to a reading-public. St. Luke i We are moving along nicely Sunday was a rainy day but services were good in the morning ard real excellent at night. The several boards and clubs of the chu'ch made 100 per cent reports by the request of the pastor. They are led by noble presidents ant! the members are real fine in every respect. The class leaders art in a class to themselves when fi comes to supporting their church They are preparing now for oui second quarterly conference tht 2nd Sunday in March. MY. Heze kia'h Watson is cur delegate t< the electoral college which meet: at- Andrews Tuesday, March 7th 1 I et us advance on our knees.1 BETTIS ACADEMY NEWS Miss .J. E. Wilkinson and Mrs M. M. Murray, Jeanes teachers oJ Aiken and Edgefield counties, respectfully. and Mrs. S. L. Collins our principal. ..attended an educaTtional conference at Pgnn school I St. Helena Island last week. They I report having had a very pleasant I time. Enroute home they visited ATn TJ e?x - j ""s ? iAv.tiiiv.111^ y Ht.'itUHJift! | friends in Allendale. I The R. L. I ' $ 1440IV V X | Wo have everything | schoolroom V II Hooks, Statio i School i j. I ; V t_ 4 GIFTS OF ? 1 i: x ' 4 Be su>*e to visit us w] Y I ^x>.oo:ooo:oooooooooooooooo< | ALT. TEACIJ | W F L COMED f'Kol Recognized Head II \pp&rel ?'Re po?'<3?c>oc>aoiaooooo:oooooooo ^0oo<f^ocf0a<yoo0^oooo0oooi 1 WELCOME L Bo 8 A IVlAftK IHIS IUIJK f SHOKS. RAGS I BO1 I - , 1S19 IV1 ^ -* I ^ ~ ' , _ ' * I THE PALMETTO LBADBR D MAYBE NOT ;: s Shackle ford) \\ a a r f 3 L L ' ' o those who express themselves in F i terms of the worst, to make ^ i others feel that something is as s ! bad as it can be. "What in hell do I care?" "This is a hell of a day." "I'll see you in hell first.' "Go to hell!" "I'd I rather 'be in hell.""Give him " i hell!" You hear subexpressions * ! almost every day., V Yes,-I'm convinced that people make their, own hell, and if there 1 , is any such place as a permanent ' habitation, it exists because peo- , I pie carry so much hell to hell F i when they leave here. Old Luci- j i fer carried hell with him. ?nH n??n- * > pi have supported him ever since c As long as hell exists in people ? on this side, there must be a place I on the other side where people ] may go and keep in firm. ~ s ? 1 r- (Rights Reserved) , Mrs. Collins, senior Vera Ham- r fj mond aivd the male quartet, the e ? Messrs * James Johnson, Lecm J ; Thomas, J. R. Williams and Sam ( -.Hayes enjoyed a pleasant day at i J Jerusalem church, near Ridge t < Spring Sunday. The young hien's a i1 program was highly enjoyed by ~S i all. A very liberal contribution was. received. Pastor W. T. Ketn" ~ner, Prof. W. P. Hicksonand all have our thanks for their kindness to the group. . . e o Misses Addie M. Cummings and > Hazeline Franklin, Mr. Willie P. > I Lewis and a group of students j ;! enjoyed a pleasant day at Mt. ]j 51 Moriah Baptist church, McCor- ] rjmick.. Miss Franklin with a ] J grorup of students rendered a very .1 enjoyable program. The group t was royally entretauied by Mr. j tTahd Mrs. Tolbert. We wish to c .J thank the pastor and friends for j r, their liberal contribution and j > kindness to the group. j I Bettis boys' and girls' teams , 3' met and aexeatea uue west on ] | the local court, Friday night. The ^ ? scores: boys 18-7 in favor of Bet- ^ tis; girls 26-7 in favor of Bettis. ] Principal O. L. Smith, Mrs. Florence James and Coach Johnson } accompanied the teams. , I The girls' team was taken to . . Augusta, Ga., Saturday afternoon by Coach Rubens and there de!_ feated the Bethlehem Hi Y team , 25-16. > Both teams will play Brewer ; school, Greenwood, Friday even- , 1 ing, March 3rd. After the games J there?will?he?a social yiyen by Bettis at Charlie ThomasTog CaX * }R YAN Go. I i X lain St. | 5 f ( ^ needed in. the ? ; ^ J Tnery, Printing, :j: ( Supplies ? ( x i O y 1 -?n ALT, KIND I i hile vou are in the city X ...... :vx >ooooooooooooooo.o:o#o:oo:o:<*o# ERS 1 -AT.... I Hris quarters for Smart | sasonably Priced | i r~i & ^? ? w ? w?i t ? ltAU-ILKS | TO . . | yd's HI SHOPPING CENTER 0R 1 < AND HOSIERY Jb IAIN ST. . | J If-' 3VT T- ^ ?r"v TvT. ,*; 1 . ' *' V ' ' f _\ in... Ad Thrilling games were played doi Saturday evening Feb. 18th be- gu: ween Bettia students and Bettis Eu .lumni. Botjh students' teams ? rere victorious. The sccrres were or girls 21-10 and boys 26-9 in X avor of the Bettis Red Devils. /e were proud to see so many of % ' ur former students and alumni tresent. As reporter I wish to y hank each one in behalf of the X ponsor, Mr. C. A. Rubens. ? "Ml? X WHITMIRE NEWS { - *i* A wonderful Sunday school was ?j. eld at Cedar Grcrve church Sun- v. lay. Xaht Sunday at Cedar A irove our Pastor, Rev. I. B. Ruf in delivered a nne spiritual sur- y nonS. X X Sunday night at Bruce Taber- ?? lacle church a wonderful adult *i* irogram was rendered by Mrs. E. A tobinson and Mr. J. C. Byrd. ilusic was rendered by the* Sims X hapel and Ever Heady quartets, y Service was held at Spring X Jill A. M. E. Zion church by Rev. [. B. JJuff in. We are prcfud to *? lee Rev. Ruffin backf on duty a- | ;ain. tr X 'Mr. Haskell Joiner accompa- A lied by Mr. and Mrs; Cola Joinir, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, Mr. R. X fohnson motored to Charlotte, N. }., Saturday. Y Miss Callie Reid from Spartan>urg is in Whitmire visiting her y ^datives, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua X Swindler. T j"^DUE WE?T NEWS J_ ?"X r-- X As usual the Due West church- X s had splendid worship services *i* n last Sunday. ,2 Mr. R. H. Lee worshiped at the y Mhlberry church of which the X lev. J. E. Vauss is pastor on y ast Sunday. He accompanied the X ^ev. Mr. Vauss from his home lere on Sunday morning. ? Rev. Leonard A. Ellis, instruc- X or of religious education in the Y; Vlary Allen, seminary of Crock- X tt, Texas was the guest of his larents, Mr. and Mrs. John El- ix -e? - r a I A 13 I ui u lew uava iaoi wcciv, v ( The monthly meeting pf the Wo nen's missionary society of .St. X Wary Baptist was held at the { lome of Mrs. Agnes Stokes. Af- *?* ;er the business was transacted X Wrs. Stokes served an appetiz- V ing thf-ee course dinner which X ill flhe ladies enjoyed very nuch. Mrs. f^elle Cowan is the 'x mesident of this society and Mrs . - J HELENA NEWS ? a ?.? !x S. 6. opened at the usual hour. I ? There was a rally at the Mt. I *t* Sionj Baptist church Feb. 26 af-. X ,er w?hich the. young juilee choir y ronoered k*vely-music. ?iX Mrs. Lula Sanders of Helena { leparted this life, Feb. 26th_ X 1:30 o'clock. She leaves to mourn ?jj. i hiubasnd, one son, three daugh- *j* ers and a host of relatives and X riends. y Rev. M. C. Freeman was the X linner guest of Mr. apd Mrs. U. ! { 5. Riser of Helena., ? ?|-Y~ Mrs. Mary E. Williams of [Jjeenwood spent the , week end y / vith Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Green X ?ere. . y - x LEESVILLE NEWS ? X Calvary A. M. E. Sunday school .j. >pened at the usual hour with the y sunt, and teachers at their post X >f duty. Rev. W. R. Bowman the y >astor of Calvary church preach- X :d a soul stirring sermon at St. { Matthews C. M. E.. church. j'l* leld at the home of Mrs. Ambus * < I WELCO I * W". Vy ---,- . , ' ' . ' . .' 1 Saturday, MarchT4, 1939 Hgers, Feb. 23. This society is 1 Bates made a PCT caU the home ing a greaA work under the of , Mr. Sam Howard. Rev. A. J. idance of the President, Mrs. Thompson made a pop call at the nice Howard. Rev. James home of Mr. Andrew Marshall. WELCOME TEACHERS!! What Spring Will-Bring?| ? the Well Dressed Man The Spring scene will see some of the smartest >* new clothes in years for men and young men. ,j. - ; ' " , * ^ ~ 5 f * y b . Stylos show unusual tailoring and design?and *t* fabrics are splendid frf Tine shades, patterns and , X extreme wearability. Our new purchases include ? , Men's Business Suits I .1 ., ' y Rich new worsteds, tweeds, woolens in single and X j# double breasted styles in two unusual price ranges. V , $25.00 and $35.00 - Spring Showing - J The first of the year's ci*op of new hats is here. ? \ Anc1 WILL you like them! They're smart, suave $ and snappy ? full of life and #ood lcf>ks ? { new colors, new shapes and a new low price? ... X $3.50 to $5.00^^ - | V" 1 COPELAND INC. | 1409 MAIN ST. J S j V AAAAAAAAAa^AAAA ? A?V?? ?. A A A, A A A ? ME TEACHERS I ? f X DON'T FORGET TO , ' i. : - *:* STOP FOR THF PAUSE V THAT REFRESHES . - , X ' ' . t T f - : vT 4 4 " ' ' ' . 4-' Y == - - f f T J T T THE COLUMBIA 1* Coca-Cola f BOTTLINO COMPANY $ A i ,w-_ .a i . * ,v. _.A. ^ . - . .' l ifani rirt'