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' " Pkgv S jr.- MILLER CHAPEL * A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. L. G. Bowman, Pastor Old time class meeting1 was ot t served last Sunday morning a Miller. It has not been like thi for quite awhile. Much enthusiast was brought out. The Missionar zone presidents made their r< ports in part and Rev. Bowma |i , asks that they^ continue their drh Prof. Watsbn the principal c Mt. Bethel iGarmany school aske "T Rev. Bowman to preach the bacct laureate sermon for his school o'cjock sqriuay. i no puone is n vitod. Mrs. Li. I. Pratt was appoint* chairman of the Mother's day pi gram to be rendered at 3 o'cloc Mother's day, which is the secor. Sunday in May. The Ten Virgins appointed L our pator will take place th Kecond Sunday night. Also t h = -?-junior eliuich will rulli Tur the i brary at Allen University. Re Jackson invited Rev. Bowman 1 conduct-^meeting May 8 on-Men day night. Communion will be .oJ served Sunday morning and nit Come to church; Go to cburcl GARNETT HEWS ? Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church Rev, Julius. Holman. Pastor. 1 . . The services at church were fir both financially and sphitually_c Sunday. The "Sunday school opei ed at the usual hour with Sup W. T. ^iiUison and teachers. 11:30 the pastor mounted th rostrum and delivered unto us fine sermon, which each and ever one enjoyed. Theme: Honor Th Father and Thy Mother. The spii it seemed to be very high. 7:30 the Kev. Samuel (i*ahan pastor of Bethel Baptist churc and his choir, ushers and eongri gation worshipped with us. IT Rev. Graham preached a wonde ful sermon using the 117th Psalrr as a text. Mrs. Nancy Moore assisted th pastor in lurntshing refreshmei for 18 loaders. Misses Marion Johnson, Ann Brown, W. M. Fuller, Mr, Luth< Small and Rev. J. P. Fuller wei guests at the parsonage Sunday We are glad to see Mrs. S. . Gillison home. She has been teacl ing at Barksville. Mrs. Gillison one of the best teachers in Jasp( county. ? The Ever, Ready club is havin a banquet on the 22 of this mont You are Invited. Mrs. Anna Mi Farlin is president of this clu See Mrs. Marie Eaciy and Mis Viola Smith for tickets. We ai sorry to hear that Mr. Robt. Frt zier is still sick. \V? wish him speedy recovery. '"union hews The Allen University Alumi * held their first annual public me< mg at Bethel church Sunday aftt noon. Prof. II. W. Baumgardnc of Allen University was the gues speaker. All who heard his wor derful address were inspired. Th local club hope to do much for th college this year. Mrs. Baumgardncr a?d Miss E die Stewart accompanied Pro: Baumgardner. Miss Ruth Collins teacher i the Jonesville graded school is i at her home on Cornwell St. Mr. Ned Chalk local barber her for a number of years died la? week. His funeral was conducte at Bethel church Friday aftemoo conducted by hrs pastor, Rev. T.F Robinson. The Rev. J. M. Dawkins, paste at Santuc was a recent visitor. Rav,?T. R;?Robinson,?pTlncipa of^lhe Carlisle graded school ha closed a very successful *choc term. The trustees and patron seem to have appreciated the fin type of work that he has don and have re-elected him for nex year. Much improvement and pro gress have been made since h has been in charge of the schoo' Mr. John W. Nicholas and hi faculty will conduct another opei forum very soon. These forum have been very instructive to th publrc. They nre doing a grea work in Adult education. It would be fine if our foil would encourage Mrs. Ellen G Hardison and Miss Kate Ruff be giving th?m a part of their trade While most of our young men art out discussing base ball, priz? fighting etc., these young ladiei are trying to do a real^business ir Union. Our only drug store in cm ducted by a lady, I>r. L. A. Sartoi Mrs. Fannie Gibson also has e voy successful grocery store. Miss Julia Dobson has had very successful school year. Miss Dobson is Jeanes to&cher for?-Union county. She along jAth Miss Cannon, Jeanes teacher of GafTney, and Miss Kelley, ~Jeanes tea-1 cher of Chester left Tuesday mom ing for a conference at "State college. I Mr. J. C. Copeland and Miss Ef13 fie T. Martin of Gaffney were here II Sunday attending the public meet ^ ing of the Allen Alumni. A .few of the young men that n alttended the State Underwriters ? Association in (Chester recently ' i were so impressed with the little city they were forced to make a l"l return visit. Rev. Roseborough is here visit v ing his fumily. The rural schools have about ^ all closed and the teachers are tak ? ing a much needed rest. The k teacher's pay is so small they are unable to enjoy this vacation. Mrs. Kathaleen Cornwell has y returned to New Y#rk City, after c spending her vacation with her parents and chi'dy<m- L 5t :? 1 ;0 BETTIS ACADEMY NEWS p ^. Zelda WilkersonT?Utrporter _ _ N W6 Nt'CVC QUltl ffli'tunnte ili hav * mg in our midst Sunday after'Inoon two very distinguished artists in the perons of Miss Ozora Renfroe, talented soprano a n d res (Icy Who is an instructor YrrYhe Booker Washington High school, of Atlanta, Gn., and Miss Mary ie Shaw, a gifted talented contralto |-aml-gt>speh singiT. Oiie fuTl TPour l" was brim full of riches beyond ex pression. Every one expresses him self as having had a most delight ie ful afternoon. We are eagerly a looking forward to a return en7 gagement. y The Bettis family was shocked r Sunday night at the sudden passing of Mrs. Maria (Aunt Maria) 11 Burkett. She was house keeper h for President and Mrs. A.W. Nieh ?* olson. Aunt Maria was loved by ie all who knew her. She was elassl*,ed as a number one cook-which 1SI attracted many to her kitehen.\Ye can never forget the lovely e | spirit of a person so dear to all? "j though she sleeps?we can nevei J forget her. Iai We were happy to have visit ir us Sunday the following" "Mrs. :e Hubert's mother, Mrs. A. H. Scot land of Level Land. S. C., Rev. and Mrs. MeKissick, Mrs. Hazzard, Messrs. H. A. Ashe and Euis jr(>ne Holmes of Abbeville. - UNION RAlf: CHURCH NEWS ,g ? h The month of May promises' to be a great one for the Sunday b school. This department of the !s church is progressing by leaps <e and bounds due to the earnest en 'leavor on the parts of its teach n ers and officers and to the enthusiasm of its members. The drive for~ increasing the enrollment ~of _ the school, which was?begun rrr April, is to continue throughout 11 May. This drive has already pro ven to be a success and the mem r bors intend to push it even high? or. The Sunday school is sponsoi ing two programs this month? the Mother's Day program and e the May Queen contest. Miss Alberta Mobley from the advanced department- and?Mrss -Mrrry Gar-1 ^ rison from the primary department are the contestants form I the Sunday school in the May n Queen contest. Practice for both ' programs has already begun. Immediately after the morning| e service, the funeral service o f: Mr. Jonh Davis was held. This was the third funeral at the " church during April. Miss Ora P. " Simpkins and Mrs. A. L. Reese were the other .two members who r passed away. All of them are cnj^.ly migcrul 1 On Sunday night twenty-eight 8 persons were added to the church by baptism. These were persons converted durring "the three weeks e revival services conducted by the e Rev. Eddie Davis and the Rev. T. ^ C. Phillips, as well as those who 1 joined during the regular church e I sefrvrces. 3 HOLLY HILL NEWS D F, R. Nix, Reporter e Sunday being the Sth Sunday,| t many members of Bethel took ad-| vantage of the clay by visiting dif i ferent churches and Unions out . of the city. At 4 o'clock Rev. Be / thea and quite a few of his mem. bers from Taiga rt and Bethel and a friends from Lovely Hill Baptist ? church visited Unity AME church 3 where he delivered one of his won l derful sermons. Targart and Unity l brought?to a close;?their rallies. Taigart having her rally divided i into two armies. The Red and tho| Blue armies reported p total?ok. $379.95. t.\ Services at Bethel Sunday nite,' was well attended and enjoyed by I all. Rev. White delivered a splen-j f Andy Razaf jgm Kj|| J9IW ?m rf] j Although Andrea Razafkeriefo (j: I ally n grand ,duke by birth, being Madagascar, Ranavalona III, on hi of a United States Consul, on his known in Tin Pan Alley as 'Andy Razaf, considered the most proli writer of his race and whose lyric , has written nearly a thousand song Have been: -"AinH Misbehavin", "S [ "Christopher Columbus", "My Fate the Savoy", "Memories of You", "I I chief Now", "Black and Blue", "1 | L ASCAP? or the American Society . lishers, highly respects Razaf as or is one of the only two colored soi living entirely by writing songs. J did message. Mrs. Euliah Bunch is at home after closing a success-' ful school term at Duncan. Miss A.B. Pickett was the week end guest of Miss Ollie Mae JaC-J ques. Miss F. R. Nix spent the week end with relatives at ^t.j . George. Mr. Jno. Evans was the . guest of Mis"s E. R. Crafty Sunday, j 1 Along with the coaches Miss G. ' Dieks ami Mr. -J>.-I>ieks the fneul" ty entertained the basket ball teams with a swell hamjuet Friday night in the school auditorI ium. The dining room was beautr fully decorated with cut flowers.J i The delicious menu consisted of, fried chicken, mashed jtutatoes,1 'peas, carrots, pickles, g.iblet sand j wiches, punch, ice ci'eam and cake1 i Timely remarks were made b y Prof. Roberts. Short talks byj Miss Marie Wright and Miv Clar-i , ence James. Guests present were: i Misses E. Bunch, Marion Lisbon, I Messrs. F. S. . Edwards, W. R. Bunch, Johnnie Davis, Jas. Jacques| I The C. L. A. Club had a call) meeting at the home of Mr. and l Mrs. J. Swett. The club is plati-j j ning their annual ball Friday, ) May 5th. They will have a meet- [ Jing Tuesday, May 2nd at the home of Mr. T '"-?y Wh??n ???complete I plans for then- ball. The next reg ular meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gavins. The May Day exercises were. hold Monday nfTomnort at ft-HO mv the school grounds. The program' under the direction of Mrs. Rob | ! erts. Mi-sses Craft, Hamilton and 'Dicks was well carried out and: every one present enjoyed secingr the little folk acting. jl The funeral of Mrs. Pearlie ' Swett wjll be held at Bethel A.M. 1 E. church Wednesday afternoon. 1 j Mrs. Matilda Montgomery left s Thursday for New York where 1 1 she will spend the summer.- Little Janie Bglle is joining her after I | school closes. 1 j Misses O. B. Lisbon, E. It. Craft | F. R. Nix and Mr. W. R. Bunch | motored to Orangeburg Friday, . I April 28th. |?Mr. fiheltun Dicks was the week end guest of Prof. I). E. Dicks Miss G. G. Dicks. I ST. LUKE A. M. E. CHURCH | Kev. K. Philip Ellis, Pastor Charleston.?Our revival meet- ] ing closed last Sunday night with baptism and reception of full mem! born. It was one of the best revi I I val efforts in the history of the, | fihnrch?Iii?tho firnt place thiCnflh j 1 cers and members of St. Luke 1 gave their full cooperation vn the meeting. In other words the ' qhurch prayerfully prepared her- 1 self for this religious pentecost in' . keeping with our pastor's request and over sixty persons were re- 1 ceived into the fold. Quite a few. i churches in the city received converts from this revival. The pas-(I tor delivered a "brief message to r the candidates Sunday evening, af_c ler nhich they were"read into ful 1 ( connection. The'list is as follows: s Adolphus Bligen, William Pyatt, d [ ; d ward Neshitr Mm-t.hu?Jenkins r Mabel Phenix, Mildred Cooper, 'irene Singleton, Verbaree Green, t Thelma Joseph James Singleton Richardson, Bernice Holmes j f. THE PALMETTO LHAJDB1 , Songwriter nonounced Ra-zaf-ker-r?f) is act' tho jjuphww o>f thu latw Queen ( s father's side, and the grandsc *1 ? - - -i a ~ ** - * - * juouier s ?me, ne preicrs vo u Rnzaf'. fie and outstanding popular son* s are considered second to nom s. Some of the hits from his pe posin'",- '-Make-Believe- Ballroom; is in Your Hands", "Stompin* r landy Man", "Keepin' out of Mil Ioneysuckle Rose.'-'?'.'If It?Am of Composers, Authors and Put ic of its top-ranking members. H lgwriters to succeed in making 1. C. Johnson is the other one. (ANP Althea Simpson, Rubin Givens, J{ nip Gooden, Julia Blake, Emil Shivers, Elizabeth Wright, Willi Richardson, Ai.net" Jenkins Rost loo Pyaif, Margaret Scrivens, M? mie Wright, Catherine I^ance, Joj eph Groen, Edith Watson, Juli Singleton, Dorothy Singleton,, f Simmons, Helen Clark, Hild?r Ov ens, I.indy Richardson, Mary Mi lerr~Gcorge' Htrrry, Willie Set brooks, John Jenkins, John Pyal Harrison Holmes, Edward Ladsoi Sarah Frasier, Julia Mayes, Em: Iv Capers, Robert Chapman an Mary Capers. Rev. .L. W. Gary c Unron Station assisted the paste in our meeting and really he a among the best to be found. Mis Carrie Belle Priester of Cineinm ti, Ohio peached a wonderful sei nion la.:t Sunday morning. A the close of- her message one pel son was converted. She is indee a gifted evangelist. Our Sunda Sclinnl ic fi'ini'fl/i.l ... v. VHUVU JIVM? aim ui Allen League has taken on ne' life. Class meetings every Wedrn day night are regular revivals. A clubs are getting ready for ot spring rally and we are expectin to go over the top on the fourt Sunday in this month. NIDGE SPRING NEWS The Sunday school was largel attended with each teacher at hi post. .Mrs. Ida Peterson is workin hard to get every child in Sunda schorfl. She is our S. S. and B.T.L Jistrict worker. Mt: and Mrs: IT. ITazzar i?i(i as tneir dinner guests on las rucsday, Mr. and Mrs. A^C.-Higl tower, Mr. and Mrs. L.N. Giard ler. Li'ttlo Claressa Hightowe ^pent the same afternoon witl Ma/.io V. Hammond. Mrs. Grace L. Meacham spen the week end with Miss Jessy Hammond. Miss Christena Broadnax ac lompanied Mr. and Mrs. A. C Hightower to Mt. Canaan Baptis ihuroh r<i)nd<ty to attend the TJn ion. She reported a pleasant trip hr ri;- again. ^See lie bt. Hammond for a cop; of The Leader. BEAVER DAM BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. D. Duncan, Pastor i The Sunday school is in ful Moom with its nohl(? Supt., Dea C. M. Moody. Rev. Mrs. S. G Gray, Miss Pau ine Jones attended the preachers jnion SlJnrlnv nicrV?f ? --- j Aaav "IIILII WttS l*II? joyed by all. The Building committee of th< Beaver Dam Board met Thursday light in a business session*There will be a program at th? >ine Grove Baptist church Sunday light, May 7th. The public is ordiallT Invited. . The Union prayer meeting is till being held on every Wednes lay night with its faithful Presilent, Mrs. Florence Trby. Mrs. J. Gist who has been on he sick list is much better. Much Success to The Palmetto ieader. ft . ABBEVILLE NEWS St. James A. M. E. Church Rev. E. F. Johnson, Pastor Sunday school opened at its usual hour, with the various teachers at their posts of duty. The lesson was reviewed by Rev. J.B. ! Smith. We are always glad t o ? have him worship with us. At 11 o'clock iRev. Smith delivered a wonderful sermon which' was enjoyed by all. At 8 o'clock the International Society was held at St. James. Remarks by Mr. I Wade History Mr. S.D. Davis with a liberal collection of $8.00. Thej : educational rally was of a high success with a total of $46.00. j Little Seledia J. Turner raising the highest amount. I Mr. William T. Johnson is home spending awhile with his wife and daughter. Mr. Johnson is employed rn the Veterans hospital in Columbia. Miss Alice Smith is spending uwhile with her mother Mrs. Alice _ Romans on Brnnoh Street.?Mr. and Mrs. John T. Nance and Miss Gussie Belcher all o f Evanston 111., are home. Mr. and Mrs. George and Mrs. = :Ada Butler oT Atlanta, Ga., were j. the week end guests of Mrs. Nina . Mosely. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Harris, Miss e Mary Jane Langford and Mr. Wil lie Walker mcrtoved to Leesville j. on Sunday to attend the closincn Si I exercises of the Hampton High n J School. While there they visited in " the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchit ellt Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards andi j. Mrs. Margie L?6- ~ { 14 Mrs. M M. Frost ifl -improvrngi nicely from her recent illness. Sunday school was well atitende ed at Grace Chapel church Sunday. a . Mrs. Janie I>awton has returned home after visiting her daughter, MVs. R. H. Greene in Goldsboro, ' N. C, t i Mr. Allen has left for N. C. y Abbeville County Training School ,e The People's Burial Aid Society gave a $50 scholarship for the i- best oration delivered on .Friday ..'evening, April 21. The contest was a held at the Reed Street Hi School . in Anderson. Students participat' ,ing were from Reed Street, Ander -,son; Anderson Co. Tr. School^ of [. Pendleton and Abbeville Co. Tr. ^-School-,- Abbeville. The winner was-* William Ellison from the Senior **, Class of the Abbeville <Po. Tr. t, School. He received many warm i congratulations. dj Our senior class presented its : play entitled Mother Mine on Mon day evening, April 24. We had * quite a large attendance who gave is evidence of having enjoyed the is l)laV t | The annual May Day Festival was held on May first, at 5 o'clock r" Only the primary grades were rep tt resented. Those who ran for the u'ai^?PnOi Ua...U?.I 1 _ ^ . v. nuuiaiiu, auc j one, Mrs. B. J. Jones, teacher; Julia Mae Williams, grade one Miss ^,11. W. Talley, teacher; Bernell Da ix,,vis, grade two, Mrs. L. Taylor, w teacher; Sybilunne. Brown, grade ,s three, Miss R-.-V. White, teacher, and Vivian Davis, grade four, Mrs , G. A. . Gray, teacher. Amounts T raised by classes: grade one, Mrs. g Jones, $1?05;. grade one, Miss h Talley, $20.05; grade two $4.21; ejade three $8.05; grade , four - $5.02. Total amount $56.38. The. crowning of the May Queen was a very colorful affair. The attendants, were the opposing! q tens. Flower girls were * Mary i y|Cato and Geraldine Hearst. Ness. by Jones, Jr., served as a page. The queen was ^v""'ned by fiyhr g'lar.re Brown. I The seniors have almost corn"j pleted their work. Lorraine Vivian ' Ware, made the highest average based on four years' work* is valediotorinn of hov plu-p Wjlliam " Ellison, who came second;" is salut tatori-an. Other students who madoj h averages of 80 or more for the four years in high school are, Mary Ruth Pressley, Arthur H. r Kellar, Carnelle Reynolds and Mali mie Black i t HAPPY HOME BAPT. CHURCH i 3. S. was opened at the usual hour by the Supt., Dea. Williams : . with the officers and teachers at !. their duty. Miss Clara Mae So-( t lona, Miss Louise Scott flpd othpr.. 7 teachers were present and they >. played their parts well in the dis-' r cussion of the lesson. At 11:30 the pastor presented y to us the Rev. Harry Lee who brought us a soul stirring message " from the theme "Dry Bones in the Valley". " At 7:30 p.m. our devotion service was opened by Dea. Williams j and at 8 o'clock our pastor ac-j: ' companied by the Rev. Mines of ; the city and Rev. Williams, pas- i tor of the Jerusalem Bapt. -church ; Hopkins were on the rostrum. The ' p'&stor brought a very interesting messacre. His thorno -0*0? "Ma ' Dogs Allowed in Town" which was s enjoyed by everybody. Our church i ' is improving every Sunday. Our pastor is to preach at the [ J Jones Chapel church at Lexing- : ton, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 < 1 o'clock. We are planning to run jc a bus from the Happy Home Bapt :j church. We are leaving at 2:30 > Sunday afternoon. Everybody Is cordially invited to go with jisL ? AH who are planning, to go are j 1 asked to see the pastor beforre 7 ? o'clock Saturday afternoon. The ) fare will be 36c for adults and * flc for children. * CANAAN BRANCH NEWS Rev. H. H. Herriott, Pastor The interdenominational Sab| bath School union met here at the I Canaan A. M. E. church. The. i session was fine and the lesson was wonderfully taught. The sermon I was preached by the Rev. G. P. Collins from the subject "Advertising, Jesus'' and was enjoyed by all. Pait of the program was crmittetl due to the death of one of the leading choir members of Bethel Presbyterian church, who is also an officer of this union. He was a faithful member and was willing to work any where and for any church. Mr, D. R. MeCIellan will be missed. He is survived by many relatives and a host of (friendlp. Committal service war conducted by the Rev. H. II. Herriott. ? ? A COMPLIMENT! By Melton M. Lewis Among the -young roliiffious orators of the Columbia District, nhiTti11 ts 'suI)t-1"i' thi;n?t !: e It. v. W. B. Nash of St. James A. M. E. Church, Coluinbia. His style of commencing- his sermons, his .deliverance and the quality of his speeches are ^profoundly splendid. ?- Of the sermons, that he ' has" preached* the ones en titled,"Sol Idarit.v" JlTRl "The Jerico Road,' are the exclusive. His facial and "etnot tonal expressions produce" more attention and appreciation ot his subjects. St. James is gracefully proud of her promising young minister who God has culled to expose of his teachings as the way "it should be done." Your presence to hear him is appreciated "at all times. 9 m S'JtfStJKltfU tUK THF "LEADER" n ^ Jy/gwf ONE WAY FROM COLUMBIA: RnUnn? $18.63 ? ~ BufTalo 18.21 Chicago _ 20.31 Cleveland : 10.86 Detroit -t 17.90 Montreal 23.03 New York 1^.92 Philadelphia 10.1>7 Pittsburgh 11.88 Washington 7.35 -- J. L. CARTE No. 1 Arcade Building Telepl | Bright Sayim jj |"Did you hear this on ga day keeps the docto j.you i'un out of apples y ing biscuits made wit! m t. * Saturday, May 6, 1939 ! A SPUING DAY i ?? Away beside the imining brook. Away among the trees, A little bird sang all day long; And played among the breeze. Tis spring I know, "the little bird "said. You can tell it in the. air, The children are playing all day v long, Thete's music everywhere. The flowers are just returning, From their long winter naps, To greet the spring season, And summer too, perhajis. So when you hear birds singing, And see ficnvers along the way, If you adtl them all together You. will have a.verv lovely spring day. Ruth Frances Broughton. I? TIIC Sl'RlNG Merry is the running stream -..t That runs all night and day, And att- ttic irttle bcrys and'girls, Will watch the sunbeam gleam. The boys will watch the singing birds, Who sit among the trees; They chase and run the butterflys, "And listen to humming bees. All along the running stream, The girls do run and dance;" So lhvely a song ""the brook does sing, They all will help bring spring. So at last the clay was f?one, The sun was almost down, And all the little children run,* Rack to the happy little town. Ruth Frances Broruprhton. Hovr, yon can travel In Seaboarfc air-conditioned, reclining*s?a# coaches at history'* lowest fares. Sleep -restfully Sp-irmm, anftly upholstered individual seats. Lights are dimmed. Pillows, 2$* Wash rooms with hot water, soay and free towels. IT ^I R. D. P. A. ? , -hones 38M. 9987 Columbia ? N JlBSKT^ MmUMUUI wo:o^x>x>x^%axo^>:ox8?????? !* c )cmr^^^fk saL>^a g - _- cixg; I ^tf^ZrSkC-. jus&a&j^i^ \ e, Churn? An apple j r away and when j| rou can keep on eat- |j i Adluh Flour. ;