Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r PU&1SRBD WBBKL&V BKhj MNjiH#!1 |w gn iAot Of cripttoa,}* itamped on ^omsritt g: con*tut notice of the date yoi HUbfcriptUm expires. P o s 11 ReotritW'Payings* Advance oof All Subscription Your paper will be discontinoi fter <|XP>i?tioD <jate FOREIGN ADVERTISING~ AGENCY * B 2IEF CO., 608 3. Dearboi ' 3t.. Chicago. IHr-Offtctai Advei isemer.t* at the rate allcrwed t | JSL- ? Phe LeoderWttfpubfsh brief ar rational lottera on subjects < reneral interest when they a: accompanied by the names at addresses of the authors at are not of a defamatory natur Anonymous communications, w acrt bo noticed. Rejected mam scripts will not be returned. GEO. H, HAMPTON, Publish E. PEIUP ELLIS, Field Age REMITTANCES Checks, Drafts end Postal or Et press Money Orders should I made payable to the order ? The Palmetto Leader. Communications intended for tl current issue must bo very bri and should reach the editori desk ncrt later than Tuesday < II saeh weak. City news, local Wad??for. ,, * * 1 Phone 94 3 9 Saturday, Apnl 17, 1943 CHINESE VENGEANCE fe- .-v by ... Ruth Taylor :V' We havp all "read of THe "Ere speehh made by Mmo. Chiang Ki Sheck in Madison Square Card' 4?? in New York. Thousands of poor gathered there to pay homage her and through her to the Chine people, whose brave and ft??] hopelese pdds, has stirred our ii L aginations and quickened our si rit in our -own dark hour* When jttpis. Ghiang Kia-<She rose to apeak, her words fejl ,1? an echo down the centuries. 3 preached not hatred but love. S talked not of cruelty but of ji tree. She condemned the sin a not the .sinner. She taught go %, _ and not erik." .,CT ,w "All nations, greflt and small, muat have eqtial opportunity of development. Throve who are stronger and mdfe advanced should consider their strength as a trust to be used 9- to help the weaker nations m. ' ~?1 to "fit themselves for full selfgovernmeht and not to exploit them. Exploitation is spirrtually degrading to the exploiter as to the ex.ploited" The crowd wa& starteld. Was t! the way of the Oriental? Whg ti Chinese vengeance? It had a rei iniscent ring - "Loye your enemi< bless them that curse you, do go to them P?< for them which despitefully u you or persecute you." "Then, too, there must be no bitterness in the reconstructed world. No matter what we have undergone and suffered, jn.we must try to forgive those I who injured us and remember only the lesson gained theresV..;,. by." If we hate our enemies we a _1?____ no. better than they are. We mu ? i fight the evil always .rJbrjt we mu not hate the evil-doer nor - becaii f-j > . ~ of hbn - all men of his class, cro _2 " or color. sS ==^- Ifj.thkChinese vengeant ? <?.?l_ its lessop is th0 greatest gilt cor "*"* "but of t^lllUH. Printing and gu powder Were explosives - but th igi evolutionary?as-revolutiona: - as Christianity itself, as revol tionary as the- Law of Love ti umphing over the law of hate th?t Victory 'which iH thc who ** " me^gag^r bf the Lenten Season v now celebrate. "J ^ rz' first calvary rejects W. .. RESIGNATION of rev. S. S. YOUNGBLOpl?A8 pastor OF COMMITTEE TO CON9 TINUE SERVICE THRtf i? - ANNUAL MEETfNO * ; V- J**''"' ah1^" *** S. A* Yoogblood, at tl kV . H?d of M^n years and th-r W.1' months, 23jhHirgne<f a8 paster 2 Writ Cajvary Baptist cnurch, C Wfjfcfr Hitnbi?< But the church reject* jjg|^;- Ms resignation. committee Pf^V.Hnaafr'liieetin <? of the State co rentioh, wh^h ^meeta with Secoi . . - MEANTS 'n' ' COMMENTS ' ; By Wm. McKinley Bowman 1 * ' MEANTS For some time my column ha* . been missing from the pages of tiw Palmetto Lerder,-not because - 4 wanted them to be absent. 4iut ^ because I whs so busy that. U was 2 mpossjble for me to keep up with J? my pressing engagements. I have. however observed very enre J MIy the improvement in our pa? per this new yecr or rather in ^ 1943. The ONP releases have been ^ added as well as a variety o f . nh^tos of the activities of , oui hoys on the fighting front and in 'he camps. Newp of state rnd lo "p.l interest has also been improv H d and made interesting for readers. The brilliant editorials of my 5 colleague Trylor'have been a con"'taht s?urce of enlightenment for me. Each week I read her column before 1 attembt to re-read mv scattering bits. This column_ has -n been joined also by the extra-ordir nary, writings of "Between The r Lines." rll of these features and others have increased the value of reading our paper. The ocea sional column of "The OliLGray' of is also very tine, re The Palmetto Leader is n o id loud- r adieal paper wav ing a flag id of discontentment, but a steady, e. conservative, sane paper that alill ways tights for law, order and i. justice for all peoples in t^ h e ? Other papers may come and some er may go, but The Header will go nt on because it stands for a sane :?program. Surclv it is "South Carolina's Greatest Weekly." t * . t>? cfoMMENTS 01 This may be a little late, but I have to mention the loss of our ? Circulation Manager, The IfiTe" 5 Rev. L. G. Bowman. I knew him j personally and he endeared himself to all who knew him, ns a i gentleman of th<> first calibre. The Second Bond Drive is on. _ Th^ Treasury Department is asking all to buy more War -Bonds to help finance the war. It is the -? patriotic Duty of every colored American to buy more Bonds to" help defeat our enemies and support our Boys on thp battlelied. GRANGER Our church has been progressing under the leadership of our pastor. A large crowd was o n hamf- Sunday,?April 4th to greet en him. He preached an inspiring ile sermon from the subject: The fd~ Great Sacrifice. s? Miss L.M. Hilliard, Reporter. df' 1 GR KEN WOOD N EWS I The revival meeting at WeRton ihapcl has' closed its first week . i which 1 as been quite- a success. Rev. White has preached out of his l soul to the people of Greenwooc . as it were .the very voice of 'n(j God. We are glad to have Rev. 0(j White in our midst and we are laymg that this revival will sink * down into the hearts of men and strengthen the word of God in their souls. Tonight wr are beginning our second week and -.vc | e.e asking evoryone to attend. Spiritually you will certainly enjoy yourselves. The various choirs ir. the city will take part in renewing the music. As quarterly - conference convenes tonight th ? ^officers will come early and pa :r,e presiding elder and then go on lis :vv'th the meeting. The Presiding j*la Elder P. M. Gary preached a very ^ 'fine sermon last night following ,s the one preached Sunday by the Li t ^astor. Rev. E. F. Johnson who seemed t*b have -seen touched by ** the- mighty power of God as he s 'tounded the Gospel of Christ. Visitors at the morning service were Mrs. Josie W.B. Brown of Washngton, D. C. Mrs. Brown is a former member of Weston chap?l and is the daughter of Mr an*" Irs. Jack Williams on Pearl St. Also Mr. Williams and Mfr. J. K. Boozer were present. When i?" '.he city oome to Weston chan?'! s't you will certainly enjoy yourself -Cot cveFV?w continue to rea l tni \ >ut of the route of delivery wili ' find a paper at Mrs. EfTie Mo3e-I ey's Beauty parlor on Rush Ave. \ __ irfl?nwo<wi. * " * t tt? ~ -= da ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH r> u- RewlV. M. McDnald, Pastor i ' Our second quarterly conference -as held April drd with much sue ^ "^essl The Pros siding Elder Dr. W. ft L. Clarke selected hiK text "or tfiic morning from St. Matt. 26:22 Lord is it I? Sunday night i crowd greeted the presiding t*U , +er. Dr. Giarkr- -waded out in t-He leep and aniens and tears wen hruOghout the church. The lead?r*'mrde good reports; the re ports from various departments i 'hrwed much increase. Our ie -hurch. ia moving . on. We are ee vorking in peace.and love. Mrs o 1 Clarke was present Sunday night o- qnd made helpful renftark^r 'd The past Sunday services well of | attended and the pastor preached nt 1 'wo strong scrmons which were to J'oofl for thought. Our choirs are J I rendering excellent service and wc It I are just working in St. James. t< i Cook for the results of the second -ie 1 Vf.... n-| We were ble?sod with four p?rld^ic.ria trt join the church Sunday * | night. The Sunday school -was alhijao food. The fx pinners cla?0 is ojlfctiU holding the banner. Mrs. W. KljvMi McDofinld, teacher. S JS. Martin irai n weird *3lme \rlsft6r Sunday night. \' tfl * / 'y -*t * % BETWEEN SCAPE-G^ATS OH SCOUNDRELS? Southern Negro Vs northern? _ By Dean Gordon B. Hancock For A. N. P. ? Happug Hfirlem is stirred ?once ..or?> by wnat appeal a to be an .nc.picnt crime wave. A few months ago a controversy of sour proportions wa? waged between inosi' who felt mat Jtir rltm was a crime center und tnose who bitRfly denied; it.?Our easily ex- plained aei^tiv<igfly^? 4^?nd our tooiist race it difficult .or us to qdmit even the most casual scientinc .- '"proposition tnat people <? 'lower qconamic brtcKti. are predisposed to crfane and disease and the evil cgnconutanu mereof. Explaining crime <.oe& not remove it. And so Harlciiinke the rest of the underprivileged vvorktis-^rfstiing with principalities and powers that will noi oe denied. Those muggings that are giv- ing Harlem some adverse public- ] of Negro 1 ifc alone. Even here in staid old Richmond these muggings are going apace with 11 for "an ordinary Week-end. Naturally " enough Negro muggers by nc means havt. a nionolopy "on this a t? tin*.:s distressing practice. Whites arc well represented which shows that crane is not racial 1101 are the tendencies thereof. In arraigning tw0 Negroes-Judge Peter J. Brancate ol' theKings County epurl, New York City, recently said "It is a crying shame that such as you come up from th0 sol th to go on relief and , bring disgrace upon your people. Colored people born and brought up in New York arc law abiding. It is because i?f your kind that they are condemned." Tht. two "Nupru'.'s were calieil "disgrace tv their race." While the judge's words seemed weighted with wisdom?calculatedto r thc. paid.' oil the north. err Negro, they do not carry conviclivn. To make it anucur that j all thp crimt. originates in the j south is to dismiss without consideration t li e "great "murder trusts" and rack, teorhig and* gang sterism that havt. nourished so long above the Mason and Dixon | line. It so happened that one of the Negroes was from North Ca rolina and the other from South _ Carolina and the judgs concludes that the trouble in Harlem hings about the southern Negroes, a generalization that will not stand [close inspection. The judge's conI elusion may-be popular but it does not do justice to a critical situation and certainly it does not do justice to the--Negroes involved. ?f The Negro of the south i? what j the south made him. Both the 1 .south and the Negro are what this nation has made them. The Negro is thc creature while the south and the nation are the creaters. The real blame for the criminal propensities can not be laid at the door of the southern Negro but charged rather to the system that produced him. It is true that the southern Negro migrates in search i I SHOW M.AC1?t OFFICE A7 fHllup O r> I A -TA _ 4 1 i>i ri?M w,'?? ?t. pATTEfcRS OF 4 IK IT J COKSTf (StCCKTtY CO|?m?Ttt jJH S AM WAKE AMD MIDWAY U tit HAIU. A HtOJECT fORT^lP HOO5IA? uoo hcaro ."ffOg!, LWUMfcM WAR WORK?RV " "* _ THE PALMETTO ^ THE LINES j of succour but this should not he held against him. All races do this do at some time or other in i their hitgory;. Thirt tho Negi manifests certain anti-social teriAnnript new habitat i-a to be .xueeted: but the bhrme ds Trot oft him but on the section or the sya.e;n that produced" him. Of course .he judge was desirous of placating the qQudrT nnd northern ' Negro; bufc im sp doing he was doing tolence t^$pfct?ifthttma*w?-et>naid- (ietionfti .was playing up the j ...uthe)^y! Negro as a scoundrel ! whereas' was merely a scapegoat. It .nuiy be .ersy to blame he child tor hig delinquency but deeper consideration^ implicate iiis parents. The Prodigal Sc4i was what the .ather made him and nobody understood this better than the Prod gal's father who so gladly wel- " coined back home his erring son. To blame southern Negroes for their crime in the north is woese ? than blaming them for their crimes in the south;?They ai> too of? ten the victims of an iniquitous | ?ystem. aiuj the system, not th?y. i are to blame. Good Judge Bran-| rate throw a swdet mors'el^o the white south _ and to the Negro north but he missed a great opportunity to .point out the whys fiml wherefore^ of Negro- crime t)iv country over, In the first place why should ' tfn Negro hav0 to leave tho south for the north in search of relief? Ofti*mes hL> must migrate or starve but migration under such cir'cum- | stances is not to be charges against the Negro. He deserves commendation Jxir going in search J of a better land. If he is malad- i justed to his new surroundings it i i.? not his fault in thi^Thc '1s "not"_ different from the European who must have his up* and downs un- j til he becomes adjusted to his new social climate. ? ' TI.nn?Ioa ill., nnnct irtn I iuht what i* a northern Ncgm as against a sou thorn "Negro? How | h an- din-s a NVi-vo have to live ) north to become a "northern Ne- : gro?" A relatively small num- ' ber of Negroes living in the north were born there. Where can the. I Negro go to .escape being made a scupe-goat? or a scoundrel? 1 __ *1 BETHEL JUNIOR CHOIR > PRESENTS CANTATA ' i Sunday night at 8:00 the Jun- < ior Choir of Bethel A.M.E. church : wi'll present the famous DuBois 1 cantsta "The Seven East Worcft of Christ.'1 Dr. Robert W. Mancc director of the choir has issued a : statement to the effect that this j' rendition will bo among th? finest I musical treats ever offered the religio-music lovers of the city of Columbia. The choir has been re Hearsing religiously for several weeks and the voices are said to be in first class condition. Special costumee wrll be worn by the performers. William Miller and Samuel Emanuel will sing the male leading parts, while Mrs. Malzetta Anderson will sing the female lend. HE U.S. POST PI S &Ufc r?N.J., BUILT V> IKS60O PIPF^ftEKT VVfiMS RICK WERE USED \iS3g AUCTION! JT^ .,,, SAMUEL Vv MASTER. MILDER ' ?* * A i 5S5KHSW^JlW86KP8r8SS3S5fiS8 i > ? At>ER f eornwr KwroScoS^flfT^^H m/Zie'y^ I AGRICULTURAL FRONT ] vJLnSSsnSiart sg&z viAGRICULTURE 7 1 1 HU E, HUT NOT FOR THE JAPS J Frank Bunn, Farm Security Ad- ' ninistration borrower of Marion * County, Miss., got the idea four ' aars ago that he could grow rice ^ is a supplementary cash crop. ' Hie fact that jt had never been lone in his area didn't bother him. 5 Ho decided to try it out as an ex- c jcriment any way. 1 Well, the experimental crop vorked out all right and Farmer Bunji made money. In I'D41 he larvested move than a ton oil" of ~ !"tl'q aero5 and cleared 390. besides- ? saving plenty of rice at home for lis family. Farmer Bunn found i ready market for his rice at the ;ounty seat \vherc he supplied the merchants. BOYS "VXD. GIRLS HELP jXesrro farm boy8 and girls are piping to win the war. too. Here's vvnht (335 did in Florence County, B. -C.'i last year: (1) they enlarged their home gardens by 'Jo acres, (2) fattened 157 pigs for lionie use, (3) raised f.136 broilers, (4),i fattened 14 beef calves for canning and marketing, (5) urew 3,000 bushels of corn and canned 9,000 quarts of meat and vegetables. When you multiply the achievement of the 635 youths in one .. r* 1: 1? > i- ? Lvuni.jr ui c<jutn uy inc i thousands of Negro youths i 11 otjiar..counties...o?_._llie nation, you begin to get some idea of the mag nitude of the contribution they are making to tho war effort. DON'T WASTE EGGS EASTER The Department of Agriculture has appealed to parents, children and dealers to guard aganist the wasteful use of eggS7~Hve babychicks and ducklings during the Ea.ster sedsoti. The White House is setting the example by. cancel-, ling the traditional Easter egg "oiling 011 the lawn. * IL. __q_ _ 36j^fe^-aBcjje|B^^^^^'y jffi ifjSi ' ^ - * * * nrrrri t m .mujJ i i? <J ~ , ' . P' ! 1 ?* mfclZrrm' HELENA NEWS |? Sunday was a very pleasanfT? lav for all chureh-goer<j and S; S. a :o-workers to come out and greet v the spring and look at the lovely x flowers r.nd trees budding out in the year of 19415. 'y Mrs. Janie Jenkins of Helena . $ s up doing fine after undergoing X y-Good Samaiitan hospital. We Y iope she will continue to recover. ,1 Mrs. Jenkins had as her guest, Y ler sister, Miss Rachel Brasman, J 51 >f Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Mras- lv nan's boyfriend, T. Sgt. Clarence A Mitchell, of a Camp in Texas. They y expressed an enjoyable weekfs^A isit in Newberry, Columbia, and ?8? Helena, "S. C. " jY Mr. Robert Small, of Columbai, i 3. C. gave Miss Eliza J. Stephen, I >f Helena a pop call fsunday eve- IA ling. We are always glad to have j'' >ur friends visit us. ?- B?NDS - ' ?M? ?.11 '??~t -. i L ? \ *IF YOU CAN'T STAN f A BatiaT Release I* On Race Unity UNITY IN DIVERSITY u P \? tho iirl^ nf mPrt iinifv in tlw? ^ world swells toward the fullr it v is well that we, as the masses, un- P dcratand what those who arP leading the way in this world-wide . movement mean by "unity of " peoples." " ?Is it. thft mcltng-pot idea that tl these leaders have--t0 Tuse all ces in a cAuldroh of likeness and u pour out a uniform and mediocre a people according to one mould? n When thc pattern is rigidly uni- p form for human development, di- K| verse talents are not unfolded, in- w itiative is restrained, progress j, slows down, culture loses richness m and vitality. Much as wt. hav? the u, term "Melting-pot" with reference to our nation, actrtlly our dream i, hap not been to inhibit variety, 8< b it to create a basic loyally and (j a c< mmon high standi rd of edinat- ^ ion and opportunity, far as we- may w have fallen short of the goal. Nor ()] ri uniiujiiiity the aim of those many peoples of the world who ar? struggling to retain their individu- tl ulity and to he allowed freely to ? ' improved their own ethnic cultures rn iumiik ox u new nay 01 worm- j \ wide scientific and moral stand- iv ! v. .' STATE A. & Orangebi annoi The 2Cth Annual " J-ne 14 to Xi Regular collegiate cours and Sciences. Educati< ! r y an<l Home Special courses for Pr _ i ' Small Rtun Modern Library, Dormi For further informatior DIRECTOR OF T " Si ~X~xkx~XKX*<~X~X~X~X~X~X~: -:-x-x-x~x~x~x-v-x-x^x~:-x~: MORRIS i Sumte .SIJMM ER June 7?Ji] SIX AND NINE V Regular Collegiate Cours Education, Mas Spccia} Laboratory i - * of the Eleme For Additional Informatioi J. P. GARRICK, PreHident Suirtmer Morris C/ Sumter, J *J**X**X*"{**X**X**X**X**Xi,?J**X**X**X*4 D BESIDE HIM ?STA It is-not Amity -?T . uniformity lllt'll tvu seek, but1 unity in ity?the DIVERSITY - of varied ftlentn and cultural gifts which copies can bring to a co-operative 'orld civilirzation; and the UNITY hich arises from consciousness f human diroflierKood, a brotherood that is acturl as well as ideal, ith political, economic and social istitutivms that pi t unity into raetice. Government, science, art, (location, commerce, the use ol tie world's resources, all would e concefrated orl the welfare ic whold of humanity. Basic to 11 and essential to the unity of ten would be worship of their one reator. Such unity, rather than lifting the capacities of men, ould stimulate creative abilities, lcrease fnventtnns, enlarge the L > '?!. ? a iijjc 01 numan unuvraiuninng, linn lament the power of every human ndertaking for gcnerrl welfare, i a common world civilization of ii-encc and morals, men are des- J ne<l to live, George T-lantayana, ] i s said. In this attainment they ' ill more and moie dift'erentiJ^r | a the cultural plane. % : The dangers ot uniformity^ ?ujj le other hand, are becoming very ritlent. Some educators who have pent much time on Indian resorptions have deplored efforts to lake the Indian conform to stand ' *!> ' v ' C* *>;> ' - ( . "?,'/ . ? Saturday, April 17, 194J - ' 3 M. COLLEGE | lrg, S. C. |: UNCES? : Summer Session n j ugusT^ 194& "T?| j.?_ es in Agriculture, Arts ;; )n, Vocational Trades Economics. ;;' < > . " - t S incipals and Teachers . <> tr ^ I? al Schools [ . . ? V v i i \ tories and Dining Hall ) u y, i and bulletin, write: " ^ HE SUMMER SESSION, / ?. tate A. & E College, - -x Orangeburg, S. C. X ^riA- - ' I' " '' w aiu?n> r,s.C. :: session __;; ily 28, 1943 3;"^ ' ' ? i i'eeks sessions ;; es in Arts and Sciences, ? \ic and- Religion. ?? - | ' Schools for Teachers X 4** ntary Grades \I i and Bulletin write: or E. M. Booker, Director ;[ Session < >iiege, "" :: South Carolina 1) ' J * i. ' . -J ^ ' ' ?? ' f 3? ? _ - . > SECOND \B LOAN 00,000.000 ^ ?;i io~ k I i ii ifc ^ iviwy i -? . ? v BEHIND' HI Ml'."' - awla-not-conducive, best growth and welfare,?jthoagh, ?f y fnn ?nn tlik.y mtV BB3? been the beat Way of life. Jewish Zionists recognize that the rotart to Palestine of Jewish ,, peoples, with the object-of developing the Hebrew culture will preserve and>? iui invi ur?i;io|] IW Hie W1WH! world nuny gifts that complete assimilation would destroy. Embrce, noted authority cn race Wl relations, 1>bs voiced the danger .. of uniformity for the Negro: "My fear js not thr-t the Negro.. will not be absorbvcT into Amcrl'?,. can Irfe, but that he mnv be so , completely "Americanized that, " ..voo...-- ii?->e uu.v cn?rHcv?risT.ic " individuality, he will simply" swell the ranks of standardiaed madi* ocrity." . Humanity is : great tree of llf>),. wi-th prejudice at the present"4ime, welding chains at the base of many 7* Tbi sap of the trunk cannot flow freely to every part. It is the purpbse now of race unity << ovkurs, not to cut thos,. injured limbs from the with completely separated cultures, but to remor,, the restrictions and let theTffe food flow through. Thm enn the tree, with every limb it grow*, become symmetrical, large sua beautiful, and abundantly laden nith fruit. Alice Siinmona Col . , t , . - ; v r '1 " I '