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| _ ~- ~T J^ICTORYI may \/w UNITED STATES I ~ ?r BONDS * STAMPS \ f| " vol.. XIII?NO. 21. ^VNNIVEUF A KYTH 1 % - - TV ?? (^ COVENANT HAP] ? 4 ARSON EL HILL 1 AND HONOR Tlx above picture is that of th> Ridcr?\voo(l in Columbia. The-pittun ?"no1 Hill I'lay (Jroup. ;i Junior atlilia Reading from loll to t'inrht, top: Hub riot Mniris, Hatlie Watson, Socvctai tain. Bottom row, reading left to r less Daniel. W'ilma Wade and Albert of the young woman standing is Yet student Beautician at Summons Art FORTY-NINTH -ANNI1 COLLEGIATE ASSOCL PROCifl AM StiRIES TO COVENANT IJAPT1ST CHl!H< ~~ I'm gram sti ios Vmlnaicmg~::lthtty? 411 til anniversary of The Collegia- f] ?ate?Association of The Southern?g States, the fourth anniversary ^ of Sannnons Art College, and the . second anniversary of The Cov-'j-Q V enant Baptist Church, w ill lie | held al the ahove named church, j * Wednesday, July 11, 11MJ, at 8:00 p. 111. ?The?ant hnritics uf. the above __ named institution extend its wel-? ?tn its - members^? fi fends, j well-wishers and sojourners^ The Covenant [Baptist Church j is located at the corner ol' Wood- ! brier and Park streets at Ridge- i wood in Columbia. The Bidgewood i Bus' Line terminates at Monti- i eeljovKoad and I'ark Avenue. The ! Church is exactly two blocks duo j Cast from .bus_.stpp on Paris Ave. The Collegiate Association in I ^ its tight against ignorance, pov- I I erty and violence is above..d.enom- I I imrtfon for a genuine national | j^nrf?r Plenses tavor us with t 1 your presence. There will be no j charges at the door. Those wishing reserved seats, j address: Collegiate Association,^ P. 0._ Box BP.I2. Columbia. Sa, c'' ' i To the Baptist j-1*' Ministers and Women J, Of the City u I m A city-wide Leadership Insti-[ to lute is being projected by the | er Comnuuiity Missions Department I'm of the Baptist Woman's Mission- I ary Union of 'South Carolina with | pi Mrs. George K. Davis of Orange- i.of burg as director during the week of of .lulv 12 to lji. Second Calvary co Church., Rev. ('. If. Hrown, pas- of tor, will be the hostess for the lis occasion. wl It is the purpose of .Mrs. Da- i fo vis and those who will assist her j de in this project to take up in de- sionary society work and by pre- vi cept and example assist the Ne- Ri gro workers in the city in plan- ex ning and promoting their mis- | ar Isionary and education work. ] M Mrs. Davis will he assisted by ' lu Miss Voiime E. Lance, executive | ra secretary of the State W". M. U. th and other gifted workers. It is | expected that all the societies in be tha city?wiU?ba?hugely rep re- te scnted and that the meeting will th count for much in promoting fel- eh for kingdom building. Lu' """ W.". ' ~ - 3! OGRAM SERIES I 11ST CHURCH gjB PLAY /.ROUP BEAUTICIAN t e Covenant Baptist Church a t i ; below, loft, is that of The Ai - | to of The Collegiate Association.J i.v Micklo. Alice -ti. Turner, liar- ! y. Center: lsahello Wade, cap-' ijjr'ht: Klizabcth Richardson, Artha Lcathej- l)a\is. Tito portrait! a Jordan of Columbia, an honor College. VERSARY OF \TION 3LI) AT ^ en edict-A lien ummer ^cnool To rive Special Nursery chool Training ? MISS ARKTTA CAHTKR i Specialist in Nursery School i lucation. The second six-weeks session the l'.M'i summer school a I nedict College and Allen I n- j et'sity will begin next Monday, | ily 12. and run until August ] th. Arrangements have been i adc to offer a course designed train teachers and other Work- \ s to take charge of and ad- ! mister nursery, schools. Some time ago Congress ap opriated fund^ for the purpose assisting in the establishment nursery schools throughout the j untry. In all probability many j these schools will be ostab- j ;hed in South Carolina cities ' here qualified teachers may be und and where facilities are j ivelnped. | The summer school has been | ces of Miss Arretta Carter, of: iltinvore, Maryland, who is an I pert in nursery school work id who will condttct the school, i iss Carter will arrive in Combia Friday to complete ar- j ngemerits to start the work at j e beginning of the session. A practice nursery school will . set up for training of the adieus.. Li this practice school ere will he from 1(5 to 25 small j ildi'en who will receive expert | ConTTrmeTT on page 1? " T . v * : ? hi/.,'' *. ^ ^ i Harry Brown Discusses Dangers of Inflation ----"Arc we losing the tight a gainst inflation?" This is a question proppundei j l>y Harry L. Brown, 'General A gent of the Farm Credit Admin j istratiori" of Columbia, whicl j serves the Oarolinas, Georgia am j Florida. And in answer to hi: I own query, Mr. Brown Has th following comment: "Some folk may think that the President' KMder to hold the 'line' applic fohty to the cost-of-living front But there is more than one fron t on which inflation threatens."' "What are these fronts?" h i also was asked. He answered^: "Land piices ar risimr and this fait is boriie on hi:?figures which sl\ow that fo ; farm real estate prices nationall; were percent above a year ago In this district, the average per cent of rise was about the same "But this is only one front higher incomes and cash accumu lations are making buyers willing to pay more and the sellers t e ask more, and, too, the supplies of land available for sale, particularly good land, are dwindling." "How about credit?" And to-this the General Agcnl icpliod, "Credit is easier, especially from private lenders." "Well, what arc you Farm Credit Administration folks doing al>ot. t this sit utttion ?" Negro Navy Volunteers Continue To Increase Since February 1st, when the War Manpower Commission restricted recruiting, there has been a very steady increase in the number -of?S; C. Ngro youths. 17 years, of age, who have volunTcbfeiI "for the* Navy. TTcginning with "JK in February the number over the five month period mount ed to 1110 with Ed enlisting L_u June. The young Negro now fully appreciates the value of the highly specialized trade training, the well rounded physical development program, the diversified recreational program and the comfortable iving quarters which the Navy provides, and he is not hcsitalnt about vounteoring as he formerly was* Charleston again took the lead in the number of Negro volunteers sent for the month of dune Continued, on Page 8 Harden St. USO News There is hardly a dull niglit at the Harden Street USO these Mays. What with several hostesses always on hand, and a varied program, those who drop in always have a good time. It is pleasing to note the large number of wives that have found their way to the USO and arejiow taking advantage of its homelike facilities. Saturday night is special "Husbands and Wives'' night and each week there are new faces to join the group. All enlisted men and their wives are welcome on that night especially. An appreciative group of soldiers and civilians listened to a \ery instructive message by Rev. R. J. Jetferson, pastor of Bethel AME church, on Sunday, July <1 during the Vesper Hour. His gen eral theme was "The Unchanging Power of God". He said (in so many words) that even in these days of uncertainty and turmoil that God is still all powerful to right things if we only trust Him. Several seoldiers gave patriotic quotations and Pfc. Isaac Curtis, of Fort Jackson, who is a poet ana dramatist in his own right, recited "T'otiisant I/ouverture". Patriotic songs were sung in keep fTTg--n i'th the -ooomiion. Tschaiskowsky's B Flat Minor t'oneerto *wm the subject of Mu'.Contin-jcd on Page 7 fctittte [,11MB! A, SOUTI fcA ROUS A.~S - AT ST.M - :> Etta Moten. who sanj; at JL.ewisu.hn ; I day evening: when- til'.1 annual GqrsJn i i tier Smallens conducted tin- I'hilhari] t j Sanmina was the pianist. Todd l)u Eva Jessye choir' were features of t |OPEN LETTER AGA1 Xivr \Tv?ri4iMr: mv w as I [t TO K ^V> V I ?. Myden r Friends:- -- -rS 1 have been apjai'sed of the pis ;X ganistutions for racial betterment ' *! the near future to make ' dcnifindi ; > law-making body of our country ti !|! lynching bill, segregation, strung Y inittuc on Fair Employment Prac Y mcnl of the Negro in general. A |? bank check, put into my mailbox !|! lows: "MARCH ON WASHING! Y in the policies and prim iplcs of t-ht , y mcut. 1 hereby make application { support the program and activitic i {J, ton Movement. Name -fY As one of the leaders of my Gin I J 1 y my indispensable duty to warn m; 1 V which will handicap interracial got J do not think the time is apropos !.{. The smoke from the bloody riots IX and other places in our country has It j Y ilize thousands of Negroes to Ma { a dangerous undertaking at the. J !' -however peaceful, would be mtsun I would look like a crowd' of rioters meinbers of the white race who 1 1*1* riots with colored noniili. f ?>? no Hy- persons lost their property and_J j -j. hospitals nursing wounds as a res' 'X those who survived the riots 1 . *j* thcv once ou-neTPbcautTFul Infuses" i y rioters names. All. of this was c< I .j. ing menace of racial animosity ha ; X sponsible persons of both racQs. *:* would be a colossal blunder whic present time and in days to come |? I believe that the leaders of th !? templating Mhrching on Washing! X but they have not thought how th . j}* misunderstood, especially at this t , boiling from- the In cs kindled by j. was staged with peaceful intcnti , jX ',T the parade would he indiscreet I ? thing which would lie resented by s j { he anticipating trouble and who w said by the.colored persons, and b ' there would be an imbroglio, and (i( mat a moony not, and the marchei ' { Veturn home without havlne aocoT I V ! added fuel to the fire. It requires 11*1 that the time is not suitable to Ma ; X of human kindness in h responsib ? turned sour. ?|* Yours for int $ C,t. One of "I y r~ " Method $ | <K~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~XK~X~X*<?*X*' I State S. S. & Leagui 1 Special To The Palmetto Leader: Si | To the Presiding Elders, Minis- is i.vis, uisuict oupis. 01 sun- iy day Schools and ACE Lvalue (li Presidents of the State of- Fl - Booth?Carolina. Greetings: tr We have had a number of in~;et quiries as to the State Sunday J at '"School' and League Institute and Ho i ATtmilAY, JULY 10. 1943 PltJM II 1 ' _ i : > , * stadium, New York City, Tuesivin night was observed. Alexanmiriie orchestra and Jesus Maris man, Harriett Jackson and the lu? program. INST ;! ;hington ;i 18Id S Street, Northwest Washington, D. C. ',i NSOKINt; THK .MARCH ? H-tN I1, Jj uisTof sonic of the Negro or- 4 to March on Washington in *j| iT unon the President nnH tTt?> A > do something about the autithening the President's Com *?] X ticc, and about the mistreat- *?; slip of paper in the form of a y a few <iavs ago, reads as fol- *? ON MOVEMENT?Bfclieving V r-Mwc4i~on Washington Move- X lor membership, agreeing to-y s of the March on Washing- *? X Address ... ? y people against doing things X id-will. Allow me to say that y i for a March on Washington, .j. of Detroit, Beaumont. Mob.le, X < hardTy subsided, and to mob X rch on Washington would be X -present time. -The mission, derstood and the crowd itself X ? in the eyes of some of the Lake pride hi participating in {' not forget that many good j their lives and others arc in .j! ult of the recent riots. Many X ook upon vacant lots where V winch were consumed by the *j< 11 isuwl U .,#..11- t v*l CIIU tC\ I I\ rbored in the bosoms' of irrc- **' The March on 'Washington 3 h would be regretted at the 3 *: e 01 ganizations who are cot;- \ on intend to do so peacefully, ?j eir peaceful mission woulcTTjc ,ime when the country is still *? the recent riots. It a march t on, some thoughtless persons *| eimugh to say or do. some;ome white persons will* would I* ould resent what was done or $ efore the twinkling of an eye, from that a melee, and from .j s?those who survived?would J rrplrsherl anything, but rather *t only a little prudence to see ^ rch on Washington. The milk lo persons of both races has v *? terrai ial goo/flw^H*^-^ )t RUSSELL * { the Bishops of the Colored .jl list Episcopal Church. ^ e Cotiv. Cancelled rhool of Methods which muinltv hold in July at Allen UniveraiWe are making- a reply thru 10 pros*. Due to the war condioii.< and the fact that we are ying- to cooperate with the gov mmnrt In not calUng together vy largo number of persons that Continued on Page 8 - How To Help Negroes Hi Point To Difficulties Worl Shortcomings and S$?k ] | Chicago'. July J?(ANTM The I (^C j problems facing the Negro work- | ^ : !' today arc not so much that of rv< > getting a?^oh an?thoy?are?m?Ur*?-? Treating a ni'ehe in which he can be secure in ,finding some method | I gno'/' and ^ i rtaln^tIri't'^eilipluv ment ! after this crisis is over, according 1 to the view's expressed by Dr. [ . harles S. Johnson of Fisk imi- i \crsity at the recent conference f which drew un "The Chicago i i harteV." The conference which brought j Negroes from various fields of en- i ; aeavor, pud for which the Rosen* j wald. fund acted as host, discussed i j employment ami measures which J ' might he taken to extend the pains into the post-war period. C'hestet ( i A. franklin, editor of The Call of i I Kansas City, was chairman and' ! Horace 'Clayton. director of the 1 t r>..s t-o'..o ! ........ ..-a ? . * (ti v^uilllll UI1IIY L'UIlU'n MM \ : j i oil an KoiTttmry. " ~4_Z^I Statistical evidence to the effect | ! that Negroes were being ehiploy I 4 od- by?iiulastry at at rate which { ?would? ?do away with?unem- ! J. rdoymont .by Negroes if it could[ gra lie maintained. were presented by jii:,. Dr. Robert Weaver * of the Wai j ~ Manpower gftnmisslon. who hitVde j ^ the opening statement. Dr. Weav- t'wr lev said therp were still some in-l,ine: (iustries in which Negroes were] * I not being, employed."* such as the,... . ! manufacturing of machinery and \'1 certain phases of the electrical d machinery business. [ Tei 1 He pointed out too that two' ?on i | other big handicaps existed; name-, . i ly that Negro women were not I in" 'being used freely and Negro eiv,-1 "!1( i plo.ves generally were not being | ^ >' | used freely and Negro employes ] ll(| I ( generally were not being upgrad- N j ci or advanced. He admitted that na II bad behavior and absenteeism on l'>t; . tlie part of Negro workers were cia1 ;' being used by employers as ex- [ soc ,--' uses tor not upgrading or ))ro- j ~ moting Negroes and said this; 11 Informed a -v-k ious?circle-- The -No . gro worker drd not have an in- j N A . not see the opportunity for ad- . "yancehient and the employer us.etT| , TTis delinquencc To prove- lie was i -1 mi unurior wortcer. lie said that \ Kii: lithe National?Association of Manu-tVn > . facturcrs was attemptl'ip a survey | p | on a racial basis to determine just i 1 > what type of workman the Negro ; and vis proving to be and whether he the ! should be retained after the war. i Continued on Page 8 i ' ' , I i?ed Liberty Ship'SS John1 _ Merrick' to be Launch- E] ed Sunday, July 11th | A 9 : 9^4 ore! 9 9MiM I JOHN MKRRKK ^ 1 John Merrick, a Negro, was born jfjg i into slavery in Sampson county. ! H North Carolina. September 7. ffj r 1 X.VJ. When only twelve years ||j| old. he went to work in a Chapel H Hill. North Carolina, brickyard. 1 H lie had no opportunity to go to . school, because the support of his t H mother, brother, and himself was ^ his resin nsibilrty. hut he somehow H leai tied to read, WTTtT" :md "ftgtne"' H After ti years in the brickyard, H : he loaded the family belongings H on a steer-cart and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. Shaw uni p versity was being erected a n d . j,jei there he worked J>n_its first build- ohi i fug, as hod earl ier and brick ma- \\n j son. His next work was as hoot- nH>, I black in a barber shop and in the T I saint; shop he learned the barbeC? the r ratio. A leiiow oarher was going red I Lo a nearby town to establish a .s'ej | business and ottered him employ- dus I ment in the new shop. He accept- hi Med it and thus began his real ca- j and ! icer: John Merrick set out tor Dur bee 1 i ' j ham. i tioi The new business prospered ami j T To six-monlhs"3oT7n Merrick bought assi n half interest in this five-chair the & > t " PRICE: aid Their Jobs: A kers Face; Estimate Remedies dumbia Boy Opens j J ?alty Company 11\ le.Uwt?Um hlnard. lormei )tj iduate of Booker Washington , Ri, ;h School and Benedict Col- i o. returned- ttr Columbia about j *jjg ~vecK*~agii to . establish l>us- (sjj1 >s in his home town. , j eas i I ter leaving: Columbia. Mr. nC( sufd studied law at. Howard C^ iveisity and at The Robert 11. e(j Tell Law School in Washing- : j . gradtpiting- front the latter ' rec iif lion with the degree o f j pja rhel'T of Laws. I .jj]( Vhilo in* Washington .Mr. Kin- lJro passed the iuiaiifying e.xami- ne( ion and becahte a licensed real file "Healer. He' was also asso- UM1 :ed with numerous civic and ^ ial organizations of that city. c ' some time Mr. Kinard has n an active menthei of the ,\CP. 'Sigma Delta Tan Le Fraternity, and the N'ationul <B vyerV -Guild. 1 ,?cr ltv?K-intmb has?established the -tlis, lard Realty Company, located hai the second floor of the Stuart o\v Jding at the corner of Harden j dai Taylor, street*, just overjbej Thomas Drug Store. The Ki- i 1 <1 Realty Company is equip- ; flo< to handle insxrrance, loans, thu and rentals. !> '( ' ?? ? pai tec. Board, Nat'l J 9 f* 1 1 i>?< sso n. Colored omen to Meet ^ lly 22 to 24 Z .OHIO FEDERATION OF thi COLORED WOMEN WILL I for he hostess t '-National- A&soeiation of Col- -j-il Women's Executive board ! ho lei its meeting Julv 22 to 24, soi tistve. at . \V ilberftrrce univeiv ^ y ilia- Ohio-Federation of Cold Women will be hostess. of H ih h [ Ki&yjB^^" ia^^H ..'. -A'' A '..J od.? Siem >' gWMBteu,...lll.:l1;: V,^ifalf.-'-:,? M|y-a| IMp '^9 < > m ! <. "nder the leadership of its Pics \ it. Miss .lane K. Hunter, the* . o Stiitr Federation of Colored Sflj. men's c11iTis TieI<i ten district ... i w * tines during tlu* year. i Stl he chief protects which lielil i ' " . qui interest of the women were the I peine of Tuber triosis among I ' , . we troes 111 the state service in in ( trial and civilian defense pre- i J Q flj rmls. and the sale of war bonds j stamps; although much has | ii accomplished in adult educa- ' htough the Ohio Public Health j women took an active part in 1 1 * *>" [For VICTORY! M J I ,UT I 1 UNITED 1 1 f TATE E. ^ff DEFINE E 1 Tg^BONDI STAMM 1 5 CENTS PER COPY ,NP News Short*?a RELEASE WED. JULY 7. t| [inlay, Mich.?Declaring: them ves . bruited and butted about their hosts, underpaid at only an hour, and victimized b y c prejudice stemming?from j 1 recent riots in Detroit, 160 -ted this week seeking to ren to their native land. The naicans were transported her? ier reciprocal lend-lease arlgements t0 help American r food production. ? | Phe workers complain thai al?ugh they have been here for weeks, they had only a few ,*s; work. They were transferred e from Cairo and St. Louis t week because a retarded su beet crop did not provide eigh wo there' ?' .ouisville?After an unsuccess- ' attempt in the Jeff Yard to 13 H?? *"" 'limhi's., A, tv Phillips ^ .er representative, last week scribed the recent wave?rr-f -i ruptive race riots which hav$ i ned the country, as uniaolated es a part of a carefully plan* i pioi d.v iascist elements to j?li net5' the way for a ncgotiatpeace with Hitler. - 'n Phillips spoke concerning the ent outbreaks in the Packard nts. the walkout in the Mo? shipyard and the recent Deit riot, as. evidence of- a plan- i \ 1 program to disrupt the na- jl li's war effort and to "end atipts at Negro-white unity lor necessary prosecution of a cessful war. > of New York called the?*e- m it wave or rioting a "national grace" and ..said "we _ shouldI / !1 ig our heads in shame at our^ n negligence in permitting tKia igerous development to spread oml control." ?<_ nmuc iii^ iriimiKS on i n e ?r of the senate Tuesday when f it body took up the record ap- ?| >priation hill for the war dc- 1 itment. S Pointing to the four freedoms the "keystone" of the com- ' ;t among the united nations, i praising the contributions be. made by the Russian and Chi >c people in support of them, i. Mead declared that we must ok to the colored races of I ia and Africa for support in II s struggle of the democracies I survival." jfl Atlanta?-A continuing committor ar collaboration committee '* B Negro and white leaders from ithern states is slated to meet e August 4 to 5 t0 consider >ad problems facing residents -9 the deep south. - ] Hie continuing committee wa? j minted at the recent meeting the collahnrnl ion oom ? wiiiiiiince d at Richmond, where a search analysis of the principal is>s involved in race relations f| s made and agreement reached it some affirmative action is " The duty of the continuing com, j Tj ttee will he to work out meth; and practical means of . ap- rj >ach. From 12 to 14 members each race will participate in Atlanta meeting and will rj tnc subcommittees to consider various phases" of such broad u ddems as political and civil J hts, industry and TaBor, aerriculture. military -service, so- <9 1 welfare and health. .^9 ^ I Atlanta?-The William Reeves* ?9 t asking equal pay for Atlanta 9 inoi teachers was dismissed .ob 9 morning in United itos District court upon the r?? est -oX the plaintiff's attorney 'in i another is to he filed next ok. Another teacher will be ' plaintiff in the new avut,^M* B ding to Atty. A. T. Walden, H o is acting for a local citizens? ' fl m nut tec cooperating with tM 1 Dismissal of the old, suit wu A <od by Walden on the grounds it Beeves did h'ol Tuive a caae ~"*j| Cvntmued oa Page 4-*^ *,, <^B * .!B