t??? REV. E. A. ADA
tor of Bethel,
emancipation address Ijefori
n= Str CjllcjfCi ^on Jai
"HE "AMERICAN NEGRo"*
H| Some Advancement?RellgiuusTyrEducationaly,
Economical'
r .' ly, and as CitizenS. - Some
D Dangers. J
The story of awakening the
^ ??wrong Man.
fW' ' According to history Negroes
mm. were first brought to Jamestown
it f Va. as slaves in 1619. For 244
IW 8 years our~ parents remainecT in
( slavery. In 1863 Jan 1st Abrat|
Ham Lincoln issued the EmanciI
t 1 pation Proclamation, setting free
I your, parents and mine. For, 66
B ~~ been pushing his way toward
m amid opp^??i^, prejudice, and
I?*? ^3^vtfer and to begin wfilk"
stop w ytion fv
Ei^inipot he\ .'an*-e today to exagaI
to- the advanlr hl.n;ement and-wI
ra nf my race iocl?tnnd to cover its
l-XS*, B' Jt it is Safe to
f attd 1 say 1 without feaIl
\ of successful co^lnJtra,liction;ttet
k~' \\ Negro rehgir . ously has made
Llo.t Wonderf^H^Pro^eiiWe
1: Aast 63 years, eEuBjK
i^T^waysieS? TefiTEeJtaJOraurci
K_ kL the progres?yf s_and uplift of the
I race; ^thout^r the pace set *>y
r the Negro chi?,yjrch, our advance1
ment in otheti^ fieids would have
Ik?been linuted,^
JThere areis those who think
that the chul rch is-not-addvancB
ing as in fofcrmer daysr because
R^Hhere is lai| ;king that teeming
V fervor Jthat ? our people' gsed to
b?k - not the ch Urcftes
doing more#-and making greater
_ ! L i fttinn r-rr before in the
f A history <M- race anc* cannot
be ^pfcoiufad- for on the
_ ^m^ore ii?Hgent and know bet?JF
at howjr3 serve the Master and
L1 ? TjaHL--llaeunuUi uction duyu It
& ' was the church that ^furnished
P !{ the leadership, and today the
W -eal leadership-of our people is
m the church. It was the Negro
W r church that lead out, and made
possible the publishing,.of news
~ papersT^YodHy we have more
church papers than any otner
7~ kind.?And simply to mention
^^the publication houses .oL^ihe
"church will invite ypu to go (to
A ^iNashvillg, Tenn., and, see the two
Up feaptist houses, and the African
~ 'of Vlr\t\iaf VrMannrv*! Cun/Inti
^vuuuiov uuiiuaj!
K "" ~n< 1h>"1 TTiiiini iTiiililrnn Go on a'M?
to PH1H?1phrBl* and jagrthe
Wjr V A. M. E. Book. Concern, and they
IjL * r are now planning to rebuild.
^ Come, on down to Charlotte, N.
f t * see ? A. M. E. "Ziofl
^ house, and you will agree with
Pfjt ^ me that the church Is not asleep.
~ 1 Tfrnr'n nrn tndftY Tnnrfi
WM than "Aity tftoikandNegru Cliui*
\y ches, with a membership of a
II a I I
?3SL^~.~" jl__ ^BX__
Bn
j Hp- :?j? ?: -?,?
^?k
lMS, A. M., D. D.
h. Columbia, S. G., who doliyorod
2 the Lincoln Memorlal Assroia-imirry
11 192(K?;
bout six million, with property
worth about one hundred million
-itrrttnm?^Fhegfrgtoaybsa rai>?
for education alone nearly ~twO
" million dollars^ -?
: In Columbia a few years ago
' we had only one or two brick
~ churchesand today we?have
eight besides many other splend-TfTnrtifVgg
Wh?f fa tr^fTof^thiS
Pltv IB fvilQ rvf rVl nnif
^ uv MJ- lltallj' UI/IICI O.
May I conclude what iTTave to
aay about the church with the
: =w^ords -ofLZMF^:^X^-Wuudaaa?
^he Negro churchmen of today
rPflUyp, as most leaders of the
race do, that the Ji^pe of the
blacks lies not in politics from
without, burin race hplift from
within in the form of social and
" economic development. Neither
" bemoct'dlk nor Republicans, say
" wez are interested in the Negro
"used to enafate-lhcm to got into
_ /v> mi * " ?
omce. ineir piatiorm promises
^have-not. been^Something to
stand on but to get in office oil.
This does not in any sense, however
mean that the Negro minmatters"oFcbncern
to every-e&irraiirbut
rather-thflt he hac loam
ieitlhe possibilities in the politi!
cal world. He. will in no sense
withdraw f rom^he^nntestmbeJialf
of the rights of His- people.
His method of attack will be dififerent.
The Negro minister will
j welcome the cooperation arid,assistance
of the white "man, but
I will not suffer Kl'mcolf fn K? unnJ
? !.*>!?JUIX tv UC UOtJU
I as a "Tool in connection with
forces without the rape, pretending
to be interested in the solu
tion of i&rproblems*
In the~field of education-the
! Negro* has made marvelous ad,
VaneehiOHt. Wumleiful changoa
have taken place iiTTKe attitude
- of-tho yfMtft tfl^ in vofrord tn
the education of the Negro race.
They are realizing more and
more, that in HoldThg"tTie Negro
ritnw n in the mud-he must of ne7
cessity becorpe muddyr ?
> __ All over the south land ia.the
i. spirit of larger appropriation
I for the colored schools. The idea
P of poviditi g Tjeftef school birildi
ings for the colored children, as
i--fostered by. Mr. Rosen wall and
r otherfr^as swept all over the
c southern states,!ff v ei y pleasing
i- proportions.
i ^ In this state we are buHding,
on the average a school house
r for every week -in the y^ar. N.
C. Is spending- oV^ftve million
dollars yearly on "ff&gro educa
r tion, more tftan Was ever Spent
by the state "on the entire popttlation
white and colored pribr to
, 1910. * . \ '
One hundred year# ago there
I were only three ~N<||ro college
graduates, there are 'how bei
tween terrand fifteen thousand.
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( OI.UMIilA. S. C., JA
Irecord shows i
lynchings are t_
on decrease.
Tuakegee, Ala ,?Rp.oarda of the
year, compiled by Tuskegee Ihstiute
iirthe Department of Records and Re- E
search. I HUH*! Ow infAvmotinn >Viot ~
j there" were4^6 pi'-r^nns; lynrhod in 1024. y
This is the smallest number ly nch^j^
.jod in any ypgy _sjnc<^ rdcords of }j>
r^iypphin^-havw been 'kept, .and is .171 0
ijWn tVinw number r~3&, for' the^i
jyear, 1823, and 41 less than the num-lfr
ber, 57, Jor the year 1922. Nine" ofjs
^the persons lynehed-were-taken ironii 0
Ithe hands* of the. law, Gfrojn^jails<[;
'apd 3 from officers of the_law- out-j|r
jkide of jails. - |
"| There were 45 instances in which
officers of the law prevented lynchings.!..
-Tim wrmu'i). r>no whito mid one col-1
'Lured, wcwTflmont; those. thus saved.;
i Eight of these preventionsPof lynch- j :
! ingg^were Northem Statoc and 37?
-rin-ftoutW* State&T In 3d of the cales
;the prisoners were removed or the;
guards "augmented ui other precau- ]_
1 tions taken. In 9* other instances, |
;armed fuice was ucod to .repel the >
rwould-bc lynchers. In -d^Tffstancesf
! durmg-the-year persons, charged with:
being connected with* lynching mobs
were indicted. j Of.the 19 persons thus :
ihefo.re the courts only 5 were con1
vieteri. Thnra were vlvoii Inil son^
4tences.
-i or ii.? ir- -- i t-_j -??
... ..vcr ... I ... I I! . IY m-nnn Mil wprp
Negroes. Seven or less" limn une--^
half of those put to death were 1
9 - *?' 1 j
ehnrgH with repp or attempted rape, t .
j _ The offenses charged were: Mur"-T~
4^dei?lT_ratg=^b?ttempte<l rape 2, kill- 'ing
officer of the law 2, insulting wo-T
man 3, attacking womaiyl, killing^man.
|in altercation 1, wuuuding. man 1. i_
Th'e states, in- which-Lynehings occurred
and the number in each state.
+*are~as-f ollows: Florida 5, Georgia 2,t7"
. Illinois 1, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 1,;
[ Mississippi 2,'Missouri 1, South Car- .
olina 1, Tennessee 1, Texas-1. ?"
|... notice ' '" 'rS
We are this week mailing papers
Lto slumber of our friends?who we-?
i __ ? . j *
--aEe._snre .desire to have our paper
j visit them every week. .Perhap'ST,"""
I we have omitted the names of some a
,who desire the paper. If we did, it e
I i?' simnlv an ovprcio'Vif" ?r?/4 ?^-l-- ' f>
_ o"~ """ *????',they
call at our oftieG^cml yet thahv^P
copies. OY~ii you prefer call at the
rHeKul- l>rng ^txt?e^-the, Jinperial Di'ug_ p
Store.oFKeese's Imig Store. A copy t]
-can be obtained at these places with ; rt
rnmplimcnts. . b
? ?M. "ti
~ Wesley J
IVLE. Churcfi ArrivesT^
! ' ~? _ --/: ?' d
|~7The Rev. Nr^S. Smith; who-g
.was assigned to Wesley M. E. ?
Chimrh, comer Gervais and ti
Barn Well streets, by the Bishop.I(
at the recent annual conference
jheld at Benneffsville, B. has h
-^i?tn*vorl with his fampy and are e
'hpw~artriTOTnc-in the parr.onage-of ,o
said church. Rev. Smith pre-^
!
^Tifflirv ~te-4rfc?assignment - here.;u
! was the pastoi4. of Old .."Bethel
.church, of QharlestojirSh C.^JTlhe a
nent ministers of the?church*^
Y\
Experienced and- weH prepared
|for^^ejfrm^stry.^ Hj^Avas^ edu-6
Gammon TheokigicaLJI-leminary*-.x
being a_graduate of both of h
these institutions. His reputa-I^
4tien is that of an _ eloquent t
preacher and an active w6fkerrja:
The congregation of Wesley is, v
:very much pleased with the new.
j pastor and are looking forward ic
tor the accomplishing of much
good work . Dr.
J. C. >Vhite^the beloved jj<
.pastor of Zion Baptist Church, c'
| delivered a most wonderful ad- ^
! dress Jan. 1, 1925 at the Y. M. T- ,^
, vj nmreviut:, IN. - Jl
It was acknowledged the great- jea
est Emancipation address that T
pias ei^r* been heard in AsheviUe jg
! during Its-history.. r ,, 7.:?. ty
The Regal Drug Store and Walton's jd<
Pharmacy have consolidated into De-.W
tPlnim DwmTn irrae^ them al ttle[. *
dia Regal. _ -*7 TO
. y .? =? .
Nuiay
)R i CrWHi i E WELCt
LAND CMP THE SKY B
Og CITIZENS WEDNE
-In smfcfe of_lhe inclement weather rmi
>r. J,/%. . White-was met by-_a com- G<
litteey^'en he;arrived in the-eity on R.
Ndneda|y a^teinoon" lit 2r25"Pr~M. Tit
rom-Gt nt- wtrifp ?i<w Je
roughl i#ith' him a large delegation Ec
f his- t*urch membersr* T?rom"~t'He' TTn
tatl6Tl - y, Whilip 'ftnn TiahereTt to -the- Avt
ome o; 0. R. Guidon on Ridge JLf
treet^i ?LateV in'the evening the hon- an
red gj est ' was interviewed^ by_ Mr. W
ansler jgdit^r Webster L. Porter and wi
Iditon. ^Drfairh The reception com- wil
m
Jffi. - ?
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S? ' DR. X -C. ?
D^jjymte delivered the greatest E*
beei^wrd in" Asheville during its hi;
.pifcn liwiWinart rt"1.',"1!1.:-.XHjjJ
=? ~i
uxtracts^rom ea^
;< . -PTCT-Aivrr
'Dr.?White's- m.ost_.Ql.<)quent address th
t the Y.'3L.I. Institute was greatly
njoytfl by all. - The following ex- br
racts. were taken from his most in- th
irjnrr lecture: ; --~ or
"I am almost lost forewords to exress
thc-.fcel.iiig.s_jpf__niy; heart for s"
he qmdeservcd eoropliments giVen to] ^
le in the int.rodurt.ion. I was--met I1
y a largo delegation at your staon.
T"~f6t?l somewhat like the old
aptist Deacon felt in~the~t?rck woods 'se
f Mississippi" a few years?agor^--?I?b
Dr. White told of two -cohere Jnou. l"A"
scussnig the.rgce question. The first tcil
ontlomnn . only discussed~The dark j M
ide of the question, hence, "he said ca
bat he felt pessimistic. The second tH
inlrM fill tin livirhrrF oido of lifr, ,m
bnsidering the blessings of God, and;in
be many doors of hope that have! a
een openeff ttr otm- raee. For these 1 so
ncouragements he "said that he felt lil
Ptimistlc. The old dcaeorrknew?rtot ed
that cither of them meant by~those 1 g?
irge words, and whbtt ,to Lw,
peak,- h? acknowledged hisjgnonmce-m
corning fVm WQI'dS "optimistic" jar
nd "pessimistic," bul he sqj.d,that KelTE
Wh irrs' rMdj?4yha4~ bccn_jnarried X
our oil five years, and of. course they h;
ad their little nrestdtr troubles?ITe' sh
* ?*? ,
>ade. his owi^corri, pumkins, phtatoeS, th
tc,, but when he smelled his possum j ha
ooking: grrtf^aw It L'oukeil~wrth--the 'l
pllow sweet potatoes^tld the tempt- Vi
ig gravy, he felt "Dossumistir." I w
"I rpust confess' to you," continued ' lk
to speakeiMihat?with such royal ! co
reatment _jind every detail looked^lT
fter for my -pleasure, I am feeling b)l
ery much 'possumistic.' jgc
_"I am.not to speak of fabulous stor-jci
;s of heroes 6f tftg pftsl.uf the-nar.^
ist method which has been employed m
?arpst the A mortcan IntliaHr or anyTj^.
LJthose histroic events. I fain m
ould lift fiiy Wtcd the Vf
aw. For the last twelve years he Qr]
in" announce~ttf~tlre~ world that the ~r
awr aitar all has foupd in this coun-j ^
y a rock in a weary land and a! a
lelter in the time of storm. * The |
TOT tfflijw il.. nUrt wnrtltAy n ?.l ft A I
... ?.? W>v V.HW?VV4*Ut aim U1CI
M -- 1-- ' .'?- ^JU
(chequer o f the?world's finttncc.^
here is Germany, the greatest {joople ^
lat &rer stepped upon, God's grefeh ^
otstool, by reason-eft %m?nd?to of
>e Rejwration ^
rat I tisn? -f
7- "-y
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I * !' /' . ?i
T'tb-v"" r^r ~zj
ittee was as follows: Rev. O. R.
>rdno, Chairman; the Revererfds J.
Nelson, E. W. Dixon, W. G. Ham^" ,
on, P.-Wri^ht, J. R. Jones, A. G_ _
nkins,' Nelson Crisp, J. I^ Wafcson, .
litor J. D. Carr, fllr. L.Pinkney and -t
iny -ULUfJI'S. vt^nloy M<?nr?wpll i
is-6?nt"to Columbia to accompany <
>v. White^fco^Ke eity.?Mr. I^iii^acy *
d Mrs. Jeffers also^tconipimed Dr. J
hite who is ,favorably impressed <J
th the Lancf of the i-flcy.r?-The Ashe- \
le-Enterprise. - - - ' ^
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Mancipation" address 1^?at_ has eve?|q
Itory. There were lutly two thou- a
W yr"',rt
M ^ . 5= S? ?S?-?S
IPATION ADDRESS P
? . ; _ ?if
e body of this death." v r,
"We have" assembled- today to. cele
ate the sixty-&ecand_anniversary of . 11
e Emancipation. I congratulate you yr
i your presence in such larffe num-: a
Wg.ure here to give fit exprotw
ans to truth and to rededicate our- ^
ilTityThal lie hui, given._us_ and for! d
is care and- guidance. ... __e
"You have one of the most splendid Jg
g^foaiul any where in-Ahe South... BVi>JTTTn~-tr
n^^H^pn bv any ^
ty in the South. (1 am" glad that^i
rs. JefTers and Mr. T. H. Pinckney t
me up to inspire me.) I am told' r
at this meeting h a s 'been given';,
uch nubiicily and, that many friends .
Asheville have told youi that "! was , c
great man. If I don't^make a good j h
ieech today I want you to excuse me , /
ce the negro in-Wirglnin, who Vmr^
ive an i 11 ustration- of a Negro who ^5
aR approached hv a White man, de-. ^
anding- a -deer-?The Negro^made . t
i excuse cunieming tho season and , a
aTlaw. T hp-whirr man bluffedjtfie*^
egro, and caused him to tell that he I
id a deer which had Txven killed i
^ '1" Thpff the white manure
w back his coat .and -showed his ^
vdgu,_saying: "Do you know whq^j,
rgfrtia:" Then satd the Negro, "DoT^
>u know who I is?- I'se the biggest P
Tr in the State of Virginia." "So." , p
ntinued^Dr. White, "If'f don't makt" p
good speecK Toddy yrra tell the-peo-1
e of Aflhovllla^hat vou are the bigist
mistaken men in Asheville, Nort.lv v
iroTTna.7 ~ " "-frr."?rj-fc
gftnvnrw Qdg intrndrrrod or) t^e A- t
erican Continent in 1P19; the first g
xmanent Epglish .settlement was j n
ade at Jamestown, Vfl^ LG07. 'thus,'
ru will see, from a stanpoint of col-, P
lization the White man and the Nc-|fl
o got here about rhe some time,-the- v
hlte man-preceding ..the Negro fay' csmall
margin of 12 years. 1 .
All nations played'- a conspicuous ^
rrt trr the diaholieal humt^n traffic. ^
e"Noffh; as well as the South bought ^
?gro slaves by the tens of thousands;
e~North soon saw that slave labor (
as unprofitable* first, because the j
Id clinnU of the North was unsuit-^
I to the kegrtTs African nature,
;cond, because the great streams ^
immigrants^ coming in from Europe'
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t'. A TSpYI 7
HERS
lR. 26th:
a in Cohim
irday.
KleBceii-.- _? :omrhittee
of
Tekcfiers askriumbialast
'
k! to hold the
^of the asid*
March 26tl^
i up tentative^
Leral program-?
passed on re
;?ppunH,ea committees on
rijjB, important matters,, and . _ f,;
iiMMSed tlie outlook for a large ?
of teachersr at the
ntjjjhig here next March.
ywiAAt^pr wdh hehHirthe
lejifewlmiiristration building" at. """"*****
yftfe University and the commute
received through Dr. D.
(was many benefits form -tbeT~~ 1
qfogfhn conveniences/ . j
T^Sfe'vommitte decided to deotatnore
time to the - grtnp ..<?
idflrogs instead of speftftftg ^31
will and hours in trie mass
d&mns3 which asa yholibftffer
idBfcild ami infui matioiTtq7 tho
ij^n^d fMe who come for bene- J?jj|
''Another liher^lSyry ^
!l)^^i\yQrl!irior oat
.
hey problems. Group meetings
be held morings and affrnv 7*
lo^Q^JFrjcfety, - and abp
fcjfooridg^wifrh rfjfeottfl fttoLLJS
kiI reports, suggestions and re-_?-??
om mend at ions for ift "President ?;
>ims of Allen, the Executive^
lecratary L M. A. Myers, Presi- ent
Chas. A. Lawson, Prof, Con- iel
'ATJoTinson and" others. The
ecommendations were discussed ^ z?
nd with slight
0..w . **wuinv/aiiuiik)
hey-weroapp^ved-. Special let- ersi^ere^ead-foxni
teachers in
[itt'ereht parts of the state offring
suggestions for^-fche-proram
and asking that each group
>e allowed ttrfanction and be gien
ihore timb far their Work: ~-r~'
lirotV^G. W. Howard of Georgeown
acted recOrding-secreta--^
y^ The meeting which is said-??
o be the most harmonious and - r"
onntructive committep has_ever
leld. Dean Hale Thompson of
Ulen University and Miss B. H.
duration iri Alten^^ alsiyr'Mr?;_ ;
I. Garret, vice president of
he Jeanes Teachers' group sat
nd advised-with the committee
r* their celebrations^
?Aliens Serves Good Dinner
sssociation was most pleasant^surprised
and royally enterained.
Aftefheing in session
mre than two hours and long 3--'
ass the "hour of refreshment"
)r. Sims asked for the privilege
f m ak i ng the~ closing -fatk in - ?
fhieh he extended an invitation
o- the group, to. have dinner in ?
he beautiful and neatly arrangcl
dining hall o? theTToTTege hall"t
Allp.n.- Yon get your ownim
ression if you can control your
"ppetite while you read- what
vns served: Cream of Tomato
otip, Turkey with Oyster dreflfrng,
and gravy, Potato salad and
lacaroni, Green Peas and' Ricte,
'andied ^^ams and Celery, Grfcnerry
sauce, Brick Ice Cream and
^ake, Coffee and -Cocoa, "Sun
Cist" California Oranges, Egg j
frread and Hot v Riseiift^ and j
sorth Carolina Apples. ' ^
The comrintte appreciated the ~ jjjja
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