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VOL. L~N0722.
Whitest
COLORED-BAPTIST
EDUCAl
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Their Meeting at Drang
Raised During tl
THE OLD AND NEW CONV
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The representatives of the 280,
000 Negro Baptists of South Car
olina have returned to their res
? ? $ect4ve? homes,-and-what is-saidto
be the finest?and grandest
7 Convention among- the Negro
_ j3aptfsts"orThis state is, jiqw his tory.
This Convention met in
Orangeburg, the "Athens of
? South Carolina-," zr, 28, 20 and
30th of May Thf delegation
was large and their very faces
bpre the marks of earnestness
and consecration. They were
there from Mariboro on the
east to the Savannah on the
west; and from Yorkjmd_?her^
ftkee prM^e-TP^TtirffrChnrleston,
i ReaUfnrf anrl ftonrnfotmun
? ? v* vivv/i 5V tu *?ii Wll 111C
.south.
Rev. R. M. Myers, Opening Ser..
mon ( ....
The opening sermon whirh is
always the key-note sermon of
~~ the Convention was preached by
that, eloqiient flhd'peerlesR7<TRlft(rdf
Spurgeon," the Rev. R. M. Myers
t~. of'1 Columbia.. The Rev.-Myers
P ---iiaBd these words as a text "T pf
^ ...there Be 110 strife between thy
f r< herdsmen and my herdsmen for
we be brethren." The sermon
j ^ struck a responsive cord inf the
heard it and those who did^not
hear it, heard_others talking about
it. The sermon: was well
-r prepared, fluently delivered and
gicffy followed during the entire
- Session."1"- ?- **
The addresses of welcome'were
1 eloquently delivered by Judge
Brantley on behalf of the city,
1-? -Br.-N. G. Nix for t'he Mt. Pisgah
Baptist Church; for the white
BaDtists of the citv bv Concrress
?-- - jonal dtstFlet4-on?behalf of the
M. E. Church, Dr. Freeman; the
A. M. E. Church by Dr. Brogden,
who was most eloquent.
That master ef-the platform, Dr.
A. E., C^uick, acted as Master oT
-v?.. Ceremonies while the Rev. Goings
G. Daniels, the boy orator
V from the Sampit city of George\
town. Vi?nnilv find plnnnentlv rps.
\ ponded to these warm welcomes.
_ -v_ The usual routine was gone in...
^ jio from day to day.
i rfVednesday night the Rev. W. P.
tj\~^HlVilliams of Greenwood preached
*, ?a very forceful and inspiring docf
rr -.M trinal sermon.
W~ Thursday?Educational Day
The main features of this day
.were the addresses by Prof*. A.
W. Nicholson, Rev. G/ W. BlockEerr
Vice-President of the Co-operative
Baptist State Convention';
Dr. R. W. Baylor of Columbia,
who read the report for the trus
jtees of Morris College. 1 '
Dr. J. J. StarksVjaptures Convention.
In his usual uij^stfcnsible way
Dr. J. J. Starks. nresident of
Jfy " Morris College captured the big
t- Convention when lie tuld uf the
progress of Morris College for
the last thirteen years. His re
port showed for the school year
just ended that seventy- two had
graduated, .0 of those with the
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lutherne
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riON ALAND
RY CONVENTION
eburg Was Great-THe
le Year $74,000
6 V
ENTION TO CONSOLIDATE
degree pf A. $32,000 for ej
eration expense; $25,000 on ne1
building and $25,000 given b
the General. Educational Boar
of New York.
New $50,000 Building-to Go U
"The "repm'LsJiQwed --fchaOTieGo
lege lost by fire Che Lagree Buil
ing, which was of wood but wi
be replaced by- a modern brie
struct.iirejtt a cost of $50,000 b
next September. An insuranc
of>$13,000. was over the buildinj
-Br.~CrBrAhtisdel Presents Bei
edict College' Claims
^FbTlowirig the enthusiasi
-created by thtrsplendid report c
Morris College, Dr. C.i B. Anti:
del told of the marvelous impro\
ments at Benedict College. D
Antisdel makes no pretence i
i oratory, but brings to his hea
^rs stubborn facts. His plea fi
Christian education carried d
Convention off its feet.
- He told of the $0u.uuu ne
Science Hall almost complete
and also the new Training Scho
building and how to put the Co
: teyH irrfhp "A Class." Thp Cm
vention unanimously voted- 1
raise the $5,000. he asked of i
Rev. H. H. Butler, the Oratoi
The educational sei;mon \vi
preached Thursday night by tl
Revjdl. H.] Butler, A. B., Hart
vjlle." This by unanimous coi
sent was pronounced the grea
: est educational sermon ever d
livered before that body by an;
the Convention. It made a pr
found impression on all; it ga\
cruuw cuiicepuuii ur odncaliuii
'Men and women forgot then
.selves as young Butler poun
out floods of eloquence, pregnai
with history, his refutation <
the scientists so-called on tl
theory of evolution of organ
and -inorganic man, the virgii
birth of Christ was grand. I
times his words "were as. fer<
eiouo aa the Tjcastn,?and the
they were as sublime as .tl
stars and at other,.times^sparl
led as dew-drops andlfs tende
as down. After
Eschines had been bai
ished from Atherrsafter his fi
tile effort to wrest the crow
from Demosthenes, he set up
schpol of oratory at Rhodes,
When he was'rehearsing^ his 0]
ponent Demosthenes' speech \
his pupils they burst out in a]
plause, he gravely said: "Yc
Innnrlif f a
v/ufttii/ tv iiiv* v Jiv,ai u tlic Ut'cli
himself." You ought to ha\
Two Conventions Unite .
Friday was a day when spe
ial emphasis was placed on mi
sions, the Secondary Schools, 1
iik number, wcic jl|shl
to the Convention by Dr. H. R
Moore.
The sermon by Dr. W. H. Mo
es of New York City was tt
capstone of the Convention, h
subject WfbS "Turing the Mule 1
Me," the people of South Carol
na thouarfiTthey had heard D
Moses at his best on former o
Continued on PHjfB 8.
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GQGUA1KIA, S. Ct> S.
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WIN WILL
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JJ : 5 E. A. PARKER, Esq. .
^ > 'In th^'faculty m.eeting of the
y 16th; to ttre~trustee board of At
e len University, through the pres?
ident of thi>. College, -Prof. E.
\' A. Parker, whose cut appears above,
tend reed his resignation
11 to take effect June 4,?__
)^* For seven years the?subject
3_ of this sketch has been principal
'e 1 of the? English Dept., and. inr-jdeed
an efficient, patient and:
painstaking instructor was he, j
r" justly meriting the love of his j
ie of hi s co-workers and employers.
i Using Lawyer Parker's own
w; words, "The shift in the-drama
;of his life comes, because of his
hearing and Jicard, ^having an-l
?lr su-mw] r-nll a broader
^ ifield,". Recently?the-- Supreme
to:Court of.South Carolina com{missioned
E. A. Parker to pracr
tice law. in all the courts of the
State and subsequently_the Govie
ernor commissioned him-.a nots*
ary, so now, later this summer,
he hangs-4iis shingle in the
t-* mountain metropolis or the gate
city of t.h<\_Sanincu E. A. Parker.
v~anAjTouhkolloi1 at Lawr
If eifTre^X^reenvilie or Florence
0_ .secures the citizenship of Law1Q
yer Parker, she will have added
la 1 actor for service fo"aTI ofThe
n~ people unequalled in generations.
An upright citizen, a.,painstak^
ing^and sympathetic lawyer, a
21 Christian gentleman.
Allen regrets very much to
lc yield to the demands that sunlit
mons ,JEsq. Parker to larger duQ
ties for his State. We hope
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ttoCi
llamptor
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Lexington, Ky^ June.?In / a'
court decision handed-down this
week the will of the late John T. j.
tucky turfman bequeathing the ?
majority ot his estate valued at:
5600,000 was upheld. Relatives!
TT 1 1 i ...
oi riugnus naci contested the in-!
strument.
|- The property and some-monev j
of the doci'Msed "Kentm-ldao was
willed to* Ellen, Davis, ?his. 84-L
yera-old -Negro housekeeper and j "
her son, Robert E. Hughes,-the*
natural son of the dead man;1
Miss T)avis' gets- Hh> tinmen te?4?p
and its valuable furnishings in'
addition to a few.hundred acrys
faTmTr' Her sbn TT given a lW
acre farm and other money. Amother
servant is" willed a tit) a--_
ere farm. Miss Tlavis and
Hughes were of the same age.!
It has been announced that the tl
decision will be appealed.
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CRIPrrEDTJATTGHTER PUN- c
~ISHD RY DYING MOTHER'S j,
REQUEST ^
Reading,1 Pa., June?A fine ^
of $25 and costs and an order to "j
pay ,><t> interest due, in the case I j.,
on" which, her mother, Mrs. Harriet
Seeders. Ot' Pott striven, sdnre
deceased, was the prosecutrix, I
was the sentence imposed by the
Berks court 011 Mrs. Bessie IT 11
Trout, of this city. She was
charged with mTsapfffoprlating
funds amounting to SjrbOOO, he-!**
longing tp her mother., Partofjthe
money was spent on a $1,-1
500 automobile, which was re-;T
funded by surrendering the ma-jchine.?:?
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I The Common-wealt^1 in press-jt<
ling for sentence on Mrs, Troutyjir
, who is a cripple and had 'fourjij
'.children, did so only because it;sl
(was the dying wish gf the moth-]h
jer l.hUl her flaiighte\he
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and predict that the next decade'.
twill write oh the credit sheet of] p.
his life's ledger an overwhelming;^
successTa-nd that scores of young i
.men of the _ race under whose!^:
gaze he will now move, will be(l
inspired.. to_omulate his worthy jn
example, resulting in a colored ip
lawyer or lawyers in every Js]
county of the stater ; : e;
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M - ~y?y > *1 %n
Pr- %*|_f |W
:iPAL AND TEACHERS
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i-Tuskeg
G, I EE HATLIFF, <
: State President. 1
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of the State Associ- \
P. Q.-E, of W.
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The first annual meeting of:1
le State Association of the I. 1
.-P. O. \V., of South Car-''
ina, will meet in Darlington, S.. 1
Wednesday and Thursday,:1
Line lO-lX-^ioSST^vith G. Lee;1
atliff, presiding. ~
The public at large is invited '
) come on to Darlington and,
loll) the Eltr? polohra.t*? tl-iniv >1
rst Annual Convention.
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About 85,Qp0,00Q animals, were
Ijiiighf orcd for meat.. in the U?:
itcd States hot year. ' !
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-A patient at the Royal Bospi-!
il in Scotland, for 5 years 7 '
lonths died a-t th?- ago oT 00. .'
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ACHEKS IN OL1) HOWARD I
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"The cul^&ielow is 14 of the 15 ',
iaehers in charge of the work!
i the Old Howard School build- j
ig which stands across the;
treet from the jail and which
a^Ktood^djiure-moro t hair-lialthile
taking some pictures of the
pper grade recalled many 1
loasaht memories, T thonghtf
the hundreds of men and wo-;
len of Columbia who played a3und
this building, studied and
mished courses in the grammar'
nd high school?men and wo-!
ien who have made good in life I
ossibly because they were in-!
pi red here in Old Howard from'
arly days to be men and women 1
** -mwmFsm- i:
r ^H^^H|^H|v^^H^mB|k igBy^fc-. "58IB!
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OF OLD HOWARD S<
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^.Tuskegee Institute,. Ala., June !
ft7 ^trTfP mont -igned by 'irrfy nf ?*
ttyo leading white citizens here?
city officials, merchants, bankers
and farmers?commending 1
the work of Tuskegee Institute
and pledges amounting clo $15,000.00
^rom 4he-students and' '
teachers of the Institute Avere ' ; ;
featwes-of-thc local i csponsetb" ^
the recent announcement of the
opening of the Southern caml>aigri
in he ha I Lof-dfam]>torrand
iuskegee institutes which are
litional endowment fund of <$5,300.000:
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-"Tuskegee Institute has ever ;, jl
Hood for- the-best-relatiens vbe- - "-V 1
Lween the two rafes," the state* j
teachers'.and 2,000 students as
'he "cohhtry.^ ... ? r ?4
'"The graduates who have set- "
tied in this; country have made
t?ood, - law-abiding citizens and .
are a help "to the community/'
FEe statement continues, "and
tve have found them honest in
their dealings, able to make a
jomHivtngr and wherever they
have gone, the_moral tone among
the Negroes has been greatly
improved." *
whose service to the world is ... '
worth while." _ . :
"The teachers in this group
are to he corrmmn'Wl for,the fid.'lity
they have anfl the great, in-?
terest they seem to take in their
work and in the people's chiliron.
They are working un:]er
maiL^^advorr.e circumstances
but nevertheless they go about
their work with as much earnestness
as tho' they^were working
in one of the modren buildings
with all conveniences needed. It
is eonimpnHnhlo
"My. mother attended school
in the Old Howard school building
over 50 years ago and to her
hQ.apQliiijuolumh^ra limit mi jih ?---?
the Old . Howard school. The
Uumni Society of Howard school
should prepare a history of this
institution ihar unborn general
tions may read the record. It is
the hope of many that a new
school building will be erected to
take the place of Old Howard? _
but in another section of the"
city; . ' Richard
S. Roberts, Photographer.
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