The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 05, 1955, Image 1

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? <* v; i 1 X ?0L. XXX.?NO. 5 *"* Lincoln Philosophy Today, Leevy Decl URGES VOTER REGISTRA ' l"The devigive forces in our i state and local governments today,' and the shallow convictions of many men in high plates, With relatioh tt? constitutional government, and first-Class citizenship for all South Carolinians, force us th look with intreasfed hope to the | philosophy Of t!:fc Great Lincoln," I said t. S. Leev. president of the I Lincoln Emanc . .viron Clubs, Inc.^j Itl /inmrrtftMiJf" ? ? ~ ' 1 * ... vviuiuviiwjii^ vu tne states iae LihcOln Day celebration to be held _1 1_ in,Columbia otr February 12, aU nooh. With James M. Hinton president of' the South Carolina conference of NAACP as keynote speaker, the meeting will be held in the Allen University auditorium. Indications are that attendance will be from all parts.of Southi Caroling, and that a large number of college-and high school student's will also at-.1 tend. Hinton, a prominent life insurance executive and a fearless ex- j ponent in the current state and na- ; tional struggle for human dignity . and constitution liberty for all A. J.Clement 14th Speaker Tfcytaf Sti Mr. A. J. Clement, Jr., District Manager of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company^ will deliver the Fourteenth Anni- 1 versary address at the Tayloi s+roof tt?jo r?t.?k vol, ruary 6 at 5:30 p.m. ?Mr.-Clement, a native of Charlestoti, South Carolina, received his early education at Avery Insti-. tute, completed his high school education at and received the Bachelor of Science Degree from John C. Smith University, CharlotteeT North Carolina and is novr a menf= bar of^.tho Boajrd. of Trustees of his Alma Afatert WL He is the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award of the. Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Alpha 7] Phi Alpha Fraternity, 32 Degree i Mason and a Shriner. An Episcopalian and retiring President of the Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a mem ber of the Board of Directors of I the Southern Regional Council, Mr.; Clement is eomnlettnc 25 veare nf 1 " 17 . ? service with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company as an Agent, assistant manager, and manger of the Charleston and Savannah Districts. A cordial invitation is extended to the citizens of Columbia to attend the Taylor Street USO Anni versary Celebration which includes two events, a dance and a pro-gram. The dance will be held on Thursday, February 3 at 8:00 p. m. with an award ceremony highlighting the evening, while the program is scheduled for Sunday. February G at 5:30* p.m. In addi^ tton to Mr. Clement other participants will include members of theColumbia Women's Registration On fe The Columbia Women's Council in! their January meeting called attention to the importance of all citizens not yet registered to go to Room 312 the Richland County Courthouse on February 7, from 9 to 6, to obtain registration certificates. These certificates ehable one to vote in all elections anil are i good until 1958, council officials ( said. Registration is possible only on first Mondays in each month in j 1955, it was pointed out. { Council officials also urged that ministers of all churches and presi dents and leaders of all clubs, associations, and other groups an. 0 nounce the registration date and urge their unqualified members to register as soon as possible, ? The next council meeting will be at Leevy Funeral Home, Monday February 28, at 7 p. m. i I > ROSE MORGAN OPENS 2? STORY BEAUTY 8HOP IN NEW VORK i New York?^(ANP)-One of the < largest beauty salons in the world I will bow to (the public Feb. 20. < Operated by Miss Rose Morgan proaldeht of the tfoiMe of. _Bnauty n Jg, % * Needed ' I ares , 1 TION ON FEBRUARY 7TH I men, is eminently qualified to inspire those attending: this statewide gathering which is being spon W sored by the Lincoln Emancipation U Clubs, Inc., of South Carolina, w Leevy pointed out. in "The people of this State need til renewed hope and faith, and in- th creased strength and, inspiration for the fight that lies immediately th ahead," Leevy declared^ "since pro th miment men even in our o^yn state sc would defy the fundamental prin- th v i;>les of constitutional liberty "??ni Finally, tl.e club urged all South cc Carolinians to remember that on February 7, registration books will th Ik? open all over South Carolina, at and that citizens still not rejvi.stor 1. cd should go to' their respective 1) 'n:uy ; (nuthouses to obtain re- pi u'strutioiv- certificates. These certi-* s? ft rates will enable one to vote in tc all elections and are good until to 1U58 Leevy stated. in For further information regard- is ing this great "Celebration write or contact I. S. heevy, President dt or Mrs. Mndjeska Simkins, Sec- rc retary. 18:11 Tavlor Street. Columbia, S. C. hi USO Anniversary reet USO Club th ' hi military personnel of Fort Jacksnn. lending ciyip off sentatives of the clergy, and a j number of other kev penplp. L^i . . hi I SO FOURTEENTH ANNIVER- ni s\kv t>rnnwm tavi.^ y STREET USO CLUB SUNDAY ^ FEBRUARY fi, 1955 5:30 P. M. MASTER OF CEREMONIES m REV. R. O. BASS w fc ton; The ST A iT SPANG LED^'bAN l! NEK, Audience; INVOCATJON, Rev. Mil top F? Co.x, Pastor. Lad- i E son Presbyterian Church; INTRO- j * DUCTORY REMARKS. Mrs. Mil- i I tired W. Newton, Director, Taylor J[, Sti ept TIRO Club? ROT n_?TKov I Call The Wind Maria"-Barton, Mr. j *ames Edwards GREETINGS K Major General R. F. Ennis, Com- "1 manding General, Fort Jackson rc and 101st Airborne Division; Mr. in Hyman Rubin, "City .Councilman; fa Mr Charles S. Haltiwanger, Presi- ia dent United Community Services; Colonel Rector C. Wilson, Special h< Service Officer, "Fort Jackson; Mr. rc G. A. Buchanan, Jr. Chairman, tl USO Committee of Columbia; TRI v< BUTE?"What USO Means to Me", rc Pfc. James W. Luck; SOLO?"The ic Wren"-Benediet, Miss Lucille Ivey; ei INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER, A Mr. I P. Stanback; ADDRESS, Mr. A. J. Clement, Jr., District rc Manager, North Carolina Mutual fi Life Insurance Company, Charles- tl ton, South Carolink; REMARKS, v< Mr. John H. Whiteman, Chairman; fc USO Operating Committee. pi "AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL", Audience ^JiENEDICTI ON. tt ,V ?- ' ?; S( i Council Urges * bruary 7th & ? -=TW Corp., the two-story, glass front B building will devote 9,700 square feet to standard beauttician equip ment and such special features as ^ television and Tmisic equipped ^ lounges for customers and salon al employees. ?' The building is fronted with ^ black an(T~pink Carara glass and PJ double Herculite doors. According to Miss Morgan, an w interracia 1 staff of 80 trained ai operator-specialists will give "the ultimate in beauty service." M EPISCOPALIANS NAME DR. vv LANIER DELEGATE TO CON? b( FAR \v Houston?ANP?Dr. R. O'Hara Lanier, president, Texas Southern s> University, was chosen last week r< as one of four alternate lay dele- io prates to the Episcopal Church's cf General Convention in Honolulu, tf Hawaii next October. Cl Chosen at the 106th Annual Council of the Episcopal Diocese tfi :>f Texas, which net here, he is st the first Negro to have been hon- h< ared in the history of the diocese. d< Dr. Lanier is a Lay Reader iri | ot Urn Dioeegfl of Tovnn ? 1 j : ' - . i T ( ? ioward Refuses ro Retire )r. Johnson Washington-ANP- Dr. ftfordecai Johnson, president of Howard niversity for the past 29 years, as reinstated lor live years, i ue. linediately after he had been rered by the board of trustees of e university. Uunversity regulations require iat all employes must retire at ie age of 05, and since I)r. John>n reached that age on Jan. 12, ie board voted, for his retireen t ars-a~matteT~<jf "formality to imply with the regulations. Immediately following that vote ley acted to reappoint him for; lother five years beginning July ! r. .Johnson-is Howard's 13th resident and th*?*yirsl Negro tir rve in this capacity. He came this post in 1926 from Charles- i m, VV. Va., where he was devotg full time to the Baptist mintry. -J At that time none of the eight part meats of the school was ( cognized and half of the faculty ai:e part t;me teachers,.?Undqr . s administration Howard Uni-' irsity has grown to the point of i ) recognized schools-and the fac Ity is troubled. The enrollment of the school! hich was relatively small at iat time now exceeds 4000, and > is meager beginuing salary has i en increased to SI 3,000 Dr. Johnson is a graduate of orehouse College in Atlanta and is received degrees from the U-! versity of Chicago and Har-1 ml. He is a native of Paris, j erin. ... ( President Johnson's only coment on this > unusual procedure as an expression of gratitude r the unanimous expression of mfidence of the board of truses of Howard University. Martha Has Tea n Princeton Vith Einstein Princeton, N. J.?ANP?Eartha itt, currently making the song j rea In Chicago" famous in her i >le in "Mrs. Patterson." had tea Princeton recently with world j anaus . physicist and maihmetic- , n, Dr. Albert Einstein. Miss Kitt, starry-eyed alter?r interview with the man who volutionized physics and whose , icories were necfessary to the de- | dopment of nucelar power, told sorters- that the interview tops raged from the orgins of the irth to the current state of the merican theatre. Eartha called it an "interviewmilaoonili! ? coi.l 5f nuva'wwo. kjhm oaiu i 1/ Ol/Ciiimuu j om her donation of $25,000 to ! ie Northside center for child de"lopment, an interracial center >r psychiatric treatment of under riviledged Harlem children. A staff member at the center, >nal secretary, ~wrote to the ientist to see if such a meeting ould be possible. A series of letters followed beveen Miss Kitt and Dr. Einstein rid finally she received a teleram asking her to come to seate Princeton. The interview between between ie 75-year-old genius and the 20 ear-old songstress lasted about a hour. Conversation was carried a in both German and English ath Einstein and Miss Kitt delored the current state of the leatre, which she pointed out as too much mercy of critics ad which he asserted "lacked adition." In a. discussion about the earth, [iss Kitt asked the physicist hat the earth was like "in the I jginning.1' "My dear, I don't know. I asn't around then.' ij. Einstein also said that he con- j ders the idea that a soul can he I ;born in a new body "an illusn" seized upon by the people! mtemplating the ropetitive pat- i ;rns of civilizations as they oc-j ir in eacW age. Miss Kitt told reporters "we | ilked about knowledge, and he lid it is a surface thing, fte said ; had been priviledged to get eper into - some studies than her people,, but even, this was dt a surface study. "" Baltni COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLI Bishop Gibbs Con At Allen Univ's. 81 Columbia, S, C.?Bishop Carey A. Gibbs, Jacksonville, Florida wts announced the convocation speaker for the Eighty-fifth Ai|-? niversary Celebration of Allen University which will be held fp?five days beginning Friday FVb. 25 and concluding with a Found ers Day Rally and Futurariijc Drive," Tuesday .March, 1. BitAop Gibbs,, the convocation -speaker, wiH-?deliver?the ?dm*h note address of the historic, ceiei isv?K OJ I (clLil'll IIIV'I Mll^ X V. U. iiu, Uther~Tvcfits for the anniversary celebration announced by Bishop --Frank Madison Reidt who presides-oyer tl'.e 7th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal church and Dr. ,S. K. Iliggins, Rres.dent of A.len University }hclude the unveiling . of Scrolls \v nich portray i.lie strides of j>rn-! gross during the 85 > ears ex??t itence of Ailen Univer. ity, a play entitled "The Foci" p:esented by a faculty cast cninhmdzdng the imppituncc of the "S'ryl. of Religious Education/.- . hn^ ynveiling of "ine Scroll of Relijfioki" Sunday morning- February -7l with a dedicatory sermon by an . outstaji?Ung: alumnus, music rendered'by the college choir and severFounder's Day Gib Kittrell Junior Co Kitterell,' N.C.?High ehurchliien ami lay' leaders of the Afiican Method isst Church wili dUcuss "The Role of the Small Junior College In The World, of Todny" at Founders l>ay observa.iiri. of Kitterell Junior College February 15 and 1 ?>. Some bf the outstanding church leaders to he heard during the Founders Day Revile at Kitterell College include Dr. Fred A. Hughes, St. Louis Missouri, Editor of the Christian Recorder, Dr. WaUace M. Wright, of Way 111 an AMiy Church, Dayton, Ohio, Dr. EL. Hickman, Pastor < f Quinn Chapel A.MH Church, Louis ville, Kentucky, Dr. E.A. Adams, Flistorigrapher, AME Church, Co: lumbra, S.C., and DR. S. R. lliggins, President Allen University, Columbia, The |ii iiiL-i]><i 1 j'ai ticijiiinls ftTT this historic program will convene with other church leaders of North Carolina, Virginia, MaryMa nd and District of Columbia?ic. discuss the significan t theme' "The Role of the Small JuAjor College in the World Today."' Bishop Frank Madison Reid who jointly presides with Bishop D. Ward Nichols over the Second E God Give Us Men, and Laymen At A . m&&. m ? |y :^' . . -V;^: i? liy DR. J. S. HENN, Jr. . Having been thoroughly comince.l, to the saturation point, t.hat something is wrong wit.h the administrative affairs of the African Methodist Episcopal System of Operation and the Church wi love with all our hearts, f write, not as a pessimist, neither as a criterion, hut as a definite warning (Sf the inevitable danger that lies ahead for our system artd church if the course she now follows is allowed to continue. - Vociferous and voluminous cries are heard across ,:_the connection by loyal supporters of the African Methodist Ghufch, who share and express the opinion of this writer as to the future of our denomination. I dare to express my oponiop. first, because, as a candidate for the bishopric in 1056, I feel under many obligations to the constu-eney-rof?my?denomination and" necorrrRy, bwrilisel think T sense r ^ cttolj NA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY \ vocation Speaker 5th Celebration al visiting choirs Sunday after| noon directed by Professor John I Hunter, Alien University, i- Also a pageant will be-presentj ed on Monday night, February I OO * I *1 ?'* " , i r|iicst'nuii|f me "escrow 01 J ; Citizenship and Patriotic I/oynli ty." A cast of.more than on? hundred under the direction of Dr. Henderson Davis, Allen University, will be seen in the p.ai geant. j? ~(*oncl?tlirty the historic, five day anniversary celebration on r Tuesday morning March~ t, filshFrank Madison Jfeid will preside j over the ^Founders Day Tallyvand i the ."Scroll of a Thousand Donors" of- the "Futuramic Drive" ior the renovation of dormitories at Allen University. Twenty presiding elders, 400 1 pastors aftri a large number of laymen representing more than * 1 (.0.tOO church members in the ; Uite will make financial reports in these - two Drives. Dr. is.U. Digging, President of ! AllenVnivei isity^ expects visitors ironv a.l sections of the country ; to join the Faculty and student i ody and African Alethodist Knis-r I copal CI;uroii_leuders i n S. C. in this most historic celebration j in the life of the institution. ^arirnn/to At oci Yaiivc ni liege Feb. 15-16th I >i*. K.W. Wisner, President of Kitterell College, announced Hie speakers and purpose of the anniversary celebration. In discussing the nilp nf Kitt^i'1't'll College at Kitterell, North Carolina, Bishop Keid stated that this small Junior College is reaching out to give a greater, service in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the state and nation as a whole. In addition, Kitterell seeks to emphasize the import: ance of thoroughness of the small church related Junior College in . its observance of Founders Day when outstanding church leaders will come to the campus. Under the leadership/ of Dr. It. W. Wisner, President of Kitterell College, the faculty and student body are making great preparation to . portray in music and drama?the growth and developihent of th? institution toward meeting the challenge of this day. Bishop Reid, Chairman of the Trustee JfciBl'd, has predicted LhaJL this Founders Day Revue will be a highlight in the history of the African Methodist Episcopal j Church and the Second Episcopal District in the life of Kitterell College. Bishops, Ministers Time Like This ? I ' an impending disentergratio and destruction of our Zion if changes 01:1 s\stem are not made on. I :>i a , si orely that God might iTTvy Hs men (TT great tdryrsti'an ... ignitv and Character, Mora! co?" nv?> :,ad?irvregvity, ?Tn\1~ unques ;.d ie interest in the welfare of eliur h as apposed to tnem thv, . and unmpeachable lion_ esty; men wh an the lust of ofdois u?it kith nor the spoils ot\ office cannot buy. r appeal, passionately, to God our Father, and to our Fathers in God. Fellow Sufferers in the Ministry and our Indispensable Laymen? the personification of patience and tolerance, to give hack td the people, the church which Bishop Allen and the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us and our Posterity nearly two cen; turies ago. When Josiah G. Holi land conceived and wrote the j words? "God give us men a time KL-,, IKi'c ,lniviQll/la Strong Minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of i office cannot kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who have Honor? Men w.ho will not lie; Men who can stand before a demigogue and damn his treacherous flatterers without winking, Tall Men, Sun Crowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking; For while the rabble with their thumb worn creeds their large professions . and little deeds mingle ' i in selfish strife lo, freedom weeps, wrong . . rules the land, and waiting : justice deeps; __ Continued on page !> 4 .caber r 5, 1955 ? " Haiti President IV Begins US Visit C By Alice A. Dunnigan Washington? (ANP)--His Ex- th< -eelleney? President Magloire of foi : Haiti brought an expression of nit I,gratitude from his.people to pres- du ident Eisenhower for the spontan- Ca [city with which he come to the Co aid of his country during the re- del cent hurricane which .caussed so an much damage in Hait^i. tet In a tosat ttf?presdient - Eisen- g? hower at the White House dinner orj given in honor of him and Madam $21 Magloire, Wednesday evening, the mi Haitian President expressed wishes -for the -continuing prosperity , soi ! of the United States and "the arrival of this era of peace to the I triumph to which you devote all Re your, efforts." i?_ Re He "referred to Mrs. Eisenhower Mr as a dignified representative of A- Mi meriean women, who work beside Mi their husbands to make this landof liberty more beautiful and much stronger. - Re The First Family entertained 64 Mi guests including the 12 members Mi of President Magloire's party at Mi the dinner given in honor of the Haitian dignitaries. Among the guests Were noted Re Mr. and Mrs. Orpheus H. Fisher, Re as Marian Anderson); Mr. and Mi Mrs. Rufus 0. Kuykcndayy, he is Re with UNESC; Mr. and Mrs. John Re Roxbchough II, Ire is a special ad- Re visor to tbe flmivnian nf the RPr R*> publican National Committee, and Re Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Williams, Mi fornia. After dinner the guests were en- Re -tertained with a musical program Re by Miss Marian Anderson, j ?- y famous contralto., and Mr. Franz Re Hupp, pianist. Mi Upop arrival at the airport at Re 4:00 P.M., the Haitian party?was Re greeted by an official delegation Re headed by Vice?President Nixon. -Mh Here President Maglore expressed Mi great happiness which men of his Mi race "feel on being in a country Mi which is making one of the great- Mi est efforts ever undertaken for Re the true liberation of men." Re It is a joy he said, to bring per Re sonally to the people of my coun- Re try which is determined more than ever to be heside you in the everyday struggle of the Occiden- Rc tal, culture, 111 order to save the Re hopes of the Free World." M: From the airport the diplomat- Re ic party paraded up Constitution Mi and Pennsylvania Avenues amids4-~Rc flags of America and Haiti, and j Mi received an official welcome at the District Building by Com mis- j sioner Samuel Spencer. j Re After a salute by the United L>i States Military and the playing of ? the National Anthem of Haiti fol V lowed by tho National Anthem of ^ this cotmt.rv l>v militarv hands. T' - " ' I 14 the Haitian President was r>re X sented the key to the city by Com missioner Spencer. In accepting the keyr'President j-j, Magloire recalled that it is in 'j.? Washington that the great shad- j od remains of te one who was sa "first-in was, first in peace and first in the hearts of his country- jj_ men." And it was to the glory of q-j this great American, he said, that e(i this magnificent ?city was built. 1 j,. His presence is still felt not only i at Mount Veron but also "in J a, every stone, in every house, in , m every imposing monument, in its. ^jC immense arteries, in the look full ; t.'i of faith and hope of its inhabi- j) tants, who are convinced that the ; j) virtures of this great- statesman 1 are alone capable, despite his jyj death, of Protesting the U.S. and |n inspiring the sons of the U.S. in I i,( decisions which they must make j j) for the increasing prosperity of rC the nation." th Following the brief ceremonies ] 1) held on the specially built reiow- G; ing stand on the avenue in front I ai of the District Building, the par- in ade "proceeded to the White House bt where President arid Madame io Magloire were* greeted by Presi- pi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower. to The Haitian President and his w wife were over night guests at re the White House. On Thursday the party moved to the Blair ch house, just across the. street-to-be cc official guests of the United co States overnment. m The Haitian Party visited Ar- th lington cemetery and Mount Ver- in on, Thursday morning, ' after which President' Magloire address- ed ed a joint session of es Continued on page 8 ni| . : :?i? - i ' lorris College End ampaign Gets Un Plans have been formulated for ; $25 Plate Endowment Dinner * the Morris College Endowrnt Fund. The dinner is scheled for February 18, 1955. The mpaign is conducted on a unty basis. Each County is unr the direction of a Chairman or Co-Chairman and Commit man. Each Committee is enged-in-contracting persons and ?anizations to subscribe Ito a d Plate Dinner. Each ticket adts the holder and his guest. The following is a list of perns who have been asked to work: ALLENDALE COUNTY v. Brooks Scott, Chairman ' 1 v. Rufus. Da.niels, Go-Chairman ] r. L. L. Butler \ John Springs ] ABBEVILLE COUNTY . ] v, G. Pullins, Chairman ss Mary Jordan, Co-Chairman \ Ralph Campbell \ E. L. Brown ] AIKEN COUNTY ; v. N. L. Bush, Chairman v. E. Rouse v. J. R. Riley?? \ Tilton Holly v. W. R. Winn - ] v. J,' R. McKissick v..,H. Hickson v. Harrison -j v. Harniond ^ '* ' - ] >?. Holly ' ] 7 ?'-r 1 ANDERSON COUNTY v. L. R. Best, Chairman a. Pauline Thompson v. J. R. Russell j C. L. Davis v. J. R. Brown v. O. S. Scott ] iv, B..D. Walker ] i'. N. E. Mattison ? r. Roscoe Butler t. Fred Jackson ' ] rs. Louise Clahk ] r. E. S. Hoilings ] >v. L. E. Sitton iv. L. W. Zimmerman sv7 J. D. Hicks ;v. J. R. Ellis BAMBERG COUNTY ] ;v. S. D. Rickenbakcr. Chr. ] iv. J. S. Wright," Co-Chairman ] r. Charles McMillan v. J. S. Wright rs. C. A. Zeigler >v. C. D. Dowling -j r. L.'L. Butler ' J . ' ] BARNWELL COUNTY iv. N. L. Bush, Chairman < *. J. Dixon, Co-Chairman c r* n f~ o. congress aeiei or Golden Jubilee Hot Springs, Ark. (ANP)? ' r. Ralph J. Bunehe, United Na)ns under-secretary, .has been vited to give the 50th Anniverry address at the National SunIjT "Sdhool and Baptist Training nion Congress?GoldenJubilee. I le Nobel Prize winner was list-1 1 to speak on Booker T. Wash-! gton night July 1. -A. series of colorful, historical j id inspiring events and com-1 emorations for the Congress to1 1 held In Atlantic City June 27 rohgh July 3, were outlined toj r. W, H. Jernagin, Washington, I. . C. president, at the Mid Win-1 r Board Meeting here last week ! ueh pageantry will be unfolded the celebration on the famous >ard walk, it was. revealed by r. K; C. Est el I, Hulas, Texas, di'ctorj general and chairman of e Jubilee Convention Committee.1 ean A. Franklin Fisher, Atlanta j a. reported that preparations e being made to care for 8,(>00 the more than 100 classes to * held in the Atlantic City Sen-; r and Junior High Schools. The j eacher seminars atid the labora | ry" .<*chool, skill shop and youth j orkshop are expected to attract j cord enrollment. Dr. John R. Stanford, general I lairnian, and Rey. M. E. Neil, '-chairman of the entertainment immittee. disclosed that t h e I ayor and convention bureau of ie resort site have been worker to accomodate the more than ',000 expected. Rev. Neil report1 that rooms for two will rent r. $4,00 a night in private horn- and from $5.00 to $11.00 n (?ht in hotels. > PRICE: TEN CENTS * 1 " lowment d?r Way Rev. J. S. Smith Rev. W. M; Phinizy Rev. Williams Rev. Green Rev. Dix Rev. Z. Townsend BEAUFORT COUNTY Rev. E. J. Johnson, Chairman VIr. Prophet Mitchell Mr. Jack Johnson Rev." u. h. MwmeSir" " Rev. Robert Black Mr. Handy Pickney VIr. Willie Gardner Mrs. Julia Chaplain Mr. L. Washington | Mts. Adele Fleming Mrs. Eliza Washington ? * ? : f ? ? BERK ELY. COUNTY Mr. Isiah Jefferson, Chairman Mrs. Maggie Jefferson, Co. Chr. Mr. Willie Rembert Rev. I. L. Prioleau CALHOUN COUNTY Rev. .A. G. Howell, Chairman Rev. J. Johnson Kev. w. 8. Walker "" -.J" Rev. W. W. Toomer, Co-Chairman -CHARLESTON-COUNTY Rpv. B. J. Whipper, Chairman Rev. S. - L. Taylor Rev. D. S. Frazier Rev. B. D. Lewis Etey. W. DAP'oster ~ ~ : *" Rev. H A Dyson Rev. J. t. Dunbar .'t Vir. J. W. BrawTey CHEROKEE COUNTY Vfr. E. G. Duuglas Mrs. Geneva Jolly CHESTERFIELD COUNTY Rev. J. C. Leevy, Chairman Rev. S. B. Hancock CHESTER COUNTY Rev. R. P. Pendprgrass, Chairman Rev. T. B. Bowser. Chairman Rev. J. C. Honor Rev. W. M. Parrot Mrs. S. L. Finley ? * * CLARENDON COUNTY Mr. W. L. Hamilton, Chairman Rev. G. Brown, Co-Chairman Rev. W. J, Carter, CorClntirmim ? Mr. Dewey Harvitt Mr. Joe Richburg Mr. West Parson v . Mrs. Purnese Canty ^ Mts~ Mellason Conyers Mrs. Dorcas Washington , " Mr. P. Singleton Continued on page 2 cts Dr. Bunche Address The general theme of the It?r>ri Congress will be "Tlu* Church Fostering Personal C-hriistian Faith in a Kew World Community," Speeches and events, will ha centered on the history of the organization, which was . organized from rr Chautauqua in jttOS and now is the woi'ld's largest Christian Youth Training organization meeting annually, representnig more than two nillioit youths and thuousands of church school instructors and administrator. Citations, awards and scrolls will he presented to distinguished hoiiorees during the session. Aniong these who will ,be honored is Sgt, Manson Johnson, of Brook lyn, N. Y. The former Korean prisoner of war defied Red captors at the risk-of his - life by refusing to tear up a Holy Bible to use its pag^s for cigarette papers. State conventions, led by theii; presidents, will each choose tha outstanding Sunday School and 1>TU worker of t.'.ieir state to re ceive citations. Each convention will also submit the name of their choice for Achievement Award recognition. All these selections must be in the office of Director General Estell at St. John Baptist church, Dallas, by March 1. Youth Rally Day, June 30, will be a highlight occasion. A boardwalk parnde with be presented during the day, while a historical pageant, "These Golden Years,'* will be .presented in the huge convention hall at night. Pauline J, Campbell of Detroit will again be in charge of these events. A special Tlolden Jubilee Momento"' ^boklet will be presented messengers as a souvenir.