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. CP " V _t _ VOL. XXXI.?NO. \ ^ _ %& Leontyne Price, ari To Appear at Allei Tuesday, February I 9 " j':? : ' fl - * jM : I isx Lcontj ne Price,?;brilliant young ' soprani, Wilt~be present*"1 7 Tuosdpy, February 28, in the Au- ( ditiie'mn of Allen University. Im a highly diversified program, | Mir:; Price will offer selections j fro''., Handel, Gluck, Ma,rx, Poulenc, Massent, Puccini, Barber; and a special group of Negro spirituals'. v- /kl-, ~r"" Miss Price now enjoys interna tiorml fame?in recitals, as soloist with major symphony orchestras; j as a Broadway star; and as a leading r^^^^n^^^vis^^a^^^ critics. ,;rv Last veqr her spoons* Ifr t-rK 'r title role of "Tosca," televised from coast to coast on the NBC Opera Theatre, was so great that this i year she will be starred in Mozart's "The Magic Flute." For two-years, from June 11)52) to June 1954, I-eontyne Price played the role of Bess in the revival ; of the George Gershwin?IhiBoseJ Heyward Opera, "Porgy and'. Bess." . A native pf Laurel, Mississippi, I .Miss Price at an early age acquired at first hand a familiarity with ? folk music and the spirituals. By the time she had finished high school she wj_i? quite proficient as a pianist. She continued her cduca tion at Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio. There as a member of tlurcollege glee club it became NAACP Units War Reds From Rights NEW YORK?Eelv. 16?Warning that "intensive efforts are being made l>y left-wing; groups" and individuals" to infiltrate scheduled civil rights conference in Washington, NAAOP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins has written to aYNita^lyitnits of the Asso- | ciation urging; them to he "very careful" in the selection of dolegates. His letter, sent to the branches . HTT "PtrTVTtr'in "inference to thr National Delegate Assembly-f o r Civil Rights, to lie hold in Washington on March <1 to 6. The Assembly is under sponsorsTftf*.jot J[ the Readership Conference on Civil Rights, -of which Mr. Wilkins i s chairman. Local, chapters of the organiza tions -in fcho I.eadership Conference, including the NAACP, are sokspting^ delegates to the civil rigfvts assembly according to con gressional districts. Mr. Wilkins' letter asserted that "intensive efforts are being . made by left-wing groups andi in dividuals to get into the Assembly as delegates." "Since they know that delegates are limited to national organizations in the Leadership Conference and they know that none of their organizations is a member," the letter continued, "they are trying to get elected as delegates by local chapters or organizations alroady u ^ I ' '< illiant Soprano i University r 28-8:30 p. m. h . ' > ?<,:'< BRH^? apparent that luwe indeed was a person who ~had Harare , natural voice and unusual vocal capacity. Consequently, all solo, parts were assigned to her. After college, she studied at the Guilliard School of Music. There^she studied with Florence Page Kimball, who to t h i s day remains Miss Price's vocal teacher. Her inspired singing of the role of Bess charmed and thrilled audiencus everywhere she appeared New York, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chiciwro and Dtollas, as well as In the le^Jing VPRW& -centers of [ Egro}^e.,^riiicfl sewered prases "H** singing can only' be described as heavenly," "A " downrigtit. sensational soprano," "A voice from heaven. She must surely rank among-the~ffn^ est and most thrilling dramatic singing' America has produced." After her recital debut last year, Jay S. Harrison, music critic :if thn New York HernlH Tri. (less performing among us." Com-mcnting on her singing in Tosca, Time Magazine said that she sings "with a flair worthy of the Met." Whcreevgr she appears, the public welcomes the opportunity to hear .her exquisite voice. The combination) of a gifted person and personality along with a rare talent assures her a permanent position among the ranks of the great singers. Tickets may be reserved-by calling Mr. K. I,. Pcgucsc-at Allen University, Telephone -1-780:5.. ned To Bar Assembly in the Leadership Conference." "They are making a special cffort to be elected as doletratos h y local branches -of the NAACP," the message said. "You know that the national policy of the NAACP is not to cooperate with any Communist front or leftewing group. ?)f course, we do not work with Communists.'' Mr. Wilkins' letter predicted hal if the Washington rally i s ind groups," ft "will get very littl?j attention, if any, hy the Congress." BISHOP w. R. WILKES 'TTTEA-GlUiSL^T BETHEL Sl'NDAY MORNING AT 11:30 Bishop W.-R. Wilkes of t h e Twelfth Episcopal District of-the j A.M.K. church embracing the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma, | will he the guest minister to the pulpit of Bethel A.M.E. church, pastor hy the Rev. J. Arthui Holmes of Columbia, South Carolina, Sunday morning at the morning worship hour at 11:30 o'clock. Bishop Wilkes is in attendance at the Seventh Episcopal District, "Founders Dny" program at Allen University over which o U r beloved Bishop Frank Madison Reid presides and Dr. S. R. Higgins is president. The paster i^ extending city' wide ~h\yit?Ltion to worship . with tis?oTt "Sunday morr^x m \ com Pioneer 111: MR S. J. PHILLIPS, PRESIDENT OF B. T. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT FOUNDATION, ILL WASHINGTON, D. C. Friends and?supporters of the?Booker T. Washington National Monument Foundation received a surprise this week when it was learned that S. J. Phillips, ardent devotee o f the great educator, who is presi- j dent of the Foundation, entered Georgetown University Hospital here with a serious toe ailment. ! Mr. Phillips has been working arduously on 'the year-long 100th Birthday Celebration of Booker T, Washington which begins April 5th when the Post Office Department issues'the Booker T. Wash-'t ington Centennial Postage Stamps Ho had just finished approving models of the stamp when he became ill. . He is under the care of Dr. Samuel H. Benjamin, noted diabetic specialist and Dr. Irving Brick, gastrologist. Mrs. Virginia Phillips, his wife came up from their home in Tuskegee, Alabama, to make his stay in the hospital more pleasant, since it is expected that he will be .confined for at least ten d^ys or two weeks. Pending before the Congress is H. R. 6904, a Bill to establish the birthplaee?of Duuker T. Washington in Franklin County, Va., as a National .Monument under the-supervision of the National Park Ser vice of the U. S. Department o- f the Interior. Mr. Phillips has been working on this legislation with the 84th Congress so that presentation of the Site will be made t o Secretary Douglas McKay o n April 5th. While Mr. Phillips is recuperating, Qr. CL Lake Imes, former associate of Booker T. Washing,writer and lecturer, along with Andrew F. Jackson, Public Relations Counsel, are attemptiiT? t o G*rry forward plans for the Cen,tettpral Celebration. of ^g rambling College FOUNDER. PA8BBS _ By Collie J. Nicholson GRAMBLING, LA. (SPECIAL) Funeral services were held here Turrsday morning for Mrs. Martha Adams, 78, wife of Charles P. "College. Mrs. Adams died at her home Saturday following a long illness. Brief campus services were held in the college auditorium at 9 a. m., followed by solemn requiem high mass at 10 p. m., in St. Benedict Catholic Church with the Rev. Severin Nelles, OFM, pastor, St. Thomas Church, Ruston, officiating. The Rev. Cassion Northbauer, OFM, pastor, St. Benedict Church, Grumbling, delivered the sermon. Interment was in the Grambling Cemetnry. One of Grambling's first teachers, Mrs. Adams spent, most o f i hor life here and helped her husband stage a desperate struggle to keep the school alive during its formative years'. A native. -Tmtkegoe, -A4a^ she came to Grambling in 1901 as the ' school's fff^t domestic science teacher. " . ' * Mrs. Adams is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Fidelia Johnson and Mrs. Teresa Garner; three sons, Edward, Henry and Ralph * Adanw and eight grandchildren. Among Baptist In South Carolina j.. - * By William McKinley Bowman Well the day is here. What day you ask ? The Annual Raptist hanquet day and Mid-winter Rally at Morrig College. . -Three years ago the Banquet idjpa was born to help raise our Endowment- money. This idea became so popular with not only Baptists, but all Alumni of Morris College in general, that it has grown to a period that it must be staged once a year. People go to banquets for many reasons. Some merely go to be in the social whirl. Others go because they are Alumni"of the College; still others because they are loyal to the Baptist causa of South Carolfna Continued on page 8 3almt MBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ! Allen University Fc Draw Many Promi BISHOPS WII.KES > | BISHOP I. H. BONNER Convocation Speaker,^10:30 A. M. Tuesday, February 2Sth Columbia, S. C.?All plans are complete for the eighty-six anniversary of the founding pf Allen University which will be celebrated February 23 to 29, according to an announcement made bv President S. R. Higgins and presiding Bishop Frank Madison Reid. --Two?AME bishops and national" alumni leaders will be the princir pal participants listed for the his-; tory-making celebration. Highlighting the calendar of events for Founders Day celebrdL tion will be the dedicatia^lo i Jo"seph Henry Gymnasium and a rally to raise ten thousands 'dol$ ars which will-be apphed to t.hg rebuilding of the gymnasium *h*?l "wilTBe~dedicated: The special Founders Day;?^H and friende evrryWherc will send in ten dollars for'a round in t h e "Ladder of Progress' and as many rounds as possible toward an entire ladder which represents 12 rounds of $120. Alumni clubs and phapters throughout. 4,he-<t>imtrv:. are expected to be responsible for "Middleton Place: Was Made and Beai The South is determined that the leading role it played in the struggle for American independence shall not be forgotten; and one of tfu* most important steps in this-direction is the publication o f "Middleton Place: Where History Was Made and Beauty Endures." The name is derived from the presentation of the most coveted of horticultural awards, the Bulkley Medal of the Garden Club o f America, to Middleton Gardens, Charleston,, S. C-, - in 1941""" ifV fe ognition of 200 years of enduring beauty." book, in full color, traces1 the achievements df Henry Middle- ] ton, whose eminence in th" South spread through the Colonies i n ii i resulted in his election as President of the First Continental Congress. It also makes a strong case for t.he probability that the' first seeds of actual Revolution germinated in Henry Middleton'? The book points out that the South sent many of its young men 'to - England?M; be educated. South Carolina,example, sent more jyouhg Aieti there to lie trained for the bar than all the Northern Colonies combined, .hen these re (uriii'ii, n'.uuiTied and eager t o have a share infjyie public service, they found most of the political offices held by strutting, venal English "place num." So the young patriots were not long in gathering round the leader at Middleton Place, wJio had resigned from His Majesty's Council to organize the fight for independence. The book'notes that Mr. Middleton, with 20 settled plantations and some 1,000 slaves, was o n e of the great landowners in t h e Colonies. From the Middleton Place plantation of 8,000 a^res, he chose GO acres along hl< River, 16 miles from Charwston, for.the development of a horticul >tto I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, Hinders Day Will Bent Churchmen s Hp;:t . c BONNER TO SPEAK I f [ I v In - - m I v | A I t> w f f H n .4 BISHOP w. it WILKES C To speak at Bethel A. M. E. R Church, Sunday, 11:30 A. M., E February 2b' and will speak at s Allen University at 4:00 P. M. T February 26th. H . '.' ' 31 at least one or more of th? 86 -iv ladders which will keep their Alma P Mater marching upward and en- A able approximately 800 students to si - ontinue singing "We Are CIliTrib- E ing Jacob's Ladder." Sunday, February 26 will he a. high day for the anniyersary.cele- *v bration. In tho morning at TTtrjgyl h <\ME Churchi'Bishop ,^,^. WilW^ $ np presides '-over the 12th Epis*<3 Ke Tbor-jA tribution oi the Church Related College lu - the?Life of Our Church and. Nation." Tuesday morning February 29 will be the climaxing day of t h e r celebration when Bishop Isaiah H. ] Bonner, Birmingham, Alabama, j sage. Where History I uty Endures" , ural paratfiise. L Drawing on his first hand know- r ledge of the world's famourj gar- * dens, he put his huge army o f ^ manpower to work over a period ' of a decade or more carving out a widesweeping terraces which still have no equal in the world. Then c he added vast gardens and orna<- ^ mental water's, and began the1 monumental task of planting. The * esnlt is acclaimed as "the garden v v' i: < e of the world." Last year visitors registered from every ' state in the Union and 25 foreign ' ] countnes. *? Th" book continues with a pic- ' .oii il account of how Middleton i ce was despoiled during the1 ?' ' :(>n; and now .the Middleton ' nnnsion -- a three-story main 1 house and two wings, with .100 feet of frontage ?- was put to the torch during the War Between the 1 I States. Only the gutted south' I win g could be restored for use by ' pit?-present ~ow"nef, J.J.Prmgle I Smith, a direct descendant of1 . Henry Middleton. But white "Henry Middleton and : j his son Arthur", Signer of t h e ' TJeelafaTmrt of independence, "were" ' ot destined to leave their great 'ouse, the book records the almost inhelievable restoration of t h e world'-famous gardens by before? nd?after pictures. Mrs Smith, using a primitive Brownie camera, made snapshots f the tangled and eroded areas which confronted her in 1910. These are used in the book along lide professional photographs of I the horticultural wonderland the .^devoted team restored. -Not only have they restored the j - ast garden Henry Middleton laid j lut, but Mr. and Mrs. Smith have expanded it, For - example, on a hillside rising from p lake, they planted 96,000 azaleas, forming ar " dazzling color carnival in t h e ' Continued on page 2 1 ; -j: 1956 . : .. Y i , i Goal 100,000 Ol'THERN NAACP SETS GOAL >F 100,000 MEMBERS IN 1956 ATLANTA, Ga., .Feb. 18? IAACP officials of eight southaatem-?stales TCfclay pledged hemselves to, . recruit 100,000 JAACP members this year. The igure represents 25 per cent o t he Association's goal of 400,000 neirtbeis in ^996. " ~ The remaining' .'100.000 members /ill lie sought in the northeast, orthwest, middlewest and southzest. The national membership goal of 00.000 is an increase of 33 per ent over the total NAACP memership in 1955. The new figure fas set this month by NAACP loard* Chairman Dr. Channing H. 'obias. *t?oferring here on the 1956 membership campaign with X h e association's Director of Branches IJoster B. Current and Southeast :egipru)l Secretary Mrs. Ruby lurley were these NAACP repreentatives: W. A. Fordham x> i 'ampa, Fla., state president'; tobert L. Saunders, Florida field ccretary; W. W. Law of Savanah, Ga.,; state president; Charles rice, Georgia field . secretary; C. ? Darden of Meridian, Mia*; Late president; and Medlar Ivers, Mississippi field secre$|ry. Algoi^Kelly^VI.^Mexahder o.*# pi"h na field ^stetaryj t*e 1. Hinton of Amrusta. Ga.. S(Hh Uy Bro. Dinkins was born in Ha ;ood, South Carolina. Id V* lo mr/\nfVi La V><< aith in Christ and became a mem >er of the Rafting Creek Baptisl Church, serving Christ and t h ^ Church faithfully and efficient y for many years as clerk and a: i teacher of the Church School. He attended regularly a n t consistently all the services o: his Church, and on several occas ons represented the Church am sunday School as delegate to Con entipns and Associations. Mr. Dinkins served as teachinj Prfmupal of the Rafting Creel School. Although a teacher o Sipe Scholarship and valuable ex oerience, h e was happy in servinj die children of his own community whom lie dearly loved ahd fo whom he gave 17 years in prepar r.g them to live more abundantly As an individual and as a clas room teacher, Mr. Dinkins w a outstanding. His quiet dignity, modesty, am love for young people, couple* with -his professional efficiency am devotion to duty, made him a chal lenge and inspiration to his an* students. The loss will be keenly felt no wtfy-in this community btft.ltt suit rqunuing communities in which h endeavored to help humanity on ward and upward; " / His preparation for the teach fhg profession had its beginning i the Rafting Creek Klemenbar School. t?pon graduation from Hig School at Morris College. He en tered College there, receiving hi A.B. Degree in 1928. He w a active in Civic Organizations which he enfluenced in the dire< tion of racial uplift. Two week ago he was elected President o the Local Voters Association. In 1929 he was married to Mis Alice Handberry .olafS^Ihimertor SrCrTo them Were born"4 chiidrex He is survived by a loving wifi one daughter, Miss Annie Dinkin i * * Eziz AME Bishops' Coui Successful Session Candidates For Various Numbers. College Pres gins Preached Like Bis: HOT SPRINGS, ARKr, Feb. 21, i an estimated 1,500 visitors attend ed tlie A.M.E. Bishop's .council at r Visitor's Chapel Church at Hot Snri n era ?"fc Bishop S. L. Green, the senior bishop of Atlanta, presided over , the session with ease and dignity. Bishop Green * was elected Bishop in 1928, in Chicago, this was our first* election to the Geni eral Conference. - '*' The late Dr. R. W. Mance had us elected, he was a candidate for the bishopric, South Carolina , switched their votes to the late Dr. M. H. Davis of Baltimore, sofl'lil^ law of Bishop Beckett, after J could not elect Dr. Mance. . - ' 'V1' The South Carollfns^nwB h'otised in and near the ISdjftf&i Hotel, this hotel is a cfedit to the Baptist denomination and the race in general.- " Other denominations should .follow^ suit. The Dr. E. M. Johnson, with hlf.'.officers had things i n rea^lh&Hr jfor$he council, I urfifer^fcnd he'Ja.ra~ dynamic preacher * ffitLl.ffiiflh Churchman. iiVclujUhg 'the* loiaf . ad- i ' ^ There are plenty of candidates for the Bishopric. Among those mostly spoken of are Dr. S. R. Higgins, President of Allen University, who had hundreds o f people wiping tears from their - -eyes and dther people gave" vent' to their feelings by saying "Amep," "Preach Boy," "YOU PREACH LIKE A BISHOP," etc. President C. L. Hills of Wilberforce University also preached as never before. Other leading candidates are 5 Drs. Ball, Shorter, Hughes and I Bright of Philadelphia. You better watch Dr. E.L. Hickman, he was the talk of the Council, he has six Conferences behind him. Dr. O. Sherman will get many votes, other candidates will get votes too. Drs. Mance and Clarke will be elected in their respective positions by acclamation. ' Bishop Hatcher said in his address that Dr. Clarke has done more in one year for the Missiony aries, than others have done in 4 < yeas. f BROTHERHOOD MEETING: The Brotherhood meeting was ? led by Dr. Ralph Jackson, o f y Nashville. He will have much inr fluence at the General Conferenre. " President Jarkson says they are ' not fighting bishops, but correct3 ing some of the weak links in the s Church and afrange that the aged preachers he_ taken care when they ' I are unable to pastor. A 1 1 d indication points that this General Conference "wTIT ITe very interest" ing atid the brotherhood will play a u a conspicuous part m tne uenneration. i-,- CONNECTION Ab- fOFWftr The Connectionnl Council was e : teacher in Booker Washington Hi School, Columbia; three sons, Hern bert Dinkins, Sr. of ttye If. S. Ait y Force; Franklny Dinkins, a student at State College, and Wilbur Dinkins, a student at Mather Ah cademy, Camden, i- Three brothers, Alphonsa of is Washington, D. C., Bernice and 8 Daniels of Woodbridge, New JerJ? sey. Two Ssters, Emma, and Mary s Dinkins. f Two aunts, 3 uncles and many loved ones and Friends, s A beautiful Christian life has l, come to an end. i. lie has said good night here, but 6, Godd morning up there, s Mrs. Magnolia A. Lewis, Rpt. r * vl ' Mf ' I + V ' I V PRICE; TEN CKWHl \' ncil Closed _ at Hot Springs j Offices Attended In Large idents. Dr. Hill and Dr. Hig hops. Other News. organized by the late, Dr. J. 0. Robinson, a great evangelist prehcher, people would go f o r miles to hear him preach, and tfcis editor was glad to s$e his beloved son, Dr. Douglas ti. Robin -* ' ' ,?-11 !__ ! n sun, ui wasniijgTon iuiiuwmg * x? his father footsteps. He presided several times and we were very, much impressed in his earnessess and_ fairness to all concern. H e , is vice president of the conneetional and some day will 'be a Bishop. Watch our prediction. Other addresses were made b y J. E. Beard, Mrs. A. ,B. Williams, of "Jacksonville, Mrs. Williams, who * is the editor of the Missionary paper. She wants the General conference put- her paper on par with the other Church -paper. Hi# editor of the South Western Recorder spoke also, but his story of his paper was a little mixed up and ' , address wasn't too impressive. SOtfTH CAROLINA "tfRWjfc . - j Thpfee from* South Caroliha at- * v * tended the bishop's council were^a Conference representatives Drs. G. W. Larkins, T. P. Duhart, D. Williams, Melvin Swann, who is climbing the ladder of fame fast and was our bed mate In t.hn pullman, C. C. Scott and president R. W. Wisner, who is bringing Kittrell Junior College out in t h c 1 educational fields. He has an organized set up and an able faculty, they just need Bishop Reid as their Bishop to the Educational way, there is our D. A. Johnson at Durham, who is in his seventh year as pastor, the Virginia Conference had as their representatives Drs. J. R. Johnson, who is the leader of his delegation to the General Conference and an admirer of Dr. S. R. Higgins. He is out and out for Dr. Higgins to be a Bishop, L. C. Mitch'ell, P. B. Wal ker, W. L. Hilderbrand, A. W. Williamson, T. P. Felton and Dr. S. S. Morris. The Presiding Elders of the Potofnac district promised to furnish the names of the Ministers in the Washington and Baltimore Conferences, but failed to do . so, I ra,ther leave all out than to mention a few which, in thp i end, may cause misunderstanding. I)R. SUMTER: r ^ J % We can't close, this article without letting the friends of South Carolina knomnhnnt the outstinuting work of Dr. A. C. Sumpter. He is now pastoring the great Stx Jarrre^-rhufch~rri PHIsBurg, Pa. Recently raised $27,000 on h i s building fund,? he also raised $5,000 for decorating. He is a pro| duct of Lincoln High School i -n??*" I Sumter. Allen TTniveraifv ? ??J| OIIU nowardr. His brother is the ideal pastor of Mt. Zion in Charleston . and is doing equally as well. Dr. Hutchinson, of Georgetown . ? was out bed mate in Hot Springs > We were surprised to know he has ) had only 7 appointments in the 25/ i years he has been preaching. Just recently in a rally at Georgetown, his rally netted several thousands dollars, only been there several months. Our article already too long, but we are force to say a word concerning Allen University, since it seems that Dr. Higgin* will be elected a bishop. An ordinary person can not he president of Allen University gardtessCoT his-degrees. Some think we should get an Alumnna of the school to inspire the student bete*' Continued on page 2 i " ' . K '