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VOL. XXXI.?NO. 25, State BTU and Sur ; Convention To Me< The 50th- Annual Session of the-| Sunday School and Baptist Traininfe Union will meet on Morris College Campus, Sumter, South Carolina July 10 through July 13th. The theme of the Congress will he "Tht1 Church Fostering Personal Chismin r nun - in i nen.uVaF X'mn" nuinity." * . Tuesday nijgRl July lt)th, a prec convention Program under the aus- j apices-ol' Sumter, County, Wuteree; and Black River Sunday School Convention will he held. >v tmnesuay morning '>'g' r;uiou will begin at S:'3U. Some of the persons w.'io 1 will appear on the program WeiL morning wilt b~e p Rev. K. L. Kings, Greenwood; and : Rev. J. Leon PridgeTl, Spartan-j burg. A Talent period will be con- i ducted Wednesday (horning by! Mrs. F. Thompson, Pehdlofcm, Mrs. A. W. Anderson; Anderson, S. C. Mr. Robert MoCall, Cheraw, S. Following: the Talent Period it Forum on "The Church Meeting Needs of Youths in the Local Community,- will be conducted .by.. Miss lola Jones, Florence S.. C. Wednesday Evening, the Devotional Services will be delivered by Rev. .M. P. Robinson, Pendleton. S. C. A: address will be delivered : from the 'subject: "Reaching and Keeping. 'Joen- Agers in the.;. Chili ', h" by Mrs.' Laniey Coleman, { Aiken, S. C. A Demonstration in ? ?Church Music will be conducted by Mrs. lvthel Williams, Columbia, S. C. T.' e Feature Address for \Vednesdr.v afternoon will be Rev. J. D. R.ucker, Ruck Hill, Dean of j School of Methods. < -p j V. t'.ncxluy night, Slides of the 1 Holi; Land will be sliown by Mrs. ' ~ Maxi : S- Giordan Sr. followed by u Religious Drama directed by ?the Churches of Sumter, South Caro- i lina. ' Thursday morning <>:.'{<), the message for MbrnThg Wiftch Services" Will be conducted by Rev. L. W. . Ware, Eennettsville, S. ('. At 11:15. j Thursday morning Rev. Alfred J T "Isaac will deljver the Introductory' | sermon; Thursday, afternoon President J. J. Abney will deliver his -address^. Benedict College and Friendship College will be presented by Dr. G. H. Goudlock of Friendship and Dr. J. A. Baeoats, Following the address by the College Presidents, the Young People will hear about the Need of Foreign Mission Field from JRev. J. P. Reeder and Rev. . JV1. F. (Jordan, Foreign Mission { Representatives in South..' Carolina ? 'IMfl w .^^^ReN^MI |pr mHHk MRS. MAGNOLIA A. LEWIS \, "The Missionaries In Our "X Churches" * ' " r"> Featured address Thursday after- i noon will be Rev. A. C. Redd. He will speak from the subject, "The j ' Churches and Social Actions. _ Thursday night, Miss District' Convention will be crowned by President Emeritus, after which I)r. O. R. Reuben, President of | Morris College will deliver an ad-J dress on Education. Morris College . Rally will follow. A goal of $5, ! 000.U00 has been set by the Young J People for Christian Education. . Friday, July 13th the Morning | Watch Message will be delivered | by Rev. J. W. Watson, Conway at 6:30. At 12:30 the key note speak- | er will be Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, ] Brooklyn, New York. The Convention-\vill. close Friday afternoon with a sermon by Rev. E. C. Stewart, Easley, South Carolina. In connections wi.h the Convention; a School of Conventions will be held each morning from 8:30 to p 11:00 o'clock. Study Courses per taining to a fuller Church Life \ . N = ?? ? ? - ? ****** *5 iday School jt In Sumter ~tfcfrW'AWvrivi,"J'Vj ^'T^77 " - ; Fr'v-'V R V fln| rm H < JH KKV. J. J. ABNKY President ? will taught. Such Courses arc: The Superintendent ami llis Task (Supei intended ts)T? Rev. I.. Jenkins The Pastor anil Christian Eduealion (Pastors)?Rev. H. E. Hardin v The Pastor ami the Community. Problem ( Pastors)?-.Dr. C. II. P. row n Teaching Children in the Church (Teachers of. Children) Mrs. C,.< A. t'herry The Ministry ?>f Music ' Mrs. E. (J. Youngblood Administering the B. T, U. Rev. C. A. Cherry Baptist Doctrines Rev. 15. I). Lewis ? c ' . ~ " y1 + " * . fl WL,r |r fl Bf '^1 R-KV-. M. S. CORDON, Sr. *??? [ ? "\!isus and His Teaching" I i Planning a Vacation Church School j Mis.- Bessie K. Honor Missionary Kilucalion in the Local Church (Missionary Workers) Mr.>. .Magnolia Lewis Understanding Ourselves (Sr. Highs and Young. People)? Mrs. Sarah Daniels The Church at Work in the Rural Community?Rev. 10. 10., Riley Recreation Leadership in the ; Church (Leaders in Recreation) Rev. H. T. Sears Ways of Teaching (Sunday School T,eachors above .Jr. Ages) Rev. J. 1). Rice * The Role of Usher in Church Worship?-Rev. II. I'. Sharper Jesus and His Teaching?Rev. M. S. Gordan The Officers, of the Convention are: President KmeriJ^us?Rev. C. F. 'Gaudy, Greenville, S. (J. President K merit us?Rev. J. C. Dunbar, Charleston, S. C. President--Rev. J. J. Abney, Florence, S C. j Vice President Dr. L. W. Long Union, S. C. Second Vice President?Miss Mamie J. liroek, Greenville, S. C. Recording Secretary?Mrs. Willie F. Moore, Greenwood, S. C. Assistant Recording Secretary ? Rev. ('. M. Johnson, Hbuepath, S. C. Corresponding Secretary and Dean Rev. James Dr-Rucker, Hock Hill, S. C. Treasurer?Mr. Charles McMillan, Bamberg, S-.-G-. * Music Director?-Hev. Wescott Johnson,' Effingham, S. C. Pianist?Mr. Booker T. Brown? Rock Hill, S. C. President, Morris College?Dr. O. R. Reuben, Sumter, S. C. President, Benedict College?Dr. J. A. Bacoats, Columbia, S. C. President,, Friendship College?Dr. J. H. Goudlock, Rock Hill, S. C. Director of Public Relations?Rev. William McKinley Bowman Columbia, S. C. Ef)H WBmM MRS. CRYSTAL IUKD FAUSET, former Democratic National Com?mlttee offlctat and the first Negro T woman ever elected to a State Legislature, appointed Special Assist- j ant to Mrs. Dorothy D. Houghton, 't ? Cu-Cliaiiniuu uf National Citizens? for Eisenhower. New York, N..Yt ^Funo' 27?Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, of Philadel- | phia, Pa.. former ctlicial of the Democratic Rational Committee j. and tlie* first Negro woman in the I'nited Stales elected tu. a state J legislature : lias joined the women's division executive start' of ! National Citizens for Esenhowdr. She will serve as Special Assistant te tJie National Co-Chairman, Mrs. Dorothy D. Houghton, who j announced the appointment today at Citizens for Kisenhower nation1 al headnuarters, -If) Fast 17th St., New York City. Mrs. l-'auset, now a registered; Kepublica.ii, began her long uffili- (. ation with t?he Democratic party in 19rt(? as Director of the Demo *.:. xt _ ! ? 1. ? l c - i'iulic i>uciouai c^umoiutee s rumpaigrnretivities for Negro women, a post to which'she" whs reappoint- ] eel in 1940 and again in 1944. In \ lO.'IR. Mrs. Fausot was elected . to ' tin1 A.'M'inlil.v erf?The?Cnmmnii wealth of Pennsylvania" as a lie- ; mo'eratic Representative from Philadelphia?a political "firsF' since it was the highest elective office over?held?by?a?woman "of her race. In the fall of 1944, the combined .pleas of Republician Negro leaders?together?with?the?libei al. record of (Jov. Thomas Dewey's New York St^ite administration to-' wai\l minorities impelled Mrs. I Fausjct to - become a Republican. Consequently she was named Adviser to the Republican National , Committee's Negro women's cam- | paigo activities division. Tin* new aide to Mrs. I-loughton is a graduate of the I'osion (Mas-, i public Schools and Teachers C ollege, Columbia University. With a whir background of service?ttrTitrr adopted state of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Fauset is a past vice-president of the World Affairs Cornell of Philadelphia a n d in 1950 visited India as a guest of the New Delhi government. Two yfitrs later, the University a f Pei i nsy Kan fa' sent vr on a n educational mission to Nigeria, West Africa. In' 1955, Mis. Fai.set "was a'wan (i Pennsylvania's Meritorious Service Medal?-the Commonwealth's highest citizen award. 5th District Reports I/)S ANCKI.KS. Calif. - 'I' I. . (';r..roren."o of the 5t'i Kpkvc.ui Di triel. pursuant to a call l? y Hishop Frederick D. Jordon who I now presides over that District, met on Thursday, June 21st in special sessions. A Presiding Cider in each Annual. Conf-rencwas designated by the bishop to preside. Tlie pastors and lay deli gates from most of the churches w e r e present. Kn'hu ia- iy-piy they reported nearly 10(1 jier cent according to the requirements of the new budget legislation enact" I by the (leneral Conference at Miami. The Finance Committees of the several Conferences torwarded their reports, to the Hishop at California; he assembled them and sent to Dr. Mancq, the treasurer of the church, at Washington. D. C., $40,8(58.8(5. Hishop Jordan, the pastors, and members of the 5th District thus became the first to renort in full SI Tier member as required l>y Jhe General Budget. Notice !! The Annual Thanksgiving ficrviet? of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and the Household of Ruth will be held at Chappelle Memorial A. M. E. Church, 1100 Block Pine Street, CoIumT>1 a,TToiTtTT Carolina Sunday, July 8, 1956, 7:30 P. M. Rev. James A. Holmes is pastor. 'COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROL Jjip | jfl Sffl |?f * , J^B DR. G. G. General President of all the Bishop Primm Call Leader;" Texas R( WACO, TKXAS - A 100 ilccn-< temperature,- here on Wednesday June 27 failed .to quench the en thusiasm of hundreds atttendinj>a budget meeting?in? Howard Memorial Chapel * o n the Haul. Quinn College campus and saw till- hi'd.lv ? ' 1 . i. i I ' i h i LI -Till; .lias l'riinin comim *t i'-i:s ini > Dm.* in a spirit of u.npi i eedenU-d devntion, ( liristian comradship and Christian fellowship. More than $2X.0()0.(J0 was reported on the hudyet and indications, ate Teats will finally' silhlll'l ICO' i per copi report to the General Budyei Fund. Distance in Kpiscopal litis! rict) Willi L's?> IraVel in this 2'i2,o'.h> square lnili communities created a problem for many churches and minions, ma!;ihy it impossible for them to attend this one day ineetiny, and a s a result, many of them mailed in their reports'. 1 Time "and time attain, prominent members of the Texas minis; ry , and I a lety ii.terrupti J ihe proceedinys to --.-howiv Disieni I'rimr.i wiI li cop. n:n.< u- aiid hie i woniof in. fur "'I!.'.- 1.1-a*" *: !y. franu ami open nmnnei of Irs ti lmini. '.) .t' <u." A prayer of thanks was off .red for tire safe arrival of Bis! "'i : i.1 V: i. I'l imni in Texas aftei to. . '-.r \\a invoh ed Hi -i- (. r. i .! .e i.dish. . it i; i .Mr.- i i : i. I e.i ii parties \ civ l.rui l r. I : ...o Co I I ? " ' 1 4 #'.l v 4.1 Wti'l j I. : ^ . . .4 Wilb ci'Lirce Unive Allen University's - \\ ill,, I ; I i !'V. I it its ... t! .4 (It'i . r\< 'IV i : l KM foiv I,.; !>, -lor I .v I ), ijree ui'i.n Ileal: Arthni I'. tirrene I . , of AlU u I niversiiy, Couinilna, , Soutli Carolina. Dean (ireene, a native of Soiilli | Carolina, is known widely in edncationai eireles. I In', is a yrudu.ile of Sotitli Carolina AiVM Collejre. and t!ie I'niversity of Pennsylvania. He .wis :erved as administrator' in a nunilie:; of | in I >1 ic* seliools :*<d is-a-ntrinl,er of severill The Jesus of Yest The World of Todi C> IS) Lewis K. McMillan Ir. The eyer-pres.ent profile.!) farine ' theoiojriar.s has heen tr.lpslatintr ; the Jesus who is portrayed in the , Gospels and who walked in an age f WTiiCTi was contemporary some l'JOU j years a^o, to the present world. For so lontr it had heen a popular ' notion that only theologians wore , concerned (or SHOULD he com! corned) with such problems. It j had heen held for a lonjj time that ! so 1on<r as we know that Jesus died for oui sins, this was sufficient. -beyond the blessing of reigninjr in our heavenly home with God the Fath<jr, there was no other hope for the saint who walked sadly down the road of Life on Earth, rtto 1 IN A. SATURDAY. JULY TTT WUK 9K-& * I ':' < .': '' (DANIELS ; Baptists in South Carolina led "A Truej ;ports SI Member Dr. S. .J. Matthews, presiding elder of the Austin District and I treasuier of Paul Quinn College, preached the opening sermon at ] the Worship Service and called on | Texas and the A.M.K. Church "to ; launch out into the deep." "Wq ' 'u- 'Pi-nili?-.have.?toiled i | nianv a hour niirjit. and we have, covered many a lonjv-' mile,". Dr. 1 i Matthews Exhorted, "hut thank Clod we do not intend to stop, hut ) with our new leader, B i s h o p Primm, we havebiggvr plans for our forward journey."-" Th.e sneeial report session tQi'.k tinW- off to Jiid Dr. Frank It. Veal rtp*c.?ident ot i'uul t^uion tlolleKt*. farewell fur rendering three years; of honest and -sincere service that] ' .he jiad- given to the college and ,to , wirdi him continued success in hisi new post at Allen University, i I)r. Veal recognized a gift of i $11-00 given hy Mr. Ci. 11. Murray, prorAinent El l'aso businessman, and stated he was happy that "the futuie of. l'aul Quinn College' lies in sueli capable hands as that of _L5L.!iup. -Lit iniin. chairman of -.he Hoard of Trustees and Rev. John 11. Adams, the newly elected president." Rev. Adams ser ved with distinc* i as j'.t.fe. or of Rilnmal L.cernlure?rttwiy?Hirhrrrcat'' VlieoV^y at I -?* t 1 ii h " e:i! S> n.inarv at \V;:i.e:-f- .??. t? d > and is lh< son < f Dr. .lohn II. Adams * Sr Hisgraphe'r of the A..M E. Church. rsity Honors Dean c>I .1 !i i'iamI a ociaiiuils, Anuin^f hi.- publh'at ions are "The I'lace of the Kii dei .arten lunl .Vursery in l io.iii not nHial ('Sinrelies," "1 lit* St ! ?, .1 and Church Co-partners in i'Miuatiuii," and "Christian Kduca- I tiuu and Integration.' ' Sitae coining to Allen University the entire academic program has been reorganized to meet the iKt< tis of the church-related colb.in an integrated society. DeanCre'.'iie bolds membership in st liol .? . las tic and learned societies erday In ay ^ in.v. i'iv that pain and snrimv a-' j waited liim at every tarn, u 11 d that there was no hope of joy here on "Foreign Soil." 1 Jesus of history out and into the realm of the present has been stepped-up. The endeavor has overflowed. from the seminary classroom and out into the world, where we may find laymen (and we do not refer chiefly to the professional-class, but also j those who wield a pick and i shovel) who are seriously studying their Lord in the^Tighb?not of history?but of "Today-ness." One of the first attempts to exContinued on page 8 * .eabet 956 Wm' m f? t . *: ] Ik j *1 MK '1h| ?| v BL jWfe It |L? H VjHK 1>>. Ij. V. JENKINS. Sr. L "Supt. and His Task" I'OKCHEK TO KEYNOTE meetino at plantervilee - JUL i l.?TH , L ' : GKORGKTOWN, S. ('.?G. S. < Porcner. chairman," South Carolina -vrxt.'r congressional district-w?H be the principal speaker at a com- J munity rally of the Plpnterville i pt;ecint of the'Progressive Demo- i crats at 4 P. M at St. Paul AME I Church, pastured by Rev. R. A. | Brown. We are asking the pastors and nieipbers from ^Trinity AME 1 Church, T\11. (farmed Baptist ] Church. Hethel, St. Mark, Friend- i ship AMU; St. Mary AME church- J es~To conie and", spend a few hours with u.s at St. Paul. The choir of the church will furnish music. 1 Mrs. Anna Bell Green will have ' charge of the program and others ( who will appear on program will Id.- Rev. Gabriel Deas, Rev. Arthur ' Win ley,. Mr. George Ford, Mrs. 1 Audii'V Greene,?Mr. Arthur?Mor ant; Mr. S. 11. Hudson, District Secretary, will introduce the speaker and Mr. J. H. Priolcau will give J some brief remarks and make the appeal. ; , This was announced Monday by Eddie Morant, Precinct Chairman, and Airs. Annie Belle Greene Auxiliary President. M f ^mEt. ? It ^ * *BI I 1)R. J. A. DA COATS' J'rositknl of Henedict College Woolworth ' f Opening A Mew Era i Tilt' opening of the K. W. Wool- i worth, store ut 1450 Main Street n I i Columbia, on Tuesday July 10, J 1050, at 0:00 A. M. will mark the J beginning of a new era in Busi- j i ncss, However, for Woolworth, progress and new eras are not i ; new at all. For, ever sinee it was i founded one of the Nation's leading business' has continued to grow I with, - and sometimes ahegd of? , the times. .Woolworth's Columbia Store was no exception to this rule. Founded in Columbia, December : 'JO, 1007. the store began im| mediately to experience growing i , pains. In September 1040 the ! growing Pains ceased for a white : ! as the store commemorated its ... i i I*M. I expansion of its areas from 31'x! 173,' which housed the original ' store, to -57'xl98.' In 1940, as in 1907, Wool worth I ywns leading in "seeing ahead of1 '.Hiii' what the customer would, | wart. unit hail* it ready when hO'f called." Hut times change and so 1 I do the needs of the people. Follow- 1 ing the second world-war people began to realize the dream.s they had shaped and cherished during the war years when sacrifices had I Continued on page 8 I r Palmetto State Vot< Launches Gigantic 1 SUMTER, S. C.?The State j p Membership Committee of the l'al- C nc-.tto State . Voters Association It 'nc., Arthur M. Stanley Chairman,! p it a meeting held Sunday, June pi Mth in the First' Baptist Church'i ei le re nnninnn%d.?that?beginning?U lune JiOth, it is launching a State- ! Vide ch ive for. membership in the S Association. . , C Mr. Stanley stated that the drive tc s being made in the form of a in 'South Carolina Queen Contest" on E i Piecinct level, for thirty days, T ruling July .'list; a?County?level?V tiding August .'{1st: and a State- n side luevel ending Sep'tem her tjUth Ji ?iui?po|Hilnr?aiui?charming. ? girhi?U uul ladies who' participate in tht; C :ontes.t by obtaining votes fot fi Membership ^old, will compete for S Valuable precinct and county, pi*i- j '.es; and fo^ a $1000.00 State j si Scholar-hip award as well us the si ;rown as "Miss South Carolina." ' it The. Palmetto State Voters As-j S iocidtion, is incorporated by the j ti State of South Carolina, as an alee- p mosynary. Corporation, to encour- w ige registration, to dissminate ;in- fi formation on election laws and o: irocedufe, candidates and political S Federal Gas Tax Bo Effective This Sund; Motorists of South Carolina were-i * eminded today that on Sunday the : C 'ederal tax on gasoline will go up me cent a gallon, as part of the . h ?13 billion increase in federal au- 1 c< tomotive taxes, enacted by Con- P sres this year for financing the ! is 111-year federal hichwnv p nigra m. L. H. Anderson, Chairman. o f si the South Carolina Petroleum In- ir dustries Committee, noted that this h increase, added to the present 2- , cent federal tax and the 7-cent si State tax, will bring total state li and federal taxes on gasoline in ! 1 South Carolina to 10 cents a gal- j Ion. This, he said, is equivalent to j 1 about u 4G percent sales tax o n J gas. \ Comnretrting on- the "amazing ? growth" in motor fuel taxation in 1 this state through the years, Mr. j Anderson pointed out that the. | 1 South Carolina gas tax, first im f posed at a 2-eent rate in 1922, I 1 brought in only .$1,(101,000 the first full year it was in effect. He added:" . ' 1 Now, with this new increase in the federal tax, highway users of?1 this state will be paying an estima ted $00 million a year .. about 37 ; times as much in state and fe- 1 deral increase, expected to yield more than half a billion dollars a 1 year nationally, will bring to about j ST87 mTTITon the amount of federal ; 1 gas tax collected annually in South Army Begins New \ Officer Procuremen Sgt. _ Albert^TolherU Army re.! q cruiter of the Columbia Recruit 1 A Station will be at the 1122 Ladyjf Street between the hours of f; I and 5 on each week day, to answer' INVITING THE UN jyii hfgSw Sine* "the oTher 4ri ftot> dimmed bis I ' VjM |. fihtv. d<*t dim 70 ( o4 ?-cb *aMr^ ?-t. \ . PRICE: TEN CENTS ers Association Membership Drive . % arty organization and platforms. >perating in a precinct and county ivel, thruout the State, as a non* artisan league of eligible or pros-: ? . ective voters, its members are ot ithor democratic or Republican ulitival party affiliation.?? The Principal _ Officers of the tate Association are as folluws: hairman, W. J. Hunter, Darlin^>n, S. C.; Treasurer; J. E. Willims, Spartanburg, S. C.; State Ixeeutiye Secretary, ETliott D. itrnage Esq. Darlington, S. C,; 4ee?Pres., and?Chm, Ex, Com. littee, Rev. J. W. Seals, Manning, i (1, The executive committee of no Etnte group is composed u t ounty chairman and delegates ? rom the various counties of the tate. menioersrpp chairman dianiey tated that, "at "present the assciation has branches and attiliarins in all the counties of the tate, having a heavy concentraon of Negro voters; and that the urpose of the membership drive, as to strengthen, expand and nance the universally need work f the association, throughout the tate of South Carolina." lOSt *y arolina. Motorists have a great stake in ighways, Mr. Anderson said, but jrtainly they are paying for them. [e noted that the present tax hike i the "tenth general increase in ns uix rates motorists?of?U4s Late have been called on to pay * 1 the 34 years that gasoline has een taxed here. - ? Following is the history of the tate and federal taxation of gasa. . ne in South Carolina: 922 ?State gasoline tax first imposed at 2 cents a gallon. 923?State tax increased to 8 cents a gallon. . 926?State tax ' increased to B tenia m guiiun* 929?State tax,<. increased to 6 cents g gallon. 932?Fedejeal tax imposed at 1 cent ratej total, 7 cents a gallon. 933 ?Federal tax increased to 1.5; cents; total, 7.5 cents a gallon. . 943?Federal tax reduced to 1 cent; total, 7 cents a gallon. 940?Federal tax again increased to 1.5 Cents; total 7.5 cents a gallon. 950?State tax increased to 7 cents; total, 8.5 cents a gallon. 951 ? Federal tax increased to 2 cents: total. 9 cent* ? gulli.n. 950?Federal tax increased to 3 cents; total, 10 cents a gallon. VAC it Program uestions on the new Women's irmy Corps Officer Procurement 'rogram. Sergeant Tolbert stated hat a directive from the Adjutant Continued on page 8 - DERTAKER '*"V,'?V " ^ / \ : ;| , '?I . .?_ * , *Sv vrj.n-oit f w. iflfdWce T^'p . i o5> oat tt*S ^ 3^^ " " ' i 1 : __J ? ' ' " J ' I