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TELEGRAMS AND MESSAG ES OF CONDOLENCE. Continu^ From Page One. which wis can only acknowledge as God's will. We lofow these days are dark and glocjmy to you, and that her presence is sorely missed in the home aijid the various walks of life, butj we know that she is in that beautiful land, free from the pa?n and suffering which she borje through her brief ill ness. Comijaending you to Him who doeth alii things well, we remain in heartfelt sympathy, Your schoolmates, $. L. and C. M. Finley. > i_ Heatih Springs, S. C., Feb. 28. Mr. J. IA. Roach, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sf ir: I regret very much to learn of the death of your wife. You have r|iy sympathy in this hour of youlr bereavement. We bow our h^ad in submission to Him who doeth all things well. Yours respectfully, ! John D. Dye. ? i Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 25, '22. Mr. J.| A. Roach, 1200 Heidt Street, Columbia, S. C. To ?the bereaved family. We extenjl to you our sympathy, j Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Jj. A. Roach and Sister,, Myi dear friends : I h^ve failed to find words by which to express myself in this bereavement, but I am con strained to remind you of your relation to God, hoping to quicken your inspiration a gaindt weakening forces of loss and ?orrow. Respectfully, D. M. Haynes. ? ______________________ Cojumbia, S. C., Feb. 25, '22. Mr. James A. Roach, My dear Mr. Roach : You have my deepest and heartfelt sympathy in your sor row land bereavement; I know how! you feel, I have been thru it all. ! Very respectfully yours, Richard Carroll. CAItD OP SINCERE THANKS FROM HUSBAND AND_ FAMILY OF MRS. H. V?O LJ* ROACH, DECEASED. Having yielded to the will of our ?Maker knowing that He is so perfect that He never makes a mistake and loves His own so well that He never puts upon thein burdens that they cannot bear, and that He only lends to the! world His best jewels as was the case of our most de voted wife, mother, daughter and! sister, we wish to give sin cere thanks and highest appre ciation to the many friends and acquaintances both far and near, white and colored alike for^ the deep sympathy express ed in words and deeds for every kidd act done, great and small, which have meant so much to us and still mean so much to us in the heaviest hours during ths illness and death of our beloved wife, mother, daughter, grand daughter and sister, Hattie Viola Roach, who quietly slept awjay, into that everlasting and peaceful rest, for which she served her Master and human ity; untiringly so many years. Words are not at our com maind just here and now to ex pr?ss our true feelings but iu the only term thus far thai the Master permits in use to re?ch each and every person who was so considerate oi her welfare and ours to do from tue smallest act of kindness to the grbat?st, even at sacrifices. jAgain we say thanks, ten thousand times, thanks, and with the assurance that you h^ve won warm places into Our hearts, we subscribe ourselves to; your command at any time w? can do kind acts for you or rehder favors, j J. A. Roach, husband, I Sylvesta V. Roach, daughter, jMrs. L. J. Williams, mother, {Mrs. Rosa Williams, Grand mother, |James Williams, Brother, ?Mrs. Rosana Hamilton, Sis ter, j Sylvester Williams, Brother jMrs. Bessie Kilpatrick, Sis t?r, [Miss Katie Williams, Sister. I Roger Williams, Brother. ?Miss Daisy Roach, Sister-in- ; law. 1 ?Esther, the cantata present- ] e<j[ at Second Calvary ki^t week . isl the talk ci the ca-iy this s wpek. *j i \ ? ? \ ~ CHESTER PARAGRAPHS. There was organized in this city on Monday night, a Grand Commandery of Knights Temp lars, of the Jurisdiction of S. C. This Commandery was organ zed by Right Eminent Grand Master of the Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. A ieiicious supper was served by aie ladies of the Eastern Star Chapter. The following out of town guests, as representatives from the Commandaries ;of their respective cities present were Dr. C. C. Johnson, Aiken Grand Master of Masons of ;S. C. Dr. B. N. Hatcher and W. jM. Copland, Clinton; Dr. A. I E. Maxwell, Messrs Samuel Pjat terson, Elmo Barksdale, Dayid Goins, S. W. Sullivan, and N, S. Torrence, Laurens; Messrs; J. 0. Singleton and S. J. Poins?tte Charleston and Mr. Moore of Winnsboro. After supper, a few short speeches were made. The occasion was a very pleas ant one, and all present enjoyed the evening. I Dr. Francis Lee of Living-j stone College preached at Cal-j vary Baptist Church Sunday! morning and delivered an ad-j dress at the same church oil ounday aiternoon at the Eduj cational Mass Meeting. ! The Calvary Baptist Church refused to accept the resignaj tion of Rev. J. C. Gilmore, an^i at a church meeting Friday night, re-elected him pastor for the ensuing year. It is under stood that he will serve. j Miss Pearla B. Attles, whp has been very ill, is impr?vinjg to the delight of her rtianjy friends. I The many friends of Mr. ai}d Mrs. McKinley Stanback of New York City, will be sadden ed to learn of the death of their only child, McKinley, Jr;, }n that city just a few weeks agp. The little one was sick but a day. ! Mrs. S. L. Finley and son, Louis, atteded the Cantata, Esther, at the Second Calvary, Friday evening. While iii tl ie city, they were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Moore, Mrs. Julia Bonnor, R. Ni, pi s sed through the city, Friday, ?rom Charlotte, enroute i;o Cfo lumbia, where she atte Bnfchm Sunday noon. Miss Ellen Jackson of j Pas saic, N. J. returned to thait city last Sunday, after spending several weeks here with hjer tarents and other relatives jin j?terville. Lev. D. B. McLure and Mr. Robert Nelson are both able Ito be cut aiter being seriously lill xor several weeks. REV. RICHARD CARROLL SPEAKS AT HARBISON COLLEGE SUNDAY, FEB THE 26TH. Rev. Richard Carroll has been invited to speak at Harbison College, Sunday afternoon, Feb. ?Cth at 2:30 p. m. ; he will ad dress the Y. M. C. A. on behalf i The World's Students Chris tian Federation. Prof. R. W. Joulware is manager. ? Rev. Richard Carroll by invi tion of Rev. W. .D. Hood, D. .)., will speak to laymen and .meters at Saint Paul Bap . st Church, Laurens, March 3. -_ EOF, J. A. LANGFORD, THE NEGRO ARCHITECT WINS IN A GREAT CONTEST^ ivir. J. A. Langford, the noted trchitect and Mechanical engi neer with national headquarters i 448 Que St., Washington!, D. C.. was in Columbia this week .ind in competition with sev?ral local architects, won the archi tectural work for designing &nd supervising the Chappelle Hall aid Auditorium building'for ?ilen University, Columbia^ S.1 C. This building will be of the Colonial type and purely classi cal m and out. It is to be built of stone, brick, steel, slateland re-mforced concrete ,i When nnished as designed by the aoted architect, it is thought it will be the largest, most ?om .nodious and most beautiful, rom an architectural poin|t o? . iew than any other collegfe or university owned by the A. M. Church or the colored race in the country. It will have^ every mo Jem Appliance for laboratories, do mestic and applied sciences; printing department, business :entral heating and ; electric Plant, dinning room to seat nore than five hundred students with auditorium with vornan gallery to seat n?arly two thousand people, stafe fly and foot lights to acjpmmo date fifty or more played^ dressing rooms attachid ?oth female and male; J some thing sorely neded in Cm jvhere the local talent anf visit lng players can have Jadvan tage of a good auditorium and fctage. The building wh*i com pleted will not only be ? credit po the Church and race ?but to the State and Country. ! Mr. Langford was the super wising architect for Bethel A. M. E. Church of which Dr. T. H. Wiseman is the efficient pas tor. The Columbia State, the leading white paper of this city carried a story and picture of the church last week. In addition to this Miv Lang ford has designed a building for the federal bank in Charleston, a Negro institution that has the* backing of some of the best colored people in the State, it s to be one of the best buildings in Charleston when completed ?nd is to cost something like one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO BAPTISTS. No one knows how many com pose this host save the Ahvise Maker. The primary purpose of the gospel is to make disci ples of all men for the cause of Jesus Christ. Whenever and wherever this is done as it ought be, souls are added to the kingdom. The growth of our ienomination in the State for ;he last half century has been most marvelous. It is to be re setted, however, that we have not produced ministers with the ?ecessary qualifications rapidly anough to lead these converted people to higher planes in church activities. As a se quence full too many congre rations are without shepherds vho are able to rightly divide he Word to both lamb and .heep that they may grow in :he essential graces to serve cheir calling. It is well to take time in our inward march to consider our j veak points and not rejoice >ver our strength to oiir hurt. )ne of our weak points among mr many is we have lot ade owledge of ?& num omplete statistical ?Br^of our denomination in thl state. There is no office, not eyen the State Secretary's office dan fur lish a report of this informa :ion which is highly a neces ^ty. In the heads of all, per haps, is the imaginary 265,000, /hich comprises the whole tate. This is absurd. Five ears ago The Rocky River As sociation had a compiled rec ord of 10,000. There are a ;out 48 Associations and a half Jozen of these have more than double the number of the Rocky ?iver respectively. To know jur numerical strength is with jut doubt one of thc first neces sities. \ Gathering these records may je a big job but certainly n0 arger for us than for others vvho have successfully done so. if we are to put over a large [program this record must be |accessable in the next twelve I months. Unless we secure the j real statistics of our denomi nation we will defeat ourselves and ever occupy an , inferior place in the estimation of other people. Let us all extend a happy welcome to the man whom we are going to elect as statistician of South Carolina Baptists. More anon. H. M. Moore. \ ? il PROF. BOGAN HEARD FROM. Congratulates Editor -Other News. Mr. Editor:- I know it js rather late, but as the old say ing, "better late than never/' i wish to congratulate you upon your new Linotype Machine, t he neat, newsy appearance of The Indicator, and the success you have made in printing and other ?usiness lines. I feel proud of your success along with other Negroes who are making g0o^ and my conscience is clear that I have done my "bit" to help you and all others succeed whom I have come in contact with, i have been (and am now) a in advance subscribe to The in dicator 18 years or more, ancj send all the printing that comes my way. I often think of the "by gone days" wehn we were t] boys in dear old Benedict Col- h lege. h My wife and children have si moved to Union where the chil-1 w dren could attend school, and j j t] am here on the farm j holding C n n 1 s c b c t 0 S c A a 0 t; THE OPENING OF SERIES NO. 2 OF Industrial Building & Loan Association The Industrial Building and Loan Association of Columbia, S. C., wishes to take this opportunity of thanking you who are members of this Association for the interest you have mani fested in helping us to make Series No. 1, of which you are a member, a success. We are now ready to open Series No. 2 on March 4th, and we ask that you manifest the same interest in Series No. 2, that you did in Series No. 1, by subscribing for stock in the Second Series, and see that your friends manifest the same interest in Series No. 2 that you manifested in Series No. 1 and we will be able to push Series No. 2 over the top the same as No. 1. Any person can become a member of this Association with the purchasing of one or more shares. The terms have been fix ed so that even a small child can buy at least one. Our terms are as follows: One share is worth $100 and the payments can be made weekly or monthly, at the rate of 25c weekly and each member can purchase as many shares as he or she desires. This stock will mature in 6 1-3 years at par value of $100 per share. We pay you 6 per cent on your investments. Why shouldn't we own our own homes at this rate? There was once a time when our folks were not able to own any proper ty and the chances seemed very slim for assistance, but now that our race has grown to such an extent to have men who are able to stand and assist us in every vocation in life, with special mention to the improving of our homes, why should we sit and wish any longer for a new and beautiful home when everything is being fixed for our convenience? Just at this point allow me to ask a question, for whom are we living, the landlord or our families ? If this problem interests you (which I am sure it has) and you are unable to solve it, why not cali around to our office, 1125 Washington Street and seek a little information. We. are in position to explain every phase. You will always find s^*ne one ready to respond at your request. If you cannot call, write or phone us and we are at your service. Don't forget Series No. 2 opens Saturday A. M. March the 4th, at 9 o'clock. OFFICERS: N. H. COLLINS, President, E. A. HUGGINS, Secretary, H. E. TAYLOR, Treasurer. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: W. D. Chappelle W. M. Dixon G. Lee Ratliff J. E. Dixon H. E. Taylor W. H. Winthrop Jas. Veal J. B. Lewie E. A. Huggins L. M. Daniels . N.H.Collins Don't Forget Series No. 2 Opens things together. I go to "town" mee a week to see them and ;arry milk, butter, eggs, pota toes, peanuts, and garden vege tables. Sometimes it gets real lonesome, but I find comfort when I think that I am doing my Juty to educate my children. My first intention was to get property for them, but later I lecided that it would be much Detter to educate them. I watched with much interest low Second, Calvary Baptist Dhurch labored to hold my old school friend, Dr. H. M. Moore, is her pastor, which proves that ie has done good work. But if ter all I think Dr. Moore jhould have gone to Sumter. Che best time for a preacher, ;eacher, or any public man to eave a place is when the people vant him to stay. However, 1?re is my congratulations to >oth church and pastor. I have just received a copy o? he State Superintendent ox Education's Report to Governor md General Assembly which 1 im giving a careful study, lt is i splendid report and every eacher should have one lor itudy and future reference, 'lhe tverage per capita for whiten vas $39.26; for Negroes $4.84. The maximum for whites was ?67.29 in Charleston County anu he minimum, was $22.b2 in Cershaw County. The maxi uum for Negroes was $21,28 in Charleston County and the nmimum was $1.89 in McCor mick County. The amounts tor fegroes are Hot as large as they hould be, but I feel greatly m ouraged when I notice how oldly some of these State Ulii ers speak out for Negro educa ion. Among these speaking ut SQ clearly are Hon. J. h. ?wearingen, btate Supt. of Edu ation; Hon. J. B. Belton, State ^gent for Negro Schools ano liss Will Lou Gray, ?upersisor f Aduit Schools. I want to say to the farmers, hat since the arrivai of Mr. Bon Veevii, "so much advice has been anded out, that the majority ol he farmers are contused. 1 eard one speaker telling some ?egroes to each get thirty hens, tating how many e?gs the./ rould lay in a year, and whai bey would bring at 30 cents per ?Z6n, This sounds good until you try it. Last Saturday in Union you could hardly give eggs away. Now listen Bro. Farmer, don't make too much of any one thing, because we note the market. Just raise e nough food-stuffs for your fam ily, stock, and a little to sell to Mr. City Man, then what cotton you can, and all will be well. William M. Bogan, Kelton, S. C. STOCKHOLDERS AND EXE CUTIVE BOARD COLORED STATE FAIR MEET-HEAR REPORTS OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER-TALK PLANS FOR BIG FAIR IN 1922. Responding to the call Feb. 15th, a number of Stockholders and Executive Board met in Co lumbia, S. C., to hear the report of Secretary and Treasurer for 1921. The following is report of the Auciit Committee : The books of the Treasurer and secretary have been care xuhy examined. We find them aeatiy and accurately kept. The . ouchers have all been checked ^ver and we find that all money received and paid out have been ^ropeny accounted for. Respectfully submitted, N. J. Frederick, W. E. McMahan. Feb. 15th, 1822. f HE DATE OF NEXT FAIR WILL BE OCT. 31st, TO NOV. 3rd, 1922. Many new suggestions in the plans for a Greater Fair this year were made. Among them vvas the appointment of Lady Assistants in each District to work exhibits, make talks and interest the people in the Com ing Fair. Said appointments to oe made by Executive Board members and ladies to be paid alter reporting their work on the Fair Ground this Fall. A. W. HILL, Secretary. Mrs. C. M. Finley and son, Louis of Chester were here to rVitness Esther, the cantata ;iven at Second Calvary last *veek. I WE SEE COLUMN. We see that many of our subscribers out of the city are helping to support The Indica tor by mailing their orders for printing. We see that the whole deacon board of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Orangeburg stand oack of their pastor, Dr. N .C. Nix. We see that with some people pleasure is always before busi ness. We see that despite the scar city of money with which to meet demands the very people who cannot meet weekly and monthly bill are the first to ;rowd theatres and other places tor amusement. We see that some think that che name of Washington Street should be changed to "Buir' ! street, especially the eleven hundred block where it seem? that every Negro must meet to shoot his "bull." We see that Mrs. Pauline Reese is one of the most suc cessful business women in the State. No better evidence le?ded than that she keeps a ^ood bank account and settles all bills promptly. We see that hundreds of our readers seem to think that the paper will continue as a matter of course. We see that the street cars will not run again soon-thanks. We see that The Indicator has more free readers than re gular subscribers. We see that Dr. M. A. Evans has a very large practice that keeps her going day and night. We see that some ministers are still lying, People's Recor der. We see that all Mars are not yet dead. We see that a certain woman rvho has been owing a certain jill for three or more months is still "broke." We see that some of our busi ness men are too envious at the success of others. Wee see that March the 16th, is going to be a great day at Benedict College. We see that for a "Negro to vote in the City Democratic . . . Continued on Page Five