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Saturday, May 1, 1926. 7 | Church News BY DRr Jr CH^aoaoaooacHaBorcoa^^ ; ' r "" CHURCH NOTES Sunday April 25 was a high day_with us. The Third Mis? sionary Convocation oflhe thktlConvocational District, embracing the Palmetto, South Carolina, Pee Dee, South Georgia and vened in Jonea Chapel the 22nd inst. ?~i ... ? Success attended the meeting throughout the dates ipdk cated in program. ? m T-V TTT ? ?? rsisnop n.. u. w. Jones, a. m., D. D., Presiding Bishop of the 9th Episcopal District, Dr. J. CLewis, presiding, elder of the hostess \ district (Columbia)1. Presiding Elders? Drs. D. S. Crosby, W. M. Robinson, A. C, Cook, Mrs. Anna L. Anderson, general president, Mrs. Ida V. Smith, general treasurer; Dr- W. W. Matthews, correspondent se cretary. Representatives from the Palmetl^, South Carolina, Pee Dee, S. Florida 4nd S. Geor-. gia cuiiffeiences and also the good people of Columbia, with nearly every church of our group, xe..... gardless of denomination were on the stage of action to give _ prestige to the occasion. It is said by those who witnessed *the manipulating and the results, of this convocational meeting, that it is the best of its * ?- nature ever heldun the State. TVlPro \uorn frofnrnol cUJU* J4ycpci feasts with a financial round-up of $547.91. T? Drs. J. C. Lewis, Presiding Elder of the Columbia District, W. H. Davenport, editor of the Star ;of Zion and Mrs. J. C: Parker, the cooperative effort was a " commented one. -^? Mr. G. L. Floyd, cashier of the Victory Savings Bank, Mr. I. S. Leevy, the business man; Prof. - Hawkins, real estate dealer, Dr. H. W. LOnCDr. "N-. A. smith, : ' Dr. W. E. Farmer, Dr. E. A. - Adams, fraternal messenger from the Interdenominational Ministers' Union of the City; Mr. F. Killingsworth, and other lead^ ing men Sftd women 01 the~Clty " all of whom contributed largely to tftgrsucces^ of the meeting. Jones Chapel choir, and Sidney Park Choral Club graced the occasion with swell music, quartett duets, solos, etc, to the admiration of all who heard it.?:? Last, but not least, ,the hospi table and sacrificing members of Jones Chapel spared no pains to mae it pleasant for this delega tipp.~ Wp wish to thank J;he many friendar who are not membei.s of our Chirreh for opennig their ? the^elegaf ion, ? May God accompany Boshop Jones, Pr-^Matthews, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Ida V. Srrilth, as they journey from this field to Alabama and elsewhere to do worV for the Master. // ' 7 ~ ,/^ION BAPTIST CHURCH / /_ Tetchers meeting resurrected by our faithful Supt., Dr. J. H. / / Goodwin is already bearing fruit '// in that, the Sunday School busiand vet much of volumnious red I tape, of special announcement is eliminated, a number of new teachers havle been added to the staff and many new pupils are being enrolled each Sunday. L full, school was ou^^he lesson \ w yfgfr had by each'class. Dr. C. Maddlson^and Dr. R. W. Bay^ lor, wererguests of the*Beerean f"?which class is taught by ?4? the pastor, Rev. White. The pastor turned his class over to Dr. Baylor, yrhile he conducted Dr. Madison through the other 18 classes and introduced him to each teacher and class. Dr. Ma' I' II 'I Minim ' oeoBQ&xoe?Qaceo?so3tts^^ Of Columbia i C. WHITE? 1 dison addressed the school S1 the^conclusion of the lesson. Baptizes Sick Man At 11:10 a. m. the pastor baptized Mr. James Johnson, wh< has been siek fo rabout 3 or A months. Mr. Johnson has beei a faithful employee at^the Caro lina Nation alBank for the pas ,8 or 10 years. 11:30 a. m.?"Big Z" wai rrawdftd upstairs and downstairs Dr. ,C. Bf Antisdel, President o Benedict College came down an< brought a lftrgo number of stu dents and teachers to hear Dr -C. P. Madison of Norfolk, Va Dr. T. M. Boykin, for whon Dr. Madison is conducting a re vival, consented to let Dr. Madi son preach at Zion; a very kirn act. Dr. Madison is pastor of th Second Calvary Baptist Church Norfolk, Va.; Vice-President o U16 Virginia Baptist 3late Con vention and Recording Secreta ry of the National Baptist Con vention of America. ^Standing room was at? a pre mium, and Zion was "rearijigT go." He preached a most wonder ful sermon from the text: " Pray thee, let a double potion o thy spirit rest upon me." Dr.? MadIsbh"asRecT, whaifwa; the spirit that Elk ha asked?? 1. A double portion of his fi delity.. . . . . 2.^ A double portion of his cou _ 3. A double portion- of th spirit of prayer. It is almost impossible to des cribe the scene tha took place h 7.1AM Kllf 14- It?nrt ^ 11 uiuu, uunw Htta^uuc m uie oes sermons listened to in many i da#. . At Brookland Baptist Church At 3 p. m. Pattor White mc tored ? to Br'okland" Bantis Church where a great praye meeting was in progress.** He soo; go thimself in order and preach echonthe "Sure Hope of the Be liever." The church was set o: lire uf llm Iluly Qlmst , while a could but say, "it is good To b here." Communion was servec but before this took place, th pastor turned-the meeting int an "experience meeting" i which many, old and young tol of their hopes in Christ amids uhouts and tears. - . Mrs. (Mary A. - Gilliam .an Mrs. Senia Watson made all pre rations for serving the table. Miss Mary West is at theTiea of a new auxiliary known as th Y. P. W fl. eVnnnrr _ . ... w v ? x. t r ui r mg ulub.) ' Sister Mickens is President o the Ladies Church Aid, which i land Baptist Church7 Deacon ,1. C. Cook is Oupt uf <uur Sunda, School. " ; ~-4>eacon Mickeiis has returne fronTFlorida and is again at th head of the chpir^ Deacon Wat son has gone to Baltimore t work for * short while. Zion's B. Y. P. Uf was intei esting last Sunday.?Lie: J. 1 At 6:30 p.xm. The Progressiv .Club turned out with the instal lation of the officers by the pas tor* Mrs. E^a Rutherford 2 Mrs. Dora Miller, 1st vice-pres. Mrs. Moore, 2nd vice-pres.; Mis Mrs. McLemore, Recording JSec. Mrs. Maggie Fair, Chaplain. D?.. tirl- - !. ivcv. wnne preached a specia sermon to these sisters, using a hisisubject: "The Reward of th Christian." Thus ended another great da; in Zion. All strangers are cor dially mvited to ourChurch nex Sunday to be in a regular Hoi] ' Ghost service. v. ) ? i BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH We are thankful for the mani festatton of progress in every-d partment of the church evcfc a ^ THE PALMETT I6,was seen in Hie Sunday school! Sunday morning. A full school of studious little boys and girls, men and women joined in a vary j interesting discussion on the! subject: "Cain and Able." The! 'children proved equal to the1 task when Mr. W. H. Harvey^ was^. called upon to review the lesson. We are hoping that a greater number of the parents . and adults will come out and 'witness the splendid work carried on by the teaching force of I, the Sunday-schoolAfter the preliminary to the ~ motTdTTg serviue, i>r.-Tr. A. Adams selected Hebrew 12; and a ^ portion of the first verse^-"We; ^'are compassed about with so great a cloud fif witnesses." ."i'JL'he following-divisions" uf Llm *!text were discussed: Heredity, ^ Environment und Will Power, _ I Asserted?heredity and environmment are great forces in our j path of progress, either for^goocT or evil and sometimes they are e used as excuses for our mistakes ( and short-comings, but the will ? power is that great force in man which proves, the Things .that" seem impossible,?possible when _! exercisedTby-^iitli ^andT trust Tn | God. Martin Luther, Richard ,1 Allen and Daniel A. Payne were 0|nitfiiliuncd_aa typeo having hat^ .J faith in 6od, finally overcame j obstacles and succeeded in mak^ ing the' world bptter. The President and members 5 of the A. C. ~E. League still in1 vite vou to come but iti larger numbers and witness a splendid prograrn ea$h'-Sunday afternoon _ | at 6:30. At nipfht Pr Adams _ as his text Zac. 4:6. the latter e ~~ ". ' 7 I part of the 6th verse. He _ishowed in very plain, through J striking terms the inferiority t of worldly powers and the """greatness of the power of the i spirit of God. "~T Th(r~ehibs-antl- boards ^ are ^ still forging ahead-'successfully t with each effort to rak>e funds r for our indebtedness. "The~Ju^ ? nior Stewardess Board had-quite t<_ ] 'a pleasant and successful evj-enmg at the "Tom Thumb's" n wedding on theJ26th." / "~J H . Let us naw look forward to the next effort and be not weary j in well doing. g Sunday, May 2nd, is holy com Q munion: Come to the services, you are welcome To share the ^joy that paseth all understaudt ing; and satisfies when nothing = else can. But let hot duty seem ^ a load to you, but a pleasure. " SIDNEY PARK CHURCH r? ,-NEWS ? I C1-- 1 1-1 1 11 1 e 5 ounuay acnooi oegan its serv:-jice at its usual hour -with -the j Supt., Mr. D. R. Starks presiding f i A splendid lesson was discussed s ; by the teachers artd-pupils. Sub. storw of -Cain and Atrel." i.1 After the disc'usaion of the les* Ky *hn trnninna ploQgpg *bp REESE'S D' MRS. P. R. 1 I * A Full Line of- Pate Cigarettes and Tobac [ ">^^--Madam C. J. Walker ' * >?-i-. Times.? Ice Cream ar e I 1422 Assembly Street, ^ ; ! Office Phone 6026 < > , - ? _ v_ . S ?. ? t: ' " - NT T PRl Alt V -Mk. JLWI -M j AJlorney-at-Law O ? . ' . < il '* Practice in all Cour s ?r p X 1119 Washington Street, fx"' * ' yr ' ? 4 ;i 2ZZ J. H. RO! , ;; MERCHAI ,? - vw JL . M Suits Madi :: . ; TF.tEPH e t Yll&y? Washington Strreet. _ ? r . . - as;-L. O LEADER ~ Supt. reviewed it in full. At 11:30 morning service be-! gan. Just before Dr. Farmer j tdok his text he said that he! tho't the good people of Sidney1 Park should know the facts as to whether he will be with them came his painful duty to say to the church and the great City of Columbia that he felt that God had called him to another field of labor, and that he had done his best thie four years he5 h&d ser-' ved here, and that Gocf had a-| bundantly blessed his labor, and^ now that-he had heard jinofher. call to another field he felt that, it was his duty to God and the! Church to go. He said that it! pained him beyond expression to' leave the great Church and the good people of Columbia, but . ne cna not Deiong to nimseii, out t God. - .? When he was through speaking he- was bathedintearsand i seemingly, the^whole house was 'in tears and weeping. In the (great congregation few dry-eyes were visably seen if any. The rgood pastor wil preach his last ] sermon Sunday at 11:30 and! wouldbe happy to see as many, of his friends as possible, both1 members and fiends. If Ist&up-pnspri tn he his Inst in the City ^"Columbia. lie cldsred by say-, ing that he felt that he had done his best for the good people ofi Columbia, being" led by t'he un"serrmg hand of God in the paths of righteousness. God bless all ot you. ? 1 ?j Ministerial Union Notes The UniCn'convened in Fiiat Calvary Baptist- Church, Noun Anrir^?7. with Rev. P. A Adams presiding. ??' " ; _! The devotions were conducted by the" Chaplain, Rev. G T. DillarcL The minutes were read and -'adopted. The unfinisTTed" business was handled with much interest. -Parliamentary spggesItions were made and corroboratJed by the members ot,,the l/pion relative to the salutation of the ehafr, when approached, etc^. i light in having the Rev. Dr. G. K. Lylea preuont. ?Dr T yTes made a splendid talk and also renewed his relationship with, the Union by paying the legal joining fee. Dr.._Lyles_js a member of the pioneer constituents and Presiding Elder of the Newberry District of the A. M- E. Church. InformatkuLia those who wkh to communicate in any way with the Union, you are Hereby notified that cohere is a prudentional committee of which- Dr. P. P. Watson - fe . the chairmanr thru which you are to secure access to j remit ^ny matter or present present aby person to the Union. Much interest is. being mani ; rested by tbebrethreir respec| tivelyr-for the benefiF oF'MlTr church and race. RUG STORE iiEESE, Prop. J nt Medicines, Cigars, _ 5 cos. 7 A Full Line of 's Preparations at all id?Sodas. " ?*! ?2 E 782(T ^ Columbia, S. C. a .0 OOOOOOO OOOjOO O 5. Residence Phone 6798 .? 3PERICK "" i: and Notary, Public. J ^ ts?State and Federal. ;; Columbia, S. C. '' > BERTSON MT TAILOR ~ - r b To Order^ ^?' ..? ONE 4003 " , ; CotomMt. ft. C. .. . _'j . t .*. ' - A The ban is still on the sub- v ject: "Crime and its Remedy." |f There is a committee jiard at.1 work on the sub ject which is ex- r^ pected to , be? presented next 0 Tuesday as the order of the day.p The -prudfential committee. re- u dial welcome to all who may | have persons or matters of im-nl portance to come before the Un-[*1 ion. Rev.'JP. I4. Watson whose n address is 2021 Marioh Street is the chairman of the committee- w f 1 c See him or else you will get no recognition from the Union. - < ii Kendaltown. is Rev. Julius Holman, our pas- ^ tor, portrayed the life of Joseph ^ in his sermon Sunday morning. ^ At the evening service, Rev. R * B. Phillips preached. Sunday School was conducted by Mr. A. Potee, Supt M. B. Wil- P lid m c V\ rv 1 U ^ ? i. ? - ~ " 'uiiio uciii^ ctu.-feiii, on account oi i illness. The lesson was reviewed ^ by Prof. Green Jackson, LL^ D. ^ At 7:00 p. m. the League wasp don ducted by" Mr. E. C. Clark ja who is an cxncrt in League d work. "" r- '* One section of -our-Trustee 1 Rally has ended. Having a small 1 membership we raised only three v hundred and fifty dollars? "J -fin < MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH 1915 Lautel Street C wWe have had great success in a our Sunday School for the fast t year. T~7 ./ |i Th^ Sunday School and Church t has done wonderfully. Wehave t snrns of the smartest Sunday A SchooTAvorkers there is in the i 'sabbath schools. For the time i being, we have been -successful j in all our-church and S. S. work"* I for the Lord. ^ ' I t All Christian friends welcome, c Sunday School 11:00 A. M., ? Preaching ? 12:00 M. 1 1 M A * * ." \ . cm T T TT/Tl?ri r? n nttfmnn i OA. Luivao i'. ti. Lnunin > Hamptom Avanua " All of the services were inspf- J ring, impressive and were well - a I tended. ,,-The program?ren? dered by the Young People's Ser- J ... n T nnffiin nf thpT.Vp|rch WSS ^ the "unusual" occurance of the ^ day, and is therefore- given-aae- n , rial- mention. 1 I Promptly at the appointed, hour J 5:00 p. m., t he"sefvtce^va-s! j begun by singing by the League. | Scripture lesson wa?\ read by < Beverley Roberts. Apostle's J Creed and prayei was led by ; Thomas Martin. Instrumental i' *=?4 | i solo?Miss Eloise Bailey. Select; -reading?Gerald Roberts. Duet!1 ?MissesvEsther Burton and Jes- j, sie Canady. Solo by the Rector. ( Select reading?Miss Christian j' McGriff. Solo?Miss Mildred j Roberts-Sumter, S. C. Mr. F. j, Supb was the principal speaker; onx the program. His address ': was interestingrarvd frcadtifuk ? -j??The-pleasant ordej of the in-,' troduction of visitors was then, engaged in. JMXss Mildred Rob- j erts.of_Sumter was among those' f>re_sent. Much delight was shown :to them for their presence and valuable assistance in the rendi-jtion. ~7'- ' ' lL-.- ?. .- | j Miss Mamie Virdeer of Fer-] nandina, Fla., and a student of; Benedict College of ~?tqlunibia(w^s the pianist for the occasion.. She performed to the great de-r light of all. Some very interesting and en-. > couraging remarks were then made-by the Rector of the parish the Rev. T. H. Brown. ?f I The meeting then came to a close after the benediction. 4 Every participant played his part splendidly and those who 'witnessed the program are look-| ing forward earnestly for the mext one. -.r: '?t t ^ ? THE OLD FOLKS' HOME On Sunday afternoon, April 25th, a splendid prayer meeting was held, at the Old Folks' Home by the Zion 1 and TJnion Baptist Churches, which j ' V . . ? / ?? . > o V - * ,____^ J? FIVE 'as very much enjoyed by the old oiks and others. The leaders of his meeting were as follows: Bros. lcCormick of Union and Dr. White f Zion. * 7 "Welvere also pleased to have with s the Sidney Park's Missionary So. tety- - >', a The little Church was crowded and S ie contribution raised amounted to. 5.00 for which we thank them very luch The old folks -are-doing nicely and e are asking the prayers of all good hristians. . . " . Sister Katie Jackson, one of out" imates, has been quite ill, but we i on the mend. LINTON CHAPEL A. M. E. Z. "UITDru XTAmt^n ? ? nuivcn iiuiaa, UIMUIN, S. IJ. unday was ~h-high Jay. Di. W. [. Davenport, A. M., D. D., that reat scholar and writer, the edi>r or our "brilliant Star of Zion" .. reach^ththree of the most wonerful serinons thai have been lelivered , in Union, in its hisory "Even greater works than hese will ye do in my name,'1?: re the Master's words, and the iscinles of this acre a>e bringing hings ta pass. Nothing save a lancial days could have been . ~ s vrought in raising the $1,000 >lanned by the pastor, Rev. W. Wealch, D. D. a few-short OnMonday night Rev. R. A. Carroll/ D. D., 'of Metroplitan A. J. E. Church, Chester, talked to l large and. expectant congregaionand the amens and shouts rom the tvdldicrq of the croco, inder suchv conditions- proved Iratrhe was:?ht4tis best. Them it vas announced that the captains n the R^hy had ""gone. over the" aising the amount of $1,015.70. ? It is a great-pleasure to cor- / ect errors. Mrs. Mattie Moornan*-Our -efficient organist had :harge of the Easter music instead of Mrs. Bessie Ray. . A. &. T. College Notes During the_ past _week, Super*isor Simmons and Director $taey, "members of the faculty of she Agricultural dppartinpnt ? \. & T. College, represented the tQllegfe at the Fathers and Sons banquet w li ich 'waji1 staged at kVaters County Training School, #pil H5v^'his"TsTh6 first time ? the hiatory of this institution that an entertainment of this type has been staged. The success of the affair was due largely to efforts put fofTTftiy Professor Wynn, the' agricultural teacher. During 'the evening, entertainment was furnished in ways of toasts, readings, music and short talks.. ' " ^7? Director Staley, Supervisor Simmons are scheduled this week to attend the agricultural exercises of the County Training1 School, Hasty, -Nr- C., of ~ wnicn rrof. J. A. Kink is prin cipal. President Bluford is lerrtk?J? ing every assistance- to create a spirit" of cooperat ion between the men on the field and the college force. - A. & T. College defeated A. U. - ** here, April 24, by a score of 7-6. The visitors lost a chance to sew up the game in the 9th in- fining whpn King hrmtert. into ft double. This is lfae*~eighth vie tory out ofliine starts for A. & * ' Ti The^boys are scFeduled to play Bennet iMnnday, April 25. A group of four women, delegates to the Inter-racial conference at Greensboro, paid a visit A P. T- S* if f ' ? w -tl. oc x. v^onege during the^ chapel period of Tuesday April 20. _the f6imwthg? were the names -of the visitors: Mrs. Dodge, head of the group; Miss Giggs, Mesdames Cox and Scarlett. President Bluford, having introduced the visitors to the student body aiid faculty members asked them to s.peak. Each in-turn-gave a minute speech of? welcome and appreciation of . having the opportunity of visitihg us. To delight and honor these guests, our quintette rendered several appropriate select&orc ;