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Saturday, September 11, 1926. j | Church Politics Arid :.f -j 1 REV. ALBERT^ TTltrre to have tead the Gospels thru scores of times in English and several times in Greek, but it has never been disclosed to me in any of my investigations that Jesus, the Christ ever ttped such corrupt political methods .to advance His cause of righteousness , as, many who mockingly represent Hfm use today. There is extant today a current religion that has nothing in common with the "standard of life a?-disclosed^ the Hfc-rrg-ChriBf tm . ' us. As we near the period of holding^ 'our serioi~oF Annual Conferences in ^South Garolina, the religious hypo-j crites and liars will begin their dirty work. ~One"after another btre can hear j them, say: "Well, I-think we need a! NEW PREACHER for another year. What do you think about it??Of course I have nothing serious against our presenrpastor. He is a little too slow. Then too,, he talks too much.He bothers with our plans to some extent. As a preacher he is not the -drawing card" that this Church really --needs.- His literary training, -too, is not just what it ought to be,. OIL course _he can come back if "he can get back, but T really hplipvp it would it. would help our cause here if he were changed. Now, do not go and tell him that I want him to ~b<F changed. andt I would find mvself in a . tight place." Thus jspoke one of^the biggest liars and Church hypocrites that ever lived a short while ago. Well, the Person to ? whom thoBQ words wore spdkon didfo^t. hypocrite desired." Well, here comes along a tricky, two-faced presiding ? ?ekletv- Having viewed htm TO have" ihey nrst give him a good dinner, a :' little money and a few kisses, and now the bargain of damnation and "Rascality begins to destroy that preacher" and his family. As the desire for moving the preacher is laid before him, he gets hot on the~trail. at once. He savs: "Well. I am not over hnxious to have-that felloto on MY ?- DISTRICT anyway. 1. have felt, fnr some time that he should be changed. Hqve yon anything that I could use fl^arnsF him? You know, the' fiish ? -r- mis are a-Httie funnv these days. They give ihuuu fellow u inoro nuy uboub these things than they once had.? What do. you know about this preach' er's rascality here? Has he ever insulted you" - A ~ .t!Oh, no, -he lias never insulted me, but he has gone-^to-Sister Sp end So'a ~ house* too" "much. ~T told her * hu sbanil ^-^-eathwly too- muah of-ho^. -If wo . get him away from here- now;-we" shall prevent?a scandal from breaking^oirtr-m=euiM5hurcb.; However,- if he is returned he~re, l see nothing be; fore us but serious trouble. He never corhes" tb my house. I waited hipi to like me, but he has never cared ??Tor m?> The jfool has spent all of his cares for some one else. I "would have treated him better than '.the hussy he selected as his friend. I have more than she has, and then I have more INFLUENCE with the ap pointing power'than has the silly fool that-he likes. Now let.him go." ' been hatched by - a well-known Tiypuciite,?reaches?Hhe?pieacher^ ears. Oh, this false angel of light ? comes forth mid uxienda the right . Says this arch hypocrite: "Why you have tkvbetter friend in this Cliuieli than-I am. J "am your friend."" You -can count oh me,.. I'll stand by -you. : IT". If any one-has ever said that-they heard me utter a word against you. it'? n lip I'll "have them arrested in a minute. I am tired of these "Nig??? gers'' lying on me about, our preachers. Let them corner me about this matter and you'll have one of the biggest fights in^oUiTChurch you have ever Now there is not^one word or "truth in ay thing that the liar has said. All of that has been said to fool the poor preacher ahd~lb~Reep him from the'trail of the plot that has been made with the , presiding .elder. The poor foolish preacher is lulTetTTo sleep in this cradle of deception. They give him a. few dollars. He* gets happy. - ?ties he hft8-found in the presiding eWer, and of the great libCFAlitJ JhUT has discovered in the"plottefs bf'hell 4 and immorality that are seeking his ' destruction. . ~ ~ , fZ really asleep, they call the gang to -?' grrther so as to^lW the petition.?? Has that Church ordered that course J 'of action? No. . Has the Steward JBoard delegated . iL nm tVi/> niif hnritir f a- /In nrKuf f hfiHr VQ tllCin vhv ouviiviiv; vw uv tti.mv v.ivj are doing? No. Well, then, whence all of this plot I =B? What They. Lead To?| I ting and scheming _ajnd deception?. Veil, _ a few dirty women who live double lives can not have their own Way, and they have decided, to look for a preacher Who will put over their program of damnation and dirt for them. . .C ' But who, are the people who engage in these hellish plots? Are ?they the people who lead in the prayer meeting service? Are they the devout christian people who attend the love fcan? BUnicL'iit a given CliunMi??^ATt! they the people who are Seeking the salvation of the lost about them? Qh, no. They have other fish to fry. if the 'program of Jesus Christ in this world depended upon such liars arrid~hyp6Ctlte8, HlaTcalise would " be doomed. - Just as well ask the "forces of hell to put _over the prngrapj for God and suffering humanity in this world ns to expect thece humbugs and liars to take a stand for Christ or *IIis cause. We are nearing a period when- we shall have much "of this to contend with~"~hr each the Conference,s of the A. M. E. Church in the State of South Carolina, Brother Preachers, look out!-?This Thing may be after you now. They call -the?e aoto of deception and damnation, CHURCH POLITICS. The current religious life...of our times, is full of Such pricks, but it is well to note that The evidences of. mob law that I have seen in the effort to advance the cause .of Christ, are among the sad_dest sights?that I fihve ever ~s en. ?Church politico are responsible for many things with which Jesus Christ can have nuthing to do. Well, now let's see if the above statement ie-true We approach the election of delegatep to" a GonoraT~CPTrfeieiiue.?The first Thing we must do is to have a teller -who has been previously instructed what to do. He comes.forth from the contract of damnation he has made in the dark to take the advantage Of his helpless brethren. The thing that helps him put over his | program is that he-has~in~his hands the names of the men who must be elected. It matteis nut who gels tilt most votes. That is a jsmall consideration. It i^ interesting to hear thencall off the names: Bro. Piloot. sever . and Bro. HofciYet.^six; Rro, Mnneyhagi : tun and Bl'o. Hanger-on, twenty Thus the mad. race goes on and on, The big boss' looks on, quite sure oi the.results. Well, the voting is over and now. the counting of the votes as casted begins. Well,- what happens now? The fellow whose name was not on the list to be elected gets 65, and Tist.iu be tJlufiudyeis 35. Well, "shall we adjust the" cHffirence? Oh, giVe the man we want elected the 65 and give thE~man we do not want to go, 35. We muSt do^this to put the program*.?!'Jesus Christ over in this world. \ye theij' go out and rejoice aster what, we^ have done. - We then thank God for the successful He we -have told, and for the strength of the machine of damnation?weiiiave built up. The little lights of rascajity and deception, who, without having'^been elected anTon the inside, have a case of conscience after a while.-Now what ~ftappens-2__Dli; they tell of the dirty deal that was made,;and_of the ad: vantage that-Was taken of thelr brethren. The chief agent in this muddle of sin and lyfng comes out with true. Every man had his chance. He vfas. cotmtcd oui Qecaase tie. dirt not gpt the vntps tnhim. AH Christ and to advance the Chujxh." WV*at Phnm* ^non el^h "hgfljBh WQ^ advance? Ask the fellows yQu see engafeed in this kind of work again .to? . answer this-quettinn for you7" Now, here "conies the most unkind part of this whole mess. The very men who were cheated out of their rights- are now asked to send these bogus delegates to the place to which they_ have never heen elected. To do this in most - cases, they must falm tlie bread out of the mouths of their wives and children and send these UIVU ?uaj I/U llliaicpcicseut Llium and the dause of Christ. "Well, 'what do Sorpe of the bogus delegates who go to such' a plmre-d(T after they get there? The cijrfent Teport is 'that they drink whiskey and look for ehartcvfe hay?^taken the trouble to vtstira General Conference. The time has come for every man in the A. M. E. Church to rebel a_gainst this kind?ef-treatment.?ft should be broken up fp every conference in the A. M. EL-Church. No protest against such conditions- should be made behind any man's back. It should be made t<> his face. Then following that protest, a ringing petiiion should be sent to that ensuing General Conference, stating that, the ? ... . ?"f - . " * THE PALME1 election was a bogus one, and that po such delegates ohnnlrt lu> u?ut-1 ^nmn -of the men of the Church h&Ve worked" this corrupt method s0 often until some~of ihe womerTbf~the Church are^ Trfifg thS trlcfc on each other. ^ Church-polities a^, practised today has little "Or' nothing to. do with the truth. I see nothfng ahead "for our cause by one group murdering and lynching the other. After having organic life as a branch of the christian -f ? .L 4. ).! wtiMtvn- r*vr inuic t-iiaii uuu iiuiiuiuu years, nG valid reason can be given why we should fight and sluy each other and-helieve that we are doing God's service. Honorable contests staged in any of life's efforts are in _ .order,, but when, men are robbed over the same men invite us to do right " whon-^ they themselves have done wrongy th^y become a'"menace to the " cause ihey represent. If we keep on tampering with our followers by lying,?stealing,?cheating and?robbingthem, they_will combine against us knd our cause; This, thousands a_ best .way for us to help them put their program over_is to keep on counting men out and lying them in. The little fellows - whom we crusHt "today^^ill combine tiL^put us nut tomorrow: . We may fail to crush them, but they will not fall ip crush us. " If you doubt this, read'the signs of the times. A. &^T. ^College^ Opens Large Attendance Expected. Many New Teachers Added to Faculty Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 6?The A. 1 & T. College will open here Sept. 15 . with_practically tho?rrf - together last- year, supplemented by the pleasurable addition of ten newly electd members of the teaching staff: According to the announcement given out by President Bluford, if the _ enrollment is to be determined by the large number of applications for admission to the College, the attendance ""of tne ensuing scholastic year wHT , eclipse allTTTpravious years' records. Dr. Bluford is expecting every room , in all of the dormitories to be filled. With the completion of the renovation --of South Ilall, the dormitory which , was partly destroyed by fire during . | the past scholastic year, ample dormit'ory space will be provided to take t care of 500 boys. ' : l Many New Additions to Faculty President?Bluford ?is- very enthu idaatUTover tKe fact that lie has been -^ble to surround himself with a large i number of- men who have come in for the first time to cast their lot J with the group engaged in the agri1 _< > Office Phone 6026" n rJ AUorney-at-Law --I f 7 1 ;; ? Practice in all Cour 1 O o . # . T V ' !! 1119 Washington Street, f M I y?W''X,K' > (MONTGOMERY GI -Now Back Z?II 1108 Ham We aro ?ow hack m Vvmui with a complete line, of Stap shall be glad to have the huzi as that of new ones. fj'- - -L: : the] J SATSF^ ^ C h "SPrhstusj I ALL woor WONDERFUL VA1 T! OWEN1 4-i 8?-% ' - -r i it- \nr a ctj T-rvTA an ww 111X V ? ALL 6963 FO rtCBO&aXBXC^^ ~" KKKSE'SD] MRS^P. R.J " A Full Xine of. Bate i Cigarettes and Tobac Madam C. J. Walker \ Times. Ice Cream ar . PHON j ?4422 Assembly Street, r~" a w HiwiOT^rawnvirMTeaaaa Cr- > ^..., "- ? u* - rrV.- -: ~ : - ? I * J T- \ 4 rro LBAOTK cultural and technical training of the youths of Nuith Oui'ulinn. ll l.t' Lllii : deeire of br. Bluford to make A. & T. College an' "A" Agricultural ..and l^echniCftJ JCollcge. With this view . "tii" mind, the following-new teachers- Will be on'band for the next scholastic year: . .Prof. ' War moth Thomas Gibbs, A. B., Ed. M., Harvard University, will , head the Department of Physical Education. Military Drill and I)iscipartment. Mr. Gibbs is a former ! member of the Boston Police Force, having served two years as an oilicer ,in the United States Army and two < j years with the Boston UVban League. ir;iinmitihi experience^ will en- j vice. to~th~e~College.. TVTifcJVrthUr^ WT Ferguson, ;B. S. in ' "Architecture, "Ilbwar J University will , "Rave charge uf Architectural . Enjjin-1. eerijig, : Subsequent to~kraddution ' - -M-r. Ferguson taught?in-the ^>ejiar4? ment of Architecture at Howard University and then went into busi' ness for-himself. He comi^ to us af-?i tcr having had sucfeussful gxporlChce. both as al^acher und a bu^im?Bs-rrrrrTT7~ -fl^r. Daniel Malrtinez, Master of-j Commercial Arts, "Victory Business. i r??1!?/-?. r>u:? ~~ rn . M4.?? W ill IliiVC CMcLE|?Li -i pf the Commercial Department. Mr. Julni B. Robinson, B. S., Mass. Tristilute" of Technology wiir iristrhict" in the Mechanical Department. Mr. ., . Robinson?was^ instructor?hi?Mathematics and Physics at Morehouse lege, 1925-2(h, ' (' lVlr. JaYhea Ni Freeman, B. S. in-AfjS? Iowa State College, will head the Department of Poultry Husbandry and Vocational Agriculture. h Mr. Cyril F.-Atkins, B, S., Tufts --College,?M. S. University of Iowa, -try,?Mr. Atkins has almuai eotnplet-^i ed~ the, work for his Ph. D. degree. I Mr. Paul V.-Jewell, B. S. Mass. In--, stitate of Technology,* will head .the.. Department of Physics, | ] Mr. M\ C. Weaver. A. B.. Phi Beta i Kappa, WilianVs College; A. M. Harvard University, will'head the Eng-Hsli Depai Lmuiii. : " "J" "^SfrT W. A. Hunton, A7~B7Tro\vard', University, A. M. Harvard, will head the Department of Modern Langua' " ' P State College; Graduate School Iowa,, - aiate ^oUego( will hnvc charge of the Dairy Division^ Before entering i Iowaf -Mr. Crutcher attended Tu~ke-, gee and Florida A. & M,. College. The Department *t)f Education :md - Psychology? formerly under T.hd~ di^T" rertion'of Prof. "Ravenell will be directed by Prof. S. M7 Broderick, A. B. Oberlin College, A. M., Columbia University.' = Residence Phone 6798 BDERICK ? and Notary Public. 2 ts?Stale and Federal. Columbia, S.?C. ^ c83?^xfo:o;ojc8^.oicto^ctctoxto;aa<^oxtoo; fOCFRV rf>iVH>A MV ?1 *V/ J. Wif JLM. Mr - v lii Business pton Street r- 1,; |j fpss~atHampton Street ?-%-r J^.and>Fancy_GPoceries. We: ~pi npss of oyr old 'frionda* an well sececeaso:oiOBLXEaoft^^ RlTl^^ iCTIONJ I )UR - frffiF&SERYTCE j OUR *"" ??' ; /^r - : SUMMER T ?? L.UES AT $3a&#35 ' I St FAIJL TON STR EET | 'R'S A LESMAN | j K8?C8^C8i<>aacMa aaaaoAo a o aoo a RUtiS'l'OKK _ 1 - 1=Jt tEESE, Prop. nt Medicines. Cigars, Cos. A Full Line of Preparations at all ? r 3 id Sodas. E 7M? ' = J? . - Columbia, S. C.? 5 >--- " " "7"."" " ' *- r; Z : i' : ? i'lintnn T^.ol?, September is (lcrr^cr.'jinii ~a s"~it i< pnftUTPJ and thuM! > that ant . away make their return. -has; ou,t-wM?^? Visitor-were Key." Bitty')TcU, wife an.J chil dren-oC -Kdisto- dtrtand.^ ?~ - Hov. hiJlieuoiul was pPM ' lo ' Have his disting u i shed uncle^. Ke t and fadrrfy^to' s|JtMid sonie time ut~his h.ome /md with his friends. They spent a very pleasant time with'Mrs l'Htter'son. On Wednesday, the wife untj children diiicd with Mrs. Corrie and -wdiile rti Bw hill-ttvey l-all.ed ,liy--4he- home of-. Mefc-HurrtWt pendy lilakely and enjoyed watermelun$.s He.v. Metz was delighted to \yhp^old^lien?ie^,^CIn>tun7 ae'ain~n^nri Weeptiqn -Riven hinf and*" especially the uite- and k'hddren ps this was - A i he 'Presbyterian had. a meeting tn i.at.rens, that caused trim -to visit Lhen- Also ho >noke rrit*' J fnTT'" pindny' -drnv.ir him hy Mr. Udaniet-LwiliLgl u '1 di^hii -H hike frorri Lamens ty Uiintnn. lie simply "stopped and told him to gel in, didn't .even make in^oiry'tn tt)^-hTT-he-Avr>^ nor wiiere he was going. \\ heii they reached ClinWaiteti to stopv They wdre perfect 'tranger s: Then Key. Metz said. aurely 'tliero are^ some good white frenpie- iTT Clinton.'' . / . Salurday morningMr. Pvobert| Wes. i?" Mamie, dr.,'son of Key:. JK WMaiiee," and ode Mr.* White of Detroit passed thrLL_trmii 1 inrnn..? I hoy had been* visiting the Convention. hy"The~ "lliil" and said hello- and good" bye at'tho huflios of Mi.--.-e- K. X. Leake, Ethel E. Sheltori. Connie; It. and .Manic V. Young. : r~3!P7 Marice was looking the picture; >f h^aith,; Moduubf he-recognized lhe-4 laic town Or HolonaV S7T., when he parsed through, as a certain school lad> ?tdl?ro. ides there. " Tec?I sice." -'Irs. Martha. Miss Viola and Mr. Young. Jr.. lXmiv and MissJh.rothv ^ 1 a!1 J-wmax^metored through the country to Alabama. Miss Connie Young is home after spending the summer in Asheville; ^ C. She reports -a?vtry pi"ay"rf stay. Is a littTcr lit at present, but we hope-she" will so(Sn be able tQ oper sfhoul of take- ' . .. ~ ~ Miss Lillie Kate Leake is home after* visiting her classmate in Greenville, S. C. MisApLeake, next timayoi had-h.viu.11. imiku. .mui. stilt ^ litlh shorter if you don't'Miss .So and Si will -Cake, ^lr, L. while you are awajv Oh the 5th Sunday in August, Miss Rosa 13. MolVett of Helena gave .Mi-Si FergusoJi Eleanor-a visit.. * Wcr. know ayeeftal ti "little Miss ot Street- who hated t0 see Mr \tC?.. i, - f. W.,? iva\i* lOWfl. Toll "one Miss "Smarty" on H ill Mie <?aa letuve hama v:i Sunday u? ^'ini'un .il' sllf UUHU to , but*-Mr- ET ipure will kindly w?ek- u n t ip'sh e ~ Wome s Mrs. Virttfttiia Kennedy MtWlkspend ink a.fortnipht or more at homo, lef^ for Philadelphia Saturday, also Mr T. B. Patterson. - w . _ Mrir- Ju'lia Blakeley ..spent- lasi work" visiting- in"tho "cTiunfry. On Wednesday oveninjr ?Mrs. Es telle Williams served supper for hoi nieces, -the Willliams' girls. ?Mrs?L,-W-r -Regan- ^nrs"ir little "TT last_ week, but is feeling herself a gain. _JThi>se._ who .attended the?eonventiot at'Laurens, last week woe: Itevs. L ^l t AftOAPTH L Savanr Friday, Septei FROM ORANGI "via southe through Train leaves Qrang7 turning wij[ leave 5a . HOUND: -From COLL Children over 5 ai , Base Ball GameTa a.? . iui Liic sionists PlenlhT of Keifesh on the train. , v W. S. MOLL " - '*- . * -r ' L . -~ ' iw**9 zzz-zf jfc^^8i|Hag^^fc=rfawh.mi> mill D, HI. ' Wadswotth, "Also Mcodumes?Km ma * " ' 51 Young, Henrietta Dendy, R. p. Alex ?dm* and Miss Agnes- frb-'nhfl. ? "r Ou SOTulay morning Sept. 5, wo had rb goud^ rain. weather was' very ciuw'd mado their way* through the j "iud tv the morning serVices which '. it a.1- salu 10 be- very good. 4 Sum lay night Rev:. Logan selected foi a text N mTTTTer (Fi 41 Who can Count the dust of Jacob, and the- rjum- ' her of the fourth part of Israel? Let niv die the death -of the righteous^" ~ "VI and let my best end he lilio hb?'* r h w;a?8 forcefully delivered arnf1 eh J fotv*. .& IL -Mc.Clnitocl. and Dock [GTeyn"of Washington,'. D. c. gave ad-' ' 4ta;.v:;~rT^.. r "..-I ??- ?? _"fhnj?It cuu>^k1--U?deal- -el' smiles, os- -, , K' . CI. art. - J Santuc, S. C. Note# | --School- w-Hs-tilmiSl? * > " --^r ? f 1'our- in spite.' of. the ' inc.h'm<>nt ? f^nthpr ITTTiT u,;.- psdn was tuujrfat -|.?f the 1'asW, Rev."J.. A. Burch. ?* " ,}? Rev, Hunch ol' Thomas C hapel A. M. :R ( hurt h .premrhe'd a .s.ph.ndid normon-- ^ | for St. I.uke 1.7:11." -. ? i- . . ^umlny ^rr ; vent ion.-at Cedar Civuk. The XJon it in ion 'u as J L'|iui led a yrand sue- ^ "~ COK..'. Ed. HyiTi uu.s the delegate To ~~ J the S.- S. Convention from Thomas J -t-h'H^h?He 1 epui led a splendid ColtRev. -and Mrs. if. F. Voting and . Randolph of -Irmo,. arc visjting at the -homeof Mr. and Mrs. T. R j P^iV? J- A. Burch and Ed. Byrd at tended* services ; aT"-Tavlisle, S. Cv Sunday p. pi. ' i ?-1 4-?Sallla JvJo.tor attended services at Carlisle, Monday fevening. . ' Mrs. Beatrice R. Sims and children spent1 a f\-w "pleasant hours at the hojiTO of Mr.'and Mrs. Frank Gregory. ~ i HELENA NEWS. Last Sunday a splendid eongrega- t tion gathered tt> hear a special ser1. mon by Rev. E. P. Ellis of Newbe.rry ,;,in the interest of the Sunshine Club. Revr IffiTtyborpjHfctnsenf on account of , unfors.een circumstances, Itev. Bro. t MetlTpreachcd a splendid sermon tcu Lj the delight of all. ^ V " " ~~ -J'. Our pastor. Rav, I'arifer-.spent the- J= -; last Sunday at St^Mary t&d'returned i jtt night and preached un able i i evi;unin lmm Hoh, 13:8. Subject": " ?" )|"The Unchanging Christ." The Sunshine Club met in its rugu-* 5-1 lar meeting last Tuesday, after the i "business session, Rev. Parker addressed the Club. ; . i Rev. Robjus^n "has rteufned home he "held avery successful mooting ~ f R>yv. 4. "M. Pawkins assisted ~HTm. - Rev". \\ 1 >?Rimko_>efuiiietl home ? ~^lter an afijjcace fff one month vlsi~~ intr in >fcwrnan, Gin " r .^News-reached us that Miss Georgia ? Mejz.'one of the newly elected teach-. or*. at Clinton is doing nicely in her new field. Miss_ Metz is a very amiat 1 hie character, and a splendid t.eacher. I atA ti- ** :?? -1 - "in. layior was eallel to Bal- . r Iimore, M<1. last week to attend the . ;fu;).ci;ar yf -hi? -motherr. JHwV G<>rool4ft? r ""Smith, Who died" in that'city Sept. 1. - Mrs. Sriiith was the pramF-inoJher of Mrs.( ppjiylia Taylor-Williams, We > I extend our sympathy tu the ber'eaved .! family. K and i rTS Go r mbe*u24v-l 926^^-^? lBURG ~ ' ~~FC3. S^VV iA. ? --?~ RN RAILWAY COLUMBIA 'burg at 6 A M, Rc vnnnoh at 12 M. TOP $3.30 JMBIA ^i.OO id under I L hall fare. tffj:TftW--aVnii5Srwawi-? ? in Savannah , ?V,g.N7S. Congarfie, S. Q__