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Saturday, September 25. 1926. Z_~| Has thft I^TAfiPfit Paaf ?I?;. A.. M.^E. Church, REV. ALBERT Tte frerrt^ay to find outwhether or .-not a pastor in the A. M. E. Church has failed is to wait until he submits. hjs .report to the ensuing annual conference; ~;$anre ministerial bench; memberlf have instituted?a whis pering conference to the effect that . the present-pastor of the-Mt.. Pisgah A.-M.' E. Church has failed. Maybe he has and maybe he has not. Now' wha^-nre the facts in the case ? Let's ticn^-and -then conclude in harmony wjth the facts. ?:?^ Wbpn the preknnt. nastnr of the Mt.' Pisgah Church came_to Greenwoodr tioning. The pastor who preceeded ?feoard and atteinpted to elect another board, t he new, board elected really a new bank book arranged, and we seeured a cashier's check for Sim^, "and I sent him his seventy deUgrs. Now, what about the afterrhath of " this deal? I won the enmity of men whose support to me; in a, way, has conference year. Of course, that . does .not bother Kims, he is president .of Allen University, a big man, and the^ trials of-Uttle fellows like myself need not give him a moments thought. " ~ ' < Anyone not'a -fool can easily see, that with the problems already ijidi~v' cated, the situation here had to handled with care. Some men I know. " oould not have staid here at all. I - shall show you both now as well as at the ensuing conference that the present pastor^ despite the problems indicated, has not altogether failed. For the past eight or ten years, the Mt. Pisgah Church has not had a settled pastfor. JfsIpasJtors* have been -/ ftien who taught in Allen University. They -wore men who drew a fairly goocT salary from Allen and wKcT picked ttp all they could here. They could Wfflrfkto toy-withtheir friends Salary they rereived \hero,arrd Itye out of the^salary they reEyER attempted to stay here and , live out of the salary that,this CJhurch can givp. So not one of them really such "conditions and?<?r not <jne of em kriowg the Mt. Pisgah A. IVf. E. Church. ?1 ???? ?ij!?;?r-- ?? J- '' has never lived here in abseil"Pisgah A. Mi E Church.- He could ?. r ?^erei have stayed here three years on such a salary. " Of the one hundred and, seventy members that this " church had, some eighty one of them . have^ gope to ,^ther~ places-to liveT .. . Wd have some,. fifty-mdmbcrs less than w|> had when Sims pastored hew. Send him pack here again and let htm ?r~ attempted to act as trustees, and to -'atftufttiy take the duties of the other board in "hand. This new board wont SO far as to gn to f;he hank nnd attempt to get out money that ? had been deposited j.there by the former ^ board.. - This- is condition No. 1 that the present pastor had to face. Now if he reinstated .the OLD *__JBOArd* he faced & fight with thtr NEW board, and if he continued in action, the l4EW board, he faced a fight with the old board. Thus ynn CPP thp ' situation intn vvhu-h hV>| wnn plnend, The pn-tnv ruinntated the old board,?for- j the reason that moved. ^Ttyus in such an official ac-, . tion, he paved the path for a conflict! withvthe "bogus board"?which was created for a purpose'dearly understood. Now the, -next ..problem that! the pastor had to face here, was that the Revi Pi Ht Simn. advanced'vS)70.00 of liis jftwn money "Kere on the- dollar money- Onauthorieeddayv the church; 'No meeting of.The. church vya* called for that purpose,' and t*10 Tongrega tion did not ask him to do this. Of "course, the foliar money" hacT not been collected."" In the fifeht-thut they had Ihere, no dollar money report miuld have been made to the last annual conferenue-t^fc-all. The congregation has never paid one cent of that n money. "Sims, presumed that-he was loved so -\yell here; thaJL jany thing. Jie said would -go. But it remains for 1 ; ; rvT V - ~ this congregation to even thank him for what lie-did. Now, here come* the worst feature of the whole thing. At least seven ? of the former' trustees, whom he ^thought ^ Would^ haye^rushet^dn^ to^^lo ? names to any paper for him ?o get _ a!sked him to advance. Well, he was ~ "looking to the piesent pastor of Mt. "Pisgah to round up the crowd and e get his money for him. How did the pastor (io this? He hud'only one man who would go to the bank with _ him._ The standing of that one man, with .the standing of the pastor; had ?--? nr of ffie Mt. Pisgah? Greenwood, Failed? H. LONG, D. D. r Tto some of lliu wuuderful tilings 1 claims he. can do here. Take him oi of-, the -presidency-- of Aden?and h him have the Mt. Pisgah A. 1 "Church again. " i" I waht to wa?i"Sims and ;all Wl are concerned, if I am bothered t) 1 ea at--about the damnatiorT tbat utbei 'eft here, I am gofng to say som thing that will ,'not read nice i print. Go to Bishop Hurst and g> he-~subscrvient~fellow that the gar .vants and put him here at the M Pisgah "A. M. E. ChuTch, "but to cr ?m?^a-fH?tulition and have a fellow ( 'Wheat to better that condition at then, for reasbns that are damnab and- unbecoming,. attempt to sadd >n that follow the responsibility f< conditions that he did"not create, so i tp'jfeftat him^the things that tl >resent pastor of Mt. PisgaE has 1 idea whatever of standing for. know something, and that somethir :n far from being nice.? I have i better sense than totellpjtheahilamii better sense than to telPjust what know. I was defeated from going the last. General Conference becau: t was said that I was a^MANCE ma I rcocrvc the night to VOTE FO WHOM I PLEASE. No man cam Viy manhood under his coattail. he bunch of . crooks and liarp ha' their man-f.or -this place, simply p onr man here. Yfin fin Pot ba'VO lie me out to nut vour man in. P -him in 1 I wanf- to -call -and-seo-hi aft?r he is snt months. No, there 1 sinister, dark spot in'this thing th ;hall not come to the surface unle thers force the issue" I shall n lothut. If they do. I warn them th I have the goods! I will deliver the or report to God the reason why *"~ Take due nuticepriow gents. It li gone -the rounds-4hat the pastor Mt. Pisgah has fought ^V-itherspoo the present P. Th of. the Greenwo District. Now, as a matter o fact, th pastor has done more to save and help Witherappan than any man in t! Piedmont Conference. I have abs lute pmuf. that I have come hetwei h 1 m and absolute death with the IV Pisgah Church. But foL the prese -pastor>- -he eould - net-have- *ecew five.dollars from this church ih-is^-yei 1 fought for him artiong the office of this chuzch when it had been d cided that he could get nothing hei With the handicap that both-he a; others- created, 11 havep-wifrhout ai " thanks, Toiight his ~battle. No" what thanks have I received for r Nothing more than that he has tri -to-figh*-me~aH-gf ling cunfuimiL'U yt?t If. I cared to,. I could crush him wi himself.! shall not do "it. ? If a m makes ja. ^hain of evidence again Himself, fault IS it? Al Sims about the- bittej" attack th Witherspoon made on me to hii Sims is my sworn friend, but he h never-been friend- enough to t.eH-r about the dirty attack^ that "Witlic .spoon made on.me. I did not treat hi that way when the hounds of h< -tCere after hifnT ~Sims*,ancl no oth man can boss a church that I past< : w., . i X- ... Now, what has the. present past done at the Mt. Pisgah'A.. M. Church thi? year? ' * 1. Under his administration, a .co crete vestibule hag been placed. 2. He has kept Up t?e insurance, over $7,000. in forpe. ' * 3. He n'a<i veihirpd the hnndgtM debtedness^f the church to $165.( and he has paid interest oh th^Vten next April 4th. i - , 4, ~He has addei^ 18 members' rhn rhiiH'h. ~ T.'hese are- somer of the things th have been done without the 'bne hu dred dollars per month denda th eatite from Allen University.'-^-?" v Last year thi3 church only pa $60.00 ..lex eduction, this year I shi report over $80.00. Last yea& _t Missionary Society here orily report $2B.OO;_ this^year we report I have created no debts here for t other fellow to settle, 'ihen, I ha stayed here dayjn and. day out, wit out and had reports about wy chara ter. Cook? hgi'ti. andsfeu If yuu uj find any. I "Rave hired no cars f -wild rides with otTTgY rricn^w "WiV and- daughters, j hhve Worked tricks in the dark to do, to others th I did not want done'to to me. I ha stood by people here who needed Triend. I? have refused to crush pe pl^ here at the command of othei Any ,man who can beat the reco I .have made her can .come arid "try I own rjDthlng her^ except that whl I broughthere. To get the Mt. fri gah A. M: E. Church, no one ne go to Bishop Hurst With any lie? bout the ^present pastor's failur That tg t He:to begin with. Simp "put yoUr ~TWffh "Ifgre, and close tl to -keep^the pastor of Mt,r Pisgj from going to the General Confe ? . .THE PAT.MTT1 > ence. Mance will be elected whether j ||' have not been a place hUnter'^since -jCr I' 'have been?in?Bonth Carolina. ?' knxjw that TRANSFERS and WEST , g INDIANS are-fought HERE. I know, o that t.ho nip.il whn have fbft here are- , iv taken rar? Af ^ but that a constant fight i? kept up , et; on_trunsfers here. This isr not true ( 5, of the many PRINCELY meh .n our ? ranks iif" Smith"CaFolinh, but of Ttfe little MINNOWS who do nothing but , ? hunt fipiii one puhil to another lr$iiig " ^ to attend te-othfitfcp^pWl=huai?etjiirTake A. C. Sanders, of Atlantic City, n a South Carolina boy, who as pastor of of our church there gets about $3,000 or mare each year- Take Spearman ^ ef N. Y. or Brown of Jersey City, iN.\ J., or several "scores of others who eare doing (well in all secti-.ns of the g j made on them about the section they j hailed from. There is more of that rot in this section than one can 'find -in >?. ..... . r any other section of the State. IS : ' C : _0- . - rfrffllTg mytTrtee years pastorate in Abbeville, I had that to contend 10 - 1j with from beginning to the end. I hm ,g going to write a history of the-fight ^ madyrm mo iKa , nnd T any going tOreg tell the whole truth. Think of lying j preachers meeting with dirty rings to jiight teaching them how to organsetizc against the pastui, and tliuii meet'-/ n ing that same pastor and laughing up ^ into his face. Sometime vou^would boo one of them fly_hy_thc parsonage j? hike a fox pusuing a hen, and away; he would go to advise a gang of hy ?t Bgcrites howf to* light the" minister, ' then that "Carrie sack tonffbo Ha? would come up to the pastor, paj, hiin m on the shuuldei1 and ttdl ;him: "Sayy^ . "Doc., I am with you.?You are a great ^ man. ' Vott are alright." Let it bei |s said ,heie and if need bg, repeated | -one hundred times, that there are ^ some of the best people to be found in both the Abbeville apt! thp TUt gah churches that are to be found in ; any church in South Carolina. Doth ^ in their manhood and - womanhood^ ---they- ring true to their convictidnsT n' They are NOT-for sale.. They can be depended upon to find the right and ^ to follow the right. In each of the ! - churches in question a noble-hearted j e "foiTTTfL who arC really worth while. | WP hiivo Alil?>vill<? Knt m ' ' have a plucky little band who will go up against anjMJIlhculty and stick ___ to" it and"get' results^. This faithful Fs thu^us^al^ Mt. Pisgah | report to the e" ensuing dnnual 'conference. This e' faithful little band has not always -? been treated right They have been ^ often- imposed upon. Advantage. ^: after adv'antagfe has heen taken ~ot 0(j thepi. Take it fisua??me, some of. n-. |r t Office Phone 6026 ist j ^ ? . k ~~ N. J. FRT at it i 2W-II ?Attorncy^at-Law s as. '' ?? " . v*-* f-?-- Practice i in all Coiil*! >r- , \ ? '??? ' * m !! 1119 Washington Street, ? -*H I ? ~ O . _ # E | MONTGOMERY GR jwJp/-' NftW Back : * ,T ? AjUJtKTm in c . x * ar | 1108 Ham] i | We are now back in bus in tt-r|' with a complete line o? Sfrtrpr r0f || - shall be glad'To have the-Jmsh tii J as' that of new ones. * _ i to > r* :? ? <PtoMMC836C8?3E6$C6H2^30^^^??aaa; ?t j- -rHFj ? SALTSFA '" J IN O he I WORKMANSH K). \ ~ 7~?~ ~ SEE, i lE^lNGl tli ALL WOOI ?r.1 WONDERFU1. VAT $ [; ' OWENi ve j ; ? j CALL 6963 FO rd qoa&pBceoxm&c^^ it. [gooafiKsc^ 8 m , - 2L MBS. P. ft.. fi t' A Full Line of Patei ^ j; Cigarette^ and Tahac( BE.j -U.. TitllHH. Ira ilr^nm an n*|j / : " " ; ? " - PHON1 J 1422 Assembly Street, ,: , I... JQ-XBAPCT lu.rw they once miaginecl tfi.y had. if anyone thinks so, jOst follow their ' I. M A.,V aJ-j.nl uirecuons anu lne riuumunv nuiiuut Conference will find' this out.-'. There i? a little independent,-determined group here~*vho think fur themselves: Awi-Tom.tficlr nrrrt H(irry cannot put over their program -trf xacsiTIity and damnation here us easily as some attempted thnt hm?_tiui.. If anyone, thihks that such is the case, conje here and try it and you will either find another ^efil or walk the "Good-time" brotherv will never cut the : same figure that some other "Good-time" brothers have cut__here in the'-past. If any one dQubts this, come here and try it. No, you can' gbt a brother out of charge for a of Place for the super-Posses in uus deal to know that any figh.t made on me will nof end at the adjournment ftf _the enaiuiati^aeasLmi-JLLL-Lhe-I'ied. mont Conference. Belter stick to your own jobs-apil attend to- your own business. Any other course may lead you to -sow whpt you may not want-to-rasp; : ' T?? . a-TIIE PASSING (5E A I'SEFUL, j?aTi? cirTusiiA>s/vW^>\i~By Pastor Long ?Mrs. Evelyn 1 Thompson, of Dillondied last weokr - ^She~wa* on^ among the A. *31. E, Xb+treb in this State. i^ater_Aveicume__Uuin_Jiei' home ex^. tended to us7?She ~v?as an intelligent woman. She ;\vasjintensely interested in the work of the church' to which she. belonged! No sacrifice Was too greats-for her .to make. .She was *ho had found' a place in which,-she could serve efiicie.ntly. She was'not a woman who pushed herself info anything.' She was never self-seeking in the way of honors for the ,service?she"' w as?able?to?render. Shedid her work well and allowed the results to take care of themselves. She never allowed herself to be 'conht'l'LOd with any church light.'. Din had no special pastui.s. An\r of them who came,, could look upon her .faithr ful irufther and herself as > their mon thing-s in. an Uncbmni^i way. I have known her and her mother to pay as much as ?40.00 -per.year to the church to which they belonged In that same church, I have knownAhe late Wm. Smith, To give; as much as $45.00 per year to the- church - for W^ } Residence I'honV bVt?? ^ lUKMCk ' _ : ; _ J ind Notary Public. r ?^ ' --V-?--j ,6 Stat a an ijFcde ral 4i Columbia, S. C. '.f ; j. t ;::7r::T77;,; r: .^jyl xox>:o:cco^:o:o:op^:o:ox>'o:oxooro:o^o^oxj QCERY COMPANY | in Business j1;6n Street ? ess at 1108 Hampton Street % ? le uirLEluicx Groceries. He g aess of our old friends as well > ::r:\;C ^r;7 | ii^coao^r>xrc^o^^o^OX>^^c^^oo:o ^ogwcuauoo *E IS " J lCTIQN I \X TR " 8 ilP & SERVICE j OU R S f J !VT IVf RR-- I . SAMFM.ftS. J JJES ATS3P& T \ k PAUL ;tqn street ?~?l R'SAI ESMAN ?J uwa?aaci0c.o.& UJG STORE I iEESE, Pi-op., ^ it Medicines. Cigars^ 5 .A Full Lin? of :? 8 Preparations at ail ,- _ ? jj d Sod**, f-1 1", Si?? E 782V Columbia, S. C. r OTrmnnnrirumaM^^ ALA ^ ?-- - .*> > < - . : ^ 7 the support of ~rt"S~ pastor and thu^aih^ qr Qijligatibriu Ihat" confronted .the church.- The church ift Dillon ha.s in it' one of the?most self-sacrificing groups to *he.^fmfnd' jn any church of which the A.*M. E. Church can boast jTi .>ouih uarolma. J have known that little group of ItrcVtfetTrom* hundred and twAity ineipJieliC to collect -as? much as twothousand dollars per year bytfrefr intense \hurch .activities. Artiwist all' q! these ell'orts, Mrs. Kveiyti Thompson played an i ^iiptii-taiu. purr. sdn- rM!_tluLi'i' Till: .she another. ?Lhe could lie depended upon. Bath in fraternal anil church circles, vhc had grotfw in te-fljj in11 uc n tial _ wo man..- .rShe, will he seretylnisseVl. Jboth by her faithful mother, 'he.r-relatives ami her host ol' friends. -Her -pfarTTT'"rtf~'b"e hanJ l-?- U+tr- -Gird , AYwi j;ay good niitht, npv^sUier 1 Thompson. We shall shy nood moni^111er some glad morning when life's I wnrk i.i iliinfe^^^ii'uifwnutl. lj. Q. "ANDREWS NOTES - . (T. r. .1.)^ . Iiev.- J. S- Benn and his eh<7Tr \vept dyyr to Kinyfiitrec on Sunday and re;idcrcd-EerjJias at Bethel" A,. M. E. M-ihinidi- whore Kefr-. .1 (\ (lunrles ie 1 .it-it!* .ii. ,1 Tli?i_l<ujlIacl-uai*UM?e .S<4(t AV2 31is^.4anu-liuivev left on WodnosI'.'iy' l'<iv S* -l til '('i * " r Mr. Siunnel Brown and Mr. George , Me Gray left for Ajlon-on-A?ednesday. Everybody was delightpd to ^c;e Mr. -Walter?Brtlnu-r-ljiu k home thi* week: Ho left on Monday -for' Allen U'uniy. Uyhcrclit.- will'studythis winter. I- Prof m'ui,Mrs. J. S. Boyd amIAIrss Carrie Ilichai'dson o?-M-Huning', S-^G; visited All's. Eugene Carter oii Sunday. Ml . ' Mrs. Eugenia Carter Spent the week e'ii'l id Ala nmlie: week. . Iter. G. TIT Daniels of GSrgetowii preached a wonderful sermon at I'iii<-v Grove Baht'ni tJnmdi on Monrlnv 1 hipjht. Jtevv-iJnmels is an -excellent I speaker and it js always a pleasure tc liiive him-in mmi- mi(Utu Evufryfjody 4s "preparing for the i opening''' oT school on* -Monday, Oct ' 1th: 1 Alix'arty^th.e_w<?i k has b7rfc"nh~or - I tin?li Willi i I) e'?^444ul?- ? 1 I I VI 1V i . ' -"11 I'll' - cleaning. " rU_iw. K. B.-Greene lind children sprue r Tuesday in Georgetown. ; T . J- . ? j ' t , lusi aunnay was nign uay?trr tn< | IOasJuy. Ujuiiii Bhpt'i'st C?hurch." Tht j s;:fifiay opened tit the luua T litur.Bro. C. D. AValker-prusiditig I The lesson was nicely discussedTatM 'I reviewed by Iiev. Bro. Roy Corner , !I riot1 \v!i!c|i a gr<-nt crowd iollowei v the pastor, Rev. J". H. McKissick dowi , !.o the water and 1:' more men, womei . ahd children were baptised. whi'cfr n'r:i tnfnl i^' 7>rV hrgTri y r-7r~d 11 r ITU 'Jhe revival meeting. At 11:30. th< Brethren lm'd a warm prayer meet .;IUig. .,TK,e Singing Choir seemed to bi at tt* beat un.kr- 4ho-4oatk'rshin -d: - tiro,. A. 44. Oar.?' ' V ; " j BcyvJ.H MeKitoick toi?k for his , te\t, St.- John 3:7, At. the. closed I the meeting, Mr. Henry Hunt ant j Mrs. iliU came forward and declarer I the Lorthhad blessed their souls. | At 7:30 -we "had another soul-stir"* 1?III?? ?l>l??n Ml I WH? ' * ? I L p ?v ~ | j. Sfl wL . ? : - - r r?ySMp|^g9^9r . /" ; REV. J. J.-^ARB THE UNITED SONS 0 I . " l- _!-- " .r_ Jte..an organisation v/hichJs doii - infirm u<* S"utH~ Caroliri Harrison. State Master. Prof. D. V. MoCrne, State Treasure] W" T > ' LVJ 1 I i in ULJIUtH ypays from fifty tri one hundrec rfrom J25JKIJii-4100.00 in case -household yoods.?trpay? from 'Think of it; and for j>r>y?i REV. J. J. HARRISON* S. M. j or Prt>f, J. A. KIRK, MkLu.,. r. . Mi J5?L ~rf"J ?y? - i . : . - . ^ y A1 rin^._--ftrayiu^-rncetingr OdT^frep--^' . herd iiseeudud the:rostrum again and ? 1 took l'of his text Jonah' 1 :'6?-r' Amon'i! Our distinguished. visits - } '* " Were KroI^ITTulig, " Mrs. "Afrce I ackson and Mr,s. i[)rii"j//rn^ Piokens? ? a .'ill Mr a. Julia- Jark-jUTw-imrt Stfffjjr" - ~ ~ - Mull it- iruhlj) Alt; Fleasant'i L~" : ~ Toljtl raised Sunday $50.00. ?' 7 ^ : . ' ^ - ' ? * v* /** - Wiiinsboro News ^ I ' ' . W inn--*horo Graded School, {Saturday - last by- the teuehiers and Trustees of the rural schools in Fairfield County^ ~ L"~ " ". " 'Trustees frinu?the Gil districts* v T '?v:in this - county " werd- Mcsent. -The , jHi-' iJo^c uf lhe ^meeting was to pro- ?? ?.? i 1'IV L'd.lowinff iii'titii.iri win., neni. to iho Boiitd of. Fduca?ion: ! 'TT . "" ~ ! Board of" Education, Fairfiled Co.. .Mr. J. L. BrSaa/Sunt. - ~ ? ?jtiix months last ^'ear, tmr schools ?~ gbroko?all ^hevious records- in ele! vating tjie children of our. group. Now I have less than six diquHk would ! grcuil^-4ni(?o<le <">r prof^rr^t: ?? it would be retrograding. " ? . ; Therefore, learning- that the school terms were to be lessened instead of w, the trusters nnrt teachers of the. various districts of . Fairfield county, nmtin a mans meet* "Tog Saturday, Sept. ^lo dnd^di^cusgeiLl ?fuhSTrtnroUsd v voted ttf *1^ - ,;... we determined to do with the hope ; | the county hoard would ho willing . suppluifient whateveFTfunds-at^ts dis-"" Ja > ' _l "-po.-ai anrihai direction. ___ . " . T P Hoping this will receive your fav1 orable consideration. i The Trustees livl Toachoru. nf Fair- ?~ field County: ~V ' . * . . __ The Royal Knights of King' David held thejr annual meetmg.at the St. P Raul Gaptist Chtrrch, ,'SlTnciav aftef ( noon. Row Lee of this city preached 1 thi* Annual?Sermon.?A large ciuwtl? ? .1 was out to witness the services. Mr. .! Si A. Moore .acted as Master of Cerer Thig is a fast-growing ort T'Tmtattoh that Intnly ^ ymirm. [ 1 _ in our city. ' , - -[" , ihe i/resbyterian and -~ Graded Schools witl open this week. ? ? ? "A-large enrollment is expected. The _ ,-chuul?buildings are - now being re- ? . paired for the opening. .. . ? 5 i)-Vtr"$200 ^was raised in the Presby ^ t'erian Church Rally, Sunday. The i P Presbyterian Missionary Society jf Columbia Conducted a program at 3 * Church. ' Me.?and?M-p*?Hubbard Ford of? . Sinipgonyille, visited her sister, Mrs. S. A. ^Iclntosh. Sunday. { Miss j?piith of Greenville is in the i:City~tu rofoipe her schooh WotTCherlT" ihis term. ~ ** ?..... . ; - . > * . ? * * lf#.-'Y '* " We Do ~ Artistic r JOB PRINTING 'i ? : .. \ ^ . tISON, State Muter ^ ' *,* ' LEI ABR tig a greet work for, the pnnr ?nrl a. 74t has at its head ReV.-, J. * '- --J. A. Kirk, State Secretary an<3T r. ft -pays tb its members while ;iary aomofehing after death.?It ~ 1 dollars for hospital benefita and of total /toss by fTre of house and7 N~ j _ rrrso^o |3.oo per week fovsic*-? rs mil, b SU Columbfo, g. C. r ../. -m-*-- .. -?--? - ,