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rr.enckd inar in-' salary it n.
y- $10,0\iU jYr annum.
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A I>. C\, is oaj jiiViitiiiain'tiiat .Y
colkvieu irpm yoii.'t C.; ]*<.;,] ic.
. w&i'thy -v)\u l'pri^%ti?nrri?''i-oTi
loan v? A>e,'l<!0 ta f,o YYY t A
" fercc.ttcii of .rnti^ is..... a
uhdorsu < Y, "n1 <.?. ry-'.U-'Miu
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; for them to- cij.a'in r -1.- <? A .
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monoYthe vision ' p.i*.
Negro irhaiicial. riis lluiiv .lis.
^ JThe Xvgro-^VfAk mt1-Prors -A:
Hlh?14th,*in Louisville, Ky.. '
tor oi" The Atlanta Jiui't'iviuien
lion, .and Henry Al'eji Uowl. i
. The Nigl'b jncs.>'?s a j ower'ii
j-Tepiated. lntt itV doing its \y<
In thg -Tojpot' Donfti -l anda
,, darnfk-st to k invar i H*' ibr-ii'Ifm
crat,'they I r.lNnv Ukr a laid-?\v
J*VO < ft lb<t ~VT r\51i I'M V ill '1 S'driii/I
. ' gation Jof j )!i
..of elections or for iiUTo i'Uilia,
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so thitr th<i LahMioIVMajvi oan la
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_ the fc>(ip>-lr <V Mr.{ 1; . '
thoy 'frill -f-: l; t ; I } ;' !V"-'c.
times >\'!vn Jffct-.'s u;. j?M j;i
the, asisl;>.|vt. vT' Ivto'
- per tors Lollop t
>e afqfr for i-hc Vty i>oo]i>!cr\
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Up'-ii'lin.- wm k i l'ai.y < ;,,(! j .
v Jy Tm;d iin.J nijh>n-s u'r irking .j
. . liiiit is a_ (li.-gra; o' l:> nnv ;
civilaiui C.r.ri.- I injury.: yi
CIKCUIGROU' : V rvr liA.J |.r,f
past few years in \ j uy and .
ol what - is io . it+rkkar (.|
? whgii.cn i.r 'n/ii, .y,:.-v ;;ir, ,.--:vr.
' . improvoiiK /.t to the (i:dt hat Ih
be ashamed. l>ecaii-e iheh-of
t . portanrc .work imwhiVht
unse.fjslf r.spi;'it ami 111<.-ir (it-torn
work, -Tile Pa! mo: to la \\\-}
ing the hopa that tdmr :,tu.yAvii
- *: ; sprriitiit!? ribj;u'*v
This con^jLUiy is the
. That.it .meets-a real need anroi
great recoitl made in the past
vice. fcJo well has this cdmpan,
of fen |:lo.- cn-.ii w-i iIpi l.ini.i ^
?? ham, i\r?Or??its-home i ifvrlaTh
** ^auu.OUO jt' rrc;eiit ly im l eased-L
lt-1 i itviiy j,i- is jiu\y lut-HS
"jlma. At ltsannual nn dimr tin
Ju?^yt'han a.'; sta ai/iiuiiUng~h? si
/" V|0;000. />.side from the prote
"4 vested in colored property and
63 paid employes and thus help
, ploymeiff?a crying need arnong
only writes bonds of all kin^-l
cident and-health lfro>K elf^rhV>
risk.<\ The cx( ca/jdinarv sticce,
reuthe en^r^-y fdl, 1. ncu^iU
gdiT, Fkiu'h'or and business''irirt;
-r aml'-Mr/m. /l-Pore .snefpdn. Tn'n
hut one . of ton- siiV 'eessAd W -4!
bunftr~^tHe greatest business ag
m*?m i it litl'rli till i in* 0 r ifii - ' I - . I Iilftii I
'ltu iCnubr 1
KKLY. . 'J
reel, Columbia. ?. C. ' * ?j
itorial l'hbne t."?23 ? " g
iu, a. C.^-as ?cCtmd Piysa mutter by an j c
Three .Months $ .?5
^ Sinir.lv Copy ... i-_ -- * '..Ofif
llow?i bylaw. . . v' *. : 3
rational letfeVrf or. subjects of ponerul
tHiiiivt:- uy iiiv names-ami a chirpy so a -of -
Ui*~ iuuu-uiry .. nai^Vr---iVi>p.'?ympna com-?
r i ANi ii> . ~~ ,r T u
i Mu'noy'Qi gc:-y should .be. p*ari?? pny^ihla ^
'1 ainiv'ta Lender ' - l
Eifitor 1
: i Fraternal Cor respond once c
_ - . - - - - i* - ; Corre.spumuyice?u
- ? : .yews l-.uito! [
----- -r - ? Manugey
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y .1'<. ..;fc ..-.-.'..i lie Vel'V p '101, ami V
/ ;:;r: ;tx> n.< t lifter than 'L'ues,
.-pergonal* ana MWiai Lew;*, by Wegne*
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L,llU^\y, -3?AKC1L ?1, 1928 A , 1
4-'-nme;tl i? aivaker.iirtrht) the
rl c,t iis. minister .to i.iLoria in th.e ?
.' iliis gove nt roeht oiheia 1 is onb
: aii as l hat oi the representative
.v .n Lih. riJi-.-ri tar that t-o weei..
Wle duly and isut a higher diplo 1
cnl'atiWs or other powers, Tin
.President Cooiidgc has reeoili0
Lihcri-a niihjslor be raised ro i
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uranre Company- of Washington. \ .
'a.-, nnh hoi- alto to n ;c its money'."'
to lio'l? colored hnsmess m- tiling?
a u reopte. Ileacnlly it in'ade .,1; '
iriryria i'v, hi;.n.-v to assist.in* tiVy*'.
...Luijdh;i?: Prhysyt I-V-t-hians. it' i
1 nnrdfrrm^.site wTiluh .whs '.much
4tu.-.o'frhey \youlVi not sell, the Way
si in liiv eye.;! ion of .their huiidiny-s
ai ion hi liejiefitv however 'iiad-thy !
l to help and it did. "Negroesmet j
'^yvrT"
Jiic. lion. i>. JL i1;ivisj" The ri! >le eili-'*
t% .is tlie president pi".t.liis associa-]
>i" N.'i( :i> <il>', Tuni., tiy .hviv!iiry "
\ this country that is not yet ap-j
ik-nxvvilhelessr }
.!, the -Democrats are (loijij.y then t:
M|,:. i.i;: a.i i!:e momTpTrot'.jr Dom/- I
ft iU\-s j iu; liar tin jr of ii few. Dome j
' rie.?Ai'ii r-ci!!. is (lie iiivcs-t-r---:
fll.<u*ii;;iiiidn- ?or the purification
t!-;uivantuao It ral her looks tin y
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r a?!vr?v < .1 -jalejy ;js th&. propose }
-! r? emttcjr&n "Kmei'ir.ericy*
\e rt!ri.-.*it-{jer. of the porters' i<m- ,
e ls net thai <j Dip'porters,-l>ut<>. T
to : ! y ..i ? .-o i'Moli -h a.-, to sTrT'.< *
v anjf-1hat tpo m ) !'
- V'-'T- s< arVe! Mr, A.~I.. '4"<.: ;< n.'
<>t' tile Hrot-horlu q'di of, I'uilnia:
el" hi nyt.elso I id te'i1" air-*" *"
/k v< ii Eii? A^ctvrroN '; 1
v i iat w:i is \v ji h us- this week?r.
iLv'rrrih.fli h;h a ami woiiH^h?I'po: ?
c-d. | end in a' iar>!i'.T. measure thai" '
" a-i.ii.M- i uT unman u}.|ii't. I'ooj;. '
luiir condition* anil in suiToumUf
diUc.Ti; division 111at lays claim t<
: Viay carry ..n. In , his i h..y -ir, .
-s il.al hiis nnuly in th.-i
.u-ipnaiit.- ft is inay ??e an earnest
"l" time |?iit.
'ii' them selves To ';he task of self-,'
<:,v-nip,y i v v. njam n that llGed.hdt j
tiicy- arc; heyaiisc of (he irii- J.
' '.V are mijmtfedj.U-rauso of then
' .'.'ll'lion "to lyvaliia-tb-do tho dayV somes
the til h) tins city, express*
h! r j roiitahlg and'pleasant.-' '!
iNI) SlIiETY COMPANY
red Enniiin^ i>ni|-miiV in the world,
g colored people is ittowii by- the ^
year?its lirst your 01 active* sery
been conducted'that a dividend
.lis a a-i 111 a 1 me el i ng h el (L. in r- ^
Wei-'ly ( .ipit.ilisi'.r
hi* to s'2oit,00 that it.might enter ^
ej_tu do -uu.- iacss in ftouth ClU'o- v
* . ?y
_ reports ot it .-.-oil; vers slant I'i.ircrt *'
2 1,"OD and a surplus of. about e
i t ion given, the conmanv hns in- f
I'c-iiritifo over-870,000 and has !
in flie opening- of avenues of em- v
colored people. The company not
silt has launched out into the ae- jj
po'h-ies thai rover ^ll'ClaH.sea of >1
l.lii I'limii-ini- ii ilno l.ii ni-h v
4.-jut4t4"ovH. -Pnofr-^-nr W.v(T. "TVa r-' ^
p u?t inordinary." hcinp- president ^
enterprfrr?r ,nf the Durham ?tr
gregation in the .'country. ^ . is
^ ifiifl-l' Tlr " . ??r. ....
| Pointed Points J
By George A. Singleton !
The Weekly Text: "Now when the
veil wud come, lie sat down with the
Weh u." Ala it. 2G;20.
A .Lenten Meditation When - w?
leiv cliik.ten. in school we learned.
fiat the hoove text would be classed
,s a sun pie declarative sentence. ' liut
(A,, iaA'^-inueti-it hpfds~oF~pathos and
ueaningfulncss as we look back up n
tly.' lull ot the curtain upon the
nrtnly life* of Jesus, 'ihe text recti
us- a veiy simple net whifh lY>ight
?9 duplicated ' over and over again
li the-JiA-es-'of many Palmetto Leadrites.
When supper was ready after
a iiiv lit' hnr.l iviirlf' r.n lln> t'sirm. in
he school room, or in the parish, we
at dotyn Avrrh our i'Amihes to u plain
ut, enj yarle meal, it was not the
,aaLiy oi the food-which meant rsu
nt:t'li to.- U5T," httfthe'conlact otHfovlng
j.irit. Mother, lather, wife, childen,
were ail there. Following the
1 suing l.y the head of the family
he meal w as eaten with light hearts
uid,thanks fo God.
I here is something about a common
itcaj that has mighty appeal. Neary'
ail the great leligions of the past
alii a' place in their programs for it.
v\ hefi C. hristianity took it over it' was
ot a i:taC . tiling, Hut neveF ifi~ the
>i story- ol' tile world was there TevtM
k,a.ii a .gnihran: meal, eaten as when
air.-.L rd broiie the bread, with tlu
.velve in the upper. r6um. It was one
it"'the last great acts of llis careeiv
ia the i ut'ure it yvould serve as a mer.oiiui
to thu?e fortunate ones who
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!j(| IT IIJC I'll mu ULVll'l WU3 J1UOU
t;.:i forebodings, lie knew intaitivey
v. l?*o Jus-to'urse would lead. The
jlTL' e were' a! 1 thret*. LLis?truste^
.,pnf:is. I'c.li-, Juuies, John, Judas knd
iio lv,s.. T Ca, Judas.. "With desire
have d? irvd to cat this l&is'sover
i.h \ t It aui rei sutler, but one ol
oil', shall be tray .Me." Then the con?
e.yaiiun gloved upon a mystical
lane; Hearts Were made to
a;in a.? ti.e.y never burned before.
. hen' the -supper was ended "They
:ng a ljymn and' went out unto the
- "-lilt TTT cii v:o?, itow wonderful
would have been to-have, joined in
ny >; ; a hy'ayt lead by Jesus.
.1 tlrink when- I road .the sweet story
of old ' . . .." ' '
Vhen Jesus was here among men,
, rVii ald like to haw-been--with Him
then." . L .
We ni^y have our 'card parties .and
t!:.borat<f banquets, dinners and edl-'
iti,ns.%wt they pale into insignfi.iu
e v. 'aen we contemplate *
. 1 lu doleful night before His death
, The Lamb for sinners Tslnin; .
mm. alhio?; with His dying breath,
This siileir.'n feast ordain,
I'iaery and gewgaws, . plots and
... by^klj'- ?ne',; and HHdr-ynii's"
i.:d ra/,oo d.h tine* ions vanish as TKT
' v- I kg rising sun, when men
Ui women m all seriousness-crowd 'a
I Qlg 1 'I- ' ilitn/ J>iuu.nt IJ f 1! I
uibseifibors to the Nation were irivit
to a ban iuet in honor of Mr. Vi 1 >ni,
the editor, in Haltimorb. I.tfWas
tii. ni-i-to obtain service in .a hotel
au o'dark-skinned Christians -werei
< 'present. _ It was htul in a priv;.{e
family. Jesus could not have
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-'.n-hinuton or Columbia because His
nvi-talion is to ''Whosoever will", may.
onto." 1
(1< <1 help us as we hurry alone: with
he crowd to Calvary to realize inroaringly
the sheer, nonesense and
oclishnesi- of prejudice and hatred
m-i exclu^iyenesB. May yve be" so;
( i/.eci upon by Vhe lloly Spirit that
chile men will love black men, and
ilavk men, yellow men, for out
f one blood the jVlost-IIigh^roade
rttr-- """ .
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Jesse Wilson.
. Aft other, splendid (yj)G ot manhood
[iiiis time, lor eternity ^nri^g
-xruj! env^fincif a I s h i p of ProfeSsoi j
V." M. llilyard at jirewer in Green |
Hr t\ I was tlirovvrrihto cgjitact with !
liv_ iVilsmv freouen'.ly."-?His afTahfei
iature, and constitutional smile will |
vor ahide. Wli^ strikes me With l
t ree nnji>i$^the mehiovy_ of my last
!i!.k t^-1 he -students ttf Brwer. It |
.'as'only last spring. Both the prin-1
ipal and I weieconseimts of our COIt-'
lmii plated departure from the"state.'
)r was in the month of April when
he grass' Was green and the flowers
t?H- > ip. I he fa -i111y and"studentnrly
on the CampHS just
; thf' sjouhiy. s lengthened toward the
ig holiness unto the Lord:''-t'There-ose
nf_a Puritan! SnhhntfiT" Th?-leF.Cluh
sang man spirituals: "CryBalm
in Gilcad," and "Swing hoy/,
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Sweet Chariot"; Our talk was from j t
the text: "this do in remembrance of c
Me." Wilson was in the audience and i
grippped my hand at the close of \
the touching service. Now he's trans- t
tated and is with Hi'm who said in i
the upper room nearly two thousand (
ago- "This do in-rempmhranrf ;
o/Me." 1
Then And Now. <
The teachers' association which is
being held thisr month causes one tc <
pthink about then and now. Just &
Zewr~years agmMyour grand -parents t
were chattel slaves and counted so t
much per head like mules and pigs. __
In this-state iirl:834 the-Legislature 1
passed a law making it a crime for (
them to be taught the rudiments of 1
knowledge. But oh, what a change! I
, lhe darkness is passed, and the true J
light' of freedom is~sTuning for you t
and for hie. Out of the dark abyss 1
, we have come and are still struggling i
I upward toward a place in the sun. i
The state majr deprive us of a just _i
and fair apportionment of public edu ntional
funds, but -by God's grace we _
will lift ourselves by our bootstraps.
tP.enedici. - Allen, - Morris- and CAafiin bear
vocal testimony. Under the circumstances
we have done- well. If c
iTurner,. Payne, Durham afkl Chap- ?
j 'die could co;me up in their day and \
iinki> hpa<l nrrninsf tViA torrihlp- cfnrm .
v r ?V
! of opposition, what can we not do in a
his day of grace and opportunity. (:
A teachers' association?it means a j
| -leal more than a spring, fashion show, (
1 \nd a big dance. 'It means a setting f
I rip of ideals, a gathering of inspira- {
ion, a raising of. the standard of j
V.'ac)iors and education, a consecration (
of heart and to the larger frno. )t
; lorn ar.d emancipation without which .
our physical emancipatioh is small ,
n comparison. If this columnist is j
I n orryr he stands to be corrected.
One said: "With a great sum pur-,
i based I this freedom" aj^d the oth- }
>r. replied:'"I was free born." '.
THE MODERN MOSES )
ON NEGRO LEADERSHIP i
?r<
We all knuw?the Story of JMoscs,' c
1 be Jew, commissioned to lead the 1
Children of Israel from the slavery j
! >f Ancient Egypt into the Promised c
; and. We are also familiar with his i
j rodern^ counterpart, Negro Leader- (
j :hip in the United States today? ^
amipored of htmd mils of . dark Indi- t
] -iduals who are aboveblack mas- "c
j -cs, or think they modern i
Mutus tuuJ 0 f U; n_kti & ft' 01' Xvc he re" he 1
s trying to lead the Negro, but since *
! he most potent SALVATION IN <
j THIS WOfeLD TODA.Y I? ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY we submit the pro.
; losition that the proper task for Ne|
fro leadership today is to. lead- the
Negro into ECONOMIC POWER,
ike Moses of o.ld, this Negro Moses
)f" today is destined not- to il-tfch the
i promised Land^And he.has forfeit:
-d his right to lead his. fello\vs~there
j because of a fatal weakness. It is
j? he purpose of this "article* to point out !
; ^he-reason of his failure to reach "eco;
lomic security himself and his ina|
dlil-y to Pilot men tr. tVint nnynt
I ?d harbor, * ' '-. 'f .' ' . . 7 . " ' " j I
Reluctantly-have we" come Fo ail- '
nit, and With no little mnrtifipntlrm rtn 2
we publish our conviction that the 1
I Negro leader of today is the funda- (l
( mental cause of the backwardness of ,n
' )ui' people in economic prosperity be- n
""cause-he iaiTs to-practice what he so v
oudly preaches: namely, co-operj\tioni
>{ all Negroes in business enterprises, ^
i etc. Ask any Negro grnr>pr whMW.!:
; he Negro leaders, college presidents, ,?
ministers, protessors, .physicians and 1
)thers of like class .carry regular ac- j v
ounts at his store. Ho will invaria- ^
; dc tell you "no." Ask the Negro law- j1
j yqf whose cases he plead'. On the 0
, ist_of his clients the-names?of Ne-jl
| gro leaders will be-.conspicuous for,n
[ .heir absence. Ask the Negro bank-..]11
er, struggling to keep his financial 11
ark" above the waves in this present,c
storm of economic uncertainty, who '
deposits most largely and freely in I
his instiution ahd you will find that a
'th^only large accounts placed with!'
him fiy Negro "leaders" arc tfie ac-j(
counts of colored?secret?sroeleftp* ' H
~clnirchb?>r-Qther organizations frflTTd^'
ling the funds "of the common p.cople. ''
The Negro "leader" deposits his own;''
money in the white bank. _ .Ask the | 1
-Negro-physician who calls Turn to ja
heal their wounded ^bodies. He will ,
u?ll you "Susie, the .cook"; "Jennie, 1
the maid"; "Mary, the nurse." Seld- *(
om will he speak of^ther J'ebonized ^
leaders" yfftrtheet, socially. ^Ask-ihe
pastor rrf^the-First Baptist Church or vv
Bethel A. -M. E. Cnthedral, if you ^
plese, who supports the gfeat pr- ^
frnni7atjiom?He will toll you ot "Ms- ^
^ saBfew?$wWral3Rr^?95TriF^fromanu ^
and "Brother Tom Berry, the ^Iraw^ '"
won." Of course, there is "Deacon
Thei.dore Philips, fhO doctor"; or per-^''
h#p* "Rteward dr Mrrfpfan TTiph'fowor,
the undertaker" but those latter gen-,'11
tlemen "ra?e the collection" and 01-1
r *
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. .. M...' ; /
entatiously give their dollars design
(d to persuade customers tm the mbr
ow, Finally, ask the Negro teachO
vhose "Brown-eyed durlfngs" sit be
'ore her and him from their prime
.o their_ college diploma. You* yvil
liscover that the list of pupils, es
Tecially m the. latter, yearsoi ciiKun
will not contaip the nymes of th
hildren of Mr. Modern Moses, th
Ymerican Negro leader. Those "pre
ious darlings" have.gone,to some e.\
dusvie white schaol -it.here' N?>rdi
servants show thcni_liow ta acquit:
.he "inferiority complex" in thp.mos
ipproved western fashion.
This Modern Moses?hypocriliei
^egro leaders?preachipg - "rac
)ride" must be buried in deserved ol
ivion, and Joshua? a new Ncgr
Leadership?practicing foal sac l-i
igial, eouvacttoua, dnring, tfuo- ee<
lomic cooperation must lead the rac
nto the-Promised Land of ccbnomi
welfare, the only salvation that offer
. scapfe from the real Devil of thi
nodern world?Poverty.
?A. II. GORDO:
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MOUNTAIN CITY ECHOES.
Well, we will hold irp for an lion
>r so on politics and ingratitude i
>tate affairs, and broadcast a fo
vaves on po'.Uics and in gratitude i
ttaurch affairs. O. yes, 'Bud," 1 an
ind'-have been all my life, one that ha
leep interest in church affairs, regari
ess of denominat ion.. 1 watch closel
he mdvejneht of all of them, and vor
iften I discover more dcv.il1 than ChrTf
n some things that are put over. \Y
(Hall confine oursclf to the great M. 1
''liureh in-Uvls .Slater For tho'liohpT
if those that do not know, and ther
ire many of them, we want, to explaj
low that church operates. It has
leaut'iful system, when carried out i
i Christ like way. The rules and rej
ilattoils governing t:ie church as"
vhole, are. made hy th emembers <
>acli local charge. Every four ycai
hey meet in what is ltnown as tli
le.neral Conference. Noj/U-tO- Stai
vith each charge, and a charge i3 t!i
vork under one pastor, lias quarter)
'onferenees held under the snnnrvigin
if a district super-ntYmdcnt. formerl
mown as.Presiding Elder. Every foi
rears each charge in tlie State elect
me delegate (layman) to go to tho ai
lual conference, where they ele<
;>ght delegates tojrepresent the Stat
vork i nthe General Conference. I
he >1. E. Chureh tiie?.laymen?H?-v
iqual say bo in the. making up of tli
rpo.it lindv wliloh nnlroc on/1 nh?nolv
1,1' fCgul attons. ^hore is" no npne;
rom the work done at the Ono-r.
Conference. The prenclmr.s-elect f-n
iut of their number. The lay met
nceting to themselves, elect four oi
>f their number. I might add fnrliffi
iake; that the' "Bishop'.' of the i
llected by. the delegates making u
he.body, which, boiled down, ntopn
hat the humblest membe r of - tli
ihurch helps elect the men who .ne t
ule as heads of the church. TJio spir
)f the system, as set' forth by tli
bunders of the ctmiYh was, ami i
hat, those who have shown by tliei
vorks that they are best fltTeTl fn lea,
ire the ones to -be li o n o r , i ?. T.I 11 in.cn
iers of each charge i?tru sun nosed t
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av .aside everv fe.dimr m ttie neiti..
iml -guid "1 n i.1-1"1 M1 -
lie person, measured by 'Jb'al avoi'
lone for the cause.( - The preacher
md laymen in session ought not to lc
inytlilng enter in as to their deeisio
vhen deciding orr who to sen:l, butKh
dvancement or the great cause c
Jlirlst .and humanity. The man or wi
nan-4-liiit Inn liiTiughf-arrd |hT"hrtrrrtri
ltings to pass* the man or wotna
hat by his Christian life nnd uutipin
rork, figliPlpg; .3 fin .days against th
orces of sin, ignorance and supersti
ion, the man that, does not-conced
no inch" of tha.gronnd to-belong t
ho devlt and-his followers. thrrr*vCfTT
lie'that deserves to go. If there 1)
nany measuring up to- the high idea
onor them one hy one as tire year
oiiie ami* go. The above is .the. gen
ral rule that will hold good nn\
Niere., . But in some States there i
n' exception. -That exception tip
reacher's' of the splendid. bid Sontl
arolina Conference lmvi; niwnyi
oted. ever since T Tan recall and
(>va fl preU> RUntr "fccaiTrr." Then
as been one thins in-South 'Cnrolin:
oat the M-.-E. Church has^held dear t<
.s_ heart, ami rightly so.?That w*u
rfd ts Clan In University.
What tho M. E. Clvnrch is. toi'ay ir
ds State, and 'finite a few ntimrs n<
) that, you mu^t fcixc, credit largely ti
s splendid school at Orftngrd^iy^^jt
tty "Ttat'oT ewpprlliliy tuoso State?
here educational advantages , art
leagi-e, and T mean for the Negro
,'here a denomination njaintains a tic
ippnrt? a well-fittod cehoot in every
FgjKicf, that denomination is stronp
i that' special StaLo. South Carolina
its Claflin for theE.-Chnreh;tRtttt
Itct and-Morris Colleges for the Hap
sF Church and Allen University for
le A. M. E. Church.
Sink all momhere of the above three
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, Snturdny, March 24, 1928 u
- ch.iij<ps inlo tho Atlantic ocean at
Coho time. Mum .come, buck and take
r ati ok, and you will llnd church buildi.
Saga unit' eonftregatlons in the State
r few and fur-he twocnv- " ^ "V
II A good Hchool, well managed and
-muiyi l.t d- is-Mm biggest asBet any rta."
uomlniilion in tho southland can have,
*} - uil 1 go a bit iurtfiiJr and say, good
o .^'tTTTola,'. managed and supported for
- ufy. people by. church or State, are the/.
>',? ggi . t and most.beneficial things that ... J
i* Van by idrcurt by the stde of the path-,
ii way'of lifo.- l'hat religion thut toachca tt-~
it-ami inspires the ones that have it, to
! iii;t in ta in. nuihsu pb ur L sclmols, whereby^
il i|io green timber may .bo taken in in
? tho folni of boys and girls, young men
>- and young. women, and there kiln
o. dried- as it wore, . then plained, ? ;
i- chiseled, hammered, shaped and faaliHiTi.Mud
niitll u t'cdl wurthy mmrpr woo
ai in is turned out on tho marlfet, Is a l-* . ic
.mighty good kind to havd. lu fact,
s" any other kind is not worth on earth
is or auywhoro else, "a tinker's damn."
. j I're'aclu-ia are.nil right. No wait a.
S' jniiiulo. I mean some of them, but I
* tell you they -will moiio Very olow * ?
; Si'l'LIU "l i!'U l?S UIV n unju.. v?-?^I
largo i)it of it for rlirfSET If you burn
if down the school buil'/ings and forbid
? touchers to teafcTi*"~under penalty of
w .loath, admitting' that a dollar invest- - It
n od in^t good school brings more interim
est than cue invv'-sUf I anywhere else
d on earth, and admitting, that a well
iV managed and supported denominationy
*1 scb'Hd is-a dog asset, then the next
v big itctn is tlij head of tlie school, fieri
guiltless of how you pour your money
!e and send students- if the head of a
'-iih ol Is-no good, then you had best
it take ymir'mflHt'.v, li.u\- a Ford, and lot ' .
c the children go joy riding. Absolutely ! n
no-./School can'lie what it. ought and : ^
a must if parents, are' to entrust their
n 'iTl'Mfdh Into' its hands for the making
it- and shaping process of lite. Think for
IT a immiTfii, in a large hieasure, the- suc >f
::t\ss or ilji!un; of ? human soul while
s ou-carth depends on the stuff that was
ic injected into, it while a student'in the
BLj iiitiuovif sense. So l Say* ggajnynty??
ie . (.liool can be in'efasS "A" without a
!v. vl.iss "A" head, and that means .every
y , for in life. ..
,r .. l*i> until a few -years ftgo .the head
s of Claflin was a preacher, and I might"
11 add a white man?the color should not
have' inlluenced?other?"Brother 5
e Divines when it catnc to dishing out
11 honors.. 1 won't say it did and I won't
* iliy 11 Ualh'f. Jiut all honors due to bo
10 heaped upon oi|o that was plpylng his
's ) ! i t r;p i ..v.-illy ami' loyally wp
l! handed over Ifor around' forty "'years to
l' him who siuQti' aL the *. head-of" the
1Ik .-hurt h. school, ajtd rightly so. Some
years ago I wondeVcrd as to the whys
*' 'hat the?president. of?that school?
" should be honored at all times iri^
IS ' _A_
prej. tu-encej w> so. many -strong, iaiiniiu.
1' pastors. ?1 saw through a, glass darkly
18 then. But as I grow older, and my.
"'-hoys and-girls begin . to bloom- Into
? manhood and-womanhood and realiz '
ing .what; a stubborn 'thing, it, is to
in.the a mark in Fife, .and. gee. clearly? '
s- each day what a great responsibility u
"'.hangs over the head of. him who is..
head of it home 01' school. having ^
these things inipressed deeper and
ilit |v ! day b, da>. J now take pleas1
me in', dofl'ing mv ha't liiph - ??
f old veterans of the clot-h State stood ,
K su gallantly from the time that Dr.
'a, Dunt.on was elected* president, until
I he resigned.. Those old war horses.of
II the gospel at ettcli honor giving lime,
c_ iiot only honored the riinn that was at
the head of. the1 school, but added
laurels , to his wreath by electing
^ aim prst and at the head'of the dele11:
Ration. There never was a real doubt ,
fi" about bis hot being sent,, as one of
(> the four during all the years. In
- fact, the boys only talked and planned
0 ;md. slated three- The president of
0 their si-haul .considered all most a
P standing delegate: Thdy reasoned
c thus: rl ho man that Is helping me to ' *
1 make a real God-fearing, race-serving.
3 man or woman out of my boy and .
'- girl, "sure he is.going, if n>y vote can -;..m
' help ??nd him?Gratitude."
bj "Cap Jim."
,.t . ' "AS IT IS" - y
~"By T. W. McClary - ' *
Allen has bpen advertised and has ^
liefm more under the administration
of Dr. Smis than it_haA hppn in1 " : ~M
[ fancy. \Vc have he?rd that we either
! go forward or backward. Well, she
1. is going forward with rajTTd stride.
1 The question is, does' it pay to ad*|
venture? iLuloes not. Now the quesr
tiun in i'uur btlnd is, why' doesn't it?
' That's true. I'll agree to both sides,
for if you are to be successfull, you
tniist be known through some means. J
~ FnT firfnri inl!c?? ~ ^
yon are able to deliver the goods. As
an institution ofJenrningr Allen f* rfn- j^
.j ing her JiiL Sho chould be proud Of
j ber sons and daughters for they are S'ome
"are making goftd, oth- ' jj
ers have the vision and will adventure
j Ifttcr.,. "As it is" wo are not standing
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