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Kws Brief , CalvinYa Newspaper Service i Mound \ Bayou, Miss?(C)?B. Green | was re-elected mayor j?htre lastt week for the eighth Waishinigton?(G)?The Uni. ^^iovernmei^t Employees are being ^?in?tboir- ^Biemand for increased pay, a min-hum wag^ of $1,500, promotions vnd higher- erviDservice efficiency _ fctings, and a court of appeals l,V?with a colored, me nvber. _ I , ??!#*? ^WANT CCC TO BE PERMANENT Washington: (C)?'Director Rob art, teacher of the CCC. has rec ommendeU to President Roosevelt ^ ^at the Civilian; Conservation Corps be made a p"efmanent~paTT" of the national government organs' ization. Colored men in the camps total 31,000, and are distributed as follows: New York, New Jer-' sey and Delaware, 2,702 yn 16 K y camps; Pennsylvania, Virginia, Bi Maryland and the District of Co^PNumbia, 5.085; Alabama, Florida", Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, ' North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, 9,820 in 63 camps; V Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and -Invest B Virginia, 3,255 in 20 camps; Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, 2,571; Kansas, Arkansas. Iowa, No braska, Minnesota, South Dakota |B and Missouri, 2,351 j^Texas, OklaBLhoma, Colorado, New Mexico, AriWr zona and Wyoming, 3,480 in 18 ma^zamps; California, Oregon, Mon-. ^r tana, Nevada and Washington, B? ? * * * * Wk . - SPORTS NEWS B<[i Kansas 'City, Mo.: (C)?Frank WiA^A. Young, managing editor oi the P]jr Kansas City Call, broadcast ovei Rrfn& KMBC last iSaturday on sports Bwr events. Mr. Young has traveled S|U 8,000 miles as an official of the mr Southern, Southwest and Midwest ylt coaches and officials association. BBMt-? .. * * * * * BS ' New York: (C)?.Arthur GollP'" man, 161 Monroe street, may go l to jail for life because he cbjectlAlv ed to noise. Gollman, superintenIFw dent of A tenement house, when Bftft he complained of noise of his r/A?. tenants, two detectives searched * 0? his apartment and found a loaded 9ft' serv*ce revolver. Gollman has a nf record of ten arrests and three RB convictions. If he is convicted a [jj|ft fourth time he gets life. EMU. MB Washington: (C)?President Roosevelt has felicitated the CCC Ik boys, and the entire personnel as t sociated in CCC work in two mesA sages which were read at ChristIB mas exercises in the camps. A, M bout 500,000 pounds of turkey anu |K the customary "fixings", enough HI to give cath CCC man one pound V and nine ounces of dressed turkey jf were purchased /or the CCC JjTr "Christmas dinner. * * * * * B Atlanta, Ga.:. (C)?J. B. Blayp W ton, executive Vice-president ol [ft Citizens. Trust Company and pro31? Tesspr of business administration [|9 in A frlnnt'g university, has ail iU -, Ml Licle in the cm rent Bankers' Mag ,11 azine on "The Negro in Bankjlw ?***? ' fc COLLEGIATE |lv Rlchmorij, Va.: (C)?"In th? J, 1 Zone", by Eugene O'Neil, was play M Td by an entire male cast of YirW ginia Union University players (|i i Friday in Coburn Hall. ( ' m * * ft ' Washington: (C)?Dr. R. Frank [fc Jones of Frtedmen's hospital has been made a Diplomate of tht I Amarican Board of fTrBlogy trv lL examination held in Chicago. ?? ? ? ? ?? Atlanta, Ga.: (C)?The tenth Jl annual Christmas (Ca,vol .concert fl was presented by a chorus of 80 listers Chapel of Spelman col11 lege, Thursday night. I, I Daytona Beach, Fla.':(C)?Eleanor Rogers, freshman of Bradenton, heads the Bethune-Cookman *V college honor roll as'the first quarter ends. Savannah, Ga.: (C)?"The Tree ? | of Life" is a beautiful spectacle * on the Georgia Sfkte college cam^ \ pus wlpch is equipped by students > of applied electricity. Richmond, Va,: (C)?President Robert P. Daniel of Shaw univeri sity was the second speaker at 1 Union University by graduates of the schooT last Wednesday. * * * * # it Washington: (C)?The Howard f" University Chemistry department I held "open house" last week, giv, i ing local chemisCs ' a chance to A. inspect the new Chemical LaboI ratory, ***** iDaytona Beach, Fal.: (C)?White ^ robed ,children, singing "Joy to the World", began a pantomine, "My? stery ofl the Nativity" at jJethuneCookman college last Friday. ***** .^avanlnah, Ga?: (C)?Georgia ' State college will offer a course A in Forestry, according to announcement by President B. F. \ Hubert. > ***** FLASH I Passaic, N. J.: (C)?Grand Pa tron T. L. Marshall installed Mrs, Lillian Washington < as Worthy ' Matron and other officers of Odessa Chapter, No. 17, Order of the Eastern Star, at Republican Hall, 643 Main avenue, Friday night. ? Jl New York: (C)?<The Colonel || Memorial Foundation, A. Merral president, 12 W. 135th St. < . . _ v ? "rehabilitation" dinner on L \y evening. Contirtaed on Pa*e 8 'fr ^ . xiii?NO.~I Cs ... -nd Mr ; In . . . , - ' h. Capetown, South Africa, Die. 21 1936?^Bishop and Mrs. B R. Wright, Jr., have arrived in Jape-1 own. The bishop's fame is a scholar, author and preache* and lis social interpretation of religSouth Africa had been prepariig fc^r lirn for weeks. Never Eje'ore in Capetown's history, so citjsehs of hat city reported, has sum a wel conje been accorded a bishop -or nyone else of "Negroid extraction is was given to Bishop ?nd Mrs. ?Vright. ' Leading citizen* headed Dr. F. H. Cow, Rev. H. Forune. Rev, Johannsen ar.d others, together with representatives from nearly every large city in South Africa, as far inland as two thousand miles, greeted the iishop and I lis brilliant and charmilg wife. I Dr. Gow, who welcoiied Bishop and Mils. Wright on behalf of touth Africa, said anong other; hilars: "O.i huVinif nf the teem. ' up: millions of Africa, we welcome \ ,'ou Bishop and Mrs. Wright. Wo | i leed your leadership. We have ! | irayed for you to come to us, and ( low God had answered our pray- i r. We pledge you our loyal, sup- 1 port." Said Bishop Wright^ "I < bring you greetings from 12,000, ( i )00 of your fellowmen in Ameri- 1 :a. I hope not only to preach to ( vou the gospel of Jesus Christ in . i he aLstract, but tf> be a means of 1 establishing closer relations and i PROF. BRUCE HENRY GREEN < : PASSES ' Wilberforce, Ohio, December 30 ?Professor Bruce Henry Green ( son of tile latu Nelson J. Greei , and Anna Dart Green, of Charles- ; ton, S. C., died at Wilberforce uni < versity Sunday, December 20 1936. Obsequies were conducted it -Wilberforce where for thirtyfour years he served as head o ( the department of Chemistry. Tin | ibundance of floral offerings, tele , ^rams, letters from north, east fouth and west, together with res "riutions by the faculty and othe, groups of the school community ittest the very high esteem i: .vhich Prof. Green was,, held by his associates, students, and i iends. The. funetal rites, held in Jone uditorium, were in keeping will he dignified life Prof. Green hai ived in the community. The set. ' ion was delivered by Dr. E, A "lark. He applied the term "Th fappy Warrior" to Pi of. Green 'relating that the deceased exeni lifted that spirit in his life to a | ?reat an eytent as any man wh ver fcqght in any battle.' Dr 'lark in sending a message o comfort to Piofr Green's mothei ^aid, "Tell her Charleston and South Carolina in 1856 sent Dan iel Payne to Wilberforce- tcf es ablish a-center of education fo; Negroes and .that shb in T.102 sen. Bruce Gieen there *to help buil< i great school in keeping with the ideals of the founders and tha to two men have wrought great ..jr at Wilberforce than these twi -ons of Charleston, South Caro ina." Three-minute tributes wen ?tri.i-.id t.y n n w.-iiw er for the university; Bishop R '. Ransom for the trustee board; Dr. George F. Woodson for the community; Dr. Gilbert H. Jones - is n friond; Mr. R. N. Pyrtle foi hi*- boule. Prof. Green received his early taming at Avery institute, Charleston. S. C.. and Phillins Exetei Academy, New Hampshire. In the 'after school ho rocejvcri a scholarship as a rewaiafiBktr diligence end superior attainments. He enTed Brown university in the fall of 1898 and was graduated jn June 1902 with the degree' ol Bachelor of Philosophy. At Exe ter and at Brown he was a mem ber of the track team. From September 1902 to the end ;he taught continuously at Wilberforce. In 1912 Wilberforcef/ university conferred upon hlnr *the" degree Master of Science. Always a serious and diligent student, he omnivorous i-nnHincr arirt 'for continued his education though >mnivorous reading and formal graduate study at Chicago university and at Wittenberg college where in 1933 he received the degree, Master of Arts. Professor Green was a charter member of 'Deta Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and of the Wilberforce Alumni Chapter of the same organization; a member of the Sigma Boule of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternfty; a thfrty-seconddegree Mason, serving as Worshipful Master since 1925. In CanI ton, Ohio, 1925 he was appointed urana Historiographer for the Grand Lodge of Ohio and Jurisdiction. He was a member of the American Technical Society. Surviving him are his widow, formerly Miss Sunie Preston Steele of Georgetown, Ky.; one son, Bruce Henry Green; his mother; a sister, Mrs. John P. Burgess of Orangeburg, IS. C.; a foster sister', Mrs. Barbour Oston of Bloomfield, N. J.; an aunt. Mrs. H. I). Melfi of Charleston, S. 0.;. an uncle, Mr._, T. W. McGill of i SummerviUe, S. C., and other | relatives. m cc s. Wright i South Africa friendship between "you and you ;olored brethren in America, sincerely hope that a number o South Africans will visit Americi rnd that some of our best Amer cans will come to South Africi luring -my .stay here. .That. - JW fnay Tcridw more about our peopl n America, I plan to have an ex tibit in all of the large cities o South Africa of a thousand pho Lographs and other things show ng their progress." Bishop Wright, whose Ph. D. de free in sociology is from the Uni /ersity of Pennsylvania, plans ti nake some studies of South Af iean social life in comparison witl ;hat of colored Americans. Ht will also translate some of tht :hurch's literature into the Afri raanse* language. He has the Fif ;eenth Episcopal District of th' M. K. Ohurch, which comprise! Jape Province, Natal, Orange Fret state, Transvaal. Bechuannaland Swaziland, Nyassaland, Northeri md .Southern Rhodesia and Por ,uguese East Africa, a . territor; juite as large as the United State; ivith a population of 50,000,000 de superintends 475 preachers 150 churches, 1 junior college, 61 lay schools,. 39 presiding elders > annual conferences, 5 women' conference societies ,, with ove 1200 members. 20,{K)0-? Sunda; School teachers and pupils, 50,00i members. COLUMBIA DISTRICT HOLDS GET-TO-GETJIEU MEETINt The Columbia district held it! get-to-gether meeting at Eman ?el A. M. E. church. Decembei 1936, After the devoti-Min services the Presiding Elder. Dr E. F. G. Dent made a w^iderfu Address to the. members of th< 'istrict which was enjoyed by a) rfter which the Dr. J. C. McClel land, presiding elder of the Lan caster district was presented. Thi pastors were presented. Dr. Dent declared the houst ptned for business, the Rev. I 0. Simmons made some very en ouraging remarks pertaining t< .he district and irs work Hr s H. Lewis made some interestinf remarks. In his remarks he gav< fesus Christ as our standard. , The visiting ministers were in aoduced as follows: H._ H. Red nion, W. P. Plair, D. E. Fields Thomas, Barnes. White. The wo men delegates weie introduced af .er which the Rev. Dent gave th< pastors their allotment. The Columbia district confer ence will convene at Stones chap el A. M. E. church, Rev. Holman pastor. TL> ^ : ? ? - ? T j i ue ounuay scnooi ana Lea^u< institute will convene at Bethe church, Lexington, S. C., I. O Simmons, pastor. The Missionary convention wil convene at Edgefield, Rev. Daw <ins, pastor. The following appointments wen made by Elder Dent. The Rev 1. 0. Simmons, president of A C. E. League; Mrs* M. R S Duekett, president of Juvenile de partment; Mrs. Peguese, Supt. o the Sunday school department o Columbia district. Special money for tha Bishops Council: S. H. Lewis. $1.00; I. 0 O. C. Dtimion, $l.f)0; W. B.-Bou ler, $1.00; F. S. Dreher, $1.00; F C. Laws, $1.00; J. C. Bates, $1 J. W. Dawkins, $1.00; L. C. But ler, $1.00; S. E. Martin, $1.00 Mrs. Nelson, 10c; Mrs. Peguese lOc; Mrs. Bouknight, 10c. After which a public offering o $1.50 was raised. The .doxolog; and the ^benediction by Rev. Lew is. Dinner was served by the mem bers of Emanuel A. M,. E. church F) D. iDreher, pastor; E. F. G Dent, D.I)., presidnig elder, D. D J. C. Bates, secretary. ridgeland news \TT> tl r. L,lt. x. r. ?rewer spent Xnw in Cedar Town, Ga.. vising his neP hew. Dr. R. O. Gathings. Prof, ^nd Mrs.-D, J. Johnson o; Timmonsville are spending a ^eV days with the formers' parents Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Johnson. I Prof, and Mrs. Walker and littV I son, Brooks, Jr., Mr. and Mrs Henry Watson and Miss Ruth Wal ker spent Xmas day with Mrs Walker's family. We are glad to state that Mr. H A. Johnst>n, who suffered severa broken ribs 1n an accident, is im proving rapidly. Little Hilda Amaker, daughte of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Amaksr o High Point, N. C.-is spending th holidays with little Luclle Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A Johnson. Messrs N, P. Sellers, Joe Pad gett. Frank Vanderhall and oth ers of High Point, N. C. spent Sat o*w' With Mr.. Scl Icrs' mother, Mrs. Sarah Sellers. Mr. and Mrs. Du i.ll Myers art family of Philadelphia are spend Intf Xmas with relatives. Master T. C. Brewer, Jr. littl son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Brewe won first prize in the baby contes and little Filly Johnson, son of Mi and Mr?. W. T. Johnsonswon sec ond V i > f - / " ' * f . ' rncfti 1LUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA Negro Banks Fill L Says J. B. Blayton r Atlanta, Ga., December IS?t Spec . ial)?Banks operated by Negroes I in the United States h^ve not been developed purely as 4 matter of race pride, but fill a real economic and, social need more capably than _?an the white banking institutions ^ in mahy instances, .lesse B. Blayton, professor of business adminI istration in Atlanta university, ant executive vice-president of Atlan] ta's Citizen Trust company, declares in a comprehensive artich on "The Negro'in Banking" in th" current issue of the Bankers Mag azine. The article is one of a hall 0 dozen leading features of the De cember issue of this nationally cir 1 culated financial journel. Negro bankers, Mr. Blaytor f holds, are frequently in a bettei position to advise colored home " .owners and business men than are the white bankers, and he ventures I the opinion that "the common of' fering which has been showj, b> ' the Negro banker and his client breeds a more sympathetic under ' standing between thena."-g Fourteen banks are members oi , the National Bankers association - the article states. These bankt 1 are widely over the country,?be ing in Virginia, South Carolina Texas, North Carolina, Pennsyl vania, Georgia, 'District of Colum bia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, anc rs Alabama. Viroinio loorlo . ivnuo VYIVI J three. The largest Negro bank . according to Mr. Blayton, who i* corresponding secretary of th< - colored bankers > association, ia 4h* ' Farmers and Mechanic Bank and Trust Company, of Durham, NortI s Carolina, which has resources of - more than a million and a half ( dollars,_ 1 All but one member of the Negro bankers,, association have de> posits lhsured by the Federal D1 ; posit Insurance Corporation, and ! this member has not sought and - does not need the federal protec - tion, Mr. Blayton says. e The Negro banks' earning as sets in proportions to depositi i compare favorably with those of commercial banking institution* in their localities, he writes, in 3 spite of the fact that the averagf 1. deposits in Negro banks are low X er, and the cost of supervision rel i atively higher. \ To prove .thi> point he publishes a table whic) . shows that where the cash asset? - of the smaller of the eommprr-in banks in New York, Chicago, Phil adelphia, and Boston constitute 23.34 per .cent, the cash of thf s Negro banks is 24.36. These se lected white banks have 16.36 pe? _ cent invested" in government se - cuntis against the Negro banks' , 10.7L per cent. r PARROTT-H ALL NUPTIALS It may be ol interest to your i many readers to know that Mrs Daisy D. Parrott of Jllackstock was married at her home Tuesday December 22, 1936. The cere L' mory was performed by the Rev J. W. Boykin of Camden, S. C. . assisted by the Rev. J. W. Wright of Chester. The groom, Mr. T. L. Hall, of Morristown, N. J. is a very f successful truck farmer odl that place. The bride, MI'S.'Daisy?D~ Parrott is*very familiary known as ' a devout and faithful church work '. er, having been for a number of J years and is stitt"the efficient cor man's Baptist Educational and . Missionary convention of South ' Caroling ^ ? The ceremony was performed at high noon in the presence of a few ' near (firiendB of the bride, , Those present were: Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Wright, Chester, Dr. j ' and Mrs. B. F. Russell. Blackstock. ' Rev. T. M- Steverson, Blackstock Mrs. A. P. Cockrell, Blackstock. - Miss E. J. Parrott, Blackstock.^-MrT Tohn Parrott, Blackstock, and j. R. . Parrott, Jr., son and J. M. Wash>. ipgton, brother of the bride. Refreshments, consisting of punch and cake were served. The - Rev. Tr-M.Steveraon asked the blessing upon the refreshments j and the Rev, B. F. Russell pronounced the benediction which closed a very happy event. | Mr. T. C. Brewer entertained.the Unique Social club at his home last ' Friday night. The meeting wa< called to order by the president, e Miss V'ashti Brewer. After the " business session, four progression^ of bridge were played. Miss ' Vashti Brewer winning high score. The host served a delicous course of sandwiches, punch and ..c Visitors present were Misses Marion and Elizabeth Johnson and Mr. James Rivers of Chesterfield. J Mr. Gilbert I/Owery is at home after spending several months in r New York City. '? Mrs. M. L. Gathings motored to Pee Dee, N. C. last 'week to carry her mother. EFFINGHAM NEW The "Yuletide" was enjoyed d seemingly hy everyone. Mother - nature played her part in having the weather "spring-like." e __ Misses N. Gary, Lomax, E. V. r Massey, t'rors. r ioya ana wasnt ington are spending the holidays with parents. ! '" Mr. Edward Morgan is home (Continued on page 8) ?/ r/ o ?ea ~~saturday,~7anuary 2, Two Colored J - ^ Monday?last - -twtr colored -eitizens were drawn by the Richland Courity Jury Commissioners to serve as Grand Jurors for 1937. The names of the men are C. A. Johnson, supervisor of the City Negro schools and W. H. Harvey " district 'mahager of the-NortlT Ca rolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. The drawing of these men foa such service is rearrly an event ol importance and worthy of note, for it is the first time in 50 years .hat Negroes have served. Commissioners, no doubt, is the result of the law as laid down by the U. S. Supreme court last year in .he "Scottsboro" cases, wherein it was held that indictments of Ne-gres by Grand Juries from which chey have been consistently barred are illegal. Although the law was laid down early last year, no Rev. R. Myers, Noted Baptist Evangelist Laid To Rest LARGE CROWD WITNESSED LAST RITES FOR OUTSTANDING PREACHER The Rev. Ralph Myers, noted preacher and evangelist of outstanding fame passed. Christmas ;ve after a lingering illness. Funeral services for the Rev. Myers, werg held Monday afternoon, December 29, from the Sec>nd Nazareth Baptist church which he founded thirty years 3go. . . Six ministers officiated at the services' estimated to have been attended by 4,000 people. Interment was in the Beulah Baptis' churchyard, near Hopkins, S. C. The Rev. Myers was well-known throughout this state and else where for his ability as a preaehir and evangelist. He also fostered many business -enterprises for the progress, of his race.* A1 the^time of his death he was -the pastor of the Macedonia Baptist _u.??- ? uurcn, n-re. He died at the agt of 53 years. His was a life oi ervice to his people, being amonp >ur pioneer minister^. ABBEVILLE NEWS St. James A. M. E. Church Sunday school openecr at the usu <1 hour and very good attendance The lessons of the quarters wer< reviewed by Miss^ Jessie* C. Fai? and remarks by the pastor. a. m. Uur pastor read the 100 Psalms as scripture lesson.-He mastdrly delivered! the meashge from St. Johp 14:27. 7:00 p. m Rev. Mims stressed the thought of "Foundation fixed in Jesus Christ" based on the scripture found^ in St-. Matthew 7:20-29. Rev Mims wishes to thank each one fo the various pounds given to hipi on last Wednesday night. ' I P v\r r? r? v/. uiuwn and sister. Mrs. Rosa Nesbit of Calhoun, S. C. visited Mrs. Nancy Whitlock on Branch St. Mr. and Mrs. B, T, Johnson and Mrs. Jones enjoyed a turkey dim ner at the home Mr. and Mri. "W. C. Johnson, Calhou-rTFalls, S. C< Miss Margie Tucker of Anderson, S. C. was a week-end 'visitor of Miss Euniee-Whitlock.. Rev. and Mrs. W. S, Mims, Mr, -and-Mrs. Arthur Turner were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. B. T, Johnson. Miss Rebecca Gray left Sunday for Augusta, Ga. after spending the Xmas with her mother. Mrs. G. A. Gray. Miss Emily Russell ofl Estill, S. C. spent the yuletide season with Miss Harriet A. Wingfield., Miss Mary R. Pope is spending two weeks with her aunt, Mis. John H. Huff, Knoxville, Tenni Mr. Morris Jackson has beautified his home on Secession Ave with a pretty coat of gray, sonville, N. C. spent a few days j Mr. William Burton of Hender-1 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I sam Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Turnro and daughter, Miss Eugenia and Misa E. E. Collier spent it very pleasant Xmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Maddox, Donalds, S. C. Miss Annie M. Apling is spend-^ | ing the holiday season with her mother in Georgia. Mrs. Abbie J. Chappelle is home for the Xmas holidays. The following teachers spent the vuletide season with home folks: Misses Daisy Wilson, Georgia Latimer, Gussie Heard, Lillie M. Bradley. Pauline Davis, W. P. Hazzard and; the Misses Taylors. Mr. Thomas Jenkins Mr. William Greene, Miss Jenie Jackson, Mr. Samuel Garlington, Miss Abbie Redd and Miss Mamie Itfemon. The various students will reti*n to the different colleges as fol lows: Misses Fannie Jertkins, .jonnnie and Hiddie Taylor, Mr. Andrew Bowie, Allen MeKellar, Miss A. Haddon, Azalee Jackson to State colleget MjsRes.Grace Dawson, Mamie Bauknight to Allen university; Mr. John Maharney. Virginia State; Misd Fannie M. Heard, Margie Edward?. Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. Wallace J. Haddon, Harbison college; Mr. Horace Taylor to Benedict college. Miss Ruth Taylor, ?vanston, 111. ' ^ r * - yrgggtfe ^n!SS&*? itier 1937 Columbians )n Grand Jury colored men were drawn last De ~ "celiiber "when" sucK" Jurors ai1 drawn in this state. It is a question as to'-whethe or not colored men would have beei drawn for 1(JJ7 had "ot N. J. Fred erick, the well known colored at - -torney?txL Columbia,?who?rapre sents-a?young colored -man-charg id tvith murder, in the last sessioi of the criminal court given notic of the fact that his indictnun w.ould be challenged on th giounchs that the indictment wa illegal. What the Richland Coun ty Jury Commission has done wil have to be done bv ovm-v im-v .n? mission in South Carolina. So fa however, the Richland Count; 'commission is the only body h .the state that has shown any dis position to comply with - the law their oath of office notwithstand ing. MR. RICHARD S. .ROBF.RTS ~? . Richard S. Roberts was not i name. And at the. unexpected em of his life's work by. pneumonii it Wavorlry hospital on the las day of November, mere l.'.emor; of that name was not all he^ lef ;o his wife, three sons, two daugh - -trs, mother and brothers. Five miles into College Plaei >y the old Asylum Road, amids he loneliness of empty fields, om >r two weather beaten cottages, i ailroad crossing, theie stands th jltimate of his fifti'-six years c mtiring effort. Holy Gfos's IVIis .vith a big cross on the roof ovei ts entrance. But when a life onspiration, ,work and imperile( health has been given to cemen -its masonry and join its eaves, t iving monument also survive; Richard S. Roberts. Born in' Fernandina, Flordia ir 1880, he had little chance to ob 'ain* an education. To a God fearing race only fifteen year; out of slavery, haid work was no unusually a parents' preference t< school for their offspring. Hi wife, Wilhelmina, he met at he home in Columbia, when bareh out of his teens, and welcoming the chance td undertake the cours< of his own life. They , lived- if Fernandina, the biithplace of fou if their living children, until th limate proved disagreeable to hi if.'sThealth. In 1920 they mo , their residence to Columbia. Richard S. Roberts 'was trans ferred from Civil Service employ nent in Fernandina to that in Cc lumbia, where , he was employei at the time of his death as ep Rinedr at the new Federal Offic Building, the mainstay of em ployees and fellow workers alike Always devotqd to photography he had, aside from his work wit' the government, maintained anf ipeiated the only colored studi in the city during fifteen years natrnni^efl V?v o~.i i C4 I IV J tutw LV( alike. Adept at his profession, consi.tently dependable at his emnLv ment, and unsweringly loyal tc his family, Richard S. Roberts w? at heart a man of the cloth, sincere child of God. To his con scientious religious belief lay his "straight forward existence. Very few outside of his family were aware of the efforts that rewarded him with that little white misaior and the commendation and support of Bishop K. G. Finfay. It began in a veritable shack, where he (fathered first a few small children for Sunday school lessons, some one year hack; now there proudly stands a little white.temple, Holy Cross Mission, a goal at the end of a useful career, a monument so that a memory might' no longer be just?Richard S. Roberts. spent the holidays with her cousin Miss Fannie Jenkins. Mi'. Fred Brown and sons of Au grrsta, Ga. spent Sunday with Mrs Marietta Rook. 1 Miss Ada Goodwin of Atlanta Ga. spt>nt the week-end with the Misses Latimer. Mi ss Edna Foote is spending the season at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Taylor. A friend accompanied Miss Foote from Kin*s Mountain. N. C Last Rites of Mr. John Tennaht The funeral of Mr. John Tennant was held Monday, Decembei 21, 2:30 p. ni. at. Washington St. Presbyterian church of which he was a member. Remarks by Rev. W.--L.- Devlin ??d Rev. J. B. Smith. Mr, Sam Adams also Rev. S. M. Miller of Sumter. S. C." Rev, Hv Y. Kennedy sang a solo. "Life is like a mountain railroad." Rev. Kennedy, pastor of the deceased, gave a talk of his faith/\ilness and duty to his church, not only his, but to all churches. He leaves a loving mother, Mrs. Eliza Tennant, two sisters, Mrs. Leila McCoy and Mrs. Mamie Gaston, Chicago, 111. and. other relatives O..V4 inciiua c.u mourn nis departturo. L. A. Richie undertaker in charge. Mr. Roy Perkin?, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. J. A. Jones. Mrs, Bessie Gass and Rev. and Mrs. S, M, Miller, Sumter, S. C.; Dr. and Mrs. Edmond Johnp-on, Mrs. B. Thompson and Miss Edna Gilliard, all of Anderson, S. C. paid their last respects to the deceased, v > -P*~ ? y" 1 PRICE: 5 CENTS Editor the 'Informer* BhTZZZ jp ^wBSlBr- M < ? * - -~?^dVH ' wn REV. E. A. PARKERAttorney at Law of Sumter, S, C. On December |he 17, 193C, at the home of Bishop J. S. Flipper, D.D., L.L.I)., Atlanta, Georgia, s the above personage relinquished 11 his position as Presiding Elder of the Spartanburg District of the ( Columbia Conference of the, A. 1 M. E. church and asked that the Rev. W. J. Robinson, former preisiding elder of the Orangeburg ,r district be given his place. His ~~4c' Bishop described his act as oae "cnimendable, and declared that. * it gave evidence of the character ' and disposition of Presiding Elder Parker, and assured him that he would be cared for. Presiding Eller Parker's Episcopal Head also Msked "that God's blessing be upon him for his great act. V CHRISTMAS HO L IItf\if WILL 1 4 Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. ;27,.ii;93t>? ... Mr. Konnith Hartley and Miss Mary Washington* entertained heir guests from New York at he Libertv Brothers' club. Their ruests of New York were: Mr. Robert Harrison, Miss Margaret lartley, Mrs. Burnice Robinson. -Ir. Julius Harold and Mr. Wiliams Conklin. The city guests vere: Miss Perry Hartley, Miss 1eggie-Wilson, Mr. Mack Lee, Mr. 'ames Mules, Mr. J~. Stubert and Mr. Louise Johiison.~ They will -?* J: lever forget that djiy they danced mi were mercy. The host and 4 ypes of cigarettes. It was a very njdyable evening. , They are expecting to spend the New Year eve with-] their friends n New York. _ .**. CONWAY NEWS /> _ The nre-Christmas program and ree given by the teachers and stuients of the Jackson school was \-erv niuch awaken. ' The program though very short, was quite interesting. Their attentions were then turn-. <d to the loaded tree. The teachrs and students received quite a few gifts. Everyone seemed to lave enjoyed it. ' Afterward school *Waa dismissed lind the teachers were jready to re- i^, urn to their homes to spend the holidays. They will be back the burth of January, to open school "gain. Mrs. Mable Dozier is from Flor nce and Miss Azalee Stanley is " rom Conway. We wish for them x M<?rry Xmas and a Happy New Year. "iOL'TII CAROLINA NEGROES _ ?ON-FEDERAL GRAND JURY By A. William Hill, Jr. Florence, S. C.?To the ^siazer.ent of a packed court room the oast week, two Negroeir sat on he District Federal Court Grand Jury. Mr. George H. Casley of Darlington. S. C., undertaker and Mr. N.'.cP. Grant, contractor of Walterbpro. , Nr. Grant served in Columbia, 1927 on the petit jury; in Charleston, 1930 on the Grand Jury. This session was Mr. Casley's first call to serve. Mr. Grant is an outstanding contractor and fraternal leader in Colleton rnun. . ;?_ tv ? - -L?' -j > ?? *???? ? cnurcnman oeing a trustee and steward. Mr. Casley is manager of the Casley and Jordan Funeral Home, Darlington, and is treasurer of LINES OF LAST CHRISTMAS DAY By Herbert Eli Dickson Not a tangible trace Of a care can play On the slippery strings Of my heart to-day! For I've -stoutly averred To shun ev'rything blue, And to ioin in thn - - --- ?V " ? Of carols too! But it isn't the song Or my heart set free! It's the life and the charm Of the folk I see; How they mejrily move In the spirit of things, With the giving and greeting That Christmas brings! Neither is it -the -thrill ? Of the wine that flows Nor the glamor and cost Of my Christmas clothes! But the love and the joy So apparent in men, And the thought of how kindlyOur Lord has been! : J