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VOL. XIII?NO. 12. Allen University Gym Campaign The campaign lor funds to com plete the Gymnasium goes merrily on. Over a thousand dollars have been raised. The Allen University Club of Columbia, the sponsors of this Drive, are disappointed in the small returns made by the Alumni Ministers and Congregations of the Church in the State. The great er part of contributions received have come from the City of Colun\ bia, organisations in Columbia, business firms and-friends here. The Club is appealing to the a, lumni to please help. It is asking our pastors to take an after collection and send it in, however however small, or howevcp-large, it will help #nd be thankfully received. The Finance Committee is: Dr. O. J. Champion, president and treasurer; Miss M. T. Kennedy, secretary; Mrs. R. L. Peguese. Send-contributions to the secretary or the President of the University. Previously acknowledged .. $898.60 sunsnme urocery Store 50 Mr..P. P. Butler, city 2.00 Mr. RolnnH Smith, rify?LOa Mr Walter Baylor, city .50 _ Lorick & Lowrance, city .... 25.00 Maxwell Bros. & Quinn city 5.00 -?Columbia Linen' Supply Co. 7.50 White Way Laundry, city .... 1.00 v Mil Harris State College 1.00 Mr. Harper, State College ... 1.00 Mr. Burgess. State College ".. 1.00 Mr. Jewell. State CollegeLtHJ Columbia Tobacco Co 50 Miss Lucy Reed, city 1.00 Mr. Miles tDreher, city 1.00 Mrs. Whaley, city -.10 Congaree Medical Society .... 4.00 Cash 1.00 1?A. P. Richardson Grocery I L00 Mr. John Whiteman, city _ 1.00 Mr T. J. Hanberry, city 1.00 Mrs. Katie Ruff, city 1.00 ^ Mr and Mrs. Jos. Jackson 1.00 Mrs (Hiattie Green, city _ ..... 1.00 Mr. Arthur Young, Illinois 1.00 Mr. Earl B. Sligh. City .... 2.00 2 "Mr. J E~Boinset city".... 1.00 Mr. F. L. Gibbes, city ?5.00 James Battery Service city.. 2.00 PSchland Shale Products Co. 26.00 _ Miss Madeline Jackson 1.00 1 Mrs. A. I. Duckett, city ., _ 2.00 miss iaa uavis, city 5.00 Mrs JDonnie Gardner, city .. 6.00 Mr. Fred Davis, city ............ 1.00 Mr. English Weston, city . l.QO ?-Mr. Edward Bates, city ......... 1.00 Mr. John Owens, city _T 1.00 Mr, Tazwell Cook, city 1.00 Miss Sarah Nance, city .. .. 1.00 Miss Charlotte Jackson, c;ty 1.00 Mrs. Sarah Washington city 1.00 Mrs. Elcase King, city .50 Miss-TTattie Woodson; city 1.00 Mr. Wm. Burton, city :... 1.00 Cash .70 Mr. J. J. Adamr-Charlotte-: 2Jiff Cash 1.00 Music Dept Allen Univ."." 17.61R. C. Chappelle ......... 1,. 5.00 Horry County Alumni 15.00 Mrs. Osmona LeVallie Winston Mrs. Edith Lovister Latimer Mrs. Janette C. Hemingway Wrs. Aenes Robinson Mrs. Willie M. Hodges Long Mr Crarles DeWitt -s Mr Empic Hemingway Miss .Annelle-Hoover Mr. - Pevty Brown Miss Elouise Jnnerette Miss Geneva Grizzin ._ Miss Maggie W. Pooler Miss Evelyn K. ifemingway Miss Bertha Patterson Brown Kelly Paper Co ??5.00 ' Rgv. T. J. Miles 2700 Rev. J E Beard . 2.00 Rev I. W. Wilborn ... 2.00 1 Palmetto ChaufTeurs Club -Z~ ?00 Total . $1,075.51 DENY MUSSOLINI HAS SELASSIE'S CROWN up n' New York -C?Dr. M. E. Bayen _ pex?9Xial .representative of ETnpo or Haile Selassie in America, denied Wednesday, reports that Pre mier Mussolini of Italy has placed the Selassie crown in a Roman museum. 111111131^1 The Union ( Where the County Teachers' open the Program for the ] ?^Sn ?? Rufus Ear. element f I President of Atlanta University C^uest Speaker for The Palmetto State Teachers Association By "Hilda V. Grayson Dr. Rufus E. Clement, guest speaker for The?Palmetto State Teachers .Association Friday ev ening, March 18, btings with him a background rich in spirit and worthy of emulation by parents and teachers who are molding our plastic youth into the NEW NEGRO of tomorrow. Hia mnther^ Mrs F.mma?(W>1liaras) Celment, a fine example of( womanhood, did much to make' the home-life^ of her family pioiip and conducive to Christian living. His father, Bishop George Clintoni Clement, is a membeT of the Car-: ter and Clement families of Mocks v'ille, N. C.. In 1893 he was or( dained to the ministry and served i fur many years as pastor of" churches in Cleveland, China Grove Zeb, Charlotte and Salisbury J<J. C? and also in Louisville, ItyTln I May 1916 he was elected Bishop of the 3rd district ofjthe'AVlirEr Zion Church. Being a broad-minded leader with the interest of his people at heart, educationally, so(cially, as well as spiritually, he I affiliated himself with many orga-J nizations where his service has b^en used^for The"general progress | of our race. We find him a mem-J ber of the National Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, the Federal Council of Churches in America, the Southvern Co-,operatiye League, the American 'Academic Political and Social Science Association, the Commission on Inter-iRacial Relations and other organized bodies. Eh-. Rufus E. Clement, our guest speaker, was born June 26, . 1900, in Salisbury, N. C. (He received his college training at Liv-j | ingstone College, where he grad-J, ] uated at'the early age of 19. At ! the age of 22 he received his M.| j A. from Northwestern University/ ' and his B. D. from Garret Bibli-1 ' cal Institute. " In 1920 Tie received ( his Ph. T>, from Northwestern' University, _ _______ ?| Realizing the fine qualities of T its t former graduate,. Livingstofie College asked him to head the de-' partment of-History and Govern-' ment. This work he began i n1 1922 and in 1925 became the Dean of the College. Here he served, until 1931 when he became Dean df Louisville Municipal College for Negroes in Louisville, Ky. He is Attendance Drive In City Schools The following ia the standing o the home-room teachers in the public schools in the City for the] week of March 7, 1938?regularity and punctuality: I Waverley School, Miss Sylvia M. Poole?6th Grade . 98.7 Booker Washington Hi, Miss Eve^ lyn M. Gray?10th Grade 98 Saxon School, Miss Isadora Miles 6th Grade .--.zzr... Howard School, Miss L. J. "Kelson . 3rd Grade 90 Leevy School, Miss C. A. Jackson 4th. Grade _ 90.8 Ridgewood School, Mrs. S? F. Nance?4th Grade 90 mumBi K aOTE ' Community Hospital, t Association will meet Saturda National Negro Health Week. * t $ali COLUMBIA, SC ~NicrMl Rev. W. P. Plair Is No More When-the Rev. W. P. Plair of I Columbia fell asleep here this | week, the Afrionn MofVvn/^icf copal Church lost one of its most faithful ministers. He was a lo\'er of his church and race afid was always ready to preach the Gospel. The deceased was noted for i aiding tliuau In distress which was , evidenced by the large audience attending his sad rites last Wednesday. The service was held at^ Chappelle Station which, edifice^ H?? ' i was erected by the late Rev. Plair, and will forever stand as a monument to his memory. Dr. E. F. G. Dent was highly Commended by -both ministers and laymen for the beautiful eulogy delivered. Others making brief but timely remarks i were: Revs. T. J. Miles, A. S. Powe, W B Bouler, S H Lewis, E.J M, Keitt, R. L. Miller, pastor, J.! C. McClellan, master of ceremonies and M B. Williams. The obituary was read by Mrs. Hattie Belle Simmons, also appropriate music, was rendered by the choir. | Three surviving daughters were left to mourn his dopartni-P _ Anlong the friany ministers who paid respect to the fallen comrade were: Revs. W. P. Elliotte, L. C. Jenkins, M M Peace, L G Bowman and the writer. "Gone but not forJ gotten." ? ! 'v~~ ~~ r uHAFH"-ArSMASTr^IT WITH ( o CRITICS L New York?C?The new WPA drama at the Lafayette ,theatre, , "Haiti," which opened Wednesday night, was a smash hit with erit ics of fthe metropolitan press. The house was sold out each, night in the week after the show open ed, most of the patronage coming I ...v.:* T1 T " t nuui wuitc-a. acx ingrain was j praised for his work in the title j ven an 8-ineh ad in the New York ( Times, Quoting r>itipfr_-?^im?-the- -j News, Times, Herald Tribune, t Post, Journal, Eagle and vSun. ( "Exciting" was the word all critr ( ics agreed on as appropriately dc \ 'scribing the play. - j .author of "The Church School as a Social Factor in Negro Life," and a "History of Negro Educar tion in North Carolina." , Like J fathor, liko >;nn, h.? h--] member of a number of outstanding organizations, among them, the National Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, I the American (Historical Associa tion, and President of the Natron-r al Association of Collegiate Deans, | ^ and Registrars in Negro Schools. < In July 1937 he became Prcsi- . dent of Atlanta Univc*W.fy, the largest institution of its kind for I Negroes in?the world. Wtth thr^l great educational institution is 1 affiliated Morehouse College, SpcU-i I man College, Atlanta School?o f --] ( Social Work, Clark . _IIuivcxsity, j Morris Brown College and Gam, mon Theological Seminary. He is ' | one of the youngest university presidents in America. South Carolina is honored t o have him come to the State. ; Fnion, S. C. < >. A?_:i O? ,) -H 1 A A -AT A _ y, ixt xv t\. i>i. iu I' * -1 Tutu Carolina, saturd; JTUAL SPECIAL HELP! -?HEL To the Presiding- Elder South Carolina: Bethel A. M. E. Chi and when she is in trou likewise. Their financi tojieed help NOW, to si I~am calling upon ever to^aise^aT GOOD after fourth Sunday in Marc E. Church in her strug IMPERATIVE. Pleas Rev.~S. H. Lewis, the I Columbians. C. J. S. FLIPP1 ^]VEW~EDIT()R 7 9?~ rrr .I G. JAMES FLEMING j '] 'Newly appointed E.iitor of the Kappa Journal, which has been niblished foi 2*1 years by the Kap , iu Alpha I'si fraterhitv. ihw, Klcnn'rg. now .14, is a native of , Mni.stian.~t <!, St. Croix, Virgin Is , anus, and wa^TcFucated at Hamp on, the University of Wisconsin ] [in journalism), New York School ( >f Social Research, and the Uni ersity of Pennsylvania. Noted as . 111 authority on the Negro press, ( Mr. Fleming has served as news ^ 'ditor of the- Norfolk Journal and Tcido, ar. 1 city editor of the Am'terdam News. He new lives at ">' 1 CnU.o, ine street, Philadelphia ^.-(o ? ~J 'EDAR CREEK AME CHURCH I, Rev. \V. G. Oweqs, Pastor 1 ?P?oolc:r .;i, S. C;?Sunday school ~ icgan a), the usual hour with Supt 2 E. Smith and teachers at their lost. -. - - \ We ],a-! a series of' sermons. R"V. ()a the pastor rfplivp-nid-l practical sermon^ theme: The Wonderful Counsellor. Commun-en?wn< .nlmiristered to an~"appreciatr. v crowd. I Rev. ('. Anderson the pastor of StTTii i'i'ur:m Baptist church a^~ loijji' ' r s congregation was ivith i s lie ing the day. Rev. E. [.). h'alu's assistant pastor o f ?ibn i'l'grim church preached a v. ul stirring sermon, theme A Key- to the Kingdom _R: v. Tr T. Marshall the assisinnt p:is'( r of Rew. Dennis, who s pa-: r of Ridgewood Baptist church was also with us, along with his choir and usher board. Mr. V Cir jn is the president al_jiie_Iliiig-uwnod?Usher?Board, and Mr. Tom Reed _is their choir eader. iRw. Marshall stirred the ir.lioiue with a burning message ftl-vri?f-rrm the book of Daniel:"J l'h me: hall of Babylon. Th1 I'sheP Board o'f St. Paul 1 p ist < f which Frank Wise is he TTrT^(TefYt~"WB^~tiistr?wit+v -osrr :i)\\.\UF) MATTHEWS LEAVES KOK THE ARGENTINE N, w Vut k-C?Edward _ Mat)m v. .. rfp-l singer whcf enjoyed a profitable concert tour in Mexico i full, sailed on the SS Western World of the Munson line Saturday for a concert tour of Argentina according to Abe Turiin, his representative. \ > ea c ? s VY, MARCH iy, iy:Js7~ LNTERS-F NOTICE Pi! -?HKLP!!!~ s, Pastors and Laitv of ~ i jrch, Columbia is ours!' ible the Stale should be al condition is such --as ave their property; an i yjPastoiyand all Laity7 collection on the (4th > h, to help Bethel A, ?.I. rg-le Brethren-, this is e forward at once to >astor, 1400 Taylor.St., Eft, Bishop. News In And Around New York By Julia Braxton Clark Now Voik City Haiti tin' :'Cil sons most exciting historical meK?rama" by William DuBois is s i I booked far ahead at the, Lafayette J theatre, 132nd street, and Seven" h avenue. A' gr<*a> deal?has .-been?sai4-'-a-, bottt- the ~pfay t It til la bio :mc i""1""; ' the Federal theatre. It looks as i if the d rant a will have a long lun. ', The action takes place in Haiti in . 1802, when Toussaint I/Ouvertuio ; ind Christophe wore doin.g-b'at;' ; ^ for freedom from France. ... The, cast.i? -composed- 4~^: and white all conform d give a very . excellent support to the piav. It-:; Ingram plays Christophe. Luge, and magnificent, and -Louis Sharp gives a general rendition of T.uussaint L'Ouverture. Bernard rate ! (g-fiTve as General XcClerc. Cithers worthy of mention are: F.hnii Ivr.ira-m ar. Odette, Atjmr-4'hildvv*s t'v'f Jacques, Catherine Lawrence as j ' n ? l:? Trr:n:?? c i. ... I ' I UUlJJlt', > V 111! dill OliUI Ufl uou- | chcr. , " The play is very well done. It would-be wxrti^for* even?one rli:'t :an avail t; emselves of the op- S portunity t0 see," this play at th: Lafayette. Theatre. Prof. Varney Installs Benedict Officers Prof. -\V. Drew Varney in-tall - | ed the ^Benedict ^College Club officers Thursday evening at Lenox Aver.ue. Thea fulrwing nffi. , cora were jnstalled: W l> Vttnl.h _ president; Rev S .! l.li .yd. \ i;.-. - ^ president; H. \V. jfhappvllo, secretary; Charles Rubii.son, . treasuier; Mrs. Frankie .Ciarkson, c responding secretary; David Rush Gregory, critic; Rev. S. J. Lloyd, chaplain; Rev. H. S Hill, senior atirrsori it-'.r. r-^tianiwn, jumu.: advisor; D. J. Adamsi/n and Mr-. 7 Julia?Braxton. Clark, cthtrrr?-: BECIN PILC.KIM HI:ALTH - CELEBRATION Savannah. Gi.?('?The series ot_.meetir.ps celcbralinp the f tieth anniversary o? ri'pri'-v Health and Life Insurance tympany bepan at the First-A?. icAn.. Baptist church Friday, Rev. J. A. Wilson/pastor* when President S. W. Walker and Vice-President \Y. - < S. Hornsby, with L. J. Brc/ok-. nianaper < cf the SavanjiAh dis- , The main1 celebration will be "on May 2 at r-''r" 11 ' m '' ^ n pusta, hut minor celebrations wi'l be held up to July, in different apene+es?ot- company ur HW-T* pia, South Carolina an 1 Alabama where it operates. 6TH "COl.CUt LIN t" HOOK __ IS OUT New York?C?"Guiding Negro Ycruth Toward Jobs," No. P> of \ the "Color Line" scvics by the t National Urban LeapOe, TTTttt ' Broadway, is out, it was announc ! ed Monday by T. Arnold Hill, industrial relations secretary who t is directing the sixth vocational opportunity campaign of tha lea- 1 gut, March 20-27. i 77 ORTsF-'Fti ^ > Policy!? ' >.! ders 1 : ? iMiilioi .,! - a?f ' t.'.. ;: ri?.*nHs r . i"v??. x. V ' .i t c<?m ";.7VV ' . ' ' '.!y fine "t\J\ *? ; iurinjr ' iri'I:i;a iJJrinjf ' ~Tf to note ' ? '.M or} no V 'J"7 . T1 ' ~'f?i-rTT3 'c: '-vh '!=- . ' . i , ' ' "tift'h ' : railmi..'' . ' ' ' 'u'<: <; in- ' , ! ' " 1 war, ' ' ' . " *v/.a. jsr.d ] v.-rrc ' < . ' ' ' <i 'wri , No*-. . ' . . 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' v ! 1 ~- ; -'vol.- ----Throe :? . - . 1 r 1 lunch ^ ' - ' - \. ) A ft <>v n ory tar t? sorrier. iho i * >v - w, rrr 1 -v.'.] six pro- j t rrr ""!nn ?*-f -v^vaf hi'''!]?*' was ; f >Iaycil. Tho s* " v.vo - . fallows for f 1 ho cluh. ''[s. ?. V. Thmas. first j Mrs. if. 1\ Th tans', second nnd i <v\v, Mrs- A. H Jones, For the J fuest, Mrs Dorothy Levy, first; if / ! * . ? PRICE: 5 CENTS I YEAR ~ deceive ns In Benefits the company were increased $391S00.24, the surplus $75,221.02, th?XInsurance inllforce $M95,313.00. The company has $11,521,952.00 insurance in force on the lives of more than, a quarter million policyholders. The report shows ad- ^ ? . r.f y.,inw, ^,r. plns;- of $304,000.99, and $60,000 e >n t in cent fund. ' ; Sc J ~e e .j ,u..hvi cmuciicc ui trie service North Carolina Mutual .is ren iVvine the Race' antf Nation. it .ay. revealed that since its^organizatjoh rn 1R98V the company haa . r-a: *o policyholders $16,491,703.Of this, amount $7,700,000.00 i'!i. naid to living policyholders^ infinding $186.708 in matured en Vvicnt?: runds which in all prob ; 1 :1i'y would have been misapplied rw - uar.dered- had not these p^li- . ?.. !',!,}?rs had the Jorosieht to in- u < t 'their earnings with North ("aiolina Mutual.. At the meeting of the policyholders, all members of the board ? ' f direr '^vs wf-re reelected aitd a ; cw member, A. T. Rpaulding. was dded. Mr. Rnauldine's connec' ion with North Carolina Mutual !>< gan -in 1910 when he was. em-1 .' ved- in the home office during n'< 'inimer vacations fpyw gehool : rn 1932 he completed his ^"ork at University of Michieaji. re- ' iv:'>g his M. A. degree in mathematics. majoring ...in actuarial ~ : mivVfeo.' hrifT vptnrnoft" in tVin Mn H*aK?t6 assume general supervis ' n of the company's actuarial .vork: In Januaia:-pf the- follow:.u* year he wajy api""nFeTTactuary. " ~ j Whatvis of 'particular signifi- . ana* in', this occurence is t h e 'act that it ma:ks the b^srtTTnfng" .f an nt&ft'udo to add younger men <> the directorate of the company, viih it twofold puipo&e in viewj irst. that they may serve the com any in thcr fullest possible meagjro while they are young; ar.d seend. -that they may -he? prepared hroush association with the oldr . directors, for the time when hey will assume full responsibib v of administering the company's ifTa'rs. . lL I no reelected directors are: C. Sjiauldjng, President; W. J. Ken h R. Merrick, Yice-Presftlentrieasurer; R. L. McDougald, Vicehesident; Clyde ?>onno,ll, M. D., i. e-Presicient-Medieal Director; V. D. JI ill, Assistant-Secretary\ n.ptioiler; M. A. Goins. Assisti:.*-Secretary; G. W. Cox, Viceirc: hie n t - Director of "Agents; D. Deans. Assistant Director of Kcents; J. L. Wheeler. Assistant lirectnr of ,Agents; \nd A. J. "lenient. .1 AMPS HOPEWELL BAPTIST cHURcir '^fl REV. J. J. YOUNG Sunday being a very pleasant >%1 L. V_ 1 _ J - iur *.-uu#-cn-goerB, we naa a rand" and-glorious time at James lopewell Baptist church. The burch being without V pastor for ome months, we had election and locted Rev. J. J. Young, of Coumbia, S. C., and pastor of Felowshin Bantist church of thia ounty. May the grace and success < mnin with lis, . . Rev. Your\g preached a soul stir ing sermon, wh'^h each one enoyed. We were indeed , gl* d ...to :a"vY fhe TelTowship choir and the Ireenville quartet with us. We nised $19.fO in our rally. ? Mrs. Lucy Hall, 3ccond and Miss Wnb!e English, low. Consolation firs. A. S. Thompson. Mrs. Ix>uvinia Watkins died osterday at the home of her daurhtcr Loufse Anderson. The fun<ral services will be from Trinity At T* phiirfh 'l'hirrsrtn v Mftroh ? 17. t; V The funeral servtee8 for M. L. rones will also be at Trniity M. Z. church, Wadnaaday vaninf at ive o'clck.