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palmetto UraSrr ; PUBLISHED WEEKLY < U1Q Assembly-SL,-Columbia, SrCr ^ - i i .Entered at the Post Olhce at Co ' lumhia. S, C.f?^.s geeond class J " matter~by an Act oi Congress. J tunt 4J?inciarc; involve! as for. _ ?- un illSluiuk-, freedom of religious worship ami the riuht of property... -fclvldcntly! Council by its action. found the "House of Prayer" a public "nuisance and not a private one. If that "be so, it is a criminal otTenso and the one guilty of main taining would 1a; subject to. prose ?- cution?but "closing up the church and forbidding its further use for worship is a horse of another col or. The action of City Council was . taken on a petition presented by 4U people who represented themselves as living in the vicinity of the tabernacle and?signed by 2X2 people who say that they too live somewhere in that neighbor nood. The petition itself bfton which aciium was based is rather contradictory in some parts as for an example, it says that some of the signers had to move away from thnrvfcinTfyT Well, if they moved, him- gg"" "any longer a nuisance to them? The petitioners or complainers are all white residents, -t h e_ tahmrandt^ belongs to colored people. The things * .'1 tef 1 m?pT-o taken to be true and drastic and important action taken as a result the whole thing being exparte or one Sided. Maybe Bishop Grace will want to be heard?that's what Courts arc for. RACE NOT REUQION. Tha-m^fer-rrf?rtTe^lp^Iethodist bodies has degenerated into a ra cial question?that is, the South - ern brethren opposed to the mer ger have mnde it so. Where the racial question is dragged in in any question, ?9 a nil(r," leave is taken of "honory manhood and manners." Logic, facts and fair play go out of the window insofar as thftfco haTors of the Negro race are concerned. Opponents of the merger for the want of decent and sensible argument say things so absurd that one must wonder if 1.1 " 1 * * * ** tney are reauy nonest in sucn. Mr. I James W. Liscomb is the president of the laymen's organization thatp SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year $2.00 SIX Mntithf i i??- 1.2fr = Three Months - .76 Single Copy .06 FOREIGN ADVERTISING AGENCY W. B. ZIFF CO., Dearborn St., Chicago, ill. Onicial Advertisements at the rate allowed by ? law. r The Leader will publish brief and rational letters on subjects ol general intOlesr when they are tucompaiucd by tne~namen and " address of ttie uuthors und trie not ol' a dematory nature. Anonymous communication will ' not be. noticed. Rejected uianuscrips will not be returned. REMiTTANCES??? Cheeks, Drafts and Rostai or Ex press Money oruers should be made payable to the order of The AJaimetta Leader. GEO. H. HAMPTON ? Publisher N. J. FREDERICK - Editor E. PHILIP ELLIS ..Field Ageat L. G. BOWMAN Circulating Mgr Coinhiunication intended for the - LM..J current issue must De very oner and should reach the editorial desk not' later tn?n Tuesday each wokrk. City news, locals. _ T ~ personals ahd social, news by V\ ednt'sday. 1 *""" *5 ' ~ Bus ness and Editoria, Phone 45&. Saturday, April 2, 1938 -lloISC OF PRAYER" A Nt iSANCK? 1? . AicurdinyTo?tr-resolution adopt ?- ed by City t?uuncil Tuesday the "House of Prayer" tabernacle was Jectand u nuisance and the police instructed to close it up. Bishop C. M. Grace is the over lord of _ this religious sect. This action of City Council is unusual. Indeed, pr-cet-dcnt.s fur declajmrt*elviin h a nuisance are not numerous. Ra thor than putting churches out of commission, tin- tomlenpy in en courage their establishment and maintenance? even Though the man ner of Svorship is not always "ac cording to Hoyle." Action of Lity Council is more important than it seems. Imnor 1 trade to defeat * favorable vol* in i the General Conference of t h i ^ Church, South. Of the propaganda C jf this organization Bishop Wm. 2 Ainswoilh uf that church say a rTt | transgresses all bounds of reason and propriety." That orgapzation jays that a merger will mean mix .d marriagco and such foolishness." ~ Mr. Lipscomb "lejoiec? that tnThcT territory of the Methodist Church South, there is not located a sin gle one of the 28 states in which blood mixture is legalized." It may be?noted ?Mr.?Liflacumb~ uses1 " the word legalized.. No doubt he jst's that word deliberately. As 1 long as the mixture is -illegal to him it seems O.K., but what a sin o to be LEGAL- If there is a mojie absurd' argument that the mefger of religious bodies will mean a n mixture of races, the intelligent r mind has not yet roncoivrri of it IMO 0 N FA IN aJlTYt I a ECHOES | i By "CAP JIM" I J After a'somewhat cold and dark and dreary-Sunday we find oursel-r^es in a happy mood at 3 nis the last Monday in March. The Un is sperading its golden rays , fnto the~iife~of us all, giving vim and vigor, in order flint w? -ge4tfrto?t+rTs weelfs program whole heaitedly. So coats otf and let as go to it. 'J we are.nappy to note tnat there 1 are no such thing as special season for Laurel Creek Sunday ' school. Yes, despite .the threatening weather Sunday morning. _mr attendance clicked at 111) all" J uTembers. 110?visitors Our goalfor March was not less than?lt)0 ^ jach Supday. We reached it atui " >ver. Our average "for the month?: "va* 10'ii plu.-. Amen. Anion. 4? Well the government played the farmers; to pyifpotinn,?keejrmg? hem as blind as a bat, as to what h<* redujpiifg program consisted of. \'ow sumotllhes it is said that the emedy is more hanhful than the lisease and when in aqj d.ountry i large group of. laborers can be persuaded to sign a -blank-con tract to be filled in later by a department of the government something is WI'dhg?wrbh-a goveTiiiiignt lhat" ~~ .vould make such a request and lots more is wrong with tho'Se that . ?<$ vMiid tall f a* ji. When you stop p for a moment and think of^stfeh a situation, it is roaly disconrag- 4 ng. Aside ^'om farmers, I hard- 2 "y think you would find another I uieh g-oun of laborers in Ameri- x ca.. But with no real farm orga- * rnzation with a r'pl 1-wof o,- mmiti, piece to speak there is nothing m they can do buf follow, ]'lki>?ali_ ithor blind groups or individuals. '1 It' the traffic Is successfully dodg- j, d ar.d they make it spfely^acitoss b well, if per chance they d unfits? ? >o those that are belly-aching^a- J bout \vhat_is. being -done, and, the drastic cut that i.-i being ntt?dv; .ji may "get -consolation out of "the v fact that-they nor any one else. u really._understood the thing', so ^ '-hey. .reasoned like the drunk fel- j low who said: Its damn if I do and a lamn if I don't, so I just as well do-lone damp thing as another. y ______ ; - S The rural schools a:e closing ii up this side, one hv one anil wilfjj With schools cut short, acreage n continue up until about April 30. n cut short, that means less employ- t ment on the farm for tin; hnv< and girls, and some grown tips as for c that?matter. And ft is just as a true toddy as .jyhen it. was spoken s away back yonder that an idle ? brajil-is- the devil's workshop: 150"M she old fellow seemingly "will have j; plenty space t0 work over or with in. 1 We read that over 5000 men ^ and women," abeled as teachers i gathered*in Columbia at the state F teachers convention. To start with ^ we congratulate any organization in the state composed </f colored T folks that has influence enough to f get together that many thinking ? people. " Then scroe No. 2. I feel s that the park of the number that i wis interested enough to take c part in the election of president * made a splendid selection in choos- 0 ing as its head or at least as its . president a young man, honest, and r ambitious. One that will loose c r -right of any selfish interest but ^ look out at all times and in all r places for the best interest of the 1 teachers of the state as that in3 c terest appears to him. We trust j hat soon as now, that he ha'S be- c gan to think out plans that could > be of much mc/re importance and rofit to the jjroup than just the f / / MAYBE SO AND ; (By W. H. Sfi ~ ~~ -ft STREET 'S JlBilHMEi l"li a ii ^,rn ? ? busy corner of a k I Mhcrowthnt city' I street. The world B I passes in review f H?the world of ^ I different tastes, k I peculiarities and ' ^yrreffvltles. ^ see? ^ Worknfen per- f I ched high alongside a skysc'rap- ' i ?"* r. They are cleaning with hot i team the outside of an -old Dunu-n hg to make it conform to a new I ddition. It doesn't conform. It It lever will. Old things cannot be ft uade new, no matter how you L-.trlf nn them.?' H An elderly gent who hangs out ; . in this busy corner most of the t toy-.? He-i?r a-fashion plate?al-j" L--.<yc immornPifnly attired fl'Dlll ] lead to foot.. He may have seen j tetter days a>s to age, but I'll be s tanged if he has ever looked any 1 Htter. What a difference good,'! lothes-and the taste to select and i rear them makes! Donteha know. Jt t^news'stand keeper who start-. ( elling periodicals 25 years ago. I le looks just about the sam'cTTJn-'; e a long-stem pipe he always.' has j i 11 his mouth, often unliarhted, is a^ cw identification mark. They say 1 le has lots of, money. I don't know | irogram as has been carried out n the past. We say this with the j ighest regard for thoSe that have r'.Vie ahead. They wrought well. I >ut with conditions among our < oiks as they are with theecono-^ - j nic sky becoming so dark, with j 111? llO'Ol'S 01 Ql'Ulliary viii^iujuicik i gradually closing, hot -closing; and < ilany other problems mounting up 1 'emtaet our group; white 'news tapers colufnns closed' to our pen; adio broadcasts,- with but few e*- option's not allowed: colored news taiters in the state few and very r! at apart, and the small niimher ; hat we have not getting the back : : g of the;'pocket books, so that ' Key* might speak in every home; ] rith all these and more handi- t aps, should not the teachers in onvention broaden - their views ( nd racial interest? Say what ou may, some great gathering of , oloied fi/lks. has got to have a ( i i i1. oi latlici- the leader of such 1 nist have one. and see it so cleary that he or she 0can sell it to | resent. .' I I > 11 : Kampbellgrams ;: \ J Stephen C. Campbell j ! | j 1 1 -u ?l... _ Lpasseu itie o.kk Home tnua-u mt thcr (Jay, not mine, but somc-j ode's. I asked 4t hmv it felt, ami . t 'said, "Dynamo, you can look t me and toll that I feel awful ad". I looked' ami if it felt as J }\d as it looked, itTs at the point'( 1' death. The windows were out/1 , iky doflv.s were hanging. The steps' ,\Lv7T^frn. It had not been paint", ditn years. The weather board-(? rig?" was falling off. The carpet c ,:as ragged. Tfie pulpit chairs , ere falling apart. The Bible was', urn and many chapte'rs were out.J' lie inside was smoked and bare.' ivvkid, "Old Home Church, does ' nyiody come here?" It said: J t No. 1 have not seen a crowd in i ears and what few do come as1i oon a.5? the preacher stops preach I ug they begin to talk." I said:!^ No one takes any intoroit in yon" * t said sadly, "No". The pastor ever says anything about fixing 1 lie up. They" never plan any-' hing to interest the people in me. 'hey ..think because, _L_Lam_ tho hui eh, people ought come to be oming". J?Avmtrdnto the "yards', lid the yards were ashamcand j, aid: "Dynamo, excuse my gullies i nd mud and all the trash you'sec [' l-oiinil". 1 Will tOO 1UII UJ lipeaK. J This is a sad indictment but itl. s true. Many of our pastors doji iot plan anything fop -the--church.J i 'hey never say what the program! s. All they do.ig. pjeach at the} , ospcl and get a few pennies and hink they have done big things. 1 'astors, is this your church: It < rill say the same thing to you i f you will look and listen, I learned a great lesson from St.', 'aul B.T.U.'' We were to have ita uneval the first of the year. Air ! irangements had been made' for i he burial. As I sat weeping I aw it move. I rubbed it and gave' t. special attention- and?piesci ib- *" d a diet and plenty exercise. To he surprise of all,, the B.T.U. i ame to life. It was not. dead._ It -j nly needed attention. Your B.T. is not dead, Mr. President. It leeds rubbing and planning. To(nir \Tnrph 91 it cram mo n onnu ?f yt-a directory and what d<J you ~ hink, it was something new. Why lot try some new ideas or old deas in a new way. ? ^ I was at Level'Land, thie most :onservative community I know. I ust knew I would have a small Towd to hear me lecture. But do otj know the church was packed ind they grabbed Words faster han I could make them. One rail little woman walked aix| " "11 i MAYBE NOT 4 i ackleford) J.I~~~ZZ . . O 5CENES . f laybfi?ao?aad?trtoybfr not. BntH ecping at a thing regularly usu- t. rHy brings good results. Try it. ^ A brand new pants store in the j inest building in this town. New t iciKS, new gouus, new pritcs. seems to me there are enough a nen's stores in this .town.-but?I. fUOsa lTTei'O hie mote men here < han I figure.. Foi al* that, men a lad better wear pants, hadn't I liry? . c People staring in shop windows r nostly the fair sex - beholding the I ^orgeoua spring displays, especial y displayed to run the tempera- 1 ure of the women up to the excj- i able point. Pretty? You bet. I Some of these dames will get some 1 >-f these smart frocks tuo. Olhoi iVlas! Well, they can look, cSHKtj :hey ? - . ft "* L3st but not least, n minintnre s Tiano, or could 1 call it a pianole. !~ \ny two men could carry that, music box anywhere, and yet it can t )e made to give out music like the s >ig ones. Tendency to press qual-j j ty. into smallness folks. An en-| ;ire lady's outfit into a purse for,r * v ti *y? r\l r* WV?At?f 1 ' ' ' *? lien i I And now if at thin *irr" yn" n"n i v bit warrrL the weather causing j t, take a look as I am doing at he new electric refrigerators and * ceep cool. -- 1 " " r (Copyright 103RL _ rr~t nilcs to be present. I left with f toy in my soul and glow.in my I leart. ' r You know you do not have to die ] )ecause the Drs, say so. Rev. H, i 2. Anderson was at the point of. leath and all knew he would notj ive thru the night. I saw him up town Saturday and you may not )dl.ieve it, but he is w;ejl and ready :cr fit-each-?He?was-al the asiocPPT ltional conference^ Saturday Land-^ miked like the"old H. C. of v.ester' e The Enrollment Rally t Every president, every district * nissiuiifli y, every" leader in the 1 <tate has been organized into the v jreatest enrolment^campaign ever vttempted by rfjrc Baptists. Last , fear's converrtLui will look like a Iwarf beside the crowd?that- is -I milling to Sumter this year for he Balanced Program and to hear j he plans for the next four years. \ Saturday Anderson county was jailed in and voted unanamously | o endorse the program. You need lot say what the people do not j vant, you tell them he latest pro^uune^md they~wffl~\vahtT as "at- ^ rntttyas they-gdt hungry. " I- was at Inman last week. Rev. iVm. Lipscomb is the young pasot of this great congregation He h ras boon there thirty years and is is young as the boys. You need t rot think the people will not come , to see if you tell them who is 'oming. Come to Sumter, July 13 ror Worship, For Study and For ? Play. Be sure and visit the Art'e Room and see Handiwork in Reli rious- Education. CONWAY NEWS _ Bethel A. M. E. Church a Rev. W, I. Gjore^ Pastor . Services were very impressive throughout the day. Rev. 0. S. Robinson of Pamplico after mn-_ ^ ling- "a -weeksnreeti hg "en ded up :,?vU<r ...uu ?J -- V Ul^llO Willi lliutll ^UUU tit" I romplishcd, having preached some ^ /ory soul stirring heart touching seimons. ^ Su.pt. Moore and his staff of of- c fkirs was* to Sunday school on ime to greet their students. Much nteersl is being manifested 111 the .vork. - ' * * The Pastor, Rev. Gore is still j ittending.Lhhi-atu'vieoa c.vei v^wcekr ~ IV e are praying that he will conLinue to improve as he is doing now. Over sixty, littlo boyo anch girls" enjoyed the birthday party of~ Annie Mae Gore at the A. M. E. * narscmage on last Thursday after- 0 noon. . - t ?RtrvyO. S. Robinson, Miss Eloise f Janerette and Mrs. Mary Davis went on a fishing trip, last Wed- a rtesday and had good results. The Allen University singers with Prof. F. P. Abraham direc- ' tor, rendered a splendid program it the above church Monday ev- ^ ening to a large audience and '' wei e royalty entertained before leaving. We acknowledge the pre . serrcc of Prof. T. M. A. Myers and v Miss S. E. Green, members of the faculty of Allen university; Dr. c A, P Spi?nra, mi ?v presiding- elder;' I1 Misses Evelyn Cuthbert and PanBy Pendergrass of Sumter and. _ others. Prof. Myerfl" ThAde an in- c terosting address, subject "What s Will We Do With Our Education". ST. STEPHEN A. M. E. CHURCH ' Rev. D. N. Wilson, Pastor' 1 On last Sunday our services t were very glorious all day* The < Sunday school was conducted by the Supt., Mr. G,-Brown at the ] usual hour. All of the teachers . were by their post of duty. The attendance was very good. pp??mnn PRIZE-WINNING BC WPA1 New York City, March 24?A !9 year old Negro WI*A writer vho only a few years ago had dificulty borrowing books to read zecanse??persons ~5fe not welcomed at public libraries in Southern cities, today saw~a buck if his own issued by a leading pubishing company and put on sale hroughout the country. The author is Richard Wright, nd thtr n ^nlloptinnt-ories-of Negro life, is entitled 'Uncle Tom*8'~Childi<en". 1/t w*as iccopted for publication after it lad won iirst prize of $500 in a ontest conducted* by a national nagazine for employees of the federal Writer's Project. More than five hundred bookength manuscrips were entered n the contest. The judges were iar%v Scherman, president of the 3ook-of-'thiuMonth club, Lewis >annett and Sinclair Lewis. In awarding Wlight's hopk?the irissc, -Mr'"S"'he"rninn "inif!, "Every len.sitivc white person -will at once At 11 o'cock ottfp pastor preaeh(d us a great sermon from the ubjeet A Realization of the Bless ngs of God, .Many souls were nade to feel happy.' In the evenng we were fq hnvs with m n 1 n _ - J _ 1 ? ^ ~ ? io nvv, o., ivanuoipn OI the Alt. Mefcsant district with us. He (reached uXa very inspiring gtrnon from the subject Faith Pu*-ii^-the servicesof the day three lersons joined the church. We are rlad to say that our church is noving on to success along all incs. woodruff news Trinity A. M. E. Zion Church ? Rev. X IL_ Jackson, Pastor Preaching every second?ami rourfh Suriday.. Sunday school vel-y Sundayr Mesdames Mollie Franks, Hat-t ie Steen, Evelyne Wilburn, Viearia Durrah and Mr. John W. pranks, Mr4 James Pehrson were isitors in Mountsville Sunday, ?Miss Wealthy Farr of Spartan^ urg is the guest of Mrs'. Viola )rummondthis Week J Sick list: Mr. W. M. Alexander, ilr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers, Mrs arelta Kilgore, New Bethel .Church ""Sunday was a union singing at <e\v Bethi 1. Five choirs were. mummy ?Hernoon witn ^ev. Toatloy to visit Miss Sara iVadsworth, her daughter at CM A Miss Charlie B. Stanley return sd to school Sunday after convale? :ing from a tonsil operation. While working in the County Messrs. Andrew Bumo and Pervis Johnson of Calhoun Falls and Dm West are domiciled at Mrs. M. B Robinson's. - ireseni ami-a largo crowd enjoycl 'the singing. ^ "Supt. R, P. Rogers is sick; wo mpp for jiis oarly.-rceovcry. T"ho banner wa"s won by the picure roll class No'. 2, teacher Mrs. "fTic J. Parks^ Mr. Lewis Stephens died Sunday larch 27 after an illness of sevral months. 1 tlLMLKl 1LLL> NEWS. ' Nature?is? beautiful"; with foli go of green, intermingled with aried colored flowers. God is won erful! , V" The churches of Chesterfield are et alive. Sunday morning at Mt. 5abor^VTET"cKurch Rev. Hidclleston /as at his best. He preached ft owerful sermon. Sunday after oon, Rev. Rogers pastor of Sal m Baptist church preached at Mt. 'abor in interest of Mrs. Hattie landers club. Rev. Hollis Spencer, pastor of Iweet Home Baptist church preach (d at Grand View Presbyterian hurch for the Missionaw ladies. lis choir?nlidercd touching spir tual songs. Rev. Spencer has to ireach backed uu with such sine ftgr. Thursday" hTteinoon Mosdamos ItEtF; Johnson, R. A. Toatley, S. C McCullcufrh, Miss Vashti Brew r and Mr James Rivers motored o Camden and attended--the Fair ield Presbytery Friday. Dr.,.and Mrs. A. C. Cook exiled t the home of Mrs. S. E McCul fruprh Saturday. Miss Sara A. McCullough spent he weekend home. " Misses Elizabeth P. and Marion ohnson visited Miss S. A. McCul outrh Saturday afternoon. Field day will be observed a t Chesterfield Tuesday. All schools yill soon be closed for this term. Mrs. Pearl Edwards wag out to hurch Sunday, after bt<inj? indis loaeil for a few days" "r Mrs. Henry Watson was rushed o the hospital at Florence Sun lay,"Very* nf. We trust she will oon recover. Mrs. M - B. Robinson motored to \f 1 - ? w^~*'. v * . k u" v~*% >QR BY NEGRO iVRITER PUBLISHED -" ? 7 bi , know thnt this is authentic Negro G life in this country. ' Richard Wright's talent is clear and unmistakable." Mr Gtnnptt wrnta,?I "These stories burn like a house 8N afire. They sing^aa-wH-?g~ggtnT ? - ^SIia^wHatthey have to say is as startling as a race riot." h, The four stories that make up the book are written in a forceful, staccato style that gives them _N .IV1 unmistakable evidence of a clear- ej eyed understanding of the inescar| pable drama of the Negro's lot in present day American life. ai The publishers, in announcing 1 their acceptance of. the book, hail- *s ed Wright as "a new author whose graphic prose is as lean and strong M as John Steinbeck's, and who giv- ^ i(es definite, proof that the Admin^ istration's -sub&idaHon "Of writers n' : has been successful." j Wright has been employed, by fc i the- Federal Writer's Project in l New York City for over a year,, . i Continued on Page 7 ? h( ABBEVILLE NEWS. , * Jel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Robinson so - of-Atlanta, Ga., passed thru here Sunday on their way to Charlotte . --Nr-Ch;?f<H H TW+hn ? Ragin, a sister of Mrs. Robinson. Our old friend Mr. John Fair is very sick with Pneumonia. Mr. ,, f I1 . Fair hrm many fiiendR Who wish' __ . him a speedy recovery. . ' Mr. Allen R. Reid spent a few hours last week in Greenwood. a< Mrv Harrison Brown, Jr., passed it away at a hospital in Columbia w Tuesday, Mar. 22. Funeral services di I 1.1 . cii. t _'i _ t_" weie nviu. in 01. jumes cnurcn, ai March '24th here. He leaves a mo jr ther;?one Stste7_arurrone brother ju 1 _ Xu_-iuaur a 4>is-krssr "JftF WfiTTTaid to tl rest inl-Harbison's cennrteryr~^"7 tT Friends here are proud to know ir that Miss Thelma Homy is enjoy ing' herself up North. ' cl Mrs. Adeline Reid Jones passed a] away at her home here Tuesday ir night, Mar.. :22. Funeral servsees -si were held^ at St. James church w Re\*. J. B. Smith officited. Inter tl rnent Lakeview cemetery tl Sunday school at St. James AM 1 E church was held at the usual hour. The pastor Rev. E. F. John s* son filled his pulpit both morning n and night with two Gospel mes -TUiguy. Rev. Johnson Is a real"God ^ . sent preacher; : o1 Union Baptist Sunday school hi e< on an Easter rally. All -members- -gi ' and friends are asked to do their ?< best. The Jackson quartet from Anderson will be with them again tl all day and for night services Sun d day April 4th. The pator Rev.' C. r< A. Underwood expecus a full audi si ence. The .rally is for covering the! ... ti'IiUiLll. "" " ~ p Mrs. Sallie L Fair our leading. - -rrdtrred mortician is stifioperating ^ business at 36 Washington street, ft She is still our Notary Public. She d is kind and courteous. " g mm DUE WEST NEWS. _ J* Quite a large crowd from Due West attended the Abbeville Co. ^ Field d6y at tfie Abbeville Co. Tr. ei school last Friday. Due West won P' second .prize in the school chorus 110 contest. ' ^ Mr. I. J. Pearson left on last ^ Saturday morning for his home in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, after - attending the funeral of his brotJreji-Mx_Dav4d-PeaT*sotn Mr. Archie S. Moragne loft last J 1 Saturday for Charlotte, N.C. where e3 he will spend some time with his e' brother -?* ~ ^ ^ Prof. Elliott M7~Jbhhson of the Due West school faculty spent last " week in Ninety Six with his par- ^ I ents. ~ _!!! "T Vf r\ tit n iucosia. kj. ?. I'earsos, Jr, and ir Hunter Ellis returned to their stu d? ' dies at Johnson C Smith Univer- tc sity, aft.cr spending several days with home folks. \\ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson cj i b r and their son and daughter Mr. tl Robert end Miss Virginia were vis bi itors in Cokesbury last Sunday. w | Messrs. Waymon Latimer and c< Marcus Powers visited in Creyton- rr ville on last Sunday afternoon. r< | Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kay a n d d ' their son and daughter-in-law were 0 -.-dimmr guests of Mr. amT Mrs. H. tl ' Leo- on last "Sunday. w j LEEVY'S Is * TT^T T\Tnr* ? * Ir urNJ!iitALr HUME Undertaking And Embalminj ?SLOGAN? LOWER PRICES AMBULANCE SERVICE "As Near As Your Nearest Phone' UNDERTAKER FOR.STATE HOSPITAL 1831 Taylor St. ' Columbil Phone 9276 I. S. Leevy, Mgr v ' "April 2T l?38 r GREAT FALLS NEW9. ,The Paradise high school base ill team won from the Pleasant rove team by a score of 21 to 13 Mr. John Bowden was the win- " sr at the T.ncky?Chicken paity iven at. the home of Mr nnd Mr. Sam Clinton has returned )me for an indefinite stay. Prof. Withefspoon, Mrs. - A. ebon, Mrs A T. fUnnhmlt nn4 [rs K. Williams spent the weel * id at their respective homes.' Rev. Ferguson, Miss F. Watson tid Prof. R. J. Daniels were the inner guefetis of Mr. and. Mrs. torn Clinton's orr Sunday. On Wednesday Mrs. L. Gaines, [rs. A. Nelson and Prof W H* fitherspoon were guests at diji 3T with Mrs Odessa Gunthrop. Wedding bells rang Saturday r Mr.- Tommy Mitchell and Miss jlia Duulware. Mr.7 arid Mrs. Mit iell will make Great Falls their )me ? . Plans are underway for the eel" ^ratios -of--May-Day at the hool. AINT JAMES ' ?r ~ ! A. M. Asheville, N. Q.?Heavy skies nd cool weather did not hinder X! wwaUiypma on tne pastSabatlTToFlt was the Lord's Day arid lorough preparation had been iade for divine worship and the :hievement of things both spiriual and temporal. Beginning , ith thg church school he attenince was great and the children re' being made joyful in the comer Easter Season,?Anether Adlt Bible class haa hern Added?te le Sunday school and the study of ie Word goes forward with added iterest. ^ The men of the church were in large throughout the day " and LL.of the services -were handled i very high style. The procesorral hy^thlTtriale choral group ~ as very impressive as well as ie~musica "renditions throughout ie morning ^service. The mornig's message w&s delivered by ie Rev. M. L. Johnson, guest leaker for the occasion. The cli- * tax of the spiritual tide wa3 reach ri npnn tho fonflUiftn of?n 801077^ ~ y one "liFlTur guest,. Mr. Grant f the First" Baptist church. An /erflowing congregation worship1 at the mornings service and jr host of visitors were welcomi. At four oclock in the evening, ie Civic Choral group under the irection. of Mr. J. Wr Brogdon jndered a_very rare program con sting of music and readings. A ery laigtr itudlehce enjoyed-this rogram. After the usual devo- ?" uiiui?cnxi ui liiu ? veiling service ad been completed, Mr. \V. A. lauldyi, chairman pf tho Mnri'n 'ay committee presided and a pro ram of real unusual sacred music as pres<Vnted._ Music that jxrt ily commanded the gripping in:erst of the audience but brought lem to open tears and inspired ithusiasrm Prof.'J. C. Daniels, rincipal of one of orur schools here lade the address wfiich was in- :nsely interesting. After the us* al monthly reprots from our , sards and clubs, the Men's Day nance., committee made its reort which went beyond all expec itlOhs. In this effort -flfUfrientU r rivalry the men of the church tcelled the women along all lin5. The Women's Day, wftt^spom rred six weeks ago. ThcTfoIIowlg men lead in finances in this Tort: Messrs J. W. Brgodoiv-W. . Mauldin and Jack LaBerry. A ;ception, which sha11 h? " Tair, is being given the workers 1 these two efforts at a later ate to be announced by our pas>r. __ .On Thursday evening at-Jhe Y. T. C. A. building, a great musiil treat was also sponsored by ie Men's Day committee which rought exceptional talents along ith our own from the city, both >lor?d_And white; -frr^thts^ rich lusical program a few operetic mditions wx;re heard. Mr. Brog on was master qf ceremonies, ur- .pastc/i- commended all for leir service and the spirit in hich it wflp -?~ ???C0?????C8SC8C83??SC8a^^ jn i wwwaiiMirtMwiiiiifinwiiiirriyifc