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VOL. XIII?NO. ~31 TWENTY FIFTH ANI OF r PEOPLE'S BUI TO CONY Holly Creek B (Entertaining Club Nc Notice:?The program will be Creek Club No. 4, entertaining, bul STEE BAPTIST CHURCH. ANDERS4 AUGUST All Ministers Have a Standing - "-JPROG 11:00 A. ivi.?Devotional service open by G. C,, W iTnhn Reynolds, No. 8; Clarence Reed^ No. 28; J. S. Adams, No. 11; Georgia Gaines, No. 1; Laura Pftttarsnn, N<> U .Pallia?Day,-n~ " No. 3; Anna Jones, No. 4; Rev. . J. M. Robinson, No. 5; Mary An ^^t'V|'T'jfl W. I. PEEK, President _ People's Burial Aid Rnfi<>ty derson, Na. 6; L. S. Anderson, No. 7; T, P Cnnlny, Kn 10; Wnl ter Johnson, No. 9; H. Evans, No. 11; Eula B. Prince Nn 19 T. J. Underwood, No, 13; Mac Williams, No. "14; Rev. E. D j . Earl, No.. 15; Enua G. Heard,1 No. 16; H. W. Riley, No. 17; Alice Greenlee, No. 18; J. L.' Thompson, No. 18; Nan English No. 20B; Jessie Loveless, No.' 21; Rachel Dupree, No. 22; Hattie Singleton, No. 23; Jessie Sherard, No. 24; West Jones, No. 25: Jani'L' Dallic Earl. No. ?2ft; C. B. Bruce, No. 27; Jennie McGown, No. 28. _ I . ? 10:15 A.M.?Congregational Singing, Mr. John, Reynolds. _ " ; 10:20 A. M.?-Welcome Address in behalf Church, Rev. Earl. j 10:25 A.M.^-Welcome in' behatT of A entertaining clubs 4, Assisted by 12, fflro. Anna Junes, 'No. 4. 10:30 A.M.?Response, Rev. C. A.' Cherry, acting__psLstor of-Roy si ?1??: Baptist church, Anderson, S. C.1 10:40 A. M.?Organization and seating Representatives. 11:20 A.M.?Congregational Singing, Bro. Dock Coleman, No. 42 11:25 A. M.?Annual Report ol Board, G. S., Rev. Thos. Davis, No. 1 11:40 A.M.?Congregational Singing, Mrs. Pauline J. Campbell, No. 1. 11:30 A.M.?Solving Our Problems 1. Prof. S. C. Prrvy, Piincipnl P.?n4 St. High school?(Home and School 2. Mr. J. A. Gresham?S^il Conser, vation 3. Dr. J. C. Anderson?Health 12:30 P.M.?Congregational Singing, Mrs. Rachel -Dupree | 12:35* P.M.?President's Address 1:00 P.M.?Congregational Sing ing. Mrs A. W.-Anrfmnn, No T 1:05 P.M.?Election of Officers i VISITORS Misses Elizabeth Graham of Charleston, S C., Josephine Johnson and Adeline-Martin of Andors^n, S. C., were recent visitors at the Palmetto Leader and Hampton Printing company of Columbia, S. C. Miss Martin and Miss Johnson are members of the Bethel A. M. E. church, Anderson^ of which Rev J. P. Washington is pastor. GEORGETOWN NEWS 1 , Mrs. Anna (Dunmore) ROsft of Philadelphia, Pa., is??spending a few days with her relatives She is the sister orf Messrs F. W. end Dewpy Dun more and Mlia. Pauline Hemmingway and Thomasena Dunmore. Little Miss Vermelle Kelly is spending hot- vacation in Murfrecs boro, Teim., ^wiTFi her lister Mias Emma Kelly. Mrs. Florence Browne Burgess of Philadelphia, Pa. is here visiting her Sisters Mesdames AJary ... -7-~- William,, and Naomi Dobins. Mr?. Rebecca Alston of New York formerly of Georgetown is 1 r home for awhile to the delight of * her friends. 1 Shi 0* ^ e> J : - ^ ?v WAL CONVENE * * rHE s'i tIAL SOCIETY ENE AT laptist Church >. 4. Assisted by 12) carried dat as printed, with Holly L seiMces will be held at GENOR3N. S C. 2 , 19 3 8 Invitation. Visitor* Wpl','>mft K A i>I 1:15 P.M.?Intitnllgfir"vi?Rw;?Gr " SI Sawyer, Pastor . Thompson Centennial M. E. church, Anderson, S. C. 1:20 P.M.?Congregational?Sin#lng, Mr. J. F. Norris, Na. 1 1:25 P.M.?Pulpit Devotions, Rev , K. D. Pogue, Pastor of Salem Presbyterian church, Anderson, South Carolina. 1:30 P.M.?Annual Sermon, Rev. S. C. Campbell, pastor St. Paul Baptist church, Anderson, S. C. 2:10 P.M.?Congregational Singing, Mr. Hal Bryant, No. 33 2:15 P.M.?Offertory 2:20 P.M-.?Intermission and Lunch. Afternoon Session 3:30 P.M.?Devotional - service, Rev. Archie Ware, No. 48; Geo. Thomas, No. 31; Allen Ramey, No. 32; Johnie Green, No. 33; Clara Jenkjns, No. 37; Amanda Williams, No.^ 39; A. J. Smithy - No.TT^TTTTWardTNo. 30; Julia Spear, No. 43; Margie Davis, No. 44; Ella Latimer, No. 4G; James 'Reed No. 47; Frank Collier, No. 49T Anna Gaines, No. 50Geo. Humphry, No. 44; Rozener Ai'kin, No. 2; N. R, Rice, .No. 3; J. C. Keith, No. 7; Effie Dandy, No. 8; Mack Johnson, No. 9;, L. C. Cooley, No. 10; Earl Williams, No. 11; Martha Sherard, No. 12; E. C. Windfiold Na. 14; Lizzie Waire, No. 15; Jarpes Reed, No. 47; R. M. Boseman, No. 45: H?R._ Moore. -Nor 44; Gilbert Belton, No. 1; A.H. OA . T ir : uvivwii, a ^ iluiu* - non, No. 30, J. A. Cuwtts, No.' 14; Earnest Jenkins, 37; Paul ?Singleton, Nu. 23; Joe Osby, Nfl. 7; Richard Richardson, No. 35; Mary Gi-bbs, No. 31; Sopie Johnson No. 39; Ozella McCoJlough, No. 45; Robt. Cunningham, No. 46; Peaches Young, Na. 37; Sudie Scott, No. 43; Alma Williams, No. 26; . Nelson Hunter, No. 1; Viola Maitin, No. 35; Harriet Johnson No.- 48. 3:40 P.M.?Report of Committees 4:00 P.M.?Andwson Gospel Charus 4:10 P.M.?Recognition trf Guest 4:30 P.M.?Memorial Service 4:35 P.M.?Anderson Gospel Chorus 4:40 P.M.?Orbituary, Mrs. Sei_ piq Jones - ? - ? ?:? 4:45 P.M.?Anderson Gospel Cho1*11.1 J 4:50 P.M.?Eulogy, Rev. 1? L. Johnson, pastor Mt rnrmel? M E. church, Anderson, S. C. 5:25 P.M.?Anderson Gospel Chorus . 5:30 P.M.?Offertory 5:40 P,M.?God Bo With You Until We Meet Again. 5:50 P.M.?Benediction. PrAA'vnm fiMv*rvtif f on Afvc Pu_ chel iDupree, Mr. Finnk Collier, Mr."LG.~W. Maffersbn, Miss W. M. Alexander. Mr.' J. C. Keith, Mr. Reese Power, Mr. W. I. Pfeek, Rev. Thos. Davis, Rev. S. C. Campbell. ?Finance Committee?Dr. W. fL Young, chairman; Rev. Wado Foote J. S. Adams, Reese Power, C. M. Major, H. Evans, W. H. Riley. Membership Committee?Mrs. Julia Burris, chairman; Mrs. Ollie Turner, Mr. T. T. McDonald, Mrs. l Pauline Thompson, Mrs. Sudie f Scott, Miss Delia Thompson, Mrs^ .T F TsVrria, Jltrn f Hprl ri,son-,?Mr. -Geo. Matterson, Mrs. i Mary Ruckbr. i Mrs. Marie Ramsey of Charleston als0 a former Georgetown worshiped 'at Hethel Sunday. ST. STEPHEN A. M. E. CHURCH Our services were very great all day last Sunday. The Sunday | school convened at 9:30 with the J Superintendent Mr. Rufus Ford by his post. All of the teachers were also present. The attendance wa^ very. good. At fl a.m. our pastor pi*eached us a great sermon on the subject Profession ami Practice. He gave a very inspiring sei mon. We feel - that flTmi the responses that were given that many have been inspiv ed to practice what they profess. In the evening he brought us another great message on the subject "The Safe GuiJe of Life". Many souls were made to fed hnp. I p.v. Wo are proud to say that j our church is moving on lino along all lines. Our sisters are now getting ready for the Missionory con j ventiorv that will convene on th? 1 nU/rmingville circuit irr iftt: Zior A. M. E. church, August 16. W< avo gladLto_._say that we have 8 "great pastor and preacher. EvI cry time he gets up in the pufpil he brings us something new fron' the word of God. It is his dai!,y delight to care for the sick anc 1 needy ones. Ptay that our church will continue to grow. I JJal COLUMBIA Talent Revue at Allen Monday Night U's ready! for the Prytanean amity's Bronze Talent revue given at Allen university Monday night, August 1, at 8:00 o'clock. The fraternity has taken Advantage of ev^ry available opportunity to make this program one of the m?st delightful entertainments of the mid-summer season. Talonted?youngsters?from various parts of the city will compete for ' honors and prize's and at the same -time will present OUA" of the fnost ' unique programs ever held in Columbia. In additioti to fhe rnnfnstnnfB there will be an the stage a seven piece orchestra composed entirely of local talent with songs of therr I own special arrangement. Grown-ups and youngsters as j well are in for a treat on Monday evening at Allen university. So don't miss this program. Nina Mae McKinney Signs Long Term Contract New York City.?Nine Mae McKinney, one af the foremost colored^ actresses upbearing upon the in TernatfonaF stbge and screen, has just been signed to a long term contract by Creative Cinema Corporation, 1845 Broa'dway, New York City, exclusively engaged in the production of all-Negroj feature motion pictures. Film fans will remember Nina Mne McKinney's first fititstanding screen triumph as the star_of?Metrcr^Goldwyn-Mayer's "Hallelujah" the oieture that gave Gary Cooper his start in. the movies. Since then Miss McKinney has appeared in many.films abroad, including her great starring success, "Life Is Real" for Gaumont-British. She nl>-n fmtnrnd f. | tjifi in London and -played forty two -cuiihceulivu wcoks at..London's fa-! rnsua Ciro's, said to be the favorite habitue of royalty. She recent-1 ly returned from a tour of Australia and New Zealand for ?Vio well known Tate-\Villiamson Circuit. "St. Louis Gal" will be Miss McKinney's first starring vehicle for Creative Cinema Coiporation. This will be followed by "Beale Street." Irwin R.? Franklyn; weTT known director ?.f Negro films, has been assigned as Miss McKinney's author-clirector. Mr. Franklynl recently completed "Policy Man and "Ilarlemania," starring Jimmie Easkette, Ethel Moses, Count Basic, and the Plantation Club Chofius, for Creative Cinema Corporation. wlio?distribute?natiOhally through Suck Amusement Enterprises. i S. C. Hardwoods ,Used To Market (Peach Crop I _ The' trees of South Carolina help carry the peach crop to market, advised State Forester H. A. Smith. The field boxes used to carry the picked-peaclie's from the or^ chards to the packing sheds are often made of cypress. The basI kets into which the fruit is packed are made from woods cut by rotary veneer machines into thin veneers. The woods used are red, black, tupelo and water gums, yel low poplar, the bays and some ma __plo^.-All of Ilium! Irpecies grow in the swamps, aksrrg strenms, in ra , v-tnes or heads or moist hollows and on north slopes of hills. I All ?.f these species have thin bark and therefore are highly sus ceptible to serious damage By fire burning around the bases of the tres. Mechanical injury also damages thin bark hardwood trees but this can be avoided if care re used to avoid injury during logging op] orations and to abstain from blaz ! ing or hacking tree3 ercept when ! walking land lines. ! Scars caused by fires and me1 chanical damage often heal up an j the outside but even when this oc] curs fungi, and insects have gain ed a foothold And continue to work | on the interior of the tree often I rondering it pnfit fnr fntnrn ??o ' 7Tn\ver8 of woodland veiy often consider their hardwood trees a liability rather than an asset due to the fact that a high pereefitagc of then*, are defectiver However I by keeping fire out of woodlands at all times and by using due car( : in logging and at other times th( hardwood areas an farm wood lanus ana on lar^e noicunprs c<*' bo made ns profitable as any oth I or types'^of^Wiodland^ | The State Forest Service find: thnt ninety per cent of thtt defecti r~T In hardwoods are man caused an* therefore avoidable. Proper can of desirable hardwood* particular i ly when small and also during th< ' balance of their lives will result ii 1 high grade trees bringing greate 1 returns to their owners and bette logs to tli* mills. ^1" > , - -i mstti SOUTH CAROLINA, SATU I I Little River S. S. and IB.T.U. Convention ! Goes Forward ^ . Coronaca, July 29.?More than two hundred delegates from forty church schools and B.T.U's. pack ed Mt. Zion fcr the annual session "f the Educational Convention, of which that dynamic character, Dynamo Campbell is the ac ctlptable leader. Thig was the greatest, gathcrine-of young- Bapj tiss in the State. Though it rained. they were there from every I section of the Convention. 1?Speaking from The subject, The I Hour Has Come, the President set (forth in plain language that he was ready tgi launch a new pro{ pram?His?ncry mcsbag.e stilled i the great delegation to set new ob jectives. President Starks of Columbia, made pleasing remarks and urged the Convention to folj low. N J Messages were brought by Rev. 1 .T. D. Jtucker, Miss Hughes, Dr. , Starks, Mrs. S. B. Jones, Mrs J D Rucker, Mrs. G. A. Parker, Mrs I Valeria Edwards and Rev Wm. Lipscomb. Mrs. Janie Morris made : an excellent report on the State C mvention. This Convention haa as fine a piogram as the State Convention" "and Tn many respects surpasses the . State' program. Rev. Reeder spoke well. The instructors in the School, of Methods were Prof. J. D. Rucki er, Mrs. B. B. Jones, Mrs Ruth "Wilketrson, Mrs Xenra Edwards, Mrs. G. A. Parker and Stephen C. Dynamo Campbell. I ' The. program for 1939 calls for membership in the National S, -S. Congress, Departmental Directors two Field Days, and the purchase . of an assembly ground and ten Schools of Methods paid for by the Convention. The total offering was $225.89.- - Ail officers were re-elected and frfol nrn rr>'n vm uroo v..% ?1II uaa ouj/jJUl ecu. This convention operates on the par cent plan. You do not have to beg for money and wrangle over a supplement. .The President sees that all money >s naid as Sh/lolTBaptisFchurch^ Has Successful Daily Bible Vacation School Rev. A. J. Wright, Minister , Bennettsville, S. C., July 24th? One of the most interesting f*a^_ -lures?of?our cKurch program is our Daily Vacation Bible school. "Tht^yeaF the unit erf work was, ' Sailing?to. the House of Comrade-1 , ship. The pupils made scrap books j posters and ships demonstrating r the "Steps and guideports leading I to the Hnn^e hy thn .yidn nf thr?I Road. We have had other schools ihui_4h+e?nno?hrniT>Vif crrnrtor to. suits. The teachers were conscientious, the--pti pita were more eag- J er. but most of all the adult mem- j bers of the church see the needs and vialues. The Sunday night services were : given entirc'y to the commencement and demonstrations. It was quite interesting to enter the church and see The House on the hill with the Steps of Friendliness Service; sincerity, Unity and Sym pathy, built on the Foundation of Love. I am sure.the impressions, made will never be forgotten. I Benin ettsvil|fe Paragraphs Rev. J. S. Daniels of Spartanbiw'? 13 Conducting" revival meet*lng"at 'Shiloli Baptist church. ReV-. and Mrs. A. J. Wright have as their guests, Mrs. Wright's mother, Mrs. E. W. Bowen and neice Marian Bowen of New York City. 1 Mr. James Zimmerman of Florida is in the city because of the | illness of his father, Mr. Josh Zimmerman. Mr. Arthur McCollum and Mrs. Rachel Wright are indisposed at this writing. Miss Dorothy Reese is teaching in McCall, S. C. Miss..... Mabel Reese' left for Continued on Pag*e 6 The Star Warehouse T.ako City. S. C., is the Tobacco Center of the State, and the Star Warehouse is where you can get your e?ol water and good service and every pile of your tobacco is specially seen after, that it brings the highest prices. ? The Star sells high as the highest and higher than aTTof the rest and that is why I sell all of my tobacco with the Star. J TUa :? A #.4 uu 1 i lie unjr m nu^uai tin, b and you must come before-the op. eninff date on account of the jcreat n rush. Just laok fop the Star over i the door and you will be at the r hiffh price warehouse?The Star, r E. L, TH6MAS, Cades, S. C. ...... * ?ea RDAY, JULY 30, 1938 Echoes from Unijon J We are not dead but resting, but I 'tis time to wake and work. J? Somo of the people attended the I State Sunday School and B. T. U. convention in Sumter fot a friendly reunion; others fora short vacation, but others for "Methods". The State S. S. and B. T. U. convention ha? really inspired men and women, girls and hov^-in-tweh a way to lay aside their daily task nPH fWl- ?The Unlunlles who attended were: Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Baton, Mrs Minnie Blackwell Sallie B. Young, Annie B. Renwick, Miss 'Wilma tTalley, Char-lotle B|gCkwell, Kate Ruff, Master Frederick Renwick, Dr. L. Wi Long and Prof. Ratlins They reported a very pleasant trip and brought back some very helpful ideas. Now they are encourag ...6 uvi.vto tu avi^iiipauy mem nexi July to the convention. " Sunday was a very inclement day for most of the church-goers. We hope to be able to fill the church pews Sunday. Miss_Charlotte Blackwell had as her guest last week: Rev. Mr. Fritzelle Cannon of Sumter, S. C. Rev. Mrs. Maxie Gordan was a very pleasant guest of Miss Wilma TalleyA 'Rev. MrT Gordon is from Anderson SC. Since there was so much rain in Union the people'were housed in, now they, are seen Rorng every direction to their work We are very pleased that no damage much was done in ou,r county. Many barbecues had to be postponed because of the rain 'TaTI/7Let u^. all purchase the Palmetto Leader and make it an outstanding paper in the South. Bronzemen ta Present hick' By Jim Bell The Bronzemen held trveir last meeting at the home of Mr. James Williams, Friday night, July 22. All members were present. After a short discussion it was voted unanimous to take in new members. There will he five. application blanks issued. Each candi-| date must go under the- same-rint-tiation in September. j Mr. Alfonso Ellsworth from Greensboro, N. C. will be the chief speaker. A supper will follcrwlrr' honor of the new members. j __The- Broflztrmen have~set aside September 8th to thing tmyou one otThir^uTsandinK' bands of today,' CHICK WEBB, featuring- Ella | Fitzgerald. Advance tickets will go on sale at Thomas drug store, corner?Harden and Taylor Sts.; Oak Street drug store, corner Oak and Qervais Sts. and the Green Leaf cafe 1100 block of Washington Street, August 10th through September 1st. Advance tickets Will be 91c including tax. There will be_no advance tickets ^old-af^ ter mid-nite, September 1st. Pi 4 11 rr ri i * i3i. AiDan ir. scnooi The St. Alban training school* opened the pnmmnr tntpt?JrTiy-TKTl?; with . a large enrollment. The boarding.department is the largest for-the summer under the pre sent administration. All the students of last term except three have returned and they are expected to register this week. A number of new ones have registered and more are expected in the next few days. Th glee club girls are expected ta sing at Williamston during the conveation. 4 Prof. Dendy * left Monday .for camp. Those making the trip were J. D. Sweeney, Paul Thomas, Melvin EN-ans, Marcel Jackson, Joe Stokes, I. D. Thomas James WaL Tor Lewis, John Lewis Evans, Jas. Agnew, Willie B. Thomas, Julian Beaty and Robert Sloan and others whose names we did not get. inesanmes iiasn ana ixmny are sponsoring an acquaintance social r.id bingo party Friday nifcht Mrs. Dcndy reports a very successful summer term at the State summer school of Athens, Ga, Mrs. Dash spent a profitable sum mer~ at Saratoga Springs, N. Y Prof. Goudlock of Friendship Jr. college and members of his faculty, along with Misses Georgis Stewart, Ruth Adams and Evan geline Scwell of Chapman Grov< faculty were eampu8 isvitors Fri day afternoon. % \ . oer ;Mrs. S. L. Flif For Foreign I ! "The Old Gray"- ;; , . - By 1 I R-t. B. Phibp BlUa 1 The Charleston summer scho< : which was in change of Pi of. ~t 1 A. Johnson of Columbia was th _ best in the history of the count > notwithstanding, all of them sU uervised by him for 18 yeara-dwrv ?been?good?and ve ry good. Ove _two hundred tescheVs were eft rolled and the daily sessions"Wfer interesting from beginning t end. The project school of meth ods proposed by Mr.' W. A. Schiff ley at the Palmetto teachers asso ciatron was perfectly carried or at this institute A regular schoc for children was conducted at a ri rul school 'house' which was ii charge of jane teacher and fortj others f<JF"T)Bservation. The lfk< of whicET^vas never witnessed before* by public school teachers anj where in the South. Mr Srhiff . ley with his expert (white) edu ?.atur spent a week at .thrg achoo " and ratotl it among the best. Quit< a few city pastors including thi; writer visited this special schoo and al.?ii the institute and we mus confess that we had not seen an] thing like it. Prof. Johnson is i wonder. The colored citizens ol Charleston place him among tht most outstanding educators-~of~~5T? racial group. He enjoys the con fidence of both white and colorec in Charleston same as in Columbia . Mr. J. H. Hope state superinten I dent of education; Masses Dominit -and Felton infi*"*' and spoke in glowing terms tf i< and .its outstanding head. ? ^Fhe Eastern Star The Grand Chapter Order of tht Eastern Star nS this state wai given one of the grandest. recep tions in Charleston last week thai it has ever received. Its an auxiliary to the Free and Accepted Ma r sons of this Jurisdiction and the local chapters of this city headed -by1 Mosdames" M7 E. Fields Lucile | % i x* i-i tt * t a ? i*icvotury, nuiaan naneston, A. E. Fields, Mr. S. J. Poinsette and , Rev F R Blanchard spared ?no 1 pains to dignify the occasion. Like 1 thuir Masonic- brothers?last?"December who gave the Grand Communication the "greatest affair in Continued on Page 6 June Graduate Accepts Position at Alma Mater i | Rev. Henry Blufard Butler, Jr. former assistant pastor of Metro politan A. M. E. Church; Wash ington, D. C., and at prasent tinu J paster of Bethel A. M. ?. Church Denton, Maryland, has accepted i position at Allen University, Co ; lumbia, S. C.?_ as Associate Pro feasor in the Department of The ology and instructor of Philosophj in the .eollcgg-? I Rev. Butler is a graduate o! Allen university in the class o 1029, when he received his A. B degree. In June 1938, he gradu ' ated from the School of Religion , Howard university, with the B. D detffee. While a student at botl 1 Allen and Howard universities RtV. Butler maintained a ver; tf/?V?Aloefin ? vonAf/l ? Ilia iii^u owuv/ibohv icvuiu. ma Uia 1 scrtation for his B. D. degree wa **Baalism and Yahwehism as Re ' veah-ed tn an Analytical Study o ' the Pentateuch". , He organrzed and became th fii*t president of the Allen Uni ' versity Club of Washington, D. ( l In November 1937 he represrtite the School of Religion at Auburi j N. Y., in the Fifteenth Annua Conference of the Inter-Setninar I Movement of the Middle Atlanti States. He v? ordained in-tt PRICE: 5 CENTS >per Appeals Mission. X Dear Co-workers: 1 A gain I am using the greatest medium of advertising "that man owns. Is not this a fine opportunity that we have to talk to you through the columns of our own wonderful papers. We shall alfc -ways-be indebted~t<> the~manager? u| and owners of the newspapers. Winter*?rrr?are railed upon to" send a box to Africa. I am askK ing you to please send as many y children's garments as you can i spare. I am sure th<*re are many p discarded garments at our hAtv"" ?that will give splendid service to I r children in the Foreign Fields. 1 Mav T Hp or of von f A n.A^ * ? - bv mtnn xa* ?r-geth?f~and send them to Mrs. L. M. Hughes, 112 West 120th street, New York City, N. Y., c'o Dr. L. l" L. Berry. Mrs Hughes sails on the 24th of August. Please lgt us do our duty. ' I At the Executive Board meeting . we asked each conference to send II the small sum of $2.00 to buy the J cloth" te make the uniforms fcr th?? n Clrnic that is being established in f Africa^ We^want to send 100 yards. Please send this now. B The State Meeting will be held - in Greenwood, S. C., September 8-9. J If you have any work- of ART . please bring it with you as we want a very fine exhibition this " year. For information write Mrs. b V. T. Ellis, 241 Ashley street, i Charleston, S. C. * s PLEASE BRING ALL OF THE " , OCTAGON-. SOAP COUPONS STHAT YOU CAN GET. We are 1 (praying that all of the Districts i I will be represented at our state?^ i meeting. ?Wg av-e begging the r j Conference Branch Presidents to -Iseo that every MISSIONARY SOiCIEIY?is represented arid that r we shall get together on plans for - the Quadrennial which convenes in 1 Jacksonville, Florida in 1939. Pray with us that we might have a grand and glorious State - : Meeting. May God bless your 5, District Meeting*, nnd?also-;?the *-,Cu7rf5rence-Tlranch. MeetinesJ_and t--may each department meet all re quirements. With best wishes to you, I am, Yo urs for- Service, TMrs.) S. L. FLIPPER, A. M. E. Church in 1937. He is married and a member of the Bal^ timore Annual Conference. At present he lives in Denton, Maryland. His new duties begin Sep- ' ( tember 15th, 1938. THOMPSON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 1 Rev. B. J. Begins. Pastor 1 - Spartanburg^. C.?Despite the i fact that the rain fell unhaltingly services at Thompson .Streefwfere f-vcpllp nt TVi** Pnu WnKnvt - ed a very inspiring, sermon to an appreciative audience. At th evening worship the pastor spoke masterfully to a large audience from the subject, A Visit With God. This great discourse was the cause of much rejoicing. There were many visitor,, present among whom were Miss Magdaline Wilson, who is a teacher in the high school at Wirinsbtrro, JT. C., and Mrs. M. S. Calaham. We were delighted to have, these visitors. Come again. Mrs. Anna Evans who represent Pair*? ' college is ever displaying . . the wonderful things learned while there. " ' j Mr. R. A. Hood-the president of the BYPU is much irriproved at . this time to the delight erf his many friends. ' MV. and Mrs. Rnhrrt hacF as their wek-end guest Miss Mngdaline Wilson from Union, S. C. Miss Wilson while in the city has made a host pf~frTends. Mrs. Greenfield entertained inforiYially , with a "get-to-gether" at her home on Austin St. Monday evenine honoring Miss Wilson. Among -the~yotmg people who shared this I nlaoeant ftPToir U'dro1 MlQdP. A rmi? Bt'll and Elsie Nichols, Genova Su; ber, Mary Lou and Lucinda Bur? g:ess, Ida Elizabeth Smith, C. M. Thompson. Mesdamte's Charity, Jones, Messrfr Harold Goss, Royal ! Sims, Thomas Greenfield, Ameri. cus Wilson and others. .1 Naturing The Soul By Madgre Cleo Perry "Along: the backward shores of time f Struggling:, fighting, pressing: <?n f I've learned the art of living In a grreater world unknown. . I want not only for my sake ' But one who is getting: old, h To dress not only the bady, but >. The nakedness of the soul. - If you have a broken spirit a ? What good are riches and gold, - With dried up bones and feeltng? ? Get a Doctor for the soul. e I hear of glorious struigles I- * That life each oay unsold, 5. But learned from life's perplexities, d, The nature of the soul. 1, il There'# a stimulating image ^ y Of a soul pressing on, lc To a fuller life here, and it In a greater world unknown. - L ' i in hir iniiitti?a?i>dki