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FIFTH ANNUAL TO CONFERENCE LARG Christmas Seal Sale Met Approximately 150 representatives from 28 counties attended ?' the Christmas Seal Sale rally and fifth annual Conference on Tuberculosis Among Negroes held at Booker Washington school,? Columbia, October 2. The meeting was called to order at 10 ffTTTTrlrv Mrs. Andrew W. Simkins, director of the Negro program of the South Carolina Tuberculosis association, who presided at both sessions. The ^devotional period was conducted by the Reverend H. C. Young, pastor of the A. M. E. Zion church, Columbia. Using a portion of Mark 16:18, Mr. Young spoke briefly on "Th<# shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover". He emphasized that while many believe that the mere laying on of hands has power to cure, the expression really means "to take charge of and direct". He declared that tuberculosis workers and others who seek to save, re new and protect?even the?frag. mcnts of human lives are-following the work of our Master, the Great Healer, who said that nothing should be lost. Mrs. D. McL. McDonald, executive secretary of the South Carolina tuberculosis association, addressed the group on "Understand ing and Financing the Christmas Seal Program" and led the roundfahln ritariwiakm?which ftottoweri John P. Thomas, Jr., president of the Richland Anti-Tuberculosis association spoke briefly of his long standing interest in the fight against tifbt*rculosis and his hopes for continued successt in the work. Mr. Thomas congratulated the group' on the large attendance knd urged them to wage an tin<*rt*sintr war?on?tuberculosis. Following tw0 playlets given by members of the ..senior class of Booker Washington school, s<*v. ral county groups named theii goals for the 138. salo^he Charleston goal of $1,000 was the higheat mentioned. During the afternoon session in? formative and inspirational addresses by R. W. Mance; M.D., of Columbia and J. O. Plummer, M. Ih, nf Raleigh,?N, -C., and?re=" marks of welcome and congratulation by J. Nelson Frierson. president of the South Carolina tuboreulosis association wex-e well received. In his talk, "Let's Consider Some Health Facts", Dr. Mance .stressed the importance of combatting maternal and infant mor tality. syphilis and tuberculosa, the major health problems of the Negro. TT? stated that leaders houlch know and teach'the" vaTua of proper prenatal care, infant care, and the importance of such diagnostic procedures as Wassermann tests, tuberculin tests and the X-ray in routine physical e*. animations. He further stated that certain tests must be made if the physician aims to mak? proper diagnosis of a case or to give a ? NEWS IN AND AROUND rsr.vy XUKK. . Continued?from Page 1 ~~~~ wy, Nancy Conyers, Annie Cherry Mary M. IJIliv/ood, Lina Hagood, Daisy Belle Pierce, Inez Wright and Harold Richardson. Mrs. fraulun Alford made the closing remarks and introduced the distinguished visitors in the audience.' Mr. James Wakefield is president of The Allen University Club and! Mr. Wilton WMliams, vice-Pres. Elect Dr. King The election seams to Be the big news of the moment. The entire \ State ticket is to be voted upon' by tha people on^l4ovember 8. May; the beBt man win. Among the many candidates' running for various offices, Dr.] Lorenzo II. King, candidate _ foi! the Unitod States Congress seems i to be significant. May be because1 Dr. King will represent the* Negroes of Harlem in Washington. Dr. .King, born in Mississippi was' educated in Southern Schools and j Teachers' College*, and Union The?lofiTcal Sennirinrv Mow Vni-I/ A Methodist Episcopal yClerffypian r for thirty five years and is now * pastor of St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City. Bust of luck Dr. Kinsr. \ t.. ftev. Frank P. Twine Installed The Installation services for | ptov. Frank P. Twine, pastor of the First Baptist Church, SheepsF hetad Bay, N. Y., as predtoent of f the Baptist Ministers' Conference i of Greater New York and1 Vicinity % were conducted Monday afUirooon <7 at the Metropolitan Baptist church s 128th St. and 7th Avenue. The auditorium was filled to capacity. Rasr. Twine was installed by the I outgoing president, Rev. J. M. fitoor* as flev. Aldridse acted as master of ?*rc?monies. The new ipresident mad# a fallant address tfgl .-rw-rr BERCULOSIS ELY ATTENDED hods Discussed At Kally thorough physical examination. Any physician who overlooks the importance of such scientific pro. cedures should either be asked to iSe them or the services of a more KVrtYjtetent physician should be secured. He closed his talk by mentioning the very fine work being ione-at the Negro unit at the state sanatorium at State Park and paid a tribute to the untiring services of Dr. George Battle who has charge of the unit. ? ; In the annual address to the con '"erence on "The Relation of Character to Health Consciousness," | the guest speaker. J. 0. Plummer, M.'D., of Raleighf N. C.t stressed Ihe fact that strength of character makes one want to do and to be. Strength of character makes >nev\vari? to" be untiring service to hi-s fellowmen. "Strength of char icter is fundamental in developing health consciousness', he declared, 'and the fact that you are here to out coercion, without pay, with no notice dxcept to serve, gives amnio evidence that you have a high \eg>ee of health consciousness. May-it bear you far in your ef-~ forts to carry the inspiration arrd nfqrmation you have gained hare o the least among us in the remotest par^s of your state." ? The meeting closed with the showing of yrLet My People-Live" | m all-Negro educational sound Lfthn- recently release*!"hy~the national tuberculosis association. The film brings out three distinct ep.r isodes illustrating that tuberculosis neglected ends in death, tuberculosis discovered early and treated in the modern way, is curable, and tuberculosis may be an| ticipatuJ and prevented in younp people by means of the tuberculin test and the' X-ray. Rex In gram of "Green Pastures" fame I ind the renowned Tuskegee choir j i hold leading roles in the picture, j This film has been placed on the motion picture trucks of-the-Clenr ^jon college extension service and I will be shown in counties where requests are made through the 'arm agents. The largest delegations of repehsetatives to the conference niifr.ide of Richland wdre Aiken, 137 Charleston, Florence, and York, 9 ^ach; Kershav\ 8; Greenville, 6; Chester, Lancaster, Saluda,?Sparr-Umburg. Williamsburg, 5 each. This meeting is held annually under the direction of the South Carolina Tuberculisii?coinmittc#wftirh is the Negro committee affiliated with the South Carolina TCBXeulosis association. John P.' Burgess of Orangeburg is chair, man; C. A. Johnson of Columbiais secretary and Mrs. Andrew W Simkins of Columbia is the director of tho committee's provramThis committee dixects the. tuberculosis activities among Negroes in the entire State of South Carolina. I using as his subject: "Go Preach.' The various denominations of th? ctty ahd vvcimty ware well reprtsented by their ministers. The following officers were installed: Rev. Frank P. Tw'n?, m<u ident; Rev. J. M. Moses, vice-pres ident; Rev. Walter S. Pinn, serre tary; Rev. R. B. Hooper, Asst. sec rotary; Rev iR. Nelson, treasurer; Rc*v. J. W. Jefferson, Sergt. a t Arms. Hope Day Nursery, Inc. Hope Day Nursery, Inc., an institution for children organized in | 1902. is doing a very worthwhile j work. The .Nursery has beon the means of keeping many homes to gether by caring for the babies of mothurs who are obliged to go cut to work in order to support their children. The Hope Day j Nursery cared for 7.000 children] during the yea 1937. The work of this orrgiyiization rs carriod on en-j tircly by voluntary contributions of individuals and organizations.' A donation is always acceptable j no matter how small. Hope Day Nursery, Inc., 33 West 133rd St. Party to Honor Handy The Pa&ietto I/eader will be represented at a birthday rccep- j tion in honor of William C: Handy I at the Delphic Studios, 44 West( 56th Street on Friday, November1 4. .The New York Times carried an account of the reception. I will tell you all about same next week. 1 For Information regarding pewsj ads, subscriptions, etc^ call o Ft write Mrs. Julia Braxton Clark, Nffw York Representative, 305 W. 118th St., Apt. 24. Phrnrc Mon., ument 2-2130, New York City. Trade With Our Advertisens I ' . f. 4.HU * ' W 'V _-_TH _ NEW DEAN OF WOMEN ( ASSUMES DUTIES I AT KNOUKV1LLE ni ^ in mm " m??*- -am Srnrn^ ;? i Mrs. Flossie B. McClain Dedmond ! has arrived on the campus of Knockville college to assume her } duties of 6ean of Women. Prior / to her position'here she.held the , post of Registrar at Alleii University, Columbia, S. C. . ,? Mrs. Dedmond, a native of Nash ville, Tennessee, obtained her j .schooling, -in her home tnwtn and' _ received the Bacehlor of Arts de- r tree from Fisk University. Sh( majored in English, and during . the summers of 1934 and 1935 did graduate work vn English at Ohio ' State University, Columbus, She ' spent the summer of 1936 doing graduate work in speech and dra- ! mn- at" Columbia - 'University in ' New York City., During the yeai 1937-38 she was piresidetit of the * Columbia branch of the National Association for College Women. ) NEW YORKERS TO BE HOSTS 1 Tn V' 17/ ,?/. UIDTADI1MO i u ^ DVI i\w nut Continued from Page 1 , will deliver the opening?address a and will discuss the importance of Inculcating in the mind of t h e | ycuth a-i appreciation of the past and imparting information as to j the status of the race. Dr. Henry 1 Neumann of the Brooklyn Society jj for Ethical Culture, an authority . on literatures for children, will al- t so appear. ^ * i Saturday morning at thgTtlliBfi" i ican Museum of Natural History the session will be devotpd to the discussion of Africa. Dr. Melville s J. 'HevKkcvrts ~ who has recently j studied iM Wgst Africa, will speak. i He will be followed by Max Yer. g:m. sociviary ot the National Com J 1 mittoe on African Affairs, who j Ralph J. Bunche, who has recent- t ly spent two years on that conti- ^ nent studying conditions, will 1 speak on East Africa. On Saturday afternoon, the ^ Mayfair will serve the conference * ? l l r?11 i I _ jj a lunciiuuii luiiuwBu uy a uiscussi'on of the Negro in New York. Dr. Charles H. Wesley, head of r the department of h>6tory of How ' # aid University,, will open the session with an address dealing with ^ the historic background of the Ne gro here. He wrll be followed by * Professor Phillip Foner of - the 1 College of the City, of New York, who will speak upon the same to. 1 pie. "Ca"pt7~A7 B. SpThgarn. well f known attorney and long interest- " ed in the collection of Negro rec- P ords, will participate in the dis- ^ | cussion. Dr. Robert A. Warner, of the department of history at Yale h University, will speak of the Ne- e groes of New Haven. 11 Saturday evening the visitors *' j will b<y gtveiTX"reception at the Harlem Art Center. On Sunday ^ morning there will be an NBC * broadcast by the national officers arranged by Miss Melva Price. a Cater there will be a writers' breakfast at the Memo Profession- * I al club, a discussiin of the Negro 8 j in Latin Americfa. An introduc- 1 torv address, will he made hv Pmf L. D. Roddick of Chicago. IkJ will * be followed by Dr. Richard Pat- ^ toe, former professor of hrstory ' at the University of Puerto Rico * and now connected with thd Divi- * 'sion of the American Republics in the Uni'ted States -Department of ' State. ' At the Abyssian Baptist church ^ -oa -Sunday- aft+?rnoon at S o'clock * addresses will be delivered by the * director of the association, the 1 sec etnry-trensurer and by Mrs. 0 Lucy Harth Smith, a member of? the executive council. These speak ? ers wvll bet concerned mainly with -j way* and means for the further development, of the work. At the c same session the history prizefi o annually given for the best re. , views ana articles in tne Journal of Negro History during the yoar wilj be awarded. , * MEETING, TO PLAN FOR EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION MONDAY NIGHT A metitfng will be held fit First " Nazareth Baptist church, Mondaj rfite to further plan* for tha Eman B PALMfcW) LEADER COLORED WOMAN OCCUPIES T MPOWT AKT yw PnaT lJ 1 I New York, Novr 3?(ANP)~ Urs. George W. Lwarence of Chicago was a visitor in New York hi? week in attendance upon the budget review veg committee of ;he National Board of the Young u iVomen's Christian association a rhis highly important position in C be organization, b? ?.ig occupied ? 'or the first time by a colored wo- ^ nan, .plans the budget for YW ,vork throughout the entire coun:ry and is an important cog In e he policy making of the body. b ' Mrs. Lawrence, who has served e on the "reviewing committee of he local Chicago YW a<, well as laving- held a similar position up- L >r the Chicago eitywnde reviewing " 'oirmittee. brings her experience S n administrative committee worn ^ is well as her extofntive ability in 0 ;he business world to her rew ,vork. She is the wife of Atty. w Henj-p-p W. Lawrenoq, form a -Q jrcsident of the National Bar as- b iociafion. j WILLIAM PICKENS PROTEST** a "ONniTION X)F -NEGRO WAITING ROOMS S f ? . Q' Continued from Page 1 ' fv/iaV of several railroad com-" "5 ies and to the Inluistate Cum b nerce Comniission as Washing- _ on, William Pickens, director of E >rarches of the NAACP, protest G id the deplorr&ble conditions he A 'ou-d in Southern waiting rooms illotted to Negroes ,in railroad itsaviwmfl. The letter toads ill T' lail:.- ?. - n "This station (the or.e in Way- e lesboro) one sample of the ne- g rlect and almost studied discom- o ort which Negro travelers receive a rom your railway employees and h ocal supervision. You know that nonibers of all radea liay -the- - -?3 o mo farad Knf f Knna in Vior^l\? G ight enough to see to write in ^ he Negro waiting room and it vould ruin the eyes to try to ^ cad. Only one small dirty bulb. " rhis is Monday, early A. M., be- a ween 4 and 5:50, and I have just o: ilighted from the C. and O., and E im waiting for the N. auid W. to "w Roanoke. If I could only read, lerhaps I'd noT ^ writing you. "J rhi? room is very dirty, and the fi eats are low-bacK and uncomfor- C able." r< "By contrast: the "white" wait- n ng room has four large bright V ights burning and there is only 1C .me person in it?and he is . prawled out on your bench sleep, * ind perhaps is not a -passenger ,? as he has" ho bag57~"bTit only a ^ oafer. The seats are high-back- *i d and comfortable-looking." ^ Mr. Pickens continues: "I have ^ usl read on your station walls iere: 'A BLUEPRINT POR BUILDING BETTER TIMES: JTve The railroads the square deal ,o which they are entitled,' etc. c. A'liy mot urn that injunction aound." rr VAVERLEY BRANCH LIBRA- g IY REPORT FOR OCT.. 1938 J'1 ; _ r> Circulation: Adult fiction 456; lon-fictiorT 212, fetal books 692. ( uvenile fiction 493, juvenrle nonfTtion U03, total books 1146. Aktlt-books and periodicals 715; uveniles books and periodicals, a 165. Grand -total 1880 books and -w Periodicals and 16 pictures. New borrowers: adult 28, juvenle 27, re-registered adult 11, to- tl al 66. Reference readers. inrlnAng 82 children to four Story Hour ( ieriods 956. Twenty-one schools ave book deposits. Five new a- sc ult bq.oks added for circulation tl s follows: A Southerner Discov c< rs the South, by Johnathan Dan- th als; Deep Summer, by Gwen Bris- cc ow; There Was Another, by Ru- P' v Mr-Avers: The^Wall. bv Marv TH Rinehart; Young Man With a lorn, by Dorothy' Baker. tii The 20th anniversary of Nation tl 1 Book Week will be celebrated d< Cov. 13-19. The slogan: "New &' looks?New Worlds'* shows the a ;rowth of ree.reational reading :n w he past twenty years, Suggestions: A Book Character D lunt.JBooTc'QuTzj A Treasure Hunt 'hilhood Favorites, A Library in ^ diniature, ,Follow the Arrows, ^ ""uzzle Pesters, I^oads to AdvenurA ; The library will assist teachers, jc n carrying out these suggestions | aj n their class rooms. During Book(Q Veek imaginary arrows from ev-jg ry direction-tTrthe city will point] ^ o thor~Iibrary. Every one follow c( he arrows. Old and young, every p, ne come. w . Julia W. Talley. Librarian. ipation celebration to be held on ^ anuary 1st, 1939. At the last meeting a splendid 'e rowd v/as prasent. Several spoke n the program that should be cai ted. out. Rev. W. M. Downs, dr. A. C. Lindsay, Rev. V. A lankerson and others were among he speakers. w All colored citizens, both mal? ind female are urged to be pres- p] int and help plan for the com: A nemoration of this occasion. ^Deacon E. W. Bowels, president di orotner t. l<. Jackson, Sec. 11< Rav. J. P. Corbatt, Asst. Sac. v< *. a MABMACT. _i 5TING EVENT ive In Washington . Thci couple left immediately for irashiu?ton where Mr. Wheeler, armerly of St. Louis and a reent graduate of the Department f Hygiene and Public Health ol tie University of Michigan holds '/I ?? cvyn, mi a . V>Uil (RFSSTONAI, F?PtHT SEEN ,S HOT CONTEST Chicatro^ Nov. 3?ANP?On the ve of the ^November 8 elections, ational attention is- being focusd 0^1 the rtce in the First Concessional district of Illirois, the rily district where the election of Negro to congress is assured, c battle this year is betwean Arhur W. Mitchell, twice winmef1 in he cnrgrpssionnl rac? -rmd-prn " nt incumbent, and "Second Ward .Iderman William A. Dawson. Congs-ssmnn Mitchell, Demorat-and?strict New Dealer, has ^ le backing of the administration nd feelc certain of carrying all" f the First ward ar.d part of the T lleventh ward, both of which are 'hite. Dawspru__the?Republican enhdh "A ate, ?.who for months has been Y ghting the economic battles of: V hicago's colored citizens for low jnts, proper housing and employ'J: lent, cxoocts to cary the Second i|; ard which is the crux of the pol- .;5| al fight, The vote for Dawson j*; epends, to a great extent, upcrn ij he strength of the support of :|J tate-Seni William rev-King; a T' it?is ;r-rival of his within the party, is at wh0 ^as annourced p^bHefv c int he is 100 per cent behind g iawson in the ? Cangressioral3 tee: ?*-=: : "* || Oscar DePriest, former corgr^ss jc' ian and a strong rival in the pri- ?: iaiy, is also said to have given is support in favor of Dawson's i? impaign. ig Mitchell, who has been much in ;3 ie public eye for the past few Ig lonths because of his fight a- is ainst jim crowishi on Southern ;3 ailroads, is supported by many :3 rominent cutzens as well as rat- ig inal officials, and he fe^ls confi-^8 ent of a third victory in this ? ampaign. g Dawscrn. who is pointing- to his 8 ecord while a nvmlxtr of the ty council, hac quite a followi-g 8 niong the> "little - men" of his ? :ard-to?whom he has given per- 8 >ral atter.tbn in their problems. g The political situation^ here has jf* le influence c/f relief clients a-d LP A Jobholders?wli0 may feel g ibligated' to vote for the Demo- 8 atfc nominee in order to hold 8 uir present status. Dawson ah- g > feels that he should win out in 8 ?e campaign by reascm of his ? >mparative yontJh which_ he _M. links is a distinct advantage in 8 >ngr?ss and because he has more ? jrsctKil popularity than his op- g A close and heated battle is pre S icted and in the final analysis, g ie showing of the Republicans ?> ?pends upon how conscientiously g id diligeritjy the Republicans, im g normally Republican strorghold g ork to win back the confidence;! g Lthos* ^reeefftly won over by the ,p emocratic party. Other Negro candidates on the'g emocratic sla*e are William A jg Wallace, who is running for state |? enator, and Edward M. Srecd, ? andidate for County Commiss-jj^ mer. The Republican candidate? j ? re Albert B. George, up for judgei8 f the municipal court; State ? en. 'William E. King, for re clec 2 on; Stanton DePriest for ccunty r >mmissioner; and Jacob Tippet I g ublisher <yf the Chicago world, J 8 h0 is rianrrirg for membership on ie board of the sanitairy district, j g everal others are' in the race for <3 ?e lower house of the Illinois 01 gislature. j *: LEGAL NOTICE! !j All persona havmir paprJrs ilia titles to properties, mort- x ages, deeds or other legal papers,! c loase call at the office of the late | 3 tty. N. J. Frederick. ? $ Office will be opened oil Thura- ^ ays Fridays and Saturdays from g ) to 2, during the month of No- Cf ?mb?r. - >T f + t r i.tf t i y tfONTEITH-WHERT.RI DECEPTION INTERE5 Young Couple Will Li A social event of wide interest 'as the marriage reception of Mr. V nd Mrs. Albert Wheeler given in f< Columbia at the home of Mrs. C( lenry C. Monteith, mother of the o ride. , The presence of scores of tl riends who called duqng the ev- tl ning and _the large numoer of j{ eautiful and useful gifts attest- 0 d the popularity of the young P ouplo. *p In the receiving line were the h ride and groom and Mrs. Andrew imkins, sister of the bride. Mrs. lehry D. Montdith, sister-in-law ft f the bride, received the guests ti rhile Miss Sarah Morris of Ben- tl ettsville?had?ehadge?of the?h ride's register and Mrs. D. K. o enkins cf Columbia took charge a f the gifts. - - ?- t -Assisting in serving were ~Mr*, b eymour Carroll Miss Jennie Trez * vant, Mrs. Frank Monteith, sis- b jr-in-law bf~thebride7 Miss Reba Ii untnore, a cousin, and Miss Re- tl ecca Monteith, the bride^s sister, a tAWQAV MITruui I innikT i A tie position of clinical laboratorin in the Department of Bacteri logy, Preventive Medicine and 'ublic Health, The Medical School toward university. He received is Master's degrep ?? Tnno Mrs. Wheeler (Emma Watson lontoith) is the youngest daugh^" er of Rachel Hull Monteith and tie late Henry C. Monteith of Coimbla: She received the degree f Master of Science in Hygiene nd Public Health from the Uniorsity of Michigan in ^Sep?emHer "undergraduate work as done at State college, Orangeurg. and Benedict cnllega^?Colmbia. Hit/ many friends regret j tiat her mariage takes her so far way. ?1^?' TOGETHER AGAIN! Ginger Fred Rogers A stair e _ in j "CAREFREE" L -PALMETTOLBERTA HUNTER RETURNS O AMERICA" N^w Yorkr Nov. 1?ANP?Miss ;iberta Hunter arrived - in New ork aboard the lie De France /ec>.:esdi?iy( and will l-emain in I FOOT No - eini 1 * . T-t'l"1 ' " "'.V' Wilkinsc -V! Robert Sm State Colleg s -J" ? ADMISSION Distinctive ?CI 1R10TM/* * You can be proud to send, out any of these ~ new Christmas cards in the knowledge that they express your Yuleti<le greetings artistically and sincerely. Order Early. See one of our agents cr order direct from? . \ OHje palnn 1310 Assembly Street THE CLAUDE E. CI REAL E&TATE?REN "THE LARGEST AND U 1232 Washington street Properties Bought, Sold, E: * Properties Le See M .1.^ Houses in all Se< Saturday, November 5, 1938. coil dnrik.S^K siihstitiitp* flHIHQHfiBEHQDHHflHHHHIHIHiHHi ' \ ' * '' . ' A' ,--rJ=d^T^:1-Jit ^ this country indefinitely. She con -'P elude an cngagfmer.t at Fred Payne's Artists club in Paris just before sailir.g for America, her trfp being hastened by news that " her - mother's home at 133 West 138th street had beer* visited by * burglars three times recently. BALL, j . Hug Day I ~ )er 24th j??m High | s- " | lalls High ! rte Stadium ji ?? 25c |- - xcfa-ao;ao.o^ox8^^ap:&:o?:8?^ P'ooooooonnmorrora^^ 1?? .S CARDS j * I' tiu Craiirr j Columbia, S. C. ? REASON AGENCY 1 TALS^-INSURANCE :VEST IN THE STATE'"' ! PHONES^4382?4S83 ? itchanged ased, Financed, Developed '[ WATSON - r j ^ i In-property for Colored people [ ctiona of the City \ - J