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. Saturday, May 2< Baptist Youth m Congress Offers Seminar Courses Nashville, Tenn.?The Annua Session of the National Sunday . School and BYPU Congress meet ing m Tulsa, Oklahoma the weel of June 20th will attract man] ministers and pastors. The pas tors. The pastors conferenci wfrich this Vear will be largel] attended by ministers from all se tions of the country will be large ly attended by ministers from al sections of _ the country will bi held in one of the largest church ea in which adeuate rooms will bi zs - furnished ftMtr-different sem inars. Not only will courses b ' " given tor Leadership Taining ii Sunday School and BYPU session tut four different seminar course: tre to bo" offered to the minister These courses will be chosen t< specifically meet the needs of ou ministry throughout the country ecutive of the international Coun ? cil^f Churches of C'jicago, wil deliver one of_ .the special mas session addresses together witl other ministers of eual promi nence. Dr. A. M. Townsend, of Nash ville, Director General announce that the advance registration o delegates is larger this year thai any previous advance registratioi r of the congress, which foretell a monstrous delegation will at tend the Tulsa meeting which pur poses to make leadership trainini most specifically church centere< in the sense of training ever] church worker for every churcl task and resopnsibility. EAST BALTIMORE, MD. NEWS By Jv W. Agura !Mt. Pleasant Baptist church .S. S. opened at usual hour witl Deacon Parrmore( acting Supt and teachers at their respective places. 11:30 Service conducte< by Rev. McMeekirt. He used a hig text St. John 5:5. 3 p.m. Ser vice conducted bv Rev. Flower and his congregation of Mt. He bron, West Baltimore; with sev eral quartet selections. 8:00 P.M. service conducted bj the Pastor, Kev. D. C. Clark am the Eastern Star society also ren ? dorcd a program. An annual Men's Day progran will be at the Mt. Hebron Baptis church Sunday, June 4th. Rev L. A. Williams, pastort A musical program \%jll be hel< at the Mt. Hebron Bapt. churcl Thursday, 8:00 p.m. The publii is-cordially invited. On May 11, the Grand Chaptei Order Eastern ?tar, jurisdictioi of Maryland, the grand chapte with the subordinate chapter hat joint initiation. We had 20 candi dates with the Matron, Sistei Georgia V. Perry for the nev chapter Nama Bethlehem No. 1] with Calvary Chapter No. 3 O. E S.; Glora Hick's, M.W^.; jRising V . Star Chapter No. 2; A. Portor M.W.; Ruth Chapter No. 6; <Marj Cleveland, M. W., with the Granc Matron, N. Morchison and the Illustrate Grand Master, Mr. Ber P. Chisholm. Florencfe District Holds Conference The District Conference of th< _FLorencfe District?confronened in the Ebenezer A. M. E. Church neai Tubbeville, S. C. The Presiding Elder called th< meeting to order at 11:15 A. M. When we reached the seat ol the conference T)ts. Coe and Thorr as wer^ already there, and by th< time wfe had finished the organization other visitors had arrived The organization was as follows Rev. E. -V? Gibbs, Secretary; Re. porters to the newspapers, Rev. W T. Felix, to the Samaritan Herald and Rev. R. L. McBryde to the Palmetto Leader. Rev. D. Dough% ty was appointed Chief Marshall, The various committees were aj: pointed by the Presiding Elder. The following visitors were introduced: Bishop J. S. Flipper of the Seventh Episcopal District,. Rey. E. F. G. Dent, presiding elder! of the Columbia District, Rev. T."tJ. Miles, P.?^E. In the South Carolina Conference, Prof. C. G. Garrett of Columbia, R<ev. J. E. Thomas, P. E. of the Mt. Pleasant District, Rev. J. S. Coe* P. E. of the Sumter Distric, the pastor of - the white IPresbe^ornean Church and a host of others whose names we failed to get. . Rev. G. H. Moore was presented to deliver the sermon. His text was taken from the subject, "What think ye of Him?" .After recess, reports were made from every charge satisfastory. ? At night we were again gifted with an excellent sermon from Rev. Hughes. On the second da*y Revs. A. P. Spears J. L. Benbow, Pope, , and Martin were presented to speak briefly. Rev. W. S. Guiles consoled our heartg with the next sermon. Our business was culminated' in the afternoon session and every one left, feeling good. LEESVILLE NEWS . _ . | Summer is here, Sunday was a' real warm day for all churchgoers. S. S. began at its usual hour with Supt. and teacherg at their post of duty. At 11:30 Rev. R. M. Walker, principal of Hampton High school, brought forth a soul touching sermon* which made everyone feel good. 4t 3:30 Rev L. G. Bowman our pastor's bro ? 11 " >' mv V ther, antj his junior choir of New>berry rendered a program which everyone enjc/yed. The junior can really sing. CalVary A. M. E. Church Rev. W. R. Bowman, 1'astor 1 The jS. S. opened at the usual ] j hour at Calvary A. M. E. church vwith the Supt. and teachers at < their post of duty. For the morn. f ing service, Rev. R. M. Walkei . preached a soul stirring sermon I e subject: "Come and Follow Me", i / It was enjoyed by all. c- Sunday afternoon at 3:30 Rev. ' L. G. Bowman and his choir from 1 Newberry rendered a splendid e service. His subject: "Bad Habits". e' Mrs. Gladyi \\right and Miss e burg Sunday afternoon, n Mrs. Celia Inabinet and grand s philHrpn left fn*? 3 Saturday afternoon. | We are always glad to have 0 visitors to come and worship with r us. . * J St. Matthew C. M. E. Chureh? .' Rev. U. B. Jackson, Pastor 11 Sunday was a high day at St. s Matthew. S. S. opened at the ush ual hour with the 'Supt. and tea.! chers-at?theii^post erf duty. Rev M. C. Gelzy stoped . in Leesville Monday with Eunice Summers. The Tom Thumb wedding was s presented at St. Matthev^s. It J was enjoyed. Miss Ethel Lee Summers was the bride; Mr.yFrerf 1 Rnmagp wns thp grnnm j 8 .Sunday the pastor preached a * soul stirring sermon; also Sunday " night. Collection was fine. Lorine Summers spenfc Sunday * afternoon with Dorothy Edmond. j* At 11:3(T**Rev. H. B. Jackson jii-eached a wonderful sermon from the subject: Whom shall 1 fear. It was enjoyed-by' all of j those who heard it. At 8:30 Mr. King gave us a very good talk on on the highway. The talk was ^ informing. We were very glad to have with us for a few minutes e our white chief, Mr. Monroe Lani ford. s At the night ser-vice Rev. Jackson preached another interesting sermon. Rev. Griffen from John. ston was here to worship with us. Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Jackson f motored to Walterboro to conduct j a two weeks' revival meeting for . Rev. C. P. Stalling. Mrs. Minnie?Lee?Boney?from l Columbia is spending awhile in I Leesville with her aunts Mrs. Hassie Hartley and ;Mrs. Ella Palmer. 1 St. Matthew Missionary meeti ing will meet at the home of Mrs j A_perta Edmond, Thursday, the | first of June, r There will be a program at this i church Sunday at_ 3:30 given by r the Epworth League! Mrs. Nancy 1 Ramage, is president. The pub lie is invited. [ The Dillon District ConferpriPA The Dillon District conference ' convened May 11, 12 at Floydale, ' S. C., amid a setting of sublime peace and serenity that rs char4 acteristic of its able and efficient leader, Elder-L. A. Wells and his five ministerial- and laymen coworkers. t Organization was immediately gone into and a precedent was e? tablished rn the maimer of the con ference unanimously electing Levi ; DeLaine secretary of the meeting^ - the first laymen to have ever liehl * that position in the history of the district. i i The splendid wife of the presiding elder Mrs. L. A. Wells was f( likewise elected organist and servi ed most efficiently. ?| In his opening remarks our be j loved presiding elder set forth . some admonitory remarks asking : that the brethren allow only peaoe arid?bhssftrtlnesstn invade our [meeting, thus depicting the type , of gentleman we have as a lead! er, and we are justly proud of htm. The financial reports of the va i rious charges were above the I keenest anticipation and the district reported 100 per cent finfiTT" cially. I Thursday afternoon the color of ' the meeting was enhanced by the visitation of several of our leading dignil;&ries of our church. First to come were Drs. R. L. Pope of Sumter; J. L. Benbow of tne Krqgstree district and A. P. Spears of the \farion district. Each of these men thrilled the j conference by their remarks, pulsating with oratory, logic and I truths. More splendor and eminence ' was added a few minutes latet ! when our esteemed Bishop Flipper and his entourage Consisting of Drs. E. F. G. Dent, J. S. Coe, IT. J. Miles, J. M. Harrison, J. E. Thomas and Prof. C. G. Garrett graced the edrfice with their pres-" ence and were introduced to the body. Bishop Flipper was eloquent ir his dissertation upon "The Duty of a Minister is to preach". He said "to preach Jesus Christ instead of so many, big words and philosophical character^'; also I "the essense of preaching is en-| ergy and it must be done with force, no one can feel a sermon you can't feel youi*self". "Regardless of culture and refinement of the individual, when the word! of God i8 forcibly injected into the heart they'll move for joy". | Dr. Mrles spoke of his aspira-| tions for the Bishopric. Dr. Dqn.t said his hat is in the ring for the' presidency of Allen university. | Prof^ Garrett spoke voiceferously for Drs. Dent and Miles, also for the return * Bishop Flipper. ' i ." - r* " " " n l" I ' * " REV. A. M. MEANS, BETHLEHEM BAPT. CHURCH Rev. Eddie Davis, Pastor On Sunday we had a glorious time, the entire day, it was a continuation of our wonderful Revival being conducted by Rev. A. M. Means, of Spartanburg, S. C, The conductor of this meeting has pouted?not Gnspel truths?each night, among his most impressive sermons, these are the themes: "The Only Cure for Dissipation," "Clean Out Your Well," "As a. Man Thinketh So Is He," "The Hope of the Christian Church," and 'If Thou Kneweth." The latter message .was delivered Monday^ nite by the minister's brother Rev. R. P. Means. On Sunday, our pastor delivered Rev. B. S. Taylor, responded to all o fthe above speakes on the behalf uf the rnnferenee - Four-very appropriate sermons were delivered at the conference (by Revs. McEachen, B. S. Taylor McClam and S. Chrsni. Among other . prominent * visi tors were Kevs. J. M. Jackson, Rouse of Lumberton, N. C.; Rouse of M. E. church, Little Rock; J. H. Holman, M. M. Martin and Rev. W. E. Richardson, Florence station, who came as ?rr mrthori7 | ed emissary of goodwill from the Florence district in the absence of Dr. Janerette. He delivered his emission after which Rev. N. %S j DeLaine responded. The meeting- was beautifully' terminated by an attractive program and timely resolutions and , we all are looking, forward ?.to commencement at Allen where we shall expect to return to fundamentals and not issues and men. Again Dillon District conference moves into history. , I Levi DeLaine, reporter. Camden News Mrs. Florine E. Hurst Endorses Dr. F.. F. U. Dent For President of Allen Univ. i After reading three articles on the placing of a head at Allen University; being a true loyal Christian ofthe A. M. E. Connection for twenty-eight years and my late husband an itinerant elder iiviu piumser uays; naving Duill churches that are operating today; I do feel that I can boldly have great denomination, founded by Richard Allen, which proved that he was one of the greatest colored men wh? ever "live'tf?and I believe will live. The writer of one article mentioned who he thought would, it 1 "elected, would allay the strife? ' but believe me the only alleviationi in the minds of race Christians is to elect Rev. E. P." G. Dent, the one of our broad-hearted Christians, the Bishop suggest ' ed or placed there. Those harping ' about E. H. McGill and his widow ( were and are only posing. 1 This great A. ft^-E.,-donomin#-^ tion in my native "state needs I clean cut christians at the head 1 Let--aH -get- nearer to Christ, that t we may treat our fellow men right 1 We have a Bishop of the first J water, so hold him and his word c UP- _ - - I* Rev. J. W. Boykin, pastor ot Mt. Moriah Baptist church was e caught on the spur of the moment I to fill Rev. Mr. Curry's appoint- I ment to preach the baccalaureate 1 sermon at Mather Academv Sun- l day. And to say that it was i pireached is enough. Be at New Bethel A. M. E. un- a finished church Sunday, June 11 I to witness Children's Day exer- ( cise 730 p.m. I I Mrs. Florine E. Hurst, f NAZARETH A. M. E. CHURCH'r s Rev. C. M. Williams, Pastor \ ,Sunday, due to the inclement n wether, many church-goers were w not opt. Sunday school opened at i the usual hour with Supt., Rev. A. p L. Gary in, charge. The lessons' y were briefly taught and reviewed, tj At 12:30 Rev. H. W. Williams frcrm f Indiantown preached a noble ser- p mon which everyone seemed to p have enjoyed. At 7:30 the Sil- b ver Tone quartet from Lanes, S. p 5 ^ \ ^ J. " , _ ,THg P^jUMEDCO LEAD yy i' ^H , Spartanburg', S. C. two soul stirring messages "The World Needs Joy" and "Hell is a Dry Town." The Usher Board con testants made a very nice report at Union Baptist Sunday afternoon of $188.00 and we wish to thank those that helped in this effort. On Friday night we will close this revival with our regular nriW of >;pi-vippg mid haptUm Long may this man of God live to preach truths to men and women, saints and sinners. Our spirits have been renewed; our 1 spiritual strength increased and many added to our fold of Christian faith. Mrs. iDavis' mother, bro 1 ther jjf jilloree. and sister of New j York, dined at the parsonage last Friday and motored back Friday 1 night. C., sang two selections which everyone enjoyed and admired very < much, ; A Mock conference ws. VipM on 1 Sunday night, Mrs. Essie Brown from Indiantorwn delivered the an- 1 nual address. Subject: Dry Bones 1 in the Valley. Total amount rais- < ed in the rally $54.05. , - We were very glad to welcome , the many visitors from various | places, and hope they will come again. " _ . .; ST. PHILIP A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. E. Dixon, Pastor Sunday was a high day at St. Philip. Our Sunday school was out in full force. The lesscm was , beautifully taught by the teach- : ers. On the condition of the weather on last ^Sunday, we carried out the program in behalf of Mothers' Day. On Sunday, May 21st. Rev. Dixon preached a Mothers' Day sermon from the subject: ' "Behold thy Mother". After service the program was conducted others.. Splendid tributes were ] paid to the dear mothers, a precious?jewel?ibski ?God?gave?the -] world. Two young men joined the j church. On Sunday night Rev. Obsie preached a wonderful sermon. Subject "Rock;".? A pro- -> gram was also conducted by the ; vrnm? normln A hnnntv Miss Lela Robinson raised the , largest amount. Total raised $5.08 in a week's rally. Come to ( church. Join the church. ministerial alliance in columbia i - _ , l The Ministerial alliance of Co- 1 lumbia met Tuesday at Sydney Park church. The devotional exer cises were conducted by the Rev. I A. P. Porter-, popular pastor ot c State Park Baptist church. The Rev. II. C. Young is the J president of the alliance. He 1 oniId under his administration cme f if the best and finest- churches in ' Columbia. This beautiful church s ,vas build on the term as "pay as ' rod go". The ministers of Columoia decided they would put some t lowers on him when he could smell j hem _by^ electing him president of t the alliance. lie TVasT "pastored 1 lones chapel six years, and many f >f his members declared they need t tim six more. ' ? ?, a Dr. Marshall McCallum, is the fficfent secreta*. He is the new y appointed pastor of Wesley M. C. church; a graduate of Gammon I Theological seminary and received i lis Master degree from Bostoip / iniversity. Other leading ministers of the dliance are Revs. W. B. Bouler d J. A. Rice, the Revs. Rhodes, W s< J. Owens, J. C. Cotclough,' W. B d j. Clark, A. P. Porter, W. B JqcK nf Vioro * A very interesting paper was a pad by Rev. W. B. Nash frcrm the ( ubjeet: "The Church and its p Vork". The opening prayer was t< lade by the Rev. W. R. Bowman, T rho also joined the alliance. nr On thp account of Benedict and si Ulen university commencements, tie next meeting was deferred un a il June 6th. Tlie leading subject ti or that meeting is: "Should the v hilpit Take Leadership in th? r< Economic Life Group of Colum- b ia?" led by Dr. W. B. L. Clark, a astor erf Bethel A. M. E. church, ei ; v" ^ , 5 ? er 3 ;;? \ the stat^, of-our church School : . . * ? ? '-. ' B: By Lewis W. Holman A Layman - ? ' . a>ii -We are living in a state of sus- (.|, picion and distrust of racial antag-J <pj onisni and hatreds, and ft is in the vj( highest degree Unfavorable to the s*c.| progress of ^issionarV effords. Those who Bear the Christian Message to day ^re subject to an almost fatal disadvantage when-, the ? group to which they belong ig the I objects of deep rooted dislike. We ? the riie'mbers of the A. M. * ,E. Church and of the State of S. C. f, and supporters of Allen Univer$i- V' ty desire to be deejply pondered fife realtion to whrile r.itUatlffft frC ~ b'tir scKooTT ? Christianity has heen permeatT , 1 ing the tump of human life for nineteen hundred years but the 1111 problem is not less acute now then ...1 T wnen jesus oegan to live .and to 1111 preach good wrll to all men. .M-1 Race strife is not less violent in ^ a so?called Christian lands than it is among those who have not had the blessings of the Christian re- el the events~of~~onr "school it seems ? almost to be a question whether Mi even Christianity can solve it. If Pi not, we still claim that Christiani- v! ty has the element of universality "fry adequate to bring in to one fami- th !y all the peoples of the world here gli as_ well aR ..hernafter. Christianity ? is the manifestation of a Spirit, an he attitude of Mind, a dvnnmir fn> ^ life. It is an ideal put into human ja problems with a view to it's stdutr ion. It is a power at work within the problem itself. It is not, then, th primarily, something towards er which men move, it is rather some Fi thing with which men progress in Bn the direction of their possible aoiheivement, individually and so- ed cially. The Christian Sprit, must Sn enter into the very men and women who are most obstinately an- Mi tagnostic toothers who are of that H* same faith and must change them by into real brothers. The mountains |)r, vision must be made actual in- the midst of imperfect of the_valley be on low. Considering our school prob-l t^, lem as asT it stands today, the' Christian solution must take all ^r facts of human nature and exper- pa ience into consideration in order that betterment may ' result. Bi- ? ology, History, all the past are in j(j) volved?in?the?obstinate?ftrrt CT" race. n.i There is a "biological drive," a "cultural drive," there is also a Pa "Christian drive." These must be se olent humanity to come more un- R? cooperated in order to help the vider the influence of good will to all men. The Christian spirit must solve the problems from within the fact of human nature, strife, bitterness narrowness or confess defeat. ~a JOHNSTON NEWS Th Rosa Spring Baptist Sunday cut school opened at the usual hour. The lesson was taught by Deacon qu A. B. Harrison with the spirit. Re- fci view by Prof. R. N. Smith wit The Pastor, Rev. J. S. Gordon P. was uplifting Sunday both at the an morning and evening worship. ant Our Sunday school is- in a very ?ood condition as our Supt. has a wa meeting of the teachers each Jei Thursday night. vis King and Queen rally between 1 Deacon A. B. Harrison atfd sistei Fannie Slaughter wan nt' ifr-hr^t ihcrugh tt-was raining all the time. J*)1 Deacon Harrison was crowned .IU king. He raised $22.60; I K Slaughter raised $13.26; I ;v ...... numc iwainis and Mrs. ^rl Waldo of Aiken were guests of Fn Mrs. A. M. Spann on Sunday. Little Miss Alverta Hoggins is visiting relatives in Columbia, SC. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Williams of *^n Columbia and several more friends sf. Columbia were dinner guests ^n >f Mrs. Hattie Ross on Sunday. hoj BETHEL SENIOR CHOIR Ed [>F GEORGETOWN, S. C. C., VISITS SHUT-INS Jai ] Georgetown, S. C.?We were Bri rleasingiy surprised on last Tues- Wi lay evening when the Senior ehoii C., leconipanied by Chorister W.'H. ing Robinson visited our home, and i endered so graciously ^ongs and vin rfayers to my mother, Mrs. Lcru- the sa Johnson, which lifted her soul aft ind cheered the weary traveler a T"ot ong the Heavenly road. 1 A tray of lovely flowers and itoi lelicious fruits were also given. ^ good act indeed. From there hey went to the home erf another ietheliter -Bro? Ervin--James-, -the * ather of Mr. B. H. James who is M. ilso stricken, and duplicated the usu iffair. ? B. (Mrs.) L. A. Greene, tifu Former member of Senior choir. rpv Bet IENEDICT ALUMNI MEETS A N BUSINESS SRSSTrw IND BANQUET Ths ? o C The Alumni asociation of Bene- us iet college will hold its business has ession in Antisdel chapel an Mon- es ay, May 28, 1939 at 4 p.m. sou On Monday evening at 8 o'clock he association will sponsor its lumni. banquet. Miss Haiti? ? Cunningham, A.B., A.M., of the P ublic school system of Washing- T an, D. C., will be guest speaker, dote 'he committee in charge plane to P'ai >ake this the mcrst interesting and dau uccessful banquet ever held. spri Since the alumni plan? to ere- Taj te new interest in the associa- ed on it is hoped thtit graduates orig rho have not been present foi ried ecent meetings,will find it posslIe to attend each of these. You f re invited and urged to be presrtt. i. y 1 ~ : if t?8?;? BALTIMORE. Ml). NEWS ! ' . - - % >' (Mrs.)* I^quise Gore Douglass Mt.-Hebron's schedule: /TOesday trLt, elixir rehearskl afpl prayer eetihg; Wednesday, nighty Bible iss Conducted by Kyv. ; Daniel; pffsday night .pud-week. ser:e., On Sunday, May 31 Sunday hopl opened*at 9:30 a.ih. I pi. Service at 11:30. by Pas r.-.Rey. Flowers. Sunday nite. vice at 8:00 p.in., V < On Monday "night, Max, 1" the t. Moiia+i Baptist oh^eh .tern red a piogruu) at Mt. ilebrpn iptiav church. Itt \sas enjoyed. i last Sdnday at 3:30 p-rp.,. the nd's Suppei foari u<5n)irtis,tered Friends-hi^ ifofoist church Rev. cl<sont j)ast(ri~Ti/ ,chargo. ~ _ On Suntkiy evening the Mannng. ai Baptist church held its Cc/mihion services. A" *>' Sick.* list: Mrs. .Margaret AnL'\vs, Mrs. Fleming's little haby is. Florence Hood, Mr. Charley ldwell. We ai'e glad to see Mrs.' Daisy re Heath" out after being in sew al wxieKs with the flu. Also rs. -Dtrlfie-D. Blown who is able got' around.? ? I r.e u. b. A. society met on" ny lUk at 8:20 p.m. with the esident in charge, Rev. Jackson io presided after the opening the chaplain, Mrs. Mary \V oners; (Mrs.) Louise Gore Douass, secretary. .Mrs. Dollie?tr.?Brumi had?ftrr rv Friday night guest,, Mrs. ntche) also?ht-i cousin Mrr mes. The C.B.A. society will have eir next annual sermon deliv ed by the Rev Jackson at the iendship Baptist church, Soutn iltimore. Rev. Marshall Flowers preachin Washington, I). C., on last ihday, May 1J. Mrs. .Mary Long had a suppei iy 20, for tVe benelit of the Mt. broil Baptist church, sponsored Club No. 5 of which she is the esident. Mrs. Daisy Jones had a_ .supper Friday night For the benefit of e -Pastor's Aid club.^ On May 21, at 2:20 p.m. the on Baptist church were invited stor and members of Mount HeMt. Pleasant Baptist church in ist Baltimore with Rev. Dan (.'lark pastor Friendship schedule: 10:20 li., Sunday school opened by ipt. 11:20 51W. service by the stor. Sunday evening 8:00 p.m. rvice_ conducted by the Pastor, v. Jackson. IT. OLIVE A. M. E. CHURCH R*v. J. N. McClintic. Pastor Myrtle Beach, S. C.?The Suny school opened at the usual ur with Supt., A. L. Pryer and l'ehers at their post of duty, e lesson was interestingly disssed. During the League hour the arterly (fronforgncfr convened its third quarter at Mt. Olive th otfr Presiding Elder, Rev. A. Spears. * The leaders, crtTicers d members were at their post d made full reports. \t 7:30 p.m. the prayer .service s spiritually conducted by Mrs. ry Spivey and Mrs. Susan DaVt 8: L>~p.m. a large crowd wgr isent to hear Elder Spears who d presented by the pastor.?bhr eached a soul saving 'sermon m Psalms 39:3, theme: While \yas musing the Fire Burned eryone was made to feel happy, long the visitors were Rev. anfc Gore of Pine Island; Rev. ul Kennedy from Sandy Grcrve ptist church, this city and Mrs. sa L. Hart of Columbia, S. C. long those on the sick list are s. Zack Williams, Mr. George een and G. Spivey. We are ling them a speedy recovery, drs. -George Wilson and "Mrs. ith L. Latimer of Conway, S. were guests of JMr. and Mrs. nes ganders for the week-end. Miss Agnes RJobinsorn, Helena idly, Catherine Riley and Mr. lliam MeRae of Kipgstree, S. spent Sunday afternoon visitfriends on the beach, ilrs. Olivia Davis and Miss I.uia Robinson, have returned?to delight of their many friends er spending several days in nvay. The churches welcome all vis's, t'LOYDAI.E NEWS Sunday ..school Si?Paul-A. E. church was opened at its al hour with the Supt., Mr. S Rethea. The lesson was beau illy taught by the teachers and iewed by the Pastor, Rev. R ljamiru. it 11:30 the pastor preached a le sermon from the subject: it Groat Invitation. * 1 in Sunday night we had with Rev. Mrs. Ruth Crawford who conducted our revival servicduring the past week. Many ls were saved. TAYLOR SCHOOL NEWS rof- T. J. Sullivan. Principal aylor school will not have its ing exercises as they had bgen med and published as a pretfpnary measure against the pad of'' infantile paralysis, dor Gratnmar school has clbsand the closing program as inally planned will not be carI out. 'ATRONIZE OUR I ADVERTISERS y ; 111 111 .11 mv , V. ; * , Page 5 ^***** , Statesburg news .Wayman Chapel A.'. m. E. Church Key. Lee A. Logan, Pastor Sunday, .May 2T?Sunday school was opOnpd at Its -usual hour by * ** i'fye" assistant Supt., Rev. J. H. Hamiltor). After which the classes assembled to theif regular plates. *? The lesson was reviewed by .Mrs. R: E. Denkinsl t- At the .opaning erf the regular service, Rev. J.' H. Hamilton con 'ducted the devotion. The, junior choir furnished1 music. - The lJas '? ' tor, Rev, .Lee A.'Lvgart. Pleached a soul stirring sermon. Text V taken from Isaiah 59:2.-' His subject *\vys: ""If ^four 'Wires Are , L)t?wn ^onifnurvication js Impossi * . Lt/u Ethel Johnson, reporter 1 V " ' * ' ' V ' '* ????e? s? BETTTIS ACADEMY NEWS By Riyhard ^F. Boulwar-e 'The enCire'week of May 14, was Commencement week at Bettis Afrademv and Junior College. The exercises began Sunday with ah inspiring Bacealaua ate sermon "com ? injf from ihe Rev. T: L, Duckett of Benedict College: Rev.-thackett, wjio is?Wl-ll expeiflenoed m the ? theological field, brought many realist to facts to the graduatess as well as to all present. Monday night, a 'very success ful Grammar school program was presented. Tuesday night, the senior high ~** sciiuul piescnti'd its Gi "duatron Ex ereises in the form of a play, 'Ahe Hyou of I,?>vo," The play >uii royally presented and highly ;ynjoyed by all. There were more than a thousand people to witness the High ^School Graduation program. After the play terminated, the High School certificates were presented by Mrs. Maggie M. Muni-ay, "Jeanes teacher of Edgefield County. Wednesday nitrt.t. The Senioi Class of the Junior College department ^presented its Class program. 'It was an original program ere- . . >. ated entirely}' by members of the Senior (lass. The exercise was ot tnterei't ?nd vt* r yd ntrrtarrrinir~ Af ?? tor the program, we were favoretlwith a very much appreciated lecture by the great Rev. S- C. Campbell of Anderson. Rev. Camp bell admonished the students to become wide awake and. to be a "self-starter.'.' He showed the sin ? dente many prevailiing opportune ties if they were willing to sacrifice their time and go to work with and tim to achieve.. Thursday afternoon, the Primary grade< presented a program at o.-m Friday, a.m. at 11:30 brought the final closing day when the seniors presented their Graduation Exercises in the large Quin*by?atrditorrom?vyhtrtrwas packed * to its capacity: many persons could not find even standing room. The main features of the program were the Salutatory address "The Three Major. Concerns of Agriculture", by Mr. Saul Daily; very striking message on "The Voice of the Negro"; a very beau tiful solo, "Springtime", was sung by Miss Maggi0 Anderson. The Valedictory address was splendidly spoken by Miss A. I^aPerle Ashley. ' Metals were given by_-the?Jos ten's company of ~TJhicago, to the two seniors who made the high est marks for their two college years. Miss Ruby Nicholson 1 a\ ing an average of 91. received the first metal and Miss Carrie Searles with the second highest average of 90, received the second metal There were 58 tcr complete their Junior college work and 52 high scnooi students graduated. After the completion of the Graduation exercises, the Aiken county Supt. of Education, Mr. Wm. B. Byrd, presented Rev. J. " II Harris, pastor of the First Methodist church, Aiken, ?. C., who delivered the Graduation Adj dress. " Rev7 Harris*" address" was " [excellently delivered and well tak [on; t'li bremght out many valuable and worthwhile facts; his splendid address can never be forgotten by those who heard it. The Commencement exercises proved to be a great success and largely attended by both races. Prof. A. W. Nicholson, who has for 58 years, conducted the Graduation prdgraffi. ~ " BITI.ER HIGH SCHOOL Prof. H. H. Butler, Principal Hartsville. S. C.?Friday the 19 was May Day. The day was begun 'with large parade of faculty and "sTudehtsT Th? parade, headed by the ' Floirence "high ^cho?fl?band?moved through the ? t-. principal streets of the city. The parade was so spectacular that a letter of praise was received by the principal from the mayor of Harts ville. During the afternoon many of the pupils took part in the field events. 75 yard dashes to 1 mile runs were highlights. Broadjumping, pole vaulting and relays were big features. At 5:00 o'clock Mildred Moses of the eighth grade was crowned Queen of the May. The ceremony jjjas. very baautiful and impres sive. On Friday night a big boxing card was staged. TheSo matches brought loud cheers from the spec tators. All of the exercises of the day were well attended by patrons of the school. All rooms in the school were open for inspection, during the day. The boys' shop, the Home Economics department and the Biology 'Lab' were centers of attraction. The exhibits were beautiful; results of hard work and training. - -i