The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, March 08, 1941, Page Page Three, Image 3
Saturday, March 8, 1941
^Belief In Voodoo
?fmpedes TB Work
Continued from last week
Today John Doe is no longer tu
berculous; in fact he is a graduate
of a certain small Negto churchsupported
college in the CentrriT
West. He is also married and the
breadwinner for a family of four,
and Aunt Bessie has learned her
lesson about pseudo-doctors, thanks
to the local?physician and a scientific,
yet economical, method of
combating the dreaded tuberculo
==_Th? social customs and belief^
which complicate the control* <$f "tuberculosis'
among Negroes are numerous
and varied. Ignorance and
superstition have ever been the off
spring of poverty, and the Negro.
as America's tenth man, is publicly
ceded to lt>e a UNJUl liuullli incnftBfl
i? LI- ototlia
Ofccacse Ol IU? ?wiiviii*vc?? o w
a "tnt'l" KnrrirAHpa any race
or nation from the fuller things
of life.
The conversation which took
place years ago between Aunt Celia
and me happened in. a_ small town
with a population of 5,000, the ma
jnrity nf whnm wer9 Herman immi '
grants. The town is situated near
the Gulf of Mexico~in a state thai
.. possesses-"! wealth of natural resources^
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Yet, the public schools of this
particular tgwn are inadequate for
the needs of the cafcynunity. The
per capita wealth is low, the Vate
of illiteracy rs high because the
majority- of the town's leaders discourage
and type of education that
^^-extends beyOnd the high school
level.. Their chief concern for the
community was to produce farmers,
factory workers for the sea^
sonal trade and truck drivers. And,
of course, there were the inevitable
hncohnll nlnuar onrl voryoKnn/1
"Conjur" and "Spells'* ? - v ,
The Negro did well to complete
his high school education, which."
by the way, ended in the . tenth
? grade! Many of thp persons in this
community believed that tuberculosis
is -inherited^ If?your mother.
died of tuberculosis, you, too, were
? a victim of the germ. Others, like
Aunt Celia, placed their implicit
faith in medicine as the best cure
? for all ills,
Som? of them believed that God,
in his anger, metes out tubercu
losis upon people as a punishment
for their sons, ^atid should be bornf
in a Bfllf.rpaicn'pd manner that depicts
atonement and humility tc
God. Still others are convinced.that
"of dusr;in the lungs.
tuberculosUlComes from an exces
In the lower brackets of the-comrank
supreme. That people "con
jur" you or place "spells" upon
you \tfhich result in contracted t'?
berculosis is their devout boli'
They spend fortunes ""with quacks
in the attempt to remedy- theircohcfitions.
Althoqgh I do not have the tuberculosis
mortality figures for,_?he
state or the county in which the
town is located, the testimony of
both the state and medical supervisor
and the rural health nurse is
that the rate in both instances is
high. ' i
There are no adequate faciliticefor
the hospitalization of?Negro
tuberclosis patients in the county.
Patients unable to pay for private
medical attention are sent, more or
less, by divine providence to the
state sanat^riuiij for treatment.
^ , Thus, besides the competition of
W .inadequate count v facilities, the
treatment of tuberculosis is fuiv
ther~complrcated, and tess-ecmtroHed
among Negroes, because of
many 'paeudo-lteachings or their
social customs ana "oeiieis wrtfr
regard to the disease.
The true story of the social work
er and "Mother Taylor" happens
in various sections of our beloved
America day in and day out.
throughout the years. The social
worker might have forgotten hei
fright long enough to have aided
the other innocent victims of
"Mother Taylor's" quackery, 'by
^ subtly and inoffensively informing
only result?ilL disaster to their
pocketbooks and to their well being
Even this educated social worker
appears superstitious Enough to
believe that "Mother^Taylor", might
have "hurt" hei* if she had not
heartily agreed and recognized hei
mystic powers.- ??
Terrific Death- Rate
The case of John Doe is remark
able in that eventually he received
the correct treatment for his "pecullar
illness"?at -the place w+rere
hrs aunt least expected. Had John
ml.n nwrl V>a txt/miI/1
^ have put aside the green freshman
P' air-and either visited the city clinic
or some private physician.
In either case he would have
proved to Aunt Bessie that quacks
could not win his confidence. The
unnecessary expense and worry
would never have taken place. The
case was merely prolonged through
the beliefs of an aunt who wanted
to help but whose suspicion of physicians
and nurses had exceeded
her rational concept?, ""
People can be highly educated
and )yet fail to utilze common
^ sense in combating tuberculosa,
P because they permit social Customs
and beliefs to dominate their
. clearer thinking. Sentimentality
and traditional beliefs should never
disease.
In 1933 the city wher I temporarily
resided had an estimated
popuation of 296,710. The tuberculosis
mortality rate for thie city
according to its Bureau of Statia
tlrtT wgg 40.0 per 100,000 for whites
ahcTEIS.4 for Negroes. This means
that out of total loss of 302 Uvea
^?r M were white against
211 for Negroes thereby causing
the total death rate as ? result of
tuberculosis to be 109.0! These
statistics prowe that the Negro
must take ,very precaution possible
to reduce this terrific and
fatal death rate.
What the Negro Knows
Through personal interviews with
volunteer doctors and nurses in
The tuberculosis clinic of our city,
I discovered the following facts:
a?The majority of Negroes know
ljttle or nothing about the city
tuberculosis clinic, or its purpose.
V?Positive diagnosis cases frequently
are. prolonged or neglected
completely because the
patient does not cooperate with
the instructions of either the
doctors or the nurses,
c?The patient's financial status
frequently handicaps his cure,
d? Some persons consume valuable
time IB tnn WtntC by Insisting1
upon treatment for negative
.
e?Frequent- m o b i 1 i ty offtimc?
makes the clinical treatment
difficult.
f?Arrested "cases frequently fail
to-report for rechecks.
??The clinic .closes cases only be
cause of death, apparent cure.
case by rrtobility^ patient hi
sanatorium, patient in care^oT
another clinic or patient in th?
care of a private physician.
Frequently the Jotcors and
tii'sps are forced to removp plugTed
dimes, copper wi-res and bandages
filled with garlic, blue stone
nlnhur and heaven only knows
vhat else from the^patient's body
in order to thoroughly examine
hem and have them X-rpygd.
t Th?sp poo?* -peonle believe that
"charms" -will help their conlitions,
and oftimes they reject
-any type of medical treatment rf
he. doctors- and nurses attempt
o remove their honeless "charms.'*
^requentlv the patient confided ir
a nurse or a doctor bv saying that
he or sha wag "hurt" bv taking
a drink of whiskey or by walkine
-wer?cnmethinp- that somebody
olaced under then- doorsteps. Again
"ertain "Root Doctors" have "gotten
lizards nut of people" or "put
spells" on others.
Takes -Too T<on*r
.' They believe that these charlaans
can see a person only once
'hd diagnose ..ibe case then and
there without seeing the victim
opnin, This mean* {hqt thev of imes
criticize the volunteer service
workers for taking "so long"
Tq diagfTOSe their casesr-The volun
'eer.-help has stataQbat in Tftost
instances certain cases become
'(iHliullabh? when tbey-ara_ahln_tc.
remove all superstition from their"
patient's mind.
Doctor Is Friend
Durifng the eleventh century,
Godfrey-led the first-Crusade in
Palestine. He found m the Hebrew
Temple in Jerusalem a group
>{ symbols thought to hpve beer
used by King Bolomon. The symbols
were two crosses used to rep-esent
special devotion and double
work. Godfrey brought them back
on his shlelcT To Alsace-Lorraine.
The same double-barred cross
wnr nrlnptoH by the National Tubol
of the Crusade agaihstTThe^
disease. Through the sale of Christ
mas"~Seals, free literature, free
. _ i i
clinics, modern scientific ana men
teal methods, jind many other services
are available to the public.
Tuberculosis can be prevented
and eur6d, Put It uaiirmt be emmd
-with medicine. People no longer
have to remain ignorant aboutribc
symptons. Chest X-ray pictures
11 ill i"vnnl p"niti"" or negative condition?before
any symptons ap
rear. . ...
Take heed of tubtrculosis eximinati'ons
and preserve your body
| Consult a competent physician
when hi doubt. He dS" your friend!
Take the tuberculin tests, study
'he ava lable literature on the diseases
and be clean at all times.
I Tnn f f o r? f o M hppnmpy
the victim of quackery, a fraud7Vrincrpa1
causes for such praetiees
on the part of unscrupulous persons
| is the desire to get money more
easily than they can get it honestly.
The quack is vain and egotistic;
he desires recognition and so he
assumes the title of "Doctor" or
"Mother" as the case goes. Quack,
charlatan, imposter and humbug
all live off the fears and ignorance
of men and women. Healing cults,
varied types -of quackery and. even
extensively advertised patent medi-cinas
wnrk t.p the detriment of the
sucker, whom BarmT7TT"TT"~rTTFTW1
fame has labeled as heing "born I
mtMufa " T-7 n *v\iorV? + hot'D Q f 1 H - I
ded, "And they sometimes live!"
?To^enchance our fhbnces for life,
we must pret rid of Those social
customs and beliefs which complicate
the control of tcberculosis
in our race. This can be done onlv
when we become public consciousof
this serious disease.
CHAPPEIXF, STATION
A. M. K CHURCH
Sunday was a fine day for all
church pjoers. Our attendance
was ffood. S. S. bepran at the usual
hour. Banner class for financ<
U- W W witliomp, hnnnar nUcj
-for attendanco- -Mr. Nickpeay.
At 11:50 Rev. Robinson camr
before us using for hi" subject:
God FavorR to His Children. All
who heard how and why God fa
vors were willing to work on While
-it i? day. -Sunday heing .Comraun
Ion day the pastor, Mr*. Lucflfc Hoi
man and others went to visit the
sick and to cheer them. Come to
Chappelle station.. ; -?r?
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' >^N . . 1 JL_ i jVii- jfr '
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"SOUTHEENEK^TOr
REGULAR SERVICE
NEW YORK AND NI
"Tht Southerner," the latest
creation in 'streamlined, Dieaeljpnw?r?d
all-coach passenger trains
will be placed in regular daily strvice
between New York and New
Orleans, all the way by Southern
Railyway System lines, on or about
March 25kh, Frank L?. . Jenkins,
passenger traffi# manager, airnounced
Tuesday from Washington
The three streamliners for , this
service are nearing completion at
' the shops of Pullman-Standard
Car Company land the ElectroMotive-Corporation
and arrangements
are being made for the inaugural
trip from New Orleans to
New York, to exhibit the train
to the public at intermediate points
beginning Muieh 17th.
In keeping ^ with the trains,
"streamlined hostesses," chosen
from the several "states through
which the new trains will run,
have selectedand will report to
SMITH SWAMP 4-H t'LUH
Roscoe C. Bacote. Co. Dem. Agent
Mnltinn, Pi. C* ' The 1-H rliib
_o?_ Smith Swamp held its regulai
meeting Saturday, February 22 ai
3 o'clock.
Thj meeting was opened with
devotron being conducted by the
President Miss Bcttie Ellison. The
I president asked each member t(
[respond to the calling of the roll
| with one of thoir favorite " quotations.
After that a report or
projects and some accomplish
ments of The previous year was
driven?by ^tfie--8?cre?aEy^__
The house was then opened foi
election of new officers. The fol
lowing-officers were elected: Miss
Emma Bethea, president; TMjs?"
Alma Berry, vice-president; Miss
Mary Williams, secretary; Mis?
Minnie Ola Ellerbe, assistant sec.".tnry
Mr Alfrfd Graves, treasurer;
Miss Mary Tisdale Chaplain
Miss P?e.ttie M. Ellison, reporter:
Miss Berry, leader.
The newly elected president
came forward and thanked; the
group for electing her as president
and promised the club that
if eonld trot thp eooneration
from them she would .strive to
make the club better than the
past years. She encouraged eacl J
clubster to have better gardens
hotter?poulti r?and?swine.
M iss Berry, our efficient leader
who has guided us^every since
we orp-anrzpd thU clnb three years
ago was presented?and as usual
she came with many helpful ideas
about the 4-H. She_ihanked thej
group for the splendid work they
were doing and stressed that eac'
member raise more food and urg-1
cd that each family in the community.
have a good milk .cow.
The club promised that they
would cooperate with her in a
| "Live.at Home" program. Being
Washington's birthday the~pledgr
;to the U. S. flag was given by the
group and also the emblem of the
1-H was given. ,
Mr. Bacote our demonstration
agent could not be with us in oui
meeting but we will assure hinett&rguLh.-and
hind dis*nosition
as~c'ognl.v agent we writ
strive' to do our best. He is alii*Q
ue \\7 i 11 i r? + r\ V?o1r\ lie rnflph fVlP
coal in our community. Since he
has been our demonstration agent
we have created a desire for better
home living:?We have beer
' r ftd- in " in 11 rug many nriz?s
"in our county. We hope thru
his instruction, we-will do better
in our projects as the slogan says
"Ufake the Best Better".
kettle Ellison, reporter.
HELENA NEWS
Sunday was a very pleasant
day for all church goers. Sunday
school are improving nicely undej
Tfre Supt., Mr. W. E. Washington.
At 7:30 o'cloek the pastor Rev.
M. C. Freeman delivered a soul
stirring sermon. We were also
glad t0 have the _Rev, E. E. Sligh
of Newberry "with us in service.
Mrs. Mary L. Haynes was the
rvitnof AT r? on/1 Mro
C. E. Green and sister, Mrs. Car
rie Jackson here.
Mrs. Roberta Sweetenburg left
for her home in Greenwood Sunday
morning, March 2 after spend
ing two weeks with ber parents
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Pennje and
sisters here. ;
Mrs. Myrtle Brown was the afternoon
guest ;~of MrsV Maggte
Rutherford. She enjoyed herself
t || U.n
THE AURORA CLUB
Seneca, S. C.?Miss F. L. Wil-'
liams was hostess to the Aurora
club Tuesday, February -25. The'
meeting was opened by the President,
Mr. W. H. Gaines. Minute*
of the last- meeting were read
unfinished business discussed. Mr
Gaines- gave an Interesting report
of the party that was given at
the home of Mrs. Ophelia Smith
in Greenville, This was indeed
a lovely affair, a buffet luncheon
was served. Music and other a
rnusements afforded plenty attrac
?.l_ j? tt. i
HVMI mi me evening- everyone
present reported an enjoyable evening.
7t was~ suggested that ttrr ctehgive
a pageant Soon. The program
committee gave a personality test
to each member of the club. It
was very interesting to have each
one to work out his own personality
-A- delicious repast. w?pserved
by the hostess. Mr. Gaines
thanked the hostess for such
an enjoyable evening.
THE PALMETfb tfiAf
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BE^LACEIITN ?
BETWEEN
CW ORLEANS[headquarters
on March 3rd to dor
their natty blue-green garbardim
! uniforms and berets for a course
of training under Miss Wanda L
Myers, director of Southern Rail
way's new hostess service.
"Each of the three trains for
the New York-New Orleans rur
\\Tlt"~POTTsist of seven eoaehvs, including
an observation-lounge, tavern
car, 48 seat dining car, baggage-dormitory
coach and /our
chair car coaches, powered by a
2,000 h- T" Diesel-electric?hicomofive.
All seats will be reserved at
rioT extra cost above the one and
one-half cent a mile regular coach
farel
The locomotives will be painted
JUcitthl?gxaan_iind silver and the
eooehorr will be of Btainiess steel
with interiors of different* colors
ana nut's, an?01 an?enunny?uew
design and construction," according
to Mr. Jenkins.
' JOHNSTON NEWS
? Bethel C. M. p. Chn.ch
K*v. W, E. Wll"uu, PasTot =
. Services were good Sunday,
February 23"at theHabove named
church. The spiritual fervor rar
high. At the regular hour the
pastor -came forward and dclivei
ed a soul stirring sermon from th<
subject Jesus Type of Prayer.
At 3:30 Sunday school met with
officers and teachers at their post
Of duty. The lesson was very interestingly
taught by the respective
teachers. The revie'w was bv
the pastor. Visitors in attendance
were MlKscs-fvpigner, Walker and
Holmes.
At 5:30 if you had passed by
Bethel, you would have thought
that it was a funeral procession,
was it really? No a program in
behalf of the Missionary society
sponsored by Mrs. M. E. McPher'sen.?
The glee rluh ef Banknirhl
school under the supervision of
"Miss Rattray rendered splendid
music. Miss Rattray is to be com
mended for her effort in training
this club. Speakers for the occassion
were Mr. C. R. Ruben, princi
1 r\f Mf Plnaconf crVinnl? Mr
E. L. Bowman, prinfcrpal of Edge
field Co. Tr. school; Mr. S. K. Dean
^principal of Bouknight school and
the pastor. All of the speakers
talks were full of aspiration as
well as inspiration.
We were very glad to have had
."our new presiding "elder-?wcfch. us
vice, Rev. J. H. Thomas came foi
ward?and selected +irs text-from
St. John 9:4. From the text the
speaker ptressed three points. Wr
paid the quarter out m full.
Tuesday, February 25 at 11:0C
the Ministers and Laymen Council
qf thi AndeFs~on -district met
in Bethel CME 'church for the
sale purpose of transacting its
business. - After devotional servic
es conducted by Rev. G. Ethridge
tKe president came forward am'
presented his program for the dis
triet. After whrch ,'Jie Council
was organized. The results were
as follows: Miss Nancy Pay tor
war; elected secretary: Dr. W.M
Gladden, Rovk. U. O. Beechum, W
P. Bigby and Mr. I. L. Branch
were appointed program commit
tees. The entire**rlistrict is behind
Rev. Thomas one hundred
percent. The Council was - con
stTuctive and benefiting. The
Council closed with a most relish
ifig dinner.
At?7t45- our presiding- elder
came forward after pulpit services
were cOndu:ted by the pastor and
gave iTs another?n eat?sermon
taken from St. John 9:25. We
wished that more neonle were
present, to hear this wonderful
message.
BETTIS ACADEMY TO PRESENT
PLAY "THE.HUSBAND
HUNTERS" ?
Trenton, S. C.?A v^ry interest
ing and popular pjay, "The .Husband
Huijters," will be presentee!
at Bettis academy, Saturday
March 8,"in Quinby auditorium at
8t00 p.m.
"The Husband Huniers", is one
of the newest plays of its kind
and one that has proved success
as well as being.entertaining, full
of fun and plenty of action. The
play has been planned to be one
of the most spectacular and sensational
events that has yet been
presented here. We are inviting
-all .-Bettisitea and friends tovwit
ness this gala affair. The -J01ay
is based on love, and is undefN the
i , < w *Tnnmi
Franklin and Mrs. Bessie L. Nich
olson.
President A. W, Nicholson has
been confined to his room for sev
eral days with an attack of Grip.
We are happy to say however, that
he is improving nicely now anH
expects to be out within a day 01
two. ?r ? ?
ORANGEBURG, S. C.
The recent group meeting at
Macedonia was a success. The
Claflin rally was as follows:
Beaufort district, $526, Bennetts
villo, $663, Berkley, $42, Charleston,
$776, Florence, $732, Greenville,
$500, Oransreburpr, $326, Sumter,
$660, and Spartanburg, $362.
-Total, $4501. Atlanta and Sftvanrah
conferences, $76.
Alaham^ raised $1400 for Clark
College.
The central jurisdiction held a
fotrr day Ministerial Tratnmjf Conference
in Gammon ThfiOlOirtc&l
Seminary in Atlianta-, Ga. More thar
100 ministers from different parts
' of tiw country were present.
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- W.S.C.S. Smrtfi Caru.^
Methodist Church
Dear members:
Remember your Lenten vow a
1 penny and a prayer for fort>
' days. t
Do send in your Cultivation
Fund at once to Miss E. L. Small
' 217 Coming St., Charleston, S. C.,
conference treasurer.
Mrs. R. K. Gordon, our vice pre? ]
1 ident is in New Orleans, La. attending
a~committee meeting?oL'
the Woman's Division of Christiar
Service.- The en the conference ^
Wishes her sueeess.
Mrs. M. V. .GJpver, Conf. Sup- s
- ply Secretary- is a-dttng- Lhak et*ebdistrict
send a Shower of Eggs tc
Claftin~ and Mather Academy the (
1 week preceding Easter. Remember
be loyal to your schools^ Get
busiL district supply secretaries..
; TFp ,!? .. .f,f thi- annual conven- _
_ tion and Workers' Conference-- hf
L .the- Woman's Socigty of. Christian ,
~ Service has been set for June lit 14,
15 at Wesley Methodist church (
Columbia, S. C.
_ Through your confrence presjdent
(agent) send articles of yout accomplishments
and remerrijjer
~ subscribe for The Palmetto LwoL- -
er if you wish to keep in close
T touch with the "doings of the Wu? 1
men's Work of S. C. Conf'.??? i
At the regular group meeting
of the Florence Dist., Jan. 21, the
conference president explained
' the work of W. S. C. S. to an en
thusiastic group Of wtfmen anfl
i the district president assured hei |
that the Florence distrct would
report 100 percent along all lines
President?was royally entertain- H
ed by Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Tay'
lor and -Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Stro- (
l ther and the host Rev and Mr*
N. E. Franklin and member^.
Yours, for lifting up the Christ
Mrs. John C. Gibbet., ~ ~j
, _ ... Conference. President
ANDERSON CO. TRAINING
-SCHOOL PTA NEWS
1 Pendleton. S. C.?With trie uni- verse
showing every sign of shak
h lng^aiTF?tfie-^Tmnage -bf-T<mgnAdrvr "
ter the Parent-Teachers' associa
tion is blossoming forth with ifs_
spring activities."* * ,
The association has developed a
plan which is serving a two fold
purpose: to raise money for the J
I school and as a good Samaritan
act. Last week a basket of gro- '
, cerles was raffled off for the price
_ of 10c a chance. The basket of
I groceries included a weeTTs sup- "
ply of everything a family would
desire. Mr. J. Lewis was the fo>
~ tunate winner of the gram-tins, J
Next week a delicious ham will be
raffled" off. The writer has heT""
fingers crossed in hopes that she
will win. , - .
At each monthly meeting a cui
rent topic is discussed. In our
last meeting Mr. L. L, Laster and
Mrs> Mary Hill gave some very
interesting"discussions on "Headaches
of Homework". * In our next
meeting Mrr--E. N;-Hammond will
discuss "Propaganda Americana" '
Our President, - Mrs. D. R ~
Thompson, along with the menv '
ters, always has an inspiring mes
sage for us, which leads us to
' believe that our spring season will ^
_ he successful. _ ^
SPRING FIELD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Blassengale
I Miss Frances Tyler, Miss Justine
Gary and Miss Naomi Milligan at
tended the Rettis Promenade Fri ^
1 day Jiight.
Mr. iilUl Mre: P. ,JI. Dhu.HHiualp
- awl?Miss Justine Gary motored
i to Columbra and witnessed a mm
icale given at Allen college Mon
-day night.
s Miss Justine L Gary and Mrs
Blass"engale" worshiped at?CumI
breland AME church, in Aiken on_
Sunday v/here Mrs. BlaSsengale
is a member. .
I'nion Academy Better Speech
ciuh !
The Retter Speech club met in (
Room 3 Friday morning, Feb. 28 ,
with Miss Carrie Mae Thompson ;
I the president, presiding. -r ~j
The members guilty of rncor- ,
rect language were tried and punished.
Then a program followed '
Remarks were made by Messrs
I Connie Tyler, Jethro Evans, How
! ard Carswell and Misses Lushia
I Mae Waldo, Mamie Thompson
1 Corene Tyler and Priscilla Hall '
The meeting adjourned to n.eet .
next Friday. v ,
Carrie Mae Thompson, president '
Lusfila Mae" Waldo, secretary; Priscrlla
Hall, chairman program
corhmTHee; N. G. Blassengale. in-structor.
o ,
There will be, a moving pictur<
show gTven~~afnFTTTTTTr","RT?TTtw?nr?" J
Friday night. The public is in
t vited.
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.ST. LEWIS MISSION
Rev. Thomas Pinger, Pasttp* ,;v
Sunday was a cold day but it
did not stop church goers at St
Lew*is.
Our (church is moving along ,
fine. At 12:00 o'clock our pastor ,
ascended JflTe rostrum and deliver- ;
ed a wonderful sermon from Matt. ,
Y+2 and Acts 13:28, using as a
subject, "Repent Ye for the King- '<
ciom is at Hand." Every one em
ioyed the sermon. \
We were very much pleased to t
have 6vith lis W. M. Eleazer. Mr. ]
John rTyrd and Mr. Lester EleazeF* ~
a student at Harbison Institute. 1
Mr. ETeazer made some encourag- 1
4ng remarks. _ 3
We hav? on the sick list. M? 1
Most, We hope for trim * npeedy
recovery. , (
Remember, visitors are always c
welcomed at St. Lewi*. t
itetlred Workers Tu~"
Aid Natl. Defense
Information received by the Social
Security Board indicates that
about 2,500 retired workers, arreturning
to covered employment
each month because of the National
Defense program and ar
requesting, as required by law,
that their old-age and survivors
insurance monthly benefit checks
be suspended during such employment,
Mr. \V. H. Nixon, Jr., niansger
of tire Social Security BoardV
field office in -Ctrttimbia, S. C.,
stated today.
"I>uring the first-year?tjf?operation
under the Federal Old-Age
Mr. Nixon said, "the Social Security
Board's reports show that
i total of 330,07lJL award-s were
made, and of this total 254.984
were for monthly benefit p&yhu.i>1?
iln addition 11. nmnlhly
benefit awards, there. were over
death clanns approved for a total
af more than nine million dollars.
M ore t!han 28G monthly claims,
totaling over-$4,008.15 per munth
originated in the Social Security
Hoard field office serving~this.territory.
according t<t Mrr Sim:
These payments range from $10 00
to $82.40 a month. There were also
180 lump-sum claims paid amounting
to $10,780.92. The territory
-iirved by the Columbia office includes
the following counties: Aiken,
Allendale, .Bamberg, Barnill.
Calhopn, Lexington, Orangeburg
and Richland. V
A freg booklet explaining the
orrrtrctrnn. afforded -workers and.
ty Act will be mailed free of eharg<
to any individual on request. Write
i letter or postal card to the So-.
laT Security Board. 1230 Sumter
St.r Columbia. S. C\. and ask -for
booklet number 35.
ST. MATTHEWS NEWS
In spite -of the cold weather.
Sunday was a lovely day and many
if the church goers V.ere out to
iervices. .?
-A.t 11:30 a. m. Rev. J. -C.' Coaxjm
delivered a wonderful message
to his congregation taken from
St. John 1:1. He used as his subject,
"Love:"?At the close of the
morning service, Mrs. M. J. Moul
Irio halloa oil i- -i: ? - '
an V>1 mv WUll'S OI in'?
church together for a little chat
which was enjoyed by all. Another
meeting of this sort will be called
again soon and we trust that, nil
'adies, youg. middle age and old
vill respond.
The Twilight Club
Thtr Twilight--Pftrb hcVd a-soerS
a-eeting Tuesday night. February
18, at the home of Mrs. Mary Lee
Sumter. Many games were enjoyed
by the members and their guests.
The hostess?sei i ed?a?dehttribimcourse
of vanilla ice cream and
cake. The next meetings wiH ;. be
business held at the home of Miss
Annre Mae Spigner.
Miss Marjorie Dandy, supervisoi
of Calhoun county, is at her home
where she under' went a slight operation.
We are wishing for her
.? spe^tiy recovery.
Mrs. Adell Smith. Miss Mozel'
Kelder and Mrs. Connie Betters.
Ieft*'last Thursday fur New York.
?Miss Murylee Rivers spant the
.vct?k end at hei'home:
(Miss) Leila Belle Lantytf Rept
COPE NEWS
The pastor. officer.-*. members
md-friends of the~Good Hope etr?
:*jit have been working: for the
asl ihreC hiofuhs lri JUT! HPT Ti'lftv.ony.
With the leadership?that
.V(. have had sa. far.- we feel that
this Vill be- a successful confer nce
year,
Our first quarterly conference
convened at Good Hope SundaFebruary
23. After Sunday* school
>ve engaged in a short prayer service.
The pastor. Rev. C. C. Burgess,
lined .the first hymn. He then
presented Rev. S. Nance. P. E. of
the Orangeburg district, who i
Fum read the scripture lesson front
Luke 22. subject, "The "Unchanged
Pass." After a few preliminaries^
he came forward and preached irt
his usual way. He is a great
preacher.
Rev. C. C. Burgess took a fev.
minutes fo fellowship sister A1
bertha Filmoore which led hito
. ?*- '?' -
t ?,|w| im-t-LiiiK- e nan om>
m* the best quhrterly confernces
that we have, ever had. Paid the
P. E. $35.00. banquet and Allen
Day fund, $ 10.00, and a neat- sun
o the pastor. Every auxiliary ir
the church was represented.
Rev. B, T Martin of Oak Grove
Baptist- chuheh. preached for the.
VV. H. and F. M. Ladies at Mac
Ionia church at which .Lime v
i'arsec! ffl.iW!. We apySf. <*hlV
;ervice and are asking him to cot:
rgain real soon. Total ant-o.
raised. $55.00.
Praw that-may prows forwards
Rev. C. C. Bu-rgess, Pasror
ROW FJSVILI.E
Orangeburg County
The Rou-.sville U.~n teachers
A-ere victims of a head-on-collison
tvhich ocoured at the corner <>f the
Santee Mills. A Franklin Browr
a as driving a truck of the Smonk
and Shuler Seed and Fertilizer
"o., which came from the opposite
side of RnlnvnrH ni->,l ?-?I - S?
the right of the car occupied by
;he teachers. The accident occured
Monday, February 24.
The injured ones are, Mrs. Laura
Bowman Frederick, wife of Hiram
Frederick; Mrs. H. Belle Martin,
.vife of Rev. W. Martin; Mrs. Lillian
C. Moorer, wife of Daniel
>f Dr. Daniel Mooref , Their
conditions will not permit them to
o teach for some time.
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