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ii .i?. i - z l ; I MMDS ITAMPS1 VOL. XVIII?NO. 47. 30 Negro Housewi County Ga., Laude District Office of 1 Thirty Negro/ housewives in Muscogee county, Ga., have been lauded by the Atlanta district office . of the OPA for "voluntarily f assuming their responsibility to * a the total war effort," and have been cited as a model for price panel assistants to local War Price lnii Rstinninu +inarH? thru out the country. The activities of the Negro wo men, tmdcr the leadership of?a physician's wife in Columbus, Ga. were covered in a report in the Atlanta District office PRICE NEWS, which declared: "Their courage and intelligent cooperation should be a challenge to all of us to 'go and do likewise.'" According ,4o" the report, the housewives, with a Columbus educator as adviser, accepted pert* manent assignments as price pan? el assistants to the local War Price and Rationing board. In this capacity, ..they undertook the job of interpreting OPA price regulations to their neighbors and to the storekeepers in their various small commusities. The group did not stop there, however. On their own initiative, the women outlined a program that included more than routine' work. Serving as voluntary assistants to the grocers, they helped post price eeilingg in the stores, rearranged goods on shelves, printed signs, notified grocers of changes in points and prices, and gave blue ribbons for good arrangement of merchandise honestry, courtesy and cooperation. ...When some of the local Negro' merchants were unable to locate sufficient meat tags, the price panel assistants made tage out of white cardboard, neatly printing On each card the item, quality, point value and ceiling price. The group even furnished toothpicks for use in attaching the tags to the cuts of meat being displayed The housewives also prepared in^ dexed scrapbooks of OPA regulations and amendments and used . - thaae up-to-date books to promote study groups on the latest information on price control and rationing. , As a result of their activities, the Atlanta District office said, rationing difficulties in their small Georgia communities have been greatly reduced. ? State Primary - Requests Bishop FUnnpr'a Rphim * KJ AVV VMA At Manning, S. C., November 26, 1943 To the BiBhop and Members of the Quadrennial Primary of the Seventh Episcopal District A. M. E. church, assembled in Trinity A. M". E. church, Manning, S. C.: Whereas Senior Bishop Joseph Simeon Flipper, D.D., LL.D., is the senior bishop of the great A. M. E. church in general and presiding bishop of the seventh Episcopal district in particular: has wrought modern miracles in his pfogrcsBive-landslide-r o c k-ribbed administration in the Old Seventh, Whereas he found mortgages on Allen university and Hurst athletic field to the amount of seventy - thousand dollars and after the first Tuesday in March, 1944 thru the Joseph Simeon Flipper Victory drive the entire indebtedness on Allen university and the Hurst athletic field will be liquidated and * the mortgage burned and Allen university will be reported to the n eiii$u!lrig; general conference free of/debts; ? ; ' And Whereas The Joseph Sim eon Flipper Library building was ei-efted, completed and furnished, equipped with the most modern equipment valued at Ninety thous ahd dollars on the Pay-As-You-Go Plan. And all thft general claims show a steady increase annually ^ and peac^ and harmony restored throughout the Old Seventh; And \yfiereas this tallest Cedar of Bebanon from much learning, ?experience?blameless i n life and character, from the drippings of nis administration the people get inspiration. Resolved That We, the dele' / * gates elected from the six confer' ences of the seventh Episcopal district assembled in Trinty A. M. E. churchy Manning, S. C.^ in our Quadrennial Primary go on record a8 pledging our constituency to do all in our power to have Bishop Flipper returned to the Old Seventh for another quadren-rdum; . . ResOlved that a cdpy of these resolutions be sent to the Bishops in Council, the Episcopal committee and church periodicals. "Kehd and written by Dr. J.~R Thomas at Quadrennial Pririiary Unanimously adopted hiy the primary. Signed for the pritnary officers. ' Dr. J. E.'Thomas, St$te Chr, p..... Dr.'"!:. A. Parker, State Sec. Le vex in Muscogee id By Atlanta fheOPA ? ? White Christmas For Service Men's Hp Dependents There's a yoletide message fro tng out to Tatherh in the army-; message guaranteed to warm th hearts of soldier-fathers wherevc they are serving their country. For over a half million childrei jf army men will be better carei 'or this Christmas than ever be fore since daddy has been in th army-thanks to Congress and b the extraordinary efforts of thi War Department Office of Depen flency Benefits under the directioi if Rric. H. N. OilUprt TTSA Congress recently amended thi \ct of 1942 to increase the amoun Servicemen's Dependents Allow Inge sent to army wives with chil< ren and to certain other depen lents. The ODB, an activity o the Army Service Forces, wa charged with the huge task of coi /erting the family allowance ac counts from the old to the nev amounts. Whether or not it is to b< a White^ Christmas, General Gil bcrt decided that it was to be i secure one. He galvanized .hi great war agency into 24-hours-; day action. In only 15 working daj ..454,738 accounts had been convert . ed, and checks in the new amounfr will be mailed early in December These were virtually all of the OD B recounts set up for army wive: with children only. Accounts invol ' ving other dependents are now be ! mg converted.? ?i ~v Family allowances for Class B-i ' dependents which included parent! brothers, and sisters; who rely oi the soldier for their support, am ror Class B dependents, who an parents, brother# and sitters sub tantially dependent upon the sol lier, must be individually adjudi . ated to determine the degree o dependency. This job i-s new unde way. Family nlluv, ancc?accounts t? 'ivorced wives to whom alimon; I 3 payable arc also oeing receive! I md converted. These rcauire sne - .rial?adjudication and therefor lake longer to process. "I wish to commend the ODI employees, "General Gilbert said 'Many of them worked many extr: hours to accomplish this - job o converting active Class A famil; allowance accounts. I am sur they will all feed a sense of satis faction in knowing that their ef forts will mean a Merrier Christ mas in thousands o f soldier homes this year. Cox To Be Installed As Pastor of Ladson Presbyterian Church Sunday at 4 P. M. In a service of solemnity an reverence, the Reverend Milton E Cox, who has been called to th pastorate of the Ladson Presby byterian Church, Columbia, Sout Carolina, will be installed Sunda; afternoon at four o'clock. The installation sermon will b preached by Reverend James E McMillion, D. D., Pastor of th Sanford, North Carolina. Th char-Re to the Minister will ..b given by the Reverend JamesW Manoney, I). D., Pastor, Melin Presbyterian Church, Sardinu South Carolina.. ,The charge t the people will be given by Elde Henry L. Marshall, acting Princi rjal of the Coulter Memorial Jiin tor College, Cheraw, South Caro lina. The Reverend Warren J. Ne son, D. D,, Pastor, Goodwill Pres byterian Church, Mayesvilh South Carolina, will also appea on the program. Reverend A. II Prince, D. D., Joint Pie Id Repre sentative, Presbyterian Churcl U. S. A., will preside and pro pound the constitutional questior Appropriate music will be render ed by the church choir. The Reverend Mr. Cox come Crorn the ministry of the Antioc - Presbyterian Church, Elizabet r City, North Carolina, and will b ine iourtn minister to t>e instaiie as pastor of this historic churc through its one hundred and fiv years of service to the city an Community. Reverend Mr. Cox i a native of North Carolina, and i a graduate of both the Colldg and Seminary of Johnson C ~ ft m i t h?U nivedsity, Charlotte North Carolina. 'Hie is married an his wife jpins him cooperative^ in his rhiniiitry. The ptiblic is cordially invite to be present next Sunday hfter noon to witness this Rervice. ft^n , * Columbia's nn- H nual City S Directory Out U Colombia's annual City Dlrcc- ? tory is out in 1943 dress, approx- j0\ imately on time despite the handi- ra, caps of wartime. As usual, the publishers are Hill- Directory Co. ve ? of Richmond, Va. _ Kj It i8 a volume of 986 pages list- at ing 51,016 names in Columbia, , Cayce, Eau Claire and West Co- jn lumbia. This represents a gain of Ht nearly 4,000 names in two years w? according to the publishers' rec- yi] - nrds. Of course, the names of \vi a adults only are listed in the direc- or e tory. ,t? r A new feature has been includ- hit ed in thi8 edition." It is the Pos- foil n tal Unit Guide, copy being fur- mi d nished by the postal authorities, of - and should be very useful to busi- 101 e ness houses on the new_mail zon- an 0 system. . in e Perhaps the most noticeable pa - thing about this edition i8 the gen n erous sprinkling of the names of kn service men and women, identified by such as "USA," "USN" and Hi ? "WAC" after the names.. These vo meet the eye almost dozens of j times on every opening of jthe W1 book. Thousands of civilians are Mj 1 shown with occupations entirely NVC different from last year's jobs. na 5 Special features of the direc1 tory are the designation of ten- bu " ant-owned homes, colored pei'sons, to< v thc-number of minors in each ieN aoine, marital status and heads of an e households; also the listing of the pu . given names of wives and a nu- hit i merical telephone guide. th< s Columbia now has 420 different Th a varieties of enterprise, the pub- it y -iishers found. These groups are r.u - catalogued in the directory classi- a 1 _i?om "Abattoirs" to "Wood pis '. Healers.77 : sm The publishers announced that Ha s distribution of the latest Columbia Ou - City Directory to the free-refer- ca - ence Directory Libraries of other 5ti - cities will be continued with little -Oil curtailment. Also they will con- Bli , tinue out-of-town directory ser- die vice at the Columbia Chamber ot He 3 Commerce. , <b? * Burress A. Aaron and Winifred or? e Z*vemer are f est and last or. the ~ new roster of Columbia's white Ijv J residents. Little Son. probably is Oil j the oddest names listed. A glance ba r at the family names reveals one n? Newcomer and one Stranger; 'three th< Priests and one Nun; twelve Outr laws and une Angel. -Oddities^ a- nv mong the surnames of colored res to i idents are Razor, ILightning, Ging J1? - ham. .JuDiter. TurniDseed and Cab "if e bagestalk. ^ 'Warlike" names In the dircc-^ tory include Cannon, Shell, Gre- )'a I nade, Swords, Camp, March, Drum !n' Battle, Major and Commander. j a J da I Recent S. C. Recruits He e ? to< For Navy Number 167 r an " Great Lakes, 111., Nov. 22?The transformation period from civil- a ~ t?ir to Bluejacket has begun for one-hundred-sixty-seven South Ca rl rolina men since their entrance at the U. S. Naval Training school ? ' herc" ?re General indoctrination includes g0 military drill, seamanship and rQ naval procedure. The Nero men are also participating in the ? Navy's inten&ivc physical hardening program. This course was especially developed to put men , into tip-top fighting form and is r an important part, of "boot train'1 ing"- : ? ?Assignment to further special- ~ ' Ized training schools or to imme- . diate active duty at sea or naval 10 y shore stations awaits the Negro j? men after tabulation of their ap- , ,e titude test scores given during the ' conclusion of the recruit period. .. e Past civilian experience in one of 'WJ e he trades used by the Navy will re win immediate petty officer rat- iv ings upon the completion of this a recruit training period. ? l* The South Carolina recruits are (}j 0 Thomas Frierson. 18. routi^'2. Al- t>\ r colu; Vanderbilt Scott, 18, route th * 1, Georgetown; Leroy Nance, 21, th - route 4, Anderson; Leroy Moody, ca 18, route 3, Bamberg; Oneil Jones ar ' 26, route 2, Guston; Sheppard A. ^ Lee, 28, 406 Washington St., ni; !? Beaufort; Ezeldel C. McDufTie, Jr. th r 19, route 1, Bennettsville; James pa Michael, 19, route 3; James na ^ Jackson,?19, route St Trrrd James Lt b D. Steaney, route 3, all three of iei ' Bishopville; Jesse L. Jones, 19, is ' Bradley; Henry H. Jordon, 21, V route 2, Branchville; John Cheese Doro, 18. Calhoun Harris S. Myers JH * 34, 812 Church; Mitchell Portee, h 27, route 2, and Willie L. Bynum, 18. 8133 Church, all three of Came tien; John II, Shark, lft, TLox 3^7 Canadys; James Bates, 19, 29 h America; Leotihrd Wright, 19, 296 b< e President; Horace White, 19, 8 jj d Hanover; Freddie Wright, 18, a 118 1-2 Bogard; Thorn a s Van- | j, ? uroRt, W, 40 Chapel; Harold Sim- Ul e mona, 18, Alway; Luther McCon- ts J. ick. 18, 3 Roland; Christopher A. h Miller, 18, 146 Coming; Edward a Seels, 19, 80 Calhoun; James L. y Mouzon, 19, ifi Hftrris; Japies E, Forrest,, 19, 97 HhYris; Benjamin * > (1 Brown, 28, 2l6 St. Philip; Moses \j. Buckingham, 18, Johns Island; . Continued h?xt week | aim* BIA. SOUTH CAROLINA, S lire's Kate || mith's Tribute ' ) Handy on Radio , JJeW^orkT^tftc^Attt^-Pol- -J ving is the complete text of the ' dio tribute to W. C. HandK.j ted "daddy of the blues." defired by the famous songbird, ! itc Smith, over CBS on Nov.slS ' noon: 1 Just 70 years ugo today, a boy the little town of Florence Ala. ! was born in poverty. . . .but is born with a great gift. . a ft for making, music! His fr.thi t is a minister, arid the boy was ought up too follow in his foot?ps. '* .to brhig the word, as had s father and grandfather before n. . .to his people. But fate jam mm ior a* ditterent Kind missionary work. It as his miss 1 to brine happiness and gayety d rhythm-to make America datke d laugh! And so he forsook the th of the preacher to bring >urnful music that came to be own as the blues.- : Ilis name? William Christopher indy. When Bill Handy was a ung man, he headed west-he was me and his pockets were' empty len he came to Memphis on the ississippi. Memphis was a new nld for him. Beale Street fascited him. And there was the river e old man river of many moods, t there were hard times for him i-days when he stood on the 'ee hungry and jobless and alone d watched the river flow by. He t that hunger and loneliness into > music, and it was music full of 2 things his people understood. e river made him want to sing; 1 touched off a spark and so he ide music his life. He organized band. When people hoard him ly, they tapped their feet and igT and dancer!. -The-fame of Bill J mdy and his blues began to grow I it of those_yjears jo Memphis I me unforgottablc songs-"Bealc i reet Blues" and the greatest 1 ics tunc of them all-"St. Louis ' lies!" Remember? He never stu- | ;d formal music. The music he < aid in?his heart he brought to -( 1 world, and the world has lionid him for his gift. I For the past 26 years, he 1 ts \ ed in Harlem here in New York i ty. . .but he always liked to go . ck to Memphis where they've ; med a park for him. . .back to ( 2 Mississippi where he used to md on the levee and sing to the . rer. . .and the river sang back him. Bill Handy is an old man j | w. His mustache is gray, and ? eyesight isn't as god as it used be. Just a few weeks ago, he n>d?on?tho platform of an eld:- J ted station and missed his foots: and fell. He was taken to a 1 spital and for many days he lay ngerously HI. But he's better w, and from his hospital bed. s ceieDi-ating ms vutn birthday day. Yea, the man who put Memphis ' d Beale street and St. Louis on 1 e musical map to stay, is having birthday! To him there'll come eetings^from thousands _of his ! lends and well-wishers . . . and want him to count mine among em. Many happy returns of the 1 y, Bill Handy, and I hope you'll t well very, very soon . . . and ] n't let those old "Hospital, sickom blues" get you down! ;(YFTISJL M ASON'S-UOLI) VNUAL SESSION HERE By W. R. Bowman The Williams Grand Lodge, ottish Rite Masons of South Calina closed its one day annual ssron in Columbia Thanksgiving y. The. meeting was called at 12:00 dock and after the usual preninnriOQ* tVio coccion rrnt linear ay by listening to the grand aster annual address, Which met e approval of the g;rand. lodge. _ Judging from the local reports, e order is in the very best contion, financially and other wise. I le audRing committee reported at the lhrge surplus money in e bank would be able to take re of any emergency that may ise. . The Rev. |W. R. Bowman, chairan of the finance committee said at each lodge in the state had i lid to his committee its full fimcial quota and that White Rose i idership of brotehr C. I). Rumph j leading the state in finance. Continued on Page 8 SPECIAL NOTICE' The paper shortage is gettin B^n cut in their allotments; anuary. If you let your sub: er is stopped, you may not be aration. *Our present allotm ike care of our present subsci :riptions at once to THE PALMET RAWER 327?<B) "ry . V...v * . v tt0 i ATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 19 GOSPEL TORNADO I SPEAKING? i R Hello World! P am--speaking fwnt the-A-M. I E. Book Concern, Philadelphia, Pa, I arrived in Philadelphia Saturday. I preached for Rev. W. P. Stevenson and will "preach for 8 nights. I am leaving Monday for Little Rock. I visited the Preachers* Meeting yesterday which ? largely attended. In my talk I ask ed them to remember my candi- J dates?Rev. E. A. Adams, Rev. Bonner and Rev. C. A. Gibbs. Bishop Wright spoke and also Bishop Sims, which was enjoyed by all of us. Now, I must get down to facts. ^After visiting many conferences and talking with delegates to the General Conference, I find that Dr. E. A. Adams has 95 percent of the brethren in the West and South, On * i- ?L. m _ . mi aim ou iJCIkClll 111 WIC- C.BSI. ine question was asked last week:1 I 'Why would he aspire for the Bishopric and a General Officer?" I That can be easily explained. We I have hundreds of men that can I fill his present position and they 1 could not be elevated to the Bish- $ ipric. So, since he is Bishop tim 1 ber we feel he should be elevat- 1 ed to make room for others. Strange as it may seem, the | majority of the brethren in the | State of South Carolina-told me | they were for Rev. E. A. Adams ^ 100 percent. The 12th Episcopal i District will support Dr. Adams, I with a few minor exceptions, and ? I feel now that if any Bishops will be elected, Dr. Adams will ? be the first. According to informa- si tion received this week the treth- ^ ren's stock has changed. Rev. | Georg0 Baber 84 p.c.; Rev. T. J. Miles 45 p.c.; J. S. Johnson 80 ' p.c.; Rev. R. E. Brogdon 70 p.er 1 Rev. George Sims 80 p.c.; Rev. E. ? A. Adams 87 p.c.; -Rev. C. A. Gihhs 80 p.c.; ReV. J. H Clayborn ? JO p.c.; Dr. Thomas Davis 8o p.c. Rev. Pembleton 80 p.c.; Dr. Gonez 50 p. c.; Dr. Walker 50 p.c.; Rev. Jackson-50 p.c.; Rev. Dames II p.c.; Rev. Biakely 60 p.c.; Rev.- ? Babcock 70 p.c.; Rev. HemingA-ay 60 p.c.; Rev. Ferguson 75 p. > ?.; Revr^red Jordan?45-p^ ' There are others we did not get y the figures for in time to get in :his week's issue, but will have ? them for next week. Be it under- q stood that a number of these brethren that are running know that they have no chance to be f> jievatea to xne Bishopric. The g public feels that they are in the , race to get a few votes and at the last minute try to seell them. I c< irn glad it is not like it was years ago. One man cannot get a large 'j sum of money and then tell the , JthcTs which way~To~ voter Every--? delegate, I am sure, will have to c Je reckoned with. If you care to . write, send all mail to Box 128, ^ Little Rock, Arkansas. Old Viv has not been located as ^ yet. She is somewhere in North . Carolina. So long! Will be on the air ne*t week over Sta. PMLOC. ^ Houston Awarded 1944 Sunday^ ?- V School Congress Jj 0 Bayou City of Lone Star f State Offered Better Q Inducements And Greater Advantages Than Its Competitors Invitation Extended By Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Endorsed by Baptist Ministers' ' Association Made up of Over Two t Hundred Churches, Rev. L H. ? Simpson, President; Rev. T. H. t Guyton, Secretary 1 t Nashville, Tenn. ? (Special)? o By unanimous action Houston, 8 Texas was awarded the Sunday t School Congress Session for 1944. f when the Board in session here on v Thursday had finished canvassing "a the bids from four cities: Green- r wile, S. C.. Asheville, N. C., ( Columbus, Ohio and Houston, Tex- I as. The date set is Wednesday be- t fore second Sunday in June until e Sunday night of the same week, I which, according to the calendar, f Will be June 7th to the 11th; Notice j of the Board's action w,as at once telegraphed to the Baptist Minis- v Vets' Association through its presi- r dent and secretary, and to the Plea sant Hill Baptist church officers j r.^^1 ? V TU,.. 1:? mm mcMiuri n. i nww, iu Henry A. Boydr tna> secretary of _c the Conprfess, who nas served all s these years, this fortieth session Continued on "Pajfe 8 C gr???r??r?t ro SUBSCRIBERS _ ? r 8f serious. . Newspaperh have s 51 n rl q noii; r? 114" m a \r nr\rr\ o in i scription expire and your pa- v able to renew until after the : ent is just larg-e enough to 0 ribers. So send in your sub- i f TO LEADER < s COLUMBIA, S. C. \ e * JL. Lr^L ^ , A . - lenbe 43 <ocal Boy lakes Good j uwfll B^AdB 1 z^Sak ^pi i B ' ill \ teB B l i I i i i i I Ernest -Henderson, flight com- I lander at Tuskegee Flying school 1 turns to his job after spending is furlough with his parents, Mr. rul Mrs. James Heiidersuri ~o?f J [ountville, South Carolina. Capt. Henderson, graduating -oni Bell street high school i n linton, S. C., as valedictorian of le class of 1037, entered Hanip>n institute, in Virginia, in the ill of that year as a student in usiness Administration. While lere he acquired the rank of rptain-iiv-the-R?Q. T. C. In the immer of 1040 he became a stuent in aviation and in October of lat year received a certificate :>r having completed the ground urse. Five men from his class rere selcted to go to Tuskegee istitute for advanced studies. He fas in the group. Henderson was ot satisfied just receiving his dngs, which he did in 1041, but lok an instructors course. Upon is graduation in March 1042, he egan work as a Civilian Flight istructor at The Tuskegee Flylg school. i__ Capt. -Henderson?is the?fifth hild of a family of eight. He as two brothers in service, one f .them being .in India, His par nts, prominent ana respectable armers of Mountville, have much f which to be proud. harden St. USO News Tlie Junior Hostesses of the Jarden Street USO celebrated he Thanksgiving season with a ormal dance which was held in he Allen University Gymnasium, rriday, Nov. 26. The Gym was mautifully decorated in vari-col>red crepe paper and soft lights; tnd with the girls in their rain>ow dresses, the place looked like airyland. Although the orchestra vas not at its best, due to the ibsence ,of the leading men, every no had a good time. Mrs. O. J. ihampior assisted by Mrs. C. A. 'ompey, presided at the punch owl. Hosts and hostesses for the veiling were: Mr. and Mrs. C.A. 3ompey, Div and Mrs. O.J. Cham>ion, Mr. and Mrs. Raiford and dr. and Mrs. Rollerson. The entire week end at the USO vhs bubbling with activity and nany hostesses were present each svening to join the service men n games, singing and dancing. Varyig from the usual type of lumlay discussions of weighty^ ;ubjects, Sgt. H. E. Brown introiuced a unique topic at the open brum on Sunday afternoon cen-' ering around the subject: "The rVisdom of Teaching Children to Relieve in Santa Claus." A very ively discussion developed and alnost everyone nart. The soldiers' "wtves-are-planning r Chrlstmna party for their hus ands during the holidays. The veekly attendance at the wives' luh meetings is growing steadily. The Harden Street USO has ie?n visited by several represenatives of the National USO Ofice during th^ past week. Mr. Villiam ,Y. Bell, one of the As^olate Regional Supervisors spent everal days observing the activiies of the USO clubs in the city, fliss Roxana Jackson, National 'rogram director also spent some ime with ui? A V ~ PRICE: I Nearly $12,000 Raised For Morris Baptist Leaders From All Sections - Rally Tn^Uipport Morris College Sumter, S. C.?In a record creaking Thanksgiving rally held an the campus of Morris college here last Thursday, Baptist lead?rs from all sections of the 'Iodine State" reported in cash, a mm of money totalling almost M2-000- This year's rally was iye sided over by the Rev. Dr. J. P. Reeder of Columbia a trustee of the institution and Secretary of Foreign Missions, the National oupusi convention, nr. Keener, who himself contributed more han $500 said that "Morris colege was the biggest college in :he state which is owned and op?rated by Negroes". He paid numerous compliments to Presilent J. P. Garrick whose "untirng efforts hag resulted in a bigger and better institution". Anong others present who participated at the mammoth gathering were, Prof. A. A. Sims of Union; Dr. H. H. Butler of Hartsville; Mrs. M. K. Howard of Darling:on, and Dr. G. G. Daniels of Georgetown. In addition, all members of the trustee board*, many graduates and former stutents were on hand to witness the most enthusiastic spirit ever displayed on such an auspicious occasion. At the conclusion of the report made individually by representatives of various state contentions, women's a u xiliaries, pastors and school principals showed a tremendous increase pver last year's sfftnilar program. Included in the contributions were sums of money from both the National Baptist convention and the National Baptist convention. Inc. Thc, mortgage burning which Look place during the history mak ing day, signified the present debt free condition of the institution. At Morris College Sumter, Nov. 25?Today the largest crowd ever assembled on these grounds on any occasion rep resenting almost every county in the State, met on the campus at Morris College. No sooner had the speech making begun that it was plainly seen that Baptists had been spurred there by certain defamatory newspaper articles seek ng to destroy the faith of Baptists in their college and leaders and they were grimly determined to show the world that those enemies would never succeed. The sentiment of every speaker was that whatever happened to b e wrong with the college, Baptists did not seek or need the advice and help of any outsider to correct it, but when they got read} and in the way and manner the} saw fit they would run their owr business and very respectfull} asked evervbodv else to attend tc their own business ar>d let theirs alone. Dr. H. H. Butler, President ol the Baptist E. and M. Conventior presided as master of ceremonies Addresses werg mad^ by Mrs. M K. Howard, President of Baptis Women, Drs. J. C. Dunbar. Vice President of the State Sundaj School and Baptist Training; Un ion Convention and Dr. J. W. Boj ki. Chairman of -the Board o : Trustees. Dr. A. A. Sims of Un ion on^ of the founders of th? college, who served for mam years as Secretary of the Boarc of Trustees was the main speake: thp flnv Drs. J. P. Reeder, ChairiVian o the Finance Committee, L.C. Jen kins, Secretary of the State Con vention, J. D. Rucker, Correspon* ing Secretary of the State Sun day School Convention and th< Drive Director G. Goings Daniel had charge of the Raly. Elevei thousand, three hundred and eigh ty-eight dollars and seventy-nin cents in cash were laid on t h < table, besides about six hundre< and fifty dollars worth of grocer ies brought by sisters from al over the State. The women of th State Convention also furnished guest chamber in the Girls Dor (T^ttory. ;? "MORTGAGE Bl'RNT Tht. main event of the day be sides the Rally was the burnini of the mortgage, representinj the final debt against the college This mortgage had been paid du ing the month of May. Under th present set-up the college is unde the supervision of a Committe of Management somposed of Drs H. H.Butler. President, of t. h Baptist State Convention, J. "W Boykin, Chairman of the Boar of Trustees-of the College and I)i T. P. Garriek, Acting President The Brotherhood is deeply grate ful to these rnen for the wa they have handled affairs. Unde their administration debts total in'g above nine thousand dollar have been paid. They are howcve Continued on Page 8 For VICTORY I I I I BUT fl I UNITED fl | . ITATI I I |J DEFENSE ^g^BONDS I STAMP* 1 5 CENTS PER COPY I ANP News Shorts I RELEASED WED.. DEC. 1st I Washington?Truman K. Gib- I - son, Jr.. acting civilian uidf to the fl secretary of war, rounds out three years of service with the war department this Wednesday. He fl former aide, William H. Hastie, was called in. Upon the resigna tion of Dean Htistic in F.ebruary, fl Gibson carried on as acting aide. H New York?An extraordinary fl break came Lionel Hampton's way last week when he was presented Nov. 21 in a Sunday morning program, "Soldiers of Produc- fl tion, broadcast oVer WJZ and the 7-fl entire Blue network from 11:00 1 1 .nrt pwt iw i i .uv n i . Atlanta?Four Negro republicans wert. among the delegation pf Atlantans who greeted, Wendell i VVillkie, when the titular party " head made a brief stopover at the ' Terminal station here Friday. Willkie expressed the hope that he would "receive the support o f southern people." Said he, during an interview: .cj "I do not see why I cannot get the support of this section of the country. I come as near representing the viewpoint of the liberal people of the south as any other candidate for president. It is contrary to the principles we are fighting for to try to exploit any particular group or to use any group as the basis for arousing prejudice, racial or otherwise." Those present were H. S. Murphy, William Shaw, A. B. Wright L. D. Milton and B. F. Cofer. Louisville ? Thirty-three year old Morris K. Phillips, the father M ' >f-#our children, Saturday lost his? ?-M fight against btiitYg inducted into " the U. S. Navy, "the case was heard in federal court, f Phillips, through his attorney, ,M Charles W. Anderson, argued that his. induction was illegal in view of the fact that he was married, lived with hi* wifp and had four children, and that he should not I he drafted while single men with no home responsibilities had not been called. ~ ^ . . > Judge Shackelford Miller dismissed the petition when the clerk of the draft board testified the lists- hod been exhausted of all i eligibles and the call that put i Phillips in the navy was short 18 i men. I Birmingham?"I shall never he ; satisfied untib federal aid to edu I cajjon is thp law of the land," de- "* dared Sen, Lister Hill. Alabama's : outstanding public liberal, in a Ispeech hefoift"~ thr Jeff or son Coun- - , ty Teachers' association, while, 1 I here Tuesday. Sen. Hill flayed the reaction; aries and selfish interests which ! connived to defeat the passage of ; the bill a few weeks ago. He i pointed out that "the failure or i success of democracy depends up on the ballot being in the hands ' of educated, intelligent citizens, ' Jherefore it is important that the i federal government help states f provide adequate education for its > children." ? He argued that the best way to attack crime is through education, f Attitude fo public officials toward ? federal-aid to education was re- . ? . fleeted in a resolution by the . Alabama Municipalities league in t session here favoring th^ princl- ' pie of federal-aid to education. r Washington?Voicing the first f reaction among congressmen to f the announced candidacy of Dr. - Adam Clayton Powell, .Tr_ for a i seat in congress, Rep. Sol Bloom /(D) of New York, chairman, 1 House Foreign Affairs committee, r declared on Wednesday that not only would he show him the ropes f "I'll give him the rope." The militant New York minis ter and present liiember of the i city council has already announc* ' * 1- - til V. - eu mat ne win ue ? iranuiuttn: 6 from the new congressional diss trict resulting from the reappori tionment of New York state - which amounts to a guarantee p that Harlem will be able to elect p a Negro to the house of representatives. l! Montgomery?When Charles H. p Houston of Washington, D. C., a asked the Alabama Supreme court - in oral arguments to put an end to the discrimination against ? gro railroad firemen, Chief Justice Lucien D. "Gardner remarked . that it was the first time in his ? 21) years of service on the bench jj that a Negro had argued a case orally before the court, although r written briefs have been stibmite ted in previous cases by Arthur .J e Houston, an attorney for Fire- Tjj s> man B. W. Steele, asked the coui^^H e to enjoin the Louisville & r ville railroad and the Brothel ^ m -i ni'iimoiiv,. i 11 cinri^ noers frorh enfdrchu|fl n fradtilent agree meo^B carrier and the dfl y 'Houston nlryfl r damages agaiufl . as "damage*? ? Wng<*s, deatr? r lority