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C., preached the Commencement ser
in, which was very excellent indeed.
Messrs. Thorpe, Devereaux, Parks,
ake, Kensley, and many other leading
imbers of the white race attended the
ision Wednesday evening, and heard
s speech of Mr. Clay. Mrs. Devereaux,
’0> and many other prominent white
lies were present at this session.
Mr. Thorpe made a short but much
preciated speech to us, endorsing the
^ech of Mr. Clay, and reassuring us
his aid in any way we may need
'p in our efforts to better conditions
our race here.
These prominent white visitors show
ed congratulations upon Mr. Clay after
^fing his speech, and kindly invited
to come back to liadin in the future.
^6 wish to thank Mr. Thorpe, Mr.
•'^ereaux, Mr. Wake, Miss Sullivan, and
' our white friends for their efforts
’*'ake our Commencement what we
®>re(l—a success. Many of our colored
''f'ds have repeatedly said it was the
they have ever witnessed as a Pub-
’ ”*■ Graded school closing; and for
encouraging remarks we thank
We shall be able to do even bet-
the future life of the school.
[|^ picture of the full school, including
^^acher.s except the teacher of do-
, Science, has been made, and may
®«cure(i at the students boys’ build-
! Ih . , .
village for twenty-five cents
riij ’ ^'*0 pictures of the A. M. E. Zion
'9,^1 *^ornerstone laying, and various
’'Oalj - ...
Rroups of this year may be
'‘fife at the same price.
—K. G. Haukis, I’rhiciiHiI
Social Affairs
pleased to note the steady
^he social life of the colored
'‘‘Ivancement. The collection
h.
^-very move seems to be one
if ^11 ■
various colleges of
^ the * surrounding States here
“*’‘1 some perhaps for
M n ♦ nao _ 1 « . .
v if** *‘l'led much to the social life
! ^ secured, among this
Mf '^ones, of Hiddle University,
Liberia, West
- a graduate of Harvard
Mass., and is
l’iil Union Theological Semi-
®‘“^hers’ (;ollege, Columbia
York. His broad travel
>Kivo him a general idea
* ® has decided to work here
“•» tiler.
Tom Samson’s Home
Purchased on Our 120-Paytnent Plan
The above residence, which has such
a homelike appearance, was recently
purchased by Tom Samson, who is well
known among our people. Tom, who is
a graduate of Shaw University, arrived
in Badin about three years ago, and as
he expresses it began work “Digging
in the cut,” which fairly describes the
excavation part of construction work.
• Afte six months’ service “Digging in
the cut,” Tom was transferred to the
position of janitor in the school building,
which was then just completed, and he
has faithfully performed his duties at
that place up to June 1, when he was
transferred to the Employment Depart
ment, under Mr. Devereaux.
Altho his work at the schoolhouse re
quired him to be on the job about five
o’clock in the morning, nevertheless he
has found time to fence his yard and
plant an excellent garden.
Pretty good way to be satisfied, isn’t
it?
Mr. Jones is a college junior in his
school, and is one of the greatest mu
sicians of the race. He just returned
from service as a musician “over there”
during the late war. Both of these men
have been added to the social committee,
and are members of the contributing
staff to The Bulletin from the Colored
village.
A young man, Mr. M. C. Martin, from
Union University, Richmond, Va., has
also become a member of both these
bodies, and is secretary of the same.
Each social club has a represenUtive
on this .social committee, or soon will
have, and the proper results must fol
low o’u- union.
The managers of the various baseball
teams have decided to unite and form
a league, that our athletics may be pure
and harmonious. We now have four
teams: The Sluggers. Robt. Crump,
manager: the Stars. Wm. Harris, man
ager; the Carlwn plant team. Joseph
Allen, manager; and a team represent
ing College Hotel. E. G. Harris, manager.
Each of the.se teams has some star
players, and u|>on Iwing united are able
to win from almost any team. Since
these teams have been united, they have
won every game played on the home
grounds. They played the Rockingham
team two days the first of the month,
and won both days, shutting them out
the first day. Last week we played
Greensboro a 5 to 0 game; and on the
twenty-first we shut out Mount Pleasant
to the tune of 3 to 0. The Sluggers
invited Greensboro, and the Carbon plant
team invited Mount Pleasant. The bat
teries of all these teams are exception
ally g^xid. Caldwell and Harris are
former members of the Varsity team of
Biddle University, and now constitute
the battery of the Tallassee League
team. Bob Johnson, the coach of this
team, played on Pap Watkins’ team for
Shaw University for the last two sea
sons, and now plays third base for the
League team. Frank Myers and Will
Cook, also former members of the Shaw
team, now play in the League; Baby
Melton and White Rabbitt are much dis
appointed when they fail to park at
least one ball during each game, whether
playing for League, Sluggers, Stars, or