The Africo - American
Presbyterian.
. Eftiablishedin 1879.
CONSOLIDATED WITH
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THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1925.
THE RECENT DISTURB
ANCE IN ASHEVILLE.
The Asheville Enterprise
and the colored leaders of
Asheville acted with admirable
judgment during the recent
disturbance in that city, when
an idle word .'might have start
ed a race conflict. The public
manly and tended to clear the
atmosphere so that the most
prejudiced could see on all sides
of the question. In drawing the
curtain upon that regrettable
affair the Enterprise thus sum
marizes:
“A large number of citizens,
white and colored, deserve
praise and cofnmendation for
their efforts and influence dur
ing the trials. Special mention
however, should be made of
Sheriff E. M. Mitchell, Judge
Stack, the lawyers of Mansel
and Neely, Solicitor Swain, and
all others who assisted them.
These men proved themselves
worthy citizens, as well as cour
ageous, conscientious officials.
The eyes of America were upon
them and they showed them
selves worthy of the trust and
confidence which were bestowed
upon them. They have placed
the names of Asheville and
North Carolina upon the pages
of time as sponsors of justice
and Christianity.
“May the time never come
when these noble principles
shall be laid aside for the mob
spirit and lawlessness. May we
continue to live together as
law abiding citizens pledged to
support our goverment and
our officials who are sponsors
bf justice even in the face of
adverse criticism and circum
stances.”
Monday evening of this week
friends of Editor Wade H. Har
ris, of the Charlotte Observer,
gathered at the Chamber of
Commerce to do him honor on
the completion of 50 years of
editorial service., Mr. Harris
has been connected with the
Observer for a long time, and
has been editor-in-chief of that
paper for the past thirteen
years. The Observer is gen
erally regarded as one of the
great papers of the South.
It is reported in the press
that' the trustees of Lincoln
University are considering the
availability of* Dr. Joseph L.
Ewing, of Rahway, N. J., for
the presidency of that institu
tion.
Anyone who waits for times
to get normal before doing
something will never do any
thing.—Selected. • -
THE ART OF LIVING TO
GETHER.
Archdeacon Fotheringham
(In The London, Ont., Advertise
er.)
Unless the world learns the
art of living together, the
world is not going to get any
where either in its thinking or
in its doing. We have learned
the art of fighting together,
either along with each other or
fighting against each other, and
we have learned the art of dy
ing together. That was done
and done remarkably well re
cently, but the art of living to
gether is much more difficult,
and we have not yet learned
that art, but we must, or there
is no possibility of the world’s
reaching any goal whatsoever.
Where there is the will to dom
inate on the part of the indi
vidual or the nation, it is im
possible for people to live to
gether in the right way. Sim
ilarly, there is the spirit of
self-determination, than which
there is no more destructive
agent. When each people or
each nation takes unto itself the
power to live as an isolated, self
determined unit—in that way
lies madness; it is but the wedge
that will split asunder and de
stroy the whole world.
Unless the different colors
and races learn the art of living
together, there is a grave pos
sibility of war, far more terrific
than the Great War. If we are
to have one goal for one world,
then we must have that goal
I such that every part of the
world will be working toward it.
When we talk of the white race
and all its great achievements,
we must remember what the
rest of the world has done, that
there was a great Chinese na
tion before we had clothes, and
that Japan was a power long
before there was ever the Chris
tian religion. We must try to
see the best in each other, and
not the worst; we must discov
er the plan of open diplomacy
and of meeting together to dis
cuss our differences. There will
be sharp differences at first, of
course, but out of those will
come the art of living together.
wbroHnig ft1
world we need the idea of this ,
race, the note of that race, and
the civilization of still another
race, that we need all to make
up the picture, then, and then
only, shall we have learned the
art, the divine art, of living to
gether.
SMITH UNIVERSITY CHAP
TER OF WASHINGTON.
On Sunday evening, Novem
ber 1, 1925, the Washington,
D. C., Branch of the J. C. Smith
University Alumni Association
held its third meeting since its
organization last spring. The
meeting was held at the home
of Mr. J. Edgar Smith, 1812
9th Street, N. W.
Those present at this meet
ing were Dr. J. E. Rattley, one
of the first graduates of the in
stitution, Dr. H. B. Taylor, as
sociate pastor of 15th Street
Presbyterian church; Dr. E. L.
Williams (Chick), member of
the Clinical Staff of Freedman’s
Hospital; Lawyer Hunter Card
well, Messrs. R. E. Williams, C.
0. Hilton, J. D. Martin, Jr., W.
D. Washington, T. R. Ellerbe,
A. F. Harrison, R. A. Fairley,
President, and R. M. Wyche,
Secretary. Other members of
the Association are Prof. W. M.
Brewer of the Faculty of Dun
bar High School, and Treasur
er of the Association; Prof. L.
K. Downing of the Faculty of
Howard University; Attorney
Armond W. bcott, J. xi. lsier,
L. P. Harris, Messrs. Gunn,
Standback, Bratton, Coles and
Roberts.
This meeting was held in or
der to formulate plans whereby
the organization in Washington
would become a permanent and
lasting one.
Membership, Constitution,
Programme and Publicity Com
mittees were appointed.
Rev. R. A. Fairley, President
of the Chapter, assisted by an
able staff and loyal supporters,
is working to further the cause
of Johnson C. Smith University
in Washington.
RUDOLPH M. WYCHE,
Secretary.
901 T Street,
Washington, D. C.
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Davis, who
attended the educational con
ference in Raleigh Monday, re
turned ? Tuesday through the
country. >- .
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS.
(From the Charlotte Observer)
Forty-five colored schools in
Mecklenburg county opened for
the fall term. The enrollment
last year was 3,833. It is antic
ipated that the number will be
considerably increased this
year. Ninety teachers are on
the county faculty, with the
likelihood of an increased en
rollment requiring an addition
to the number.
The schools are in charge of
teachers especially chosen for
their fitness in training the
young of their race. They have
been doing work that has
brought them wide praise. Mrs.
Nellie Dykes, of Georgia, is su
pervisor this year, she having
been obtained by the Raleigh
office. She is responsible to the
Mecklenburg county school
board and superintendent.
Industrial Work.
Industrial work is stressed in
the colored schools, it being the
desire of the authorities to give
the pupils as much practical in
struction as possible in their
rather short school life. The
girls learn to make shuck mats,
baskets and cane chair bottoms.
They study cooking, sewing
and housework. In addition
they carry an acedemic course
through seven grades.* * * *
The boys are given instruction
in manual arts and are taught
to use tools correctly and vrtth
skill where the school has a fac
ulty member equipped to teach
such subjects.
Rosenwald Fund
Eight of the schools have re
ceived assistance from the Ju
lius Rosenwald fund, four (re
ceiving $1,100 each and four
$700 each. The county board
of education and the colored
patrons of the districts provide
the remaining necessary mon
ey.
Eleven of the schools have
grown to the extent' that they
require a faculty of four teach
ers. They are Huntersville,
Caldwell, Woodland, Pineville,
Murkland, Ben Salem, Mat
thews, Clear Creek, Rockwell
and McClintock schools. The
Ben Salem school is of stone
auk1 iwi ia
the prettiest colored school in
the county. The Matthews
school is of brick construction.
The Clear Creek school is a new
school just completed.
The full list of schools, show
ing the townships in which lo
cated, and the faculties, fol
lows:
Charlotte township — Little
Hope, Bessie Jamison; John’s
chapel, Inez Newkirk, Leland
Bishop; North Charlotte, Jessie
(Robinson, Mary Neal, Beatrice
Durin.
Berryhill township — Mount
Olive, D. C. Richie, Estella C.
Smith; Plato Price, W. H. Da
vidson, Annie Stevenson, Sadie
Watkins Lyle; Rhyne, Lula
Wood; Long, Dollie Young.
Stelle Creek township—Reid
Cora Flowe, Willie Craine; Mc
Clintock, Coleman Johnson,
Jancie Lowe, Mayme Denkins,
Rebecca Lawing; Zoar, M. Mc
Grant, Elizabeth Benton; Co
rethers, Daisy McQuery; Grier,
W. S. Plair, Pearl Denkins.
Sharon township—David Lee,
Bessie Grant; Ebenezer, Hallie
Q. Mayberry, Regina Graves
Campbell.
Providence township — Big
Pineville, L. E. Lindsay, Cora
Lindsay; Jonesville, Hattie Car
son, Lottie Still; Murkland,
Frederick Wiley, Marion Gil
liard, Roberta Alexander, Fran
kie Kirkpatrick.
Clear Creek township—Hen
derson Grove, Viola Johnson.
Crab Orchard township—
Newell, Annie Davis, Laura
McBeth, Creola Moore,; Ben Sa
lem, J. D. Cauthen, Frances
Adams, Joretha Rudisill Isler,
Willie Gilliard; Berry Hill-St.
Paul-Gold Hill, Mamie Adams,
Mamie Wallace; Piney Grove,
Mattie Osborne, Lillie Jones;
Spears, Davis Lowe; Pine Hill,
No school.
Mallard Creek township—
New Hope-Rockwell, J. J. Fos
ter, Julia Douglass, Elizabeth
Hardy; Youngville, Louise Hay
wood, Sara Falls Byers; Jones
ville, Ada Hall Ross; Siloam,
Lula Mae White.
Dewese township — Smith
ville, E. A. Stewart, Zetta Sher
rill, Derr McCollough, Joe Reid,
Eva Davidson.
Lemley township—Caldwell,
C. E. Graham, Hazel Mosely,
Rosetta Ramseur, Vivian Ames;
Withers, Lytle Russell.
Long Creek township—Da
~ —-=
vidson, Cecelia Kirkpatrick;
Whittaker, W. M. McCauley;
Miranda, Josie Phifer; Patter
son, Frances Thomas.
Paw Creek township—Wood
land, Corrie Peeler Chisholm,
Gertrude Graves, Margaret Gil
liard, Minnie Beatty Gamble;
Eureka, Annie Grier; Lawing,
Lillian Perry, Carrie Ray.
Morning Star township—
Matthews, R. T. Mitchell, Jose
phine Caldwell, Osbqme Rich
ardson, Minnie Hunter ; Hood,
Abiah Miller.
Pineville township — Pine
ville, Robert Johnson, Ruth
Cauthen, Lillian Lee, Maggie
Arthur Smith.
Huntersville townhip—Hunt
ersville, J. H. Gamble, Elizabeth
Bell, Mary Garner, Margaret
Brown.
THE NEGRO AND THE RE
PUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
Washington, Nov. 7.—Plans
to eliminate Negro leaders
from the Republican National
Committee are frowned upon
by the Chairman, Senator Wil
liam M. Butler, and his assist
ants. .........
The failure of the lily-white
project launched by Clarence
B. Miller, the then Secretary
and Treasurer; Joe Kealing, of
Indiana, and others of the Re
publican committee, gave all
such plans a black eye. The
only place it was tried was in
Georgia, where Henry Lincoln
Johnson, Negro National Com
mitteeman, was ignored for a
time and a white leader author
ized to distribute patronage.
Now, the committee here has
assured Benjamin Jefferson Da
vis* the Negro who succeeded
Johnson as National Committee
man from Georgia, that so long
as the party organization from
his State elects him he will have
the right to pass on candidates
for Federal appointment and
veto nominations.
Davis conferred with the
leaders here this week. The
policy of the Coolidge adminis
tration and the Butler regime
in the National Committee will
be tokeep hands off local con
testslHutlfJeTarliy 'wishes to
name a Negro to the National
Committee that course will be
approved. There is to be no
lily-white National Committee
while Senator Butler is on the
job
Negro politicians are elated
over the attitude of Coolidge
and Butler. They believe they
can hold two places on the com
mittee, those now held by the
committeemen from Georgia
and Mississippi, and get one
more. They will try to add to
their list South Carolina, where
Joe Tolbert, white, has acted as
State Chairman and National
Committeeman many years.
Negro leaders would oust him
from one of those places.—The
N. Y. World.
FOOLISH WOMEN
No men in the world are more
hard worked than colored men,
and from what they earn no
men than they are more trust
ing on their women to save and
to spend wisely for them. Many
men who make only twenty or
thirty dollars per week, turn
the whole amount over to their
helpmate to spend it as she sees
fit. When a man does this it is
because he has confidence not
only in the woman’s good sense
but in her loyalty to him and
to his interests. Many times
the man who does that is lack
ing not only in education but' in
ordinary horse sense. It is the
exceptional woman who has
good business sense, and, in this
day, it is the rarest sort of a
w»oman who is really loyal to
anybody or anything; and we
make this bold statement with
apologies to the women folk of
our own family and to the wo
menfolk of other men who put
a premium on character.
That which keeps the aver
age man’s nose on the grind
stone, is his unfaithful and fool
ish wife, and that which enrich
es and keeps the above-the-av
erage man succeeding is his sen
sible and loyal wife. A sensible
and loyal woman will always
bear in mind the needfulness of
living within her husband’s
means and of saving to the
amount to get a foothold in ma
terial things. Nothing but’ a
foolish woman will spend all
that her husband gives her and
on top of that will keep him
perpetually paying her extrava
gant debts.
in our Southern cities, every
Monday morning a veritable ar
my of women are turned loose
in the business districts to 1st
'go money that their husbands
received on the Saturday be
fore. Some women cannot' wait
until Monday. When the hus
band comes home at noon Sat
urday, the wife takes in the
cash, dolls down and goes look
ing for some place to vent her
foolishness. It seems a pity
that no way occurs to save the
poor hardworking man and to
save the very foolish, spend
thrift woman.—The Florida
Sentinel.
ST. JAMES CHURCH
GREENSBORO
By Mrs. S. W. Carter
From Acts 2, 3, 4 and 5 chap
ters, Rev. H. C. Miller spoke
Sunday morning using as his
subject: “After Pentecost—The
Zeal of the Early Church.’’
The speaker said among othr
er things: “A group of crude
fishermen were given the big
task of carrying on the work of
their success was in the coming
of the Holy Ghost.
It is today as then—in many
instances, the real spiritual)
work of the church is carried on
by the less trained men and wo
men. Our trained men and wo
men are often like these elec
tric bulbs in here. They are all
right but fail to shine because
cut off from the electric cur
rent.
When the Holy Ghost de
scended those of the early
church co-operated with each
other and with God. They gave
as God prospered them, so noth
ing was lacking for the work in
hand. The same results will be
obtained everywhere when the
Holy Ghost comes upon men
and churches.
Keterrmg to Ananias ana bap
phira, the speaker said: “They
tried to cheat God’s score-board.
They failed as all who try will
fail. You can not cheat the
score-board of Jehovah. When
men get stingy with God they
do not get along any better than
fnosg-wlio are liberal.” i > ,
It is my experience of 17
years with church people that
men who are stingy with God;
who make pledges and fail to
keep them—something always
happens to make them spend
out anyhow. I believe that
God makes them spend out for
reverses what they hold back
from Him.
Dr. G. E. Davis was a visit
or in our Sabbath school and
taught Earnest Workers’ Adult
Bible class to the delight of all
present.
S. S. Missionary G. E. Marsh
was also a welcome visitor and
conducted the Catechism exer
cises.
Rev. L. B. West of Charlotte
closed on last Sunday night a
week of evangelistic services
with the Hannah church. The
meetings were well atended,
considering the season of the
year. The Hannah church has
been revived because of the
powerful sermons preached by
Rev. West.
The St. James Quintet, to
gether with a part of the fe
male Quartet, leaves on Wed
nesday for Charlotte to appear
in a program Wednesday night
in the Seventh Street Presbyte
rian church.
The Sabbath school was well
attended. Banner for finance
Was captured by Up and Doing
Adult Bible class, while Earnest
Workers held the banner for
number present.
The Christian Endeavor Soci
ety met at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. S. W. Carter on Tues
day evening at eight o’clock. The
society spent one hour in social
izing. Mr. Booker entertained
with a few selections. After
the meeti: , salad course was
served.
The last meeting of the Mis
sionary Society was with Mrs.
S. W. Carter, 423 Lindsay St.,
which was well attended. Plans
were discussed for an entertain
ment which was had on Mon
day nignt. The ladies had a
successful night despite the in
clement weather.
' Mr. W. J. Mears is able to be
out after being confined to his
bed on account of illness.
Rev. L. E. Yates has just re
turned from Mumford, Ala,,
where he was called to the bed
side of his wife, finding a new
born baby girl. Mother and
baby are doing well.
THE CRUEL IN POWER ARE
CRAVEN IN DttfcAT.
A Polyphonic Prose
0f ’ 1 ; ■*'$«$■
W -Shakespeare's Richard Eb
By Rev. Yorke Jones, D. D.
Richard Second, vain and cruel
When in power, cowardly ~~~*
And craven, deposed in defeat--- ^ *
Most mean natures are!
Scion of Plantagenet was he,
Grandson of great Edward III.* *
Through doughty France-smiting
Black Prince, so called because
Black was his valiant, victorious
War-shield, lettered with these
Time-hallowed words, to wit:
“Ich Dien—I serve.” v,
n. •
New were poor folk privileges
In Richard’s reign. Toilers ' v
Labored for themselves as free men.
Not, as hitherto, as serfs bound
By custom to estates, regarded
As belonging thereto as stock and
fences. 1
Wages for their toil, peasants : ‘ ■
Now demanded. But little coin
Had large land-owners; ' *
Consequently Richard’s England ' ‘
Saw cash scarce, laBorers idle v r
And fertile fields untilled: ^
Feudalism was melting In the' hent 5
Of oncoming noon of hew time’s;
III. f
no
For funds to spend in frivolity, :t
Weak, small, zealous, vain
King Richard heavy taxes
(Since he was almost absolute) -. •••
Laid on land and labor, . >1
Thereby smiting smarting back (l •
Alike of peasants and nobles. i i
Henry of Hertford, also called' - '
Bolingbroke, heir of Lancaster, • • 1 •
Son of John of Gaunt "
(“Time-honored Lancaster")—
Henry, Duke of Hereford, Richard, V
The weak, small and vain
Absolute King, in injustice
And jealousy of Duke Hereford’^ '.t,
Royal blood and nearness > V
To England’s throne—Richard4:r«W
Banished for a period of ten yearsj-/vu'‘
Banished the Duke of Norfolk )
Political rival of Hereford: - ~r>‘uh
And the weak, unjust king • '■>
Confiscated the wealth and estates :
Of both Hereford and Norfolk
For funds to carry on war . ..Vv.
With woe-wrecked Ireland. . , *.
IV.
1
■Bttt»when un
When injustice to nobles
Had turned, alike, commons
And nobles against Richard,
Deposed was he by Hereford,
Who, as Henry IV, heir of Lancaster,.-V:
Ascended England’s throne ..
In weak, vain Richard’s stead, t.r j
Who, in power, was a fierce .
Wolf leading a pack, but u•.
Deposed and in defeat,
Was wolf separated from the pack, >
Trapped in a barn-yard— .
A craven, slinking, harmless
Creature to be knocked in the head, ,,r »
By an ax in hands of a beardless boy.
The cruel when in power, are ever
Craven and cowardly in defeat. s r.., ,
Witness William Hohenzollern! ; ,
BROOKLYN CHURCH NOTES
By Mrs. F. J. McGill
On last Sunday morning, pur.
pastor, Dr. F. L. Brodie, .
preached an impresive and in^-*«
structive sermon. ..
The Workers’ Conference held
its meeting at the home of Mrs. 1
F. L. Brodie, 412 S. Caldwell
Street. At the close of the
meeting delicious cocoa and *
cakes were served.
Mrs. E, F. White was elected
as delegate from the Missionary
Society to the Presbyterial dis
trict meeting which will con
vene at New Hope church, Sat- 1
urday, November 21.
The Teachers’ meeting was
held on last Friday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Toney
Johnson. At the close of the
meeting delicious ice cream and
cake were served. .
The pie auction which was J
held at the home of Miss Ben*
lah Brodie on last Saturday^ , |
was very successful. Eight dol
lars and five cents was realized".
The Truth Bearers’ class, J&s'^;
Beulah Brodie, teacher, has
turned in $20.00 for the be^pftt^
of the new church. ,v, - - ' ^
During last week a number a
of members subscribed $5.00, i
and on last Sunday $50.00 was
brought in and a number of ,
others have subscribed $5,00
for the benefit of the new
church.
We hope to get in our new y>
church real soon. The different !
organizations of the church are
helping all they can so that we r
may get back as soon as pos- ;
sible,