CHARLOTTE, N. C,
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2SSSS*SSSS=S
j London,
( waving
J the year 2250
' er dissimilar
is the
Wooley,
Ur of
Whii
Dungi, son
Sikkorat,
1470
fellowi wor!
considered
• pie of*
■ aa*thed>—the
, dess, r lt .
white mar
with lapis
is an
indicated
hair,
ty had a
might, be
16,-- (AP)-*Hair
by the women ih
was not altogeth
modes of today*
made by Leonard
t»een excavating at
in Mesopotamia,
w the palace of
builder of the great
who; reigned'
Mr. Wooley and his
i across what ia
beautiful exam*
■sculpture ever un
bf. the moon-god-,
carved ■ in
eyes are inlaid
and shell. The hair
waved coffieur, which
i investigators that
of. the third' dynas
which at the present
red a bit, odd but
nevertheless ^stunning.” 1
—43harlotte Observer. ■
White woman have to make their
hair into permanent waves. Hair of
daughters of Mam waves naturally. K
Those excavators , in Mesopotamia
are white. *T)iey think white. When
they dpg. UP - £ piece of sculpture be
longing to Ancient Chaldea, they
assumed Ihatjfbecausa for hges < the
inhabitants.., ff-w Mesopotamia* have
been white,
thing else <
But the
the first
Ctoshitea,- or.
mg: i*-.
“The son
sy - were nevef any
i i .
makes
its of tm^ region
as, in the follow*
-'Ji.
lam; Cush (Negroes),
(Egyptians), ; »fid
began to-, bo* *sr mighty one on the
earth”-H-(that is, ah empire builder).
(10). ‘\And Jtfce beginning (capital)
of his kingdom was Babel (Babylon),
and Erech; and Ac$ad, and Calneh, in
the of Shiner”—(Mesopotamia).
i For centuries white people have
been in 'Mesopotamia., Herodotus
found only,Whites there. For centu
ries Herodotus Was the World’s prin
cipal historical authority. Herodotus
knew nothing Of ^ N&grOes ‘ dri Asia
Minor, so it was denied, notwith
standing ; the Bible, that Negroes had
■ever livted 'in this region. One- Schol
ar, Baron; Buhsen, in his ^Philosophy
of Universal History,” says:
“ The Bible mentions but one Cush,
Ethiopia; an Asiatic Cush exists only
in the imagination of interpreters,
and is the child of their despair.” 1
But since'Bunsen wrote that, exca
vators in ' Mesopotamia have dug
down below1 the later civilizations that
flourished in' these1 regions-—the As
syrian, Medo'-Persiaiy the New-Per*
sian and the Parthian Which were
either Semitic or; Japhetic, and dug
up the -pioneer Hamitic, Cushite,
Chaldean «civilization—“the child - of
despair” about whom Baron Bunsen
sneers. Well, when from his face
the dust of centuries had been wiped,
Rawlinson tells us that the language
and features Qf .the. Chaldean—“the
child of despair”—ore neither Semit
ic nor Japhetic, but Hamitic, Cu
shite, Negro-resembling languages
frnH features of East African Abys
sinia.
And a mixthrO ‘of lahgud^fes, sO
Rawlinson, tells us, resulted through
Assyria’s dominating politically an
cient Chaldea, whete Cushies excog
itated a pioneer civilization. But as
Rome, conqueror of Greece, in arts
and learning, sat at the feet of the
‘captive, so Chaldea through Babylo
nia was the teacher of the conquer
or, Assyria. The Babylonians, who
in race and civilization were succes
sors of ancient Chaldea, the monu
ments represent as* a . mixed race with
abundant;' though curly hair. *
Now if the artist intended tp depict
the moon goddess, ,as a, Chaldean of,
Babylonia,, we .reuse the . .question.:
Would npt the goddess joe dcpicted
as-having,wavy
-rm-TT-■■ l' .w : !V t
When one. hap, coirje. to seek
the honqiMthat comes from God
only, he..wffltak§ yery quietly,
the withholding of the honor
that comes from men.-—George
Macdonald. / -.... »
jfibrs ■'ISLAND -1 (& '• €.)
—KMAN tJlFATlUN
PROCLAMATION CELE- *
BRATED.
•‘S’O. • • »iii ‘t i • . < •! ' i- ’.»i‘
• v 1
/The A,1M. E.; Baptilst, Epfes
copal and' 1 thd ‘ Presbyterian
aurches on John’s Isfandunfti
churched 7 _ ■■ 11
«d< in Celebrating the sixty
third anniversary‘of thfe Eman
cipation Proclamation'. We Con
sidered ourselves especially fa
vored •1 -with, very* 1 beautiful
weather . tliitoughout the day;
The people seemed to appreciate
this by coming’ out mi; large
crowds^ yet the crowd* was not
as large as'it Was in previous
years because of division in thte
union. Nevertheless* We bad
enough to do good business.
The program begbn * at 1
o’clock-With a Song service‘con
ducted by the Writer, after
f which prayer 1 was 1 offered by
Mr. A. W. Dent', of the Epis^
Copal churph ; then the National
Anthem, “My* ’ Country ’Tis* of
Thee,” etc., was sung. 1
i The Writer, being the master
of ceremonies* made a few re
marks on the necessity, impor
tance and significance of! the oc
casion. At this point the speak
er of the day Was introdeped in
the person of Revs J. G. Dunbar;
pastor of Morris* Street Baptist
church, Charleston.,; HO spoke
from the subject, - “The Negro
an Asset of- the Americai^f Re
public.” The speaker took care
Of the subject and made a name
for himsOlf.! He1 attempt^ io
show and 'proved Wherein^ the
Negro has always been, is* and
ever will be; in every respect, a'
faithful factor. in thi^great
commonwealth of America. He
further said that' the Negro has
been emancipated > tot a certain
extent pnlj^Snd that his_ coi$*
plete frqpaomwill depend ’
" 9..
* V
dosing
$ry,\f
In his dosing - words the
speaker urged those of school
age to make themselves worthy
me nand women; of whom, the
race, the nation and even the
world will be proud.
Rev. Dunbar is an able and
thoughtful speaker and is very
humorous in . his manner of
speaking. He brings tears, from
the eyes of his audience, some
times by crying' and another
time by laughing. i t: >
Everything passed of happily.
Thd committee hopes to keep
the occasion aliveL ^ \
We wish to take ;this oppor
tunity to say just a word of
two concerning the death of one
of our faithful members, Mrs.
Lucy Kinlaw, who died during
the first hour of Christmas
morning. Mrs. Kinlaw had been
ill for some time, and a few
weeks before she died she be
came almost helpless, and had to
be taken to the home of .her
youngest sister,. Mrs. . Harriet
Gibbs. Her death was as nat
ural and calm as we have ever
seen or heard of. W.e have al
ways known her to be a quiet,
gentle apd: an every-day,. Chris
tian woman. As the tree leans
so will it fall. As a person lives
so will he , dip. We .would like
for our readers. to note this.
^Irs. Kinlaw said to the, ladies
and those, who vjsited her bed
side : “You all are talking and
preparing for Christmas, to
spend it here, but I am asking
my Lord to let me spend mine
in Heaven and I am preparing
for. it.” The visiting friends
asked her if she knew what she
was talking abput. She replied,:
“Yes, yes! It is toov cold, and wet
down here.. I want to gp where
the weather copditipn 1$ better.”
She kept this up for nearly five
days.. “I am going to spend
Christmas, in Heaven.” And
sure enough, the night before
she died she changed her posi
tion in tlie bed, that ; .is, ..she
turned her head to the■ foot of
the bed so as fo- face the rigmg
sun (traditional belief.) This
was a surprise as fhe was ab
solutely helpless for .about ten
days prior to this time, It . was
her desire. We cannot but say
that God gave her the strength
so that her desire might be ful
filled. On Christmas Eve night
between’ 12 and 1 o’clock she
called the visitors Around her as
Witnesses and closed her eyes in
death. God answered her pray
W and Ranted her desire, k
regard this death ad a Stroup
Witness' Snfl proof of the exist-,
ence of the being, God, and the
place, H6aven. May these words
e\;er "inspire us to be faithful tw
the cause of' Christ ami to the
Welfare‘of our souls.
REV. S. H. SCOTT. >
coulter Academy notes.
By Miss M. Louise Gates.
Our services Sunday * weise
held in the Communily Ball:
since the church fOr’ the, time
being ' was out of commission,;
Plans are on foot for remodeling
the church by brick veneering*
the Walls, adding A tower and
leaking some interior changes.
Already it has: been moved 2w
fOet perpendicular and 20 feet
parallel to the street which gives
it a morO commanding view
frdm all angles. 1
‘ Among Our recent visitors'
Was Dr. Wi R. Marshall, a veryj
prominent physician of Chica
go, 111.; an da native Cherawan.
Besides making a ‘ most in
structive address td the studtent
body he favored us with two
beautiful songs. Dr. Marshal
is an artist’of rare . ability and
we' were all- .charmed by hia
wonderful renditions. ....
; 1 While in Cheraw Drj Mar
shall whs the-itecipieiifc of many,
social fu3rt8nons.» Dr. and Mrs*
Long ent^tefBA^th an elal*
dfkte chnnir paftyT The me
consisted j of, gratia JBruit entr<
turkey*, veal cutlets^ macarq
duenfess potatoes, English p«L
:les, olives, ‘ Southern com
s,f banana ‘ salad, bread
Sits*; ftfcfiidfed W/ ■ JT Vincont
Hanna, Mrs. W. JR. Weston and
the-faculty.'
’ • The Cheraw Lodge No. 31 K.
of P. gave their annual recep
tion in the dining hall on the,
night of January 16th. All ar
rangements for this affair were
made and ably carried out by
Dr. and Mrs. Long. The dining
hall was beautifully decorated
in the Pythian colors, and the
tables were arranged in the let
ters K of P. Ur. Long was
toastmaster for the occasion.
Miss Gates made the welcome
address in'behalf of the faculty
■and the response from the
Lodge was by Rev. J. R. Cox,
chancellor commander. Between
the courses of soup and saltines,
ham* potato salad and pickles,
cream arid cake, and coffee vocal
and instrumental selections and
speeches Occurred.
Friday our basket ball team
played the Clip High. In spite
of the very low temperature a
large number was present to
witness the game. The score
was 35-0 in favor of Coulter.
Next Friday we are scheduled
to play Mayo High of Darling
ton, S. C.
Mid-term examinations begin
Monday, January 25.
At this writing our beloved
Mrs. Long is ill. We hope for
her a speedy recovery.
‘ Mjss Theresa Stephenson, a
teacher at Frasier Academy,
Bamberg, S. C., was called home
last week on • account of the
death of her father,
, Misses Shaw, Wilson and
Gates motored to Chesterfield
Saturday to attend the study
center of the Chesterfield Coun
ty Teachers' Association.
cedar grove commCni
y TV NOTES,
By Mrs/ Hattie A. Russell.
' On last. Sunday morning our
'paster, . Dr. L. J. Melton,
preached a very impressive ser
mon from St. Matthew 5:13:
“Ye are tlie salt of the earth;
but if thp salt have lost his sa
vor ^herewith shall it be salt
ed: it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast put and
trodden under, foot of men.”
This was indeed a strong ser
mon in which our pastor plain
-pictured to us the miray uses
' ialt One of the most valua
uses is to preserve the good
to arrest destruction. It
this by mixing in close'con
and putting its strength in
operation. This, of courSe^
e Christian's duty. We jure
make contacts in such a way
to bring out the best possibil
and to achieve the most
>rable results.
were glad to see our
so well filled on'last Sun
The weather has been so'
that many of our members
e been kept away for the
two or three Sundays' in the
Year. At the close of the
on a neat offering was tak
en pastor's salary. ; (
pur Sunday school, Under the’
tion of Superintendent E.
Thompson, is moving on riice
por the winter. '
'pie Ladies' Missionary Socif
| with Mrs. Katie O. Alexan
as President, will hold its
r meeting on next' Sunday
oon.
Mr. Melvin Black, a young
of our church, who is en
in teaching at HarriS
was called to Winston-Sa
last Saturday on account of
sue sudden illness of his broth
We are glad to say- that the
Grove school is making
progress. 1 The teacherS
_ have an enrollment of 78.
Ilffiss Daisy Lee Byres, of
shington, D. <»., one of our
s, spent last Sunday with
in Kannapolis.
BLANDONIA CHURCH
NEWS, SANFORD.
Mrs. Nancy Crumpton.
i i,
Sunday, January, 17th, at
aNyery inspirigg -sbr
tor, Rev. J. E. McMillan, from
the text, “Doth Job fear God for
naught?” Job 1:9. Although
the weather was somewhat in
clement there was a large audi
ence out for the morning ser
vice.
On the same date at 6:45 P.
M., a very interesting musical
program was rendered by the
Blandonia choir, assisted by the
Community Quintette of San
ford.
There was a very nice ana ap
preciative audience out to hear
this musical. Under the direc
tion of Mrs. B. G. McMillan the
choir seemed to be at its best
on that evening. Some of the
numbers rendered by the choir
were as follows: 1. “Every Timfe
I Feel the Spirit.” 2. “Joy to the
World.” 3. “The Lord is My
Shepherd,” by Palmer. 4:
^Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray,”
arranged by J. R. Johnson. 5.
“Father, 0 Hear Us,” new ar
rangement by Palmer. 6.
“Break Forth Into Joy,” by Ad
am Geibel. 9. “Praise God,” by
Mason.
The Community Quintette
gave four numbers. They were
as follows:
1. “Look Away to Heaven.”
2. “My Lord Going to Move
this Wicked Race.” In this num
ber the quintette was assisted
by Mrs. B. G. McMcMillan, mak
ing a sextette.s 3. “Walk In
the Light.” 4. “Down by the
Riverside.”
The members of the Quintette
are: Dr. C. N. McMillan, 1st
tenor; Dr. D. L. Bland, 2nd ten
or; Rev. J. E. McMillan, 1st bar
itone; Mr. Dortch, 2nd bari
tone; Prof. W. B. Wicker, bas
so. The Quintette is expecting
to make a tour in the near fu
ture to some of the jarger ci
ties in the State and is qpen for
engagements.
LEXINGTON
Shady Side Notes. t
“The Sin of Hypocrisy” was
the subject of a sermon used
by Rev. Anderson Sunday at the
eleven o’clock hour, taken from
Acts 5:1-10: “Ananias and Sap
phire sold their land and kept
back a part of the price.” The
speaker emphasized the impor
tance of speaking and acting
this tkith.' We
having stifch' a strqni
ifcan “as i. R$y/ * Ahc
preaehe&aii tmadiili
p4l.
‘ The tadtel’ Missi<
ty m6t atthehoirie
er JantiaH*■■**■' -*
deht^ais*'
m ytuk
,„v __r_ /‘AAn&fe^Mal
Mabry is ah eariiest w
Society hopes tp.ren(
February S, “The
Wife's^ tooimet:
§ play
lister’s
St. Jaxnf
ble Quihtgi __
lfc. AlthWgH yfaatner was
tery inclement, which kept some
at home, those, who. attended
the' corice^t report it as’ .n^'""
been fibe; .Wte hope they
come td uk. Again * ‘ L; , jt
-Next fSiPifflW fr?j
Peopl^'^pto M rA
invited. “ ReV;t' Anders
nounced as the subject
discourse, ‘!The Grace of ^
ence.” Speicial, music wiU; be gen
dered > by! the Junior choir. >1
Miss Cora L. Gilchrist is home
after spending twou. weeks, in
Charlotte, it >, -uk-*t . -;*m ii
' ' Mrs. W. E.‘ Thomassoh has
been balled home to. the. bedside
of her sick motheh . at Gastonia.
She has .our .prayers. ^ h,m
: • : v .u,
MANY NOTABLES TO SPEAK
y;| 1 .;; ON NEGRO, f ■>
''U« 4 J’-1'
Urban ILeagufe Conference In
New York February 3-Ms
Hold Discussion on; Healthi&i
ind Interracial Relations.; b
The speakers who will appear;
before sessions of ...the annual
C^hierecQce of the NktionidJ'JlJk.
ban League in Ne#%irk' : Ghyi
February ifc^hinbhide ^siibh
City; Dr.'LoniS I. Hairis, Health
Commissioner; Ferdinand* 1 Q.
Morton, Civjl Service. Commis
sioner; Dr. Frederick ‘ L: Hoff
man, Consulting Statistician of
the Prudential -Life Insurance
Co., Dr. James E. Gregg, Prin
cipal of Hampton Institute;
Walter W. Pettit, Assistant Di
rector of- the New York School
;of Social Work;;.T. K. Gibson,
President of the , Supreme We
and Casuality Insurance Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio; C. <y. Spaulding,
President of the N. C, Mutual
Life Insurance Co., Mrs. Blanche
Arihwodd , Beatty, Executive
Secretary of the Tampa' Urban
League; Miss Nelle §wartz, DI4
rector of the Bureau of Women
in Industry in the State of New
York.
! The subjects for discussion
include Health, Industry, Trade
Training, The- Experiences of
NegroCs and Trade Uhions and
Better Rade Relations.; ‘ '
‘ There will be two day ses
sions on each of the three days
of the Conference—the first
three sessions being held at the
Y. W. C. A., 179 West 137th St.,
nfeUr Seventh - Avehue, and the
last three sessions , at the Rus
sell Sage Foundation . Building,
22nd Street and Lexington ? Av
enue. ;The evening session
Wednesday night will be held at
the Abyssian, Baptist. Church
where, in addition to the regu
lar program, the Jeter-Weir trio
will, furnish :speqial music^: On
Thursday night, the Conference
subject will be ,, Industry, the
meeting being, held at the Holy
Trinity • church*:; Clinton and
Mantague Streets} Brooklyn, N,
Y. ’ The final session of the Con
ference will bo • a . banquet. al
6:4b Friday evening, February
5th, at the Fifth Avenue Res
taurant, 23rd Street and Fiftl
Avenue, at which time the sub
j net, jBetter Race1 Relations, wil
be discussed and a report or
the : year’s activities -of *th<
League will be rendered. - A spe
pial . luncheon will be served t<
[ the delegates by > courtesy o!
the Metropolitan Life1 Insurance
Company, following which th
officials of the 1 company wil
, show/the delegates through th<
building.
Eugene Kihckle Jones, Execu
tive Secretary of the . Nations
Urban League, 127 East 23r<
that delegates are expected:i'
wore than fifty cities, including '
officials of insurance companies, 7
principals of trade schoSTSsir^
gymen, social work ebceeutiyes4 ^
#ifi healthy recreational,f indui*’*™
trial and family case
ISSUE OF
TO “THE NEGRO IN
DUSTRY." M
With onenof the best* special;
numbers of its career, “Pppor-:!i*'i‘'*
tunity: Jbhrtiail' of egrt> $
published by the NationajiTJiv, .'\\i
ban teague, 127 East 23j& sCv>^ t
Now Yoric City, devotes dts Feb^
raary issue to the problems of
j The Negro .in Induatry:”>Nevfer W
before,in the.history of the blade
man in hia trek northward for' • ••
a fairer share in the friitts iof3^' **
Industrial labor has therei :bOen‘f\:,n ^
such a gathering together of ’tha ^
best minds, both black and white.^- ^
on the outlook, ideas, experietic^
es and triumphs of the.',Negro 'V:'*‘i,f
tn steel, cotton, iron andcoal
milting. . A glance at somfe • dt •
the leading essays and the, un- *l> '■
doubted qualifications ;of/ thg. . ?
ktien secured to write them, is *
enough to convince anyone of, 1
the accdrhey andscientifictkor- • -1
oughness which have,gone into
the preparation Of the numbdr.
long to!the|hii^lf*'™ ' V‘
i! Other articles are,
‘tyheNfej^oirfthe
.tryiV sby:' E.,.-.„
“Optimisms ;iln N
s&mt!
TPttr ^abor Tor sootown^cenp ; ?
ton‘Mills,” by! Richard Wood Ed-"
monds^ “TheNegroin the jCoal. ,.
_jT
Mining Industry/* by Abram L,V
Harris, and* “The Negro and E&;; *
onomic Radicalism,” by !A Phil^, "
lib Randolph. Aaron Douglass,;
the brilliant young Kegrohi|$isti* f*?
gives it some gedrgeoosfy eyiti-! .
bolical illustrations, and^Cotifitee ;,' >
Cullen, P.! Wallace Thurman, P. '
V. €avertott, L. Hollingsworth
Wood and Miss Clarissa Scott
contribute poems and book re
views. The number • contains
Over 20 articles as Well as sur-.
veys and' letters by leading 'em-'
ployers Of Negro labor tesijfy
ing to the suCcesfe of inducting
Negro labor into industries de-v-^
pleted by the restriction Of im
migration , •; ..'/•V'/'-i
;-j Jn May, 1924, .'‘Opportunity” ;1
issued a special number devoted1; .
to African Art,” which, becavise y
of the authority and excellent- ,
quality with which it was :prW V
pared, became such a phenoitie- J *
hal success that the magazine
shortly thereafter announced a
series of special numbers of
which “The Negro in Industry”
is one. > '• • ■’ * ;:r
■i
, SOMEHOW MANAGE TO
LIYE.
• ;• > ' ‘ ,• ai; i •« j ; i:!
We all know many people who* :
have nothing apparently and
never get anything ahead, Ar
thur Aull observes. ' You are
sure' they are-'at the edge of -
want, can't manage to get alon&"’*1'
much further. Yet year < after >v.*1
year passes, they neither starve **
nor freeze. ; What’s more - they • v*;f
seem just , as happy as - those)a
Mrho live well and jhave some- ‘
thing on. which to go.How1
; they do it they can’t tell. Neither;^
cah anybody else; You haVe si a
just to admit that everybody
: has a way of getting along. /.It-u- t
may be a poor one, but he man*
{ ages; he’s not greatly dissatis
i* fled with it. . If,-he was, he’d
■ probably stir around and find a
• better way.'-r^Gapper's. WdelHjfUi Vv)
: INTO THE wfil'OF GOD.
if • •••' . < *. .hnn>;»
i 1 Study the singular benefits
L and advantages of a iwill
i Signed and melted into the wilt*vi
of God. Such a spirit hath a ^ i
- continual. Sabbath, .within ‘Afaelfy
l and its thoughts Sre establiobect ai!
I and at rest.-*—Flaveb')v uoiinem