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/ NUMBER TWO CHARLOTTE, .NORTH CAROLINA. VOLUME FORTY-SIX. THE OrnClAL ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN ISCOPAL ZION CHURCH Emancipation Celebration. BY COLORED PEOPLE OF HEN DERSONVILLE.—SCHOOL AUDI TORIUM PACKED TO HEAR DR. WALKER. i / ' The Colored people crowded the graded school auditorium to hdar the emancipation address 'Monday night, January second. Dr. J. WN Walker of Asheville was the speak er. Rev. J. W. Beaty was master of ceremonies. J. H. Thompson directed tfie~music. Rev. J. H. Quinn gave'the prayer. Fifty voices of the school and the choir of Hopkins chapel A. M. E. Zion church furnished mus ic. Mrs. Hattie A. Anderson read the proclamation. Dr. Walker’s address which was punctuated with liberal applause in part was as follows: “The sons of Ham are marching onward, wring ing from reluctant fate a success most phenomenal. The white man rightly boasts of Alexander, Crom well and Napoleon; we point to Han nibal, Scipio, Toussaint l’Ouverture* “The Negro was happy in his na tive land, but was called to join the American family, to supply the place of the missing brother. A marvelous transformation takes place. On his native heath yesterday he bowed down to idols of wood and stone. As lie bore the burden in the heat of the day amid tears jmd Wood tfce^lmighty stooped down and touched his heart, breathed music into his soul and said Ethiopia shall stretch out her . hands unto God. “The black man’s blood was spilled for American Independence and hon or at Boston Commons when Crispus Attacks fell; at Bunker Hill where Peter Salem’s story i3 ever new. At Valley Forge the Negro’s footsteps were painted in blood in the chilling snow. Again at Richmond’s fall he was with the victors in the price of his liberty and the nation’s emancipation. At San Juan Hill he planted old glory at the top and vouchsafed Roosevelt’s victory, the brightest star in the statesman’s firmament in the 20th century. At Carizal the black man performed a deed of valor that beg gars of description, and in the world war he was the first American to strike a blow on the German lines, and was nearest the Rhine when vic tory came. I believe that Providence led us from the shores of Africa to l>e a corner stone in the erection of one of the grandest governments that the world has ever seen.” Of the Negro’s progress Dr. Walk er said, “900 colored babies are bom in America daily. We have 77 bands, 450 newspapers and magazines; 500 drugstores; 85 million dollars worth . of church property, one hundred mil lion dollars in farm property; $600, 000 in Liberty Bonds, and a total wealth of one billion dollars; scien ^ tific farmers, mechanics, doctors, lawyers, teachers, ministers, scient ists and artists grow in numbers in ' our ranks in a manner that astonishes the world.” Dr. Walker gave out valuable in- „ formation and advice on health stat - ing that tuberculosis is as much" to be guarded against as smallpox, jawnngh tubercule bacilla are thrown twin the spittle of one consumptive , to kill every person in North Caro lina. Precaution he advised will pre vent the contagion in the homes. He plead that the young cease to devit- i afize their powers iby late hours, and parching the linings of their organs i in drunken revelry. He urged the ! importance of the law of heredity and. ttye ventilating of churches and pub lic places and that segregating in the i most neglected parts of the cities and i renting houses filled with germs be ] stopped. Dr. Walker's closing was di- i rected to the achievements Of the j race and a mention of Negroes who ' .'.' iStehl -■ had excelled in many lines. Hie sus tained eloquence of the speech and the thrilling close evoked great ifp plause. A resolution was born after the doctor’s appeal to establish a community co-operativjs ~ store, and name it Walker Co-operative Com* pany. Rev. W. J. Walls, Editor of The Star of Zion, of Charlotte, N. C., who had given the emancipation speech in the afternoon at Asheville, j accompanied Dr. Walker, add made remarks indorsing the speech. Others interested and aiding the successful meeting were Revs. S. L. Leak, Treas urer, Rev. T. J. Davis, Rev. R. i Anderson, William Robinson and Mrs. Hattie Smith, who was chairman of the woman’s committee. ' Hendersonville, N. C. CONGRESSMAN .ANSORGE WILD FIGHT DISCRIMINATION IN CAPITOL RESTAURANT.' The National Association for' the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City, made ( public a letter from Representative -Martin C. Ansorge of the 21st dis trict, New York, asserting that if any attempt were made to exclude col- ! ored people from the restaurant of. the House of ’ Representatives in don Johnson, secretary of the Asso ciation and concludes with a refer ence to Mr. Johnson’s “strenuous ac tivity” in pressing the Dyer 'Anti Lynching Pill. <T cannot believe,” writes Repre sentative Ansorge, “that any assur ances have been given to Mr. Aswell ‘ as stated in the report. However, just as soon as I return to Wash ington, I shall investigate this mat ter and advise you. “I am quite certain that no such rule as requested by Representative Aswell of Louisiana will be made during a Republican administration. If such rule is made, I shall fight with you to have it abrogated. \‘I am glad to have been able to cooperate with you in connection with your strenuous activity in favor of the Anti-Lynching Bill.” Nine Reasons Why Farmers Should Attend the T uskegee Farmers' Conference, Convening January 18-19, 1922. Tuskegee is making every prepara* ton'for the Farmer's Conference which will convene here January 18th and 19th, 1922. The agricultural de partment is leaving no stone unturned \ to see that the farmers will be well j |ared for while they are here and that they will receive the inforjna tion that will be most helpful to them in carrying out their plans for the rear 1922. Realizing the paralized condition of Farming throughout the South, and being aware of the fact that much >f this paralysis of the farming Indus, try is due to the lack of suitable markets for products already pro luced we have made arrangements this year for discussion and demon, ^rations in co-operative marketing. We hope to clearly demonstrate why farmers should co-operate to sell pro lucts produced and to huy whatever :s needed to carry on farming opera ions. r FARMERS SHOULD ATTEND THIS ..CONFERENCE. 1. Because it will be an opportu lity to see Tnskegee Institute, the greatest Institution of learning of its dnd in the world. It would be worth i trip here to see the progress and levelopment that has been m&de at attend this con 4 speakers who the time of the We lose much to Tuskegee i other farm feriences and means more our fellows, the United on service is th the state farm demon re they* will 2. Fanners she kegee in order to the agricultural del kegee and receive tion about the vari tical agriculture tl department is so give. A trip to O' with our live, wi will repay any pense of such a tri] 3 Farmers shou ference to hear noi will speak to us al farmer’s conference when we stay at' home, fearing jo spend a few dollars and get a new vision of our work. There will be men experienced in the same lines of work, who are trying to do the same things that you are and t! if you come and h 4. This year, w< turbed because we market our produc kegee and learn hi product^ and recei for them. 5. You should ci and mingle and m will help you, them. , have been dis e not able to Come to Tus to market the living price ers. Give them yo ask for theirs. Ni to us than the to 6. Come here States farm dem headed up and and national .lead< stration wor^N help you. 7. Come herv&n< the Jeans and Slater work throughout the South. It may be that you will want a teacher. They will help you provide your community with ope. 8. Come here and get in touch with the Rosenwald school fund and let them tell you how you can help your community by building a new school. They are giving away a great deal of money this year. Your community should receive' its share. Tuskegee will tell you how to get it. 9. Come to Tuskegee and get a better and bigger vision of rural life and its possibilities for you, your family, and your community. There will be thousands of men and women here on the 18th and 19th of January. We expect you. We are preparing for you. If you are coming, let us hear from you at once. Assuring you of our wish to help, and looking for you on the 18th of January, We are very truly yours, B. F. Hubert. Director of Agriculture. NOTICE. To the pastors am! missionary work ers of the North Charlotte District. Our first mass meeting of the W. H. and F. M.f the Y. W. H. and F. M. societies and the Buds of Promise of the North Charlotte district, will convene in the Torrence chapel church, Cornelius, N. C., January 20, 21, 22, 1922, Rev. C. E. Norment, pas tor. Please see to it that all three branches, of the missionary depart ment in your church are represented by good reports with their money. If the local officers and delegates can not come, please send money to me and I will credit you for the same. We ask your hearty cooperation in this work. The opening sermon will be deliv ered Fri. evening Jan. 20th by Rev. J. W. Henderson, pastor of Columbus chapel circuit. Saturday, {business session, and Sunday afternoon ser mon by pastor or invited minister. All are very cordially invited to at tend. Yours- for success, Lillian B. Lee, district president, Mrs. Mamie Lucket, district secre tary of Y’s, _ Mrs. Georgia Rose, district super Book Chat / . V , By Mary White Ovington, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. I I received a letter the other day from a woman living in a city of the Southwest which ran in part as follows: A j. \ “I read what you wrote about w^at the publishers said about colored people not being a reading public, and I think they are wrong. I do not think the great majority of colore people kno^ about these books and publications; and the few who do know; like fhyself, are so poor that .they have not been able to subscribe and buy like they want to. They are jjist too poor, as I am. Of course, one can do housework at $2.50, $3.00 and sometimes $5.00 or'a little more a'week, but everything is mighty high and when the necessa ries of life are got there isn’t any thing left for books and papers.” My correspondent agrees with me that only a few of the colored peoplS know of the manifold books and pub lications on the Negro question, and this confirms me in my belief of the need of'Book Chat. What she says of the inability of the Negro to buy books is another matter. Of course, a city that pays as low. as $2.50 a week for housework, and only reach es as high as $5.00 or a little more,: fled that such exploitation of women should continue. And doubtless there are others of my readers besides my correspondent who are struggling for the hare things of existence. But in the colored world as well as in the white there are large numbers of people who spend money for more things than actual shelter and food and raiment. They go to moving pic ture theatres> they buy a new record for the victrola, they indulge in so das and sundaes, and if they want them badly enough, they buy books. They have the money for the thing they most want. If you believe in wide reading you can easily train a child to indulge in It. Give him a book shelf in his room, and see if it does not soon fill up. The child knows what it likes and makes its wants known and money will be saved for the new romance or history or book of adventure. When Christmas and birthday celebrations come the harrassed relative, wanting to know what will please John or Susie sees the book shelf and gladly gives a contribution. The child I knew the best of all invariably asked for books as* a gift and consequently had a very respectable library before she was out of her teens. It was de cided that if she really wanted the Waverly novels more than a string of gold beads she should have the Wa verly novels. Few parents object to pampering a child’s love for bo<jks. And it is the same as we grow older. Unless we are in the tragic $2.50 a week group we have a margin for other than bare necessities and decide ourselves whether our surplus shall go toward a piano or victrola, toward a plethora of moving pictures, toward personal adornment or toward a,, well stocked library. We choose. How fascinating book shelves are! To the lover of books, next to his own shelves, nothing is so fascinating as to browse around another man’s bookcase. Unless the book agent has forced his wares upon an ununder standing buyer, books reflect their owner and are indicative of his 'taste md interests. How one thrills at the sight of a volume of well-loved poet •y in another's home! One may be al most a stranger to the person one las gone to visit, but the book at once ;reates a common bond. It would >e illbred to scrutinize too carefully i man’s furniture, but it is always jermissible to move one’s hand lav a favorite for perusal -while -waiting. For my part I cling to the open book shelf, even though the tops of my vol umes accumulate dirt. I love so to see my books standing out wholly invit ingly , not behind a film of glass, but where I may run my hand over them taking one out without the formality, of opening a door or moving up a par tition. I got a high school girl to dust my books for me this fall. (She was not paid by the hour.) She seemed me to take an unconscionable amount of time for the task. One. week, two weeks, and it was not finished. And finally, when she had done she- told me confidentially that she c^uld not put a book back on the shelf without fondling it in her hands and looking for a brief space into it. There is your true book lover to whom the printed page is a living thing to be fondled and loved. ——-. With the new year shall we not re solve to begin a new book shelf and once a month add a new volume to it? That would mean twelve volumes a year, twelve new friends come to visit you, not for the brief moment the library allows their wraps and set im go visiting. They are apt to lose way, quite inadvertently, of course, and fail never to return home. But do you know thein yourself, turning tp them not fer one reading only but again and again. What do you think of this as a New Year resolve, Gentle Reader? . ... 1 FURTHER SCHOLARSHIP v. , j AWARDS FOR EX- SER- “ ) .fr W5 ' --1 -T*-» VICE&EN. During the past year and a half many thousands of ex-service men ' received free scholarships In educa tional Institutions through the .schol arship fund of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. It was ex pected that this work would cease June 30, 1921. Some additional funds, however, have been made available and the Y. M. C. A. has announced a Supplementary Scholarship vPlan under which half scholarships are being awarded in Y. C. A. schools in all parts of the United^ "States. Scholarships providing half the tu-„ ition free for the school year of 1921 1922 have been awarded to several thousand students in the Resident Schools of the Y. M. ^C. A., and in the correspondence courses of the United States Y. M. C. A. Schools. This fund offers a special oppor tunity to ex-service men to secure the excellent courses of instruction by correspondence in the Extension Division of the United Y. M. C. A. Schools at the half price charged for these courses to hon-service stu dents. Full information may be ob tained either through {fie local Y. M.'C. A. or by writing direct to the United Y. M. C. A. Schools, 375 Lex ington Avenue, New York City. Any man who has served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in the World War, and who lias an honorable discharge frofia such service is eligible to apply for these scholarships, and awards will .be made as long as there ace funds ivailable under the present plan. Awards may also be secured tn lo sal Y. M. C. A. Schools where such ire available. These awards sure made by* the local Association from a spe ;ial allotment of funds secured from the New York Headquarters. Under the original plan for the iward of scholarships which was in affect from November 1919
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