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*' * -1' THE OFFICIAL 0 Af NUMBER FIVE. CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSbAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922. VOLUME FO^TY-SIX. Selects Negro > Secretary OF RACE RELATIONS. Dr. George E: Haynes Pledged in Re sponsible Position. The Federal Council of the Church es of Christ in America announces- the selection of Dr. Geo. E. Haynes,as one of its Secretaries, to promote the work of its new Commission on the Church and Race Relations. Dr. Haynes comes to the woite of the new Commission after fourteen years (of ^experience in . pr#ma(ting work for Negro welfare and co-oper_ ative relations between the races. He was formerly Professor of Ecohomics and Sociology at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., and was the found er and first Executive of the Nation al League on Urban Conditions. Dur ing the War he served the U. S. Department of Labor as adviser on matters relating to Negro workers and their relations to white. workers and employers—being known as the Director of Ecohomics of that De partment. In this capacity he came in contact with employers and Negro workers, North and South, and re ceived much commendation from many employers and the white and Negro citizens and the press for the work accomplished. His report on “The Negro-at work during the War and ( Reconstruction’’ is because" of his work for inter-racial co-operation through church chan nels . He was formerly a Secretary of the International Committed of the Y. M. C. A., and has been a worker for a number of years in the federa tion activities of the white and Negro churches. Dr. Haynes has a thorough educa tion for his work, being a graduate of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., and*-having received his Masters of Arts degree from Yale University and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University. He is well known as a social worker and writer on conditions among Negroes because of his connection in former years with the Bureau of Social Research and his completion of studies at the New York School of Philanthropy, and the auth orship of books, pamphlets, and mag azine articles on Negro, lifet and race relations. He has wide connections with the Negro churchmen of the country because of his activities among them during past years. 'lne commission on me unurcn ana Race Relations was founded by the Federal Council of Churches last year. Among its members are such leading churchmen and citizens as: Mrs. Mary Bethune, Miss Nannie Bur roughs, Bishop N. C. Cleaves, Bish op G. C. Clement, Prof. John R. Hawkins, Bishop W. H. Heard, Dr. John Hope, Dr. W. H. Jernagin, Bishop R. E: Jbnes, Rev. I. Gar land Penn, Bishop C* H. Phillips, Bishop C. S. Smith, Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Rev. C. H. Tobias, and Dr. A. M. Townsend. At its first meeting, held in Wash ington last summer, the Commission announced as its purposes the follow ing: 1. —To assert the sufficiency of Christianity as the solution of race relations in America and the duty of the Churches and all their organiza tions to give the most careful atten tion to this question. 2. —To provide a central clearing house and meeting place for the Churches and for'all Christian agen cies dealing with the relation of the white and Negro rabes and to en courage land support their activities along this line. 3—Tp promote mutual confidence ROME THE ENEMY OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE. By Fernando Castro y Valencia. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. A few hours by railway or ship, and we shall reach a land of love aftd dreams, and of romanticism that will bring back to our memories the time of chivalry, when we shall come in close examination of the way and of the customs iri* which her in habitants are living today; it will bring back many historical events that took place years ago. When we see her flags waving on many of the public buildings, with its beautiful colors symbolizing Hope, Religion and Blood, which was shed by many patri ots to set the country at liberty thinking of her heroes of long ago, and of her men of thought and talent, our hearts will rejoice and we can not help lifting our voices unto the Almighty God in praise for that na tion. A question comes to us, after looking at these various facts, is that country free from an enemy? But, Significant Evan gelistic%ampaign Rev. Mary E ^'Taylor, wonderful evangelist of th< just closed one ofajhe-most soul-winning catfjggiigns in 1 of the Galbraith fflureh. W nifieafit, because^® the m; people who, camejforward saved. This* to ouS|tnind m< especially since S hope from this sourcq « matei which We are to construct church. Appreciative audiences g evangelist throughput the and on the last rii|fht the c filled long before* “the se gan. She is so effective a in her work that people s to tire. They flodlPto hea Rev. Taylor capfe to "V fresh from the am' in I where it is learned; the mee record-breaking, Flacl DR. J. C. PRICE, founder of Living stone College, hational orator and race leader whose birthday is celebrated February 10th in all the churches t»f the A. M. E. Zion celebration as order ed by the Board of Bishops. The Alum ni is conducting a rally also in con nection with the day. a little while, and then a sad thought will come to our minds when we come to the true realization of what , that country is today. Let us consider for j a moment and we shall see. j It is a decided fact that Mexico j today may have many nations of this j world as her enemies, but still they j cannot be compared to the power of the enemy that she has within her own territory. But who is this enemy? None other than ROMAN CATH OLICISM. The Roman Catholic Church which has for a spiritual and temporal leader a “Foreign Prince”, with his headquarters at Rome, has for the last few years been talking of-her love for Mexico, for her people and for the holy ideals of liberty and independence embodied therein. She will have to prove herself before God and man. To ask this of the Roman Catholic church is to ask something' which is impossible; to ask this of her is to try to erase that wbieh has been written on the pages of our history; it is to put upon her a burden which she. cannot carry, because of the well known fact that this church,which has hypocritically tried to accommodate herself to the different political part ies, has been, is, and will be the ETERNAL ENEIOT OF THE MEXL CAN PEOPLE. Not only at this ^ CohtiMed to PaSs. 1 pared his people for the battle against sin, and hence, a great harvest was reaped. The same condition prevailed at the Galbraith church* where the broad minded, earnest Dr. Battle who has worked wonders with his people from every viewpoint, so paved the way, that the evangelist had only to step" forward and launch her campaign. Rev. Taylor, we might say, was bom into evangelistic work. She was preaching to the people when a mere child. Twenty-eight years of hard ex perience and cloistered study have made^ her adept and efficient in this specific line of endeavor. She is the most forceful, gifted, magnetic evan gelist of th,e age. We might term her the multitudes’ preacher. She draws the people, and they Stick and stay with her as long as she wills it. Her wonderful memory, her power to convince and her unusual knowledge of Biblical facts are all worthy of mention. " . Rev Taylor has ‘a system that she uses in her campaigns that is dis tinctly her own and peculiar to herself It works wonders and failure seems to be an impossibility with her. She is tactful, prayerful, deeply religious, distinguished and quiet in 1 CORROTHERS HONORED BY NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR. His Big Capture for Ziorf at Newark. ah agitation for the establishment of men, ■d the popu. the id at I am writing to ask that you will allow space in the valuable columns of your eminent paper to call atten tion to the readers of the 'Star of Zion to the outstanding and miracu lous achievements of the Rev7 Syl vester L. Corrothers, Hi D. of New ark, bt. J. Dr. Corrothers upon the solicita tion of the late Bishop George Wiley Clinton was sent to Newark, May 1918' less than four years ago. At that time Zion Church owned a frame building over in the Ironbound district in the city of Newark with a small, uninflu ential following. In fact the other Ne gro denominations of the city did not consider Zion when anything of im portance was coming off in the city. But, upon the arrival of Dr. Corroth ers -it wasn’t long before the entire Negro population of the city was made to sit up and take notice. Within twelve months his striking personality, popular and spectac sermons and addfesses attracted attention not only of the JNegro lation of Newark but filled cftlnmns of the daily press and tion of the leading i religious and politi cal of the city of Newark with her Kbtf w»"" *1 an Institutional Church for the social and religious training of the Colored youth of the city and county. Many of the would be professional Negroes of this city and county believing that such a gigantic proposition was im possible attempted to treat the move ment with indifference. But ip a very short time Corrothers began to bring into play Governors, United States Senators and representatives 6f all the great political parties, something that had never been seen among the Negroes in this section before. Then the professionals,* ministers and others began to flock to the move ment." Their first move was to pre vent the property that had been se lected by a group of white friends as an ideal location for the establishment of a religiotfs, educational and social center for Negroes from heing deeded to the A. M. EL Zion Connection. But when the issue came to a show down Dr. Corrothers thru the Gov. of the state and the Mayor of the city, the Hon. William J. Brennan, Direct, or of the Police Department of the city carried things bis way and the "property was deeded to Zion by vote in the Mayor’s office of seventeen to Sve. The most remarkable thing about it was Corrothers was the only Zionite there.From that day on the en vious and jealous representatives^ of the Negro and white denominations have attempted to impede the pro gress of the movement but to no avail.. Today the Roosevelt Memorial Institutional Temple easily worth $200,000 stands as an object of pride and commendation for all the Negroes of the state of New Jersey and for the future most of the great evefits among the Colored citizens in this metropo lis city of the state of New Jersey are scheduled for the Roosevelt. Memorial Temple. The Kooseveit Memorial institution al Temple organized and founded by Rev. Sylvester L. Corrothers is, ac cording to the best information that I can glean from representatives of the various Negro denominations,the larg est and most phenomenal achievement ever accomplished by any one man with a small group of followers , in the history of the A. M. E. Zion Church in the world. Sorely the bishops find ministers and membership of Zion will Canada Aroused Over Bullock Case. Walter F. White, Assistant Secre tary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, on his return to New, York from Hamilton, in Canada’s Province of (Ontario, made the following statement on the Bullock deportation case: * “Canada is aroused over the at tempted extradition of Matthew Bul lock as never before since the pre Civil War days when fugitive slaves fled there for refuge. The press, pub lic and government are united to pre vent in any possible legal way the re_ turn of Bullock to North jCajrolina where he will probably be lynch ed, if sent there for trial’ “In January 1921, Bullock’s Irotfy. er became involved in an altercation with a young 'Miite clerk over the price of apples and following a riot he, together with another colored man, was lynched. Matthew Bullocff fled to Canada, where he has proved him self a good citizen and has worked every day sinee being tljere. . “Ten days ago North Carolina au thorities learned of his presence in Hamilton and telegraphed the chief of police ther^ and asked for his ar rest on charges of ‘inciting a lock’s deportation on the (ground had entered Canada with $41. instead of the $250. required by law. Inspect or Reynolds of the Hamilton Immi gration Board, however, requested F. F. Treleaven, counsel employed to de fend Bullock to appeal from the $e -eision of the Canadian government at Ottawa, which he did on personal visit to Ottawa. J “Meanwhile the extradition papers are being awaited. Extradition will be fought if grounds can be found for such action.* If extradition can not be denied by the Canadian gov ernment, attorneys for Bullock will submit to his deportation as such action would mean his transfer to N. Y. State, while extradition would mean his return to North Carolina. “Extensive preparations have been made in Buffalo by the local branch N. A. A. G. P. to have Bullock ar rested on a technical charge when he crosses the Canadian border. Appeals will then be made to Governor Nath an L. Miller to refuse the requests of North Carolina for Bullock’s ar tradition. m “In the event that action faip, re sort will then be made'by the N.AA-C P. to habeas corpus proceedings. Ev ery possible step will be taken to pre_ veijt his return to North Carolina as the citizens of Nprlina, N. C. have expressed themselves as being “greatly delighted” at Bullock’s ar rest and are “eagerly anticipating” bis return. “Editorial comment in Canadian newspapers has been unanimous in demanding Bullock’s retention if pos sible. The case aroused so must inter est while I was in Hamilton that Lon. don newspapesr cabled for a statement of the factp. Appeals should be made by all interested persons to Govern or Miller of New York State to pre vent Bullock’s extradition to North • Carolina. - “This case constitutes part of the fight against mob law in .the United States, which will be continued by the N. A. A. C. P. until a colored man is a fair
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