THE OFF! GAL ORGAN OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST. EPISCOPAL ZION CHURf if
NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922.
VOLUME FORTY-SDC.
On to Asheville
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General Convention Opens atxHigh I
Noon—Asheville Ready—(Enthusi
asm Spreads—Program.
By James W. Eichelberger, Jr.
The General Sunday School Con
ventfion opens its first session in
Hopkins chapel, Asheville*. N. C.
Wednesday, August 2nd, at 12 M
An impressive worship service, in
which Bishop P. A. Wallace, chair
man of the Sunday School board,
will deliver a special devotional mes
sage, will begin this much talked of
meeting. The three officials of the
department—Drs. Lee, Watkins and
the writer, will give a perspective
of the purpose of the convention
and of the new program of Chris
tian education. The first session will
close with echoes from the largest
and probably the most significant
Sunday School Convention ever held
in America. Mrs. Ellen Hayden,
Mrs. Bessie L. Allen, and Miss Ab
bie Clement will be the mediums
through which these echoes come.
Asheville is ready. Se\lom, if
ever, have plans for a delegations’
entertainment been worked out in
such detail and on such an elaborate
scale as has been done for this Con
vention in Asheville. Arrangements
have been perfected for a ride
through the . mountains on Saturday
afternoon. During this recreation pe
riod a great service will be conducted
on the top of one of the highest
peaks. Dr. Howie makes this an
nouncement: “Each day at recess
lunch will be served at the church
aside from the two meals at the
homes. ”
Dr. S. J. Howie, the pastor, naa
the hearty co-operation of Pastors
W. M. Anderson, D. D. Moore, W.
J. Conquest, C. W. Simmons, of
Presiding Elders E. M. Argyle, G.
W. Maize, of District Superinten
dent E. W. Pearson, of Dr. J. W.
Walker, president of the Livingstone
College alumni, and of all the lay
leaders of Zion Methodism in those
parts.
The most gratifying and encour
aging sign is the enthusiasm being
manifested in all parts by ministers
and laymen for this Convention.
Chicago, Louisville, Washington, and
Virginia are sending large delega
tions. Charlotte, Salisbury and
Statesville are coming on. a Conven
tion special train. Rock Hill, Ches
ter, Union, S. C., and all of
North Carolina, including the sea
coast from Wilmington, New Bern
to Edenton and Elizabeth City are I
making reservations. The Mississip
pi valley from St. Louis (to New Or
leans will be there. Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and New York will be in the
number. Everywhere the leaders of
thought recognize that a new day
is upon us. A mighty ground swell
is sending our forces forward to
meet this new challenge. No man or
woman whose face is (toward the ris
ing sun can afford to miss any ses
sion from the beginning to the end.
The Program.
1 jt is regretted that unavoidable
circumstances prevent the issuance
of the program prior to the Conven
tion. The program is representative
of every section of the (phurch. It
is the composite effort of twelve of
our best prepared leaders.
Following, the brief welcome ser
vice on Wednesday evening, Dr. W.
A. Blackwell, pastor of Walters
Metropolitan church in Chicago, de
livers the Convention sermpn.
Thursday morning Bishop Li W.
Kyles will3 bring a message on evan
' .... ••-j The
eelism that will be discussed.
cators including Prof. J. W. Myers ;
of St^Jkuus, Drs. DJC. Suggs and j
S. G. Atkins will speak. Dr. J. j
Francis Lee conducts a lesson in the
Bible each morning.
Each afternoon there will be five
simultaneous conferences—for pre
siding elders and district superin
tendents; for adults, for young peo- ■
pie’s and for children’s division
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Dr. S. J. Howie, prstor Hopkins Chapel, who says ail
things are ready for tl.e General Convention.
workers; and for presidents and prin
cipals of colleges and schools. These
conferences will have papers and
discussions of problems, needs, and
methods according to the Approved
standards.
Thursday night is Stewardship
night on which Bishops W. L. Lee
and G. L. Blackwell, and Drs. C.
C. Alleyne and E. L. Madison will
speak.
Friday morning will be givpn to a
comprehensive suryey and evaluation j
of our system, department and pro
gram. Friday evening will be the :
pageant, “The Light of the World.” j
Miss Sarah J. Janifer, who was our !
delegate to the World Convention at j
Tokyo, Japan, where this pageant was !
first staged, will present it in Asher J
ville.' Fifteen thousand people saw
this pageant in Kansas City at the j
International Convention,^ Many were j
turned away. It will b&worth one’s 1
trip to see it.
Saturday morning is to be a heavy
session in which the elections will
occur. The president of the Conven
tion and all of the officers must be
elected. The committees must re
port.
ery replete pro
Rev. Rufus E.
. J. Trent have
long the speak
Drs. T. J. Moppms, W. J. Walls,
and Bishop Geo. C. Clement will
present the noonday/messages. Bish
ops J. S. Caldwell and J. W. Wood
will preside and present key note
speeches. ' j
The Sunday services will be a hap
py climax of these very replete
grams of the week.
Clement and Prof. \
been asked to be at
ers for Sunday, not mentioned twrfwr*.
in this
L’Echo du Soir, Le Neptune of Ant
werp, Norodin Lisky and Tribuna of
Czechoslovakia and many others,
i The accounts read:
j “The movement against lynching
j is spreading and the recent murder of
three Negroes by an excited mob
(in Texas) has called public atten
tion to this matter in a very decided
manner. A memorial bearing the
signatures of three hundred Ameri
Mr. E. W. Pearson, District
Superintendent of Asheville Dis
trict.
3ns demanding a vote on the I
law against lynching
been addressed to
Among the signatories
i of states, archbishops
EUROPEAN PRESS TELLS OF
AMERICAN LYNCHINGS.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People an
nounced today at its national office,
70 Fifth Avenue,; New York, re
ceipt of clippings from a large num
ber of Belgian, French and
Czechoslovakian ^newspapers, in
which are pririte^Jfepounts of lynch
ings in America||-The number in
cludes such ■ widest Jaiown papers as
L’lndependence Beige of Brussels,
BISHOP J. W. WOOD MEETS AC
CIDENT.
Indianapolis, Ind.., July 11,1922.
My dear Dr. Walls:
Bishop Wood met an accident to
day at his home. He was cleaning
trash from a gutter of the back
porch. The ladder slipped and he
fell. His back was injured consid
erably. He is now confined to bed.
Signed for my father,
Inez A. Wood.
This announcement from the home
of the bishop will be shocking news
to the Church. There will be j praying
and hoping that this injury will be
speedily healed and that our lovely
brothet aild genial bishop will be
himself again real soon.
Editor.
LEAGUE DEMANDS DYER BILL
AT THIS SESSION.
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Silfent Parade in Boston, Home of the
Abolitionists, and of Senate Leader
Lodge, the Dramatic Climax of
15th Annual Meeting.
Boston, Mass., July 8, 1922. With
election of national officers, the 15th
annual meeting of the National Equal
Rights League closed as “one of the
most perfect annual meetings ever
held by the race league,” in the
words of the national president,
;rom
N.
H.
G.
A.
J.
' toh, was tfe
other officers elected are the Rev,
T. J. Moppins, of St. Louis, vice
president; James INeill, of Wash
ington, recording secretary; William
Monroe Trotter, of Boston, corre
sponding secretary; Maurice W.
Spencer, of Washington, treasurer;
the Rev. E. A. Abbott, of New
i ork, chaplain; A. J. Smitherman,
field secretary; with a board of di
rectors consisting of Rev. M. A.
Shaw, chairman, Dr. Julia P.
Coleman, of Washington, :A.*
Wolff, the Rev. D. S. Klugh,
J. Smitherman, E. A. Abbott,
L. Neill.
Resolutions were adopted urging
Congress to renew its activities
against the Ku Klux Klan, urging
the United States Senate to pass the
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, calling upon
Senator Lodge to use all his power
as party senate leader to have the
bill passed at this session, and con
demning the color, line policy for
Harvard’s freshman dormitories.
On the 17th, (yesterday),[the Dyer
resolution of the convention was laid
before Senator Lodge in his office at
the capital in Washington where
Messrs. Neill and Spencer urged ac-’
tion at this session. Copies were sent
to all the senators.
forthcoming books from
WOMAN’S PRESS.
\
“Do’s and Dont’s for Business Wom
Among Them.
en
Books announced for publication
by Woman’s Press during this sum
mer and early autumn include much
of general interest. “Do’s and Dont’s
for Business \ Women” popularize
breezy talks by Jean Riche will be
off the press early in August. Miss
Riche’s talks have already had great
success in syndicated form. Much
of thp book'is based on jthe hundreds
of queries received by Miss Riche
from girls perplexed about business
relationships.
Miss Maude Royden’s addresses
made while visiting here last spring
are also to be published in book
form. Already such interest has!
m
Southern- S e na to rs
Start Obstruction
ist Tactics.
The expected efforts1 to lead dis
cussion on the Dyer Anti-Lynching
bill in the United Statesl Senate by
senators from southern, states into
the realm of sectional and racial
prejudice have already begun ac
cording to a statement released today
by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People at
its national office, 70 Fifth Avenue,
New York. On July 1, two colored
boys, Joe Jordan and J^mes Harvey,
were lynched at Lane’s Bridge,
Georgia, after Governor Hardwick,
of Georgia, had granted them a re
spite of thirty]days. This action fol
lowed the gathering of evidence by
the N. A. A. C. P., and presenta
tion of that evidence to the governor
by attorneys employed by the N. tA.
A. C. P. On* July 10, the New'York
Times carried an account of a ser
mon by Rev. P. T. Holloway, of
Jesup, Georgia, in which this white
minister arraigned, officers of the law
for neglect of their duty and accused
them directly of aiding the lynching
party.
The N. A. A. C. P. immediately
sent to each member of the senate
a copy of the Times clipping. Sena
tor William M. Calder, of New York,
ator Calder was viciously assailed
by Senators Harris, of Georgia,
Shields, of Tennessee,, and Dial ef
South Carolina. These Senators fol
lowed the usual custom in arguing
that “the south should be left alone
to settle tlie Negro question......
outside interference cannot help” and
pointed to newspaper accounts of
crime in New York City as evidence
that the south should not be attack
ed for lynching. Nothing was said
by any of the three southern sena
tors regarding the newspaper clip
ping in which Rev. Holloway, a
southern white minister, charged
connivance between officers of the
law and the mob that lynched the
two boys. Rev. Holloway, in the
sermon which aroused the ire of
Senators Harris, Dial and Shields,
charged that officers of the flaw prac
tically invited the lynchings. In the
course of his remarks he said:
The morning after the unlawful
execution I heard two men talking
about a lynching, an^J one of them
was an officer who took charge of the
victims purposely to take them to
Savannah. The general ^iblic wants
to know why they should have been
taken away from Jesup, ^and espe
cially why they shohld have been
taken away in a Ford car, when there
were fast passenger trains going
straight through to Savannah mak
ing no stop. We demand to know
how a mob of men seventy miles
away could find out when these pris
oners were taken from the county
jail, and where they got their infor
mation of the route taken. The gen
eral public would like to know why
the officers who had these prisoners
in charge stopped at Lane’s Bridge
thirty minutes and told the guard
that if anybody came along to' tell
them they were going to Savannah
and would probably have car trou- .
ble. The public wants to know why
two men, whose names I could
went to a citizen’s house on
day and said: ‘Let’s get thes
Negroes and lynch jthem. The *
said it would be all * ' ‘
would offer n