Vicinity Items.
There will be a sacred concert at
Grace A. M. E. Zion church Sunday,
May 27th. Everybody is welcome, j
Mr. Rosooe Haggood, of S. Alex-j
under St., passed away Tuesday
morning after several weeks of severe
illness.
Rev. D. H. Sansom, of S. Brevard
St., hag returned from the Philadel
phia and Baltimore conference.
Miss Beatrice Locke, one of the
city graded school teachers, left for
her home in China Grove, N. C., Sat
urday, to spend the summer.
The Livingstone College com
mencement will begin May 25th and
conclude May 30th. *
Dr. W. J. Walls delivered the
annual address at Lomax-Hannon
Col'ege Greenville, Ala., Wednesday,
Maj*f»ir *
On last Saturday the litbe daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Brad
shaw, of Biddleville, was laid to rest
-after several days illness.
Miss Rosilee Freeman, of Salisbu
ry, N. C., was in the city this week
the guest of Mrs. Hattie Walls, of.
E. 7th Street.
Mrs. Grace wuey, accompanied Dy
Mrs. Wiley, her mother-in-law, and
Miss Mabel Bogan, will arrive in the
ci+y Friday from Lawrencevil’e, Va.
Rev. H. E. Wilson, of Salisbury,
N. C., was in the Publishing House
this week. '
The Rose Social that was held Mon.
day night-at Litt’e Rock church, un
der the auspices tof the L. B. Lee \
class, was quite a success.
The May meeting of ihe City Sab
bath School Association will be he.d
in Little Rock church Sunday after
, noon (27th) at 4 o’clock. It is hoped
that every Sunday School superin
tendent will be present, as all reports
omitted at the annual meeting will
be given Sunday. Mr. Goodwin, of
the music committee, will have good
music.
Oscar J. Jackson, president.
Annie F. Hayes, secretary.
ILLUMINATION.—THE PEE DEE
MID-YEAR CONFERENCE.
In order that the general church
might know that South Carolina has
awakened to a full sense ofher re
sponsibility respecting the Tercente
nary drive, permit me to make the
following statement:
The first section of the conference
convened in the Mt. Hebron A. M.
E. Zion church, at Cheraw, S. C., at
11 A. M., May 8. Bishop W. L. Lee,
D. D., presiding bishop of this Epis
copal district was present and open
ed the meeting. • »
Many of the brethren anticipated
his absence due to illness. He was
happy in his opening address, and
stressed the necessity of the minis
ters, especially the young men,
launching out to do a larger service
for God and humanity, the necessity
of entire consecration, greater prep- !
aration, perseverance and close pas- j
toral supervision in order to obtain
the very best results from our labors, j
The bishop was given the very best
attention by his auditors, who con
sisted of the ministers and laymen
of the Cheraw district. His presence
created quite a stir among us to out
do ourselves in this the last year of j
this drive. ■
It is a well known fact that this
drive was in a manner, blocked in
. the beginning in this state, but before^
the clock strikes twelve, South Car
olina will assert herself.
An opportunity for free expressions
of the ideas of the ministers in this
district respecting the future of the;
church was given, and Revs. W. F.&1
Robinson, J. J. Hunter, M. Ingram,!
W. M. Robinson and A. C.i
Cook took time by the fore-:
lock and made it plain that
they were of the opinion that the'
general church cannot measure up
to her larger opportunities.for useful
ness and expansion with her one dol
lar per member assessment. Some
thing to supplement the Tercentenary
should be a part of the bishops’ ad
dress to the forthcoming General
Conference. Ye scribe has touched
upon this several times in previous
articles to The Star.s rV
Many men complain that Zion
Church is doing so little in the galaxy
=of the spiritual firmament, apd still
■they have not as yet brought forward
•anything better. Let us think sober
ly, and act wisely when the time
comes to meet and iio ebusiness for.
Zion.
vVr;--V; . * ’-1
The following reported after this
discussion:
Mt. Hebron station, Rer. C. H.
McRae, pastor, $60.50; Drusilla cir
cuit. Rev. J. C. Coxe, pastor, $66.00;
Smithville circuit, Rer. W. F. Rob
.nson, pastor, $93.00; Pleasant Grove i
circuit, Rer. M. Ingram, pastor, !
! $103.10; Piney Grove circuit, Rev. I
| N. C. Edwards, pastor, $15.00; Rock
Hill circuit, Rev. A. McNeil, pastor, j
$25.00; Evans chapel circuit, Rev.
I J. J. Hunter, pastor, $105.00; St.
| Peters circuit, Rev. C. L. Flowe,
pastor, $51.31; New Zion, Rev. A.
C. Cook, pastor, $106.47; Mt. Zion,
Rev. tV. Q. Welch, pastor, $100 00;
i Clinton chapel, Rev. J. S. B. Cou
i shrt, pastor, $3.75; Charleston cir
cuit, Rev. A. E. Lomax, pastor,
*30.00; Cash Mission, Rev. E. D.
Lyles, pastor, $7.00; Robinson Zion,
j Rev. O, N. Dawkins, pastor, $15.00;
| Jftrom ojther stojurces, $22.75; fottaJ
for Cheraw district, $823.88.
Bishop Lee being unable to preach j
at night. Dr. W. M. Robinson, con
ference treasurer, delivered the gos
pel message. Dr. Robinson is an old
wheel horse, and his message lifted
the entire audience to its feet.
• Rev. C. H. McRae was the host
at Cheraw, S. C., and he and his
people entertained us royally.
From Cheraw, Bishop Lee, Revs.
W. O. Carson, presiding elder of the
Cheraw district, W. M. Robinson
and A. C. Cook, members of the
finance committee, moved on to Van
Wyck, S. C., to hold the Lancaster
district meeting. Bishop Lee gave us
another witty address. This was fol
lowed by the introduction of visitors.
Rev. Kelly (white) pastor of the M.
E. Church (south), gave quite a help-’>
ful address. Rev. Young, pastor of
the A. M. E. church at Lancaster,
gave us to know that the great A.
M. E. Church still moves on. Dr.
W. J. Walls, editor of The Star of
Zion, fresh from the evangelistic
field, gave us some information that
was pleasing tp all anxious inquirers .
He gave us to know that his reason
for helping in the evangelistic field
was to counteract a statement that
was made by one of the bishops, viz.,
“The general officers have not done
much to help Zion put over her spir
itual program.’' To prove the interest
that the general officers have in the
development of the Church he enter
ed the field, and is making good.
However, he is doing a line of work
that some general officefs may not
be adapted to. Some can preach to
the intelligent people, but the less
nformed class they may not be able
to get very far with. Dr. Walls can
make it with any class of people.
Mrs. H. E. Bruce was the last one
to be presented, and assured us of
the pleasure that it gave her to come
to South Carolina and inspect the
work.
Reports for the Lancaster district
follow:
White Oak circuit, Rev. W. M.
Robinson, pastor, $60.00; David
.Stand, Rev. W. F. Hunter, pastor,
$30.00; Mt. Moriah circuit, Rev. R.
J. Lee, pastor, $65.00; Mt. Calvary
circuit, Rev. F. Killings Worth, pas
tor, ....; Mt. Carmel circuit, Rev.
E. Boyce, pastor, $16.25; Pleasant
Hill circuit, Rev. R. N. Bittle, pas
tor, $25.00; Kershaw circuit, Rev.
H. H. Bingham, pastor, $50.00; New
Hope cirduit, Rev.-Jos. Frazier, pas
tor, $18.10; Mt. Nebo circuit, Rev.
J. F. Allen, pastor, $20.50; Mt. Ta
bor circuit, Rev. J. E. Robinson,
pastor, $50.00;'from other sources,
$11.00: total from the Cheraw dis
trict, $832.88; total from the Lancas
ter district,, $345.85; g.\ir.d total
amount ra.sed, $i,5?4.5S.
Dr. M. D. Lee, pressing elder
o? the Lancaster distr'cc. who has
been confined to his room for several
weeks with a para'ytic stroke, had
something to do with the fall off from
iast year’s report.
Rev.: W. O. Carson, of the Che
raw district, spent more time on the
field since conference helping with
this drive than he has at any other
time during his seveir years’’incum
bency as presiding elder.
Dr. W. M. Robinson was the host
on the Lancaster district. He had
given us in one year the most beauti
ful church edifice to be found in the
conference. His good people showed
no sign of the boll weevil ravages.
At 3 o’clock Dr. W. J. Walls de
livered a soul-stirring sermon as only
Walls can do. <
The finance committee which com
sisted of Drs. W. O. Carson. W. MV
Robinson, A. C. Cook, supervised by
\
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Bishop Lee, met in the pastor s stu
dy and made the disbursements ac
cording to law.
At the close of the serrice, the
writer, who is secretary of the Con
| ference finance committee, made the
report which was information to
[ all. .
| Thus we closed to meet in annual
conference at Bennettsrille, S. C.,
' the 3rd Wednesday in November.
Respectfully yours,
A. C. Cook,
Clio, S. C.
! 1700 ROSENWALD SCHOOLS AND
. 49 TEACHERS' HOMES HELP 14
STATES.
• Rural Schools Receive from Negroes,
$1,600,000; Whiles, $352000; Pud
lic Funds, $3,100,000; and Julius
Rosenwald, $1,204,000
Hampton, Va., May—S. L. Smith,
of Nashville, Tenn., fle d agent of
“The Julius Rosenwald Fund,” which
wag created to assist in the build
ing of better Negro rural schools, re
ported at the three-day Hampton In
stitute conference of State agents
for colored schools throughout the
i south, which has just closed, that,
I up to April 30. there had been built
| 1700 “Rosenwald schools’’ and 49
teachers’ homes at a total cost of
$6,257,492. Of this amount Negroes
had contributed $1,600,667 or 25.6
per cent; white people, $352,199 or
5.6 per cent; public funds, $3,100,
148 or 49.5 per cent; and Julius Ro
senwald, of Chicago, $1,204,478 or
19.3 per cent.
The number of buildings follows:
Alabama, 260; Arkansas, 84; F orida,.
7; Georgia, 73; Kentucky, 73; Lou
isiana, 173; Maryland, 40; Mississip
pi, 213; North Carolina, 287; Oklaho
ma, 35; South Carolina, 116; Tennes
see, 146; Texas, 103; and Virginia,
139.
While 474 Rosenwa’d schools are
one-teacher and 650 are two-teacher
schools, there are also the following'
groups: three-teacher, 275; four
teacher, 165; five-teacher, 56; six
teacher, 55; seven-teacher, 6; eight
teacher, 10; nine-teacher, 2;. ten
teacher, 3; and 1 school each of the
eleven, twelve, fourteen and sixteen
teacher-t^p^s. '4ij^
Cooperation Pays
The cooperation in 14 States of
white and colored^ groups, of public
and private agencies, in improving
Negro rural school facilities, is
shown in the following schedule of
total costs and their distribution:
Alabama—Cost, $471,700; Negroes
gave $187,072; whites, $25,094; pub
ic funds, $137,134;: Julius Rosenwald,
$122,400.
Arkansas—$271,373; Negroes, $29
062; whites, $9,901; public, $171,410;
Rosenwald, $61,000.
Florida—$47,288*; Negroes, $3,970;
whites, $2,160; public, $33,258; Ro
senwaid, $7,900.
Georgia—$236,119; Negroes, $84,
976; whites, $10,113; public, $91,
480; Rosenwald, $49,550.
Kentucky—$329,634; Negroes, $42
801; whites, $6 325; public, $234,508;
Rosenwald, $46,000.
Louisiana—$525,130; Negroes, $176,
141; whites, $20,339; public, $210,
650; Rosenwald, $118,000.
Maryland—$163,066; Negroes, $30,
362; whites, $474; public, $104,830;
Rosenwald, $27,400.
Mississippi— $943,302; Negroes,
$338,318; whites, $92,693; public,
$328,891; Rosenwald, $183,400.
North Carolina—$1,065,319; Ne
groes, $238 485; whites, $44,636;
public, $582,633; Rosenwald, $199‘,
565.
Oklahoma—$189,869; Negroes, $7,
763; whites, $0.00; public, $154,176;
Rosenwald, $27,930.
South Caro'ina—$627,404; Negroes,
$148,700; whites,’ $111,374; public,
$264,730; Rosenwald, $102,600.
Tennessee— $571,303; Negroes,
$135,648; whites, $13,752; public,
$322,303; Rosenwald, $99,600.
Texas—$300,722; Negroes, $42,
860; whites, $2,880; public, $177,549;
Rosenwald, $77,433.
Virginia—$515,263; Negroes, $134,
509;. whites, $12,458; public, $2S6,
696; Rosenwald, $81,700.
PRIMITIVE NEGRO SCULPTURE
ON VIEW IN BROOKLYN, N.
Y., ART MUSEUM —
(Continued from page 1)
According to Stewart Culin, eth
; nologist of the Brook'yn Museum,
the varieties of masks include:
r "War masks, dance masks, and
■ v . ■ ...
the masks of the feticheur, that
curious personage who combines the
attributes of high ‘priest, magistrate
and physician. Whatever may be \
their use, they are all more or less [
directly connected with the medicine
men and are religious rather than
festal.” Mr. Gulin regards Negro art
as most vital of all the strange arts
from which the world is seeking stim
nation.
Most of the fine primitive Negro
sculpture is no longer to be had, as
it has been bought by private co’lec
tors or is housed in large European,
museums. Use of simple and bold
forms is characteristic of the African
carving, pegs being used to repres *» l
eyes in the masks, and features ac
centuated to communicate the vener
ation of terror experienced by minds
living in the jungles of the “Land of
Fright.” So-called “cubism,’' the em
ployment of simp'e geometrical forms
as the basis of drawings and paint
ings is held to be related to these
African carvings. Many of the carv
ings are beautifully sensitive in the
treatment of surfaces, and suggest the
work of the sculptor Brancusi.
The present vogue for African carv
ing in New York, is lending new in
terest to the cultural background of
the race.
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