EPISCOPALZION
NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN.
CHARLOTTE, NOR^H CAROLINA.
AY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1923.
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Y-SEVEN
The New Mother Zion Church a Monument to
Zion Methodism in America.
An Urgent Appeal. * .
By Bishop L. W. Kyles, D. D.
Tha largest undertaking of any
Negro congregation in America, un
assisted by white individuals or or
ganizations, is the movement on the
part of the Mother A. M. 6. Zion
church to erect a monument in hon
or of the services which Zion Meth
odism hag rendered the race and the
nation in the city of its birth. The
timeliness of such a movement needs
no proof and the wisdom of build
ing a church adequate to meet the
social and re igious needs of opr
racial group in the metropolitan city
of the nation is> not debatable.
The plans and specifications pro
vide for the erection of a great
modern auditorium on 137th Street,
direct y in the rear of the edifice on
136th Street, covering a hundred feet
frontage at a cost of three hundred
xnouBand dollars. The cost, of .this*
auditorium and the expenditure- 'of,
more than a hundred thousand
iars in the past eight years for the
purchase and repair of property re
present a financial venture of nearty
a half million dollars. The new build
ing on 137 th Street will extend back
to and connect with the old building
on ISfith Street, which with the par
sonage and Brotherhood Hpufe will
give ns a frontage of 100 feet on each
street. When the plant is finished and
equipped, it will be largest and
most piodern church plant owned by
' ; i,j ift -
^ i As-cor^ssal as this undertaking
,f, asip.y seeni to be. present indication
-warrant the belief that it will be car-.
• >ried forward to completion without,
any serious handicaps.. The move
j ., ipent has behind it the genius of a
great pastor and the backing of one
- most perfect and yigorous church or
ganizations of the race.. In addition,
to the the A. M. E, Zion Church has
underwritten the project and pledg
ed a contribution of fifty thousand
($50,000.00) doUars. It is to this
phase of the movement that this ar
,e. "-tide is partici} arly directed.
That the routine work of the
Church might not be affected and the
taking care of church extension ob
ligations already made might not be
interfered with by such a large pledge
to one congregation, the connection
Jias wiselyfcplanne4;4Q i»tee tl# flint
through the sale of bonds, thus giving
itself ample time in which to plan
for and raise the amount. The bonds
are issued in the denominations of
flOO $500 and $1000. The purpose
of this plan is to draw upon the finan
cial resources of the church and to
bring into use in the extension of our
own work some of the money which
our members have deposited in the
banks throughout the country.
As to the security of these bonds
as an investment, I will say first, that
they have behind them the pledge of
the connection and represent a trust
against the real property of the
Church Extension and Home Mission
’‘OejpaT^aifent. Secondly they are cer
by the Wachovia Bank and
ffrust Company, of Winston-Salem,
the 'argest'banking institution in the
state and. one of the ’argest in the
south. This Bank pledges to dash the
, interest Coupons attached to the bonds
serai anatofy tod to redeem the
bonds at maturity. It te a class A in
vestment and is tberfore as safe a€
any investment of the kind can be.
To guarantee the Continuance of the.
work on the church in New t >.k we
must put up our pledge of fifty thou
sand dollars Immediately. Up to
one, thousand {£21 000 i 00) dollars
worth fpf. thesdv bonds and bad the
money in the bank at Winston Salem
,N\ C. While temporary arrangements
have been made to take care of the
maior part of our pledge in New York
City ten thousand dollars worth of
(he boniis that remain unsold must
be so d immediately to complete this
o’edge and all of the twenty-nine
thousand dollars worth of them must
be disposed of by the first of Decem
ber.
The Appeal.
Can this be don^? I. believe it can?
My faith is based on two consider
ations: (a) that many of our minis
• Continued to page 5>
Native Africans Join *
Nationalist Party.
Cape Town. S. A.—Native Afri
cans, meeting at Bloemfestein and
calling themse ves the African Na
tional "Congress. passed resolutions
declaring that Prime Minister Smuts
had lost the confidence cf the native
popu’ation. “and that the time had
come when the Bantu should consid
er the adv|s'bility of supporting s
Republican form of government.
This declaration is considered of
arresting significance by the colonial
press and indicates the success' of
the Nationalist Party among the col
ored people. Fol owing upon the
resolution, the Nationalist leader.
General Hertzog. addressed a meet
‘-<r of colored people at Kimberey.
assured them that thp Np-fvma]
ists wouM accord them full jusice
and economic equality.
Sound, Solvent Advice.
Entering upon its forty first year
as a peer ess *pinch hitter of the col
ored. press, the old reliable C eveland
Gazette 'shows it still retains its
hatting average by the following bit
of concentrated common sense:
“Unless you can use them to an
advantage in your business, do
not buy lots in other cities and >
states, nor pianos or automobiles
before you pwn^your own home.*'
■A sermon, editorial and finanga.1
statement combined..N
Calvin Coolidge Presi
dent an4 not Slemp.
I.
Washington.—Some restiveness and
’nd open disapprova have been man
fested in certain quarters over the
election by the President of C. Bas
om Slerpp former Virginij&Congress.
nan, to be private secr^t^ry. That
'Ms designation should be magnified
’Tito a for racin’ alarm is hardlv
•ustified nr* iis fare, and *Lould di ;
.npea: v, on reflection.
One month ago the job has disclos
ed the interesting fact that Cal yin
Coo idge will be President and not his
secretary. His Yankee facility for han.
dling and absorbing detai’s suggests
that he will be personally responsi
ble. as far as is human’y possib e for
he conduct of his administration. It
is a matter of meagre concern as to
whom his, secretary might be. It is
'argely a personal affair. Harding had
as his secretary George B. Christian,
h Democrat, but that did not make his
administration democratic; and it is
not recorded that Mr. Christian scut
tled any racial ships or obstructed
any racial hopes. On the contrary
the colored 'eaders counted him as
a friendly asset, rather than a liabi -
ity. *
A secretary reflects the views and
executes the will of his chief, and i*
would be vain to suppose that Presi
dent Coolidge. who accepts the pres
idency as an institution and not as a.
onality, would be a mere: rubber
stam&vfor his secretary’s point of
W' ch a conclusion is a reflec
(Continued to paga I)
TheN
ity Gc
Philadelphia
a Comniun
"Ofttrehes Act.
Thema*.
iffer anything like
IJtics for the'class
zd, to find social
« of their fellows
i \Hth whom they
E! under healthful
jr have some form
social' contact in
In every ei|y; in America where
there is any esM liAerable number of
colored people# t tere is a great need
of providing: soijpM means by which the
<ton^.jupsea^a
of recreation, at
a heaJthy, wh€p< lOme and congenia
environment. If then© is any group
in our commip|; :y life that suffers
from the .lack ^ healthy social con
tact it is the. represented very
largely by thcpa| who come to our
arger cities a|id congested centers,
In quest of a larger life, especia’ly
those who had f.the fewest opportuni
ties for educaipqp and advancement
in the commugi
• There are feyr
whole country
from which they
ties, if any. in our
ere the churches
welfare organisations and business
enterprises he vp*: shown the vision
and compatfbilityx.to cooperate and
foster a centraB»d recreations L pro
gram that wou#!
adequate opppi
of people
contact with
or with irdii
may be Intel
supervision.
> Churches
M
gat
pating m|
ness men
concerned them
,a program ea’
atranger ‘ wi'h
lome a p^rtici
hock. Busi
most part been
Invest in their securities, spend his
money in purchasings their merchan
dice or deposit money in their bonk
etc. Providing for the leisure hours
of the stranger.has not usually enter
ed their program. A few days ago
A. M. E. Zion, churches of the city
of Philade’phia had printed 2.000 or
more four page leaf ets that might
be regarded as a church directory in
Philadelphia. Outside of this leaflet
in large r^int were the following in
scriptons: Spiritual Life Saving Sta
tions of the A. M. E. Zion Church
!n the City of Phi a-de’phia and Vi
cinity. On the second inside page was
the following: “To the General Pub
lic :”^We, the members of theA. M E.
Zion Ministerial Union of the City of
Philadelphia, realizing that our peo
p’e are coming to the city in arge
numbers and leaving splendid church
(Continued from page 5)
Help To Relieve Japan.
The Southern Division of the
American Red Cross today issued in
"truetons to all local chapters in the
South to be prepared to receive and
ransmit to Division Headquarters
''onations received for the, relief of
T’panese earthquake sufferers, fob
"-whig an appeal issued by President
Roolidge asking for public, contribu
ion3 for relief to be handled by the
Red Cross. / "•
It is interesting to note that in do
nating $100,000 to the relief fund,
vosterday, the National American
Red Cross is paying a debt of grati
'ude to Japan of long standing, for
mmediate’y upon receipt of word of
he Sin Francisco earthquake in
906 the Japanese Red Cross contri
buted $100,000 for relief and render
ed conspicuous service in minimiz
ng human suffering.
The quarter'y conference of Field
Representatives in session this week
a Atlanta ex^essed sympathy for
'he Japanese sufferers this morning
(Continued to page 8)
Sweat Of His Brow.
Laborously pushing a heavily 'ade”
'truck in one of the Government de
partments at Washington, sf colored
employee confided that he was “per
spiring for a bighbr Job.”
Herman Perry’s Remark
on Trend in Banking
World Receives Great
Praise.
Friends Say Suggestion He Has
Made Will Have Far-Reach
ing Results.
Atlanta, Ga Recognition of the.
Treat wisdom oi > fee' reihdrk made - by)
T-Ieman Perry, head of the grdup of
important financial institujtions op
erated by Colored people, to the ef .
feet that he thought the adoption of
‘he suggcsed new policy in the bank
ing world to require persons seeking
cred t to protect their applications
by carrying sufficient insurance to
'■over their entire indebtedness in
case of death meant more to the Coi
ned peop e of the United States
‘.han to any other particular group,
~s it is this group which is just be
ginning to become users'ofcredit in
a large way, was acknowledged by
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, who served
as Secretary of the National Negro ,
Business League for twenty* odd
years in a letter just received from
him by Mr. Perry.
In the letter to Mr. Perry, Dr.
Scott said* “There certainly is great
wisdom, in the remark yod are cred
ited, in the news article appearing
in a large number of colored news
papers, with having made in a meet
ing of your Executive Committee
wh'ch has to do with the control of
affairs of the great group of business
enterprises) beaded by you.
“I congratulate you upon having
given expression .to this important
banking wwiiiau*6*cVa
suggestion coming fwS^ydu will
have far reaching results in the
economic life of the colored peop'e
of the United States.” Haying been
for a number of years Secretary of
the) National Negro Business
League, and having been connected
with a number of business enterpris
es/ as well as having come in con
tact with a large number cf men
(.Continued to page 6)
V
The Third Pan-African
Congress.
The third Pan African Congress
will meet jn London, England and
L sbon, Portugal next November.
This announcement was made today
by Dr. Dubois, Acting Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Pan
African Association. The Pan-Afri
can Association is the permanent
body formed ai Paris in 1921 for "the
purpose of promoting a Pan-African
Congress every two years and for
other objects. The President is. M.
Gratien Candace, the colored^ deputy
in the French Parliament represent
.ng tjje Island of Gaudeloupe. M.
Candace has been in print ately be
cause of hjs success in forcing the
French government to take a
stand on American Negro prejudice, i
The Secrtary of the Association is (
M. Isaac Beton, a young teacher in j
the French Public Schools. M. Beton !
has been much discouraged at the j
present lack of response to his effort
to rally the Negro race throughout i
he world to the support of the Pan- i
African Congress. The Congress was
originally announced for Lisbon in
'ihid September, but it seemed impos
sible to arrange a meeting so ear y
'tnd Dr. DuBois and his Executive
Committee have t therefore called a
November meeting. It is hoped that
a number of American Negroes, es- j
pecially representatives of large or
ganizations wi’l make the trifcr to
London and to Lisbon. They wil get
i chance to see the real Europe in
winter and not simply at vacation
time. There will be an opportunity
o visit the beautiful winter resorts
? Southern France and Africa lies
nly an hour’s sail from Portuga’.
°ersons interested are invited to cor
•eepond Immediately with Dr. W. E.
B. Du Bpi#. V 1
Revolutionizing Zion.
■V t. Letter Number I.
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v.a By R. A. CarrofU * >*
The above caption may appear m
strange bn? at such a time as ibis
and from such a source^ but we feel
f it our duty to say what we thinly
as one of ,£he makers of this great.
Church, ^or .Without pastors there in
bo SHqp^ aatd a* .-pasters, it*i«’<i(isr•
duty to speak out^hen we think it
necessary and bring about just suclk
revolutions us. the times demand*
even as did our fathers wh^n they
felt that they were the nether stone,
and maintaining rights that no one
seemed to respect.
Tfetere is a great deal being, said
these days about the bishopric and
the General . Conference as if there
were nothing in the Church but a ti
rade of bishops, and that the Church
was made tip of bishops alone. It is
trud there win be an election of
bishops, and something must be said
about thSm. which I shall do in sub
sequent letters, but for the present
and as We spirit dictates, we shall
Speak of other things" which, to our
mind is the imperative issue, and
then come up to those things grad
ually which are being sought by mem,
|lt1 or unfit, Just or unjust, profitable'
Hr unprofifab e, Church or
Church.
The approaching General Coiftoi*
en be is one in which more interest
's eb^tded Wan in any General Con
ference since the days of Rush. Bft*
because men have not hitherto .1$®
islnted, bait because some of tfcd
bxirden bearers, the"'idWfiwstfV;
are watching the trend hof business
and asking • on the side, “WhUre do
we come in as representatives of
this great cause’” ' ;v
Trufe, every man is a great man in
his particular sphere, but no man is
greater than he actua iy is-, even tho*
he may be let alone and permitted
to carry out his own design, there
is a limitation to his rights. They
always end. where, the pthc,1* teams'®
begin. ' ,
It is said that the man whe at
tempts to Tighten things, finds his
(Continued to page 6)
Florida Mob Thugs*
(Washington Post)
Another man lynched in Florida;
and a ong with the victim was lynch*
ed the law of. the state, the supreme
government, the decency of citizen*
ship. It is a fearful price that mo6
participants pay for their indulgence
in brutishness. They may wreak
their vengeance on their victim, but
in so .doing they forfeit their claims
to respect of their fellows, work evil
to their state and give notice that
they do not care to be regarded as
civilized. Their fe low citizens owe
it to themselves, the State and the
; nation to put a* stop to the habit ofT
| lynching. Florida can have a decent
i repuation if its decent citizens willl
get busy with mob thugs.
I
Noted Colored .Rector
Was Page With Slemp^
i
New York,—The Rev. George TV
Bragg, Jr., rector of the leading
i co'ored Episcopal church in Baltic
more, was page in the Virginia leg*
islature with C. Bascom Sleipp, for
j mer congressman from Virginia and
j recently appointed secretary to the
President, “The elder Slemp was at >
that time a member ^iitC^hmiseJV
writes Dr. Bragg in the New Y<wfc
Age, “and he was a magnificent mam.
Bascom was as fine a bpy as one*
would wish to meet. It does not «>£
ow that a. white Republican who*
does not agree with as in everything
is necessarily a Negro hater. lhatr
u*v|»c*air • and give Mr* Slemp m