5oCC«5
CU.y . JJU
EDUCATION
Is * •
The First Step
to
oeinjf Somebody
Doing Something
Helping Someone
Ceding Somewhere
0ED-TIME STORIES IN A PULL
MAN SMOKER.
1
THE REMEDY
(Hie Lincoln News Service)
"Trade follows thfe flag, you know,
and aH this talk about the trouble we
are having in building up our South
American export trade is, in my
opbiioa, simply a matter'of credit ex
tension, packing and delivery." This
is iftfcgt an elderly gentleman of pros
perous' mien, typical of “Big Busi
aetas," was saying to a keen-cut “go
iVr type of man, as 1 entered the
nntafcer £Sr a final puff before retir
ing. ; !
^That’s just where you and the rest
©f 'bur .business men are all wrong.
Trade dees not follow the flag down
there, and the sooner our exporters
get wise to that the sooner they'll in
crease their sales in Mexico, Central
and South America, Cuba, Haiti, San
Domingo, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands,
and Hie Philippine Islands," replied
the “go-getter” with a deal of empha
sis. •. •
“X don’t quite get you. Our goods
are superior and our prices are right.
What do you mean?” asked “Big
Business.",, .... . . .. v.-:
"“Exactly what I said,” replied the
other, and I think you’ll agree with
me- when t relate a recent experience
th£t was an eye-opener to me.
'"£ represent,” he said,” one of the
tannest manufacturers of heavy
mining and milling machiney in this
country. As a mechanical engineer
and salesman I have visited many
parts of the yvorld on business for
Che company, and I rather pride my
«cK on knowing as much about the*
pf^yAology of salesmanship as I do
about the mechanics of intricate ma
chinery. So, when the President of
cay,company told me to go over some
specification and he prepared to sail
within eight days, to land
a'big sales- contract with a Brazilian
firm*, fcr-ielt equal to* tackling any
thing. He gave me a pretty good
expense fund and told me not to be
afraid to buy a few cigars and din
ners in order to land the contract,
which, he was sure, would not be
difficult on account of my not having
a compete with “made-in-Germany”
salesmen. Arriving at my destina
tion,! spent a couple of days sight
seeing and incidentally giving out
several interviews to the daily pa
pers concerning the strong bond of
friendship that exists between the
people of the western hemisphere. I
arranged an appointment with the
^President of the big mining and mill
ing corporation whose business we
were after, and when I called and
was being ushered into his private
office I noticed, in the general office,
forty or fifty white and colored clerks,
ffeis did- not strike me with any par
ticular force,, because, Iiiad observed
' a IgWB—Ldaajxing on t)ie. streets, in
the botels, and othe^ public places;
bu$ I was. surprised and almost shock
ed when the private office door open
ed Mid I saw a colored Vman otf fine
appearance sitting1 ’ af 'a mahogany
desk, dictating in Portugese to ' a
handsome and neatly attired Colored
^smale; ‘ Although If'hadbbatii sonie
flring1 ’’kbWat the; racial' Situation ih
Brazil, I was’for a nroffient nonpluss
ed'when it occurred tb me' that * herb:
wah a,f Negro whoie final word stood
befweeh ’ file and a $2,500,000 >con-’
trekfe*** ■ v •"
Quietreigried in ’the smoker for a
momefcA and thenr,th6“Brg Business”
man-askfed: ’“But Wfi£*e did Color or
racial identify enfW iirto the awarding
of %* Sod tract as 'lorrg'iaSthe company
w^s* rh» the? market forgoodsthat
• $•«* a»: ■-»v.■ i.
YOUTHS'
CORNER
you had to sell?”
“That’s just the pont,” replied the
salesman. “After dismissing his
stenographer, the President relaxed,
handed me a perfecto, lighted one
himself, and, when after a few pre
liminaries I asked him about the con
tract, he politely but firmly informed
me that it would be useless for me-'
to bid because under no circumstances
would an American firm receive the
contract; He admitted that possibly
he was wrong; but when he told his
story to me at the Club that evening,
where I met him as his guest, I could
understand just why he felt as he
did. It appears that several years
ago he and his wife, accompanied by
her maid, were on a pleasure and
sight-seeing trip around the world.
When they reached (the United States
they were “Jim Crowed” everywhere
they went in the South, and in Wash
ington after; the taxi-driver tried to
get accommodations for them in all
the large hotels where they were re
fused, he took them to a small colored
hotel, where their 38 pieces of bag
gage greatly interfered with the
hotel’s accommodations. He stated
that his party was even humiliated
in travelling to the home of George
Washington and that in other1 ways
they were embarrassed more than at
any time in their lives. Remaining
in Washington only three days, and
without visiting the middle west, con
tinued the salesman, “of this colored
South American millionaire and the
similar experiences of others, com
bined with the exhibitions of racial
prejudices displayed by the com
mercial representatives we eend there,
have all but ruined our export trade
with Brazil. All of this was an
astounding revelation to me, and
knocked into ssmithereens my idea
just expressed by you that ‘Trade fol
lows the flag.’ That’s all bunk. This
alarming situation must be remedied
or we shall lose the bulk of our trade
with Brazil.”
“But how can we remedy it?" asked
the “Big Business" man.
*My solution of the problem," re
plied the salesman, “would be to train
colored graduates from our technical
schoeols for salesmanship, and let
them cover Central America, Haiti,
San Domingo*, Porto Rico, Virgin
Islands, Brazil, and other South
American countries." ;
Just then the porter told me that
my berth was ready, and I climbed
into Upper 9 thinking of the oppor
tunities that are opening up for the
colored youth.
A WORD FROM CRQ3SETT.
By Rev. W. Lewis.
It has been, my good pleasure to be
a resident of the beautiful little city
of Crossett for about four years, and
a pastor of the Montrose district for
the same number of years, and I can
truthfully say that the work is in a
prosperous condition, and is moving
along.
Rev. N. T. Hunter, D. D., the pre
siding elder, is pushing the work to
the front.! He is a great preacher and
a sweet singer. He is deep and pro
found. Great is Dr. Hunter.
Simpson chapel of Crossett, the
leading church on the district, pas
tored by the logical and scholarly
pastor in the person of Rev. W. J.
Black, Is in its highest pitch. He is
swaying the city, of Crosaet by his
master sermons and his logical reas
oning. Everybody says, Great is Rev.
Black. .
He was the first, local pastor to
preach a, baccalaureate< sermon for
tfie city high school;. l;
, « In a two ,y?eeks rally in November
Jbe marshalled; l%i«; / forces together
,andiraised Hie neat .sum of* <$443.49.
j.v , Dr- Wr :,J.' Plack is thp .firsVjpastor
to carry a : round report from Simp
son chapel up to the annual confer
ence. without borrowing, the money,
which was a record »h??ak$r for the
phur£he&. of: Crossett.
: Christmas day he gave $12.00 to
the poor and needy.
Revs. Mrs. E. G. Gray, Rev. E.
D. Moseley, Rev. D. T< Singleton,
*
‘HOW CAN CHRISTIAN ENDEAV
OR HELP OUR CHURCH AND
DENOMINATION"?
By Rev. R.
T. Hunter.
(Read before the V. C. E. Society
of Moore’s chapel A. M. E. Zion
church, Lincolnton, N. C., by Mr.
Hubert Ijames)
On Sunday afternoon, Jan. 27, we
deviated from the ordinary proced
ure in our V. C. E. program.
Our president, Bro. John A. Hol
land, turned the discussion of the
subject into a prize essay contests
The papers read were sent to" Rev.
J. J. Wells, B. D., of Sanford, N.
C., who was kind enough to “pass
upon them,” and render a just decis
ion.
Among those whose names were
mentioned as- having commendable
papers were Miss Mary Helen Ram
seur and Mrs- Annie Ramseur.
My. Hubert Ijamas was adjudged
the winning contestant and his essay
follows:
‘‘The subject for discussion today
throughout the Church wherever per*
sons are assembled for the purpose
of carrying out the great work of the
Varlck Christian Endeavor Is: How
Can Christian Endeavor Help our
Church and Denomination. No sub
ject should be of greater Interest nor
could be of greater benefit. Christian
Endeavor can help our Church, both
locally and generally, by applying it
self to its fundamental aim which is
the elevation of manhood and of wo
manhood through the principles of
Christianity. Through this auxiliary
young men and women are brought
into closer touch with the Church,
and by it they are taught the habit
of working for Christ. One is inter
ested in anything in accounting as he
contribute towards it- In the Chris
tian Endeavor the youthful mind
finds opportunity to exert itself in
the discussion of topics from Sunday
to Sunday. This in itself develops
interest.
“Again we must regard the youth
as the future church, and their fit
ness for the service of tomorrow de
pends upon their training of today.
‘‘The V. C. E- is a Company wish
ing stockholders, and it costs no
great deal to take stock. As a com
pany with which you may take shares
it affords the finest dividends.
“It is a power that is able to take
a drunkard and convert him into a
sober man,—take a thief and cause
him to steal no more.—take a disa
greeable sinner and make of him a
rraying Christian. It hold3 out the
gospel of Jesus Christ. It represents
the real and lasting religion. Buy
these shares and by sodoing you bless
three.—yourself, yodr church and de
nomination”
Lincolnton, N. C.
DEATH OF N. T. VAUGHON.
Mr. N. T. Vaughon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Vaughon, died January
27th. Mr. Vaughon waa a member
of the St. Andrew 'chapel of which
Rev. M. S. Cooper is pastor. Mr.
Vaughon was a young man of thirteen
years and was very active and an in
terested member of the church/ The
church has lost a shining light and
his parents a promising young man.
He leaves father, mother, two broth
ers and a host of friends to mourn
their loss.
Falcon, Miss.
Rev. C- D. Dumas, Rev. M. Meach
em are aliye on their job.
Rev. Dr. J. M. Mitchell, the pro
found scholar, the pulpiteer ahd the
equal of any man, is holding the fort
at Slaters chapel with ease.
The writer,, who is pastor at Har
low, is1 moving along. with ea^e and
working to make things pleasant for
the district conference which! shall
convene at this place. h
; !The pastor, who waS stationed at
this place, served only for. as short
■w hile and.; left * The church wit. for
the remainder, of the year witlbut a
pastor. But when we reached
place and ( preached one s,ermo
people gladly welcomed us with
hearts and sang loud praise f$r us
as their pastor- v
And whoever is my bishop ma;
for a round report from this pace.
Crossett, Ark.
this
the
tirarm
look
REVERENCE
Planted in Childhood
will
Bear Fruit in Manhood
in
BETTER LIVES
HAPPIER HOMES
NOBLER CITIZENS
A NEW USE FOR EARS.
One minister says that he reaches
his older folks through talks to boys
and girls and brings home truths that
would not be quite as acceptable if
he were preaching right at bis
grown-ups.
A few Sundays ago we heard one
of these juvenile sermons and we in
tend to pass a little of it to you. The
preacher was describing the grating
on the sluices to the mills in a New
England town. These iron gratings
are placed there to keep rubbish from
getting into the water wheel and
thus stopping the mill. Workmen
come along at intervals with rakes
and lift the collected sticks and
straws and pile them along the canal,
and later they are collected and burn
ed.
He suggested that each of us
should use our ears as grating to our
minds and memories. When some
rubbish comes to hand, stop it before
it makes an impression and before
you unwittingly pass it along per
haps to the detriment of some friend.
Many unkind things are said, many
untrue words are passed during a
i day, and not a few of these come to
j each and every one of us. A rather
I good idea, we think, to have a “grat
ing” and stop all that is unworthy to
I enter. At the end of a day one can
I make his pile o-f rubbish and “burn”
■ it and the next day face a fresh world
j without thought of the sticks and
straws of yesterday—New York
. Christian Advocate.
A CLASS WITH A UNIQUE REC
ORD.
By J. M. Williams.
Class: Motto: Nous Travaillon de
Mener.
We, the class of ’25, embarked on
our scholastic voyage some four years
ago to achieve and to accomplish the
necessaryr things in order to steer
through the sea of life. For many
years we have sought this coveted
goal which we have nearly reached,
and today we stand upon a precipice
overlooking an end and a means to a
greater and nobler achievement...
The class boasting of nineteen stal
wart and energetic specimens of man
and womanhood, is serving its pur
pose well and its noble record of
truth, honesty and tenacity of pur
pose which has been established be
neath the shadows of the maples and
the oaks will ever be remembered by
the succeeding classss. <
Not a particle, not even an infini
tesimal blemish is recorded in the
office of the registrar against any
member of our union, which is a
record any class might be proud of.
In the field of athletics we have
contributed our share- On the grid
iron alone, Messrs. Thomas, McCor
kle, Lattimore, Potter, Lee, Alexander
and Houston form a set of pigskin
chasers who have for years terroriz
ed the opposing teams. On the dia
mond where many a promising flow
er has budded and withered ih a day,
Messrs . Lee, Houston, McCorkle, and
Foster have tendered their bit to
wards defending the honor of the
class, as well as preventing the dust
from polluting the modest black and
blue. Oh the basket-bail court where
might is right and only the fittest
can survive,'w^ have also been prom
inent factbrs, being represented by
suberb activities df Messrs, tee,
McCorkle and Houston. Livingstone’s
foremqst representative at the inter
FAMILY
ALTAR.
scholastic track meet., which was at
Hampton last year, was a member of
this class in the person of Mr. R. A.
G. Foster.
There are those of us who cannot
distinguish ourselveg . on the field of
athletics, yet there are none of us
who cannot in some particular lino
do somethingi Messrs. Nelson, Cos.
tian and Carden, excel in scholarship,
which after all is the prime object
of our being here. Mr. Lattimore,
our never tiring president, who paa
performed the task ot filling the pres*
| dential chair for the scholastic year,
is perhaps the best parliamentarian
in the school,, and is especially noted
for his aggressiveness •
Th« young ladies of the class, Miss
eg Davenport, Coleman and Williams,
our sisters, form a very wonderful
trio, graced with all the1 beauty
dignity that mother nature could bo~
stow upon them; their cordiality of
nature, strength and perseverance
and amazing scholarship, make them
stand out prominently as the social
leaders of the fair sex of the cam
pus. W© are intensely proud of our
achievements as a class, though the
dark cold hand of death took away
one of our number during our brief
stay here.
*We are pressing forward with an
unfaltering trust that we can and we
must. Tomorrow we shall leave this
fchase of preparation, still pursuing,
still achieving, till we at last reach
our goal.
Our ambitibns vary; gome wilKen
ter the field of medical science, where
they can best serve humanity by ad
ministering to the sick. Some will
enter the field to train the coming
generations in literature and art, that
they may become useful citizens.
Some will adopt their lives to the
cause of the gospel, that Zion may
spread throughout the universe. And
yet, there may be sofiie of our num
ber, who restlessly wander through
the field of activity and become
stranded at the gates of never. Mes
srs. McCorkle, Dawkins, Alexander,
Foster and Thomas, very brilliant
young men with vast opportunities,
will enter the higher branches of sci
ence. Messrs. Houston, Jenson and
Steele are the business men. Messrs.
Nelson and Lee are the ministers.
Those of us who will teach the young
are as follows: Messrs. Williams,
Kemp, Carden, Costian and Misses
Davenport, Williams and Coleman.
With these amazing prospects of fu
ture accomplishments blooming forth
to give to the world the fruits of
their labor rightfully, the institution
will be proud, and the immortal Price
who sleeps in yonder moslem, will
smile in recognition of the glorious
achievements of the sons %nd daugh
ters of Livinrstone. \
We, the class of ’25 have arranged
an annual, a feat which hag never be
fore been attempted by any preced
ing class. Tomorrow we shall con
clude our work' here and reach out
into the field of action for greater
fields to conquer. We shall strive to
extinguish the vast whirlpools of illit
eracy which seemg to engulf the
masseg of our people. Thus we shall
improve the world by virtue of our
residence here.
Tomorrow, we shall enter the
School of life whose lesson we’ll ne'er
forget.
Livingstone College,
Salisbury, N. C
“MY MOTHER."
By Mrs. Mayme H. McDonald.
Somewhere I have a mother,
Sojpewhere she waits for me; :
Somewhere I hear her calling.
Some day I soon shall greet,, ’’ "
Sometimes I hegr, her. cjaU,ing/
So tenderly and sweet,
Oh* How. my heart, rejoices,"
To thixik we soon, shall m^et., # /."*
Sometimes my heart is heavy. laden,
1 f (eel sad and lone, ..
Biit. through her smiling vision, ...
I istay serene and STyee^..,
Sometimes I-feel like orying, ; .
Sometimes I feel oppressed; •«
Bnt oh! how .happy I. shall be . a
To-rest on Jesus'breast. - =*
Braddock, Va. ,
j