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VOLUME FORTY-EIGHT
CHARLOTTE^ NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924
TRUE TOLERANCE.
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By The Late Bishop Phillips
Brooks.
My friends, be more afraid of the
littleness than of the largeness of
life. Let that be your rule about
your people when you come to be
their minister.
Never let yourself think, and never
allow them to think, that mere intol
erance upon their part, mere bitter
ness against those who differ from
them or from their Christ, is faith.
Never discourage them from think
ing. If they are thinking wrong, do
not try to stop their thinking, but
teach them to think right.
Never doubt their capacity for the
best faith, the profoundest experience,
the largest liberty
And for yCurse f, let the same rule
be master. Be more afraid of the
littleness than of the largeness of
life. Seek with study and with
prayer for the most clear and con
fident convictions; and when you have
won them, hold them so largely and
vitally that they shall be to you,
not the walls which separate you
from your brethren who have other
convictions than yours, but the
medium through which you enter in
to understanding of and sympathy
with them, as the ocean, which once
was the barrier between nations, is
now the highway for their never
resting ships, and makes the whole
world one.
This is! true tolerance. Into a
deeper and deeper abundance of that
tolerance /nay- our Master lead a l
of us whom He has called to be His
ministers! • ■
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RUSSELL SAGE
FOUNDATION.
New York City. Nov. 22 —A report
which points the way to greater .em
ployment, opportunities for colored
people, whiph throws light on their
difficulties in securing jobs, .and
which suggests possible jneans of les
sening these difficulties hag just..becn
issued by tjie Russell Sage Founda
tion under the tit e “Public Em
ployment Offices—Their Purpose,
Structure, and Methods ” While the
study on which this report is. based
was not' confined to the employment
prob'ems of ahy one race, there is
much of interest to students of race
relations in the findings and recom
mendations of the - Foundation with
respect to employment problems af
fecting . the country- generally, *^and
an entire chapter in the renort is
given over to - the problems Of col
ored workers. • ' ,
The report recommends the estab
lishment of a nation-wide system’ of
free public employment offices, to be
operated jointly by the federal, state;
and local governments,' with the
state government as the chief unit
of administratin'!!. Tn the section
d scussing the management of local
emoloyment offices, the point is made
that placement work for colored peo
ple can be done best by members of
their own race; • • ‘ - ' .. ''
The Foundation’s investigators
I 'died employment conditions' m
t e north and :in the south, irt large
cities and in agricultural sections
throughout the country. They find
that race prejudice is limiting- very
much the occupations onen to colored
people; until comparatively recently
alme’st the only lilies of work to
which they were admitted have been
farm and plantation labor* personal
service, and common, labor. This
range of employment should end can
be greasy increased through intelli
gent and persistent educational' work
among employers as to the suitabil
ity of colored Workers for certain
c+her kinds - of work, /together with
discriminating placement.
“If a colored man v/ith good train
ing and ability is held down to a
common laborer’s jbb because of prej
udice he, iiidus ry. and the, commun
ity all suffer an economic loss,’* says
the report; "
The report declares that southern
states, in an effort to restrict the
emigration ‘of co’ored labor ..to the
north, are through? legislation »nd
license fees making it
difficult, and; in seine states
[ s^ble, itofi private agencies ,to send
i workers out bf the -state. There are
[ numerous; instances, also,; says the
report) ‘of the efforts of citizens to
! prevent the recruiting of colored peo
ple for work in Other localities or
states, some of. these even going so
far as threats of violence to the re
cruiting agent.’ This opposition can
be removed through intelligent opera
tion of public employment bureaus,
whose object is adjustment, not mere
shifting cf men, and whose tendency
is to place workers as near home as
possible. .
Referring to migratory labor in
general, without special reference to
the coloped race, the report says:
“The transfer from one section of
the country to another of workers
in increasing numbers is an uproot
ing of home and community relation
ships that must be looked, upon with
concerns In the past we in the
United States have talked very loose
ly about shipping men from one part
of the country to another, as though
the desirability of shipment from - an
industrial and social tpoiritof view
were unquestioned.”
’ V (Ccntnued to page 5)
FRIENDS GREET
BRILLIANT YOUNG
BISHOP. 1
Bishop W. J. Walls, elected to the
bishopric of the A. M. y E. Zion
Church at the General Conference of
that tChurch lin Indianapolis, Ind.,
lsst May. from the editorship of the
Star of Zion, the Church organ, made
his first public visit to' Louisvilel,‘dur
ing the Kentucky Annual Conference
in session here last week, with Bishop
George C. Clement of Louisville pre
siding. Bishop Walls, who pastored
here at Broadway Temple six years
after* buildijig the magnificent church,
edifi e, whi^h Will ever stand as a
monument tq^ the untiring efforts of
the young divine, faithful members,
, and loyal friends, was given a great
ovation when, introduced to the
24, as principal speaker on the big
welcome program, his first appear
ance since his elevation. Speaking
from the. subject: “Enterprise and
Business and Religion, the Challenge
of Our Race Capacity,” the noted
young pulpiteer and platform orator J
held up he reputation made in this
community several years ago, elicit
ing prcIcnge<T applause as he carried
home point after point in such mas
terful sty e, convincing those who sat
under, his voice that his great Church
made no mistake in making him one
of the episcopal fathers at so young,
an age.
It is unusual for a visi or so well,
known to be. in such demand as, was
Bishop Walls, during his few days
here. . 'Messages of which he is capa-!
ble of, delivering claimed the marked
attention of a capacity audience-at,
Broadway Temple last S;.md y mom- '
ing, at Stoners Chapel, the seat of the
conference, Sunday afternoon stirring J
his auditors, as never before as he j
climaxed in the height of his elo- i
quence and power, and Jacob St. |
Tabernacle Monday night, where he j
delivered another address to the pub- j
lie in mass meeting in interest of j
African redemption.' His subiect at j
Broadway Temple was “W^'-ching J
the Crisis,” at Stoner’s Chapel, j
“Translating The Vision.” On each J
occasion in which the bishop appeared .j
he was greeted by hundreds of his j
friends from various denominations!
of the city, men and women repte-j
senting every department of the^ life |
and business of the community. The
bishoo was recipient of many social I
attentions and functions, including
the most excellent entertainment in'
the newly purchased, and most magnif- j
icentr Jefferson St., home of Bishon 1
and Mrs. Clement, and the guest of ,
tfc editor of The Leader and a few
ffiends at the hotel. / i
Few persons have come tp the city
in any capacity and made themselves
such valuable assets, and so worthy
of the good will of the citizens as
Bishop Walls, who came as pastor and
citizen in -1&14. Public spirited he
took part in all racial and public
movements, was active in several or
ganizations including the Y M. C.
A. and N. A. A. C. P.., He was
CRUSADING FOR AFr
RICAN REDEMPTION.
Bishop C. C. Alleyne, D. D.
The )4st General Conference will
be remembered ; for its daring. It
had the courage to answer the call
of the heroic. j v
The Pacific Coast called and the
Episcopal Committee responded by
dispatching one'of its most4 conscien
tious, courageous and scholarly so'ns,
in the person of Bishop Martin* to
supervise that section of the Church
The Middle West called and the
youngest of our Episcopates was
commissioned to advance the lines'of
Zion Methodism, out yonder where
men struggle in thfe interest of our
common cause. This,, little giant,
the resourceful, reliab% and eloquent
Bishop Walls, is already causing the
wilderness to blossom as the nose.
South ^Carolina Florida and Georgia
called and the dashing, daring en
thusiastic Bishop Jones, scion of a^
no’table house, was entrusted with the
task of leadihg the forces in thise
important and strategic states.
Alabama ca led for president Epis
copal leadership, and; Bishop Shaw,
with large vision, lips touched with
holy fire and heart aflame with a
BISHOP C. C. ALLEYNE, D. D.
Resident bishop of Africa who saiis
next week.
burning: desire to serve, was sent in’o
that state to restore the former glory
of Zion’s preeminence.
But louder than all was tne cry of
Africa. Natives stood .up in. the, as
sembly and entreated, “send over a
Bishop to lead us.” , While some
dorb ed, and others hesitated those
/whose hearts the Lord had touched
Said; “we must heed the call.’’ “The
work of Cartwright, the _ labors of
Small mu£t be continued .and conserv
ed”’ But what of the means1? * We
are 'ab'e, the ’ silver and Kgold are the
Lord’s and will be forthcoming,”
answered the women bf the Church.
So a Bishop Was Hirec1 ed to go in;
the name of pur Lord' arid the cause |
of African redemption. ‘To enable
him to enter the fidld adequately
equipped afinancial drive was
launched- to raise twenty-five thou
sand dollars. Some gasped'! But
the missionary spirited ones "buckled
on their armor and proceeded to the ;
workr A wftve of enthusiasm swept j
over the Connection. Money has been
literally pouring 1 into the treasure.
Tire treasurer of the W H and F. M.
Society sees twenty-thousand prac
tically assured’. Well done fellow
workers! _ ■ :
On Saturday, Nov. 29th a party of
missionaries, the advance guard, wPl
sail on A he Steamship Majestic bound
for Africa—your Africa and mine.
The Church says’ ‘''Boh Voyage” to
Rev and Mrs. Peters, Rek. and Mrs
Pope. Rev. and Mrs. Francis, Mr. S.
A. Pomeyie and Mr. Walter Dally
and commits them to the care of
Him who sayp, “Lo I am with you
always even unito the' end of th£
world ”
Pishop and Mrs. C. C Alleyne will
follow in a few days ; By February
the African Conferences will convene
and the question “where are the
preachers stationed?* will be an
swered. Meanwhile this col u
‘ i,he far-flung shares of our Mother
land, the tried and true Zi unites,
born in love and cradled in loyalty,
‘hold the fort for we are coming.”
•‘Arms and the man”, the ancient
poet cried. Equipment ' and, encour
agreement, these are the burden of
our song:
The nighty is passing, dawn is ai
hand. It is day break and all Zioii
rejoices.
KELLY MILLER AT
THE P ALMETTO CON
FERENCE.
By J, C/Cohn.
Kelly Miller, Dean of Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C., delivered
an address to a large congrega ion
of people from every walk of life.
Among other things Dr. Mil er said
the colored people of this country
must learn self-respect, self-culturo
and self reliance, that no man could
produce ar shadow as long as he re
mained in the shade; that if he want
ed to produce his own shadow he
must walk out in the light etS. He
caid the Negroes of this country
ought to stop clamo’ring for the same
status of the white people, that we
ought to see our ideal in ourselves;
'that the white man is not, doing for
the world what the Negroes are do
j ing; that the thing that is worth
i while in aiiy race is a consecrated
j life. Science and literature will net
j and cannot take the place of cohse
; cration, that no man or nation Were
t ever educated in, the light of the
| scripture before they were consecrat
, ed and-that consecration is basic ;to
j every other thing in human attain
I ments for the Bib’e declares that
('“Righteousness exalteth a Ration; but
j si:: ic a reproach to any people” in
deed.
. The Bishop called oil Dr. R. J.
Crockett of York, S. C , Mrs. Janie
Douglas of Union, S. C., and IV^iss
~ Lyd’a . G. Mclhvain, of Washington
D. C., to respond and all of them did
credit to themselves. >. '
Bishop Jones, was fortunate in
securing such-^a great personage ,to
come to Winnsboro to address the
Palmetto Conference.’
Winnsboro, S. C.
COLOR LINE DRAWN
BY GOD.
Covington*, Tenn , Nov., (By Asso
ciated Negro Press) Bishop E. D.
Mouzon. chairman, of the commission
on un fi cation of . the Methodist, Epis
copal Church, South, took,,a long step
toward 'agr ement with Bishop W. A.
Candler arch opponent tfcb scheme
of unification ^f^sen the; northern
southern Methodist churches, when
he declared in a sermon here that the
“color-line had beefi drawn indelibly
by God.” ;
vv The -i statement was' nifade in an
swer to criticism from Various south
ern- so’urdes to the effect ‘ that ’ iii
fighting -for -unification' he was Mak
ing social equality 'for *the Negro in
the south .possible.- The Nashville
bishop denied this. > •-'•'-V-Vv
“AH' decent and intelligent people
in both races are unalterably opposed
to social equality between the races,”
he exp ained; ,“the indecent elements
in both races jpre almost entire’y re
sponsible for the existence of the so
called race problem, as evidenced by
the fact that of en the white man,
who would.. buVn a Negro at the
stake at night would the next n^om*
ing be the father of a mulatto child.”
Negroes have been much interested
in' the cob roversy waged over uni
fication. Bishop' Candler wag the
fi sL southerner to speak outright
against thfr. plan. He* opposed it on
the ground that it would enable Ne
gro* bishops of the northern church
to superintend the affairs of white,
communicants in the sou h. Most of
the leaders of the church in the south
agree with Bishpp Candler. They
are not ashamed to let the wor'd
know that they will not set
WANT
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Educators F:
Praise N~mi
Negro Sch
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Passing a resolution urging the
North Carolina State Board of Edu
cation and the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly to take steps to create
a four year college /or Negrp teach
ers ki No’rth 'Carolina, ><the -State
wide Conference on Negro? Educa
tion, adjourned a one, day session late
yesterday a.ternoon itt the Shaw Uni
versity auditorium. ,,!Phe resolution
was presented by Dr. E, E. Smith,
principal of the Fayetteville State
Normal School; It sms passed after
spirited discussion,- some opposition
arising from those who feared that
shch a measure might detract from
the primary educgfetonJ^ i^a^oes in
North Carolina. :
But there were few differences in
the conference. White and Negro
educators from, as far Portias New
York, as far West as. Chicago and
as far South as Mississippi . joined
with Tar Heel educators iof both
races in paying-^ribute. afte^; tribute
to the Negro educational system in,
No’rth Carolina in sort of -ja pace*
that must have reached beyond the.
river the ears of Charles'. Brantley
Aycock, saying, “We have made good
your promise.” , ^
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Common Ground of knowledge.
The majority of the conference
was composed of Negro men and
women who had thrust aside the
barriers and handicaps of race prej
udice and ignorance and gained to
the common ground of knowledge
Where f 11 mein are equal"; Their
honest faces beamed with pride as
they heard recifarof tlie ptbgfgss of
Negro education in North 'Carolina
and the audience was swept by spon
taneous bursts' of applause time and
again when speaker after speaker
mentioned the erection of some cost y
Negro high school'‘building in va
rious sections of the State,
Principal addresses of the day
were made by ProfCssqr N, C-, New
bold, division director of M Negro
education of the Ndrth Carolina
Boardof Education 4hd. by A T.
Allen, State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction.
Tribute to RosenwaM.
After commenting on the work
that the State wa* doing, fo'r the
education Of 1 the Negro '' citizens,
Professor Newbold p auced to pay a
handsome tribute' to the geherosi'y
-of Julius Rossnwald, 1 Chicago phil
anthropist, whd has invested more
than‘ a third of a mil'icn of dollars
in’ rura' schools ’ for 'North ; Carolina
Negroes; >1 • ’H&j':'-■]"
‘We must pause in this hurried re
cital to say that-the Hosdpv
building programjhas,*!
and hope to' housands drf .
pie, some ► • of, whom ‘ had
lost hope,” the speaker deck
hap also ^gladdened the hearts of
conscientious superintendents, : who,
through the use of Mr. s
benefac ion, have been able to!, get
respectable schools for the . colored
children , under their supervision,
Whereas without this aid they-might
not have been ab e to do anything
now to improve wretched conditions.”1
The speaker also complimented the
work of the Jeans and Slater fundi
agents-, in Norih Carolina'in ad
vancing the educational possibilities
ef the Negro race.
lie also held out hope to the heads--,
of North Carolina private Negro
schools gathered
that aid from:
funds would
tance. He . po:
t’rae the private
were far in the
ported institutio
ed the public
had outdis-an
and-that
fering because ...
raise the funds to
on a level with
State.
“The StaAe