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ablished in 1879. SOLIDATED WITH [JTHERN EVANGELIST. Rev. H. L. McCROREY, D. D., LL. D. Editor. W. E. HILL, Associate Editor. Rev. G. P. PITCHFORD, i ; business Manager. Devoted to the Educational, Mate rial, Moral and Religions interests - of our people in the South, and pub lished at Charlotte, N. C., every Thursday. All questions arising under the va rious subjects above indicated are discussed from a Christian point ol view. Each number contains the freshest and best news from the Southern field and from the Church at large. There is carefully select ed reading matter suited to all class es of our people—the farmer, the mechanic, the artisan and the pro fessional man. The Sabbath School and Mission ary causes will receive special at tention. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Single copy one year ---— $1.50 Six months--— .75 Three months - .50 RATES OF ADVERTISING Given on Application We earnestly ask the sympathy and prayers of our brethren and friends at Urge in order that our efforts in this enterprise may be crowned with success. AGENTS WANTED—to whom a liberal commission will be paid. Send all money by P. O. Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Check, otherwise it might get lost and the sender alone will be respon sible. /'* ' ' Entered at the Postoffice at Char lotte, N. C., as second cUss matter. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926 EDITORIAL NOTES Charlotte Presbyterians are glad to welcome members of Catawba Presbytery which con vened in Biddleville church last night. As is usual at the Spring meeting, a large delegation of ministers and elders is present. Editpr W. L. Porter, of The East Tennessee News, published at Knoxville, Tenn., was in North Carolina last week in the interest of a special edition of The News which is to signal ize the 20th anniversary of the founding of that paper. He spent a day in Charlotte and was cor dially received by his confreres of the press. The special num ber will appear April 24th. The way of the religious news paper is hard. Another illustra tion of this is the passing of The Continent, for many years one of the most influential pa pers in our Church. Although it was supposed to have ample financial backing its subscrip tion list has just been tak en over by The Advance, of Nashville, Tennessee. Both The Continent and The Advance were exponents of the modern ist view in recent doctrinal dis cussion^ In mechanical and lit erary form The Continent was one of the most attractive papers in the country. As the successor of The Interior, made famous by the late Dr. W. C. Gray, The Continent inherited fine literary traditions and maintained them with unusual brilliance. NEWS FROM MOCKSVILLE. Dear Editor: Please allow us space in your paper to say a few words concerning the life and character of a noble and good woman* Mrs. Rachel Clement, whom the dear Lord in His all wise Providence saw fit to call from labor to reward on Febru ary 13. Mrs. Clement lived a beautiful Christian life in the community and was loved and respected by all who knew her, both white and col ored. She is and will be sad ly missed in her church and community. But we have the comforting reflection that we are not without hope, for we are quite sure that if we are as faithful as she was we shall meet again where there is no more parting, for she has gone to be with the Lord. Our pastor, Rev. L. M. Onque, and Mrs. Onque, of Drake’s Branch, Ya., were with us again on the 2nd Sunday in March. Our church and the entire com munity are proud to know and will gladly welcome these good people after the 2nd Sunday in April for “keeps.” Our church is progressing nicely. On last Sababth mom in* we had prayer eervi* eon ducted by Elder Jack Brown. Sunday afternoon the young people gave a very interesting programme at which time $24.80 was raised on church be nevolence. The Missionary Society is do ing excellent work undo: the leadership of Mrs. Mary Steele as President. Our Westminster Guild Society is also doing nice ly with Mrs. Hettie . Long as rresiaeni. Our last monthly meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Syl> vella Hanes with every member present. After the business *of the evening was over our hos tess, assisted by Miss Estella Smoot, served a delicious salad course. We are very glad to say at this time that Mrs. Susan Hun ley and Mrs. Sarah Garrett are able to be out again. Mrs. J. A. Smoot is very sick with flu. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. T. H. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Eddingts and Miss Nina Clingman motored over from Winston-Salem and at tended our Easter program which was a decided success. A SUBSCRIBER. EASTER SERVICES AT THE CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WILSON, N. C. Easter service had its begin ning at the Calvary Presbyteri an church at sunrise Easter morning when a group of twen ty-live children, who had gath ered in the tower of the church, began to broadcast Easter mu thirty minutes. The residents for many blocks around listened in on the music of the children. The younger ones enjoyed the .venture very much. At the eleven o’clock service Holy Communion was celebrated with a large number commun ing. Eight infants were bap , tized and six new members were welcomed into the fellowship of the church. I Rev. Hermon S. Davis, of Oxford, delivered the Easter sermon. He also preached at ‘the evening service. His ser mons were inspiriting, inspiring and uplifting. | Durng the Sunday school hour the Sunday school depart ment rendered the Easter pro gram. This service was very well attended. On the 4th Sunday in March the Omicron Omega chapter of jthe Omega Psi Phi Fraternity held a Memorial service to Col. [ Chas. Young. The principal addresses were delivered by Mr, Wm. H. Davenport, of the local High School faculty, and Mr. L. M. Tobin, of the High School faculty of Tarboro. Mrs. Daniel Vick rendered a vocal solo. Calvary’s choir rendered several pieces of music for the occasion. Plans are being formulated for Vocation Day. At this time it is planned to render a pag eant as one of the added feat ures. It is expected that this day will be made interesting as well as beneficial to the younger group. “THE SCRIBE.” ST. PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, TIMBERLAND, N. C. Sunday, April 4th, Rev. B. H. Brown, of Pembroke, spoke to us at 11 o’clock. He spoke rela tive to the crucified and risen Lord. “Why seek ye the living among the dead” Was the text. From the beginning of the ser vice the speaker seemed to be in full touch with God, our heav enly Father. He stuck to the truth of the message the Lord directed him to bring to us. We believe every soul present who knew the Lord as a personal Saviour enjoyed the service to the very highest. At the close of the service five were added to the church. Pray for us that the Spirit of the Lord may have the right of way in God’s church and that wickedness may give way to righteousness and that the time will soon come when those who are out of the ark of safety may :ry out, “Men and brethren, what shall I do to be saved?” T. L. BLUE, W. ■ W Mary Potter Memorial School, Oxford, N. C. To the Editor of Africo-Ameri can Presbyterian, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Sir: I would be glad if you would publish the enclosed leaflet id your paper. I think the fadti are such that the public should know. ' ■ ‘ I Respectfully, G. C. SHAW. North Carolina has what we call **The North Carolina Athlet ic Conference.” Any school in the State which will adopt the Constitution and By Laws is eli gible to membership. v ? •<» To stimulate athletics the constitution offers a cup value# at about $20.00 to the school Winning the highest percentage of games during the season. Any school winning the cup three years in succession keeps the cup. Mary Potter has always, ever since the association was formed, been a close competitor. The association formerly offered’ a Pennant. Mary Potter wop the Pennant one season. Last year the Contest was very close between Mary Potter and ‘‘North Carolina College for Negroes." One of the Profes sors Of the North Carolina Col lege for Negroes, Prof. C. G. O’Kelly, is Secretary and Treas urer of the association, and, of course, wields quite an influ ence in the executive commit tee, in awarding the cup. He was present and took an active part in deciding certain contests that Mary Potter had before the executive committee. There were two games that the con stiution gave to Mary Potter. These games must be taken away from her or she will get the cup, making it impossible for the school that Prof. O’Kelly represented to keep the coveted prize. They lost the cup on the field. Can it be won in the ex ecutive committee? If so, how? Mary Potter seems not" Id have been sitting well on the heart of our Secretary for a year or so. In 1923 acting un der the old constitution Mary Potter cancelled a game with the National Training School because of bad weather. Prof. O’Kelly, faculty manager of the Training School team, took us before the executive committee of the conference and like & merciless Jew insisted that we pay the full penalty, $30.00 for breaking a contract. We in sisted that, though we had broken a contract, the constitu tion allowed us to do so under the circumstances. Nevertheless he got his committee to decide with him and wrote us to pay it quickly or we would be turned out of the association. We sent him his $30.00. But listed, friends. At the next meeting of the executive committee, Janu ary, 1923, they changed the con stitution making it impossible for a school to cancel a contract. In the Spring of 1924 Shaw University cancelled a game with us, Mary Potter School, for the very same reason that we cancelled our game with the Training School the year before. We have no charge against Shaw for cancelling the gamfe under the circumstances. We would not have brought the! matter before the association if it had had not been to test the partiality of the executive com mittee. What did they do? They exonerated Shaw, saying that Shaw thought she was act ing under the old constitution. Now I want to say here to the public and to the executive com mittee if they were right in the matter of Shaw and we have never had any idea of accepting the $30.00 from Shaw even if the executive committee had cided in our favor, but I repeat, if. they were right in exonerat ing Shaw, then they deliberately robbed Mary Potter’s Athletic Association of $30.00. The Sec retary met us in the road With what he claimed to have been the authority of the executive committee and said, “Give me $30.00 or we will turn you out of the association.” I Shelled out the $80.00. But this is not the point at issue at present. I only men tion this to show to the pub lic what kind of deals we haws it. ** If they lose they will have to win it three years in succes sion? Which is die easiest thing to do, to take it this year or run the risk of winning it the next three years in succession? Mary Potter is a dangerous competi tor. If I can take from her two games that the constitution gives her, then there will be no question about the cup. But before we go into the contest let me tell you of an other deal that we have had from the executive committee, or rather sociation, We have a law that is as explic it as anything can be. Before any school {days a game it must send to our Secretary a list of bonafide players for that season. The list must be signed by the Principal of the school or some member of the faculty. Last year we through mistake left off the name of one of our best players. We discovered the mistake in a few days, some time before we were to play our first game. We wrote our Sec retary telling him of our mis take and asking permission to add the name. The Secretary wrote us at length telling us the name could1 not possibly be added, if we did the games we played would be forfeited. We did not play the man. Now listen and watch. Con test 1. We were playing Kittrell on Kittrell’s grounds. There were, two umpires, one a Kittrell man student and the other an Oxford man, not however, con aected with the school in any way. In the seventh inning there was a contention between the teams. The Kittrell man gave a decision in favor of Mary Potter. The Kittrell team refused to play, but finally agreed to play under a protest. When the protest was written the captain of Mary Potter re fused to sign the same. Kittrell then refused to play. The um pire in chief ordered them on the grounds. Mary Potter team went, Kittrell refused to go, the umpire in chief forfeited the game to Mary Potter. Kittrell , yven refused to pay their guar antee of $20.00. These are the facts that were presented to the executive committee. Both sides were present when these facts were presented. After the facts were presented both sides were asked to retire. If the commit tee heard any other facts in the case they called the other side in and heard the facts when we were not present. The decision of the executive committee was: “Decision of umpire reversed, game given to Kittrell. Kittrell must pay, however, Mary Potter what she guaranteed to pay.” What a generous decision. How considerate of Mary Potter! Twenty dollars will keep their mouths shut. I think it is the law, it certainly is the custom that if a visiting team walks off the field and refuses to play they forfeit the guarantee. If Mary Potter did that why give her the guarantee? But to keep the cup another game must be taken from Mary Potter. Contest 2. I have referred to our contsitution which says ex plicitly that any school playing an ineligible man shall forfeit the game played to the other team. But of course that does not or must not apply to Mary Potter if she is about to take the cup from its two year rest ing place where we are anxious that it should abide forever. At any rate Albion played a pian against us whose name certainly was not on the list of eligible players. The game was played the latter part of the season. You should have heard the Secretary explaining to the other part of the execu tive committee that the Prin pal had assured him that the man was a bonafide player, therefore he should be consid ered as such. Albion won the game, but according to our con stitution and the custom of the executive committee when the Secretary has nothing to gain or lose the game is forfeited to the school played. If that had been done Mary Potter would have the cup. On page 20 of our constitution in the report of the action of the confer I Case N added to encefvsIL_ Decision: All gibes in which player was used Hie minutes of 1926 show case No. 4, ineligible play-' er. Mary Potter vs. Albion Academy. Decision: Ineligible player allowed, otherwise Mary Potter would win the cup. Be fair, executive committee, and make some such honest report I have stated facts and only facts. If I have misstated a sin gle fact I beg to be corrected. I shall gladly publish the correc tion. We feel that what the Secretary’s team lost on the field he won for them in the ex ecutive meeting. I have said privately have written the Secretary ._ now say publicly, that I can not believe if the President of North Carolina College for Negroes knew the facts in the case by which the school ret**’’*'0 -*•** he would allow tl main on the camptu P. S. I am in possession_ facts to show that North Caro lina College for Negroes had a contest . against Johnson C. Smith University for playing Mr. Ed. O’Daniel. Johnson C. Smith won the game. North Carolina College claimed that O’Daniel was an ineligible play er. The game was forfeited to North Carolina College for Ne groes, of course. Is that not true, Mr. Secretary? Why didn't you put that in your minutes? Were you ashamed? Don’t hide behind the skirts of Livingstone College. C. G. SHAW. SHADY SIDE NOTES, LEX INGTON, N. C. The Easter message brought to us Sunday morning by our pastor, Rev. Anderson on “The Risen Christ” was based upon Luke 24:6: “He is not here, but is risen.” The speaker said it was a great day in the creation, a great day in the fall of. man, a great day when the angels sang their glory song, “Peace on earth, good will to men.” It was also a great day when the Son of God, Jesus Christ, hung be tween the heaven and the earth. For three days heaven was in mourning, the darkest days the world has ever known. The speaker emphasized the fact that the greatest and most outstanding of all days was when Jesus Christ arose from the grave and it was said, “He is risen.” Prayer was offered by Broth er J. M. Hargrave, of the Baptist church. The Easter program was ren dered at night at which time the Easter crosses were brought in and the sum of $23.00 was realized. The sick of our church are improving. Mrs. Daisy C. Gil christ has gone to the Hospital at High Ponit. It is reported she is doing fine. We hope to have her back in our midst soon. The Missionary Society held its last meeting before going up to Presbytery with Mrs. Maria Thomasson. The books for the year were reviewed. We have been blessed of the Lord this year. We have met all of our obligations to the Boards, have given aid to many sick and old people. We are sorry to note the loss of one of our faithful members, the oldest of the so ciety. Mrs. W. E. Thomasson has been elected to represent the society in the Presbyterial meeting at Greensboro, April 14th. “BEE.” CARY JOTTINGS By Mrs. E. R. Ballenger The Missionary Society met in the home of Mrs. E. Ballenger. Matthew 28:1-10 was read re sponsively, led by Rev. Boyd. Our topic was “Christianity." Those present were Mrs. M. White, Rev. and Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Estelle Burr, Master How ard Burr, Rev. A. L. White, Mrs. Addie Saunders, Mrs. Sal lie Arrington, Mrs. Irma Ballen ger, Mrs. Mary Saunders, Mr. William Saunders and Carlton Ruth. The Sisters of Meircy are W. Long, strongly endorsed by Dr. J. M. Gaston, the Workers’ Conference at Chester, S. C., f A VA/Vtioaf AfvS/tA fA voted vo request uw mnai w publish an Honor EoH of the churches in various Rresbyte nes that have paid then* full 1925-26. This Roll will appear weekly in the Africo as soon as the quota is raised and sent in to the Central Receiving Agen cy or to any of the Boards for proper distribution. (Signed) C. J. BAKER. Fairfield Presbytery Sumter, Second_Sumter, S. G. Shiloh, Second-Wedge fie Id, S. C. York, Second York, S. C. Cheraw, Second .—..... Cheraw, S.C. V Lad son _• . ,,, Columbia* S. C. Bethlehem let, McConnellsville, S. C. St. Matthews ___ White Oak, S. C. ! Knox Presbytery St. Paul .. Oordele, Ga. Laura Street _-- Jacksonville, Fla. Moore’s Chapel _—— Albany, Ga. Butler Memorial —_ Savannah, Ga. McClelland Presbytery Allendale, Second __ Allendale, S. C. Bethesda-Gaffney, S. C. First Church __ Irmo, S. C. Salem-Anderson, S. C. Walker’s Chapel — Reidsville, S. C. Bowers Chapel-Wellford, S, C. Mt. Zion —1-Due West, S. C. ‘ Sloan’s Chapel_Clinton, S. C. Mattoon -- Greenville, S. C. Kiamichi Presbytery New Hope-Fort Towson, Okie. ' Beaver Dam--Grant. Okla. White River Presbytery V' Westminster_Cotton Plant, Ark. Hot Springs, 2nd, Hot Springs, Ark. Holmes Chapel-Monticello, Ark, Hopewell-Morrilton, Ark. Smith Memorial Crockett, Texas Cape Pear Presbytery Mt. Pleasant _—Franklinton, N. C. Bethany-___ Lumberton, N. C. ' Red Springs, 2nd, Red Springs, N. C. Mt. Pisgah-Rocky Mount, it. C. St. Paul, 2nd.-Timberland, N. C. Catawba Presbytery Trinity ———......— Marion, N. C. Davidson church __Davidson, N. C. Green St. church ___ Morganton ■ Southern Virginia Presbytery , Holbrook Street : 2.-1., tWMeV John Hall Chapel __ Carthage, N. C. Pine Street —--- Durham, N. C. ... Birmingham Presbytery .. Clark’s Chapel ._—: Ackerman, Miss. ' Miller Memorial -Birmingham, Ala. ■"■ Rogersville Presbytery Betheada —1.-Johnson City, Tenn. Hodge Presbytery Christ church_Augusta, Ga.: Bethany--— Conyers, Ga. ,{>" St. James church..Decatur, Ga. Radcliffe Memorial -- Atlanta; Ga. Le Vere Presbytery Leonard Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. Bethel church_Dandridge, Tenn. St. Luke-New Market, Tenn.* / Ric* church-Newport, Tenn. working faithfully. They are doing some good work. The First Baptist church had a rally on last Sunday and had quite a success. There were three choirs present and the singing was good. The Cary choir, under the supervision of Mr. Fred Lee, took the lead. Mrs. A. L. White has been • very sick, but is improving some what. Miss Othara Webster is also very sick. Mr. Thomas Stewart attended * conference at Apex last Satur day. A son was born to Mr. mid t Mrs. M. Burton, Much 20th, Mrs. L. Ross made a flying . trip to Raleigh today. L'ATAWUA PUESBYTEK1AL v1 DISTRICT MEETING. There will be a Presbyterial District meeting, at Church St* ' church, Charlotte, Saturday^ April 24th, 1926, at 10:30 A. v M. Each church in the District v is urged to send representatives; MRS. GEO. E. DAVIS, Presi dent. . - -M-*' MRS. C. H. SHUTS; District Leader. HODGE PRESBYTERIAL. The Woman's Presbyterial Society of Hodge Presbytery will meet April 16th, at Ebene zer church, Rome, Ga. - Each society is earnestly re quested to send a representative y with |1.00, contingent fee. Write Mrs. A. B. Fortune, 1001 Maple Street, Rome, Ga., if you will at tend. MRS. J; R. HARRIS, President.^
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