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VOL. XLIX.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 14, lttl;
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NEGRO PROBLEM IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Dr. Morse, of University Faculty, Delivers Address to Stu
' dents in Series on “Know South Carolina.”
“The Negro is the only col
ored man who has been able to
look the white man in the face
and live,” said Dr. Josiah Morse
in the course of a talk in the
University chapel Sunday night.
He was speaking on the Negro
problem in South Carolina. His
talk was one of a series of eight
on “Know South Carolina.”
“There are many approaches
to the Negro problem, all of
them more or less hard, repell
ing and dangerous,” he said. “It
is probably the most difficult
problem in the world, not be
cause of any inherent difficulty,
but because, although man has
solved1 many more difficult prob
lems, having weighed the most
distant star and picked the in
visiblet atom to pieces, the diffi
culties of the Negro problem are
not ofithe intellect.
“It Is rather a problem of
deeper! seated prejudices, biases,
conventions, traditions and atti
tudes which have come down
through the centuries.
“Inasmuch as we are com
pelled to view the problem
through these many facted
glasses, it is not surprising that
we do not see it in its true light
and true form. We see it
through our discolored and mis
shapen lenses. This is not only
true in. South Carolina, it is true
the world over in inter-racial
problems.
“The problem is easy. You
and I and all the human beings
on the planet make the difficul
ty. But one avenue is less of
fensive than the others, the av
enue of economics, dealing with
bread and thenassur
ance against poverty. The ec
onomic motif cuts across all oth
er human interests. If you un
derstand the economic, aspect
you will understand almost any
other aspect. It is fundamen
tai.
“Everywhere in the world you
will find combinations of indi
viduals for welfare and comfort.
One race enslaves another to in
sure comfort for themselves and
for future generations. Some
times this slave race combines
and in turn becomes an enslav
ing race. Here and there one
comes across the routed ones
far away from the fertile fields,
the wells and the rivers. From
the earliest times to the present
day, human beings have been
driven by the economic urge.
“Today every individual is go
ing where he thinks he can do
best for himself and his loved
ones. Up to recently, vast
hordes of foreigners poured
into this country because of the
hope of better conditions and
greater freedom. That is what
we South Carolinians are doing
when wd leave the State and go
elsewhere.
“These vast laws apply to the
Negro; he is no exception. His
history has been motivated. by
the same needs, desires, and im
pulses. He adjusted and adapt
ed himself to his environment
as a slave, and prospered and
mu’tiplied. He is the only col
ored man who has been able to
look the white man in the face
and live. All the time he has
been smiling, bowing and scrap
ing, back in his consciousness
has been the aspiration, the
hope and the prayer for a great
er opportunity and a desire for
a better condition.
“We can not blame him for
hoping and praying. Probably
no other enslaved people has
made so great a progress as the
Negro in the last fifty years. He
has had the advantage of the
white man’s civilization, but he
he certainly deserves credit for
taking advantage of it.
“Now we have come upon a
new time in history. New immi
gration laws have been passed.
Capital has sought labor south
of Mason and Dixon’s line and
found the Negro able, ready and
strong. They took the Negro
from the corn and cotton fields
by trainloads.
“This has been going on for
the last three years and we may
well expect it to continue. You
may hear of some of them com
ing back, but that is true to a
very small degree. By no means
all of them come back, and those
who have come back have been
drawn away again by the larger
wages and better living condi
tions of other places.
“This immigration from South
Carolina is destined to continue.
The better and more intelligent
Negroes who have felt their
handicaps and limitations have
left. The chances are that in
the not distant future we will
be left with the dregs of the
Negro race, unless we compete
with other sections of the coun
try to hold them.
“The economic wall against
the Negro has been torn down
and they are now bidding for
his labor, because his is the only
labor that remains. We have an
advantage. This is his home
land. He likes the climate and
the people. He does not like
other climes, but there are com
pensations.
“Within the next quarter cen
tury there will be a new situa
tion when the bulk of the Ne
groes will be in the Middle At
lantic and Central States. It
may be good for the Negro to
spread out. In a quarter centu
ry we may usurp New England’s
place in industrial supremacy
and our whole mode of living
may be transformed.
*- “We iriay tofe' glad to see the
Negro go. But granting that tt
would be desirable for them to
leave, what about our duty at
the present time? Should we
hasten his departure and contin
ue to deny him justice in our
courts and safety and security
in his property/
“Should we make it so uncom
fortable for him here that he
speeds his departure? If I did
believe this, and I am inclined to
believe it, I should fear to do
anything that was not fair and
just. If you believe in a God
who molds the destinies of na
tions and who loves justice, you
will find that injustice, envy and
wrong have not prevailed in the
long run.
“I would not dare to make the
black man’s burden any harder
to bear. I would not withhold
him justice, a word of cheer, and
the hand of fellowship, as I fear
the God of justice, knowing his
tory as I do. You and I are
reaping the rewards and pun
ishments of past generations
and we would not wish to burden
future generations with the bur
den of our hates and prejudic
es.
“Twenty centuries ago Jesus
gave us the solution to this prob
lem. Ask yourself, ‘What would
Jesus do?’”
WOMEN ADOPT PROGRES
SIVE RACE PROGRAM.
Jackson, Miss., June 25.—
Meeting here last week in annu
al session, the Mississippi Wo
man’s Committee on Race Re
lations pledged themselves to
the most progressive program of
interracial justice ever adopted
by any group in this State. Be
ginning with a terrific broadside
against lynching and mob vio
lence, they promised to seek
better school advantages for the
colored people of the State, of
fered their cooperation to the
Negro club women in their ef
forts for a home for delinquent
boys, and then gave proof of
their sincerity by inviting thf
Negro women of the State t
membership on their committe
Among the specific improve
ments in school conditions to
which they pledged themselves
were better facilities for teach
er-training, better school build*
ings, and a more equitable dis
tribution of school funds.
Mrs. David M. Key, wife of
the-President of Millsaps CoU
lege, was elected President of
the State Committee, which in
cludes a score of the most prom
inent women in Mississippi, all
of them leaders in one or more
of the great religious or civic
groups. The meeting was con
vened by Mrs. Maud P. Hender
son, of the Commission on Inter
racial Cooperation, who reports
a much more active interest in
the movement than was appar
ent in earlier meetings.
SOUTH HIGHLAND HIGH
SCHOOL, ANNISTON, ALA.
The South Highland High
School will open September the
first, 1927. The school is install
ing a biological laboratory with
all the equipment for teaching
biology. Two scientific labora
tories were installed last year
for teaching physics and chem
istry, and many other improve
ments were made in the school.
Among the improvements are
a library with more than three
thousand volumes of good libra
ry books both for references and
reading, a student report steel
file, and a full line of carpentry
and masonry tools for teaching
the trades. Prof. W. T. Jack
son will instruct the boys in ma
sonry for six days in the week.
We are using for the high
school only standard college
graduates with degrees. Some
have taken post graduate cours
es.
Faculty:
Prof. A. W. Rice, A. B„ A.
M., S. T. B., Lincoln University,
Pa., Professor of Mathematics.
Prof. J. W. Holloway, A. %
B. D., Fisk University, Nash
ville, Tenn., Professor of En
glish, History, and Modern Lan
guages.
Prof. W. V. Joyner, A. B.,
Lincoln University, Pa, Profes
sor of Sciences.
Prof. Milton Alexander
Yongue, A. B„ Lincoln Univer
sity, Pa., Professor of Education
and Latin.
Prof. W. T. Jackson, instruc
tor in brick masonry, bricklay
ing and cement finishing.
Miss G. R. Merlalla, Spelman
College, Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Carrie Meredith, Swift
Memorial College, Rogersville,
Tenn.
Miss Mary J. Mack, Scotia
College, Concord, N. C.
Mrs. M. M. Rice, Scotia Col
lege, Concord, N. C.
Credits will be given for ex
tension of teacher’s certificates,
if the course in Education or
Teacher’s Training is taken.
REV. A. W. RICE,
Principal;
Anniston, Ala.
COLORED RETAIL GROCERS
Washington, D. C.—The near
ly 6,500 colored retail grocers
throughout the United States
will be interested to learn that
at the convention of the Na
tional Association of Retail Gro
cers (white), recently held at
Omaha, improved and modern
merchandising was stressed as
the most effective method of
competition to be used. A clos
er cooperation between the
wholesale distributors and the
retail merchant was also sug
gested.
NOTICE.
The eleventh annual meeting
of the Sunday school convention
of the Rogersville Pdesbytery
will be held in New Hope Pres
byterian church, Tusculum,
Tenn., August 5 to 7, 1927.
Delegates will go from there
to Knoxville to the School oi
Methods, August 8th to 14th
Those expecting to attend the
convention should notify Rev. J
H. Fort, pastor, Greeneville
Tenn.
J. J. SHEPPERSON
VIRGINIA
Beverly Marks
The Presbytery « Southern
church, Randolph^l^a. Those
tables, heavily ladeit.;wkh ham,
chicken, cake of. varieties,
completed by cake ice cream
the last night willform the
mind’s picture, while sweet
memory of same and that im
pressive meeting of tt&e Pres
bytery will linger long;
Rev. Fowlkes had pur sympa
thy in the loss of his mother.
Elder Jefferson Jackson had the
Presbytery to meetl there, but
sickness prevented His attend
ing. By the tender cire of Mrs.
Jackson and the family prayers,
conducted by Drs. ML Down
ing and A. A. Hector, he re
vived. Mrs. Jackson and hers
cared well for their^jfelegates.
It was pleasing to meet our
schoolmate, Mrs. Seppie Scott
Mann and others. j |
In the Woman’s Popular
meeting, presided oyer by Mrs.
M. L. Kendrick, a program was
rendered, concluded \ % an in
teresting pageant, conducted
by Misses Gunn and Reynolds.
The visit to JLev. and Mrs.
W. H. Shepperson, whose
daughter, Miss Marcia V., is
is among the graduates of 1927,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wilker
son, whose daughter, Miss Vio
la, is a bright music student of
Ingleside; to the school of Mrs.
Sarah Paige Brown and cowork
ers at Jetersville,. Mrs. Sallie J.
Cralle, Clara T. Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Carter Milled Of Christ
Church,''Burkevlllo^ a
source of pleasure, as was the
visit to Mr. and Mrs. T. L. and
Mrs. A. Beverley and Mrs. M.
E. Harding, Richmond, Va. Mr.
Beverly is making his mark at
Union.
While worshipping with Beth
any Presbyterian church, Nor
folk, at the request of Rev. and
Mrs. F. D. Nance, the writer ad
dressed the Sunday school and
the Teacher-Trainjng class, of
which Rev. Nance is the able in
structor; and also the Woman’s
Missionary Society. Mrs. Bar
rett and Mrs. Hendricks were
also speakers. It is a pleasure
to note that Mrs. Lomax’s
Westminster Guild and Mrs.
Moone's Light Bearers are alive.
Dr. Moone 'would make a fine
Director of Stewardship. Well
might Elder and Mrs. Brown
feel that their efforts for a choir
were not in vain. Mrs. Nance
is useful with her music, etc.
Prof, and Mrs. Dungee are to
be congratulated on the mark
their children are making. This
church and these parents, in the
words of their pastor, are al
ready reaping some of the
fruits from the seeds sown.
In compliance with . Mrs.
Dr. Moone’s request, the writer
addressed the girls of the Y. W.
C. A. Such an interesting pro
gram rendered, in which the
young people performed so well
bespeaks much for the good that
Mrs. Moone, Mrs. Dungee and
others are doing. With these
faithful workers' and Miss
Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Moore,
loyal Rev. Haskins and others to
hold up the pastor’s arms, Beth
any bids fair for a promising
future and a glorious harvest. In
addition to royal entertainment
by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knight
the writer owes gratitude to
the aforenamed, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Lomax, Mr and Mrs.
I CarterrMrs. Mary E. Moore, A.
Beverly and others for a delight
lightful stay in Norfolk.
Central Presbyterian church,
l May 22nd was a full day for
Petersburg. Rev. and Mrs. Tice,
Mrs. Susie Harris, Mrs. Lofton,
• Mrs. Diana Bailey and other
'good people of the church are
i putting forth efforts, to build,
They lifted a collection for the
Circle. May God bless them and
raise up men and me^ns thai
the work may go on for God and
humanity.
At Hopewell Rev. Davis’
heart was saddened by the ill
ness of I'rs. Davis who had been
sick a year or more. We assure
him of our sympathy.
At Nottoway the writer is
debtor to the good families of
the Lomaxes and Rev. and Mrs.
Stitt. (Miss Stitt is making good
at Ingleside) and Dr. and Mrs.
Harris. Miss Alma M. Harris is
a graduate of 1927 and was the
happy recipient of many pres
ents, among them being a ten
dollar present, a token of Beth
esda church, through Mrs. Alex.
Lomax, for her valuable service
as organist. They, too, are
making efforts to rebuild. May
a marvelous success attend their
every effort for good.
Through the kindness of Dr.
and Mrs. Harris, May 23rd to
25th, we were at Ingleside com
mencement exercises and Alum
nae Reunion, drinking from the
fountain.
The business meeting of the
Reunion opened with the recita
tion of the 23rd Psalm in unison,
followed by prayer by Mrs. Jen
nie Johnson. The President ex
plained the object of the meet
ing and was followed by Mrs.
R. B. Miller, who urged that the
annual fee be $2.50. Each mem
ber was enjoined by the Presi
dent to see that another pays
an equal amount or be respon
sible for five dollars and ihat
they organize chapters. Mrs.
Smith, ^Assistant Treasurer,
read 'the-report in the absence
of Mrs. Charles Miller. The re
port was received and adopted.
Mrs. Wingo’s motions to re
tain present officers, elect an as
sistant secretary and that
Alumnae’s husbands become
honorary members were carried.
A program Committee was ap
pointed by the chair. After re
citing Mizpah, led by Mrs. Mar
tha Thompson, we adjourned to
render the program.
Mrs. Alter gave a hearty, wel
come greeting, responded to by
Mrs. Wingo, who also spoke of
the Training School at Chula,
Va. Mrs. Alter also donated to
the fuhd. The President gave
a warm welcome to the class of
27. Dr. Alter and Rev. Henry
Aid double duty in the absence
of Rev. Shepperson, Drs. Harris
and Taylor. In the oration Dr.
Alter was at his best. We can
not soon forget his wholesome
instructions.
“Class Representation” was
interesting. The class of 1927
and the Quartette furnished us
music. Miss Alma M. Harris
presided at the piano. Through
out the program Mrs. Wilkerson,
the Recording Secretary, was in
piace.
Mrs. G. C. Campbell, though
absent, was present in her long
and very interesting letter, read
by the President of the Alum
nae, following which was the
benediction by Rev. D. A. Hen
ry, preceded by the song, “Blest
be the tie that binds.” After the
program we repaired to the din
ing room. The appearance of the
table was inviting and displayed
the knowledge and art of the do
mestic science teacher, Miss Lois
Tails, in preparing and serv
ing food. This repast was en
joyed by all, and afterward
termed a banquet. Following
the toasts by Dr. Alter and Rev.
Henry were remarks by Moth
er Wright, during which she
presented a. book—Testament
and Psalms—of excellent finish
and large print, to the President
of the Association, who ex
pressed her pleasure at being the
happy recipient and would treas
ure the same much and long in
honor of the donor. A rising
vote of thanks was extended and
the class of 1927 led in singing,
“God be with you ’till we meet
again,” followed by benediction
Mjr XJL • AibU«
In the evening and Wednes
day morning we witnessed the
interesting exercises in which
three of our girls received cer
tificates for reciting Bible
chapters. Mr. Jno. Marks Boyd
and Mrs. Boyd were present. It
looked at one time as if Rev.
Shirley was going to take the
silver cup away. But when he
extended it and Mrs. Alter
stepped forth, the happy recip
ient for Ingleside, a thrill of joy
ran high and hearts gave vent
to a prolonged applause. And it
was music to the ear. We bade
adieu to dear Ingleside, feeling
that ours had been a feast of
joy.
After interesting meetings at
Bethesda, through the kindness
of Dr. and Mrs. Harris the writ
er was conveyed to Mrs. Bettie
and Lavinia Bridgeforth’s, who
have for nineteen years, in their
cafe work, enjoyed the confi
dence and patronage of the best
people of Blackstone. She ar
rived in Bracey Whit Monday
and found Great Creek’s people
holding their annual feast and
Rev. and Mrs. James out for a
recreation, after a term of work
in school at Hopewell.
Mrs. M. J. Wright, of Amelia,
Passed Away.
P. S.—Just as I had laid down
the pen the sad news came that
Mother Wright, had passed to
her reward June 9th, for which
intelligence we thank Rev. and
Mrs. T. H. Lackland.
Mother Wright was so cheer
ful and spry at the Reunion, lit
tle we thought that the end
would be so soon. The first and
last reunion she witnessed. Not
only the family and churches
in that section but the Presby
terial of So. Va., the Alumnae
Association and •.*»'
large will miss a faithful and
loyal member. v *
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to
weep.”
Bracey, Va.
A SUCCESSFUL D. V. B.
SCHOOL AT STATESVILLE.
The Daily Vacation Bible
School, conducted at the Tradd
Street Presbyterian church, was
brought to a successful close
Friday night, July 1, with an ex
cellent program rendered by the
different .departments.
Everyone who knows about
this work knows that it is no
small task. It takes experienced
teachers to bring out and carry
out everything that a school of
this kind means. Our school was
fortunate to have as instructors
teachers who have had class
room experience. These teach
ers are Mrs. Maggie Cowan,
Mrs. Bessie Abernathy, Miss
Martha Smith, Mrs. M. B. Hol
lowell and Dr. J. L. Hollowell.
Mr. J. H. Smith acted as the
principal, assisted by Dr. Hollo
wen.
The enrollment was 148 bona
fide students and an average at
tendance of 73 for the term.
Too much cannot be said of
the faithfulness of the teachers
and their task. Much good has
L een accomplished with these
y oung people which we hope will
bear fruit in after years. It is
hoped also that the children
from the different schools of
the churches will carry their
new found stimulus into their
Sunday schools.
We hope that the Daily Vaca
tion Schools everywhere will
have a prosperous session.
CORRESPONDENT.
“SINGING SOLDIERS.”
Washington, D. C.,—.“Sing
ing Soldiers” is the name of a
new book by John J. Niles, illus
trated by Margaret Thornley
Williamson, and published by
Charles Scribner’s Sons, which
essays to describe the colored
songsters of the American Ex
peditionary Forces of the World
War. The author says: “In
France the Negro troops sup
plied what melody there was.”