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GEORGIA LETTER
By Rev. A. B McCoy, D. D.
The Program Committee of
the Synodical Conventions and
Schools of Methods have met
and programs worked out with
faculty and speaker assign
ments. It is agreed that this
is the best program we have
had yet. There will be some
new features among which will
be a Boys’ Camp,. under the su
pervision of Rev. A. H. George,
of Wilson.
These conventions’ success is
measured by one or two simple
things: First, the type of dele
gates. The delegation should
be made up of persons who show
an interest in and anxiety for a
special kind of service in the
local church and its depart
ments. Second, the spirit of the
conventions must be kept up to
par. Good feeling in clap room
discussions, on the athletic fields,
in the social rooms, etc. Third,
a sense of responsibility must
rest on each delegate and not
the official staff alone—respon
sibility in behalf of the com
forts, well-being and good name
of each and £he institution that
so kindly opens its doom. Fourth,
all bills of the conventions should
be paid. The conventions should
be self-supporting. All connen
tions reached that point last
year. Fifth, the capacity of the
institutions where we meet
should be filled. There should
be no room left.
Th?se five general points
could be broken up into smaller
grpttps* but If these five points
are covered, our conventions are
a success. They were covered
'Hast year in the “nth” degree.
P* We meet this year at:_ __
^ Valiant, Okla., July 2fcAug.
3, Elliott Academy, Rev. J. “D.
Stanback, Principal.
Anniston, Alabama, Barber
College, August 6-12, Rev. Jno.
. F. Scherer, D. D., President.
■ Augusta, Ga., Haines Insti
tute, August 13-19, Miss Lucy
C. Laney, Principal.
Oxford, N. C„ Mary Potter
Memorial,School, August 20-26,
Rev. G. C.' Shaw, Principal.
Every effort is being put forth
to make our Children’s Day
larger this year than ever. There
are two reasons for this day:
First, it is or should be inform
ing. Material is put in the
hands of the young people on
missions, a subject that is need
ed to be studied in our churches
and Sabbath schools. This lit
erature is absolutely free. Then,
again, the big opportunity to
give our means to the mission
work of the Church offers a real
chance for service. Every cent
raised that day goes for mis
sions—-not a penny for salaries,
rents, postage or upkeep.
It has been agreed to allow
the churches to put the Chil
'■ren’s Day offering on the Be
nevolence quota. That is, if your
quota for 1928-1929 is $100,
more or less, and you send to the
Board a Children’s Day offering
of $26, more or less, you are
permitted to deduct this from
the $100 or whatever the amount
-of your benevolence quota. If
you have not ordered your sup
ply off free Children’s Day liter
ature you should do it now.
Wo have the biggest D. V. B.
S. Campaign on this year that
we have ever had. You can help
our Sunday school force by ral
lying to their call. Hits* after
r ll, is the task of the local
church and no church should
wait for tike Sunday school mis
sionary to come over and "set
it up” or wait for the “Board
to send us a helper.” The Board
does not send out any helpers.
For the past few years the
Hoard (S. S. Department) has
offered to aid young women in
their traveling expenses if they
would agree to give from one
to five weeks volunteer, free
service in this work, providing
they were students. Over
twenty of the finest type of
young women volunteered their
services last year in three of
our Synods. Let's go for this
year!
And Mrs. Larimer, the be
loved woman of our Pittsburgh
office, retires June 1st, 1928. She
has wrought well. May her fu
ture be spread with joys of com
forts and glorious memories of
those she served and who loved
and still love her for her sym
pathetic attitude, her sincerity
of purpose, her consecrated and
encouraging touch, her genuine
optimism and her noble exhibi-j
tion of what a real woman
should be. We shall always re
member her as the epitome of
culture and refinement, with a
dignified, Christian bearing, bp
folded in an everlasting aylile
which made every one feel that
it was a real benediction to be in
her presence. God. blebs her;
and may she live long to see the
continued growth of the work in
which she served so nobly.
Africa again comes to the
front. A conference on African
missions will be held in Congo,
West Africa, in September, this
year. The Foreign Board has
selected two Negro represen
tatives to attend this confer
ence. These representatives
will pot only attend the Congo
conference but wiH be expected
to visit our mission station at
Cameroun, the only point where
our Church has any mission
work "in Africa and the point
where our recent appointee, Mr.
Underhill, will work.
The two Negro delegates
appointed are Rev. J. W. Holley,
D. D., LL. D., Stated Clerk of
Knox Presbytery, President of
Georgia State Normal School,
and Stated Supply of Moore’s
Chapel, Albany, Ga. Hon. Chas.
W. Williams, an elder in our
church in Boston, Mass., and
clerk of the City Juvenile court,
of Boston, with the duties of
Judge of said court, is the pther
representative.
The Rev. J. T. Colbert, D. D.,
pastor of Grace Presbyterian
church, Baltimore, Md„ has been
appointed alternate. This is a
fine opening for our Church; it
gives us a chance to learn in a
first-hand way of the great work
that is being done in the Foreign
field.
Where is Uncle Billy? We
miss him.
Atlanta, Ga.
NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH
HA? RAISED ITS FULL
QUOTA FOR 1928-’29.
To the Minister^ and mem
bers within tjxe bounds cf the
Atlantic, Canadian, Catawba
and East Tennessee Synods:
Dear Fellow-Workers:
You will be interested to
know that Shady Grove church,
near Carthage, N. C., has al
ready paid its full benevolence
quota for this (1928-’29) Church
year. Brother Boykin, the pas
tor, is all smiles over this fine
accomplishment, and I am sure
that all of us wish to give him
and his good people “the glad
hand.”
Is not this a splendid challenge
to the other churches of Yadkin
Presbytery, of which Shady
Grove is a member, as also to
the churches in every Presbyte
ry, to begin now to rally for the
quotas assigned, so as to fore
stall shortages at the close of
ithe Church year?
I We have not heard of another
church having paid up., Shady
Grove seems to be.at the head
of the list and to lend the whole
Church, as far as our informa
tion goes. She will feel lone
some unless some other church
of: our group joins her soon.
Please start early and make the
rush.
The Editors of the Africoj
have been very gracious in feat
uring, the “Honor Roll,” even
keeping it going more than a
month after the close of the
1927-’28 Church year. Now
Shady Grove has started it off
anew for the current year. Let
us make it grow. Change the
form, if you wish, but let usi
keep up the spirit.
While the General Assembly
legislates and accepts world
mission responsibilities, let us
strengthen the hands of our
Boards, the Assembly’s active
agents. We have been informed
that the Board of National Mis
sions was the only one that re
ceived more funds last Church
year than it did the year pre
vious; the others received less.
We hope there is no deficit in
the accounts of either Board.
Let us labor, as never before,
this year to make any deficit
impossible for any of our
Boards.
Faithfully yours,
C. J. BAKUR,
District Secretary.
36 SUNDAY SCHOOLS ADD
250 NEW PUPILS IN CA
TAWBA CAMPAIGN.
Frank C. Shirley
Thus far the Catawba mem
bership drive has been a failure
—and yet a success.
We have failed, in that we
have been able to interest only
Synod A^^l^^we'baro^rtt
ten every pastor and Sunday
School Superintendent enclosing
printed form and stamped envel
op for return. Some have been
written as many as three times
and have not made their first
response yet. However we will
not give them up until the cam
paign is over; so they may look
out for even more mail.
The effort, however, has not
been all failure; looking at the
situation from one point of view
it has been quite a success. The
accomplishment of the 36 schools
is typical of what can be done
through systematic and united
effort. It was our contention
at the outset that we could
reach the goal desired if we
could get the united backing o£
all the schools. We still hold
to that position and think the
record of the 36 schools vindi
cates us in our stand.
The following additions will
indicate the interest that is be
ing manifested by some of the
schools that are active in the
campaign; others will be cited in
a later article: The First church
of Richmond, 20; Grace, Win
ston-Salem, 16; White Rock,
Kinston, 16.; Dulatown, Lenoir,
18; Chestnut Street, Wilming
ton, 10; Huntersville, 15; Beth
any, Norfolk, 7; Tradd Street,
Statesville, 7; Groveland, Dur
ham, 5; Mebane Second, Mebane,
8; Hare’s Chapel, Pendleton, 3;
Murkland, Matthews, R. F. D.,
3; Schools in Charlotte—Brook
lyn, 15; Seventh Street, 13;
Brandon, 8; Church Street, 5;
Fifth Avenue, Roanoke, 15.“
It will be noted that we have
listed above all types of schools,
from the largest to the smallest,
both rural and urban, schools in
communities thickly settled and
in those sparsely settled. This
is as it should be. No school
should hold back because it can
not make as large a contribution
as some other schools more fa
vorably situated. We are anx
ious to see every church work its
territory to its utmost. So again
we appeal to the pastors and
superintendents who have not
yet entered the campaign to do
e closing weeks. Wlf
jught to reach the 600
hildren’s Day.
*ay, in closing, that
of ahsence is nearly
t five more weeks and
he headed toward the
*th State” again to
that* 1 left off la*
r. When I get *%aek
s airesdy in the midst
Whitehead, stu
on University, spent
visiting relatives
•iAve. "■
Dixon, Misses
Wood, L. Wood,
L. Pridgen and A.
motored to Elizabeth
,y. ‘ While there
guests of Prof.
Mrs. R. T. Winstead
Oxford last Sunday.
Fisher, of Wilson,
spent a ftpr’hours in the city
last Wednesday.
Prof.JS. & O Kelly, of Dur
ham^ sftafti a short while in the
city
ROv. |l.r Limits motored to
"last-Sunday to bring
tfho was delegate
meeting of the
fctlon of Clubs.
Al$kander, Lu
Williamston; Lau
jStanbaek.of
guests «T Miss Katie isunn bn
W. Thomas Street last Sunday.
Among these who attended
the gnnual picnic at Smithfield
last Monday were : Mr. Frank
Horne, Mesdames Mattie Mayo,
Major Williams, Sidney Branch,
Iva Barnhill, Misses Annie Friz
zell, Virginia Bryant, Pearl Als
ton, Geneva Battle, Messrs. A.
B. Hatfield, Thomas Edwards,
James Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Daney, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
ander Sauiiders, Mr. and Mrs.
Ransom Moseley and Mr. Frank
Corbett.
Mr. A. L. Pridgen left last
Monday night for Washington,
D. C.
Misses Katherine and Nell
Pittman, Golda Dixon, Messrs.
R. J. Johnson and Albert New
by t motored to Franklinton last
Thursday to see Miss Dixon’s
mother.
Mr. Richard Swador spent last
wejek-end in Norfolk, Va.
Dr. L. P. Armstrong and Mr.
A. | T. Spicer made a business
trip to Gdkisboro last Tuesday.1
Mrs. S. C. Baskerville was1
called to Goldsboro last Sunday (
on account of the sudden illness
of her sister, Mrs. Annie Whit
ley* - .
Miss LilHan Yergins has re
turned to her home in Raleigh.
While here Miss Yergins was
the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Car
rie Rawlins, on Atlantic Ave.
Misses L. M. Armstrong and
K. C. Pittman, and Mr. Law
rence Penny motored to Raleigh
last Monday.
Professing. G. W« Bryant and
Wi S. Etheridge, of Windsor,
were visitor* in the city last
week.
Mrs. Mabel Robinson, of
Bricks; spent last Friday in Wil
son.
Miss Violet Hart, of Tarboro,
spent 'a few hours in the city
last Thursday.
Miss RUth Edwards spent
last Friday in the city on busi
ness.
Mr, R. N. Harris and Mr. L.
W. Wilhoit, of Durham, were in
the city last week on business.
Mr: Edward Reynolds, for
merly of Suffolk, Va., has been
appointed special agent at
Reeky Mount Distnct Offfce for
the Eagle Life Insurance (Com
pany of Raleigh,
Prof. J. D. Reid and Mr, Wil
liam Pearce, Of Wilson, were in
the city for a few hours last
Saturday.
Misses Z. O. Gillespie, of Dan
ville, Va., and Ethel Herring, of
Wilmington, were pleasant vis
itors in the city last week.
jMrs. P. W. Burnett left last
Thursday night for her home in
Macon, Ga.
Mesdames L. L. Cooper and
James Hopkins motored to Zeb
ulon last Tuesday.
Miss Golda Dixon left Sunday
night for Philadelphia, Pa. •
Mr. Joseph Bullock, of Tar
boro, was in the city on business
last week.
A musical program given by
one of the clubs of Mt. Pisgah
Presbyterian church for the
benefit of the Building Fund
last Sunday, May 6th was very
interesting and enjoyable; Prof.
O. R. Pope gave an interesting
talk on music appreciation. Solos
and musieal selections by local
talent were in keeping with the
National Music Week.
A banquet given by the Jun
ior class in honor of the Senior
class at the B. T. W. High
School last Friday evening, May
11th, was very much enjoyed.
The program, decorations and
th.e method in which the'entire
affair was conducted reflected
much credit to; the faculty and
class. Dean Holloway, of Brick
Junior College, gave a very in
teresting address. Refreshments
and decorations of red and white
(Junior class eolors) were car
ried out effectively.
, The Mary B. Talbert Federa
tion Club met with Mrs. B. F.
i Thursday evening.- 4&er
| ing a very interesting and in
1 spiring report given by the dele
gate from the State meeting,
the following officers were elect
j ed: Mrs. J. S. Brown, President;
j Mrs. Lula Lucas, 1st. Vice
President; Mrs. J. W. May, 2nd
I Vice-President; Mrs. Lillie
I Smith, Secretary; Mrs. A. B.
i Byrd, Assistant Secretary; Mrs.
jJ. W. Parker, Mrs. B. F. Raw
ilins, Corresponding Secretaries;
'Miss Mae Estelle Hines, Treas
ure!*.
COLLEGE GIRL’S IDEAL
FOR HER CAMPUS.
By Mary E. Martin.
(The author is a member of the
class of 1931, of Bennett College
for Women, Greensboro, N. C.
—Editor.)
I have an ideal for the campus
of Bennett Gollege for Women.
My conception would have it
a place where there is always
a breath of freedom in the air;
where a sound and various
learning is taught heartily with
out show or pretense.
There ere reasons why the
campus may become what I wish
it to be. First, the life and
and teachings of Christ furnish
forth the ideal of right and true
womanhood. Second, all classes,
conditions, and beliefs are wel
come and students may rise by ]
earnest striving, hard work and
merit. Third, it is a place where
wealth is no honor and poverty
no shame; where honorable la
bor, even labor oif the hands, is
glorified by high purpose and
strenuous desire for a clearer
■and larger view,
i On the campus there is also
a will to serve all the high ends
of students who are struggling
to use the opportunity of get
ting an education.
I feel that we are being taught
to observe closely, to'imagine
vividly, to reason accurately,
and to have about us some hu
mility and some toleration.
Truth shining patiently like
| a star?* on the campus of dear
Old Bennett, bids us advance,
and we will not tuzta aside,
I shall speak less than five
minutes. I have one thin* to
say. 1 challenge any and every
enemy of prohibition to name tw>
one restrictive liquor- lav any*
where of any time which the
liquor forces have obeyed. We
have tried out every milder re
striction, every weaker device.
We had a law that liquor must
not be sold to known drunkards.
Was that law obeyed? It Was
not. We tried to protect our
youth by forbidding the sale qt
liquor to minors. Did the
loons obey that? They did not. "
We prohibited the sale of liquor "
on election days, and -Sundays
and after eleven o’clock at night.
Were any of these laws obeyed?
They were not. The people by
overwhelming majorities voted
their owji States dry or their
counties or townships or wards.
Did the liquor forces ever respect ,
the will of the people in such
cases? Never. They poured in
the liquor by every bootlegging
device in spite of honest police
or with the connivance of bdught
police, and then sought to break
down the restrictive law by the "
lying claim that they sold more
liquor in dry territory than
when they had open saloons.
Who in the face of a hundred
years of such law defiance can
believe that retreat, from prohi
bition to some milder law will
give us a law that the liquor 1
forces will obey? They say that
a law which is generally disc*"
beyed breeds disrespect for law
and should be abolished. Ac
cording to that We Can main- :
taih respect for few in Ameffca > '
only by-^boMshtng WwipWMi
against liquor and so let the T
gray wolves have their way
with our children. This is my
challenge. 1 make it to the '
weak-minded dry who has crum
pled down under wet propagan- '
da. I make it to any educator
who thinks it statesmanlike to <
teach disobedience to laws of
which he does not approve. I
make it to any statesman who
has sworn to support the Con
stitution and habitually violates
his oath. I ask you, any of you,
to tell us what law the liquor
forces have ever obeyed and will
not fight brazenly as they now >
fight the Constitution of the f
United States. If we cannot be
shown a better battle line than
we have now we are going to
fight here. ^
In July of 1898 our Regulars •
arid our Rough Riders fought
their way through the Cuban .
Jungle and then up the hills
that overlook Santiago. As •,
General Wheeler, once a Con- >
federate soldier, but now a sol
dier of the United States, and
Colonel Roosevelt stood there •
among the survivors of the des
perate fight there came a rumor
that some one at headquarters
far back on the safe side of the :?
Jungle would order a retreat. If
the rumor were true the blood
bought hill was to be given up. '
Then Joe Wheeler' and Teddy
Roosevelt looked into each oth
er’s eyes and said: We are not
going back into that Jungle. We
are going to Santiago. • <•
My friends, we have fought s
our way for a hundred - years .'!«
through the liquor jungle r
against foes whose never-chang.
inging policy has been defiance
of every law made for their con
roir We have fought our w
up the hill and now stand en
trenched in the impregnable
Constitution. We are not going; -
to retreat. We are not going
back into the Jungle. We are
going to march straight for
ward. • Kii.
WILLf^H LOWE BRYAN.
Bloomington, Ind.
Success has a way of remem-’
bering those who stood by iheir
principles.