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W-f" -% MAKE YOU FREE.”—-John *8L:Sk. . ■"■'."i ..■■BtfttBBteeg WAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930. VOL. LIL 'MI*! !U1 y. THE N. A. A, C. PUUOTKS By Walter White, Acting See- retary For The Associated Negro Press The days of the American Negro's political immaturity are coming to an end. Most of the Negroes in the United States are not permitted to vote. Where Negroes can vote, there fore, they must establish their vote as an effective instrument in ,the long struggle for full emancipation of the race. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has long advised the Ne gro to become an independent voter, to disregard party labels where real and fundamental is sues are involved. In the course of its leadership, with this principle as a guide, the N. A. A. C. P. has had politics thrust upon it. It is in politics because in»that field, as well as before the courts of law and of public opinion, the Negro has vital is sues at stake. This year especially has been intensely significant in the Ne gro’s political history. Agaiftst all the pressure the administra tion could muster, it is general ly conceded that Negroes blocked the appointment to the United States Supreme Court of a Southern Judge who pub licly expressed his hostility to tha Negro’s participation in the nation’s political life. It was because the Negro was formi dable in doubtful States as a vo^er, that he could muster the necessary votes in the United States Senate to defeat the nomination of Judge John J. Parker, of North Carolina,' by a vote of 41 to 39. The d$eat of the Parker j nomination has bean called the; major political demonstration by the Negro in the United States since the Civil War. That may be true. But the N. A. A. C. P. feels that that epoch al Senate vote is only the be ginning of the demonstration, that it must now be carried to a conclusion, and at the election polls this November. There were Senators who, despite all the pressure which the Administration brought to bear upon them, heeded the ap peal of colored people and voted against Parker. Such are the Kansas Republican, Arthur Cap per, and the New York Demo crat, Robert Wagner. There are other Senators who chose to dis regard the pleas and protests of Negro citizens. These Senators made their choice in full knowlr edge of what they were doing, for there is no Senator in Con gress who did not have the atti tude of colored voters on the Parker nomination completely and’ exhaustively put before mm by tne jn. a. a. kj. r. It is among the friends and foes of the Negro’s struggle for full civil rights, irrespective of party, that the N. A. A. C. P. this year carries on the politi cal demonstration begun in the Parker episode. In Kansas, Wil liam Pickens campaigned against Senator Henry J. Allen, who seeks re-election. In Dela ware and Rhode Island, where Senators who voted for Parker are seeking re-election, the col ored voters will make their votes felt. But the quintessential demon stration had been focussed in the pivotal State of Ohio. Here the colored vote is strong, esti mated at 250,000. And In this State the disregard of. colored citizens’ wishes was particular ly flagrant. The National office j of the N. A. A. C. P., its Ohio branches, and a multitude of other groups and individuals wrote, telegraphed, visited In person, and besought Senator Roscoe McCulloch, not to vote to seat upon the Supreme Court of the United States at judge who had expressed hos-i tility to the Negro’s exercise of the most sacred right of citizen ship, the ballot. Senator McCul loch turned a deaf ear to the pleas of colored people. Hia was one of the 39 votes cast in favor of seating Judge Parker. Under the circumstances the task before Negro voters in Ohio is an obvious one. Golored people, under the leadership of the N. A. A. G. P. made the is sue on which Judge Parker went down to defeat. They have no choice now but to push that fight to the limit. Accordingly the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People is advising colored voters to use their per sonal influence and their ballots to bring about the defeat of Senator McCulloch in the com ipg^ election. Such action was unanimously urged by the ex ecutive; committees of the As sociation’s Cleveland and Cin cinnati branches. As I write, there approaches a state-wide conference of the Ohio branch es of the N. A. A. C. P. in Co lumbus, at which plans will be completed fpr active opposition to the camlidacy of Senator Mc Culloch. Tne NegrtfiS coming to realize that his ptfeas for Jus tice will be listened to with greater attention according as they are backed by an informed and vigilant electorate prepared to reward friends and to dis miss foes. In this realistic attitude jO ward politics, the Negro in cludes an estimate of the forces which may aid or hinder his campaign. In Ohio, for example, Senator McCulloch who is run ning on a dry platform, is fac ing a pronounced anti-prohibi that State many wet Republi cans will vote for a wet Dem ocrat rather than for a dry Re publican. The N. A. A. C. P, is not concerned with the pol itics of prohibition one way or another. But we do realize that the prohibition quCstiei tends to make the Ohio vote « closer and more significant one than would otherwise be the case. And the Negro’s vote fa the situation therefore assumes an added importance. Political action of this sort is not precisely new for the N, A. A. C. P. We had cpnsidera ble experience of political engi neering during the nation-wdic campagn which made lynching and the Dyer Ant-Lynching Bill a national issue. And a con spicuous example of punitive action against a Congressman who voted against the Dyei Anti-Lynching Bill was fur nished in 1922 by the Anti-Lay ton League and resulted in his defeat by 7,000 votes on No vember 7, 1922. What has .been done once can and must be done again. Poli ticians whose first thought is not for abstract human rights but for votes and for their of fices must be taught that the Negro can cast his votes so as to enforce his civic rights. That is what the N. A. A. C. P. has set out again to demonstrate in the Ohio senatorial election this year. Win or lose, the demon stration, we believe, will have its effect in political circles. And it cannot but help to pave the way for other more impres sive demonstrations and more far-reaching victories. Those victories will be sought by the N. A. A. C. P. as heretofore on a non-partisan basis. Party la* bels must be disregarded. We will back our friends whore we find them. For we believe that is the way of political maturity for the Negro electorate of the United States. The man who is out of mon ey, out of work and out of health is out of luck; yet his break may be just around the corner. ■ X*i ■ ..^V . W. L .M"!—. DKnetCT CONVEN TION rr ' The Western District Sunday School Convention of the Pres bytery of Yadkin, Synod of Ca tawba, met with Oakland church, near Bear Poplar, N. C., on Wednesday, August 13, 1930. At 3 o’clock P. M. the Super intendents' Conference opened with Mr. P. W. Steele, Presi dent, presiding. The subjects iscussed in this meeting were: “The Need of Selecting Our Best Material as Delegates to Our Convention’’ and “The Su perintendents’ Knowledge of the Program and Activities of Our Church.” These subjects were; very forcibly discussed by Prof. J. R. Walker and Supt. Wrh. A. Cowan. Mr. Cowan brought out the fact that the Superintendent should know the program of the Church in order to interest the young people and keep them at work. At 7:30 P..M. the Convention was called to order by the Vice President, Mr. P. W. Steele. Player was offered by Rev. L. M. Onque. The welcome address was made by Superintendent ft. M. Miller, who, in well chos en "words, welcomed the Con vention to the church, homes and community. Prof. J. R. Walker responded to this ad dress. The retiring President, Mr. T. C. Murdock, delivered the an nual address, using as his sub ject, “The Great Aim of Our Convention.” This address was full of helpful thoughts for both superintendents and dele tes. 7 - The —fallowing ^offioors - were elected r President, Supfcr-3'.-Rr Walker; Vice-President, Supt. Wm. A. Cowan; Recording Sec retary, Miss Inez Correll; Cor responding Secretary, Mr. John H. Smith; Treasurer, Mrs. S. M. Murray; Financial Secreta ry, Rev. W. A. Hawkins. -(/Thursday morning, August 14, the Convention opened at 9 o’clock with devotional exercis es. Bible study was conducted by Mr. H. N. Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan brought out some very helpful points and every one was bene fitel. The reports of the different schools showed a decrease in membership, yet some very profitable worft otherwise. A paper, “The Sunday School’s Task of Reaching the Unsaved,” was read by Mrs. Thelma Rankin. She based her talk upon seven purposes, I which are: (1) Individual Ef forts. (2) Influential Superin tendent. (3) Interesting lesson period. (4) Lively Social Func tions. (5) Christian Teachers. (6) Influence of pastor. (7) Fol lowers of young people. This | was a very helpful paper. 1 Thursday Afternoon Session A demonstration in lesson presentation was given. Teach ing a class of primary children was illustrated by Mrs. L. M. Onque; teaching a class of adults, by Mrs. A. B. Eccles. A paper, ‘-The Need of Qual ified Leadership in the Sunday Schools,” was read by Mr. John Wood. He said a qualified lead er should be a willing, consecrat ed and trained person. Rev. F. C. Shirley was pres ent and as usual gave to the ‘Convention much information on all lines of Sunday school work. At 4:15 P. M., Supervised Re creation was conducted by Miss Correll and Rev. L. M. Onque.. At 6 :45 vesper service was conducted by Rev. L. M. On que. This sermon was one of the high spots in the Conven tion. All the delegates and oth er friends seemed to have been very favp**Wy impressed, wor shipping out in the open. Many ♦tithe good , old spirituals were adding much interest to occasion. ursday Evening, 8 o’ddck e Convention opened with a and prayer by Rev. J. H. paper, “Our Great Major basis in the Sunday 1—What Shall It Be?” given by Miss Margaret CTrer J A pappr, ‘The Missionary and Educational Value of the Sfyedial Day Program,” was pre dated by Miss Bernice Holt. Solo, Mr. John H. Smith. Address, Rev. F. C. Shirley. TjHifsday Morning, August 15 The Convention opened with a song and worship service. vAt 9 A. M. Bible Hour was conducted by Mr. H. N. Sulli He used the blackboard a^d showed the two paths—rate narrow path, leading to heaven, Incthdmg peace, joy, honor, pur iJjrAnd love; and the broad path, leading to hell, including badi company, intemperance, disobedience, folly, idleness. He explained this lesson so well that even a child could under stand. He also gave many Bible references. A demonstration of the work' ers Conference was carried out by Mr. John H. Smith in the absence of Mr. John A. Smoot. A memorial service was conducted for the members of the Convention who have died sincovlast meeting. This service was jvery impressive, and was conducted by Rev. B. F. Mur ray. The deceased persons are: Rev, J. L. Hollowell, D. D., Mr. H. C. Cowan, of Tradd Street, Mr. T. L. Hart, of Center, and Mr. J,. H. Cowan, of Mt. Tabor. Friday Evening Session annual sermon was ed by Rfv. J. G. Murray, oresville. He used as his ew and the 10th verse. His subject was: “The Kingdoms.” He said: God wants His disci ples to claim relationship with Him and to reverence Him be cause He is holy. The kingdoms of the world will not endure; they only last for a while be cause they are only temporal kingdoms. The kingdom of God will endure forever; it is an everlasting kingdom. This king dom is over all the kingdoms of this world and God. is the ruler of it. All the other kingdoms are subjected to Him and He wishes the kingdom of this world to be as the kingdom of heaven in obedience to His will. God rules the kingdom of heaven with love and His heav enly subjects do His will at all times. We are in training in this earthly kingdom for the heavenly kingdom. We are co ^borers with God in helping to make the kingdoms of this world the true kingdd| i where all the subjects will Yrtth loving obedience do His will at all times. After reading the resolutions the Convention closed to meet at Logan church the second Thursday in August, 1931. Too much praise can not be given the good people of Oak land for the way in which they entertained the Convention. Food was plentiful and the spir it of hospitality was very high. Every one present went away ^raising the people of Oakland and their pastor, Rev. J. H., Ward, for the good times spent :n their community. We will not forget the people of Mt. Ta bor church and other nearby churches for the good dinner on Friday. The Convention will be anxious to come to Oakland again. JOHN H. SMITH. The late President Eliot of Harvard used to say that the strongest appeal he was ever able to bring to bear on way word boys was to bring home what had been sacrificed for them and the pain of their fail ure to those who cared. AGAINST LYNCHING Atlanta, Ga., —Oct. 6.—Ex prMSJijfr the fear that the per sistence of lynching is due in measure to the failure re%ous leaders to impress their people with jthe heinous nessofthis crape, the Southern (jpperal Conference Commission on Co-operation with the C. If. E. Church* has issued an ap peal tp every pastor, ih -the con nection to “cry aloud against his crime of crimes until every community is determined that •t must be ended once for all” Meeting in Atlanta a few days ago, just after two lyncKiagfc had occurred, the Commission expressed the opinion that the situation is serious in the ex treme and called upon ministers, officers of the law, and all oth er good citizens to wage “de termined and unrelenting war upon this blighting survival of barbarism.” Officers who “weakly or will ngly” yield to mobs,, according -o the Commission, “should be made to feel the full weight of public execration, and, if pos sible, tq answer legally for Lheir breach of public trust." The paper was signed by Dr. J. W. Ferry, Home Mission Secretary, of Nashville, Tenn.; Prof. N. C. Newbold, of the Slate Department of Educa ion, Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. Theo dore J. Jack, of Emmy Univer sity, Atlanta, Ga. ; Dr.E.C-Pet 3rs, President of Paine College, Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. J. N. M<> Sachern, of Atlanta, and. Dr. ,w. W. Alexander, Director the CjEHpmissipn on Jntei Dfeoperat' 'folk isms; v*Year after year ouFCHlrcn, through its various conferences and other official groups, has voiced the severest condemna tion of lynching, as a sin against God Mid a crime against society. Yet lynchings have gone on, to the; world-wide dis credit of our boasted civiliza- j tion and our most sacred pro- [ fessions of faith. Just now we j are in the midst of a peculiarly depressing resurgence of this type of crime. “It appears obvious that the solemn warnings of the Church on this subject have not been taken seriously, due in no small measure, we fear, to the failure of religious leaders themselves to bring them seriously to the attention of the people. We therefore appeal afresh to every pastor in our connection to cry aloud against this ‘crime of crimed until every communi->j ty is determined that it must end once for all. “It is obvious, also, that in many cases officers under oath to uphold the law have weakly or willingly yielded to the mob, thus equally becoming guilty with the actual lynchers them selves. Such officials should be made to feel the full weight of oublic execration, and, if possi ble, to answer legally for their breach of publiq trust. We call .upon all good citizens and upon the executive and judicial de partments of the several States to do their utmost to bring such recreant-officials to account in the courts of justice and at the bar of outraged public opinion. “It is the sacred duty of the courts, also, to do everything possible to bring to justice the members of lynching mobs, to the end that the law may be vindicated and others deterred from committing like crimes. “The situation, as we see it. is serious in the extreme and challenges every religious lead er, public official and Christian citizen to determined and uhre tenting war upon this blighting survival of barbarism. Other wise we well may question whether civilization itself can survive.” MfT. PIS6AH PRESBYTE* AN CHURCH, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. By Mrs. Marguerite Person Wimberly Sunday morning, out minis* ter, Rev. W. D. Burgess, chose for his text St. Luke 18th chap ter and the 7th verse. His sub ject was: “Delayed Answers to Jur Prayers.” Rev. Burgess made some striking points re lating to his subject. He cited an instance where a mother had prayed for her son to ac cept Christ. After a while the mother died, but her dying prayer was that her son accept Christ. This touched the son so much that he was glad that his mother had prayed, and even .hough the mother was sleep ing that sleep that knows no •taking, and the answers to her prayers were delayed, her son did accept Christ. Rev. Burgess aid ofttimes we pray to God nd want our prayers answered mmediately, but God, who nev 'r makes a mistake, ofttimes. delays our prayers for a purpose. Immediately after the sermon lev. Burgess opened the doors >f the church, and asked who vas willing to accept Christ? Without any hesitancy two noting men, namely, Messrs. Clyde Malone and John J. Wim berly, and two young women, Mrs. Esther Fox and Miss An ne Lee Whitehead, accepted Christ and were received into he church. Mrs. Reba Graham, a mission ary representing the Presby erian Church, spoke to some of the members of the Mission ary Society Friday. We were very pleased to have with us at this meeting Mrs. Helen Doug ’as, Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Ar tice, of Wilson, N: C. Mttisitrdhg were pleased to ;ee her out after a short period of illness. Mrs. W. S. Armstrong had a lime party for the benefit of the Misisonary Society at her home >n Myrtle Avenue last week. 3uite a number came and a neat 5um was realized. Mrs. Viney Murray, a mem ber of the city school faculty ind a congregational member of our church, is in Parkview Hospital. We hope for her a speedy recovery. • Mrs. Mae McCoy had at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ben iamin Rawlins, Miss Lillian An drews, who is a teacher in the city schools of Washington, N. C., to spend the week-end with ner. Mrs. Rena J. Person is visit ing friends in Washington, D. C. From there she expects to go to New York City. Mrs. S. C. Baskerville visited her niece and cousin, Miss Hattie Whit by, and Miss Eunice Bryant in Goldsboro last Sunday. Mrs. Flowers Carthome has returned from New York City where she visited friends. Mrs. W. D. Burgess and son, Cain D., have returned to their home in Snow Hill, N. C., after a visit to Rev. W. D. Burgess, ANOTHER REVIVAL AT BIG OAK CHURCH, VA. On the fifth Sunday in Au gust many of us met again at ibis historic* old spot to join in longs and prayer in our an nual revival. There were visit ors from many of our neighbor ing churches who joined with us in one of opr most inspiring meetings. The Lord blessed us with eight souls. One is the father of one of our little girls who came to Christ last year. All will join our church and will be baptized on the second Sun lay. Our pastor, Rev. R. L. Hyde, and Mrs. Hyde are still work fng with us for the Master most zealously, and Big Oak is still going upward and onward. “It is good to be here.” ALICE L. POWELL.
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