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"SEVENTH STREET CHURCH NOTES By Miss Mari© S. Lindaay Sunday morning our pastor selected his text from the 20th chapter of Matthew and the 4th verse. He said in part: The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a master who sent his servants into the vineyard and promised to pay them so much. We think at times that we work and do not get any cred it in this world but when the Master comes, we will get cred it if we have done anything. We see churches here, churches there. God is calling men to labor in His vineyard. There are three kinds of labor in this life: physical, spiritual and mental. These different classes include every one. We welcomed the following visitors Sunday: Misses W. Garrett, Willie Gilliard, Virgie Bowden, Mrs. Willie Crane Gil liard and Mr. Oswald. Mr. J. W. Brooks, who has been confined to his home on account of illness, was able to worship with us Sunday. Mrs. Flowe, the sister of Mrs. Irene Russell, died in Detroit and her body was brought here and interred at Ben Salem church. The Sheaf Gatheres’ Bible class met at the home of Mrs. E. V. Johnson, Thursday eve ning. It is said that sometimes when we meet for good Satan tries to take possession of us, but not so at this meeting. It was to have been a regular class meeting but it turned out to be a wonderful prayer meeting. One person remarked she was born anew. Let other classes follow the example of this class. Mr. Milton Yongue, who has been district manager of the North Carolnia Mutual Insur ance Company at Salisbury, has been transferred to Ashe ville as district manager. We are proud of Mr. Yongue. Mrs. Demetria Gtrier Dixon and Mrs. Amanda White are still: confined to their homes on account of illness. MR3. LIZZIE WILLIAMS Mrs. Lizzi: E. Williams, who died at her home in Goldsboro, January 12, was a sister of Mrs. J. N. Brown, of Charlotte, and is remembered as a very pleasant visitor to this city. She was widely known in the eastern part of the State. The News-Argus, the Goldsboro daily paper, gave the following account of the death and fun eral of Mrs. Williams: “Mrs. Lizzie E. Williams died Monday night. The de ceased numbered her friends by the score among both races of the city. A trained nurse by profession, it was her pleasure to minister to the needs of hu manity. “Born and reared in Golds boro, her home has been con tinually in this city. She was| the'daughter of the late Isaac! Hodges and was married to the late Mr. William Williams whose death preceded hers by 11 years. Mrs. Williams leaves one daughter, Miss Jessie C. Wililams, and two sons, Messrs. Kenneth and Harold. “The deceased had- been in failing health for some time yet her death came as a dis tinct shock to her many friends. ‘The funeral rites were held, at Shiloh Presbyterian church*' Friday, of which she had been a member from her youth. Rev. Felix Bryan, pastor, officiated, assisted by Reverend B. F. McLeod and Rev. M. S. Branch, former pastors of the deceased. Other ministers of the city present were Rev. Johnson,, Rev. Gavin and Rev. Under wood. The mass of floral de signs that covered her casket attested the high esteem in which the deceased was held. “Relatives attending the fun eral out of the* city were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wililams and Mr. R. E. Williams, Wash ington, D. C.; Mrs. Alice Mer itt, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Grace Brown, Charlotte; Mr. John Atmore, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Martha Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Williams and Miss "Dorothy Hill, Warsaw; Mrs. Esther Woods and Mr. Willie Woods, Greensboro; Mrs. Mattie Dawson, Kinston., “Friends attending the fun eral out of the city were Mr3. Carrie Smith, Miss Amy Rhone, Lawyer R. O’Hara, Prof. J. T. Barber, New Beni; Mrs. Mamie Smith, Miss Etta Bantom, Mrs. Katie Holloway, Mrs. Sarah dark, Kinston; Mr. S. H. Vick and Mr. Alfred Robinson, Wilson; Miss Flora Komegay, Mount Olive; Mr. Henry Dortch, Snow Hill.” OFFICERS OF MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE The new officers of the Char lotte Interdenominational Min isterial Alliance to serve for 1931 are as follows: President, Rev. 0. E. Sanders, pastor of Brandon Presbyterian church;' 1st Vice-President, Rev. P/R. Washington, East Stonewall Tabernacle A. M. E. Zion church; 2nd Vice-Presidlent, Rev. L. C. Huff, First Baptist church; Secretary, Rev. G. G. Huff, Gethsemane A. M. E. Zion church, Assistant Secre tary, Rev. A. H. Prince, Brook lyn Presbyterian church; Cor responding Secretary, Rev. L. B. West, D. D., Biddleville Presbyterian church, and Treasurer, Rev. P. M. Mayfield, St. Paul Baptist church, ' The officers were installed at the First Baptist church on the third Sunday in January at 3 P. M. A thoughtful and inspire ing sermon was preached by , the Rev. D. H. Sansom, Jr., re tiring President. A reception will be tendered the new officers at the par sonage of the First Baptist church. i; BROOKLYN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES, * By Mrs. F. J. McGill Sunday was observed as N%; tional Missions day. in ,.our church, and Rev. Shirley deliv ered an appropriate message for the occasion. The theme was: “National Missions.” The text was John the 4th chapter and a part of the 35th verse, “I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white already to har vest.” This wonderful message should have been heard throughout the land and coun try. After listening to this message we know more about missions and what great work missions do. So many of us do not know what a wonderful work missions do; if we did we would be willing to give more of our means to this cause. We are asked to give a very small amount each year to this cause, and yet we fail. The Sabbath school hour was one of instruction, and was largely attended. We trust every member will work hard to increase our attendance. The children will be glad to see you at their hour of wor ship which begins at 5:30 every Sabbath afternoon. Another interesting worship service is conducted by the In termediate group. They will be glad to have your presence at their service which begins at 6 o’clock. The Forum presented a fine program Sunday evening which was enjoyed. The speaker of the evening was Miss Clark, of the city. She gave a fine paper on “Why We Should Join the Church.” One of the interest ing features of the program was the Quartet of Johnson C. Smith University which ren dered several beautiful selec tions. We were pleased to have the Misses Jenkins and Miss Foster, of Brandon church, and Mr. E. L. Rann, of the Biddle ville church, present in the Forum and would be glad to have them come again. Young People’s Program “Our Oneness With Christ” was the theme of the program rendered by the young people at the regular wotrship hour, 7:30. They had charge of the entire service which was very interesting. The program was participat ed in by members of the vari ous organizations of the church. Rev. Shirley gave a helpful message on co-opera tion in the life and work of the church—all /working to ■ f • • ' \ " • i vifcift ■ —'» INSTITUTE SOUTH CAROLINA A Co-edtkbational Boardingr School Under the control of the Board of Nation al Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., Division for Colored People. Ideal Location and Climate An Accredited High School, with the fol lowing Departments: (a) Grammar Grade, (b) High School, j (c) Manual Training, (d) Home econom- j ics and Sewing, (e) Music,—including Pi- j , anpj Public School and Chorus Work, (f) Religious Education. v The Campus The caMpiisiS large and attractive. Build equipped; with electric lights, steam heat and water. Trained Teach ers, and Homelike Atmosphere. Outdoor sports encouraged. School opened September 8,1930. Expenses Moderate. For Information and Application Blanks, address the President, PROF. J. D. MARTIN, Ph. D. .y«»‘ HARBISON AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE IRMO, SOUTH CAROLINA A School of Opportunity for the boy who wants to make good. Beautifully located 12 miles from Columbia on paved highway, 3 miles from the great earth dam, the larg est in the world, in the healthful long leaf pine section of the Piedmont District of the State. Modern brick buildings, equipped with steam heat, water, electric lights, etc. The curriculum includes the Grammar grades, Four Years High School, With Agricultural Courses. Classes are small allowing each student to recite every lesson every day. Sufficient time is allowed for athletics. The Specific aim of the School is to Develop the High est type of Christian Manhood and Citizenship. On Account of the large farmj board tnay be had at a reasonable cost. More than four thousand acres of land surrounding the school have been acquired and are sold to law abiding church-going citizens who will send their children to Church, Sunday Scvheol and Day School. These lands can be purchased on easy terms. School opened on the second Tuesday of September. For further information and aplication blanks, write: * ,JtEV. J. G. PORTER, President. ROLAND HAYES ARMORY-AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY EVENING FEB. 4th, Tickets, $2.50 to $1.00 ~ gether. Miss Myrtle Brodie presided. Visitors present in our morn ing service were as follows: Mr. Irwin, Mr. Harper, Rev. Alston and Mrs. Caldwell of the city ; Mrs. Gibson, of Sev enth Street church, and Mrs. Walker arid sister, of Stone wall Methodist church. Wednesday evening pjrayer services were largely attended and were very inspiring. We were glad to see Miss Mamie Mcllwee present at the morning service, after having been shut-in for several weeks. Mr. Andrew Lewis and Mr. John Maxwell were also out after having been shut-in. Mr. T. J. Johnson is still, confined to his •Jk4’v v The Circles of the church gave fine reports Sunday eve ning. Friday evening*^ 8 o’clock the 8ft‘»T^hersL<?\ftteeting and TeaeherrTra^ining ; $ass will be had'-as uanal It is very neces sary that.^dl the members of the groups be present. . The Rainbow Wedding which was had on Tuesday, January 20, at the church, was very successful financially. , Dead' Dad: Np inon, no fun. From Son. . Answer: " *• Dear Son: Top bad, so sad. From Dad. j. B. L. Aberdeen, N. C. - i3f2iolI v'rh'A—v »4nv. . ; THE WEEK OF PRAYER AT SWIFT MEMORIAL COL (Continued from page 1) young man of the student body gave their hearts to God, leav ing only one young man who did not surrender. Four young men from the city gave them selves to God, and joined the church. Swift Memorial College is do ing a great work under the leadership of Dr. C. E. Tucker and his able faculty. Dr. Tuck er, the faculty and‘friends of the college are wishing and praying *»at God will send somebody to Swift College who will help the work by giving money to increase the housing conditions. They are m need of two more buildings, one an ad ministration building, and the other building to care for the vocational training of the boys. The work being done there is carried out according to the State law of Tennessee. The faculty is satisfied with the re quirements and each is work ing hard to accomplish the State’s progam. Mrs. Tucker is a valuable as set to the work. She is indeed a power behind the thone. To my mind I have never met "a finer set of workers/ The student body is a grCup of young men and women of ex ceptionally fine qualities. We are hoping that our worthy Secretary and Treasur er, Dr. J. M. Gaston, will find it convenient to visit Swift Me morial College in February, when he comes down to the Workers’ Conference. I found Dr. Franklin, Ex President, in very good health. We spent a few happy hours together. “THE NEGRO: NATIONAL ASSET OR LIABILITY In the midst of our present economical upheaval and gener al depression * there 4 J%&s peared a book' written by a'. Southern white man. Von the Negro problem, relative to the black man’s status as a nation al asset or liability. The: entire volume is a distinct credit to an individual who has overcome all the prejudices due to inher itance and environment and has written dispassionately on the perplexing intricacies of ra cial relationship in our coun try. Beginning with the first chap ter, he sh ows the evolutionary stages of his own attitude to ward the Negro. He criticises in very frank fertfta. the incon sistencies vof white people to wards black folk. Dr. mil fur ther declares , that if all thfe races of the nation were “stirred together today, the whole would be about' one-fif teenth black.” A further analy sis of the question, “What is the Negro?” shows that the race has a social heritage dat ing back to the early Egyptian dynasties. In the fields of economics, politics, religion, patriotism and art, the activities of the Negro group are carefully traced and the fine contributions nar rated. The whife .group is vig orously attacked because of their materialistic tendencies. Dr. Hill deplores the tendency of our nation to disregard hu man values. This is why we, as a nation, have made so little spiritual and psychological pro gress. . What little has been made is largely , credited to the Negro group. An urgent plea is made for justice towards the black man. He issues a warning to the na tion to include all peoples in the great program. In contrast to the good deeds of the Negro,, the evil tenden cies are also mentioned. Poten tialities for good and evil are clearly outlined and described. Without doubt this book should be read by both racial groups in America. Its brim ming store of information should be used as a means of developing better racial rela tionships in all sections of the country. f White America needs to know her shbrtcomings as an unbiased and impartial white man has related them. Black America needs to know her history, past, present, and her « f jv _—_ rpi»« propnecy lur tne lumic. xnv, text might well be used in schools and colleges of both races as an index and guide to proper racial -attitudes. Dr. Hill’s volume is pub^ lished by a, new publishing, company, literary Associates, Inc., New York, N. Y., and they are to be dongrtatulated on the attractive cover they have proved for the text and for their wise selection of this important manuscript. JAMES EGERT ALLEN. 2424 Seventh Avenue, . New York, N. Y. . {An, extenaeu nuuce u± tma book by Dr. John Louis Hill ap peared in this paper of Janua ry 15.—The Africo-American Presbyterian.), BOONBVILLE CHURCH .NOTES By Mrs J. W. Greenwood Sunday . morning, . January 18, Rev., H. 0. Walker preached an able sermon* from II Timo thy 4:2,’ “Preach the word, be instant in season, out of sea son; repro ve,i • rebuke j exhort with all long-suffering and doc trine.” This was a Splendid ser mdn and was jenjoyed by all who were present. The weather beiiig very inclement the con gregation was: small* but those who were absent-missed a rare treat. T' \ ' ' ' - • Hie'stork;: assisted by Santa Claus, visited*: our taommunity during the holidays living precious gifts atthehomesof Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H.'Dobson, Mr. .and Mrs. Ernest Green wood, and'Mr. and'Mrs. Irwin Dobson. On January '24th 'Mr: and C. H. DobaOn’s gift was a fine: bouncing boy. On Decern ber 28th Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Greenwood received a fine girl. On the same day Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Dobson received a fine girl, but Mrs. Dobson and girl are not getting along so well. Mrs. Dobson has been quite ill but is able to sit up now. The baby is quite ill. We hope for both a speedy recovery. We regret to say that one of Our best neighbors and one of the best members we had in the church, Mrs. Charles Greenwood, and her daughter, Miss Blanche, have moved to the city of Winston-Salem. We hope they will be pleased with their new home. Mrs. Green wood will be greatly missed in Booneville. She was a mother and friend to all who needed her assistance. Mr, E. L. Cundiff, our S. S. missionary in South Carolina, is still visiting in the city, as sisting in the church and Sab bath school work. - The Brotherhood of the church is putting on a program to raise money for wiring the church for lights. We wish the men much stfccess. January 5 Rev. H. 0. Walk er spoke from I Cor. 16:13, “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith; quit you like men, be strong.” It was quite an inspir ing sermon and was greatly en joyed by every one present. SWIFT MEMORIAL COL LEGE NEWS ITEMS 1 After conducting the meet ings of the Week of Prayer, which was observed at Swift Memorial College during last week, Dr. I. H. Russell left for his home in Durham, N. C., on Tuesday, January 20. His timely and appealing messages convinced five young men and three young ladies who were not professing Christians to make professions of their faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Four of these young converts were formally admit ted into the membership of St. Mark’s Presbyterian church on Sunday, January 18. All stu dents at Swift are now profes sing Christians. Dr. C. E. Tucker, President of Swift, left Rogersville on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Apportionment Commit tee of the Presbyterian Board. The Committee will meet in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Tucker will also make a short business trip to New York City before he re turns. Dr. W. C. Hargrave is acting as President of the in stitution. The Swift Choral Society and the Richardson Dramatic Club are diligently .rehearsing for the presentation of a program within the next fortnight. On Sunday, January 18, all religious organizations at Swift had their usual programs. Dr. Russell visited the Sunday school classes and he was present at the meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society at 6 P. M. He warmly compli mented the members of the third year class who had charge of the program for their excellent presentation. The top ic discussed was: “The IdefjJ Young Lady.” TWO TULSA FIRMS EM PLOY NEGRO SALESMEN Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 24.—The Tulsa Colored Merchants’ As sociation operating the local C. M. A. Stores announces the ap pointment of colored salesmen by two local white business concerns, the Wortz Biscuit Company and the Scotch Oil Company. “These appointments,” said S. W. Fourd, President of the Tulsa Association, “are a direct result of a request from our association and were made pos sible by our co-operative activ ities.” The Tulsa Association is af filiated with the National Ne gro Business League. ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge an invita tion from Miss Edna Berry, of Huntersville, a member of the Senior ' class of Columbia Heights High School, Winston Salem, to attend the com mencement exercises, Friday evening, January 28rd, in the High School Auditorium.
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