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Africo - American Presbyterian CONSOLIDATED WITS THE SOUTHERN EVANGELIST B«v. H. L. McfBOBEY, D. D., LL. D.. Editor W. E. HILL, Associate Editor Rev. C. P. PITCHFOBD, Business Manager. Devoted to the Educational, Mate rial, Moral and Religion* Interest* of our people in the South, and pub lished at "Charlotte, N. C., every Thursday. All questions arising under the various subjects above indicated are discussed from a Christian point of view. Each number contains the freshest and best news from the Southern field and from the Church at large. There is carefully selected raeding matter suited to all classes of our people—the farmer, the me chanic, the artisan and the profes sional man. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy one year-$H80 Six months -.76 Three months-AO Send all money by P. O. Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Check, otherwise it might bo leal and the sender alone will bo rsepon sible. Entered at the Postoffice at Char, lotte, N. C„ as second class matter. THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1981 A THANKSGIVING THOUGHT The Annual Thanksgiving "eason has come again. As we look over the long, uncertain way we have come since this time last year, we must (dis cern the guidance of a gracious Father’s hand, and should bow in acknowledgement of h|is loving care. HOW RELIGION HELPS What one thinks in religion has a lot to do with his getting on in the world. If he is sensi ble and well balanced in his re ligious views he is apt to be so in other things. The Bible ex horts to industry and thrift. The geod Christian will work, and the man who works regu larly and makes the best of his earnings is more than likely to be in position to take care of himself when adversity or pe riods rtf depression come. The editor of The Emporia (Kan.) Gazette has made some investigation's along this line, resulting in interesting discov eries. In a recent canvass of the homes of the unemployed in a Kansas town it was found, according to the Gazette edi tor, “'chat none of the church es that had been established more than forty years had a single member out of work. It was also established that of the unemployed of that town, more than fifty per cent be longed to no cnurch wnatever. Then there is the curious thing, that of the pious (unemployed) fifty per cent, eighty-five per cept belonged to churches with curious creeds, weird beliefs, relying upon emotional appeals of fear and hate for their mem bership. These churches always attract the credulous who are also suspicious, and the type of mind which goes to that Id id of church is the type of mind that is unstable, isn't able to get on in the world and doesn’t amount to much; is thriftless, aimless, roving and forever trying some new quack creed, cure or political reme dy.” The conclusion was that “people who have sense enough to guide their emotional lives well, pick their religious creeds reasonably, also have sense enough to order their lives profitably.” WOMEN PAY^TKlBlfrK WO MISS SLOWE Washington, Nov. — (By The Associated Negro Press). More than 400 women paid an nual tribute to Miss Lucy D. Slowe, dean of women of How ard University, at the tenth annual women’s dinner in the University dining hall Friday eveming. A diamond brooch, in the ■design of a friendship circle, with ten diamonds set in platinum—a diamond repre senting each year—was pre sented to Pean Slowe in Ap preciation of the ten years of service to Howard women. YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE OP CATAWBA PRESBYTE RY The fourth quarterly meet ing of the Young People’s League of Catawba Presytery was held with Brooklyn Pres byterian church on Saturdays November 14th. The first thing in order was the registration of delegates. This was followed by the re creation period. The games as planned by Rev. Thomas Jen kins and his recreational com mittee were the kinds wh'.ch held the interest of the group during the entire period of play. Our recreational hour was followed by the conference study period. Since the gener al theme of the meeting was {"An ^Adventure in Spiritual!-* ly” the topic of the study hour was an outgrowth of the theme, “Youth’s Adventure in Mis sions.’’ The three divisions of this topic were “National Mis sions.’’ as discussed by Miss Annie Chresfield; “Foreign Missions,’’ as discussed by Rev. A. H. Prince, and “Chris tian Education,’’ as led by Rev. F. C. Shirley. Miss Chresfield used various charts in ex plaining her phase of missions. She told of the various sta tions where mission schools may be found. One of her charts also helped to make clear the location of various stations on the continents. Miss Chresfield spoke of the wonder ful mission work which is be ing done at the Navajo Indian School, Barber Seminary, Har bison College, etc., and urged youth to take more interest in this type of noble work which is being done. Rev. Prince opened his dis cuss on with questions which showed to us that young peo nle as well as old know a very little about foreign missions. Rev. Shirley brought to us /valuable Information concern ing material published for young people- He spoke of the advantages of the different Boards and ended his discus sion by having Miss Albert, who is Assistant Director o. Young People’s Work of the Board of Christian Education, present several books of im portance to the group. From our study group we went to the basement of the clurch where dinner was served. The basement was brightened with fall leaves and bright colored flowers ;tastefuly ariflanged. The din ner as prepared by the ladies cf the church was enjoyed im mensely by the League. Yells, songs, cheers, etc., helped to make pleasant our dinnel* hour. The business of the day was taken up immediately after dinner. The report of the Sec retary was given for the year. This was followed by the re port of the local societies Rev. F. C. Shirley brougnt before the League an idea which is being sponsored by various Leagues; that is, the buying of song books to be u?ed at the quarterly meetings of the League. A very long discussion or rather argument was had pro and con the buy ing of books. This disscussion ended by the League deciding by vote not to buy song books. The next thing brought be fore the League was the mat ter concerning the setting up of a discussion group in which one could study those prob lems vital to young people and how to solve them. There will also be a class where one will learn those things necesary for use in various young peo ple’s societias. The League de cided to have such a study The elect on of officers for the ensuing year followed. Those who were elected are as follows: Mr. R. L. Jeans, Pres ident; Mrs. L. M. Jenkins, Vice President; M. A. Brodie, re elected Secretary; Miss L. M* Rollins, Treasurer. The offi cers were installed by Rev. L. B. West. From the basement of the church we returned to the au ditorium where a very impres sive worship program was held Miss Josephine Albert brought to us a glowing mes sage. The main thought of her speech centered Ground thjfcse words, “Soar to the heights of leadership.” She spoke of the many problems which youth — —m—3?-— has to grapple with daily. Miss Albert told of the eagle which soars to an height unexcelled by any other bird and of the care the mother eagle takes in teaching the young eagles to fly. The mother eagle is never satisfied to fly as other birds. So should youth as the eagle try to go higher and higher in life, never satisfied to remain at the bottom. She ended her talk with these words: “Do not be satisfied to follow the crowd. Soar to the heights of leader hip. Strike out and blaze new trails for leadership.” Her talk was ended with a touching prayer. The League will cherish pleasant memories of Miss Al bert’s visit and will look for ward to her visiting us again. The League will hold its first quarterly meeting with Black’s Memorial church in Monroe, N. C. R. L. JEANS, President. M. A. BRODIE, Secretary. ROSENWALD FUND EX PENDS TWO AND ONE HALF MILLIONS Chicago, Nov. (By The As sociated Negro Press.) The re port of Edwin R. Embree, Pres;dent of the Julius Rosen wald Fund, issued Monday an nounces payments during the year of two and one half mil lion dollars, the largest sum expended by the Fund in any ore year. The major part of this expenditure was ta|ken from the capital, indicating the willingness of the Fund to carry out the desire of the founder to use principal as well as income as opportunities for great usefulness are found. The chief expenditures of the year were: Negro schools and collgees, $1,200,000; pay cl:nics and studies of medical economics, $200,000; Negro health, $223,000; child study and (general education, $225, 000; library service, $150,000; social studies and attempts to improve public administration, $135,000. The Fund has helped in building 5,295 Negro schools which are all part of the pub lic school system of the sever al Southern States. These schools accommodate 650,250 children. Fellowships were granted during the year to 165 Negro teachers and students of unusual promise. Twenty private colleges were helped in buildings, endowments. or cur rent expenses, the chief pay" ments going to the four cen ters which the Fund has se lected for special emphasis in Negro education, Washington, Atlanta, Nashville and New Orleans. “During the next genera tion,” Mr. Embree says in the report, “housing may be as important in national business as the automobile industry was during the past thirty years. Huge sums are involved in the birldings themselves and in the resulting demand for furniture, plumbing, gas and electric ap pliances, heating and refrigera tion and decorations. A great many of the basic industries would at once be set in motion and kept going if private capi tal and public funds co-operat ed in a vigorous campaign to clear out slums and to erect de cent living quarters for the great bulk of the population who are still housed archaically and in squalor. “The social implications of good housing are even more important than the business possibilities. Disease and crime are in strikingly close relation to bad living conditions, “Housing may open an indus try of huge proportions, able to absorb billions of capital, to give labor to hundreds of thou sands of workers, and to start to active movement again the machinery of business ” ALUMNAE OF INGLESIDE Dear sisters Alumnae: Heartiest Greetings. Time is fast wingirig November 30th. Our Junior College Course is the great need of the hour. £>end (Contributions to Mrs,. Elizabeth Thornton Miller, Treasurer, Burkeville. Then may we round up the $1,000 by the Re-union in 1932. God bless you, PRESIDENT. JAMES (From St James Church Bul letin, New York City.) Thursday, October 16th, marked an epoch in the history of .St. James church, when the Joint Usher Board sponsored a testimonial and anniversary dinner to the honor of our pas ter, Rev. Wm. L. Imes. The dinner table was filled to capac ity with friends and admirers of Rev. Imes, and, not strange to state, there were almost as many non-members present as there were members. Many of the friends who were present had an opportunity to speak in glowing terms of the guest of honor, to which compliments he reacted as did Mark Twain to the reports about his death by saying, “The reports about me are very much exaggerat ed.’* But we do not think so, for if ever a man were deserving cf love and admiration of a congregation, suj*61y Rev. Wil liam L. Imes is that man. The dutiful and beautiful wife of the pastor was awarded a full share in the festivities. Rev. Imes, in fact, attributes bis success largely to the deep and lasting friendship of his wife. Mrs. Grace Imes, and as he was presented with a hand some brief case, Mrs. Imes was given a beautiful basket of ex quisite flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Jean Fischer were charming as host and hostess, while to L. E. Spooner and his assistants no small amount of honor is due for the delicious dinner. “The party came to its close and a good time was had by all." WASHINGTON “Y” GOES OVER THE TOP IN BIG MEMBERSHIP /DRIVE Washington, D. C., Nov. — (By The Associated Negro Press.) The Twelfth St. Branch Y. M. C. A., the oldest colored Branch in the world, finished last Tuesday its annual mem bership campaign with a total of 633 members enrolled- The goal of the campaign, which lasted five days, was 500 mem bers. Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President of Howard Universi ty. delivered a congratulatory address to more than 100 workers who gathered at a Victory Dinner meeting Tues day night. Other speeches were made by Bishop E. D. W. Jcnes, Judge Wm. C. Heuston, Prof. Chas- 5- Wesley, How ard University; Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary-Treasurer of Howard University, Leonard W. DeGast, General Secretary, Washington Y. M. C. A., and W. H- C. Brown, President of the Industrial Savings Bank. The campaign Was headed by Attorney Armond W. Scott, General Chairman, and Record er of Deeds Jefferson S. Coage, Associate General Chairman; Rev. A. F. Elmes on Church Co-operation, Major H. 0. At wood, on Arrangements, (Cap tain Eugene Davidson, Direc tor of Publicity; Col- West A. Hamilton, on Prospects and Major Campbell C. Johnson, Executive Secretary of the Branch. The Division bringing in the largest number of new members was headed by Dr. Dr. Robert B. Pearson, assist ed by Benjamin Washington. The team winning the Loving Cup for number of members obtained was headed by Wal ter L. Carter. The campaign was directed by R. B- DeFrantz, member of the National Council Y. M. C. A., and National Campaign Di rector. HARRISBURG TO HAVE $165,000 Y. M. C. A. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. —(By The Associated iNegsro Press) A decade of planning by lead ers of Harrisburg was ended yesterday with the laying of the corner stone of the Forster Street Branch Y. M. C. A. Members of both races were mingled in the crowd of sever al hundred persons who sat and stood around a wooden jplatfarm, 'unprotected against the chilly winds, to take part in the ceremony. “This is the most remarkable day in the history of the Negro race in Harrisburg,” declared Dr. Charles H. Crampton, who is • mr President of the Committed of Management of the Forster St. Branch Y. M. C. A., just be fore he applied the first trowel of mortar that sealed a copper box within the corner stone. C. Sylvester Jackson, Treasur er of the Branch, gave the his tory of the organization from its inception twelve years ago Dr. B. B. Jeffers, Chairman of the Program Committee, who presided at the corner stone laying, introduced Mr. Robert B DeFrantz, Secretary of the National Council of the Y. M. C. A., and guest speak er, as a man who can take big subscriptions from you and leave you glad that you made the gift” Mr. DeFrantz gave a brief review of Association work around the world, and stressed the splendid part the colored people in Harrisburg have had in bringing to pass the present achievement, in co-operation with the forward looking white friends. He told the audience, “It is not what we have done in the past that counts, although that is good, but it is the future uetore us. We rededicate ourselves to make the Forster Street Branch a service that will build our boys and girls in the way they should go.” There were six colored con tributors who gave $5,000 each to the building fund. Those of the number present at the corner stone laying were C. Sylvester Jackson, A. E Barbour, Dr. A. T. Marshall and Dr. B. B. Jeffers. Dr Charles H. Crampton made a gift of $1,250, paying $1,000 in cash at the time he made the pledge. AaVon W. Green, Executive Secretary of the Forster Street Branch, came to Harrisburg from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., only four years ago and immediate ly, in co-operation with the Central organization and its branch officials, made the plans which eventuated in the present building program. C E. Chirk is the General Secre tary of the Harrisburg Y. M. C. A. GASTONIA CHURCH Odette P. Goode ' In the absence of our pas tor, Rev. E. E. Gregg, who is confined to his home on Beat tie’s Ford Road, Charlotte, N. C., Rev F. C. Shirley delivered to ua a wonderful message last Sunday morning using as *oh„ ‘IZ'SI s3u!X I Vm fR long halt ye between two opin ions ? If the Lord be God fol low him; but if Baal, then fol low him.” The theme of his message was “The Contest for Supremacy.” This sermon was beautifully illustrated indeed; and we were uplifted and hope Rev. Shirley will come again. We noted the following visit ors Sunday morning: Misses Sadie Douglass, Zelma Cald well, Catherine Long and Dr. Daly. Tuesday evening at 7 :S0 we had a Young People’s business meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Billie Costner. The meeting was opened by the song, “Revive Us Again,” and we were led in prayer by Mrs. G. I. Enloe. Miss Sarah Cost ner favored us with a solo Scripture was read by Miss Odette Goode. After singing “Jesus Is Tenderly Calling” we entered into business and plans were made for a program on Thanksgiving morning. Af ter these plans were completed we had a general discussion of various suggestions for car rying on the work of the young people. We decided to have a social and business meeting once a month and the program committee is to meet every Friday night at Miss GooOe s home. After fininshing busi ness we were served a delicious salad course. Afterwards we gave yells showing our grati tude to Mr. and Mrs. Costner for so highly entertaining the club. Our closing song was “Brightly Beams Our Fath er? Mercies." Sunday evening, November 22, in our Young People’s meeting the principal speaker was Rev. F. C. Shirley, who spoke to us on “Gratitude.” We enjoyed this interesting address._ t. (Continued on phge 3) reunion were held each evening during the week preceding the second Sunday in November, beginning on Tuesday evening. The message for each service was brought by the Rev. Prank M. Beaver, minister of Church Street church, Charlotte. Eve ry sermon was inspiring and edifying and brought joy to the hearts of the hearers Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was administered. Two persons were received into the fellowship of the church. At this service Prof. E. L. James, recently ordained a ruling el der, participated for the first I time in adminitering the Sac rament. Sunday, 3 P. M., the Rev. J. P. Johnson, pastor of the Church St. church, of Salisbu ry, N. C., pireached a "modt wonderful sermon from the text: “I am the way, the truth and the life/’ Rev. Johnson was accompanied here by his choir and several membera of his congregation. Sunday evening at 7 :&0 a consecration service was con conducted by the pastor. The service was truly helpful and was a beautiful climax to com munion week. Young People's Work All activities, extra, during the week ending with Sunday, November 15th, were in the hands of the young people of the church. Tuesday evening, the 10th, the young people sponsored a very entertaining miscellaneous program. Num bers were given by some of the best talent of the city. Miss Arnetta Green was the mis tress of ceremonies. She was assisted by Miss Annie Young. Friday night featured a Chrysanthemum Party in the Annex. A well arranged menu met the gaze of all who en tered the door. The well pre pared food, the prompt and ef ficient manner of serving and the Chrysanthemum button ier given each guest made the evening one of exceptional en joyment. Games and various forms of amusements added to the pleasure of the Compaq iiy. Sunday, November 15, 3‘JR P. M., the students of Barbfisfc Scotia College made a beauti ful contribution to Young Peo ple’s Week by the rendition of a program consisting of in strumental selections, vocal se lections and a discussion on the topic, “What Is the Purpose of life?” This program was an exceptionally fine treat In every way. It was also a clear demonstration of the high type of training the girls are receiv ing. Misses Lillian Pogue and A dele Beatty conducted the program. An incident pre-eminently beautiful and truly fitted for the week of Youth’s Activities occurred after the morning service when a young woman, a student and a Christian, ac companied her friend forward to meet the session and sat with her while she was exam ined preparatory to uniting with the church on profession of faith. The closing exercise of the week was held Sunday, 7:30 P. M. This exercise was a sa cred concert rendered by the Young People’s Forum and the Juniors. A special feature of this program was a pantomime entitled, “Whispering Hope.” Misses Mildred Miller and Flo ra Black conducted the pro gram. The success of the Young People and the Junior activi ties is due to the untiring ef forts of the Directors of the respective groups, viz., Young People, Miss F. M. Onque and Prof E- L. James; Juniors, Mrs. M. H. Green and Miss M. E. Chapman. Our Annual Autumn bazaar is going on this week, Novem ber 17, 18 and 19. Miss Elizabeth Green and Miss Mildred Miller represent ed our Young People’s Forum at the Quarterly meeting of the Catawba League at Char lotte last Saturday Dr- L. B. West, of Charlotte, will be our National Missions speaker Sunday night, Novem ber 29th, at 7:30 P. M.
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