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The Africo - American Presbyterian ^ CONSOLIDATED WITH «•*. H. L. McCROREY, DJ), LLD., W. E. HILU Amodato Editor B*t. a P. PITCH70RD, Devoted to ttao Hyitl— «Ud, Moral aad Religious ink room A ear people is the Sooth, end pub •uhed at Charlotte, N. ever* rbnredar. TERMS 07 SUBSCRIPTION Mingle copy one year_:_Hit eia months ___,71 litres months_ Entered at the Post Office at Jhar otte, N. C., as second class matter THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1036. DR. HARGRAVE PRESIDENT OF SWIFT Dr. C. E. Tucker recently re tired* from the Presidency of Swift Memorial Junior College at Rogersville, Tenn., liter serving that institution and the cause of education very ac ept yably for a number of years. Dr. Walter C. Hargrave, who has ibeen associated with Dr. Tuck er for some time, has been elect ed to succeed him at Swiic. Dr. Hargrave is a native of North Carolina and was grad uated from the College and ide ological Seminary of Johnson C. Smith University. He made a brilliant record in scholarship and won the admiration of his teachers and fellow students by his manly deportment. He served churches in North Car olina before going to Tennes see and did fine work as a pas tor. _ 1T We congratulate Dr. Har grave on the deserved promo tion which has come to him. The work which Drs. Franklin and Tucker carried on sc suc cessfully should continue to ad vance under his capable anil in spiring leadership. REV. P. P. JOHNSON Cape Fear Presbytery, which has been sorely stricken during the past two or three years, has just lost another stalwart. Rev. Peter P. Johnson died ’jat his home in ,Maxton Monday, the 12th His funeral was conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at Freedom East church at Rae_ lord. The Rev. Mr. Johnson was educated at Lincoln University, and was one of ti»e oldest min isters in Cape Fear Presbytery. At the time of his death he was serving Freedom East church at Raeford and St. Paul Second church at Timutrland. He was an able preacher, and en joyed the respect and confi dence of all who knew him. The obsequies were in charge of Dr. J H. Hayswood and Dr. L, B. West. The former, who is Stat ed Clerk of the Presbytery, de livered the eulogy. ELECTED TRUSTEES OF SMITH UNIVERSITY At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Johnson C. Smith University, held in May, two ministers were chosen to membership in that body. The Rev. W. C. Hargrave. D. D., President-elect of Swift Memorial College, was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death of Col. L. P. Berry, and thh Rev. Louis H. Evans, D. D., pastor of the Third Pres byterian church, of Pittsburgh, was chosen to the place made vacant by the death of the Rev. George C. Shaw, D. D. Dr. Evans was also recently elect ed President of the Board of National Missions, succeeding Dr. Joseph A. Vance. DR. I. H. RUSSELL CRITI CALLY ILL Dr. I. H. Russell, the former Catawba Synodical Evangelist, whose critical illness was an nounced in this paper some weeks ago, continues very sick. We are quite sure a few words from the brethren and friends on the field by way of remem brance would be comforting to both Dr. and Mrs. Russell at this time of loneliness and anx iety. The second session of sum mer school at Johnson C. Smith University, opens Monday, July 20th. ___ SSSSSS£BSBS=BSS==S=SBSBF—-==B A WOMAN ELDER AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY By Mm. LiH*e B. Harris At the Spring ; meeting of Hodge Presbytery, at Dalton, Ga., the writer was unanimous ly elected as lay commissioner to the General Assembly recent ly held in Syracuse, New York. It was an honor and a wonder ful privilege to be one of such a great body of Christian. Of the 12 women elders pres ent I was the only one of my group. At the women’s dinner, two or three women whom 1 met expressed surprise at seeing, a woman elder. One said: '‘Oh, your people have women elders down there?” I explained to her that the General Assembly of 1930 had ruled that women may be made elders in any of our churches. I have been told that few people read the reports of the Standing Committees of the General Assembly. Having been elected from my voting section tore present them on the Com mittee on Social Welfare, 1 was sure that I had nothing to do as the chairman would write the report; but by the time I spent one and two hours in four meet ings, hearing resolutions 'dis cussed before being put • into the report, I saw I was mistak en. Every member helps make these repeorts and from now on I shall pay more attention to them. I was made sub-chairman on Alcoholic Beverages. - l en joyed the sessions. They. were full of information—the contact with Home and Foreign Mis sionaries, the sight-seeing trip and the hotel entertainment. I spent some time in New York and assisted in the Com munion service, June 7, at St. James church. Many courtesies were extend ed me toy Dr. and Mrs. Imes and several old friends and former students. I visited in Paterson, New Jersey, where my son, Rev. J. R. Harris, Jr., was a pastor for three years; also in Phila delphia, Pa. 1 gained much infor mation about our work and the Assembly, that reading about them would not ?ivej-1 was glad to meet many ministers and el ders from our colored fields, among them Mr. John F. Crag well, an elder in my son’s church, at Seattle, Washington. There is one question Iwoula like to have answered*CWKSf is our Church so anxious to have the Southern Church merge with us when they are not so willing? We will see What hap pens in 1938. Augusta, Ga. THE REV. BENJAMIN F. McDQWELL, D. D. From an article- appearing some time ago in the Greenville, (S. C.) World, we copy the fol lowing Extract concerning /the' activity of the subject of this sketch in the city where he has lived and labored "for fifty-eight years: “We wonder some time if the young Negro of the present age has as much ambition as his fore bears had. The Negro, recently emancipated, was very anxious to take advantage of every opportunity given him to display his appreciation of citizenship. He was at the polls at every time it was necessary to vote. A goodly number of them be came members of the South Carolina Legislature. Some even became magistrates, it was men rather common matter for them to be elected members of school boards. In this city alone the following men well known in their day served on the trustee board of the city of Greesville: Messrs. Samuel S. Thompson, Frank A. Williamson, and the Rev. B. F. McDowell, the former pastor of the Mattoon Pres byterian church, and who was also Principal erf its Parochial school. The election of the Rev. B. F. McDowell was brought about under rather pe culiar circumstances. There was a white gentleman on the board named T. C. Gower, who had in curred the ill will of the other white members. So in-order to humiliate Mr. Gower the plan was arranged to elect a Negrc to membership on the board, in his stead. The Rev. B. F. Mc Dowell was the one selected. He served with credit and honor, rhis occurred more than forty pears ago and all the persons connected with the school board at that time have passed on ex cept the subject of this sketch? . Be-it understood that this Mr. Gower was the owner of th*. street railway, and was a mem ber of the firm of Gower, Cox & Markley, Carriage Makers He was a member of the firm of Gower, Shumate, & Reilly, ware house business, and also owner of a large tannery. This is men tioned to show how the Rev. McDowell came to be elected as school trustee. The Rev. Mc Dowell was elected without any knowledge of the affair until it wag done. E. & H. A CHALLENGE TO SCHOOL COACHES Editor of the Africo: On Julv 15, 56 athletes left the United States for Berlin where, during the first tw0 weeks in August, they will represent this coun try in the Olympic Games, com peting with the best in their respective classes the world over. Of this number 10 were colored, one—Jesse Owens-be ing enterel in three different competitions. This is a highly signifies nt percentage These 56 were chosen in open contests. All are amateurs, as the rules of the Olympic Games bar pro fessionals. The names of the 10 colored and the competitions they will enter are as follows: H)0-me(ter Aash—Je&s© Owens, Ohio State; Ralph Metcalf. Marquette Club. 200-meter dash—Jesse Owens, Ohio State; Mack Robinson, Pasadena Junior College. 400-meter run— Archie Will iams, California; James Luvalle, U. C. L. A. 800-meter run—John Woodruff, Pittsburgh. 110-meter hurdles—Fred Pol lard, Jr., North Dakota. Broad jump—Jesse Owens, Ohio State; John W.M Brooks, Chicago. - ■ - » High jump—Cornelius John son,. Compton Junior College David Albritton, Ohio State. It is urged that all interested preserve the above list; thus, when the newspapers bring us the Olympic returns we will know how our boys fared. These Olympic Games are held eyery four years—eac time in a different country. In 1932 they were held in Los An geles, where Eddie Tolan proved to be an outstanding ath lete. In 1940 Tokyo will be th* place of meeting. It ie with 1940 in mind that this article is writ ten. Many of the 1940 contestants wilt be the boys and girls of all races who will enter schools of higher learning for the first time in 1936. I am, therefore, appealing to all our school au thorities, especially coaches, to begin at once to train these young people for the 1940 Olym pics. Just as the ten names above won places after foui years’ training, so all others will have their chance. Many of our group will be sit ing in the grand stand at Tok yo in 1940 to cheer our own, as well as every winner, on to vic tory. It is, therefore, up to our school coaches, beginning with the fall of 1936, to begin to fit their charges to hear that cheer. I should like to know what our coaches think about this. Why not the slogan for our athletes—On to Tokyo for the 1940 Olympics, with all expens es paid? Sincerely yours, JOHN EDGAR SMITH. Washington, D. C. MORRISTOWN (TENNESSEE > PRESBYTERIANS CLOSE BIBLE SCHOOL The Daily Vacation Bible School of Lawrence Chapel Pres byterian church has just closed a ten day session with an enroll ment of 101 persons and six teachers, in which every church in the city was represented. Mrs. Buford and Mrs. Clark had charge of the Primary class es; Rev. Evans and Mr. John son had charge of the Junior classes; Mrs. Wactor had charge of the Intermediates, and Dr. Clarkson the Adults and Seniors. Mr. Axie Johnson was Director of Music; Mr. Clifford Johnson had charge of The Recreation Ground. Miss Johnson was director of hand craft, and Mrs. Neal, Supervis or. R. H. PATILI O. Morristown, Tenn. i^Si1"1 r itt RUSSELL' WYCHE NUPTIALS Miss Mabel Alberta vtorche, daughter of Mrs. E. A. Allen, and the l*te Mr. Napoleon Wyche, of Washington, D. C., was married to Dr. William HaArison {Russedl, son of Dr. and Mrs. Pinckney W. Russell, of Johnson C. Smith Universi ty, Charlotte, N. C., Saturday evening, June 27, at the histor ic Nineteenth Street Baptist church in Washington, with the Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D. D., performing $he <«remon>. as sisted by the bride’s cousin, the Rev. James O. Lee, of Philadel phia, Pa. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens sang: * 0 Promise Me,” **d Mrs. L-m ise McDuffie sa-.'g. ‘I Love You Truly,” with the famous Louis Brown at the organ. The bride was given in mar riage by her brother, Mr. Julian !C. Wyche. She wore a fascinat ing ivory satin, princess style gown, with a standing orange blossom collar. She wore short, white lace-trimmed gloves, and a long net veil, lace trimmed, swept the floor from a crown of orange blossoms and white lace. She carried a bouquet of white roses with a flowing show er of sweet peas with a small corsage in the center. This cor sage of white rosebuds .was worn on her brown and white traveling ensemble after the: re ception. She wore a family heir loom—a diamond necklace and locket—also diamond earrings with drops of lilies of the val ley enclosed in crystals. A queenly sight she made, beam jing in smiles. Miss Marjorie .Baltimore, oi Washington, maid of honor, wore a rose organdie dress with a ruffled neckline and skirt. Her rose hat and rose bow and bou quet of pink rosebuds made her a-beautiful sight to behold. The bridesmaids, who wore organdie gowns with accesso ries to match, were Miss Sara Wyche, sister of the bride, Cyel low), and Miss Hortense Finley, cousin of the bride (blue). Those who wore lace dresses with hats and accessories, to match were Miss Hattie Rus sell (pink), sister of the bride groom, from Charlotte, N. C„ and Miss Fannie A. Wyche (green), sister of the bride.,All maids carried bouquets of pink roses. It was a pretty rainbow wedding. The best man was Dr. S. N. Russell, of >B)altimore, brother of the groom. The groomsmen were Dr. M. T. Brodie, of Char lotte; Rev. Charjes S. Lee, of Philadelphia, Pa., cousin of the bride; Mr. W. D. Hill, of Dur ham, N. C., brother-tin-law of the groom, and Dr. J. W. Allen, Philadelphia. The groomsmen were attired in full dress, with white carna tions on lapels. The ladies in waiting, who es corted ushers to light candles before the ceremony were all friends of the bride. They were Misses Frances Bullock, D. C.; Grace Evans, D. C.; Alice Faye Brown, Charlotte, N. C.; Mabel Lee, Philadelphia, cousin of the bride ; Ruth Brown, D. C., and Edith Morrison, D. C. The ushers were Messrs. Ro land Melton, Barrington Park er and James Monroe, of Wash ington. Silas Johnson, Jr., was rng bearer. Virginia L. Le^ and Do lores Nigarro were flower girls, dressed «u long princess style, pink net dresses. The bride’s mother was dressed in a Parisian orchid lace dress over pink, with pink hat and accessories. Mrs. Wilma Williams, Char lotte, N. C., directed the proces sion. After the reception at the home of the bride where the married couple received a host of friends and relatives, the Russells, in a shower of rice left, motoring, for Atlantic City to spend their honeymoon. They stopped in Baltimore and Phila delphia en route. The groom, Dr. William Har rison Russell, is an alumnus of Johnson C. Smith University, and of Meharry Medical College. The bride is a graduate of Min-1 er Teachers’ College and John son C. Smith University, and has been teaching in Charlotte aince her graduation from Min |er Normal. Dr. and Mrs. Russell will make theij* home ip Charlotte and are* now “afr home” to friends^ Out-of-Town trINgts .*•„ Some visiting guests at, the wedding on June 27 werex<$fiss Mary Wlyche, Charlotte, N. C.» aunt of the bride; Mr, T. Ar nold Hill, New York City; Mr. Admiral B. Wilson, Charlotte; Mrs. Mabel H. Lee, of Philadel phia^ An aunt of the bride; Miss Juanita Wilson, Kansas City; Mias Elsie Mosely, Baltimore, Md.; Mr'. T. Arnold Hill, Jr.. New York City; Dr, and Mrs, Rudolph - Wyche, Charlotte, cousins of the bride; Dr. M, T. Brodie, Charlotte; Miss Hittie F. Russell, Charlotte, a sister of the groom ;' Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hill, and W. D., (Billy), Jr., Durham, N. C., a sister and brother-in-law of the groom; Miss Alice Faye Brown and Mrs. Wilma Williams; Dr,. J. H. Allen and Rev. J. O: Lee, Philadelphia; Dr. Sanlers N. Russell, Baltimore,iMd.; Rev. Charles S. Lee and Little Vir ginia Lee, Philadelphia; Miss Ruth Baltimore, St. Louis, and Miss Eva Catlett, Kansas City. Goodwill Presbyterian CHURCH, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA “The Land of Flowers” again is letting you know that we are yet planting new bulbs and tak ing care of the old “Fl.oweb: ’ as weU. \ 'uv On June 12th the pastorand a group of young folks returned from Fessenden, Fla., where they attended a very sucessfui Young People’s Conference — one of the best and the most inspiring we have had. Those who attended were: Misses Orel MuldrOw, Lucile Johnson, Eve lyn Cooper, Mr. Hodge Wlr.ght, Dr. S. D. Thom and Miss M. L. Turner. - All came back with a determination to put more than they had ever put into the work of the, church. Miss Lucile John son was elected to attend the Conference ' in Augusta, repre senting this part of the field. Thepublic school doors were thrown wide-open on June 14th for the Daily Vacation Bible School. ManY of the same bright faces greeted us as last year, and there were others who had heard of The Uaily Vacation Bi ble Schoo^aPd: ckhaei fofc the. first tittle eager To; learn. The usual class Work was given, the Bible being - the outstanding feature. The *'* school was open two weeks With the closing pro gram held in the school audito rium to accommodate the crowd. Several prizes were giv en, namely, for the one who re peated fifty questions from the Child’s or Young People’s, Cat echism, selected Bible chapters, naming the books of the Bible and the number of chapters in each, Bible Baseball Team, neat est handwork and wood.-Work, and the best solo from the Jun ior boys and girls. Everybody was working for one prize ijr the other. We gratefully acknowl edge the prizes as gifts from the stores in the city. Some of the managers are personally inter ested in the work. The.picnic at the close of the school was well attended and enjoyed by all. The faculty consisted of the following: Dr. and Mrs. S. D» Thom, Mrs. N. I. Wright, Mrs. C. Kirby, Mrs. L. Ricks and Miss M. L. Turner. Father’s Day was observed by our church. Dr. S. D. Thom preached a very good, thought provoking sermon for the occa sion. We are proud to say that sev eral members have been added to our church recently. Dr. Thoir is doing splendid work i. ere. The members are all working hard to give their pastor a pleasant vacation. Dr. and Mrs Thom and Miss M. L. Turner expect to leave the city about the 20th of -this month for Chicago, where Dr. Thom ex pects to en$er the second term of summer school work at Chi cago University. You can easily see he believes in going forward and in giving the very best to the people. M. L TURNER. Mrs. A. H. Prince and her two children t will leave Charlotte Saturday morning for Wilson; to spend a while with her moth er and other relatives, ^== Sunday, July 12, was dedicat ed to the young people of the church and was known as Young People’s Day. Hie entire service was in charge, of.the young people. However, a very forceful address was delivered by Prof. N. E. McLean, of the city. The service opened with Scripture lesson by Mr. J. W. Carr. The speaker was present ed by Mr. Frank Caldwell, Jr. Prof. McLean in his speech urged that young people should always keep their minds and bo dies alert so as to keep step with .the Christian life. They must learn to think for them selves; but parents shouli them choose the the boys and girl the {prospective morrow. Young people should use their time to the best advantage, de velop ft Christian attitude to wards patriotism, regard the rights of others, develop a sym pathetic nature, learn the value of true service, be courageous and, with a superabundance of health, courage and Sympathy, with Christianity foremost, the church has a place for them. Following the address Misses Cecelia Miller and Minnie Tate sang: “He Shall Feed His Flock,” accompanied by Mrs. Marian Miller Lewis, The finances were in charge of Mrs. Ruth Corbett, Mr. 1 Charles Miller and Mr. W. P. Meares. Mr. Daniel Miller sang/ the offertory: “Thy Love Abide With Me.” Auxiliaries The Missionary Society poet'' with Miss Mary Taylor on fen bow Road, Thursday evening, July 9. The Lucy Laney Circle spon sored its annual hay ride to Brown's Summit. A large crowd attended and a pleasant evening was spent by aU. Sunday, July 26, will be Wo men’s Day. Mr. J. W. Mitchell, of the city, will be the speaker for the morning. On Tuesday night a lawn par ty will be given at the home of Miss Taylor on Benbow Road, under the auspices of the Mis sionary* Socifctyv-^^ !&v • Sunday evening service was devoted, exclusively to a teong recital. Those taking part were: Miss Christina Brown, Messrs^ James Scarlett, Frank Caldwell, > Jr., and Daniel Miller. At the close of the service Dr. H. C. Miller heartily thanked the young people for their co-operation in making the day a success. MRS. RETHUNE, NY A OFFI CIAL, VISITS CHICAGO Chicago, July — (A. N. P.)— Mrs. Mary McLeod Biethune^ founder and president of the Bethune-Cookman College, Day tona Beach, Fla., who was recently granted an extended leave of absence to accept' a Federal Post as Director of the .* Division of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration, at a salary of $5,200 per year, made her first official visit to the State of Illinois last week. Stopping off in Chicago, she visited the various NYA centers tG observe the actual work be ing done. She was impressed by the development of youth pro grams throughout the Stajte, consisting of fplayddts, i pre school centers for children and the NYA supervised recrea tional institutes. She visited the South Side Project Office on Wednesday, conferring with Charles P. Browning, special assistant to State Director Wm. J. Campbell, and bis staff, and later in the day she was the guest of Dr. M. 0. Bousfield, member of the NYA State Ad visory Board. Mrs. Bethune’s talk to NYA officials here, was: “Produce a finished: ^product and accept the challenge that you are be ing developed for the leaders' of tomorrow. Glorify your jobs in stead of yourselves and your success is assured. We wish to help under-privileged boys arid girls by welcoming them into our program to rereive as well as to .give of themselves, in handi craft, singing and working. Nothing can be wholly right which is not also just,
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