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lAACP Mass Meeting Held In Union Mills On Sunday April 25
OLD FORT BRANCH
OFNAACPPUTON
DAY’S PROGRAM
.Suecessl'ul Meeting Meld AI
IVlt. Pleasant Clnti ch, In
(inion Mills
PRES. MANOUM SPEAKS
Secretary of Army Greets Negro Publishers
a'he Old Fort branch of the Na
tional Association Advancement j
t'oloriid People held a successful j
mass meeting at Ml. Pleasant;
cluirch, Union Mills, Sunday, April j
2.5th at 2:00 p. m. with Mrs. Ethel |
O'. Keaton, in charge. j
'I'he princiuap address was de-1
liveied by T. V. Mangum, of States- j
vdle, State president of the NA.j
ACP and a member of the National
board of directors. Mr. Mangum
told of the many things the As
sociation is doing for the advance-
merit of the Negro race. “All the
Negro wants is equal opportuni
ties” said he. He also stressed the
Negro’s duly to vote and take an
interest' in the affairs of his coun
ty and state. Prof. Loftis Carson,
r.rincipal of the Old Fort school
I'csponded.
A large and repyesenlative au
dience heard his message with in
terest and appreciation. The goal
of the NAACP is 50,000 members
in North Carolina. Music foi the
meeting was furnished by The
Union Mills Glee Club.
SECRETARY KENNETH C. ■ ROYAIX, Department of the
Army Chief, is shown greeting Negro publishers in his office prior
to their departure on a tour of Army installations in the European
Command. From left to right are Thomas W. Young, president of
the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association and editor of the
Norfolk .Journal and Guide; Carter Wesley, publis’ner of the Hous
ton Defender; William G. Nunn, managing editor of the Pit.’sburgh
Courier; I^ouis Martin, editor, Chicago Defender; Cliff W'. MacKay.
.Assistant editor of the .Afro-American Newspapers; Dowdal H. Davis,
managing editor of the Kansas City Call; all of whom will observe
ntilization of Negro troops during the course of their tour through
Germany and Austria.
PERSONALITEMS
FROM NEW HOUSE
Mrs. Mae Etta Hill
(Staff Correspondent)
People in this community are
busy planting crops at this time.
A stork shower was given at
the liome of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin
Walls lot' Mr. -and Mrs. R. L.
Fuller. Games were played and rc-
Ireshmenls were served also.
The Mi.ssionary circle of White
Oak church rendered a program
at the church la.st Sunday. Dinner
was served and an enioyable time
was had by all. Eskridge Grove
:uul Webbs church also took part
in the program. Mrs. Bertha Spikes,
president of Webbs circle made a
line talk, which we enjoyed very
much,
Mrs. Addio Stroud is doing fine
allcr an operation at the Shelby
Hospital.
Mrs, Idella Gantt is improving
nicely after an illness.
Mr. and Mrs, Frank Vinson were
the dinner gue.sts of Mr. and Mrs.
I.eonard McDuffie,
Mrs. Edward Mintz is spending
a few days with her daughter,
Kuthie Mae.
l,aw.son McDuffie and family
have moved into this community.
Born to Mr, and Mrs. R. L. Ful
ler April 6th a baby girl.
White Oak Missionary circle met
May 4lh with Mrs. Annie McDuf
fie.
Oiu, Singing convention will
meet at Brooks Chapel May 16th,
Public invited.
Mr. anH^Mrs. Roosevelt Hill and
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Harvey visited
Mr. and Mrs. Lemon Tuggle, Sun-
day,
Mrs. Eunice Tuggle has been
very ill, we wisli for a speedy re
covery.
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Driskell
were the dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. George Hill.
U. S. Air Force In^
Europe AppoinIK
Aegro Commander
Editor Interviews
A Candidate
;From the Star of Zion, March
18, 1948.)
The Editor had the opportunity
recently to interview Dr, H. T.
Medford of Washington, D. C. who
is in the vanguard of those men
being considered for election to
the Bishopric at the Louisville,
Ky. General Conference in May,
1948. He readily answered ques
tions as follows:
Q. Dr, Medford, is it true that
you are one of the wealthiest
men of the race in Washington?
Ans. By no means. Mrs. Med
ford and I are “owners of record”
ol some valuable property here,
but “owners of record” doesn’t
mean that it is paid for: in our
case it means that we have gotten
possession of it and the tenants
who occupy it ape gradually paying
for it.
Q, If you were elected a Bishop,
what effect would your property
holdings have upon your service
to the Church?
Ans. No more than it has had
upon me as a pastor and a Gen
eral Officer, I have owned re;!
estate more or less since I wa;
twenty-one. Perhaps all the years
it has given a sense of security and
saved me from having to unduR
lean upon the people whom I have
served. It will likely serve in that
way in the years ahead. For sev
eral years I have had competent
people handle my personal in
terests while I travelled far an-1
wide in the interest of the church.
My son, Thomas, a I'eal estate
■broker in D. C., is now agent fo-;
the property -His office is tH,
Lpiovvn lU-aity Co,, located in on'
ot the Buildings at 2300-18ti
Street, N. W.
Q. If you are elected Bishop
V, here would you like to serve?
Ans. Wherever I am sent. I nev-
THE MONTH
By M. B. Robinson
A group of young men including
Revs, G. A. Brooks. G. H. Harri-
ston, D. C. Pope J. C. Hoggard, I,
B. Turner, and several others are
candidates for the all impoi’tant
position of Secretary of Foreign
Missions at this General Confer
ence. If any Of them wish to be
elected, it will pay them well to
do all that they can to get Dr. H.
T. Medford, elected to the Bishop
ric. Dr. Medford has made such a
fine General officer in that De
partment until no one in Zion
can be elected over him.
The representative attendance at
the mass meeting in Union Mills
last Sunday of the NAACP and
the interest shown proves that Ne
groes in this section of North Car
olina have become awakened to
the fact that this is one among
the leading organizations in the
United States dedicated to our
progress and advancement, and
they are going to support it, too.
The Dixie Cafe, Jones St. Fount
ain Inn, S. C. owned by Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. McCoy is doing a thriv
ing business. Mr. McCoy is a for
mer dining car -waiter, but has
been managing his cafe there for
five years- We are grateful for
the many fine counties shown us
on our visit there some time ago.
And it was a pleasure to see the
progress being made by Negroes
t.here, good .school.';, etc., ,
Religion Only
Hope For Fnture
OPENED MAY 5TH
IN LOUISVILLE
In Atomic Age
('onl'erence Will Continue For
Two or Three Week.s
ACler Convening'
Active Bishop
LIST MANY CANDIDATES
Only Hope In True Brother
hood Which Transcends
National, Racial Boundaries i Quad^ial session of the
General Conference of the A. M,
CHICAGO — “In this frighten-' E. Zion church opened Wednerda.v,
t'd world hovering on the brink of i May ,5th, and will eontmue for
atomic cataclysm,” Rabbi Joshua! two or three weeks. The corrter-
Loth Leibnan warns in May Negro , ence is the highest law-making-
Digest, “civilization’s only hope' body in the connection and \Aill
Host Pastor and Wife
DR. and MRS. R. L. JONES
Dr. and Mrs. R. I,. Jones pas
tor and wife of Broadway Tem
ple A. M. E. Zion Church, I,oiiis-
ville, Ky. where the General
Conference is in session. Dr.
■Jones is a native of North Car
olina, and was pastor of Hopkins
Chapel chiireh in Aslieville for
ten years before going to lauiis-
ville.
Personal Items
From Zion Grove
Chicago Negro Now Serving-
In Germany As I'nil
Commander in Fttrce
i Everyone that intends to vote
j in the Democratic primary May
130th, must register Saturday,
[ May 2, May 9th or May 16th, It is
P,- riiH fnr a nastnral annoint-'
, P ^ jgroes that heretofore have been
ment. I left it entirely to the ? ^ ■
J \ taking any
wishes and judgment of my Bish
ROTH, ^Germany —Second Lieu
tenant James A. White, Chicago.
Illinois, is the only Negro otficer
ill the United States Air Force in
Europe serving as a unit command
er.
Lieutenant White was recently
appointed commanding officer of
the 15th Air Ammunition Squad
ron at Roth Air Ammunition De
pot in Germany. He attended Offi-
cei Candidate School at Seickeim.
Germany and received his com
mission in December, 1946.
Before entering Otficer Candi
date School, Lieutenant White
served as first sergeant with the
4-49th Signal Heavy Construction
Battalion in Italy from January,
1944 to March, 1945.
Prior to entering the service in
1942, Lieutenant 'White graduated
from Englewood High School and
Kelly Business Administration
School in Chicago. He is the son
of Mrs. Bettie N. White, 402 For-
restville Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
i indifferent, and
. ,, I interest whatever in who is to be
op. II given he responsibility of I ^
, .serving as a Bishop, certainly I d j
I go and sei ve wi a g a i , exercise their eonstitu-
wherever the Episcopal committee |
. , , . i“A voteless people are a hopeless
Q. What IS this we hear about | pgQpjg ..
you paying scholarships for a |^
number of young people? How do j ^ q
you CIO it? rusalem Baptist church together
PERSONAL ITEMS
FROM FOREST CITY
Roscoe Hamilton and Sam Wil
kie has returned home after visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Will Hamilton in
New York,
Tex Red, a widely known man,
passed recently.
Miss Orville Means is improving
at present.
Mrs. E. S. Cannon spent the
week end with her daughter and
son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Ervin, in Morganton, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Watkins and
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Watkins vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watkins
in Asheville. Mrs, Ella Mosley is
improving nicely.
Jessie I^ee Miller
(Staff Correspondent)
RUTHERFORDTON, R-2~There
will be a memorial service at Zion
Grove A. M. E. Zion Church, May
11th at 11:30 o’clock. The service
will be conducted by Rev. Mrs.
Lory M. Burchette of Tryon, N.
C. Everyone has an invitation to
attend, and everyone that has rel
atives buried in the cemetery are
asked to bring flowers.
In the afternoon at 2 o’clock
the Junior Four Quintet of Forest
City will contest the Silver Trum
pet Quintet of Shelby, Free ad
mission. The public is invited to at
tend.
Rev. and Mrs, W. R. Bomar
and daughter 'Vera, were the din
ner guests of Mrs, Ella Miller on
April 17th. Rev. Bomar is the
pastor of Zion Grove Church. He
is now pastoring at New Bethel
GREENS CREEK
PERSONAL ITEMS
Leroy Holbert
■ (Staff Correspondent)
Mrs. Estelle H. McEntire is vis
iting her mother and aunt Mrs,
Susan McDowell in Arlington, Va..
and other relatives and friends in
■Washington, D. C.
The New Hope School Glee club
rendered a program at Greens
Creek church April 25, under the
supervision of Mrs. M. E. Wilson.
Mrs. Estelle McEntire was sponsor.
Green Creek Chorus, organized
June 1947, by Rev. G. W. Driskell
is doing fine. There are 27 mem
bers in the chorus, and officers
Ans. The Lord has given me
health and strength and permitted
with Deacon S. B. McKinney must
be given credit for the fine co
me to make a little money j given us
which I could help others. I publication and progress of
those in charge ot each ot oiii | ^^j^g Herald. Rev. Bass and
schools, that if they iound a j pg^gg^^ McKinney subscribes, and
ising youth who, for lack ot funds j ^j^g pggjQj. m-ggs his members to
could not remain in school, to have | subscribe also. Many thanks breth-
such a one continue in school and ! gj.j,
send me the bill. Three such i ' * i * *
scholarships were paid last year | effort is now in progress to
and three others were paid this j gggu^g jq co-operation and support
year at as many of our schools. It Yj- hjggroes of this area in two
is an experiment and if it works j worthwhile organizations,
well, I plan to continue it in the rpj^g National Association Advan-
years ahead. We were first to in
augurate and finance the church
cement Colored People has for
it's goal at least fifty members in
scholarships during 1920-24 in the j vicinity, and the Farm Bu
Logan Temple pastorate at Knox- j ^-g^u is also trying to enroll every
ville, Tenn. j interested farmer that it can. Both
Q. What reaction have you had | g£ ££|g groups will receive the
from the issuance of your blog-1 support and help of a majorily of
raphy: “From The Depths?’ 'Negroes in this county and sec-
Ans, A most surprising and en- j
thusiastic response. Letters ofj
commendation and orders for
ditional copies come in every mail. i ICKS
In it we tried to relate the bare Jersey Jo6 To
facts of my life; some of them a; I • 1
little embarrasing, and we enter-1 L.1CK V^na.mp
tained fears that the revelation of
some material success might not j CHICAGO — Insisting that Jer-
help: but from reverbrating pub- j sey Joe Walcott can foil Joe Louis’
lie echoes there appears to be no' jab and is also a better infighter,
need for embarrasment or fear. | boxing expert Lester Bromberg
Evidently people appreciate facts i says in May Negro Digest that the
BISHOP W. J. WALI,S
BISHOP W. .1. WAI.LS, pre
siding Bishop of the second
Episcopal District A. M. E. Zion
chi reh, who last year toured
Eii.'ope as a member of a group
of clergymen under the auspices
of the War Department. Other
honors to Bishop Walls, includ
ed his selection for “Who’s Who
in America,” “Who’s Who in
the Central States,’’ and “Who’s
Willi in ’the Religious, T.eaders
Ol .America.” He holds member
ship in the American Society of
Church History, the General
committee of the 'World Council
ot Churches, the National Re
ligious Education Association
and other civic, religious, fra
ternal and social bodies. Bish
op Walls is a native of Ruther
ford County in Western ' North
Carolina.
PERSONAL ITEMS
FROM HARRIS
lies in the true brotherhood which
transcends both national and racial
boundaries,
“This brotherhood can only be
achieved,” Rabbi Leibraan declares
through the true practice of the
basis tenets of the world’s relig
ions.”
Religion, Dr. Leibman who is
the author of the best-seller
“Peace Of Mind” says, will allow
the basic love of all men to come
to the fore. There are many bar
riers to racial, national and even
religious unity. He points out,
however, that it is only lack of re
ligion that raises these barriers.
“In an age of decision such as
ours, brotherhood dares not tol
erate any exceptions.”
Essie Pearl Robinson
(Staff Correspondent)
PERSONAL ITEMS
FROM REIDVIl
IS
Mr. and Mrs, Willie Wright and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Goler
Harris and family.
'fhe mother and.baby clinic will
meet the last Thursday at Harris
High School instead of Friday as
formerly.
Mrs. Odessya Lynch visited Mrs.
Louise Robinson recently.
Mrs. Carrie Harris, her sons
Socrates and Carewell and Editor
Robinson visited several of Mrs.
Harris’ relatives in and near Gas
tonia, N. C. Sunday April 25.
Memorial Services
At Doggett Grove
Memorial Services will be held
.at Doggett Grove church all day
.Sunday, May 16th. All persons with
relatives buried there are asked
to come Saturday, May 15th and
help clean the graves.
James B. Lyles
(Staff Correspondent)
The young peoples singing con
vention was held at Holden chiu4h.
Boiling Springs, S. C.
Mr and Mrs. Percy Smith, of
Miami, Fla. visited his brother
Bock Smith in Rainbow Lake com
munity.
Mrs. Lelhis has returned home
after visiting her daughter in New
York.
Perry Waddell is recovering af
ter breaking his leg the second
time.
Ben Bomar School, of Inman
will hold their commencement pro
gram May 20th. Many seniors will
graduate.
Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Lyles were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hattie
Level, Arcadia, S. C.
Rev. J. W. Colman is confined
to the General Hospital, Spartan
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lyles vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Johnell Foster
Sunday.
Miss Inetzenell Mill has returned
home from General Hospital.
have a representative delegation
ol several hundred persons. The
conference is meeting in Broadwa.''
Temple church, with Dr. R. L.
Jones, host-pastor.
The 1948 session will be among
the most important of any in the
long history of Zion from rZOti
to the present, because all pro
gressive members of the confer
ence will be looking forward to .
the continued advancement of tl,e
Church, especially in this post-'
war- area and time.
As usual there will be a large
number of candidates for di’a'er-
ent positions, however the ehiel in-
ferest will center upon the elec
tion of new Bishops.
Following are some of the can-
j didates and those mentioned for
; Episcopal honors. DrS. H. B. Shaw,
' S. G, Spottswood. G. F. Hail, W.
F. Wither.spoon, R. LoveH
' Gm'i' d- C. 'Vioj, L. ,.icui.ou.
j.T. S. N. Ti- 'ss, B. C. .. .oeson, W.-O
Carrington, J. L. Black, I. Alber
Moore, F. S. Anderson, A. A.
Perry, W. A. Cooper, S. P. Perry,
F. li. Blakey, H. D. Tillman, J.
D. Cauthan. G. M. Edwards. \V. .A.
Stewart, R. L. Jones, E. S. Hardge,
D. C. Crosby, C. E. Tucker and
others.
PERSONAL ITEMS
FROM MONTREAT
Farm Bureau
Met Monday
A meeting of the Farm Bureau
was held at the court house Mon
day night at 8:00 p. m. Invitations
had been sent to Negro farmers
of the county to meet with the
white farmers. A successful meet
ing was held with those present
pledging their support of the or
ganization. The next meeting will
be held at the court house next
Thursday night. May 13th at 8:00
p. m.
plainly stated.
Q. ’ft^hat is your idea as to need
ed General Conference legislation
at Louisville?
Ans. I think expansion, as it
relates to Missions, Home, For
eign, and Evangelism should be
foremost in any legislative action.
Of course Missions and Evangelism
are almost one and the same. The
challenger will easily lick the
champ in their June rematch,
“Defensively, Walcott is the
hardest man to hit in the heavy
weight division since Jack John
son,” Bromberg says in the Negro
Digest article. “But the most val
uable of his assets is the way he
foils Joe Louis’ jab. And, when
you keep Louis from scoring with
his straight lefl, you have taken
away 50 per cent of his effective-
MOmff mNATION'S CAPITAL
By DR. H. T. MEDFORD
Washington, D. C.
Jessie Lee Miller
(Staff Correspondent)
tire, assistant secretary: Bernice
McEntire, treasury; and Leroy Hol
bert director.
Memorial services will be held
at Greens Creek church Sunday
-A. M. E. Zion Church, Forest City. ' May 16th. The public is invited.
Walter Miller has been on the i
life and the perpetuation of our
are Ranson Hines, leader; Iverna i Zion depends upon the attention
Carson, secretary? Corene McEn-! that we give to Missions, as rep- j ness.”
' resented in Expansion and Evan- Walcott's infighting is counted
gelism. Mission preachers must | on to take off another 25 per cent
sick list, but he is getting along
fine at this writing. His son John
visited him sometime ago, but he
lias returned to Washington, D.
C. where lie has made his home
for the past three years.
HERALD SUBSCRIBERS
Mrs. D. B. Hart, Mrs. Lela Wat
kins, Mrs. Essie Ford, J. M. Robin
son, Mrs. Annie Davis, Mrs. J.
II. Barnes.
have better material support.
■) oung people must be encouraged
to prepare to enter the ministry
and Foreign Mission service. The
Evangelistic fire of our Methodism
must be rekindled; the caus« ot
Missions more fully sold to our
people and more money raised to
further the program. Any legis
lation looking to the above ends is
most important and far-reaching.
of Louis’ effectiveness, for he up
percuts inside Louis’ arms and
makes the champ back away. This,
Bromberg declares, is what hap
pened in the ninth round of their
last fight when Walcott fought his
way off the ropes.
According to Bromberg’s cal
culations, all Walcott has to do
is beat the 25 per cent of ,Ioe
Louis that is left.
Rev, L, R. Bennett pastor of the |
A. M. E. Zion church, Southern j
Pines. N. C. came to Washington |
Monday, April 19th to confer |
with and inquire what' he could ^
do to aid the writer's election ;
to the Bishopric at the Louisville,
Ky. general conference. He is a
delegate and a young minister of
promise.
Mr. and Mrs, Elliott Roosevelt,
M'alter White of National fame
were among those heard at All
Souls church, Washington at the
closing of the annual rally for the
district branch of the NAACP
Monday, April 18. More than $10.-
000 was raised in the drive. Dr. S.
G. Spottswood presided.
Dr. A, A. Crooke, presiding el
der held his last quarterly con
ference for the church year, at
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A Mother’s Day program will be
given at Mt. Zion church Sunday
night May 9th.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mills, Jerry
Mills, and ’ Miss Earline Carson
were the dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. James, of Black Mountain,
Geran Flack and Miss Rose Dick
erson were married April 10th.
Mr. Flack is the son of Crawford
Flack ,of Union Mills and Mias
Kese is the daughter of Bob Ne-
bers. Mr. Flack is employed at
Montreal college.
Mrs. Lettie Mae Johnson is vis
iting her son and sister in New
York. She will return home May
22,
Rev. E. C. Kennedy, pastor of
Zion Grove church preached a fine
sermon at Montreal Sunday night
April 25.
Fred Miller ha.s organized a
baseball team
Mr. Miller has been a merchant
here for twenty years, and he is
a .civic minded person.
Eddie Pinkens has built a cafe.
We wish him much success.
Miss Annie Johnson, of New
York is visiting her mother. Miss
Johnson is musician and she gave
several programs that we enjoyed.
Eugene Adams, of Clinton, S. C.
is a recent employee of Montreal
college.
NEGROES SHOW INTEREST
IN BETTER USE OF I,AND
Negro farmers ot the Sandhill.s
section of Richmond County are
becoming more interested in land
use practices, particularly the
planting of fruit trees, reports
I William F. Wright, Negro county-
agent for the State College Exten
sion Service.
‘■For a number of years,”
Wright said, “cotton and a little
tobacco on some farms have been
the main cash crops, and they
have caused serious erosion prob
lems as well as a reduction in soil
fertility. In some few cases
farms have been abandoned by
their operators. However, many
farmers- have proved and are still
proving that good management
practices and using each acre wise
ly will produce a profit,”