MRS. BEATRICE MAYE S
This Week in
GREENVILLE
WHAT JESUS WANTS YOU
TO DO
Receiving Jesus Christ into your
life is only the beginning of a won
derful experience. You have begun
your life in Christ. Now you will
need to grow as a Christian. Jesus
loves you and wants you to grow in
your Christian faith. He wants you
to experience the very best in life.
Jesus said, “I am come that they
might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly" (John
10:10).
In order for you to fblly experience
this more abundant lift you must be
obedient to Christ’s commands.
Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my
commandments” (Johnl4:15). Here
are eight things Jesus wants you to
1. Jesus wants you to have as
suranoe. The Bible teaches that
you can know you are saved. First,
you can know you are saved because
of Christ’s promise to you. “He that
heareth my word, and believeth on
him that sent me, hath everlasting
life, and shall not come into con
demnation, but is passed from death
unto life" (John 5:24).
Second, you know you are saved
because you have called upon Him
to save you. “For whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved" (Romans 10:13).
Third, you can know you are
saved because of the " wi tness" of the
Holy Spirit in your life. “The Spirit
itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of
God,” (Romans 8:16).
2. Jesus wants you to be bap
tized. Baptism is Christ’s first
command to you. It is the first step of
obedience for a new Christian. Bap
tism is your public profession of your
faith in Christ. Baptism is a picture
of the death, burial and resurrection
of Christ. It also pictures the death
of your old sinful self and your new
1 life in Christ. It is an outward sign of
an inward change. It is a public tes
timony of what has already taken
place in your heart.
Jesus was baptized by John the
Baptist in the River Jordan (Mat
thew 3:13-17). His followers were
baptized (John 4:2). He commands
baptism (Matthew 28:19-20). In the
Book of Acts every person who re
ceived Christ was baptized immedi
ately (Acts 2:41). Jesus Wants you to
be baptized as a public confession of
your faith in Him. Are you willing to
be baptized?
3. Jesus wants you to read
your Bible daily. God’s Word is
your spiritual food. If you are to
grow as a Christian you must have a
time of personal Bible study each
day. The Bible says, “As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow thereby” (I
Peter 2:2). Just as food is necessary
for you to grow physically, so is the
Word of God necessary for you to
grow spiritually.
It is best to start with the New
Testament. Begin with the Gospel of
John, then move to the Book of Acts,
next, read Romans. We recommend
that you secure a good modem
translation. Set aside some time
each day for Bible study. Your
growth as a Christian will depend
upon your study of God’s Word.
4. Jesus wants you to pray
every day. Prayer is a very impor
tant part of your Christian life. The
Bible says, “Pray without ceasing” (I
Thessalonians 5:17). Remember
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that God loves you and wants you to
come to Him daily for all vour needs.
Jesua spent much time in prayer.
On many occasions He spent the
entire night in prayer. Prayer wap
very vital in the life of Jesus. It
should be just as important in your
life. Set aside a time each day to get
alone with Christ in prayer.
5. Jesus wants you to be a
faithful witness. He said, "Ye shall
be witnesses unto me...” (Acts 1:8).
It is a wonderful privilege to intro
duce another person to Jesus
Christ. You not only witness by your
life and your example, you are to
witness by sharing your experience
of receiving Christ. In a natural,
cheerfbl way tell someone about
Christ each day. You have met
Christ. He has come into your life.
He has saved you. Share this experi •
ence with others. The Holy Spirit
can use your witness to bring others
to Christ.
CHOICE THOUGHTS
1. You cannot eat bread both at
the Lord’s table and at Satan’s table,
too.
I Corinthians 10:21.
2. Hard work, determination and
education helped pull me through
life.
3. The true hero is the man who
conquers himself.
Anonymous
4. Whatever you .put into your
brain, no one can take away, and it’s
important that we do our utmost to
get this over to our young people.
Ray Charles
5. There’s no problem too big and
no question too small. Just ask God
in faith and He’ll answer them all.
Helen Steiner Rice
6. The tongue may be small, but it
can accomplish much good or evil.
7. The tongue, like a fire, affects
everything it touches in every area
of our lives.
8. Love is the most important
ingredient of success. Without it,
your life will echo total emptiness...
even in hardship, love will shine
through. And if you don’t have it,
you’re really not living. You’re only
breathing.
Sen. James E. Ezzell, Jr.
9. One of the weaknesses of our
age is our apparent inability to dis
tinguish our needs from our greeds.
Don Robinson
10. The selfish man quarrels
against every sound principle of
conduct by demanding his own way.
Proverbs 18:1
11. Sinners love to fight; boasting
is looking for trouble.
12. An evil man is suspicious of
everyone and tumbles into constant
trouble.
13. A short-tempered man must
bear his own penalty; you can’t do
much to help him. If you try once you
must try a dozen times.
14. The art of praising is the begin
ning of the fine art of pleasing.
15. Children have a much better
chance of growing up if their parents
have done so first.
16. Do not resent growing old.
Think how much you’d resent being
denied the privilege.
17. Age is like love—it cannot be
hid.
18. There are two cardinal sins
from which all others spring—impa
tience and laziness.
19. The difficult part of dieting
isn’t watching what you eat. It’s
watching what your friends eat.
OLDEN DAYS, AND DEATH
I honestly cannot think of another
person, including preachers, who
have more personal contact with a
mass of people weekly than I do. For
that reason, I guess that to encoun
ter a death almost every week
shouldn’t be surprising. Despite
that, though I never fail to be
amazed when I walk up to a door and
find a wreath, indicating that there
is a death in that home.
Just last Saturday, while in Wake
Forest talking with Ms. Wilkins,
whose door has had two wreaths
recdently, I told her that I was al
most afraid to speak it, but of all the
towns that I serve papers in,
Youngsville is the only one that had
not had a death.
At which time she asked ms if I
knew a Mr. "Bo” Kearney, whose
oWtuary read that he lived in Wake
Forest, but he actually lived in
Youngsville, she said. And I was
sure that I didn’t know him because,
I said, *1 only sell my papers on
Nassau and Persimmon streets.”
In one flash of a second, I can
recall every person there, all 11 of
the houses, and I was sure there was
not a Kearney among them, either
en route to Wake forest, or on the
return trip. I never fail to stop at the
home of the Kearneys, but, because
I had not encountered any illness
from anyone in that household, they
never even crossed my mind.
As a result, I got that slap in th6
face again.
This past summer, when the
weather was so unbearably hot, I
used to drag up that hill, and Mr.
Kearney would start shaking his
head as he said, "I declare you must
not have any age on you much, the
way you take that hill in this hot
weather."
I would chuckle, and tell him, “I
almost didn’t make it, and I wonder
what it will be like when the enow is
on the ground." So often, Mr. Kear
ney would be on tho deck, at my
appearance, and he’d say, “They’re
all in the house, go head on in," and
a few times I had a few minutes to
talk, and he’d tell me just a little of
how he used to be able to do many
thing that he can no longer do.
I told him how I hoped to find the
time to talk wiht each of the family
members, many of whom I know
very well, and write a story of them.
His brother Ben is a neighbor and
his sister (Dollbaby) Louise Yarbor
ough is one of my most cherished
firiends, at whose home 1 can usually
bring that final breath of “thanks"
for that being the last stop. I have
told Ms. Yarborough more times
that I have fingers and toes, that “I
am going to write a story about your
family,” thinking that I pretty well
knew all of them, but the real
shocker came when I rend that
Daphine McGhee and Catherine
Crudup were sisters. The other sis
ters are Flora Mae Green, Cornellia
Alston, Corina Johnson and Ethel
Marie Perry. The three brother are
Benjamin, Junious, and William
Kearney.
Ms. Martha Kearney and I have
developed a personal relationship,
to the point that we feel a sisterhood.
Of their children, I know Dorothy
Perry and sons Vem and Johnathan
the best. The others of their five
daughters are Ora Todd, Teresa and
Rita Bumpers. The sons are
Samuel, Johnathan, Lamont and
Ricky Kearney. Since I wasn’t sure
which one is called “Vem,” I thought
I’d best name them all.
The overflow crowd was such at
the funeral on Sunday, Jan. 12, at
Youngsville’s Union Grove Baptist
Church, that I knew enough to go
into the back door and I was given a
folding chair and was able to be
seated alongside of the nieces and
other family members who carried
the many flowers. Mary Kearney
Perry, the late Clarence and
Cammie’s daughter, was kind in
deed to honor me by taking names
and outlining who was who.
When the Feggins-Feggins Fu
neral Service asked all to stand
except family, Mary said mostly all
of the attendees would be part of the
family, and it turned out to be so.
And all of the time, I was under the
impression that the Crudup-Perry
combination would be the largest
black family in Franklin County, or
especially Franklinton.
The other nieces by whom I sat
were Helen Marie K Johnson, Ruth
K. Session, Betty Sue K. Clemons,
Barbara Jean Kearney, Clarice K.
Jones, Sandy Kearney, Pauline K.
Cl ax, Gloria Kearney, Lei a Vee K.
Moore, Shila K. McCord, and Tam
mie Kearney. Also Alice K. Single
tary.
Two nieces-in-law also carried
flowers, Barbara Kearney and Ter
esa Perry. The nephew pall-bearers
were Kenneth, Eric and Clarence
Kearney, Douglas and Tony Perry,
Tony Clemons and Jeffery Kearney.
Not only was the congregation filled
with mourners, the pulpit was filled
as well. Pastor Sherrod did the eu
logy, Franklinton First Baptist
Pastor Coolidge McCoy read scrip
ture, next-door neighbor and pastor
of Manasseh Cahpel Baptist, the
Rev. Samuel Tunstall, brought
prayer, the reverends Green, Mayo
and J. Enoch Kearney also graced
the pulpit.
Ms. Willie Morgan read ac
knowledgements and obituary.
Hubert Yarborough and George
Crudup sang solos.
Barn Aug. 23, 1917 to the late
Arthur and Mattie Kearney of Fran
klinton, I was indeed sorry to see
another of our seniors to carry his
long history of life into the grave
prior to my recording just a part of it.
Just the other day, I was reading
a 1927 Franklin Times newspaper
and wondering what life must have
been like for one James Ollie Kear
ney just 10 years earlier.
That particular paper carried an
account of “Large Mob Storms Jail:
Negro Found in Woman’s Bed
Hounds Follow Trail to Home of.
Weldon Bryant and He is Arrested;
Others Held for Hearing.”
This poor Negro man was sup
posed to have been suspected of flee
ing the bedroom of a Nash county
white woman who reftised to tell her
husband who it was that dashed out
as he entered the room.
This happened on an early Sun
day morning, and on Monday, the
sheriffs deputy, W.N. Fuller, and
chief of police, B JL Meadows, heard
that a mob was forming bent on
storming the jail and hanging
Bryant. They immediately took the
prisoner to Raleigh, where he was
placed in the penitentiary, thereby
saving his life.
I feel sure that Mr. Kearney could
have given me more than one simi
lar story, for he was bom in the age
.of such carryings-on. As Buck Nor
wood could.
For the family, who took the cud
dan daath to torrowfully, I grieve
with you, for your dear husband,
father and brother will be miesed by
me, too.
May the good Lord blest your
readjustment living without him.
Rhamkatte
BY LUCILLE ALSTON
RHAMKATTE—Sunday School
began at 9:45 a.m. with all classes
reporting. The subject of the lesson
was “Song of Love,” Solomon 2:8-17.
The key verse was repeated by the
school. The adult class was taught
by Rev. Otho Kearney. The lesson
was reviewed by Rev. Thomas Burt.
Superintendent Albertine Sanders
presided. After the report from Sec
retary Stephine Moore, the school
closed.
At 11 a.m., Rev. All. Terrell
spoke from I Corinthians 15:54,
using for his theme, “Be Rooted in
Your Faith, Be Steadfast.” Music
was furnished by the Male Chorus,
with Emanuel McNeil at the organ.
Rev. Burt gave the morning
prayer. Announcements were made
by Sadie Chavis. A tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King was read by
Omar Singletary. Mini-church was
led by Kenneth Singletary. Bro.
Kearney led the altar call.
Rev. Terrell left the congregation
with a message on how we must hold
onto what we have. We already have
the victory. We must hold on. God
will be with us at all times. Be stead
fast, have faith, don’t forget where
you come from. We are living in our
last days. You can’t hide from God.
The country is living with lying spir
its. The false prophet hears the lying
spirit.
Invitation to Christian disci
pleship was followed by the Doxol
ogy and benediction.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible study is held every Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m.
The Pastor’s Aid Club will meet
monthly every third Saturday at 4
p.m.
On the sick list are Kathleen
Hemby, John Singletary, James
Washington, James Hanks, Rodney
Singletary, Ellen D. McGregor, Al
ice Cooke, Billy Debnam, Nettie
Calhoun, Mary Utley, Lola
McClain, Hoyie Johnson, Walter
Rogers, Jr., Lucy Kendrick, Jasper
Williams, Ike Kearney, Jr., Mildred
Upchurch, Ethel Burt, Otis Hinton,
Ella Fletcher, and Margaret Kear
ney. Let us keep praying for the sick
everywhere. God is still healing.
FORECLOSURE
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ever, a bankruptcy Trustee takes
control of all property and may sell
all the property not protected by al
lowable exemptions. You may or
may not be able to save your house
under this procedure.
Usually a debtor in foreclosure
will choose Chapter 13, formerly
known as the “Wage Earners Plan.”
Rather than seeking an immediate
discharge of the debts, the Chapter
13 debtor submits part of his or her
income to a Chapter 13 trustee,
during the Chapter 13 proceeding,
the creditors must cease further
collection attempts unless they ob
tain specific permission from the
bankruptcy court.
Under the Chapter 13 approach,
the past due mortgage payments
can usually be tcheduled for repay
ment over a period of three years.
The ongoing mortgage payments
are made directly to the lender.
Other creditors whose debts are
unsecured must generally be paid
the amount they would receive in a
Chapter 7 proceeding. When the
Chapter 13 plan is successfully
completed the debts listed on the
original petition are discharged.
The mortgage obligation continues
until it is otherwise paid.
Homeowners in foreclosures have
a very short period of time during
which to explore these alternatives.
Debtors in foreclosure should seek
legal counsel immediately in order
to pursue an alternative to the invol
untary loss of their home.
For answers to your specific ques
tions, contact a private lawyer or
call Legal Services of North Caro
lina at 832-2046, where you will be
directed to the Legal Services pro
gram serving your area.
FOUNDER’S DAY
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tor of American Telephone and Tele
graph Co., Exxon Corp. and J.C.
Penney Co., Inc.
A member of the Board of Trus
tees of Columbia University, he is a
trustee and senior member of the
Conference Board and serves as
campaign chairman for the $60
million Liberty Science Center. He
has served as chairman of both the
Pharmiueutical Manufacturers
Association and the International
Federation of Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers.
He holds a degree in pharmacy
from the University of Nebraska. In
1980, he was awarded the pharmacy
profession's most distinguished
award, the Remington Honor
Medal, by the Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation.
SORORITY
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Soror Sandra Rudd-Knight. Greet
ings were brought by local officials.
In her speech, Soror Daley chal
lenged her sorors to "Pass the Delta
Torch and Ignite a New Vision."
This is the sorority’s national
theme. Delta’s founders were
women of vision. “Our job is one of
empowering others," she stated.
She quoted words from Elizabeth
Barrett Browning: “Do you hear the
children weeping?" Then she asked,
"Who will carry the torch?" The
torch, she said, is to be carried by all
sorors who should go into the com
munities and work with all who
need. Above all, we should save the
children.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by the Delta Ensemble. So
ror Sharon Peele honored the
speaker with the singing of “My
Hero," and later the two past re
gional directors were saluted. They
were sorors Jennie Taylor and
Edythe R. Tweedy.
Local Deltas attending were He
len Best, Sheree Bruinton, Thelma
Dent, Lillian Downing, Doreatha
Handy, Hermena Hunter, Marian
Lacewell, Alberta M. Levingston,
Joyce B. Johnson, Alice Solomon,
Lucille Webb, Eleanor Whitley,
Mable B. Wright and Allie M.
Peebles, chairman.
HOLIDAY
(Continued from page 11)
to adhere to the principles of Dr.
King, Malcolm X and Nelson Man
dela and idly stand by while prob
lems are all around perpetuate a
fraud.
From the State Capitol, more
than 2,000 braved the morning chill
to participate in the King Memorial
March. It was evident that many
parents brought their children to
experience the importance of a free
dom march.
Ms. Alma Richards of Greensboro
stated, “My whole family comes to
Raleigh to observe Dr. King’s birth
day because the march and pro
grams are so well organized and
supported. This is our third year
coming and I have already given
notice on my job that I will be in
Raleigh next Jan. 18.”
The noon ecumenical observance
at the Memorial Auditorium was
filled with standing room only. More
than 3,500 citizens heard the 150
voice Martin Luther King All
Children’s Choir, directed by Randy
Shepard and the 500-voice-strong
MLK Community Mass Choir di
rected by Ms. Lonieta Cornwall and
Lemont Mitchell. The mass choir
was accompanied by the Raleigh
Civic Symphony Orchestra, di
rected by Jonathan Kramer of
North Carolina State University.
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, professor
emeritus, Rutgers State University,
held the crowd spellbound with
passionate accounts of the days
when he and Dr. King talked into
the early morning hours on prob
lems of the black race in America,
the Montgomery bus boycott and
strategies needed to unite the na
tion against segregation.
Dr. Proctor told youngsters, “I’m
as old as dirt,” and for them to stop
doubting themselves about the fu
ture. He stated, “If you prepare
yourself, if you discipline yourself,
there are no limits to what you can
achieve. Racism and sexism are
barriers to overcame, but they are
not impossible barriers. Do your
best, God will take care of the rest.”
The MLK youth educational
Credit Unions Offer Highly
Attractive Rates
There’s a lot of talk these days
about tight credit at banks. Credit
unions, on the other hand, have con
tinued to offer real bargains on con
sumer loans and savings. Here are
some recent examples compiled by
the Credit Union National Associa
tion.
Credit Union and Bank Average
Intereet Ratee (Sept. 1991)
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15
10
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Credit Union Bi
•On credit cards, credit unions
charge nearly 4 percent less annual
interest than do banks—about 15.1
percent vs. 18.8 percent at banks.
•New car loans at credit unions
average about 1 1/2 percent less in
terest; personal loans nearly 2 1/2
percent less.
•And credit unions pay about a
half percent more than do banks on
money market savings and certificates
of deposit.
Credit unions can offer better rates
because they’re nonprofit organiza
tions that make consumer and home
mortgage loans to their member-own
ers. For information on how to join
or organize a credit union, send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
Credit Union National Association,
Dept. NAPS, Box 431, Madison, Wis
consin 53701.
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Auto Cant
workshop at Lucille Hunter School
attracted approximately 250 young
people from across the city and
county. Rev. H.B. Pickett and Rev.
Hardy Watkins gave historical ac
counts of the civil rights movement
and held open discussions on educa
tional excellence and human rela
tions.
The day was concluded at the
Memorial Auditorium with the King
Evening Musical Celebration. More
than 3,200 people heard the
Children’s Choir, the Capitol City
Five, Jones Chapel Baptist Church
Gospel Choir and the Shirley Cae
sar Singers. Evangelist Shirley
Caesar, who had accepted the invi
tation to sing as a benefit for the
King holiday, reportedly informed
the committee before the show that
she would not sing without financial
compensation and did not perform.
A dramatization by writer/direc
tor David S. Prince portrayed the
hi stori c Mon tgomery bus inci den t i n
1954 by Ms. Rosa Parks, titled
“Rosa, Fm Glad You Sat Down.”
Brother James Thomas of radio
station WLLE served as the
musical’s emcee. The King Commit
tee is chaired by Rev. Leonard Far
rar. Next year’s King observance
will be held on Monday, Jan. 18,
1993
BRICK DRIVE
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ganizers of the project, stated, “Af
ter these last 120 bricks are sold, the
project will be completed and no
more will be available. We have
found that many people intend to
purchase bricks but have procrasti
nated. We strongly encourage those
who want bricks for their church,
business or family to get in touch
with us now.”
King Gardens brick forms can be
obtained from the Richard B. Harri
son Library, South Raleigh Library,
Charleston Seafood Station or by
calling the King Committee at 834
6264 or 821-3978.
MB. ETHEL W» BURT
Ms. Ethsl W. Burt, of 5846 Yates
Mill Pond Road, died Jan. 21. Ar
rangements were being handled by
Haywood Funeral Home.
RICKY MOORE
Funeral services for the late Ricky
Moore, 32, of 2723 Big Oak, were
held Thursday, Jan. 23, at Lea
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial fol
lowed in the Carolina Biblical Gar
dens.
Surviving are mother, Shirley
Hopson of Raleigh; stepfather,
Charlie Hopson of Raleigh; Debra
Evans and Kathy Murphy, both of
Raleigh; brothers, Dexter Moore
and Ed Hopson, both of Raleigh.
Lea Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
MS. LEORA MCLEAN
Funeral services for the late Ms.
Leora McLean, 87, of 1106 S. Blount
St., were held Thursday, Jan. 28, at
the Good Samaritan Baptist
Church. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are daughter, Jo- ’
sephine Morgan of Morrisville; sis
ter, Josephine Evans of New York
City; 12 grandchildren, 12 great
grandchildren, several great-great
grandchildren.
Haywood Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
JAMES D. FAISON
James D. Faison, of 2010 8um
merdale Drive, Raleigh, died Jan.
20. Arrangements were handled by
Lightqer Funeral Home.