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..: NASHVILLE 'GLOBE. NASHVILLE A CITY OE OPPORTUNITY-TKE LEADING NEGRO JOURNAL IN TENNESSEE. ay U. 1 iirni m. v, M It wn) i til H til - lT r MMItn t miim f . M Dm (mt H writ- it. T0LU1IB' XIIL NASHTTLLE. TEHK, FEZDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1318. 45 National, -Baptist' Convention, Unincoi porated, Opens'-in kittle Rock, Ark.. r ft; t;:-;: . NEARLY $200,000 WORTH OF BUSINESS REP0RTEI ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS ARE BROKEN THIS YEAR Enthusiasm at Its Hcight--"Star-Spanglcd Banner" Sung During Patriotic Dem onstration by Over 3,000 Voices. ' PRESIDENT JONES' ADDRESS WAS v A MASTER PIECE AND ENJOYED. Little Rock, Ark.. Sept. 4. Never In the histqry of Negro Baptist workers was there more spiritual enthusiasm injected Into a meeting than was shown at the opening of the thirty eighth annual convention in session here today. A beautiful sitting and a patriotic demonstration was the re sult of the opening services. The Star Spangled Banner, sung by a chorus of more than two thousand five hundred messengers and representatives from the Baptist Churches throughout the United States. A chorus of two hun dred voices lead the singing. American flags were waving and the vast audi ence sang until it seemed as though the roof of the house was being lifted. This was followed by America, after- which the chairman of the local com mittee in' an eloquent address told of Little Rock's aim and purpose in its effort to entertain the largest gather ing of denominational workers in the United States and then surrendered the gavl to Edward P. Jones, D. D., of Vicksburg, Miss., who declared that the thirty-eight annual session had come to order. The meeting at once went into temporary organiza tion and the committees on enrollment and finance which were named at the executive committee meeting at Alex- andrla, La., were announced and at once retired. These wdrkers are to be in the city five days and the grave matters coming before them will be education, which takes in their Theo' logical and Training School, which has been purchased at Nashville, said to be worth over fifty thousand dol lars. It is the purpose to raise at least ten thousand dollars in this ses sion, so that the school property will be opened in October. Foreign Mis sions, Home 'Missions and State Mis sions will be the other themes up for consideration. Each of the boards co operating with the convention is to make its report at this session. The president made his annual address to day. In it he covered everything fac ing his people at this peculiar crisis. It was a masterly effort and was deliv ered in a clear tone. Dr. Jones said iu part; , . "Grace be to 'you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, blessed by thy God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with all spiritual bless ings, in heavenly places in Christ. According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we, should bo holy and without blame before him in love." Ephesians 1:2-4. . . ' "Twelve months ago after much consideration, and 'after we had en joyed the princely entertainment ac corded us by the people of Atlanta, led on by Dr. E. R. Carter, you adjourned to meet here in this, the "City of Roses," where violets, daisies, chry santhemums and "forget-me-nots" do do not die, but live on, gathering strength from the waters of yonder rolling Arkansas. This is a city ideal in its surroundings, with fertile val leys, and smiling hilltops and an oc casional breath of mounutain air staging and overdoing it founders in all that makes a busy thriving com munity. iGreat is, Little Rock. Drs. J. P. Robinson,' J. S. Ladell, History is here illuminated, and feeds the mind, while infestoon drops my riads of indescribable handiwork fin ishing in gold the silvery shadows, which flash from the magnolia only to grow in, the pomegranate, standing on the seashore one band catching the spray, and the other keeping time to the song birds with eyes piercing the endless outlay, the busy gardens of nature hanging about like jewels se lect, I have hoped for this hour when I might come into this presence and tell you of my stewardship. Whether in my own native state, the Carollnas, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Virginia, every where, because' of your position, in all matters germane and fundamental ly constructive with one accord, trl- umph after triumph has marked our course. As best I could your record has been unmodified, and I have made bold to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, God has helped me, the darkness has been dispersed and ere many months, the miscarried concep tion will have disappeared and the unvarnished truth unconcerned save for the good of all mankind stand forth in mighty conquest. The battle of ages fought on Calvary left the King of terrors pierced through and through with his own darts, and until this day his followers are inspired and fight for, victory. When honor and Christian integrity are augmented by consistency as well as vision and confidence invincible forces are well geared, and power fol lows as the night, day. Are you as a Convention armed in the cause of I righteousness and are you making permanent the landmarks of the church?. Are you steadily adhering to the Golden Rule, and building for time ' and eternity a acharacter un blemished for love and service? If Buch is your course, then, I hasten here to order you forward, on, in the , pursuit of lifting as you climb. To pull down the outer covering of the great pyramids may be done by the fc, rude Arab, to burn the Alexandrian i library may be the work of an igno-1 ' f rant fanatic, to find a spot in the sun, may bo possible even to a little child, but the building of apyfamia, the r wrlting of the Alexanderian Library, I f the creating of the sun; demand pro-j"Ki found capacity. As men stretch them- selves to forward thhe world's good, JKf they develop. Hope begets hope1. Die- b- sent has dts mission. The man who protests is always needed, but merely I J?Hf lt find fault dwarfts the intellect ntidi; imprisons the soul. Constructive! work is the most self-expensive that I can be done, it is done at the cost ol j brain and heart, there is always the blood of the builder himself mingled with the mortar when the permanent ly good is laid stone by ston? and the edifice of human welfare rises in beauty. The glorification of the seed conies only after its death, and it is when the gospel preacher pours out his energy like water that he brings blessings to his fellows and ennoble ment to himself. This principle alone; answers to the world's need with pro vision for that need. Livingstone at the time he went out to Africa pur posed not alone to uncover Its sores, but also to redress the wrongs. He had In his heart a vision for that benight- Natlonal Baptist Convention. When this was demurred out of court, they took an appeal which lays dormant and unprosecuted. ', Without sanction but seeking to control the only asset of the denomi nation, and thus take from our Pub lishing Board that which you entrust ed to them and for which they have shown unsurpassed ability to manage, the majority of the Baptists in Amer ica, then and now denounce the usur pation, and the report to be submitted by our esteemed chairman, Dr. C. H. Clark, and our beloved venerable Secretary, Dr. R. H. Boyd, will add emphasis to my statement, by show ing an increase in business each year since they went off. .The ideals of this Board are in per fect unison with this Convention, and It is doing religious, benevolent and constructive work commendable and enduring, and my opinion has been strengthened" as more and more study its work. A .National Con vention great and expansive in its in formation and inspiration is grievous ly handicapped it to the people It can not point to racial development, training and refinement. To these elements this convention and our Board thank God take courage and go on. The hand that seeks to de stroy thia mammoth plant and idly send abroad its employees, when yes terday from every hill top and valley it was raised unto God in declaring all Is well, cannot again become a pow er in the province of righteousness without making amends. Might nev- GALA TIME LABOR DAY At Hadley Park Ten Thouand Peo ple Present SPLENDID PRO GRAM FEATURE Labor Day was celebrated at Had lley Park, Monday with more than ten thousand people in attendance. Mr. A. N. Johnson, president of the Board of Trade presided and made introductory remarks. Lieut. Coon, commanding officer of ' the student soldiers at Flsk- University spoke in high terms of the progress made by the boys in this care. He said that he felt sure the Negro soldiers vould come up to the standard set, and that they had always done so. The men in training had marched through such a good showing among the Ne gro workers. Davis School band, both male and female, furnished music. A costumed march of children, representing sol diers, Red Cross nurses, states and farmerettes, was a special feature of the program. The Goddess of Liberty and patriotic drills, together with the singing of patriotic songs, were notable features. Prizes were awarded the best developed baby, the second best and the most popular baby on the grounds. A prize was also given J. P. Porter and wife for having the largest number of chil dren under 16. There are seven children under 16 in this family. The first-prize baby weighed 44 pounds at eight months, while the second-prize baby weighed 21 pounds at five. Louise Bostic recited Dunbar's "Colored Soldier," and "What Will you do, Uncle Sammie?" Judge J. Madison Wells delivered the principal address and said in part: "I think the progress you have made is wonderful. I do not believe there Is any other race that has made the same progress under like circum stances. You have a long way to come, however. Adhere to the mar riage vows; do not be so quick to be divorced; make every wayward girl or boy your boy or your girl. I tell you I think it is a crime, an out rage, to put in prison for life the parent of a small child and turn that child out upon the streets in poverty. There will be no real child welfare By Secretary Boyd of the National Baptist Publishing Board-Fiscal Near Just Ended Shows $10,000 Increase. SACRIFICE OF LABORERS TO FIGHT HUNS HAS BEEN GREAT HOLDBACK hhh 0! Say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming) Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs busting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there; CHORUS. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 13tn i Nearly two hundred thousand dollars worth of business was reported by Rev. R. B. Boyd, D. L, the secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board is his annual report read be fore the National Baptist Convention in session in this city today. It was an increase of more than ten thousand dollars over the volume of business done lor the fiscal year ending Augun 31, 1917. It has been considered by all leaders in the ranks of National Baptist Publishing Board's plant at Nashville has attracted more atten tion than any other enterprise con ducted by the religious side of the convention. It is a plant employl'.ig a large number of young men rnd women who do skilled labor. Dr. Boyd in making his report n l only told of the work done for the past year, giving the millions of copies of periodicals distributed and the hundreds of thousands of letters received and answered but he went into the details and the constructive Bide of the institution. The report was in pamphlet form and it showed that within twenty-one years enough Sunday School literature and religi ous tracts with denominational books had been distributed to make- Bap lists, if literature would make them, out of every member of the , race. In the report this giant oak in the Baptist forest, as he is proclaimed by all, .gave bis denomination a peep into the inside of the art preserva tive, as the printers term it, letting them look in the printing arena, let ting them see their people operating the most intricate machinery that has been placed on the market for tho publishers and printers. He touched upon the war conditions and showed that the Institution he had the honor to preside over was not only serving the denomination and the race, but had contributed their bit towards sending men into the army to bat tle for world's democracy. He swept the Convention off its feet when he told them of the sacrifice the Insti tution had made to help win the war. "Our service flag hangs In the main office- and by this time, perhaps, has twenty-two stars. We are not only fighting sin and Satan, but we aro fighting the Huns and Persianism. With God's help we are going to win both battles." Dr. Boyd showed the total receipts and disbursements ot the institution in twenty-one years to be $2,800,932.97; number of letters received and answered in twenty-one years 4,597,325; number of periodicals sent to the various Sunday schools in twenty-one years as 159,756,688. Before he made his report chairman of the Board, Rev. C. H. Clark, D. D who has served for twenty-one years, made a talk and then presented Dr. Boyd to the Convention. Luella Hoyle, the stenogra-jand will return with pleasure to re- t- j.. i... I. j i : m i us me siar-spangieu uanner, wj long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foes' haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Nov it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream; .' 0 thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between thc-ir loved homes and war's desolation; Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the pow'r that has made and preserved us a nation, Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust." ' ' .. .. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. F. H. Cook, D. B. Gaines, R. B. Por- ed continent. He saw commerce devel . . . , . . . . ... 1 ,1 ,1 ... u : . ...i i i . ter and many others live and add by their work, not only to the spiritual uplift of the city, but send everywhere throughout the state and nation an influence condemnatory of wrong and wickedness. They are voices in the wilderness crying aloud, "Prepare you the way of the Lord make his paths straight." You have come from every -part of this country to make sura the everlasting truths, which 2000 years ago shook the plains of Judea and mountains of Galilee, lulled the mad- . dened storm into a zephyr, and made 'ten thousand furious devils seek the slimy bottom of the deep as their hab itat, thus emphasizing that man made in God's Image is only following the divine or walking in the King's high way when in the consciousness of " right he furrows the heart and plants therein not thorns of hate, but rrln- ciples of love. Man falters, fails and despairs when selfishness conjures the laughter and happiness of his soul, and fashions him into the ser vice of a privileged few to the neg , lect of the less fortunate. The real man, the true man, sees no distinc tion, but goes forth to the uplift, the reclaim, and in tho pathway of the despondent and t hopeless brightly beams a ray of mercy.'that minimiz es 'in difference and magnllef brotherhood. Since, last we met, at ' times, as your servant, I have met the sunshine and the rain, the hope ful and the hopeless, the braggart and themodest, the vlBionlst andthe blind, the truthful and the false, the 'shallow ' aiid thedoep, the honest and the dis honest, the ."know . iall" - and the "know nothing." At times 1 followed the old Spanish trail, j as, it widens from, the" foot hills ;of; Alabama - and '. grows grey with the frost of centuries. ' .' ( .-s : ed and white winged merchantmen plying the rivers and the .sound of civilization breaking the' deathly si lence, save for the barking of a wild dog, and the hissing of a million pois onous serpents. Home to him was dear, life was sweet, but in the econo my and longings of his soul he Bwerv ed neither to the right nor to the left, but faced the storm with ax In hand and God to lead; he dared have a mission, made it known, knew he was right, went fsrth to do or die, and our blessed Christ made perfect the plans of salvation only through his death and resurrection. Today we stand at the 38th mile-stone. The fathers long since gathered to their reward builded wiser . than they knew. Some linger here todny with us and in their honored presence, I now entreat you to consider whether or not your premises are tenable. Revolutions do not go backward, they always move forward. Judaism was transformed into .universalis. If I am not mistaken at Chicago, in 1915, and the Minutes of the incor porated conventions will so show, a majority of the messengers refused to sustain a ruling made by tho pre siding officer. A majority time and time , again declared that they would not submit to any. form of charter making a national church, that the New Testffinent ami Its teachings '-were of sufficient force and effect, that through it and' by it and with it for centuries we had striven to reach the prorii'se were now too far up the road to look back. Be it remembered here that worse and more heretic were the purposes underlying this. They went into tho .Courts of Cook County and asked that we be enjoined from hold ing a Convention or using the name mm pher for the Foireslde School, is hav ; her- vocation. During thia time occurred a great event, when Miss Hoyle ceased to be in becoming the bride of Mr. Oscar A. Childress. Tho wedding took place -at the bride's home on the evening of August 2Sth, when a large company of friends gathered to witness the occasion. Mr. Childress is a senior at Meharry Medi cal College. All who knew the young couple extend to them their hearti est good wk-hes. For the present Mrs. Childress will cuntinue with tuei fireside School. Miss Adu P. Morgan is making a short trip in the interest ol the Fire side School. She will slop iu St. Louis, attend the Convention and present the work there. From that point she will go to her home in In diana. for a pari of her vacation. Mrs. M. II. Flowers is in St. Louis, attending the Convention. Mis.s Grace- M. Eaton Is in Little liocli and will attend the Convention there. Miss Austa Morgan has pone to her home in Indiana where she will spend Koino -weeks. .Miss Mamie Braden is stopping at Miss Katou's home in Flat Hock for a short time. i WOMEN'S NATIONAL PRAYER BATALLION. sumo their studies. Attention is called to the meetings of the Women's National Prayer Bat talion which are hold every Thursday ntonring at the colored Y. M. C. A in the room of the Colored Branch of the Women's National Council of Defense. This is on Cedar Street on the street floor and plainly marked. The hour is ten o'clock and the mooi ng begins promptly and lasts one hour. Do you want to help the boys at the front by tho way of God's throne? Herexis your opportunity Come to this meeting and unite in prayer lor uoa s Blessing and pro tection of the men in the service. Thlq tfl a TintrintAf nri rnlln-lnnu rlntv Those having relaV'es are specially urged to come though all who are in terested In prayer have a hearty and cordial invitation. er made right, - truth maketh error ashamed. It remains for you after thirty-five years of oratory and prom ise to give shape and form to a Nation al Theological Seminary and Training School. It stands yonder awaiting only your willingness to clear the way, that souls may be fixed, hearts edified and tongues, simplified. The gospel must be preached, a trained minis try should be your contribution to the world's present and future evan gelism. Will you heed the cause or follow tho path of ease? With confi dence in you and hope that you are I ready to cross the Rubicon, a recom mendation follows, which I hope you will approve. In keeping with your expressed command your special committee went to Washington and took up with the Executive Secretary of the Council of Federated -Churches 'of America, the appointment of Chaplains for the Ar my. I am under many obligations to Dr. Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville, Dr. J. C. Austin of Pittsburgh, tor. H. T. S. Messer of Pittsburgh, Dr. R. H. ! Boiling of Norfolk, Va.; and Dr. E. W. Moore of Columbus, Ohio; each of whom forsook their immediate duties i (Continued on page 8.) 1 ' : the streets from Flsk University to the park singinp, patriotic songs and aroused the crowds with whom they came in contact. They drilled, marched and played games as worked out in their daily training. The president ot the Board :f Trade turned tho program over to the welfare committee of the Negro Council of defense. Mrs. Lyon Chil dress, cnairman or the welfare com mittee of the white Council of De fense was present and talked at length. She pledged herself to asslsi in any way possible the efforts of the Negro workers. Elizabeth Kel ly, who is the Negro, welfare chair man, presided and read the message of the President of the United States in favor of the great child welfare celebration toj be held all over the country. Dr. M. E. Coleman made a stirring talk and assefted that the Negro women would not be satisfied until a home had been secured for delin quent girls of the race. Dr. Coloman Is the chairman of the Negro Coun cil of Defense. Mrs. J. F. Pierce, one of the most earnest war , workers among the Negro people, gave a his tory of the work In hand and paid tribute to the women who are making BISHOP AND MRS. PHILLIPS LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA. Wedding Simple and Impressive St. Louis', Mo., Sept. 6. Bishop C. H. Phillips of Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Ella heeks of Cleveland, Onio were married here Aug. 28th by Rev. J. V. Jacobs of Kansas City and Rev. X. L. Smith of St. Louis. The wed- ding ceremony was penurim-u mu residence of Dr. and Mrs. ('. H. Phil lips, Jr.. and was witnessed by many personal friends of the -Phillips Fami ly. Miss Lady Emma Louise Phillips sweetly sang. "Unloved It is Morn" after which Bishop Phillips accom panied by his son, Dr. C. 11. Phillips and Miss Ella Cheeks with her brother Mr. Elmer Cheeks of Detroit, Mich, wended their way to lho nuptial altar where the happy union was effected. Mrs. Clifford Kvans played Mendel sohn's Wedding March. Bishop and r.Ms. Phillips received numerous let ters and telegrams of congratulations and valuable tokens fivi friends all over tho country. Immediately after f the marriage, Bishop and Mrs. Phillips and daugh ter, Lady Emma Louise, left for Cali fornia and other points west. Tho house was beautifully decorated with palms and the season's choicest cut-- llowers. The wedding ceremony was simple and was pronounced one of the most impressive and beautiful ever witnessed in St. Louis. Among the out of town visitors present were Dr. J. T. Phillips, Mrs. J. H. Halo and Mrs. Bessie Morrison Nashville, Tenn; Mr. Samuel Rivers, Chicago, 111.; Mr. Elmore Cheeks, Detroit, Mich.; Hev. and Mrs. J. W. Jacobs, -aKnsas Ctiy, Mo., and Mr. and rMs. Edward Uruner, Oklahoma City. SPENT WEEK-END IN COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE. blisses Mattie E. Moore and Libbie L. Davis left Nash-villo on tho 31st to spend the week-end In Columbia, Tenn. Miss Moore Is the week end house gtievt of Miss Euyn F. Web ster one of Columbia, City School teachers. Ml'ss Davis is the guest ot her grand-niolher. Many socials have been planned for these young ladies until we get the idea of the old-time home, where the mother and father sit and read the Bible on the front porch and the children come to en gage in innocent and harmless play and games. In conclusion Judge Wells stated that he was in fafor of tho juvenile court, and that he loved the black boy as well as the white boy, and was a judge of them both. Many of tho emtilovees of the Gov ernment powder plant arrived in the Dn Thursday they will motor out to city early in the dav. Tho streets I Chestnut Kidse to spend the day with were crowded, as were the movies Miss Camille Flemniings who Is teach- MR. J. W. BOYD OF MASON, TENN. Among the visitors to Nashville re cently was Mr. J. W. Boyd of Mason, Tenn., who spent several days in the city on important business. He is one i well known citizens of West Tennessee, hailing from Tipton, Coun ty. He is an ex-member of the Ten- nessee Legislature where he served with distinction. At on time he was elected to the stat eeSnato from his Senatorial Dis trict, but his friends claimed that even though the election on tho face of tho returns showed a majority, it is claimed that he was counted out. Mr. Boyd is a member of the old guards j and came along in a time when the Negroes were active in state po Ires. during the day. Greenwood park was largoly attended. Special music and all attractions running gave en tertainment to tho ihrongs that went out during the day. FIRESIDE SCHOOL. ing out there. Mi?s Moore is a mem her of tho Senior Class of Pearl High School. MADAM BESSIE T. P. RHODA 11118 Debating Team of her school, a member of the Utopian Literary So ciety and secretary ot the Senior Lat in class. She Is also a member of the famous Forward Quest girls club, be ing a Big Sister aliii treasurer o fthat During the Tiast weeks, Mrs. M. F. department. She is the efficient sec- Flowera of Chattanooga, Tenn., amljretary of St. John A. M. E. Sunday Mrs, Jackson Of Liltie Rock, Ark., School, a leading member ot tho Madam Bessie T. P. Rhoda visited Powder Plant Y. M. C. A. and was made welcobo by Mr. Mobray, Mr. and Mrs. Reed, also ntanv ot the She was a member ot the ( workmen and their wives. Owing to have been the guests of Mrs. M. 11. Flowers at the Fireside School. Mrs. Jacvksou Is matron In Little Rock and is doing a splendid work there. She stayed a few days ami Mrs. Flow errs made a longer visit. church .and choir, .being treasurer of, tho choir. Miss Davk is a member of the Junior Class ot Pearl High School. 1 . ' Both of these young ladios are very I popular In their- iinmedliate vicinity I '. : Rhodao being in such a demand out there it was very necessary for her to pay them a visit. Miss F. Wright of JefTerson Street accompanied the Madam on both visits. Mr. Abe Thompson, father of Madam Rhoda had a joyful timo at tho United Prim itive Baptist Association l-.i Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. lie returned lust Monday night. Can any onno Imagine that after the war he finds himself in pos session of too many war bonds or war savings stamps? J