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YOLUME
The Columbia News Bureau
REV. I. E. LOWERY, Manager, 1329 Heidt Street.
Sunday, Janj 21st., was an ideal
Sabbath day. [The sky was clear, the
sun was - bright, and the air was
balmy. It wap a good day to go to
church. The writer and Mrs. Lowery
were invited td worship at the St.
Paul Baptist Church out at College
Place. @We r¢ached the church in
time for the Sunday School, and tobk .
part in teaching tHe lesson. The les
son for the day was “The Parable of
the Prodigal Son’ and both the teach
er and studenty understood the les
son pretty well.§ The discussions were
interesting. - |
The Rev. J. M. Myers is the pastor
of the St. Pau] Baptist Church, and
was he who inyited us to worship at
’his church. Hp selected Matt. 6:10
for his text. he words read as fol
lows: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
The subject wag, “The Supref}le will” !
The sermon walk an able one. It was ‘
full of fresh, vigorous thoughts, which
made awholejome impression. Thei
writer hastily jptted down some of the i
ieading though{s of this very instruc- |
tive sermon. |He said, “Everybody‘
should learn the Lord’s Prayer.” “It
is the child’s prayer, and also a prayer
for adults.” But to be able to say,
thy will be dgne, a man must be a
christian.” ‘“God never forces a man
to do His will]” “A man is a free
agent, and God respects the human
will.” ‘God neper intended that man
kind should be ick. He never intend
ed that there should be prisons, but
men refused obey ‘the will of God
this is the cause of all human troubles i
—men will not| obey the will of God.” '
The sermon |literally spafkled with @
such beautifyl {thoughts as expressedz
above. Rev. John M. Myers 8.8
NEGROES CONTINUE MOVING
- NORTHWARD. ' \
Memphis, T!nn., Jan. 18.—Negroes
continue going northward. In the
past 90 days %‘re than 12,000 have ;
left the cottonifields of the Mississippi
and Arkansas| deltas for work in in
dustrial plant% of Chicago, St. Louis,
and Detroit, ajccording to information
obtained frovrg failroad pf’ficials, who
say only a scaltering of the thousands
have been enkaged to do railroad
track work. f .
Arkansas h‘fs not suffered in this
loss as much 'F.s the Mississippi delta.
From points ip the latter territory the
Negroes have igone out in droves. On
Saturday evening, Dec. 16, northbound
Hllinois Centrpl train No. ¢ had four
car loads of fihem. Practically every
man, woman imd child was from Mis
, sissippi. Dutling the past two months
the Rock Islaind, Frisco and Missouri
f acific have brought in nmwbers from
the lower A;ikansas Delta. Some
claim the Kf K. K. has been aftgr
them in certi_xin parts of the delta.
They come t@ Memphis and continue
their journey{
Five Megrd families were at Grand
Central Stat‘jon waiting for the eve
ning train td go north. They were
from the M‘ssissippi Delta. None
would tell what part of the delta thes
came from. | In fact, very little in
formation cgn be obtained ‘from th
heads of the| moving families.
A spokesman for the five familie
said they welre leaving Mississippi. be
cause they bplieved they had not pros
pered. * Th¢y claimed to have bee:
kept in debff year in and out by lan
owners. le man, who refused t
give his na}qlxe, said he had workid 1
years on on¢ plantation, and this yea
in settling \fp he had only $5O comin
to him. I'te claimed this would n
pay for cldthing for his family, I
alone buyilg provisions, What li
Just received Car Load All Leather Guaranté d ShoesMen,‘W—;—lßen,Children.' al Leevy’s
the St. Paul congregation love him
He is a big hearted christian brother
He and Wis people remembered the
writer with a liberal donation, and
this was aside from a splendid collec
tion for church expenses. Mrs. Bessic
Moorman gave me her subscription
for The Indicator. At the close of
thege deligh’ffil services, the pastor
Rev. Myers, took us to his home in his
car. He lives in a nice home at Book
er Washingten Heights, where a good
turkey dinner awaited us. Mrs. My
ers is a good cook and an excellent
housekeeper. Rev. Myers, without
his dinner, left us, and hastened on to
Mt. Calvary, where he preached again
in the a‘fternoon. We spent a pleas
ant afternoon with Mrs. Myers and
the children, and returned to Columbia
in Mr. R. G. Haygood’s car. He had
been out that way giving Mrs. Hay
good and the children an outing. The
day was one of joy and gladness with
us, and we feel under many obliga
tions to Rev. Mr. Myers for his won
derful Protherly kindness.
PERSONAL MENTION
The Rev. B. S. Jackson, District
Superintendent of the Orangeburg
District, was a visitor in Columbisz
this V\‘reek. He came to the capits};l or
busingss. He will his first official vis:
it to Wesley Church for 1923 Febru:
ary 11. Rev. Jackson is much beloved
both by the ministers and laymen of
his district. - 5L
The Rev. A. McLees who. preachec
last year gh‘/»fheSpar.tanburg‘ District
has beex*z':_:,,h n sferred by Bishop E. G
Richardson to the C;:atlESton District
His forme ">'|__t”l‘xi.xent was Greers
si,and will Tive here during 1922.
e e
stock they had in the year 1921 was
sold to help them through the crisi:
when cotton was at its lowest price.
This Negro a letter from a relative
who went to Detroit in the summer o
1917. He later sent back to Missis
sippi for his wife and children. H
was now being paid $5 a day at an in
dustrial plant, had saved ‘his mone]
and was living in a steam heate
house. His two child‘ren were goin;
to good schools and becoming educat
ed. This Negro cjaimed another ma:
he knew was making $7 a day in Chi
cago and his living expenses were les
than on the plantation he hadl Yert.
These Negroes are not only movin
| their familes, but most of them‘hav
shipped their household goods. Re
ports from the railroads show man
have gone mnorth with provisior
‘enough to last them several month
These Negroes who are more succes:
| ful on plantations than some of the:
neighboors. In fact; it was said the
| had saved for more than a year fc
this trip. i
‘ Hill Negroes Go To Delta. ;
e While the delta Negroes are leavir
the plantationns, those from the Mi
| | sissippi hill county are moving i
. | The added new families, it is sa
» | are falling under the number leavin
> | and planters are unable to figure ¢
7 | any definite plans for a crop in 192
- Two hundred Negroes on an ave
e | age are at Memphis to leave on eve
evening Illinois Central north bou
s | train. They have: through ticke
- | sometimes pixl'chased from a sm
- :station on the line extending near t
n | plantation they are leaving, some b
d \a local ticket to Memghis and reb
o , here for destination.
0 ‘ No labor agents have now or in
r | past two months worked in either
g \the deltas. In cases where tne !
ot.| gro does not have enough money
ot lbuy tickets for his entire family,
ve gets one for ‘himself. He promi
OLUMBIA, S. C. JANU
ANNOUNCEMENT
I! - ™ ANNOUNCEMENT. g%
=1 By order of the Executive Com] Fa
. mittee the next meeting of the Stat ‘cil"
“{ Teachers’ Association will convenege
F-1in Columbia March 8th, 9tH, and 10th |
el Teachers from all parts of Soutlgof
a § Carolina should register now aligico
4 notify the Executive Secretary, Co4ER
A lumbia, S. C. of their intention to fit ~
tend. The fact that the Conventiongl.
I; will be held the same time the AS—‘
s| BIBLE THOUGHTS FOR THE
) WEEK 4
fi JANUARY 27 =
S Refuge, Strength, Help:— God is‘;’
t four refuge and strength, a very pres
t Jent help in trouble.—Ps. 46:1. e
; LN
‘|, | ANUARY 28 ti
| " Almighty* Protection:— He that §§,
(:1 dwe]léth in the secret place of the :‘
of the Most High shall abide under {§
a | the shadow of the Almighty.—Psalm
afsei:1. "0
& | JANUARY 29. 3
h T% Source 0f Help: — My help 5
_Jcome from the Lord, which made &
~ Jheaven and earth.—Psalm 121:2. w
P ' ° o
- } JANUARY 30 ;
Safe from All Evil: —The. Lord |
¢ jpreserve thee from all evil:He shall |§
. preseTve thy soul.—Psalm 121:7. ;
ag | | JANUARY 31. s
nj 'Perfect Peace: —Thou wilt keep®
.. Jhim in perfect peace, whose mind is | §
- S§ayeh on thee: because he trusteth|g
3 in th¢e.—Isaiah 26:8. :
. FEBRUARY 1 1
Tl Jesus’ Instructions:—Provide nei-|"
ther gold, nor silver, nor brass in i
your purse: nor scrip for your jour-}
d jney, neither two coats, neither shoes, q
: nor Ygt staves: for the .workman is q
. fworthy of his meat.—Matt 10:9, 10.. |4
] | FEBRUARY. 2 .. & fV
.| | The Ommipotent Protector:—I arfiy
r., " e NI b 3 & fi—‘ \y e
1 God; T knownot any.—Isaiah 44:0, |
.. | FEBRUARY 3 1
1 Ye fwould‘ not:—O Jerusalem, Jeru
2 salem, thou that killest the prophets,
. and stonest them that are sent unto
thee, how often would I have gather
o ed thy children together even as a hen
:;. gathered her chicken§ under herf
b wings, and ye would not.—Matt. 23:37 g
< —_— lx
FEBRUARY 4 by
"1 The Light of The World:— Then
Y spake Jesus, saying, I am the light of =
" the world: he that followeth me shall
'€ 1ot walk in darkness, but shall have
:n the light of life—John 8:12. f
-] MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT |.
- Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson an- |
nounce the marriage of their daught- |
g er, Julia Elizabeth to Mr, Harry Lo- |
- gan of Pittsburgh, Penn., Saturday .
€ §January 27th, 1923. The Couple left
" Pittsburgh immediately for Clevelsad
. Ohio, their future home.
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S- ISPECIAL PROGRAM AT BETHEL
ir METROPQLITAN CHURCH
€Y1 To-morrow .afternoon,” ‘at Bethel
or | Metropotitan Church, at 3:30 o’clock,
a special Missionary program compos-
Jing all the churches of the city, will be ;
ng | rendded.
is- There will be special music by the
m choir of said churgh, several sweet
1id fsolos from the various churches.
€: ) Special numbers from- the Union
9% | Baptist Quartette and Bethel’s Met
23, ropolitan. A treat is in store for you
o
ery
1N | Sp—
ts, [to send for his family. Very often,
wall | railroad officials, the Negroes have
the | the money sent them for tickets by
buy | other relatives who have been north
buy | several months. 7 ®
More than two years ago, when Ne
the | groes began leaving the plantations
r of {the railroads of the south issued or-
Ne- | ders not to honor prepaid tickets sen
y to | them by relatives or heads of manu
, he | facturing concerns. That order i
1ses still in force -
Y 27, 1923
Zi:;t‘::e of white teachers’ railroad!h
o assured. .Send your ad- 'i:
membership fee and get a
°Py of The Bulletin: g
Only 39 days * befors the meeting |
f the State Teachers’ Association | ©
Onvenes, D
* WESTON MANCE, D. D., t
President
+ M. A, MYERS, 3
~ Executive Secretary. 2
—_— |:
IRKANSAS SUPREME COURT
SUSTAINS BARRING OF AL- |i
- LEGED NEGRO BLOOD FROM |¢
SCHOOL. - g
i I
- Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 25, Preston |t
S.Tews Service) A téemporary ipjunc- }c
10n was denied and the decree of the |}
gontgomery County Chancery Court
gVaS a./med by the Arkansas Su- |;
reme court last Tuesday in the case |
Sf Hattie Black and others against |1
he directors of the school district No. | s
%6 to restrain the directors from de- |1
iIying members of the Black family |
ble privilege of attending the only |,
chool maintained in the district, this
Fhool being for white children. “ ]
i The directors of the school district
held that the Black children havg a
race of Negro blood and therefore
e “colored people” within the mean-
B2 of the statute. The Blacks con
ended that they were of the caucas
8lan race with a trace of Cherokee In
n blood. The Chancery Court dis
! ;ssed their case on the ground that
e same question had been decided
By the Circuit court, even though the
( 'ncery court was the proper one
A which to bring the suit. The Su
neme Court held that it was too late
‘®secure the relieef there after hav
i #4he same relief denied in an ac
el o0 on the former appeal
{4 to the effect that there substan
fi evidence to sustain the action of
directors ih refusing admittance
the children on account of their
ldod and that the directors should
bt be controlled by the court. The
psent action is not an effort to com-
Wl the directirs to establish another
s ool',‘but is one to compel them to
rgecive the children into school for
white children.
T REV. JAGGERS SAYS
i‘,I just want to say to my many
friends that I am not running for any
office, I have made my office and am
safisfied with it. I am asking my
frignds to help me in the future as
th@v have in the past i nmy attempt
\to ake care of the old people whom
it §eems that God has called -me to
look after and by the help'of God I
ha¥e done the best I could and I know
\th God isfpleased with the work
whith I have done, in His name. 1
walt to continue in my missionary
wotk and the Board take care of the
oldpeople. I am perfectly willing to
givg that up; but let me, as I have
sai® continue in my general mission
aryfwork. Sunday I will go to the
chafigang, Benedict, Good Samaritan
Hospital and Bro. Myers and down
to the¢ Old Folks Home.
OFHICTAL PLEADS FOR AGRI
'ULTURAL EDUCATION OF
NEGROES
! skegee, Ala., Jan. 23 (Preston
| NeW§ Service) Speaking before the
ant®l conference of Negro farmers
\here last Tuesday night, Hon. C. W.
, | Puggey, assistant secretary of agri
,‘cult ¢, declared, “Failure to provide
> | an iportant place for agriculture
y;in educational system for the'
N ! Neg® would be doing that race a se
| rioudq injustice,”
,-1 Al increase of 3.16 per cent in the
S ! nuP¥er of Negro farmers in the Uni
. \ted ales in the last decade as com
t | par®§ With an increase of1.6 per cént
» ‘ in number of white farmers
3 ‘s‘non be consistantly in mind,” Mr.
Pugey said.
. THOMAS DIXON SEES FRUIT OF
' HIS OWN WILD OATS; SORRY
i New York City, Jan. 23—Preston
lews Service—An attempt to organ
‘e a general plan of extermination
f the nefarious Ku Klux Klan by
ombining into one society the wvari
us forces opposed to the Klan in
lew York State will be made by cen
ral committe of the American Unity
eague at public mass meetings to be
eld in the, several parts of the state
uring the next few days, it has been
nnounced.
Among the speakers at these meet
-Igs will be: P. H..O’Donnell, national
hairman of the league; Represente
tive Ben Johnson, of Kentueky; T.
)ixon, Jr., author of the “Kalnsman”
pon which the photoplay, “The Birth
f a Nation” was based, and Col. T.
}. Felder. _
It is siad that Mr. Dixon has ex
ressed himself on s’everal occasions
s #being extremely "sorry that men
\ave taken such un-American, cow
rdly means of taking the law into
heir own hands and disgracing the
Jnited States by such dispisable acts
f lawlessness.
fIRE DESTROYS 15 NEGRO
HOUSES IN STATESVILLE, N.C.
‘ $60,000 LOSS.
Statesville, N. C., Jan. 26.,(Preston
News Service)—Fifteen Negro homes
were destroyed by fire here last Wed
nesday. The fire was fanned by high
wind and at times threatened to
spread over the town.
Most of the structures consumed
were small ones on the west side of
Center Street and the total loss is es
timated at from $60,000 to $75,000
of which about one third was covered
with insurance. No one was injuured
in the flames which gave the fire!_ de
fire is believed to have had its origin
in-a tailoring and pressing establish
ment on Center Street. ;
The Red Cross and Assoeiated char
ities are caring for the homeless. :
BLACKMAILER SENT TO PRISON
St. Louis, 0., Jan. 26., (Preston
News Service)—Dorsey Allen, admit
ted that he sent a threatening letter
to E. J. Farrenbach_{demanding pay
ment of $5,000 on August 25 last. He
was arrested ten days later in"an al
ley near Carrison Avenue and Pine
Street, where the police waited for
him to claim the decoy letter. He
was sentenced to serve a yearwand a
day in the Leavenworth Federal pris
on.
PRESIDENT LOATH TO TAKE
OVER FRENCH AND BRITISH
WSET INDIES.
Washington, D. C.,(Preston News!
Service) President Harding, it is said
does .not look. with favor upon the
proposal recently made in the senate
that the United States undertake to
acquire the British and French pos
sessions in the West Indies. Accord
i/ng to those close to the President
it would not be wise or practical to
propose to either France or Great
Britain any measure looking toward
ceceeding their possessions in these
islands in part or full payment of war
‘debts to America.
ASKS CONGRESS TO STUDY
LYNCHING
Washington, D. C., Jan. 24 (Preston
News Service) The creation of a joint
congressional commission for the pur
pose of studying the question of how
to prevent lynchings was proposed in
a resolution introduced last Wednes
da:} by Senator Frelinghuysen, g re
publican, of New Jersey.
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NUMBER 7
- BOY SUES CITY OF gADSDEN
FOR $2,000
Gadsden, Ala., Jan. 25. (Preston
News Service) Following of an al
leged false arrest and detention in g
jail for two days Edward Jones,aged
17, has brought suit against the city
of Gadsden for $2,000. In this com
plaint he alleges that he requres this
amount to placate his feelings. which
were wounded when was detained in
jail one day and part of another. He
asks $l,OOO a day to stay in Gadsden
jail, especially when the prisoner is
innocent. Jones was arrested on a
charge of shooting craps, but later
was released. .
MEYER MILL AND DUNBARTON
DOTS
. .Mr. Wadlow Cherry and Daisy Bar
ker were united in holy wedlock at the
Ned Branch Baptist .Church in the
presence of a .large and eager audi
ence on the 11th inst. at 3p. m.. .Rev.
J. M. Stephens performed the rites of
ceremony and did veritable service to
the nuptial occasion.... Mr. Wadlow
Cherry is the son of Rev. G. W. Cher
ry and Mrs. Carrie Cherry and bears
a good reputation.. . Miss Paisy Bark
er is the daughter of Mr. Davis Bark
er and Mrs. Mariah Barker, both pro
minént families of this section and are
highl)'v respected by .both white and
black.. . Many presents .were .given
which .showed !the high egteem in
which the couple was held.. . Two of
the groom’s brothers and Miss Emma
Cherry his .sister from Morris Col
lege attended the marriage.. .We wish
them a long and useful career thru’
life’s nuptial’s main.. . S
We were- at St. Maritan Baptist
Church second Lord’s day to a society
union. Rev. J. Small Worthy W
Dea. A. Jackson tdo/reports that
much is being done by the Waiter So
ciety of which he is president. Says
that he has a fair bank asset and tak
ing care of the members too. Thank
God our” people are willing to be
strong, for where there is union there
is strength.
Conspicous among the visitors at
St. Maritan Union was Mr. Randolph
Ward of Allen University now teach
ing at Gum Pond, S. C., giving great
satisfaction. Mr. R. Ward is afable .
and seems to belong to the rising
class. We welcome him in our sec
tion. ]
Death is still claiming sinking mor
tals. It claimed Mrs. Violet Edwards
of Milletsville, Mrs. Mollie Scott of
Snelling, Mrs. Delia Jackson of Mey
ersville, Mrs. Millie Allen of Ellenton
These and others fell alseep last
week. Mrs. Rebecca Bush widow of
‘our deceased moderator, is stillQ in the
hearts. of the peaple of the Four Mile
field and wishes still to thank the en
tire field for the care and sympathy
shown her. Dea. J. H. Bush and his
wife our teacher of Ellenton section
were iff Barnwell on business 20th inst
and spent a few pleasant moments
with us. ” .
Rev. A. W. Hill, Rev. Mabrey and
’ Dea. Jag. Marshall of Aiken motored
| their way through the country to join
|Rev. G. W. Cherry, Dea. W. J. Me-
Cuthen and others in a Jack rabbit
hunt near Dunbarton. Such getting
tthrough the woods you never saw the
like. Poor rodent had no place, to
hide. Two hundred pounds of rabbit
| meat and birds were the result of the
. | chase and a sumptuous su'pper and a
| good night lodging at the home of
. | Dea. W. J. McCuthen and his better
| half. L
i The members of Ned Branch Bap
| tist Church have recalled Rev. G. W.
Cherry to its pastorate. ~Well done
members I think you made no mis
-1 | take. Too Rev. A. H. Dunbar has
been recalled to St Thomas Grove
| Baptist Church. This too is a worthy
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