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WOULD NOT APOLOGIZE—MEANT NO REFLECTION—PREACHING
THE GOSPEL AS HANDED DOWN BY THE SCRIPTURES.
Condition Improved—Friends Rally to Assist Him—Taking Nourishments
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'Hhe Second Baptist Church was
the scene of a near tragedy ilast
Sunday morning when the able Rev.
•Dr. Z. D. Lewis, pas or, arose and
stood at tile sacred desk <to make a
prelim nary statement relative to the
, resolution adopt ed at the last meet*
ing of the church. He Is repored
to have said that in what he said
Upon •tjie occasion of the services
he^ an the Sunday morn tug prev
ious that he meant no reflection up
on the Deacon Board. When U
came to apd/og.elng for what he had
»aI(V he d<d not know that he would
cvt*r do so.
OVERCOME WITH EMOTK-N.
it was then that lie 'seemed »‘o b*
overcome wit^ emotion and he stood
mo.iou.eBs. i-T.e w>fet who had
watched his condition rushed to
aim and he was led to a seat, where
he coltapHcd. r>r. M. B Jones, who
A/as in the audience adm nistered
to him and a hurry Cb| 1 wag sent
for a pr Vale ambulance and he was
removed to his home at 202 East
ljelg’’ street.. He was « eep ng, due
be Mdatftvee administered hypoderm
ioai* ay he pn.vsic «m. loiter he
rallied and was able to swalow. He
has rt.nce been able to speak and he
haw made efforts to rise from the
WILL RECOVER.
Providing there is no other stroke,
he w'il recover. The cause of the
• irouble is due to the physical condi
tion of the pastor, incident Ho a
previous sfgto&e fwSijcch. ^e buffered
many years ago. He has been able
to walk, but his left arip has been
of little service. He ooulld move
He 5e ab^e now to move both of
iheae limbs. Certain, deaeons con
cfeVed the idea tlhat the church was
bein^ retarded by the inability of
the pastor tb discharge »t!he lul» du
t-iins of his office
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THH CAiTSE OF THE AGITATION.
, They decided to settle the matter
by retiring him upon a pension. The
offer was $75.00 per month. They
tried 80 convince him <that they were
dfesirous of helping him, but he
Whs of fhe opinion that cetfUtin mem
SVrs of the Deacon Board were per
**7 other motives and he op
ijfcftfied themJ It was in practical de
nciation of t'heir attitude that fhey
>k offense and forced, through ths
iding of the proceedings of the
fteaoon Board tp show that their
purpose had been to conserve the
riirength yf »Lhe pastor and prolong
bln Mia.
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RtfWBNTED THE IMPLICATION.
The dhurry seemed to have been
ftonvncod of this, for when Deacon
• John T. Tay or offered the motion
that Rerv Dr. Lewis be required to
apologise to the Deacon Board iij
open services on 8he next Sunday
moraine the hTglf spirited, dhrlne
^etfedi the implication pnd corv*
trary to a previous report, is quoted
as saying that he would never do it.
He took the position that in defin
ing the duties of <3he deacons in his
*ennon, he was simply exercising
the authority given by the Scrip
lures and for which there could be
so apology. He contented hlmsolf
with saying thart, he meant no re
fa^OB upon the Deacon Board.
1%en tho temporary s*roke came
AWAITING HIg WISHES
A
t Ar the ia^t church meeting
'tfcp diurch evident?/ sympathized
wiiih him for soon thereafter a res
ohugfcn was unanimously adopted
asking bun to report at the next
moet’.ug of tiler body Just what he
wasted the church to do. As the
matter now stands no action in this
mater a expected to be taken for
some time. III is essentially neces
sary that^ the pastor enjoy repose for
die time being and. further agita
» on of this matter woul<i be regard
ed as se^ously endangering his ife
and all part'jes disclaim any other
attitude than •‘hat to help him and
to benefit niie Second Baptist Church
MUX’S DAY AT THIRD STREET
BETHEL A. M.; K. CHURCH
Sunday, March 14th is Men’s Day
a Third Street. The pubic is in
vi **(I to the fo-lowing: At 11 A M
Rev. James S- Ha’cher will del.Ver
on ’ SamuoV. the Model Statesman
and Parental Failure.” This mes
sage promises to be rich in hisior
ical, insp rational and spiritual val
ues.
At 3:30 P, ML Jtabbi A. S- Ans
p;i*cher, acting rabbi of the Be’li
Aliaiba Synagogue wijl deliver th«
address, the “Psychology of Negroes
Progress.” This message coming
from a man whose national higtory
is so analogous with ours ought to
bo helpful indeed. Special music
Bethel Choir, Bethel Male Chorus,
and Bethel Mixed Quartette will
sing.
At 8 P. M “An Inspirational Song
Service” wM be conducted by Dr.
Hatcher. RevL Hartcher, who ig him
self a writer of music, hymns as
well as a trained singed, is well
quailed to giv© the history, mean
ing and interpretation of many of
our popular and cflaaaic hymns. Come
bring your song book and partlcl
| pate in this unique service .
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1 im. W ALK Kit AT FIFTH STREET
i Rev. ft, H. Walkyr, the Converted
. OainMei<. will defljver a special mes
sage, at the True Reformers Hall,
! Sunday. Marcjt 21, 3:30 P M., at
the Sunday School Equipment Rally
of the F1P h Street Baptist Sunday
School. Mr. .fame* Walls, Superin
tendent. The public Is invitedJ
Mrs Bertha B. Alexander In com
*e,,v wli»> her *on Herber R. and
her daughter) Mrs Carrie HewVt.
are In the city, having Just hurled
her husband in Washington, D. C.,
W'- Come’ us Alexander formerly
of t his nitv, who died In Detroit.
March 3. 1926.
M'*\. Joseph ne E Be'ford and
pHarr j, Payne, of Detroit, Mlnh
formerly ' he Davis girls of th e c'ty.
are here *wjth thetr MHfer, Mrs. j
Bep ha B» Afexander on account of
the death of ►heir brofheif ln*law.
Vr Corneous Alexander, They are
Mtopplnlff at BUtmore Hofei,
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i Lucinda Price who was trans
! ferred from the Richmond city Jail
to the Per* smoufb ja"il was brought
i back to this city Friday. March 6th
and will spend the remaining fifteen
months of her seifence if* the Jail
here. She Is the picture of health
and 's well pleased With the transfer
1ST ABANDON
IDEA OF WHITE
SUPREMACY
WHITES MUST FRANKLY ADMIT
‘UAICKKR RACES TO WORM)
EQ.UAIjITY Off ELSE.
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Member of British
Parliament Says
AH Men Equal
I’HTTOI^ONDKKANOE of numhers
HOUND TO WIN FOR THE
DARKER RAISES
Tlie National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, 69
Fifth Avenue, has received, from
England clippings of an article pub
fished tn EnglUdi newspaper* by the
18 ght Honorable Philip Snowden
Member of Parliament, challenging
•world domination by white people,
and asserting the idea of white
supremacy is having to be abandon
ed. He writes in part:.
“The old idea of the right of a
people with a higher, divllizatflon
and with a.more advanced economic
development to dominate the rest of
tthe world will have to ^ be frankly
abandoned, it is be;ng abandoned.
The constitution of the League of
Nations is an outstanding instance
of that fact. Regardless of color,
race and size. nations are admit
ted to the T/eague on terms ,of
equality.
•‘If it were sought!, to maintain
the domination of the wh'te races
over the colored by force the effort
[ would be bound to fail in the long
i run It is just a question of num
; bertf. It is. for instance. seldom
realized that six out of every seven
people in the British Empire are co’
ored.
‘•If the principle of 'numbers’ or
‘counting heads’ is accepted as the
form of government, then there is
no escaping from /the fact, unpa'at
11»Me as it may be to -he whfte races
Chait in lnternatV>nal government
he fn’uro of the world rests w«th
the colored, races."
Mr. Snowden asserts t£hat the out
come of the read jus* ment depends
on the attitude taken bv the wh'-e
races, that there need not be viol
ence and an array of white against
colored, if due respect is given to
the aspirations and opportunities of
a** peoples.
•'Thiil gdave problem/' concludes
Mr. Snowden, “with ifls possible men
ace w II be solved, if It be reeog
nized that 'all men are equal born’;
and -hat, just as Lincoln said that
no man was ever good enough to
govern another without his consent,
so no race has the right to condemn
anther race to a portion of per
manent inferiority."
RSV. j. W DUDLEY, D. D
At Sharon baptist Church Sunday. March 14th
at 8:i5 P. M Text, LuKe iO: 23-24.
Subject, ‘Prayer Meeting in Hell.”
ID STUDENTS HONOR
PROF. BUCKWELL
.1 H. BLACKWELL. PH, D. SUR
PRISED BV THE MANCHESTER
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI.
CLASSES 1#91—1910.
The members of the Manchester
Public HlKh Seiiool- •Allumni, under
the leadership • of Mrs. Cora W.
Wymler met a«‘<fhe home of Dr. J.
H. BSackSfreTfl. ’Jr.. 21V East 18th
PROF. J H. BLACKWULb
Street. Friday night, February 26
1926 ift honor of the birthday cele
bration of Prof. J. IT. Blackwell,
Ph I>. The affair being a surprise
to Prof. Blackwefli. he was lured to
the home under pretext of meeting
some of his son’s friend/* whom he
had invited for an evening of pleas
ure. j
On his arrival to the home by
previous Arrangement Messrs. John
K. Cogblll, Charles H. Robinson,
Charles H. Greene and Leicester
PVasanfp, some of Ms early grad
uates, rurfhed to t!he car, an<| as soon
as he alighted seized hsm au<| ea
cortefV him into i&e house* while
^resdames Kate Holmes* Susie H.
Robinson and Miss Martha A.
Fowlkes, other graduate** escorted
Mrs, BlackwekJ.
As they entered the hair the guer.
stood and sang, "Auld, Lang Syne"
as they were escorted down the halil
through the drawing room into the
parlor; at the conclusion of which
Hr. W. L. Ransome offered prayer
1 The guest then sang, "Pratee Him,
Jehus Our Blessed Redeemer,” Afl
i being seated Miss Paul/ne W, Wyn
der deftly ^ aye^ a march air to
which Master Anthony Binga,’ in
royal page attire marched in beard
ing on a silver platter a large and
beautiful bl’Whday cake, lighted by
, forty candle's.
Mrs. Etna Moon Brown, of Peters
burg, had bean saT.ecte^ t© make the
i Presentation. She was sick in bed,
| fhift' sent her oddgeJis and, it was
: reafj by her classmaf’e. Mies Mary E.
(Continued on page 4*
Mrs. Harriet E. Thompson, who
lias been -Indisposed Is much 1m
proved
Armstrong will, be present en maser
to cheer ire oonteffant fo victory,
at the Irf’orscholastic High School
Ora'oifeal ’Contest? a» VtL U U
March 26th. at 8:15 p. M.
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Mr-i Nathaniel Roy is out again
after a prolonged illness
1 Mr John B. BHCey, who under
, went a serioun operation at the ho*
| Pita], is hack again at his home
ookng much improved.
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On not being given charge of tho
l»o<ly of one of its members, a deld
gation from Capital C'.ty Lodge. No.
II returned to the lodge’s home on
last Monday afternoon.
Col Q F. Knickerbocker and Yr.
Frank A. T^wfs, of Washington. T>,
C. were In the city this week
Trtrerscholasilc Oratorical Contest
at Va V. TT . March 26th. at 8:15
P. M. ' .
Elks Leave Remains
of Member
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j They Declare Order Was
Not Recognized
Peculiar Situation*••Family /,>/«»
ders Decision***The Funeral
Director Obeys Orders.
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THIRD STATE HIGH SOHOOIi
ORATOR] *AIi CONTEST SOON
I Tiw th rd innuai /jiter scholastic
: High Schoo Orator cal Contes* tor
the J. Raymond Henderson Trophy
.UK! cash pi* zea win be held in tho
chape! of Virginia Union University
on Friday. March 26, 1926 at 8:15
P. M. This contest, which e con
ducted annual y by the University,
was founded in 1924 by Mr J, Ray
mond Hender<-on. .farmer/ orator
and debater of Virginia Union
University. Annual cash prizes are
awarded and the J. Raymond Hen
derson Silver Cup is award.ed to tho
.schoo’ of the winner of first place.
Contestants for th,:-s year’s prizes
of $25t $15. and $10 will represent
Armstrong High School Richmond;
’Hartshorn Aotulemfc Department;
Way and Academy of Virginia Union
University; 9\ Paul N. and I. t..
LawrencevJHe; and a fifth repreSen
tat We of Tidewater Virginia.
! All are urged *0 secure tickets at
25 and 25 cents, and attend in or
der to cheer 'their respective schools
t o victory
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BAR ASSOCIATION TO MEET.
1 A special meeting of The (Td Do
minion Rar Association. will be hold,
a* ,hp Firs* Calvary Bapt’st Church.
Norfolk. VTglnia on Monday, March
22nd. at 4 and 8 P.. M o’clock. Op
flcedB an(j members are urged to
attend as matters of grave impor1
ance are to be discussed.
HENRtY D. DOLPHIN.
President
»’•’» TON NOTES
Ttev. C. R. Jefferson preached f t
Mt. Calvary Rap'is>: Church last
Rundav morning At 2:20 Commuu
•on services were conducted by our
pastor, assisted J>v Re* r T. Mayo.
Monday and Tuesday evenings onr
' ear s burned wi'hin us wh*’e we
1 -'stoned to the gospel of Mm Ron of
Cod preached l*v Dr. R. H Wa'ker
Tho services were in diargo of Rjv.
r B Jefferson dur’ng »h-» absence
of the pnifor, who left Von-1 tv #or
Vrw Jersey.
During the two weeks revive1
••e~nna:*n at! Calvary which was
eoiidneted by Rer C T Rrenp. of
Dtechingron. D. C.' more th^n fifty
'■o*’fpRs|onp. were made
Dr R H. Walker wMl nreaeh at
’ o V Calvary Baptist Church fo
, t?'"row. 11:20 A. M.
We take preol nleasure In tet'log
•«, m|ti»> know that »he O’d Do
ter. C*v>u ine nnd Pressing
Works are yet iIMve. Oood work
renaonnb’e price:*. Work railed
for and dtf'vered 414 Louisiana
‘Tree; Phe~* Randonh 5198-.T
Mr .funius Moseley. Prop.
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The funeral of Joseph Hanrison
t arrar '.ook place last Monday af
•ernoon ;it the Ebenezer Baptist
liiirch, with Funeral Director A. D
Price, Jr. ofTcia'ing. The services
"ere impressive. Rev W. H. Stokes
I’li. I), delivered the eulogy. The
.'Rsket was a handsome si'ver
! ronzed s'ate. The Richmond' Atli
It'S o and Social Club was out.
Before proceeding to the house it
seems ‘hat Exalted Ruler George L.
Branch of Capital City Bodge. No.
; 1 had « conference with the
tanily. He iiad a delegation pres
ent at the house and he found out
that all t\he palh-bearers had been
previously selected, leaving no place
for the members of Capi‘al City
Bodge. No. 11. of which lodge young
Farrar was a memlier. his brother
aflaw being Granc^ Exalted Ruler
of the Bike.
THE WISHES OF THE FAMILY
Hpon fun her enquiTy he was in
formed that what had been done
"'n‘' in accordance with the wishes
of 'he family. Some of the members
of the lpdge were in favor orjtro
ceeding to the cemetery, bufVtbe
majority ruled 'that the proper pro
redure was to leave the rroceiflon
at the Ebenezer Baptist Church* in
ns much as the lodge was not-ac
corded, represeiYation and given
charge of the body. This was done
;md no funeral ceremony over tjieir
departed brother was performed at
-he grave in Evergreen CemetcTy.
Mrs. J Finley Wilrton was present
to attend the funera1 of her brother
I* was a forwards explained that the
m'sunders'anding was due to hav
ing previous^ ;nvited certain friends
to a on as paH (bearer*: Richmond
AthleMc and Social Club lenders re
gretted tho affair.
In Mnnmrlniii.
MINOR— In loving remembrance
of our dear brother and nnc’e,
Charles Minor, who departed tbf«,
life one year afo, March 11. 192R
192f>:
lust, a line of sweet r'memhrnrr'*
Just a memory fond and true
-Ttuf a token of love and devotion
That our hoar's stT think o' -ron.
The trrfden eaten were open.
A gon"e voice sold come.
And wit* farewell unspoken.
Ne ca’mlv entered home.
Slater CORA S. CHILES.
Niece. ARLETTE S .TONER