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The Siisaday School Congpcss Meets lit Nashville June 1 to IS, 1S1 V NASHVILLE NASHVILLE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY THE LEADING NEGRO JOURNAL IN TENNESSEE. NUMBER 2 VOLUME XII. NASHVILLE, TENN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917. OPENING OF THE NEW T.I.C. I BUILDING IS A BIG SUCCESS, 'S3 TWO NASHVILLE HOLD MEETINGS. ONE CENT HANK HANDLES OVKH $900,000.00 STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS' MEETING R. H. BOYD AND J. C. NAPIER RE-ELECTED--PRESTON TAYLOR CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars was the clearance report at the annual stockholders, meeting of the One Cent Savings Bank which was held in the U. B. F. Hall last Monday night. The meeting was called to order by the President, R. H. Boyd, who stated that on account of a pievious meet ing advertised for the Y.M. C. A. in which all were interested, he would not deliver his annual address, bm that it would be offered for publi cation later. Perhaps the largest amount of stock ever represented in the bank was present. There was no time lost and the stockholders got down to business. The report of the cashiier showed that while the bank had not made any tremendous gains in the past year, that notwithstand ing the financial stringency that had been felt throughout all sections, the une cent bavln.gs Bank had weath ered the storm in this instance as in ' all former times during its fourteen years of existence. His address was received with intense interest by his hearers. At the conclusion of his re- port it was immediately received, adopted and ordered filed. The pres ident then called on the chairman of the Executive Committee,, the Rev. Preston Tayldr, who gave a ibrlef report of the condition of the affairs of the bank, and urged upon not only the stockholders and directors but depositors to let other people know what they themselves have al- ready round out, that it is a real solid banking Jnstitutfon. The re port of the Directors was made and then adopted. Upon the adop tion of the report a divident of 6 per cent was announced as a rec ommendation coming from the direct ors, and checks were passed out to the stockholders, after" which a Board of directors for the ensuing year was elected, which resulted in the following: Directors. ' R. H. Boyd, Wm. Haynes, J. W. Grant, Evans Tyree, Preston Tay lor, Joe Brown, Henry. Allen Boyd, .1. A. Napier, C. H. Clark, J. C. Na pier, E. B. Jefferson, H. Bowling, G. W. McKissack, I. B. Scott, C. V. Ro man, C. A. Dickson, W. J. Hale, C. N. Langston. The assistant cashier, Mr. C. N. Langston, and the teller, Mr. Overtori Carter, were called upon to make a few remarks ,on the Christmas Sav ings Clubs as it became, known that the bank had mirger 'Christmas Savings Club already thi year than it bad throughout the year 1916. Fol lowing this, the meeting adjourned and the directors were immediately called together. Upon ' their assem bling they perfected an organization hy the election of the following of- nraais or tne bank for the ensuing year: President, R. H. Boyd. First Vice President, C. H. Clark. Second Vice President, I. B. Scott Attorney, J. W. Grant. Cashier, J. C. Napier. Assistant Cashier, C. N. Langston Teller, Overton Carter. Executive Committen Preston Taylor, E. B. Jefferson, C. . Human, j. j. Kapler. Auditing Committee. I Landers, D. W. Crutcher, J P Porter. DR. WALLACE IN EAST TENNESSEE. Dr. J. E. Wallace, the East Ten nessee representative of the Stand ard Life Insurance Company, who has been t his North Carolina home to spend the Christmas with his family, has returned to the state, but hos not reached Nashville. He spent the first week in January in Bristol, tfhere he addressed the Negro Busi ness League of the Twin Cities and wrote in four days ten thousand five hundred dollars worth of insurant It was his high water manic thus faH ror rour days. From there he went to Johnson City. The people of East Tennessee are being given an incite Into the real Standard Ldfe work. Dr. Wallace is expected in Nashville be fore the end of the month. SIXTEENTH GRAND CHILD. On New Year's morning at ten minutes past three, was added to . the already large host of grandchil dren of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Boyd, In the person of T. B. ("Bob") Boyd, Jr. Bu.by and mother are doing fine. ., .4 i Mis6 Louise V. Mayes of 634 Fogg street left the city Tuesday evening for Chicago, .where she will visit relatives end friends lor a stay of five wetjte , BANKSlWH People's Savings Bank Molds Meeting, .Declares Dividend, Elects Officers Report Show In creasePresident and Cashier Make Report. It is with pleasune I welcome you here this evening to the Eighth An nual Meeting of your Company. 1 feel it in place to tell you just why Jt, Conipanv ws organized. When this bank was organized, some thought it was to destroy, tear down or, to put the old bank, the One Cent Savings Bank, out, of business but tnese ideas have lone out of the minds of those who were i niai opinion, and they now sej the truth as it wn timn ih. ui bank was orjzed to work side by side with the older bank, to help it, and to serve the people. ''In the, Creation God" created Adam and He saw it was good, but "c ",BU "w mat it was not good ror him to be alone, so He made Eve to be with him. "Before the first Negro bank in Nashville was organized, a number of the leading men got together and decided that Nashville needed a Ne gro bank, and they went to work and organized what is known as the One Cent Savings Bank, and they saw that they had done a good thing, hut as time went on, some of the same men who helped to organize the first bank saw that while they had done a good piece of work, they felt that it would be well to have an other bank to help care for the needs of Our people, and on July 31. 1909. the People's Savings Bank was open ed for business. It opened with about $3,000.00, today its resources are more than $71,758.00. ' "When the bank first opened the greab cry was 'Will our money be safe in that bank? Do they know how to do a safe business. "So safely and satisfactorily ha3 the business been carried on by the officers of your Company, that the question of ability to do, or safety, is very seldom referred to. Examples of the Confidence Our Peo ple Are Having in Negro Banks. "After the great East Nashville fire in 1916, which destroyed so much of the property of our people, when the insurance companies paid them their insurance money, they brought, a good p6rtion of it to this bank and deposited "it here for safe keeping. In one day they brought more than $12,000.00 and deposited Jt here, one person depositing as much as $4,000 of his' own. "On October 23rd, when the Di rectors decided to celebrate the sev enth anniversary of the bank, and called on the friends to show their appreciation by making deposits on the occasion, at the close of the day we found the public had deposited during the day $11,057.00. Much or this money Is still on deposit to this day. "I five you these examples to show you how the public is regarding this bank from a standpoint of safety. "So your officers have been, and are, working hard to prove to the public that Negroes can operate a bank with safety, and we believe the willingness to support such a bank, or any other enterprise operated by their people, if properly conducted. As a Commercial Educator. "This bank is doing more to educate. our people along a commercial line than anything we have. We encour age small depositors, as well as the lafge ones, and thereby teach our boys and jgirls how to write checks, make deposits, draw promissory notes, and teaches them how to be punctual in paying or looking after their notes when. due. Comparative Statement, Our resources for this year have increased $19,494.00 Our resources for 1915 were 52,264.00 The resources for 1916 are 71,758.00 Our earnings for 1915 were 6.684.78 Our earnings for 1916 are.. 6,035.26 Our number of stockhold ers for 1915 was - - J87 Our number of stockhold ers for 1916 is 195 The number of depositors in 1915 was 1,400 The number of depositors In 1916 was 1,500 Our friends and iwell-wishers have grown 'beyond our ability to number them, yet there is room for improv- ment, ( The harvest truly Is great, (Continued on Page 4.) - 0 WSLL1A The "Pumpers" May Not; But rated missionary and Educational Con vention Does Not and Cannot Fifteen months have passed Bince the Baptist Missionary and Educa tional Convention met at the Kayne Avenue Baptist Church and in the chapel of Roger Williams University with Rev. A. L. Bartlett as President and Dr. A. M. Townsend as Secreatry. When a minority of that convention men in session undertook by gag rule to curtail the privileges and deny the rights of the majority of the delegates present, to rule or even have a say in the meeting, notwith standing we had paid the Enroll ment committee two hundred or more dollars as representation fee, which they kept, aal after we had withdrawn they passed a resolution to refund' our money, but until this good day, the Treasurer, Rev. F.. M. Lawrence, lias not been furnished with the recaptured funds which so huddenly took leave by the way of official orders. Therefore, we have not been able to get our money on the Btrength of their own resolution, nor with the aid of the courts. Among the most influential and conspicuous characters In car rying out this procedure were the Rev. Wm. Haynes, Chairman of the Trustee Board of the University; Rev. B. M. Lawrence, Trustee; Rev. A. D. Hurt, D. D., Trustee; Rev. A. L. Bartlett. Trustee; Dr. A. M. Towns- send, Trustee and President of the University, with Dr. K. W. D. Isaac, as Parliamentarian and Speaker of the house; and Brother T. G. Ewing as Legal Advisor, Thus it may be seen that the representatives of the educational interest in Roger Wil Hams, by their words, actions and influence, were the predominant fac tors in setting this unchristian, un Baptjstic and unwise precedent: "Voting churches out of a convention and keeping their money." This recapitulation is given in or der that the reader may know why the investigation was made which brought about the discovery that ROGER. WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY does not belong to the Negro Bap tists of Tennessee. Now, let's see, for the benefit of Dr. Isaac and the Clarion, who argue to the contrary: It is true that the Negro Baptists o Tennessee did put into the hands oC Rev. Wm. Haynes, the financial sec retary of the convention, $5,000.00, with which to pay one-half of the ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollurs, the purchase price of the twelve or more acres of land on which Roger Williams University now stands, but the court record8 show that the property was paid for with a $10,- 000.00 check of the Home Mission Society of New York and the deed was made by J. O. Kirkpatrick and Son to the Home Mission Society ot New York not to (he Society and the Missionary and Educational Con vention of Tennessee-, which would have been proper in order to recognize ajoint purchase and ownership. In that case, the society being a corporation, might have held in trust the Interest of the Negro Baptists. This they did not hold, according to the re cord; it is their property, and the deed says so, because it was paid for with their check against their own account Now while men live they may explain their actions, hut when the court takes record, it is recognized as the truth and express ed will of the parties concerned. When I read that deed I felt myself getting cold as realized thp Negro Baptists were not on the inside as we supposed. Now, as to the transfer to Roger Williams. No one can transfer what they do not legally own that part of the instrument which states, "The property 'hereinafter described has been purchased by. the American Baptist Home Mission Society ol New York, and the Baptist Mission ary and Educational Convention of Tennessee, for the sum of ten thou sand dollars; each of said organiza tions having paid one "IfUlf or . five thousand ($5,000) dollars, of the purclia8e price of said property." I say that the record of purchase don't show that and this transfer 'nstrument cannot take precedent, nei- change the original purchase and deed. In the deed of purchase the Negro Baptists have no interest. Therefore, they had nothing to transfer. We were entitled to some thing for we gave our money to be expended as thc above instrument Fays it waa spent, but the records say, NO. . HERE WB HAVE A PARALLEL: The Convention appointed Dr Haynes, Hurt Lawrence and others to go and get out a charter for the body so we co"Uld hold property a we were about to make tills purchase They went, but did they get the charter? 'They ( said they did, and held up the papers and said, "Breth ren, here la your charter." We all trusted their Intelligence and veraci ty; but that wm no charter, though WN vie thought so until fifteen months! ago. We searched the records and tound that the brethren had deceived us, and caused' us to deceive hun dreds of the hard working men and women of this state, many of them widows, who out of their penury, gave to buy that ground not to be given to Boner Williams, but in or der that ROGER WILLIAMS might be given TO US, for all the Negroes were told, they saw and believed, that ROGER WILLIAMS had burn ed they did not know that Roger Williams was a CORPORATION walking about in the persons of Drs. Haynes, Lawrence, Hurt and others, waiting for somebody to give it some ground and buildings. SOMEBODY KNEW then, and we know now, that what ever interest we had or seemed to have was transferred to ROGER WILLIAMS, a corporation that never did own any ground although it wan incorporated by the American Baptist Home Mission Society oi New York. iThe Society did not think enough of its own creature to make it trustee of one foot of ground, as was seen when the build ings burned. The property was sold to white people and in every -deed the Home Mission Society has stipulated that the property is never to be sold to any one of the African descent. Read tlie following charter ex-erpt which was tiled for record February 13, 1883. Daniel W. Phillips of Nashville, Tenn., John M. Gregory of Chicago, 111., Wm. P. Jones, Nashville. Tenn Nelson G. Merry, Nashville, Tenn., Randall B. Vandabell. Nashville, Tenn., are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of I ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY for the support of an institution of Christian education and learning 0) a grade of an university with such colleges, schools and departments' as the TRUSTEES of pal-1 university may deem proper, and necessary, to give instruction in the several branches of science, art in the Bible and theology and in ' norme.l and other professional and industrial studies with power to confer " de grees. The principal seat of such institution to be on ! the grounds now owned by the American Baptist Home Mission Society u'f New York, and occupied by the Nashville Insti tute in the county of Davidson in the state of Tennessee. DANIEL W. PHILLIPS, x JOHN M. GREGORY. J ABES P. DAKE, W. P. JONES. NELSON G. MERRY, R. B. VANDABELL, STATE OF TENNESSEE DAVIDSON COUNTY Personally appeared before me, C. II. Eastman, Clerk of the county court of said county, the within named Daniel W. Phi. lips, John M. Gregory, Jabes P. Dekc, W. P. Jones. Nelson G. Merry, R. B. Vandabell the bargainers, with whom I am per- i . .i . .1 1. ... know edged that they executed thor'ular rP teT' f it ...i.ui ..- i ... ., lowing officers were leeted for the w,iu,u .unni ucut ,u. w.c ,,u. WITNESSED my hand at the of fice this, the 13th day of February, 1883. C. H. EASTMAN, Clerk. STATE OF TENNESSEE DAVIDSON COUNTY Register's Office. Feb. 12, 1883. I, James L. Hogan, lueputy Register of said county, do certify that the foregoing instrument and certificate are registered in said office in Book No. 76, page 28, that they were re ceived Feb. 12, 1S83 at 3:25 o'clock p. m., and were entered in Note Book No. 8 page 47. JAMES L. HOGAN, Deputy Register. STATE OF TENNESSEE DAVIDSON COUNTY I. D. A, Nunn, Secretary of State of Tennessee, certify that this char ter with certificate attached, tlie foregoing of which Is a true copy, was this day registered and certified to by me, this Feb. 1 3th, 1883. D. A. NUNN, Secretary of State. Thus It can be seen that Roger Willlam8 incorporated 20 years before it owned anvthlng. It is 34 years old, We hold the Home Mis The Incorpo sion Society, if they were aeting as agents for the Negro Baptists 01 Tennessee, when they made this transfer to Roger Williams, they should have and would have made the stipulation read, "that in case the property ceased to be used for school purposes, an interest shall re vert back to the Society and an in terest revert back ro the Missionary and Educational Convention in pro portion to the amount that each have paid," but no such provision is made. Not one word is said about any interest, except that of the Home Mission Society. If it is argued that they did not have that right, then they did not have the right to transfer any but their own interest. This they should have done. Interest of All the Baptists. We are not contending for the rights of the Missionary Baptist Convention only, nor those of the Incorporated Missionary and Educa tional Convention, for this last nam ed convention was just born on the :iuth day of May, 1916, at 4:45 p. m The above being true this body as a convention iui 110 interest in, and as such hag no le8al right to engage in the management of the University. But the Negro Baptists of the state gave the money to buy that proper ty when we were together in one convention. Therefore, we are con tending for the rights and ownership of a'.l the Baptists. Now, when and where was held, in what city or town, with what church, in what book of State minutes can we find any resolution or motion where the convention voted to give their in terest in this property to ROGER WILLIAMS? We thank any one who can furnish us with tli0 information. Nav, we all thought and proclaimed that ROGER WILLIAMS was to be turned over to us, but alas! instead, we have been turned over to ROGER WILLIAMS. and who is Roger Williams? la) it is a corporation whose char ter was granied by tlie state o4 j ears ago to be operated on the "grounds owned by the American Baptist Home Mission Society." (b) it was chartered to engage in Christian education; therefore, to re strict their work-to the education ot Negroc and exclude all other race is in violation of its charter rigiits. (c) The charier makeg it the duty of the Trustees to elect, their own officers, and they can only increase the number of Trustees to ten. Id) THE TRUSTEES THEMSEL VES must elect other Trustees, but not to exceed ten tins power, it delegated to any convention or body of persons, is a violalicn of the law, and the law reads, "A violation ol any of the provisions of this char ter shall subject the corporation to dissolution at the instance of th? State." J. L. HARDING. STANDARD LODGE NO. 209, K. of P. 1 The members of Standard Lodge No. 209, K. of P., East Nashville, met Tuesday night, January 9, 1917, in a lenulur monthly meeting. After the tem. K Honry Mattl,ew C. C.. Kt. Aex Tipton, V. C, Kt. J. W Bright, K. o R. and S., Kt. Phineas Baker, M. of T.. Kt. Tom Morris, M. of E.. Kt. Gus Walton, P., Kt. B. J. Kennard. Most Worthy Trustee nd Grand Lodge Rep., Kt. G. Phineas Baker, Alt., Kt Wm. Hart, M. of A., Kt. Janiefe Phillips. I. G., It. Chas. Mitchell, O. G. After the election the members and visitors were tendered a banquet. Kt. G, Phineas Baker acted as Master of Ceremonies. Af ter n. few remarks by thr. Master of Ceremonies the principal speaker, Maj. Geo. W. Bugg, was 'introduced. He welcomed the guests in a most elaborate manner, after which re marks feie made by Mr. Anthonv Porter. C. C. Stonewall Ixidge; Cant. Geo. Johnson of Uniform Rank, No. 8, of East Nashville, and others. Afterwards the CaBtle Hall was turn ed into a spacious dining room and the caterer served a five course menu. Standard Lodge is approaching its fourth; year and to the people of East Nashville, it is looked upon as one of the best lodges in the city. Mr. Henry Matthews, our C. C. is n vnung man of wide reputation in the city. We invite-you to come and join us and help build u East Nash ville. Mrs. Fannie Watklns-Riddle is vis - itlng her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Watkins. of Louisville. iKy. OVER 2,500 MEN RESPONDED LAST MONDAY BIGHT' WHEN THE DOOKS WERE THROWN OPEN. DAVIS BROTHERS BAND FURNISHED MUSIC FOR THE OCCASION-NEARLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND SUBSCRIPTIONS REPORTED. Two thousand men and boys n.adej up the magnificent audience that com pletely filled to overflowing the sp cious auditorium in the new Y. M. C. A. Building on Monday night. Many of the oldest citizens of Nashville state that they have never seen so enthusiastic a gathering where all seemed to be of one mind and in ac cord with the same idea as was demonstrated on that occasion. Every church, every fraternity organization every society, in fact, practically every family in Nashville in so far as Negroes are concerned, was about represented at the meeting. From the time the meeting was called to order by the chairman, and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Mitchell, big things were doing. The opening re marks by the chairman, who took! the subject, "Now You Have It, What are You Going to do With It?" in which he gave a graphic description of the size of the building giving Its dimen sions off-handedly, giving its height, telling the number of roows and then producing from the inventory a total of the amount of furniture and fix tures Urontafned therein, after which he called upon his hearers to join in one solid phalanx of workers and help redeem their pledges, was the key 1 note of the evening, aiiid the mom- moth assemblage was not slow in keeping up the enthusiasm that had been injected into the meeting. The first speaker, Dr. J. C. Caldwell, start ed the ball to rolling when he put down a check for $,")0.oo redeeming his pledge made during tne recent cam paign when thirty-three thousand dol lars were subscribed for a Y. M. C. A. building. They came after this with their nickles, dimes, quarters, dollars, fives, tens, fifties and hund reds. They finall reached the thous-an-d dollar mark. Throughout the evening the Davis Military Band that had volunteered their services, kept up inspiring music. "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "America" and many other patriotic airs were played throughou' the evening to add more ginger to the orcasion. There were present Mr Arch Trawick, the chairman of the Committee on Colored Work, from the Central Association, Dr.'W. J. O. Callahan, a member of the Cam- mittee and Mr. S. W. MeGIll, the sec retary. These three white visitors were called upon and gave much en couragement. AH three made telling speeches, declaring in substance that they did not come to assure the Ne ?roes or to encourage them on wha' they should do, but that they were rather there to assure them that the good white people of Nashville were going to do the right thing. The Committee of Manacement, the Advisory Board and the Y. M. C. A sympathizers were or. hand and work ed as never before. During the course of the evening more than five thous and six hundred dollars were turned In in cash and subscriptions. There were no lengthv speeches, the men usually allowed their talk to be made bv putting down the money on the table. It kept. Secretary Sanders Prof. Hardeman, Dr. Phillips and Mr S. H. Johnson busy writing receipts while tha Stockell 'Brothers and a number of the other enthusiast l younger set of workers busied them selves in passing the receipts out and in bringing in the checks. 'The 'phjotographflr imado a ifi so ught picture, but it was after eleven o'clock; before the picture was made and the cram and Jam that was evi dent in the first part of the eveninr had subsided. It was announced thai plans were being made for a mam moth demonstration meeting, at whleb ladies would be Invited, to be held at Ryman Auditorium on the secom' Sunday in February. A cash cam paign is to be under way early next week. The committee Is to hold p meeting after the religious services at their headquarters on Sunday after noon. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CASH WHICH MAKES A TOTAI OF $.8,000, NOW PLEDGED TO THE Y. M. C. A. BUILDING FUND , Rev. Preston Taylor . subscribed $1,000.00 additional, paid $100.00 cash. Rev. Henry Allen Boyd subscribed $1000.00, paid $100.00 cash. Dv. R. H. Boyd subscribed $1,000.00. These subscribed 100.00 more: Henry Black, Albert Black, II. Brown, Horace Anderson, A. and I. State Normal, by Pres. W. J. Hale, L. H- Perkins, Hon. A. N. Johnson, cash $10i00, Dr. W. B. Reed, T. G. Marshall, Dr. E. A. Maryland, Jos. H. Lenox, Andrew Evans, I. A. Ross, Henry Colbert, $1.00 cash, Dr. F. A. McKen- lzie, Sam Crockett, J. J. Smith, Ira T. Bryant, Tlsk University, by, PreB. V. A. McKenzie. ' j These are the $25.00 subscriptions: Humphrey Bowling additional, E. M. Wm. Wright, plus $1.00, Geo. - Haynes, additional. I. U Moore, au ditional cash, Alfred White, Dr. M. W. Gilbert, Bishop I. B. Scott, additional. T. Clay Moore, additional Rev. J. I lUoriHnir ,Rev A. w. roner. These the $20.00 subscriber: Dr. S Wl Crostwait, additional, $1.00 paid E. W. McGuire. These are the $10.00 subscribers: W. W. Hornbeak, R. WJ. Wingfield. additional. , , These are the $5.00 subscribers. Matt McGavock. Maj. H. J. Woodrafy. Horace Starnes, additional, Samuel Edwards, Hannibal Owen, Rev. D. T Burch, II. A. Drew, C. J. Baasett, J. B. Rosser. Alvln Black, S. J. Tenner, ad ditional, Herman Harvey. S. C. Reece. A V. Anderson, Dr. J. H. Haie, cash, additional, L. H. Perkins, Geo. Williams, Ernest Long Rev. S. T. Douglass, Dr. G. H. Bandy, additional, Wm. Stevens, $1.00 paid, A, F. Benton Dr. J. B. Singleton, additional $2.03 paid, J. R. Brown, Dan R. Butler, John D. Brown, Richard Floyd, $1.00 paid, Geo. Rhodes, S. H. C. Owen, $1.00 cash, W. T. Hightower, cash, B. Mte Gavock, cash. These are they who paid In full or in part -Monday nlbht, January 8, 1916. $10i).00 Subscribers: Dr. C. H. Clark, pitfd $5.00 total paid $25. $')0.0O Subscribers: Dr. J. C. Cald well paid la full: Ir. P. G. Smith, paid in full; Dr. W. S. Ellington, Paid $5.00, balance in full, S. H. Jonasor., Paid $8.00,-totai $18.00. .. - v - $L5.0o Subscribers: J. H. Crawley, paid 'balance Dec. 30, 1916. Wm. Gun ter, U. S. Morton, paid $5.00 total paid $15.00 Dr. J. T. Phillips, paid $1.0 tatal paid $6.00, Dr. F. A. McKeniio, paid $25.00 in full. $20.00 Subscribers: D. W. Berry, paid $1.00, total of $1000.00; Joa. Lenox, paid $2.00 $15.00 Subscribers: Wm. Copelind, paid $1.00; C. T. Hume, paid ?1.00. total, $2.00. $10.00 Subscribers: J. C. Tooms, paid $1.00, Jack Tate, paid $1.00, W. T. Wright, paid $5.00 paid in full, B. H. January, paid $5.00, total of $7.00, M. B. Abston, paid $5.00. $5.00 Subscribers: Jesse H. Fanroy, paid $1.00; Prof. C. B. Lowe, pah? , $1.00; Wm. Franklin, paid in full; E. W. McGuire, paid in full; . J. John son, paid $2.50; T. G. Marshall, $1.00; Samuel Murray, $1.00; Samuel Crock ett, $2.50 balance; Leen Pennington, $2.00; IT- J. Paige, paid in full; Jas. (Continued on page 8.) , AN AUTHORIZED INVESTMENT. This letter gees forth to say to the Baptists throughout the country that for some time the nation hua teen in the clutches of high prices, and every article of use has come in for Its toll and share of monetary profits. As a result, many hereto fore profitable enterprises have gone to the wall, or ceased operation; and) today tlie publishers of this country are in a life and death struglle with the government and paper manufac turers' interests. The National Bap tist Pubishing Board repeatedly complained that a retrenchment would be made by compulslo which, would impair the use of the plant unless they could fin,- relief through -1 he Advisory Board, and pursuant to a' request of the Publishing Board he Nat'onal Baptist Advisory Pub lishing Board met and after bearing the ip:ea and examining the data be fore us, we consented to a small In crease in the price of literature, al though the increase of half a cent is small, It will give such substantial ass'stance and relief to our own publishing interest We should re gard the act as an investment Our Pub. billing Plant through the dissemination of knowledge, has 'utnlilal a mlerhtv kwnrrt And 1a fighting a great buttle In the arena) of thought, where tlie universal conf llict of the nations will go on until: the Lord comes again. So, let us work, pray and pay, that the good work may go on. Inasmuch as the Publishing Beard did not asspue to thrust upon us the advance price of periodicals but has suffered materially in wait ing for our approval, we wish to have you note that the Pub'ishing Bonrd recognizes the ownership of th eBaptista and the relation the Board sustains to the National Bap tist, ionvenuun (uuincuryuraiBui. May we meretore, susseai uiui ww send in more orders ad larger one. Yours for the extension of U. Kingdom of Christ, . National Baptist Advisory Publishing Board. Rev. H. M. Burns, Chalrmanu, Rev. J. L. Harding, Cor. Secty.