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* _T 1__ I A H«I I'Apef sit* • H»»» ^ I d i |f * ^ 3^ "W Mj 1 "W^M '^k Mississippi's Stsndi.rd N*rr» — ~ - - *““ 1 JuL H U n IJL x H/ L Jl1 U =---: New. Weekly. than 10.0on Headers. - i Published Weekly at 2508 5th Street ^_— —. ■-...— . , , ■- i ■ - ■ gg - ■ ■ - - ■■■■ ■ VOLUME XI Meridian. Mississippi FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1933 NUMBER ir. -' ■ — ■—" ■ '■ '■■■■— . i— e. "■■ i.i..., "I l -i — ■ ■ ^ ^ ^ _ _^ _ _ - ——.1 ■■ ession ^ Discrimination Aganist Negro SUBJECT OF PROTEST BY CONTINENTAL CONGRESS j — Chicago, Nov 22 (ANP) Tho Na-! f'nr.al Committee of the Continental! Congress of Farmers and Workers with a.Tiiiaied organizations comprising 1 i ->vs than 2,000.000 members has lodge- j td emphatic protest with the National | Recovery Administration over the man ner in which the N. R. A. development i is Ixdng made to discriminate against; lie;,To workers and farm employes, affected by the Agricultural Adjust ment Act, particularly in the cotton ra sing district. Tho Continental Congress came in'o l ead for collision with race discrim!nn_ t oe at its original assembly at Wash ington, D. C., last May when a good, I Ion of the more than 4,C03 dcleg- , r'es to the Congress took off time to demonstrate in front of a hotel that re- ; i us ed to accept the registrations of Negro delegates. Delegates already ac i pted then packed up and left in a body -■ DWIGHT HOLMES ON COMMITTEE "’■'shirgtrn. Nov. 2" (ANP) Dr. Paul ( C Uetson, Superin;endrnt of Schools. ' a anol's, Indiana, and President of , Dorartmcnt of Superintendence of _ lb National Education Association, an. I rounces that Dean D. C. W. Holmes of i Col? < c. of Education, Howard Un- \ i t rsity, has been appointed a member | i a National Committee on a Na •al Cullnek on Education. Tins , i c mitten will meet and report at the ; r" vcland convention of the Depart nt 0f Superintendence, February 24, ( March 1, 1934. i BISHOP j. C. MARTIN, D. B„ of Mem phis, Tennessee The above is the likeness of Bishop ! J. C. Martin of the 5th Episcopal Dis- I trict of the Colored Methodist Episco - j pal Church. Bishop Martin opened th j 23rd session of the South Mississipp' ■ Annual Conference in Newell Chapel C. M. E. Church of this city this morn ing. Bishop Marlin will preside over two ;f th- Mississippi Conferences the Sou h Mississippi ard the North Mtssissppi i Confcrtm r. Th* North Milssissipni | Conference v/iil convene at Holly | Spti• I 1 Mis:S :sippi, December G h. ] 3'-hop Martin is one of the greatest luiiders among the Bishops of cur :hurch and is considered to be a finan cial wizard in the C. M. E. Chvirch. He is just from Louisiana where he j icld an interesting Conference at Sh e- I report. Large crowds flock to hear j his prelate and see him conduct his 1 3o:ifci cnees in such a high class way. --- LNNUAL CONFLUENCE ST2NOGRA- ■ PIlER Miss Cra Humphrey has been chosen | ■y Reverend R. L. Young as his Ann- j ial Conference stenographer. She will | jc present at the Conference each day.' Stationery elz. w'll V- available I nember and visitors of th- Conference, dies Humphrey is experienced in ste ‘n ' n->hie wOvk hfiv'ng held - ! iutstanding positions in different ofli e.s oi our race group. HOST OF CONFERENCE Reverend Roy L. Young and his good people a^e entertaining (he South Mississippi Conference. Reverend Young has served as pastor of Newell Chapel C. M. E. Church for the past seven years. He 'prows more popular with h's members and citizens, both white and colored, each year. During hi: pastorate in the city, he has built one of the nicest brick churches of his denomination in the state. He is spoken of as one of the or standing candidates for the Episco pacy in ‘?A. •C M F- ■ ■TT-'f Tin cm ramen ^ fflxroKsci • C. • M • 8.- PVBLUKING -BOARD • J ACKSOH • T K. N W • •M'MjJack-* • Mc K1.5 .5 AOK.- ARCHT J • • NA JMv'IU.t* rt** • ..it, .*lh *-• m. e punusHiKT nor ;• of .wcxson, tsnnessee,the MECCA CE' COLORED METHODISM Th.s nu'V niflcicnt building was erected this year under the supervision of Dr. H. P. Porter, Publishing Agent and Professor G. F. Porter, Financial Sec retary. Reverend Roy L. - oung o this city was a member of the Building Cam miltee. This Publishing House is easily worth $100,000.00 or more. The in debtedness at present is less than $0,000 00. PROGRAM _ I ! Tire following is a tentative program to be rendered to-night at G:C0 at Ne well Chapel C. M. E. Church, for the I opening session of ihe Annual Confer ence, with Reverend R. L. Youn,', mas ! tor of ceremonies. . Selection Newell Chapel Choir I Invocation Reverend H. C. Chap ! man | S 'notion Wechsler trio 1 Selection Miss Z. AnderSon 1 Welcome on behalf of civic evganiza I tiers Dr. E. F. Brooks ! Selection Baptist Seminary j Reading Mrs. Gossie Prentice 'Selection East End School Faculty Quartclt I Welcome on behalf of the Interde nominational Ministerial Alliance of the city Reverend G. W. Wil son, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church Selection Newell Chapel Choir : Reading Mrs. W. B. Block iSolo Mr. J. B. Pettus v0;0 Miss P. Vamado 'Response Dr. D. M. Montgomery i Presentation of ihe Bishop i Sr.'.men by Dr J. M. Reed, Conncc tional Evangelist of the C. M. E. Church, of Little Rock, Arkansas I Collection, Anncunoemcn.s and bene diction CHICAGO MINISTER VISITING Dr. C. H. Copeland, our popular pas tor of St. Paul C. M. E. Church, Chica go, is in the city visiting-our Annual Conference. Dr. Copeland has been pas lor of some of our leading churches. He is rated as one of the best preachers jn the Connection, not only of the Con nection, but of our. "roup. REEMPLOMENT OFFICE OPENS I> LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY Lou'oville, Ky., Nov. 22 (ANP) J. A Thomas, executive .secrete: v of th. Louisville Urban league, reports tha the Jefferson County Committee on K ■ employment has officially opened ai office for Negroes. The office, whicl is manned by four colored clerks, is lo cated in the Y. M. C. A. building. Mi Thomas is serving is chairman of th committee which is superivisirj' th work of the office. For some time the Emergency Ad visory Committee of Louisville, togeth er with Mr. Thomas, had sought to ha ve Negroes employed in the Centre Reemployment Cilice of the City, an after continuous agitation and effort i was decided to set up an auxiliary off ice which would be manned entire! by Negroes. The work of registerin the Negro unemployed was begu immediately with a view of placin them to work on federal, state an municipal projects. MELVIN CHISUM GOES TO ROLE' ON PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM Roley, Ckla., Nov. 22 (ANP) Melvi J. Chisum, veteran newspaper man an citfz: n of the world arrived here la: week upon a special mission for th Public Works Administration. Comin at the special invitation of the officia of Bolcy and Traft, he will explain th methods through which these cities ca obtain a share of the three billion do! lar public work fund. Local officia arc interested in making extensive im provements in Bolcy and express them selves as bein' glad to take advantag of the thirty per cent grand which the will secure through using the govern ---— j ! M I I ! ; | Reverend E. F. roung, one of the leading ministers of the South Mississ ippi Conference, father of Reverend Roy L. Young. He has always been a I success in the pastorate, as well as o- ,' I ther walks of life He is pastor of the 1 . Zion Hill Circuit. ! j-! ment loan. An appeal to Dr. Clark 1 Foreman resulted in Mr. Chisum’s be- I : ing dispatched here. 1 ^ j( MISSISSIPPI FEDERATION HAS 25th a CONVENTION e I _ | (By Anselm Joseph Finch Publicity C Director M. S. F. C. W. C.) l< The 25th Annual Convention of the I Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs which convened at n Hattiesburg recently, led the Missis- " sippi Nr* ro closer to the realm of true C citizenship than probably any other Race organization could have succeed-I ed in doing at this particular time. J The opening meeting of the conven- ! tion was held at the Eureka High ^ School auditorium with Mrs. J. E. v .Tnltrt<?(m llio T5rr»r»1i'ic Tncfitiitn I' presided. In opening the meeting, Mrs. Johnson stated:” Permit me to say that 0 this is the first mass meeting we have held in the history of the organization. „ Your willingness to co-opcrate with us is exhibited by your presence”. Mrs. L. J. Rowan of Alcorn College ' gave a brief and concise talk on “The 1 : Present Objective of the Federation”, which is: the establishment of a Home i for the Delinquent Youths. Mrs. L. T. * i Miller of Yazoo City, who is chairman \ ■ of the executive board, was asked to J • represent the official staff with a short ' address. Miss Miller's remarks, were 1 : as usual, replete with instructions, as well as gratitude to the citizens of ^ - Hattiesburg. Two vocal selections were render - ed by Mrs. Leo Martin (white) of Hat 1 tiesburg. Mrs. O. W. Anderson (white) 1 of Hattiesburg delivered an address t on “The Work of the P. T. A.” An ap • propria te rendition by the chorus re presenting the Galaxy Federated Club i received hearty applause. , • Rev. R. L. Varnado of the Mt. Car ? mel Baptist church delivered a mes 1 sage which was inspirational and ed' j ucational. Rev. Varnado selected as1 his subject: “Have Courage, Press On”, j • which was accepted as being the first sermon ever delivered in connection I with the federation. A well planned program was render- | ed at the St. Paul M. E. church under, 1 the auspices of the Junior Federation by approximately 25 girls 1 On Monday in the afternoon an el aborate dinner was served by the city ! federation of Hattiesburg. Officers and S delegates partook gleefully of each e course. , 1 Addresses of welcome were deliver- | d by the following) citizens of Hatties S burg: Miss Amanda Flowers, Mrs. E. A. C. Jordan, Mrs. E. A. Wilson, Dr. " James L. Randall, and Honorable Earl Wingo (white). Mr. Wingo lauded - j (Continued on page four) CONFERENCE OPENS The Twenty-third Session of the i'outh Mississippi Annual Conference ,pened at 10:00 A. M. at Newell Chapel 2. M. E. Church, with Bishop J. C. Martin of Memphis, Tennessee Pro iiding The Devotional Services were inducted by the Presiding Elders of he South Mississippi Conference. The Bishop announced that Dr. W. /I. Crane of Chicago, Iill., Dr. F. L. he Sacramental Sermon. The sermon vas soul stirring. Our Hearts were lade to feel 'glad while the message /as being delivered VISITORS The following visitors were present: ). J H. Moore, General Secretary of Iission, Holly Springs, Miss., Dr. W. I. Crane of Chicago, 111., Dr. F. L. ,ewis, Presiding Elder of the Menden district, Menden, La., Prof. J. E. Ship, •xford, Miss. A large number of delegates have Iready come in to attend the Confer nce. After the Communion sermon by Dr rane the Lord's Supper was adminis red to a large number of persons. NIGHT SERVICE There will be a special program to ight at (1:30, after which the sermon ill be preached by C. H. Copeland of hicago. LANGSTON HUGHES GUEST OF WEALTHY ARTIST Los Angeles, Calif., Nov., 22, (ANP) forking on a new opus, the title of Rich has not been announced, Langs >n Hughes, poet, is spending the win r n Carmel by the Sea on the estate f Noel Sullivan, millionaire artist sin er, nephew and heir of the late Sen tor Jones D. Phelan - ae word of the federation and pledg d his unstinted support in every way. Mrs. Doris Tharpe Hall, delegate rom Jackson, responded to the wel ome addresses with English and dic ion in keeping with the splendid train ng which she received at Tougaloo. drs. R. M. Tademy was mistress of eremonics. THE MIRROR OF MY SOUL from the bottom of my soul where God doth dwell [ sou ht these words I hope will tell rhe spirit of one who can trust a friend Dnly as I, myself, hath been. My Hell is as law as I center my mind Not knowing that in this channel the evil things I find. [ burn in my Hell because I fail to free you By cleansing my own soul of the things that are true. My Heaven is as high as I build my life, Much of which must be surrounded by piercing strife, And I pray that as I journey from day to day Some one will rejoice that 1 passed his way. And yet, my dearest friend will be smeared with stain, Unless from within me the filth I disdain. * 3od make me know that I see not with physical eyes, for everything this eye sees, soon withers and dies. My friends are therefore judi'ed by the secrets I unfold, As I glance through the mirror of my Anselm Joseph Finch j SUPPORT THE ECHO ADVERTISERS ]