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VOL. XVI.NO. 147'ffRecreational CenterOpened in Columbia

(The "Open House" which mark

ed the official opening to the Old|| --- Howard Community Center oil" March 31 was ah interesting and

colorful event. A large and appreciativegroup gathered to inspectthe building and groundsand to hear the short dedicatoryspeeches. Among those attendingwere representatives of many ofit. a a _t L. *me civsc ana social ciuos 01 Columbia.Special music wag__fafc_mailed by.thr khythm Band ofW'averley school.With Dr. D. K. Jenkins, chairmanof the Center Councils pre--siding, the program opened with

the Ringing of "AiWerica." The|/ * Reverend W. R. Duwinany treas

urer of the Council offered prayerDuring the address of the evening,Mr. Fred D. Marshall, memberof the City Council of Columbiaand head of thre departmentof parks and playgrounds,spoke of hia long standing inter*est in recreational activities forColumbians of all ages, but especiallyin those for children. Hespoke of the adequately equippedand well managed playgroundthat was once located on Benedict

Ik College campus under his direc-^^ tion. Mr. Marshall ~SssurecT theaudience that he was keenly interestedin the newly opened center and that he would cooperatefully in the efforts to make it aninteresting and profitable projectHe commended the Center Council and the Advisory and PlanningHoards for their effective organisation.Officials and visitors

ntfoducedby Mr. Marshall were:M-s. Frances C. Shhnmel, AreaRecreational Supervisor. WPA;

^ M Mrs. Robert Leonard, ColumbiaFTavground Supervisor; WilliamShield . Superintendent of Parksand Playgrounds; William B. SBlack and G. A. Fulmer.

.. There were short talks by Mrs.W' Gurney E. Nelson, chairman of

the Planning Board; by Mrs. An.h-ew W ami M>» TTnp.ton Paul, secretary and assistantchairman, respectively, <rf tJheGeneral Council; and the Reverend J. P. Reeder. a representativeof the Interdenominational Min.Isteria!TJnion of Columbia. MrsNelson.outlined tne~~qany acim

ties which the Planning: Boardhad listed in an effort to meetthe varied educational interestsand recreational needs as well asto" employ the talents of persons'»f all age groups.The audience gav<e a rising

vote of thanks to Mrs. Elsie- C.Nelson who1 had been instrumentalin securing numerous articlesof I'seful equipment as well as

flowers for the opening program.Mr^r Nelson read the list of furnituredealers, florists and radjo

various articles.

WOODRUFF NEWS

New Bethel Baptist i:hurch

ft R;v. A. D. Duncan. Jr.. Pastox_-The Sunday SehooPdesaon-war

beautifully taught by^MTs. HenreTtaGilliam, after which Rev.Thad Br'ewton of Roebuck, S. C

,brought to nfl p great message,theme. What Will Thou iHaaveMe to Do.The theme for the nightservice was She Toldv It All OverTown. Both sermons were enjoyedby .all present.

Those who worshipped at New/ Bethel Sunday were Mrs. RebeccaSmith of Winston Salem. N

C.y, anch" Mrs. Henrietta Ward ofRoebuck, N.C. *

Mr. and Mrs. Marion Thompson and their mother Mrs. LulnParks motored to Duncan Wed

" nesday night. Miss Maida Fosterof Friendship College, spentthe week end with her parents.Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Winn.Among those who attended the

Singing Convention at ProspectBaptist church were Mt. and MrsJames Brewton, Mrs. Minnie Le<TKnmnfinn Mrs Theada Rob>n- Ison, Mrs. Maggie Ferguson andMrs. Corrie Winn. Mr. Beltoi

FSryer visited His sister MrsCarrie C. Dillard of Arcadia re

cently.Rev. Thad Brewton wag dinnei

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«v" -.tj^ri^SOncIay; Also Mrs. RebeccaSmith. Mrs. Henriettu Ward wastheir dinner guest.

MT. PILGRIM BAPT. CHURCH

t R*v. John Spigner, PastorOiir beloved pastor and congre

gation worshipped Sunday wit!New Hope congregation and r

strong Missionary sermon was

preached oy our pastor, RevSpigner, artd the union sermonwas preached by Rev. H.C. Belton

___1st Nazareth and New Hope Usher boards furnished the musicThe program for fiunday, Apri'6, at Mt. Pilgrim church, neaKilHan follows: *gundHy school ai10:30; preaching by the pastor at12 o'clock, followed by the Lord'sSupper. After intermission, thefollowing Usher boards "will BfngBrookland Baptist, Won CanaanSt. Luke. Union Baptist and StLuke of ^Columbia. The SilverJone Quartet will also sing andMrg Myrttp Ruth will sing a soloPaitor Spigner invites all of hi»friends to attgnd.

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Es* uding: ServiceReleases New Map

Keeping pace with the constant!y changing jiatterns of highwaysthe new 1941 Esso Road Map-ofNorthand South Carolina presentsan up-to-the-minute picture of mo

toring conditions in those states.Probably Tfew motorist realize

the tremendous number of changesand corrections that must be madeIn a road map every year to keepit accurate. On this map alonem"-° *h»" '"r

weremade, not counting revisionson the pictorial and interstatemaps on j'jtyer-ae-^side.""'

Among thP heme.included.m--thistotal are new road classifications,-new- alignmw+s, the add

ition o f numerous' secondaryroutes not previously shown, a<nrn 11 nc fVin rnrvlonnmonf rcf fpmPS

by bridges, additional mileage betweentowns, route numbers, populationfigures based on the new

census and- points of interestTheseprctorial maps has beenmade more useful to the user byadding brief text; giving visitinghours, admission prices, and otherspecific facts about the principaillustrated'points of, interest.

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At^ the same tim^ a number of _i

general illustrations on this pic-torial map has been removed t<make the whole map more legibleand to play up those places Jwhere there is something^ specificfor motorist to-see or do. Many ofthe captions under pictures havtbeen amplified or clarified. ,

And, finally _it-shauld-be montior-edtha^t- in.accordion style -of fold ^

ing has been adopted to makeopening and closing easier and to -jfaciliiW-e reference jto selection»f the map wit!-out opening it completely.These 1941 maps are now being

distributed free of charge by theStarulai-d Oil Company ">f NewJersey at Esso dealers throughoutNorth and South Carolina.

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ELISHA A. *1. E. "CHl'RCH

.RevT-J. E. Dixon, Pastor jS. S. opened at. 10:30 with the !

Supt. and teachers at their, posts.Lesson reviewed by the Supt, and '

closing remarks by the pastorAt 12:30 a short but timely Missionaryprogram was rendered bythe Missionary ladies and friend*along with the brethren. A verynice sum was raised. JSunday afternoon at 2 p. m

Mrs. Dicie Hill Harper was funeralizedat the abovp church.After the funeral program RevJ.E. Dixon read for Scripture les^on "17 Psalm T-{j verses, takinghis text from Psalm 17:15; thernu1 Am Satisfied. From' this themehe preached very heart touchingsArmon and the spirit was

greatly manifest, bringing tears.rom our eyes. We are glad to.-uiy that many good things weresaid concerning the deceased sister.The Obatuury -appears in*niU'hi'ir eolumji uf.this PUpBl*.

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L()N(; ISLAND, V. Y. NEWS

u was muecu sad tunaay iviur.

16th. wh«) the Death Angel cameinto-Mrs.-James Gaugh, 171 PlaceJamaica and took her mother intoest, Mrs. Carrie Swanson, a nativeof Charleston, S. C., whccame to Jamaica in 1932 andmade many friends. She was a

real mother and loved by everyone who knew her. Mrs. Swansonwas the daughter of the late Revj.nd.Mtht "Keipio 9ingleton o'Charleston.A sad but beautiful funeral

service was held Thursday, Mar20, at the Funeral Home on- NY. Boulevard in Jamaica. A solowas sung by Mrs. Loretta Howaid. Ml sic, by Mrt McKl>ight.

|The last words by Rev. Hogamof New York. Remarks by RevWells. *

wis. swanson is survived byher daughter and son in lawwho 4s.most worthy of manypraises a» » son^n law; there isnone other like him; who made.t most comfortable for his mo .

ttlUl Hi IJiW Aha never tired t< =1the end.Mr. and Mrs. JametGough; many cousins and friendswho deeply deplore the loss they ]sustained.

Sleep on Mother Swanson, wcknow you are at rest. We lovedyou dearly, hut God loved yotIx'st.

GIRL SCOUT NEWS

The Girl Scouts of Troop 14 arecelebrating "Girl Scout CookieWeek" this week. The cookieshave already arrived and there are800 boxes of cookies.

If your ordei is in for a box,please he prepared to foke it when,"ttfey are delivered to you.

To those of you that gave usorder* we wind to extend our appreciation.The Roy Scouts of Troop 58 are

helping u« deliver thP cookies. Weextend our appreciation to theirleader and to them for this help.The Girl Sernrts rfre ftsked to

make their final report MondayApril 7, at the regular meeting.

Arabella Goodwin, reporter. "

COLUMBIA, £

uuariting Tneir Healthc

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"No Home is ^Safe Until All *!Homes Are Safe."

fae Richland Anti-Tuberculosis W

Auxiliary is a Health Education *:Agency working to protect youihome and make all homes safe of e<

ruberculosls. Health is not onlyan individual matter ortm familymatter but is a national matter. n'

As long s there are individual fa or

milies threatened by the enemy"Tuberculosis," it' simply means

that no home is safe.Tuberculosis is Enemy No. 1,

af persons between the ages of15-45. They are the young acRv<T years of life." Tuberculosis'an be in an advanced stage beFore any symptoms. appear; an jnX-Ray-5wTlf reveal the presence of hithe disease and let you kqow pjwhen your home is threatened.' The Richland Anti-Tuberculosis p;Auxiliary. Mrs. L. K. Nelson, sec- jrnotary. Bishop Memorial A. M. njFT Church, Rev. H. B. Butler, n;

pastor, sponsor a joint Health '\progi am.Sunday, April (i, H p.m Tit Bishop Memorial Church, 2223 sr

Washington St. Mr. Robert Bar- ;>"rie, executive secretary Richland^ntt-TiibercuTosis Association willno thp speaker ami-there will be V\ movie "Let My People Live." <e

.The- Auxiliary in an ^effort to \\make your home safe has ar w

ranged a Special Early Diagnosis Clinic be bold..RidgewoodCamp, Tuesday, April 15,and Tuesday, April 29', 10:30.12:30. All persons desiring a

p+etmv ;~of your lungs, phone the"Auxiliary Secretary, at the PhyllisWheatley Y. W. C. A. a,

BARNWELL NEWS Si

The. Barnwell .County Teuc'neimeeting met at, Butler Hi schoolFrhhry.evening.March 2# After g,,j very interesting program con-

mjoining school a|id m

National De- ^fense was cameet-out; the house ^was then opened -for- its usual ^process of business. Reports fromfield day activities were hear*'

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ml approved. The president and C'.ithor offu'ials.otprenned them-elves as having had a very pleas ^Tht year of service.The Diamond Dale school. o

whicr Prof. Leroy Meyers i s

firfr cipal. had its annual Banque* *>l

Friday night. Mar. 28. Those^who 2'attended enjoyed themselves tothe highest. There is 'no hareinies around Diamond.Bai nwell f'nunty TetrcheiT; an 23

ringing. "I'm ryi my way to the .

Palmetto Teachers' Associationand if you don't go, don't youunder me. I'm on my way praise "pthe "Lord, I'm on my way." ~

Tl e Great Cypress sonool off«Trrc}i .virs. nosa l.. ruce is pnu

ipal,is closing tomorrow night eyWelcome to our closing. ^TTafnwpIT welcomed the newlyved3Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones t'r>f Aiken. S.C. Both were formeiv of this city. Mr. Jones, having wspent .uvosi _of. -his- -early.life-- ifNorthernparts; finally settled ir mAiken and Mrs. Jones who waMrs.Rosa Adams before her re.ent marriage has been in the vNorth for 18 orr 20 years until ^recently; j. jAf*s. Eesie May HolVy and ^Miss Ruby Maude Duncan accom ^panied Miss Mary Cecilf »n ^TWJrilWl*-school last Wednesdayfhey both expressed an enjoyabletime. i ..

DOCTORS PEW RALLYAT SIDNEY PARK CHURCH

There will be a Doctors Pew 5Rally sponsored by Stewards of q<Sidney Park C. M. E. Church, atSidney Park Church, Palm Sun .day evening, April 6th, at 4 p.nj pThe public is cordially invited to ;rbe present. T

THE BLUE STAR SOCIAL CLUB c,pThe club held its regular meet

ing on Monday night. Marctv 3LDevothitis were carried out in th« \usual wajr.with singing led by pMrs. Wise. PPrayer was offered pby Mr. White. Our... represent®- -a

nuinwil, iTir. W niU q<nwl Mr. Jordan eravp reports from ]ythe meeting held at the Commun gity Center, which is of much intpfestto us. Our-- Tfrr "Parr Turn" IVon March 2fi was very successful. RlWp thank the' vafiousr" 4luBs for otheir Ifine cooperation arid atso wVisitors »rd friends. » i ci

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iospel TornadoSpeaking.Hello World!! I am speakingrom Allen University^ Columbia,outh Carolina. On my .way fromlorida I stopped in Augusta, Gand preached for Rey.^E. A. Moss.At Allea...U.nLveijteity I found

iverything in fine shape underie leadership of President S. R[iggins.. Things are going over iibig way. They are buying a col

igo bus ami Idiavu pludggd $1UU. '

nd paid $25.00. I feel that it ishe duty of every Alumnus andlember of every A. M. E. church

inledgp ilii'lffort. that it might be deliverednd paid for this month. Iwpnt tnrreenville. Laurens, Newberry andumter. At Morris C .liege in Sum>r it was Freshmen's day and didley have the time of their livesfound about 500 students, the

irgest enrollment that I havepen at Morris College. I believe

latisr due to the nffiopnt lenrW.lip of Pres. Garrick and yet welould not be surprised because heas there in the making. I feelnod over seeing some of the stu-?nts working there whom I help- <I through the institution ...

atomTur atmosphere! Every stu- ,

!>nt that attends Morris Colleg '

ext term, I will give them $10- '

i their entrance, fees. I feel tha^ .irorv Baptist student in the state :S. C. should atterfrl M'wris Col (

ge because of the fine spirit that *cist and the principals for which

ininstitution stands,-.owned and>®rated bv Negro Baptist in S. C.E BEff YOtm SUPPORT. ~ J

I saw Old Crip, iu CLeenville. do ^is nicely. Mercury car and the ba-s looked like Joe Louis in size,ietures will appear in next issue. <I am planning a contest in Thefdmetto Leader in June .. giv- ,

g away an automobile and other <i?es. AM who would like to take *

i»t in thi<5 contest write to the .

MSPEL-TORNAPO. in i.il'<r"T5rrHe Palmetto Leader. 1310 As- .

mbly Street, Columbia. Srfnrndformation and full details will .

i. sent.frao. .r.

While in flrepnviili», T saw Old ^rUs dad and he said he had not ti'ii her since she left in that old

'illiscarl Maybe by next weeke will be able to locate her.: _j

relT~bver staUon^PMI^C "

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AIKEN NEWS* i

Aiken County.Minister* MeetAiken County Ministerial A11 ilceheld its regular meeting onuesday evening March 25th, atunday school room of Friendshipaptist rnurch. The pp?sridentev. M. G. Mosely presided. The yiVnflAntL UlnHA MMII/1 C.-. »

- . rTViv^v-CV/IKJUV-tCVI LTV l\ C * Jennnie MiTesT. There was a good \Jmber of ministers present and elis has been the case ever since jle chance of time of meeting- -<lad to be able to say that our (niorr is growing as there are Iinisters able to attend at nrto tMntr frmimiiiini» Cm " V F-The |ii ocram committee ot ctricfrrRevT M. M. Peace is chair ian is bringing about much ad- (?d interest by the interesting trograms presented and "By the' 1jtstanding speakers secured by \tern each ~week. }The UniorT is in position to do i)me real good work as two com- 5ifcteesf have been "appointedT viz 1Be Religious Activity Commit-if. of which- "Rev. Washington, castor of Cumberland Church r-chairman and also the Civic jomniittee of which Rev. L. E. Iinn pastor of Immanuel Presby- irian church is chairman tThe program committee on this 1fening had a real treat in store>r Us, who weFFTortunate to bevesent; as we were privileged Ihear Dr. A. T. Howell (white)

n outstanding preacher and one -jho is rine.in experience^- who ]rought us a most wonderful \

lessage. This message was full <f food for thought and touchedvery important phape of ser- iice rendered by the preacher, ifp Were creatlv helned hv this 1

louphtful and forceful message.'Fay G#d continue to bless this <ian of God witj| lone ]jfnC Mf eor*imtte=to- give srreti 1ractical messages as he gave usri this occasion. A rising yote ,pf 1lanks was given Dr. Howell for <lis masterful address. .

.7/. PWesley Methodist. Church i

Sunday was a beautiful day for 1II faithful church goers. All'TVices were well attended. Sun- jay school was opened at the us Ial hour. 1 :30 Rev. E.N. Jamison 1reached from St Luke 12:50, us i

ig as his theme: The Path To ihe Cross. .1At 8 p.m. the Supper Contest 1\me to a close with a very nicerogram. Mrs. Eva Grant beingie winner The sum ofOf-

UtTTealized.Visitors for the day (1liases Maggie Blakely, Estiella 1oss, Mrs. Julia Riley, Rev. Ginn 1eV. H. Holland. Messrs. Rpannr-!f Graniteville; Samuel Knitghtsf Mt. Harris church, iirs. Williams of Sqhofield, the 1econd Baptist quartet. They 1apg several beautiful- predictions 7Bases Blakely\ and Ross also !

ing beautifully^ Also many o fur white friends were out. We'elcom* and extofrd^to them. a iardial invitation to come agAm.'!

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x £tz)AY, APRIL 5; K)4T

Charleston SummerSchool OpensJune23On Monday. June 23, 1941. at

the Burke Industrial SchooL,, ther«.vi 11 again open a Negro Teachers{Summer School, which willrun for five weeks.

This Summer School, is approvedby the State TSept. of Educationfor renewal of teachers' certifi"cates. It is also approved and assistedfinancially hy the Ch"vi-a>t^-

Bournof Cdui.Ulun tltui tlu "

School Board of Trustees of District no. 20... The Charleston Cbun't.v Tuberculosis Assn. contributesfinancially towards; the rY,~i r ir

Health;Charleston Teachers 'attending

this local summer school will reap'he advantage of improving theirprofessional skills economicallywhile enjoying the association oftheir families.the statt. will benefik by a pr>TrTeachersliving in other parts otlonged stay in Charleston, .wheremingling with those from various fand varied communities will afford 'them invaluable -stimulation. v

All the teachers studying at this 'Summer School will discover the t'rminmrtnpae r> f +Vir>5v n\rov,. <Ion ^

problems; and will bo guided ' <

.vorUii:;r out individual answers in aornis of the live* of their students v

1'hoy will have the opportunity of trenewing their interest in teachingnodernizing the methods, and re- F"reshirg thejr eagerness to help. tmuth to face .their countless.pet-* £dbxities, and to obtain the degi,,< ' ff~ normal lives. f rThe fncrltv of this Snnunei

School will be announcedajLa Tatoi .,

late.-Jl.will, Hs~usual. consist of flighly trained and carefully chosen pnstructors.At the same time of the teacher^, [(

summer School, there will be con'noted at Burke an opportunity tvish to fio extra work during.the!nm"merSchool for children '

'acation period to help strengthen j.imui.foe.the-rr.next year s wooltndto care for certain deficiencieshey may have. This Sfudent Sumnei- School is self supporting and ^ind accepted hv the ^ity S"h""l*twill open at the Burke Indus*r ia 1 School on -dFune 20iruT wiTTlast for seven weeks.

\V. H. CIravson.Jrii.principal.of 4;inilii', \Uirr has Ween on leave of "

ths»nc< this year is a research7ollow at the Denartment of So- '<ial Science of Fisk University ^Mashville. Tenn. will again hp in w

hurgo of both schoolsd

Graniteville News '<Bethlehem Baptist Church aRev. R. W. Winn, Pastor t)

Sunday school began at the us tin 1 hour-with nil nfTu'i'i'g at their"Ti>osts. After class period, therevere some promotions made by 11lasses. The teacher of the boys Junior class presented thc^jjamea E>f Alphonso Sti others, Leonard n

>nant and Lewis Griffin for classSTo. 1, known as the Young Men's ^lass. Promoted "1""" Mn r. h

,o. class^-NO' S, TlioiiiasTrra^Strbfh^'rs. lizzie T,iie Anderson, McGro. tlSnellinfr-s. Lula Grant and Clco nColeman. Class No. 3 known as a

lieJnternveeUate grotip, Miss "Vic t:oria Medlock, teacher. After ~

vhich Mrs. M.M. Miller pave arrief hut inspiring talk. We arenminp for a bigger and betteiSunday schools Mr. William H.Harris, Supt. dThe W. M."S. met at the home

>i .virs. iviaDei Holmes with a re- liliarkable attendance. The county-ally for the 4th Sunday night gneing our center of interest for /\pril. The next meeting will be ahe 2nd Sunday 3:20 p.m., Ht the clome of Mrs. Matrlda Holloway. b

sValley Fair Baptist Church s

Rev. R. R. Bush, PastorVisitors at Sunday school Mr. pind. Mrs. Tomjnio Barnes^ Miss _pTebrrr-R. Palmove or^Augusta", Ga. p

,vho was also the week end guest t)f her aunt Mrs. Eliza Johnson. PjProf. J. C. Simmons of Aiken cind Bettis Jr. College was a vis-

torat the home of .Mr. and Mrs. bRobert Weaver iiMiss Maggie Simpkins a teach a

?r at Sallv, S.C.. is home for the Amill md v milling AM motherVJpa. Maria Simpkins. tiDeacon Robert Holmes motored f

:o Columbia to visit his littlelaughter Minnie Ruth at the hos- rpi'tal for the Crippled, learninghat she will have to he there for tiwhile. We all hope her a cheer- jFul stay and a speedy recovery. rMrs. Jacl^» Abney is able "to-- be -\

">ut again. aMisses Abelle Palmore, Josie

Belle DintrU and friends were 7/isitor at the home of Miss Pal- ^rnore's parents Mr. and Mrs. A. tft. Palmore" anrT Mr. and Mrs. TRobert Dingle.

aFriendship News '

tTho norvicca at Friendship werw T

very beautiful Sunday. The Pastorspoke on Sunday night from Jlhe theme: "Facing our Jobs as IB&f>tists. There wede aTso some

interestingnumbers. Mr. Jeffer- (ion shng a beautiful Solo. Scho- 1field oiiart.et rendered some bean- Ttiful numbers. All of our heart*-' ]were touched when these boysj^inner these loved spirituals. Prof,rowjwterrd' also sang a solo.Among the visitors worshiping

it Friendship Sunday were: Mrs. 1

Ethel Masop >fr and Mra. Jonow t

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New York Baptists orOver Endorsement of

DR. THOMAS S. HARTEN j-'

New York, N Y., March 15-)nthe -heels of one of the stormesisessions in its career.onevhich virtually disbanded in riotng;after the passionate flareup ofenipers.the ranks of the Newrnrl- ru., »

^is.j ua|n, ministers comernee were paced with a sharp splitml threat of a bitter strugglechich may well echo throughouthe nation."The trouble started after thelev. Thomas S. Harten, pastor ofhe IIolv Trinity Baptist churchIrooklyn, and First Regional Vice'resident~Tff"Tfie 73attonal Baptistonvention, was unanimously enwsed-at the conferPfl(?£ meeting"tv hrst .Monday as candidate foirirst Vice-Pfesident-At Large toe voted on when the national gathring is held in Cleveland in Sepember.The Rev. J. B. Carrington. pasorof ^jrooklyn's -Mount Carmd

laptlst church, got the floor- andailed to tlie attention of President\ P. Twinu ttTTfl week prior theonference had refused to endorsehp Rev: Ot tTa~y "MaxwelL, pastorf Mount Olivet Baptist church

ri|- pi-ncwl.int «f the ArntirHT-Tt Bapist convention.."While.fTri on the floor", Caringtonstated, "I'll make 1 >T>n'

Uw.t+mt.ttrh* conference endorse!ev. Maxwell now."Immediately a dozen minister*

?aped to their feet, objecting tche motion, stating that the timeas not ripe for Nh-w york State.5 offer a candidate for the Presiency^ithat the state had otnlj'.x ,..1 XT«4-ciwut-i iutvai^ iu tuc

inal body through the urgencynd leadership of Rev. Harten anr'uit it would be suicidal'to offerwo candidtes for maim- nffl^cct-o n- New York.Dr. James R. Moore, pastor of

ie Amitv Baptist church. Jamaix.and Moderator of the powerfullaslL-uL- Baptist association, whrrieinally offered Harten's nametated that an endorsement oflaxwell ".would be notoriouslynfail 111-Hal It'll uho fnrjwuniyears has rencTerefnoyaT service,toie convention and who is the one

lan who is not only popular -with11 denominations, hot -has gtvenhe convention a hearing in thi.~

LEXINGTON NEWS,R-ev. I. O. Simmons, Pastor

Oh! yes. We had another highay on the Lexington Circuit.Mrs. Ruby C. Sligh, taught the

?sson very beautifully.Rev "M. Tillman Drenched three

Teat sermons for us on §undayit noon Fethel; at 3:30 Mt. Zionnd 8 p.m, at Mt. Olive C. Mr^E;hurch. While Pastor Simmonsrought us another strong mesageat Bethel for ttye eveningervice.~TheSinging Convention was re

iorted as being the best in alliast record*^ which was had attethel. "While the Convention ofhe Mutual Home Benefit Society^eld its best session at Mt. Zionhurch.Mrs. Ophelia Dallace of Orange

iurg was here on a week end vistto Mr. and Mrs. David Jones,nd other relatives. She also worhippflfl"uMi >in at Bsthel OumlajiMr. John W. Black was elected

ay~ delegaTe to the AnhuaP'Oflnerencefor the Lexington Circuitnd Mr. Heyward Jones, alteriate.Mrs. Jennie Sligh, president of

he Missionary of Bethel church,iresented a purse to Pastor Simnons,in high esteem for the serucerendered during the pastind to the present.Mr. O.T. King and Mr. W M.

founginer sponsored one of therreatest Poiindings to their pasorRev. J; S". DanTy, that HoodTope church ever had.There will be a grand urogram

it. Bethel on Thursday nite 10th,hft Circuit w|)1 honor Past_or Simnona.The second quarter will he at

dt. Zion church on the 12 and 1$Ir.W. B. ! daVIce will preach.

Tvngo. Til.; Mrs. H. W." Wiliams.Mr. W. P. Williamson. MrWerr'tt. Mr Staler, Jacksonville,Phr Mr: Fletcher Robi*nron, "N

Rev. Peace is conducting a tworeeks revival in Augusta, OnThe funeral service for Mrs.

Virginia Kirhy was held at the'hnrch.Tuesday afternoon.

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i Verge of SplitO. Clay Maxwelltate."__Following a stormy interludtin which tempers rode high, the

conference once' more rejected theMaxwell bid, .At^ the close ofthesession, it was stated by reliablesources, Dr. Ge'orge H. Sims, paa-torof tinion BCThel "Baptist church_and for the thirty j Qhin pirn1' ^iduin oT tn«? New York Stateconvention, summoned a smal1caucass of the members. Thit-groupproceeded t^-endfif.se Maw.:1 we^:

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It was this action on the nariof Sims which threatens.to #i>lit. .-*

the New York Baptists' ranks,this writer learned, after interviewswith six or seven prominentBaptist clergyymen."The meeting Sims called www

composed of a small minority ol-theconference which had the audacityto flaant the will of the majoritywhich had been expressedtwice in no uncertain terms," on*of New York's foremost Baptistclergymen.a fervent Harten supporter.toldthis reporter. "Wedon't intend to stand for tnis andwill make ourselves heard atCleveland in September. We willalso take care of Sims at the nextsession of the state body".The clergymen who asked thathis name be withheld until a'tmore -propitious time" blastedSims' ^"dftrnhip thn -itntr.""rr- "

rvenllon as "outdated."1 "Thp vniincor «.' 1,1..wfc<_i anu iiiuit intelligentmim3»y of this state" ffeiSiS"'the state needs H new leadershipanyhow!', he declared. "There are

not more than three ministers inthe convention holding pastorate?who held them when Sims' wentinto office. Some of the churcheswere-struggHng missions that havedeveloped into cathedrals. The ministers. t^yir .hare.prtTgressfcd. Tl.e state body has notIf Sims insists on pushing Maxwell and thereby opposing Dr. Lr.V. Jamison, Dr. Williams successorwho is at present a. candidate .=

Tui1 rtt-fclectionT we will see thatI he goes out.of official n OctobeiI when the state session is held.ftl* wifhHvnn- » M'l f"ll1l -l ;"nyrP-Vsive statp body.7' .

Result ol' interviews with variousclergymen of the metropolitanarea, this write;- discovered i'tobe the concensus of up-niorthat there is marked oppo8»tiontoMaxweP.? oandi lacy largely becausethe latter is felt to be «favored* candidate of the RevAdam C. Powell, Jr. Many minis- ^ters consii! r the latter an archenemyof the convention, especiallvhft.pi-.recently-pub! ished.stories purporting that Powell had publicly attacked the character of thelate Rev. h. K. Williams andcharged the latter with involvementin the mysterious ten-yearoldmurder of E. D. Pierson, auditnr for the NntiOnal crrnnn

"Most of us feel that Maxwellhandled PowelL with., kid gloves,"one of the ministers stated. "Onthe other hand Rev. Harten wentout after him in a hard-hittingtwo-fisted way, refusing to* bitehis tongue. Sims, Maxwell's sponsor, has never really been a friendof Dr. Williams. We all recaluthatten years ajfo, there was »

movement to displace our deceased,distinguished chieftain us Nationalpresident. Sims was th»leader of the attempted revolt inNew York, while Harten Ted thepro-Williams forces."With a large contingent of the

New York Baptist ranks pledgee~to fight the Maxwell endorsementand threatening to remove Sim?from the sfcite leadership, it lookedlike a hot time in the old townon Monday, March 17 when th.conferoi»ce.was to reconvene.31even hotter time in Clevland inSeptember.and a positive infernowhen the New York State conventioncomes together in October toname its officialdom.

Mr. J. M. Hintonspeaks to

Select Sixteen ClubAt the weekly meeting of the

Select Sixteen Club, Aprrl 1-, 1041 (

which was held at the home "OfJames Dixon, the club was honoredby a talk by Mr. Hinton,The subject of his brief lecture

was, "Two Sides Of An AcuteProblem." The talk dealt with theproblems tha^ confronted the Netrroes in Columbia in the past month in regard to the Military Police

After the speech questions were

asked Mr. Hrnton by the membersof the club concerning these problems and how to solve them.

MT MORIAH RAPT. CHURCHR«v. W. S. CoTvTn, Pastor

Spartanburg, S. C..Sunday wata lovely day at Mt. Moriah Church.The attendance was very good.

A part of the membership and bothchoirs accompanied the pastor t«Lawrence on last Sunday afternoon.He preached a great sermon, ;artd a neat sum of $17.00 was raised.The amouht of money re*-"^

Mt. MorTa-b all day was $72.00.