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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-07
Negroes In The
M. E. Church
The 20 lored members of the N. E
Chunaedlave all the rights Of mem /.
r in tbe church. They be.

in tbe church. They be-
- members, hold membership,
s@ ssfer it, end lose i, in the came
way tho. she white nam bers do.
They bold property in the same way.
They belong TO all the edriins;raI.
tive, judicial end lcgiels'ive bodice
Of the church We have REPRESENT
alton in the General Conference, and
help make the lave Of sbe church.
The colored mem bars Of she Plotes.
tent Episcopal Obprob have no
mem berehip in the law moking body
of their church. Their .ffors ia TO
secure representation ia sher law
making body, ecma!bing we have
had all the sime, and something that
has been given ng by he white mem.
bersbip Of our church. So the effort
of the colorsd ,mrm berehip in the
Protestant Episcopal Church is TO
secure what We bave bad sll the
sime.
What we lack is not equal rights,
but abilisy and preparation TO use
our righ'ps~ The white members
bave legialated orr iigh,s to us.
They cannot uRe shem for ue. There
fore, if uae Them they do, they use
them for themselves. For forty
years we hsve been mem bers of .be
body that makes ail the laws and
elects ail the general officers of the
church. -{s ia 20 feul. Of the law,
nor of the white members that we
bsve he'd DO Biehop, but it lie 10 their
credit that We have what general
officers we have. We Dever bsva
bad enough colored mem bers in the
General Conference to elect a COL
ored man 20 sny position. They
have been elected By white men. We
have ell the rights, but l0ck ability
in mum bers (and here .be eecedinc
colored mem bers, were they home
conld help u) end preparation.
Having ell the rights, the thing for
us to do is 10 get |be mum ber, or 80
husband what we beve shss we mo7
get what else we need through The
whl'e mem beFe shat have already
given us &c very much. Therefore,
we ought be very careful in selecting
delegates to our lew making bodies,
not selfish men, seeking lob, or
seeking TO retain the one they have,
not over am bitious, not over eduCn.
ted, not ABDUCTED 20 hie enVirop mens,
aDd unable TO create environment
commemorate and in advance Of
himself 90 shat be may be developed.
We ehou|d do the best we csn aDd
stop grumblipg about what we con
not do, es by that we advertise our
weakness snd dep7eciate and hnmil-
late oureelves in the eyes Of The pub.
lie. No, we ere depied no rights in
the church. Let us grow and be
men enough TO exercise sbem.
The following from The Metho-
diss in Baltimore indicates priDci-
pie that must in he end work in The
favor Of ell men. | suppoee the
editor meant !, for eli of Gods re.
demp'ion. / is 10 iesue of Sep,em.
: Der %. 1911, under "Wba. Would
Jesue Dc?" "We diecourse learnedly
about sociology, he eooiel engineer
end kindred topics, but we do not
es' With The socjelly unf'. We ~,
dertske The amelioraton of social
conditions Theoretically; Jesue gave
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-07
KINDNESS REWARDED.

& person applied 70 q pious wom-
an, requesting her to ask ber hus-
band to be security ia a large amount
Of money. "My husband will attend
to it, cir, whenever you may appoint,
A bystander snid to tue woman,
"Do you know what risk you are
running, and that, perhaps, this NAV
be The means OF leaving you desti-
tute." eyes do, replied the WON.
al; "but that gentleman found us in
the greatest and by bis kind.
pess We are surrounded With COM
forte. Now, should such an event
take place, be would only leave us
where be found u.s.
n
The CROWN FOR hLL.
What matters + the chip be white,
Or blaak or brown?
The dying Savior wore for all
The thorpy crown.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
A GREAT JUDGE.

Judge Alfred, NJ. Craig. one of the
supreme judges of Illinois, died Sep
tember 6. Speaking of him in terms
of the highest commendation, the
daily paper of Galesburg. his home
town, says:
Another thing that is remembered
here kindly is his attitude toward the
case in which was involved the rights
of colored pupils to attend the public
schools. In this case he upheld this
right
In politics he was Democrat. In
business he was close. but always
broke over that when a needy colored
person required his financial help or
legal knowledge.
Rev. Jos. L. Mccoy of Los Angeles
stopped over In the city q little while
last week en- route from his homo to
the national Baptist convention. To
gether with Rev. Over, they went on
to Pittsburg Monday morning.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
THE MUSICALE

Monday evening was a momentous
occasion in musical circles. 1t was
the recital of Hugh Buchanan. the
Chicago tenor. The Westminster
Guild, of which Mrs. Laura Hill was
in charge, was sponsor for the recital,
and it is compliment to the ladies
that they could assemble such a splen-
did audience to hear singer unknown
to the music lovers of this city. Un-
known then but not so now. 1t may
fairly be said of Mr.. Buchanan that
he is the best exponent Denver has
yet heard of pianissimo and fortissimo
tones. The program which he sang
was classical indeed. with here and
there some song that by its simple.
ity made the heart appeal.
The audience was responsive and
stormed him with applause at times.
His song in Italian Non E. ver'
and his aria from the Tower Scene in
II Trovatore, in which latter he accom-
panied himself, rivaled each other in
the public's appreciation and brought
down the house.
The choir of the church. Miss
Rhode Anderson, Mrs. Maude G. Kerr
also appeared on the program and
were roundly applauded.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16

MEET IN
CONFERENCE
Continued on Pages Two,
Four, Five and Six

tremendous outpouring of the public.
The bishop was the principal speaker
and his address on Mans Uncon-
scious Influence was listened to with
rapt interest and made a profound i'm
preston on all. The bishop Is gos-
pei minister with all the power of the
old fathers and at the same time has
the happy power of making elective
the intellectual training he has re-
ceived.
For several days Denver enter
tanned the ministers, and then one by
one they took up their Journey to
their field of labor. On Sunday they
furnished several of the city pulpits.
1t was made possible by vote OF the
Conference for the Ward misstou to
be again opened. Also Z recommend
ton can be made changing the loca-
tion if that is found advisable.
The ladies had their session of the
Mite Missionary Society in the re-
cesses of the Conference. They made
2 splendid showing, raising SIS more
this year than last Mrs. Ellen Brax-
ton was reelected president and the
other Officers were reelected. Mrs.
Lizzie Watson of Colorado Springs
and Mrs. A. NJ. Ward were chosen del
egates to the parent body which
meets in Chicago in November. Mrs.
Ward will attend. provision having
been made for the attendance of one.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
ODD FELLOWS HAVE GRAND
MEETING,

The meeting of the District Grand
Lodge OF Odd Fellows at Colorado
Springs called from this city the fol-
lowing link men: Geo. ID. Hall, Geo.
s. Contee. F. T. Bruce, DR.. Spratlin.
Henry Marks, Ed. Fountain, Jas. Rus
sell. C, A. Burton. c. S. Muse. W.
Cooper, r. NJ. Johnson and VIM. Camp
bell. VIM. Morris and A. Hill.
The election of officers was an en-
dorsement of the past administration.
The work of the grand officers was
the best possible under the difficulties
with which they were beset. DR..
Spratlin was reelected District Grand
Master: l.. j. Benjamin Of Pueblo, d.
District Grand Master; Geo. 8. Contee
of Denver. District Grand Secretary.
and he is by virtue Of many such
elections the oldest oficer In continu-
GUS service; w. e. Proctor Of Colo
rado Springs, treasurer; G. e. Ander-
son of Spokane. District Grand Direct
or; C. s. Muse of Denver and Henry
johnson of Butte. auditors. Denver
was chosen the next place Of meeting.
By far the most important feature
OF the session was the formation Of a
grand burial fund whereby each lodge
of the death of member II assisted
by the Grand Lodge to the amount Of
$4,000. The endowment vas raised
from $4,000 to 9125.00.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
FIRST BATTALION OFFICERS.

List Of Capable Men Associated With
Ma;es Arthur Brooks.
The officers OF the First Separate
battalion Of the District of Columbia
national guard are as follows:
Staf-Major Arthur Brooks. acting
adtutant: second lieutenant, John f.
Smith: quartermaster and commissary.
Second Lieutenant BENJAMIN d. Boyle:
surgeon. First Lieutenant Albert Ridg-
ley; sergeant major. Joseph A. Thomas;
instructor sergeant. Clarence A. Brad
ford tTwenty-fourth U. s. infantry:
sergeant hospital corps. NJ. NJ. Lucas.
Company A. Edward l. Webster.
captain: Joseph H. johnson. frst lieu
tenant; Sylvester II. Epps. second lieu
tenant.
Company B-James r, Walker. cap
tain: Louis n. Patterson. flrst lleuten-
ant; Raymond jackson. second lieu
tenant
Company C-Harry D. Richardson,
captain; Thomas b. Jones. flrst lieuten-
ant; Ulysses 8. Browne. second lieu
tenant
Company D-samuel A. Ward. cap
tain: Clarence @. 81. N Davis, nrst
lisutsnant; Arthur o. Newman. second
lisutenant.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
NOTES FROM CAMPBELL CHAPEL

The conference has closed. Our
pastor has been returned to us for
another year. A long petition was
signed by officers and members for
his return. The Rev. ]. P. Howard,
one of the greatest of our evangelists.
is conducting agreat revival meeting
each evening at our church. You
must come and hear him. His sub
ject Sunday. IL a. m, Gods Great
Love. Sunday, 3 p. m. mo Two
Converted7 Alike p. M, 1ndecis-
ion" Monday evening. Isaiah great
visionl
H. G. Walker. secretary
Rev. w. C. Williams. pastor.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
- y. oAnNErr DoDsoN.

some time a. well as in the plans Of
the Young Mems Christian association
through its international committee.
Federated In this movement are the
church brotherhoods OF tho Episco-
pal, Baptist. Congregational, Disciple,
Lutheran, Methodist. United Brethren
and Presbyterian denominations, the
International Sunday School assocta-
tion and the international committee
Of the Young Mems Christian associa-
tions. The control Of the movement 10
/Dseed in q general committee. called
Ithe committee Of ninety seven, repre-
senting all tho participating organisa-
ttons and ali parts Of Canada and the
United States.
The earnestness OF the effort can be
judged from the fact that Mr.. James
IA. Cannon Is chairman Of the commit
A tDe Of ninety seven.
Mr.. Cannon In president of the Fourth
National bank of New York, chairman
X the clearing house committee of
New York city and was chairman OF
the commission of New York bankers
which ex-President Roosevelt called to
Warrington to consider measures for
euietins tho panic Of 1907. 10 the
men and religion movement Mr.. Can
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
ZION RAISES LARGE sum SUNDAY

On last Sunday Zion church again
showed that esprit de corps which
made it famous in all this western
country. In a rally it raised on that
day over $1.700 and has continued the
effort little while to gather in the
pledges which are still to be paid. 1t
is certain that the effort will go to
$4,000. 1t is the intention of the
church to make an additional payment
at once on its new home at Twenty
fourth and Ogden streets. The rails
ing of such sum of money in pres
ent financial conditions is remarkable
Rarely does church do SO well with
all things favoring. And for Zion to
reach that high mark shows that it
accurately forecasted the spirit of the
members when 1t undertook to buy.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
READY TO BEGIN
BIG CAMP A|CN
Many Religious Bodies Federated
h leW Forward Movement.
OUTLINE OF PLAN ANO SCOPE.

Tremendous ehert ts Roach Men and
Boys All Over the United otatss and
Csnsds-Nstsd ard Influential Men
In Church. State and Commercial
Life Pledge Swppsrt.
~ n. 0ARNETr DOosON.
The men and religion forward move
ment IL 4 cooperative effort Of all tn"
religious organizations among the men
and boys to make the year l011-12
year OF special emphasis on Christian
work among and by men and boys
and through the special campaigns this
year to bring q permanent accession
Of membership and working strength
from among the men and boys who
are at present untouched by or loosely
related 10 the Christian church. The
idea Of such an aggressive campaign
among men and boys has been In the
thought Of the church brotherhoods for
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
DENVER, COLORADO. SATURDAY. SEPT 1e. 1911

tons OF men in the various cities rep
resented. This conference appointed
the committee of ninety seven and the
executive committee of twenty-five.
The program submitted by the com
mittee of ninety seven 10 the men OF
the continent for the realization Of the
splendid objectives Of this vast move
ment is well calculated to accomplish
these ends. Every method suggested
and every scheme proposed has the
stamp of practicability written on its
face. These methods and schemes
have been tried out in the furnace OF
experience and when prayerfully and
faithfully applied in the spirit Of the
Master will bring results. Then the
scope of the program breathes the
spirit of the broadest Christian hu-
manitarianism-God our common Fa-
ther, Jesus Christ our redeemer and
men our brothers. Therefore the COM
mittee of ninety-seven is sparing no
efforts to influence every man and boy
on the continent through this remark
able program. The program proposes
to reach men in mass. in groups or In
dividuals, regardless OF condition. race
or nationality.
Effective Way Of Reaching Men,
Experience has taught us that men
can be very effectively appealed to In
their respective groups-e. g.. students.
individual students. can often be reach
cd and touched effectively by appeal
ing to them as students or in group
Of students: shopmen can be peculiar
" impressed when the gospel II pre-
sented to them AS shopmen.
The gospel message comes with Pc
culfar force 10 an order man when you
present to him the message OF Jesus
from his orders point of view. So the
program has provided in a special way
FOR group work. One team will be sent
where desired and requested to bring
the message Of the men and religion
forward movement to students. rail
way employees. colored men. foreign
speaking men. etc.
For example. in their effort to bring
to the colored men and boys of the
continent the committee Of ninety-sev
en- has deemed It wise to appoint COL
ored man as one of its of.cial secre
taries to arouse interest among these
men and boys. While 1t Is believed
that this will be the most practical
method OF reaching the largest number
OF men and boys Of any given group.
especially in committees In which mem
bcrs OF, that group live In large mum
bers, IL is not to be understood that the
working OF this plan Is in any way IL
hinder men from attending meetings
according TO their own judgment.
Rev. d. +. White. recently of In
dia napolis. Ind. Is the man appointed
TO the position above referred to. Mr..
White is graduate OF Knoxville Col
lege seminary. Knoxville. Tenn. He
always has manifested deep and
abiding interest in men and boys and
has achieved splendid results in work
ing among them both as an educator
and u pastor. Mr.. White will give his
entire time to this work OF the men
and religion forward movement to the
close of the campaign and will gladly
render any service In his power that
might help to bring into the move
ment and redeem the largest possible
number OF the men and boys Of his
race from their present indifference to
the church.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-09-16
RATION ITEMS.
BY M. E. HUM.

By M. E. HUM.
The Gate City now being one of the
principal cities of the new state, has
already shown a noticeable increase
in business and other circles, not onl9
among the white but also the coloreo
citizens.
Some of the principal colored citi-
zens have organized a company for
the purpose of establishing a store.
Other business projects are on foot.
Goat Hill park was the scene of a
delightful social gathering Monday
evening in honor of Mrs. Matte
Brown of Oakland, Cal, and Mrs. F.
w. Givens of Chfckasha, Okla A
large bonfire was built at the summit
of Goat mountain, around which the
jolly party gathered and feasted on a
delicious luncheon. Jokes and laugh
ter were the prime factors of the hour.
The moon arose in all its beauty be-
fore the party returned to their homes
showing more plainly the rustic and
picturesque costumes of the enter
tainers Mrs E B. Brooks chaper-
oned the party. Others present were
Miss Alice Coulter. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Rose. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. HUM. Mrs.
Range and Spurlock and Messrs. C..
A. Woodard and NJ. E. HUM. Mrs.
Brown departed to visit relatives in
Ohio Mrs. Givens was delayed from
going to Oklahoma on account of
sickness.
Bright Star lodge No. recently IN
itiated into the mysteries OF Pythian-
ism< tAe.a eolloutng named gentlemen: !:
Messs Nm puflock. John Allen.
Ben Brooks and James Williams.
Mrs. f. j. Daniels of Los Angeles,
Cal, is visiting Mrs VIM. Radcliffe
and daughter, Miss Winifred.
Rev. VIM. Ratcliffe is still absent on
business in Tucson, Ariz.
Rev. ]. B. Bell, the capable and
worthy missionary of New Mexico and
Arizona. stopped over Sunday and
Monday on his way to the national
Baptist convention in Pittsburg, Pa.
Other visiting ministers to our city
last week were Revs. w. K. Burgess
Stovall and Dudly. all recently of
Arizona.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-07-20

plenty of light. The ceiling is hand
somely decorated, and the floor is
of terrazo, with fancy marble border
and wainscoting. All parts of the
building, both inside and out, are OF
the most approved materials and are
finished in most elegant style.
In the lobby are three desks for the
use of the public. The main work
room is 30x55 feet and is we'll
lighted and ventilated by large win
dOws 5x15 feet. This room is con-
nected with the mailing vestibule by
swinging doors. The vestibule is
14x15 feet and opens on a large
platform from which the mails are
received and dispatched. There is
also on this floor the money order
and registry room, 15x2S feet, and
the postmaster's elegant private Of
flee, which is fitted up with toilet and
other cOnveniences.
The second floor contains a spa
cious room for holding civil service
examinations and a private room
especially prepared for the use OF
United States commissioners or post
office inspectors The building is
steam-heated throughout and is
equipped with a fire-protection sys-
! tenn. There is secret stairway
from the basement to the upper floor
| for the use of inspectors, from which
can be seen anything that takes place
in any room in the building The
two entrances are lighted by two
lamp standards, and there are cleo
tric lights and gas arrangements
throughout the entire building.
The grounds around the building
are terraced, and a broad driveway
encircles the entire building, extend
! ing from Garnett to Winder streets
and built of cement and stone.
The handsome building is con-
structed OF the best and finest North
Carolina granite and Indiana lime
stone, and is one of the most beauti-
full architectural designes in the
country.
The gross receipts of the office have
increased more than 90 per cent
within the past five years, and when
therapidly growing business interests
/ vi SUI UdhtH luCO
GRAFTON, the new building is none too
large for our city, even ifother North
Carolina cities have accused Uncle
Sam of being little partial to Hen
derson in his most gracious gift of
our magnificent new postoffice
building.
With two of the largest railroad
systems in the South already here,
and two important new lines now al
most an assured fact, Henderson
may in the very near future become
one of the leading railroad centers of
the State, situated as it is in the
midst of one of the very finest and
richest agricultural sections of our
State and in the center of the famous
gold leaf tobacco belt. Uncle Sam
has therefore done the wise and prop
er thing in giving us this splendid
new postoffice building, for which
everybody in Henderson and Vance
county give him their most sincere
thanks.
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-07-20

cheerfulIy on to the elegant new
building, Of which all Hendersonians
are justly proud, to get their mail
and then paused for while on the
inside to take in the new situation
and to give vent to a few words OF
admiration for Henderson's fine new
postoffice building and more espec-
tally to the elegant inside furnishings
and arrangements The new build
ing is in every detail a model and
strictly up-to- date postoffice, not
equalled by that of any city the size
of Henderson in the State, and IN
surpassed by few in cities several
times the size of ours.
The administration of Col. VIM.
H. Jenkins, who was made pOstmas-
ter at this place by President Roose-
velt in 1906, has been the most pro-
gressive and efficient in the history
of Henderson. Under his admins
tration the affairs of the office have
been wisely and most efficiently di-
rected, the service to the public very
largely extended, and both the use
fulness and patronage greatly in
creased. While Col Jenkins is q
stickler for the rules and regulations
of the Postoffice Department., never
theless he is a clever and accomOdat-
Henderson gold leaf., 1911-07-20
Discovered a New Sort of Bird.

You have no doubt frequently
heard that lit takes all sorts of peo-
pie to make up a world" and so it
does for fact. And no one is better
aware of this than the newspaper
folk, for they are constantly coming
in contact with "all sorts" of people.
But now and then they seem to run
across an entirely new specimen,
which is likely to puzzle them for
time.
A representative of the Gold Leaf
asked a certain fellow in this town
for his subscription the other day,
and at once found him the very per-
sonification OF Indifference toward
the proposition. In fact he went so
far as to say that he was not the
least bit interested in the Gold Leaf,
and didn't suppose he would even
take the trouble to open the paper if
we would make him present of it.
This of course seemed quite un-
usual, but his Indifference was SO OBJ
stinate and icy that there was moth
ing left to the representative of the
paper but to leave him alone and 90
on to someone else who might at
least feel little more interest in his
home paper. But at the very next
stop our indifferent" friend was
readily treed.
Eyes, / have been taking the Gold
Leaf a long time," was the cheerful
reply of the next door neighbOr of
our indifferent" friend, "and think
| would enjoy it very much indeed if
| could ever get to read it in any
peace But no sooner than it is
thrown in my front porch each week
my neighbor over there (referring to
our indifferent" friend) sends right
over here after it and doesn't send it
back until every member of his fam
lily has read every word in it, includ-
ing the patent medicine advertise
ments, suppose. [ wish you would
go over there and try to induce him
to subscribe for it for my sake"
So there you are, "indifferent"
friend, and you're a bird, too.
''Birds OF a feather flock together" 3"
but your covey is small in any de-
cent, self-respecting community. The
public ought to know where your
nest is, and will too, ifyou flutter
around very much. You prefer to
"throw off, on your town paper and
then be a leech on it and your neigh
bor to doing the manly thing and
telling the truth.
i And right here the Gold Leaf wants
to remind those who are in the habit
of borrowing their town paper in
stead of subscribing for it and help
ing support it as all patriotic and
public-spirited people should do,
just what sort OF company they are
keeping. And may We ask, How do
you like it? Zone is known by the
company he keeps" you know.