The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-21

bac become a force" in :
vivid phrase. The South Is taxing ny
her own problems, and in no Mario" or
sectional spirit. A national sense IL
stronger in the South than the hdIIoE
at large realizes. OF late 1t mas
shown many evidences of religious
leadership, for what Southern mer
do they do heartily. Nobody can pre-
dict the consequences Of the move
ment whereby the South, with us
w~atchword. The Solid South Tor a
Better Nation seeks TO express It's
patriotism and religion.
Some Peculiar Problems.
While escaping many Of Americas
social problems due largely to an
alien population, the South has sew
eral tina are peculiarly her own. The
negro question is a Southern question,
and it grows graver year by year.
Everybody is coming to understand
hat the negro question is not TO De
solved from Boston, but that the peo-
pie of the South, white and black,
have the future Of this problem IN
their keeping. The m~ountaineerS are
another social problem visualZed py
the Allen case. The illiteracy OF some
Southern States is giving grave con-
Germ to social eaders. Present prob
loms are more acute in the South
han elsewhere. and the advent Of the
| cotton mill has created certain indus
| trial perplexities which are more
easily described than settled.
Sweeping the Circle.
This Congress was in session for
four days. The afternoons were CIV
en- to departmental conferences upon
Child Welfare, Adult Dependents and
Delinquents, Public Health and Hous-
ing, Charity Organization, Tubercu-
losis, Recreation, and Medical Inspec-
ton, Negro Problems, Temperance,
| the Church and Social Service The
| general sessions considered h Pc
culiar sessions considered, Delinquent
and Dependent Children. Infant Nor
tally, Illiteracy, Child Labor, the re-
lation Of educational and social work,
the purpose of imprisonment, prison
conditions in the South. municipal
problems, the money shark business,
trained leadership in social work, CO.
ordination and cooperation, the
church and modern industry. insur-
ance., nursing, public health, the de-
generate, the relation Of the public
library to social movements the
qualifications Of the social worker.
The speakers embraced a disting-
uished array Of names familiar in the
religious world:
Chancellor ]. H. Kirkland, DR..
James I. Vance, DR.. Ira Landrith,
Prof. G. W. Dyer, Hon. John G..
Jean M. Gordon. Hon. Bernard Flex-
ner, DR.. Hastings H. Hart, Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett Mrs. Cora Bristol
Nelson, Miss Gertrude Knipp, Miss
Agnes Morris, DR.. G.. H Detwiler
Prof. S. G. Gilbreath, Mr.. Alexander
Johnson, Mr.. w. S. Rankin, MIR. l.
B. Myers, MI. E. G.. Routzahn, DR.
]. II. billiard, Prof. H. B. Carre, DR.
Samuel T. Batten, Dr.. Owen r. Love
JOY. Dr.. Henry F. Cope, Mr.. Thomas
Finty, Dr., Or. ". II. Oates. Prof. c
s. Potts Mr.. Philip Weltner' F. F
Lyon. Mr.. Louis j. Bernhard, w
Woods White, DR.. Bruce r. Payne
MIR. John M. Glenn. DE-. Charles s
MacFarland. DR.. Charles L. Minor
DR.. Lee K. Frankel, DR.. w. G
Stiles, Col. J. l.. Ludlaw, DR.. Scale
Harris. DR.. c. P. Wertenbaker, W. D
Weatherford, Rev. John Little, DR.
Oscar bowling, Judge w. H. Thomas
Hon. William II. Sanford, Prof
Charles A. Ellwood. Miss Marill;
Waite Freeman, DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts
DR.. Edward T.. Devine, DIR. Graham
, Taylor.
t Beyond peradventure social servic.
t has now a fxed place in the program
: of the churches. This Congress i
but one evidence Of the trend of tn
! times. An era Of change. a com
and the business Of reaching out
helping hand to all the varied need
q of humanity has come to be the frs
concern Of the Christian church
Religious Rambler.
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