Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-02-28

| s0ml-contennlal services In connection
with the September meeting OF the
National Baptist convention. Progress
OF the denomination during the last so
years will be shown by exhibits, sta
tistics, pictures and other material
evidences. This was the decision
reached by the executive committee Of
the National Baptist convention at
called meeting held at Tuskegee In.
stitute. Alabama. A commission, COM
posed OF one member from each state,
will cooperate with the Baptist bodies
OF each state, under the direction Of
the president Of the. national conven-
ton, and collect the materials for the
exposition. Details will be worked out
by the commission, President G. Il.
Morris concurring. The project will
be financed by private donations and
public subscriptions. The executive
committee pledged $1,000, including
$500 pledged by DR.. Booker T. Wash
! ington, 500 by DR.. E. c. Morris, $50
by DR.. Jordan, and $25 by each OF the
other members of the committee. The
commissioners will be appointed by
President Morris. In all probability
the meeting Of the convention will be
held in Nashville. Tenn. The execu-
tive committee was unanimous In the
opinion that the exposition should be
held. BY special invitation Doctor
Washington remained with the COM
mittee throughout it's sessions and Of
fered important suggestions which
were freely accepted 1t was carefully
estimated that 1t will require $500 to
finance the exposition scheme. The
meeting was attended by Doctor Nor
rts. president, Little Rock, Ark; Rev.
w. G. Parks, D. D.. vice-president,
Philadelphia; Rev. r. o. Fuller. assist.
ant secretary, Memphis, Tenn; Rev.
A. J. Stokes, treasurer, Montgomery,
Ala; Rev. J. P. Robinson. chairman
home mission board, Little Rock, Ark;
Rev. T. J.. Searcy, chairman education.
al board, Memphis. Tenn; Rev. R. H.
Boyd, secretary publishing and home
mission boards, Nashville, Tenn; Rev.
P. James Bryant, chairman Baptist
Young Peoples board, Atlanta, Ca;
Rev. L. G. Jordan, secretary foreign
mission board, Philadelphia; Rev. G.
H. Parrish, chairman foreign mission
board, Louisville, KY; Prof. ]. D.
Crenshaw, editor Union Review, Nash
vile, Tenn; Rev. A. A. Cosey, mem
Der benefit board, Mound Bayou,
Miss; Prof. r. B. Hudson, general re-
cording secretary, Selma, Ala. t,.
OF the $4,000 inhabitants in Meri-
dian, Miss, 10000 are negroes. Fifty
per cent OF these 10000, 1t is esti-
mated, own their homes. There are
among the negro business mems one
photographer, one fruit dealer, one.
firm Of undertakers, one milliner, one
blacksmith, two drug stores, two
doctors, four dentists, three shoe
makers, two restaurants, six barber
shops, four dressmakers, two real
estate men, four contractors, two
markets, four men running hack lines,
ten tailors and twelve grocers.
Mr.. Thomas Galloway Of Ware, Ala
bama, is an example of what thrifty
Industrious negro farmer can do in
the south. He owns 685 acres of land
west Of Ware, so acres six miles east
of Ware. He is at the head of three
turpentine farms with the home Office
at Ware, Alabama. He has seven
renters and one share-cropper on his
place and advances money to five of
them. He states that he accumulated
this amount in five years. Mr.. Gallo
way, his wife and children all work
together. b"
L. Arthur Headen enjoys the distinc'
ton Of being the only licensed negro
aviator In. the world. Headen is thir-
ty-one years old and native Of Car
thage, N. C. He became interested In
aviation, and, after inventing de-
vice which he claims will prevent q
biplane turning turtle in the air, de-
decided to learn to fly SO as to demon
strate the utility Of his device. He
was refused admission to aviation
schools In America and went to
Mavre, France, where he finished In
the school of the Franchise Aviation
company and was awarded license
as an aviator for the French govern
ment. Headen says he has applied to
enter several aviation contests since
his return to America, but has re-
ceived no encouragement from the
contest managers, and will devote him
self to independent exhibitions and
long distance flights @, 3s
The negro Baptists Of North Caro-
lima support % secondary schools Of
that state. The total number enroll
ed in these schools IL 3,S46 pupils.
Last year the state Baptists contrib
uted $23, 200, These schools have &C
quired property valued at $123,762
In the new year the so-called big
negro should undertake to bring his
examples up to his precept He has
learned to support race enterprises
with his mouth. He has learned to
work his lungs overtime IN the ef-
fort to induce the world through high
sounding words that he believes II
and is proud OF his race. In 1913 let
him shut on his mouth and get down
to business. In other words, let him
spend his money with his people, and
the establishments now fighting for
a mere existence will begin to bloom
and blossom as the rose. ia
I The cclored people Of Nashville,
Tenn, are interested in building a
negro civic center. This will be placed