The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
EMPHASIZE WORK
 FOR NEGRO BOYS
Negro Baptists Have Busy Session-Address Deliv-
 cred by A. M. Trawick

Save the boy, and it will not be neces- sary to reform the man." was the key note of the addresses delivered yesterday in the National Negro Baptist Sunday School congress, and resulted in an or ganized effort among the boys against
 oafers, crime and criminality, and dec-
 eretion on the part of boys representing D states to assist the officers of the
 law In preserving law and order.
 Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?' was used to open one of the busiest ses- sions of the meeting>o of the congress, and many new features looking toward the betterment of the home life of the negro race throughout the country were lntro- duced through addresses.
 Starting with the cadet movement, un- der Dr. w. H. Crawford, with 300 boys in uniform, making a demonstration yester- day afternoon, brought out many negro
 boys of Birmingham. who made applica- ton for membership, but were told they would have to come in through the Sun day school.
 These boys will be of benefit to com
 munities in which they live said pr. Crawford. '"rhey will work against cigarette smoking, tobacco chewing, and will be opposed to strong drink. You will find in these places where the cadets are there will be fewer arrest of boys, and stronger men will be developed That shiftless, loafing criminal negro will be- come thing of the past. The Sunday school movement means this or nothing. We are going to do practical Sunday school work in the future.
 Mans Part in L.ife's Choice was the subject of the Bible lesson taught by pr. E. Ford of Jacksonville. With a common God there can be no msunderstanding between two men or two races" declared Prof. A. M Tarwick, international secretary of the Young i Mems Christian association one of the | instructors in the Methodist institute, conducted by the Methodist Episcopal church, south, for the negro Methodist ministers.
 "I want to here congratulate you upon | the wonderful progress you have made, | and that you are still making This 1 movement means much to your people l You have strong men here, and you are | to be congra tulated.
 l The first paper yesterday morning was read by Leroy Russell of Fort Worth, l Tex. dealing with the child life of the
 negro race and it's relation to the Sunday | school This was followed with addresses l on how to deal with children of the teen" age William Alexander of St. Joseph, | Mo. opened the discussion. Jennie b. | Adkins of Bessemer Mary F. Barnes of
 Newman, Ga. s. F. Putnam of Atlanta,
 Frances E. Foster of Birmingham spoke
 no the same subject.
 | Amanda Coleman of Frankfort, Ky. spoke On "The Child and the Sunday School and the Child in the Home" " I Webster L. Porter of Knoxville, Tenn, | editor of the East Tennessee News, also addressed the conference.
 | Among the visitors introduced were: pr.
 J. T. Phillips of Nashville, J. A. Lester, l M. D., of Nashville, and Richard Carroll
 of Columbia s. c.
 Round table meetings were held in the afternoon by the departments The Metoka and Galeda department core ! spending with the Baraca and Philathea in the white churches, was one of the features of the afternoon session, under | the direction of Lizzie B. Fouse of Lex ington, Ky. Dr. R. H. Boyd gave a his tory of the movement, telling how he had been warned by the white people not to organize Baraca and Philathea among I negroes, and while he had the literature Il already from them, he packed it up shipped it back and called in his secre- tary, and told him to invent name, from Greek, Hebrew anything else, which resulted in Metoka and Galeda.
 | The department of missions, under pr E. D. Hubbard, was addressed by Dr. H M Williams of Galveston, Tex. He re- ferred to the number of 'five-cent Chris tians among the negro Baptists,' declar- ing that they were not worth anything tc
 the cause of missions or the salvation of human souls.
 We have too many negroes who wan
 to buy a corner lot in heaven for five cents said Dr. Ford, and they can
 buy one down here for five cents.
 Rev. w. R. Tolver presided over the re ligious press section. Prof. s. H. Archer
 of Morehouse college Atlanta, delivered
 an address as did pr. w. s. Ellington
 The primary department was conducted } by l.. I.anders of Nashville, who also ha'
 charge of the national Baptist publishing board exhibits. Over 100 books that hav'
 been written by negroes are to be found
 in the exhibit
 At o'clock yesterday afternoon there
 was an exhibition drill by the boys ant a band concert by the national Baptis publishing board band.
 Preparations are being made for bis concert tonight, and Sunday schoo parade tomorrow. It is expected that 3DO
 Sunday school workers will be in thu parade. This afternoon the workers vii : visit the Negro Baptist college site ol the Powderly line.
 There were a number of interesting ad dresses delivered last night