Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-08-24

The Executive Board of the Nat,
ional Baptist Convention m:ncorpor.
atcd could have approved the agree
mcnt as far rs such an approval was
possible even granting that ii did not
| have the power and authority 10
change the place of meeting. 1t must
be conceded that President e. L.
Jones in the exercise OF his power as
| President could have changed the
meeting place after consulting the
rank and file Of tho organization that
! he represents.
| Is Il true, as DIR. Boyd infcrs that
he was dealing with Il body of design
! ing trickstcrs who were cndcayoring
to hotray and lead his devoted fol.
| lowers into the Morris Camp? If it
| is true then we do not blame Rev
DR. Boyd. for Inc position he has talk
ell. If it is not true. Rev. Dr. Boyd
, "has not leg upon which
to stand" in his contention. DR.. Boyd
claims that the National Baptist Pub
in the body at Memphis and yet he
was there and so far as we are able
to observe he is virtually The Nation
nj Baptist Publishing Board.
The publishing house Is the rock
upon which he splits. Who owns the
publishing house, known as the Nat
ional Baptist Publishing House? The
National Baptist Convention as form
crly organized and presided over by
Atcv. DR.. e. G. Morris claims tho own
crship and asserts that tho National
Baptist Publishing Board. virtually
in charge of Rev DR.. II. II. Boyd had
charge Of the pant for the aforesaid
convention.
So long rs tho National Baptist
Convention was unincorporatcd and
had no standing in law and could not
enforce its own DEGREES in court, DR..
Boyd did not deny this fact. re now
asserts that the creature cannot be
greater than its creator, but on the
other hand takes the position that
the National Baptis; Publishing Board
is greater than the National Baptist
Convention that created il. An order
from the National Baptist Publish !
ing Board is effective nj the publish
ing house and an order from the Nat
ional Baptist Convention, one or
both of them is not effective.
IN. I3pyl III, nnt,nn(,fo +
ton tina he will not bow to the will
of his own National Baptist Conven
ton. his own National baptist Pub
fishing Board. should either or all OF
reached at tho sessions of the Com
mission in Memphis. He threatens to
"rcturn to the ranks" should he DO
ovcrridden and his will docs not
prevail. What is The reason of this?i
It is because, so far rs we are able to
observe that his work Of life tiluc
is endangered. 1t is because tho Nat
ional Baptist Publishing House. rho
publishing house or the alleged pub
fishing house of the National Bapt-
list Convention is in danger of a re-
turn TO its alleged owners, with the
r. II. Boyd control eliminated.
This publishing plant has been
sailing under false colors. 1t is timo
that the mask come off. II is the pro
pcrty as n matter Of fact OF Rev. DR..
r, II. Boyd and his supporters. Let
the mask come of. Let The publishing
house at Nashville be made. to change
its name TO the Boyd Publishing
house. If what DR.. Boyd says is true
it belongs to him. If It belongs to
him lot him have il anu be done with
this endless change of dcnominat ional
deception. Has the National Baptist
Convention paid any money for the
plant? Has ii given anything other
than its good will and its influence
10 make it a success?
If ii has not then, while the title
may be vested in it, the liability is
there and TO whom is the National
body liable? These are the questions
that demand hearing. When DR.. II.
ii. Boyd refuses to recognize the right
or the National Baptist Convention
! under any conditions to control its
own plant, he virtually denies owner
ship.
Webster defines "owner" as fol.
| lows:
One who owns; proprietor; one
who has legal or rightiul title, whcth-
CT the posscssor or not.
The right TO own carries with 1t the
! right to control. Has the National
: Baptist Convention the right to con-
, troll the National Baptist Publishing
| House or has the National Baptist