The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-30
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
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Banks provide the safest methods of
drafts, checks, etc.. are the outgrowth
OF the centuries of business develop
ment and cannot be ignored with safety.
Thugs and fcotpads are awaiting the
man who adopts other methods and
channels for conducting his business.
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Prof. Il. L. Honesty and wife will be
at home Saturday night In honor OF
their daughter, who recently graduated
and her friend who la visiting her from
Charleston, s, c, Hours from 4 to Z;
residence Set South Cynthia place.
Prof, w, r. Haskins, OF the Howe
printing department, In out OF the city
for q few days, His assistant Is In
charge Of the office.
Or. C. V. Roman, Of the government
health service, is delivering q series of
Illustrated lectures at the Daisy thea
ter, ON Beale avenue He spoke to
the physicians Thursday morning and
TO the general public Friday morn
ing,
Negro school children are wondering
whore they nay go for play and recrea-
ton when school Ia out, Someone sug-
gested Douglass park. which In not 80
far from Memphis, hut the masses have
no autos nor buggies. The trolley cars
there is 80 much lawlessness the girls
are agraid to take the lonely walk
Too many people make the mistake
OF directing persons asking aims, 10
some other individual This Is UNI
willing or upable TO render assistance
Yourself, put the party In touch with
some organized agency.
Lieut.. Blair T. Hunt, serving as an
army chaplain overseas, writes that
He was n teacher in Kortrecht high
school when called to the oolors and
he hopes to enter similar work on his
return,
We have had a call for \ CAPABLE
man or woman TO teach algebra, seom.
etry and the sciences In a school In
the Memphis territory, II Is a private
institution under Baptist patronage.
The Mems union was organised ri
the First Baptist curoh, st, Paul ave-
nue., Thursday night, The, object OF
the organization Is to enlist the mer
Of The church in all the activities OF
the church, A, h owen was made
president; VIM Newborn, viee-presi-
dent; ], W. Bector, secretary, n VIM
Rials, treasurer.
The anniversary OF the White Rib.
bon circle and report OF the 7o's will
be held ut Metropolitan church, Thurs,
day night, june 8, The program vii
be Biblical In its features.
The Rev. ], VI. Robinson, OF Jones.
boro, Ark, will preach Mt New Pros
nant church ThnrqdAy and Etiday
nights, June 5 and 8.
Negro pastors have adopted a set o.
resolutions putting themselves on recort
In favor II law and oruer and urglnL
other people 70 co.operate with the Of
fioers OF the law In he detection Of
criminals, but for some reason unknown
to them, the papers have not published
them, except the extract which ap.
peared in this column, These are rusf
times with the papers and the publ,
win be patient, no doubt.
What has become OF the intsrde
nomlnational minister's ailianoeY Ha,
II fulfilled Its mission and disbanded
We hope not,
Lieut.. Ayres has returned from over
| seas and Is visiting friends in the city
/ He is a Howe graduate and lives II
\ Oklahoma,
DIES FROM CAR BURNS.
h NEWBERN, Tenn, May 80. (Spl.)-
q William Johnson, prominent farmer o
/ the Baily section, northwest OF New
l. bern, was working on a car severa
: days 4 when II caught fire, inflict
$ ing burns from which he died, Funera
2 services were conducted at Maacham
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