Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-26
COLORED PASTOR
CALLS WARREN
FOR ACCOUNTING
Shows Former Red
Cross Head Cashed
His Check


marked "Red Cross funds" and en-
dorsey by w. B. Warren as having
been cashed by him at the Com.
mercial City bank here, DR.. j. j.
Chisholm, erstwhile pastor of Big
Bethel colored Baptist church here,
Friday in Americas challenged War
rem, who was Red Cross chairman
for the colored people here during
the war, and who had publicly stat
ed that Chisholm had never contrib
uted a cent to the Red Cross work,
to make an accounting of funds. The
cancelled check was for one dollar,
and signed -. j. and Mary CHS
holm" at was given," DIR. CHS
holm explained, when our chuch was
raising a fund for the Red Cross
work and when after | had given
a dollar in cash it was one dollar
short of the nine dollars sought, and
it completed the amount"
DR.. Chisholm at the same time is-
sued card replying to the recent at
tack on him by Prof. j. j. Humbert
He denounced Humbert as a dan
gerous man and a racial agitator,
and presented documentary evidence
of some of his activity which, he
said, had intended to stir up the col
ored people of his congregation
against the whites and which he had
! discourage with all his power. He
declared that if Humbert persisted
in his activity it would be necessary
to tell some further things concern
ing Humberts racial activities in this
/ community which would open the
eyes of the white people and also
the colored people who desire to live
in harmony and peace. This clash
between him and these agitatolc, he
repeated, is the cause of the fight on
him, and declared he could cffer
plenty of evidence to sustain it.
DR.. Chisholm stated that,ahe had
received calls from chure at For
syth, Ca, and Shorter. Ala, but
had not accepted either and probably
would not make a definite decision
for time yet. He will preach in
Shorters today.
/ His card follows:
Chisholm's Reply
| Relative to the confusion, crimi-
nation and discrimination growing
out of my relations with Big Bethel
church as its pastor, too much has
already been said; and | would not
utter another word cut for the SLAM
derous and dastardly charges made
| against me by S. S. Humbert, who
voluntarily and without any right or
authority, not being a member of
my church nor congregation, went out
! OF his way to make a most vicious
anu slahuefous attack upon me
through the columns of this paper.
My character and good name having
thus been falsely, and recklessly as
sailed for no other purpose except to
lnJure me IN my ministerial capacity
as well as in my individual life, /
/ cannot rest under these charges with
out reply, and for this reason beg
the indulgence of the public for this
purpose.
1t is known to the public that
| rendered my resignation as pastor.
and the church declined to accent.
and then followed efforts on the part
OF certain negroes led by self-styled
leaders of the colored race who are
| not members of my church or congre-
! cation, to GUST me from the church.
and make it impossible for me to live
! in or visit this community. I re-
neatedly stated that rather than to
enter into church broil, or be a
party to anything that would hinder
! the cause, | would not consider serv-
! ing the church longer. The church
then paid what they owed me, and
our relations as pastor and people
was severed, and after all this had
been done, and over with, said
Humbert publishes his libellous at
| tack.
Meant Only a Few.
Following this attack published in
! the Times-Recorder of December /,
ultimo, E. Stallworth, chairman of
thrift stamp campaign, states what
was done by the colored people of
this section in the purchase of thrift
and war saving stamps. l do not
question the correctness of this state
ment. l have never said anything
to the contrary. | did say, that a
small per cent of my membership
was opposed to doing this work, and
in no way reflected upon my people
generally, who / am glad to say did
their part nobly. Immediately fol-
lowing Stallworth's statement he
adds the post script, stating they had
no record of any contribution from
j. j. Chisholm to the Red Cross or
buying any war saving stamps in
Americus or Sumter county.
"Boss Warren also stated, in an
interview. that the committee had
been denied the right to take a col.
lection for the Red Cross from the
Big Bethel congregation. This is
absolutely false, and will be explain
ed later on. A collection for the
Red Cross was taken in Big Bethel
church. and nine dollars raised and
turned over to one Professor Brown
in charge. ]. ], Chisholm contrib
uted two dollars of this nine dollars
collected. One dollar in cash, and
a one dnllar payable to one B. w.
Warren. This check bearing the date
Of May 27, 1918. marked for Red