The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
$4,000 NEGRO
CHURCHES IN
NATION TODAY
Membership Now Exceeds
100000; Other News
of COIored Colony.

Recent statistics on Negro
churches of America show $4,000
churches with membership of S.
100000 and property valuation of
almost $1OO,OOO,OOO, according to E.
B. Reuter-, on 1.-THE Economic Status
of the Negro"
The report further revels that
8,174 of the churches, with 639,326
members and property valued at
$19,8O4,821.O are mSnbers of white
denominations.
Other facts show that Negro
clergymen number a little more
than $4,000, or twenty five per cent
of the Negro professional groups.
The dearth of Negro ministers is
reflected in the fact that $4,000
churches are without the service of
full-time pastors, the report states.
Leaves for College
Mrs. Della Greer, formerly Of
school No. 10, but more recently Of
school No. T. left Sunday to conf
plete a course at the Pratt School
of Applied Arts.
Mrs. Greer was a student of Ralph
Johonnot and has done department
work in local schools. She will live
at 152 South Gaten, Brooklyn.
Miss Ethel Ransom president OF
the intercollegiate Club, has &C
copied a position as head of the
Science department at Bennett Col
lege, Greensboro, N. c. Regular
meeting of the club will be resumed
Sept. "a at 1880 p. M, when a new
president will be elected. Roy San
ders, vice president, now is in
charge.
Courtesy Week" will be observed
from Sept. II to % by the "Pioneer
Boys" group of the "Y."
Boxing exhibitions will become a
permanent attraction at the Y. M.
G. A. this winter. A boxing class is
to open in october and students will
give exhibitions in the lobby every
CJneE SATURDAY HASllC'
Member Campaign Planned
The Y. M. G. A. membership cam
paign has been announced for Oct.
l to 10. Organization of workers
and campaign plans are being
worked out under leadership of R.
L. Brokenburr, chairman of the
membership department.
Me- Two NHonAuyan Ifad Gun
day at 1887 E. Sixteenth ST., follow
ing a brief illness. Mrs. Mcdowell
was a pioneer and well-known citizen
of Glencoe, the section where she
lived, and was noted for her gen.
erouS services toward civic better
ment of the community.
She is survived by her husband,
John Mcdowell; daughter, Mrs.
Katie Boyer, secretary of Simpson
M. E. Church; a sister, Mrs. Maria
McGill, Louisville, and a brother, j.
w. Carr, Ypsilanti, Mich.
The funeral is to be held Wedncs-
day at D. m. at the Messiah A. M.
E. Church. Riley and DeQuincy SITS.
The Rev. Jesse H. Jones will offic-
late.
A meeting of the Indianapolis
Racket Club will be held tonight at
the Y. M. G. A. Plans will be made
to entertain the Western Tennis AS
ISOLATION players who will compete
in tournament here in 1929.
Returns from Cincinnati
Miss Marie Pruitt, junior presi-
dent of the Indiana Federation of
Colored Women'S Clubs, has return
ed from a visit to Cincinnati.
Mrs. Ella Henderson and daugh-
ter have returned from visit to
Chicago. y
Thursday Coterie Club announces
opening of winter meetings begin
ming September 90 Mrs. Rose D.
Jackson is president.
The Golden Leaf Club has opened
for the winter season and the next
meeting is scheduled for 2617 Blvd,
Pl., at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Bailey.
DR.. Cecil A. Hayes, of Minneapolis,
was a weekend visitor with his sis
ter, Mrs. r. L. Bailey, in Blvd. Pl.
Mrs Estella Joiner, of Evansville
is making her home with her sister,
Mrs. Elfrieda Washington, of Roach
ST., a teacher in city schools.
Attends Lodge Sessions
Mrs. Carrie White has returned
from a trip to Chicago, where she
attended sessions Of the Odd Eel
lows.
Mrs. Henrietta Butler of Kentucky
visited her cousin, Mrs. Tyler Car
son, Columbia Ave-, for the week
end.
Writ Griffin of Chicago was a
weekend visitor with his sister,
Miss Myrtice Griffin, in Boulevard
Place.
Barnes Williams, w. Twenty First
ST., is visiting relatives in STAN
ford, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Patton have
returned from their cottage in Idle
wild, Mich. where they spent the
summer,