The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-23
NEGRO LODGE
PLANS ANNUAL
FARLEY HERE
District Convention to Be
Held in Simpson Church
on Two Days.

! son M. E. church, Eleventh and Mis-
souri, streets, Thursday and Friday!
Welcoming services will be OBJ
served Thursday night, with adj
dresses by G. E. Spencer Of Ken
lucky. J. F. Johnson, Thomas Dex
ter and Mrs. Dove Smith. Response
will be by DR.. r. A. Williams of
Chicago.
Musical numbers are scheduled by
the Victor quartet of Olivet Bap-
fist church, The Unknown Churs,"
Mrs. Blossie Roberts, Mrs. Lolita
Snowden and Mrs. Annena Ken
drick.
National hospitals are maintained
for members of the supreme organ
ization. Its benevolent program is
said to be the most attractive among
similar Negro institutions.
Chicago Man Is President
Supreme officers are DR.. R. A.
Williams, Chicago, president; Mrs.
r. A. Williams, governesS; Charles
L. Bryant, Chicago, supreme COM
mander; Mrs Lula S. Bryant, secre-
tary. and Dan L. Williams, supreme
secretary.
Indiana representatives are Mrs
Dove Smith, assistant state district
superintendent; r. T. Williams, dis
trict deputy; Mrs. Ella Williams,
James Smith, S. T. Terry. Mrs. Ella
Conley and Mrs. Maude Robinson,
local presidents.
Mrs. Francis B. Coston, president
of the Educational Aid Society,
states that the concert scheduled for
Caleb Mills hall tonight is to be the
best ever offered by the society.
Mrs. Coston says this will be the
last concert given at Caleb Mills hall
| because the building is to be used
for other purposes. Artists from
other states and this city are on the
program.
A series of Democratic meetings
will begin tonight at Liberty hall,
Twelfth street and Senate avenue.
Good Speakers Obtained
Prominent speakers have been
engaged by the Universal Improve
ment Association, sponsor of the
meeting.
My impressions of Africa" will
be the story told in pictures
Wednesday night by the Rev. j. D.
Barber at Liberty hall. Leaders in
these meetings are M. Minyard,
president, and c. De Honiesto, Sec
rotary.
Engagements of the Rev. F. F.
Young, pastor of the North Indian
apolis Baptist church. include an
installation sermon at the second
Baptist church. Kokomo. tomorrow
night. The new pastor is the Rev.
Charles w. Lewis, indianapolis.
The Rev. Mr.. Young and choir
are scheduled to present a program
ut the Union Tabernacle Baptist
church Thursday at p. m. The
Rev. r. D. Leonard is pastor.
A patriotic program is to be pre-
sented at the Colored Women's
Club home, 2O34 N. Capitol avenue,
to morrow night. Fifty women are
to assist in building an American
f1af1gf. Sisters of Charity lodge No.
will present the program, of
which Mrs. Cordelia Ford and Mrs.
Fannie Tompkins are leaders.
Club Holds Smoker
Annual smoker of the Lotus Club
was held at the home of Newton
PullenS, West Twenty-fifth street.
officers for the next term are: Will
lis Roland. president; Edward Har-
ris, secretary; Rufus Wharton, treas
urer; Everett Bowles. assistant Sec
rotary, and Oscar Suggs, sergeant
alarms.
Bishop c. G. Allaine of the Tenth
Episcopal district, which includes
indianapolis, will be the principal
speaker at Jones Tabernacle A. M.
E. church, Wednesday night.
The address will close the flnan-
cial campaign of the church, of
which the Rev. Stephen C. Spotts-
wood is pastor.
A mock political campaign is to
be presented at the Negro Y. M. G.
A. Friday night. Speakers on the
program will represent the Repub-
lican, Democratic and Socialist par
ties.
The campaign is being directed
by officers and members of the in
dustrial department of the Y. w.
G. A.
An old maids convention at Phil
lips temple, Drake and West streets,
is announced for Thursday night.
Mrs. Gladys N. Norris, wife of the
pastor, is program manager.
Miss Dora Knight, teacher, Of
Terre Haute, was the house guest
of Mrs. Adelaide Bennett of West
Nineteenth street, during the teach
ers convention last week.
Society to Give Program
A special program will be pre-
sented Sunday when the Marion
County Missionary Society holds its
monthly meeting at North Indian
apolis Baptist church.
Miss Ethel Cheatham, Trinity
apartments, has left for her home
in Pittsburgh, on account of illness.
Men of Simpson" is the title of
the organization formed at the
Simpson M. E. church. Meetings
are scheduled for each Sunday at
$50 p. m. w. H. Keys is president;
r. D. Gillian, vice president, and
Stanley BowleS, secretary.
DR.. A. E. Davis of Philadelphia,
returned to the east yesterday fol-
lowing a weeks visit with his wife,
Mrs. Flora Davis, a local teacher.
An entertainment was given in hon
or of the doctor at the home in