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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT., Office
of District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax
Unit, Bureau Of Internal Revenue, Balti-
more, Maryland. Date Of first publica-
ton, June 8, 1910. Notice is hereby
given that on May Is, 1910, one Chev.
rolet Sedan, model 1886, Motor No.
5541G with accessories, was seized in
New Hanover County, North Carolina.
for violation of the internal-reyenue
R. C. Any person claiming an inter-
est in said property must appear at the
office Of Investigator in Charge, Alcohol
Tax Unit, Charlotte, North Carolina,
and file claim and cost bond as pro.
vided by Section 1924. I. R. G., on or
before July s. 1910, otherwise the prop
erty will be disposed of according to
law. R. E. Tuttle. District Supervisor.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office
of District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax
Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Balti-
more, Maryland. Date Of first pub.
LEGATION, June s, 1910. Notice Is hereby
given that on May "a, 1910, one Ford
A41763S7, with accessories, was seized
in Pender County, North Carolina, for
violation OF the internal-revenue laws,
to-wit: Sections 2S07 and 1921, 1. K. Z.
Any person claiming IN interest in said
property must appear at the office of
Investigator in Charge, Alcohol Tax
Unit. Charlotte, North Carolina, and file
claim and cost bond as provided by
Section 1924, l. R. c., on or before July
s. 1>40, otherwise the property will be
disposed of according to law. Il. H..
Tuttle, District Supervisor. -
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office
Of District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax.
Unit. Bureau of Internal Revenue, Balti-
more, MARYLAND; Date Of first publiea.
ton, June 8, 1910. Notice is hereby
given that on May %. 1910, one Chrysler
Sedan. model 1888, Motor No: co 4032,
with accessories, was seized in New
Hanover County, North Carolina. for
violation of the acknowledgements laws,
to-wit: Sections 2S07 and 1921, l. r.. G.
Any person claiming an interest in said
property must appear at the office OF
Investigator in Charge. Alcohol Tax
Unit, Charlotte, North Carolina, and file
claim and cost bono as provided by
Section 1924. 1. r. c., or or before July
8, 1910, otherwise the property will be
disposed OF according to law. r.. e. Tut
tie, District Supervisor.
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U. S. Engineer Office, Wilmington,
N. c. Sealed bids in duplicate will be
received until II o'clock noon, July
8, 1910, and then publicly opened for
furnishing all labor and materials and
performing all work for the dredging
of approximately 1882 200 cubic yards
Of material from Roanoke River, N. C..
Further information upon application.
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For Sale

EVERYTHING YOU. NEED FOR
Fresh and Salt Water Fishing.
Wilmington Cycle Co.. ia Market
St. Phone 526.
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Houses For Sale
.Help Wanted. Male

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board Operating, Monotype Caster
Operating, and Linotype Operating.
We have competent instructors
with years Of experience in the
printing industry: modern equip,
ment. For free catalogue write to
v. G. Garriott. Secy. Treas. South.
ern School Of Printing, 1514-16
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WE DOCTOR ALL RADIO TROU.
bles. Radio Service Co., 20S Prin-
GERS St.. Phone 1913. Sound sys.
tens for rent.
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June a., 1910.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
WHEREAS, the City of Whining
ton, North Carolina, pursuant to a
resolution of it's Council duly adopt
ed, and after advertisement as pro.
vided by law, heretofore offered for
sale at public auction, at twelve
o'clock, Noon, Monday, May Goth,
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Legal

J NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Notice is hereby given to all con-
tractors who submitted Or e pre-
sent to submit bids to the Board of
Education for construction of new
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Radio and Repairs

sHACKLEFORD'S RADIO SERV-
ice. Any make any model, 3rd
and Grace. Phone 2709. Com
merical Frigidaire Dealer).
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TWO USED z FOOT BEVERAGE
coolers. Real bargains. See today.
Gregg's Appliance, lis Market St.
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song, and another Plenty Good
Room" was sung by the entire
group, led by Emanuel Mansfield,
tenor.
The fourth offering on the pro-
gram was by the large chorus, and
was in keeping with the usual
excellent renditions of this group.
The singers here presented music by
Tschaikowsky "Cllortlbim - Song
(No. 81; 1.-THE Ash Grove, a Welsh
Folk Song; and Molloy's Irish tune,
''The Kerry Dance,
For the first time at any concert,
Clarance Cameron Whites compo-
sition for a string trio "Allegretto
Elegiaco" was played by a new
combination Willis Laurence
James, violinist; Laurence Mann,
'cellist; and Alice Clement, pianist. :
Following the string ensemble,
the chorus again took the stage
singing "Q1liet Places" (Gaines);
"Adagio from Moonlight Sonata' by
Beethoven, arranged fer violin,
piano. and chorus by Noble Cainl ),
with the solos played by Vernon
MCLEAN, violiiltst; and Ollie
Franklin. pianist; and Beethoven's
"Hallelujah" (from Mount of Oh
ives). t..-s '-~~ ~ .i- a
.
Up to its usual standard, the
Spelman Glee Club, under the di-
rection of Willis Laurence James,
won the plaudits of the audience
singing Nathaniel Dett,s mo Rest
Beneath Nights Shadow" and their.
very popular number 1.-The Sleigh"
by Kountz. These singers gracious
~ responded to the insistent de-
mands Of the audience and gave
two encores "Over in zion," anoth-
er new discovery by Mr.. James,
and Little LAMB by Nathaniel
Dett.
Completing the program was
group of Negro spirituals by the
chorus. New to the audience was
"The Blind Stood on the Road and
Cried" Others sung were, It'll New
er Turn Back No More" (Dett), and
the jubilee, Couldn't Hear Nobody
Pray"
Professor Kemper Harreld, di-
rector of music in the University
system, was in charge Of the con-
cert. He was assisted by Willis
Laurence James, of the Spelnan
music faculty. and Mrs. Naomah
Williams Maise. also of the Spell
man music faculty, who served as
accompanist.
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Jimmy Battle
Acquitted Of
Murder Charge
ATLANTA Ga-fSNS),

ATLANTA, Ga.-ISNS)-
Jimmy Battle, 81, of 269 Hilliard
Street, S. w, Was acquitted of a
charge Of murder in a Recorders
Court hearing Friday afternoon
Young Battle had been held In
custody since Wednesday night
When he shot Colonies Key. of
319 1-2 Ellis Street, at the Hill
lard Street address.
Witnesses said that Key went to
the Hilliard Street house and
created a disturbance, threatening
occupants there. The deceased
was shot with a .22-calibre repeat
er rifle, bullets taking effect in
the face and body. Police said they
found an opened pocketknife
about one foot from Keys hand.
Battle claimed that the dead
man advanced towards him and
other occupants of the house and
that he shot in self defense.
Recorder A. l.. Galloway pre-
sided over the hearing.
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81 CoLored School Boy
Patrol,,,er, Making Trip

:scomp, Ernest Lawrence, James
Adams, Roosevelt Favor and How
ard Hester, of E. A. Ware; Billy
Virgins, John Caulde and Willis
Smith, of South Atlanta; w. T.
Jackson, William Dixon and Blacke
Carlton, of Wesley; James Thomas
and Joe Roger jackson, of E. P.
Johnson.
The group will return to Atlanta
Sunday afternoon. 1t will have
visited the U. S. Navy Yard, the
u. s. Naval Base the U. S. Naval
Academy, points in Washington.
d c., and other sites in the East
This morning the patrolmen arrive
in Baltimore, Nd, after steam
boat ride from Norfolk to Balti-
more. They will go to Washington
via bus this morning.
Captain Jack Malcorn, Of the Po-
lice Traffic Department is in
charge of the tours This is the
second time the trip has been to
Washington, D. c. Last year the
boys went to the New York Worlds
Fair.
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ATLANTA. . Ga.-(SNS(-

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNSJ-"I,s.,4s....+. Z
When. the Atlanta .3school / boy
patrol groFtps left %Atlanta2 Wednes-
cay afternoon for tours of Norfolk
Baltimore and Washington, D. c..
thirty-four colored patrolmen and
two colored chaperons were in the
party. rtF,
The patrolmen were in charge
Of Andrew J. Lewis, II, who is act
ing as chaperon along with c..
M. ASnmore.
e. Patrolnlen in the party include:
Wesley Tilman and Theodore, Of
hshby street school; Robert Mad.
dox, william Bush, Logan Scott
and. Emile Racine, of Washington
Highs Grady Culpepper, of Walker
Street, James Stevens and Tom
Jones. Of Young Street; Elmore
Goodson, Rudolph Wellmaker.
George Pair, Harold Thomas and
Frank johnson. of Crogman; Harry
Hudson, Ernest Edwards, Wilson
Johnson, Ezra Rachael Melvin
Rogers and Marian Johnson of
Howard; Ike Jones, Shelly Lip
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land kingdom was first establish
ed by Toussaint L'Ouvertrre and
Henri Christophe.
A troupe of dancers, costuned as
Haitians, will perform one of the
famous voodoo dances of Hiatt, in
honor of the Jubilee King and
Queen. The royal pair will come to
the coronation at Washington Sta
dium, riding in a special coach,
drawn by two white horses. The
coach will be one of the old-fash-
Toned two-seaSed carriages used il
The days of our grandparents be-
fore the advent Of the automobile
The Jubilee committee, feels that
5he Use Of it will be in keeping with
the coronation theme chosen for
he occasion.
Another feature Of the corona
lion show will be the presentation
Of the Jubilee ''Wham", a special
dance creation, III keeping with the
Jubilee's custom of presenting a
new dance for each of the annual
shows. This years dance is expect
ed to cause the same sensation as
that caused several years ago with
the presentation Of the Jubilee
Dip, which swept the nation by
storm at that time. More than
seventy male and female dancers
will take part. A
Massed choruses from Washing
ION High School and other groups
will provide songs ranging from the
sacred spirituals of the Negro to
mis- blues, work-songs. and the
popular swing songs OF the day.
More than five musical aggre-
cations will be on hand to provide
music for the show and dancing
3hOruSes.
Special arrangements have been
made for a broadcast of the coro-
nation ceremonies over local radio
stations. Possibility of a national
hook-up has also been mentioned
oy the Jubilee committee
The show Will end with a vast
concourse of singers, dancers, mu-
sicians. and others passing in re-
view before the king and queen
who will be seated on their thrones
to greet and observe their applaud
ing subjects, ever whom they
will reign" during the four day
celebration, now widely known as
the greatest coli red show in the
latiOn".
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BETTYNOTES:
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNS)-
I'm OOR OWN city, when we think of mothers we never
forget MIS- H. r. Butler, who has been with her son
through te years and has well being the real moth
er IN ms me- business partner In our own office our
mother IS Mrs w. A. Scott Sr who stays overtime often
IN oroer tat se may help and to whom may always
lake our problems Mrs. j. W. Dobbs the mother of six
peautlfu girls and in educating them sending them all to
local college, she also took interest other girls also
teIe among our very young mothers whose babies
sCl oaoes or are running to nursery and school every
morning are Elaine Nrs Frank Snowden, whose little
oaughter IS stl babe arms; Elise Mrs john Hope
mas TWO ne sons who still look her for every little word
Lucia (Mrs e. Al Bacote has dear little daughter and
son VINO nave reached the ripe ages of six eight Vash
'Mrs Mercer) Cook has handsome little son with many
accomplishments and has his pretty mother Sadie Mrs
uus) Alexander and her robust make perfect pic
ture and Dorothy Mrs Theodore Alexander and her small
daughter and son the fashion when they ap
pear together; Clara (rs Bob) Wilson mother whose
cute little son rides around with her she about town.
Bernlce Mrs Clarence) Monroe has darling little son.
VINO mas big eyes like his mother and personality too These
and many other mothers celebrating and being ceebrat
ed today, on this their day.
ALICE BOURKE IS ALL ready with her marionette
snow which she and her students produced They have
their stage all built at the Washington high school with
facilities for string pulling and speaking through the
doles mouths And these dolls, which the cutest
things have such funny There is clown named
Bl-Ba- Bo and pair of dancers called Pete and Duke
They will dance to the tune of real maronete jazz band
with orchestra leader and not only will Pete and Duke
hIf oxyfnt tIo
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and future of his great American
Republic.
1.-THE first contribution of the Ne
gro to the development of Amer.
lea was toll. They cleared the for
est of our Southland, drained the
swamps, prepared the soil for the
production of its staples and dug
from the earth, coal, iron and
precious metals. These workers
shed horses. cast farm implements,
made vehicles, constructed boats
and built railroads which provided
the South with a network of trans.
portation facilities. Today of the
$4,000, 900 gainful workers employ
ed in this nation. more than 5,o00,-
600 of these workers are Of the
colcred race.
"In spite Of low wages, lack OF
credit in many sections of the land
and intolerant handicaps, they have
built homes, churches and schools
worth more than $2,000,000, 900.
Likewise, in agriculture progress
has been most impressive as COL
ored people now own more than q
million farms"
Here Rep. Mcleod recalled the
valiant deeds of Negro soldiers in
various wars down through the
World War.
Educators received a fulsorne
praise in the speech and when he
spoke of science and invention, he
mentioned the Negroes who had
aided Eli Whitney with the cotton
gin; Mccormack with the reaper;
James Forten who perfected ma
chine for handling sails; Henry
Blaid for his two corn reapers;
Granville T. Woods, ELECTRICAL
patents; Elijah Mccoy of Detroit,
VINO perfected many lubricating
devices for engines; Norbert
Rilleux, whose vacuum pan revolu-
toned the manufacture of sugar; /;
Jan E. Matzeliger, the lasting de-
vice for making shoes with ma
chinery; DR.. Carver of Tuskegee
and others.
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Alabama Leaders
Visit Office
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-SNS-

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--SNS--
T. N Roberts. project manager
land utilization division. Soil Con.
servation Service. J IT. smith. Of
flee manager and chief accountant
development project. Soil Ccnser-
vation Service, both of Tuskegee
Alabama, and James w. Barnett
application clerK, Tuskegee Insti-
tute, Alabama, were among the
VERSIONS who visited the offices Of
the NYA division of Negro affairs
Yesterday.
The AlabamanS were in the city
attending a regional conference ON
adult education Mr.. Roberts was
7mong the list Of persons awarded
Rosenwald fellowships for the
1o40-1941 academic year. A. c
ChriStal, manager of a local bud
yet bureau, accompanied the visi-
tors to the NYA offices.
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Wide Range Of
Numbers Are
Rendered

voices, which sang four selections
written in the 18th century. Fea-
trlred were musical echo effects by
a second chorus singing in the
wings of the chapel.
For their numbers the Morehouse
College Glee Club, under Mr.. Har-
reld's direction, were so delightful
in their renditions of Handel's
WAIT Her, Angels, Through the
Skies" and "Invictus" by Hufin
that two encores were demanded.
In response, the Morehouse Singers
sang Roberta Lee,'' a folk love
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Students Win Acclaim In
Annual Spring Concert
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNSl-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Music covering a wide range of
composers, beginning with the days
of the 18th century and continuing
down to the present time, was pre-
sented at the annual spring con-
cert Friday nigt by students in At
lanta University, Morehouse Col
lege, and Spelman College. The
large audience present in Sisters
Chapel was highly appreciative.
Under the baton of Professor
Kemper Harreld, the program was
opened by the 40-piece orchestra
playing Joseph Haydn's 'Minuet
from te Eleventh Symphony to be
followed by To Excerpts from the
Sixth Symphony.
The second offering of the even-
ing was by the Atlanta- Morehouse-
Spelman Chorus, numbering 80
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financial report showed that
quadrennium $127,634.26, an
rennial. report of $19,311.77.
Further, the report showed a
total increase of the combined
districts over the four-year pc
riod amounted to more than
$165, 100000. This is a report of
which any group regardless to
denomination, creed or color,
should feel justly proud
The saying that the "Negro is
long on promises and short on
performances" certainly does not
hold true in this instance. For
any group of Negroes to raise
for religious and educational pur-
poses nearly million and half
dollars, especially during these
Oppressive times, certainly re-
qufred much sacrfficial effort. 1t
does seem that the Negro has at
last realized that he must begin
to paddle his own canoe if he
expects to "arrive".
Too long has the Negro follow
ed the we'll WORKOUT policy of
begging money for his religious
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CURTAINS UP FOR SOUTH'S
GREATEST PARTY-CARNIvAL

moth beauty contest. The winner
will be designated Miss Sepia
Venus of the Mid South" She will
be given a trip TO the New York
Worlds Fair in August, at the ex-
pense of the promoters, to take
part in d national contest for the
selection of the most beautiful coll
ored girl in America. who will
be called Miss Sepia America The
New York show is being promoted
by a group Of eastern people, who
invited the Jubilee winner to take
part.
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| IS Years OF
Negro Progress
Draws Praise

WASHINGTON (ANP)- The
house of representatives listen
ed attentively on Wednesday to a
brilliant address IN praise Of rs
years cf progress by the Negro
race in the United States. by Rep
Clarence J. Mcleod of Michigan,
who named outstanding achieve
merlts of the Negro and lauded him
for the progress he has made under
the. most adverse conditions.
- The past rs years have seen
many great and wond3ful changes
in the life and culture of the Ne
gro people of the United States.
This period has rightly been call
ed the era of Negro freedom and
citizenship. At this time 1t Is well
for all to stop and examine the
accomplishments and progress Of
our colored citizens as it Is only
then that we can fully appreciate
the full significance Of the con-
tribution to the building of our
American institutions. -.
sToday our colored citizens can
look back with pride upon three
quarters of century of unbroken
! progress--a progress which is re-
Elected in every field of human en-
deavor; a progress which is
destined to carry them upward and
onward to greater tritinlphs.
"'rhese rs years which We now
celebrate have seen the birth OF
development Of a new racial SELF
resrect. A whole colored people
/ have. been reborn. Thus 1t is that
over 100000 colored people now
look forward with renewed conf
derce tn all that is best in the life
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nOUnceu that 9I,IbS,zo4.31 In dollar money
had been collected over the four year period,
it brought thunderous applause from the
great A. NJ E. assemblage.
The report further showed an increase in
finance in each of the Is Episcopal Districts
over the four-year period. with Bishop H. Y.
Tookes, 18th district reporting the highest
increase totaling $29,23036 But it remained
for Bishop w. A. Fountain, of Georgia, pre-
siding over the sixth Episcopal District to be
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Former Clark i.
Student Passes

NEWMAN, Ga. - (SNS) -
Thomas J. Arnold, Jr., %, of II
Pinson Street, died at his home
here Thursday night following a
lengthy illness.
Arnold attended Clark University
and was a member of the Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was
married to Miss Ann Tatum,
Clark graduate and an Albanian,
in March of 1889.
His funeral was held Sum
dav in Newman.
The deceased is survived by a
father, mother and sister.
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half dollars. II
DR.. G. E. Curry, manager of the
A. M. z. Book Concern, Philadel-
phia, was commended for the fine
record he has made during the past
four years. Hin report was ques-
toned by Bishop r. r. Wright, Jr.
who told the conference that it did
not show the complete list of debts.
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LILLIAN WEBSTER JONES is a
very cute little lady who is so well
composed and 50 sophisticated that
it seems that nothing should per-
turb or excite her. However, she
showed definite signs of excitement
and everything else that associates
itself with a good old surprise party
when her friends at the Atlanta
University Dornitory celebrated her
birthday there. ..
1t was the prettiest party with
everything white and yellow.
There was beautiful wnlte
cake with yellow candles. Yel-
low snapdragOns were flowers
fer the evening and all the gifts
that surrounded the cake were
wrapped in yellow and white
paper. The donors of these gifts
were Eva Glass, Dorothy VIII
Iiams, Ethelynne Holmes, Vir-
ginia Lacy, b. A. Jones, E. A.
Jones and W. N. jackson.
The funniest thing happened
after they had celebrated with all
the cake and candles and pretty
things AL and Lee Moron came
bringing another very beautiful
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MEMPHIS. Tenn.-(SNS(

-, : - y
The 1910 Jubilee queen, Mrs Vanilla Evelyn Spears,
business traveller and racecnscous exponent
Negro advancement looks sweet in her royal regala
and queens contest the first part of her suggests
In the popular lingo of the fellows she has
already been dubbed the ice queen They call her
that because of her part also because of
the beautiful royal gown in which she will be crowned in
the coorfu coronation ceremonies planned for tomorrow
night in Booker T. Washington Stadium at 8 o'clock
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Takes A Killing
To Arouse City

PHILADELPHIA, CANP)-It took
a killing to arouse this entire city
to the need of a community center
for the youth of the West Phila-
oelphia, and the West Philadelphia
Youth Civil League
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Women Denied Right To Be Ordaina4
On Equal Standing With AME Men

DETROIT, Mich.-(SNS)-Wom-
en- were denied the right to be
ordained on equal standing with
men in the African Methodist
Episcopal Church following one of
the stormiest sessions of the Gen.
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eral Conference.
DR.. A. S. Jackson, secretary of
finance, was reelected to that Of
flee by acclamation after report
that revealed an honest and effici-
ent handling of a million and a
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BEAUTY CONTEST
IN CONNECTION

A separate spectacle in itself will
De the presentation /of more than
twenty-five beautiful girls selected
from town throughout the Mid
South, who will compete in a MAN.
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OF A. M. r. Bishops" after a
he hael raised during the
Increase over the last quad
educational institutions, while he
himself contributed little or moth
ing toward his own advancement.
Like the children of Israel, who
in the midst of their greatest
desolation, found gold aplenty to
make a golden calf-an idol god
of which to worship, the Ne
gro has in days past, found
enough money to supply him with
luxuries, while he suffered for
the necessities of life.
Obviously enough during the
self-same four-year period show
ing the vast increase in finance Of
the A. NJ. E, church, a decrease
has been shown upon the part of
philanthropists in aiding Negro
educational movements.
This noticeable decrease on the
part of moneyed interests toward
Negro education is but the "hand-
writing on the wall" Other de-
nominations, like the A. NJ. Els
should sit up and take notice.