The Southern Indicator, 1923-01-27

- BOY SUES CITY OF gADSDEN FOR $2,000 Gadsden, Ala., Jan. 25. (Preston News Service) Following of an al alleged - leged alleged false arrest and detention in g jail for two days Edward Jones,aged 17, has brought suit against the city of Gadsden for $2,000. In this com complaint - plaint complaint he alleges that he requres this amount to placate his feelings. which were wounded when was detained in jail one day and part of another. He asks $l,OOO a day to stay in Gadsden jail, especially when the prisoner is innocent. Jones was arrested on a charge of shooting craps, but later was released. . MEYER MILL AND DUNBARTON DOTS . .Mr. Wadlow Cherry and Daisy Bar Barker - ker Barker were united in holy wedlock at the Ned Branch Baptist .Church in the presence of a .large and eager audi audience - ence audience on the 11th inst. at 3p. m.. .Rev. J. M. Stephens performed the rites of ceremony and did veritable service to the nuptial occasion.... Mr. Wadlow Cherry is the son of Rev. G. W. Cher Cherry - ry Cherry and Mrs. Carrie Cherry and bears a good reputation.. . Miss Paisy Bark Barker - er Barker is the daughter of Mr. Davis Bark Barker - er Barker and Mrs. Mariah Barker, both pro prominént - minént prominént families of this section and are highl)'v respected by .both white and black.. . Many presents .were .given which .showed !the high egteem in which the couple was held.. . Two of the groom's brothers and Miss Emma Cherry his .sister from Morris Col College - lege College attended the marriage.. .We wish them a long and useful career thru' life's nuptial's main.. . S We were- at St. Maritan Baptist Church second Lord's day to a society union. Rev. J. Small Worthy W Dea. A. Jackson tdo/reports that much is being done by the Waiter So Society - ciety Society of which he is president. Says that he has a fair bank asset and tak taking - ing taking care of the members too. Thank God our" people are willing to be strong, for where there is union there is strength. Conspicous among the visitors at St. Maritan Union was Mr. Randolph Ward of Allen University now teach teaching - ing teaching at Gum Pond, S. C., giving great satisfaction. Mr. R. Ward is afable . and seems to belong to the rising class. We welcome him in our sec section. - tion. section. ] Death is still claiming sinking mor mortals. - tals. mortals. It claimed Mrs. Violet Edwards of Milletsville, Mrs. Mollie Scott of Snelling, Mrs. Delia Jackson of Mey Meyersville, - ersville, Meyersville, Mrs. Millie Allen of Ellenton These and others fell alseep last week. Mrs. Rebecca Bush widow of 'our deceased moderator, is stillQ in the hearts. of the peaple of the Four Mile field and wishes still to thank the en entire - tire entire field for the care and sympathy shown her. Dea. J. H. Bush and his wife our teacher of Ellenton section were iff Barnwell on business 20th inst and spent a few pleasant moments with us. " . Rev. A. W. Hill, Rev. Mabrey and ' Dea. Jag. Marshall of Aiken motored | their way through the country to join |Rev. G. W. Cherry, Dea. W. J. Me- Cuthen and others in a Jack rabbit hunt near Dunbarton. Such getting tthrough the woods you never saw the like. Poor rodent had no place, to hide. Two hundred pounds of rabbit | meat and birds were the result of the . | chase and a sumptuous su'pper and a | good night lodging at the home of . | Dea. W. J. McCuthen and his better | half. L i The members of Ned Branch Bap Bap| - | Bap| tist Church have recalled Rev. G. W. Cherry to its pastorate. ~Well done members I think you made no mis mis-1 - -1 mis-1 | take. Too Rev. A. H. Dunbar has been recalled to St Thomas Grove | Baptist Church. This too is a worthy . (Continued on Page Four)

Zi:;t'::e of white teachers' railroad!h o assured. .Send your ad- 'i: membership fee and get a °Py of The Bulletin: g Only 39 days * befors the meeting | f the State Teachers' Association | © Onvenes, D * WESTON MANCE, D. D., t President + M. A, MYERS, 3 ~ Executive Secretary. 2 - _ - |: IRKANSAS SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS BARRING OF AL- |i - LEGED NEGRO BLOOD FROM |¢ SCHOOL. - g i I - Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 25, Preston |t S.Tews Service) A téemporary ipjunc- }c 10n was denied and the decree of the |} gontgomery County Chancery Court gVaS a./med by the Arkansas Su- |; reme court last Tuesday in the case | Sf Hattie Black and others against |1 he directors of the school district No. | s %6 to restrain the directors from de- |1 iIying members of the Black family | ble privilege of attending the only |, chool maintained in the district, this Fhool being for white children. " ] i The directors of the school district held that the Black children havg a race of Negro blood and therefore e "colored people" within the mean- B2 of the statute. The Blacks con conended - ended conended that they were of the caucas caucas-8lan - 8lan caucas-8lan race with a trace of Cherokee In Inn - n Inn blood. The Chancery Court dis dis! - ! dis! ;ssed their case on the ground that e same question had been decided By the Circuit court, even though the ( 'ncery court was the proper one A which to bring the suit. The Su Suneme - neme Suneme Court held that it was too late '®secure the relieef there after hav havi - i havi #4he same relief denied in an ac acel - el acel o0 on the former appeal {4 to the effect that there substan - evidence to sustain the action of directors ih refusing admittance the children on account of their ldod and that the directors should bt be controlled by the court. The psent action is not an effort to com- Wl the directirs to establish another s ool','but is one to compel them to rgecive the children into school for white children. T REV. JAGGERS SAYS i',I just want to say to my many friends that I am not running for any office, I have made my office and am safisfied with it. I am asking my frignds to help me in the future as th@v have in the past i nmy attempt \to ake care of the old people whom it §eems that God has called -me to look after and by the help'of God I ha¥e done the best I could and I know \th God isfpleased with the work whith I have done, in His name. 1 walt to continue in my missionary wotk and the Board take care of the oldpeople. I am perfectly willing to givg that up; but let me, as I have sai® continue in my general mission missionaryfwork. - aryfwork. missionaryfwork. Sunday I will go to the chafigang, Benedict, Good Samaritan Hospital and Bro. Myers and down to the¢ Old Folks Home. OFHICTAL PLEADS FOR AGRI AGRI'ULTURAL - 'ULTURAL AGRI'ULTURAL EDUCATION OF NEGROES ! skegee, Ala., Jan. 23 (Preston | NeW§ Service) Speaking before the ant®l conference of Negro farmers \here last Tuesday night, Hon. C. W. , | Puggey, assistant secretary of agri agri,'cult - ,'cult agri,'cult ¢, declared, "Failure to provide > | an iportant place for agriculture y;in educational system for the' N ! Neg® would be doing that race a se se| - | se| rioudq injustice," ,-1 Al increase of 3.16 per cent in the S ! nuP¥er of Negro farmers in the Uni Uni. - . Uni. \ted ales in the last decade as com comt - t comt | par®§ With an increase of1.6 per cént » ' in number of white farmers 3 's'non be consistantly in mind," Mr. Pugey said.

Sunday, Janj 21st., was an ideal Sabbath day. [The sky was clear, the sun was - bright, and the air was balmy. It wap a good day to go to church. The writer and Mrs. Lowery were invited td worship at the St. Paul Baptist Church out at College Place. @We r¢ached the church in time for the Sunday School, and tobk . part in teaching tHe lesson. The les lesson - son lesson for the day was "The Parable of the Prodigal Son' and both the teach teacher - er teacher and studenty understood the les lesson - son lesson pretty well.§ The discussions were interesting. - | The Rev. J. M. Myers is the pastor of the St. Pau] Baptist Church, and was he who inyited us to worship at 'his church. Hp selected Matt. 6:10 for his text. he words read as fol follows: - lows: follows: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." The subject wag, "The Supref}le will" ! The sermon walk an able one. It was ' full of fresh, vigorous thoughts, which made awholejome impression. Thei writer hastily jptted down some of the i ieading though{s of this very instruc- | tive sermon. |He said, "Everybody' should learn the Lord's Prayer." "It is the child's prayer, and also a prayer for adults." But to be able to say, thy will be dgne, a man must be a christian." '"God never forces a man to do His will]" "A man is a free agent, and God respects the human will." 'God neper intended that man mankind - kind mankind should be ick. He never intend intended - ed intended that there should be prisons, but men refused obey 'the will of God this is the cause of all human troubles i - men will not| obey the will of God." ' The sermon |literally spafkled with @ such beautifyl {thoughts as expressedz above. Rev. John M. Myers 8.8 NEGROES CONTINUE MOVING - NORTHWARD. ' \ Memphis, T!nn., Jan. 18. - Negroes continue going northward. In the past 90 days %'re than 12,000 have ; left the of the Mississippi and Arkansas| deltas for work in in industrial - dustrial industrial plant% of Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit, ajccording to information obtained frovrg failroad who say only a scaltering of the thousands have been enkaged to do railroad track work. f . Arkansas h'fs not suffered in this loss as much 'F.s the Mississippi delta. From points ip the latter territory the Negroes have igone out in droves. On Saturday evening, Dec. 16, northbound Hllinois Centrpl train No. ¢ had four car loads of Practically every man, woman imd child was from Mis Mis, - , Mis, sissippi. Dutling the past two months the Rock Islaind, Frisco and Missouri f acific have brought in nmwbers from the lower A;ikansas Delta. Some claim the Kf K. K. has been aftgr them in certi_xin parts of the delta. They come t@ Memphis and continue their journey{ Five Megrd families were at Grand Central Stat'jon waiting for the eve evening - ning evening train td go north. They were from the M'ssissippi Delta. None would tell what part of the delta thes came from. | In fact, very little in formation cgn be obtained 'from th heads of the| moving families. A spokesman for the five familie said they welre leaving Mississippi. be cause they bplieved they had not pros pered. * Th¢y claimed to have bee: kept in debff year in and out by lan owners. le man, who refused t give his na}qlxe, said he had workid 1 years on on¢ plantation, and this yea in settling \fp he had only $5O comin to him. I'te claimed this would n pay for cldthing for his family, I alone buyilg provisions, What li

. THOMAS DIXON SEES FRUIT OF ' HIS OWN WILD OATS; SORRY i New York City, Jan. 23 - Preston lews Service - An attempt to organ organ'e - 'e organ'e a general plan of extermination f the nefarious Ku Klux Klan by ombining into one society the wvari wvarius - us wvarius forces opposed to the Klan in lew York State will be made by cen cenral - ral cenral committe of the American Unity eague at public mass meetings to be eld in the, several parts of the state uring the next few days, it has been nnounced. Among the speakers at these meet meet-Igs - -Igs meet-Igs will be: P. H..O'Donnell, national hairman of the league; Represente Representetive - tive Representetive Ben Johnson, of Kentueky; T. )ixon, Jr., author of the "Kalnsman" pon which the photoplay, "The Birth f a Nation" was based, and Col. T. }. Felder. _ It is siad that Mr. Dixon has ex exressed - ressed exressed himself on s'everal occasions s #being extremely that men \ave taken such un-American, cow cowrdly - rdly cowrdly means of taking the law into heir own hands and disgracing the Jnited States by such dispisable acts f lawlessness. fIRE DESTROYS 15 NEGRO HOUSES IN STATESVILLE, N.C. ' $60,000 LOSS. Statesville, N. C., Jan. 26.,(Preston News Service) - Fifteen Negro homes were destroyed by fire here last Wed Wednesday. - nesday. Wednesday. The fire was fanned by high wind and at times threatened to spread over the town. Most of the structures consumed were small ones on the west side of Center Street and the total loss is es estimated - timated estimated at from $60,000 to $75,000 of which about one third was covered with insurance. No one was injuured in the flames which gave the de defire - fire defire is believed to have had its origin in-a tailoring and pressing establish establishment - ment establishment on Center Street. ; The Red Cross and Assoeiated char charities - ities charities are caring for the homeless. : BLACKMAILER SENT TO PRISON St. Louis, 0., Jan. 26., (Preston News Service) - Dorsey Allen, admit admitted - ted admitted that he sent a threatening letter to E. J. Farrenbach_{demanding pay payment - ment payment of $5,000 on August 25 last. He was arrested ten days later al alley - ley alley near Carrison Avenue and Pine Street, where the police waited for him to claim the decoy letter. He was sentenced to serve a yearwand a day in the Leavenworth Federal pris prison. - on. prison. PRESIDENT LOATH TO TAKE OVER FRENCH AND BRITISH WSET INDIES. Washington, D. C.,(Preston News! Service) President Harding, it is said does .not look. with favor upon the proposal recently made in the senate that the United States undertake to acquire the British and French pos possessions - sessions possessions in the West Indies. Accord Accordi/ng - i/ng Accordi/ng to those close to the President it would not be wise or practical to propose to either France or Great Britain any measure looking toward ceceeding their possessions in these islands in part or full payment of war 'debts to America. ASKS CONGRESS TO STUDY LYNCHING Washington, D. C., Jan. 24 (Preston News Service) The creation of a joint congressional commission for the pur purpose - pose purpose of studying the question of how to prevent lynchings was proposed in a resolution introduced last Wednes Wednesda:} - da:} Wednesda:} by Senator Frelinghuysen, g re republican, - publican, republican, of New Jersey. Patronize\ those who advertise in The Southern Indicator. ' e AR SS SUBSCRIBE TO THE INDICATOR.

the St. Paul congregation love him He is a big hearted christian brother He and Wis people remembered the writer with a liberal donation, and this was aside from a splendid collec collection - tion collection for church expenses. Mrs. Bessic Moorman gave me her subscription for The Indicator. At the close of thege services, the pastor Rev. Myers, took us to his home in his car. He lives in a nice home at Book Booker - er Booker Washingten Heights, where a good turkey dinner awaited us. Mrs. My Myers - ers Myers is a good cook and an excellent housekeeper. Rev. Myers, without his dinner, left us, and hastened on to Mt. Calvary, where he preached again in the a'fternoon. We spent a pleas pleasant - ant pleasant afternoon with Mrs. Myers and the children, and returned to Columbia in Mr. R. G. Haygood's car. He had been out that way giving Mrs. Hay Haygood - good Haygood and the children an outing. The day was one of joy and gladness with us, and we feel under many obliga obligations - tions obligations to Rev. Mr. Myers for his won wonderful - derful wonderful Protherly kindness. PERSONAL MENTION The Rev. B. S. Jackson, District Superintendent of the Orangeburg District, was a visitor in Columbisz this V\'reek. He came to the capits};l or busingss. He will his first official vis: it to Wesley Church for 1923 Febru: ary 11. Rev. Jackson is much beloved both by the ministers and laymen of his district. - 5L The Rev. A. McLees who. preachec last year gh'/»fheSpar.tanburg' District has beex*z':_:,,h n sferred by Bishop E. G Richardson to the C;:atlESton District His forme ">'|__t"l'xi.xent was Greers si,and will Tive here during 1922. e e stock they had in the year 1921 was sold to help them through the crisi: when cotton was at its lowest price. This Negro a letter from a relative who went to Detroit in the summer o 1917. He later sent back to Missis sippi for his wife and children. H was now being paid $5 a day at an in dustrial plant, had saved 'his mone] and was living in a steam heate house. His two child'ren were goin; to good schools and becoming educat ed. This Negro cjaimed another ma: he knew was making $7 a day in Chi cago and his living expenses were les than on the plantation he hadl Yert. These Negroes are not only movin | their familes, but most of them'hav shipped their household goods. Re ports from the railroads show man have gone mnorth with provisior 'enough to last them several month These Negroes who are more succes: | ful on plantations than some of the: neighboors. In fact; it was said the | had saved for more than a year fc this trip. i ' Hill Negroes Go To Delta. ; e While the delta Negroes are leavir the plantationns, those from the Mi | | sissippi hill county are moving i . | The added new families, it is sa » | are falling under the number leavin > | and planters are unable to figure ¢ 7 | any definite plans for a crop in 192 - Two hundred Negroes on an ave e | age are at Memphis to leave on eve evening Illinois Central north bou s | train. They have: through ticke - | sometimes pixl'chased from a sm - :station on the line extending near t n | plantation they are leaving, some b d \a local ticket to Memghis and reb o , here for destination. 0 ' No labor agents have now or in r | past two months worked in either g \the deltas. In cases where tne ! ot.| gro does not have enough money ot lbuy tickets for his entire family, ve gets one for 'himself. He promi

I! - ANNOUNCEMENT. g% =1 By order of the Executive Com] Fa . mittee the next meeting of the Stat "{ Teachers' Association will convenege F-1in Columbia March 8th, 9tH, and 10th | el Teachers from all parts of Soutlgof a § Carolina should register now aligico 4 notify the Executive Secretary, Co4ER A lumbia, S. C. of their intention to fit ~ tend. The fact that the Conventiongl. I; will be held the same time the AS - ' s| BIBLE THOUGHTS FOR THE ) WEEK 4 fi JANUARY 27 = S Refuge, Strength, Help: - God is';' t four refuge and strength, a very pres prest - t prest Jent help in trouble. - Ps. 46:1. e ; LN '|, | ANUARY 28 ti | Almighty* Protection: - He that §§, (:1 dwe]léth in the secret place of the :' of the Most High shall abide under {§ a | the shadow of the Almighty. - Psalm afsei:1. & | JANUARY 29. 3 h T% Source 0f Help: - My help 5 _Jcome from the Lord, which made & ~ Jheaven and earth. - Psalm 121:2. w P ' ° o - } JANUARY 30 ; Safe from All Evil: - The. Lord | ¢ jpreserve thee from all evil:He shall |§ . preseTve thy soul. - Psalm 121:7. ; ag | | JANUARY 31. s nj 'Perfect Peace: - Thou wilt keep® .. Jhim in perfect peace, whose mind is | § - S§ayeh on thee: because he trusteth|g 3 in th¢e. - Isaiah 26:8. : . FEBRUARY 1 1 Tl Jesus' Instructions: - Provide ther gold, nor silver, nor brass in i your purse: nor scrip for your jour-} d jney, neither two coats, neither shoes, q : nor Ygt staves: for the .workman is q . fworthy of his meat. - Matt 10:9, 10.. |4 ] | FEBRUARY. 2 .. & fV .| | The Ommipotent Protector: - I arfiy r., e NI b 3 & - ' \y e 1 God; T knownot any. - Isaiah 44:0, | .. | FEBRUARY 3 1 1 Ye fwould' not: - O Jerusalem, Jeru Jeru-2 - 2 Jeru-2 salem, thou that killest the prophets, . and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gather gathero - o gathero ed thy children together even as a hen :;. gathered her chicken§ under herf b wings, and ye would not. - Matt. 23:37 g < - _ - lx FEBRUARY 4 by The Light of The World: - Then Y spake Jesus, saying, I am the light of = the world: he that followeth me shall 1ot walk in darkness, but shall have :n the light of life - John 8:12. f -] MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT |. - Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson an- | nounce the marriage of their daught- | g er, Julia Elizabeth to Mr, Harry Lo- | - gan of Pittsburgh, Penn., Saturday . §January 27th, 1923. The Couple left Pittsburgh immediately for Clevelsad . Ohio, their future home. 1S. o S- ISPECIAL PROGRAM AT BETHEL ir METROPQLITAN CHURCH To-morrow .afternoon," 'at Bethel or | Metropotitan Church, at 3:30 o'clock, a special Missionary program compos- Jing all the churches of the city, will be ; ng | rendded. is- There will be special music by the m choir of said churgh, several sweet 1id fsolos from the various churches. ) Special numbers from- the Union 9% | Baptist Quartette and Bethel's Met Met-23, - 23, Met-23, ropolitan. A treat is in store for you o ery 1N | Sp - Spts, ts, Spts, [to send for his family. Very often, wall | railroad officials, the Negroes have the | the money sent them for tickets by buy | other relatives who have been north buy | several months. 7 ® More than two years ago, when Ne Nethe - the Nethe | groes began leaving the plantations r of {the railroads of the south issued or- Ne- | ders not to honor prepaid tickets sen y to | them by relatives or heads of manu manu, - , manu, he | facturing concerns. That order i 1ses still in force -