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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR Source of New York Cult Leader’s Cash Worries Whites WHITE ATTORNEY MAY INGTIGATE AN ATTACK ON DISTURBERS NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-(ANDP '* wo aspects of the attack which ha oeen made upon Father Major [ Divind, religious leader of Sayville Long Island. by white residents of that cpmmum’ty stand out in bold relief 'as indices of the spirit of these white crusaders. The ‘first is this: Divine does no work. ! Several hundred persons visit him at his headquarters every day. Many of them he feeds. others 1.2 clothes. and still others he gives nmoney. The worried white ciil zens of Sayville imagine that large sums of moncy are ‘required to sup port this work. Where does the money come from they wonder. The cqmmunity is up-ct because it has in its midst 1is mystery Dl'cach‘er with the mystcary income. The Isecond signif, .. 't cause forl their perturbation is: White and | black alike are aligned as followers | of Father Divine. The policy of thc! church in the United States is to | senovate, or Jim Crow, \\'nrshlpporsi according to color. There is no seg- | regatign in the church of Futhcr' Divine, All worship together and ieceivg the same message. This is a i queer jsituation to the residents of Sayville. They reuson that there must be something wrong with a religious cult which doesn’'t recog nize the everyday principle of Jim Crow. Numerous meetings have been held iy the little town among the whites residents, the purpose of which ‘thas been to devise means to rid the community of a mystery man with a mystery income who united religious worshipers against the prejudiced practice of segre gation. The spirit of the spcakers at these meetings has been that Father Divine must be chased out of the town. bui that some legal de vice must be found to accomplish his expuision When the excited citizens of Say ville began the search for these de vices, Attorncy James C. Thomas, former assistant United States at torney in New York. enlisted in be half of Father Divine. The Say ville whites agreced to use as a ley er against Divine the statutes cov ering a public nuisance, but Mr. Thomas does not believe the ground taken by them is legally tenable white citizens’ committee to a fin ish. Furthermore. he implied in and thereby proposes to fight the an interview this week, thit he may instigate a counter attack against Sayville, in Father Divine's behalf. if the latter will permit. “It has always been my impress ion that it was a serious offense to disturb a religious meeting.” assert #d DMr. Thomas. ‘It is 50 in many jurisdictions. 1 am wondering if someone was notguiity of an of ferse when they swaoped down on Fathor Divine and his flock while they were worshipping God on the nignt of November 16 1031, ‘ A 'y ‘V'[‘ (“"\'5 ngry Wile Gives 66 R, - | Trouble Maker” | Whippi | ipping | B A Arory e g - e ) ¥ B ilie Clink 1111 Wil o had todd her husband that she had been arrested. Mr I r Griffin 1021 Fifth Place. north, jumped out! of a car at the corner of 11th aven-| tie and Walker street and cut the weman in the cheek with a knite | The Clark woman denicd that she had eyen told Mr. Clark anything of the kind. Mrs. Griffin toid the eourt that her friend Willie had heen ereating much troukle he- | tween . herself and husband for tho past two years thereb. causing her to want revenge. Sh said that the knife was closed idge Martin fined her twentyv-fve dollars and costs. ‘ . ‘ o Thieves Continue ® To Purloin Many ; : . Many Things { : BIRMINGIHAM. Alsx . [ Thicﬁ\’ms, sneak. auto and other wise worked feverlishly to bring the yejr's work to an end as man zrticle of various kinds made their Jdisappearance as the vear came to an end: | Mrs. Minnie Hayvwood. 605 Fourt! St. No;th reported that some one entered her home sometime Mon day nigght through the rear doo and stole a double bre:sted brown overcoat. Another thief broke in to the"home of Georgia Adams, 1518 12th Alley, South the same cvening and took eight dollars in noney and a black dress. —A valuable ladies black coat he. longing to Emma Williams. 632 Omega St. was pilifered from an ile parked at 18th St. and and nd Alley about 6:30 Tues day evening. An early afternoonn vi ‘sitor ke into the home of James Rowe, 1421 Fifth Alley N. the same day agd stole » man's suit, three ‘guits of men’s underwear, and ‘packed his loot away in a_handbag ng to the owner of the A.N.P. SURVEY OF EVENTS IN 1931 : (Continued 'rom Last Issue) | Bducat Education ! The record in education is not ! one of changes in mcthods or the {’ introduction of new theories. Large il il s the story of how much { tnoney the schools may obtain to i operate under the existing system g;m\i of new buildings erected to provide new services. The major institutions celebrated their fiftieth anniversaries during the year. They were Tuskegee institute and Spel man seminary. Negroes and whites from all scctions of the United States. and some from abroad, visit cd Tuskegee during the exercises. ,:md many of these later went to Spelman. President Hoover deliver ed a national broadcast as a part S8 TN s B of the Tuskegee program. Two broadcasts have been made on edu cation among Negroes by the Office { of Education of the United States, ‘dcpartment of the interior during the vear and a survey begun of secondary schools among Negroes, | under the direction of Prof. Am brose Caliver. St. Augustine college in North | Carolina, one of the oldest schools |fm‘ Negroees, was given Class-A rat-| Iing by the state department of edu- | cation. | . The General Education Board ap-| propriated $100.000 to Philander: Smith college in Arkansas. Members of the Cook County| Medical Association, Illinois, creat-| ed a $100 annual scholarship fund: for Howard university. ! Colored sorors, members of the, Alpha Kappa Alpha at the Colora-| do Teachers college. led all other‘ sororities twice in scholarship. { ' H A Hunt principal of Forti Valley Industrial school. won the| Harmon award in education. { A municipal college for Negrocs’ was opened in Louisville, Ky. i The United States government ap- | propriated $1.750,000 to Howard% university. ! | Fisk university debated against| lu team from New York university,| I and Morehouse college debaters met| representatives of Oxford college. England. It was reported that Negro high| school enrollment had increased 177.6 per cent from 1920 to 1930. James Weldon Johnson was of fered and accepted the chair of | creative literature at Fisk univer- | sity. i Samuel Insull. public utilitios | magnate of Chicego. purchased and | donated to Fisk university the Bal- | dridge collection of six hundred paintings representing African « scenes. Oddly enough, one of the most pregnant issues in respect to Ne oro education was involved in the | controversy at Howard university with Dr. Modecai Johnson as the object of attack. Twice during th | yvear. in April and October, attempts | were made to hove his policies at the university repudiated with his! consequent resignation. Both at-| ltmnpt:\ failed A barrage of charges! was made 2gainct him in the public press and hefore the board of trus tees, but he held his ground. No covtain infdrmation was ever made | I;nxl“a:-‘ as {0 the motive behind the| attacks or the chief individuals (‘f)n-. ’('m‘m'fl Incidents of administration | =t the umiversity, however, wvro! ceized upon as weapon with which ' to make a ficht The charge of com- | ‘munism made agamnst Dr. Johnson wwas not substantiated, although}| there are reports extant yet that; «when the Howard appropriations | cnme up before Congress this year! the charge is to be repeated. Some | nersons have discerned the play! of politics in the affairs of the uni-| ‘ersity. Althouch the issue was de- | fined when Dr. Jehnson first went| t6 Howard as a Negro president| for the universitv. in line with the feeling among Negroes that they| <should be competent to manage| their own affairs. the effort to de strov Howard’s first Negro presi-| dent has been unrelenting. And thisg in spite of the fact that the insti-| tution’s income has increased nr‘m‘—; 1y five hundred per cent under his administration. ! N B Voung was ousted as presi-| dont of Lincoln university at Jef forson City. Mo and Prof €. A Florence appointed to His place. | Polities was given as the cause. { Politics was also blamed for the/ ' dismissal of President Zack T. Hu-| bert at Langston university in Okla-% homa and the appointment of Isaiah | ' Young. ! | The state of West Virginia ap—i propriated $462.000 for the work of West Virginia Collegiate institute | | ot Institute,. W. Va. ' Hamnpton Institute celebrated the | 62d anniversary of its founding. ' South Carclina appropriated $95.- 000 for the maintenance of - the South Carolina State college aﬂ Orangeburg | . Tuskegee institute launched the ~onstruction of two new buildings, 2 svmnasium costing $135.000 and a library costing $250.000. ~ Dr. Wiiliam Stuart Nelson. form | er assistant to the president at How ard university, was elected presi cdent of Shaw university. D+ John Hope resigned as presi-} dent of Morehouse college to ac-| copt the presidency of the Greater Atlanta university. The state of Florida appropriated €374.000 tn the service of the Flori ds Aarirultural and Mechanical college eharry dedirated its new $1,000.- £60 medieal eollege. Will W Alexander, chairman of the exerutive hoard of the South ern Interracial Commission, was ;‘h"':en president of the new Dil ‘ lard university at New Orleans. ~ Work was begun on a new chem- Listry building to cost $250,000 at | Fik university. ¢ Neegro winners of high scholas tie d‘:«‘g".‘ES began to appear like {£27s in the evening. §. ' Work was begun on a new li brary at Atlanta university to cost | $200.000. Political interest in the life of the g1 0o up has been ex pressed through activity along va ried lines. Efforts looking toward organization in a national way have been made by groups espousing both the Democratic and Republi can causes. John R. Hawkins who headed the Colored Voter's Divi sion during the national campaign in 1928, called a meeting and or ganized the National Negro Voters League. It has been actively engag ed in disseminating republican propaganda and has been financed by the Republican National Com mittee. It has taken credit for seve ral federal appointments, among them being that of Charles E. Mitchell as Minister to Liberia and John W. Davis of West Virginia to a place upon the President's Unem- | plovment committee. James C. Ross called a national Negro democratic conference in Bufalo. James Howard and others in Washington organized the Na tional Negro Democratic League. The Democratic National Com mittee commended both efforts but disowned any connection with them. In common with a general trend throughout the country, the Hoover administration has lost some of the caste with Negroes which charact erized its position during 1929 and 1930. Considerable criticism has been current throughout the press. there being a tendency to accuse the administration of a lack of interest in colored people and an acceptance of the general vogue ot criticising the party in power as being responsible for the depres sion and kindred ills which dealt such blows at the economic life of the group. The “Parker Issue” has been kept alive and presented“ at mid-year elections as a reason for defeating senatorial ('andidatcsl who voted to seat the North Caro-| lina jurist The N A . A, C P has| led the fight on the “Parker” sena tors. Democrats have profited by appeals to the Negro portion of their elaborate successfully, as in the cases of Mayor Cermak of Chi cago and Senator Moore of New Jersev. | Congressman Oscar DePriest by reason of occupying the stellar po sition in Negro political life has occupied most of the spotlight. His numerous addresses throughout the country. both north and south, have stimulated new interest in things political. and attracted the atten tion of both republicans and demo crats in a national way. In his speeches in the south he adopted a non-partisan attitude and while retaining his own republicanism, advised Negreoes that they could serve themselves by voting with the party in power there. He carried this attitude to the extent that when it looked as though he might have the deciding vote in the present session of congress. he anounced that in an effort to further his po litical rogram. he would vote for himself for speaker if necessary. In December Mr. DePriest and a group of associates called a nation al Non-Partisan Conference which was the outstanding political gath ering of the year. Several hundred people registered at the meeting which was held in Washington, dis cussed the political problems faced bv Negroes and the attitude of the two major parties toward them closing the adoption of a set of resolutions calling on Negroes to vote for candidates pledged to the best interests of the group. - Hon. Charles E. Mitchell of West Virginia was appointed to Liberia Mr. and Mrs. DePriest were anests at a white house reception. Mr. DePriest introduced a bill at fecting back pay due colored teach ers in the District of Columbia. In Chicago a jokester filed De- Priest's name as a candidate for Mayor. It was later withdrawn. In a speech at Durham in which he eriticized supporters of Judge Par ker he was accused of “bad taste.” An attempt was made by minor cangsters to extort money from the congressman. The men apprehend od were shown mercy and given a light penalty The bounrdaries of the Ist 1UINGS congressional district were changed to include additional voters, most of them colored. Alderman Louis B. Anderson of the 2nd Ward, Chicago, announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress 1n opposi tion to DePriest. Edgar G. Brown, former tennis champion. announced his candida cy for the congressional nomination in the Illinois district on the demo cratic ticket. Mr. DePriest introduced three bills. one for back pay for district teachers. another to make Lincoln’s birthday a lezal holiday and the third a bill for relief for Mrs. Wil liam T. Francis, widow of the late minister to Liberia. Judge William H. Harrison, mem ber of the Pardon board of Illinois was dismissed from office when he signed a confession of accepting a bribe for securing prisoner's free dom. When tried he was declared not guilty. Former municipal judge, Albert B. George., was appointed to the Illinois Pardon board vice “Judge” Harrison. John R. Hawkins launched the National Republican lL.eague of Col ored Voters with headquarters in Washington William George was named Li berian vice consul President Hoover visited the Vir gin Islands. Called them an ‘ef fective poorhouse” and aroused the protests of offended Virgin Island ers and colored sympathizers. Charleston. West Virginia, elect ed its first alderman. James Hubert Campbell . - The heavy registration of Negro voters caused fist fights at High Point. N. C. Judge Johnson C. Hayes, sitting THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA. in the federal court at Salisbury, N. C., sentenced election Judge S R. Secchrest to a suspended prison sentence and to pay a fine for re fusing to register Negro voters. The legislature of Michigan pas sed civil rights bill introduced by Senator Roxborough. The Otk U & Cirouit Court of Appeals upholds right of Demo cratic party in Texas to bar Negroes from primaries. Charles Bellinger, San Antonio publisher, gives $10,000 to campaign fund for Mayor. Judge D. B. White of Fort Smith, Va., ruled that Negroes had right to vote in Democratic primaries. Heavy registration of Negro vot ers in Memphis alarmed whites. R. 1. Bailey, Indianapolis, ap pointed as Assistant Attorney Gen eral of Indiana. Alderman Fred Moore, New York defeated. John W. Smith, democrat, elected alderman in Harlem. Dr. Leroy M. Bundy, Attorney Lawrence C. Payne and Claybourne George, re-elected to city council in Cleveland. - Negroes in San Antonio split vote and help elect democratic congress man to succeed Wurzbach. 5 Wm. H. Lewis, Jr, son of Wm. H. Lewis of Boston appointed as sistant district attorney in New York. A white newspaper reporter was appointed to succeed the late Wal ter L. Cohen as Collector of Port at New Orleans. Alexander Martin, Cleveland law ver, missed election as municipal judge by a slender margin. 400 colored republicans lost jobs in Chicago's city hall with the as sumption of office by Mayor Cer mak. Democratic appointments have been few. i The Negro Democratic organiza tion, Inc., in St. T.ouis was formed to succeed the Negro Democratic Wards Club and announced the probability that they would present a candidate for Congress in 1932 Many of the most prominent Ne groes in the country were members of the President’'s Housing and Child Welfare Conferences by in vitation of President Hoover. Frank B. Hall of Cincinnati was elected Alderman in a city wide election. | . ‘ | Philanthropy ~ Albert E. Pillsbury of Newton, Mass., left $25,000 to Howard uni - versity. Elizabeth C. Woods bequeathed $30.000 to Lincoln university. Palmer Memorial institute receiv ed $100,000 through the will of Mrs. Mary Brown, Boston. J. M. Mitchell gave $1,500 to Wi ley college, Texas. Mrs. Gi. B. Seligman of New York gave $10,000 to the National Urban League in memory of her husband. i John 1, Webb gave $1.000 to ' Morehouse college. ‘ ‘ S. W. Green gave $1,000 toward a new Y.M.C.A. for colored New Or leans. Dr. Daniel Williams. Chicago, be - queathed an estimated $50.000, half of his estate to the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People. Only $8.000 was willed outright. Bequests were also made to Meharry Medical college and the medical school of Howard university. Relatives have contest ed the will of Dr. Williams. No public or private agency was remembered in the will of A'lel Walker, who bequeathed half of her estate to her daughter, Mrs. Mae Robinson Perry and half to IF. B. Ransom, manager of the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing company. Atlanta university was given $1.- (00 000 by an unnamed donor. Members of the Manhattan Medi cal Socicty, New York, expressed strong public criticism against the policy pursued by the Rosenwald fund in providing hospital training for Negroes. It was contended that the Rosenwald method contained serious elements of segregation. Of two and one half million dol lars expended by the Rosenwald fund during the ycar, the larger part was used in undertakings in volving Negrces. One hundred and sixty-five scholarships were grant ed to Negro teachers and students who showed exceptional promise. Bura Hilbun, Mississippi state of ficial .was twice tried for embez zling Rosenwald funds given to aid in the construction of schools for Negroes. Both trials were declared mistrials, but the indictments have never been withdrawn. . ] Population | Census figures released dur:n;:! the vear showed startling changos| in relation to the Negro population.l Instead of the decrease repm‘wdl during the previous decade. an in crease of 13.6 per cent was reported | in.the Negro population of the] United States, with a figure of 11-| 891,143. The north was the princi-| pal section to report a gain, there| being a shift of more than one mni-; lion. Many persons ascribed the| large increase to the employment of a greater number of Negro cen sus enumerators and supervisors' than was true in other years Georgia lost 135,240 Negroes dur ing the decade. The number of Negroes in Missis sippi still was greater than that of the whites, by 12.862. {fie numbe: of Negroes being 1000918 and the number of whites. 996.856. One city., New York. has a Negro population in excess of 300.000 Two cities, Chicago and Phila delphia, have Negro populations in excess of 200.000. Twelve cities have Negro popi lations above or approaching 100 . 000. They are: New York. Chicago Philadelphia. Baltimore. New (- leans, Washington. Detroit. St Louis. Memphis. Birmingham At lanta and Cleveland. Social Travel Some of the marriages Which found their way into the news dur the year were: Miss Elease Webb to Rupert Marko; Dr. Samuel C. Cloney to Princess Jaerdmine Na akohowa of Dahomey: Miss Helen Archer Scott to Richard Adolphus Jackson; Miss Miriam Blanche Do then to W. A. C. Hughes, Jr.; Miss Ernestine Jessie Covington to Al bert W. Dent; Miss Crystal Byrd to Arthur Huff Fausctt; Miss Edna Earl Fitzhugh to Kelly Miller, Jr.; Mrs. Beatrice Cannady to Yancey Franklin; Yolande Dubois to Ar nette Franklyn Williams; Adelene Holtzclaw to Grafton Reede Brown; and Dr. John A. Kennedy to Mrs. C. M. Battey. A few of those who made trips to foreign countries are: Langston Hughes, a tour of the West Indies; William Edouard Scott .artist, to Haiti; James Fair, instructor in business at Tuskegee, to Europe; Mrs. William Pickens, Russia; Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Miller, Jr., Russia; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Vena, To ledo, Europe; C. C. Spaulding, Eu rope; Mrs. Forest Anderson of Okla homa, and daughters, Ethel and Nette, to Europe, and Mesdames Basilene Holsey and Clarita hSep hard, Tuskegee teachers, to France to study. RELIGIOUS Twice during the year. repre sentatives of the National Baptist Convention, Inc., announced plans for a million dollar drive. South ern white Baptists launched a forty-million-dollar campaign. Sharp-shoting from the intellect uals and the discouraged, continu ed to have the church as its ob ject during the year. The ministry was criticised as to sincerity and character and preparation, and the function of the church as an insti tution was questioned. The critics remained outside the church. Those satisfied stayed in and kept quiet. Delegates to a conference of the Young Men's Christian Association, hield at the Book Cadillac Hotel in New York acquiesced by vote in the color bar raised by the hotel management and the colored dele gales walked out. Later in the year, delegates of the Y M C. A met in Cleveland and mapped out a program of racial fairness, the intention being to chart a way to complete fairness eventually. The troubles of Bishep R A Grant of the African Methodist Episcopal church. have caused much publicity. Bishop Grant was charg ed by a young unmarried girl with being the father of her child. Af ter seeming to admit the charge in a signe dstatement, the bishop repudiated his statement and pre pared to fight the charge. He is now under indictment for the crime. MILITARY The United States continued to Jim Crow mothers of colored sold iers who made the trip to France to visit their dead sons' graves. Many protests were sent to Presi dent Hoover and the war depart ment as a result of the order tn break up the Ninth and Tenth cal valry regiments and the Twenty fifth infantry and to decline Negro enlistments. The charge was made that Negro soldiers were being dis criminated against. The war de partment replied that a reduction in personnel was a retrenchment policy made necessary by the crea tion of an air corps. for which Negroes were not eligible. Pro tetests against the action were many and strong, but the organizations were scattered and the impression prevails that they have been divi ded into detachments to do work rather than soldier. Col. B. O. Davis was made pro fessor of military science and tac tics at Tuskegec institute. B. O. Davis. Jr., failed to pass the entrance examination to West Point. General John J. Pershing. in his story of the World war, declared that Negro officers were under trained. ~ Negro officers from military units in the north attended army class es at Fort Benning. Ga. Emauel Martin, Civil war soldier, of Talladega, Ala.,, won a pension award of $10.000. ‘ s i e HEALTH Negro health was one of the chief topics at the White House confer ence on Child Welfare and on Housing. 1 The corner stone for the new Flint Godridge hospital in New Orleans was laid and Albert W.‘ Dent was chosen to head the insti-| tution. | The absence of open-air porches in the Negro section of a tuber culosis sanitarium at Norfolk, Va,, brought the explanation that Neg ro tuberculosis patients could not stand fresh air like white ones. Dr. Francis, president-elect of the National Medical Association. de nied that that was true. i In a report toward the end of the vear, the surgeon general of the United States army reported that the Negro soldiers were healthier than the white. Music, Literature, Art Some of the books by and about Negroes published during the year were: Now I am Civilized. Eugene Hen- Huffman; Four Handsome Negresses. L. Hernekin Baptist; Behold America!. Contributed to bv George Schuyler; Black No More. George Schuvler; Slaves To dav. George Schuyler: Brown A merieq BEBdwin R. Embree; Jim and Mr. Eddy. Algernon Jackson: Adam Vi Ane Man and Ethiopia. Everett A Johne~n: The Negro Year Book.; Monroe Work; Readings from Nesm ro Authors, Eva B. Dykes, O. T. Local Women Plan Discussion Groups for 1932; To Meet at Auburn Library A large and representative group ¢ women came together in a preli minary meeting on Tuesday. Dec. 15, at the Auburn Branch library and definitely planned to form themselves into small discussions groups to discuss many of the vital issues of life. They decided to be begin first with themselves, selec ting as their field of discussion “Modern Problems as they Concern Women™ using the Bible as a back ground and other related books and materials which have been added to the book collection of the Au burn Branch library. Mrs. Franklin H. Clapp has agre ed to serve as discussion leader. Mrs. Clasp is fortunate in combin ing many years of practical ex perience as a leader of adult wo men with unusual advantages ot studying and travel. An acquain tance with the original anguages of Cromwell, Lorenzo D. Turner; The Fugitives of the Pearl, John H. Paynter; Brochure on Negro Hist ory, U. S. Department of Commer ce; The Negro in American Nation al Politics, William F. Nowlin. | Langston Hughes began a tour of southern states in a Ford car to carry the message of the Negro author to the Negro public. | Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett, after dir ecting the Hampton choir through an FEuropean and American tour, resigned as director of music at Hampton institute. Abbie Mitchell, famous soprano, went to Tuskegee to head the vo cal department, and Hazel Harri son, pianists, the school of piano. under William L. Dawson, director of the music school. Katherine Yarborough sang with great distinction the title role in Aida at Milan, Italy. The Mundy Choirsters appeared with the Philharmonic orchestra at Loyola university in Chicago. James Lesesne Wells won the Harmon Art award. Lillian H. Dorsey, 18, won a prize offered by Otta H. Kahn for a self portrait. The Only Rotogravure Section in the Weorld No Negro paper anywhere, anless it is published by the Southern Newspaper Syndi cate, gives its readers a rotogravure section. Your World today stands alonc in giving its public this exclusive feature. Once every week your World appears with a “brown sheet” filled with pictures of Negroes and their activities gathered from here and every part of the world. We do not publish pictures of Negroes to the exclusion of everything else, for the interest of the race is often focused upon happenings of other peoples read about in the daily press. In or der to shew unusual events in graphic style, The World’s rotogravure section often car ries photographs of these and other highly interesting and entertaining subjects. When you look at the pictures in The World’s rotogravure section, you see the photographer’s art reproduced on the highest plane and in the most advanced manner yet deviced hy the most modern newspapers. The World’s rotogravure section is one of the bio and exclusive features of papers that stand as leaders and pioneers in Negro jour nalism. L 3 OO Southern'™ Newspaper - a2 Syndiecate the Bible and the opportunity of observing the customs of Palestinian peasants make possible a scholarly and feminine interpretation which is of particular interest to women. The morning group will have its first meeting, Tuesday at ten o'- clock at the Auburn Branch Carne gie library. The evening group, same day, Tuesday at 6 P. M. at the Auburn library. All women in the city who are interested in this phase of life ar most cordially in vitd to join either one of these groups. This offer comes through the library without any charges. The first series will include only eight meetings. Therefore, it is most urgent that everyone be pre sent at the first meeting. Selma News By C. Victoria Adams A special call has been issued to all the city churches the first Sun day in January for each member to bring a friend to church. The musical by the Green St. choir Sunday morning and Sunday nite was beautiful. They sang many beautiful Xmas hymns and the sermon preached by Dr. Connor was uplifting. Mr. Pilgrim quartett of Birming ham appeared at Green St. Baptist church under the auspices of Mr. Lawson and Mr. W. Lashore. An- other Birmingham quartett appear ed at Morning Star Baptist church. Rev. Herbert Johnson, one of our young ministers was ordained Sun day evening at the Tabern:cle Bap tist churzh. Friends are hoping that Rev. Johnson will have a suc cessful career. Mrs. H. Ellis of Birmingham and her grand son, Master Edward White are visiting Mrs. Sarah John son of 1420 Weaver St., mother of Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Willie I.. Curry and brother motored to Dothan Sunday to join FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1932 Pratt City News HOLIDAY GUEST FROM MOBILE Mrs. P. R. Thompson, of Mobile, was the holiday guest of her hus band, Rev. P. R. Thompson, of Pratt City. A very short but pleasant stay was spent by Mrs. Thompson, She left the city Tuesday morning to resume her work as principal of of one of the city schools of Mobile The members of the Senior choir of St. James A. M. E. Church, Pratt City, proved themseives to be charming hosts and hostesses 1o their pastor and his wife, Rev. and PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mrs. P. R. Thompson, Monday night, Dec. 28, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Richardson. A de lightful program was rendered af ter which a palatable menu was served to the following: Rev. and Mrs, P. R. Thompson, Mesdames Delia Johnson, Estelle Blackridge, Mary Robinson, Carrie 'Ray, Viola Benford, Willie Powéll, Misses Linnie and Wilma Shears, Blanche and Margaret Richardson; Messrs Frank Townsend, Willlam Pace, Albert Simmons and Julian Rich ardson. their sister. A pleasant ftrip was enjoyed by all. THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY Get right, get right w™ God. Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Craig gave to Mr. J. Thrash for a Xmas pre sent their daughter, Miss Velma Poole at their home in Burleigh, Ala. The guests were served with a delicious repast. Mr. and Mrs. Thrash will reside at 1919 First Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks of 2924 Wat er Ave. announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ethel Brooks to Mr. John Curry. Dr. G. H. Con nor performed the ceremony. The charming couple will leave soon for Montgomery, Alabama.