National Baptist Convention Unincorporated Opens Final Session
The thirty seventh session of the National Baptist Convention unincorporated in Atlanta closes with Rev E P Jones reelected president. Enrollment reaches 1587 with representation from every state except Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. The move advances education denominational uplift and marks key actions including securing the Nashville Theological Seminary site and reestablishing the Foreign Mission Board in Louisville. The 1918 session is set for Little Rock Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Baptist Convention
Unincorporated
E. P. Jones
Ofickeburg
Miss
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
United States
Theological Seminary
Nashville
Tennessee
Educational Board
Foreign Mission Board
Louisville
Little Rock
Arkansas
Vicksburg
Robt
Mitchell
Kentucky
W. T. Hall
Philadelphia
W. A. Jones
Ohio
C. P. Madison
Virginia
C. J. W. Boyd
Texas
C. T. Hume
Charles
Sherman
Evangelical Board
B. J. Prince
Chicago
J. 8. Anderson
Austin
William Harrison
Oklahoma City
B. W. Currie
W. C. Harper
John E. Wood
Danville
Woman's Auxiliary Convention
Georgia
Georgia DeBaptist Ausburn
Evanston
M. A. B. Fuller
Third Battalion 24th Infantry Arrives in Columbus Ohio
Sergeant Robert Davis of Company M, 24th U S Infantry, now on duty at a local Columbus recruiting station, praises his battalion's conduct in Houston and asserts they have no orders for the Philippines. Davis, a 21 year veteran with a sharpshooter medal, stands over six feet tall and says the Texans would face a tough unit.
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Third Battalion
24Th Infantry
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Davis
Co. M
24Th U. S. Infantry
Davis
Houston
Crackers
Texas
Cement Steps Replace Old Stone Front of Academy
One year after brown stone steps were replaced, the Academy of Music awards cement front work to J. H. Long and Brother, a colored firm, to tear out and rebuild. Ten men worked including a boss, at Broad street location. Long Acre office listed at 2132 N. 16th St.
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Academy of Music
J. H. Long
16Th St
Riots and murder reshape the Bloody Fifth Ward
In the Bloody Fifth Ward primary tumult, Ex Magistrate James Carey and Asst. District Attorney Maurer faced attack and police clashes. Gunmen Mascia and Costello are jailed for murder and accessories as officials face impeachment threats amid Republican faction strife and public safety condemnation.
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Ini
Dreody Fifth Ward
James Carey
Merccantile
Aeader
Isaac Deutsch
Select Council
Deutsch
Carey
Penrose-McNichol
Weday
Maurer
George Eppley
Jacob Mascia
Marscia
John Costello
New York
Jersey City
Mascia
Costello
Herman Taylor
Robert Wright
John Ellis
National Race Congress Meets in Washington D C
The National Race Congress of the United States will convene October 3 4 at Florida Avenue Baptist Church in Washington D C to discuss the race condition including East St Louis Chester Pa riots and Northward immigration of colored people. Rev W H Jernagin is president with M W D Norman Calvin Chase and W A Taylor in key posts and broad calls for representation from churches ministers conferences fraternal and business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Race Congress
United States
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
East St. Louis
Chester
Congress
W. H. Jernagin
M. W. D. Norman
Calvin Chase
W. A. Taylor
J. C. Austin
Pittsburgh
Another Shot at Chester
Chester, September 17. George Burrows, colored, who recently came from Florida, fired a shot last Saturday night. The public mood remains tense after the race riot with no clear result yet.
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Chester
George Burrows
Florida
Jim Crow Car Drives Negro Flight From the South
On the Sunshine Special a Jim Crow Car partitions Black passengers from whites. The writer, aboard from Little Rock to St Louis, describes squalor and discomfort, questioning why many Negroes leave the South to seek better conditions and dignity beyond the line into Missouri. A stark critique of segregation and its costs to those serving democracy abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Texas
Poplar Bluff
Missouri
United States
Newport News
Europe
Arkansas
Dixie
Creation
Baptists hail publishing board's record growth for Negro literature
Nashville report shows the National Baptist Publishing Board valued at about half a million dollars with annual output of over ten million religious texts. Rev. R H Boyd lauds progress by Black Baptists and notes the board's fully Black staffed operations from card to Bible.
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Atlanta
R. H. Boyd
National Baptist Publishing Board
Nashville
National Baptist Convention
R.H. Boyd
Moses
Boyd
International Lesson Committee
Should Keep Better Company Odale McDonald Stabbed in Lewiston
Odale McDonald 22 of Lewiston Maine walked into Jefferson Hospital with a knife point protruding from his skull. The inch long blade reportedly entered during a dispute over a card game at a house near 10th and Locust streets.
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Odale McDonald, White
Lewiston
Jefferson Hospital
McDonald
10Th and
Locust Streets
Will of Dr Reverdy Hall probate in Baltimore estate values
The will of the late Dr Reverdy M Hall was admitted to probate in the Orphans Court. The estate valued at about 100000 dollars leaves the widow Mrs F Jeannette Hall an annual income of 1200 dollars in quarterly installments. If she remarries the estate is divided equally with their two children Mrs Daniel C Brown and Dr R M Hall Jr. Executors are the two children without bond. Other bequests include 100 dollars to the M E Home for the Agede 200 to granddaughter Edna Halli Brown and jewelry to a nephew. The estate is divided between the two children at their mother’s death. Attorney C C Fitzgerald. Dr Hall died September 7.
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Baltimore
Reverdy M. Hall
Orphans’ Court
F. Jeannette Hall
Daniel C. Brown
R. M .Hall, Jr
Waukee
Wis
M. E
Edna Halli Brown
C. C. Fitzgerald
Hall
James A. Smith
Cleveland
Neice
Lillie L. Taylor
George
L. Z. Johnsen
George F. Bragg, Jr
Laurel Cemetery
Inquiry
Lillie Smith
George E. Gordon
Chelsea
Mass
Knights of Pythias
W. Ashbie Hawkins
Amelia Redden
Brenda Mongwick
John Berry
E. A. Burgese
James H. N. Waring
Howard Orphanage
Kings Park
Booker
The
Odd Fellows
P. Slaughter
Washington
Odd Fellows’ Journal
Juliue C. Johnson
Etting Street
Dies of Injuries After Street Car Fight
Basewell a colored 2 year old of 2059 Tasker street died after a street car assault at 12th and Reed. He reportedly fought a marine John Maidda over a seat and was cut with a razor, then beaten by marines and civilians.
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A Basewell
Tasker Street
Car
12Th
Reed Streets
John Maidda
Maldon
Creditt Delivers Speech as National Baptist Convention Honors Him
Dr. Wm A Creditt delivers the convention's annual address hailed as the speech of his life. Philadelphia and Pennsylvania delegates recognize him as a national figure of rare ability and applaud his Biblically based talk on Black and White mutual helpfulness. He returns to open the Downingtown school with 76 students enrolled, a sign of continued success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Wm. A. Creditt
National Baptist Convention
Dr Creditt
Pennsylvania
Dr. Creditt
Creditt
Booker T. Washington
R. R. Moton
Philadelphia
Downingtown
the Tribune
Red Cross Day on Jersey Coast Cape May
Cape May Jersey Coast August Red Cross Day events highlighted a colored people's auxiliary effort. Mrs. H E Moussirone sold a badge to Hon. John W Westcott for 20 dollars. The group raised 138 dollars for Red Cross, plans to fund ambulance for France, and expand membership to about eighty with winter sewing and knitting for Sewells Point and Jord Farm Barracks.
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Cape May
N. J
Red Cross
Colored People's Auxiliary
Convention Hall
H. E. Moussirone
John W. Westcott
Oly
Jackson Opera House
Edgar Draper
Walter Redden
Bethlehem Steel Company
Jersey
France
Sewells Point
Jord Farm
Philadelphia Banker Leads Enterprise in NYC Real Estate
Philadelphia banker and associates lead Payton interests in Elevate Apartments on 141st and 142nd Streets New York City. The investment exceeds one and a half million dollars with a planned Trust Co. to manage properties. Key figures include W C Brown Washington and W Terry Brockton with Emmett Scott Tuskegee and Andrew F Stevens among backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Brown
Philadelphia
W. Terry
Brockton, Mass
W. C. Brown
Washington, D. C
Payton
W. 142Nd St
New York City
Trust Co
Messrs
Brown
M Terry
Heem
Perry
Standard Life In Co
Atlanta, Ga
Emmett Scot
Tuskegee
Andrew F. Stevens
Reading Terminal Porter Sentenced for Whiskey Sales
Augustus Wilson, a porter at Reading Terminal, was arrested for selling whiskey to soldiers. He was sentenced Monday by Judge Dickins of the U S District Court to six months in Doylestown jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Wilson
Reading
Usi
Dickinsc
U. S. District Court
Doylestown
Body of Drowned Man Recovered From Delaware River
The body of a Black man about 45 believed to be Benjamin Tracy was recovered at the Delaware River Chapel Wharf Monday and is held at the Morgue for identification.
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Benjamin Tracy
Delaware River Chapel
Coatesville Churches Raise Spirit At Various Services
In Coatesville Pennsylvania on a Sunday multiple churches reported active attendances. Services at A E Church and Tabernacle Baptist Church featured sermons by Rev Ezekiel Sun Rev Smith and Rev W L Weatherby with several conversions noted. First Baptist Passtown Second Baptist St Paul A M E and Bethel A M E also held services with choir and Sunday school in progress and community league activities listed for 1917-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coatesville
Ezekiel Sun
Rd’s
Margaret Spencer
Garfield Thompac
Smith
I Stanford
Second Baptist Church
Sun School
F Covenby
W. L Weatherby
Cyril P. E
Samaritan Hall
H. of Bar
East No. 4
Bethel A. M. E
Les Peach
Mildred Long
May
Brewer
L. W. Stanford
New Yo
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Lorine Young
Philatelphil
Octavia Richardson
Wm. Diggs
Merchant St
Alder Williams
W. Washington
Essie Dodson
Swarthmore
Rosa
G. Moore
Philadelphia
Arning Swan
Clarence Holjland
John Dodson
Carlon Heights
M. Diges
Merchant Street
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Sergeant Davis
Our City
Southern Railroad
Dean Pickems
RM. Hall
WM. A. Greditt
Jersey Coast
Philadelphia Banker
Enterprisi
N. Y
Reading Terminal
Porte
Rive
Alexander City
Hales Pers
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