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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE VOL. 1. Singing Convention At McClain The South East Mississippi Dist. Singing Convention will be held at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, August 28th 29th A large delegation is expected. All Counties of the district will be represented. J. B. BENSON, Pres. Ovett ALBERT JAMES, Vice., Prichton MRS. HAZEL REED, Sec. Bothwell Subscription Contest Subscription Contest The Voice of the People wishes to announce the opening of a big Diamond Ring Contest. To the person receiving the highest Number of votes over 200 will receive a Genuine Diamond Ring The Subscription rates: are one year $2.00; six months $1.00, three months $0.50. For each three month's subscription a contestant will be given one vote, a year, subscription counting for four votes. Get in the fight! Win a Genuine Diamond Ring, and lets make the Voice Of Th People, the South's greatest weekly. For further information write or see G. H. Clark. Editor. County Agent at work Miss Moman, is making special tours to the different communities of Jones County in interest of the fair. She urges all communities to be represented LAULEL, MISS.AUGUST 30, 1926 Welcomes Bishop Welcomes Bishop Jackson, Tenn. The Lane College Pastor's School Welcomes Bshop Williams, Sept. 2-10. A large numbr is expected to hear the Senior Bishop. The Institution congratulatees Dr. J. A. Bray for securing this great man. 一二 Aged WomanDies Heidelburg, Miss. Mrs. Celia Watts, age 60, fell dead on the road, here at noon Sunday. She fell as she stepped from the car in which she was riding and was dead before she could receive medical attention. It was stated that extreme heat was the cause of her death. Cotton Crops The farms around Jones and adjoining Counties look very promising, as has been stated by county agents The farmers can not secure enough pickers to gather their cotton. When the present outlook, all farmers will do well this fall. BIG PICNIC AND BALL GAME Reports have it that the largest crowd that has been at the Fair Grounds since the Fair last September, met there for the big picnic and baseball game --- No.25 We Have The Remedy BY V. OVERSTREET. I have recently discovered that there are three reasons that colored people do not keep Insurance. Now which of these causes keep you out of our line? For your benefit I am naming these reasons: (first) The lack of money, second, the lack of confidence or time to consider, third, the lack of common sense. Now, when one is found with money, confidence or time to reason, and common sense, you have found one with a paid up policy or one who is ready to line up with us. If you lack either of these qualifications, see us right away, office over Laurel Drug Store. The real home of Colored Insurance. We meet you always with a smile. W.H. LENOIR, Asst. Mgr. R. B. REED, L. R. HOUSTON, V. OVERSTREET, Agents. to-day. An excursion brought many pleasure-seekers from Meridian and many of the local people attended. It must have been a success from a financial standpoint, I know it was from the standpoint of entertainment. The game The game was between the Bogalusa Tigers and the Meridian Giants. Both teams were in good condition, and they say that they played one of the best games that has been played on that diamond this season. The game consisted in mainly, a pitchers' duel between White of Meridian and Powe of Bogalusa. No sensational batting was done, only a half dozen balls going to out field during the whole game. White struck out more men by far, than Powe, (continued on page 2) THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Published Weekly at Laurel, Mississippi G. H. CLARK Editor H. L. POLK Associate Editor W. L. McWillie Associate Editor MISS RACHEL SMITH Circulation Mgr. P. A. CHRISTIAN Business Mgr. Subscription Rates One year $2.00 Six months $1.00 Three months $0.50 Adds fifty cents an inch for each insertion. Writeups ten cents a line six words to the line. but lack of assistance caused him to lose the game. It seems that the Meridian team needs practice and better management, some good material is there. The Bogalusa team worked with machinelike precision all the way through, and some sensational catches were made by third baseman Johnson, short stop Blanks and first baseman Willie James. Bogalusa won by a score of 3 to 0. RANDOM "He who empties his purse into his head, no man can take it from him; an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." There was a man who lived perhaps a few decades ago, in a hut, unnoticed by the people, yet it was the home of him who labored every day and put his means in a can away in some secluded spot for safety. He lived this way until he reaches a ripe old age. He failed to think about life and the different societies and various institutions which would have given him aid or wholesome information that would in return, been more than money. The money idea. is the wrong idea, if one seeks that alone. Money is the medium of exchange and any one can handle same. The man thought it was a greater thing to empty purse into the can than to empty it into his head. Later the can was found by strangers who were very curious when they saw the old man put his can away. All the money earned from youth up was in that can. The stranger took from the can sparingly and the old man at once went to zero. There he was, all heart-broken and disgusted without anything to go upon. The strangers enjoyed their labor, when they should have been using another. An investment in knowledge pays heavy interest, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE but an investment in a can brings sorrow, disgrace and poverty. The can idea was an idea of one without a policy, system or program. His companion with his eyes open and a broad vision, decided to empty his purse into his head for a long time it seemed to him like he was throwing his money away. His friends had plenty of money and boast. He failed to have any, because he was storing his away. By emptying his purse into his head, made him a great thinker, organizer and builder. It made him powerful and afterward, walked into the field of perfection. As we walk the streets we see a large number who have emptied their purse in a can or other similar containers. You can see just here, you get out of anything, what you put in. Let us stop emptying our purse into a can, and try to empty a little into our heads. --- OUR CORRESPONDENCE Editor of The Voice of The People: Please allow me space to say a few words about your Newsy little Paper. It has been a pleasant visitor in our home for several weeks and we would be lonely without it. Yours for Racial uplift, Mrs. L. P. REID 104 Hickory Stseet. Laurel, Mississippi. The Editor of The Voice Of The People A meeting of the Community Center No.1 at Library, Thursday, Sept.21926 Every woman, young woman and girl of Laurel, are asked to come out. Mrs. Foy, (white) will be present to speak in interest of a branch of Y.W.C.A. for the colored. ____ ____ ____ AMUSING --- In my limited experience I have found that the hardest task for the human family to do the hardest lesson for it to learn, is to accept something new, something unheard of. Just the other day, I happened to hear an individual giving a certain project the "razz" with all the adjectives., adverbs, phrases, clauses compound-clauses, and maledictions that was in his limited vocabulary, just for the reason that he had never "heerd --- tell o'sich a thing". I listened attentively and respectfully and when he had finished, I wanted to tell him that what he hadn't "heerd" tell of, would make another world, but fearing that he, perhaps would not exactly get the right viewpoint, I constrained. You may notice one of our good old hallelujah ministers, and as long as he tells the same old story about Jonah and the Whale and the other well-known and beautiful stories of the Bible and other books he will get a shout. But let him start something that his amen sisters and brothers have not heard of and his doom is soon sealed. One way to get a fellow to be your friend is to have the same viewpoint as he has. Haven't you heard many people suggest many times that such and such a person, is a good speaker, a good person, a progressive person, for the simple reason that "he said the same thing that I've been thinking". He does not stop to worry about whether it is really right or not, the main point is "I think the same way". The way to get ahead, progress, however, is not to be too susceptible to new ideas, nor antagonistic to those that are not compatible to those previously held by you. If you hear an idea or see an act that you have not seen or heard before weigh it, and then be the judge. If you see a person do a job different from the way you do it, that the way your grandparents did it, that is no excuse for you to say it is wrong. This world is progressing, and it moves only by trying new things, and putting new ideas into being, and making them a reality. The way our grand fathers did things were alright in that day, and they may not be wrong now, but you continue in the hypothesis that it is wrong because grand pa did not do it like that, and you will be ground into the dust and fogotton before you know what it is all about, in this march to perfection. No sir, altbough the idea is different from what has been pounded into your head it may be the best idea. And the thing to do is to weigh it, cull it, comb it out and then if no good discard it; and if good say "I had not looked at it like that but it's a good idea. I believe that this age as a whole is more susceptible to new ideas than any age before. This is an era of advancement, and to advance, new ideas must be brought forward. Therefore the world at large is seeking and encouraging new ideas. We remember that Bacon was treated roughly because he predict- ed pcople riding in the air, and horseless carriages; and Columbus and others almostt put in chains because they said the world was round. That is done very little now a-day. But look around your neighborhood, at your next door and see if seme one has not been arrested, tried, condemned and nailed to the cross—per- haps by you and your contemporaries, because his ideas differed from yours and your ancestors. _. COMMUNITY CLUB NOTES | The Annual Sermon of the Communi- ty Center Club No. 2, was deliveered in a very satisfactory manner, by the Rev. Elijah Jones, at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, on Thursday night August 19, 1926. Rev. Jones used for a subject, “Cast thy bread upon the waters’. He selected his text from the Book of the Eccleiastes, 11th chapter and Ist verse. His sermon had a sensational effect upon the entire audience to the extent that every heart rejoiced and many new members were added to the club. The collection was lead by Profs. Hair and Brown to the amount of $6.15. President, Mrs. Lula Richardson, made afew brief remarks, showing to the public the wonderful service rendered to the sick, the poor and the needy du- ring the past ending July 31st. She presented to Prof. S. T. Gavins, a check for $23.10 on the colored school Building Fund. Our next meeting will be held. at the beautiful home of Mrs Arrealia Rayford , on East 16th Street, Friday Sept. 8rd at 3 p. m. at which time we hope to have a wonderful address made to us by some prominent character —possibly one of our leading Phy- sicians of the city. Come, you are welcome, for we shall oe ae repast when the business is Ti:-hed. LOCALS Miss B. O. Reid, has recently return- ed from Tuskegee, where she complet- ed a course in Primary Work and with honors, received her diploma Mrs. Rayford and Miss Pearson, mo- tored to Why Not, Miss., and will be the guests of their Aunt Mrs. Pearson. _ THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Office Phones 523-J, 523-W Home Phone 619 T. J. BARNES, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Over Laurel Drug Store ) 426 Front Street td... pee eee eee | Office Phone 523-3 Home 563 H. L. BROWN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 428 Front St. Laurel, Miss. aeceeensecs SSSR DR.. E. A. PHILLIPS DENTIST 428 Front St. Laurel, Miss. WELCOME ST. ELMO BAPTIST Sunday School—9:30 a. m. Services first and third Sun- days— 11:00 a. m., 3 and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday night. Conference first Friday night in the month. Bible Class every Sunday af- ternoon. REV. N. CARTER. Pastor. P. A. CHRISTIAN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER 503 South 5th, Ave. LAUREL, MISS. PHONE 199 “The Price of Funerals is a Matter of Your Own Choice.” Motor Equipment—Out-of- Town Patronage Solicited. Mr. Dan Thurman and family, with Mrs. Hannah Clark, made a motor trip to the Gulf Coast Saturday night and Sunday. They report having had a de- lighted end interesting time, in spite of the usual “drivers luck’’. a a a ae OU a i ae ee ee Mr. Sylvester Hill, of Canton, Miss., was the guest of Miss Ethel Moman last Tuesday. Left Saturday on a motor tour for Bay St. Louis and other Gulf cities. Mr. Hill is a successful planter and business man in the Delta and is a promising young man. We are glad to have him in our citv at any time. Mr. and Mrs Milton Daniels, of Indian- apolis, Ind., are spending their vacation in Laurel, with relatives and friends Mrs. Rosa Moss, is visiting her friends and relatives at Columbus, Miss., and other poinis. i Miss Bertha Taylor, has returned from Mobile, after spending a few days with relatives and friends. While there attending a brilliant and lovely dance on a floating Cabaret, the beautiful Bay Queen, where she chanced to meet a bunch of the old college set. Miss Tay- lor reports a delightful trip. - Miss Maud Keily has returned to Hat- tiesburg, aztier spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Sims, 111 Elm Street. Miss Virgie Adams, has returned to Lumberton, after spending a few days with her sister, Miss Aletha Duck- worth, 204 Chesnut Street. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Powe, the newly wed, have returned after spending a few days in Montgomery and other points with their relatives and friends. ; SelOK LISL Messrs Ed Ford, Bill Carroll and Bil- ly Huff. August 24. 19296 CeO Ve re eae ee Mrs. B. Booker and daughter wth Mrs. Clara Mason of Jackson, Miss., made a short visit Monday to the home of Mrs. Ora Fielder, who is a cousin of Mrs. Booker and sister to Mrs. Mason Mxs. Mason is here for a few days but Mrs. Booker and daughter returned the same day to their home in Jackson. ITINERARY FOR THE WEEK OF THE 30th. Monday, Sandersville, Tuesday Soso, Summerland, Wednesday, Ovoess. Thursday, Jenkins Settiement, Friday, Mt. Moriah, Saturday, Office. MISS ETHEL MOMAN, | Ccunty Agent. Sc i a ar