Voice of the People

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE VOL. 1. Opening of Kingston Colored School The opening of the Kingston Colored School in the Mallalieu M. E. Church to day is an event whose ramifications touch every home in this section of the city for at least five hundred children were greeted by seven teachers in the public school system. The year as usual will set up new high records for enrollment. Kingston School never fails to show an increase. The problem of the board of education in the city has been to build building and provide teachers and facilities to take care of this army of youngsters, clamoring for an education. Extensive facilitations have been made since the last session, so that demands will come more nearly being met in comfort and convenience than ever before. To keep the school system up the needs and demands of this section requires the strongest cooperation of the Parent Teachers Association. Plans must be ever in mind for future needs and to assure that every child seeking an education shall have it, and that the facilities offered the boys and girls of Kingston shall at all times be equal to those found any where. In beginning this school year an appropriate time for every parent to make resolutions that something more shall be done to aid in extending educational opportunity. Interesting exercises marked the opening of the school. The principal, Mrs. Manorah Davis is begining her twenty-first session of this school with good prospects of attaining the recognition of her constitu- LAUREL. MISS., SEPT., 27, 1926 ents and able faculty. The following teachers make up the faculty for this part of our city school; Mrs. Manorah Davis, Mrs. Martha E. McCann, Miss Pearlie Etta Chapman., Misses Houston, Beal, Mrs, Calhoun, Mrs. Huddleston The usual enrollment was hardly effected. A number of good addresses were made among them by the following; Rev. J. D. Brown, pastor of Allen Chapel M. E. Church, Rev. S. G. Roberts, pastor of Mallalieu M. E. Church, Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mrs. Richardson, and W. E. Jones. The pianist, Mrs. Huddleston closed the exercises with one of the school's appropriate songs, after which this throng of boys and girls marched behind their teachers to their various class-rooms to begin next year's work. --- LAUREL COLORED SCHOOL OPENS The colored schools opened Monday September 20th, with an enrollment of 912 students. One thousand is expected the end of the week. The high school has been extended through eleventh grade. Two other courses will be added to the regular course of study. Two new teachers have been added to the force. QUEENSBURG TRAINING SCHOOL TO BEGIN ITS SECOND TERM On Monday September 27th, the Queensburg Training School will open its doors to begin on a second term. Everybody is invited Monday morning at nine o'clock. Grades from the very lowest through twelfth grades very few people are aware of the importance of this issue. NO.28 will be provided for, with such liberal courses as will be desired and also a chance to learn the trades will be given the boys and girls—such as the condition will allow. Charges will be made for tuition on the same scale as last term, only with a reduction of twenty-five per cent when more than three from one family attend. It is expected that more and better work will be done this year and the cooperation of every citizen of Laurel is expected. Big things are in store for us here and some of them are already coming to pass. Already men are on the grounds daily getting ready to make new streets, regrade the old ones, put in sewerage and waterworks and replot all the school property in order that it may be and ideal spot for colored people.The school is only a small phase of the program that the sponsors have mapped out for our people here. It is only a neucleus around which great things will be formed. Every colored man is interested whether he is a patron of the school or not. Remember! School opens Monday Septetmber 27. All students will be given the best attention possible under prevailing conditions. BAD MAN GETS BAD DOSE Saturday night, September 18, the Queensburg section of the city was alarmed about 10 o'clock with cries of pain by a woman, and by very illcombined words concocted by a very enraged man. The whole upper section of Queensburg came out into the night with lamps and pajamas to see what could the sudden disturbance be, and was found that Mr. James Evans, noted for his pugnacious spirit, had (continued on page 4) Published Weekly at Laurel, Mississippi G. H. CLARK Editor H. L. POLK Associate Editor V. L. McWillie Associate Editor MISS RACHEL SMITH Circulation Mgr. P. A. CHRISTIAN Business Mgr. Adds fifty cents an inch for each insertion. Writeups ten cents a line six words to the line. RANDOM RANDOM We are living in an age of action and performance. There is a demand more than a command. The idea of trying to make out or hold until you can get some one who has played out. The actor "do" has presented itself in every field and has cast sister "can't" or I will try aside. Your answer must be "I can" when asked a just question along your line of work. It is an expence to a concern to have men around them who have proposed as this when they are that. When A goes out on a firm and is asked 'what can you do', sometimes the head is dropped in humilation and shame, and by chance one will hold up his head and say 'I can do this or that' in a manly manner. It is a fact that every man can not be a farmer, teacher or doctor, but every man should fit himself with something to earn livelyhood. Every man has a duty to perform, whether great or small under God's heaven. It may not be what he desires, but it's given him thru heredity. When the pack drops low do not say you are cursed, but say its inheritance. As has been stated there is a demand for men. Men of skill. Thousands of people have been turned away, because they were not skill laborers. Their familys had to suffer or move back to some convenient place where they could seek shelter and food. Let every man try to do some hing or learn something as vocation in order to meet the great demands of life. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Musing Musing An old saying goes that "a person is known by the company he keeps" or in other words "birds of a feather will flock togeather." Some maxims have exceptions and we will presume that these have also, but they are very rare—very rare indeed. Now at the outset, when a person starts to chastise other persons about being seen in undesireable company, they almost come back with the verse about Jesus eating with Publicans and sinners. To make that plain, however, Jesus was not associating himself with them, because he retorted that "He came to seek and to save that which was lost." He was not with them because He loved their company, their conversations, or their way of doing. He had a purpose and a good one. He was trying to bring them to Him, not He put himself with them. So now if you have such a purpose in associating your with people of bad reputation then try it out. Even when you have altruistic motives it is hard to escape the taint—if I call it that. For some reason or other nature is so fixed that it is harder for good things to make bad things good than for bad things to make good things bad. You have never heard of ten good potatoes making one bad one good, yet you have seen many times one bad apple spoiling a whole barrel. The same holds true about human beings. You see very few churchmen persuading sinners to attend church regularly, yet you see good old churchmen accepting "home brew" invitations from that same sinner regularly. And more than that, in a christian will partake of some little irregularities it is very necessary for him and the cause at large that he always run shy of partaking of it with those who do believe and do as he does. It hurts the cause. You are known by the company you keep. Perhaps you may not be the same at that company—and almost every time you are—yet you are known as he is and that is enough. The safest way for one to change another is not to wallow with him—maybe get down with him for a few minutes, but be rising all the time. Keep moving. Don't stop in the mire with him, if h will not come out at once. To make it short, do not even visit around with those whose characters do not come up to the standard, unless you have the same spirit as the Savior had when He ate with the publicans and sinners, or the same spirit as Livingston had when he danced and revelled with the savages. That may seem rather rigid and perhaps foppish, but it is for your and my own good. Some times it may be members of your own family, but I have known a good many families to be broken up all on the account of a bad brother or sister, uncle or sister-in-law. Many times. Blood is thicker than water, but as I say, be good, be lovable, be accommodating, but do not associate it is too dangerous. And this race of ours is too quick to take anything in. We bow to women whose life has been and still is disgraced if she looks well. We allow men with our daughters who are confirmed grass-widows, we comingle with men and women whose characters we know, and yet call ourselves morrally upright. Personally, I don't believe any people can rise until it sets a high standard and maintain at all hazards. I mean a high moral standard where your way of living, your ideals and even your ancestry will be high points Of course our choice may not at all times be correct, but we can only chose by the outside appearences, by what we know. For "Man looketh on the outside, but God looketh on the heart." We are mankind and must be governed accordingly. Mrs. Mary Barnett, co-worker of the Womans Home Mission Society presents a missionary program at Plesant Valley Baptist Church, Monday Evening, Sept. 27 1926. REVIVAL aT ST. ELMO BAPTIST A great revival meeting is now going on at St. Elmo. Come out and help save souls for Christ. Throw out the life line across the dark way. This is a great soul saving campaign and a chance for the weaklings to be revived. LOCALS Mr. Harris has returned to Chicago after spending a few weeks with his parents on Joe Wheeler Avenue. Misses Geneva Brown, Ernestine Austin. Bennie Mae Berks have returned after a few days of rest to resume their position at the city public schools. Knights of Pythians gives Banquet The night of the sixteenth marked an epoch of prosperity of negro fraternal organizations prosperity in the city when Knights of Pythias staged their banquet at public library. The house was packed to its capacity in spite of the great meeting next door. A program was rendered after the following offercers were installed; C. W. Williams, M. O. W., T. S. Sutton, C. C., P. S. Jordan V. C., Emmanuel Reed, M. at A., W. L. Brown, M. O. E., Samson Smith, M. O. E., W. L. S. Simes, K. O. R. & S., Sol Gardiner, Prelay, T. J. Jones, I. G., Freddie House, O. C., Music by Allen Chapel, St. Elmo and St. Paul Choirs. After the program came the great repast that decorated the tables made the spacious room resemble a feast. A large crowd marched around the tables. After the blessing had been given by Rev. Jones, you could see hands working in unison. Mrs. Wallice of Meridian was present. Mr. A. L. Hough, well known wealthy planter of Beaumont, Texas, was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday of last week visiting his niece, Mrs. Addie Kimbrough. Mr. Hough came to Mississippi to attend his mother's funeral at De Sota, and paid his niece in Laurel a short visit while in the state. Mr. Hough has possession of some oil lands, which of itself lets persons know that he is welcome anywhere he goes. Laurel was glad to welcome him. Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Golden became the proud parents of a fine baby boy, Sunday September 19, 1926. International Burial Association Saturday was the banner day for the International Burial Association. The agent landed twenty-one (21)). I wonder what will our adversary say when he hears this. Look our old timer, Uncle Bim has his eyes on you. Knocking on us will not help you, for it is a fact, knocks don't win and winners don't knock. Rev. J. T. Flynn is calling for willing workers to help him on this march Dr. Flynn is preaching a soul-stirring sermon which carries that durable changing power. Come one and all to hear him and bring your friends. 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 Office Phone 523-J Home 563 H. L. BROWN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 428 Front St. Laurel, Miss. DR. E. A. PHILLIPS DENTIST 428 Front St. Laurel, Miss. --- NOTICE The Central Store No. 2 "Buntin's" is opening a store in the Red Building on South 4th, Ave. The Red Store on South 4th, Ave. will open August 11, 1926 THE CENTRAL STORE CO. No. 2. "BUNTIN'S" --- WELCOME ST. ELMO BAPTIST Sunday School—9:30 a. m. Services first and third Sundays— 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- terncon. 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. Deaths Deaths Dave Myers, Annie Brown, Geo McNair, Bessie Sanford, Hattiesburg; Fred Lofton, Richton; Lida Morgan, Annie Blanks, George Grayson. --- When You are in Need of GARDEN FIELD, or FLOWER SEEDS, FEEDS or GROCERIES, remember the Happy Feed Store. LAUREL SEED COMPAN Y Cor. Commerce St. & 6th Ave. Phone 129 SICK LIST Messers Dorsey Hardin, Isiah Walker, Ed Ford, Manuel Lane, J. C. The audience will be favored with such items as follows: COME TO MRS. HANNAH CLARK'S CAFE The home of well-cooked food—the place to get food values and qualities. ARROW CLOTHING STORE No. 25 Will give away free during the Week of the fair a pair of silk or half silk hose to any person making a purchas of $5.00 or more. See our beautiful assortment coat suits, dresses and millinery. Outfitters for the entire family. ARROW CLOTHING STORE 415 Oak St. Opersite Y. W. C. A. All Fair Visitors are Asked to J. C. PENNY THE GREAT STORE OF QUALITY Mr. J. C. Hill (the poet) is here, and will give several recitals demonstrating his work. Mr. Manuel Lane, well known citizen of this city received fatal wound from a gun of Will Marshall. Mesdames S. G. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Jordan have returned from to attend the National Baptist Convention. For Sale-One Oliver Typewriter in good condition. Care, The Voice. Mrs. Lucy Hall has returned from Coloumbus, Miss., after spending a Miss Mable Johnson of McClain was few days with relatives and friends. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. McLapis Friday and Saturday of last week. --- South Mississippi Fair Colored people of Jones County are in line for the fair, Sept. 27th to Oct. 2nd, at the Fair Grounds. All loyal colored citizens of Laurel and Jones County are going to take a part and will extend the message to others to help put over this program. The county agent is busy trying to get everything ready for that great week. Let us try ourselves, and see how much we can do. Let us show the other fellow we can do something. --- SEE EMBREY and SEE BETTER Eyes Examined — Glasses Fitted EMBREY OPTICAL CO. 405 OAK STREET LAUREL, MISS COME TO CHAS. SMITH'S PRESSING SHOP On the Corner of Pine and Hickory Streets For Cleaning, Pressing, Altering. Reasonable Prices—Satisfaction Guaranteed. Goods called for and delivered. --- U. S. McINNIS UNDERTAKER (Colored) Licensed Embalmer Courtesy and Efficiency Guar ain..end. Day and Night Service Phone 960-w 915 Meridian Ave. WHEN YOU NEED A CARPENTER J. C. POPE First Class House Carpentering Building, Repairing, Remodeling Screening, Paper Hanging and Painting. 1027 N. 4th. Ave. Laurel --- THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THE TIME TO SAVE Is when you are Earning Something, Weekly or Monthly. The Man or Woman who does not Save Something during their best Earning Period—from 20 to 40, are Doomed to a Comfortless Old Age. Open a Saving Account and add to it every Pay Day. You will be surprised to see how fast it will Grow. 4% Paid on Savings THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LAUREL. Desources Over $4,000,000 LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI --- COME TO ALMON WATT'S BARBER SHOP 222 So. Pine Street The home of good Barbering Satisfaction Guaranteed Hand or Electric Service Ladies' Bobbing a Specialty Hair Cut 35c Shampoo 35c Shave 15c Massage 35c First Class Shoe Shine 10c --- EARNEST BLAKLEY FINE TAILORING Cleaning. Pressing and Altering of All Kind Neat Workmanship. Reasonable Prices. Goods called for and delivered promptly. 140 Elm St. Laurel, Miss. ANTHONY WALKER Mechanic and Shoemaker 503-So. 6th, Ave. LAUREL, MISS. --- Telephone 631-w I SPEAK FOR JOHN H. SMITH GENERAL MERCHANT WHO WILL SAVE YOU MONEY 943 Joe Wheeler Ave. --- given Mrs. Carrie Ward a good old time beating in her brother-in-law's, James Morries house. Morries objected to the exhibition being staged in his house and thereupon ordered Evans out. Evans went but warned that he would return in a few minutes with something "hot", which meant, perhaps a shot gun. Morries, believed the injunction and not owning anything of the nature of a firearm himself, took refuge in Mr. Joe Barret's home across the way. Evans returned in a few minutes as so ordered and was accompanied duly with his or, somebody's weapon. He found that Morries had hid himself in Mr. Barret's home and thereupon ordered Mrs. Barret to send him out. Mr. Barret was away from home at the time. Mrs. Barret not wishing to see murder done around her door refused to extradite Mr. Morries and advised Evans to leave operations for the time being at least. In a short, she ordered him from in front of her gate with a dangerous weapon, and ugly words Evans refused to go and reports go that his barrage of wards became worse adn fell upon every one in the house, at the point of all he asked all to march out before him. At that stage of the game, Brank Barret, at the absence of his father, objected to his mother being a target for any kind of maledictions from a man, and walked up empty handed and made hash of Mr. Evans. It was found that old trusty muzzle loader was not as impregnable as it had seemed. It is reported that if Barret's father had not appeared on the scene at the hotest stage of the game as a peace maker, that would have been the last of Jim Evans. OFF AT SCHOOL Messre Otis Jones, Samuel Malone, Haven Teachers' College, Miss Lunett Barnett, Tougaloo College, Miss Gribbs, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. SandersvilleMr. James Keller, Alcorn College.