News of the Churches
and Religious Topics
Directory.
Baptist—
Bethel—Twenty-ninth and T streets
South Omaha. The Rev. J. C. Brown,
pastor, residence 467 South Thirty
iirst street. Services, Morning, 11;
evening, 7:30; Sunday School 1 p. m.;
B. Y. P. B., 6:30 p. m.; praise service,
7:30 p. m.
Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Sew
aid streets. The Rev. W. B. M. Scott,
pastor. Services: Sunday School, 9:30
a. m.; preaching, 11 a. in. and 8 p. m.;
B. Y. I’. U. at 6 p. m.
Zion — Twenty-sixth and Franklin
(temporary location). The Rev. W. F.
Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant
street. Telephone Webster 5838. Ser
vices: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.;
preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School,
1 to 2 p. m.; pastor’s Bible class, 2 to
3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. in.; choir
devotion, 7:30 p. in.; preaching 8 p. m.
Episcopal—
Church of St. Philip the Deacon—
Twenty-first near Paul street. The
Rev. John Albert Williams, rector.
Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first
street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser
vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fri
days at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a.
in., 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School at 12:45 p. m.
Methodist—
Allen Chapel, A. M. E„ 181 South
Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha.—
The Rev. John H. Nichols, pastor.
Residence, 181 South Twenty-fifth
street. Services: Preaching, 11 a.
m.; Sunday School, 1:30 p. m.
Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and
Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan,
pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twen
ty-second street. Services: Sunday
School at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League,
6:30 p. m.
St. John’s A. M. E.—Eighteenth and
Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Os
borne, pastor. Residence, 613 North
Eighteenth street. Telephone Doug
las 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m., preaching; 12 noon, class;
1:15 p. m., Sunday School; 7 p. m.,
Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m., pray
er and class meetings. Everybody
made welcome at all of these meet
ings.
Jubilee Exposition
Shows Remarkable
Advance of Race
The most historic exhibition ever
opened for the inspection of the pub
lice in many ways was the Lincoln
Jubilee Exposition of Half a Century
of Negro freedom, which was held
in Chicago a short time ago, writes
Bishop Samuel Falows of the Re
formed Episcopal church.
From Presidenet Wilson down,,
leading public men showed a proper
appreciation of the necessity for and
value of this exposition. The president
has been our patron. Governor Dunne
and the Illinois legislature made it
possible for us to get state financial
assistance to the amount of $50,000,
while the citizens of Chicago donated
$25,000 more.
The exposition demonstrated what
the Negro has accomplished in his
fitfy years of freedom. It was divided
into tw'elve departments as follows:
Education, religion, industry, social
progress, music, sociology, military,
liberal arts, professional, fraternal,
athletics and miscellaneous.
Out of the mass of statistics re
garding the Negro prepared by the
commission the following are inter
esting:
Population:
1S63 1915
Slave . 3,953,760
Free . 487,900 9,828,294
Illiteracy—
per cent. 90 27
Value of
property.. $1,200,000 $1,000,000,000
univ. 1 400
N o. college
graduates.. 30 3,000
No. lawyers,
physicians,
bankers . 0 3,000
No. of news
papers . 1 400
No. churches.. 400 31,393
Value of
c h u r c h
property ....$ 500,000 $ 65,000,000
Members of
churches .... 40,000 3,207,305
Children in
schools . 25,000 2,000,000
Land owned
by Nebras
ka Negroes
—acres . 25,000,000
H o s p itals,
train ing
■ schools . 61
Hanks owned
by Negroes 72
Value prop
erty owned
by Negro
secret so
cieties . $9,000,000
Per cent of
Negroes in
gainful oc
cupation .... 62.2
The exposition was international,
national and state wide in its interest
and scope. Liberia sent an exhibit,
and appointed Professor Starr of the
University of Chicago as its -official
commissioner. Haiti also sent' an «*
hibit. From all the states where Ne
groes dwell, from 400 schools and col
leges—especially the industrial and,
agricultural colleges—from state de-'
partments and from the national gov
ernment we had exhibits which
formed the greatest collection of its
kind ever made.
The United States patent office sent
1,000 of the devices patented by Ne
groes. From the library of congress
there were 400 books written by Ne
gro authors. We had Charles F. Gun
ther’s Lincoln collection, the most
complete of its kind, including the
Lovejoy press, which was thrown into
the river at Alton, 111., by an angry
mob. The press was in operation.
NEW BANK AT MOUND BAYOU.
Mound Bayou, Miss., Nov. 5.—The
opening for business of the Mound
Bayou State bank the 21st with
$10,000 capital stock and $2,000 sur
plus fully paid in, complying with the
guarantee act of the state of Missis
sippi, is noted as a gain for the race
and a high compliment to the thrift
and integrity of its founders. This
is the second bank in the state operat
ed by race men to open under the new
law. The officials are G. T. Montgom
ery, president; C. N. Miller, vice pres
ident; W. R. Kyle, secretary and
treasurer; Charles Banks, general
manager.
Mississippi has seven banks owner
and operated by men of the race: The
Mound Bayou State Savings bank,
Bluff City Savings bank, Bank of
Mound Bayou, Delta Penny Savings
bank, Delta Savings bank, Penny Sav
ings bank and Southern Savings bank.
The above indicates race progress
from its highest angle. Economy is
the basis of racial development along
permanent lines.
WIN MUSICAL COLLEGE DEGREE.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 5.—Hilbert
Earl Stewart received his bachelor’s
degree from the Chicago Musical col
lege. He first attracted attention at
the age of 13 when he played the pipe
organ of the Institutional church, of
which his father, Rev. R. E. Stewart,
was pastor.
In June, 1913, he received his
teacher’s certificate, and in the annual
piano competition was the first piano
student of his color to receive a gold
medal from the college, having won
out over a class of seventy members.
Last June Mr. Stewart graduated
from the regular course with a year’s
average of 98. Since last October
he has been teaching piano.
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