TRUSTEES OF ST. JOHN’S
\. M. K. CHURCH DEFEND THE
PASTOR, REV. W. C. WILLIAMS
Deny Every Allegation Set Forth in [
Petition Filed in District Court bv
II. J. Pinkett
In answer to the untruthful, un
founded, cowardly attnek which H. J.
Pinkett makes against the Rev. W. C.
Williams, pastor of St. John’s A. M.
E. church, the Hoard of Trustees of
saiil church desire to make the follow
ing statement:
H. J. Pinkett served as trustee of
this church during the time of the
erection of the factory', built by St.
John’s church and rented to the M. E.
Smith company, which has been in
operation for more than a year, em
ploying between 50 and 60 colored
girls and womeb. In this capacity' he
concurred in and endorsed every;
transaction made by the pastor and
hoard, relative to the proposition and
has on several occasions both verbally
ami in writing, publicly endorsed the
project. Because of his recent an
tagonism to the pastor, and his fail
ure to satisfactorily discharge the
duties of his office as trustee, he was
asked several weeks ago for his resig
nation from the board and summoned
to appear at a church conference to
be held January 5, 1921, at which time]
action on his case would he taken. The
petition as filed in district court is i
simply a revengeful, vindictive, ma
licious, highly colored distortment of
the facts in the case, in an effort to
discredit the pastor of this church,
Ttev. W. C. Williams, and to retard,
if possible, the erection of a new
church for this congregation, the
<ampaign for which is now on. Not
one single allegation as set forth in
the petition is true. He can produce
no witnesses or documents to sub
' stantiate a single charge which he'
has made.
(1! The congregation has no quar
rel with the pastor. (2) Rev. Wil
liams has never handled a single dol
lar of the funds of this church dur
ing his pastorate in this city. 13) The
Tru'dees—not the pastor—were pm
powered to build the factory. f4) The
church did not put $6,000.00 into the
- rone-tv. *f5) The Rev. W. C. Wil
liams 'lid not mortgage the property
ff.r S2.000.00—there is not and never
ho- been arwr such mortgage against
I'm nronertv. 16) Rev. Williams was
not paid $800.00 for his work. 17) Mr
T inkrtt in his petition claims to havp
raised $1,000.00 during the twenty
months for St. John’s church. A vem
a -o the Trustee Board gave Mr. Pin
krtt permission and official stationery’
to nlirit funds for the building fund
of 'he church. Up to date, he has5
failed to turn in a single five-rent
piece of the funds which he may have
collected.
These are the facts;
During the summer of 1919 the M
F,. Smith Co. approached Rev. W. C.l
Widiams with a plan for the estab
lishment of a factory which would em
ploy a large number of colored girts
• and women, if a suitable location
could be secured and a building
erected. Rev. Williams presented the
proposition to the church. The church
accepted the proposition and empow
ered the trustees to build the factory.
"Rev. Mr. Williams was empowered to
complete negotiations and superintend
the erectid* of said building. The
ground was bought in the name of
Rev. Williams for the sum of $2,800.00
from the Independent Realty Co. of
this city. One thousand dollars was
paid down—the balance of $1,800.00 to
become due in one year and six
months. This $1,800.00 constitutes the
entire indebtedness on the property.
The cost of the erection of the factory
was, in round figures, $6,432.37. Add
ing to this the $1,000.00 for the lot, the
total amount expended in the transac
tion was $7,432.37. Of this amount
• St. John’s church furnished $4,067.37;
Rev. Williams paid into the treasury
of the Trustee Hoard the following
amounts and on these specific dates;
1919—Oct. 16, $500.00; Oct. 14, $216;
Oct. 23, $160.00; Oct. 23, $150.00; Oct.
28, $2,000.00; Oct. 30, $500.00; total,
$3,865.00. On December 1, 1919, ui
the regular monthly meeting of the
Trustee Board of St. John’s church, all
members being present, Mr. Pinkelt
deluded, the board voted unanimously |
■ allow Rev. Williams $702.00 for his
services as supervisor of the construc
tion of the building (Mr. Pinkett
heartily endorsed the action), this
amount equaling the difference be
tween the amount of cash invested bj
the church and the amount of money
which Rev. Williams had put in the
property. At the same meeting Rev.
Williams presented to the board for
their inspection, a promissory note
executed by himself to the M. E. Smith
Co. The M. R Smith Co. agreed to
rent the factory at a monthly rental
of $200.00 per month for a term of
two years, with an option of a fur
ther period of three years a( a rental
of $2,000.00 per annum. The church
has received its monthly rental of
$100.00 for every month since Decem
ber, ’19.
The $100.00 share of the rental due
Rev. Williams on his half interest in
the factory, is withheld by the M. E.
SmHh Co. and applied upon the per
■>ni 1 note given them by the pastor.
!' -V. Williams also executed in April,
1 !)v:0. r warranty deed, conveying to
Ft. John’s church an undivided one
half interest in lots 15 and 16, block
Patrick’s Second Addition. All in
struments of conveyance, contracts
end documents relative to the factory
■■ ■ the hands of the secretary of
the Board of Trustees of St. John’s
church.
The laws of the African Methodist
church require an audit of all books
of the official boards and the various
auxiliaries quarterly at a conference
presided over by the presiding elder
of the district. This has been done at
St. John’s A. M. E. church. These
meetings are open to the membership
of the church. There has been no mis
appropriation of the funds of the
church by the pastor, Rev. W. C. Wil
liams. The official boards of the
church have the fullest confidence in
the honesty and integrity of the pas
tor; they have endorsed in toto all his
official acts and are prepared to sup
port and defend him against thes
untrue statements as made by H. J.
Pinkett.
Respectfully submitted,
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ST.
JOHN’S A. M. E. CHURCH,
' By JOHN C PARKER,
Secretary of Board.
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WINTER DISHES
Some New and Excellent Recipes
Given to Tempt Languid
Spring Appetites.
VEGETABLES ABE NECESSARY
Formulas Tried Out in Home Econom
lea Kitchen of Department of Ag
riculture for Stored and Canned
Garden Product*.
Rvery housekeeper knows that by
the last of February or first of March
the average family Is tired of winter
vegetables, and yet vegetables are Just
as necessary In the spring diet, if not
more so, than In the diet of any other
season. So the clever cook uses new
recipes for the stored and canned prod
ucts of the garden and in that way
tempts the languid spring appetites.
The following recipes are recom
mended by the experiment kitchen of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture :
Tomato Toast.
Ruh one quart of stewed tomatoes
through a strainer. Return to stewpan
and, If not already seasoned, add two
level teaspconfuls of salt, half a tea
spoonful of pepper and two tablespoon
fuls of butter. Place on the fire and
cook five minutes. Have the bottom
of a hot platter covered with well
toasted slices of bread and pour the
hot tomato over it. Place a dropped
or poached egg on each slice of toast
and serve at once.
Puree of Cabbage and Potatoes.
1 pint boiled finely- drippings.
minced cabbage. 2 teaspoonfuls salt.
• medium-sized *4 Pint hot milk.
potatoes. V4 teaspoonful pep
I t&blespoonfuls of per.
butter or savory
Peel the potatoes and put them in a
stewpan with boiling water enough to
cover them. Cook Just 30 minutes.
Pour off the water and mash fine and
light. Beat In the hot milk, seasoning,
and cabbage. Cook about five minutes
longer.
Navy Bean Salad.
Soak beans overnight In plenty of
cold water. In the morning pour off
the water and put the beans in a stew
pan with cold water enough to cover
Even Potatoes Taste Like a New Veg
etable When Prepared In a New
Way.
them generously. Let them come to
the boiling point In this water, then
drain. If the beans are old and bard,
for each quart put a piece of soda
about the size of a large hean In the
water In which they are soaked over
night, also In the first water In which
they are boiled.
The scalded and drained beans
ithould be put back In the stewpan nnd
covered generously with boiling water.
Add one tablespoonful of salt for one
ui urnus. * nr,y ruduiu uun i
slowly, with the cover partially off the
stewpan until tender. Drain, and
when cool serve with the following
salad dressing:
Cream Salad Dreasing.
1 cupful cream (sour 2 tablespoon fills
or sweet). vinegar.
M cupful tomato cat- 2 tablespoonfuls
sup. sugar
2 tablespoonfuls sal- l teaspoonful salt
ad oil.
Mix the oil, salt, sugar and vinegar
together, then beat In the catsup and
finally add the cream, beating It In
gradually. If lettuce Is not available
on which to serve the salad, a crisp
leaf from a cabbage heart is a good
substitute.
Spinach Loaf.
A smull cun of spinach, chard or
beet tops will serve seven or eight peo
ple If It Is made into a loaf combined
with rice or bread crumbs. Asparagus
or string beaus are also good served
this way.
1 can chopped spin- 1 cupfuls white
ach. sauce.
4 cupfuls boiled rice. 1 red pepper.
Make a thick white sauce of two
cupfuls of milk, four tablespoonfuls of
flour, four tahlesponfuls of butter and
one teaspoonful of salt. Melt fat and
mix with flour, add to milk and stir
over fire until it thickens. Mix with
the rice, chopped spinach and pepper, j
Form into a loaf and bake 20 or 80
minutes.
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RABBIT SALAD
To each cupful of diced
cooked rabbit meat add one-half j
cupful celery and one-fourth
cupful salad dressing, one-half
teaspoonful salt, and a few
grains of cayenne pepper. Mix
thoroughly and pour into salad
bowl lined with lettuce. Put
one or two tablespoonfuls of
dressing on top and garnish
with strings of green and red
i pepper.
Either a mayonnaise or a
boiled dressing can be used for
this salad.
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NOT DIFFICULT TASK
TO DESTROY ROACHES
Use of Sodium Fluorid Is Simple
and Effective Plan.
Obnoxious Insects Can Be Completely
Exterminated With Little Trouble
and Expense by Dusting With
This Substance.
*
One of the most effective and simple
means of ridding premises of roaches
Is dusting with commercial sodium
fluorid, either pure or diluted one-half
with some Inert substance such as
• powdered gyimum or flour. This
remedy Is one recommended by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
Numerous practical tests conducted
In lunchrooms, bakeries, milk-bottle
exchanges, etc., have shown that with
the use of this substance roaches can
lie completely exterminated with very
I little trouble and cost and with none
of the possible dangers attending the
use of hydrocyanlc-add gas, another
efficient means of control. With the
use of some dust gun or blower the
sodium fluorid cnn be thoroughly dust
ed over the shelves, tables, floors nnd
the runways and hiding places of the
roaches.
The Immediate effect of the powder
Is to cause these Insects to come out
of their retreats and rush about more
or less blindly, showing evidence of
discomfort, to be followed In the course
of a few hours by their death. The
dead or paralyzed roaches can be
swept up anil burned, and complete ex
termination Is effected within 24
hours. It Is not definitely known
whether the sodium acts through the
breathing pores or os a stomach poi
son. Probably,'however, It acts In both
ways, inasmuch as It has been found
to kill caterpillars fed on foliage dust
ed with It.
[ IMPORTANCE OF HOT LUNCHES
Pupil* Eating Lunch at Their Deik* in Rural School.
Teachers and parents are commencing to realize the Importance of hot
school lunches, and the home-demonstration agents sent out by the United
States Department of Agriculture and the state colleges are helping to estab
lish hot lunches In communities which are awake to their value. Last year
these extension workers, who are trained In home economics, helped estab
lish hot lunches In 2,929 rcIiooIs. The work will be continued this year on
an even larger scale. In some counties a wall of prejudice against the Inno
vation has to he broken down before It can be started. Where this Is tru*,
the success of the hot lunch In one school, where it has been established, Is
usually followed by a demand for something similar Id all the adjacent school!.
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