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The monitor = A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor _ $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1921. __VoL V11L No. 1. Whole No. 338 THE AHTI-LYHCHIHG BILL COMES TO VOTE AFTER HOLIDAYS House of Representatives Postpones ('on side rut' After Demoeratie Members ^ Chamber, Making Roll» 'eessary. CAMPBELL CHA,\ 'AS BILL — . Representative Ansorge of f*g "ork Makes Eloquent Plea for Pa. ye of Measure to Free Amerk'a From Menace. Staff Correspondence. Washinton, D. C., Dec, 21.—With ^he Southern members in the House of Representatives "standing on their ears,” and the cracker press from the Mason and Dixon’s line down to Key West, Florida, howling like wolves, the House of Representatives moved Wednesday to postpone the vote on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill until af ter the Christmas holidays. Motion was brought to the House on Monday by Representative Camp bell of Kansae vho asked the House to Jipiit its debate to ten days. The debate on this motion occupied the House the greater part of Us session Monday and was only disposed of after a compromise Tuesday on which Demo cratic and Republican leaders were determined to pass the bill. Demo cratic members left the House so that no quorum wras present aid live roll calls were necssary Monday night. Sergeants-at-arms were sent after err ing Democrats with threats of arrest, before they could be brought back into the House. Few of the Repub licans Joined the filibuster. In an effort to adjourn the House Monday night, and so keep down a discussion or the bill, Congressmen r.oldsborough and Linthicum, Demo crats, and Blakeney, Republican were among the Representatives who would not. vote. Congressmen John Philip Hill, Fredericks, Zlhlman and Sidney Mndd, all Republicans, voted against adjournment so that the discussion could be continued. * Mr. Campbell called attention to the fact that 3,224 persons have been lynched since 1889, and of these 2,522 were colored, Including fifty women. “The South should not object to the bill,” he Baid, "because It will lie just as applicable to Ohio as to the South. “Twelve million patriotic, law-abld ing colored Americans and more pillions of whites are fervently hoping and praying today that Congress and the United States will enact legisla tion that will forever wipe the stain of lynrhng from the pages of history, * declared Representative Ansorge of New York, amidst thunders of ap plause from the Republican side of the House. Representative Garrett, of Tnnnessee, intimated that lynching was necessary in his section to pro tect women who travel alone in dark places. MOTHERS CU B HOLD MEETING The Mothers’ Club met Friday, De cember 16, at the Y. W. C. A. A short program was rendered. Mesdames Smith and Andersfcn was hostesses. A business meeting will be held Friday, January 6, at the Center. The club has colected shoes, clothing and toys and will distribute them to any needy who will call at the Y. W. C. A. Cen ter, Twenty-second and Grant streets, January 6 and 7. A committee was appointed to take Christmas baskets to several families. Mrs. J. F. Smith, president. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. K. CHI UCH O. W. Burckhardt, I’astor. Christmas Day was highly enjoyed by members and friends. At 11 a. m. the pastor preached from St. Luke II. At 7 p. m. there was a real live League meeting and at 7:30 a well arranged and highly appreciated pro gram conducted by Mrs. I' rankie Redd. After the program many presents were distributed from the Christmas tree. The pastor and his wife were also rmembered with useful and beautiful presents from the members. New Years will be the beginning of a great joint revival participated in by the M. E. Church and Allen Chapel. The first two weeks meet ings will be held at the Rev. Mr. Con well’s church, Thirty-second and U streets. The Rev. John T. llrown of Springfield, Ohio, will have charge. The Misses Madeline and Thelma, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ship man, who are attending a Convent school in St. Louis, Mo., are home for the holidays. Miss Frances D. Gordon was hostess at a delightful Christmas breakfast, at the family residence, 2416 Binney street, Christmas Day, complimentary to Miss Pinkett o“leatrice. Covers were laid for twelve. James W. Headley, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia at his residence, 3011 North Twenty-eighth; avenue, is slowly improving. GROUND is CLEARED FOR FINAL ACTION ON DYER MEASURE .Inmes Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Reports Progress. GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN LAID Arguments of Opposition Met hy Facts Furnished From Flies of National Organization. Outlook for Passage Favorable. New York, Dec. 29.—James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National I Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on returning to New York after ten days spent in W. ,11 Ington, issued the following statement on the present status of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, H. R. 13; ‘‘Nothing but debate now stands be tween the Dyer Bill and a vote in the House of Representatives. All of the preliminary groundwork necessary for the passage of the measure has been laid. 1. In spite of bitter opposition, the Committee on Rules made a spe cial rule, bringing the Dyer Bill be fore the House of Representatives. 2. The House of Representatives In session adopted that rule despite last ditch opposition hy Southern Demo crats. 3. The House went into Com mittee of the Whole and the BUI was read. When Congress reconvenes aftr the holidays the House will de bate the bill, and, 1 believe, will pass it. “The main opposition to the Dyer Bill came from Southern Democrats in the form of the old charge that the Negro was a rapist. This charge the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People at tfnee that rape had only been charged leader in the House statistics showing that rape 1 tl only been charged against 16.6 per cent of the victims of 3,434 lynchings since 1889. The charge was also refuted on the floor of the House of Representatives, who read statistics prepared hy the Na tional Association for the Advance ment, of Colored People. Among those wh are fighting for the passage of the Bill are Representatives Campbell of Kansas, Chairman of the Committee on Rules; Mondell of Wyoming, Re publican floor leader: Madden of 111' nols, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations; Volstead of Minne sota; Burton of Ohio; Ansorge of N'-e' York; Goodykoontz of West Vir ginia; Fess of Ohio; Moores of Indi ana; Fordney of Michigan; Long worth of Ohio, and Dyer of Missouri. “The Southern Democrats further tried to impede .progress on the Dyer Bill by repeatedly Insisting on a roll call of members present and then til ing out of the chamber so that no quorum was present. These tactics were met by locking the doors of the House and sending out sergeants-at arms to bring in absent members. "Due credit was given to the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People by Its oppo nents. Representative Byrnes of South Carolina said: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who are responsible for the pre sentation of this hill to the House, pleaded with the Republican Con vention for such a declaration In its platform. “The declaration Mr. Ryrnes refers to is the request that Congress ‘con slder the most effective means to pre vnt lynching,’ which appeared In the Republican platform. “The National office was active during the debates on the Rill. In formation was placed before New York editors and the New York Times, the New York Tribune, the New York F.venlng Post, and the Globe all pub lished editorials endorsing the Dver Bill, despite the ftiet that the New York Times Is perhaps the leading Democratic newspaper in the United States. The Globe and Tribune pub lished twn editorials each In the course of one week. More editorial support is promised when the Dyer Bill Is debated after the holiday season. “There is therefore the best reason for encouragement among those who have been working for the passage of the nver Bill. The victory is not won but all preliminary obstacles have been cleared away. It remains now only to organize sentiment even more completely than before, to have every Interested person, white or black, en dorse the Dyer Bill to his Representa tive In Congress, and to see to It that no friend of progress in race rela tions Is left uninformed on the Dyer Bill, H. R. 13." NEWS FROM LOCAL BRANCH. N. A. A. C. P. There was no regular meeting of the N. A. A. C. P. last Sunday after noon, because of the-fact that there was a misunderstanding about the place of the meeting. Several were at St. John church to attend, but found a locked door, and by the time some one could be found to unlock it most of the people had gone because of the chilly weather. / AN UNBIASED SURVEY OF CON DITIONS IN RACE RELATIONSHIP Annual Review for the Year Just Closing, Prepared for Our Readers by the Associated Negro Press Chicago, 111., Dec. 29.—Again we are face to face with a new year. The! events of 1921 are now a matter of record. It is well, at this time each! year, to reflect over the trend of events, to take stock, so to speak, and clear the decks for the next period of time. What has 1921 meant to the darker people of the world? Never has there beetp a period in modern history where the darker people of the world have more clearly asserted them selves and acquainted the white race throughout the worlfl with the fact that henceforth darker people every where will righteously contend for equal justice and uncompromising op portunity to live and let live. The Pan-African Conference, held in Europe during the summer, served in! a very notable manner to emphasize the growth of world-wide racial con sciousness, and the keen interest of the nations now under white control In studying every move and seeking to comprehend every motive destined to combine dark people into a gigantic moral—If not physical—force. The manifest, unfairness of white races throughout the world In dealing with people of darker hue, with twoj or three exceptions, has developed thej antipathy and suspicion to a degree; unheard of before. The most, thought-; ful and cor/Bervative among the whites have become greatly concerned, If not; alarmed, over the state of affairs and many of them are proposing concilia tory programs that are being studied! very minutely. I.eaders among darker! people, throughout the world, even; the most, conservative, are not dls-j couraf^ng the development and ex pression of principle through an aroused consciousness, while the radt cals know no bounds in their denun ciations and proposals. Newspaper Develovnient. In the Pnlted States of America the development, growth and acknowl edged power of the newspapers pub ltshed within the group, have become so obvious that none question their standing, and within and without the’ group these periodicals are sought and read by friend and foe alike. President Warren O. Harding, him self n newspaper man, has given *nn precedented study and recognition t racial newspapers through tli»*- Asso ciated Negro Press. On several oc casions the President has expressed his great interest in the growth of our newspapers, and has given his offlcia word of encouragement to the po te'ncy of thp press. Dally newspapers throughout the country have quoted and commented on editorials In our newspapers; the. have sought to be fairer in the dis semination of news, editorial opinion and Illustrations. The “readng habit’’ of American Ne groes has developed more than 200 per cent In the last five years, and at least 20 per cent in the depressing year of 1921, when there has been go much unemployment. The A. N. I*, is accepted by the people, and by the pro fession within and without the race, as the standard accredited news ser vice of our people. Such h position Is naturally guarded with greatest ear and “Impartial service to all ut al times” is the wtchword of progress. Other outstanding facts in the realm of printed development are the large rimiher of magazines that have in qne! way and another used the Negro and bis problems for subjects. The spirit of the majority of these has been syn r>°thetle. There have been several books, by otir own and white authors dealing with racial life It Is impor taut to state that the percentage of whites who rend all of he“varl(fhu con ribuions is easily keeping pare, and in some instances surpasses that of the Colored people themselves. The printed word, therefore, in the newspapers mainly, but otherwise ulso, stands out today as the silent but almighty force that is revolution izing opinion on racial matters, and the promise of the future is more power and greater achievements.. Mutters Political. ’Politically, In 1921, Colored Ameri cans have demonstrated astounding observation activity and independence. The “unexpected” has happened in widely, different sections of the coun try Colored Americans have torn away from their traditional death grip upon thp Republican party. This has been due to disappointment in the trend of national politics, but was certainly accentuated by the “official release” given the race by Preaident Hanling during his Birmingham ad dress. For the first time since he became a citizen, the Negro lies become an un certain quantity aB a political factor The skeptclsm of political leaders, who claim to “know the Negro,” that, he “would take the money from the Democrats for work, and vote under the eagle,” was convincingly dispelled by the November election in New York City, where in some precincts the vote was as high as eight to one for the Democrats. New York is un questionably typical of the feeling of the masses throughout the entire country, careful investigations by the Associated Negro Press disclose. The rank and file of Colored Amer icans have arrived at the place where they will henceforth give their vote to that party or Individual promising the test government, and the recipient of the votes will be carefully watehei and held to strict accountability. Business Development. “Business” has become a big(»vor in the life of thoughtful Colored peo pie. Wherever there are Colored can ters today there is business enter prise. The ventures are getting ou of the old lines followed ho long o “barter shops, pool rooms, restaurants and saloons.” There haye been for tunes made by some Individuals It these particular iieWs, hut they hav failed to advance the race econom lcally, and morally many of them hav been a blight. There has been a rude awakenlni on the subject of “turnover.” Where as the ine.ome of Colored people ha been millions of dollars per week from one end of the country to th other, the turnover has been miser ably small. The i’unney has pnssei from the horny haffile of toll back t the white business man, with sue' rapidity, in buying even the bare ne cessities of life that it has seemed like a trick of the magician’s wand. It ha been judiciously observed, further that in many of the instances wher Colored people have opened saving accounts in white banks the banks have refused loans on property ownei by Colored people, and have refuse to handle the commercial paper o Colored business men. There hav been instances observed where whit business men in Colored neighbor hoods have refused to employ Col ored help; and these same hualnes men have been favored with loans a white banks where Colored money 1 deposted and where Colord tmsnes deposited, and where Colored buslnes men doing business with the sum bank could not borrow. This inconsistent stale of affair has ereutod a new business conscious ness that runs the gamut all the wa from production to consumption; i covers the important contact wltl Colored bunks, and in 1921 has re celve new impetus by resolution adqpted by the National Negro Bus! ness League In the Atlanta session looking to wider co-operation an more aubstantail tinnneal exchange and turnover. Itellglon and Kduciilinii. There h«H been widespread feelin nf religious responsibility In 1921 This has found most gratifying ex pression In all of the religious de nominations of general church bodie | whose memberships also contain Col ored communicants. The Methodis Episcopal church, true to Its trad) lions and policies, has excelled at other denominations it) the size of it flnancftl hacking to carry oat the pro gram of a sincere determination to ad vance the race religiously nd educ tionally. The white Baptists, Presby terians, Episcopalians, Congregation ullstB, Catholics, Salvation Army an other religious bodies have give' more attention this year to the wel i faro of Negroes than at any time h the history of the nattofi not except ing the period follwing emancipation This is a stupendous truth that is sig nificant of a realization of religion requrements. Every established school and eol lege for Coloied people exclusively Is crowded to capacity; many are build Ing, and practically every Souther! state has acceded to the demands o popular sentiment in providing tetter educational facilities for Colors' youth. It has by no means reache a desirable and just proportion, hut in the majority of instances the change is notlceal)le. In northern centers where there are mixed schools, both grammar and high, there has teen in creased attendance!. This la noted also In mixed colleges and universl tes. I Iiiter-KiM-lnl Movements. There has been a splendid showing In the matter of Inter-Racial Move ments The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the most highly organized movement of this kind In the world, It has proved its efficiency and helpfulness on man Mr occasions during the year and its following in both races is in creasing. The Association has been unfortunate in these respects; white people, especially South, have believed the organization demands too much for the black people; while many peo ple within the group have felt tha j the activities of te Association wer meant to be confined to so-called '‘high brows” of the race, rather than also the masses. These* misunder standings are being corrected by sys tematic endeavor, it appears. The Association asks no more, nor less, than absolute Justice, and that for all the people everywhere. Encouraged by the Y. M. C. A., by Dr. R. R. Moton of Tuskegee Instl tuia, Dr John Hope of Morehouse College, Atlanta, and others, there has been throughout the South wide spread lnler-itacial Movements estab lished. These movements illustrate a new conscidtosness and mental atti tude on the part of the thinking white Southerner, and bids fair to be of great value In the work of better un dei-stumling. Other Movements. .There have been a number of other movements of one kind and another , all seeking to express the conscious ness of a better day. The most out j standing of these other movement j has been the Universal Negro lm | provement Association, and affiliated organizations, under the control and direction of Marcus Garvey. Thl combination of efforts has succeeded in fastening a hold on the masses o the people In many suctions of th United States and the West Indies particularly, thut alarms the con servative leaders among Negroes, and arouses a zeal of devotion by the ad herentH that surpasses any similar movement ever established In thl country. Africa. This brings us to an amazing exhi bltlon of Intermit manifesiail by many hundreds of thousands of American Negroes in the redemption of Africa. This country of the forefathers of black people , rich beyond human computation in natural resources, has become a world center of Interest. European nations have chopped Af rlca Into colonial morsels, hut (her Is a growing feeling, leading where It cannot be predicted, that Africa should be for the Africans. The discov ery of Harvard professors, during search of ten yens, of a long line o Ethiopian klngH anil queens, bus only •served to heighten Interest in the cradle of civilization, and make those of sun-kissed hue have u new inspi ration of pride in the world’s greatest continent, the cradle of civilization— AFRICA. Capital und Labor. Colored Americans have continued to look with an eye of skepticism on the sincerity of purpose of labor unions. The American Federation o ' ahor through Its Chief Executive, Samuel Gontpers, has sought to im press the race that "Labor Is Just to the Negro." In the matter of labor, Colored wprkers are more Inclined to the at tltuile of the “Open Shop,” the belief that one may or may not he a member of a union, according to the dictates of his conscience, just as he may or may not be a member of ehureh or fraternal society, according to hi feeling, and without molestation one way or the other. MttNele Shoals Development. One of the truly remarkable mani testations of economic vision ha been demonstrated this year In the development of Muscle Shoals. Ala bama waterpower and fertilizer pro Jeot. Regardless of the wisdom of first starting the work, the United States Government has spent $tOf>. j 000,000 to date on the place and Henry Ford of Detroit has Informed the Sec retary of War that the project can be completed for $30,000,000 more. Colored people throughout the eoun try, including such leaders of though aa Dr. R. R. Melon, R R. Church o Memphis, and many of the newspaper*, discern the economic advantage for Negro laborers and farmers when Mr Ford is permitted to close the deal The development of the plans is be ing watched with great interest. Amusements. In the field of amusements there has been such a substantial growth this year that 1922 bids fair to eclipse all other years in a carefully system at i zed program of achievement run ning all the wa from the individual private entertainer to the mam moth state fairs now carried on annually in many states throughout the South. J. W. Jackson, of the editorial staff of< ihe Billboard, has made a studious survey of this well known field that Is worthy of very careful considera tlon, Charles fillpln In “The Emperor! Jones;” “Sliurfle Along,” in its ninth1 month In New York City; Bert Will lams with his own show in Chicago; Harry Lawrence Freeman, of New York, about to produce Brand Opera of his own composition in one of the big down-town opera houses of the metropolis, hacked by the same man agement that has “Shuffle Along,” with Colored orchestras in demand for social functions, with high class acts in vaudeville being more favorably received than before, there Is a new day dawning. Add to these the developments of motion picture producers with Col ored characters, the production of phonographs and records, and various other activities following in their wake, and the Race looks with en thusiastic anticipation to the coming year. Law and Order. A Federal law against lynching now eeniH to be n certainty. After years of astounding atrocities and years of righteous agitation, public sentiment tins finally come to the point where a law, with teeth In It, against the shameful American practice of lynch ing, must and will he passed. It If believed by all thoughtful and Impar tial students of political well being (tint the United States may adoptano enforce such a law for self-preserva Ion, If for uo other reason. Occupying a position of pre-eminence in world affairs, such n people cannot he at the same time righteous and hypocrites; they cannot “serve God and mam mon," They must rhoose one or the other. Tbit to such a test, America always chooses the “better part.’ Finally. There Is reason to lie thankful fo flte achievements of 1921. Rvery where there are marked signs o gowth and progress. The spirit o unity has descended upon the peopl from ail sides, and scattered its bene factions in all directions. We are our “brother’s keeper,” feel it and know it None shall separate us from the her! tage of uncompromising loyalty t each others' Interests snd devotion to the general good: we yield to non in our visions and aspirations, and shall yield to none in our rightful de termination to make them real and lasting. To 1925 the darker people of th | world.and of this nation, ns united group* and ss Individuals, mm their face and with the "Faith of our fath ers,” resolve to march on tc greate | victory. MARQUETTE TEAM DEFEATS “Y” AT BASKET BALL _ The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team | played its first match Tuesday night in the gymnasium of the State School for the Deaf and Dumb, with the fa mous Marquette club of Creighton university. The ‘Y's" were defeated jri an Interesting game by the score of 3d to 10. The “Y’s" did good team work, but were weak in their defen sive guard. The team was composed of Bently, Brown, Shelton, Hudson, Thomas an/I Galloway, substitute. Otis Shelton was the star for the “Y’s", and Wiggins for the Mar quettes. Shanahan has a strong, well-trained team in the Marquettes, all gentiemenly, clean players, and it was no reflection on the “Y’s” to be defeate/i by such a team. Several fair rooters were present to root for the “Y” players. CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON Christmas services were well at tended. The annual Christmas tree i was held Wednesday night, Feast of | the Holy Innocents, and the children ha/1 a good time. Beginning Sunday, January 8 and informal one hour ves per service will be held at 5 o’clock. A beautiful Sanctuary lamp has been placed in the church as a memorial of the late Thomas Keese. It is the gift of his widow. It bears the inscription, “In loving memory of Thomas Keese, 1849-1921, from Edith, his wife." The services next Sunday will be holy communion at 7:30 a. m.; I Church school at 10; choral eucharist and sermon at 11; vespers at 6 o'clock. Maynard L. Wilson spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Lincoln on Masonic business. VIRTUAL SEIZURE HAITI COHFIRMED BY DOCUMEHTS rhe Nation, New York's Fearless Weekly, Prints Official Documents From Navy Dispatch Book Submitted to Senate. DISCLOSE COERCION USER Haitian Congress Forced to Ratify Unwelcome Treaty Under Threat of Continued Military Operation. New York, Dec. 29.—Documents confirming the “rape of Haiti" by the United States government were made public for the first time last Wednes day by the New York Nation and show a shameful record of the bullying of a weaker by a stronger nation. The documents, which are taken from the United States navy dispatch book and submitted to the Senate Committee, reveal the rough-house methods used by the marines, Navy and State De partments to get control of Haiti’s revenues; to force ratification of a dis- ) graceful treaty and to dissolve the Haitian Congress. One of the astonishing messages Is from Secretary of the Navy Daniels to Admiral Caperton under date of November 10, 1915, authorizing him to tell the Haitian Congress that they should accept a disgraceful treaty with the United States, “or the United States would retain control in Haiti until the desired end is accomplished and that it will forthwith proceed to complete pacification of Haiti,” etc. President D’Artinguenave, writing ing for the T.e Nouvelist, a Haitian newspaper published in Port au Prince, under date of November 22, 1921, admits that the United States forced Haiti to accept the disgraceful treaty or its alternative, namely, the end of a naional government, the dis appearance of the Haitian flag and a white military governor from the United States. Other dispatches quoted by the Na tion show how petty American officers were intrusted with holding up Hai tian funds and payment of the Haitian government officials, and how the Hai tian assembly was dissolved because it would not adopt a constitution writ ten and dictated by the United States. FRED MORROW FLING COMING. Most Omahans will be pleased to note that Fred Morrow' Fling, profes sor of Sociology in University of Ne braska, will address the N. A. A. C. P. Thursday evening, January 26, 1922, at Creighton Auditorium. Prof. Fling needs no introduction to quite a few'. His subject for this occasion will be “The Present World Crisis.” lack of interest shown. Of late Colored Omaha has not ral lied to the support of the N. A. A. C. P. as it should and it is a sad com mentary upon the intelligence of the community that such is the case. If those in office are not doing as they should do, then be a good fellow and come out and tell them what they ought to do, and stop standing on the street comers and knowing more about what is going on in the asso ciation than the regular attendant. The next meeting will be at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Twenty-fifth and Hamilton, Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. The Membership Committee, with Mrs. D. W. Goodn as chairman, will entertain all the members of the As sociation together with their husbands at the “Y” Monday, January 2, from 2 p. m. to 10 p. in. The Committee plans to have a program at 5 p. m. and at 8 p. m. All members are in vited to come and bring husbands or a friend. The Center has been vry activ* during the Holidays. The Blue Tri angle Girls did their best to make others happy and to spread cheer throughout the community. They dec orated a small tree which they carried out to the 01*1 Folks’ Home on Christ mas eve, sang carols and played Santa Claus to the dear ones in the Home. One, passing the “Y” Sunday after noon, cou^d hear the voices of both girls and boys as they sang with cheer many beautiful Christmas carols. The walls rang with Christmas spirit and cheer. About fifty girls and boys of all ages and sixes gathered on Monday from 4 to 6 p. m. to enjoy the Com munity Christmas tree and moving pictures, an educational film and a comedy featuring Harold Lloyd. Thanks to Mr. F. J. Bryant and the Y. M. C. A. for the pictures. All en joyed themselves and were happy to receive the gifts from the tree. Don't forgt to enroll for the new classes to begin in January. New classes are to be formed in Bible and music. Come and enroll at once.
