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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Judge.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of W. D. Me
Lain for the office of county and pro
bate judge of Jackson County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri
mary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of James H.
Johnston for the office of county and
probate judge of Jackson County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary.
For Treasurer.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of John H.
"Camp for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Jesse W.
Shuford for the office of Treasurer of
Jackson County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
The Independent is authorized to
announce the candidacy of J. M. Ivy i
for re-election to the office of Treas
urer of Jackson County, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary. |
Services At Christian Church.
The sermons of Mr. Taylor,
though all have have been splen
did from the beginning, seem to
improve in the strength of [
their thought and in the earnest
ness and forcefulness of their
delivery.
The audiences, though by no
means so large as Newport
ought to afford, have at each
service been extremely atten
tive and appreciative. The sub
ject Wednesday evening was
Peter’s acknowledgement of
the Christ—the Great Confes
sion, “Thou are the Christ, tin
Son of the Living God.’’
Mr. Taylor declared this to be
the one great and essential eon
* fession necessary to a start upon
the Christian life, because the
establishment of the Divinity of
J«sus is likewise the establish
ment of His power to save and of
his right to command. Jesus
himself declared his own Divini
j ty, the Father acknowledged it
and Peter openly declared the
same truth, which had not been
r< vealed to him by flesh and
blood, but by the will of the
Father in heaven
This sermon was worthy tlie
hearing and careful considera
tion of every person in the town
and if you have missed this ser
mon and others in the past, you
may yet have the privilege of
hearing several fine discourses
if you attend the services this
evening and through the remain
der of the week.
Everybody is again most cor
dially invited to attend all the
meetings.
Entertains For Miss Taylor.
Miss Lucile Taylor was an;
honored guest at a beautifully
appointed evening Bridge, given
her Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Parish of Third street.
The party of young people
were most congenial and greatly
enjoyed meeting Miss Taylor, a
former Newport girl, who is
much loved by her many friends
in this city.
The highest score at Bridge
was made by Clay Childers,
whose trophy was a pretty tie
and a necklace of cut amber
beads was given to Miss Beattie
as the young lady’s prize. A
delicious course luncheon con
cluded the evening’s entertain
ment.
Those present were Misses Lu
cile Taylor, Thadeese Kinman,
Lou Minor, Hortense Hite, Lucy
Brandenburg, Bessie Watson,
Jamie Irby, Katherine Morris,
Annie Laurie Lindsey, Kate
Harder, Margaret Beattie, Lu
tie Mae Stephens, Emma Beard,
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hutson;
Messrs. Garland Hurt, Alcorn
Ferguson, Norman Wolff. Adam
Lockard, J. L. Bevens, Clay
Childers, Jan B. Ybung, Warren
Dunaway, Harry Stephens,
Chai’les Sprigg, Roy Hinkle.
Walter Fife, Ed Doherty, Claude
Tinsley, Herbert Bunn, Harry
Lynn and Mr. Scott of Little
Rock.
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Negro Delivers Lecture.
Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, D. D.,
educational secretary ot the Na
tional Baptist Convention (col.)
spoke last night at i.-e (
First Baptist Church on the ■
ject: “The Four Fold Mission
of the American Negro.'
Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, D. IT,
of Memphis, who lectured at the
colored Baptist church last
night is one of the best known
men of his race in this country.
He delivered an address before i
the Southern Baptist Conven
tion (white) last year, and ^
when he was through the con
vention voted $50,000 for the e
rection and establishment of a
central theological seminary for
the training of negro Baptist
ministers.
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A large audience was out last i
night to hear Dr. Griggs. He
said, in part:
“Any people who feel that
they are living under a Divine
Curse, are liable to become des
pondent, and thus go wrong. The
negro has been taught that he
is cursed of God, and many la
boring under that thought, go
through life with no aim—no
purpose. But, my mission is to
tell you, that instead of being
cursed tire negro is blessed with
the greatest mission of any
other man in America.
America is the greatest gov
ernment on earth. The Anglo
Saxon race has made all the
progress that makes him great
by wading through pools of
blood; therefore he is cold and
cheerless.
One mission of the negro is to
sing songs of cheer, and keep a
spirit of humor in the heart of
the American white man. You
may pile upon the negro slavery;
you may lynch him; disfranchise
him, and pack him like sardines
into “Jim Crow cars”, yet, he
will laugh, sing, joke and be
happy and make everybody hap
py who comes in touch with
him. ^
It is the jokes and folklore of
the negro that keep the Ameri
can white people happy. When
they want to laugh and drown
their sorrows, they go to the
negro minstrel, or white men
blacken their faces and imitate
the negro. * - - -
When senators, congressmen
and platform orators—even
ministers—want to break the
monotony and put good humor
into their audiences, they tell
some negro joke. The books
written by Joel Chandler Har
ris, Bill Nye and Mark Twain
are read the world over. These
men got their inspiration on the
levies, and on the plantations.
where large numbers of South
ern negroes lived and worked
The second mission of the ne
gro, is to remove from the heart
of the white man the contempt
he has for the darker races of
the world.
The darker races outnumber
the white races—Japan, China,
India and Africa. When one man
feels that another has contempt
for him, the man against whom
the contempt is aimed, will plan
to get even.
Some di^v, when Japan, China,
India and Africa are fully armed
with modern civilization, unless
some power intervenes, there
will be fought the bloodiest war
ever known—and it will be the
darker races vs. the white races.
Then it will be that America
will become the peacemaker of
the troubles, because of the !
good feeling towards the dark
er races,—the millions of black
men in this country have
brought about by having lived
among the white people here.
Our great great men yet un
born will be called into council,
and play their part in ,the
world’s drama. The conquered
and enslaved people in all ages
have produced some of the
mightiest men and greatest re
formers known to history. Take
the Jews; study their history.
Even now Booker T. Washing
ton is known throughout the
civilized world as one of the
greatest men of this age.
Another mission of the Ameri
can negro is to imbibe the white
man’s civilization and carry the
light back to Africa.
A fourth mission of the A
merican negro is to keep Ameri
ca religious. The Southern white
man is the most truly Christi
an white man in the world and
why? When he was a boy, and
when his mother was a child—
black “mammy”. W'hen their
parents were discussing gold
and silver, and stocks and bonds
old Aunt Jane was teaching
“dat chile” to love Jesus. Many
of the white preachers of the
South date their conversion to
the simple faith taught them
by their black “mamies” The
North and East, and even for
eign countries are calling for
Southern ministers to fill their
pulpits. So in that way, though
unseen, the negro is performing
a mission in the world that
makes him blessed.
J. W. Martin came in on No,
24 today from Bradford.
W. D. Wall was calling on
Newport trade today for Sim
mons Hardware Company of St.
Louis.
State Bank Examiner Robert
Neil] was here this morning go
ing to Batesville.
Ira Bush of Swifton was a vis
itor to Newpoi't today.
Captain Leslie Iixman return
ed fx’om Memphis this morning.
S. D. Campbell came home
last evening from Hot Springs.
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