Hand Book
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NINETEEN jt HUNDRED jt AND jt TEN
Episcopal Districts of the A. M. E. Church
FIRST DISTRICT.
Wesley J. Gaines, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Philadelphia Conference, New Jersey Conference, New
York Conference, New England Conference.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Levi J. Coppin, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Baltimore. Conference, Virginia Conference, North Caro¬
lina Conference, Western North Carolina Conference.
THIRD DISTRICT.
William B. Derrick, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Ohio Conference, North Ohio Conference, Pittsburg Con¬
ference, West Virginia Conference, Nova Scotia Con¬
ference, Bermuda Conference.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Cornelius T. Shaffer, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Indiana Conference, Illinois Conference, Iowa Conference,
Michigan Conference, Kentucky Conference, West Ken¬
tucky Conference, Ontario Conference.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Abraham Grant, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Missouri Conference, North Missouri Conference, Kansas
Conference, Colorado Conference, Puget Sound Confer¬
ence, California Conference.
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SIXTH DISTRICT.
Charles S. Smith, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Georgia Conference, North Georgia Conference, Macon Con¬
ference, 'Southwest Georgia Conference, Atlanta Con¬
ference.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Benjamin F. Lee, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
South Carolina Conference, Columbia Conference, North¬
east South Carolina Conference.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Edward W. Lampton, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Mississippi Conference, North Mississippi Conference,
Northeast Mississippi Conference, Central Mississippi
Conference, Louisiana Conference, North Louisiana Con¬
ference.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Joseph S. Flipper, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Arkansas Conference, West Arkansas Conference, East
Arkansas Conference, South Arkansas Conference, Okla¬
homa Conference, Northeast Oklahoma Conference,
Central Oklahoma Conference.
TENTH DISTRICT.
Evans Tyree, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Texas Conference, West Texas Conference, Northeast Texas
Conference, Central Texas Conference.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Moses B. Salter, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Florida Conference, East Florida Conference, West Flori¬
da Conference, South Florida Conference, Central Florida
Conference.
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TWELFTH DISTRICT.
Henry B. Parks, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Tennessee Conference, West Tennessee Conference, East
Tennessee Conference, Alabama Conference, North Ala¬
bama Conference, Central Alabama Conference, East
Alabama Conference.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT—WEST AFRICA.
William H. Heard, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Liberia Conference, Sierre Leone Conference, Gold Coast
Conference.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT—SOUTH AFRICA.
John Albert Johnson, D. D., Presiding Bishop.
Cape Colony Conference, Transvaal Conference, Natal Con¬
ference, Orange River Conference, Zambezie Conference.
A. M. E. Gonnectional Centennial.
Connectional African Methodism will be 100 years old
April, 1916; less than 7 years. African Methodist societies
date historically and definitely back to 1787; hence the
Centennial of the Church observed in 1887 was perfectly
consistent. The African Methodist spirit had asserted it¬
self through societies of African Methodists 100 years to
that date. Before connectional organization this spirit had
acquired a standing of respectability and influence. The
Centennial to be celebrated in 1916 has very different mean¬
ings and must reach very different results and make very
• different impressions from that of 1897. During these
hundred years of connectional life the Church has accom¬
plished respectable and valuable work. It has maintained
an organism which has had its effect in civil, social, eco¬
nomical, political, educational and diplomatic affairs of our
country. This Church was a considerable factor in the
great sum of opposition to slavery and demand for liberty.
It has rendered great service in building up the spirit of
manliness in the people constituting its communion. It
has strengthened the character of this class in respect to
self-government, assertiveness and progress.
It has borne to Africa the strongest hand and warmest
heart of all the Christian bodies of people of African de¬
scent. It has furnished individual men able to "stand be¬
fore kings." It has given the country federal officers, cleri¬
cal and diplomatic service. It has presented the case of the
American of African descent before Federal Commissions
and Presidents. Its autonomy has been maintained absolute.
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It has presented the spirit of Christ in the black man. It
has developed a ministry of intelligence and consistent re¬
ligious life; such men as the greatest denominations opera¬
ting among colored people have been glad to seize. It has
enlarged the spirit of Americanism, infusing a quality of
assertiveness, wise self-care and patriotism, courageous
in defense of national government and strong in the grasp
of the forms and facts of the Christian religion.
While it must be acknowledged that this Church has been
somewhat extravagant in the estimation of its numbers,
it is nevertheless large in its accomplishments and its
promises. There are not morq.than five hundred thou¬
sand members in the African Methodist Church on the
Western Continent. Between now and the end of our
Oonnectional first century, these' five hundred thousand
are capable of amassing for special application, two mil¬
lions of dollars. There can be no doubt of the ability of
our Church government to reach this end by careful ar¬
rangements and faithful endeavor.
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1908.
Nearly one half of this quadrennium has already passed.
The Church is working with much harmony under the latest
rules. The men elected to General Offices and the Bishopric
are at their work most manfully as a rule; entirely, so far as
is known at this office. To say the General Conferences make
no mistake would be unreasonable, though we generally find
occasion to congratulate oursleves on the results of each
succeeding General Conference. Still there is no doubt
that our General Conference made mistakes.
I. It suffered a large number of men, ministers and lay¬
men, to sit promiscuously among delegates, though not
equipped with them. There is no chufch edifice in the A. M.
E. Connection sufficiently large to comfortably seat as a de¬
liberative body, 550 persons. Much of the confusion and ill-
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government of the Conference resulted from overcrowd¬
ing.
II. Fair dealing by all the Annual Conferences in electing
delegates would have diminished the number of delegates
by at least fifty or seventy-five.
III. The General Conference refused to bind itself for
good order in negativing the proposition to discipline dis¬
orderly members. No great body means to be orderly
when it refuses to arrange for order.
IV. The delegations in some cases were indiscreet in select¬
ing floor-leaders, who, to insure good leadership, must be
the most consistent and considerate as well as forceful
and logical men of the body.
V. The General Conference failed to give due considera¬
tion to some of the most important wants of the Connec¬
tion. Still, in the selection of men as leaders, experience
of over one year would seem to support well the action
of the Conference.
Bishop James A. Handy remains sadly prostrate, men¬
tally and physically. Bishop H. M. Turner is working on
the History of the Church,, hoping to publish the first
volume in the next year. Bishop Benjamin T. Tanner is
apparently engaged in preaching among the brethren and
writing. All these men are living "in the harness," and
when they die they will die "in the harness."
OUR DEPARTED BRETHREN.
It would have been a solemn duty to publish in the
Hand Book a necrological list of the ministry. It is hoped
that the next year's book will not omit it.
How rapidly we pass from the scenes of this life; this
writer has lived contemporarily with all the twenty-nine
other Bishops of the Church, save two; nearly half of
Whom have entered their rest. Are they not too nearly
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forgotten, their memory neglected? Do the living bring
them sufficiently into the presence of the young?
Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett, a mighty man died only
three years ago. A marble statue stands forth to mark
the spot in Wilberforce Cemetery where his body was last
seen; the evidence of the end of his life—where are the
signs of the presence of his living? They are many and
prominent, let us step aside oftener, observe them and
study them. His life is not in the marble, but in the
institutions and life current which he helped to instigate
and advance. The same may be said of- the lamented
Doctors J. H. Welch and J. H. Collett, and "so 'twill be when
we are gone." In its eager rush, our Church is often too busy
to pay due respect to or take advantage of the illustri¬
ous examples afforded in the lives of good men.
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1912.
The General Conference Commission has selected Allen
Chapel, Kansas City, Missouri, as the place for the twenty-
fourth General Conference.
The Business and Benevolent Depart
ments of the Church.
PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT.
Besides business decline, the Book Concern has suffered
seriously in the past year on account of the failure in health
of both the Manager, Rev. John H. Collett, D. D., and the
Editor, Rev. H. T. Johnson, D. D. The former, after a term
of about eight years in the office, has passed to his final re¬
ward; the latter, with seventeen years to his credit, is
making a brave fight for the recovery of health. At the
time of the winter session of the Council of Bishops, Doc¬
tor Collett lay prostrate in Washington; Doctor Johnson
attended the Council only to state that his physical con¬
dition made it impossible for him to continue the work of
his office. The Council of Bishops recommended that he
be given twelve months vacation. The Council appointed
a committee of Bishops, Elders and Laymen to go to Phila¬
delphia and study the condition and situation of the Pub¬
lishing House and act according to their judgment to sur¬
mount the difficulties of indebtedness and the absence of
the appointed officials. This Committee acted and recom¬
mended to the Board of Publication, the reorganization of
the Department. The Board found it necessary to de¬
clare vacant the offices of Manager of the Book Concern
and Managing Editor of the Christian Recorder.
They united the offices and elected the Rev. Richard R.
Wright, jr., Manager of the Book Concern and Editor of
the Christian Recorder, at the same time merging the Book
Concern and the Christian Recorder into a joint-stock com-
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pany. It is to be hoped that this will prove the means of
saving the institution.
A. M. E. Review.
Professor H. T. Kealing, by permission of the Board of
Publication, has removed the office of the A. M. E. Review
from Philadelphia to the Sunday School Union Building,
North Public Square, Nashville, Tenn. The last four num¬
bers of the Review have well sustained the character ac¬
quired during the first quarter of a century of its life. Mr.
Kealing made the April number historic, and it is to be
trusted, a warrant for great increase of patronage. This
moving ,on the part of the Review, in a sense withdraws it
from the control of the Board of Publication. Will that
Board turn it over to the Board of Sunday School Union
for supervision, or leave it to itself?
The Southern Christian Recorder.
The courage, faithfulness and persistency of the Manag¬
ing Editor of this paper are highly commendable. But in
the midst of an immense constituency of African Metho¬
dists, with the salary of the Managing Editor guaranteed,
this paper should be worked so as to be absolutely self-sup¬
porting.
The Western Christian Recorder.
This ambitious journal is very industrious and active in
extending its circulation and improving its character.
Though the youngest of our weekly journals, and seeing the
others receiving occasional extra patronage, it has put in
no appeal for special aid. This is to the credit of the
managing editor.
The Board of Publication.
Will not the next General Conference place all the church
publications under the supervision of a single Board.
This would not only be economy but afford a comprehen¬
sive grasp of conditions, which might tend to a wiser man¬
agement and possibly a contraction in the number of jour¬
nals.
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THE MISSIONARY DEPARTMENT, A. M. E. CHURCH.
The general office of this department is at 61 Bible
House, New York city; Rev. W. W. Beckett, D. D., of
South Carolina, Secretary. The splendid administration
of the Rev. Henry B. Parks, D. D., improved the condition
of our missionary life and work greatly. General Con¬
ference in 1908 having elected Doctor Parks Bishop, also
elected Doctor Beckett as his successor. The supervision
and support of our foreign missionaries are dependent
upon this office; excepting the support of Bishops in
foreign lands which depends upon the Financial Office, in
common with that of other Bishops. The Secretary also
issues a paper monthly styled the "Voice of Missions."
The revenues of the office come from an annual collection
on Easter Day throughout the connection, one dollar from
every traveling minister, annually, and several thousand
dollars from the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Society. The funds of the Parent Woman's Mite Mission¬
ary Society are administered under the supervision of this
Secretary and his board. The office supports several young
men from Africa in our universities. Doctor Beckett is
making an industrious canvass for increased aid for the
support of our foreign work. This work has grown much
larger than at the time of the General Conference, re¬
quiring corresponding increase in patronage. The
Church has yet to appreciate the great burden it has placed
on its own shoulders and the great equipment and oppor¬
tunity in its hands for meeting all responsibilities conse¬
quent. Doctor Beckett purposes to give us no rest till his
revenues shall have increased to dimensions equal to, his
responsibilities. Following is a synopsis of his annual
report for the year 1908—'09.
Total receipts $12,930.40
Total expenditures 11,967.12
Of this amount $7018.12 was the Easter Money received
for 1909 up to April 17th. The Doctor presented a state-
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ment from the Woman's Mite Missionary Society showing
receipts and disbursements for the year:
Total receipts for the year $ 5,686.88
Total expenses for the year 4,337.59
Bethel Institute, Capetown, South Africa.
At the Council of Bishops sitting in Jacksonville Florida,
February 1909, Bishop C. T. Shaffer presented the follow¬
ing plan for purchasing Bethel Institute, Capetown, South
Africa, to wit: that
The Financial Department pay $1500.0'O
The Church Extension Society 1500.00
The Missionary Society 1000.00
The Educational Department 1000.00
Total $5000.00
The Council adopted this proposition and recommended
that the purchase be made through the Church Extension
office; the $5000 to be the first payment, provided satisfac¬
tory terms and arrangements could be made for .the com¬
pletion of the contract at the cost of $12,000.
The $5000 was made up according to recommendation
and forwarded to Bishop Johnson. Certain technicalities
in regard to settlement have delayed the purchase to this
date. It is hoped, however, it will be consummated soon.
Communications from Bishop J. Albert Johnson show
wisdom, courage, patience and faith on the part of that
strong episcopate.
Bishop W. H. Heard has moved his headquarters from
Monrovia, Liberia, to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mrs. Heard
has returned to America suffering seriously as a result of
African fever. Let us pray for her recovery. We have
little information concerning the movements of Bishop
Heard, but believe him to be laying plans for great work.
He states that the large amounts of money paid him in¬
clude salary to the missionaries for months prior to his go¬
ing to Africa.
Certainly the measurement of our support must be en-
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larged if we expect of these Bishops in Africa respectable
work. As we sow so shall we reap. It should not be a
question with us whether we are doing in Africa as much
as other churches, but whether we are doing as much as
we are obligated to do; as much as will enable us to hold
a respectable relation to the best of them.
The property of this institution was purchased (the
contract lapsing afterward) and the school founded under
the present title by Bishop L. J. Coppin. The property
was estimated at $20,000.00. It has at present an active
school with good attendance; a respectable Faculty and
great promise. Under the supervision of Bishop J. Al¬
bert Johnson, we may expect a great future for this insti¬
tution. It must be to all the schools of our Church in Africa,
the mother. It is highly necessary that we should enlarge
our conceptions both of the possibilities of the school and
our duty in the premise. We should furnish Bishop John¬
son annually no less than $1,000.00 for Bethel Institute alone
and $1,000.00 for other educational activities; in order to
give to the school a strong and definite character to im¬
press the colored African, the native and the Caucasion
with the sincerity of our purpose and the strength of our
endeavor.
Bloemfonteine School, Bloemfonteine, Orange River
Colony, South Africa.
At the head of this school is the Rev. James Yappi
Tantsi, B. D., an African and a graduate of Payne Theo¬
logical Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rev. Tantsi is a man
of definite purposes, correct character and high grade
intelligence. This work is entirely among natives.
Wilberforce and Lillian Derrick Institute.
Two of the African graduates of Wilberforce University
conduct this school, also among natives, viz. Rev. A. A.
Maxeke and his wife, Mrs. Charlotte Manye Maxeke.
Bishop Johnson has been too short a time in Africa to
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develop these schools or to give us an adequate idea of their
value; but should he live four years, we shall know what
we have and what we are doing in South Africa.
Our Mission Schools in West Africa.
Bishop W. H. Heard took with him to Africa three
teachers who have begun their work under great disadvan¬
tages, he having made this movement without full under¬
standing as to their support. There is little doubt, how¬
ever, that our good Secretary, Doctor W. W. Beckett and
the good President of the Board of Missions, Bishop Corne¬
lius T. Shaffer, who, himself, has done service in West Afri¬
ca, and in honor of whom one of our schools there, is named,
will see to it that the Bishop and his associates shall suffer
little in consequence. And certainly by the next Easter
Day our Church will show its interest and sympathy in an
improved support of West African work. Here is another
place where the A. M. E. Connection should lay down
$1,000 a year for education. The Sarah Goram School,
Sierra Leone, is the oldest of all our educational under¬
takings in Africa. Shaffer Institute in Liberia promises
new life under Bishop Heard's supervision.
There is no doubt that the President and Secretary of
the General Missionary Board will extend and enlarge the
missionary spirit this quadrennium by noting times and
places of missionary assemblies and conventions, recog¬
nizing and addressing them, and to the extent of possi¬
bilities, visiting them. Conference missionary conventions,
W. H. and F. conventions, P. W. M. conventions and Pre¬
siding Elders' conferences and conventions as well as An¬
nual Conferences, would give much larger service for
more intimate association.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Professor John R. Hawkins, Secretary of Education, in
his report for the year ending May 30, 1909, presents facts
as follows:
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Total Receipts from the 8 per cent Dollar Money . • $14,366.53
795 01
Cash brought forward from last year 1
$15,161.54
Disbursements for the year $13,202.69
Balance $ 1,958.85
Special Appropriations.
The payments to our several schools were made on a pro
rata basis; each school receiving 75 per cent of the General
Conference (Appropriation for the year). In addition to
this one thousand dollars was paid on account of the pur¬
chase price of our school in South Africa—Bethel Institute
—said payment being made up by appropriating a relative
part from the percentage due each district; as per order of
the Presiding Bishop.
The Local Finance of Our Schools.
The amount of money handled in the maintenance of
schools of our Church for the first fiscal year of this quad-
rennium, as reported by secretaries and treasurers of said
schools is as follows:
Western University, Quindaro, Kansas $ 27000.00
Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio 19712.92
Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio, 3885.00
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga 19054.46
Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas 14449.16
Allen University, Columbia, S. C 13243.00
Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C 13001.00
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla 8846.24
Shorter College, Argenta, Ark 8033.13
Campbell College, Jackson, Mississippi 8000.00
Payne University, Selma, Alabama 6239.07
Turner N. & I. Institute, Shelbyville, Tenn 3198.25
Wayman Institute, Harrodsburg, Kentucky 3061.38
Payne Institute, Cuthbert, Georgia 1421.00
Delhi Institute, Alexandria, Louisiana 600.00
Flegler, High School, Marion, South Carolina 300.00
$150,092.61
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Our first Educational Day Rally was in 1884. Since then there has
been a steady increase every year; the reports for the last quadren-
nium showing receipts of over $150,000.—handled annually in the main¬
tenance of our schools. Seventy-five thousand of this representing
our voluntary contributions and the remainder that paid into the
school treasuries by students. In this way we have already applied
over two million dollars in our school work since 1884.
This we regard as a splendid showing for so short a time. Since
we planted the first seed at Wilberforce has been but a half century.
Then we had no assets and nothing on which to rely but faith in
God and our own possibilities. By exercising this faith and organiz¬
ing our forces we stand before the world today owning, managing
and supporting twenty institutions of learning—employing 190 teach¬
ers, serving over 5,700 pupils, with a valuation of school property of
$950,000—all of which we cheerfully dedicate and consecrate to the
cause of Christian education.
Let us all strive hard to bring about still better results and awaken
in our people a more lively interest in our educational work.
Respectfully submitted, J. R. HAWKINS,
Commissioner of Education, Kittrell, N. C.
Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
Wilberforce University, the mother of our series of
schools, now in her fifty-third year of age, did a very suc¬
cessful year's work ending in June, 1909, under the admin¬
istration of Doctor W. S. Scarborough, A. M., LL. D., be¬
ing his first year. The enrollment was slightly below that of
the year previous, but the attendance was more regular.
The number was 321.
This University is an honor to the race but suffers great¬
ly from an overburdened controling Board. It may never
be expected to succeed without a change at this point; its
possibilities are great, almost beyond measure, but will not
be realized without this change.
Number of students for the year 321
Number of professors and instructors 27
Receipts for 1908-'09 $19,712.92
Disbursements 19,418.01
294.91
$200,200.14
34.759.13
Balance
Assets
Endowment Fund
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These figures exclude the property of the Combined Nor¬
mal and Industrial School, under joint supervision of the
"State of Ohio and Wilberforce University. Professor Wil¬
liam S. Scarborough, A. M., LL. D., President, and Profes¬
sor Horace Talbert, A. M., Secretary. Tuition— room rent,
light and fuel $14.50 per term, (exclusive of Board). Board
$2.00 per week.
Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio.
This school is connected with Wilberforce University as
to general government and order. The Seminary makes no
charge for tuition. The Faculty is led by the Rev. George
F. Woodson, D. D., of Drew Seminary, associated by Rev.
A. W. Thomas, A. B., S. T. B., of Boston University.
Combined Industrial and Normal School, Wilberforce,
Ohio.
This school is connected with Wilberforce University.
Besides excellent provisions and facilities for training-
teachers in the Normal Department, the C. N. and I. has
a good corps of instructors in trades—blacksmithing, wag-
onmaking, carpentry, plumbing, printing, laundering,
dressmaking, tailoring, mechanical engineering, cooking,
millinery, business and accounts, typewriting and stenog¬
raphy, drawing and painting. Joseph P. Shorter, A. M.,
Superintendent. Cornelius S. Holland, Secretary.
Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas.
The Rev. D. H. Butler, D. D., former President of Camp¬
bell College, was elected President of Paul Quinn, June,
1909.
The report of former President W. J. Laws shows con¬
siderable reduction in the indebtedness of the institution
and gives high praise to Bishop Evans Tyree for the splen¬
did management of the Church in the State to this end.
The greatest collection ever paid to any school of our
Church in one day having been reached in his administra¬
tion—the handsome sum of ten thousand three hundred dol¬
lars. This has since been exceeded by Bishop Parks in
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behalf of Payne University—ten thousand seven hundred
dollars. President Laws retires from the presidency with
the respect of the Church and the confidence of the College
management. The enrollment of students last year was.
275; number of teachers employed, 12. Professor A. F..
Jackson has been elected Treasurer in place of the lamented
Doctor T. C. Denham. Professor Jackson is managing the-
finances of the school to the satisfaction of all concerned..
Payne University, Selma, Alabama.
Prof. H. E. Archer succeeds to the presidency of this,
school recently vacated by the Rev. James M. Henderson-
Bishop H. B. Parks evidently has full grasp of the work.
His qualification for controlling large numbers of persons
and centralizing their thoughts and acts in a given object is
well established by the splendid and unparalleled feat of
having Alabama African Methodism place in the treasury
of Payne University nearly $11,000 in a single day of
June, 1909.
Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina.
This Institution had a very successful year, the first in.
the present term of Doctor W. D. Chappelle, who has been
called the second time to the presidential chair of his Alma.
Mater. The State of South Carolina is alive to the wants,
of Allen University. It furnishes money for it with a lib¬
eral hand. It is expected of the Bishop, presiding elders,,
pastors and people that much more money shall be reported
at Conferences the present year for Allen than was done-
last year, which was about $11,500.
Enrollment, 1908—9 651
Professors and Instructors 18
Students Granted Certificates and Diplomas 83
Number of Departments .1. 8
Approximate Expenses per term, excluding books $56.00
The great Coppin Hall, a beautiful building erected under
the administration of Bishop Coppin, is a credit to the wis-
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dom of the Bishop and the great men and women associated
in the enterprise. The debt on this building is being re¬
duced considerably. The University was never in better
condition or had a more hopeful outlook. Rev. R.
Wall is financial officer; Rev. E. G. Jones, secretary; Rev.
B. H. Williams, president of the executive board.
Edward Waters' College, Jacksonville, Florida.
We have been unable to secure information from this
school further than has been gained through the papers;
this we regret. It is known that under the administration
of Bishop Handy the building was all consumed in the great
fire which nearly destroyed the city of Jacksonville. This
came near blotting out the Institution, but under the ad¬
ministration of Bishop Tanner it was somewhat resusci¬
tated and in the present quadrennium, under the adminis¬
tration of the genial Bishop Salter, it has been reorganized
and is hastening to a satisfactory condition. A large build¬
ing has been erected. Harmony in the State, a good faculty,
and the Rev. A. W. Attaway at the head as president, as¬
sure success.
Wayman Institute, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Professor W. E. Newsome is fast increasing the useful¬
ness of this Institution. The Church in Kentucky has
awakened to its opportunity and risen to its duty. Bishop
Shaffer, with forceful leading, is conducting them along
planes of better understanding and higher realizations.
Turner Normal and Industrial Institute, Shelbyville,
Tennessee.
Rev. James A. Jones, A. M., D. D., has been president
of this school four years. Under his administration it
has increased in strength and numbers yearly. The en¬
trance of Bishop H. Blanton Parks on the field will increase
the interest of the people and consequently the amount of
support.
The enrollment during the past year was about one hun¬
dred and seventy.
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Kittrell College, Kittrell, N. C.
Professor John R. Hawkins, General Secretary of Edu¬
cation, resides at Kittrell. Not the immediate founder but
developer of Kittrell College, his work and influence for
years have been devoted to its life. Before entering upon
the General Office he now occupies, he was president; since
then has been General Superintendent of Kittrell. Professor
Jordan, the president, is a man of large experience in edu¬
cational work, and is supported by a competent faculty of
men and women. He may be relied upon to advance Kittrell
•College beyond its present status. Several Kittrell alumni
have completed professional courses and are now prac¬
titioners. The climate at Kittrell is healthful, the govern¬
ment good and easy and the terms fair.
Campbell College, Jackson, Mississippi.
We have been unable to secure data of the business and
fife of this progressive institution. It is expected, how¬
ever, that under the supervision of Bishop Lampton it will
assume new life and exert great influence on our educa¬
tional work. The scholarly Rev. M. M. Ponton remains at
the head of the Faculty. This should assure full confidence
and large patronage.
Western University, Quindaro, Kansas.
This University is destined to become one of the fore¬
most of the A. M. E. Church Schools. It receives large
patronage from the State of Kansas, as well as from the
A. M. E. Connection. Under the supervision of Bishop
Abraham Grant and the Hon. Wm. Tecumseh Vernon,
it has made steady advancement.
As will be noticed in the statement of Professor Hawkins
.appearing elsewhere in this book, the volume of local
business done by Western University last year was the
largest of all schools of the Church.
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Extracts from Report of 1909.
7
Number of Departments
Number of Professors ^
OA
Lecturers
Number of Students Enrolled
Number Graduated in 1908 - ^
Total Number of Graduates in its History ^
The following courses are comprehended in Western
University: Subnormal, normal, classical, college prepara¬
tory.
The State industrial courses are as follows: Architec¬
tural and mechanical drawing, carpentry, blacksmithing,
printing and bookkeeping, dressmaking, plain sewing and
millinery, tailoring, business, shorthand and typewriting,
cooking, domestic science, laundering, farming and truck
gardening; and in music, piano, pipe organ, harmony,
voice culture and brass instruments. Special training is
given in elocution and oratory.
Dr. W. Decker Johnson, Our First Educational
Secretary.
Though our educational system emanated from the clear
and cultured brain of the late President S. T. Mitchell, it
was first launched by the interesting and weird Doctor
William Decker Johnson, now deceased; both good men,
both interested deeply in study and moral culture. Pro¬
fessor J. R. Hawkins, the present incumbent of the office
of Secretary of Education, is third in order.
We take this matter up here in order to record in the
Handbook the death of that interesting man, Rev. William
Decker Johnson, D. D., L. L. D., who departed this life
in Athens, Ga., , 1909; aged, 68 years, leaving a
widow and seven children, most of whom are grown. He
was at the time of his death a member of the South Carolina
Conference; his last appointment being Aikeln. Dr.
Johnson was a Connectional character. He had on two-
occasions received a liberal vote for the office of Bishop.
He was a graduate of Lincoln University. As a minister
A. M. E. Church.
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he had done pastoral work in Maryland, Florida, Georgia
and South Carolina. In 1884 he was elected Secretary of
Education by the General Conference and also in 1888.
His administration of this office was non-eventful but in¬
dustrious, honorable and respectable, laying a good
foundation for the great development that has followed.
He was President of Allen University, 1904 to 1908. It
is probable that he had recorded a larger amount of notes
on his observations, experiences and meditations than any
other minister in the A. M. E. Church. He was an inter¬
esting lecturer, a good preacher and a conscientious Chris-
Han.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION, NASHVILLE, TENN.
Mr. Ira T. Bryant, whom the late General Conference
-elected Secretary and Treasurer of this Department, en¬
tered upon the work of the office May 25, 1908. He makes
the following business statement at the end of little more
than nine months:
Receipts Total Disbursements
$27,421.37 $25,854.74
2,607.67 C. D. M. Collection. Advanced to Mis¬
sionary Depart¬
ment for postage
on Easter program
506.00
30,029.04
Total liabilities March 31, 1909
Cash on hand March 31, 1909 ..
30,029.04
8,500.02
3,668.30
4,837.72
Less money advanced Missionary Dept., for postage on
programs for Easter Day
506.00
4,331.72
Collectible bills against Missionary, Extension, Re¬
view, Allen League, C. P. A. Departments and
various Annual Conferences for printing done since
taking charge of Department
2,863.34
Total indebtedness in excess of cash on hand and col¬
lectible bills 1,463.38
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Recapitulation.
Amount of indebtedness on house May 25th, time
present report began
Paid on new wall, building new skylight, repair and
painting of buildings, bracing, etc
For wages, printing and binding material, water, gas,
coal, merchandise, editorial contributions, machinery,
expenses pertaining to department from May 25th, to
March 31st 1909 ..,
One Mergenthaler Linotype machine with extra attach¬
ments
One Fuller Automatic Feeder, folder, and paster
Grand total disbursements for all purposes, from May
25 to March 31 34,360.7$
Grand total money earned (including such as is due
from Annual Conference and other departments, also
C. D. M. Collection) 32,897.38
Total amount spent in excess of work done 1,463.38
This Department of the Connection should be regarded
as a means to the end of advancing the Sunday School
work per se, among Negroes generally; not merely a print¬
ing office. It is its disciplinary duty to consider every Sun¬
day School Convention, every Sunday School Institute, and
bear to the heart of the great Sunday School world the-
spirit and work of the African Methodist Sunday Schools.
No greater error has been conceived in relation to this-
Department than that it should be a mere general
printing house, in competition with the only printing
house we have ever undertaken. It should have its hand on
our Sunday School system and methods. It should collate our
Sunday School statistics. It should be a repository of all
information concerning our Sunday Schools. It should as¬
sociate itself with our great Sunday School workers, such
as Mr. James Collins, of St. John's Sunday School, Norfolk,
Va. It should arrange a series of Sunday School libraries-
containing matters of interest especially to the Negro race
non-denominational but religious; historical, biographical,.
2,269.42
1,800.00
28,515.63
3,330.18
2,601.88
A. M. E. Church.
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moral and social. It should associate with every great con¬
vention of the world's Sunday School workers.
THE SOCIETY OF CHURCH EXTENSION.
Rev. B. F. Watson, D. D., Secretary of this office reported to the
Board, March 31, 1909:
Total Receipts, for the year 1908—9 $ 28422.85
Balance from 1908 17636.36
Grand Total Receipts to March 31, 1909 46059.21
Disbursements 32230.02
Balance to March 31, 1909 $13829.19
Inabilities 8382.00
Gash over liabilities $ 5447.19
Total assets 317661.85
Inabilities 8382.00
Assets over liabilities 309279.85
Assets in Realty.
Total property valuation $119700.00
Office furnishings $ 500.00
Twenty shares stock A. M. E. Book
Concern 500.00
.Loans and Interest 183132.66
Balance in cash 13829.19
$197961.85
Grand total 317661.85
Total liabilities 8382.00
Assets over liabilities $309279.85
Our churches and ministers of all grades who borrow
money from this Department and straightway forget or
disregard their obligations are simply striking a deadly
blow at the Church's financial life. Those Annual Con¬
ference boards that demand new loans for churches in their
territory but do not undertake to enforce the collection of
moneys to pay either interest or principal due the General
Board should reflect on how much more like children
than like men they are acting. Our local churches must
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pay their obligations to one another and to the Connections
or expect business decline.
THE CONNECTIONAL PREACHERS' AID ASSOCIA¬
TION, NASHVILLE, TENN.
Original organization on this subject was instigated and
directed by Rev. John T. Jenifer, twelve years ago. Rev..
W. H. Heard succeeded Doctor Jenifer in 1904; being made
Bishop he was succeeded in 1908 by Rev. Walter A. Lewis,
the present incumbent of the office. Doctor Lewis is find¬
ing it a serious business to advance the work and at the
same time make his own salary.
In a statement made for this book he says: "It is the
sacred duty of every man to provide for his family beyond
the time of his own natural life. The salary of ministers
as a rule is meager, rarely enabling them to live respect¬
ably, to say nothing of providing a competency for their
families after they shall have left them. Life insurance
is expensive; but few ministers' salaries will enable them
to support a policy. Besides some ministers who have paid
on policies for years have had their hopes blasted by the
failure of life insurance companies, to the extent of several
hundred dollars in given cases. The C. P. A. is a co-op¬
erative association among and for the benefit of ministers
and members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The expenses are small. There is no danger of the Afri¬
can Methodist Episcopal Church collapsing. The two
classes of certificates cost Five dollars and fifty cents and
Ten dollars a year, respectively."
Official Statement of Dr. Lewis for 1908-09.
Total receipts $1598.85
Total expenditures 1189.08
Balance in treasury $409.77
Paid Secretary on salary 123.65
Paid Secretary by donations from
Conferences 165.00
A. M. E. Church.
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Total to Secretary on account
of salary 288.65
Number of members found on roll when entering Office 400
Number of members added since entering Office 44
Total number of members 444
Number of certificates lapsed for
non-payment 50
Number of members died 9
Number of members found on roll when entering Office.. 400
Financial members 385
THE ALLEN CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR LEAGUE, NASH¬
VILLE, TENN.
The General Conference of 1908 made Rev. Julian C.
Caldwell Secretary of this important Department. He has
opened his office in the Sunday School Union Building, Nash¬
ville, Tenn. Doctor Caldwell has spent much time organiz¬
ing the people in the interest and work of Christian En¬
deavor. He speaks through the Christian Recorder. By
these two methods he is likely to have great success. The
work of endeavor has increased greatly in our Church
during his first year's administration, but it will require
much activity to make this work general. He has the dif¬
ficult feat to perform of making the ministry like it, pat¬
ronize it, and help direct it, in order to insure success.
Statement of Business for Year Ending May.
Receipts $1029.34
Expenses 1085.93
Balance 56.59
Object and Mission of the Endeavor League.
The Allen Christian Endeavor League is the young peoples' de¬
partment of the A. M. E. Church. The name signifies church loyalty,
as n "Allen," inter-denominational fellowship, as in Christian En¬
deavor, and denominational pride, as in league.
Its cardinal principles are: '
I. To promote intelligent and practical living among the young.
II. To train them in proper methods of Christian work and help¬
fulness.
III. Fellowship in Christ.
IV. Loyalty to Christ's Church.
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Hand Booh 1909.
The strength of the Allen C. E. League rests upon its pledge;
"Relying upon Christ who is the Source of All Strength: I will
earnestly seek for myself the highest New Testament standard 01
Christian experience and living, and will do what I can to help others
attain to the same. I will read the Bible and pray every day and
I will abstain from all those forms of worldly amusement forbid¬
den by the Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
I will attend all the religious meetings of the League and Church
unless hindered by some reason which I can give conscientiously
to my Lord and Master and will take some part aside from singing
in all the prayer and class meetings."
I. To promote intelligent and practical living among the young
people and friends of the Church.
I. To train them in proper methods of Christian work and help¬
fulness both for support of the Church and relief of the needy.
III. To strengthen and purify the social life of our young people
and to make them an uplifting force in the departments of life.
HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
This Connectional society of the A. M. E. Church is 20
years old, if not older. While there have been many profit¬
able conference and episcopal district, conventions there has
never been a connectional convention by this society. It
is purposed to hold such a convention in Emmanuel Church,
Charleston, South Carolina in April, 1910.
It is desired:
I. That a paper on a historical or scientific subject shall
be prepared for that meeting by one of the abler men in
each Annual Conference.
II. That each Annual Conference as far as possible,
select such man and provide funds for his expenses.
III. This desire so far as refers to matter, extends to
the West Indian Mission Field and Africa.
IV. A program will appear later.
BENJAMIN F. LEE, President.
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
Bethel Home, Baltimore, Md.
This institution is owned and controlled by Bethel A. M.
E. -Church, Saratoga St., Baltimore, Md.; valuation, Twenty
Bishops Elected at Norfolk, Va., 1908.
A. M. E. Church.
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thousand dollars. The annual report for 1908—9 shows re¬
ceipts as follows:
Total receipts for year ending February 28, '09, $1103.27.
Institutional Church, Chicago, III.
The report of Rev. H. E. Stewart, superintendent of this,
institution, shows the receipts to be about Five thousand
dollars a year. This comes by donations of individuals,
collections from churches and receipts for service. A
kitchen garden class and day nursery are maintained the
year round. The purchase price of this institution is paid
in annual installments by the Financial Board and Church
Extension Board, jointly, in equal shares.
Demerara Missionary and Industrial Institute, George¬
town, Demerara, British Guiana, S. A.
This modest institution was established by the Rev. P.
Alpheus Luckie, a graduate of Payne Theological Seminary,.
Wilberforce, Ohio. Mr. Luckie is a native of Demerara.
In 1899, when Bishop Lee held a Conference in Demerara
Mr. Luckie arranged to come to America to study. While
in this country he made friends of several persons of
considerable wealth and benevolence, as he did also in Eng¬
land, which country he visited before returning to his home
on the completion of his education.
Through their aid he erected a building and opened the
school. After two years however the building was destroy¬
ed by a cyclone. He is now making efforts to rebuild.
With the cultured Mistress Luckie and the assistance of
Mr. Sidney A. Monroe, former tutor in the Demerara Mis¬
sionary Industrial Institute, friends in the United States,
and the great Church which Mr. Luckie sustains so well
by his endeavors, a new building should be erected soon.
It is stated that Bishop Shaffer contemplates a visit to
Demerara. It may be hoped that arrangements will be
made then to re-erect the building and renew the work of
the school.
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Hand Book 1909.
The Douglas Hospital, Kansas City, Kans.
This institution is increasing in usefulness. The patron¬
age and service for the year ending May, 1909, is as fol¬
lows:
Patients admitted for treatment 97
Distributed tbus:
Charity patients 58
Paying patients 39
Eighty-three patients cured, fourteen died. The Nurse
Training Department is becoming very popular, a class of
two was graduated in 1909.
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Of the Financial Department and the First Annual Report of the
Twenty-fourth Quadrennium, by Conferences and
Episcopal Districts, A. M. E. Church.
Washington, D. C., April 21, 1909.
Pursuant to the call of the President and Secretary of the Financial
Board, said Board met in rooms of the Financial Department, 1541 14th
St., N. W., Washington, D. C., Wednesday morning, April 21st, 1909,
Bishop A. Grant, D. D., presiding.
Devotional services conducted: Hymn used, "There is a fountain
filled with blood." Invocation of divine guidance and blessing by
Bishop E. W. Lampton. Scripture lesson read by Rev. N. B. Sterrett.
The roll was called and resulted as follows:
Revs. A. L. Murray, First District; J. T. Jennifer, Second District;
Charles Bundy, Third District; A. J. Carey, Fourth District; J. R.
Ransom, Fifth. District; E. W. Lee, Sixth District; N. B. Sterrett,
Seventh District; J. W. Lampton, Eighth District; J. M. Conner, Ninth
District; P. C. Hunt, Tenth District; A. J. Kershaw, Eleventh District.
Mr. C. H. Johnstone, of the Twelfth District, and Mr. A. Fortune,
of the Thirteenth District, were absent.
Visitors present: Bishop E. W. Lampton, Drs. H. T. Johnson, W. T.
Vernon, Attorney F. F. Giles, Rev. J. G. Robinson, Drs. A. L.
Gaines, J. H. Welch, Horace Talbert and Prof. R. R. Wright, Jr.,
Editor Christian Recorder and Manager of the Book Concern.
Organization.—The following officers were chosen for the quad-
A. M. E. Church.
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rennium: Vice-President, Rev. A. J. Kershaw, Tallahassee, Fla.; Sec¬
retary Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., Ph. D., Chicago.
Committees.—The Bishop then announced the following committees,
to wit: Auditing Committee: Revs. J. T. Jennifer, D. D.; E. W.
Lee, D. D.; J. M. Connor, D. D.; N. B. Sterrett, D. D., and A. J. Ker¬
shaw, D. D.
Committee on Appropriations.—Revs. Charles Bundy, D. D., J. W.
Lampton, D. D.; C. H. Shelto, D. D.; J. R. Ransom, D. D., and
Mr. C. H. Johnstone.
Committee on Builldings and Grounds.—Revs. A. L. Murray, D. D.;
P. C. Hunt, D. D.; Mr. A. Fortune, Revs A. J. Kershaw, D. D.,
and J. T. Jennifer, D. D.
Committee on Resolutions.'—Revs. J. R. Ransom, A. J. Carey,
Charles Bundy.
Committee on Recommendations.—Revs. P. C. Hunt, E. W. Lee
and J. W. Lampton.
Committee on Memoirs.— Revs. A. J. Carey, J. T. Jennifer and
E. W. Lee.
Executive Committee.—Bishop A. Grant, Rev. John Hurst, Financial
Secretary; Revs. J. T. Jennifer, A. L. Murray and E. W. Lee.
Dr. John Hurst, D. D., the Financial Secretary, was introduced
and began reading his splendid report, when a Committee on Greeting
from the Church Extension Board was announced. Committee con¬
sisted of Drs. J. I. Lowe, R. H. W. Leake and D. P. Roberts. Dr.
E. W. Lee responded in behalf of the Financial Board. Reading of the
report resumed by the Secretary and completed.
To the Chairman Bishop A Grant, and the Honorable Members of the
Financial Board:
In submitting my annual report I deem it befitting, first of all, to
invite you to unite with me in expression of thankfulness and praise
to God in acknowledgment of His tender mercies that have attended
His Church and the care He has taken of us individually and as a
Board in the course of the business year just closed.
The Start.—On May 28th, 1908, the affairs of this department
were duly turned over to me by my predecessor after a complete inven¬
tory of all its property and belongings had been made. One copy of
this inventory is filed in our archives and another has been placed in
the hands of our venerable Chairman.
Why Old Buildings Surrendered.—We had hardly been installed
in the office when the Secretary of Church Extension, Dr. B. F. Watson,
in compliance with the orders of the General Conference that the offices
of said department be established in the building, rooms first and second
rront of second floor, presented himself in order to proceed with such
arrangements and division of the space allotted to him as to permit him
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to properly carry on the business of his office. On the examination o
the premises and after testing the building in view of the weight it
would have to hear by having a large safe and drawers and counter
erected in that apartment, it was evident that in carrying out the
behest of the General Conference the building would have to be
strengthened considerably and at great cost. And. furthermore, if ade¬
quate repairs had been made to the building it-was apparent that the
church would scarcely get any result commensurate with the outlay, as
the unoccupied portion of said building would be exposed to neglect
and ruin. In order to avoid difficulty and at the same time not to
defeat the purpose of the General Conference to have this department
also located in this city, your Financial Secretary entered into the
following compact with the Secretary of the Church Extension, which
explains itself, and upon which you shall have to take final action:
Whereas, The General Conference has located the headquarters of
the Board of Church Extension in the Connectional Building, 1541 14th
St, N. W., Washington, D. C., and designated the rooms to the right
stairway on the second floor for the offices; and
Whereas, Such location of affairs will work a great inconvenience
to the Financial Department and expose the unoccupied portion of said
building to neglect and ruin; therefore it is hereby agreed by the Finan¬
cial Secretray to surrender to the Secretary and Board of Church
Extension the building 1535 14th St., N. W., formerly known as the
old financial department, in lieu of rooms 1541 14th St., N. W. This
contract to be binding on the undersigned, subject to the approval or
rejection by the Financial and Church Extension Boards at their
regular meeting in April, 1909.
(Signed)
JOHN HURST, Financial Secretary;
B. F. WATSON, Secretary Church Extension.
Our Inheritance.—The labors of Secretary Lampton in this depart¬
ment are too well known to require at my hands any commendatory
reference. He is a business man and his sound business methods as
applied here have brought forth results that make his administration
an epoch in the history of this department. Finding this institution
overwhelmingly in debt, he succeeded not only in paying off every cent
of the indebtedness, but in winning for it such a place among .other
kindred institutions of the country that it enjoyed a credit equivalent
to almost half of its yearly income. It is to the healthy condition in
which he left it that our success this present year is largely due, and as
his successor I feel greatly indebted to him.
Our Reverses.—This year has not been free from certain economic
conditions tending to effect more or less our finances. These conditions
A. M. E. Church.
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have been superinduced also by certain natural causes. In the West
the industries have been largely affected through insufficient money
output, and thousands of skilled hands were compelled to go idle. In
large portions of the South, flood currents brought great distress upon
the people by destroying their farms and washing away their homes
and in some instances, such as in South Carolina, lives among our mem¬
bers were lost. In Mississippi, boll weevil caused the loss of many
thousands of dollars to the people. In North Louisiana hundreds of
our people emigrated to distant parts, thereby affecting our work, and
in Georgia the cotton crop fell over 80,000 bales, owing to a persistent
drought that visited that section. In spite of all these misfortunes, the
Lord has taken care of His Church, and when all things are summed up
it appears to me that there is no year when we should be more
boastful of His goodness toward us, as a church, and when we should
break forth in greater praise of our people for their loyalty and devo¬
tion to our cause under the leadership of our Bishops and a conse¬
crated ministry.
The following shows the business done this year:
Receipts—1908.
May, balance in cash $7,704.44
June 7,957.95
July 6,398.52
August 4,008.00
September 5,241.20
October 16,031.18
November 23,817.41
December 24,107.65
1909.
January 1,<553.50
February 2,533.50
March 2,439.99
$101,793.34
Disbursements—1908.
May $4,168.50
.Tune 7,964.41
July 5,012.99
August - 4,793.60
September 5,8-00.39
October 4,720.66
November 4,759.87
December 15,223.39
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1909.
January - 9,409.72
February 7,975.28
March - - - 6>704"97
$76,533.78
Balance to April 25,259.56
FIRST DISTRICT—Bishop W. J. Gaines.
1908.
Name. D. M. Increase Decrease Inc. over
Dec.
Philadelphia- _
New Jersey
New York
New England -
Totals.
5, 299. 90
1,929.70
1,104.00
1, 333. 60
$72.10
14. 87
$86.97
$20.27
$20.27
$66. 70
SECOND DISTRICT—Bishop L. J. Coppin.
West N. C
$2,477.00
2,525.74
$85.45
North Carolina-
$157.56
Virginia
Baltimore
Totals
$5, 002.74
$85.45
$157.56
$72. 11
THIRD DISTRICT—Bishop W. B. Derrick.
Nova Scotia
$82.60
$19. 60
Bermuda
Ohio
$1,413.33
1,833.95
2,595.40
$31.07
54.05
349.44
North Ohio
Pittsburg.
West Virginia
Totals--
$5,925.28
$454.16
FOURTH DISTRICT—Bishop C. T. Shatter.
Ontario
$200.00
1, 131. 00
3, 029. 55
2,030.50
3, 858.62
1,861.13
1, 520. 82
13,631.62
$36.50
Michigan.
$31.00
29. 00
Iowa
Indiana
248.42
333.57
138.87
44. 83
$802.19
Illinois
Kentucky
West Kentucky
Totals
$60.00
$742.19
FIFTH DISTRICT—Bishop A. Grant.
Puget Sound
California
Colorado
Kansas .
North Missouri.
Missouri
$576.00
1, 048. 95
1, 387. 78
3, 206. 13
2, 855. 85
3, 780. 60 |
$182.001
123.35
79. 10
10. 501
$156.80
170.69
Totals 12,855.3l| $394.95| $327.49
$67.46
SIXTH DISTRICT—Bishop C. S. Smith.
Southwest Georgia. I $7, 158. 631
.Atlanta Georgia J 3.397.24J
Macon Georgia.
North Georgia-
Georgia
Totals
5,361.50
2,152.18
7, 358. 50
25. 428. 05
$476. 73
172. 04
174. 50
260.88
12. 49
1, 096.04
A. M. E. Church.
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SEVENTH DISTRICT—Bishop B. F. Lee.
Name. D. M. Increase Decrease
Inc. over
Dec.
$5,448.50
4,367.70
8,424.00
18,240.20
$126.40
$12.20
499.05
625.45
Totals
$12.20
$613.25
EIGHTH DISTRICT—Bishop E. W. Lamp ton.
Mississippi Conference
North Mississippi
Central Mississippi
Northeast Mississippi
Louisiana Conference
North Louisiana Conference..
Totals [20, 374. 00
S3, 844.71
3,684.13
4,971.96
2,169.46
3,449.50
2,254.24
SI 19.01
421.06
50.95
256.06
204.40
1,051.48
303.66
303.66
747.82
NINTH DISTRICT—Bishop J. S. Flipper.
Indian Mission I SI, 237. 501
Oklahoma I 704. 55]
Arkansas.. [ 3,347.30]
West Arkansas.
South Arkansas.
East Arkansas. _
Totals 13,3 73.31
2,712.71
2,850.10
2,521.15
6. 80
76. 78
86. 80
170.38
S137.06
110.25
73.49
320.80
150.42
TENTH DISTRICT—Bishop Evans Tyree.
$2,481.10
2, 272. 30
2.034.74
2.503.75
9,291.89
3354.751
221. 95
91. 34
156.10
824.14
Totals
ELEVENTH DISTRICT —Bishop M. B. Salter.
$1,790.80
1, 466. 41
3,765.70
3,642.50
2, 950. 50
13,615.91
I $179.30
76. 89
938.90
1,010.77
249.57
Totals
2,276.13| 179.30
2096.83
TWELFTH DISTRICT—Bishop H. B. Parks.
North Alabama
Central Alabama. _,
Alabama
East Alabama
West Tennessee
East Tennessee-
Tennessee Conference-
Totals
S3,438.95
4,577.91
3,948.30
2, 574. 04
2,545.00
735.43
2,505.60
20,325.23
$2. 95
77. 61
116.28
188.69
288.00
45. 71
719.24
718. 74
SUMMARY.
First District $9,333.60
Second District 5,002.74
Third District 5,925,28
Fourth District 13,631.62
Fifth District 12,855.31
Sixth District 25,428.05
Seventh District 18,240.20
Eighth District 20,374.00
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Ninth District _
Tenth District _
Eleventh District
Twelfth District.
Total D. M $167,397.14
Total D. M. from South Africa $1,160.00
Total D. M 167,397.14
$168,557.14
Total D. M. for 1908-09 $167,397.14
46 per cent $77,002.68
36 per cent 60,262.98
10 per cent 16,739.71
8 per cent 13,391.77
100 per cent $167,397.14
Total increase $6,777.58
Total decrease 3,191.38
Total increase over decrease $3,586.20
RECOMMENDATIONS.
First—That if you should find anything in this report worthy of
your approval and commendation you attribute it to our .honorable
chairman; anything else may be attributed to myself. On August
19th, 1909, upon Bishop Grant's suggestion, I undertook a trip to
Kansas for the purpose of conferring with him regarding the
management of this department, finding it himself impossible to
come to Washington at that time. We went over the situation most
thoroughly, touching the work in every detail. The memorandum
/of that conference is on file in our office. Since that time our chair¬
man has kept his strong arms around the department with a zeal
and devotion that could not have been greater than if the institution
had been that of "Grant and Hurst Limited." Not a phase of work
but that he took a deep concern in it. I beg that the Board shall
take due notice of that.
Second—That the Board should statuate definitely on the ques¬
tion as to whether or not there is wisdom in this department issuing
dollar money premiums as heretofore, and whether the cost is com¬
mensurate with .the gain from every point of view.
Third—That the following recommendation from the Bench of
Bishops be approved by the Board:
"We recommend to the Financial Secretary payment on account
of salaries of deans of Theological Seminaries as follows: To Payne
13,373.31
9,291.89
13,615.91
20,325.23
A. M. E. Church.
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Turner and Allen Seminaries' each $600 (six hundred dollars); and
to the departments of Paul Quinn, Shorter, Campbell, each $400
(four hundred dollars)."
Fourth—That owing to the fact that since eight years ago un¬
der the direction of the late Bishop Arnett, the financial building
was put in condition by being thoroughly overhauled and owing to
the fact that since that time it has been considerably run down and
that externally it shows a really bad appearance and internally it is
m some places in an unsafe condition, the Financial Board authorize
its Chariman and Financial Secretary to have needed repairs to said
building done right away and submit an itemized report for the
same to the said Board at its next meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN HURST,
Financial Secretary.
Washington, D. C., March 31st, 1909.
AUDITING COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The Financial Secretary's report was then turned over to the
Auditing Committee, which reported as follows:
Washington, D. C., April 21, 1909.
To the President and Members of the Financial Board of the A. M. E.
Church, now assembled at the Financial Department.
Dear Sirs: Your committee appointed to audit the books and
vouchers of Dr. John Hurst, Financial Secretary, beg to report that
after careful examination of the same we find them correct and
well kept, and commend Dr. Hurst for his faithfulness in the dis-
cnarge of his duties. The report shows that the receipts of the
office aggregate $101,793.34, and the expenditures $76,533.78, leaving
a balance of $25,259.56; thus the books and vouchers agree with
the report.
J. T. JENNIFER, Chairman.,
A. J. KERSHAW,
N. B. STERRETT,
J. M. COMMER,
E. W. LEE, Secretary.
REPORT COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
To the President and Members of the Financial Board.
We, your Committee on Resolutions, beg to make the following
as our report:
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Hand Book 1909.
We have listened with interest to the report of the Secretary
of the Board and have marked with pleasure the splendid business¬
like manner in which he has conducted the affairs and kept the
hooks of this department Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we commend the efficient Secretary for his
splendid work and plain, yet business-like method of bookkeeping.
While it is with regret that we note the decrease of the dollar
money in the Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh and Ninth Episcopal
Districts, and while it is true that this is the result of floods and failure
of crops and race riots, yet we regret it just the same; but by the
faithfulness of the First, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth Districts we have succeeded in making the largest annual
dollar money report in the history of the Church, all of which we
thank God and the faithful people for.
We have with much sorrow learned of the illness of Bishop
Heard, his wife and the missionaries that accompanied him to the
West African field. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we extend to them our sympathy, and pray that
our Father in Heaven, whose loving kindness is so great, may
extend His arm of love around them and restore them back to the
strength and health of former years.
We also extend our prayers and best wishes to Bishop J. Albert
Johnson and the missionaries of South Africa that God may bless
and keep them in health and happiness until all the work committed
to their trust shall be accomplished
We are grateful to Him whom the angels delight to praise that the
life of our beloved Bishop Grant has been spared us, and his health
restored, and he is present to-day with renewed energy to lead on
to greater victories than in the past. He presided over this body
with his usual dignity and grace, making our hearts rejoice as he
talked with us by the way. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we extend to him our thanks for the fatherly
manner in which he has presided over us, and for his business methods
in the administration of the affairs of this department, and we
pray that his life may be spared to the Church and race for many
years to come.
We also note with pleasure the presence of Bishops Derrick and
Lampton, who report that under God, through Christ, in their dis¬
tricts the church is moving on. We pray for them that in their
labors of love and duty, God may pour out His spirit upon them
making their work to bloom in new beauty.
Also to Miss E. D. Hampton, whose presence was so valuable
to the Board in assisting the Committee and the Secretary of this
Board. We extend to her our thanks for her exaltant service.
A. M. E. Church.
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We also record the presence of many ministerial visitors, both
from within and without the city, whose remarks were cheering to
the members of this Board.
We further extend to Dr. John Hurst and his accomplished wife
our heartfelt thanks for their loving and tender care towards us,
in that they made us feel that we were in the hands of our
friends. God bless them in their home as well as in their business.
We are your servants,
J. R. RANSOM, Chairman ,
CHARLES BUNDY,
A. J. CAREY.
After various committees were heard and their reports adopted,
Rev. J. T. Jennifer read a report from the Committee on Memoirs in
respect to the memory of the late Dr. J. H. Collett, Business Manager
of the Book Concern, and Dr. W. D. Johnson, former Commissioner
of Education. Report adopted with bowed heads amidst singing
of a suitable hymn.
Upon motion the Board adjourned.
Doxology and benediction.
JOHN HURST, F. S.,
BISHOP A. GRANT, D. D., President.
Roster of Ministers and General Officers
African M. E. Church.
BISHOPS OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH.
Coppin, Levi Jenkins 1913 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Derrick, William Benjamin Flushing, N. Y.
Flipper, Joseph Simeon 401 Houston St., Atlanta, Ga.
Gaines, Wesley John 360 Houston St., Atlanta, Ga.
Grant, Abraham 632 Washington Ave., Kansas City, Kans.
Handy, James Anderson 1341 North Carey St., Baltimore, Md.
Heard, William Henry Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Johnson, J. Albert No. 2 Hanover St., Capetown, South Africa.
Lampton, Edward Wilkerson 502 N. Theobald St., Greenville, Miss.
Lee, Benjamin Franklin Wilberforce, Ohio.
Parks, Henry Blanton 3312 Calumet St., Chicago, 111.
Salter, Moses Buckingham 30 Yanderhost St., Charleston, S. C.
Shaffer, Cornelius Thaddeus 3044 Rhodes Ave., Chicago, 111.
Smith, Charles Spencer 35 East Alexandrian Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Tanner, Benjamin Tucker 3908 Diamond St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Turner, Henry McNeal _30 Yonge St., Atlanta, Ga.
Tyree, Evans 15 North Hill St., Nashville, Tenn.
GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
Allen, G. W., Editor, Southern Christian Recorder Columbus, Ga.
Beckett, W. W., Secretary, Board of Missions, 61 Bible House, New York.
Bryant, Ira T., Secretary, S. S. Union, 206 Public Square, Nashville, Tenn
Caldwell, J. C., Secretary, Allen C. E. League., S. S. Union Building, Nash¬
ville, Tenn.
Hawkins J. R., Secretary of Education Kittrell, N. C.
Hurst, John, Secretary of Finance, 1541, 14th St., N.W.,Washington, D.C.
Johnson, H. T Camden, N. J.
Kealing, H. T., Editor of the Review, S. S. Union Building, Nashville, Tenn.
Lewis, W. A., Secretary of Preachers' Aid Association, S. S. Union Build¬
ing, Nashville, Tenn.
McDonald, J. Frank, Editor, Western Christian Recorder, 712 Campbell
St., Kansas City, Mo.
Watson, B. F., Secretary, Society of Church Extension, 1535, 14th St., N.
W., Washington, D. C.
Wright, R. R., Jr., Editor, Christian Recorder, 631 Pine St., Philadelphia,
Pa.
THE PRESIDING ELDERS OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH.
Accoo, J. H West Virginia
Adams, J. H Conyers, Georgia
Allen, C. E 731 Antoin St., Detroit, Michigan
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A. M. E. Church.
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Allison, J. H .Greensboro, Alabama
Allston, H. J t Oklahoma
Anderson, W. B Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Arnett, W. B Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Atwater, A. W Uniontown, Alabama
Bailey, J. A Georgia
Bailey, M. B__ 1 , Mississippi
.Banton, W. C Montgomery, Alabama
Barksdale, J. D 3203 Lawton Ave., St. Louis, Missouri
Barr, J. T Blakely, Georgia
Beal, R. L Hannibal, Missouri
Ball, J. B . , Louisiana
Bell, C. H • Marshall, Texas
Bianchi, B. A Summerville, South Carolina
Bentley, D. S Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Bew, A. G Morehead, Mississippi
Branch, R. V 123 Randolph, Atlanta, Georgia
Brooks, R. D Selma, Alabama
Brown, D Prattville, Alabama
Brown, D. J Camden, N. J.
Bryant, M. S 239 N. Gallitin St., Liberty, Misouri
Braxton, W. H 506 Boyd Ave., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bryan, J. R Waco, Texas
Buffington, J. W Leland, Mississippi
Buggs, I. N Bastrop, Texas
Burk, G. H__ Paducah, Ky.
Bundy, C Cleveland, Ohio
Buren, N. C 405 W. Cooper St., Sedalia, Missouri
Burrell, W. H
Burghes, J. R , Alabama
Campbell, J. M , Arkansas
Capeheart, W. H .1108 N. 5th St., Wilmington, North Carolina
Cargile, C. C __-Macon, Georgia
Carter, E. R Senatobia, Mississippi
Carolina, F. B Little Rock, Arkansas
Chavis, L. D Sumter, South Carolina
Certain, W. D , Florida
Chiles, 0. W , Mississippi
Christie, D. A Sumter
Coates, W. H , Mississippi
Coffee, T. W Birmingham, Alabama
Coleman, G. W Helena, South Carolina
Coleman, J. C 2614 Martha St., Spokane, Washington
Collins, M 517 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas
Conner, J. M Little Rock, Arkansas
Cooper, A - .Americus, Georgia
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Cooper, John Columbus, Georgia
Cotman, E. T 812 S. 15th St., Springfield, Illinois
Curray, P. F Thomasville,- Georgia
Dangerfield, W. F Mississippi
James, R. H Florida
David, G. F Lexington, Kentucky
Davidson, Noah • Girard, Alabama
Davis, W. O Hamilton, Bermuda
Davis, N. W Alabama
Dean, James Jacksonville, Florida
DeLaine, H. C Manning, South Carolina
DeLyles, P. W Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Dennis, J. D Argenta, Arkansas
Dickerson, R. C - Eufaula
Dukes, E. D 209 Edison St., Greenville, Mississippi
Ewer, I Salem, Virginia
Fleming, J. R 78 Sampson St., Atlanta, Georgia
Ferguson, J. S Xenia, Ohio
Felder, S. P Greenville, Mississippi
Frazier, J. W Kentucky
Frazier, W. W Montgomery, Alabama
Gaines, W. C Macon, Georgia
Gee, C. S Greenfield, Ohio
Gentry, J. N Texas
Gibbs, S. M Florida
Gibson, J. A Delhi, Louisiana
Gilmere, J. M Cleveland, Ohio
Goodloe, J. M Alabama
Gordon, M. J 314 Meadow St., Ottumwa, Iowa
Gould, T 1810 Dickinson St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Greggs, A. E Macon, Georgia
Green, A. M 1912 Fisher St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Haigler, T. W 927 11th Ave., North, Nashville, Tenn.
Hayden, C. M Mississippi
Haynes, T. N Oklahoma
Hadley, J. A Georgia
Hall, J. W ■ , Kentucky
Hammond, J. T , New Jersey
Hamilton, I. S Georgia
Hanna, B. S Georgia
Harper, T. F Newberry, South Carolina
Hawkins, S. W Mississippi
Hawkins, G. W , Florida
Hatcher, C. G Dothan, Alabama
Hearndon, L. S , Florida
Hicks, C. C , Florida
REV. H. T. JOHNSON.
A. M. E. Church.
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Hill, G. B Louisiana
Hill, J. W , Kentucky
Holt, J. C Greensboro, North Carolina
Holt, R. C Greensboro, North Carolina
Hunt, P. C Texas
Hunter, C 2309 Hillside Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana
Iverson, J. O Little Rock Ark.
Jackson, E. G 5117 State St., Chicago, Illinois
Jackson, G. L 707 Lea Ave., Nashville, Tennessee
Jenkins, T. J Union Springs, Alabama
Jenkins, R. S Dallas, Texas
Jimmerson, G. D Hampton, Virginia
Johnson, S. J Florida
Johnson, E. W Quincy,- Florida
Johnson, W. S__r Waco, Texas
Johnson, J. Q Box 114 Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee
Johnson, I. W , Sumpter, South Carolina
Johnson, D. M Abbeville, S. C.
Jones, James Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Jones, W. H Gurdon, Arkansas
Jones, John Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Jones, H. L. P Box 69 Pulaski, Tennessee
Jordan, P. J Washington, District of Columbia
Kershaw, A. J , Florida
King, R. M Augusta, Ga.
King, H. W 35 Taylor St., Topeka, Kansas
King, C. H Raleigh, North Carolina
Lampton, J. W , Mississippi
Lampton, F. D Lake Providence, Louisiana
Leak, Wm Terrell, Texas
Leak, R. H. W Raleigh, North Carolina
Lewis, W. B Greenwood, Mississippi
Lewis, M 920 N. California St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Lykes, J. W 731 Taylor St., Columbia, South Carolina
Long, T. W , Florida
Long, R. J. M 801 Walnut St., Washington, Indiana
Lowe, I. J Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Lofton, J. B Thomasville, Georgia
Lowry, W. S Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Lynn, J. H - Waco, Texas
Mance R. W ^ Beaufort
Mark, J. T , Florida
McGill, D. M Columbia, South Carolina
McCracken, N. J 3317 Forest Ave., Chicago, Illinois
McDaniel, D. T -- 629 Gillum St., Greenwood, South Carolina
McCombs, N. J - Eatonton, Georgia
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Means, S. G Atlanta, Ga.
Mims, S. L Woodlawn, Alabama
Mitchell, L » Arkansas
Mitchell, G. W_ » Arkansas
Montgomery, W. T » Oklahoma
Moore, D. P Birmingham, Alabama
Moore, T. Y Chattanooga, Tennessee
Morant, J. S 10 St. Phillips St., Charleston, S. C.
Murray, C. H 1525 Montrose St., Baltimore, Maryland
Nichols, R. R Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Nichols, P. A , Kentucky
Owens, J. C. C 3137 California St., Denver, Colorado
Patterson, S. J , Florida
Perrin, D. A , Florida
Phillips, W. A. Little Rock, Arkansas
Phillips, L. J__ Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Pickett, J. W Memphis, Tennessee
Pierce, W. A , Georgia
Pillow, H. M , Mississippi
Pinckney, E , Georgia
Pinckney, H. H , New York
Pinckston, A. L 1700 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tennessee
Pipkins, A. B , Texas
Player, J.F Orangeburg, S.C.
Polk, P. H , Mississippi
Porter, G. W Clarksville, Tennessee
Prince, W. H Tucson, Arizona
Prior, S. P Dothan, Alabama
Quarterman, J. A , Florida
Ramsey, B. J Columbia, South Carolina
Ransom, J. R 1726 Topeka Ave., Topeka, Kansas
Rankin, J. W Waxahachie, Texas
Reese, G. W W. 1515, 9th St., Alexandria, Louisiana
Reeves, T— 6157 Ada St., Chicago, Illinois
Roundtree, I. W. L Trenton, New Jersey
Roseboro, S. D Cuthbert, Georgia
Rye, H. E Clarksville, Tennessee
Rylander, F. A 18 Phillips St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Sampson, J. P
Scott, S. A —, Florida
Scott,,A ■—, Florida
Shelto, C. H Memphis, Tennessee
Sherman, W. O. P , Georgia
Shields, S. W Union Springs, Alabama
Simms, F. R Americus, Georgia
A. M. E. Church.
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Simms, S. L Woodlawn, Alabama
Simms, G. W J Corsicana, Texas
Simmons, S 10 St. Phillips St., Charleston, S.C.
Simms, H. S Clebourn, Texas
Simons, H Normal, Illinois
Singleton, W. H Jackson, Mississippi
Singleton, R. H... } Georgia
Smith, G. W__ Albany, Georgia
Smith, H. F . Dixon, Tenn.
Smith, T. N. M 1 Georgia
Snoden, A Texas
Solomon, H. K f Mississippi
Smith, J. H f Tennessee
Smith, L. H — Macon, Ga.
Spencer, A. B Tallahassee, Florida
Stansbury, J. B 103 S. 19th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starkey, L. V , Alabama
Stewart, W. G 1 Florida
Stepteau, C. H 1834 Druid Hill Av., Baltimore, Maryland
Sterrett, N. B 82 Radcliffe St., Charleston, South Carolina
Stone, W. E Hope, Arkansas
Stovall, D. B 1 Texas
Strong, R. W. T Vicksburg, Mississippi
Strong, W. T 612 Rose St., Jackson, Mississippi
Stroud, A 1711 S. 10th St., Wilmington, North Carolina
Styles, Joseph , New York
Taylor, L. P ? Georgia
Thomas, W. H 1 West Virginia
Thomas, W. M Columbia, South Carolina
Thomas, W. H Amherstburg, Ontario
Thomas, A Shreveport, Louisiana
Thompson, A. N 1 Mississippi
Thompson, J. G Brookhaven, Mississippi
Todd, G. W Avondale, Alabama
Tolston, D. W. C 1 Mississippi
Townsend, D. M , Texas
Trapp, H. L Houston, Texas
Turner, J. M Lexington, Kentucky
Tynes, J. B Berkley, Virginia
Wall, R. E Columbia, South Carolina,
Walls, P. W Little Rock, Arkansas
Walker, J. W Selma, Alabama
Warner, J. D Anacostia, District of Columbia
Warren, C. W_ _ .Birmingham, Alabama
Washington, F. F Houston, Texas
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Watson, J. W Natchez, Mississippi
Webster, F. T. M _3863 Olive St.,' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West, G. B Montgomery, Alabama
White, S. W Yicksburg, Mississippi
Whitesides, J. W__^ Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Williams, B. H____ 59 Bogard St., Charleston, South Carolina
Williams, G. B.^ Appalachicola, Florida
Williams, E. H__ i___ , Georgia
Williams, E. W Birmingham, Alabama
Williams, C. S -, Mississippi
Williams, J. C Hampton, Virginia
Williams, A. A_ Little Rock, Arkansas
Williams, C. H Sandersville, Georgia
Wilson, J. W.. 1520 N. C. St., Freemont, Nebraska
Wilson, J. H ..139 W. 7th St., Riverside, California
Wilson, M. A , Texas
Wilkerson, A. J , Georgia
Wooten, M .424 Osborn St., Fort Scott, Kansas
Wright, M. A Denton, Texas
PASTORS.
States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connec¬
ticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Buckner, J. H Norwood
Bumry, R. N. S. Pittsburg
Bumm, J. T Greencastle
Burbage, J. C. V Chambersburg
Burnett, C. W Tyrone
Butler, W. H. H N. S. Pittsburg
Byrd, E., Tasker St., ..Philadelphia
Caulk, George
PENNSYLVANIA.
Addison, C Belle Vernon
Arnett, H. Y., (Frankford,) Phila¬
delphia.
Askew, T J Washington
Baker, A.B
Baker, R. H
Bazier, E. R
Beckett, J. C., N. 11th St., Phila¬
delphia.
Blackburn, P. J. ..Homestead
Boardley, C. W.; E. Benard St.,
West Chester.
Boldin, A. L—•_ j
Bradley, F., Warwick St., Phila¬
delphia.
Bray, C. D Lancaster
Brooks, M_. C., Fitzwater St., Phila.
Brown, H., S. 16th St., Philadelphia
Bruce, E. T Devon
Buckley, A. M Yardley
Cincore, D. S., Bainbridge St., Phila.
Cooper, H. H West Chester
Cummings, H. W., Linmore Av.,
Philadelphia.
.Cummings, R. L Bristol
Daniels, W. H Chester
Davis, W. H Bryn Mawr
Dorce, S. G Darby
Drummond, W. S Columbia
Dunlap, C. C Harrisburg
Dyer, M. A Franklin
Fariera, C. H Steelton
Ford, B. F Bloomsburg
A. M. E. Church.
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Frazier, H. W Milton
Gaines, P. P Norristown
Garrison, S. R __ .Morton
Goggins, C. G ^ Greensburg
Green, C. A., N. Woodstook St.,
Philadelphia.
Gullins, W. R., Price St., German-
town, Philadelphia.
Hall, J. N., Panama St., Philadelphia
Harris, V. H Parksburg
Harris, F. L Atglen
Hayes, J. W Everette
Hurrington, C. P., South Side, Pitts¬
burg.
Hoxter, W. H., Olive St., Phila¬
delphia.
Hunter, M. A Brownsville
Jeffries, J. W Elizabeth
Johnston, W. J Phoenixville
Jones, L. V._ W. Connersville
Jones, L. W Kittanning
Jones, M. S
Lawrence, T. H., Ann St., Phila¬
delphia.
Laws, P. M Coatesville
Lee, B. H., North Side, Pittsburg
Loney, J
Lotterberry, G. A Clairton
McGee, C. A Cannonsburg
McCall, J. 0 Concordville
McKenzie, W. D
Miles, R. H
Mills, A. M., Laycock Ave., Phila¬
delphia.
Mills, P. E Pittsburg
Mitchell, J. T_.
Moore, J. J Bristol
Monk, C. V., Upland St., Phila¬
delphia.
Morley, J. O .Brownsville
Morris, R. H Uniontown
Murray, Robert, Pottstown
Myers, S. A., Spring St Phil¬
adelphia.
Newman, H. E New Brighton
Newsome, D Monessen
Nichols, Z. W
Norris, E. H., N. Woodstock Ave.,
Philadelphia
Norris, J. J Kane
Oliver, W. J Langhorne
Oliver, T. G Ardmore
Palmer, J. M 86th St., & Erwig
Ave., Philadelphia
Patterson, Leonard West Chester
Patterson, J. A. Pittston
Paul, P. E. Bellefonte
Payne, H. G Donora
Paxson, J. L
Perry, A. B Easton
Pierson, W. P Lewistown
Pinder, J. M. G
Porter, J. A. L., Montrose St., Phil-
delphia
Powell, C. J East End, Pitts¬
burg
Randolph, J. W Pottsville
Reed, J. R., Reading
Riley, J. W Kittanning
Ringgold, I. H Wayne
Scott, P. A Wilkesbarre
Shirley, R. H Carlisle
Skinner, G. G Charleroi
Stanford, L. W., So. 12th St., Phila¬
delphia.
Smith, G. T Scranton
Smith, J. S Milton
Smith, J. H Waynesburg
Smothers, A Monongahela
Spears, W. H Huntingdon
Spriggs, Wallace
Taggairt, T. T_ ..Phillipsburg
Tanner, C. M N. Side, Pittsburg
Taylor, J. M Media
Temple, N. D Williamsport
Thomas, R. L
Thomas, H. G Monnessen
Thomas, D. A W. Bridgewater
Thornton, M. W., Ellsworth St.,
Philadelphia
Thurston, T. W
Till, I. B Titusville
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Truss, W. H Sewickley
Waters, H., N. 46th St., Philadel¬
phia
Watkins, J. L. H., N. 16th St., Phila¬
delphia.
West, I. H. W Middletown
West, T. A. J W^ Newton
Wheeler, B W. Middletown
Wheeler, C. E Waynesburg
Wilkes, J. M New Castle
Williams, W. B Lancaster
Williams, R. J York
Williams, G. W Oil City
Williams, P. H Bradford
Wilson, T. E Mechanicsburg
Wilson, A Norristown
Wright, Loderick Lock Haven
Wright, L. H Pittston
Wright, R. R., 1822 Wharton St.,
Philadelphia.
Wright, Carter
Young, J. C Donora
Young, J. H Kennett Square
Young, W. N Meadville
Yemmons, I. S., 631 Pine St., Phila¬
delphia.
NEW JERSEY.
Aaron, C. V__
Allman, B. F
Alonza, G
Anderson, H. P Trenton
Ashley, H. C
Ayers, F
Bayard, D. S Freehold
Bean, J. Height
Bools, G. H _Chiselhurst
Brown, J. B
Brown, Amos Jamesburg
Campbell, W. G Manalapan
Casper, Moses Marshalltown
Collins, C. G -Elizabeth
Collins, A. A Brunswick
Cooper, J. W Fairhaven
Cooper, A. B .Millbush
Christmas, J. C. H Pensaukin
Churchman, J. E St. Luke, New¬
ark.
Coster, W. G. B Franklinville
Course, H. E
Cox, F. S Moorestown
Crump, W. H
Davisj M.H Madison
Dent, M. M Pennington
Dickson, R
Diggs, J. T Plainfield
Dingee, J. M Stroudsburg
Dowers, W. H Rocky Hill
Fisher, Charles Millville
Franklin, T. E Asbury Park
Frazier, J. H Burlington
Gaddis, J. H
Gassaway, W. J Beverly
Generette, L. W Riverton
Gibson, C. H Othello
Gooden, R. H Seabright
Graham, W. P Atlantic Highland
Green, C. H Crosswicks
Green, J
Groves, J. E Bridgeton
Hall, D. A
Heath, W. H. B Sweedsboro
Henry, T. A. Y Wrightsville
Hicks, W. H Flemington
Hines, E. T Hightstown
Horsey, Isaac Jersey City
Hughes, A. L Absecon
Hurley, R. F Newark
Hussy, S. E Whitesboro
Ivey, A. H Newton
Jackson, Howard Ocean City
Johnson, W. W Cape May
Johnson, A —-
Johnson, C. H_ ---Allentown
Langston, J. D —
A. M. E.
Church.
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Manyard, E. B
McWade, J. H Lawrenceville
Middleton, W. M-South Woodbury
Moore, J. T Cresson
Murray, A. L Atlantic City
Newby, L. C Mentuchen
Newton, A. H Mt. Holly
Payton, J. V Lawnside
Pidrson, J. A Vineland
Quigley, J
Raynor, R. J. S Washing¬
ton
Rice, G. M
Ringold, G. B Yorktown
Robinson, J. H Princeton
Scarboro, Edward Fenwick
Sheppard, M. B_ Haddonfield
Showell, I. E N. Woodbury
Smith, R. B Orange
Smith, G. B Camden
Smith, F. S St. Paul Mission
Stewart, P. E Mt. Laurel
Sturges, L., sr Morristown
Sturges, L., jr Salem
Thomas, J. W Pleasantville
Thomas, C. H
Thomas, P
Yanburen, H
Yanderhorst, Y. T Milburn
Watkins, G. T_ -Gouldtown
West, George Bordentown
Whittaker, J. H Bound Brook
Witten, C. B
Williams, T. E
Williams, J. W
Williams, F. E Holly Beach
Williams, S. B
Williams, G
Willis, A Passaic
Wilson, Charles Belmar
Wilson, E. P
Wilson, C. G
Yeiser, J. G. Rahway
NEW YORK.
Branch, Bethel Chapel
Chase, T -St. James Mission
Coverdale, G. R Amityville
Cooper, A. R Bridge St., Brook¬
lyn.
Coffey, W. F Coxsackie
Cuff, J Stapleton
Davis, J. A_ .Friendship
DeShields, L. W Oswego
Eato, D __Kinderhook
Edwards, W Northport
Edwards, J. N New Rochelle
Fariera, R. S_ Flushing
Gant, H. B St. Johns, Brooklyn
Gumbs, W. E. C Middletown
Hall, G. H Catskill
Harper, E. M Setauket
Harris, L. B Huntington
J ackson, Elmhurst
Lacy, W. H Union Bethel, Brook¬
lyn.
Langford, L. B Warwick
Lawton, C. J Little Neck
Long, A Babylon
Mason, W Chatham
Morris, S. B .Huntington
Morton, A. B Jamaica
Murcheson, G. R Albion
Peterson, J. E Roslyn
Pierce, A. W Westbury
Pierce, G. P Payne Memorial
Church.
Pinckney, H. H New York
Proctor, J. M Glen Cove
Quann, S. T Elmira
Ransom, R. C Bethel 25th St.,
New York.
Reynolds, S. E Bethsaida Mis¬
sion.
Roach, L. A Rossville
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Sales, T. F Far Rockaway
Sands, I. S Lockport
Sanders, A. C Buffalo
Shepherd, J. D Freeport
Stewart, J Flatbush Mission
Stiles, J
Townsend, W. J
Traverse, M. W Kingston
Vick, J. O Olean
Walters, J. J Binghampton
Wilson, W. J Bayshore
Wilson, C. E Albany
Wilson, A. L Niagara Falls
NEW ENGLAND STATES.
Bell, E. L N. Adams, Mass.
Brown, P. G
Carter, Beecher Sheffield, Mass.
Cole, C. P New Bedford, Mass.
Curtis, L. 0
Davis, H. C
De Lima, A. M
Emory, Isaac
Lynch, W. H Pittsfield, Mass.
Pearson, W. B
Spearmen, H. K
Thomas, W. H Newport, Conn-
Thomas, A. W Wilberforce, Ohio'
Thornton, R. L Lee, Mass-
Turner, S. D
Watson, C. P
Williams,W. H -Lynn, Mass-
Witten, J. L
Whitten, J. H Providence, R. I-
Yearwood, C. H., New Haven, Conn-
Yemmons, I. S Providence, R. I-
LOCAL ELDERS.
Miller, J. E
Offey, J. R
LOCAL DEACONS.
Cannon, J. R__
Carpenter, W. S__Bridgepoit, Conn-
Croslear, E. H
Green, R. A
Jackson, I. J
Jacobs, I. S
Jeter, R. A
Jeter, C Bennington, Vt-
Morsell, S. L
Moore-browne Springfield, Mass-
Nichols, E. K Stamford, Conn.
Norton, A. Q Cambridge, Mass.
Pughley, Abraham
Seymour, Thomas
Smith, R. H
Turner, William
White, John Cottage City
The State of Delaware.
Archie, Phillip Clayton Hoxter, B. B Wyoming;
Hubert, E. G Lewes.
Jackson, M. P Georgetown
Jenkins, W. J-.-. Concord
King, W. H Laurel
Lee, J. H Clayton
Lloyd, B. F. Dover
Moore, J. C Wilmington
Smith, S. D. W Dover
Stuart, Wm Greenwood
Gibbons, C. N Fall River, Mass.
Gumbs, S. H. V.,
Gumbs, J. U Worchester Mass.
Henderson, T. W Boston, Mass
Humphy, J Portland, Me.
Jacobs, I. D Greenwich, Conn.
Jackson, J. W
Jones, James
Jones, W. H Jamestown, Mass.
Lee, A Plymouth, Mass.
Lynch, W. S
Bivens, G. E .Wilmington
Blackson, D. J._ Fredercia
Daker, Paris Seaford
Edwards, W Smynra
Fickland, R. W Wilmington
Gibbs, George Frankford
Hemsley, J. S Wyoming
Hill, J. B Milton
Holden, J. H. (R.F.D.) Clayton
REV. R. R. WRIGHT.
A. M. E. Church.
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"Taylor, N. W Dover
Whaley, C. H Smyrna
"Williams, W. H Wilmington
Wilson, C. E Wilmington
Wright, R. W Frederica
Young, Henry Middletown
States of Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.
MARYLAND.
.Adison, W. J. H., 808 White St., Bal¬
timore.
Bailey, W. H. S_. Mt. Pleasant
Banks, J. D Pocomoke
IBarnum, J. R Chesapeake
Bowie, J. W Cockeyesville
.Boston, J. M Cambridge
.Bratcher,
Brisco, J. A Ellicott City
Bunday, J. H_ Lakeland
Rundick, P. 0 Clear Spring
Bryant, J. G Elkton
Cargill, J. M.,430 W. Biddle St., Balti¬
more.
Chew, W Winchester
•Collins, J. S Ridgley
Cooper, S. H Cambridge
•Cordell, J. B R.F.D. Ridgely
•Coston, W. H Easton
Crawford, S. T Centerville
Curtis, R. C Manadier
Curtis, L. C Annapolis
Custus, J. 0 Gaileyville
Davis.,
Dennis, F. S Easton
Dutton, J. H Church Hill
Edwards, U. S
Fitchett, J. M Worton
Flood, J. C., 634 Geoge St., Baltimore
Ford, R. E Cecilton
•Gaines, A. L 1016 Linden Ave.,
Baltimore.
Goldsboro, J. W., 504 Myrtle Ave.,
Baltimore.
Gregg, E. J., 634 George St., Balti¬
more.
Green, C. H 1343 Calhoun St.,
Baltimore.
Green, C. H___ .Gholts
Guynn, J., 603 Eden St...Baltimore
Hammond, J__ Glendarm
Harris, W. A 48 3rd St., Frederick
Henry, J. R 1142 Shields Alley,
Baltimore.
Herbert, C. E__ 444 23rd St.,
Baltimore
Hill, D. G..114 Center St.,Baltimore
Jenifer, J. T. (Superannuate) Chicago
Illinois.
Johnson, D 1335 Carrol St., Balti¬
more.
Leek, R. T Peters ville
Leeper, U. G Denton
Martin, J. G..1132 Lexington Ave.,
Baltimore.
Martin, J. H. A Wheaton
McEldry, J. M
McEady, J. C Port Deposit
Murray, A. A Berkeley
Nelson, J. R__ Randalstown
Nichols, J. Preston. _R. F. D., Box 5,
Caroline County.
Nicholson, G. W 420 Central Ave.,
Baltimore.
Osborn, N. 0__
Pernell, O Clear Spring
Palmer, E A Charlotte Hall
Porter, J Catonsville
Powell, J. P Camp Parole
Pritchett, J. H Ellicott City
Randall, W. F
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Rollie, J. W
. Scott, O. J. W., Chaplain 25th Regi¬
ment, Infantry, U. S. A.
Seaton, D. P 427 Aisquith St.,
Baltimore.
Seaton, F. A Havre de Grace
Sinkfield, T. R Crisfield
Still, J. N Frost burg
Stevens, L. H Mt. Wynans
Thomas, C Fruitland
Trusty, W. H_ .Forest Hill, R. F. D.
Tyler, E. E Cumberland
Wagoner, J. F Hagerstown
Ward, A
Waters, J. C Chestertown
Wheatley, C Havre de Grace
Williams, C. A Hagerstown
Williams, W. H Philopolis
Wing, J. W Tee Bee
Wing, Geo. O Shady Hill
Wortham, P. W., 1346 Calhoun St.,
Baltimore.
Young, J. A., 720 Hanover St., Balti¬
more.
LOCAL ELDERS.
Gutridge, J. C. Smith, G. H.
Hicks, T. H. Williams, J. E.
Key, W. H. Wilson, E. W.
LOCAL DEACONS.
Brown, B. Hinds, S. J.
Dale, J. H. Howard, E. C.
Davis, W. H. Lane, C.
Ebb, S. A. Murray, J. H.
Gassaway, N. J. Pemberton, J. W.
Hall, J. D. Stansburry, R.
Harris, J. H. Tillman, N.
Hebbons, T. Walker, W. H.
VIRGINIA.
Augustus, C Runnymede
Bailey, A. A Boone Hill
Baker, D. W Waynesboro
Barham, W. W Farmville
Barr, N. L Manchester
Beckett, W. J Savageville
Billups, K. J .—r_
Brown, N. W Norfolk
Bumgardner, O. E Phoebus
Butt, I. L Eastville
Cook, J. E Daugherty
Cuffey, J Suffolk
Davis, Robert.' Shadyside
Davis, Robert H Cape Charles
Davis, William H
Day, O. T , South Norfolk
Dane, J. M R. F. D., Martinsville
Drummoiid, Spencer Birds Nest
Duckett, Joseph Salem
Fuqua, S. W Blacksburg
Gray, W. H Suffolk
Green, T. A Oceana-
Hardy, E. F Smithfield
Hargraves, B.'J Smithfield
Harris, J. E Charlotte C. H.
Howerton, W. R Gilmerton
Hunter, C. H Portsmouth
Hunter, E. H Richmond
Jimmerson, G. D Hampton
Johnson, S. M Norfolk
Jones, J. L Rocky Mount
Jones, G. R Carrollton
Lark, C. E Abingdon
Lee, George Berryville-
Lee, G. W Indika
Lemmons, J.^ Roanoke-
Mackey, J. C Franklin
Mason, A McDowell
Mason, J. S Richmond
Mayes, D Monroe-
Mayes, R. A Salem
McClamy, J. H. A Bridgetown
McDowell, A Lynchburg.
McNeal, A Etter
Moore, C Fintress
Montague, A. B Accomac-
A. M. E. Church.
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Morris, S.S Suffolk
Nottingham, A. J Roanoke
Peeden, T. S .Hampton
"Reynolds, L. H Portsmouth
Roberts, H. S Harmony
Robbins, J. H Martinsville
Robinson, A Princess Ann C. H.
Robinson, C. W Prospect
Robinson, W. J Bedford City
Robinson, Edgar
Ross, J. R Winchester
"Sanders, C. R Nasawadox
'Saunders, J. W Staunton
"Sawyer, W. H___
"Sears, Lemuel North Danville
Spratley, W. E Norfolk
.'Strange, J Hampton
•Sydes, M. F Newport News
Taylor, G. C Berkley
Thomas, J. H Manchester
Timberlake, R. T_ Danville
Turner, N. F Hickory
Watkins, R. T Chatham
Watkins, S. W Ivanhoe
Watson, L. T Wytheville
Weaver, A. D
White, W. J Boydton
Williams, A. I Cave Springs
Wilson, W. W Hickory
Wilson, David —5
Wright, J. W Onancock
Wyatte, J. C_
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Arnold, W. R. 419 Q St., N. W.,
Washington.
Beckett, L.. M 225, 6th St., S. E.,
Washington.
Flagg, L. S., 1304 G St., N.W., Wash¬
ington.
Gutridge, J. C Washington
Hurst, John, 1541, 14th St., N. W.,
Washington.
Mossell, B. W., 1216 U St., N. W.
Washington.
Naylor, W. D Garfield
Queen, R. T Benning
Ross, I. N., 1444 Q St., N.W., Wash¬
ington.
Young, C. H 726 Howard Ave.,
Washington.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Aiken, S
Alexander, C. C I.Mt. Airy
Allison, W. W Durham
Bailey, E. T Wilmington
Baker, R Clear Run
Barber, S. S Apex
Barham, J. E. C Fayetteville
Beatty, I. W East Wilmington
Beckett, J. D New Berne
Benjamin, W. J Petersburg
Berry, L. L Chapel Hill
Best, W Rock Fish
Best, S Petersburg
Bethea, A__ Aaron Mission
Branch, S. J Kittrell
Brigman, J Lumberton Mission
Brown, J. B Hasty
Brown, J. W_^ Goldsboro
Campbell, W Rowland
Carlton, W. A. C Hildebrand
Cames, G. D Wilmington
Carnish, W. T Burlington
Carrell, J Union
Carter, W. H Charlotte
Carthran, J. S Ashboro
Chambers, J. P. S Liberty
Christmond, T. M Harlem
Cleland, W. C Hickory
Cotten, T. W Winston
Cowan, J. D Lenoir
Crowell, C.O ^Hillsboro
Dalton, J. W Pleasant Garden
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DeBerry, T. J Spring Branch
Edwards, R. L Reedsville
Ellison, W. W_ Durham
Fordham, W. A Fayetteville
Foster, R. E ..High Point
Garris, J. W Lewiston
Garrison, Q Salemboro
Gibbs, G. W Wilmington
Gore, G. A Kendall
Grady, Luke.. Brinkleyville
Graham, N. D Richland
Graham, D. L Pembroke
Green, B. G___ Leland
Hall, J. S Wilmington
Hall, H. H Albright
Harris, J. W Rocky Mount
Henderson, J. M Pittsboro
Holt, J. E Zion Chapel Circuit
Hubbard, R. A Kennersville
Jackson, J. E Durham
James, A. J ..Marysville
Johnson, C. E. W Efflan
Jones, Simpson Altamahaw
Jordan, W. J Asheville
Kennedy, W. H French Creek
Lash, F. L Dobson
Lash, F. L Haw River
Mack, W. H Cronley
Mallette, J. E Pike Creek
Manokoo, W. H Greensboro
Manse, S. 0 Yadkin Valley
Marsh, T. S__ .Wilson
McGee, J. B Rich Square
Mclntire, J. J Wilmington
Mclver, W. B Raford
McKay, S. H ..Selma
McKetham, S. W St. James
McNair, J— Raford
Miller, C. M_. .Marietta
Mitchell, A. J Laurenburg
Monroe, W. T Wilson Mill
Murray, W —
Newby, D. F Wall St.„
Mission.
Nichols, R. R Rocky Mount
Nixon, A. H Cora.
Nixon, J Southport
Nixon, H. T .Smithfield
Patterson, M. S Statesville-
Perkins, J. A Adako-
Pugford, L Dothan.
Price, A. L Winston
Reddick, H. T Saxapaha.
Richardson, C. V Rocky Mount
Rich wine, C Alma.
Roberson, E Wilmington
Rochelle, H Verona.
Rowell, D. L Vineland
Sanders, J. R Wilmington.
Sanders, J. W Raleigh.
Shell, L. W Swift
Shepard, C. R. B White Hall.
Shuber, J. A Ceregoda.
Sloan, J. A Lott
Smith, T Saxapaha.
Smith, A Shiloh Church
Smith, D Washington.
Sowell, F. W Navasota.
Tate, J. T Glen Alpine
Tate, James Roxboro
Tillery, R. L Whitsett.
Toney, J. S__. Eagle Rock.
Thompson, J. A Rougemont
Verible, G. W Marion
Washington, G. W Burgan
White, J. W Connelly Springs-
Wiggins, S. N Robertson
Wilson, A. J Raleigh
Williams, E. R .Selma.
Wilson, W. E. A Graham
Williams, J Shaw Branch.
Wood, L. A Durham.
Worth, V. N Sanford.
States of Ohio and West Virginia.
Artis, E Freemont
Becks, W. S 1.-Marietta
OHIO.
Alston, P .Belleair
A. M. E.
Church.
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Blackburn, W Westerville
Butler, D. W E. Liverpool
Carson, B. M Columbus
Carroll, J. W Rendville
Caliman, D. F Cincinnati
Challenger, J Rendville
Challenger, A. A Troy
Childers, 0. W •_ .Akron
Clemens, G. G Eaton
Clarke, E. A Wilberforce
Clarke, R. P Xenia
Coleman, John.. Wilberforce
Coleman, W. H Dayton
Collins, I. A Cleveland
Collins, J. A Piqua
Cotten, G. L Lebanon
Cotten, E. C Piketon
Culfer, M. N Mechanicsburg
Daily, P
Day, F. D Wilmington
Durden, F. R. C Wilberforce
Farley, T. J Toledo
Farrell, A New Richmond
Fort, E Cleveland
Fox, H. M Cadiz
Gazaway, J. W Columbus
Gilmere, J. M Cleveland
Goins, E. R Sandusky
Grant, H. A ..Sabina
Gray, C Bainbridge
Graham, G. H Frankfort
Grimes, W. W Marion
Harewood, J. B Cambridge
Hicks, G. H Van Wert
Irvin, J Ironton
Jackson, J. S Steubenville
Jackson, J. W. (Kentucky) Cedar-
ville.
Johnson, Thomas Jamestown
Johnson, W. J Cadiz
Jones, J. H_ Zanesville
Henderson, J. M__ Springfield
Hogan, C. M ..Smithfield
Lee, W. B Newark
Lewis, D. D Mclntyre
Lowe, R. B Bellefontaine
Mason, J. H Findlay
Maxwell, G. W Xenia
Maxwell, J. P Wilberforce
Maxwell, W. T Franklin
Myers, W. T Portsmouth
Mitchell, M. N •
Montgomery, J St. Clairsville
Morgan, B
Newsome, H Hillsboro
Oakey, J Marysville
Palmer, A. R. Canton
Randall, W. M Martin's Ferry
Rice, D. E., (So. Carolina) Wilber¬
force.
Ross, J. M Georgetown
Robinson, E South Carolina
Robinson, J. G__ Dayton
Scott, T. D Xenia
Scott, P. A Chillicothe
Singleton, J. D Hamilton
Simmons, B. L Middleport
Smith, G. W Delaware
Smith, J, H Youngstown
Snelson, F. G Lockland
Sperrett Kenton
Symons, A. E ...Greenfield
Talbert, H Wilberforce
Tate, J. M Mt. Vernon
Taylor, D. F Galliopolis
Taylor, J__
Toney, H. W Sabina
Thomas, A. W. (N. J. Conf.) Wil¬
berforce.
Turner, R. M.. Peepee
Turner, J. C Lorain
Upshaw, J. H. P Springfield
Upthegroves, H. H Wellsville
Vaughn, N
Washington, S. P Harveysburg
Watson, Wm
Watson, W. T Oxford
Watson, W. E Urbana
White, L. W Circleville
White, S. W Washington, C. H.
White, E. D Worthington
White, J. D Delaware
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Williams, C. S__Walnut Hills, Cin¬
cinnati.
Williams, C. E Lancaster
Williams, O. R Barnesville
Williams, D. C_ Batavia
Woodson, T. W Xenia
Woodson, G. F. (N. J. Con.) Wil-
berforce.
Wright, R. B. P London
Young, Charles Lima
WEST VIRGINIA.
Barber, L. A Boone
Boston, S. F ..Petersburg
Christian, Sandy Morgantown
Davis, O. T Buckhannon
Downs, R. R .Wheeling
Griffith, J. L Weston
Honesty, S. C Elkins
Huff, S. D Wellsburg
Jones, J. E Freeman
Lewis, S. A Huntington
Newsome, B. F Madison
Nixon, A. J Summit Point
Payne, C. A Parkersburg
Pierce, L Bluefield
Pretlow, P Eckman
Smythe, T. A Indianapolis
Shannon, P Williamson
Smoot, A. J Meridian
Thomas, A. M
Wade, B Wenona
Walker, W. E Charleston
West, S. P Clarksburg
States of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Harve, J. H Terre Haute
Henson, J. W Terre Haute
Hill, J. A Thornton
Hill, J. I Wabash
Irvin, W. C. Kokomo
Jackson, C. H Marion
Kelly, Wm .Corydon
Kirk, V Indianapolis
McCulley, A Plainfield
Lewallton, D Mattison
Lewis, P. H Portland
Mitchem, W. A Madison
Morman, H. C. ..Noblesville
Nickels, J. H__ __Marion
Pettiford, L. (Michigan Con.) Ft.
Wayne.
Pettiford, J. T Evansville
Ratliflfe, R. W Roskville
Roberts, W. I Bloomington
Roberts, C. W. (Iowa Con.) S. Bend
Sampson, G. C Indianapolis
Saunders, M. V Frankfort
Shaffer, G. H ---Indianapolis
Sherman, J. A -Washington
INDIANA.
Amper, D. R Crawfordsville
Anderson, T Carthage
Baker, F. P New Albany
Barber, J. A ..Princeton*
Bishop, J. J Princeton
Bishop, J. L_ Frankfort
Butler, H
Carter, W. A London
Coleman, B. J__ .Anderson
C oleman, M Muncie
Collier, J
Cottman, A Indianapolis
Craven, J. L Logansport
Crossland, J. F Charleston
Daniels, P. W Petersburg
Daniels, T. W R, F. D., Edwards
Davis, A. H Princeton
Evans, C. A Dublin
Evans, J. J Evansville
Gaskins, C. J Jeffersonville
Giles, W. H Terre Haute
Grant, W. A__ ..Petersburg
Hardy, C. E Franklin
Hartford, F. A.(Mich.Con.) Wabash
REV. JOHN HURST, 1?. D.,
Financial Secretary.
JOHN R. HAWKINS, A. M.,
Secretary of Educational Department.
A. M. E. Church.
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Simms, S. W Mitchell
Sparks, M. W Lafayette
Smith, A. (Mich, Con.) S. Bend
Smith, C. P Greensburg
Smythe, T. J Indianapolis
Taylor, A. M Greencastle
Taylor, E. A Thornton
Taylor, J. T Fairmount
Thompson, H .Mitchell
Tilley, A. H Carthage
Trugle, J .F Clinton
Wallace, J. P Terre Haute
White, G. H Painfield
White, T. J Mt. Vernon
Williams, M. W Richmond
Williams, R. H Vincennes
Province of Ontario.
Anderson, F. T Windsor
Hackley, A. W Amherstberg
Hatchett, R
Henderson, T. H Hamilton
Holmes, C. S Oakville
Jar vis, J. W Chatham
Stevens, J. P Sarnia
Thomas, W. H Amherstburg
Townsend, W. F Oakville
Wade, G. H Toronto
Williams, J. H
ILLINOIS.
Bass, Jesse Upper Alton
Bazey, W. H Danville
Birt, S. S Clinton
Boyd, A. (Ia. Con.) Rockford
Brasfield, D. A Litchfield
Brewer, G. W Shelbyville
Bundy, J Edwardsville
Burton, C. H Lovejoy
Carey, A. J. (Ia. Con.) Vernon Ave.,
Chicago.
Cato, R. H. (Ia. Con.)__ 155th St.,
Chicago.
Christy, L. E Jacksonville
Coats, J. P. (Ia.Con.) Joliet
Cole, W. H Chester
Collins, W. M Lincoln
Collier, D. V Galconda
Cook, W. D Chicago
Cooper, P. C Mattoon
Cottrell, S. R___ Dublin
Crawford, S. R Lebanon
Crawford, J. W Elkville
Daniels, I. N. (Iowa Con.) _ .Aurora
Douglas, F Harrisburg
Edwards, P. R. (Iowa Con.) Glen-
coe.
Edmondson, J. M Carrier Mills
Ferribee, J. H. (Iowa Con.) Chicago
Ave., Chicago.
Festiman, W. H. (Iowa Con.) Har¬
vey.
Garner, F Princeton
Garrison, J. H. (Iowa Con.) Forest
Ave., Chicago.
Gray, F Maroon
Grider, P. A
Griffin, W. H. (Iowa Con.) La
Grange.
Graham, W Madison
Hadley, J. H Collinsville
Hardison, F. A Cairo
Haswell, J. M Danville
Higgins, J. (Iowa Con.)__ Evanston
Higgins, S. H Streator
Hurd, S. D Gibson City
Jackson, A. T Champaign
Jackson, C. A Buck Ridge
Jamison, H. W Peoria
Johnson, R. E. (Iowa Con.) Wau-
kegan.
Johnson, L. J Bloomington
Jones, S. B East St. Louis
Jones, G. W., Mason St., Spring¬
field.
Kirks, J. W Prittsfault
McClellan, H. M Murphrysboro
McDowell, S Monmouth
McGee, J. H Springfield
Moore, W. A. (Iowa Con.) Lake St.,
Chicago.
Moore, S. B Galesburg
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Morrow, J. T Decatur
Osborn, S Quincy
Ovelton, F. M Rock Island
Patton, H. P Mounds
Pope, G. P. (Iowa Con.) Elgin
Porter,B. F Sparta
Price, T Springfield
Roberts, D. P. (Iowa Con.) Vernon
Ave., Chicago.
Rooks, J. R Eunity
Saunders, Q. H. (Iowa Con.) Ar¬
mour Ave., Chicago.
Shaw, G. P Mound City
Simons, H : N ormal
Smith, J. H Alton
Smith, J. W Belleville
Speese, J. W. H., North Side Cir¬
cuit.
Stewart, H. E. (Iowa Con.) Dear-
borne Ave., Chicago.
Stone, I. S Paris
Straws, S Normal
Sydes, J. H Quincy
Thomas, J. L Streator
Thompson, S. W Carbondale
Tiff, J. W Pontiac
Washington, I. M. D Carmi
Webb, A. N Metropolis
Wilson, R. E. (Ia. Con.) Austin Ave.
Chicago.
Wood, J.W. (Ia. Con.) Dearborn St.,
Chicago.
Woods, Jesse (Ia. Con.) __Ada St.,
Chicago.
Wyley, J. W Pinkstaff
IOWA.
Bell, J. H. N Albia
Brown, D. W. W Mt.Pleasant
Butler, D. E Ottumwa
Dalton, J. W Boone
Franklin, B. F Centerville
Gaines, E. W Des Moines
Gordon, M. I Ottumwa
Hackley, R. H Madison
Hubbard, B. F Keosaqua
Joplin, L. A. Keokuk
Johnson, A. L Colfax
Lackey, H__ - Ottumwa
Lewis, T. W Moline
Mayes, George Iowa City
Morgan, L. R «._Oceola
Newman, M. G Sioux City
Payton, M Muscatine
Peterson, J. D Councill Bluffs
Phillips, L. J. B_ Des Moines
Robinson, W. H Claunda
Searcy, W. A Keokuk
Stansbury, S. W Buxton
Stovall, T. B Washington
Taylor, B. IT Cedar Rapids
Thomas, C. H Burlington
Tyler, T Oskaloosa
Ward, E. L. (R. F. D.) Hawkeye
Ward, R. H Knoxville
Williams, W. WJ__ Davenport
Williams, A. D Marshalltown
MINNESOTA.
Brewer, J Duluth
Gould, S. A Hasting
Graves, H. S St. Paul
Whorton, J. L Minneapolis
WISCONSIN.
Allen, R. L Beloit
Devlin, T. C__ Madison
Johnson, H. E Racine
Jones, H. P Milwaukee
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Manly, R. B Yankton
MICHIGAN.
Alexander, J. H Pontiac
Artis, W. T —Jackson
Baker, W Cassopolis
Becks, T. W Flint
Bell, George ■
Bell, C. E
IRA T. BRYANT,
Secretary-Treasurer, A. M. E. Sunday School Union.
A. M. E.
Church.
69
"Brown, G. W Whitaker
Byrd, W. P. Q Ann Arbor
Byrd, S. T St. Joseph
Cabell, C. W Cassopolis
Carter, F. W._:
Clark, W. W.
Cole, M. T Saginaw
Crider, W Niles
Dean, T. J Jackson
Evans, J. M Grand Rapids
Gregory, E
Hart, J. K__
Hartford, F. A Wabash (Ind.)
Jeffries, R
Kelly, John
Lyons, J. E Lansing
Marks, P. S Adrian
Reid, T. A Ypsilanti
Roberts, B Benton Harbor
Roberts, C. W
Saunders, J. W .Detroit
Simpson, W. M Kalamazoo
Smith, A South Bend (Ind.)
Williams, I. F .Battle Creek
KENTUCKY.
Abel, J. H Newport
Abderson, J. C Louisville
Alcorn, G. W Irvington
Anderson, W. M
Andrews, G. W Covington
Beamon, G. W Harrodsburg
Beatty, L. H Woodburn
Bibbs, J. B Paris
Booker, D. W Lexington
Burks, G. H Elizabethtown
Caldwell, J. H__ Stanford
Caldwell, J. W Louisville
Cannon, C. G Falmouth
Carr, R. W Mechanicsburg
Carrison, E. H Midway
Carter, D. C Midway
Chenault, C Greenup
Clark, A. B Louisville
Copenhaver, C. T .Troy
Craig, J. M Harlem
Craig, G. W Scottsville
Crossland, T. H Versailles
Crowden, W.H ..Shelby City
Crutcher, S London
Dawson, D. L Blue Level
Dean, J. C Parkland
Fain, H. F— .Jones Precinct
Garr, J. M Richmond
Gill, J. D White Hall
Gipson, J C attletsburg
Goode, J. W Murray
Griffin, J. C Jackson
Guthrie, A. L
Guy, A. F Pineville
Edwards, J. E_ Somerset
Ellison, D. W Wilmore
Hamilton, L Franklin
Harn, C ..Macville
Harris, W Winchester
Hill, J. A Jellico
Hill, J. W
Holt, J. W Louisville
Holmes, T. C. H Jonesville
Howard, D. A Pryorsburg
Irwin, E Burdick
Jacobs, J. J Rowlandstown
Jackson, A Clinton
Johnson, E Middleboro
Kelley, E Lawrenceburg
Killelaru, H
Knox, H Shelbyville
Loving, A Grace Chapel
Mason, L__ Louisville
Morris, A. J Shelton
Morrison, F. T. G Nicholasville
Owens, E Pleasantville
Paras, J. T Salvisa
Parker, G .Covington
Price, G ..Mayfield
Robinson, G. W Paducah
Robinson, T. W New Row
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Band Book 1909.
Rogers, P ..Leesburg
Settles, W. A
Shaw, W. A ..Columbus
Smith, G. S Bladensburg
MISSOURI.
Allen, J. H Springfield
Alexander, W Cape Girardeau
Anderson, B. C Canton
Anderson, L. L Montgomery-
Austin, M. W Maryville
Barber, R Macon
Barksdale, J. D St. Louis
Beal, R. L Hannibal
Bean, S. L Festus
Berry, G. W. (R. F. D. Stevens
Store.
Bolden, H. T Keytesville
Broadnax, J. A De Sota
Brooks, W. B Lexington
Hrooks, S. L Salisbury
Brown, D. A Savannah
Burnett, W. H Jefferson City
Bryant, M. S Liberty
Cakes, B. W St. Charles
Carter, J. C Frankfort
Chester, PW , Osage City
Chandloy, J. A Charleston
Christopher, J. A Odessa
Collins, N Kansas City, Kans.
Crews, C. H Wentville
Crews, J. A Tedbetts
Crews, P. C ..Macon
Crockett, P. A Hill dale
Cross, G. W Columbia
Cummings, C Charleston
Davis, R. L Lebanon
Davis, W Cape Girardeau
Doby, S. C Louisiana
Douglas, N. C St. Lo,uis
Duke, L. P St. Louis
Endicott. J. M ..Platte City
Everett, R. L Bonne Terre
Florence, J. F Neosho
Gilbert, A. A St. Louis
Goodin, J Calidonia
Granger, T Butler
Graves, F. O Ellsberry
Graves, G. W_ Cameron
Gregg, J. A St. Joseph
Green, H .Pleasant Holl
Guy, G. W Topeka, Kansas
Hamilton, W. F__ Union
Harris, L. H Miami
Harris, O. H St. Louis
Hawkins, W Kansas City
Harvey, H. T Brunswick
Henderson, Wm__ Glasgow
Hopkins, J. R Jackson
Jackson, A. J Rensalier
Longdon, R. H Chillicothe
Long, W, S Marshall
Lovell, S. D Kirksville
Lovell, A. L Trenton
Lowry, W. B Marshall
Mason, D. W Richmond
May, E. B Commerce
Martin, W Caruthersville
McAllister, W. P Roanoke
McAllister, H. H St. Mary
McCormick, L. W Wellington
McGirrin, M Warrensburg
McGuire, L. B._ Memphis
McTassell, W. L. (R. F. D.) Pleas¬
ant Green.
Meadows, J. Y_ Pacific
Newton, C. W Joplin
Nichols, J. H Liberty
Oakes, D. W Palmyra
Page, C. V Carrolton
Peck, W. H Kansas City
Perry, T ..Kansas City
Pettigrew, G. W._ Allenville
Phillips, R. L .' Sedalia
Pitcher, S. S Westport
Pittman, E Norborne
Ponder, J. K Gallatin
Price, F.P Augusta
Randall, J. H _ Malta Bend
Reid, J. E. S Neosho
Richardson, W. R Huntsville
H. T. HEALING, A. M.,
Editor A. M. E. Church Review.
A. M. E. Church.
73
Robinson, S Higbee
Rogers, J. W__, Weston
Sales, F Utica
Scott, A. G Poplar Bluff
Scott, F. L St. Louis
Sexton, J. W St. Louis
Siler, J Washington
Smith, G. H__ _Farmington
Spencer, M. H Clarksville
Spurlock, S. H. H Booneville
Stewart, W. B St. Louis
Taborne, L. F Bowling Green
Taylor, J. E St. Charles
Thomas, P Kirkwood
Thomas, E Waverly
Thurman, P Kirkwood
Tolson, G. W Kansas City
Walker, J. F Edina
Watson, T. L Higginsville
Watson, S. L Nevada
Weaver, P. W Belmont
Wells, J. D Shelbine
Wells, F. D Moberly
Wilson, I. S Richmond
Williams, C. A Independence
Williams, J. L Hannibal
Williams, J. W__Kansas City, Kan.
Williams, N. W
STATE OF KANSAS.
Allen, J Chanute
Allen, J. A Oskaloosa
Alexander, S. M Great Bend
Bailey, E Kansas City
Banks, J. W Columbus
Barclay, T. B. J Baxter Springs
Bartleson, R Oswego
Barker, S. H Highland
Biggers, W. T Atchison
Boyd, John Humboldt
Brooks, A. H Coffey ville
Brown, J. M Lawrence
Brown, J. D Rosedale
Chinn, A. W_. Council Grove
Christian, R. P Lawrence
Craw, J. L North Lawrence
Cress, G. W Columbia
Crockett, T. A__ Hilldale
Davis, P. D Topeka
Edwards, J. E Topeka
Fletcher, J. E Chanute
Gamble, A Sterling
Green, R. F Yale
Green, T. W Manhatten
Green, W. P__ Paola
Greenlea, F. P .Parsons
Harris, H. D Ottawa
Harrishood, W. T. B Winfield
Henry, H. S Nicodemus
Holmes, J. W Pleasanton
Housley, W. H .Topeka
Johnson, W. B Baxter Spring
Johnson, J. W__ Hill City
Jones, 0. E .Kansas City
Jones, T. F Emporia
Kidd, T. W Argentine
King, A. J Bonner Springs
Kirby, G Kansas City
Krissell, J. W Wellington
Malone, E. J Cherokee
Mantz, W. H. Bethel Topeka
Mitchell, H Rosedale
Mitchell, W Endora
Nash, T. C Weir City
Nichols, W. B Winfield
Pleasant, J. J Garnett
Pope, J. M Topeka
Parker, S. H Lake View
Ramsey, J. R ..Saint John
Reeves, T. M Prate
Runyon, C. R Independence
Robinson, iS N icodemus
Ross, B. R Hutchison
Sage, J. F Fort Scott
Shelton, W. C Iola
Shepherd, H
Simms, A._ ._Newton
Smith, J. T__ Wichita
Taylor, J. F.C Lincoln
74
Hand Book 1909.
Terrell, A. C_ .Leavenworth Watson, J. J Pittsburg
Thomas, A Olathe White, O. H Garden City
Thomas, J. W Abeline Williams, J. W Junction City
Walker, S. H Highland Woods, C. A Arkansas City
Wallace, J. B 1 Hiawatha
Warren, J. W Cherryvale
Washington, S. S Willington
States of Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, Idaho, California, and Territories
of Arizona and New Mexico.
COLORADO.
Bates, B.F Trinidad
Bell, J. C Pueblo
Braxton, J. W Colorado Springs
Brown, J. H Cripple Creek
Dent, H. H Salida
Hill, J. H. D Durango
Holmes, J. B Boulder
Mclntyre, B. F Leadville
Murphy, A. C Denver
Owens, J. C. C Denver
Payne, J. S Pueblo
Smith, J. H Grand Junction
Ward, A. M Denver
Watson, J. P La Junta
Williams, W. C Denver
MONTANA.
Abbott, E. D Billings
Bailey, S. E Havre
Collins, S. J. Great Falls
Greenlea, F. P Helena
Guy B. G Helena
Kinchion, G. T Missoula
Tolliver, W. J Butte
NEBRASKA.
Dyett, W. W. S Omaha
Wagner, A South Omaha
Rivers, H. M Nebraska City
Zaylor, J. F. C Lincoln
OREGON.
Barr, F Portland
Thompson, L Baker City
UTAH.
Morris, J. W. H Salt Lake City
WYOMING.
Jones, H. H Cheyenne
McCulley, D Sheridan
WASHINGTON.
Baker, W. L. M Ravensdale
Kate, T. L Havre
Clements, C. B. Everett
Collins, J. A Tacoma
Coleman, J. C Spokane
Donahoo, E. L Tacoma
Freeman, S. S Spokane
Gaillard, W Anaconda
Kinchion, G. T Bellingham
Lewis, D. W Yakima
McGee, R
Norwood, G Roslyn
Osborn, W Seattle
Red, J. H
Sims, D. W North Yakima
IDAHO.
Bailey, S. E .Pocatella
Jackson, W. M_ Boise
ARIZONA.
Bond, P. F Globe
Bray, H. F Phoenix
Globe, K. P." Arizona
Mason, I Prescott
Prince, W. H Tucson
Ratcliff, W. E Tucson
REV. G. W. ALLEN, D. D.,
Editor Southern Christian Recorder.
A. M. E.
Church.
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NEW MEXICO.
Byas, G. H_ Albuquerque
Washington, J Albuquerque
Yeochum, P. B Las Vegas
CALIFORNIA.
Arrington, R. E Colusa
Cherry, J. N Santa Barbara
Edwards, B. F Abila
Edwards, S. E Stockton
Gooch, J. W Los Angeles
Harbert, R. H San Diego
Haywood, G. P Bakersfield
Herring, R. H Sacramento
Hubbard, E. T Redlands
Jones, D. R Marysville
Jones, R. F Duarte
Nelson, C. W. H San Francisco
Peck, F. Jesse Los Angeles
Pointer, John
Price, N Pomona
Price, J. W Fresno
Simpson, A San Bernardina
Solly, Wm Chico
Steele, A. 0. D Oakland
Tillman, G. M Pasadena
Williamson, H. H Riverside
GEORGIA.
Adams, S. P Boston, R. F. D. 3
Adams, J. H Conyers
Addison, D Columbus
Addie, J. T Round Lake
Adrine, M. S.*
Adolphus, A. A Fitzgerald
Aikin, H. J Spann
Alexander, W. G Atlanta
Anderson, W. H Sasser
Andrews, S. F Davisboro
Andrews, J. C Macon
Arnold, B. J Agateville
Atkins, J. S Wrightsville
Atwater, J. B. (R. F. D.) Chamblee.
Austin, A. W Warrenton
Bailey, W. E__ S. Atlanta
Bailey, A. S Macon
Bailey, R. J Valdosta
Baker, G. W Marshallville
Baker, J. F Gainesville
Banks, A. B__ Montezuma
Barnes, A Redfield
Barto, J. C., Bethel Church, Macon.
Barren, S. P._ Wayside
Barry, A. B Brunswick
Battle, E. D__ Fakir
Batts, S Albany
Beal, A Columbus
Beasley, R Doren
Beatty, H. B Metcalf
Bell, A. B Macon
Bell, A. B Brewton
Bell, T. B Doreville
Belsaw, J. T ..Elberton
Bembry, N Savannah
Bennett, J. B Parrott
Berry, J. B Palmetto
Bibbon, M Macon
Blackshear, D. W Dublin
Blossinger, A Athens
Boddie, F. F Dublin
Bowen, D. W Baker
Bowman, D. M State Line
Bradley, W. P Winder
Branch, R. V., 193 Randolph St.,
Atlanta.
Brookens, P. H. H Buena Vista
Brown, J. G Cave Springs
Brown, J. E Helena
Brown, W. B Moxley
Brown, W. R Thomasville
Brown, J. E i Helena
Brown, G Blitch
Brown, D Sale City
Brown, E. B Valdosta
Brown, J. B Ousley
Brown, T. M Adams
Brown, R. B Milltown
Brown, M. C Milledgeville
Brown,— Reynolds
Brown, P. L_ Macon
Bryan, J. H Lumpkin
Bryant, M. R Carnegie
Bryant, H. R_ Vadalia
Buckhalter, W. B Norwood
78
Hand Book 1909.
Bullock Thalman
Burk, G. B Ocilla
Bur ley, J. R Kennesaw
Burnett, L. G Ceres
Bush, J. B Funston
Bussy, J. B Harlem
Butler, G. W Moultrie
Butts, G. W Dublin
Byrd, Wm| Atlanta
Campfield, J. G Bogley
Canada, H. D., Allen Temple
Atlanta
Cargile, C. C Macon
Cargile, F. J Fishburn Ct.
Cargile, B. C Valdosta
Carlisle, T. G Atlanta
Carter, L. M Barney
Carter, D. C Moran
Carthan, T Willard
Carter, Z. C Doublin
Cash, J. C Norwood
Castlin, R Quitman
Cawthorne, M. E .. Shellman
Charleston, S. H Harrison
Chun, H. F*
Clark, A. E Richland
Callier, R. B Thomasville
Clark, D. C Tallapoosa
Clark, W. B. L Shack
Clark, S. M Bluffton
Clark, W. M Columbus
Clayton, P. C Americus
Cobb, A. W - Irvinville
Cody, Y. C Gibson
Cole, Wm Boston
Coleman, W. B Mentor
Colquitt, C. C Hampton
Collier, R. B Thomasville
Coney, John Macon
Cook, G. W R.F.D.,Woodward
Cook, Wm Locust Grove
Cooper, G Madison
Cooper, A Americus
Cooper, John Columbus
Cooper, G. R Madison
♦Deceased.
Cooper, L. M
Sterling
Cooper, A. B
Cuthbert
Copeland, J
.Doyle
Counts, J. D
Cox, J.W
Reynolds
Cray, I. C
^Hutchison
Crayton, N
Dawson
Crayton, F. C
Warrenton
Cridell, W. C
Florville
Cridell, T
Atlanta
Crittenden,—
Tarboro
Crouch, C. C
Coffinton
Crumley, R
Atlanta
Cromwell, L. W _ _
Sandersville
Cruse, S. E
Statesborough
Curry, P. F
Bainbridge
Daniel. T. W
Reidsville
Daniel, S
Fairburn
Daniels, L
Glen Alta
Daniels, J. R__._
Davis, J. W
Douglass
Davis, W. C
Lithonia
Davis, M. B
Quitman
Davis, 0. C
Rural ville
Davis, J. K
Valdosta
Davis, I. D
Arlington
Davis, R
Way cross
Davis, Joshua
Wilsonville
Davis, J. H
Norwood
Davis, E
Athens
Davis, J. D
Davis, P. D
Davis, H. E .
Davis, J. J _
Davis, J. H
Davis, C. I_
Davis, G. B. _
Davenport, J__
Day, E. J. W
Dennis, J. W
Dillard, C. H__
Dodson, B. G..
Drake, J. E
Dixon, C. D .
Dore, J. W_
REV. B. F. WATSON, D. D.,
Secretary Church Extension Department
A. M. E.
Church.
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Downs, J. E East Point
Dudley, F. D Machen
Dugged, W. S_ Atlanta
Duhart, H. C Gray
Duhart, H. M Ocniiiee
Duhart, F. J Darien
Dukes, Wm Glenville
Dukes, J. B Mt. Zion Mission
Duncan, T. J Forsythe
Duncan, A. A Cuthbert
Dunn, I West Griffin Mission
Dunston, W*
Durham, J. H_ Horne Still
Ealey, C. H Greensboro
Ealey, D. W White Plain
Ector, E. S R.F.D. Tignall
Edmondson, E. D. Arabi
Edwards, W. E Eatonton
Edwards, G. W Hopkinsville
English, J. B College Park
English, J. W Tennille
English, E Palmetto
Epton, I. S Valdosta
Epton, J. B Sparta
Este, J. H Atlanta
Evans, I. V Preston
Evans, R Kite
Evans, W. O Leesburg
Farley, E. C Ft. Gaines
Farmer, N. A Faircloth
Felder, D Miller
Felder, G. B Glenmore
Fields, D Miller
Fields, S Oglethorp
Fields, P. A Pelham
Flanegan, 0. N Thomasville
Fitzpatrick, I. N Covington
Fleming, J. R Atlanta
Fleming, F. L Griffin
Fletcher, E Atlanta
Felwellen, L. L Macon
Fobbs, O. R Newnan
Ford, E. D Hilton
Foley, E. C Fort Gaines
♦Deceased.
Foster, R. M. C English Eddy
Fountain, W. A Macon
Franklin, B. F ...Box Springs
Franklin, R. D Meigs
Franklin, W. E Hornersville
Freeman, R. 0 Piscola
Freeman, A. F Blakely
Gaines, C. C. 556 College, ..Macon
Gaines, J*.
Gamble, S. J Coffee
Gandling, W. A*
Gatlen, E. G Blakely
Garey, L. G Sparta
Gay, E. G Macon
Gay, E. B .Valdosta
Geter, W. S .Waycross
Gibson, R. W Jonesboro
Gilham, W.A*
Gillisee, Wm Guyton
Gilliard, S. M Willacoochia
Glanten, A. J Waymanville
Glass, W. D Americus
Glass, I. G Bainbridge
Glenn, S. T Omaha
Gholston, G. W. R.F.D. r. Chablee
Gordon, W. M Blakely
Goss, J. R Columbus
Granderson, M. R Omaha
Grant, H. W Recovery
Gray, A. H Ty-Ty
Gray, C. G Thomaston
Greatheart, P. W Savannah
Green, G. H Brownwood
Green, S. D Atlanta
Gridell, W Senioa
Grier, A Pinehurst
Griffin, S. L Norwood
Griggs, E Macon
Grigsley, L. C Elberton
Grimec, C. G Eatonton
Gordon, G. D East Rome
Goss, J. R Columbus
Guile, E Ashburn
Guinn, I. W Floville
Haddan, J. D Avera
82
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Hadley, J. A Washington
Hall, W. H Thomasville
Hall, J. S Dawson
Hall, J. W Quitman
Hall, J. H Rockmart
Hall, S. D Cairo
Hall, C. H Columbus
Hall, J. T Thomasville
Hall, L. E.* -
Hall, J. H. Jr.*
Hall, B. J Fort St. Mission
Hall, Wm Willard
Hall, Wm Athens
Hall, T. W Sparta
Hamiel, A Columbus
Hamilton, I. S Waycross
Hammonds, S. M Franklin
Hank, H. K Broxton
Hanna, E. S Savannah
Hanna, W. C Ellabelle
Harkins, A Smithville
Harris, W. T Willson
Harris, S. F Athens
Harris, O. G Rockyford
Harris, E. G___ Barham
Harris, W. S Midville
Harris, A Dry Branch
Harris, G. W Boston
Harris, L. B Nashville
Harris, J. E Macon
Harrison, A. L Geneva
Harrison, C. H Turner
Harmon, J Macon
Harper, I. N Brunswick
Harper, R. J Moye
Hawk, H. C Broxton
Hawkins, J. A Fleming
Hawkins, J. A Fleming
Hawkins, E. M Norman Park
Hayes, A. H Milledgeville
Hayes, J. D. Cuthbert
Haynes, O. H Chocker
Heard, R. L Jesup
Henderson, J. H Lumkin
Hightower, F. D Adel
Hill, J. C Greenville <
•Deceased.
Hill, Wm Dallas
Hinton, J. H Steam Mill
Hobbs, C. P Tipton
Holmes, G. H Forsythe
Holton, S. H Miller
Hopkins, W. H Ashburn
Horne, S. C Metcalf
Howard, S. M Barnesville
Howard, T. H Ossifield
Hunt, A. H Sparta
Hunter, P. R Fowlstown
Hunter, A. D Valdosta
Hutchens, J. B Damascus
Inman, N. J Brewer
Ingraham, K. D Wrenn
Jackson, G. W Pretoria
Jackson, P. J Sylvania
Jackson, G. B Covington
James, S. F Fish
James, C. H Griffin
Jefferson, J Americus
Jefferson, R. J Savannah
Jefferson, Thomas Brunswick
Johnson, H. S Manasses
Johnson, C Atlanta
Johnson, C Decatur
Johnson, F. E Carnegie
Johnson, R. B Warrenton
Johnson, H. H Smarrs
Johnson, J. T Montecello
Johnson, A. H Eatonton
Jones, W. J Jefferson
Jones, J. E East ville
Jones, R. J So. Atlanta
Jones, R. H. R. F. D.,Machen Herod
Jones, Wm.* Dawson
Jones, A. J Macon
Jones, M. F Mt. Vernon
Jones, J. C Blakely
Jones, C. L Doublin
Jones, R. R Atlanta
Jones, S. B ..Atlanta
Jones, R. H Clinton
Jones, O. J. Milledgeville
Jones, J. A Fargo
Jones, B. J Louisville
REV. W. A. LEWIS, D. D.,
Secretary of C. P. A. and P. B. A.
A. M. E. Church.
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-Jones, Wm Canton Circuit
-Jones, C. J Milledgeville
Jones, W. M Waco Mission
Jordan, M. C McRaeville
Jordan, A. M Milledgeville
Jordan, C. T Aikenton
Kelley, W. N English Eddy
Kelley, W. C Atlanto
Kendrick, J. H Covington
Key, A Louisville
Keys, J. S Amsterdam
Kimbrough, G. W Damascus
King, G. L Terrell
King, R. M East Macon
King, H Deorum
King, T. H Social Circle
Kleckley, A. C Philemma
Kleckley, G. W Groves Sta.
Knighton, S. P So. Atlanta
Knighton, L. I Turner
TCnowlton, N. K Braxton
Lancaster, G. B Marshallville
Langston, J. W* Sharpsboro
Lawrence, W. B Montegumat
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Ringgold
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La Grange
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Dennis, W. F Santee
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Dobbins, S. J Taft
Doctor, A. D Spring Branch Ct.
Douglass, J. W Clinton
Dowdy, D. D Conway
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Duncan, A. D
Dunlap, C. W Columbia
Dunnison, W. F Buckhall
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Felder, W. R. A Mt. Pleasant
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Flegler, S. F Sumter
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Franklin, J. R Antioch Ct.
Frasier, M. W Yerderey
Frederick, D. F Charleston
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Gall man, R. H Newberry
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Galloway, J. B Willington
Gamble, M. S Elloree
Gamble, J. A Sumter
Gambrell, A. G Piedmont
Garey, B. M .Newberry
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Gathers, S. R Ebenezer Mission
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Gibbs, James Remini
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Gilliard, C. B Greenwood
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Glenn, J. M Columbia
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Hemingway, D. G Conway
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Kinard, J. L
Leesville
Ladson, S. W
Charleston
Ladson, C. E
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Lilliwood, E. L Clinton
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Lyles, G. K Abbeville
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Mance, G. W Williamsburg
Mance, W. G Charleston
Martin, J. M, R. F. D Dalzel
Martin, G. W Marion
Martin, M. M Sumter
Martin, J. Z Shiloh Ct.
Marshall, R. H Greenwood
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McBride, E. V Darlington
McBrown, W. F Mt. Pleasant
McCall, S. L Darlington
McDaniel, D. T Greenwood
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McDuffie, W. M St. Matthew
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McHoney, K. S Green Pond
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McPherson, M. B Hardeeville
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McWillie, C Clover
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Middleton, I Zion Hill
Miles, G. E .Robinson
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Mitchell, M. R Greenville
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Moore, A. A Verderey
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Murphy, W. G Simon's Chapel
Murph, J. W Vance
Nelson, T. B Lexington
Nichols, L. R Charleston
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Pixley, S. P Hickory Grove
Poindexter, R. S Orangeburg
Pollock, M. C Bookman
Prince, B.J Greelyville
Prioleau, S. P Eutauville
Pruitt, L. J Darlington
Pyles, L Orangeburg
Ralls, E. A Mullet Hall
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Rembert, C. H Columbia
Ransom, D_ Little Rock
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Rice, U. S__ Winnsboro
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Richardson, J. W Little Rock
Richardson, J. J Heath Springs
Richardson, A Marion
Rivers, F. E_ Charleston
Robertson, D. W Buckport
Robertson, A Savage
Robertson, W. V Marion
Robinson, C. C Durant
Robinson, J. A Centreville
Robinson, W. O Friendship Ct.
Robinson, W. O Marion
Robinson, S. A St. Luke Ct.
Robinson, W. T St. Matthew
Romans, D. C Cedar Grove
Ross, S. L .Bamburg
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Smalls, H Smoaks
Smith, J. B Clinton
Smith, E. J Hilton Head
Snipe, J. D Zion Ct.
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Starks, A. G .Marion
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Thomas, W. M Columbia
Thomas, M. P Gordon
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Tillman, J. M Greenwood
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Turner, W. H Walterboro
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Watson, L Spartanburg
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Williams, W. D Pomaria
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Williams, A Winy ah
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Williams, A. J Columbia
Williams, L. J St. Matthews
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Wilson, P J Sellers
Witherspoon, D. W Orra
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Allen, A. H Aberdeen
Anderson, J. H Hollywood
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Benjamin, W Brookhaven
Bennett, S. W Airy
Bess, A. D Lyon
Billings, H. F. _ .Liberty, (R. F. D.)
Black, P. J ..Beulah
Black, C. G Comptontown
Blackburn, A. J Strayhorn
Blake, A. S Oxford
Bolden, W Shaw
Bradford, C. H Shuqualak
Braxton, W. H , Durant
Braxton, S. S. V/hites
Brandford, J.L Jonestown
Bright, T. H Dundee
Britt, M. J Stewart
Brock, L. R Caseyville
Brookens, J. R Benton, R. F. D.
Brown, J. R Lodi
Brown, H. B ..Williamsville
Brown, A__ Dundee
Brown, J. E Friar's Point
Brown, W Leland
Brown, C. A__ .Turner
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Brown, J. J Sisson
Brown, W. M Stoneville
Brown, T. M Wright
Brown, W. M Brunswick
Brown, R. C Drew
Brown, A.S R. F. D. Benton
Brown, C. H Renelara
Brown, A. L Wallerville
Brown, C. B Coomasuba
Bryant, R Sweet Home
Bryant, C. M Stovall
Buffington, N. C Gunnison
Bullett, E Greenwood
Butler, J. D
Butler, D. H
Burks, D Brookhaven
Buckhalter, J. L Lyon
Burt, R. P Water Valley
Bynoe, J. A Mound Bayou
Bruce, R. C Leland
Butler, L. B Isola
Buffington, Leland
Bullet, E Greenville
Cabage, I Mound
C arming, P. C Shelby
Carlton, C.W Oxberry
Carter, E. R Senatobia
Chatman, A. F Amory
Chiles, O. W Port Gibson
Clarke, J. C Waddell
Clarke, A. E Springs
Clifton, L. S .Shelby
Coates, W. H Water Valley
Coleman, J. N Darlington
Cole, E. G Relugh
Collins, B. W Forrest
Collins, W. L Murray
Collins, B. F Louisville
Crawford, W. M Stafford
Crow, B. C Raymlond
Curtis, D. A Mayersville
Curtis, J. D R. F. D., Yazoo City
Daniel, G. W Columbia
Daniels, A. D Baird
Darriel, C. H Ittabena
•Deceased.
Davis, W. H - .Greenwood
Davis, G. H Luo
Davis, H. E Austin
Davis, M. E Natchez
Davis, T. B_ Pine Ridge
Davis, G. W Leland
Dean, H .George
Dennis, N Mound Bayou
Dickson, James.. Valley Park
Diggs, J. M Benton
Dixon, M. R Port Gibson
Dotts, James. Goodman
Dunbar, E. D Marksville
Duke, E. D. 209 Edison St., Green¬
ville.
Durham, C. A Enid
Dyer, W. H Sweatman
Edwards, W. H Grenada
Edwards, J. W Mayensta
Evans, W. H Maul
Farmer, H. N Kuhen
Farrar, T. H Birdee
Fisher, G. W Hills' Chapel
Fort, O. J Lebla
Flinn, R. L Senatobia
Freder, S. L Greenville
Frederick, 0 Duncan
Gaines, G. W Millston
*Galaday, Wm Jacinto
Galaday, E. S Flora
Galloway, O. W Acona
Gardner, J. A Sabino
Gardner, J. T ..Nashville
Gardner, J. C Nashville
Gary, J. D Shepardtown
Gayden, W. N Tohula
Gerald, R. P Yazoo City
Gilmere, F. R Ebenezer Church
Gilcrese, I Corinth
Gilcrese, J Lyman
Gooden, J Clayton
Goodwine, E Ellisville
Gordon, E. T Free Run
Gordon, B. J Baird
A. M. E. Church.
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Green, H. L_
Green, J.H
Green, J. A
Griffin, J. H
Hattiesburg
Hair, R. J. W
Hall, J. L
Hall, A. T
Brassfield
Hall, M. A
Hamilton, A. N
.Rodney
Hancock, L. H
Robinson ville
Hardy, H. D
Grace
Hardens, J. H
Benton
Harris, W. H
Forrest
Hart, C
Josephian
Hatcher, H. R
..Crystal Springs
Hall, G. S
Lyon
Hayden, C.M
Coldwater
Hayes, S. A
Madison
Haymond,
Vance
Haymore, L. A__
Tchula
Hedgewood, A
Baskion Flat
Henderson, J. A_
West Point
Henderson, U. S_.
Duck Hill
Herron, J
Louisville
Hughes, S. D
Drew
Hill, J. N
Fitzhugh
Hobo, C. H
Pleasant Hill
Holland, A
Quito
Holloway, J. H__.
Bitta
House, G. A
.Wrights
Hubb, 0. L
Longwood
Huge, S. D
Drew
Hull, M. A
Flowers
Hudley, M
Mound Bayou
Humphries, J. M_.
Senatobia
Hunt, L
_ _ .Dekalb
Hunter, G. W__
_ Home
Husband, J
Marion
Hutchison, T
Sardis
Ingram, R. N
Pitte
Irwin, W. G
Moon
Jackson, J. C
Sherod
Jackson, A
Cleveland
Jackson, J
West Shau
Jackson, L. B
Wilhelm
Jackson, G. J R. F. D. Benton
Jackson, E. D Wesson
Jackson, W. H Blanton
Jackson, J Bayville
James, S Fentress
Jefferson, T. J Hampton
Jennings, K. D Needmore
Jones, J Mound Bayou
Jones, C. S Hill House
Jones, W. M Ezra
Jones, C. D Carters
Jones, A. A_ Areola
Jones, F. D Poplar Creek
Jones, W. G Yarden
Jones, G. A Areola
Johnson, A Ruleville
Johnson, A __Belin
Johnson, W. H Renova
Johnson, J. W Holly Ridge
Johnson, H. S Mason
Johnson, W West Point
Johnson, I. C Sapa
Johnson, W. H Houston
Johnson, C. Fulton
Johnson, H Archbald
Johnson, W.J Greenville
Juatt, J. G -Oliver
King, H. H Yazoo City
Knight, J. 120 Pine St., Vicksburg
Knighton, A. J Pleasant Grove
Kuis, A. A State Springs
Lampton, J. W Vicksburg
Langer, E. B Specdiditton
Lastin, R. S Starkville
Latchenson, B. W Ditchley
Lay, J. B Greenwood
Lee, S. A 1 Morehead
Lee, R. E Osyka
Levine, T. H: Scolva
Lewis, W. B Greenwood
Lewis, A Indianola
Lewis, M. J Biloxi
Lewis, W. H Grove
Lewis, J. R _-Delta City
Lindsay, J. B... Martin
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Lowe, M. A Indianola
Mabon, W. H Vicksburg
Marlin, M Woodville
Marshall, J ..Nashville
Marsh, J. A Cruger
Mannaway, L. W. W Jackson
Maple, L. C Arkabutla
Mattlin, W. W Woodville
Matthews, J. D Carona
Matthews, I. L Kinezo
McKenny, M. C Crenshaw
McCotchy, J. C Charleston
Mcintosh, T. R Hattiesburg
McKnight, C Brookhaven
McGhee, S. J Shepardtown
McFarland, L. A Brooksville
McGraw, C Lexington
Mendum, C. P Lula
Menhan, R. M Inverness
Merriweather, J. M Jayne
Metcalf, J. B Tutwiler
Mettingly, J. P Caperville
Mevs, A. H Yazoo City
Miller, C. H Valley Park
Miller, H. B Round way
Miller, D. C Brookhaven
Mills, I McRae City
Montgomery, W Marks
Montgomery, J. L Montgomery
Moore, I. H Mound Bayou
Moore, J. W Tommola
Morant, J. J Vicksburg
Morant, D. R Holandale
Moore, T Biloxi
Murphy, J. B Holcomb
Murray, B. M Marks
Newsome, S. W Signall
Nichols, W. H Moorehead
Nichols, A. C Trial Lake
Odson, J. J Bay St. Louis
Oliver, W Logtown
Ousley, S. S. H West Clearland
Parker, G. M Roundlake
Parker, T. A Hesterville
Parker, J. M Farrell
Parker, J. M Busett
Patterson, M. F China Grove
Patton, C. W Dublin
Payne, C Dundee
Payne, W. J Mt. Heron
Payne, M Hemingway
Pepper, J. B R. F. D., Wesson
Perry, F. A Greenwood
Peyton, R. L Bassett
Phillips, W. S Pott's Camp
Piller, H M Rosedale
Pointer, F. H Farrell
Pope, W Sidon
Pope, P. H Brookhaven
Prime, J. E Helm
Pucket, W. H Myles
Pullett, E Greenwood
Prophet, J. H
Ranshug, L. A Ash
Ray, S. R Anguella
Ray, H. R .Latus
Reddett, J. W Sassonia
Reid, H. M West Point
Reid, D Crawford
Rhenes, J. W .Areola
Richardson, E. W Kingston
Rimberd, L Washington
Robinson, J. K Summall
Robinson, J Prentiss
Robinson, S Francis
Rodney, F. R Lampkin
Roger, F Itta Bena
Rollins, A. J Rolling Fork
Ross, J. W Cold Water
Rutherford, I. C China Grove
Salley, S. E Benoit
Saunders, W. G__ Nesbitt
Scugus, A. G Moorehead
Scott, S. C Isola
Scott, A Greenwood
Shepard, J. D Greenwood
Simpson, R. A R. F. D. Benton
Singleton, W.__ Jackson
Smell, S. S Loxnan
A. M. E. Church.
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Smith, Thomas Elizabeth
Smith, A Walnut Grove
Smith, A Yazoo City
Smith, C. W Boubon
Smith, S Fort Adams
Smothers, W. G
Solomon, H. K West Point
Somerville, J Frierson
Spears, R. T Rich
Spicer, L. B
Spencer, H. M Pickens
Staffery, D. S Hemingway
Steffens, S. S Fayett
Stewart, H. A Netta Yuma
Stinson, J. D Stanton
Stinson, G. T Ocalona
Strong, W. L Jackson
Strong, W. T Yicksburg
Tabias, Wm Kelso
Taylor, L Clayton
Taylor, E Meridian
Taylor, L Beaks
Thomas, W Natchez
Thomas, B. F Percy
Thomas, T Merrigold
Thomas, W. C Torrence
Thompson, C Philliper
Thompson, B. F Percy
Thompson, A. M Marksville
Thompson, J. G Brookhaven
Thurman, W. K Shepardtown
Tillman, G Monticello
Tillma, George Temole
Toale, J. C Wintonville
Tolso, O. N Brookhaven
Topp, J. A Pie Plant
Tyley, S. P Graysport
Wadwin, J. M Buckatuna
Walker, J. W Dobbins
Walker, A. W Moorehead
Wallace, D. C Greenwood
Wary, W. J Ripley
Washington, G. W So. Winona
Washington, R. F Summit
Watkins, W Stanford
Watson, J. W Natchez
Webb, J. W Grand Gulf
Weir, J. H Hernando
White, A. M Winona
White, J. H Alegotown
White, S. W .Natchez
Whitefield, W. H Shaw
Whitehead, J. S Kosciusko
Williams, D. W Senatobia
Williams, J. W Sherman
Williams, B. S Hattiesburg
Williams, J. C Newton
Williams, John Wall Street
Williams, H. W Eddicton
Williams, R Baird
Williams, T. W Belzona
Williams, J Shepardtown
Williams, J. W Glen Allen
Williams, D. L Tallulah
Williams,S. W Eddicton
Williams, T Kelso
Willis, D. C Brookhaven
Wilson, J. D Winona
Wilson, D. W Grady
Winston, L Jackson
Woods, S. S Aberdeen
Worthy, T Mixie
Wright, M. A Hattiesburg
Wright, T. J Fultus
Winn, J. L Pass Christian
Young, I Hemingway
LOUISIANA.
Alexander, W. M Heffin
Alexander, A. D Oak Grove
Anderson, M. C Woodworth
Banks, C. C War
Baptiste, John Hammond
Bell, B. J Covington
Bell, J. B Baton Rouge
Berry, T Longville
Braxton, Batton Rouge
Bridgette, J. H Bunkie
Bromes, J. W Mansfield
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Brooks, F. H Colfax
Brooks, C. E Napoleonville
Brown, G. B Thibodeaux
Brown, J. R Newellton
Brown, J. W__ Mansfield
Brown, G. T__ Woodcamp
Brown, A. B Yellow Pine
Burns, R. W Manghan
Burrell, D Tree Station
Butler, R. W Basman
Butter, J. B Basman
Campbell, J. R New Orleans
Carter, L. C_ Covington
Channel, S. J New Orleans
Cheeks, H. W Lake Charles
Coleman, A Charlieville
Coleman, J. M Darlington
Collins, B. F Louisville
Conner, J. D
Cox, J. F Plaquemine
Dassery, I Shaw
Debroe, O. D Selma
Eaton, E Winfield
Evans, D Pineville
Franklin, A. L Bolinger
Gardner, J. C Nashville
Gibson, J. H Delhi
Giles, Wm Kentwood
Glover, S Teddy
Granderson, I. B Bayou Sara
Green, A. M New Orleans
Griffin, H. M Jackson
Granham, H Marthaville
Hall, W. E Amelia
Hall, W. E. White Castle
Harris, A, L Natchitosh
Harris, W. M Sarepat
Harper, J. H Slidell
Harvey, E Campit
Haynes, J. D
Hedgewood Baskin Flat
Holmes, James New Iberia
Holloway, J. H Bita
Hunter, W. W— Miller
Isham, C Thibodeaux
Jackson, B Winston
Jackson, J Rayville
Jackson, M Bougere
Jackson, T. B Wilhelm
Jackson, G Thibodeaux
James, F White Castle
James, W Belle Grove
James, S Fentress
Jefferson, I. I Ash Wood
Jenkins, F. A__ Ruston
Johnson, I Grand Cane
Johnson, H__ Archbold
Jordan, Houma
Jones, F. D Poplar Creek
Kelly, I. C Baton Rouge
King, P. A— ...Shreveport
Kimball, 0. E Haughton
Lampton, F. D Lake Providence
Lee, J. C Lone Pine
Liddingham, D Parkersville
Little, J. H Franklin
Lloyd, T Boyon
Lucien, H Wilhelm
Matthews, E. E Farnon
Mayer, J. M Norwood
Mayfield, W. E New Orleans
McNeal, W West Monroe
McWilliams, P Norwood
Meeks, W. W Lake Providence
Merritt, J. T Baldwin
Mitchell, A. H New Orleans
Mitchell, K. M New Orleans
Monroe, A St. Mary Chapel
Moore, M. D Bastrop
Morrison, J. H New Orleans
Nelson, F , Morgan City
Paton, S R. F. D., Baton Rouge
Perry, R. E Longville
Poe, J. R Tallulah
Powell, C. H Jones
Preller, R. W Spagaloox
Pullen, A___ Lena
Purnell,
Pye, T Plaquemine
A. M. E.
Church.
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Reese, J.W Alexandria
Riccoods, J. W Donaldsonville
Richardson, G. W Millikens
Rowe, J. R Tallulah
Rylander, F. T New Orleans
Reynolds, D. B. __St. Joseph
Sastin, R. S Starksville
Selders, C Blainestown
Sheridan, W. W Baker
Simon, R. B Minden
Simpkins, J Farmerville
Smalls, A. D Marks
Summerville', J Frierson
Tate, M. C Monroe
Taylor, S —(R.F.D.) Baton Rouge
Thomas, A Shreveport
Thomas, G. W Waverly
Thomas, H Zanalle
Thomas, J Curtis
Thomas, J. L Madisonville
Thompson, R. S Homer
Turner, F. A Arcadia
Tunison, A. T Delhi
Yeal, C. H Bayou Sara
Walker, S. F West Shreveport
Warnsley, J. H Alexandria
Washington, J. W New Orleans
Webb, J. B Patterson
White, J. H Dunns
Williams, R. W Stanbone
Williams, W Thomastown
Williams, A Shelborne
Williams, I. N Shreveport
Williams, R. W Stanbone
Williams, H. W Lecompt
Williams, C. W Fisher
Williams, S Slaughter
Williams, E. D.__ Felixville
Williams, H. B Algiers
Willis, A Shelborne
Willis Thomastown
Wilson, H__ - - - Jesuit Bend
Witherspoon, R. W Elm Grove
Wright, A. A Covington
ARKANSAS.
Altheimer, S. J Pine Bluff
Anthony, J. B Young Circuit
Ashford, G. B Little Rock
Austin, W. E Fair view
Avery, D.H Strawberry
Banks, B. F Hillsboro
Banks, James Hillsboro
Barnett, W. A Gurdon
Baylum, W. J Hot Springs
Beasley, H. C Little Rock
Beaver, J. B Lanark
Berry, C Bradshaw
Berry, H. C Hot Springs
Block, R. R Augusta
Bonham, G. H Glenville
Boone, B Montango
Boone, F. T Wilmar
Buster, W. H Cherry Valley
Brandon, D. L Conway
Brown, S. T Pine Bluff
Brown, H. D Moscow
Brown, W Batesville
Brown, E Hope
Burgan, I. M Helena
Butler, J. W Wheatley
Buster — Cherry Valley
Campbell, J. N - Little Rock
Campbell, H. G Hampton
Carter, S __Des Arc
Carrington, E. E Ashdown
Clay, J. C Bald Knob
Clayborn, J. H New Edenburg
Clayborn, J. W Tano
Chambers, R. C Lacross
Coleman, N. C Poplar Grove
Conner, J. Little Rock
Colvin, M __Chidester
Crain, Wm Stamps
Crawford, C. B Redfork
Culliver, M Shorter Circuit
Cunningham, J. C — Circle Mission
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Dander, G. D Clarksville
Dangerfield, L. D_ _.
Daniels, S. W Lawnview
Davis, E. F Eagle Mills
Davenport, J. A Morrellton
Dawson, J. B Malvern
Dean, F. D Pecan Point
Deaver, H. M Crossett
Dennis, J. D Argenta
Delancey Lake Dick
DeLyles, P. W Arkadelphia
Dykes, G. A. L Arkadelphia
Dockery, W Rock Hill
Dortch, B. J -Bragg
Ellison, F. L Atkins
Evans, E. D .Redfield
Fleming, A. A Pine Bluff
Foley, A Marshall
Fonville, J. M Monti cello
Foreman, E Batesville
Franklin, S. L Jackson
Gates, J. W Flat Bayou
Garrison, J. W Palmer
Gayden, R. L . Helena
Gilliard, Swan Lake
Gilbert, W. G
Gillison,
Goldsby, S. G Benton
Golden, M. D Marianna
Grainer, G. W Little Rock
Green, R. J Oneida
Green, R. L Morrillton
Harden, D. A Mt. Holly
Harris, H Camden
Harris, W. H Harrisburg
Harris, W. H Camden
Harris, J. H St. Paul Church
Helm, B.J Prescott
Hearne, T. P.T Auvergne
Hill, A. H Argenta
Hill, P. S Camden
Hill, M Kearney
Hill, T. J Hamburg
Holman, B. C_ .Helena
Hollman, T. W_ St. Charles
Hopkins, O. H Marked Tree
Huddson, A. A Wynne
Hulett, H. P. Grassy Lake
Hunter, H. A .Gum Springs
Hurst, R. H Drabb
Imboden, J__ Post Oak
Jackson, T.J__ Argenta
Jackson, J. L Pinckney
Johnson, J. A Jonesboro
Johnson, A. W Vincent
Johnson, P. L Warren
Johnson, J. W Pine Bluff
Johnson, S. E__ Texarkana
Johnson, D. A Mena
Johnson, L Military Hights
Johnson, J. L Newport
Jones, W. H Gurdon
Jones, James Pine Bluff
Jones, J. C Magnolia
Jones, D. P Arkadelphia
Key, A. A., Jr Stuttgart
King, J. J Jersey
Knight, J. M Tuckerman
Koleim, W. H McCrary
Nichols, H. C Malvern
Nunn, P. A Onalaska
Overall, L. S Little Rock
Parks, J. E Fourche
Patton, G Haynes
Pennington, J. E Magnolia
Penix, U. L Dalark
Perry, S. P Dalark
Perry, J. J Thornton
Pegues, J. D__ Okalona
Pipkin, C. J. _ Eldorado
Phillips, W. A. J Little Rock
Pool, M. M Telcho
Pope, W. T Forrest City
Powell, W. A. J Luxora
Powell, R. W Snyder
Quinn, W Spring Hill
Randolph, W Benjamin Park
Randolph, C. H White River
Red, J. H__ Tyree Mission
A. M. E. Church.
Reece, G. W „ .Arcadia Mission
Reed, A. L. Fourche Dam
Rice, F Coal Hill
Roberts, T. R Gary
Roberts, J. P Maitland
Roberts, J Poplar Grove
Robinson, J. W Jonesville
Robinson, J. W Mt. Zion
Robinson, T. H Wheelin
Rudd, S. M Wilton
Rufus, R Waters Circuit
Scott, H. S Lacy
Scott, H Pine Level
Scott, M Pine Bluff
Scott, J St. Peters
Shalvin, J Eureka
Shumpert, J. W Warren
Simms, J McAlmot
Smith, A. J Huttig
Smith, J. H Camp Ground
Smith, M. M Blytheville
Solomon, S Lake Mission
Spencer, A Hope
Strickland, J Eaton
Stone, W. E Hope
Sutton, J. M. Fordyce
Taylor, W. L Waldo
Thomas, Trenton
Thompson, A Azor
Trailor, L. T Arkadelpha
Tucker, 0. W Westons
Tyson, T. B Nashville
Wade, P. W Brinkley
Walker, J. W Holly Grove
Walls. P. W Little Rock
West, G. W. C Catcher
Wesley, John England
Whitesides, J. W Little Rock
Wilborn, J. W LaGrange
Wilder, H Soudan
Wildman
Wilkerson, S. W Phillips Bayou
Winstead, S. L Princeton
Williams, A. A Little Rock
Williams, R _Kingsland
Williams, L. W .Stuttgart
Wilson, J Cooper
Winston, W
Winston, A. R Earle
Winston, J. W Gregory
Woods, L. S Scott
Wyrick, R Shorter Chapel
Young,' P. W Seminary
Young, T. T Antioch
OKLAHOMA.
Allen, T. E Lenepah
Allen, A. A Clinton
Austin, C. N Ardmore
Ballard, J. H Adamson
Beamer, W. R Muscogee
Beard, J. M Peggs
Boyd, J. A Winn wood
Brown, W. I Blue Jacket
Buchanan, W Wagoner
Burnett, A. B Big Creek
Burton, G.H Taft
Carter, W. C St. Andrews
Coleman, P Salt Creek
Colly, H. P Brazeel
Craven, B.H Clarksville
Crosslin, H. H Gaines Chapel
Daniel, A. H. E E. Oklahoma Ct
Davis, S. C Pawnee
Davis, J
Davis, T Walnut Grove
Dawson, F J. S El Reno
Dobbins, A. R McAlister
Ford, A. D Hartshorn
Friarson, W Fort Townson
German, J. A Mariette
Grandberry, Atoka
Gray, J. E Redland
Grayson, W Ash Creek
Greir, J. H Dewey
Griggsby, W. S Clearview
Guy, W. E Hennesy
Hall, A. W Lawton
Hart, P. A Weatherford
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Harris, O. R. Brag
Hawkins, A. H Lehigh
Hill, R. H Stroud
Hill, L Wadsworth
Holmes, C. H Wadsworth
Johnson, H. O Boynton
Johnson, G Bochito
Jones, J. C Giant
Lawson, S. L Tallis
Lewis, W. H_ __Cado
Lewis, A. W Perry
Luvall, J. A. W Red Bird
McAlister, J. E Carbon
McCain, S. L Fort Gibson
McKenney, G. W Carlesborn
McNeal, J. C Cogo
Meadows, J Binger
Naves, E Alderson
Nelson, L. E Vinita
Nelson, B. J Bentie
Oliver, N. W Huttonville
Parker, W. D Grayson
Parham, D Pecan
Phenix, G. H Luther
Phillips, J. E. W Tulso
Pugh, G Boggy
Pool, T. H Lightening Creek
Ramsey, E Iconium
Richardson, G. B Eufaula
Rodgers, 0. R Ada
Scott, S Newkirk
Smith, J. H Brown Chapel
Smith, H. C Antler
Smith, F ...Idabell
Smith, J. S Wauwoka
Sparks, G. A Jones City
Tatum, D. W Claremore
Thomas, J. A Clinton
Toombs, J. E Guthrie
Vance, J. A .Kingfield
Vanhorn, E. V Wilburton
Ward, A__ Viam
Waller, S. D Wentisville
Wamble, J. W Osage
Watts, W. C Davis
Watson, J. H LangstonCity
Walton, W. K__ Stringtown
Washington, G. W Shawnee
Williams, E. W ...Bartesville
Williams, H. R Ocmulgee
White, C. H_ Porteau
Wiggens, E. W Weekeeta
Woodson, Frank Wanicka
Young, A. K Chandler
TEXAS.
Abington, C. W Bethel, Dallas
Alexander, P. A .Brenham
Alexander, J. A Somerville
Alsip, H. E Dade
Anderson, A. J _ _ Giddings
Anderson, A Giddings
Anderson, E. A Weimar
Anderson, G. W Hillsboro
Anderson, J. M Ft. Worth
Anderson, W Harrisburg
Anderson, J Tanner Mission
Appling, Wm Huntsville Mis.
Artis, F
Bailey, R. S Austin
Bailey, H Snooks
Ballard, G. W Cleburne
Beasley, H Brady Mis.
Bell, C. H Dallas
Bembry, Wm Nelsonville
Bennett, J. W Nevaso
Bluitt, S. B Caldwell
Boggers, B. F Malakoff
Bolden, J. M.Wilhite Chapel, Waco
Bonner, O. L Palestine
Bonner, E. D Hubbard City
Boyd, W. O Oakwood
Bradshaw, G Iola Mission
Bradley, L. H Grolton
Bradley, J. F. P Georgetown
Bridge, H. A Sour Lake
Brisby, H. C __St. Luke, Waco
Brinson, H. C .Somerville
Brooks, M. J —Waxahachie
A. M. E. Church.
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Brown, G. W .Dallas
Brown, G. W Ratcliff
Brown, G. W Palestine
Browning, S. J Independence
Burton, Levi
Bush, J. H Piano
Butler, S. D Waco
Butler, J. C Rowlett
Butler, J. B, Payne Chapel, Hous¬
ton.
Burleson, Wm Skidmore
Carr, C Columbia
Carr, H. A Belton
Carr, D. E Palestine
Carr, D. C .Wallis
Carraway, G. W Richland
Carmichael, W. V. B Elkheart
Carter, G. N Christian
Calton, C.C Round Rock
Chambers, E. W Winsboro
Chapin, R. R Altair
Chisholm, C. F Fincestle
Clarke, J. H Tyler
Clarke, J. H Clarksville
Clarke, J. H Gainesville
Clemmons, T. R__ Waldo
Coleman, J. C Onalaska
Coleman, E. W Village
Coleman, D. L Denison
Collins, C. C Kaufman
Collins, Wm
Collins, B
Collier, D Bellville .
Conner, S. J Galveston
Conner, C. H Brenham
Conner, George Winchester
Connor, J. A Luling
Connor, S. C Weimar
Connor, J. C Moulto
Coffee, I. D Bay Cit/
Cooper, S. A Axtell Mission
Cooper, A. J Denton
Cooper, E. D Brazori
Cooper, I. S. A Brazoria
Crawford, A. H
Crooms, A. C
Davis, W. A Mexia
Deal, R Alto
Deaver, A Hallettsville
Diggs, B. H Tucker
Dixon, M. A Kyle
Dickerson, E. B Seguin
Downs, G. W packley
DuBois, Thos Chapel Hill
Dunbar, W. D Winkler
Duncan, J. A Mineral Wells
Durden, W. H Mexia
Edwards, A. W Inetta Mission
Edwards, T Brazoria
Edwards, Geo Kingsbury
Evans, H. P Lockhart
Evans, J. M Wallis
Everett, J. T Sanger Mission
Farris, Wm Cold Springs
Felder, A Centerville
Fifer, W, M__. Simond
Franklin, J. J Lockhart
Franklin, B. E Muldoon
Felder, P. M Chapel Hill
Felder, H Lyons
Ferguson, T. F Chapel Hill
Finley, A. J Pledger
Franks, N. N La Grange
Farr, T LaGrange
Flakes, W. B Waelder
Flakes, M. K. W Brenham
Forbes, A
Ford, E Greenville
Green, W. J Liberty Hill
Green, N athan Lexington
Glass, A. G Gainesville
Green, Homer W allis
Green, G. W Lexington
Green, A. R
Gentry, J. M .Yoakum
Goins, J. V. B Bryan
Hall, L Blanco
Hamilton, G. W Crockett
Hamlett, C. W North Beaumont
Hamlet, G.A
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Hammonds, C. C Brenham
Hampton, G. A Calvert
Handley, A. L Athens
Harper, T. H
Harris, N. P Port Arthur
Harris, S. M. B Bellville
Harris, W. M Dawson
Harrison, G. H Burlington
Harrison, T. Samuel Dallas
Harvey, M Wrightsboro
Harvey, Robert Markum
Haynes, S. H Longview
Haywood, "Father" Weimar
Hazely, John Chapel Hill
Henderson, S. A Weimar
Henson, G. W Blooming Grove
Herron, J. D Gilmer
Hestler, D Brownsboro
Hickey, Elgin Somerville
Hickey, J. A Yoakum
Hightower, J. D. B Paris
Hilburn, W. A Richmond
Hill, C. A La Grange
Hill, W. M Wharton
Hilliard, C. M Chapel Hill
Hodge, A. H Marshall
Hodge, J. H Texarkana
Holloway, A. F Powell
Hopkins, C. H
Howard, D H Como
Howard, E. J Waco
Howard, J. A Ledbetter
Howard, J. W New Braunfels
Hugely, A. J Gunter Mission
Hughes, J. H Brenham
Hunnicutt, J
Hunt, P. C Palestine
Hutchison, John Flatonia
Jenkins, R. S Dallas
Johnson, Anderson Floresville
Johnson, E. J Waelder
Johnson, F Liberty Hill
Johnson, Ellis Waelder
Johnson, J. M Winchester
Johnson, S. J Chapel Hill
Johnson, W. S Waco
Jones, J. A Temple
Jones, J. Harvey— Navasota
Jones, J. N Livingstone
Jones, L. A Hamp Chapel
Jones, Oscar Brenham
Jones, R. S Corsicana
Jones, R. W Itasca
Jordan, E Milford
Joshua, J. W. B Dallas
Keith, W. A Gonzales
Kennard, E. D El Paso
Kennedy, A Columbia
Lampert, M. P
Laws,W. J Beaumont
Latson, F. L Flatonia
Leake, Wm Athens
Lee, J. A Bear Creek
Lee, J. R. M Huntsville
Lee, W. A Bonham
Lenard, G. W Chapel" Hill
Leonard, L Columbus
Lewis, H Chapel Hill
Lewis, M. C Del Rio
Liles, J. H Bellville
Lockett, A Kenney
Long, D. L .McGregor
Luis, R. T Dallas
Lynch, H. A .Houston
Lynn, J. H Waco
Marshall, 0. B .Chapel Hill
Mason, A Rosebud
Mason, R. H San Antonio
McCowan, B Wallis
McCowan, C. W Yoakum
McCoy, H. K__ Cameron
McCoy, J. S Brenham
McDade, J. W San Marcos
McDonald, E. Z Mexia
McDonald, F. D. L. (Wilberforce)
McDonald, J. A Sublime
McDonald, J ohn Kendleton
A. M. E. Church.
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McElroy, S Columbia
McFarland, W. M Radcliff
McKenna, H._ Bryan
McVae, J. A Waelder
Miles, T. M California
Miller, W. D Houston
Miller, A. O Alto
Mills, G.L .Sherman
Mitchell, U. G Giddings
Mitchell, W. LaGrange
Mooney, P. M Caldwell
Moore, C
Moore, R. A Gus
Morgan, C. L Houston
Morgan, R. H Humble
Morris, J. C Da villa
Morrison, R. F Lyons
Mosely, J. L Sealy
Moten, D. S Corsicana
Moten, F. F Palestine
Motley, G. W Salena
Murray, T. J Taylor
Murphy, A Mineola
Nelson, G. W Marshall
Nichols, L. M Simes
Norwood, L
Nuthall, P Shiloh Miss
Payne, J. P Forreston
Pearson, G. R Neches
Pendergraff, I. S Lexington
Pendergraff, M. L Bastrop
Phillips, M Columbia
Pickard, H.W.. __ Cleburne
Pierce, F. P Lockhart
Pipkin, A. B Crockett
Pope, R Benson Springs
Powe, J. S Mineola
Punchard, H. Lyons
Pyle, D.F Ennis
Pyle, W. D. F Ennis
Rankin, J. W_ .Waxahachie
Reese, B. T. Brown Chapel, Hous¬
ton.
Recsor, J. T ...Rockport
Reese, L. L .Yoakum
Rhone, J. H. L Galveston
Roberson, D. S Weatherford
Robertson, H. G., 4th Ward, Dayton
Rodgers, Seth
Rogan, A. R Waverly
Runnels, F. R Kernes
Russell, A. J San Antonio
Russell, J. H Somerville
Sadler, P. D Burton
Sample, G. W Brenham
Sanders, R. C LaPorte
Saunders, J. F Waco
Saunders, J. K Abiline
Saunders, L. J Brownwood
Saunders, L. M San Angelo
Scott, J. M Carrolton
Sileman,F. G Rocky Hill
Simmons, O. B Gonzales
Scott, A Brenham
Sims, G. W Corsicana
Sims, H. S Austin
Sims, P
Slaughter, G. T Brenham
Slaughter, R. S Brenham
Slaughter, J. S Milford
Smith, G. W White Rock
Smith, R
Smith, R. L Cedar Creek
Smith, S Georgetown
Smith, T. H .Waco
Smith, Wm
Smith, Wilson
Snowdon, A Mumford
Spears, J. C
Spencer, S. H Bruceville
Starks, A. R__ Elgin
Stubbs, J. E Port Arthur
Swain, W. T Round Rock
Taylor, A. L Rockport
Taylor, D. B Dublin
Taylor, F. D Brenham
Taylor, G. W._ ..Wallisville
Telford, W. M._ Victoria
Thomas, D. J Rock Island
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Thomas, J Cuero
Turknett, G. W Brenham
Upshaw, W. S Richmond
Upshaw, W. S Richmond
Vaughn, J. H Mt. Pleasant
Virden, J. F. Palmer
Wade, Wm Belton
Walker, A. W Houston
Walker, R. C Taylor
Walker, R. N Minerva
Walker, S. J East Bryan
Warren, F. W Palestine
Watkins, J. A Waxahachie
Watson, J. W Austin
Watts, A. T Honey Grove
Watts, S. W Gay Hill
Weaver, J. M Conroe
Webster, R. W Bellville
White. J. T. S Austin
Whitfield, Stephen Brenham
Whitmire, H. T Smithville
Wilcox, H. C Clay
Williams, A. W Itasca
Williams, Henry Lindale
Williams, J. C Navasota
Willis, D. W Manchaca
Wilson, C. H Cuero
Wilson, J. M Caldwell
Winn, A. G Hearne
Woodie, Thorne Pledger
Woodruff, J. W Mt. Pleasant
Woods, J. W Port Lavaca
Wright, E. W Marlin
Wright, F. W Mexia
Wright, M. A Bonham
Wyseman, B. W Gonzales
Young, G. B San Antonio
Young, H. A St. Luke, Waco
Young, S Gause
Young, W. H Marlin
Younger, W. A Fort Worth
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Adair, S. W South Tampa
Adams, S. A Carters
Aikins, S. G
Aikery, W. R Gordon Chapel
Albert, W. R Michinopee
Allen, A. W Parker
Allen, W. A Green Swamp
Allen, I. H Chicroy
Anderson, L. A
Andrews, S. S Ocala
Andrews, C. H Raleigh
Anderson, G. R Orange Lake
Anderson, R. A Orange
Anderson, M Ocala
Archie, G. W Tarpon Springs
Archie, J. S Ehren
Armstrong, J Panama Park
Arnold, E. M Bellefield
Arnold, J. H Sarasota
Bacon, L. B Celery
Baitty, H. H South Tampa
Bagley, N. W_ Leesburg
Baker, A. B Lamont
Baker, H Spring Hill
Baker, R. L
Baker, S. G Deland
Ballard, S. W West Tampa
Bannerman, W. T West Jamison
Basey, J. R Fox Pond
Baxter, D. M Ocala
Becton, J. D Deland
Bell, S. H
Bell, S. S Kansas City
Bellamy, A Luke Butler
Bellamy, S. S Gainesville
Bennett, A. J Tampa
Berricon, B Pierce Mine
Betts, S. H • Carabella
Biggs, Wm Senille
Blacknell, J. B Gainesville
Blackwell, J. B Hopewell
Bledsoe, G. C Quincy
Blount, J. B Concord
Blue, F. D Galreco
Bly, James Clearwater
Boges, C. H. Jr... Long
A. M. E. Church.
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Boges, C. H. Sr Midway
Bolden, J. B Medart
Bolden, D.. J. New Hope
Bolden, A. W N. Palatka
Bonaparte, G. W Sanderson
Bowers, L. C Friendship
Bowers, J. E Bradwell
Boyd, E. E Lovett
Boyd, N. B Fort Myers
Bradley, R. B
Bradley, W. C Plant Eight
Bramton, J Mt, Olivet Circuit
Branton, J. S Knight
Brasswell, J. S Palatka
Briggs, W __ .Seville
Brokenborough, B. F Live Oak
Brooks, B. B St. Augustine
Brooks, J. J Alapatha
Brooks, T. B
Brooks, T. T Miami
Bronson, J. R Forrest City
Bronson, A. L Lakeland
Brown, J. A Leesburg
Brown, W. H Terra Celia
Brown, S. B Fruitland
Brown, W. N Sanatee
Brown, S. E. O
Brown, R. L Starks
Brown, A. B Wilborn
Brown,J. B Hilliardsville
Brown, W. H Sanford
Browning, W. B Union Hill
Buie, J Holder
Burnett, L. B Fort White
Burney, F. N Kendrick
Burges, S. B Asbury
Burges, C.H New Augustine
Burt, H
Bush, W. C Ponce De Leon
Butler, D. C Ward Mission
Butler, J. A Pleasant City
Butler, J. A ^
Calhoun, T. C Orange Park
Call, Henry Argyle
Carey, M. T„ West Palm Beach
Charles, M. C Shoal River
Carnes, H. C Bradford County
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Carter, C. S Madison
Cason, J. R Ellentown
Cason, A. B Laughman
Certain, J. S Palatka
Certain, W. D, Lake City
Chandler, A Crescent City
Chishohn, M. L
Clarke, Wm Goldsboro
Clayton, C. S -Lloyd
Clayton, J. H Shipley
Clayton, S Marietta
Coger, E. G Eldridge
Coger, E. D Deland
Cole, B. E Old Bethel Circuit
Coleman, J. S Leesburg
Coleman, A. D Stemper
Collins, A. B Robles Pond
Collins, R. C Jonesboro
Corley, W. C Blackstill
Coldwell, S. C Lansonia
Cook, C. E
Cooper, W. L Wade
Corker, H. C Milton
Coward, H. B Rock Comfort
Cowan, John Gainesville
Cowan, J. N Hammond
Cotton, E Mariana
Crenshaw, P. J Careyville
Cromottie, C. H Marianna
Cugler, S. C Cascade
Culpepper, G. W Metcalf
Cumming, T. S Spinks
Cummings, T. J. D Leesburg
Dailey, S. K
Dames, R. H Key West
Dancil, S Duttons
Daniels, H. E Quincy
Dash, J Asheville
Davis, E. T
Davis, J St. Hebron
Davis, J. A Miami
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Davis, H. M St. Marks Mission
Davis, G. C Geneva
Davis, J. D Welcome
Davis, T. C Ellerbee
Dawkins, B. E. W
Dayley, J. J New Smyrna
DeBose, S. W
Delphia, L. B Crandall
Dellegall, John Goldsboro
Dempsey, E. D Dade City
Denmark, J. D Antioch
Dennis, H. C Robles Pond
D'enson, H. T h ew Burlington
Denson, H. C New Berlin
Dickerson, D. D Shiloh
Dickerson, L Palmetto
Dickerson, J. H Jacksonville
Dimona, J. C Orlando
Dixon, I. H Jacksonville
Dixon, A Fernando
Dixon, A. C. W Mandarin
Dorsett, J. H St. Petersburg
Dorrell, J. W Royal Dinner
Doyle, F. R Fountain Chapel
Dozier, S. C South Fernandino
Dozier, W. A Remington
Dudley, A. B
Dukes, J. W Crystal River
Earl, D Bakers Hill
Eddy, S. D Smith Creek
Edwards, Edward
Edwards, E. D Istachatta
Ellis, G. W
Elmore, F Greenville
Ephriam, Wm Snead
Eustsay, D Furnak
Fair, F. E Crescent City
Feacher, Anthony Dunnellon
Fields, W. G Eatonville
Fisher, H Stoneville
Fisher, J Day
Flag, R. B Middle Creek
Flatcher, A Mt. Zion Church
Flatcher, J Kings Road
Fleming, J. W Interlachen
Fludd, J. C W. Jacksonville
Forbs, F. A Tampa
Forbs, L. A W. Hyde Park
Fordham, F Espanola
Footman, E. B Woodville
Foster, P Talleyrand
Frances, M Table Beach
Frank, D. R Oakland
Frazier, A. C
Gaines, M. F
Gaines, M. T Coleman
Gaines, T. G Plant City
Gaddy, L. T Rochelle
Gadsden, D. M Ocala
Gadsden, D. E Sparr
Gamble, J. B. L Bushnell
Gardner, J. E Gainesville
Gary, F. G Arcadia
Gary, H. W Santos
Gary, J. T
George,
George, W Benton
Gibbs,
Gibbs, T. S Grant Chapel
Giles, G. W
Gipson, A. R Noma
Glenn, M. G Cohandale
Glover, E. D Gum Pond
Glover, T. H Sarasoto
Goff, J. S
Gorvis, G. W Rome
Goins, G. W__Rome and Kellyville
Goodwin, P. C Loncoln
Gordon, R. T Mt. Moriah
Graham, C Gulley Branch
Grant, W. S Thompson Valley
Grant, B. R Stewart Mission
Grant, B. J Port Creek
Green, C. G Hilliards
Green, G. W Orange Bend
Green, B. F Lakeland
Green, Sampson
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Green, S. L
Green, W Fenholloway
Grier, N. S Arredonda
Hadley, S. H Hernando
Hall, W Younglove
Hamilton, W. W Wiscon
Handsbury, A. R Tallahassee
Harris, S. A Cocoa
Harris, W. D Green Shade
Harris, A. B Kissimmee
Harris, J. J Houston
Harris, Z. H Levyville
Harrison, A. L .Midway
Hartwell, D. J Wakula
Hawkins, G. W
Hawkins, N. H Rich Bay
Hawkins, Charles Old Town
Hawkins, S. J Stark
Hawkins, G. W Ocilla
Hainey, S. H Lake Ogden
Hayes, L. C White Springs
Haynes, F. H Plant City
Haynes, T. G Crescent City
Haynes, J. H Brandentown
Hearns, N. H Elkton
Hector, J. H _ Winter Haven
Henry, S. H Centenary
Henderson, F. K
Herndon, S. S
Hicks, W. L Wadesboro
Hicks, C. C West Palm Beach
Hill,W English
Hill, C. R Anthony
Hill, D. A Silver Springs
Hill, G. W New England
Hill, J. D Barto
Hill, M. S High Springs
Hines, W. H
Hogan, H Poperville
Hogan, C. H St. Cloud
Holland, S. W Appalachicola
Holmes, J
Holt, J. M Jacksonville
Holsey, G. E St. James Mission
Hope, W. H
Hope, J. C. Santos
Horton, W. E Winter Park
Houston, S. D Key West
Huggins, G. H Crooms
Humphries, W. H Walker
Hurst, E.H Twenty Five
Irvin, S. M. H. J Yerdie
Jackson, J. D Fivay
Jackson, W. L Mariana
Jackson, L. K Mariana
Jackson, J. J Trenton
Jackson, A Daytona
Jackson, J. D Fivay
Jackson, J. L Manatee
Jackson, E. P West Tampa
Jackson, J. J Sam Pond
Jackson, J. W. B Miami
James, S Waynesboro
James, D. J Luraville
Jenkins, G. W Dunnelton
Jenkins, Wm Waldo
Jenkins, R McQueen
Johnson, W. W Fort Pierce
Johnson, L. D__ Crawford
Johnson, P. J_ Tampa
Johnson, J. J Apalachicola
Johnson, S. J St. Petersburg
Johnson, W. W Fort Pierce
Johnson, P Royal
Johnson, P. K Ender
Johnson, L. H Turkey Scratch
Johnson, H. W Long Key
Johnson, F. A St. Phillips
Johnson, J Jasper
Johnson, J. A Limestone
Johnson, H. W Long Key
Johnson, D. J Sand Pond
Jones, C. J. A
Jones, J. W St. Peter
Jones, H. J Ormond
Jones, I. H Hamiltown
Jones, M. J
Jones, R. L Dexter
Jones, J. D Citronelle
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Jones, J. L Heightsville
Jones, G. W Turnbull
Jones, G. W Yellow Water
Jordan, K. S Hastings
Jordan, R. H. K Saddasota
Kate, J Live Oak
Kemp, H. M Aucilla
Kernon, H. K Hamilton
Kershaw, A. J
Kilpatrick, G Walkill
Kinney, A. A Ashmore
Kill, H. B Tampa
King, G. W Tampa
Kinlaugh, W. F Bowling Green
Kinney, A. A Ashmore
Kirklin, T. M Meredith
Lane, S. S Monticello
Lang, E. G Greenfield
Laveth, F Apalachicola
Lavender, J Nesbitt
Larkins, E.W Webster
Larkins, S. J Daytona
Lawson, I. L Kings
Lawrence, A. L Delray
Lee, R. E Alton
Lewis, James T
Lewis, R. D j__. _.Tallahassee
Lewis, E. P
Lewis, S. L Zion Circuit
Lincoln, N. J Centerville
Lincoln, R. L
Livingston, J. L Punta Gorda
Livingston, N. C Lebanon
Livingston, W. L Marion
Livingston, J. L Punta Gorda
Lockett, W. A Greenville
Long, C. S Winter Park
Long, T. S Altamonte Spring
Love, J St. Augustine
Lumpkins, W Floral City
Lyons, J. H Bay Head
Madison, E. J. Union Circuit
Mallory, W.W Marianna
Manley, W Helendale
Manyweather, A. M Wildwood
Martin, W Byrd
Martin, R. L R. B. Camp
Martin, N Moultrie
Meadows, C. W Maxwell
Mays, C. W Bells
McCloud, J. C Pensacola
McConnell, — Bluntestown
McCrary, Wm San Antonio
McGhee, E. M Walker Mission
McGhee, G. W Chaires
McGill, H. H Molino
McGill, W. G Seaford
McGuire, M Courteney
McBride, I. S Gifford Mission
Mclntyre, G. C Newberry
4 McKinney, G. A Marianna
McKinney, A Ashmore
McLenon, H Bronson
McKnight, — Plant City
McLin, R. D Brooksville
Merritt, J. W West Tampa
Merritt, J. D Altamonte Spring
Middleton, J. M Jessland
Miller, R. B
Miller, S.B San Phalo
Miller, S. P Ford Chapel
Miller, L. B Mayport
Miles, J. L . Lemon City
Mills, L Rays
Mike, D. M., Leesburg
Mimms, Lucious
Mitchell, J. M Hogan
Mitchell, K. M Dinsmore
Montgomery, H Rhodes
Moore, C. H Hampton Springs
Moore, J. L Tampa
Moore, J. D Sorento
Moore, H. M Montana City
Morgan, H. S_ Daytona
Moorer, T Marianna
Monroe, H. R Fulford
Morris, A. L Shorterville
Morris, J. C
Morris, J Brunson
Morrison, J. M Rc ck Springs
A. M. E.
Church.
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Mozen, R. R
Murphy, H
MUrphy, M. F
Murphy, I
Bakersville
'Murray, J
Murrell, P. M
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Murrell, R. L_
Deerfield
Muston, W. S
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Myrick, D.B__ _
__ Lake Helen
Neal, J. D
_ Quincy
Neal, K. P
Quincy
Nelson, M.,
Nelson, W
Crescent City
Nichols, W. E
Oak Grove
Nichson, E. J_ _
Iola
Nimmons, R. D
. _ Hawthorne
Norton, T. M __
Sand Pond
Norwood, J.N _ _
Lake City
Oats, Geo _
Owens, S. W
_ _ Greenland
Ousley, M
Antioch Circuit
Patterson, S. J_
Gainesville
Parrish. C. H
Patterson. —
Peoples, L. R_
Bluntstown
Perkins, J. P
Ellavolla
Perrin, R. M___ _
-.Tampa
Perrin, D. A
Phillips, T. L _ _ _
-Goldsboro
Phillips, B. W
Pickett, W. H. A_
Fort Mead
Pickett, H__
_ -Rhodes Farm
Pinckney, E. M
Valley Farm
Pinder, G. A
Welaka
Pines, R _
_ Duval
Ponder, L. W
,Mt. Zion Church
Potter, M. D
Palmetto
Potter, A. D
Orange Hill
Potter, A
Oscar
Powell, L
Palatka
Pride, J. M
Hamburg
Pringle, J. S
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Quarterman, J. A.
-_Leesburg
Quarterman, ——
Ray, J. E Marianna
Rainey, P. R
Rasberry, J. N Lula
Reed, G. W Arcadia
Reed, A Tampa
Rhain, R. H D eland
Richardson, A. T. G Philadelphia
Richie, A. N Kendrick
Riley, B West Farm
Riley, C Durban
Riner, R. R Cypress Lake
Roberts, J. M
Roberts, J. C Whedle
Roberts, P. R Cedar Keys
Roberts, G. R Turkey Creek
Robinson, L. Z Cottondale
Robinson, L. R
Robinson, A. W Jonesville
Rome, W. R Fort Latterdale
Rose, Z. K Otter Creek
Rose, W__ Pocolate
Roundtree, T. R-Provident Mission
Rozier, J. B Callahan
Ryans, R. R Cypress
Sanders, Prior, Sparr
Sanders, S. S Frink
Sanders, T. W Punta Gorda
Sanders, E York
Sanders, G. W Roger Mission
Sappin, S. S Concord
Savage, C. H Bellview
Savage, S. H.,
Scott, R. W Graceville
Scott, J Mt. Pleasant
Scott, S. A Live Oak
Scott, A Daytona
Sessions, W. W Inverness
Shepherd, R. F Sweet Canaan
Shepherd, J. J., Ocala
Simpkins, L Lakeland
Simmons, I. L Columbia City
Simplin, S. S Concord
Simpson, A Cambells Addition
Smith, C. H Holmes Mission
Smith, Frank Bearhead
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Smith, M Deland
Smith, R. B Twin Lake
Smith, A. G Altamonte Springs
Smith, J. J La Crosse
Smith, A Higdon
Solomon, S Lake Mission
Spencer, A. B Tallahassee
Spencer, J. E Johnson Farm
Staples, W. A Mosley Hall
Stafford, D. J Jupiter
Steele, J. W., Citra
Stewart, S. D Citra
Stewart, W. G
Stockton, A. L Shaw Farm
Struffin, H Daytona
Swain, Walker
Sutton, R. B Alachua
Sutton, P. R
Tamer, W Rockwell
Tanner, A. A Bellwood
Tanner, A. E Kathleen
Tarver, W Rockwell
Tarry, J. W Deland
Thomas, J. J East Gainesville
Thomas, L. T Iron Spring
Thomas, B. J Bradford
Thomas, A. M Middleburg
Thomas, C. L Blue Creek
Thomas, P. A Mcintosh
Thomas, A. A Jasper
Thompson, S Campbell's Hill
Thompson, J. M
Thompson, A Apopka
Thompson, W Silver Hill
Thompson, W. F.East Jacksonville
Thornhill, J. J Gainesville
Thornton, A., . Citra
Tice, S. Timothy __ Orlando
Tillman, John, Leesburg
Todd, C. C Cash Point
Tooks, H. Y Mayo
Turner, J. S Lowan
Tyson, W Hickory Hill
Tyson, T. D St. James Church
Waddle, D. W Sagano
Waldren, S. B Sanford
Walker, H. W Robinson
Walker, J. S Mt. Olive Church
Walker, J. A — Felicia
Walden, S. B Maytown
Wallace, A. W Summerfield
Warren, J. W West Tocio
Warner, J. J Davenport
Washington, I. T__ Coleman Chapel
Washington, G. H Chattahoochie
Washington, E. D Rose Park
Washington, W. W Lake Johnson
Watson, D. D., Box 81..Greenwood
Watson, M. S O'Brien
Watson, G. W
Webb, F. R Mayflower
Wells, S. R Cora
Weston, J. W Morristown
Weston, M. S Robles Pond
White, S. W Etna
White, D. E.,
White, J. E Crystal River
White, T. M Moncrief
White, A. W Jacksonville
White, J. J Putnam Hall
White, E.H Fish ware
Whiteman, H. M
Wilgus, S. B Pensacola
Willard, C. J North City
Williams, L. D
Williams, H. W Tampa
Williams, L. W_ .Springfield Mission
Williams, James Tampa
Williams, J. H St. Johns Church
Williams, J. W Bethel Circuit
Williams, S. A Jacksonville
Williams, W. W Plant City
Williams, W Barton
Williams, R. W Baldwin
Williams, T. J Walls
Williams, J. W Peterson
Williams, S. W Mt. Tabor
Williams,S.W.Morristown Mission
Williams, L. W Sneads
Williams, W. W Sefners Mission
BISHOP J. S. FLIPPER, D. D.
A. M. E. Church.
107
Williams, G.F
Williams, T. J Tampa
Williams, N. J Obidio
Williams, A. J Taylorville
Williams, E. F Tampa
Wilson, S
Wilson, J. C
Wilson, W. P—North Jacksonville
Wilson, R. B Palm Beach
Wilson, G. B Lake City
Witten, W. H Brownville
Witherspoon, T. W
Wright, R. W Oakville
Wynd, N. W Sinai
Yellowhair, E. W Delph
Young, M. M Racy Point
Young, J. H Rodman Mission
Superannuated.
Chadwick, R. W
Johnson, M. J
Gymp, Walter
Hidum, E. B
Goins, P. G
Hollingsworth, M
States of Alabama and Tennessee.
ALABAMA.
Adams, S. B Boiling Springs
Adams, H Ichoota
Allison, J. H Greensboro
Anthony, A Montgomery
Austin, H White Oak Springs
Atwater, A. W Uniontown
Banton, W. C Montgomery
Barclay, J. C Eufaula
Barnwell, R. B Dolomite
Beck, W Fairfield
Beck, M. L Georgiana
Bell, J. H Matthews
Bell, A. T Abbeville
Bell, S. T ' Hopewell
Bell, S. J Meredianville
Berry, M. W Abenant
Bessick, J. H Montgomery
Bessick, J. H Milance
Billups, W. L Faunsdale
Blackman, G.W
Bonner, W Black Bluff
Bonner, L. S Mt. Pleasant
Bowen, W. H Selma
Borden, J.T Suggsville
Bowen, D. H Union Springs
Bowling, L.R ---Wylum
Bowman, B Hawkin s Creek
Bowman, B. W Bessemer
Bowling, S. H Thomasville
Branch, J Jackson
Brazier, J Arcadia
Brice, J. S
Bristol, A. M Republic
Brooks, R. E Huntsville
Brookens, L. G Girard
Brookens, R. B Eufaula
Brown, J. B
Brown, K Bethlehem
Brown, J. B
Brown, D Prattville
Brown, A. T Suspension
Bruce, D. A Eufaula
Bryant, M. D Rosebud
Butler, B. K. R Richmond
Bryant, M. M Selma
Buck, W Mcintosh
Bullard, L. M Colena
Bennett, G. W St. Duke Mission
Butcher, D. A St. Paul Mission
Butler, E. D Eufaula
*Bynum, J. S Abbeville
Calhoun, H. C Girard
Carter, J. B Ensley
Carter, J. E Tuscumbia
Carr, W Brewton
Carew, A Taylorsville
Carey, J. A Midway
Carey, W. D Fulton
Chatmon, R. C_ Mt. Pleasant
Clark, W Barnesville
^Deceased.
108
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Cole, H
Collier, Gadsden
Collier, St. Luke Church
Collins, C Crystal Springs
Cooper, P. H Ft. Gaines
Craig, E. J Pine Hill
Craig, W Pratt City
Craig, W Claiborne
Cunningham, S. S Columbia
Curtis, L. C Trans. Bait. Conf.
Curtis, A. N Citronville
Curry, J. C__ Gravel Hill
Daniels, E. H Elba
Davidson, N Girard
Davidson, J. H Pineapple
Davis, J. A Clayton
Davis, M. W Altruore
Davis, 0. L Burenville
Davis, R. A Shelby Springs
Day, L. R Lacy Springs
Denison, J. P Brookside
Dent, A. T Mt. Zion Circuit
DeVaughn, S Bragg
Dickerson, T. E. H Dothan
Dillard, J. H Prattville
*Dixon, B. F East Side
Dominick, J. I Samson
Donnegan, E Scottsboro
Douglas, M. L Girard
Duncan, W. D Ward Chapel
Duncan, F. L Hillman
Dupree, M Anniston
Evans, J. S_« Ozark
Everett, W. D
Faggans, R. B Graham
Farrier, J. A Union Springs
Fields, I. E
Fielding, N. R. Jonesboro
Fleming, H. R Hartsford
Floyd, S Horse Creek
Ford, R. F Mt. Olive Church
Foster, T Brantley
Frazier, M. W Headland
^Deceased.
French, John Mobile
Gibson, E. W Coalville
Gilbert, J. E Guntersville
Gill, John Highland
Gilliard, J. B Beatrice
Gillens, J. F . Mobile
Glass, J. B Clayton
Godwin, A. A Elba
Grace, W.C Quinn Chapel
Gray, R Avondale
Gray, C. W Bessemer
Green, J. C Saginaw
Green, A. M Hurtsboro
Griffin, J. F Anniston
Griffin, S Ozark
Groves, S. T Carbonville
Hall, J. J. S .Kate Mission
Hall, I. H Blockton
Hall, J. H Gurnee
Hall, W. H
Hamitey, G. T
Hambrick, F. H Fairview
Handley, J Brooks Chapel
Haney, A. W
Hargrove, W. D Columbus, Ga.
Harris, G. W Cahaba
Harris, A. H Blossburg
Harris, M. D Hartford
Harris, J. T Andalusia
Hatcher, C.G Dothan
Haynes, R. H St. Mary
Heard, J. H Gunters
Henderson, C. H Clayton
Henderson, H. B .Columbia
Hight, H. O Mt. Zion Church
Hightower, W. J___ Louisville
Hill, G. W Union Springs
Hilliard, H. A Otho
Holmes, J. D Hatchechubbee
House, O. A Durham
House, J.N Tenile
Hubbard, C__ Sweet Home
Huggins, S. M Mt. Sinai
Hunter, A. J ..Selma
A. M. E. Church.
109
Inge, S. P
Ingraham, M. J
Jackson,D. J__
-Morning Star
Jackson, Wm.
Jackson, N. J
..Montgomery
* Jackson, J. J
..
Jackson, H North Birmingham
Jackson, H. P
—Mt. Hebron
James, N ..
James, J
James, John,
Greenville
Jefferson, J. W
Phoenix
Jefferson, G. W__ _
— Jobe Chapel
Johnson, J. W
Riverside
Johnson, E. J
Hurthbon
Johnson, A
Johnson, A. J
_ .Eufaula
Johnson, W. L
Sheffield
Johnson, T. F
Brookwood
Johnson, W. B
_ - Birmingham
Jones, A
Warrior
Jones, W
_ _ Summerfield
Jones, J. W_
Troy
Jones, I
Pine Level
Jones, T. H
.Payne Chapel
King, T. H
_-Johns
Kirksey, Q
_ Skelton Creek
Leath, M. H
Florence
Lee, G. S
Selma
Lewis, G. A
Florala
Lewis, P
Healey
Liberty, T
Embry
Lilley, C
Rockwest
Lockwood, Charles ,
Goodwyns
Long, Wm
...Clay Circuit
Lovett, J. W
Claiborne
Lucas, A. A_
.Rhone Chapel
Mahoney, R. A
Flat Rock
Matherson, P. T—
Gadsden
McCall, W
Jetts
McMillen, N
Slocumb
McMakin,N_
Clio
McGlasgo, A
Atmore
Martin .Emanuel Church
*Deceased.
Mahogy, J. H Merrilton
Mallasham, L. S
Marshall, J. M Mulberry
Martin, J. R Goodwyn
Matthews, H. R Montgomery
McCanby, R. U Bethel Church
McElwain, A Seals
McClenden, C ' Montevallo
McGhee, J. H Oxmoor
Miles, T. M Holland
Mitchell, J. G Ruth Chapel
Mitchell, A. D. W Troy
Mitchell, A. E Payne Chapel
Mitchell, G. W Greensboro
Mitchell, H. M Brantley
Montgomery, E. R Alberta
Moreland, M Opelika
Morris, S. G Pleasant Hill
Morris, B. A Mineral Springs
Moreland, F. B Woodlawn
Mosely, C. B __Rosedale
Morse, W. H Bay Minette
Nelson, I. S Siddonsville
Newell, E Decatur
Newsome, H. N Mobile
Nicks, H. L Bay Minette
Nicholson, H Canton Bend
Odoms, E. G Salem
Owens, E Troy
Owens, J. 0 Mobile
Parker, S W. Anniston
Patrick, A_ Eutau Grove
Perry, J. B Cleveland
Pickett, W Womack Hill
Pinkard, H. P Rock Run
Pryor, S. P. Box 631, Dothan
Purwell, A. R Grant Chapel
Pyles, Wm Eufaula
Ragland, W. R Huntsville
Rasberry, C. W Montevallo
Rechorus, M Sampson
Roberts, S. R ___Orrville
Robinson, W. H Wesley Chapel
Roundtree, S. J Bladen Springs
Robinson, W. H. Salem
110
Hand Book 1909.
Robertson, G. A Troy
Rumph, I Mt. Andrews
Rumph, E. E Eufaula
Russ, M. C
Sanders, K. W
Sanders, J. A Beaver Creek
Sansford, R. B Pittsview
Scott, C. W Coffee Springs
Scott, M. B Haleburg
Scott, S
Scott, R. W Antoga Springs
Shakespeare, W Lamb Mission
Sharp, G.W Vincents
Shorter, E. S
Simpson, T. R Roach Chapel
Slaughter, J. A Roanoke
Smith, W Girard
Snipe, J. L Eufaula
Steele, R. B Coppin Mission
Steele, L Montgomery
Stewart, T. J Hatchechubbee
Strumm, F Fitzpatrick
Stubb, V. R Columbia
Sutton, E. A. B High Ridge
Swayne, J. S
Temple, L Gurnee
Thomas, M. D Sugar Town
Thomas, G. W Mulberry
Thomas, C. S Snow Hill
Thompkins, J. S Inverness
Thompson, E _ _ T _ Westons Crossing
Thompson, P. R Mobile
Tolliver, W. L Marion
Thorne, P. S__: Pine Grove
Treadwell, E. B James Chapel
Tyrus, A Dosterville
Tyler, W - Sanders
Underwood, T Cushla
Upshaw, G. H Mobile
Williams, B Clayton
TENNESSEE.
Adams, R. B Memphis
Adams, W. H Flat Rock
Alexander, I „ McVeigh
Alexander, Wm
Allen, D Atoka
Allen, Daniel Memphis
Askews, B. R Trenton
Askins
Bailey, B. A Aspen Hill
Beasley, S. J Orum
Bell, W. P Woodbury
Bell, J. J Orum
Bickam, N. L • Pegram
Binford, B. W Clifton
Boddy, W. H So. Pittsburg
Bond, G. D Rock Hill
Bonner, J. H Glen Mary
Boone, C. H Clarksville
Bright, C. C Chattanooga
Bright, W. A. L Petersburg
Britt, M. K., 92 Claiborne, Nashville
Brooks, A Nashville
Brooks, W. S Nashville
Brothers, E. D., Route 1., Unionville
Bryant, H. E Dickson
Brown, U. S. G Brierville
Brown, J. T Fayetteville
Brown, J. M Chattanooga
Brown, E. D Corona
Brown, H Waverly
Bills, W.F
Buford, B Cleveland
Burton, G. W Memphis
Burrus, F. E Keef
Burton, S. S Memphis
Burrus, S. T Palmersville
Campbell, C. C R. 10, Shelbyville
Campbell, I. C Long Savannah
Campbell, J. H Hurtland
Carter, J. E
Caswell, W Decherd
Chambers, R. F Nashville
Chambers, R. T
Childs, C. H Millington
Cooper, M. T Memphis
Cooper, A. T__R. 7, Box 21, Pulaski
Collins, A. J Milan
Collins, C. B Memphis
Conrad, A. J Parsons
BISHOP W. H. HEARD.
A. M. E. Church.
113
Bently, N.L Dyersburg
Cole, J. R Memphis
Cothran, J. J Mechanicsville
Cross, A. C Union City
Crump, J.A Shelby ville
Daniel, David Columbia
Darden, D Clarksville
Darnell, A. D Crossland
Dartis, Geo Nashville
David, J. R Arlington
Davis, S Mt. Sinai
Dean, J. S Erin
Dean, R. D Covington
Denny, W. B Nashville
Denny, W. T Whitwell
Dent, R. L Linden
Dickens, G. A Murfreesboro
Diggs, W. L Union City
Dilliard, J. S Memphis
Dobbins, A Belvidere
Dobbins, B Erin
Dobbins, John
Dodson, S. G Allen Temple
Donaldson, M. D Brownsville
Drake, Geo St. Stephens Church
Dunlap, T. A
Edwards, W. E Martin
Edwards, I. J Mt. Pleasant
Edmonson, E. H Gleason
Ellis, E. P Knoxville
Epps, E. A Memphis
Etherly, J. T Lebanon
Ewell, J. M Clifton
Ferguson, R. U Nashville
Fleming, A. J Lexington
Foxall, J. B R. 7, Box 10, Pulaski
Frierson, J. D Smithville
Gardner, W. D Greenfield
Gardner, F. W Shelbyville
Garrett, G. W .Brunswick
Gholston, I - - - - - - Columbia
Gholston, I ..Sandy Hook
Gillett, A. T. Memphis
Gilmore, J. T- ...Nashville
Glascoe, Henry
Goodall, J Dixon Springs
Goodlow, D Memphis
Goodrum, Benj Cornersville
Gordon, B. G Knoxville
Gordon, G Bear Creek Mission
Grant, T. H Memphis
Gray, A. D Centerville
Gray, C. C Memphis
Gray, A. P Canaan
Greef, R Martin
Green, G. W. L Springfield
Greer, J Covington
Greer, P. H Richardson Ldg.
Greggs, N. P Fayetteville
Griffin, H. H Clarksville
Hamilton, Joseph
Hamilton, T. H Fulton
Hamilton, G. H Carons
Hamilton, H Greenfield
Hampton, G. H Box 449, Paris
Hancock, W. J Eastland
Harper, W. S. P Castillion Sprg.
Harris, T Arlington
Harvey, J. H
Hawkins, Virgil Erin
Hegular, W. H Arlington
Henderson, W. C Nashville
Hodge, G. W Lewisburg
Hogan, D Memphis
Holt, L. R Chattanooga
Howard, S. L Columbia
Howard, S. J Mt. Juliett
Howard, R. A Keef
Hughes
Hulett, L. H Memphis
Hunt, W. C Godwin
Hyde, W McEwing
Irvin, T. J Prairie Plains
Ivory, M. D Chapel Hill
Jackson, G. H Binghampton
J asper, H. J Memphis
Jeeter, J Vanlier
Jenkins, J Mulberry
Johns, Watson
Johnson, T. S Memphis
114
Hand Book 1909.
Johnson, H St. Elmo
Johnson, C. H. L Woodland Mill
Johnson, L. J Memphis
Johnson, E. W Martin
Johnson, J Waverly
Jones, Washington
Joyner, W. M Binghampton
Kelly, S Harris
Kelso, C. C < Booneville
Keys, E. E Nashville
Knight, W. R Sulphur Springs
Knott, J. M Mackburg
Leeth, A. J Wartrace
Ledbetter, T. D. L Rockvale
Ledford, W. L Bengestown
Leftwick, Geo
Love, B. L Clarksville
Love, D. L Mt. Hermon
Lusk, Wm
Manessa, E Goodletsville
Marlin, S. L Antioch
Martin, J. L
Martin, J. H Clarksville
Martin, G Harriman
Massey, E. M Waverly
Mayes, Felix
Mayfield, A. L Ashland City
McAdams, J. C
McClaren, D. N
McGavock, Randal
McGee, A. C Belvidere
McLean, Joseph Nashville
McLemore, A
Miller, W. G. C R. 3, Christiana
Miller, J. P . Dickson
Miller, Taylor
Miller, J. A
Miller, J. R Ashland
Mitchell, Henry
Moore, T. Y Chattanooga
Moore, E. M Union City
Moore, H. J Atoka
Morton, N. B Tullahoma
Moseley, J. H Morristown
Motley, D. L Millington
Motley, D. A Mumford
Mullens, J. M._ .Route 2, Wartrace
Murray, B. N Franklin
Muse, L Newsome
Nailing, E. G Harris
Nelson, P. J Parsons
Nelson, A. D Beech Grove
Nevels, W Covington
Newsome, J. M Lexington
Norman, G. R Box 93, Pulaski
Norman, C. W Columbia
Norman, G. R Box 93, Pulaski
Oliver, W Memphis
Olgee, T Memphis
Overton, Jesse Cole
Parker, John_ Hamilton St. Church
Parks, J. H Fayetteville
Parrott, W. A Memphis
Perry, G. W Columbia
Pickett, J. W. Memphis
Pierce, Parker Union City
Pinkston, A. L Nashville
Polk, A. J Nashville
Porter, G. W Memphis
Porter, W. H Columbia
Powell, C. P Memphis
Powell, C E Quito
Ransaw, D. S South Pittsburg
Reed, J. R Memphis
Reeves, G. T
Reynolds, W. H. L __Chickamauga
Reynolds, Harry Pulaski
Rich, Chas
Richardson, R. H Kelso
Ridley, J. A Gallatin
Riggens, Wm Cornersville
Robinson, A. L
Rose, E. S Lynnville
Rye, H. E Clarksville
Sebastian, J. P Shelbyville
Sebastian, J. W Denver
Sharp, W. M._ Obion
Shaw, W. M Jackson
Shelby, W. H Dixon
Shelto, C. H Memphis
BISHOP J. ALBERT JOHNSON.
A. M. E. Church.
117
Shelton, W. S Memphis
Shields, J. T Memphis
Simmons, C.H
Smith, E Bellbuckle
.Smith, N Prospect
Smith, J. H Fayetteville
Smith, A. C Clarksville
Smith, J. C . Columbia
Smith, N Prospect
Smith, E. S Humboldt
Smith, H. F Dixon
Smith, Wm Pulaski
Smith, G. S St. Elmo
Smith, W. M Memphis
Smith, Chas
Stanford, G. J Cedar Grove
States, J. S Memphis
Stone, Wm Shelbyville
Swain, L. D Paris
Swanson, F. J
Swift, Wm,..R, 1, Box 66, Prospect
Talley, J. W Bellview
Taylor, Z
Taylor, A. T. M Grand Junction
Thacker, M Livingston
Thomas, F. M
Thompson, C. A Memphis
Thompson, J. W Lucy
Turner, J. H..1 Chattanooga
Turner, R. B Sparta
Van, R. B Arlington
Vann, R Binghampton
Valentine, L. J Union City
Waldrop, B. C Lexington
Walker, S. W Clarksville
Walker, Z. E Centreville
Ward, G. H Dresden
Warr, A Memphis
Washington, O. W Clarksville
Washington, J. W Memphis
Waterford, E. T Waverly
Waterford, W. S Centreville
Webb, H. T
Well, D. W Aspen Hill
West, S. W Lynnville
Wheeler, J. W Clarksville
White, Tyree
White, E. P., Route 2, Christiana
White, A. W Hartsville
Whitworth, A Riddleton
Williams, S. H Iron City
Williams, C. H Brooklyn
Wilson, I. G Ashland City
Wilson, N Williamsport
Wilson, S. W. G Memphis
Wilson, J. S Dickson
Wilson, J. W. D Saltillo
Winston, J Clarksville
Wright, M. G Santa Fe
Wyche, S. W Chattanooga
Young, F. E Nunnellen
Young, W. J Waynesboro
Young, F. W Charlotte
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152
246
114
260
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74
100
60
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58
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95
124
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108
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117
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NUMERICAL STATISTICS,
No. 1.
£Ph
1,151
1,315
32
123
34
19
51
5
1,046
. 1,155
35
130
16
41
87
991
849
27
140
17
23
70
878
984
24
121
28
18
65
6
751
966
45
129
10
31
49
5
483
714
25
127
13
29
62
4
945
897
10
126
7
29
77
1,106
1,033
15
88
17
32
60
5
1,620
1,528
3
120
8
8
72
4
15
10
2
4
1
138
320
5
11
3
4
16
1
250
272
1
14
3
13
2
322
483
25
198
14
29
43
3
608
894
5
191
55
63
91
5
888
1,177
21
179
26
78
36
5
101
1,058
10
131
19
42
104
6
478
476
8
109
19
22
47
3
2,025
2,648
28
304
20
42
161
7
1,133
1,591
14
116
9
28
106
5
1,828
1,935
34
296
20
40
134
7
726
1,027
31
116
14
16
81
4
1,952
2,357
65
449
42
34
138
16
317
1,540
60
18
67
6
11
68
4
100
6
11
3
11
23
5
284
484
8
45
4
12
48
4
584
496
8
45
4
12
48
4
544
873
12
52
12
13
67
4
334
408
8
38
5
4
47
3
268
282
4
31
2
2
36
3
651
659
72
93
29
.19
9
64
4
332
464
27
93
7
29
4
288
310
3
25
5
1
22
1
1,104
680
825
32
112
12
28
45
6
1,006
30
170
12
43
62
6
589
702
16
73
19
20
35
4
284
436
27
114
6
37
60
7
631
839
13
37
8
22
57
3
622
482
9
25
9
7
49
3
339
138
5
17
3
3
25
2
688
845
9
87
7
9
73
3
266
314
2
24
9
42
2
888
1,254
9
64
17
34
62
4
1,022
822
15
75
11
45
4
10
3
1
1
8
3
1
326
418
5
31
4
27
2
505
337
17
52
5
54
2
130
408
2
23
8
19
33
3
21
51
6
4
5
1
1,598
1,224
33
128
3
11
85
4
991
716
10
45
6
11
69
5
82
129
1
7
7
1
2,113
2,222
168
438
8
25
92
5
1,978
1,806
56
259
18
13
136
6
1,486
1,538
67
252
11
16
169
7
821
705
25
132
7
14
69
4
417
467
4
39
1
23
2
775
714
24
109
8
13
78
5
731
754
19
58
21
58
3
320
557
3
99
4
9
50
4
643
590
25
53
12
24
73
6
742
968
39
82
14
20
74
6
1,123
860
3
8
14
11
61
4
45.016
51.494
1297
6337 1 688
1179
3499
257
NUMERICAL. STATISTICS BY EPISCOPAL DISTRICTS.
By Districts
8 a
First -
2,891
2,508
49
250
14
32
225
11
60
17
345
Second
4,653
2,863
30
267
39
64
329
16
31
15
365
Third
1,847
840
32
128
15
19
157
9
31
15
224
Fourth--
2,096
1,613
49
257
26
45
274
20
31
14
374
Fifth
2,267
1,078
41
157
30
60
209
14
44
16
339
Sixth. -
7,664
13,740
172
1281
105
160
620
39
129
52
1000
Seventh _
5,577
16,546
291
949
37
54
397
18
206
30
705
Eighth - -
3,640
2,329
204
655
85
156
295
31
51
17
550 ■
Ninth ?
3,515
1,934
103
504
58
151
304
26
80
29
590
Tenth
2,436
1,371
86
292
30
74
255
19
37
15
400
Eleventh-
2,397
1,170
69
808
134
234
321
22
49
18
644
Twelfth _
6,079
4,287
171
794
116
129
443
32
81
53
738
Total in Connection
45,062
50,879
1,297
6,337
688
1,179
3,829
257
829
292
6771
NUMERICAL STATISTICS NO. 2.
Annual Conferences
Churches
Seating
Capacity
Parson¬
ages
Mis'ionary
Societies
Sunday
Schools
3. S. Offi¬
cers and
Teachers
S. S.
Pupils
S. S.
Books
Allen C.E
League
Alabama
Alabama, C
Alabama, E__
Alabama, N
Arkansas
Arkansas, E
Arkansas, S
Arkansas, W
Baltimore
Bermuda
California —
Colorado
Florida
Florida, C
Florida, E
Florida, S
Florida, W_
Georgia
Georgia, Atlanta..
Georgia, Macon
Georgia, North
Georgia, Southwest
Illinois
Indian
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Kentucky, West
114
119
97
102
105
83
95
113
112
7
23
23
91
124
315
111
205
111
269
72
30
63
29,328
32,015
24,505
30,825
21,700
23,220
52,240
30,750
26,900
2,000
5,451
5,915
18,583
17,037
17,050
15,055
16,021
15,400
20,000
18,700
15,000
23,100
20,615
1,400
13,025
16,295
19,400
12,980
12,050
15
15
8
29
41
37
17
107
55
81
44
98
34
106
95
86
102
151
87
92
110
105
7
21
17
91
108
82
170
71
287
107
205
105
260
79
40
53
54
69
52
43
692
666
597
723
432
660
774
871
690
40
115
126
849
818
836
475
792
1,700
726
1,192
466
1,626
755
300
464
555
690
404
382
2,390
3,101
3,483
3.883
3,369
2,997
2,946
3,807
7,500
200
948
666
3,556
3,533
3,444
3,790
2,919
9,134
4,684
7,077
2,937
10,595
3,755
1,200
2,125
2,824
2,754
1,753
1,491
1,692
2,969
1,072
2,877
1,274
1,530
1,137
1,633
8,411
300
1,748
1,058
4,298
2,769
3,931
1,550
1,576
7,884
3,527
6,057
3,677
7,441
6,957
1.200
3,930
5,773
4,240
3,208
1,905
7
*y
8
2
2
2
"T
"2"
4
40"
90
45
"2
7
3
3
4
24
75
73
26
121
121
68
78
65
65
17
63
34
108
104
45
45
51
33
9
112
74
14
206
190
168
113
36
102
76
52
96
94
114
5,527
18,806
17,955
6,825
26,941
28,840
11,770
20,010
17,845
14,500
6,026
20,530
11,199
8.000
8,069
1,520
12,205
17,856
22,000
2,275
26,695
20,690
2 490
82,655
65,500
54,810
31,690
9,300
27,900
17,930
13,125
28,690
25,950
18,000
1,260,157
1,809
44
25
15
22
42
16
23
31
30
5
48
21
15
17
1
30
73
32
10
94
84
6
53
34
38
53
23
23
32
28
39
40
30
2,261
27
119
109
48
64
51
54
16
62
30
107
106
6
37
57
41
9
110
77
13
218
193
274
106
50
75
82
57
91
106
93
554
388
279
63
752
380
413
464
427
219
643
391
484
619
11
315
574
96
87
1,311
771
115
1,270
1,382
1,150
1,710
294
1,069
627
453
737
780
575
39,208
3,181
2,214
1,013
4,369
3,171
1,288
1,763
2,641
1,149
1,459
4,309
2,088
4,808
5,3C0
94
2,064
3,051
1,452
453
8,305
3,206
465
8,688
12,671
11,181
4,124
1,511
2,931
2,714
1,672
3,356
2,941
6,192
216,850
2,712
2,146
2,579
3,827
1,969
1,573
1,487
2,745
3,279
3,300
11,566
6,922
3,104
4,226
305
3,741
2,330
1,355
679
18,930
. 8,978
600
6.070
5,435
4,593
2,797
1 993
2,130
2,153
1,104
1,092
1.071
6,111
218,617
NUMERICAL STATISTICS
Numerical Statistics by
Episcopal Districts
I Seating
Churches Capacity
Parson-
Mis'ionary
Societies
Sunday
School
S. S. Offi¬
cers and
S. School
Pupils
S. S.Books
A. C. E.
League
First District
Second District- _
Third District
Fourth District- .
Fifth District
Sixth District
Seventh District-
Eighth District- _
Ninth District- _
Tenth District- .
Eleventh District
Twelfth District-
333
438
185
324
272
1,011
564
556
459
318
441
683
5,527
64,449
58,669
54,271
84,165
65,816
92,200
202,965
124,322
150,910
85,695
83,746
185,563
1,260,157
93
128
151
197
168
226
192
159
118
130
126
169
168
107
188
206
135
385
125
182
217
139
132
284
2,261
218
411
184
324
225
964
685
483
521
336
522
620
5,493
2,564
2,368
1,741
' 2,985
1,937
5,710
3,802
3,150
2,833
2,597
3,770
5,751
39,208
16,161
23,719
8,715
13,246
8,613
34,427
32,540
15,113
14,571
10,683
17,242
21,423
216,850
40,718
21,852
19,550
26,046
13, 670
27,586
16,098
14,714
6,409
4,420
14,124
13,530
218,617
62
44
51
100
87
97
34
83
106
79
200
122
1,065
LOCAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
Local Finance of
Annual Conferences
Alabama
Alabama Central
Alabama, East
Alabama, North
Arkansas
Arkansas, East
Arkansas, South
Arkansas, West
Baltimore.
Bermuda
California
Colorado
Florida
Florida, Central
Florida, East
Florida, South
Florida, West
Ceorgia —
Georgia, Atlanta
Ceorgia, Macon
Georgia, North
•Georgia, SouthWest.
Illinois -
Indian.
Indiana- - -
Iowa
Kansas -
Kentucky
Kentucky, West
Louisiana
Louisiana, North
Michigan
Mississippi
Mississippi, Central _ ..
Mississippi, North
Mississippi, Northeast .
Missouri
Missouri, North -
New England
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Carolina, West. _
Nova Scotia
Ohio
Ohio North.
Oklahoma
Ontario.
Philadelphia
Pittsburg -
Puget Sound
South Carolina
S. C., Columbia- -
S. C., Northeast
Tennessee
Tennessee, East.
Tennessee, West
Texas
Texas, Central- _ -
Texas, Northeast
Texas, West
Virginia
Support of
Ministers
Support of
Churches
Support of
Schools
Indebt'ness
of Uhurches
Value of
Property
21683.87
2542.43
773.55
8220.35
88889.00
15683.63
14620.82
1480.73
20103.30
133682.00
20309.40
5854.43
1136.22
13155.79
49416.000
21158.20
14337.28
1194.12
15059.04
160979.00
15922.88
6512.16
976.72
49053.75
106235.00
11346.96
4281.96
1287.93
4478.60
45263.00
11505.13
5964.79
537.96
3022.56
55160.00
12945.73
5538.02
800.24
2760.47
64970.00
41837.36
1600.00
4822.60
63007.57
324385.00
3000.00
1000.00
300.00
1000.00
7866.31
3444.94
522.41
8512.34
105090.00
10415.81
11293.76
445.54
8219.00
149000.00
12473.51
3902.63
581.63
1696.72
29263.00
21753.69
3833.95
1616.03
2867.05
55729.00
21315.22
3506.24
1566.73
4220.29
195600.00
24770.20
18922.90
3745.66
10000.00
107789.00
11596.31
3184.24
877.75
7775.73
17488.00
44841.45
33172.71
4326.61
12399.48
231609.00
22426.81
16586.93
778.24
27603.99
278488.00
37177.67
22559.61
2699.36
10508.77
204781.00
14942.77
7660.59
1878.71
2958.89
40379.00
48429.11
34729.68
5000.00
12577.99
237324.00
35896.06
30731.28
1215.64
33804.84
352759.00
1900.00
700.00
100.00
3000.00
10900.00
19179.44
15611.03
891.84
22952.32
247152.00
29213.97
30316,84
2122.24
54742.75
333856.00
18889.97
8551.92
1330.09
9742.13
121228.00
16811.30
7838.11
300.00
1477.31
144468.00
11011.98
8881.14
290.48
3714.22
93901.00
18484.03
9619.00
595.00
18942.89
102902.00
11565.79
3662.74
893.14
22038.72
78235.00
14380.20
1775.34
579.27
13891.66
129870.00
19359.04
10126.17
951.51
21857.00
73172.00
13429.60
5978.10
869.40
19394.91
111147,00
19378.54
2961.51
757.51
18893.40
93172.00
7871.00
3171.36
398.99
2576.21
48340.00
26094.77
20345.09
1244.99
45229.46
200800.00
19256.43
12111.40
670.45
5749.74
168350.00
10318.28
8551.82
504.46
28249.38
196610.00
37344.03
18871.10
2745.64
54238.50
244277.00
16139.02
27544.82
1406.08
24359.88
325708.00
14808.83
8359.54
1155.80
5638.61
134860.00
16783.63
1529.94
2568.86
16126.56
250855.00
1941.94
210.00
94.23
194.00
9800.00
17534.98
6854.51
1300.00
25926.25
216225.00
22900.50
53269.91
440.86
31812.05
325962.00
4979.97
1000.00
500.00
750.00
30089.00
3321.04
1405.02
313.74
5088.65
36875.00
50451.14
65282.65
21629.90
164008.19
353505.00
46186.67
47508.48
46029.90
110922.57
544377.00
6233.56
6765.97
388.02
8084.18
61050.00
40581.46
52128.87
3070.67
15974.56
280873.00
24905.96
2626.86
10232.98
186360.00
186360.00
38526.28
12027.34
2707.76
12027.24
143899.00
11635.38
6074.00
1108.10
10487.06
139200.00
58034.88
5773.49
315.01
3371.15
30600.00
17725.76
11635.93
791.32
9000.00
120000.00
13652.66
7258.00
1098.24
4211.15
104860.00
14728.07
22580.50
399.28
4020.00
84985.00
18626.07
8849.44
1069.15
2340.99
161828.00
16499.01
2200.55
829.35
3138.32
109631.00
27103.24
36489.24
3105.45
55902.89
245154.00
1 213,433.12
1,134,471.08
182,985.91
1,101,102.34
9,347,87300.
STATISTICS.
Local Finance By
Episcopal Districts
Support of
Ministers
Support of
Churches
Support of
Schools
Indebt'ness
of Churches
Value of
Property
First District
Second District
Third District
Fourth District
Fifth District.
Sixth District..
Seventh District .
Eighth District
Ninth District"
Tenth District
Eleventh District _
Twelfth District _
114258.47
385533.00
91564.09
12643.09
82766.35
67818.21
99523.55
39088.00
58600.67
63505.81
91908.92
87594.30
120250.39
47378.72
108943.00
245843.74
62513.08
413268.92
89062.57
35518.88
23992.93
40888.49
33349.96
60838.26
21986.08
11652.71
47864.99
7341.40
4601.50
14682.92
8405.49
45051.55
4202.85
3395.02
8296.80
6819.05
223255.95
140675.63
170154.87
130779.10
85536.85
66044.12
38234.78
103702.13
18965.38
13710.46
25559.79
79396.63
1120100.00-
961254.00
1106364.00"
1306976.00
805518.00
955340.00
611042.00"
503968.00"
312617.00
460304.00
404859.00
722656.00
1,213,433.12
1,134,471.08
182,985.91
1,101,102.34
9,347,873.00'
CHATSWORTH A. M. E. CHURCH.
CONNECTION AL AND GENERAL FINANCE.
Conferences.
Dollar Money
Cause of
Education.
Alabama
Alabama,Central
Alabama East
Alabama North
Arkansas -
Arkansas, East
Arkansas, South
Arkansas, West
Baltimore
California
Colorado
Florida —
Florida, Central
Florida, East —
Florida, South
Florida, West
Georgia
Georgia, Atlanta
Georgia, Macon
Georgia, North
Georgia, Southwest- _.
Illinois
Indian
Indiana
Iowa_
Kansas.
Kentucky
Kentucky, West
Louisiana
Louisiana, North
Michigan
Mississippi
Mississippi, Central. _
Mississippi, North
Mississippi, Northeast
3909.80
4275.48
2479.10
3332.83
2738.80
4524.04
2812.36
1966.95
6022.25
1047.70
1278.10
2324.15
2788.45
3447.90
3517.60
1416.83
7436.32
3396.35
5322.00
2168.25
7136.14
3792.45
1237.51
2036.87
3021.05
3204.55
1854.16
1530.85
3287.15
2655.10
1100.00
3927.30
5266.20
2213.10
2161.25
313.13
625.21
587. 63
842.58
1758.13
1031.70
918.34
1145.16
725.47
118.65
207.25
493.81
670.25
1171.40
1151.29
472.24
4772.86
1543.10
2013.20
899.84
2384.83
307.45
355.50
271.25
331.22
303.59
454.82
181.52
213.05
161.33
101.60
1216.60
1948.10
487.60
928.59
Cause of
Missions.
To Church
Extension.
1584. 71
964.56
495. 71
1038.52
469.79
430.88
468.72
504.18
2397.79
765.38
785.65
237.21
406.77
743.20
616.73
336.51
2208.22
1325.63
1473.52
568.02
2448.20
1086.11
204.12
1623.45
1078.80
1211.08
528.09
316.89
861.94
456.44
585.53
645.06
230.30
216.75
364. 96
Support of
Conferences.
Benevolence
33.04
164.37
55.81
105.63
62.85
121.33
56.49
62.55
291.27
42.04
42.30
31.89
135.74
120.01
92.50
27.67
429.34
130.93
115.25
106.62
242.18
70.77
14.50
34.05
36.23
112.40
21.51
39.64
59.62
111.66
105.36
86.05
54.05
42.30
150.40
201.59
217.00
178.25
216.05
163.86
476.19
480.84
169. 70
801.94
407.42
174.60
198.05
258.30
383.35
26.55
175.00
506.87
266.53
488.53
261.86
444.33
471.78
167.75
261.89
411.71
288.08
283.65
186.88
204.21
118.95
120.00
187.60
168.18
145.80
99.50
CONNECTIONAL AND GENERAL FINANCE. —Cont.
Conferences.
Dollar Money
Missouri
Missouri, North
New England
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Carolina, Western. _
Nova Scotia
Ohio
Ohio, North
Oklahoma
Ontario..
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Puget Sound
South Carolina
South Carolina, Columbia-
South Carolina, Northeast-
Tennessee
Tennessee, East
Tennessee, West
Texas
Texas, Central
Texas, Northeast
Texas, West
Virginia
Total in Connection-
Cause of
Education
Cause of
Missions
To Church
Extension
Support of
Conferences
3771.75
412.25
728.86
60.66
307.00
2394.85
2949.00
237.40
734.91
57.75
202.90
833.00
1033.06
58.11
253.55
22.53
116.50
584.15
3935.65
378.45
198.09
55.12
291.55
2298.18
1832.35
349.08
1134.41
37.95
141 60
2795.99
2461.20
671.31
1071.94
268.00
284.01
2666.69
2863.95
1089.97
1171.39
215.80
187.90
1268.44
114.50
8.00
35.25
1.V5
1438.05
192.82
874.09
86.47
483.12
926.00
1742.61
482.88
1751.75
36.94
225.18
1284.52
715.55
122.75
207.64
17.89
15.84
315.00
270.00
40.00
121.50
41.63
03.00
109.94
6300.41
669.71
1838.12
195.10
402.10
2719.64
2699.91
761. 89
1328.96
303.18
351.45
1380.02
589.75
95.90
505.63
23.05
181.35
598.70
8413.20
2099.63
1071.97
219.49
238.05
2002.03
5448.10
3265.65
846.44
149.54
444.78
1866.42
3521.55
2187.98
755.03
191.43
408.00
1607.29
2504.14
892.95
536.38
76.23
251.17
1244.20
1044.96
465.17
445.31
45.40
223.77
500.00
2483.22
534.28
450.24
101.31
297.54
1100.00
2052.65
1514.21
283.94
11.57
150.00
565.66
2265.80
2076.83
217.75
23.28
120.85
994.71
2241.21
1808.93
598.62
63.03
160.76
3683.56
2427.70
3458.60
IJ329.54
16.72
184.21
1228.86
3582.32
778.90
910.51
228.86
400.00
2040.99
$179,261. 53
$54,884. 0!
$47,484.29
$5,916.66
$15,7842.52
$77,007.36
The Numerical Measure of Our Mem¬
bership.
It is embarrassing to our Church to declare that the fig¬
ures returned affecting to represent the membership of the
Church are incorrect, yet this is alleged by our Bishops gen¬
erally. There is no intention to deny it but to ask, Why
continue it? Are we incompetent to secure the correct .fig¬
ures ? This is* not admitted but it is stated that our numbers
are reduced to make our accomplishments appear large per
capita. This may be the reason but does it commend itself to
our judgment? On every hand when we would compare with
other churches or with ourselves in former years, we very
generally declare our figures to be far below the facts in the
case. Would it not be better to make the ratio of our
accomplishments in raising funds less, than to apologize for
the smallness and be ashamed of the aggregate membership ?
This writer finds in the figures reported to the annual con¬
ferences a showing for our Church on the American con¬
tinent and the adjacent islands of about four hundred fifty
thousand members, with about sixty thousand probationers;
foreign members and probationers approximately, twenty
thousand.
Is it not wiser to exact correctness and truthfulness of our
pastors than to exact an exaggerated ratio of General Fund
money?
Our Roster.
The original design was to issue this publication in the
year 1909. The many delays to which the preparation of
this book has been subjected has affected its practical worth
(129)
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and service almost immeasurably. In no part is this
felt more keenly than in the composition of the roster.
Most of the names and addresses are based upon the con¬
ference distributions in 1908 and the spring of 1909. The
addresses of more than one-third of the ministers in our
church are changed every three years. Beside this the
ravages of death, transfers, withdrawals, expulsions, in¬
effectiveness, etc., go far to modify a list of 5000 names in
two years. It is pleasant to acknowledge receipt of re¬
vised lists of conference appointments through the kindness
of ministers, who in many cases put themselves to severe
work; at the same time it is embarrassing to allow them to
see the former lists published without regard to revision.
This is accounted for in most cases because the revised list
came in late.
At this writing, August 1910, the Episcopal ranks of the
Church have been broken by the death of Bishop Edward
W. Lampton, D.D., July 16, 1910; our General Officer ranks
by the death, July 23, 1910, of Rev Henry T. Johnson, D.D.,
editor of the Christian Recorder, 18 years; our ministerial
roster has been impoverished by the death of many good
and highly respected pastors and presiding elders, as Revs.
D. F. Caliman, D.D.; B. J. Simmons and the venerable
Grafton H. Graham, Ohio; Rev. C. H. Hunter, Virginia;
Rev. John W. Lampton, D.D., Mississippi; Revs. J. C.
Waters, D.D., and E. J. Gregg, D.D. Maryland; Rev. F. D.
Crum; Rev. H. W. G. Alexander, and Rev. J. W. Johnson,
South Carolina; Revs. J. W. Jeffries and Israel Derricks,
Pennslyvania; Rev. S. T. Tice, Florida; Rev. J. N. Abbey,
Oklahoma; the venerable Wilson Peterson, New Jersey; Rev.
William Flagg, Jr., D. D., Tennessee.
Among the laymen may be mentioned President William
H. Council, A. M., practically a layman, Alabama, and Pro¬
fessor J. P. Shorter, A. M., Ohio; both prominent in educa¬
tional circles.
The transferred ministers include with many others, Rev.
A. M. E. Church.
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W. S. Brooks, D. D., from the Iowa to the Tennessee Con¬
ference, stationed at Nashville; Rev. J. L. Johnson from
Illinois to Tennessee, stationed at Memphis; Rev. R. F.
Hurley, D. D., from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, stationed
at Pittsburg; Rev. I. N. Ross, D. D., from Georgia to Dis¬
trict of Columbia, stationed at Washington; Rev. C. M.
Tanner, D. D., from Pennslyvania to Georgia, stationed at
Atlanta; Rev. T. A. Smythe, D. D., from Michigan to Indi¬
ana, stationed at Indianapolis; Rev. J. P. Wallace, D. D.,
from Indiana to Michigan, stationed at Detroit; Rev. Noah
Williams from Indiana to Missouri, stationed at Hannibal;
Rev. A. L. Pinkston from Tennessee to Alabama; Rev. W. P.
Q. Byrd from Michigan to Mississippi, stationed at Mound
Bayou; Rev. B. H. Guy from Missouri to Montana, stationed
at Helena; Rev. William T. Anderson of the Tenth
Cavalry, U. S. Army—retired because of physical disability,
located at Wilberforce, Ohio; Rev. George W. Maxwell, Sec¬
retary of Y. M. C. A. work, Springfield, Ohio; Rev. James M.
Townsend, D. D., from Pennsylvania to Indiana, stationed
at Richmond. It seems fitting here to note that the Honorable
William D. Crum, M.D., has been appointed Minister to
Liberia by the United States Government. Doctor Crum is a
member of the Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church, Charleston, S. C.
Mr. Richard C. Bundy, formerly instructor in Mechanical
Engineering, Wilberforce University, has been appointed by
the United States Government, Secretary to Legations, Libe¬
ria, West Coast Africa. Mr. Bundy is a son of the Rev.
Charles Bundy, D.D., Presiding Elder of the Cleveland
District, Ohio.
In no two years in the history of the development of the
subject of education by the African Methodist Episcopal
Church have such great results been reached in securing
funds to this end as in the years 1908-'09 and 1909-'10;
not much less than a quarter of a million dollars to our
college treasuries has resulted.
The Financial Board of the A M. E. Church has dis-
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charged in full its obligations to the Metropolitan Church,
Washington, D. C. and has made two payments on its pur¬
chase of Bethel Institute, Capetown, South Africa.
THE AFRICAN EPISCOPAL DISTRICTS.
FOURTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT—SOUTH AFRICA.
Second Annual Report of Bishop J. Albert Johnson.
To the Annual Meeting or Council of the Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Greeting:
Dear Brethren :
In submitting this my second annual statement of the condition of
the work in the 14th Episcopal District, I have first to profoundly
thank God for overmastering mercies and gracious guidance to the
end that much progress has attended our labors for furthering His
kingdom in this part of the continent of Africa.
It has been possible to do much more traveling during the past year
than formerly because the Transvaal has been opened to the resident
Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. After an inter¬
view with the Government at Pretoria in November, 1909 during which
interview the "purposes" of the said Church were thoroughly canvassed,
an order was issued under seal "to enable Bishop J. Albert John¬
son of the African Methodist Church to visit and travel at any time
within the Transvaal for the purpose of supervising the work of that
Church," a matter of some import which greatly enheartened the
ministers and laity throughout the country ******* i accepted
the privilege and proceeded to visit and supervise.
I presided over the annual session of the Transvaal Conference held
in Pretoria early in September, in the stone church called "Ethiopian"
where the first A. M. E. Conference in South Africa was organized in
1898, by the Right Reverend H. M. Turner. The Conference was in
every respect promising, even enthusiastic.
The Wilberforce and Lillian Derrick Institute is largely under the
control of this Conference. It owns by legal transfer twelve acres
of good land at a place called Evaton; ten acres of which I have had
put under cultivation. We have one building complete and two in
course of construction, the bricks for which are being made by male
students, under the direction of the principal teacher, Mr. Harsant
Tantsi, a former student of Wilberforce and Morris Brown Universities.
I shall be greatly disappointed if the school fails of its promise to
be a great boon to the natives. It is reasonably accessible to Rhodesia,
northern O. R. C. and Natal as well as Transvaal. Of course it
A. M. E. Church.
135
greatly needs more monetary assistance than South Africa can give
it at present.
I have been three times in O. R. C.—or to be precise—Orange River
Colony. Our work there thrives encouragingly under the vigorous
leadership of Reverend Abel Gabashane, the presiding elder, a good
linguist and zealous worker.
t
The work in Pondoland, Basoutaland, Griqualand, east has gone
forward considerably in the past year; we are hoping to be able to get
teachers for schools there; the language difficulties are not easily
overcome and so perplex us not a little. I hope to spend March and
April of 1910 there, and May and June in Rhodesia and Transvaal;
if I can stretch my salary to that limit, as traveling in South Africa
is a large item of expense, especially off the "beaten paths."
The joint session of the Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and
Natal Conferences held in Aliwal Monto in December was full of
interest. A clergyman, of the Dutch Reformed Church visited and
addressed our conference in very fraternal terms and asked for one
of our ministers to be sent to preach to his people on Sunday night.
We sent Rev. E. Jonas a native of Hottentot blood, who reflected
credit upon the Church and natives. He has been carefully trained
in the Moravian schools; he uses elegant Dutch.
The imperfect statistics show that for the year 1909 the totals
are:
Members 8221
Probationers — 2412
Conversions 1238
Traveling Preachers present at last conference 110
Local Preachers . 459
Exhorters — 437
Our hope is that this year we shall be able to afford a printed min¬
ute.
There are about 180 students attending Bethel Institute; we have a
staff of four teachers there.
I have the deed of transfer to the Bethel Institute property in my
possession, which reads as follows:
"In full and free property, to and on behalf of the Right Reverend
John Albert Johnson in his capacity as the resident agent and trustee
in this city, of the Board of Church Extension Society of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church as incorporated under the laws of the
State of Pennsylvania in the United States of America, his successors or
assigns." No native or local trustees being recognized. There are to be
three additional payments of $2500 each, on the first day of March in
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the years 1910, 1911 and 1912, bearing interest at 5 per cent. The
institute is insured for $12,000; the premium is $150.00 per annum.
I hope to pay the installment for 1910 before leaving to visit the
countries on the eastern coast.
When I return to America to attend the Conference of 1912 I shall
bring the transfer Deeds etc., etc. for your inspection, D. Y.
We are hoping the returns to the Missionary Department from Eas¬
ter, 1910 will/enable that Department to make a larger apportionment
to the 14th District for Mission work.
Earnestly soliciting your prayers and sympathy,
I am, my dear Brethren,
Your fellow laborer in our Lord's vineyard.
John Albeet Johnson.
February 1910.
Capetown, South Africa.
Extracts From Letter Dated at Capetown, South Africa,
July 1910.
March 1, 1910 I paid the first installment, $2875, received through
Doctor B. F. Watson.
Just returned from three months trecking. I have had rare expe¬
rience, compassing the field in Griqualand, west, Bechuanaland, Rho¬
desia, Transvaal and Swayziland, to the Portugese country at Delagoa
Bay, where I have an organized work on the Indian Ocean coast; along
the Drachensburg Mountains to Mapava Hill in Natal. We covered 3000
miles at a cost of 55 pounds; $275.00, yet this will repay a hundred
fold in gracious results. For 12 years those people have been waiting
to see an A. M. E. Bishop ******** Now the people come to us
faster than we can pastor them. I look for 30,000 or 40,000 members
in the Transvaal Conference alone, in a few years. ****** *#
J. Albeet Johnson.
THIRTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT.
LETTER FROM BISHOP W. H. HEARD, D. D.
36 Wellington-St., Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Dec. 1, 1909
To the Council of Bishops.
Deab Beetheen :
I have the honor to submit to your venerable body a statement of
my work in West Africa; as it will be impossible for me to be present
at your mid-wint'er meeting.
First— I greet you as fellow laborers and praise God that I am alive
A. M. E. Church.
137
but not strong and robust as I might be in a different climate. We
have had much sickness and much suffering but no deaths; for which
v e are thankful. Knowing the field as I do I brought out with me sev¬
eral missionaries and began work in earnest. Although these mis¬
sionaries signed in the office of the Secretary of Missions, what we
understood to be an agreement yet when the Missionary Board met the
President and Secretary informed that Board that these persons had
gone to Africa against the protest of those officials, and that I alone
was responsible for their maintenance. This has crippled the work;
those who promised donations have fallen short; yet we have kept
six schools with 334 scholars open for nine months, and our work has
improved more in one year than in a. whole quadrennium heretofore.
We must have schools, or we can not operate any longer.
The Likli at Port Lokkoh told me last week that the Church was wel¬
come, so long as it brought book, but if it could not bring book, he did
not want us. So we operate in the midst of heathens and Mohammedans
who really want their children educated. The Postmaster at Port Lokkoh
who is a Christian said, the children must be taught, otherwise the
African felt that he could get along without our religion and would
not tolerate us any longer.
I find the same sentiment in Liberia; so the department must ap¬
propriate money for schools or cease to operate. The Shaffer High
School has done a good year's work, as well as the A. M. E. Seminary
here in Freetown, but neither has had funds to do the work. The Prin¬
cipal of Shaffer High School, Arthington Liberia is Rev. H. K. Knight,
S. T. B.; the head of the A. M. E. Seminary, Sierra Leone is Rev. J. P.
Richards, B. D., a graduate of Wilberforce University.
We have had to sit down and not travel for lack of funds. West
Africa is without money, and dominated by Mohammedans, and with¬
out enterprises. Here we get mail once or twice a month and money
is sent many times which does not reach us until after six weeks.
We have concluded to travel after the annual conferences and col¬
lect funds to run our work, and we beg that we may have an open
door when we reach America. I have had $7,300 in two years; of that
amount I paid out for traveling before leaving America, and to bring
ten persons to Africa, $1600; I paid out for teaching, about $500; be¬
sides $200 was used as traveling expenses by a delegate to the General
Conference, 1908; so that $2300 never saw Africa, leaving $5000 to pay
forty men for two years' service; about $5.00 per month to each mis¬
sionary. The slaves in Georgia before the War received one bushel
of meal and 12 pounds of meat per month; some were given a quart
of molasses. This would cost in West Africa $7.15; so that the missiona¬
ries have had two-thirds of a slave's fare. I only call attention to this
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because of so much unfriendly criticism. I submit the financial state¬
ment herewith. I have handled no funds for Sierra Leone except pay¬
ing one teacher from donations, anticipated.
My receipts—
From Missionary Secretary, February quarter $375.00
May quarter 400.00
August quarter 200.00
Total, 975.00
From Doctor Watson, Church Extension Board 50.00
Donations 180.00
Episcopal Residence 57.00
Easter Day 58.55
Children's Day 17.50
Eliza Turner Building Fund 100.00
Education Day 3G.34
36 per cent. Dollar Money 92.10
From Schools 10.17
Total, 1576.56
Expenditures.
Paid to Ministers $1093.90
To Teachers 578.00
To Furnishing Episcopal Residence 231.00
To Traveling Expenses (not to conferences) 158.35
To furnishing School Books etc 57.00
To Building Purposes 210.00
Total paid out, j. 2328.25
Paid out more than received $ 1576.56
Rebate due 751.69
I have received $100.00 from Mrs. Tanner for Liberia.
Besides the $751.69 shortage I am out for legal advertisement, $6.25,
a present to the Chief at Port Lokkoh, $5.00, advanced to complete
Campbell Memorial Chapel, $25.00, paid out above receipts, $687.94.
W. H. Heard, Bishop.
in keeping with statement in the above letter Bishop Heard has come
to America and is canvassing for funds to advance the West African
work. Following is a series of resolutions offered by Bishop Heard at
the session of the Council of Bishops, Wilberforce, June 1910:
Whereas it is imperative that we have a representative church at
Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, and
A. M. E. Church.
139
Whereas such a church can be built for Four thousand dollars,
therefore
Be it resolved that the Council of Bishops do order the several
Departments of the A. M. E. Church, to wit, to raise said Four thou¬
sand dollars in connection with the Bishop of the District— the Finan¬
cial, Church Extension, and Missionary Departments.
First.—That the Financial Department be and hereby is ordered to
furnish the first One thousand dollars as a loan to the Missionary
Department; the same to be paid in a draft to Edwards Brothers,
Liverpool, England, to be paid October 15, 1910.
Second.—The Church Extension Society is ordered to raise One
thousand dollars to be paid December 1, 1910, and to be as a loan to
the Missionary Department—in a draft to Edwards Brothers, Liver¬
pool, England.
Third.—The Missionary Department is ordered to raise and pay to
Edwards Brothers, Liverpool, England, December 1, 1910, One
thousand dollars.
Fourth.—The Bishop of the District (Bishop W. H. Heard) is re¬
quested to raise One thousand dollars; the same to be raised by De¬
cember 1, 1910 and to be paid for removing the old church, replacing
the new church and equipping the same—at Monrovia, Liberia, West
Africa. >
These resolutions were adopted unanimously.
FACTS WORTH STUDYING.
CLIPPED FROM VARIOUS SHEETS.
Public Taxation and Public Schools.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee had a popula¬
tion in 1900 of 18,975,665, of which 11,776,391 was white and 7,199,374,
or 40.1 per cent was Negro—81.4 per cent of all the Negroes in the
U. S.
The latest reports of the several departments of education indicate
that these eleven States are now spending about $32,068,851 for ele¬
mentary and secondary public education; this is slightly more than
Pennsylvania spends annually for the same purpose; twenty-one mil¬
lions less than New York State spent for public education in 1907,
and not quite twice as much as Massachusetts spent in 1906.
The wealth of these eleven Southern States is approximately twelve
billion dollars, while New York State has property worth fifteen
billions, Massachusetts five billions, and Pennsylvania eleven and a
half billions.
The South is spending $32,068,851 on her public schools, both white
and black; nearly three fourths of this went to salaries of teachers;
but Negro teachers received but 12 per cent of this, yet the amount
spent for Negro teachers is by far the largest item of expense of
the Negro public schools.
EXPENDITURES FOR TEACHERS.
State and Year
Total
Expenditure
Spent for
Teachers
Spent for
White Teach¬
ers
Spent for
Negro
Teachers
S3
d®
4iS
CO
u §
S3
®n
no
OS
©
Ah
irginia, 1907
r. C„ 1908
. C., 1908
eorgia, 1907
lorida, 1908
labama, 1908
lississippi, 1907--
ouisiana, 1907 ...
exas, 1906
rkansas, 1907
ennessee, 1907- _
Fotal
308,086
958,160
595,986
850,211
584,043
195,325
631,790
481,276
344,739
413,768
705,457
$32,068,851
$2,151,209
1, 688, 057
1, 356, 255
2,239,985
1,017,276
1,953,077
1, 984, 758
2, 006, 885
5, 310, 289
1,973,819
2,175,304
$1,761,264
1,374,143
1,102,094
1,819,321
864,214
1,712,898
1,515,685
1, 810, 474
4,527,877
1,784,519
1,765,720
$23, 856.914 $20, 038.209 $3, 818.705 62. 4 12. 0
$389,945
313,914
254,161
420,664
153,062
240,179
469,073
196.411
782.412
189,300
409,584
53. 2
46
69. 0
63.8
54. 5
78. 0
57.5
52. 0
71.3
73. 9
65. 2
11.3
10.9
16.0
14. 7
9. 6
10. 9
17. 7
5. 6
12.3
7.8
15. 2
BETHEL INSTITUTE, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
A. M. E. Church.
143
But aside from the expense of Negro teachers, what is the
additional cost of the Negro public schools? This additional cost can¬
not be accurately determined from the data now available. But South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas—five States—report
the total cost of Negro schools. In these States the additional cost
of Negro schools above the cost of teachers is as follows: South
Carolina, 1.3 per cent of total expenditures; Florida, 5.3 per cent; Ala¬
bama, 1.5 per cent; Mississippi, 4.2 per cent; Texas, 2.2 per cent.
These figures indicate that between 2 and 3 per cent of the total ex¬
penditures for public schools in the South is being devoted to the
Negro schools above the cost of Negro teachers. This means that
about $917,670 is to be added to the cost of Negro teachers to get the.
entire cost of the Negro public schools in the South. The aggregate
cost of the Negro public schools is, therefore, near $4,736,375, or 14.8
per cent of all expenditures. The significance of these figures is that,
while the Negro race has, at least, 40 per cent of the children to edu¬
cate, not quite 15 per cent of the money expended on public educa¬
tion is being devoted to their schools.
It is generally assumed in the discussion of the cost of
the Negro public schools, that the white race bears all the cost or
nearly all; that the Negroes of the South are truly the white man's
burden when it comes to paying the bills for public education. Much
of this unseasoned talk reminds me of the North Carolina farmer
who was in the habit of asserting on all occasions that he could live
and get along so much better if it were not for his large and oppres¬
sive doctor bills. But the doctor declared at the next term of court
TOTAL COST OF NEGRO SCHOOLS.
State and Year
Spent for
Negro
Teachers
Spent for' Cost of
Negroes I Negro
above | Schools
Teachers
OPH
OEH
O
o ft
"a
2S
Ots
O U
U O
bfipL,
fc.s
Ogg
Ph o
W)
O <D
$ O
Ph®
Virginia, 1907-_ -- -- -
North Carolina, 1998.
South Carolina, 1908 .
Georgia, 1907
Florida, 1908
Alabama, 1908-
Mississippi, 1907
Louisiana, 1907-
Texas, 1906- -
Arkansas, 1907-----
Tennessee, 1907
Total - -
$389,945
313,914
254,161
420,664
153,062
240,179
469,073
196.411
782.412
189,300
409.584
$99,283
88,744
20,798
85,506
82.428
32,822
107,890
104,438
142,183
72,414
81,164
$3,818 715 $917 fi70 84 . 736.375 1 2.0
$489,228
402,658
274,959
506,170
235,490
273,001
576,963
300,849
924,595
261,714
490,748
11. 7
10. 6
16. 0
14. 7
9. 6
10. 9
17. 7
5. 6
12. 3
7. 8
15. 2
3.0
3. 0
1.3
3. 0
5. 3
1.5
4. 2
3. 0
2. 2
3.0
3. 0
14. 7
13. 6
17. 3
17. 7
14. 9
12. 4
21. 9
8. 6
14. 5
10. 8
18. 2
2.8 14.8 40. 1
35. 7
33. 3
58i 4
46. 7
43. 7
45. 3
58. 7
47. 2
20. 4
28. 0
23. 8
144
Hand Book 1909.
on oath, that this chronic complainer had not paid him a cent in
fifteen years, and that he was the only doctor in the community.
And this brings me directly to the main inquiry: Is the Negro
public school of the South a burden on the white taxpayer?
First. Is the Negro public school of Virginia a burden on the
white taxpayer of that State? (a) The State Auditor for 1908 re¬
ports the total assessed value of Virginia property at $702,503,778,
divided as follows: Listed by whites, $521,612,627, or 74.>B per cent;
listed by railroads and other corporations, $155,262,815, or 22.1 per
cent; listed by Negroes, $25,628,326, or 3.6 per cent. Thus it will
be seen that the State of Virginia does not assess 22.1 per cent of
its property as either white or black. This is a fact worth remember¬
ing in any discussion of this question. On page 14, Advanced Sheets,
State Superintendent's Report, 1907, it is said that Virginia raised
for public schools during that year the sum of $3,473,048, of which
amount $2,855,871 was raised by State and local taxation, while $450,-
OO'O was directly appropriated out of the State Treasury. The income
of the literary fund was $60,127, leaving the sum of $107,050 raised
from other sources. If we assume that the $450,000 directly appro¬
priated to the schools was raised by taxation then Virginia raised
by taxation for schools in 190i7, $3,305,871. Bear with me then, while
I set forth what I conceive to be the part the Negro should have of
this school fund, if we assume that it-is to be divided on the color
Jine and not on the basis of the actual needs of the children to be
educated.
(b) The Negroes pay something like $120,000 school noil taxes, after
deducting insolvents and commissions. It is fair to assume that
some of the literary fund income belongs to Negroes, but what part?
This fund is neither white nor black. It was not created by white
property. Negroes constitute 36 per cent of the population of Vir¬
ginia, they should be given 36 per cent of the income of the literary
fund which amounts to $21,649. The 16 cents State school tax on
Negro property after deducting commissions amounted to at least
$22,506 more. The 16 cents State school tax on the $155,262,815 rail¬
road and other corporation property would not all, in fairness, belong
to the white children. Not many of us, I think, would after the last few
years of agitation, charge the railroads and other corporations with
being altogether white. 36 per cent of the proceeds of the 16 cents
State school tax Virginia levies should be given the Negro schools. This
would add about $56,060 more to the Negro school fund.
Now we must consider the $1,913,766 raised by Virginia cities, coun¬
ties and districts. If this sum were all raised by property taxation,
and we shall so assume, then 3.6 per cent of it was raised on Negro
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property, 22.1 per cent of it was raised on corporation property, and
the remainder on white property. The 3.6 per cent raised locally
on Negro property would add $68,895 to the Negro school fund. Then
we shall have to add $152,259 more to the account from the corpora¬
tion property taxed locally, or 36 per cent of the total amount raised
on that kind of property.
Finally, if the $450,OW directly appropriated to the schools was
raised by taxation, then 3.6 per cent of that sum belongs to the Ne¬
groes' school fund, also 36 per cent of 22.1 per cent of this $450,000
raised on railroads and other corporation property. These two items
will add $16,200' and $3'5,80'2, respectively, to the Negroes' part of
the school fund of Virginia, not taking into account the balance from
1906 or the fund raised from other sources.
Summarizing, the Negroes' part of the school fund raised in 1907,
will stand as follows:
From poll tax $120,000
From literary fund » 21,649
From State corporation tax 50,000
From State tax on Negro property 22,500
From local tax on Negro property 68,895
From local tax on corporations 152,259
From 36 per cent direct State appropriation (cor¬
porations) 35,802
Total due to Negroes $507,305
I have shown before that Virginia is spending only about $489,228
on her Negro schools. If my figures are correct, then $18,077 of the
amount which should be devoted to their schools, if we assume the
race division of the funds, does not reach the Negro schools of Vir¬
ginia. I assume that the Negroes' part of the balance from 1906 and
their part of the fund from other sources will cancel any balance
carried over from 1907 to 1908 so far as the Negro fund is concerned.
Second. Is the Negro public school of North Carolina a burden
on the white taxpayer of that State?
(a) The total assessed value of all property in North Carolina is
$593,485,331, divided as follows: Listed by whites, $440,669,472; listed
by Negroes,' $21,716,922, or 3.7 per cent; corporations, $111,098,937, or
19.3 per cent.
(b) The State Superintendent reports for 1908 the school fund as
follows:
Balance from 1907
Local taxes
$413,214.63
650,739.40
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Literary fund . 100,534.00
Bonds and loans ..; 20i8,018.56
Fines, polls, licenses 631,007.00
State fund 1,045,263.10
State apportionment 198,547.00
Other sources 46,907.11
Total $3,294,231.70
(c) If this fund had been divided on the race basis, I think a fair
division would be as follows:
33 1-3 per cent of 19.3 per cent of $650,740, local tax. $41,864 (Corporation.)
33 1-3 per cent of literary fund of $100,534 33, 511
3.7 per cent of $198,548, State appropriation 7,346 (Negro property.)
33 1-3 per cent of 19.3 per cent of $198,548, State ap¬
propriation 12,773 (Corporations.)
33 1-3 per cent of $254,834 licenses and fines- 84, 834
Poll taxes actually paid 80, 000
3.7 per cent of $1,045,263 38,675 (Negro property.)
33 1-3 per cent of 19.3 per cent of $1,045,263 67, 245 (Corpora property.)
3.7 per cent of $413,215, balance of 1907 15, 289 (Negro property.)
33 1-3 per cent of $413,215, balance of 1907 26, 583 (Corpora property.)
3.7 per cent of $208,018, bonds 7, 696 (Negro property.)
33 1-3 per cent of 19.3 per cent of $208,018, bonds .. 13, 381 (Corpora property.)
Total due to Negroes $429,197
I have shown before that North Carolina is likely spending only
$402,658 on her Negro schools. This leaves $26,539 of the North
Carolina fund which never reached the Negro in 1908.
Third. Finally, is the Negro public school of Georgia a burden on
the white taxpayer of that State?
(a) On page 397 of the State Superintendent's report for 1907 the
following is set forth as the school fund of that year:
Balance, 1908 $ 180,190.33
State appropriation 1,744,461.47
Convicts ' 199,659.71
Local tax 750,577.59
Other sources 136,789.36
Total $3,011,678.46*
(b) On page 8, Comptroller's report, 1907, the sources of the State
school appropriation are given as follows:
Poll tax $ 275,000.00
Liquor 242,000.00
Fertilizer 21,000.00
Oil 1,600.00
Shows 9,616.00
*The total assessed value of all property in Georgia is $699,536,079, divided as fol¬
lows: White, $540,073,885; Negro, $25,904,822, or 3.7 per cent; corporation, $123,588-
172, or 19.1 percent.
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Georgia Railroad 2,046.00
& A. Railroad 210,000.00
Prison farm 16,639.71.
School lands 8,680.62.
Property tax 1,000,000.00
$1,786,588.33
(c) It will be observed that $42,126.86 of the State fund is not ac¬
counted for in the State Superintendent's report. But this small item
may be overlooked for the present. I think a fair division of the
school fund of Georgia for 19(17 would be as follows:
Negro poll tax $111,898.00
46.7 per cent, of income W. & A. R. R 97, 072. 76
46.7 per cent of income from liquor 113,014.00
46.7 per cent of income from fertilizer 9, 807. 00
46.7 per cent of income from oil 747. 20
46.7 per cent of income from shows 4, 481. 67
46.7 per cent of income from Ga. Railroad 955. 48
46.7 per cent of income from prison farm 7,770.88
46.7 per cent of income from school lands 4, 053. 56
15c. tax on $25,904,822 Negro property 38, 857. 23
46.7 per cent income 15c. tax, $123,588,172,
Corporation property 86,552. 5 0
46.7 per cent income from convicts 93, 241. 22
3.7 per cent of $887,367, local tax, etc 32, 832. 58 (Negro property.)
46.7 per cent of 19.1 per cent of local tax, etc .. 45, 568. 46 (Corpora, property.) •
Total due to Negroes $647,852.54
I have shown above that Negroes actually received about $506,170
of the Georgia school fund of 1907. This leaves $141,682.54 to the
credit of the Negro fund, upon any fair race division. Ti we count
the $42,126.82 not accounted for in the school report and the Negroes'
part of the balance carried over to 1908, and also the Negroes' part
of the balance due them from 190'6, we shall still have a comfort¬
able sum over and above the actual expenditures made for Negro
schools by Georgia in 1907. Therefore, I think the Negro schools
of Georgia are not a burden on white taxpayers.
I do not wish it understood, however, that I favor any such race
division of the public school funds as I have suggested above. My
object is to show, first of all, that upon any fair division of the
present school funds of the three States under consideration, the
Negro would likely fare as well as he does at present, in the ab¬
sence of any such division. I am confident, whether my figures are
absolutely accurate or not, that any one who takes the pains to as¬
certain the present sources of the public funds of these States and then
tries to make a fair division of them between the races will come to
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the conclusion that the Negro school is not very much of a white
man's burden, in at least three States, unless the white man is ready
to say that the division I suggest is not a fair one. And, in view of
the facts set forth for these three States, will the white man be able
to maintain successfully that he pays nearly all the cost of the Negro
public schools in these States ?
Time is not at hand to make a detailed study of this question for
all the eleven States under consideration. What* is true of the school
funds of the three States considered above is probably true of all the
others. A somewhat careful study of this question for several years
leads me to the conclusion that the Negro school of the South is no
serious burden on the white taxpayer. The same conclusion will be
reached if the subject is approached from another standpoint. Sup¬
pose the Negro children of these States were all white. Then it
will be found that it would cost to educate the present Negro school
population on the basis they were all white, just about five times as
much as it does now to give the same number of Negroes such educa¬
tion as they are getting. You will observe that we always count the
Negroes, in as a part of our population when we tell the world of our
progress in material things!
In this connection I wish to call your attention to the comment of
two leading Southern papers on the recent exodus of Negroes from
southern Mississippi and northern Louisiana to the Yazoo Delta. The
Chattanooga Times said:
"There is no doubt about the alarm and distress felt among our
farmers and planters of southern Mississippi and northern Louisiana
over the recent exodus of Negroes to the Delta region of Mississippi,
where, it appears, very attractive inducements have been held out to
them. We will probably never fully appreciate the value of the Ne¬
gro as the dependable labor of this section until we lose him, and we
would learn this lesson from the situation in lower Mississippi and
Louisiana, we will make up our mind we are not going to lose him.
On the same subject, the Charlotte Observer of January 17th, 1909,
said:
"It is a singular fact that those who profess most antagonism toward
the Negro and most desire to get rid of him are often the very ones
who raise the loudest howl when the Negro begins departing of his
own accord. Let a labor agent undertake to move Negroes from
one State to another and he encounters rigid prohibitory laws backed
up by strong public sentiment. Against similar activities within the
bounds of States laws forbidding enticement of labor are uncompromis¬
ingly enforced. It is not merely that no one can be found immediate¬
ly at hand to take the Negro's place, for in very many cases those
PRESIDING ELDER, REV. F. M. GOW, LAYING CORNER-STONE OF
A. M. E. CHURCH, MONTAGU.
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most feelingly bent (as shown by deeds) upon keeping the Negro, a 1-
most will he, oppose all steps for the furtherance of white im¬
migration from without. They want a hired man, who, if he becomes
a competitor at all, does not make a competitor of formidable ef¬
ficiency. Complaints against the Negro as a burden and a curse are
forgotten in louder complaints of another sort whenever any one at¬
tempts to lure him away.
"Talk about deporting the Negro to Africa or colonizing him apart
in this country! There would be almost another Southern Confederacy
to fight if anything of the sort were attempted. The Negro is here
to stay and no men in their hearts recognize the fact more fully
or regard it more complacently than the men who with their lips
are continually abusing him."
In 1891 the Negroes of North Carolina listed $8,018,446 worth of
property. In 1908 they listed $2<1,716,922, or 171 per cent increase
in seventeen years. The property listed by whites increased only
89 per cent during this same period. In other words, the Negro
property increased during these seventeen years nearly twice in pro¬
portion to white property. In Georgia, in 1891, Negroes listed $14,-
196,735; in 1907 they listed $25,904,822, an increase of 82 per cent.
White property during the same period increased just 39 per cent.
This indicates that the ratio of increase for Negro property in Geor¬
gia during the last sixteen years has been maintained at a rate of
increase more than twice that of white property.
Such facts give us glimpses of the economic importance of the
Negro and abundantly justify us In hoping that the senseless race
prejudice which has for its object the intellectual enslavement of
Negro children will soon pass away. I do not believe that any superi¬
or race can hope for the blessings of heaven on its own children while
it begrudges more light and efficiency for those of an inferior race.
RAY STANNARD BAKER.
Mr. Ray Stannard Baker in The American Magazine for Septem¬
ber writing on the "Financial Crisis of the Churches," says:
"There is a cry of underpaid clergy and ill-supported work. More
and more it has been found necessary to take a larger proportion
of the money given to the Church to pay a larger maintenance ex¬
penses—thus cutting down the proportion appropriated for benev-
olencG
"These are no hasty or sweeping generalizations. Examine for a
of years the reports of almost any church or denomination in
series wbicll gives adequate financial statistics (many churches
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are discreetly silent on the subject) and it will be found that, altho
the country has been increasing enormously in wealth, the contri¬
butions to the churches have either actually fallen away or else have
crept forward at snail's pace. It will also be found that most churches
are using more in proportion of the money collected on themselves,
less on benevolences. Here are statistics of gifts for a twelve-year
period of four great denominations (from Strong's 'Social Progress'):
Benevolences
Home Expenses
Per capita
Per capita
1893
1905
1893
1905
Baptist, regular
$1. 15
$0. 65
82. 06
83. 01
Congregational
4. 88
3. 24
13. 16
13. 54
Methodist Episcopal
. 85
1. 04
5. 62
6. 21
Presbyterian
5. 14
4. 71
12. 52
12.35
"In all the denominations named except the Methodist, the benev¬
olences decreased in the twelve years between 1893 and 1905. Even
giving for home expenses decreased in two of the four denominations,
and all this in the face of the fact that 1893 was a panic year and
that since then the wealth of the country has enormously increased.
If it were not for the fact that many of the large city churches, of
which Trinity in New York is the best type, have a steady income
from endowments, they would have still more difficult problems
to meet.
"No, people are ho longer giving to the churches as they once did,
and it is this, more than anything else, perhaps, which, deep down at
the Dottom, is causing profound concern among church-leaders.
When money begins to turn aside, institutions tremble."
PROSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH.
During the years immediately following the close of the Civil War
church buildings among Negroes were centers not only of religious
life but the centers of educational, social and political life, but such
mixture of gatherings within the House of God tends toward a de¬
struction of the proper reverence for the Church as a temple of wor¬
ship. We have passed beyond this period in the church life of the
present day. On account of this many of our churches have re¬
solved that the worship room shall be used no more for entertain¬
ments, concerts and the like. The Roman Catholics preserved this
idea in their church building to so large an extent that even Prot¬
estants in entering a Catholic church have a reverential feeling that
does not possess them even when they enter their own churches.
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In the construction of the church edifice the plan should call for
a lecture room, chapel or basement in which such gatherings that
are not strictly religious- in character may be held, so that the wor¬
ship room of the church may he in thought and feeling of the people,
a place dedicated for worship. One of the abuses of the church
edifice which has adhered during all these years has been the organ¬
ization of secret societies within the church.—From the South
Western Christian Advocate.
JOHN BROWN'S FORT.
This year is the semi-centennial of the John Brown raid, and altho
no one can quite defend his choice of a way to end slavery, yet it
had a great sympathetic value, and will be celebrated in various ways.
After the War, Storer's College was founded at Harper's Ferry to edu¬
cate colored youth, and the Government gave it several buildings
that had been used for the Arsenal and the rifle works there. But
the building which John Brown used as his "fort" and where he
was captured, was removed to make room for a railroad extension,
and then taken to Chicago' and re-erected as an attraction for the
World's Fair. Miss Kate Field had it taken back to Harper's Ferry
and erected in a field which she designed to make a pleasure park,
but her death interrupted the plan. It will now be removed to the
grounds of Storer College and used for a library, and, later, a mu¬
seum, Lincoln Hall, erected for the college by funds from the Freed-
men's Bureau, has lately been consumed by fire, and will be replaced
by a stone building.—The Independent.
September 25th, to October 29th, 1909, occurred the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration, celebrating Robert Fulton's invention of the steam-boat.
SOME MODERN WISDOM.
Stunted bodies make stunted wills.
It is hard to tell whether a man is suffering from a broken heart
or a spoiled digestion. The symptoms are the same.
Not until life has risen above a certain level does mind count for
more than matter.
Among our heaviest afflictions must be counted gifts we do not
want.
Men who do their own thinking make poor fanatics.
A true leader looks beyond the next moment without losing him-
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self in dreams of the millenium.
A man's own pretensions make his hardest judges.
None is so humble that his approval is ddpised by a great artist.
Real education consists in the teaching of a single subject: how to
learn.
CARE OF A REFRIGERATOR.
Selection of and care of a refrigerator are matters of vital mo¬
ment to the family health. It is not simply a matter of keeping food
cool, but of keeping it hygienic. A properly constructed refrigerator
produces a continuous circulation of cold dry air. Usually it is attained
by putting ice in the upper chamber, so constructed that as the air
chills it will sink into the food chambers below, forcing the warmer
air there to rise, and in turn to chill and sink.
The old-time charcoal filling of the ice box or chest has largely
given way to mineral wool, in addition to. a liberal air space, air be¬
ing the best known non-conductor of heat. Galvanized iron has large¬
ly replaced zinc as a lining.
In buying a refrigerator, first make sure of the circulation. A sim¬
ple test is to stand a lighted candle in the provision chamber, or
•hold a match there; note if there is a sufficient current to make the
flame waver. Of course the refrigerator must have ice in the box.
Wood racks are subject to mold and mustiness. They will harbor
germs. Metal and glass shelves are better. A refrigerator should
be washed out thoroughly at least once a week. It should be kept
spick and span inside.
Put nothing edible directly inside.
Edibles should never touch the shelf surface.
Never allow the dishes to slop over.
Wash ice clean before putting it in.
Remember that milk and other foods will take the odor of strong
smelling fruits, vegetables or cooked foods. Keep such things closely
covered, and put in bottom of food chamber. Milk and butter should
be kept on top shelf. There should be no dampness inside the
food box.
Dishes should be perfectly clean before putting in the food cham¬
ber.
To make window glass opaque, dissolve 1 tablespoon epsom salts
in 1 glass beer or ale, which should be warm. Smear over the win¬
dow, where it will form into a lacelike crystal, through which it is
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impossible to see. By using a little more salts, a denser mixture can
be made.
To soften hard leather shoes, first wash them over with warm water
and then rub in castor oil. Any oil will answer, but the castor oil
is best. The shoes, after this application, will become soft and
pliable.
In pressing ribbons with a hot iron, lay them between two sheets
of manila paper, and they will come out in better shape, and
minus the usual objectionable gloss.
For staircase pads, pieces of old blankets may be folded neatly and
placed on each step separately, taking care to cover the edges. Pads
make the stair carpet wear double the time.
One of the best things for cleansing tinware is washing soda. Use
a strong solution of soda, rinse in clean, hot water, wipe and dry in
sun.
To clean copper, take a handful of salt and enough vinegar and
flour to make paste. After using the paste, wash the copper in hot
water, rinse in cold, and dry.
To clean marble, take 2 parts washing soda, 1 part pumice stone
and 1 part salt. Sift all through a fine sieve, mix with water and
rub over the stains. Rinse and wipe dry.
GETTING RID OF HOUSEHOLD PESTS.
Water Bugs.
A weak solution of turpentine poured into the water pipes once a
week for a few weeks will usually drive away water bugs. Use 1-2 pint
turpentine to 3 pints of water. This will drive the bugs from their
hiding places and they should then be killed whenever seen. Prepa¬
rations effective in exterminating cockroaches will usually destroy
water bugs.
Cockroaches.
Garbage left standing is one of the surest means of attracting
cockroaches. Dissolve 1 pound of alum ip 3 pints hot water and force
a hot solution into all cracks and openings where the roaches are
likely to be. Afterward spread borax about the places where the
roaches have been in the habit of coming.
Another way is to blow insect powder into all cracks. Brush up
and burn the dead insects and powder, and blow in a second dose.
Brush up as before and spread powdered borax about the cracks
and holes.
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Ants.
These little pests dislike oil of pennyroyal. Pour this ojl on bits
of cotton batting and spread about the places where ants appear.
If fresh pennyroyal can be procured, spread the leaves about the
infested places.
Bedbugs.
Naphtha is a quick, clean and sure exterminator of this pest. Open
all the windows in the room and* shake and examine minutely all
the bedding. Hang out the sheets, blankets, etc.; saturate mattresses,
pillows, etc., with naphtha and put them out of doors if possible.
Brush the walls of the room, paying special attention to every crack,
groove and corner. Examine the backs of all framed pictures. These
pests will often hide in the cracks in a picture frame. If there are
any ribbons used for decorative purposes, such as hanging photo¬
graphs, etc., examine the knots closely. Take up the carpet, take the
bedstead apart and lay on the floor with the grooved sides up; satu¬
rate with naphtha. Fill with naphtha any cracks or breaks in the
walls or floors, then leave the room and lock the door, allowing no
one to enter it. If much naphtha is used it ik safer to keep the door
shut and the windows open for the greater part of the day. Re¬
member thai no fire must be allowed anywhere near the naphtha.
The first application will kill all the living insects, but not the eggs.
In three or four days repeat the operation and this will destroy all
the bugs which have hatched since the first killing.
Moths and Buffalo Bugs.
The above treatment is equally good for these pests. Of course,
the eggs will not be destroyed, and Ihese are gotten rid of by brush¬
ing and shaking before the naphtha is applied. Washing out closets
spring and fall with a weak solution of carbolic acid is an ex¬
cellent means of keeping them free from insects.
Rats and Mice.
Trapping is the best means of getting rid of these pests. Leave
no holes for them. When you find a hole, sprinkle chloride of lime
in the hole, fill with broken glass and seal with mortar or plaster
of paris. There are many kinds of traps and when one becomes in¬
effective, try another. Pests of this sort quickly become educated to
a source of danger.
BISHOP L. J. COPPIN AT THE DEDICATION OF A. M. E. CHURCH, MONTAGU.
A. M. E. Church.
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Helpful Household Secrets—Knowledge of Which will be of Daily
Use—Tested Ways of Doing Things and Suggestions for
Cleaning Various Materials.
A carpet may be brightened by wiping with a clean cloth wrung
out of ammonia and water, 2 tablespoons ammonia to 4 quarts of tepid
water. Rinse the cloth frequently in this water.
In cleaning rugs lay them face down on the grass and beat; then
turn face upward and brush. Hang on the line to dry. Don't shake
a rug from one end, for this loosens the threads at the upper ends,
causing raveling of the border.
The less water used on straw matting the better. Alkalies and
soap are apt to discolor it and should not be used. Soiled spots
should be scrubbed with hot water without soap. A thin paste
of fuller's earth and cold water spread thickly over a place where
grease or oil has been spilled will remove the stain. Lay a paper
over it and let it remain 2 or 3 days before brushing up.
Care of Marble.
Marble is easily dissolved by acids; even the mildest acid will re¬
move the high polish. If an acid is spilled on the marble mantel or
table, or even if a lemon is allowed to lie there a few minutes, an al¬
kali such as ammonia, soda or borax should be applied at once. This
will neutralize the acid. If the acid has remained long enough to
roughen the surface, rub with pumice-stone and water. Apply a
generous amount of pumice-stone wet with water and rub with a
large flat stone. It will take time and muscle, but it will restore the
polish.
Should the marble become stained, remember that acid must be
avoided as a removing agent. One of the alkalies mentioned above
may be used with safety. Recent oil or grease spots can sometimes
be removed by the application of fuller's earth or French chalk.
Make a strong, hot solution of sal-soda and enough fuller's earth to
make a thin paste. Let this remain on the spot for 24 hours.
Marble should be kept clean by washing with a soft cloth and soap
and water.
Windows, Copper, Etc.
Windows may be washed with clear water, or water in which is a
little ammonia, soda, or soap. Plenty of clean, soft cloths and some
soft a er to polish with after the dirt has been removed, together
• v, l ntv of elbow grease, will insure clean windows.
W1 and brass are easily cleaned by means of acids. Re-
Copper tarnish will quickly follow unless every trace
member, however
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of the acid is removed. If a cleaning preparation contains an acid, as
most preparations on the market do, follow with an application of
whiting to neutralize the acid and preserve the surface from tarnish¬
ing. Brasses cleaned with oil and rotten stone, or with tripoli,
will have a rich yellow tone. Acids and naphtha produce a tone
less rich.
Common salt and oxalic acid, or vinegar, are very satisfactory
agents. Use a soft cloth, and rub the surface until all tarnish is
removed, then wash in plenty of water and wipe perfectly dry. If
the article is badly tarnished, try a solution of sal-soda to remove
all grease, then rub with oxalic acid, lemon >juice, or strong vinegar.
Wash thoroughly and wipe dry. Polish with rotten stone, or tripoli,
and sweet oil, using a woolen cloth and rubbing hard. Wipe off this
scouring mixture and go over the surface with a dry flannel and dry
tripoli, or rotten stone. Finish with a soft, clean cloth. Brass and
copper will keep untarnished a long time if in a dry place.
Woodwork.
When cleaning woodwork, bear in mind that paint is softened by
wet alkali, and if the solution is strong enough, it will dissolve the
«
paint. Potash and sal-soda are particularly caustic, while borax
is the least caustic. Of course, the stronger the solution the more
quickly it acts on the paint. It is obvious, therefore, that no strong
alkali should be applied to painted or varnished surfaces, and no
strong caustic soaps should be used on them.
Should an alkali be spilled on such a surface, oil applied instantly
will neutralize the alkali and save the surface.
Whiting is an excellent agent for cleaning painted woodwork. Mix
it with cold water to the consistency of thick cream; have two pails
half filled with hot water, and a woolen cloth in each pail; keep a
third woolen cloth dry. Wring nearly all the water from one of the
cloths, dip in the whiting mixture, and rub hard the surface to be
cleaned, following the slight grain left by the painter's brush. Wash
off the whiting with the cloth and water from the second pail. Rinse
the cloth dry and wipe the surface with this, then rub perfectly dry
with a dry woolen cloth.
An enamel finished surface requires different treatment. First
wipe off the dust, then follow with a clean woolen cloth dipped in
hot water and wrung as dry as possible. Rub dry with a second
woolen or cotton cloth. This dry rubbing gives brilliancy to the
surface; on soiled places which the damp cloth will not clean, rub
a little with powdered tripoli until the stain disappears. Don't press too
hard. Powdered pumice-stone will answer the same purpose.
Avoid as much as possible using water on natural wood finish.
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Use oil or turpentine, or alcohol. If a place becomes very much
soiled, clean by rubbing with a woolen cloth wet with turpentine or
kerosene. The turpentine removes the gloss and should be followed
with oil. A little tripoli moistened with oil is excellent for a had
spot. Once a year go over the woodwork with a mixture of paraffine
and turpentine, using equal parts. If the finish looks especially dry
and cracked, rub in pure oil. On dark wood, where the finish is dry,
cracked or faded looking, boiled linseed oil is better than paraffine
oil. The frequent application of oil, well rubbed in, will keep wood¬
work exposed to heat, sun or moisture, in fairly good condition. Out¬
side doors should be oiled with pure boiled linseed oil several times
each year.
Silver, Cut Glass and Steel.
Silver will not often require cleaning if every time it is used it is
washed in plenty of soap and hot water and rubbed dry with clean,
soft towels. If silver tarnishes quickly, it indicates that there is
some gas in the house. Therefore, gas pipes and drain pipes should
be inspected. Sifted fine French whiting, wet with diluted alcohol or
ammonia and applied with a soft cloth, afterward polishing with
chamois, will keep silver in handsome condition.
Sawdust from resinous wood, such as box or bass-wood, and free
from any hard substance, is excellent for cut glass. It absorbs
the moisture which cannot be reached with a towel. After wiping the
glass, bury it in a bed of sawdust for half an hour or more, then
brush with a soft brush and polish with a soft cloth.
Remember that to scratch glass is to weaken that part so that a
little heat or cold will sometimes cause a break at that point. The
grain of sand at the bottom of the dish-pan or on the dish-cloth may
be the cause of splitting a beautiful dish.
Use little soap on gilt china. To polish pewter, britannia and
blocked tinware use powdered rotten stone and oil, or oil and whit¬
ing.
Keep steel from rusting by covering with sweet oil or mutton tal¬
low and wrapping with soft paper.
To remove rusts, use oil and quicklime on the article. After
sovsrfll days rub with oil and rotten stone, or bristol brick.
The Care of Gloves.
Gloves require care to obtain their full wearing value. A cheap
glove is dear at any price. When the glove is put on for the first
time, talcum powder should be sifted over the hands. The glove
fingers should' be worked on easily from the tip to the hand, keeping
the seams straight.
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Always see that the gloves are dry before putting them away.
They keep best in a box especially for them. Lay them flat in this
after they have been aired and drawn into proper shape.
Naphtha or gasoline may be used to clean white and light colored
gloves. Both are dangerous explosives and must not be ex¬
posed to fire. They are best used out of doors, or in a room with
the windows wide open. To Cleanse the glove slip it on one hand
and dip a clean piece of white flannel in the cleansing fluid, wet
the glove all over and then rub it nearly dry with a second piece
of clean flannel. Keep on the hand until dry, in order to retain the
shape. Sprinkle talcum powder on them and hang in the air until
the odor has left. Chamois gloves for summer may be washed on
the hands, using a lather of white soap and water. Badly soiled
spots may be cleansed by rubbing them with magnesia. Before wash¬
ing, rinse them in warm water and then in cold. Keep the gloves
on the hand until nearly dry, then pull them off carefully in their
proper shape, and hang to dry.
To blacken kid gloves which have become white at the seams or
at the finger tips, dip a feather in a little olive oil containing a few
drops of black ink and brush lightly over the white places. Light
colored suede 01; undressed kid gloves may be cleaned with corn
meal or dry bread crumbs, dusting off with a piece of clean white
flannel.
OVERCOMING TUBERCULOSIS.
Science has made great progress in dealing with tuberculosis. The
national congress held at Washington in October, 1908, demonstrated
the great and growing interest in the prevention, care and cure of
the disease. The most heated discussion occurred over the question
whether or not tuberculosis in cattle is communicable to human beings.
The great German scientist, Robert Koch, declared, as he had pre¬
viously done, that the germ of tuberculosis in animals is different from
the germ causing tuberculosis of the lungs in man. He suggested the
possibility of disease being taken from tuberculous animals by per¬
sons, but insisted that such cases were so rare, if they existed at all,
that none had been authenticated. He stood alone in this opinion.
The veterinarians present, and all other medical scientists who ex¬
pressed their opinions, insisted that there is great danger of tubercu¬
losis spreading from animals to human beings, and insisted that if
had not been proved that there are different kinds of tuberculosis
germs.
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Scientists in the United States and several foreign countries, report-,
ed encouraging experiments with serum used for the prevention and
cure of tuberculosis in a manner similar to vaccination for smallpox.
Much attention was given to consideration of methods of sanitarium
treatment and of general hygienic, social, industrial, and economic
aspects of turberculosis. The importance of instructing children in the
public schools with reference to taking proper care of themselves
was emphasized.
The veterinarians reported the value, in the work of controlling
bovine tuberculosis, of the tuberculin test, which is the most accurate
method of diagnosing the disease. The urgent need of stamping out
bovine tuberculosis was reiterated, and veterinarians were a unit in
declaring the danger from the consumption of flesh or milk of tuber¬
culous cattle. The American delegates urged establishment of a
federal bureau of health.
Hygiene and Health—Home Treatment of Tuberculosis.
The battle of medical science against the "great white plague,"
tuberculosis, has been persistent, unyielding, vigorous. The success
met with has been more and more encouraging, so that now the dis¬
ease is fought with an understanding of its nature, which makes a
successful and complete cure almost a certainty if the disease is taken
in hand in its early stages.
A consensus of opinion among the leading investigators is that
consumption or tuberculosis is not hereditary, but is contagious, and
is curable. In the majority of cases where children develop con¬
sumption, it may easily be proved that the disease developed from
contagion and was not hereditary. A predisposition to weak lungs
may favor the progress of the disease, once the germs find lodg¬
ment.
On the first sign of the disease a physician should be consulted. If
he recommends treatment at a sanitarium, and this cannot be afford¬
ed, home treatment may possibly be very successfully employed.
The patient's bedroom should be the largest, sunniest and best venti¬
lated in the house. Carpets and curtains should be as scarce as
possible, compatible with the esthetic sense. The bed should be at
least a foot from the wall. A patient should not breathe hot air.
There should be as much rest out of doors as possible. It is vital
that the patient shall every moment breathe fresh air, and be in the
sunshine all the time possible. Pure air and sunshine are fatal to the
tubercle bacillus.
Consumptives should be in the fresh air 24 hours out of the 24.
Sleeping in tents is often found beneficial. Rain and dampness
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are to be avoided, especially during tbe hours of sleep. Sleeping on
porches and piazzas, properly protected by awnings, has been very
successful in the treatment of many.
Good, wholesome foods, well cooked, are essential. In general
such foods as will give the largest amount of nutrition with the small¬
est amount of labor for the alimentary tract, are best, such as roast
or boiled beef, mutton, lamb, fresh vegetables and fruits, cereals,
mixed liberally with cream, plenty of sugar and good butter, and at
or between meals, six or more eggs, and from 2 to 3 quarts of milk,
distributed within the 24 hours. Indigestible things, such as sweets,
pasties, etc., must always be carefully avoided.
The use of medicine should not be countenanced, except under a^
physician's immediate direction. Much actual harm is done by the
indiscriminate use of medicines recommended by friends. Always
consult a physician before using a medicine. The five fundamental
principles in the treatment of consumption are as follows: The
proper disposition of infective material; rest; fresh air and sunshine;
pure food and drink in abundance; use of medicines as directed by
a physician.
The first practical consideration is the disposition of the infective
material. The most common form of infection is through the dried
.sputum, which is taken up in the dust of the atmosphere. Infants
become infected from the dust of the floor, or by putting in their
mouths objects on which sputum may have been deposited. Con¬
sumptive persons should never kiss children. Frequently the germs
are transferred in this way, and the expression of love becomes the
curse of fatal disease. The consumptive invariably, while indoors,
should have some cloth or tissue paper before the face during cough¬
ing or sneezing. He should always spit into a receptacle made ex¬
pressly for the purpose, or a moist cloth.
DISINFECTANTS AND THEIR USE.
Bear in mind the difference between a disinfectant and deodorant;
the former kills germs while the latter destroys odors but does not
kill germs. Many so-called disinfectants have very little germ-killing
power, and are simply deodorants.
Cleanliness is the foremost agency in destroying disease germs.
Sunlight is a valuable destroyer of bacteria; its importance cannot be
overestimated. Moisture is favorable to the growth of bacteria.
Germs thrive in damp corners.
Boiling water is one of the most efficient disinfectants; one-half
hour boiling destroys all disease germs.
Bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate in solution, one part
to 1,000' parts of water, may be used for wiping infected .woodwork,
CAPE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
REV. J. C. CALDWELL,
Secretary Allen C. E. League.
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etc. It should not be used on metal. It is extremely poisonous,
and has no color or odor; great care must be exercised in its use.
Carbolic acid in 3 per cent or 5 per cent solution in water is most
effective. This is poisonous, but its strong odor reveals its presence.
It may be mixed with typhoid discharges; soiled bedding may be
soaked in this solution before boiling.
Chloride of lime, 6 ounces to a gallon of water, is excellent in
scrubbing floors.
For disinfecting a room after the patient has left, formaldehyde is
most efficient. This does not injure fabrics, furniture or hangings.
This is usually used under the direction of an officer of the board of
health. It is exceedingly poisonous.
Do not buy disinfectants about which you know nothing.
Sulpho-naphthol is excellent to use about the kitchen sink. A
little in the water in which wounds, scratches, etc., are washed, will
prevent infection.
STANDARD TIME.
A standard of time was established by mutual agreement in 1883,
primarily for the convenience of the railroads, by which trains are
run and local time regulated. According to this system, the United
States, extending from 65 deg. to 125 deg. west longitude, is divided
into four time sections, each 15 deg. of longitude, exactly equivalent
to one hour, commencing with the 75th meridian. The first (Eastern)
section includes all territory between the Atlantic coast and an irreg¬
ular line drawn from Detroit to Charleston, S. C., the latter being its
most southern point. The second (Central) section includes all the
territory between the last-named line and an irregular line from Bis¬
marck, N. D., to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The third (Mountain)
includes all territory between the last-named line and nearly the
western borders of Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The fourth (Pacific)
section covers the rest of the country to the Pacific coast.
Standard time is uniform inside each of these sections, and the
time of each section differs from that next to it by exactly one hour.
Thus at 12 noon in New York city (Eastern time), the time at Chica¬
go (Central time), is 11 a. m., at Denver (Mountain time,) 10 o'clock
a m and at San Francisco (Pacific time), 9 o'clock a. m. Stan¬
dard time is 16 minutes slower at Boston than true local time, 4 min¬
utes slower at New York, 8 minutes faster at Washington, 19 minutes
faster at Charleston, 28 minutes slower at Detroit, 18 minutes faster at
as City, 10 minutes slower at Chicago, 1 minute faster at St.
t anSQ 99 minutes faster at Salt Lake City, and 10 minutes faster at
jjOVllS;
San Francisco.
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THE PENSION ROLL.
The number of pensioners on the government roll at the close of
the fiscal year 1908 was 951,686; one year before there were 967,371.
During the fiscal year 1908, 38,682 were added to the roll and 54,366
were dropped, a net loss of 15,684. The most pensioners at any one
time was 1,004,196, on January 31, 1905. The net decrease since
then is 52,509.
The survivors of the Civil War on the pension roll June 30, 1908,
numbered 620,985, a decrease during the year of 23,383. The num¬
ber dropped because of death during the year was 34,333.
The amount paid out for pensions during the fiscal year 1908 was
the largest since the organization of the pension bureau, $153,093,-
086.
McCUMBER SERVICE PENSION LAW.
In 1904 President Roosevelt directed that when a claimant has passed
62 years pension examiners should consider him disabled one-half
in ability to perform manual labor and he should be rated as entitled
to $6 a month. It was further ordered that at 65 the rate should be
$8, after 68, $10 and after 70, $12, the full rate for disability. The Mc-
Cumber service pension law goes a little further. It abolishes all
classes and awards a pension of $12 after 62 years, $15 after 70
and $20 after 75.
WEST POINT.
Cadets to the United States Military academy in West Point, N.
Y., are appointed annually. The provisions regulating the appoint¬
ments state that "each senator, congressional district and territory,
also the District of Columbia and Porto Rico, is entitled to have one
cadet at West Point." Appointees to the military academy must be
between 17 and 21 years old, free from any infirmity which
may render them unfit for military service, and able to pass a care¬
ful examination in reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, Eng¬
lish composition, English literature, arithmetic, algebra through quad¬
ratic equations, plane geometry, descriptive geography and the ele¬
ments of physical geography, especially the geography of the United
States, United States history, the outlines of general history and the
general principles of physiology and hygiene; or, in lieu thereof,
to submit a certificate of graduation from a public high school or
state normal school, or a certificate that the candidate is a regular
student of an incorporated college or university. The academic
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duties begin September 1 and continue until June 1. Examinations
are held in each December and June. Further information may be
secured by addressing the superintendent, Col. Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A.,
West Point, N. Y.
FIRST R. F. D. ROUTE.
The first rural free delivery route in the United States was estab¬
lished Oct. 1, 1896, between Halltown, Uvilla and Charlestown, W.
Va., while William L. Wilson was postmaster-general.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
The presidential succession is fixed by chapter 4 of the acts of the
49th congress, first session. In case of the removal, death, resigna¬
tion or inability of both the president and vice-president, then the
secretary of state shall act as president until the disability of the
president or vice-president is removed or a president is elected. If
there be no secretary of state, then the secretary of the treasury will
act; and the remainder of the order of succession is as follows:
Secretary of war, attorney-general, postmaster-general, secretary of
the navy and secretary of the interior. The secretary of agriculture
and the secretary of commerce and labor were added by subsequent
enactment. The acting president must, upon taking oflice, convene
congress, if not at the time in session, in extraordinary session, giving
20 days' notice. This act applies to such cabinet officers as shall have
been confirmed by the senate and are eligible.
David R. Atchison, United States senator from Missouri, was legal
president of the United States, Sunday, March 4, 1849, as Gen. Taylor,
the president-elect, was not sworn into office to succeed President
Polk until the following day.
POSTAL RATES.
Domestic.
First class—Letters, postal cards, and matter wholly or partly in
writing, whether sealed or unsealed (except manuscript copy accom¬
panying proof-sheets of the same), and all matter sealed or otherwise
closed against inspection.
Rate—Two cents per ounce or fraction thereof. Postal cards,
1 cent each On "drop" letters, 2 cents per ounce or fraction thereof,
when mailed at letter-carriers office; and 1 cent per ounce or fraction
thereof at other offices.
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Second class.—Newspapers and publications issued at stated in¬
tervals as often as four times a year, bearing a date of issue and num¬
bered consecutively, issued from a known office of publication, and
formed of printed sheets, without board, cloth, leather, or other sub¬
stantial binding. Such publications must be orginated and published
for the dissemination of information of a public character, or devoted
to literature, the sciences, art, or some special industry. They must
have a legitimate list of subscribers, and must not be designed pri¬
marily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation at nominal
rates.
Rate.—One cent per pound or fraction thereof when sent by publish¬
er thereof, and from office of publication including sample copies, or
when sent from news agency to actual subscribers or other news
agents.
One cent for each 4 ounces or fraction thereof on newspapers and
periodical publications of second class, when sent by other than
publisher or news agent. One cent each on newspapers (excepting
weeklies) and periodicals not exceeding 2 ounces in weight, when
deposited in letter-carrier office for delivery by carrier, 2 cents each
on periodicals weighing more than 2 ounces.
One cent per pound on newspapers, other than weeklies, and period¬
icals when deposited by publisher or news agent in letter-carrier office
for general or box delivery; 1 cent for 4 ounces or fraction thereof
when deposited by other than publishers or news agents for general
or box delivery. One cent per pound or fraction thereof on weekly
newspapers deposited by publisher or news agent in letter-carrier
office for letter or box delivery, or delivery by carrier; free when
one copy is sent to each actual subscriber residing in county where
same are printed, in whole or in part, and published; but at rate
of 1 cent per pound when delivered at letter-carrier office, or dis¬
tributed by carriers.
Third class.—Books, circulars and pamphlets, and matter wholly
in print (not included in second class), proof-sheets, corrected proof-
sheets and manuscript copy accompanying the same.
"Printed matter" is the reproduction upon paper, by any process,
except that of handwriting, of any words, letters, characters, figures,
or images, or of any combination thereof, not having the character
of an actual and personal correspondence.
A "circular" is a printed letter, which, according to internal evi¬
dence, is being sent in identical terms to several persons. It is
permissible to write, in circulars, the date, the name of the person
addressed, or of the sender, and to correct mere typographical er¬
rors.
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Seeds, bulbs> rootS) scions and plants are also mailable at the rate
ot third-class postage, such as samples of wheat or other grain in its
natural condition, seedling potatoes, beans, peas, acorns, etc. Cut
flowers and botanical specimens go as fourth class.
Rate.—One cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof.
Fourth class.—Merchandise; namely, all matter not embraced in
the other three classes, and which is not in its form or nature liable
to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the contents of the mail
bag, or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service,
and not above the weight provided by law. Includes artificial flowers,
dried plants, botanical and geological specimens, samples of flour
or other manufactured grain for food purposes, blank address tags
or labels, queen bees when properly packed, dried fruit.
Rate.—One cent per ounce or fraction thereof.
Foreign Postage.
To Canada, Newfoundland and Mexico the rates are similar to
the United States domestic postage, except on second-class matter to
Canada. The latter is now 1 cent for each 4 ounces, or fraction
thereof, in bulk for publishers, which is the same as the rate for
single periodicals mailed by the general public. Letters cost 2 cents
per ounce; merchandise not exceeding 4 pounds 6 ounces, 1 cent per
ounce.
To Great Britain and Ireland and Germany the letter rate is 2
cents per ounce or fraction thereof.
FORMULAS FOR SPRAYING.
Fungicides.
Bordeaux Mixture.—Dissolve 6 lbs copper sulphate (blue vitriol) in
25 gallons of water. Slake 4 lbs fresh stone lime and dilute to 25
gallons. Strain carefully. Mix just before spraying. For peaches,
plums and other tender foliage add 2.5 to 30 gallons more water.
Dissolve sulphate by hanging it in a cheesecloth bag in water.
Copper Sulphate Solution.—Dissolve 2 to 4 lbs of copper sulphate
in 50 gallons of water as recommended for making bordeaux mix¬
ture Use as a spray before the foliage appears. When used on
foliage dilute to about 1 lb to 200 to 300 gallons of water.
Ammoniacal Copper Carbonate—Mix copper carbonate 6 oz., am¬
monia 3 pts- and water 50 gallons together as follows. Make a paste
of the copper carbonate with a little water, dilute the ammonia 7
or 8 tiifleS w*th water and add to the paste mixture, stirring until
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dissolved, add the rest of the water and then use only the clear blue
liquid. It loses strength if allowed to stand and should not be
mixed with insecticides.
Insecticides.
Paris Green.—Paris green 1 lb to 100 to 200 gallons of water, to
which add 1 lb slaked quicklime to prevent burning foliage. For
tender foliage, such as that of peach trees, use the solution 1 lb to
300 gallons of water. For use as a dust, mix 1 part paris green to
10 to 20 parts flour, ashes or road dust. Use london purple the same
as paris green.
Kerosene Emulsion.—Dissolve 1 1-2 lbs hard soap in 1 gallon
boiling water and add 2 gallons of kerosene or coal oil. Mix thor¬
oughly with a pump for 5 to 10 minutes and dilute from 8 to 10 times
befo're using. For spraying young leaves use a mixture containing
15 per cent kerosene.
Lime Sulphur-Wash for winter application to destroy insects is
made by placing 20 lbs lime and 15 lbs sulphur in a barrel contain¬
ing 30 gallons water and boiling them together with steam for 3 or
4 hours. Before using, this mixture should be diluted to make 45
gallons. It is most effective when sprayed warm.
Tobacco is effective against plant lice and other small insects,
especially in greenhouses. Indoors they can be killed by burning
tobacco stems and fumigating with the vapors. Tobacco dust and
broken stems may be buried in the soil around trees infested with
aphis. Make a strong decoction by soaking the stems in water and
diluting the resulting solution until it is the color of ordinary tea
and spray on plants affected with lice.
Arsenites of Lime and Soda.—Boil 1 lb white arsenic in 4 qts.
water until it is dissolved, slake in this soluton 2 lbs quicklime, add¬
ing water if necessary, and when slaked dilute to 2 gallons. Use 1
qt. to 40 gallons water. Arsenite of soda is made by boiling 1 lb
arsenic with 4 lbs of salsoda crystals in 2 gallons of water until
dissolved. Use 1 qt. to 40 gallons of water.
Formalin, also called formaldehyde, is used chiefly for grain smuts
and potato scab. It is not poisonous, although somewhat irritating
to the skin. The commercial form contains a 40 per cent solution of
the gas in water. For potatoes a solution of 1-2 lb in 15 gallons water
is best, and for grains 1 lb in 50 gallons water.
The man who always stops to think before speaking may not say
very much, but he seldom has occasion to take any of it back.
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HINDU PROVERBS.
The habits of the cradle will last to the grave.
The plant that could not be bent when it was a twig will not bend
when it is a branch.
To acquire science in later years is like dyeing a dirty cloth.
There is no man who knows everything, there is none who knows
nothing.
Anybody will say: I have no memory; nobody will say: I have no
sense.
None is ruined by telling the truth; no one prospers by telling lies.
Even when a wound is healed a scar will remain.
If a neighbor's roof catches fire one's own is in danger.
When the cattle are on one shore, the opposite looks green; when
they are on the opposite shore, the other side looks green.
A slip of the tongue is worse than a slip of the foot.
Do not believe all you hear; do not say all you believe.
HOW TO SECURE A PATENT.
Application for a patent must be made in writing to the Commission¬
er of Patents, Washington. The applicant must also file in the Patent
Office a written description of the invention, and of the process of
making and using it, in such full and exact terms as to enable any
person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains to make,
construct, compound and use the same; and in case of a machine, he
must explain the principle thereof, and the best mode in which he has
contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from
other inventions, and partially point out and distinctly claim the part,
improvement or combination which he claims as his invention or dis¬
covery. The specification and claim must be signed by the inventor
and attested by two witnesses.
WOMEN VOTING.
In the United States women possess suffrage upon equal terms
with men at all elections in four states-in Wyoming, established in
7869-^Colorado, In 1893; In Utah, in 1896, and in Idaho, in 1896.
In 1905 the Kansas and Montana legislatures, in 1906 the Rhode Is-
19Ult) rue xv m giving women full suffrage. In June,
land legislature r adopt a woman suffrage amendment to its
1906, °regonhrefUS^e of 47,075 to 36,902. In Kansas women possess
tohfol1 suffrage, eslablished in 1861, and municipal suffrage established
1887- In 18 additional states women possess school suffrage
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■—in Michigan and Minnesota, established in 1875; in New Hampshire
and Oregon, in 1878; in Massachusetts, in 1879, in New York and Ver¬
mont, in 1880; in Nebraska, in 1883; in Wisconsin, in 1900; in Wash¬
ington, in 1886; in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota and
South Dakota, in 1887; in Illinois, in 1891; in Connecticut, in 1893,
and in Ohio, in 1894.
Two states permit women to vote upon the issuance of municipal
bonds—Montana, established in 1887, and Iowa, in 1894. Louisiana
gave all women tax-payers the suffrage upon all questions submitted to
the tax-payers in 1898. In 1901 the New York legislature passed a law
providing that "a woman who possesses the qualifications to vote for
village or for town officers, except the qualification of sex, who is
the owner of property in the village assessed upon the last preceding
assessment roll thereof, is entitled to vote upon a proposition to
raise money by tax or assessment."
THE TELEPHONE.
Feb. 12, 1877, Prof. Alexander Graham Bell's articulating telephone
was tested by experiments at Boston and Salem, Mass., and was
found to convey sounds distinctly from one place to the other, a dis¬
tance of 18 miles. This telephone was exhibited widely in this coun¬
try and Europe during that year, and telephone companies were es¬
tablished to bring it. into general use. Edison's carbon "loud-speaking"
telephone was brought out in 1878.
BROADENING THE COUNTRY PREACHER.
To give variety to the mental outlook of country preachers, the
Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst has this year con¬
ducted a summer school. Lectures on farming as well as on sociologi¬
cal topics, have been given, and these were supplemented by field
trips and demonstrations in dairy work, cattle-feeding, and work in
greenhouses. The preacher is thus relieved of his helplessness when
he comes in personal contact with his parishioner. The Washington
Herald thus comments on the project:
"It is the lack' of sympathetic and vivifying companionship that
these preachers most feel. Their routine associations may not be
with men of their own plane of thought, but with persons both in¬
different and uninformed. The danger is that a preacher in such
environment may drift backward toward the. shallow, superficial,
and commonplace, until his mind becomes out of touch with sub¬
jects that elevate and that widen his outlook and influence. The
MATTHEW HEN SON".
In his final dash for the Pole Commander Peary allowed no one to
accompany him except this negro and four Eskimos. Henson per
ally assisted in raising the American flag, and he led the EskimosTn"
the cheers and an extra cheer for "Old Glory" in the Eskimo to
—The Literary Digest. ° on£Ue.
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Amherst idea would seem to invite imitation at other collegiate
and university centers.
The country preacher fills a sphere of usefulness quite different
in its environment from that of his urban colleague. His daily
contacts with the life of the people about him are necessarily more
intimate. Hence there is the greater need for keeping his mental
outlook wider than his immediate environment. He must have
glimpses into the outer world more realistic than those afforded
by the current literature, perhaps often too scant, that reaches his
study-table. The seeming narrowness of his surroundings in reality
increases his opportunity for the personal uplift of others. His
daily walks and talks must be known of all. The more informatory
they can be made, the greater stimulus he can impart to others for
both practical usefulness and higher living. The country parson has
unusual contacts, and the institution of education that promotes his in¬
tellectual activities by increasing his points of view of the human life
and occupations that surround him multiplies his power for good."
Institutions for the education of the colored youth are generally
stingily financed because the race is yet poor, and the rich white
friends are few—and, particularly, a colored college in the North re¬
ceives little attention. President Scarborough, of Wilberforce Uni¬
versity, Ohio, must have been almost as much surprised as gratified
when Mr. Carnegie, with his inclusive beneficence, offered to pay
half the expense for a $35,000 dormitory for girls when the rest is
secured. Wilberforce is a most worthy institution, conducted wholly
by colored people, and we trust that a much larger sum can be raised
for endowment. The sum would seem very modest for a white insti¬
tution.
Three races, Caucasian, Eskimo, African, stood together at the Pole
where since the world began no human foot had trod before these
last achievements. Of all creatures only man can endure either ex¬
treme of cold or heat, and no matter what his race. It has been said
that the Negro must be confined to the hot climates, but the case of
the Negro, Henson, proves what has needed no proof since the race
fled from our Southern States to Canada.
CLEANING HINTS.
For wax cover with absorbent paper and press with warm iron.
For mildew, try lemon juice, followed by bleaching in direct sun¬
light.
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There is nothing better for beaver hats and cloth than a corn-meal
bath.
For iron rust, sprinkle with salt, moisten with lemon juice, and lay
in the sun.
For blood stains, wash in cold water, then rub with naphtha soap
and soak in warm water.
Coffee stains will yield to boiling water. Spread stained part over
a cup or bowl, and pour water through.
Paint is best removed with benzine or turpentine. If delicate goods
are stained, use chloroform or naphtha.
Wagon grease yields to either oil or lard rubbed on stain, followed
by careful washing with warm water and soap.
Chocolate stains may be removed by soaking in cold water, then
sprinkling with borax and washing in boiling water.
For fresh ink, try milk. Allow stained portion to stand in milk
until .the latter is discolored, then use more. Salt and lemon
juice will remove dried ink stains. However, this is apt to take out
color of goods also.
Aigrettes, ostrich feathers and Paradise plumes should be cleaned
in gasoline, shaken out and dried in the wind. Wings and breasts
can be cleaned by shaking and rubbing gently with corn-meal in a
cardboard box; then shake thoroughly in the air. Light furs can be
cleaned in the same way.
It is economical to have two pair of shoes which can be worn alter¬
nately. This plan is of advantage from a sanitary standpoint also.
A shoe worn every other day does not settle to the foot and lose its
good appearance as does a shoe worn every day. Moreover, the shoes
worn every other day are better aired, which is necessary for comfort.
Shoes should be kept in a ventilated box.
THE FOLLOWING CENTENARIES WERE OBSERVED IN 1909.
The year 1909 was noteworthy for the large number of famous
people who were born just a century "before. The birth roll for 1809
includes a long list of statesmen, soldiers, musicians, authors, inventors
and scientists. The centenaries of many of these great men will be
celebrated with important exercises. Among the anniversaries are the
following:
January 19, Edgar Allan Poe.
February 3, Mendelssohn, the musician, and Joseph Johnston, the
Confederate soldier.
February 12, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
February 15, Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the reaping machine.
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March 3, Chopin, the musician.
August 6, Alfred Tennyson.
August 29, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
December 29, William E. Gladstone.
CATHOLIC BIBLE.
The Douay version of the Bible is used in the Roman Catholic
church. This translation was authorized by the pope. The Old Testa¬
ment was published by the English college at Douay in France in 1609,
and the New Testament at Rheims in 1582. The text of the Dquay
Bible is copiously explained by notes of Roman Catholic divines, and
is a translation of the Latin Vulgate.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
Licenses.
Marriage licenses are required in all the states and territories ex¬
cept Alaska, New Jersey (required for non-residents), New Mexico
and South Carolina. California and New York require prospective
bride and groom to appear and be examined under oath. The legal
age at which marriage may be contracted without consent of parents
in most of the states having laws on the subject is 21 years for men;
in California, Delaware, Idaho and North Dakota, 18 years; in Tennes¬
see, 16 years. For women the legal age is 21 years in Florida, Iowa,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Kansas, South Dakota,
Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming; 18 years in
all other states having laws on the subject, except Delaware, District
of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, New York and Tennessee, where it is
16 years, and California and North Dakota, 15 years.
Prohibited Marriages.
Marriage is prohibited and punishable between whites and persons
of Negro descent in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary¬
land Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ore¬
gon ' South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Vir¬
ginia. Marriages between whites and Indians are void in Arizona,
North Carolina, Oregon and South Carolina and between whites and
Chinese in Arizona, California, Mississippi, Oregon and Utah. Mar¬
riage between first cousins is forbidden in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Da-
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kota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Washing¬
ton and Wyoming. In some of these states such marriage is declared
void. Marriage with step relatives of near degree is forbidden in all
statds except Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York,
Tennessee and Wisconsin. The marriage of an epileptic imbecile or
feeble-minded woman under 46 years of age is prohibited in Connecti¬
cut and Minnesota. The marriage of lunatics is void in the District
of Columbia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts and Nebraska; also of
persons having sexual diseases in Michigan.
EASTER.
The method by which Easter day is now determined is that of
the first Sunday after the paschal full moon (fourteenth day of the
calendar moon, or the full moon which happens upon or next after
March 21). If the full moon happens on a Sunday, then Easter day is
the first Sunday following.
The church of San Miguel in Santa Fe, N. M., is the oldest church
in the United States. It was erected in 1545, 2>0 years before the
founding of St. Augustine, Fla., and 53 years after the landing of
Columbus.
New times demand new measures and new men;
The world advances, and in time outgrows
The laws that in our father's days were best.
THE NEGRO EDUCATES HIMSELF.
The Superintendent of Education for the State of Georgia proves
with facts and figures that the Negroes in three States—North Caro¬
lina, Virginia and Georgia—not only meet every item of public school
expense for the education of Negro children, but have to their credit
a substantial balance, which is a small return for past favors received
at the hand of Southern legislatures.
The facts following are taken from a report, which was submitted
some time ago to the Educational Conference which was held in At¬
lanta, Georgia. The author shows that the South is spending $32,068,85]
on her public schools. Of this amount $23,068,914 is paid for teachers—
white and colored; that is seventy-four per cent of the total is paid
for teachers. Negro teachers are receiving $3,818,702, or 12 per cent
of the total expenditure, while white teachers are receiving 65.4 per
cent. It is well known to all that the amount paid to Negro teachers
is by far the largest item of expenses in Negro public schools, and
in many cases the total item of expense. In addition to the expense
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of Negro teachers the South is paying $917,670 yearly, which makes
the aggregate cost of Negro schools $4,736,375. These figures relate
to the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennes¬
see. This territory embraces eighty-four and four-tenths per cent of the
entire Negro population of the country.
The Negro population in these several states constitute forty per
cent of the total population of the states named. Hence, observes
the Superintendent of Education, "the Negro school teachers who have
charge of about forty out of every one hundred of the children of
the South, are being paid only twelve per cent of the school ex¬
penditures. The total cost of all the Negro schools is only 14.8 per
cent of the $32,068,851 expended. In other words the white public
schools in the South, which take care of only 60 per cent of the popula¬
tion, as between six and seven times as expensive as the Negro public
schools, which take care of 40 per cent of the population."
The author goes further and takes the States of Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia and ascertains from records that the Negroes
actually pay on the property and polls and their share of railroad
taxes and corporations more to the permanent school fund than is
devoted to the education of Negro children.
Let us study figures for a moment, for the year 1907:
Virginia.
Negro taxes collected $507,305
Appropriations to Negro schools 489,228
Excess of taxes over amount appropriated $ 18,077
North Carolina.
Negro taxes collected $429,197
Appropriations to Negro schools 402,658
Excess of taxes over amount appropriated $ 26,539
Georgia.
Negro taxes collected $647,852
Appropriated to Negro schools 506,170
Excess of taxes over amount appropriated $141,682
That is in three states, namely, Virginia, North Carolina and Geor-
"a the Negro pays in actual cash for school taxes over and above
amount appropriated to the education of his children $186,298. Do
these figures show that the Negro is a burden? We need not answer
our question; the facts speak for themselves.
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It is fair to surmise tliat these three states are representative
of the condition in the South, and it is likely enough that the situa¬
tion "in other states is even more favorable to the Negro; and instead
of the Negro being a burden he is helping to bear burdens. And
this is his earnest desire, to be a real man in the affairs of Church
and State.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE NEGRO.
That irrepressible, ever-present and never-to-be-forgotten Negro is
in the lime light again. Although a child of the tropics he is heard
from this time with Peary at the North pole. One account says
that Matthew Henson, Peary's trusted assistant, was with the Navi¬
gator when he made his polar observations. A later account says
he was not there. At any rate, Henson was the last American that
saw Peary when he made his final dash for the pole. Herbert L.
Bridgman, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club referring to this trust¬
ed Negro says:
"Mat Henson has always been Peary's man Friday. He is the
best man in the North for driving dogs. The Eskimos swear by
him. He can travel faster and is an invaluable man of the party.
After all these years of faithfulness, all the years of struggle that
Mat has made, it would have been rank injustice not to have per¬
mitted Henson to reach the pole. He was the one man on whom
Peary could lean, and he is straight-forward and honest."
After all is it not interesting to note how the Negro manages to
always get in? He manages to be on hand and shares a part of
the glory of many a brilliant occasion in spite of himself and in
spite of those who would retard his progress. Somehow the Negro
is intimately and permanently interwoven in the life and thought of
this Nation and of the world.—S. W. Christian Advocate.
A BLACKENED FACE BRUTE PLEADS FOR CLEMENCY
BUT IS DENIED.
William H. Mitchell, of Georgia, some time ago was convicted of
criminal assault. It will be remembered that Mitchell, who is a
white man, blackened his face and posed as a Negro in his dastardly
crime. Evidence sufficient was available and he was convicted and
sentenced to the chain gang. Governor Brown was appealed to for
clemency which he refused, saying:
"Should the clemency asked for in the present case be extended,
there is grave danger that it would bear fruits of sorrow in every
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gecfon of our state. I would set an example pernicious beyond com¬
part example embodying a daily menace to Georgia s woman-
jjo^. It would say that we have one law tor the rich, another for
tb|Poor; one law for the highly educated, another for those too
pi- to enjoy the privileges and immunities consequent upon edu-
cson; one law for the classes, another for the masses."—S. W.
CJistian Advocate.