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^NOTICE H* jM^When yon see this paragraph take notice that your sub icription ba« expired, and without re news! at vice we shall be compell** to discontinue your paper.*W« We particularly call the attention of all our subscribers to the fact tb#i whenever they see two bedi *am> OoDoeite oar paragraph rdtiw t» ^tiatho .U-t^perthat wmb. mailed until the subscription is re newed . iff nil Subscribers are Requested t« remit by eheek, Post Office Money Order, Postal Note or Registered Let tor. notice to correspondents. Th* Stab of Zxoa will be glad tor* eelTe wsIl-writtsB *£*»«■*££"*&"* all narte «ff'to oosstn on subjects of get oral iniwealand citing itemaaf saw*. .*$, 'L Tint Oteeattwi* not U>o Tiawtaapreasad by WritJmnataoMm^nybiB This tsdssiwdwtoto a narantoe of flood fe lahouki __ r.nt ao^rinohandaa gosslMa. .. . 0 £ tha* -toe editor reeoroeathe right u rqeet as niajudgmeni may a That to insure publicst&oe, articles •tumid bo oointoe.arpMd in decmrt E» tn.h ft—fom ooraenal abase,and dealing vitkltw qasstion*. G..W. CLINTON, Editor of Stab or Zion, Ministers who are pastojs in charge of A. M. E Zion churches are hereby authorized to act as agents lor the 8tak of Zion. Any minister finding a delinquent subscriber, or persons desirous of subscribing is re quested to collect from such persons and remit the cash to this office after taking out the cost ol forwarding the same. FREDERICK DOUGLASS DEAD. Just as we are going to press the astonishing news is flashed across the country announcing the death of Hon. Frederick Douglass Cause, heart failure. A constant and systematic read ing of the Bible and regular Attend ance upon the means of grace are the best stimulants to a healthy growth of true piety. Subscribers will please watch for the cross marks on tbeir papers. When you see it once don’t look for the paper any more till you settle up. - | The wood necessary to heat up Xhi Stab office during the present cold ‘•spell” has added about $3.00 more to our weekly expenses, while our income is constantly diminish ing. In our last issue we referred to Mr. Meroney, the ticket agent of the Southern Bailway at this place, and the clerks in the freight office as beinglooated at Charlotte. Note the correction. ■... . .=== B*v. J. Jbancis Bobutsov, form* erlyan able and progressive young minister in Zion church, but who is now doing service in a Baptist church at Fort Worth, Texas, writes us thus : **IJove Zion and you can depend-on mfi for $2500toward the centennial celebration next year.” »=?==== , Eykbt church should have an or* ganj?ation among and for the special training of young Christians. We know no society in which yonng can be better trained fo intelligent, practical and successful Christian work than 4he young Peo ple's Society of Christian Endeavor#. * f j ' Salesmen who get copies of The Stab to sell are hereby requested to remit what is dne up to the h5th of the present month. We need the money. 3 We desire that all who re ceived, the extra copies df the num ber coitaining the funeral services of Bishop Thompson, to remit for th# tame at once.’ Vt. 8inall is the only on« Vho haa reported tho* far.’ one of special note and pleasant in everyway. Mb. David J. Pbatt, of Shelby, N C ,Rev. John A- D, Bloice, A. M., of Camden, if, J., Rev 8. L Cor* rothers, of Elmira, N. Y., and Mrs. vda J Walters, of New York City have each sent ns $1.0Q toward a new supply of type. This makes six dollars in hand and $5.00 promised by Elder J McH. Farley. We need $112. ere we can print a •lear faced and respectable looking paper, Are there 101 other poisons in Zion church who are sufficiently interested in their church organ to contribute one dollar toward a new outfit of type. Oub receipts during January amounted to $lll 63 while our ex* penses amounted to $112.27i Up to date of the present month we have received 121.75 and expended $60.31 Does this tell why the editor and manager has a hard time in running a paper for the great A M E Zion church ? How long will our minis* ters allow this state of things to continue ? If they would know how they can remedy it, we answer by-all who are in debt to The Stab paying up, and then secure new cash sub scribers and send them in We only need money to remedy every com plaint made against the paper. OUR PUBLICATION'HOUSE. A circular has been sent out fay the Bishops to oar preachers appeal ing to them to make a special effort to raise a sufficient sum to meet the Maroh payment on our new Pnblica tion House, the Varriok Memorial Building.at Charlotte, N. G The necessity and value of this enterprise have been fully set before our church through these columns and at oar conferences All acknowledge its importance and worth IFe urge that these circulars be given due con sideration by onr pastors and Sun day-school superintendents* Lay them before the churches and Sun day-schools, talk the matter up, give ita special service and an entire ool lection and let ns all pall together and make one determined effort which will meet the desired payment An average of one dollar apiece for two-thirds of our churches and Sun day schools, to say nothing about in dividual contributions from minis ters, members and friends who are fully.*able to give from one to ten dollars each will more than meet the forthcoming demand. ORGANIZE FOR CENTENNIAL WORK. There should be formed in every A M E Zion church special dubs of bothtbe older members and young people of the church and Sunday school as a preparation for success* folly working up our forthcoming Centennial celebration which will take place in New York October, 1896/ and in every Sunday school, church and conference throughout the connection next year. Let the watch word be passed around and re echoed everywhere One Hukdred Thou saitd Hollars for the cause of Christ to be used through the agency of the AME Zion church. Organize Varrick ' *lutw, Rush Clu&, J J‘ Clinton Clubs, 8 T Jones Clubs, J J Moore Olub^Tsbcl similar organizations with Centennial attached to their name and put every one to work. Begin in time, keep oonstantly at work and each one endeavor to lead The Centennial Committee will prepare a history-of next year's effort and will include therein every organiza tion and persons who do, anything toward the celebration worthy of note. See that youhase a place in it. SOUND REPUBLICANISM. / Appended hereto is ah extract from Col. James E. Boyd's letter which appeared In last Sunday's Observer. It needs only to be regd for one to be convinced that he enun} cistesthe .m. w 8 Of C0l0|| ▼ice which it%ill dp weji to recotf nize and lie likewise places the Negro citizens of the state under renewed obligations to him for his manly words. He may be assured that ev ery self respecting number of the race 4 will appreciate his noble and patriotic utterances. hear, bowevW, that apprehension as to what is called Negro role in some ot the counties is causing divisons among some of those who favor reforms in the pres ent system of county government. This sounds a little like the old Dem-' ocratic campaign cry of “nigger! nigger! *’ which had its effect in its day, but which has long ago become a back number and has ceased to arouse prejudice or excite terror among intelligent white people There is one thing certain, the Republican party in North Carolina cannot afford to express in any way distrust of the colored voter. For the party to do so or attempt to do so would be an abandonment of prin ciple and an unworthy betrayal ofa solid phalanx of colored voters, who have stood by the Republican party from its birth in North Carolina to the present. How can we declare that the colored man is incompetent to folly discharge the duties and ob ligations of a citizen at this late day ? rheRepubiican party said the colored man was fit for franchisement in 1867-'68, when he had just emerged from slavery and was without educa tion or experience as a free citizen. Since that time the Republican party in the nation and in the States has maintained the position that the col ored man should be allowed the free and unembarrassed exercise of the rights of citizenship precisely as oth er men. Then in 1895, nearly thirty years after the enfranchisement of the colored man and after he has become educated and has bad experience in the nature and duty of citizenship, I shall ask in all candor, bow can Republicans do any act which reflects upon the integrity of the colored vote, and still claim to be consistent? I answer that any act on our part in this direction would be. a desertion of principle and a patent exhibition of political ingratitude. Aside from this, I do not concur in the opinion that the colored vote is a menace to honest government. I believe the great bulk of our colored fellow citi zens fully appreciate the benefits of wholesome, economical administra tion of public affairs, and are willing to follow intelligent upright leader ship. The trouble has - been that heretofore in localities where there were large numbers of Negroes, the white people have entirely eschewed aim in politics, and instead of invit ing his co operation in securing that which might tend to the good of all, have drawn political lines on color, and placed the white man on the one side and the colored man on the oth Happily the day of the color er. line is gone in North Carolina and the time has come when the best cle ments of our colored people can and will join together, and make common cause for the peace, prosperity and general welfare of otlr grand old State.” Very respectfully, Jas. & Boyd. Greeasboro, N. C Feb. 15. 1895 1 HEIRS AND OURS—OR, THE LIGHT TURNED ON. In another column ire publish an editorial dipped from the Christian Recorder, the organ of our sister— the A. M. E. church. A casual read ing of the article wiil show that the Publication Department of cur sister church, like our own, or was in straitened |eirenmstanb£j£Ebr months, Business Manager Dr J C. Einbry had been making appeals, suggesting and devising plans for th| relief for this department of his great church, but all otthem proved inadequate to meet the demands of the department, hence it became neoeasaty to call an “emergency meeting” of the managers and friends of$*x$of to give immediate re lief., 'ka we bare before stated, were in Philadelphia at the time this meeting took jp^o^M4Fe gladly note that the mttef M forth comiiiffe and the attain goto wMdk Dr Embry has labored will soon be fbated, ftfl§r the churbh a year and a manager who receives the same. The Reorder has 6,000 sab soribers. At the annual conferences the preachers pay up their subscrip tions whether the editor or business manager is present ior not The Recorder office has the benefits of its Job Department and the profits from the sale of books to aid its publication. It has a book-keeper separate and distinct from the above named officers and -Che usual. print mg force. TheStar of Zios has an editor, who is also business manager, at a promised salary of $1,000 which is to come out of an annual appropriation of $1,500 from the General Fund—only a small per centage over, one half of which has been paid up to the present time he Stab has a circulation of about 3,000, with about" two thirds of its patrons somewhat iirarrears. It has no job office, no clearings from the sale of books, no» hired book keeper and has been compelled to put up with just such a printing force as it could get. If the editor fails to vis it conferences and tee the preachers face to face, or visit places where there are subscribers he is never able to get more than a third of the money due the paper. The editor must write editorials, travel and col lect; when home, assist th mailing and folding and do a number of oth er thlng^u order to get the paper out. Yet there are some men in Zion—some occupying positions in the forefront, and others lower down ip the ranks, some of whom owe us from one to two years subscrip cion or who pay but one dollar a year for the paper—>ho are whisp eiing it around that the editor is a failure. That these men, some of whom claim to be leaders, are desir ous to have the editor fail and there by have our only church organ stopped (at least temporarily), is too apparent to be stated. We have been compelled to pay out of the income an average of J$250 a year on debts and repairs, besides keeping up tie running expenses of the paper. "We have suggested plan after plan, all of which were ac knowledged to be feasible, and out of one of which grew the Varick Me morial Publication- House; but we have seldom had a word of encour agement and, except in a few rare cases, we have been unable to secure any aid only as we gave our note, be oamepersQ^ly responsible, or gave an order oa the general steward to have the money we borrowed deduct ed from our scanty pfo rata. We askinall candor, when Ours—The "•tar op Zion— is compared witn Theirs—The Christian Recorder— the organ of our sinter (Bethel) church) does it look like the editor of The Star is a failure ? But sup pose he is, is it. the thing to do for men in the forefront of the churoh to whisper around such statements and thereby help weaken what con* fidence some men may have in the paper and its management when we view the place and importance the paper occupies in our connectional machinery ? We have presented the case in its true light We cal' upon our general officers mid ministers to consider the matter, and we appeal to them to say whether our paper must be carried by the editor under such circumstances or whether the church, whose organ it is, will be come aroused to a sense of its duly and give that aid which it can and should gife: The issue is with all whom it concerns. Should come, remember it will not funeral; IX it does we shall have a host of respectab'e mourners whose grief will be more than temporary. desire by writing to or by com a per when he charges that we hoped or hi tended to silence opposition. We simply desired ter show the inconsis tency of his argument and to call attention to his long silence on the matter. Had the Africa Ameri cm Presbyterian had the fore sight and courage to declare its opposition to the Negro Exhibit before it was almost matured and given its counsel we coaid have at least had -respect for its opinion if not for its judgment. But wheo it waited till the Negpfe Exhibit bad reached a stage where it would be both cowardly «nd suicidal for the race :o back down we felt called upon to rebut its position, Our contemporary insinuates that The Stab favors the separate ex hibit because it is the organ of the A M h. Zion church whose repre sentatives compose the commission ers for the btate of North Carolina. An examination iuto the facts will show that Tbk Htab could assert ou s ronger grounds that the Africa American Presbyterian'8 opposition comes more largely from the fact that the commissioners are members of the'Zion c urch, than our neigh bor lias to base his charge upon against us. From the very beginning of the agitation for a separate. §x exhibit for the Negro, The Stab advocated its cau e, and whenever it has discussed the matter at all, it has maintained its original position. On the other hand the Africo American Pretbyterian remained in mute silence until a few persons out of reach and i out of touch with every i terestol the exhibition had expressed oppo sitiun, and until the commissioners for the State had been appointed, and then it raised its long silenfr voice against the Negro Department. hen Tbe 3tah began its advo cacy of the Negro Exhibit it had not the faintest idea whom the Governor would appoint; and furthermore it would have taken the' same position had all the commissioners been ol any other church. All that we would have urged in regard to the sommis sioners would have been that they be men capable in every way to repre sent every interest of the State with fitness and abil ty; and we don’t think the Africo American Presbyterian will deny that ihe gentlemen selected are men of that stamp. Tbe editor of the AfricfrAmerican Presbyterian defies us to show that the Negro De partment of the Atlanta Exposition is a necessity in any such sense as other Negro enterprises named. Wt shall endeavor to show our contem porary what he defies ns to do, if hf is not too (<sot in his ways” to open his eyes to plain facts and cogent argumen . The Negro churches, col* leges and other enterprises are not necessary simply because the Negro is “outlawed” in white institutions, and Because our white fellow citizens have “drawn the color line*' These are by.no means the highest or most essential reasons for the distinct Ne gro institutions. The main reasons aret.iat the pro gressive Negro has long since recog nized the fact that he mast be tin architect of his own future in this country, and that he can never make much of a showing {as long as he is overshadowed by bis superior advent taged white brother. the Negro church gives him an opportunity to prove himself capable of government of the highest and most difficult character. In it he develops a manhood and shows up to an advantage in his favor that be never could show in a church in which he is associated with the white brother .with present circumstances obtaining. The same is true of all Negro institutions and the same it true of the Negro Exhibit Alread) the contract for erecting the building has been awarded Negro mechanics. Already a Negro Commi sioner has been chosen, and when the exhibi tion open* np there wii be Negroes employed and occupying positions is that Negro department which they never could occupy if m *ed Uu with the white or in the same building. Instead, of "voluntary humiliation^ the Separate Exhibit gives the he gro such au opportunity to elevate himself and prove his capabilities hgo possibilities as he never had be. fope, agd 7$ never have again in the South fooljafcly let this op Will arrange,, con every phase of tfce credit for it 1 be in Atlanta perm** this Negro as ■hftiTtmwSSii i ii.fr' a '- ■•'■ ^ i.. .— r ■ ^ fluenced toy it noteven owr contem porary wul deny. Each Mate of the Union as well as the National Gov ernment has been invited to make a a separate exhibit, and if willing, to have a separate building as was the ease, with a f w dishonorable , ex ceptions, at the' World’s Fair in Chicago. TFe believe that the Negro department will redound to the good of the race, and we have with us a very large majority of the leading citizens of the raoe in every State and the indorsement of our adopted^ our native State and all the South era States. There can be no “volun tary humiliation” wh re the Negro is allowed to stand up as a man and control his own affairs. If he can not ah w up in a manner when thus situated so as to redound to his own good, we assert without fear of con tradiutioh that he can never do ii otherwise. We favor the Negro Department of the Atlanta Exhibi tion and will encourage it" in every possible way. The Africo American Presbyterian will find itself very lonesome should it fail to join the phalaux that is moving undauntedly for the Negro Department. THl BOOK CONCERN PERIL [From the Ct risiiaa Rx»id*i ] Amid the perilous seas of financial depression everywhere prevalent ii is not so remarkable that crafts 01 business enterprises should founder or sink in watery graves. Such ha. oeen the fate of institutions with history, credit and backing behiiji them and it would be but a trifh short of the miraculous should out lit le Concern with its hundreds oi unresponsive debtors on deck, an al most marketless cargo within it hold, and barnacles, scuttle fish ano sea devils ever striking its bottom, eonfc uue to pursue the even tenor pi its way and not spring a leak. Uu er such adverse conditions it re quires more than expert captaincy ti save any ship. Under a less bar rassing situation the Elbe went down last week with 334 sonls, and the A. d. t. Church can but congratulat* itself if Providence should spare hei of a disaster not di similar in mate rial proportions The church coulo not afford to witness the collapse oi its olde t and most promising depart ment, and yet such a cri is had been inevitable but for the timely inter vention of a few of her loyal pastor* in connection with bishops and gen eral officers. To its life saying orew this publi cation department will remain unde* lasting obligations. Its part of se curity has npt as yet been reached but the prospects of doing so amount to a moral certainty. It is cur con viction that there would have been a more general rally to the jescu had our friends abroad been appriseo of the real merits of the situation rhey acted not because they knew naught of the dangers threatenin’, the oncern. We ask them however to be alert to the next alarm signal ind respond to the far-reaching crj of appeal which all have heard oi behalf of Allen’s Day. Shill oil b* furnished for the troubled waters oi shall the bark of Al en go down ? DR. PERRY’S CUSH TE bt BEV. B. V WHEELER. feme time ago I read with gre;. delight and profit Dr. Rufus L. »ei rj Cushite, and I intended at th time saying a word or two throu«. rJhf columns of he Siaff-in fav> j *t it. Much has already bedu sail diout it, but in my mind, too mud cat' not be said in its favor. * *f at the books published thus far by th* race, I regard the Cushite the best ii many respects. 1. In the first' place theantb< himself is one of the ripest scholar of the race' and therefore is fulh qualified to write such a book, as h» said to me one day as we were talk tog about the book: “I knew I wa capable of doing the work and so t thought I would do it.” This weu said not in a spirit of egotism, bu< in candor. 2. In the next place it is~ the be*1 because it is sjo thoroughly don. Holy bcrij^ftureF uee snchas tb* d Greek, but tin rtinaa well Hi« •— effect all ancient history, both scored and profane. 3. Bat the beat feature about this excellent race book is, in my judg ment, the fact that it so eoi clusively connects the Negro of to-day with the Negro of the great Egyptian civilization. Hon. G W. Williams wrote the most comprehensive work on the Negro that has yet been writ ten, but that work is strongest in its treatment of the Negro of modern times. In this respect it hat wp equal. But its treatment of the< earlier and greater achievements of' the Negro is weak compared with; Perry’s < ushite. 1 he Cushite makea no pretense at dealing With the Ne* gro of to day, only in an incidental! wpy. But in pleading the Negro's; claim to ancient greatness, and im establishing that claim, it has no* equal. This is its greatest point of excellence. It will remain a standi ard race book for ages to come. T* see what the modern Negro has ac compluhed consult G, W. Williams9 History of the Negro Pace. But to see how clearly the Negro of to day is connected and identified, with the .NegTo Pharaohs and the wonderful Egyptian civilization of those times you can find it no where better put m a nut shell than is Doctor Perry’s. Cushite. Jersey City, N. J. REV. McNE AL SUSPENDED Sanford, N. C, Feb, 6,1895.—The <iial oommittte, having in charge i be investigation oi the case of Rev. J E. McNeal, who was charged with "owing discoid, and insubordination (o he A M E Zioa c nnecticu as pep discipline, submits the foil wing: As per indictment, we and Re-# tfcNeal guilty, as charged and we Hereby suspend him. R M Thompson, P L Cuyler, G B Kelly, A J McNeill. * MG Goins. S J Hargrave, Art’j for church. W B Gurden, secretary. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Favettville, N C. Fsb 19,1895,— Having been informed that Rev J. fi. McNeal has been tried and sus pended by a committee and that he baa refused to give up his credentials, I hereby give notioe that when a minister is suspended by a committee the credentials which he received irem the Bishop of the A, M, E Zion ctiurch are null and void, unless ob viated by successful appeal to a high er church court. J. W. Hood, Bishop. Du. DAY FOR CHAPL UK. Editor Stab of Zion. I have road with an unusual degree f interest the fight that is being made •n behalf of prominent oolored de - tyyoien for the chaplaincj of the 9 rase of Representatives at Wa*h-> ingjton. The names of many proton <ent and ab e getlemen of the eloth aave been mentioned In snob conned on—men who would worthily grace be pwition, but I do not see the ame of a single one who would bring unne Cignity, character, abilit , brikiian piety, unquestioned trudit on and power of speech, as well aa -itgsnce of diction and religions seal <> the piece than Dr, W illiam How ard Day, that able man of God, elo quent preacher and chairman of,the ciool board of Harrisburg County, Pennsylvania White men wouxi iot be ashamed < f him,"colored men «< uld feel proud ot him ndtSungrtm onld-feel honored bv h's selection. If a oolored man is to fill the plaojl nd it is a worthy one—let us by alt means hare Rev Dr Wi'liam rtowg-d D. y, of Harrisburg, Penh. Lei bole race coippr miss on Dr. lh»yt <hly overlooked; The churches around' the Falla cities sre alive, and hhen we are »ble% o build up the work around the Pal'• we will write again. Mrs. 8. J. Slaughter, Mrs C Dunlap and Mr|. who have aided ua la the Wofk this far ’ Mbs Alioe Craigischairman ot the Board of Directors of the Ladies tdviaory Board for Atkinson Colletf. W^e hope that Board will report some? thing Jooa.W>W, 2mm- rf *''• ^ The Southern Railway is nt> only J4UGBA9. F* jrence Valentine are am
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