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MTw»Rfi«M who are pastors in charge ot A. M. £. Zion churches axe hereby authorized to act as agentaloi the Seas op Zoom. ; Any ministei 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 61 forwarding the same. BKADEBf-do you owe Thu Stab ? If so, you ought to examine yourself and nee if you have any conscience left. W* axe sure if you hare a good conscienoe end any means of procuring what you owe The iStak you will not longer delay paying a debt for which you have received, more tbaa-its value. What are you doing toWard th6 forthcoming Centennial of Zion Church? If you have not done any thing as yet, begin at onoe and talk it up. Organize centennial clubs which shairinclude every member in yotfr church atid Sunday-school En deavor to devise a plan to raise an average of One Dollar j>er member. Volume 1, No. 1, of The Daily fMobe, published at Washington, D. C* has reached our sanctum. It is a sevemcolnmn folio and is edited by H* C. C. Astwood, who has had considerable experience in the news paper line. It has for its shibbo leth; “An independent political journal devoted to equal rights.” To our knowledge, The Globe is the only daily papCr in this country published by Degrees. Long may it li ve. Evxbt A. M. E. Zibn church should have its local name accom panied by the conaectional title printed inbold letters on the front of 4he building, The day may home when some tricky rascal and disloyal * rchgiousleau would-be-leader will en deavor to wrest the church from the . connection as did d ^ <Jq^.an£ 4hat writing over the, doer, on the wall or oprner dtone will prove a powerful witness against Zion's ene ‘ •ties, ■ ,j i$sf a- * ‘V- r ■" r1 mm If Zion preachers will only heed the cwealar requesting e&oh one to vraitt> a collection or donate a sum of owned bj any waiting Jim Crow Car laws prevail whether at the instance' of the managers of Air Line ni-fiqr other proscription we becoming intolera ble and some forms of it cannot be borne by self-respecting colored peo ple regardless nf the cost. Tun colored citizens of South Caro* lina tinder the leadership of the leading ministers pf the different denominations. Congressman Mur ray and other leaders'are making a Ihe scbemes of Tillman, *Irby, And poor white company to disfranchise the majority of the citizens of the £almettov$fcata. The State has suf fered at the hands, of these novices and disgruntled DemocjjSts whd^sail ,ing under the false color of Reform ers, captured the /State government four years ago and wrested it from the hands of the aristocratic class. After two terms of the most high handed tyranny by Tillman, who was sent to the United States /Senate by the last legislature, the governorship was transferred to Tillman’s chief henchman, John Gary Evans. Till man, Irby aod Evans, backed np by a Tillmanite legislature passed a bill during the last session of the legis lature providing for a Constitutional Convention having for its chitf ob jefct the disfranchisement of the Ne gro voters of the State. The preach ers and other leaders became aroused and began to intercept the plans of the Tillman cabal. When Negroes by the thousands presented them selves for registration the Tillman ifces were amazed and refused to al low-them to register on the plea that no blanks-had been provided for them to register. Of course every one can see that this is a dodge to disfranchise the Negroes in advance and thereby .carry out their diaboli cal schema of so amending the con stitution that they will be perma nently disfranchised Congressman njbay V ffil others are contesting evbiy inch of the ground and will tgapno stc^e unturned to defeat the Tillman scheme. In their ef forts they should have the hearty and substantial support of every Ne gro in the United States > THE CLINTON CHAPEL TRIAL. ■ ■ • 'Following are the issues which were presented before the court and argued before the jury: 1. —Are the plaintiffs, Richard Martin, Cicero Smith, W. R. Moore, Simon Walker, A. 6. North, Samuel Witherspoon, Oscar Crain, as of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, entitled to possession of this property ? 2. —Is the plaintiff R.H Simmons entitled to be let into possession of the office of pastor of the church Juiown as Clinton Chapel and to ex ercise the rights, privileges and fane* tions of said office ? 3. —Have the defendants unlaw fully entered upon and withheld the said premises from the plaintiff ? 4. —Have the defendants unlaw fully prevented the said J?. H. Sim mons from exercising the rights, privileges and functions of said of fl00 h; i *:& ' 5. --^hat are plaintiffs’ damages ? church and entreated the jury to answer yes to each issue. As stated in the heading of our editorial last week, these gentlemen are leaders of the Mecklenburg bar and stand among the foremost lawyers of thie state. Their discussion of the is sues was pointed, logical and con vincing^ Their treatment of the de fendants was dignified and respect fnl. The .argument, ehowed.tf*# each gentleman was in his tost ttjm the trio being a rather' youthful looking set. However, during the preliminaries they showed u£ to con siderable advantage, especially io finding Red arguing technical points and in the cro$*efsjik^tion. - $j& mfiy say' without extended’ obmmenl that they seemed to have exhausted all their strength during the prelim inaries and in the cross examination, for there was no argument of the is* sues save the. feeble effort of Mr. Duls. We have never heard such ranting and dodging as that em ployed by Kerens and ,Clarkson. Clarkson spoke One hour and a quar ter and four-fifths of that time was devoted to vituperation and abuse of the Negro in general and of Bishops Hood and Lomax, Dr Simmons and the other witnesses oh the^Zioh side. His appeals to the prejudices of the jury based on Bishop Hood’h. and Dr. Simmons' past political hflilia1 tions and Bishop Lomax's material .possessions Were sickening to every one who heard him. The judge was compelled once to call him to Order. During the three and a half hours consumed by the lawyers for the de fendants hot three quarters <bf .an hour was devoted to a direct dis cussion of the issues involved. 'Tis true they had a weak cause, but the plea was weaker still * The charge of the judge WaS^lkar and impartial, but baked on the facts in the case. * We have arranged to get the charge and all the papers in the case for compilation as soon as the Ku preme Court has decided the appeal which has been taken by the Gor donites. Despite the fa.t that pub lie sentiment and twelve white men upon whom every device that prej udice,, political intrigue and sco-nda Ions argument were brought to bear have decided against them, Gordon .and his misguided followers are still piling up money in. $he, pockets of their lawyers by appealing to the Supreme Court. We would like to review Ihe evidence, but space ' for bids. Suffice it to say that the whole string of evidence by the chief witnesses was a tissue of false hoods from beginning to end, and this fact was made so glaring that! no sane onlooker had any5 ddubt of the result. The jury was out less than three quarters of an hour and. answered “yes"' to every issue, there by forever settling Zion’s titfe'to the Clinton C hapel property. PERSONAL MENTION, Rev. JR. Collies, whose earnest; and powerful sermons rendered Revi F. A. Clinton such timely aid at Pittsburg, has gone to Louisville,' Ky., to assist Rev. j. H. McMullenj The Star acquainted these brethren with Zion’s great revivalist, and they at once sent.for him TFe be speak success for every pastor who calls Elder Collins to his assistance^ *** f Rev. M. B. Franklin is preparing to give the Ohio conference a royal reception at Avery Chapel on the second Wednesday in June. **. Editor Clinton has accepted an in? vitation to deliver the address at the closing exercises of Greenvill^ College, Greenville,. Xenn, on £kt fourth Tuesday in April. President; R. A. Morripey is meeting with en couraging success in the way of mak ing collections. Bishop Lomax informs the editok that Dr. J.'W^Alstoik, our excel lent general steward, rendered the connection invaluable service by hw visits to the Florida conferences and other points in that state. Dr. AU stork is one of.Mia. beat stewards, we have ever had. - ■ ' *** w . ' Bey. J. H. White, the able and gentlemanly pratorof Z»n ohu^b it ops is now Ij Union,' 6. C. Dr. WrH. Qoler, editors Dancy and Clinton are in attendance. , *% We appreciate every encouraging d *rtic| St£r. We take this method to make acknowledgement to ourbresh ren as wo are too busy just now to answer by private letter. a copy of a= Sfer mon delivered by Dr. B. /S Bives, President of the Goldsboro State Normal School befure the Odd Fel lowf on* the 3d inst Aside from , . i. ■ - ’ . j ■ being a most appropriate sermon for the occasion, it was a masterly ex position of the text selected. *** bishop. rJC, ft. rLornax informs us that J2ev. J. T McMillan oM uske gee, Ala., js the first' to report his co lection toward meeting the March payment on the Shriek Memorial Building. He sen in 'Fen JDollais and —cents, -This is a very credit? able collection and, if ; our other churches V|.U1 dp. half so well the one thousand dollars needed will be forthcoming at the appointed time. Through the efforts of Dr. P. A. L. Hubert,, financial , secretary of Livingstone ( ollege, Gen. Chad. W. Darling, A. M., of Utica, N. Y., has been secured to deliver the annual oration at; the. commencement oi Livingstone College which takes place on the 29th of May General Darling is, at present secretary ol the f neitia Historical , Society at Utica, honorary secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund, associate member of the Victoria Institute London, England, .and member oi the American Historical Association at Washington, D. C. From what we have learned of the distinguished gentleman, through well authenti cated sources, Dr. Hubert is to be thaotolMd LMnptqpi College 4f to be congratulated on having secured such-a distingpm,bed,man and able speaker.,,. A BfclciAL BEvsSlON A'KED ’4 ' - tOE. - * 100,000 Negroes Want To Qualify Themselves to Fxerojse Their CoNSTmfrioWAii^RfeHTs * Columbia, & C., Match 14.—To day ths||en days’ apecia’ registration allowetrander the constitutional eon conveftt^H act expired*and the re suit has been, from the many barri ers thrown in the way off Expeditious registration, that only about -40,00(1 Negro voters have been able to se cure registration certificates Today retiring Negro Congressman G. W. Murray and Revs. R. E. Hart ana W. D. Chappelle, the two latter rep presenting the Colored Preachers’ Ministerial7 Union, appeared in the executive office7 and presented to Governor Evans a paper stating that on account of the law, 100,000 of their colgFhad desired, but been un: able; tb registeri and' asking In tli$ "name of these wronged and injtrired persons that he convene -the Jeg: islature in extraordinary session to provide m&ns whereby these more than m,m eittSenS may qualify tfiemsef^tb excise theiv oenfiti ftitj^MF nghttP Governor EVafcl told them he Would-oonsider the mai ter. To night the Negro clergy i» sued ’afi'addrets^ettintar a^arttbe last ^updaydn^arCh to be :utilized 4i raising funds to liutfiediSlely td&tth constitutionality of the Stabs tratton laws in the Eedfer&l Courts* i al nion. 3? mtmm nr throughout the connection, and new ones continually spriu^g|pnp, would it not be well!* effehjm hatibnal or wojild spirit by irehes hav^GeST aclmled inTE&ristian En deavor work. Such a confederacy or union would be of great mutual aid and an untold inspiration to our young people in all parts of the coun try i A DSjiqoal Mpnntku of our young South and West, their coming into personal contact in the exchanging of ideas and the discuSsion of living subjects, would be very encouraging to ail, the loss., favored sections qf the ©batch would be greatly helped and. a fire of righteous enthusiasm kindled never to go out. There are amorgus those who do t ot favor even the encouragement of the Christian Endeavor in our church and why ? is it because the Chris tian Endeavor does- not promise the concentration of all its energies in an effort to make of Out young peo pie simply “Zion Methodists V* ‘ o they want our young peop'e confined within the narrow limits of denominationalism in direct opposi tion : o that more cosmopolitan spirit so characteristic of the times in which we live ? To those who are apprehensive that the Christain Endeavor will ira pair the usefulness of the young by gradually leading them from the doctrines find polity of our church to that of other-.churches, etc., the hristian Endeavor constitution en joins the strictest adherence on the part of all its members, to the rules and doctrines of their own church. Read the speech of the Rev. Dr vaylaod Hoyt on “Interdenomina tional Fellowship” delivered last July, at the Cleveland convention. (See official report of that conven don't) '-PM *** A PLACE FOE ZION FOR THE FUTURE! Her exaljei etation today, was given her by the faithful and un selfish toil of tiff fathers who laid well her foundation and “built-more wisely than they knew.” ,* VY hat- place *are we miking for Zion ? Make more room for Zion! and then when we want places and are needed, she will make room for us, and not leave us entirely to tbt mercy(?)of the wire pulling, jealous hearted, , self exalted brother —A subsequent place for Zion. ' Our plan has been encouraged by such gentlemen as the Revs. J. W, Smith, of Carlisle, l a., J. H. McMul len, of: Louisville, fyy., H. P* Thom as, of Augusta, Ga, Geo. W. Clinton, Editor of The Star. J S. Caldwell, erf New. York. The editor has very generously promised space in j£E Star for hristian Endeavor news. Briel comments on the proposed “Connec tional Onion" are solicited from clergy and laity, male and female, from all over the country. The writer has just received from Mr. John Willis Baer, General Sec retary of fhe United Society oi Christian Endeavor, a letter ol special invitation, to be present and preside at a “Joint Denominational JSally” to,be held during the 1on vention which convenes in Boston next July. Philadelphia, Pa. - TAKE WHAT FATHER TAKES. '23kaU fat;hers 6°u^feei ^at tile lives that God intrusts to them lyjggovvmg m . their footstep* ustingly and closely as m the case .rein narrated; tow often their plan life and action would be entirely Itl'related of a young man who ."At AT m T.T.T eat deal,.and had,never a^nde^a •nauet, ami, who was invited with MM • £ vriH,. before, be said with ethpbasis: take water. ” The battles was fought, fche victory ancJsfJfcbe- destiny of his boy as a of temperate habits fixed eo far asItah.atltaW&o tfitbyM. example. The father beqpmea total abstainer^ and was ever afterward 0 strong Prohibitionist, and his son was saved to a sober life.—•'■elected. TWO 8IDES 10 DYING*. ‘‘Lay us Qot forget that there are tWo sides to dying—this earth side and the heaven side. The stars that go out when morning eomes do not stop shining j only some other eyes in some other land are made glad by them.”—l5x. LOSING TEMPER. Losing the temper taken all the sweet, pure feeling out of life. You may.get up in the morning with a clean heart, full of song, and start out as happy as a bird, and the mo ment you are crossed and you give way to your temper, the clean feeling vanishes and a load as heavy as leau is rolled upon the heart, and you go through the rest of the day feeling like a culprit. And anyone who ha; experienced th s feeling knows that it cannot be shaken off, but must.be prayed off.-—Selected. L HAT TflE 8 TAR WANTS. Wq want one hundred* Zion.minis ters to send us three subscriber each at one dollar apiece, acoompan led by the cash.. We want fifty Zb on ministers to send us five sub bribers each at one dollar apiece, accompanied by the cash. We want every Zion minister who is in arrears to pay up by the first of April if oe wants his paper continued, a h<> will be the first to answer out wants notice ? Wq shall report each one promptly NOTICE. All general officers and othei visitors who expect to attend th* 'New Jersey conference which meet* on the 24th prox. are requested t* inform Rev J. H. Mason, 21 Scott treet, Newark, N. J. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT HAYNE8VILLE, ALA. BY M. W. DACU8. It is with pleasure that I write ar trt'cle concerning the memorial serv er* of Bishop J P 'Ih onpaa, D D M 0, who died Friday, December 21, 1894, at his residence, 219 WaeLirg' coo street, Newburg, N Y, attended by Rev Workman. Hestaitd that the aged and esteemed Bisbop died of » lasting attack of rheumatism Re L D Workman gave a sufficient ac count of his ii e and bh active work is a pastor, bisbop and doctor of m» d* •euto. He also told of his youth ar< bow be had striven to make his mart 4s a. leader. The church was filler* with hearers promptly at 11 o’clock By order of the pastor, the churci was tastefully decorated suitable t« he occasion Sentences composed < i letters in mourning were hung on tbt fall. The front benches were occu pied by the mourning daughters ol Zion. Every true Zion Christian it mourning for the loss of their worthy bishop. We krow that he did not come here to stay always, but we re gretrfogife up *u<h men as Bish»,t Thompson, Moore .and Jones; Dra Prioe, Green, Tyler and others, Ziot a/moving upwards. We are not grumbling, cut grieving. We seldom near such sermons as waa deliverec by Rev Workmen. He ia the man for us We Jove him more and mort era Qur hearts are sore with aadnem fVay for us. ^We are Zion traveler? inaehing on DETROIT, MIOH. FOTE nod hard struggle we in regaining our old st hah been out of our veral years and the aitbial shepherd I bat* ben eon slant!j on gnarfd, and on Sunday af ternoon, aa yon trill aee by the pro gram, w* unfurled her banner to the bret w. An appreciatite congrega tion so filled the-church that many bed to be tamed away While wait h&tAiWganfc* Zkm rebate been ■ invited to fili the pulpits of the city, which I hopeio do with credit to our eonneotion. - -s : CSttATS AND DOINGS IN AND AROUND LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE. The students turned out in full op last Sabbath. The pastor, Rev. W. EL Smith, haring bad to officiate at the Odd Fellows exercises, t£e pulpit was filled' by Rev. 8. A. t bambers who prAicbed a plain, practical ser mon from the 13th verse of the 12*h chapter of Ecclesiastics, “Let us bear - the conclusion i-of the whole matter, fear God and keep His commandments for this is the -whole duty of man.” He insisted upon an unconditional de cision of living a consistent Christian -nd in being and doing some biog for fallen humanity; and tr» f ar God from a point of love. 8ncb serm< ns are helpful to our race. The Garrison Literary Society met on last Friday evening, bat owing to the number to participant! and th» lengthy papers they could ttfk have the debate in fat). There also seemed to he some misvn erstanding about the question: Resolved,, That foreigners should aot be allowed the tight of suffrage until they are educated. There seems to be the same misun derstanding in the Hood Society. We think if they would put the questions affirmatively it would eradicate tbie misunderstanding, viz; Should for eigners have the right of suffrage be fore they are educated ? We find that they are put iu this way in higher dn rary societies; and in fact it looks more classical. “Observer.” NOTICE. To the Ministers of theJL, M. E, Zion Connection: Dear Brethren I desire to publish a “Centennial Cyclopedia” of the A. M. B. Zion Churcn Heretofore we have seen a few of Zion’s great men published, hut I wish to publish a work containing a short sketob of every aetlve minister now traveling in the eonneotion. with a few noted laymen and some great wo men. ‘ Will every minister be kind enough to send me at pnoe, a short sketoh of his life and a bust wood out; if not con venient to do so, send your photograph rnd five dollars and I will have the wood out made. All officials of the Women’s Home and Foreign Itisslonary Society *nd the Sons and Daughters of Confer ence or any other Indies prominently en gaged in church work: Aso the profee ■•ois and teaohers of our oonneetional schools please send the same. Address me at New Berne, N. C. Yours for Zion, SABAH B C. PKTTEY. lH)UGLA.8b’ PICTURE FREE We have arranged with a first-class Chicago engraving company to fur aish all new cash subscribers or old ubscribere, who pay up in full, the ietst life-size picture of Eon. Fred erick Douglass ever gotten out. ^ow is your chance to get a fine | ic fure of the greatest Negro leader America has produced, for nothing, oy paying what you owe Thw Star This arrangement will only last lor a •.bort while. . Act at onoe. NOl ICF. To the min:stm of the AUegbeay < inference, Dear Brethren:—As I was elected vice president of the Woman's Home, tnd Foreign Missionary So- iety at ita iet session, I wish to ca I your a t ten -_ ton to the great imp* rtance of er a&iz og said ancieties at cnee. I -‘bntl soon start out to give a series of o- lures in behalf ot the misaionary w' tk of our oonfaene* and, so far ad pe sible, organise societies where there are none- Hoping to haVe the co operation of all, I am Very Respectfully Tours, Harriet E. Watboe BISHOP HOOD'S APPOINT MENTS MARCH. ~ Sunday, 31st, New Haven, Coni, ’ APRIL, Monday, 1st, Meridian, Conn. Totsday, 2nd. Norwich, Conn.
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