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Published every Thursday at Charlotte, N . C., \?itt S. College XI. Entered at the Post Office at Charlotte as sec end-doss mail matter. V SUBSCRIPTION RATES: *1.00per annum; sir months, 60 cents; no three month’s subscrip psf“ When you see this paragraph marked, take nctiee that your subscription has expired, and u'ilh out renewal at once we shall be compelled to discon tinue your miner. TO CORRESPONDENTS: To insure publica tion write with ink and extra carefulness on one ‘ids of the sheet only; do not abbreviate; avoid -• / sonalities; deal with live questions and- give "5 items of chui *h and race news; condense, so as to occupy a column or a half column: do not, if ; oi Able, exceed 050 words. When writing about re vivals, anniversaries, dedications, donations, mar riages, receptions, death of chufch members, Easter or Children's Day, and the like, write on postal cards. If you write long-winded articles, the Edi tor will “boil them down." Send alt articles to the Editor and all business matter to the Manager. STAFF CORRESPONDENTS. Mrs. Bishop C. C. Pettey, Ed Ivor of Woman’s Column. Rov. G.W. Offley, D. Rev. E. G. Biddle, B. D., Bov. J. H. Anderson, Rev. J. E. Mason. D. D., Rev. W. H. Marshall, Rev. W. A. Blackwell, Eev.G.S. Adams,DD, Rev. E. D. W. Jones, A. B., Rev. F. H. Hill, Prof. B. A. Johnson, A. M., Rev. J. H. McMullen, Rev. T. A. Weathlngton, Prof.E.L. Thornton,A.M.,Rev.J.H.Manley, d.D., Prof.D.W.Parker,A.B., Rev. J.A.E.Blolce, A.M., Prof. W.F. Fonvelllo.A.B, Rov. O: W. Winfield, D.D. H.C.Weodon,Esq., Prof.W.M.l*rovlnder,A.B. Kev. H. W. smith, Rev. D. C. Covington. EDITORIAL. 'Rah for McKinley an<3 Hobart!!! V i Never bite off more than you can chew—neither should you chew more than you can bite off., It is the church “militant” and not “military,” as some seem to sup pose.. The church is no place for contention® and conflicts. Flattery works sometimes with women, but it is hard at all times to convince your wife that she is hand some enough to do without a new dress or a winter hat. Bishop J. B. Small, D. D., on his way South to enter upon his episco pal work stopped in Charlotte a day and night with Bishop Lomax and and called at our sanctum. A person who will stab another person’s character or reputation bears considerable watching. He will stab your3 when an opportunity pre sents itself. Beware of him. Miss Sallie M. Rives, the talent ed and educated daughter of Dr. R. has been elected a member of the faculty of the State Normal schoo| of Elizabeth City, N. C. In Bishop G. W. Clinton's speech to Mr. McKinley the word “associa tion” should have been “assertion.” The Bishop says the printer butch ered and got some of his statistics wUpng. conference will meet he Alabama, Novem he Central Alabama, Lcok in the Oon for the places where he best Centennial E.v-Zion Church to Mr. Geo. C. e Charleston En ,ou, S. C. We shall em in the Star soon. who absents himself [>bath-school- and Chris pdr meeting is not only missing a rich blessing, but is failing to oome into vital touch with his young people. He is a failure as a pastor. We are in receipt of a large sheet of music entitled “^shamed of Je sus," dedicated to Bishop G. W. Clin ton, D. D.—the words" by Grigg and the music for soprano or tenor voices by'Mrs. Berry G. Walker. It is a sweet piece of music, copyrighted, soon be for sale. The S.tar acknowledges the re ceipt of an invitation from Mr. and .Mrs. Marshall Smith of Newbern, N. G., to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Miss Annie Estella, to Mr. James D. Barfield, November ilth at 6 p. m. Rev. J. E. Hussey and Dr. R. S. Rives will officiate. The next issue of the Star will be red-hot. Bishop Walters will reply to Rev. J. M. Henderson of the A. M. E. Church who made an attack in the Christian Recorder two weeks ago on Zion; Rev, C. D. Hazel will'reply to Rev. F. H. Hill, and Rev. Andrew Cartwright of A-frica will state his grievances about his pay and his Afri can work. No one can afford to miss the Star now. Now is the time for every pastor to get his members to subscribe. The Star is 60 cents for mouths; one dollar a year. R 2PUBL1CAK TRIUMPH. Ther< is great rejoicing among the Republi cans and gold Democrats this week th roughout the country because of the ‘lection of McKinley and the Waterlc o of Bryan. It was a hot po litical battle—the hottest since the late wsr—and a great victory for II0N- TIM. MCKINLEY. honest money and protective tariff. The pa-ty of Lincoln, Grant, Sumner, Sherman, Blaine and Harrison, which s the party of brain, intelli gence, judgment and action, is once more o i top, and will manage the af fairs of this great Republic for the next fo ir years. , McKinley and Hobart, who are fit ted in ivery way for the high offices to whietdthey have been elected, have swept ihe country and broke up the' solid South. We will doubtless have a good working majority in Con gress. McKinley is the ideal Repub lican, £ nd by far one of the strongest champions of the principles and poli cies of the Republican party. Had Bryan, the Boy Orator, been elected, and the free and unlimited coinage of sily or been put into practice, it would have destroyed the business and uprooted the credit pf the United States. No patriotic citizen could afford O'vote for a man and a par' j whcse platform is opposed to these interes t. The commom sense of the Amerh an people was quick to recog nize t te^e facts, and the political mind c f November 3rd gathered in to a c rcloae of votes and blew the whole Bryan-outfit out of sight. M* Bryan; who has been illuminating his pilgrimage through the country with the sp lendor of his eloquence, can now retire from political gaze and take i£ needed rest. In the mean time Mr. McKinley can take a few weeks’ restand then begin on his in augural message and pack'up and and pi epa e for the White House. ’Rah, Rab, ’Rah for McKinley ! Net Enough Papers. In ll e last two issues Manager Black well hi s had some troublefin the publica tion of the Star. Every week 3.000 copies are run off.- Week before last there i -as a shortage of 7^, and last week over 2< >0. The pressman claims that the register on the press shows that each time 3,000 papers were printed. For the last t« o weeks the Manager because of a great i ush for papers has not been able to supply all the subscribers and agents. Last w eek another great blunder which is curtail ly damaging to the Star was made- over 200 subscribers in North Caroliia, because of this shortage, failed to get ;heir papers. The following towns were passed over : Kinston, Lincolnton, Madge ,Marion,Maxton, Mocksville, Mon roe, M organton, Ncwbern, Old Fort, Ox ford, Pineville, Raleigh, Rockingham, Salisb lry, Southpoint, Statesville, Suns bury, rarb'iro, Washington, Wadesboro, Wash ngton, North Wilkesboro, Wil mingl >n, Wilson and Winston. If a ly of the agents have any of last week’ i Star— October 2£M—unsold, they will confer a favor upon us by sending them lere immediately so that we can, as far as possible, supply this single issue while iVe are running Centennial news. Agents will take out the postage from paper i sold and return the unsold copiei. Several of these subscribers are wriiii g scorching letters to the Editor about not getting their papers. Do not scorch us. You are barking up the the wroDgtree. It is our (fifty''to fill the Star with reading matter; it is the duty of tli3 Manager to publish and mail it. We h mdle all the articles; hehant'dles all the money. The Editor is not responsi ble for any blunder in publishing and mailim, nor whether the paper comes out It te or early. The Manager deeply regie ,8 these two grave mistakes and will t :y to prevent them in the future. 'To the Members. Denr Members: The time for con venirg of your Southern conferences has £ rrived. Some have already met, Some are in session now. The larger number of conferences will soon meet. Lend us your ears. The Stab wishes to have a few words with you. Your minister has been faithful in his worlu Ha was sent to you of God. He may have made some mistakes, and may have some defects; but if so, you have mad< mistakes, too, and you have your shar< i of defects, also. He feeds you splri ualiv and you feed him temporally. Ever? faithful laborer should have hie full J rages. fYc u do not like to work for nothing, ^either does your minister.. They whe •h the gospel must live of t' * the ninth chapter of first If it is not sufficient, ninth chapter of second Corinthians. How ranch salary has your minister re ceived this year ? Can he live on what he gets and pay all his necessary bills ? Is his table as well spread as yours? If not, why not ? How much have you paid him this year ? How much do you owe him yet? When can you pay it? He needs it before conference. Possibly he needs a new suit before he gees and has not the money to pay for it. He has done his work; now give him his pay. Have you paid your 50 cents general tax to help run your great Zion ? If not, why not ? It is not a penny a week. How do you expect for the bishops, gen eral officers and the other departments to live ? This is not “bishop money ; *’ and whoever says so is an 18 karat liar. The pastor that hears you call it “bishop mon ey” and fails to instruct you otherwise, is not fit to preach to you. When he joined the conference he promised to the best of his ability to teach and give light both on the Bible and our Discipline. If he has failed to do so, he is—what ? and has told—what? You may answer. It is not bishop money, but General Fund to run the general connection; to be di vided, pro rata and paid.to nine bishops, to six or seven general officers, to worn out preachers, to Livingstone College and the Book Concern. The bishops get but a very little of your 50 cents. In fact, the bishops and general officers and these departments have never since the enactment of this law received full sal ary. It takes |37,000 a year to run Zion. From the way the members pay and the ministers collect, we do not raise by the 50 cent system $20,000 a year. We make these statements because the false cry is being circulated by members that do not know—their pastors are too ignorant or too devilish to inform them better— that the bishops and general officers are getting rich. If we were, it would be no sin; and if it were a sin, it would be a sin that these envious kickers would like to get acquainted with ; but it is a run ning lie from start to finish; and every Zion pastor knows that this report is false; and the Stau has a very poor opinion of any pastor’s loyalty to Zion who will allow liis members to misrep resent and denouncehis bishops, general officers and general departments thus. Having thrown this much light on the 50 cents general tax we again ask, have you paid yours? If not, Will you pay it before your pastor goes to conference so that the passage of his character will not be stopped while he twists and turns and tries to make an excuse to get through? How much has the Lord done for you this year? How much have you done for Him ? Couldn’t you do a little more? Think seriously. Pray over it; Go to your minister and pay him the 50 cents. It yrill make him hap py and you will feel better for having done your duty. Try it. If he has collected all his conference claims, can you not, out of the liberality of your heart, give a little extra? Yes, there are deadheads in the church who are all mouth but little prayer. But con ference is right here and there is no time to talk about them now. Help your pas tor and after conference call a members’ meeting and tell these dead-heads what is expected of them during the year, and if they will not do their duty, kindle a fire under them- ,But help your pastor now. It will take all the extra* to make up somebody’s deficiency. Somehow somebody is always behind. Did "you ever get to the station after the tiain had left ? How did you feel ? Yonder comes the train for glory f Are ybu going to get on board ? Are you at the station ? Have you paid for your trip? There she stops, and you aic a mile away. No time to wait; gone, and )*bu are left behind. What a pity ! You can never pay your minister after he has gone. Pay him now. Pay him in full. God bless our ministers and peo ple ! We have had a grand year in spite of all our trials-. One year nearer home! Another year is coming—most here. With it, many of us may end our jour ney. Many of our ministers and mem bers have gone home the past year. Whose turn next? Keep your armor on. Pray for each other. Pay each other. Work for God and Zion. Work, for the n»gnt is coming. “Stand the storm, it won’t belong, We’ll anchor by and by.” Are Yen Beady For Conference? This is the season of the year when our large Southern conferences are meet ing and preparing to meet. The eyes of the entire Connection are turned on this Southland to see what the harvest will be. 'The Star desires to put a few questions t.o the ministers of this part of Zion’s armv. Say,brother pastors, are you prepared for conference? Stop and scratch your head and think a moment. If not, are you getting prepared ? Time is short, but you have all the time there is; so hus tle and improve it. Have you lifted all your conference collections? If not, when aie you going to lift the remainder? Open your Discipline and pull out your certificate of appointment which the bishop gave you and sec what collections are required. Fill every blank, in your annual report to conference. Do not come up to conference with an excuse or a lie in your mouth—either word will suit—saying you did not know you had to raise this or that collection, or you just couldn’t collect it. Did you try as hard to get these collections as you did your salary? Excuses for neg lect of duty will not be accepted as readily nofr as in the past. The pastor that can’t raise these collections is a fail ure and ought not to be sent back to the same church, no matter how crazy that church is for him. Pastors who have done their duty along these lines—it doesn’t make any difference whether they have been to college or not— whether they are country circuit preach er* or city station pastors—should have the best churches when t^e bishop site gtojnake out his the bishops decld 1*8 Shall go to the 1 »rs, and fhfi J ppointments. the besl i ministerial ,>tru*> ----wrr—-* will be a speea^'change, and we will soon ^ave money enough to run this great denomination. What are these collections for, did you ask? Lazy man, you know what they are for. Let’s see. Have you raised col lections for widows and orphans of de ceased ministers, for worn-out preachers, an Easter collection for the Sunday school Union, for conference this year, for the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis sionary Society, for local missions, for Church Extension, for African Mission schools ? Hare you raised your Chil dren’s Day money and Centennial mon ey and forwarded it to the proper au thorities ? Of course you have received your salary and several donations dur ing the year, and your church is quietly (you know all abor t it) getting you a new hat, a pair of shoes and a fine suit of clothes. Have you paid all you owe to your presiding elder? By thj way, do not let us forget it; but have you raised your General Funds—50 cents for every member and probationer? You kicked against the general conference raising the tax to one dollar because you said you wbuld go back home and raise every cent of the general funds due from your church. Do nut suspend, hide any of your members, nor cut down your church roll to keep from raising this money. Of course you have raised all your general tax to support the general church interests; and as you in this Cen tennial year are go ng to astonish your conference and Zion by the largely in creased amounts raised, the Star of Zion, in behalf of the bishops, general officers and the other departments, takes the liberty to thank you in advance for your noble efforts and to extend to each and every pastor the W of fellowship. God bless you, brethren- God will re ward you. Brethren, haye you given a receipt to each member who gave you his or her general tax ? You meant to, of course, and no doubt you did, but you know these things are so easily forgot ten. Delay often gets us into trouble All of the Southern conferences, like the Northern confcrcnc es, ought to publish minutes and publish in them the names of all the members who have paid general tax. But we were showing the necessity of giving general fund receipts. Do everything on time, then nothing is neg lected. NevCr trust money accounts to memory. Are your church records all in shape so that they will be self-explartatory to your successor ? Be very particular about this, and then your successor cannot talk around or write to the Star that when ho took charge he found every thing in a bad condition.. Drop no full member from the roll without trial and conviction unless they resign or .with draw, or unless yon are sure they have moved away to reir ain. Have you made diligent search for them ? Perhaps you can yet find them. Perhaps you may be able to hold them. Are your reports all ready to read at conference when the bishop calls for them ? Be sure to sign your name to your report. Do not grunt nor laugh at this suggestion, for this very thing is often forgotten. Nothing that can be done at home in the quiet of your study should ever bo left to be done in a noisy conference. How nice to have everything in readiness at conference, so that the committees never need be de layed on account of lagging reports. Be exact and prompt »n all things you do— even the little tilings. Many a nice build ing falls bocaure of a lack of attent ion to the underpinning. * Brethren, you are shepherds. Have you fed your flocks well? You are a teacher. Have you studied diligently, prayed much, so as to have given suffi cient instruction ? Are your converts all baptized and received into the church? Have you had anjj converts this year ? Did you try to start a revival ? If you have had no converts, and arc behind in your conference collections, you ought to ask the bishop not to send you back; and if you are delicate about approach ing him on the sclbject, then he ought not to think about sending you back. You may think it is impertinent to ask all these questions. If you do not need these reminders, then, pass them by. They may fit somewhere. If you have done all these things, then the Star is not talking to you, but to the pastor who has not. TILE TWO. BY WILLIAM MCB. PROVINDER. For The Star of Zion, IV Seated where the fair ones late bad sat, the two men for a while refrained from speech. ’Twill be more than difficult to state even approximately, the multiplicity and abstruceness of their thoughts. ’Tis enough that they at length revealed the animated workings of thelir minds, while the lamp shone it brightest there; and the Sohmefr resounded untouched; and the vari-colored carpet hushed their foot-falls as they walked. They felt strangely conscious of a sacredneBS which they had never known. “There is a growing loneliness in this living alone, James,” said Fran cis Verk with feeling and emphasis. “’Tis true that we have the necessaries of comfort and happiness. Our cares and molestations are few. 'Tis ours to go and return where and when 'tis pleasing. We are verily thrice bless ed. And yet to me a something is still wanting. Methinkp that we may be thrice and again blessed 1 “Would not our sacred solitude-— our solitude made holy by righteous ness and learning and wealth harmo niously blendeoh—would not this blissful solitude He more prolific of beatitudes were it Vraced and shared and sweeten'adifcv others ? Does not ness ? Does it not circumscribe one’s conceptions of mankind and things? Why need we longer be thus se cluded ? Behind what shall we take refuge in defense thereof? We are But half ourselves! Somewhere is there a better half of each of us. Think you not so? A softer voice than ours would add to the music of our dwelling-place. Hands more delicate than ours would wring sweet melodies from the thing of music there. And would not all be grander and brighter here? Verily man doth not as woman can. “That an Ethelstein—such an one as talked and sang and charmed us tonight;—that she of the angel voice and angel face, can fill the void—can wriDg greater glories from the spirit of being—can teach us higher living, I am most fixedly persuaded. Shall she not be empowered to thus adorn and glorify ? Who shall preclude her?” % “Aglow with the fire of his thought and utterance, the strong man await ed reply. He had been more than eloquent. For in his amic frenzy, he had poured forth the fiery words in rushing torrents. A less intelligent listener than James Landor would have been much amazed. But he, mind-reader, scientist and philoso pher, heard, unmoved the ardent sayings of his life long friend, and then said calmly: “You warmly love Miss Ethelstein Arsty. She is a very amiable woman. She has beauty and grace and accomplishment. But how know you, or any one save God, that she or any other of her bind, can or shall bring to this our very happy home, all that you so vividly imagine and eloquently portray? Of what she is capable as a domestic mistress, you are indeed ignorant. The thou sands now regretting and vainly sor rowing, once thought and spoke as you now think and grandly speak. But ask them how now ? Where are fondest hopes and dazzling dreams? Where are rest and peace and quiet ness? True they, have not ruthlessly departed from every one. But the many! Once happy and free, they are now most miserable and care worn slaves. Their nights are sleep less. Their heads and hearts and minds are gloomy receptacles of sor row, and trouble and worry and life destroying cares! I do not discount the excellencies of the happy house hold. I cannot forget the place and significances of the family and the home in the upright i social organiza tion. But there are countless terrible problems connected with them. There are crushing burdens to be borne by those who enter the vale. Have you thought of the feminine temper, oft times violent and fiery, begetting consequences tragical and terrible? Leave that not out of your love-la deued calculation ! Have you noted feminine treachery—feminine fickle ness—feminine inconstancy and femi nine unfaithfulness. Behold the dis' mal wrecks and ruin wrought by these alone! What death and de struction have they worked! Ex ceptions? Verily all things work not similarly. But the vast majority of unions have been most painful fail ures, in every thing save unhappiness, crime, increase of poverty, pauperism and population ! In these they have been most successful—most fruitful. But I advise not against the holy in stitution—marriage. It is, peichance, a mighty necessity; But Oh ! Ah! Oh! I am not universe enough to overlook man’s part in the mournful drama. “ihe masculine errors are many. The maeculine “faults” are numer ous. And man’s is no small part in the bringing of matrimonial failures, ruin and destruction. But methinks his is the minor part in the horrible •drama. “The brighter half of whom you ar dently speak may bring all that you claim. But how many happy hus bands and 'athers know you ? . I would admonish you. Marital pleas ures are outweighed by their oppo sites. Never shall I be burdened with them. The wife of the present is little more than an artificial thing of cost—enormous cost. She is an opnlent source of revenue for the pill man and the druggist, and every con ceivable entity capable of gathering in the earnings of human hands. Such indeed is the modern life—the superfine product of our celestial civilization. Do you wonder, then, that a nation is threatened with ex* tinction ? Is it amazing that rewards are offered to stimulate and multiply marriages ? “But, the day is not far distant in which the giving of prizes and gratu itous performing of the marriage cere mony will be of little avail. The ad verse causes are too deep-set for such futilities. The inevitable^ is inevita ble. - ‘ , “But endless joy and happiness to you and the good [and may you live throughout the eternal summer day as one! 'These, my happiest wishee, I give to youf-be fore the fatal day—the day of your marriage—for then I shall be many, many leagues away. Think not strange of me, your devoted friend. Remember that I have many^iime3 said that many men and women may be “ fit subjects” fpr holy matrimony but equally as many are not. And fortunate for mankind and earth and heaven, could the “fitter” ones be always joined together, and the unfit kept forever separate! “I shall soon become an active Worker in the Society for the Preven tion of Hereditary Diseases, and shall strive with all my might to prevent marriages between consumptives, etc. Frown not upon me for thus desert ing you. The human species shall not become extinct. I can well be spared. Do as seemeth best to you. And may compassionate Divinity suf fer you not to err.” That brilliant night was fast fleeing before approaching day, when these! last masterly words fell. The two left each other. The one to sleep and dream of higher philosophies; the other to speed away far beyond the gates of slumber—up, up into the realm of undying day, where they who know not Love cannot enter; and there till the earthly morn awoke, breathe out the unheard song of his new life, and commune with the stainless soul of innocent Ethel stein. * (to bf. continued.) Salitbury, N, C. Majors and Minors. BY W. F. FONVIELLE. It is interesting to note that of all the verse-makers we have produced^none have touched the chord of responsive ness in the hearts of the hard*4earted critics as Paul Dawrence Dunbar has. Williaril Dean Howells, one of the moet eminent of American writers and author of thep>athetic “Pilot’sStory,” writes interestingly of Mr. Dunbar in a recent number of Harper's Weekly. The Bookman, published by Dodd, Meade & Co., of New York, not only criticises favorably the work of this black si tiger, but produces his cut and autograph. * The good people of Goldsboro re cently laid the corner-stone of their beautiful Zion brick church which the energetic Rev. William Sutton, the pastor, is constructing there. Able sermons were delivered by Drs. Wm. J. Moore and R. S. Rives ; and the collection amounted to $200. The following from the Goldsboro Daily Argus tells what t£e people and pas tor are doing: “The congregation of the A. M. E. Zion church of this city is making com mendable progress and deserves the en couragement of all good people The new pastor. Rev. William Sutton, is an earnest, aggressive anil indefatigable5 worker in the vineyard. Since he came to this charge he has united the congre gation as never before, and to-day with appropriate ceremonies, the corner stone of a new brick church was laid, the walls of which are already under good head way and give evidence that when com pleted the church will be one of the handsomest edifices in the city.” * j. * * . * * Warren 0. Coleman, of Concord, and Isaac H. Smith of Newbern, N. C., are perhaps the most philanthro pic Afro-Americans in the State. They are to their race what Carr and Duke are to the white race in North Carolina. They are men of wealth ; and no good cause appeals to them in vain. It is a significant fact that all four of them are Methodists. * v * * * Rev. W. A. Byrd, B. A., of Bid dle University and Theological grad uate of Princeton, known throughout the state as an able and learned di vine, has done and is doiDg substan tial work. He is a great admirer, add has been for a long cime an en ,*ijjfciastic supporter of the Star of ZroN. Dr. R. S. Rives recently delivered a stirringlecture on “New York lr«l the Centennial" before an appreciative audience, at which time Bishop Pet tey, who is easily one of the most pleasing and instructive speakers of the race, made a magnificent speech —the first since his recent severe ill ness. It will be gratifying to the church to know that he is himself again. * * * * * Rev. A. Roberts, pastor of Trinity church, the third Zion church in this city, has done remarkably well since his short stay he$e. He has renovat ed the building, increased the mem bership, arujr with moneys whieh he earned elsewhere, paid off a mortgage of long standing" against the church. Such menAe worthy laborers vineys Mrs. Bishop C. C Wedtlng Bells and Literary Two happy hearts now one. On Wednesday even' her the twenty-eighth, at eight o’clock, Evan’sMetrof M. E. Zion church, Fayette\ 0., presented a scene of dazzlir liancy. Ere the ushering*in twilight by the last reflective shadows of the sinking sun on that wedding even-tide, friends and anxious ones were v ending their way to witness the marriage of Miss Margrette Lo guen Hood to Mr. James - Campbell Banks, of Newbern, N. C. The church was densely packed and many hearty congratulations / were showered upon them. .Rgv?-W._j(_ H. Goler, D. D., assisted by Rev. R L. Cuyler, officiated. Many beauti ful, valuable and useful presents were received from various parts of the United States. Mr. Banks is one of the rising young men of the State. He quite recently graduated from a Business Collegs in Philadelphia, Pa., and eD joys the distinction of being the first Afro-American to receive a diploma from this institution. He is a sten ographer and type writer of no mean ability. Mias Margrette Loguen, his bride, _ is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Bishop and Mrs. J. W. Hood. ' She is a classical graduate of Livingstone College, a young lady of rars attainments, and a, brilliant society belle. Shfe is thoroughly con ver-ant with domestic economy and is fitted in every way to be the bride •f- the gallant knight who won her. During the Centennial Jubilee in New York City, Miss Maggie read a very fine piper which added fresh laurels to her literary crown. Her subject was well selected and she treated it in a manner becoming , one of her great ability. She promises to rank foremost among Zion’s great women. The church of to-day needs educat ed women as well as men in every city to formulate, regulate and direct the trend of society ; and where we have not this moral and intellectual force in the church, the society of the world does not scruple to bend tin* church to its every whim and fashion hence the importance of educated so ciety moulders in every church. It was with great reluctance that the elite of Fayetteville parted with Misa Maggie, for her importance there as a social factor cannot be .over esti mated; and wo heartily congratulate . . the society of Winston for this charm ing addition to the social circle of the Twin-City. Mr. Banks' was born and reared in Newbern, N. C., and comes of one of the best families in the State. He is still his mamma's pride and joy. He has always been a duti ful son and, we believe he will be ah affectionate and faithful husband. We welcome them into the order of double blessedness, hoping that they may live long to enjoy the fruit of their labors and that prosperity may ever attend them. The Centennial programme was not. . only neatly and tastily gotten up.Jblit it served a two-fold purpose. First it brought together the leadingj&en and women of the rape who aston ished the world with their renditions Then: expressions as a whole will doubtless give new impetus to church work, regardless of denominations, and formulate a sentiment broad enough to bridge the chasms and swallow the bickerings of minor sec tional differences. History will re cord the Centennial and its doings as a central land-mark in civilization, and as the greatest occasion of the race. We believe it will stimulate Afro-Americans of every class to greater strides and possibilities., The Centennial will ever stand as a Irnon umeut of our ability, progress and sterling manhood. For a century vet to come it will be referred to as a signal light behind us, along the shores of American achievements by the new-born race. ;k Secondly, the programme if proper ly distributed will serve as a medium to introduce to the reading public a cluster of the brightest intellectual stars of the race. * * ■ * m * The Editor of the Star once again graces his sanctum after an extensive Northern tour taking in the Centen nial and visiting many cities. Zion is truly proud of her able Editor, Dr. J. W. Smith. He is scholarly, brave and outspoken. He is giving entire satisfaction to the church, and is fully able to defend her against onslaughts of the outer world. The Star ,shines brighter than' ever before and no specks appear on its disk. Our Editor has long since been classed among the ablest wrjftera of the age/, and should he'five f '*' man of the race will be more .. known. His editorials are ver_ and valuable, and no Afro-Americ family should fail to read them, would urge the ministers to sol; subscribers among their members x_ friends, until we shall have placed the ia in a hundred thousand
The Star of Zion (Charlotte, N.C.)
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