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THE STAR OF ZION. KEV. J. W. SMITH, D. D.f Editor. N ItEV. G. L. BLA.CKWELL, A. M., D. D., Business Manager.- ' Published every Thursday at Charlotte, N . C., ' 8. College St. ntered at the Post Office at Charlotte as sec ‘ es mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATRS: $1.00 per annum; six months, 60 cents; no three month's subscrip tion. When you see this paragraph marked, take notice that your subscription has expired, and with out renewal at once we shall be compelled to discon tinue your natter. £Fl TO CORRESPONDENTS: To insure publica tion write with ink and extra carefulness on one side of the sheet only; do not abbreviate; avoid p.iso nalities; deal with live questions and give us items of chut -fh and race news; condense, so as to occ upy a column or a half column: do not, ij j:oi sibl e, exceed G5U words. Wh,en writing about re vivals, anniversaries, dedications, donations, mar riages, receptions, death of church 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 all articles to the Editor and all business matter to the Manager STAFF CORRESPONDENTS. Mrs. Bishop C. C. Pettey, Editor of Woman’s Column. Rev. G.W. Offley, D. D., Rev. E. G. Biddle, B. D., Rev. J. H. Anderson, Rev. J. E. Mason. D. D., Rev. W. H. Marshall, Rev. W. A. Blackwell, Rev.G.S. Adams,DD, Rev. E. D. W. Jones, A. B., Rev. F. II. Hill, Prof. B. A. Johnson, A. M., Rev. J. H. McMullen, Rov.T. A. Weathlngton, Prof.E.L. Thornton,A.M..Rev.J.H. Manley, D.D., Prof.D.W.Parker,A.B., Rev. J.A.D.BIolce, A.M., Prof. \V.F.Fonvellle,A.B,Rev.C.W.Winfield,D.D. H.C.Weedon.Esq., Prof.W. M.Provlnder, A.B. Rov. H. W. smith, R v. D. C. CoTlufeton. Thursday, December 10, 1896. EDITORIAL. Editor J. C. Dancy at the West ern North Carolina conference in Rutherfordton fell heavily sprained his ankle badly. and The next issue of the Stas, will con tain a ringing reply from Bishop Wal ters to the lighting and brilliant.(?) -RSv. Dr. J. M. Henderson of Bethel. The day for hitting Zion and getting away with it is past. Theke was great rejoicing last week in the Ncrth Carolina confer ence winch met m Wilson when the great Bishop C. C. Pettey, accompa nied by his talented wife, w'alked in almost the picture of health again. He is gradually becoming himseli ones more. Zion will rejoice to hear this. r The Board of Publication composed of all the Bishops, the three Editors, and one minister from each episcopal district prom ses to meet soon tc har ■ monize the differences existing be tween the Manager and the two Edi tors. That’s right; for the General Conference in its rush of business si n -elected Editors and a Manager but failed to define their respective duties. The legislation concerning this department is incomplete, defec tive, and one-sided. Several ministers continue to write us to know if they have to pay to insert, articles or church news in the Star. We answer, No. This impression is abroad in several sec tions of Zion. It is untrue. As long as the Star is a Connect ion il paper, we have no right to charge ministers and members for publishing their ar ticles. If you feel disposed to give the Star a donation, well and good; if not, we wink one eye and pass on. To insure publication tve simply ask the writers to be brief so that all can Joe heard. be funny. It saygf “It would be^a , good plan for Bishop Walter and Rev. J. M. Henderson to Take a vacation on their Zion Uentennial Bethel-priority-Freeman-Recorder con troversy. If they would devote as much time to the Master’s work as they do to vituperative and meaningless discussion of historical facts, many souls might be saved.” Say, neighbor, if you do not enjoy the discussion, others do. It is grand that your opinion is not the standard opinion of the race. The San Francisco FMcaior tries to We regret to announce that for the Igst two or three weeks the spicy articles of Mrs. Bishop Pettey have no,t'appeared regulariy. Both times , circumstances over which we have had no control have crowded them out. Such shall not occur again, for we have requested the Foreman to \ side-track anything that interferes with her articles. Several leading editors are soliciting Mrs. Pettey to write for their papers. This is an honor to the Star, which regards her and Mrs, Matthews as the two best female writers of the race. Mrs. Pettey as a writer is versatile and flowery, ar.d, of course, will save her ripest thoughts for the Star. “ Wo man’s Column” is a big hit for the Star. Dr. Williams for Superintendent. The- Messenger, published at Charlotte, wants to see Dr. Willliams put in charge of the Goldsboro Aslyum. That paper says: ‘"The iusane asylum for colored people at Goldsboro should be managed by colored physicians, etc. Thero is no man in the State better prepared to take charge of that institution than Dr. J. T. Williams, of Charlotte. He is a rij scholar, perfectly sober, and al Christian gentleman, thoroughly prepar- 1 ed tn every particular. He is a m ember , of ttie State Pharmaceutical Society, j bo rd of physicians of Mecklenburg co mty, was seven years in charge of the * ho ipital in this city and has had over ten 1 yei irs’i successful practice in this city and j su: roundings. The board will dlo well ( to johsider i)r. J. T. Williams.”-J-Char- i lot ;c (N. C.) Observer. Lhe Star endorses the above clip pi; !g and desires to say that Dr. Wil lia tns is in every way thoroughly com- ‘ pe :eht for the position. He is one of the ^ fir, it Negro medical graduates of this Styte and one of the most efficient cohered physicians in the country. He ha i been practicing with great success foi ten years, seven years of which he ha's had charge of the Union Hospital of hia city. For four years. he was a :pember of the Board of Health of Charlotte and at present is visiting suigeon of the Good Samaritan Hos pit al of Charlotte. J I ' ' , j h ; Majors and Minors. k ; i : BY W. F. FONVIELLE. Aiders of American newspapers < have been interested and benefitted by'the able discussions that hate en gaged their attention from time to time, as to what race name we shall or [should have. Whenever \ye de cide, it is to be handed down to our offsprings as a rich legacy. Let us decide it for them. If we do not, how t malny hours of trouble, nighjts of i weeping, days of discussion in open J UOllveilLiUllw, emucoo uuuiiiiillcc oldtions, headaches and heartaches there are in store for our darlings after they have grown to manhood. I stay we have been benefitted be cause only those who are able to dis cuss so weighty a question have both ered with it. ?uch writers aS the Editor of the New York Age, T. Hc Oa its Stewart, Trof. DuBois, Robt. H. Terrell, Prof. W. 3. Scarborough, Mijs. S. E. C. Pettey, Mrs. Victoria Earle, anc Mrs. W. R. Lawton have disSussed it learnedly from different poiljtsi as each saw it. * * * * * '•here is a difference of opinion, ant'a big one. It has been errone ous iy stated that Mr. Fortune is the fatuer of the hyphenated torrid-tem perate word Afro-American. If my memory does not play me false, a yofng Baltimorean, either an editor or l counselor, first gave it promi nence'. Mr. Fortune is to-day its boldest champion, its most worthy ture was no less enthusiastic ovfr the back defender. Looking over some numbers of the New York Freeman ant. .tire Age, they disclose the fact that there were times when Mr For wo ;d i“ Negro. lie used a capital letter ar.d gave reasons for so doing. Sir be the new word Afro-American has engrafted itself upon us, he takes it g 11 back, and now no amount lof ar gui lent or persuasion could make Mr. Fo: tune spell Negro with a capital let eri The editor of the Age has shouted “Afro-American” so much that he actually got Amos Cummingc int o the habit of using it. V * * * l^n everythiag'Tt seems that we are dividjjdr' For instance, a great many -pajlers use the word Negro with a small “n,” some with a capital “N.” Some use “Afro-American” and the Colored American like some others, go* s them one better and spells “col ored” with a capital “C.” Thu pres ident of the “Woman’s Federation” sai l ?he was not an Afro-American; sor)e say they are not Negroes, so heie we are and there “we am.’ But simmir g up all ot the discussions, on* is forced to admit, (if he be fair) thcit Afro-American does cover the ground completely. There is noth ing! the matter with it. “It’s all rig it.!’ ico is, tlii ig The (I Lei's look on this picture now. I shall look into no encyclopaedias, lex or histories to confirm any I may say. Instead, I shall table a common-sense view of ij an<J pr( ve by the words of nine-tenths of the race, that there is a lion in the wa r. There are rocks ahead, peeple who compose this race doi;’t know what to call them) will never accept any .name the learned men and women of the race may de cide upon—no matter how correct that name may be—as long aSt they hu;> the vile names which they them sel res invent and use. Whoever mis tab es what is meant when yoii read or rear that a coon was put in jail yesterday? Everybody knows that dous not refer to a white man. We call ourselves "darkey,” "nigger,” "Si.mbo,” "cuffey,” and the "sons of Ham.” Nobody, I say, mistakes these vil; i things. Everybody knows that all of these terms refer to me and my pe< pie, and nobody uses these terms so much or with such supreme satis fas lion as otir own bora we call them "little coons ' and after a while the baby learns to lisp it. We call our aged people “old darkies,” our middle aged men, if they be strong, “Sambo.” Using the individual for the race, or as the rhet oricians say, the part for the whole, we say “Cuffey.” ***** Who ever heard white people quar reling about whether or not they should spell Caucasian or Anglo-Sax on with capital letters? They do not call themselves “poor white trash,” “tallow-faced,” “greasers," “stringers” or “crackers.” They love themselves too much for that. W7ho knows but what in the dim future there ehall be a convention called for the express purpose | of settling this question, and some enthusiastic race man possessing more; zeal than intel lect, shall offer a resolution declaring that the race accept the word “Coon," the only conditions being that it shall be spelled with a capital “C.” Of course none of us will be living. Let us hope that we will not, but it may come to pass. Who can tell ? Neu'bem, N, C. Annual \ddress. READ BEFORE THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE—BY BISIIOr I. C CLIN TON, D. D. To Ministerial and Lay Delegates of the South Carolina Conference, Greet ings : We, in the kind providence of God Almighty, are permitted to assemble in J LI 13 OIM scaaiuu. If taiv muuaiui vv that we can answer at the roll call. Com ing from our different fields of labor with sur flags torn by shot and shell, yet hoisted to the breeze of heaven. Hold up the blood-stained banner of the cross md the Amlikites will fly. “Awake; put on thy strength, O Ziofl; put on thy beautiful garment.” To take the world for Christ, we need the sword of the Spirit- The Divine Master stands it the head of the army and says, “I will fight your battles.” He said to Mo ses, “There is a place beside me.” You stand on the rock. Ministers want to learn where that place is; then you can take the world for Christ. I will tell you where it is; it is right under the cross. There we are mighty through God to the pulling down of the devil. Trust God. Dome to head quarters with ministerial heroism. Come, make good reports, and say, “Wherever the greatest danger, send ine—I will go. I only want time to put on my breast plate, helmet and shield, and grasp David's sling and stones and Goliath must fall.” “Marching must be done” to gain victory. I hope that your reports will show that you not only stood in the market place, but worked all day. To succeed, we must live in the Lord. Draw rations from heaven’s com missory. “Be strong in the Lord, and His mighty power.” I do not want to hear any minister say that he cannot do anything in his line of duty to his God God does not call a man to work that he can t do. To think; so would do charg ing Him with the inability to judge. God forbid. ox FAILURE. Why some ministers don't succeed is because they make debts and never, set tle them. - Their creditors -rjad the Bi ble, that Book from which you-prcach, which says, “jP»se no man.” I have ac counts jtgainst some of the min isters that must be settled. I can’t stand ft any longer. My reputation is at stake. And again some of you stay away from the parsonage too long at some sister’s house, instead of in your study. A minister should visit from house to house, but don’t make them too long. Take your Bible with you when you enter; inquire as to the health of the family; then begin to read only one chapter; then pray; take your book and gb to the next place and do likewise. Another failure is some ministers think that all the other ministers have better appointments than they, instead of mak ing their’s better. Some write to the pre siding elder and say, “I can’t stay here, I want to resign; there is no body here,” yet there are a number of souls on their way to hell. Yet he can’t find anything. God never called such men and the soou' er we get rid of them the better. I have traveled in this conference over 6,000 miles preaching and lecturing. I visited the great Centennial pf the A. M. E. /iiuu v/uuiuu ai iicn x uxiv. xi «as i<uc greatest meeting of the; Afro-Americans ever held in this country. It was an in termingling of the brain of the race on both sides of the Atlantic. They raised $6,000 by the time I left. The thanks giving offering will continue until June, 1897. I hope the fifth episcopal district will be up to any Soutlij. I will have the revised law of the last General Confer ence read. Your attention is called to our connectional institutions. We must look well to Livingstone College. I want this conference to give a girl or boy a scholarship in that institution to repre sent South Carolina. I will not give a minister an appointment that does not and will not take the Star of Zion. This is the layr of the fast General Con ference. Get books from our own Book Concern, and use our own Sunday-school literature; take the Church Quarterly, The Georgia conferences are improving on all lines. I have written on all lines of the church work, and hope it will have its effect on this conference. I have writ ten with an eye to the good of the Con nection and spread ofj the Redeemer’s kingdom. I wish the hearty approval of the whole conference and victory will be ours. May the blesstags to God and his divine counsel conwol our delibera tions. Yours for sod and Zion. — ~ I. Q, Clihton, D. Dj Woman^ Column. Mbs. Bishop C. C. Pettey, Editor. . Au Oration to Hpu. Geo. 11. White. On Friday, November thirteenth, long before the arrival of the train on the A. N. 0. R. R., carriages, hack#, buggies and vehicles of every descrip tion filled with some of our best citi zens were drawn around the depot while hundreds on foot crowded every walk way to the train. The occasion was the coming of the Honorable George Henry White, LL. D., Con gressman-elect to the Fifty-fifth Con gress from the Second Congressional District of North Carolina. Mr. White being an old Newbernian and being the only Afro-American elect ed to Congress this year, the city made him a guest and showered hon ors upon him. As the train pulled into the sta tion, the old “Elm City” star band saluted him with sweet strains of mu sic ’mid loud cheers and waving of hats,, handkerchiefs and bandannas. As he- alighted from the cars, Prof. Isaac II. Smith, Mr. Geo. P. Dudley, Hfrn. E. R. Dudley, Rev. Mr. Byrd, Rev. James Dean, Dr. R. S. Rives and Bishop C. C. Pettey as a commit tee received and escorted him to a horseless carriage which wa3 decor ated with flags and bunting, with very long ropes attached thereto and when the signal was given hundreds of men siezed the ropes and pulled iiun tnrougu tne principal streets 01 the city. The reception committee seated in carriages headed the long procession, and the music from the bands made jubilant the city. Mr. George P. Dudley acted as chief marshal, and on arriving at Odd Fellow’s Hall Hon. E. R. Dudley called the house to order and acted as master of ceremonies. After sojne appropriate remarks he intro duced as the first speaker of the even ing Prof. I. Hughes Smith, who made a brief but far-reaching speech. Mr. Smith is an able man and grows more eloquent as he nears the position of Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. The next speaker was Rev. James Dean of the A. M. E. Church, who is a forcible, eloquent and logical speaker. He proved him self quite conversant with the politics of North Carolina as well as with theology. He was followed by Rev. W, A. Byrd the able and dignified pastor of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, who spoke with great breadth of thought. Bishop Petty arose and briefly reviewed the life and labors of the Honorable George . Henry White, paying many iriouies ro ms past career ancl in his usual style in troduced Mr. White as the only Afro American elected to the Fifty-fifth Cjmgress— -After music-by the band-, - Mr. White came forward ’mid great enthusiasm which continued for sev eral minutes, and when order was re stored he proceeded to speak with great power. He reviewed the many famous battles of the last campaign as fought by America’s greatest heroes and statesmen, He dwelt at length upon the platforms offered by the several parties, and by apt illus trations proved the superiority of the Republican pTatform above all others ; and as he thus spake of the many issues confronting the" American peo ple, showing his familiarity with every phase of these vital questions, the audience lost sight of the familiar face of Solicitor White and beheld in stead a statesman of no mean abili ty- | He electrified his Hearers with his eloquent flights of otntory. He led them through fields radiant with thought and sparkling with gems of truth. Mr. White is at once master of the occasion. He is dignified, learned, and accomplished. It is possible that the race was never better repre sented in the United States Congress, and we await his maiden speech with great anxiety. Mr, White is a class ical graduate of Howard University, an eminent lawyer, and for several years was the only .Afro-American Solicitor in the United States. As a jurist, he has distinguished himself and is honored by all respectable cit izens, regardless of race in North Corolina. May he live longas a bold defender and leader of his race, and ere long rank as a diplomat. * Social Ripples. The society of the usually quiet lit tle City of Elms has been drawn out of its old channels and invigorated with new life, new thought and new activity within the past month. Pos sibly no city in the State has enjoyed more receptions, ovations and grand festivities than Newbern during this Autumn tid£}__ The city is surpassing its record in social lustre. The jAaet around which swine the sor^^Bitellites of On Monday night, Nov. 23rd, at tbe close of the North Carolina Conference of the A. M. E. Chnrch the presiding Bishop and members of the Conference together with the pro fessional ladies and gentlemen of the city were tendered a grand banqnet at Drayton Hall by Mr. Smith. Noth ing so elaborate has ever been given by a single individual in this city be fore. The hall was most beautifully and tastefully decorated with flags, bunting and pictures. Presiding Elder James Dean in very appropri ate language introduced Mr. Smith, who arose and in a dignified manner welcomed the Bishop, Conference and friends. Toasts were offered by Rev. Mr. Byrd of Ebenezer Presbyterian church; Rev. Dr. Rives of St. Peter’s A. M. E. Zion church; Bishop C. C. Pettey, A. M , D. D., and Hon. R. O’Hara, a'prominent attorney-at-law. After the collation responses were offered by members of the Conference. Dr. Gregg, of Wilmington, made an indelible impression on all present, with his beautiful, eloquent and ora torical flights. He is indeed gifted in speech. The gods smiled upon him and touched his tongue with the tips of their silver wings, making him the Bilver-tongued orator of the great A. M. E. Church. In all of his native dignity Bishop James A. Handy, D. D.,of Baltimore, eloquently responded to the toast of Bishop Pettey, and in. a few words brought down the house with a lofty climax. He is broad and liberal. All honor to Prof. Smith for his limitless extension of hospitality to strangers visiting our city. He in herited this noble trait from his sainted father. He is a banker and broker, an ac curate, energetic financier, and is one of the weathiest Afro-Americans in North Carolina. Mr. Smith is an en thusiastic McKinleyite. He worked late‘and early advocating the cause of the gold standard leader. See ho'W he stands at home where he is best known and what a simon pure Dem ocratic paper, the Newbern Chronicle has to say of him : “If a colored man must hare the posi tion of Recorder of Deeds for the Dis trict of Columbia, we say without reser. vation, and we mean all that we say, there is no colored man in the country more entitled to the appointment than Prot. Isaac H. Smith of this city. While the country is full of original McKinley men, it is a fact which we will vouch for that Prof. Smith was out for McKin ley more than twenty months ago. Be sides hs was the only colored man from this State yet known who was enthusias tic enough to send the campaign fund a handsome subscription. He is able, quauueu anu uas me uuituu suppun ui his party. Wc don’t believe the Repub lican Party could pick a man who is more entitled to the position.” The Chronicle voices the sentiment of -this, entire community regardless of race or party lines. AH Eastern North Carolina with friends through out the United States expect to see Mr. Smith appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia. Newbern, N. C. Virginia Notes. BY BEV. J. J. ADAMS. Having been North for several weeks on business, we have returned to our poet of duty at Oak Street A. M. E. Zion church, to take up the work where we left off. On our re turn we stopped for a few hours at Philadelphia and Washington and met with the genial Editor of the Stab, Dr. Fisher, Presiding Elder of the Baltimore and Philadelphia con ference, Bishops T. H. Lomax, I. C. CliutoD, C. R. Harris, Dr. 6. S. Ad ams, and several others on their way from the Centennial who were all ex alted over the grand success of the Church and its jubilee. Sorry, breth ren, we could not be witl\ you, but we have learned that “it is hard to kick against the {>rick9.” We arrived at Petersburg and found our quarterly conference was booked for the follow ing Friday evening. We hustled around calling in the officers and members, and at the appointed time sixty members of the quarterly con ference were present, including the stewardess board. Rev. S. P. Cook, Presiding Elder, presided with his usual business-like manner. Fair re ports were submitted, and the work of the quarter was very satisfactory, all things considered. Sunday morning at the love feast a large number were present, and a grand spiritual time was enjoyed by all present. The communion was ad ministered at 8:80 p. m. at which time Rev. S. P. Cook delivered a ver^ able and stirring sermon to a good sized congregation. In the evening the usual large congregation assem bled. The choir rendered some gratd and'inspiring selections, after which the pastor delivered a sermo^ that was listened to attentiveJjkJrrfm Phil lipians iii—13. T ‘ fund, $12 fcr general espenaea of the church. On Monday evening the quarterly conference reassembled and the business of the quarter was com pleted. At the close the ladies of the stewardess board presented the Presiding Elder with a fine silk um brella. The pastor made the presen tation speech, to which the Rev. Cook responded in a vyy pleasant and touching manner, and spoke in high praise of the ladies of our church. The Petersburg church is pushing along manfully, considering the strin gent times and the great obligations they have had to meet during the past few* months. Several notes amounting to several hundred dollars have fallen due and had to be met, which were made during the pre vious administration. We have met them and paid something on each of them, but they had to be renewed ; and it is vary probable that the church will have to dispose of some valuable property they now own, and at a sacrifice, in order to satisfy some of its creditors who want this money, and eliminate themselves from their pressing condition; and it is this that has greatly retarded tie progress of the present administration. We hope, however, that when the annual con ference meets we shall be able to make an encouraging report, and maintain the previous high standing of this church. Petersburg, Va. Meriden Disrict Conference. BY W. E. STANTON. The Mereclen district conference convened in Meriden August 5th, ’96, Rev. S. C. Harris, presiding. As the gavel sounded louder and louder, the following ministers and delegates heard and answered to their names: Revs. P. Green, J. W. McDowell, E. A. Boyd, A. F. Chapman, W. A. Da vis, W. E. Stanton, J. E. 0. Marshall, Wm. Mills, Wm. Smith, B. C. and Colman H. Wesbrooks. i Delegates: Lucy Hinton, S. B. Little, Wm. By num, C. Weston, P. Speight, D. Hol liway, Georgia Darden, !Bliza Hol den. The following officers were elected : Rev. A. F. Chapman, secre tary, J. W. McDowell, marshal, W. E. Stanton, reporter to the Star. Reports as read by the several committees showed an increase in church work all through the district. Much business of importance was transacted during the sessions. The district conference of the A. M. E. Church convened at the same time and place, with Rev. Wm. Davis pre siding. They sent Rev. Colman to bear fraternal greetings to us, which were received with much jov and glad ness. Rev. A. F. Chapman in a few well chosen words responded. The writer was sent to bear fraternal greetings to them. Presiding Elder S. C. Harris presides well. He is the Jehu of the South Mississippi confer ence. The following ministers preached good sermons, full of sense and pow er: Revs. A. F. Chapman, J. W. Mc Dowell, Wm. Davis, E. A. Boyd, B. 0. Colman, and the writer. Many congratulations were showered5upon the ministers for the good impressions made upon the people in Meriden. Miss Genetta Colman was the organ ist land performed her part to the de light of all. The conference paid her $3. Too much can’t be said of the good people of Meraden for the ex cellent care they gave the ministers and delegates. Zion is destined to be second to none in this great city. Elder Harris is doing his best to make the district what it should be. ms sermons ana lectures were grana. With such men as leaders Zion will soon come to the front in this part of the field. Our next district conference will convene at Loburther, near Car thage, Miss. Enclosed find two dol lars for the publication of this letter. Mrs. A. W. Shelby, vice-president of the W. H. and F. M. society, was present and made some interesting remarks relative to the society. She has her heart in the work. Binnsviille, Miss. Rev. E. B. Waul, an able young man in our town, is doing a great work for God and Zion. He has only been in the ministry about 3 years. He is carrying a fine congregation. He stands up for his great church. If there were more young Wauls in the field with his zeal and power, this great church would roll on. God bless Rev. Waul; I bid him God speed. He reminds me of the history of-onr gTeat hero, Rev. R. Haywood Stitt. Preach this great gospel. Little lloclc, Ark. F. K. White. 19“ Say, friends, the subscription price of the Stab to everybody has been Remember that no subscription the Stab for less than 60 cen-s will be entered upon our books after this date. Therefore we ask that no min ister or agent accept less than a six month’s subscription from any one. * * * * * The Manager wiehes to begin every minister's subscription to the Star with the sitting of his conference. ***** The Sunday-school literal ure for the first quarter of 1897 will be ready to mail on the 15th of December. We are glad to say that with the next quarter the senior leaf will be raised in its grade. No school in the connec tion need not have any fears now about the grade of the senior leafT It will no doubt meet the need and requirements of any school we have. Let us have your orders. Teacher’s Journal, 10 cents for the quarter ; Senior Leaf, 3 cents; Picture Lesson Cards, 3 cents. , ***** ! Will the ministers whose postofficcs Lave been changed please notifiy us sd we can straighten our books accord ingly. { -5 ***** ^ The Quarterly Review for October is out in full blast. Let everybody send in his cash order. Only $1.00 per year. Close to the Throne. S Hon. John 0. Dancy is not tl e “original” McKinley man, but is •pretty close to the throne' at Canton, Ohio.- Did you read Hon. Powell Clayton’s (of the National Committee) letter to him?—North Carolina Sun. Make Him Censor. i We hope that the next General Con ference of the A. M. E. Church will create the office of Censor, and that Dr. J. M. Henderson will be selected tb fill it.—San Francisco (Cal.) Ele vator. Woodward Notes. REV. L. W. STEWART. 2 Bishop I. C. Cl>nton, B: D, was with us not long ago. At the church a; large number of people were wait ing for him, and he soon handed djown the word of God to them in power until we could see ttie light of God’s truth sparkling all over the house. The next day he went over to my next church, Sweet Prospect, and preached one of the best sermons that I ever heard him preach, after which he gave a beautiful talk, en couraging the celebration of the Cen tennial anniversary of the A. M. E. Zion Church. We are moving on njicely here on this field of labor. We gained 12 souls for God during the re vival meeting. We are coming on the line of duty with ail power. i We are not dead, hut alive. We,' have had a successful revival of 33 converts at Silvia Grove church. The success of this meeting is due to our pastor, Rev. W. J. Conquest, whom we believe to be the right man in the right place. When he came to us he found the work completely dead. Just the year previous to his being sent to us, our church was complete ly torn up and all but three mem bers had scattered, but since being in our midst he has succeeded in get ting the membership back to ninety uve. xie iitta uoiue me 1011 ana en dured the pain this year for his churches and people, as all three of his churches were about the same. We shall endeavor to send in a good report to the conference, God being our helper. From the trustees of S;lvia Grove church. lOur Literary Society is conducted by the president, Miss Mary Falls; vice-president, J. C. Reany; chaplain, Rev. F. L. Wingate. The news of the town is written by Mi s Carrie M. Taylor. We have a committee to arrange the program for each night. ^re want you to know that we have some wide awake boys and girls. This society is for the improvement of our boys and girls so that they may Hake a great mark in the world. We know here in Zion we have young men and women that will soon be a ole to fill the position of any other people in the world. Dear Editor, piease excuse these poor remarks. I am anxious for the world to know of oiir society. Cabbie M. Taylor,
The Star of Zion (Charlotte, N.C.)
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