CCRO-AIST OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL I2I03ST CHURCH
IN’ AMERICA.
rULUMfl AAl.
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16,1897.
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NUMBER/O
SOME BR u CE-GRITISMS.
The Greatest Representatives Of The
Race—Other Matters.
BRUCE-QRIT’s PHILOSOPHY.
It doesn't require any courage to
follow the crowd, or to fall in with
pipular opinion. True courage makes
itself manifest in the man who, be*
lieving he is right, dares to stand
alone and defy popular opinion.
* * * * *
The danger which threatens in this
country is th$t to be found in the es
tablishment of an aristocracy of
wealthy The pursuit of the dollar it
now the principal avocation of those
who aspire to lead, both in politics
and socially. The tendency seems
to be in the direction of the centrali
zation of wealth, and to employ it to
purchase power, and shape legislation
for the masses. There are no great
commoners in American politics to
day'as there were when brains was the
basis and ability the test of states
manship. Now a man’s greatness is
measured by the length of his purse
with which he buys both brains and
fame.
The Negro is often beguiled into
believing that he is necessary to the
success of this or that political party,
and so believing takes himself more
seriously than he should. It is la
mentably true of the Negro in poli
tics thvt those who have stood high
est in the esteem of party managers
have had less influence and less pat
ronage to bestow upon those whom
they were supposed to represent, than
some of the third-rate white political ;
bunco-steerers who have profited by
their lack of sagacity and knowledge
of practical politics.
* * * * *
With the possible exception of Rob- <
ert Brown Elliott and Richard H
Cain, the Negroes have had no rep- ’
resentatives in either branch of the
National Congress who could truth
fully be accused of being statesmen.
Elliot was by far the bravest and the I
most intellectual of the whole outfit J
and gave splendid proof of his abili- I
ty as an orator by his masterly reply <
to Alexander Stephens of Georgia, in (
the discussion on the civil rights I
bill. i
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The environments which early sur- 1
rounded Elliott, and his opportuni- *
ties for acquiring an education under !
English skies gave him that inde- £
pendent feeling and bold and auda- ^
cious manner when deba'ing with 6
white men which unfortunately was 1
not possessed, by his Negro colleagues 1
in any of the Congresses in which c
they were afterwards represented. t
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Elliott was an exceptionable Negro,
and was far from being a saint in
many particulars. In this, however,
his life does not differ from that ol
many others of both races more or
less distinguished. It is as a public
man that I speak of him only: his
private life is no_ concern of ours.
He was|confessedly the ablest, clearest
headed and bravest Negro that has
ever filled a seat in the National Con
gress.
* * * * *
His grasp of public questions and
his large information concerning the
measures he was called . upon in his
representative capacity to consider,
hisaptnes3 at repartee, and his with
ering sarcasm in debate, gave him a
standing among National legislators
which no other Negro has since ob
tained in either branch of Congress.
“All the world loves a fighter.”
Robert Brown Elliott was a fighter,
not in the vulgar sense, of course,
but in the arena of thought. He
wielded a Damascean blade like a
veteran warrior and carved bis way
to imperishable fame.
Richard H. Cain, afterward a Bish
op in the A. M. E. Church, stood sec
ond to Elliott in point of ability and
the courage to give voice to his think
ing. He too was a fighter and
showed his teeth when he talked, and
that he understood the things of
which he talked.^ I knew most of
the men personally or by sight, who
represented us in Congress, and at
this distance can call most of them
by name. They were Menard of Flori
da a man of superior education and
if a literary turn of mind who after
ward w‘ote and published a volume
)f very creditable poems entitled
‘Lays n Summer land,” DaLarge,
of S. 0., Rapier, of Alabama, Long,
of La, Ransier, S. C., Rainey, of
3. 0, Elliott and Cain, of S C.,
Revels, of Miss., U. S. S., Haralson,
Ala., Biuce, of Miss., U. S S , Snails,
Miller a id Murray of S. C., Langston,
of Va.f Pinchback, of La., U. S. S ,
who was counted out of his seit and
therefor i not in this class, Hyman,
Cheatham and White, of N. C. Tuere
may be i few others and then agaiu
there “mayn't.” Those first ipen
tioned belong to the pioneers who
“committed statesmanship” in ths
early seventies, and earned National
reputatim for themselves. Hyman,'
Haralso), Murray, Langston, Cheat
ham and White, are names of a few
of the more recent distinguished
great m:n of the race who have
shined a id now shine with mire or
lesss lus! re in the National halls of
legislatiun.
Of all these it mly be said they
did the le3t they coull. “Who d >es
th9 be3; hia circumstances allow,
does wel , angels could do no more.”
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The poet Burns—the blackest des
peration now gathers over him, brok
en only by the red lightnings of re
morse. The whole fabric of his life
is blastel asunder. For now not
only his ;haracter, but his personal
liberty is to be lo3t. Men and for
:une are leagued for his hurt. Hun
gry ruin has him in the wind. He
iees no e >cape but the saddest of all:
3xite from his loved country in every
iense inhospitable and abhorent to
lim, “while gloomy night is gather
ng fast” in mental storm aud soli
;ude as veil as in physical, he sang
lis sad ft.r well to Scotland:
‘Farewcl my friends, farewell my foes !
Hy peace with thee, my love with those
rhe bursting tears my heart declare
Vdieu my native Banks of Ayr !’’
The Nogro Beems to learn with dif
ficulty, yet he learns nevertheless the
lessons sf the hour in which his des
tiny are wrapped up, and which he
only can unfold. It is beginning to
dawn u))on our young men that
business, not politics, is the solvent
for the ills we bear as a race, that
money cc vers a multitude of sins;
and destroys prejudice more rapidly
than all ,he dissertations that have
been or may be written and spoken
agoinst it; that a Negro with a$L00,
000 or less to his credit in a bank
even tho igh he be as black as ink, is
not nearly so black in the eyes of white
men as those Negroes who haven t a
dollar t> their credit anywhere;
that cone.ition, not color, is the came
of the ex stence of race antipathy and
race prejudice; that a dozen sue
oessful Negro bnsiness men in auy
section ccunt for more than fifty poli
ticians, and add more to the material
progress of the race. Somehow or
other it ippears-to me that there’s
1 right smart wisdom in these obser
vations made by our young men, and
[ reckon they are right, too.
■INUED Olfc FOURTH PAGE..]
According to the London Daily
Mail, thjre has been organized in
London, i society composed of blacks
called th» “Central British African
Association,” and consists of represen
tative blncks from all parts of the
empire. “They hail”, says the Lon
don Mail “from Trinidad Demerara,
Isle DeL >s, the Gold Coast, and Sier
ra Leone, and their location in the
metropolis is accounted for by the
fact that they, are for-the most part
students at the medical schools, or
are reading for the bar. They have
banded together with the avowed ob
ject of ei couraging a feeling of unity
and facilitating friendly intercourse
among Africans in general. The
first meeting of the Society was held
recently at the Charing Cross Man
sions Hotel, where an address was
delivered to its members by Mr.
Fox Bourne, Secretary of the
Aborigiree Protection Society." I
rather scspect that the British Afri
can Asscciation received its inspira*
tion and encouragement to take this
step fron perusing the able and com*
prehensi re description of the work and
ecopeof the National Negro Acade
my from the pen of Prof. John W.
Cromwell, of Washington, D. 0., and
HJ -LEADER IS HEEDED.
Only Necessary To Point Out The Neces
sity Of Right Action.
rev. f. n: hill’s views. _
The Rev. Francis H. Hill, pastoi
of the First A. M. E. Zion chutch,
Winter Street, an earnest student
and popular with *his congregation,
has the following to say of “Race lead
ers,” a timely subject:
. “All the talk about race leaden
that we heat from platforms, pulpitr
md through the press sounds veiy
tine indeed. A man in the ordinaiy
walks of life among our people says
something, and his words find theii
way into a paper, and he is immed
iately brought forth, and a few of hi
friends and acquaintances attempt tt
set him up as the leader of the race
He drifts along on a small, populai
REV. FRA.NCIS H. HILL.
wave for awhile, till another maD
says something, when another little
crowd begins to enthrone another
newly found race leader; and so it
goes. Every six months or so, a
crop of race leaders has been raised;
and in as many months, they g) the
way of all the earth. One is made in
one or two newspaper articles with a
cut and biographical sketch, and in
order to bolster up the claim for race
leadership diligent search is made for
every little thing he did in 'boyhood
days, provided he isn’t able to give
this information himself. And I con
fess, that on reading some of those
published sketches, I am made to
wonder how in this world the man
was ever delayed in his crowning for
six months after the things happened
he is reported to have done.
“As a general thing our people do
not keep too close a watch of the
events in the life of another, unless
it be something of an- unsavory pa
ture, which it becomes very conven
ient to remember so- as to use it
against them when they begin to rise
above a certain point in the scale of
progress. About the only time that
the good dn a man of our race is ac
counted in a large measure, is when
he dies. Then our people take time
to study his life, and they are [re
markably successful in finding out
after he dies that he was the very
best kind of a man, even though it
was hard for him to pass muster
when alive. The whole matter about
race leaders, as it is talked of in our
journals, periodicals and newspapers,
is mere sentiment. No one seems to
have a clear conception of what we
NEED A RACE LEADER FOR
unless it is to talk for us a race; but as
I see it there is Do race under the sun
that has so largo a number of great
talkers, in proportion to its size, as
this race of mine. All of them talk.
While it is true that some telling
work has been done by my people
during the last thirty years, in the
way of buying property, building and
owning houses, building up in busi
ness enterprises, etc., aH this very
good indeed, still if they had givfen
less of the past thirty years to talk,
big, empty talk, and talk that never
amounted to anything, and more to
doing something, where there are
now owned $20,000 or $30,000, there
would be owned instead from $50,000
to $60,000. Evidently we have no
great need for a race leader to talk
for us or to teach our race how to
talk. There are some of our race
who expect to do nothing bt\t talk as
loDg as they live. But talk, with
nothing substantial behind it, will
never amount .to much, and at the
present rale of the^ world's progress,
t will amount to less than heretofore
far as my peop. e are concerned
We have organised in several of the
States some so-c&ll )d national leagues,
which are supposed to have State and
local societies of tie same name and
character, and tributary to the na
tional organization. These leagues
are also supposed to be followirg up
x certain definite lpie of work for the
benefit of the race. Some are for poli
tical, others for social, intellectual,
professional and business purposes.
Hardly any one of them hears any
TliUS NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
None of themjs national in its char
acter. These ^organizations in the
past, at present, ard for how long in
the future I can’t tell, have done
more talk than anj thing else. These
national organisations are composed
largely of the individuals who hate
floated for awhile on the popular
wave of race leadeisbip, who are usu
ally the committee calling for the or
ganization and who after the organi
zation is effected constitute the
boards and entire taembership. Here,
then, is the Mecca of our race leaders
to which they go and then talk. It
is not that, as a ra'ie, we need to go
on a still hunt for jn leader for our
people. We don't need a leader for
them half as much as wo need to show
them the necessity of looking out and
leading out in th< right direction
and in a manly manner for them
selves. My people are not children.
Thirty-two years l ave made them
men and women. There is a narrow
pass through which every man must
goif he would attain to success,
wealth, honor and position. Every
nan must stand for himself, nor do
we pass throngh on samples. We
nay raise a leader o-day or to-mor
row, and we may crown him. He
may start forward to the place of hon
or among all the oliastunaces of the
earth and call ns to follow him.
When he is weighed, if he passes all
right, individually ae goes up; and
when the rank and.the file of our
race comes up, one by one, each upon
bis merits shall pass or go down in
the trial. It is so in business, in the
professions and in everything. Some
ndividual here and there may do
something for us, show some favor,
simply because we *,re of this or that
race, but when it comes to the real
md supreme test, the merits of the
nan, his worth and measure, will de
:ide his case.”
The Charlotte (N. C.) District Con
ference and Sunday school convention
met at Rockwell church, September
15, 1897, Rev. H. L. Simmons, pre
siding. Dr. R. H. Simmons graced
the convention witlj his presence and
a rousing speech. Bishop Lomax, Dr.
G. L. Blackwell and Presiding Elder
P. A. McCorkle, also honored the con
vention with a visitj, Rev. McCorkle
preached a logical 8<;rmon from I Tim
othy 1:18. In the evening the chair
man delivered his' annual address,
which was timely and instructive.
The applause which greeted it when
he sat down showed that the right
man was in the right place.
Dc, Blackwell proached to the Var
ick Christian Endeavor Society from
the Psalms, his text being “ Send thee
help from the sanctuary,” He said
that is the medium through which God
works. Mrs. R. C. Bearden and Mrs.
C. L. Simmow favored ue with excel
lent papers on beha f of the W. C. T.
U.; and Mrs. B. A. Forney on behalf
of the Sunday-school. Conference
voted $5 to Bishop Eood’s Silver An
niversary. Report* of delegates were
good. Fine essay* were read by
Misses Nicey J. Irv a, Sarah Wilson
and Carrie Alexander. We tip our
hats to the Rockwell people and bid
them adifu for their kind hospitality.
Sawyer Holmes, reporter.
Dear Dr. Smith: Please permit
me through the columns of the Star
to say that Union Wesley A. M. E.
Zion church in this .city, is now on a
boom under the pastorate of the Eev.
A. A. Orooke, who by his eloquent
and able sermons, his affable disposi
tion and Christian deportment, is
drawing large crowids of young and
old to each service. Standing room
is often at a premium. In a recent
rally by the co-op sration of the pa*.
tor and officials,
$200 clear of expe;
Pray for our oontin
ve raised nearly
for the church.
DISTRICT INFERENCES
The Work Of The Hen On The Presid
ing Elders’ Districts.
THEIR WORK REPORTED.
BALTIMORE DISTRI CT CONFiREXCE,
The District Conference convened
in Willow Grove Zion Church, Salis
bury Md., Sept 7, 1897, at 10 a. m.,
Rsv. Wm. H. Wright, pastor, Rev
William H. Snowden, D. D., presid-.
ing elder. He gave some very
healthful instruction as to mac and his
duty to God and hi) daty to his fel
lowman. Officers were Revs. W. A.
M. Cypress, secreta ry, B. J. Bolden,
assistant secretary, 0. W. Fitzhugh,
statistical secretary end B. F. Grant,
reporter to the Star. Rev. B. H.
Wales moved that cut of respect for
Rev. R. J. Daniel’s wife, who depart
ed this life Sept. 5, that th& Confer
ence stanJ adjourned to 2 p. m.; Rev,
I. R. Johnson amended that a tele
gram of condolence also be sent to
the bereaved brolhe r. Passed. Con
ference adjourned until 2 p. m. The
presiding elder made some very feel
ing remarks relative to the worth of
so young, good and grand a man as
Rev. G. S. Ad icni stricken down
right in his 1isefulnes3; also did B. F.
Grant, delegate from Dr. Adams’
church, make some remarks on his
great ability as a scholar and what
great energy and fortitude he had.
Rev. D F. Bralley preached the
annual sermon, which was powerful.
The reports of the ministers and del
egates were very satisfactory. The
officers elected were B. F. Grant,
president, Mrs. 0. A. Gray, vice pres
ident, Mr. Andersor, secretary, Rev.
T. H. Scott, treasurer. Important
business was transacted. The Varick
Christian Endeavor held a soul-stir- [
ring meeting. Rev. J. B. Colbert was
leader. TheDistrictConferencecon
retied to frnwhrttaf I ostffe9s antf take 1
part in the banqust. The District !
Conference made an mpression on the 1
people in Salisbury which will be ^
ong remembered br its citizens.— £
3. F. Grant. 1
NEWBERN DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
In pursuance to the call of our
most worthy Rev. Jo an Hoopar, P. E.,
the loyal members of the above named
District met at Sc. Marks Zion
Church, Jumping Ren Circuit. Jt9v.
H. C. Phillipi lined the hymn. Rev.
S. B. Gaskill prayed. Officers were
elected. For secretary, W. W. Law
rence; for recording secretary, Rev.
James H. Moseley; reporter to the
Star, L. W. Ham. J. J. Moseley*
and S. J. Fenderson, were elected
delegates to the Anmal Conference,
and alternates D. £. Lee, John A.
Norwood and 0. H. Smith. At 8
p. m , the church .vas packed and
thrilled with musio by the Pleasant
Hill choir, L. W. Hum, leader. Dr.
R S. Rives preached from St. James
4:7. He explained the strategem
and plans of the devil in waging war
against the human family and also
described the imperfection of human
beings in becoming nubject to the in
fluence of Satan. He simplified his
subject so that the whole audience
jould easily see the importance of
resisting the devil. The Doctor
would occasionallv take snaninl fltrkta
so aa to give the church a little peep
into the glory world.. Rev. Wm.
Williams prayed, after which the
Pleasant Hill choir, led by L. W,
Ham, sang that sweet selection “God
is calling the prodigal.”
Mrs. Patsey A. Moseley gave the
Conference a hearty welcome address.
Miss L. Hicks, respended in a very
heSrt cheering mam er„ Miss Nancy
J. Richardson delmred a well pre
pared address of welcome on the part
the Sunday-school.
Mitchell responded
Rs5v. A. 7.
interestingly.
Prof. Crook having -eached the Con*
the Conference
eulo
ference, entertained
with some timely re;narks and
gized Rev. G. S. Adams.
The church delegates all made
their reports which were very favor
able and the District is in good con
dition. The people all seemed to be
satisfied with the services rendered
by the pastors and B, E, and asked
for their retarn. Thl^abbath-school
delegates made th
.showed that
build nnJpKS ca
president of
S'" reports which
ber was done to
Mrs. Cora E.
W. H. ig&K
Society luid ISbo*ingwith
zeal
present. Rev. A. A. Crock preached
from St. Matthew 19:27. It was
good. After the hour- of preaching
was a program by the Sunday-school
whidh was extremely grand. The
choir of St. Mark’s church rendered
some of its enchanting music, D. B.
Flowers, leader. 'W. H. Starkey
presided. It is said that the six
teenth annual session of the Newbern
District Conference was one of the
best in the history of our Church
Just as long as we can have in the ex
ecutive chair a clear-headed leader as
P. E. John Hooper, one who has nev
er known a failure, the flag of the
Newbern District will never trail in
the dust. Amount raised in District
Conference $42. 95. Donated to Dr.
Blackwell to publish these proceed
ings in the Star, $1—L. H. Ham,
Reporter.
BRISTOL DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
The Bristol District Conference
met in Roaring Springs Zion Church,
Abingdon, Va , at 10 a. m , Nov. 3rd,
with Rev. S. L.- Stinson, presiding
elder and Chairman. Officers, R9v.
W. W. Slade,.secretary, Rev. G. H
Jackson, assistant sec
porter, J. H. Sliger.
retary and
Opening sermon
was preached from Isa. 26:4, by Rev.
Rjbert Baugh
St. John 9.36,
G. H. Jackson. Rev
man preached from
Theme, "Judgemnt.'
The session was observe! in legis
lating for the financial improvment
of the District. Rev
Henderson, one of the most noted di
vines, preached powerfully oi VThe
Glory of God and the excellency of
His law. ’ A member of Conference
entertained the au lienee with a ser
mon from Gen. 10:9, Them*, “A
Hunting Giant." A poyal reception
vas tendered the ministers and dele
gates, at which time we listened to
;he address of welcome by Miss Jen
letteWatson. Response by a me ni
cer ofthe Gonferenjje. Dr. S. L
Jtinson, P. E , climixed the proceed
nge with his fiery eloquence aid
loly Ghost preaching on Sundry,
S30ciated by Revs. Of W. Washing
on, D. Goode, J. R Rdeyand others.
The ministers orgrnized. a Minn
terial Relief Society, Riv. Jk S.
Henderson, president, W. W. Slade,
treasurer, S. M Charles, secretary.
Oonfereace adjourned to mset at
Meadow View, Va., the 1st Wednes
day in July, ’98.—Rev! J...H. Sliger,
Reporter.
KERSHAW DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
The District Conference me', in Au
gust at Smithville Oharch, fire miles
from Cheraw, S. C., R9V. M. Ingram,
P. E., presiding. Rev. Y. D. Harris,
the wide awake pastof in charge, had
everything so nicely Arranged for the
sitting of the Conference. It shows
that he is one of Zion s rising young
men. Officers, Mr. Pickens, secre
tary and — Adams Assistant. The
writer reported to the Star. Elder
Ingram has proven himself to be the
right man in the right place. Tne
District is on an increase on all lines.
He rules as if he ha3 been "ruling for
years. His ministers all love him
for bis dignity and Christian min
hood, and when he preaches large
crowds gather to hear him. .His mot
to is less talk and more Work. Wm
Wetherspoon preached an able annu
al sermon. Rev. P. T. Clinton, the
son of our beloved Bishop, preached a
Barrett
Wm.
Dr.
sermon full of fire
preached a fine sermon.—Rev
Jackson.
1 I am ft whole-souiecU Zionite. I
raised $81 91 to ceil my church. 1
am moving on nicely. I am glad to
see the Stab coming oat on time. It
oaght to be enlarged.
Rev. D, M. Pinkard.
Summerville, Ga,
Dear Brother Smiih: I wish to
acknowledge through the Stab the
receipts of the following sums of
money, in answer to the appeal sent
out in October: Mr. J. R. Riley,
Franklin, Pa., $1'OX Mrs. C. H.
Williams, Franklin, Pia., .50; Mr. J.
Wilson, Franklin, Paj, .50; Rev. and
Mrs.i B. F. Wheelerj Ithaca, N. Y.,
$1 00; The King’s Daughters, Se
wickley, Pa., $3 00;! Rev. J. B. Col
bert, Washington, D. C., $1 00; total,
$7 00. May heavenjs choicest bless
ings rest upon all who feR our care
and administered to our necessities,
for it is more blessed
receive,
also 1st
same
all
• HEIR FIELDS OF LABOR
Wlierd The Minister* Are Stationed For
CENTRAL ALABAMA CONFERENCE.
over by Bishop T. H. Lomax, D. D.,
met in Zion Star church, Montgom
ery, Ala,, December 1, 1897. This
is a very large and strong conference
and its sessions were pleasant and
profitable. The following were or»—»
dainec deacons: N. E. George, T.
C. Jones, S. W. Sumpter, J. V. Cat
ledge, M. C. Glover, L. A. Bell, J. H.
Hubert, C. W. Thomas, L. R. John
son and J. J. Johnson. Revs. J. H.
Parker and Wilson Escott were or
dained elders. Brothers P. L. Per
kins, I). C. Keyser, W. M. Randolph,
R. B. Sherman and R. 0. Goldston
were received on trial. Conference
will meet the fourth Wednesday iif
November, 1898, in Evergreen, Ala. •
Montgomery district, J. W. Alstork,
presiding elder; Old Ship, Montgomery, ' %
W. H. ^mith; Mount Zion, Montgomery,
W. M. Finley; Zion Star, Montgomery, ?
\V S Meadows; Hilliard Chapel, Mont
gomery, C E Baker; Ada circuit, Rev
S Samicl; Benton circuit, L A Olive?;
Burksville circuit, L Lindsay; Shiloh
circuit, L D Workman; Mount Moriah
circuit, F W Ward; Ebenezer circuit, J
H Halo; Barnett’s Mission, L Thomas;
Harcfield Mission, Thomas Barnett.
Greenville district, T A Weathington,
presiding elder; Luvernc circuit; Wil
son Escott; Lapine circuit, M C Glover;
Big Zion circuit, A L Trimble; Hopewill
circuit, S Washington; Hayneville cir
cuitl N H Dakus; Washington Chapel
sndJJritcevillo, J G Gulley; Mt Olive cir
cuit, M Rankins; Sandy Ridge circuit, J
F Taylor; Oak Grove circuit, A B
Barnes; Fort Deposit circuit, J C Thom
ion; Cedar Hill circuit, R L Boyd; For
est Home circuit, M Jackson; St Luke
circuit* D W Williams; Greenville, A S
Watkins; Haysley's Mission, M D Alcx
inder.
TWO CONFERENCES REPORRED.
The above conference, presided
APPOINTMENTS.
n-vergreen district, A J Rodgers, pre
siding elder; Evergreen circuit, J W
Armstrong; Brcwton circuit, _
Talley; Arcliard circuit, C W Thomas.
Stockton and Baymonett, R C Johnson;
Twin E each circuit, J H Parker; Mon
rover circuit, J R Rustin; Reptorf Mis
sion, T IE Mitchell; Burnt Corn circuit,
II PShuford; Millegeville circuit; G Sex
ion; George Ann circuit, A Stoke3; Pine
ipple circuit. J W Eason; Zion Chapel
:ircuit, T M Moore; Idumea circuit, C
IV Motley; Pleasant Hill circuit, A Greg
>ry; Gre en Street Mission and Glensdale,
r H Shu ford.
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EJenton district, C W Winfield, D D,
presiding elder; Ht Lebanon station,
P R Ar.derson; Pasqno circuit, includ
ing Pitta Chapel, Mt Zion, Gentile and
Rebecca, Samuel Story; Whiteyillo
Grove circuit, including Whiteville
Grove, Coleman’s Grove and Trinity, W
U Batchelor; Holly Grove circuit, in
cluding Lehigh Temple, Oak Hill, Holly
Grove and Moses Temple, R H Dick;
Hertford circuit, including St Paul, Pop:
lar Run and Porter’s Chapel, M Linyfi;
Bay Branch circuit, including Bay
Branch, Piney Grove and Winslow
Grove, A L Newby; Kedesh station, M
P Hawkins; Chowan circuit, including
Pleasan; Orove and Canaan’s Temple;
J H Wilson; Plymouth circuit, includ
ing Mt Hebron and Macedonia, W L
Clayton; Jamesville circnit, including
Hood’s Temple, Bethlehom, William’s
Chapel and Hamilton, J Waodhouse;
Creswell circuit, including St Mark, Al
ligator and Roper, H H Whidbee; Mt
Carmel circuit, including Mt Carmel
Drizel Grove and Mt Herman," W E
Wooten; Moyock circuit, including
Moyock and Cedar Hill, to be supplied ;
Good Hope circuit, including Good
Hope, Parksville and Wilson Grove, H
B Pettigrew; New McBride circuit, in
cluding McBride and New Bethel, 8 M
G Copeland; Coinjock circuit, including
Coinjock, Pilgrim Progress and Roa
noke Island, A Pindle; Jones’ Chapel^
Elizabeth City, G W Brown.
Petersburg district, 8 P Cooke, pre
siding elder; Oak Street station, J J
Adams; Chesterfield circuit, .including
Leigh’s Temple, Mt Zion, Yates and
Chester Mission, B F Harrison;
St Thomas circuit, including
St Jones’ Chapter, Epp’s Grove and Oak
Street Mission, J S Nichols; Mt Hope
circuit, including Mt Hope and Mar’s
Hill, D W Bowe; Piney Grove station
and Waverly Mission, M N Levey, AM;
Sntibary circuit, including St Jbim,
Alton's Grove and Sycamore Hill, C
W Jones; Red Oak Grove circuit, in
cluding Red Oak, Zion Tabernacle and
Saffolk, W 8 Foster; Little Aid circuit,
including Little Aid and Brighton Mis
sion, G N Coffee, Berkly Mission and
Newport News, C C Roberson; Berkley
station, J W Wood; Norfolk station, J T
Matthews: Longridgo station and Ports
mouth .Mission, C B Hogans; Hickory
Ground Lcircuit, including St Thomas
snd Fooman’s Temple, A W Lowther;
circuit, including Mt