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THE STAR OF REV. J. W. SMITH, D. D., Editor. REV- 0.1L BLACKWELL, A. M., D. D., Bdbisrbs Makaqrr. PuKiihed «Mnr TUrnndag at Charlotte, N. a« ms S. College at. EaCsred at tiu Pott QJto* at Uharlott* at mo *n<i-Utim miU matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA TSS: $1.00, tix month*, 60 cents; <to (Atm month'e lion. TO CORS ESPONDXNT8: n isisure publico (ion virile with enk and extra ccwsfulntss on on* tide of the theet only: do not abbreviat*: avoid pcttmalitleif deal wit*, live gveition* and give ut items of cAw&**4 root now*: condense, to a* to occupy a column ay a half column: do not, if toeslblt, exceed 650 words. When writing about re anniversaries, dedications, donations, mar receptions, death cf church members, Easter T Child ' J *“ 1J' J*’ . „.J,Idrm’s Day, and the like, write on t>oetal j-ds. If you write long-winded articles, the Ecli ■f.r ’ u ill "i-'U them down." Send all article* for publication to the Editor; lend all subscriptione; all changes and all busineu matter to the Manager. STAFF CORRESPONDENTS. Mrs Bishop 0. 0. Fetter, Editor of Woman's Column. a«T. O.w. Offley, D. D., Her, E.O. Biddle, B. D., Her- J. H. Anderson, Ber. J. E. Mason. D. D., Eev. W. U. Marshall, tjee. W. A Blackwell, Bev G. 8. Adame, 1)D, Rsv. E. D. W. Jonos, A. B., mot’. F. H ttlll, Prol. B A. Johnson, A. M., Uev. J. E. McMullen, Bst.T. A. Weathlneton, Frof.E L. Thornton,A.M.,ReT.J.H. Manley, D.D., froI.D.W. Parker, A.B., Uev. J.A.D.Blolce, A.M., prof. W.F.Fonvellle,A.B,IleT.O.W Wlnfleld,DJ>. H.C.Weeden,Esq., Frol.W.M.Provlndor.A.B. Bey. H. W. smith, Ber. D. 0. Oovlngton Tbubsday, Januaky 20,1898. EDITORIAL. Do sot hunt for trouble. The minister that kicks up the devil and leaves Zibn now should not be allowed to retnin. The election of? Mark Hanna to victory for the National Republican Administration. ! Democrats are mad. N We acknowledg invitation to be p _riage of Rev. S. A. Lucy M- Wright, last night, Jan. Chapel A. M. E. S. 0. Rock Hill, future heme. Co the receipt of an esent at the mar Chambera to Miss ■which took place 19ib, in Clinton ion church, Union, C., will be their gratulationa, par Some Bethel ministers are saying that Bishop Arnett had Rev. 0. L W. Smith appointed^ Minister Resi dent to Liberia. Bah! When'Bish op Arnett begins jo work in the in terest of the A. M. E. Zion Church you may know he is crazy. His Bi ble had nothing to do with this ap pointment. The icredit belongs to Congressman 'White. Rev. Mbs. Mary J. Small, of York, Pa., is the first woman to be 'elected fraternal delegate from one annual conference to another. She represented the Philadelphia and Baltimore Conference in the North and West Alabama and Mississippi Conferences and said that Dr. William Howard Day and Rev. W. H. Mar shall were the scholars and brainy men of the old and young classes in said northern conference. When the Board of Bishops met in Charlotte, N. C., last March, Bish op Small presented a general fund form for each presiding elder to uae at each quarterly conference to note down the amount of said money -raised by each pastor and to report the same to the conference steward. The General Secretary, Rev.William How* ard Day, D. D , Harrisburg, Pa., has them ready. Let each presiding elder enclose a two-cenl stamp in a letter and send for them immediately. Do not neglect this and thus subject yoareeljf to criticism by your confer ence. The General Secretary and Gener il Steward in the division of the gen erftl fund for the month of December to the Bishops, Livingstone College, xi Star of Zion, Quarterly Review, Book Boom, Sunday School Union, superannuated ministers and other in terests are to be highly complimented. It shows that they love the Connec tion in all its parts. If every pastor wilt pollect and send the general fund to the conference steward,, and each steward to the General Steward, so that it can ba equitably divided among the general interests, there will b*. good feeling all along the line. Jones University, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., is a thing of the past. The North Alabama Conference consid ered it to be too big an elephant for Prof. David Williams Parker to car ry. It exempts him from blame. Read his defense in editorial correr pondtnee. If that school should be resurrected let the trustees leave off the University and call it Jones School. Negro denominations make laughing stocks of themselves calling their little schools colleges, academies and universities. It is a disgrace. Two-thirds of these schools do not be gin ‘to rqnal our city public schools. Zion had better try to build up what schools she 1 as without trying to es tablish any more. Dja.' A. J. Warner, Missionary jud Church Extension Secretary, was presiding elder of the De^ District of the North. Ala bai na Conference, but declined it and wi 1 now take the field to work up bis off ces. He has been frequently crit ized for not launching oat as did his prodecessor. Now that he is going, let every bishop and pastor encourage him by opening to him their church es uni booming his two departments. H( is. a powerful preacher, great ev mgelist, sweet singer and a rous ing platform orator. He will begin hi= work immediately in the North, beginning at Pittsburg, Pa. His he idquartera are Birmingham, Ala. Ho is willing to help the brethren in their revivals^ Let the northern brothren make engagements with him at once. AN EDITOR ATTACKING OUR - - .... BISHOP. i The Boeton Torch light-Courant, for ! some reason unknown to up, declines to exchange with the Star. Possi bl;r it is because it desires to attack Zion and her men without us know ing it. A copy of the above paper co itaining editorial slurs, misrepre sentations and malicious innuendoes on Bishop 0. 0. Pettey because of his in erview on “The Negro Question” wi h a Louisville reporter, which inter vi< w was copied and printed in the Star, is before us. It soliloquizes tb is: “There are big men in little places and little men in big places.” Verily true; and there are also lit tle men in little places who aro so in si^ uificant and worthless that they cai neither benefit or injure the race 80idally, politically, morally or re ligiously, and hence Have no influ ence in formulating publio senti ment. They very unfortunately fitd themselves upon this mun dane sphere lilliputians in stfture, lilliputians in power, lillipu tisns in moral stamina, lilliputians in all of the essential elements consti tu ing manhood; and as to intellec tuality, they are but stalagmitical ir regular formations gathered in the pathway of greater minds. They are nowhere in demand, for all official positions in both Church and State ar > intended for full-grown men in tellectually as well as physically. Tt us these dwarfs of creation must id y loaf or create for themselves a position the size ofithe man.- ~ Acting upon this principle the edi toaof the Torchlight-Courant “cre ated” for himself a sanctum where he co lid assail men who have been styled race leaders by Ecumenical Cc uncils, great conferences and conventions in this and foreign countries. He says that “Bishop Pettey had himself inter vi iWed in the Louisville Times for btncombe.” This statement is abao* lu :ely false. Bishop Pettey has never so ight an interview with any editor. On this occasion a reporter of the L< uisville Times made daily trips to th) seat of conference and on every oc ;asion asked for an interview. Bishop Pettey finally told said report er that if he would call at his room afier the final adjournment of Con fesence that he would give him an inlerview. The Torchlight Courant quotes the following from said inter view: r’he relation of tho Negroes in the Ncrth and South with their white nei4;h bo: s is not to be compared. From ov en point of view it is unmistakable that th( South is the place suited for him; and there he will undoubtedly thrive better, while in the Korth he will mate little if any progress. In the first piece, the South is primarily the home of .he Negro. He takes more naturally to hat part of the country, its climatic coi ditions, and oven its people. It was the home of his fathers; and, in short, there are numerous physical advantages there for him. But this is a very small pai t of the general advantage. The pfe juc ices with which ha has to contend in the South are purely social ones wh ich do not extend to other matters of lift or harass him in his occupations. En ployment is everywhere open to him. Ho works on houses and in mills along with the white laborer under equal ad vat tages and with the same chances of improvement. The social prejudice does not annoy him because the best Ola isos of colored people have their own socie'?v andwo feel no desire to frater niz s with thd white people, being per fec !y willing that ouf Hvps should sep ara e after we leave tho workshop. '’Lis little editor adds that if B sh op Pettey bad been interviewed for the Boston Transcript or the Chicago Ivitr-Ocean, he would have used dif ferent words and said diff ferent things. Now in this assertion . the editor of the Courant either ma liciously-makes the truth elastio or j fails to keep up with current news, i for had he exchanged with and read i the leading papers of Pennsylvania i and Ohio this past summer, he would I have seen the same utterances in < enl stance by the very same man. i Thi following is clipped from Bishop f Pel tey’a interview in the Pittsburg > JHpatch, July 18, *9T: ono who has lot travelled or worked oxtenslvoly imung the colored people to form any adequate conception of what they havo iccomplished and what they need. Huch has been done for them by whites )f the North and the whites of the South, rhey havo done much for themselves; much remains to be done. It is in the South that the Negro must be seen to be mderstood; that is his home and it is there that he must work out his destiny, [f you were to ask me whether he is bet ter oil in the South than in the North, [ should have to answer that it depends upon the standpoint from which you view his condition. In some, in fact in many particulars, he is belter off in the South; and my con* viction is that it is best for him to stay^ there. This city, Pittsburg, Pa., contains groat many colored men for whom there is no opportunity for employment. Par ticularly is this true of those who re ceived an education upon the same terms and in the same schools with the whites; and when they have it, they are denied the chance to earn their living by it. The same thing is largely true of other Northern cities. It is not so in the South. Political equality does not compensate for this and no more would social equal ity if the colored man could obtain it. One of tho great causes for the limiting of tho colored man’s opportunity in the North is the school system. In all of the Southern States we havo separate schools for blacks and whites; and the result is a great field for the work of ed ucated colored men and women as teach ers. In tho North a colored youth may fit himself for teaching, but hie cannot get a position. There aro a few places where he can, I believe; but they are so insignificant in number as scarcely to constitute an exception to the rule. We believe in our system of education in the South for this reason; and also for the rea son that no white teacher can inspire a colored boy or girl as a colored teacher will do. A white men may be absolute ly freo from prejudice and yet ho cannot couvey to a young Negro the enthusias tic desire to do something for the race which is necessary to constitute a leader of the colored raco. Ia the North the Negio is told that ho possesses all of the* civil and political rights of the white man; yet when it comes to obtaining employment, he finds that his civil and political rights avail him nothing. In the South the colored carpcntor or brick liyer may work upon houses where white men are employed and none of them think of offering objections. In the North the educated colored :«an is met in the outset of his cercer by an almost im passable wall ot prejudice; and the col ored artisan is prevented by the trades unions from showing what he can do in almost all of the lines of skilled labor. In making these statements Bishop Pettey refers to the Negro en masse and knows whereof he speaks. He has traveled the States over and is filly cognizant of the faot that there are hundreds of well-to-do, high ly cultured and accomplished col ored people in all of the Northern States as well as in the South. Many of them own their own fine homes, have cultured families and are thriv ing better in their respective locali ties than they could elsewhere. These are the few fortunate onesconstituirig the exception and not the rule. "With a continual stream of foreigners flood ing the Northern States with com mon labor, Bishop Pettey, like other sensible meD, recognizes the fact that there is but little room North for the black masses of the South. The Courant further adds that “he is accustomed to say different thingp in different places." Certainly. Bishop Pettey ia no parrot and has no stereo typed school-boy’s speech ever ready for deliverance; but he is original in thought and possesses the happy fac- ] ulty of using the Queen’s English at ] will in producing thought without 1 repealing himself. The Courant very sneeringly refers to the time when Bishop Peitey was settling State lands in California by Afro-Americans from the South. Well, what of that? For climate, seasons, productiveness of soil, minerai propertis and other natural; resources, California is most highly favored and is certainly more inviting by far than most other 9tates in the Union. Now because an Afro-American, whose every pul sation throbs in the interest of his race, who wa3 then a resident of the Oolden West, remembering the con s^lomerated masses in the Southland, many of whom were so environed that they could not purchase homes, took advantage of ibe opportunity :ffered and made “rapid trips be tween North Carolina and California” ind advised those who wanted homes md had none to go to California and pre-empt State lands, be is sneered it. Did he advise wholesale enum eration ? No, and yon are in error arhen yon think bo. It was onr pleas ire to hear a series of those lectures referred to. Bishop Pettey has never lenounced the South as being a de batable place. He advised those to 50 who were able to pay their fare tnd support their families after tak. ng up their/ homestead. He has lever adviseiK wholesale emmigra ion to any country bisection of the country; and furthermoVe^he is not esponaible for any disgrantlid-per on who went West from any of the j States and failed to find a position ] uited to his meagre ability. Yes, “ha gpPrhat boodle there 'as in it.” land the editor of the 'ourant beenj/ wide-awake, intelli ent, up-to-date, man, he doabtleis ould have been influential with the itate officials, and might possibly ave established a town or colony ailed Hendersonville. There are but ew Afro-Americans enjoying the listinguished honor of having towns lamed after them in this country, flfe'know of but two, viz , Langston Jity in Oklahoma, and Pettey ville in California. Those who went to Cal fornia under Dr. Pettey‘s manage nent and foiled were failures at lome. He curried them across the lontinent, guided them to their lomesteads, settled them thereon, vrote up their claims and filed the lame in the Land Office without the sompensatior of one farthing from iny of the se .tiers. The Counjnt calls Bishop Pettey ‘a little man in a big place." To ;his we make no reply, but offer some dippings from the press and sayings )f some noted individuals: “The paper read at the Atlanta Exposi tion, by Bishc p Pettey, one of the lead ing spirits of 1 he colored raco, ranks him ivlth the illustrious advocates of the Ne £ro. Bishop Pettey is from North Car olina and has 'done much for tho ad vancement ofhis people. He has been prominent foi many years as au educa tor in the colored schools of the South; md the effect of his work lias been elec trical upon tha race.”—Atlanta Constitu• 'ion. “Bishop C. Pettey, A. M., D. D., is truly a great man, full of all that goes to make a model Christian gentleman, and possesses all >f tho rare requisites per .ainiiig lu iuu uisuupuu vxicai jl ui« ley.”—Mississippi News. •'The utterances of Bishop Pettey stamp him no .only a great churchman, but also a groat statesman.”— Birming ham Herald. “Bishop 0- C. Pottey in his great spoech at Atls nta and his greater speed: rocently dellvarod in Mobile farther evi dences his Stress for tho place he holds In tho front rank of the thinkers anc orators of the world.”—Missionary Her ild. “We have riad with absorbing inter' sst the able speech of Bishop Pettey en titled ‘The Nation and its Duty to the Negro.’ Thiil ablo divine made a most sloquent plea for tho race; and his decla rations were s s bold as and which have been put forth in our behalf. Thcro is in entire absence of servility or cring Ing: and the a ssertion ef manhood is one of the most pc/tent characteristics of this remarkable dissertation,”—Richmond \Va ) Planet. “Bishop Pettey in an interview in tbs Pittsburg Wsj'atch tells the truth when be says that the condition of tho Negrc Is better in tho South than in any othei portion of tho country.”—Raleigh (N. 0.) Hews and Observer. “We have iit Queen’s Park just now a very remarkable mans a colored brothex ind a bishop lrom America. He is tall, symmetrical, very scholarly, dignified in nanner and uses excellent English.”— London, Eng.,.Pall Mall Gazette. “Bishop Pettey, of the United States delivered a most interesting lecture in ;he Methodist Chapel of Hinckley on ‘America and the Negro.” It was a rich treat for all present.”—The Hinek• ’ey, Eng.,Hettinger. “The speoch of Bishop Pettey is pre* jminently abo ve any yet delivered by my orator on the race problem.”— Wide Awake. “Bishop 0. 0. Pettey is a flno scholar, leep theologian and an able orator.”— Jhambersburg (Pa.) Repository. Bishop Turrer says that “Pottey is a ;roat man and a great leader.” Bishop Hood says that “Bishop Pettey s the scientific bishop of tho Board of dishops and ode of the finest orators of ho race—full of emotion and power.” 8enator H. W. Blair said, “With great i aviiuu bund and eloc uent address delivered by Jishop Pettey at the Exposition.” Senator J. 0. Pritchard said that ‘Bishop Pettey sounded the proper key lote in his abb and instructive address >n the subject—“The Nation and its duty to the Negro.” If necessary, we could fill the Star vith opinions from leading papers ,nd men in this and foreign countries toncerning tl e greatness of our Bish ip who has been disreputably as aulted, but the Torchlight Courant iditor would strain his understand ng to avoid being convinced. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE, BrRMiNonAVt, Ala.:—Wc have been ere one week attending the North A'a &ma Confers noe presided over by tishnp J. B. 8 nail, A. M., D. D. This ionference is not ns large as the Ala ama and Central Alabama ipnferoncos which we attended ist month bat )t is very intelligent and ne looking. The dashing A. J. War er and the able and hustling William pcncer aro the two big generals of this bnferenco. Revs. H. R. and G. W. Gaines, T. Pt 'ipton, D. D., B. 0. Banks, 8. P. Col ns, J. 0. Saunders, E, Hunter, H. J. tarks, T. H. Jones, J. H. Sylvester, N. i Rundes, A. Cook, M. S. Cost, R. L. immous and C*. Bunt arc rising leaders, here are other promising ministers mt wo will sp lak of later on. Rev. M. , Cost is the singer. He writes and ngs his own ballads. When singing o reminds one of the late Eerrebeo of orth £arolindV 'This conference has three presiding derHiaUlctsand they raised ^00 gen al fond—an last year. Tbit is remarkable, consider- } ing the recent epidemics of yellow fever j. and small pox The other collections were fair and t tie Bishop said aocordlog 1 to law he would give no man an appoint- * ment who would not subscribe and pay ( for the Stab ox Zion. Prof. David Williams Parker reported Jones Univer sity as a thing of the past. He said: “Bishop and Brethren, I took charge * of Jones University in 1893 with 8'» i I students, and when it collapsed a few , weeks ago it hud over 201 students. The mistake in establishing this school was it started out too big. It was born in debt. The t -ustees bargained for a place for $4,503, and after I was elected president I travelled all over this coun try speaking, praying, “vreaehing” and begging money to liquidate this debt, i Nearly all Ira sed had to go to the run ning expense of the school. The breth- 1 ren only raised $250 Children Day’s i money last year. I had to pay $108 of it oh lease of the property and the bal ance to tenches. Last year Starks and I furnished the school at our expense with a carload of coal. I have dore my duty, made great sacrifices, am now in debt, and am not responsible for the crash. Bishop, Dr. G. L.Blackwell, while pastoring the Boston church, was offered the presidency of this school. Be came all the way from the Hub to Tt scaloosa to sec anil tako charge of it and was so disappointed that ho turned around, mounted the train, sayina he would possibly be back, and left between two suns. Bish op, you. yourself, were offered the presi dency .but were too far-seeing and shrewd to accept it. If I am to be made the scape goat in this m liter I will dip my pen in venom, in poison, in vinegar, and write up the history of this school. I say again that it s.arted wrong. It went up in a balloon ami came down with a dull thud. Tho trustees ought to have bought two c r three acres of land and built a sChoo! house on it. The name was too big—iones University. Why a University is i bigger school than Liv ingstone Colh-ge. if you will take a catalogue of . ones University, you will find the curriculum as strong as Oxford University. Yale’s curriculum cannot touch it.” After Prof. Parker’s defenso Bishop Small said h( did not know any man who could ht.vo kent tho school alive., with but little fund's coming in, better than tbo Professor; that ho did not think Prof. Parker was to blame for the downfall of the school; that in candor and truth the school started too big. Rev. W. G. Gaines said if all the minis ters knew tho sacrifices that Prof. Par ker had made they would not ccnsuro him for its do vnfall. Rev. .1. F. Moreland','-of_ Mobile, preached a pc werful annual sermanjja ‘‘Spiritual Increase” from John 8:80, on Thursday night. Many of his good points were clinched with Scripture proofs and he wns showered with shouts and amens. Moreland is truly a Bibli cal and Holy Ghost preacher. On Fri day night Rev. C. Hunt preached a stir ring sermon on ‘ Prayer.” Dr. T. P. Tip* ton preached c splendid practical sermon Sabbath morning. Wo preacbednt 8 p. m. Rev- G. \7. Gaines preached a rous ing sermon at 7:83. Great congregations and big times all day. Rev. Mrs. Mary J Small, wife of Bishop Small, preached a fine and pat hetic missionary sermon to tbo conference which was highly en joyable. Presiding Elder Samuel Sher man of tie West Alabama Conference delivered inspiring fraternal greetings showing that hundreds of souls had been converted and added to the churches. Rsv. R. Steele, of Wood stock, Ala., paid in one dollar Centen nial money. Miss Julia Small, Bishop’s daughter, who is a rapid stenographer, took down tic speeches and sernioDE* Mrs. Mollie Starks, vice president of the W. H. and ?. M. Society, is competent and faithful and interested in her work. Mr. Henry 0. Preston, superintendent and lay delegate of Tuscaloosa, is worth $50,000. Dr Warner, who has more in fluence in Birmingham with white and black than any other black man, enter tained the Conference grandly. That church has a fine choir. Wc presided three hours over the conference on Mon day night wlrilo the Bishop was making out his appointments. Conference will meet tho first Wednesday in December 1898 in Selma, Ala. Birmingham because of its coal, fur naces and minerals, is tho Pittsburg of tho South. It is wealthy and growing. Zion has a largo framo church with a big congregation built npby Dr. Warner Wo need n brick church there to hold our own. Onr people are intelligent ahd accumulating iropeny. senior n. u Ruffin of tbc Southern Sentinel, and Edi tor L. H. Hariison of the Wide A wake, spent several hours with us In the city and treated us royally They run spicy papers. Brother Ruffin is president of the A. A. L. and P. A., and Brother Earrison is teaching master of I. 0. of S. and D. of St. Luke of Alabama. We will write our next from Mobilo where the West Alabama Conference is in ses sion. MAJORU AND MINORS. PABAG&API'S—GRAVE AND GAT. I BY W. F. FONVIELLE. “Ring out the old, Ring in the new." * * * * * ( Of course you’ve been resolving, , “turning over new leaves,” etc. All , of us do it at the beginning of every | New Year, you know, ju3t to keep , in line with tradition. < ***** ( The Salvation Army at this stage ( of its existence, seems to be sadly in | need of Balvation and a recruiting » office. . ***** There would be no sense in asking 1 “What’s the matter with Hanna?” * The click of the telegraph instrument 1 has already answered the question. 1 ***** { It is refreshing to be told' by our good friend, Rev. Jno. Wesley Thom as, that we may depend Upon him; { and justassocn as the opportunity c presents itself, be will register his vote i in the negative on the “Fofm and f i • appointed. ♦ ' * tly deplored that is so uncommonly days of intellec Lobe” question. Rev. S. A# Cham* era ia off on bis honeymoon, and loth not depose. In fact, he’a just oo, too; but he’ll fetch up in good irder at the * It ia to be lommon sen: icarce during ual activity. * * I * * * Notwithstanding the OreeSa— Athenians and Spartans—let intern il dissensions almost decimate them, itill there ia something heroically »rand about them. While Athena :ultivated the arts and produced po it?, historians, orators and philoso pbers, Sparta cultivated the physical part of man—she thade soldiers. We have not followed in the wake of the Greeks in some particulars. All of our men are bards, philosophers, ora tors, theologians and critics; and un» less one has four or five capital letters after his name, properly set off with the correct number of periods, with the ’‘A’s” and “D’s” outnumbering the other letters, he does not count for very much. Still he is great (in certain way) for all of us who cau read and write are great, but to be truly great, you are bound to have “them big letters” after your name. We have so many tig men that we are actually smothering. Breathing space is at a premium. Leonidas was not an “A. M.” nor a “D. D.,” but he held the pass at Thermopylae. * * * * * Speaking of the very recent Hayti* German trouoiejone otourpaperssays: “All honor to President Sam.” Stuff, For what ? For humiliating the peo ple of which He is the recognized head ? After bo much brag and blus ter, it turned out to be the worst piece of abject humility that haa been exhibited by a government to the gaze of the people during the pres ent century. Everybody admits that the Emperor of all the Germans is a bully, but-we fail to see where that binds up any of the wounds inflicted upon the Ilaytian republic. There are unmistakable evidences of weak ness on the part of President Simon Sam, which are painfully glaring at this time. In her recent undoing, Hayti needed a Hypolite. * * * * * A careful reading of the papers re veals the fact that a mighty host of men in the Zinin Methodist Church think “higher honors await them in 1900." Now, all of us need not ex pect them at this particular time, notwithstanding the oft recurring sentence, “Higher honors await him.’ But what a balm it is to my unruf fled roul to know for a certainty that “higher honors'* surely await me at the appointed time—1900. I’ve been waiting a long time, and like some of the other brethren, Tm get ting “mighty tired a-waiting.” * * * * * Rev. 0. L. Vt. Smith, of the N. C. Conference, of our Church, received a Christmas gift at the hands of the President during the flood-tide of festivities, in the shape of an appointmqnt to the Republic of Liberia, as Minister Resident. Two times has this hjonor fallen upon men in the ranks of Zion. For a time, i great many thought the lightening would strike Rev. F. M. Jacobs, but lie put himself out of the race when ie left Tennessee to live in New Fork. The Negro, with the litical cipher in ! the Empire State. This is the thirtj Smith (all citizens N. 0.) that has been appointed to ihie post. One called himself Smytbe; but it was plain Smith. Dr. E. E. Smith was one of the most acceptable Ministers the United States has ever Sent the little Rspub io. Zion has one more Smith; and nay be—ah sb|J Speak softly. * - * * * * The black portion of our population ihould not permit itself to be de rived by the fight now being waged n the Houee against the Civil Ser rice. The opposition has for its eader3 men who are anxious to be re urned to Congress, and they find his an easy way to deceive their oon tti'.uents into returning them. Then oo, the olamot* comes mostly from nen who lire in revenue districts. Suppose the Congress should repeal he law, how maoh would it benefit he black man? How mmy would >e appointed in the revenue service ? Phia can be answered by naming the. lumbers who were appointed before here was any Civil Service law. The livil Service is the friend of the ainy; the spoils system the parent of he few. The black min’s political quality is bound up in this enaot nent. ***** Now that Durant has been hanged, fartin Thorn condemned to tho hair, and Mrs. Nack sentenced to Luburn, the country breaths more reely. Between Col. Devaux (tveij body 3ft “Col.” in “Gawgah, sah.") and he Savannah port, Col. Lyons and Ihe Augusta post-office, Postmaster lloftin and the ."best Citizens” of llogansville, there is “confusion worse confounded.” But one figure sits lerene, hooded in a slouch bat of am* pie proportional-perched upon a cot ton bale, reading the proofs the Southern Age—Col. Bill Pledger, ‘Gawgah.” But the Boss is away in Japan, and the old ship may not tack right ’til he comes home on a leave of absence. Let the battle of the Georgia Colonels proceed. ***** Hoa. Geo. H. "White, who delivered .he principal Emancipation address ;o the citizens of Goldsboro, on the evening of Jan. 1st, is in every way i worthy and acceptable representa tive of the people. He is true to his friends, and never loses an opportu nity to be of service to them when called upon. We should see to it that Mr. White is returned to Con gress and kept there until he has grown old in the service. ***** “RiDg out the false, Ring in the true.” Goldsboro, N. C. REVIVAL AND ACCIDENT. BY MRS. KATIE HOPKINS. We b&ve a minister sent to us this year in the person of Re7. L. N. Slaughter, B. D., who is conducting a great revival meeting here, which has been in progress ten days. On Mon day night Rev. L. N/Slaughter took ") for his text, “He paweth in the valley and rejoioeth in his strength; ho goeth on to meet armed men.” Job 38: 21. After the services were dis missed the people thronged to the streets and the sidewalks gave way and about 50 men, women and chil dren went down with the sidewalk, falling ten feet, all piled upon each other. Their bitter eries brought people fiom every direction, and in a few minutes the public were at the frightful scene with ambulances-and doctors. Mrs. Harriet Clay had two ribs broken and was otherwise badly bruised. Mis. Hattie Lacey was badly bruised and confined to her bed. Mrs. Katie Toliver had her back broken and is not expected to survive,-_ Qutite a number escaped with slight wounds. < Rev. I. H. Johnson, pastor of the A, M. E. Zion mission at Rosedale, Kansas City, Kan., Rev. Hendricks, one of Zion’s ministers, and Rev. Wm. Johnson of Zion, worked like heroes in rescuing the wounded. What made it all the worse wa3 the sidewalk was over a hole 10 feet and when the sidewalk gave way, down the people fell all in a heap. It, is the city’s fault that the sidewalk was not built stronger, and not Rev. Slaughter’s at all. Notwithstanding all this we had the largest crowd that we have ever had yet, and some of the people say that Bishop G. W. Clinton iias turned loose thunder in Kansas City. We are expecting Rev. J. M. Wash ington, our presiding elder, the great Sam Jones cf the West. Rev. Dr. I31aughter will have us in our new place of worship by the time the pre siding elder comes. The value of this church and ground is $2,500. We cannot tell how he is going to make it on that line, but h*«is going in to stay, w e want Ziion planted m the western country, and we believe with a few more divines like we have J.nd presiding elders like Dr. J. M. Washington and with a Bishop as we have in the lead of the army, Zion will soon hover her children under her wings as a hen doth her brood. Kansas City Mo., has over 200,000 inhabitants and we have only two places of worship that can be called lion's. Come over in Macedonia and Help us. In the last ten days, 23 nave been added to our church; 43 mourners at the altar. Wears going ;o run day and night. Kansas City, Mo. Our new church on this circuit if ilmost completed. We are preparing .o build a new church on the other end of Ihe circuit to be called Lomax’s chapel.—Rev. R. M. Devin*. _- - ■learden, Tenn. We cannot plant and build np !iion in these cities without a rev mue from which to draw. None but iood, loyal men can do the work. i7ben ministers find that big speecbe* md fair promises will not pass their (baracters in conference they will ibey the laws and raise all of the !!onnectional claims. The bishope mould net allow themselves to be lutton-holed nor the presiding elder* :e afraid of losing a few votes and-b* isndicapped by Borne of these hair* trained fellows.—Rev. P. M. A rob A IJoion, S. C. '
The Star of Zion (Charlotte, N.C.)
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