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RALLY AT CHESTERFIELD MIS SION CHURCH By Rev. C. H. McRae. Mr. Editor Please allow me space'in the Sta of Zion to say a few words a6ou our Mission Church at Chesterfield S. C. Under the Pastoral care of Re J J Hunter, this Mission is in splen did condition. The Fifth Sunday ii April was a high day. Rev Hun;e secured the Court House to worshi] in. Revs L A Thomas of the M I Church; Foster of th'e Presbyteriai church and Little of tfie Bap .is church closed their doors and wor shipped with us at 11 am. and 3 pm a large and appreciative audienc( attended each service. The sermons preached <by the writer, Revs Hunter aiid J L Little of the Baptist churcl were of high order and met the' ap proval. of ‘the occasion. The Missior cnUrch is at the County seat of Ches terfield County and under the lead ership of Rev W O Carson, Presiding Elder of the Cheraw District. We will soon have a nice church, at this place. Total amount raised during the- day, $40.40. chesterfield, S. C. FROM SCANDIA, .. A. Bear Mr. Editor: - Please allow space in the columns of the Star of Zion for a word from the new work at Scandia,, la. This is the- first time in our history to ever send an article. About a year ago our Presiding Elder Rev. F D Douglass brought the pleasant news to us that there Was a denomination known as the A. M. E. Zion church. We are thank ful to God, that -we can say at this time that we have a strong member ship and a well organized church un der the leadership of our Pastor Rev G W White, who is maiking himself felt as a leader among men in this cart of Iowa. We are now on the verge of the Annual Conferenca. On the 26th of May we gave the Presiding E^d^p* a reception which was largely attend onor.of t&is great man-, of wuu. i*^o3¥ Pres-„ „ tor return to us., the future bids fai far .. good church building before th< next Annual Conference, for already we have more than a hundred dol lars on hand to erect the edifice. Or Sunday, May 27th at 11 o’clock. W< had with us our own Bishop L Kyles., DD. AB. who was greeted b} a large audience of both white anc colored. Never before had we had £ Bishop in this part of the world. Wc thank God for such Bishops as Bish op Kyles who will vis;t the smal charges as well as the large. Bishoi Kyles preached a powerful sermor sweeping his audience from theii feet, he will never be forgotten ir this part of Iowa and we shall ex pect him once each year. Although the Bishop could not be present al the reception, yet many good things were said concerning him by th« Presiding Elder. The following pro gram was rendered: Song, “It is Well With My Soul, congregation. Invocation, G W Montague. Address, Jas Hamilton. Response, Miss B. Madden. Paper Mrs M Hamilton. , 4 Instrumental so’o, Mr H Stone. Original poem, Miss M Madden Speaker of the hour, Presiding El der F. D. Douglass. Closing remarks, Henry Madden. „ Miss Murrell Madden rendered ar original poem in honor of the Pre siding E der as follows. .Here s to the honored Bishop Kyles Of the Methodist Episcopal Zior church.. A worthy and powerful leader indeed .appointed and lead toy God’s power tie leads the righteous and ungodlj And the sinner along as well Out upon the road of success rThat leads to eternal Bliss. Over bill, through dale on plain, He urges on -his lip's*., To never falter, no, never tire . hile journfeying along this road. Along this road are thorns and this tles And ravageous beasts, bye., bye, To frighten those who will follow on After that fearless leader Kyles. - Under the banner of Christ, And under the stars and stripes., Music ringing and colors streaming We are marching on to. K. C. Lead by the spirit of God, Lead under our Bishop Kyles., r May this Conference at Kansas Cit] t Be one of great renown. J -~j past records of the AMEZ c*hurc Can be pointed to with dignity an pride. 1 But the record we’ll establish o r June 1.4th,, j > Will be an ideal and model for all. i God bless our Conference., ; Bless our Presiding Elders too, . Bless every co-worker in our field. . But bless our leader, Bishop Kyles Dedicated to Presiding Elder F I ^ouglass of Kansas City., Mo., by Mu rel Madden: To our Conneotional Evangelist an( Presiding Elder, A member of the noisy seventh. A Lieutenant under Bishop Kyles, jn the mission fields of Iowa. Douglass won this great honor, Through persistent efforts ever,, vVas chosen from the list of eligible: To rise as Presiding Elder. -rod holds Douglass’ destiny In His own ipowerful hand, Kyles holds his appointment And is watching Doug’ass command Whether Douglass can muster and general, jod’s vast army in Iowa ' Ii so., he’s in line for promotion, To he a Bishop too some day. Though the task is great and bur densome To cover this area assigned, But, he’ll make it in time for Confer » ence., « TT-‘fh three days in Scandia to spend. He’s up early and out late, And very seldom at home, Mission calls .him far and JvefaC • Dear Editor. ? Please allow me, in our Star t r speak a word for our hustling pasto First, I must say to all that w i have , a blessed man on this circuit s He has done more on this Circuit ii 3 month's than any Pastor we hav ■ ever had in so short a time. In ever . quarterly meeting he raises his as , sessments. The first quarter he rais i ed $42.95; the second quarter he rais ■ ed $53.62 and $11.00. General fund $10; education money on hand $25. conference money. Our Christian Endeavor is aliv under his hand.- He also has six aux fialries and from $10 to $15 in eacl treasury. So when Bishop W L Lee DD., makes his call our Pastor Re’ , G A Howard will be there with th goods. We have a live Sunday Schoo at each church. Everybody loves hin both white and colored. He has i good reputation here/ He made ai impressive speech at the Court Hous God bless his efforts. We are storming him on ever; hand. The good Baptist people ar very handy in helping us. God bles them. We raised $349.38 since th nnual Conference. Zion is safe a Luverne, Ala.., under our Pastor. Our stewardess board is in fin snape. Yours for God and Zion, L. V. Turmipseed. THE RESULTS OF THE RURA SCHOOL EXTENSION MOVEMENT. The first of the year., the wise am prudent business man usually take an inventory of his stock to ascer jdin whether or not his business i growing .or at a standstill or fallini off. When he has made a discovery o the results satisfactory to himself he will then know how to bake hi bearings for the future, if he con tinues in business, s * Following such an example, Le us take “stock” of t.he results ac complished in the rural school Ex tension Work and see if the move ment has been worth while. Recently., I have been imakimg i careful study of the Biennial Report of the Superintendent ef Public In struction, with a view of learning whether or not any progress has bee® made i Colored pt especijly;' tneVltural m^fct by the tipn. I have parision of rovement of th< iooIs in the State, the establishment of Extension Depart Teacher’s Associa fdy and corn statistics of the school years'll4_i5 . and 1915-16 c lines, viz: School term., salaries and along four site houses length school furnitlrj The RUnal School work as est Association four months be 1915. The fore between comparision certainty of formation ar< mentioned a no official rec< and published 1916-17. I usually an school work the year. D months, therj lias been "in, ed fifty (50) er 25,-000 mS tion of the s< l counties, such inform; from the lofa [ our own pe d by the Teacher's two years, and starting in Segtem schoOl years., there :h we can make any any approximate rrectness of the in two school years for there has been as yet compiled r the school year igaged in the rural >ut eight months in [g, the twenty (20) this movement nation., I have visit Lnties, travellifig^PV making an insjpec )1 conditions in these te meantime I obtain regarding them school officials and as will enable me to be of soAd Service to those for whose childrf ated. Now., First, of visited, I firi$ new school in thirty-twc school year he schools are oper :at are the results? fifty counties I have t from one to four ses htive been built 32) counties in the 16-1916. Iy were built in the —1916-’17., I have [, as much has not 1, before the teachers hool at the A. and N. C, iNewbold, Colored schools, in the information gs that Supt. J. Y. school houses had lored children dur ing the ‘pastIt vo years—1915-’16 and ' 191€-’17) than had ever been built before under11 ny; other two years of his adminid|’l:tion. And, -further ore, Dr.jiufrner himself asserted lection dhr of 1916 wftfr , .. . of the ExecU Committee of the Rural School Department that more stimulus had >eef Siveji towards the building of the colored p year (1916) he, moreover, activity large' extension mo; '1 ;ievf school-houses for (opie during the past thin ever before, and lave credit for this y/to the rural school ent. I regret to * ty however, that ow ing to the stu ^ ornness or lack of in terest on th; )ar^ some iocal school official, (there are a few coun ties where nl school houses have been built, in f number of years. Second, im rnirty-s>evcii — the fifty (50 f counties I visited the school term |as been lengt-encu. by ten days. d that in forty-one of counties the salaries |?«$ased., however little from two t Third, I the fifty (5: have been or much. There w in.the ave each colore that paid annual am teacher in are satisfie bound to h the State S port is publi school year 1 But even it is not su crease in th censes, nor ij crease made in the state an increase of $6.14 e annual amount paid :acher in 1915-16 above 914-15. - The average t paid the colored 15-16 was $155.80. We he amount' will he ore for 1916-17 when ,»*j. next Biennial Re ed and also for this 8. _this small increase >nt to medt the in leadhers’ living ex iroportion to the in other lines of work d nation. The result!8 there 18 a ^ter Ae mand for « npeient teachers than the supply. (Fourth, T iere are in 8356 colored the state -urai school houses. 557 of them in 1 #« were •WtPP*''"'1?' modern scho of-' 169 over In the sai16 houses were m^de desks. The abov “findings” a biennial re S-ate Supt. I leave it or not the work is "w however;, th r furniture., an increase 614. •<*> , year 1190 school uipped with home are the results of my ’er a close study of the of Dr Joyner, our die Instruction. v h the readeV whether d school, extension while;” hot claiming every improvement (Continued **** ***■> On account of the Great Increase in Sunday Schoolorders, we fell short of Literature for the first quarter. All orders that ksince February -W-T-ITTI . - .tf ^ • gffmuydKfo. ti. be filled the second quarter. Respectfully J. W, Crockett, Mgr. “SOUL ECHOES." NUMBER TWO AVE A big collection of songs for Religious Meetings. Especially adopted for Sunday Schools and Young People's Societies. 10 Cents each, $1.00 per dozen For sale at /l. IVI. E. 1. 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