NUMBER TEN.
OBITUARY OF MRS. MAMIE M.
AI.STORK, RATE WIFE OF
BISHOP J. W. ALST^RK.
By Bishop J. W. AI stork, D. D.,
LB. 13.
Mamie M Alstork was a daughter
of Nellie L. iLawson. She was born
p,t Talladega, Alabama December
25 th 1855. She died at Montgomery,
Alabama, January 12th 1920. She
was married 'to 'John Wesley Al.
stork May 26th 1872 by the Hen. G.
W,. Plowman, of Talladega, Alaba,
ma. She was educated in the com.
mon schools of Talladega and enter,
ed Talladega College, but did not
finish her College Course because
she married.
She was converted to Christ and
joined the A. M. E. Zion church un.
dor the late Rev. Landy Fanin.
Within a few months of forty
eight years she enjoyed a happy and
helpful married life. She stood by
her husband and shared whatever
came whether joy or sorrow, success
or failure. She was a model wife
ever looking to the interest of her
husband; There Averei )no tchiflcpen
born to them. She took great delight
In' helping others to educate their
children. Her home was the chil.
dren’s happy resort. She was a
friend to everybody, especially the
ministers and their families. She
was a consecrated Christian and a
worthy member of the church. She
was a lover and sympathizer with
all humanity. She was always happy
when helping the needy and helpless.
She was active in helping the cause
of education and charity. When her
was a pastor she delighted
wife of a pastor.
When her husband was Financial
Secretary of the A. M. E. Zion Conj
nection eight years, handling hun.
dreds of thousands of dollars she
was his faithful Secretary. Much of
the time her husband was away from
the office (.because he was a Presid.
ing Elder* she received and receipted
for the money. There was never a
time when one dollar went wrong.
as me wire or a msnop sue wa
much at home as to the duties and
responsibilities of that position, She
worked for God and humanity from
her conversion to the grave. She al.
ways sought opportunity to do good
She was a member of the singing
choir wherever she went. She was
a Sunday School teacher in the Sun.
day school wherever she was sltuat.
ed. She was president of the neigh
borhood club, -a charitable organiza.
tion. She was President of the min.
isters’ wives; union. She was a mem.
her of Anna M. Duncan Club. She
was a member of St. Paul Club.
She was a member of the Auxiliary
Board of Hale Infirmary. She was
Most Ancient Matron of Lidia Court
No. IS Free and Accepted Ancient
York Rite Masons.
She was president of the Third
Episcopal District comprising the
following Conferences: / Alabama
Conference, Southeast Alabama Con.
ference, North Alabama Conference
Cahaha Conference, South Alabama
Conference, South American Confer,
ence. She was the first to organize
the Episcopal District Convocation
She held one for every year for
three years and raised $3,375.10.
She and her workers were arranging
for the fourth one when the Lord
called her.
She delighted to work in this De.
partment. The ladies who assisted
always made it so pleasant for her.
She attended most of her husband’s
5 Conferences and always took an
active part with the ladies on theii
programme. She attended all of the
General Conferences including the
one in which her husband was elect,
ed Bishop at Washington, D. C.
She always delighted to be with
her husband that she might help him
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Rev. Rev. P. A. Wallace, A. M. D, D. Pastor pf Fleet
M. E. Zion Church Brooklyn, New York. Cleared JC
Bought New Parsonage. Doubled Membership,
tion. Prominent Candidate for Bishop.
EASTER DRIVE AND
Word reaches us from every point
of the compass that better reports
will be made this Easter than ever
before.
A most cheering and significant
pledge is that there will be more
promptness in making reports than
in previous years.
In the death of Rev. P. H. Wil.
liams, our department sustains a
great loss, because he made it a
point to send in twice the amount
asked of him. He believed that the
Church Extension and Home Mission
Department a chief asset of the
Church. O, for mor^ men of his spir.
id I
We must break all previous re.
icpds this year and we must do our
jest to get our reports in before the
General Conference. We must make
i splendid showing there to main,
cain our record.
If we could jump from $700 in
915 to $4,000 in 1919, what good
, eason is there that we should not
un up to" over $5,000 in 1920? Let
is all get busy and do just this par.
icular thing. This one thing we
| an and must do. r\
\ vVe rendered a splendid account oil
mrselves with our Bethel Brethren
! u Baltimore a few weeks ago, and
.■■re made to feel proud of ourselv.eS
they expressed themselves a3
ng proud of us, and we wej*e
;;i'oud of them. But we will be
prouder of ourselves if we continue
;ur average increase annually in oui
Easter Offerings.
Let everybody get busy. Tlhis is
•lo one man’s task. Everybody must
help. Send in your order at once
for Easter Programs? etc. Send all
orders to our office in Philadelphia
Our Bishops were never more en_
th'usiastic over the Easter Offering
than now. They realize that the
more we can raise for the depart,
nient from this source the more
ihurrhes we can help, and the more
benefit the department can and will
be to the General Church.
Now is the time to bestir ourselves
mid we must not be laggards, but
daily 0n the job until Easter is ov.
ir. Are you in heart and sympathy
vith us? If so show it and act
promptly in making report.
Editor Star of Zion:
I do not know how you feel abou
it, but' if 1 were the Editor or a pa
per I would never like to De booste<
up in my own magazine; but as
am not the editor nor ever likely b
be, and as there is no other maga
zine as good as yours to do the jot
will you allow me without flatter;
to boost you up this once as plat
Dr. Harvey Anderson, Ph. D., th
man who is playing the game square
ly and impartially by not only giv
ing his competitors free scope to ai
their candidacies, but also bring
them out prominently before th
public.
From the time of your occupanc
of the Editorial Charr I have bee:
critically watching the progress o
The Star of Zion in its literary fligh
and during the three first years o
that occupancy it compared favora
bly with religious magazines of th
same class, but this last year yo
have pimply brought The Star o
Zion up to a standard of literary ex
celience that will be hard'to beat
giving us a readable paper that an;
Religious institution will be prom
of, for which you are to be congratu
lated. Now we, do- not want an:
more experimenting, it took yoi
four years to bring the magazine uj
to its high standard and we do no
want a new editor to start fresl
experimenting; for it will be a ver;
difficult matter to give us a bette
paper. Therefore, the General Con
ference should see to it to give tin
officer who is, making good the com
'mendatiOn, “]Well done, 'gpod am
faithful servant,” and so encourag
him to do better. In passing I wii
say the same thing about the Edito
of the Quarterly Review, the Re-*
C. C. Alleyne, whose magazine is o
a very high class and compares mor
than favorably with the English am
American Literature of the sam
class. Dr. Alleyne has only one com
petitor which fact I will take as
sign of general satisfaction with hi
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430 South 11th Street, -
Philadelphia, Ra* 1 1 f |! r**
Address Of D
-'f Survey C
t. Haynes, World
, Inter-Church
fit, Atlantic
H^sey. ;
Negroes are feeling a conscious,
ness, of being one hundred PUC
American. (Applause.) inspite of th
newspaper headlines to the contrary.
They feel that they have a contribu
tion to make to America and the
world, and they ask for the oppor
tunities and the 'facilities -for the
development to make these contribu
tions.
They hjive economic contributions
to make, as they have made in-th£
United States. They have helped the
‘South To change from swamp to cot,
on fields and to- blossom- like this
?ose. They have helped to build out
.railroads, bridge our rivers and tun.
aol- pur mountains.>
* And yet today they are asking*
and a part of our program is to bring
he. ^htureh behind that na
* may hpve an b
tection. Vice and crime from tbeii
own group and that imposed upon
them from the white world without
are to be found. There are red light
districts imposed within or near the
Negro neighborhoods. Negroes ‘ asfe
that these housing and neighborhood
conditions be changed. And they be.
lieve that the Church and the Chris,
tian conscience of America will see
to it that they are changed. (Ap.
plause )
They ask that in the rural districts
the Chui'ch be the means to bring tc
the conscience of the landlord anc
-plantation owner the question o1
housing and living conditions foi
those who toil upon the land.
T>a r+i P
y ularly is there need of provision fo^
i medical service; for physicians, hos.
f pitals and nursing service. There is
t need of educational propaganda both
f from public health authorities anc
. from hospitals supported by the
3 Christian Church.
i When you remember that for ter
f million people there ?/re today in
- America only abqut ten hospitals that
, can be called in any way adequate
r and three of these are outside of the
l South where the great bulk of the
- population is); when you remember
7 that the Negro physicians today in
i practically every city, Nor"h and
> South, and in every rural district
t where there is a general hospital
i public or private, cannot follow his
7 Negro patient "into. the hospital to
t give him treatment, you see that we
. are face to face with a thing that
3 cries out to American conscience
- And health is a matter that concerns
l all the people. Disease and death
3 draw no color lines.
1 Again, the Negro has something tc
r contribute in the life of America ir
. that good feeling and humor thai
f makes America a happy place ir
3 which to live. The leading comediar
i of the American stage today is a Ne.
3 gro—Bert Williams. A great man}
. of the popular airs contributed t<
i American music were written by Ne
? groes, and first presented to th<
American public through Negrt
voices. Recreation^ then, and pro
'ision for recreation in every rura
nd in every urban community is i
•mall problem of the church.
contribute to
v^But^nbt only in recreation, and in
ffigkuy and housing which should he
Provided for workers: but in the mat.
g||p2» -education, particularly that
* education so ^absolutely
psary if we are to have the train:
brains for the internal, race
ersMp._„all this musfc receive a
awakening of the American Con_
'-y.- i *■' ■
>ui^ ;^agram is adopted after a
sefies of conferences of representa.
es from all of -the church mission
rds, and ail of the distinctly Ne.
o ;&pnomiaational. representatives
Dpd^s a national system of three
ndrpcl secondary schools of high
aodi grade,' tweaty.oae junior col.
jes' eleven senior colleges, and as
pldndishing bt 60,000 professional
ople—physicians^ nurses^ social
iers, coilege, high school and prL.
' school teachers and ministers.
30,000 teachers and
xe same number in-other pro.
For the snpply of the pro.
trained brains and chas.
uplifted, spirits that must
which is ab, -?
{for 10,000,00vis. ,
denominations a.
and recomi
studied these
Burleigh has
trammeled expression ,fhat
has had in the past. He has some
thing in religion to
America.
Those who have
spirituals w hich Mr.
sung, which are a part of some five
hundred which came out of slavery^
know that they breathe all of the
range of emotions of love, joy, fear,
triumph, but not one of them
breathes a note of malice, hatred or
revenge. (Applause.)
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FACTS UPON FACTS.
By S. A. Chambers, (Cannon Bail.)
Star Candidates.
Dr. Anderson is in and may not
be as easily gotten out as some may
think. He has made an excellent ed
itor and the General Conference may
take cognizance of that fact when
the election comes off. He is an
able writer, has a large stock of
useful information, and knows some
thing about almost everything that
has happened since he was born, and
much about things that happened
before.
He stands for re.election and maybe
who can tell from where we now
stand which way the little gods will
turn the wheel of fortune.
Dr. W. H. Davenport is also a can
didate for The Star. He is a fine
writer and quite entertaining, if tried
he would make the Church a good
editor. My wife says: ‘‘Davenport
is a fine writer, I like to read his
articles.” Many others say that and
more. Davenport is good editorial
timber. We have heard many fa_
• vorable comments on his articles.
Drs. W. J. Walls and H. T. Med
ford, two exceller^ young men and
two model pastors, and two polished
scholars fresh from Ae classic walls
' of Livingstone College, are formida
ble candidates for the Editorship of
! The Star, and areanore to be dread.
1 ed than an iceberg. They give tone
and prestige to any pulpit where they
1 stand and would do so to any posi.
(Continued to Plage 8.)