The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-24
THE MODERN MACEDONIA.
Glad Tidinas from HomcIy Negro Pulpit In
the Pines OF New Jer.ey.


News of the success of the negro camp
meeting at Red Bank. where us many ms nifty
dollars were collected in the dcacons' bnsketsi In
one night spread far and wide. and although
cold weather had already been felt. the negroes
Of Macedonia experienced " II call" to hold n
meeting. too. Macedonia Is moi shown on any
map. nor do the finger boards that mark
every road crossing in Monmouth county in
clude II in the many little hamlcts they
point to. Yet Macedonia is sixty years old il
composed Of nifty buildings. and il larger than
its neighbors. Coburg. Morrisvillr. Edinburgh.
and Sandy Moo. Like those villages II is away
from railroads and turnpikcs and being in that
great. dense forest. called " The Pines" that cx-
tends for fifty miles, with n breadth of twenty
miles in places. il extremely difficult To- find. II
has only one white man in it. Il storckccpcr
named Bennett. Tho Maccdonians are col
orcd people. and many Of them were at one
time slaves in the South. BY energy and in
dustry they have cleared the pinctrccs of large
tracts Of productive land, ana have made. MS they
delight in saying. dc wilderness to blothom like
de rOthc.' Peter Rock. the most extensive land
owner. cultivalrs 100 acres. and his father tills
forty acres. They employ farm hands. and be-
side sending milk. eggs. and vegetables TO
Long Branch. they market much produce IN
New York. The smaller landed proprietors Of
Macedonia attend their farms until the water
ing place season opens. and then serve rs wait
crs in the hotels AMI cottages. returning
in the autumn to- harvest the produce upon
which they liz" in TIA" winter. Macedonia houses
are small. shiuglrd frame buildings: hut they
th" o,,,.,, ~ al ~, i,i,''s thnt - ~ ,innn
~ aud comfortable. Macedonia has q school
"Whv NO ri,nrrb"ss" 4, ,i'',a nr.rn va
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