The Washington bee., 1886-08-28
SOUTH WASHINGTON NEWS.
l.. G. Fletcher. Agent and Collector.
l.. G. Flet

this city is having her share OF
troubles in common with others.
Rev. Sandy Alexander, has re.
turned home from his vacation.
Rev. S. w. Madden, preached
at the Va. Ave. Baptist church on
Sunday.
The boy who set fire to Mr.. Geo.
f. Gray's house in Fl ST., bet. 2nd
and 3rd sts., was too small for pun
ishment and was excused.
Miss Mary j. Stewart has left
! this city for Philadelphia.
Mrs. Margaret Christian and
daughter, Mrs. Anna Hicks, have
returned from New York.
Mr.. Charley Parker, to the re
gret of his many friends, lies very
i'll al $40 G st.
Every moment in the week
warns us of a fashionable marriage
which is soon to come out of 8th st.
The Miss Masons of 41 st, are
spending their summer in Virginia.
The Foreign Mission Board, OH
African Work, held meeting at
the Virginia Ave. Bapt. church,
OH Tuesday last, and arranged for
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The Good Samaritans of the Dis
trict, are making efforts to build a
Hall, embracing South and East
Washington, with the prospects of
locating it i'm this section.
To morrow is a kind of brethren
dwell together in unity day; as all
of the churches with the exception
of a few, will collect money for the
African Mission work.
| In the afternoon at the Wesley
Zion, Rev. VIM. III. Philips will
preach.
The topics for discussion on the
third day of the Washington Bapt.
Association, are as follows: Order
of church communion, Rev. VIM.
III. Philips; christian energy, Rev.
J. IL. Lee; the state of the country,
Rev. S. G. Lamkins; the evils OF
the christian churches arising from
the remissness in discipline, r. S,
Laws.
| Mrs. Mary Ford has returned
home from her long visit abroad
Policy playing is much like ex
cursions, bush meetings, and pic
MICS, more is handled, than is ever
d benefit to the party who get the
, money.
, Many of the more thoughtful
among us, are uniting with the
Equitable Cooperative Building
Association and others from neces
| sity; therefore necessity has become
= a great teacher, for many impor
S tant lessons are learned 10y earnest
t efforts.
Zion B,ptist S. S. is making
great preparations for the 10th an
: niversary, which will take place OIL
the second Sunday in Sept.
The Mt. Carmel Baptist church
is undergoing a renovation.
The city of Washington has bOtf
, it's whiskey traders and friends
but the people in this section are
preparing to battle against it. They
also charge that church members
8 in every block signs the license for
men to cell whiskey.
The salutatory of the 10th ami
versary of the Zion B.ptist s. s..
will be made by Miss Mary NJ
Howling.
The compiled sermons of DIR
p Talmadge OH marriages, are like the
! three great speeches of Hon. Fred
: erick Douglass, food for thinkers
. and men or learning.
The conference of prominent
ministers of the District of Colum
bia, that convened with the Sew
D enth Baptist church on Monday
a last, to listen to grievances passed
1 vake of censure upon the con
duct of Rev. j. II Winston, fO
), irregularities and remissness il
8 the transaction OF affairs in th,
8 government of the church and fOl
abusive language to the churcl
), for calling him to account, and en-
:, dorse the action of the church il
his communication, but faile,
& to find charges against him for ar
propriating their money to hi
;; personal benefit.
= Mrs. r. S. Laws is rapidly i'm
proving.
Mr.. Peyton Pierce is very low.