The Afro-American., 1896-05-09
DELEGATES TO TIL
ERAL CON FERENCE
BALTIMORE, PHILA
PHIA, NEW YORK,
JERSEY AND NEW ID
LAND MEET WITH N
GINA HOSPITALITY
GENERAL CONFERENCi
NOTES AND INCIDENTS
by ourspecial Staff Correspondent.
WILMINGTON. N. O.. Nav 4 ,0e

WILMINGTON, IN. O., May 5, '96.
/ AT 2.55 a. m. Friday we left Union
Station, p r r., for the seat of the
| General Conference of the Al. M. Il.
Church. Our party from Baltimore
consisted of Bishop J. IA. Handy and
wife, Rev. j. W. Beckett, Rev. j. III.
Hurst and Mr.. J. H Murphy. On the
train We're parts of the New England,
| New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey delegations, prominent among
whom were Rev. Drs. Coppin, Embry,
Johnson, Roundtree, Franklin, j IL.
| Johnson and others, Bishop Ii. IL
Tanner, wife and daughter, and quite
number Of others.
/! Washington was reached almost be-
fore the delegates had finished hand
| shakings and congratulations.
At Washington Drs. Jenifer. Lee
and Seaton and Recorder TAYLOR
joined the part and soon Wa we're off
for Richmond, d. Cat na as Wg9re fa-
dasged inl until RiehH ma
reached, Wnen at. hands piled in the
spacious dining-room to take break
1ast. he screen which iii nsegf t0
partition off the colored. ca tese fross
the whites was tca exuall, b nd Rich
mond enjoyed ~ the spectacle of d
number of Negroes eating breakfast
outside where they could be seen 4o
an advantage, or disadvantage, rs the
case may be.
A good, hearty breakfast was eaten
by all hands, and each paid 75 cents,
besides a tip to the several walters
who did excellent work i'm helping the
delegates to fill up.
At Rockymount, where we were
f7d!BffU df taine,r at we're lo
screen was called for. but not dele
gate would 60 behind it, and, as the
Yate dining-room, and as the.delegates
insisted on being treated as the COM
mon people and We're willing to take
their portion standing, the proprietor
is, in consequence, minus several good
American dollars.
AT the different stations along the
A. G.. l.. the delegates would drop out
on the platform to become the "show"
for both white and colored, for many
of them had never seen so many
good looking, we'll dressed Negroes
before in their lives. We bore the
scrutiny we'll and tried to look as dig
nified as possible.
We arrived at Wilmington about
6 830 p. IN. we'll worn out. Rev. Gregg,
pastor of ST. Stephens A. M. u.
Church, where The conference is being
held, was on nand, and soon had us
bundled off to our stopping places.
Your correspondent is stopping at 713
Walnut st. with Mrs. Martin, and we
feel much at home in our beautiful,
cosy little room Wilmington is a city
of about sc, GOO inhabitants, the most
of whom are colored, They have
about Is colored churches, five Of
which are Baptist, the balance being
| Episcopal, | Presbyte-
rian and | Congrege tional. len col
0red policemen keep guard over the
cf the citizens, while the
CITY Clerk and Treasurer is an Afro
There are two Afro Amer
lean newspapers, 4 colored undertake
ers, and q number of small stores,
barber shops, &c. Most Of the liver
pilots are c0lored and so are most Of
the mechanics. The churches are,
for the most part, large and commO-
dious st. Stephen will compare IA
vo-abIy with Metrops Titan, Baltimore
1t is a beautiful church, di4d will seat
about /, 200 people s>
One could scarcely throw stone
without hitting candidate for some
office. Log-rolling, button-holing aud
9lectioneering is the order Of the day.
Among the names prominently
spoken Of for the Bishoprick are Drs.
Joppin, Embry, Derrick, Hunter,
Jenffer and johnson; for general Off
,ers, the two Hendersons, Hubbard,
Prof. Hawkins; for Secretary of Edu
cation. Smith, Jackson, and for the
Sunday School Upion, j I'll. Murphy.
The layme are determined to have
)ne of their number to fill general
,ffice. The choice will probably lie
between 'r0f. Hawkins Of Kittrell and
Ir Murphy OF Baltimore, with the
.hancts favoring Prof Hawkins on
he grounds that the position of Sec
.etaTy of Education will be the easiest
10 get.
However, speculation IL rife, and Of
here are many aspirants for the posi-
ion of Secretary of Education, thele
5 no telling which way the wind viii
1low
Dr. Smith is in town under the care
If physician.
The opening services at the Confer
nee Sunday morning were grand and
Impressive. The sermon by Bishop
Lee was above criticism and u mas
ierlY effort.
The quadrenDial sermon Monday f1Y
Bishop III. II. Tanner was specimen
II artistic effort, and every Line ssese
1n4pH &hn Ynm3faN hand III