Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-20
ITS FINANCIAL STANDING
Showing Made by Board of African Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Members Call Upon President McKin-
ley Today-Gqest. at a Ban
quet LaSt Night.

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The members of the financial board of
the African Methodist Episconal Church.
which ,.s IN session in ~, oit,, ,as,ar'
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.iay' eaiieo at Inc "ii'e House To-Day AT
1890 O'Clock, and paid their respects to
President Mckinley. The board is COM
nased of tho fetlowinps waI,Lnouyn dignj
torsas ~ +ha oo1ored cburoh. p,sha,, W.
,e,, C.,nas ~ Atla,+. ca -rastdoz..
~ oaies VI :. - a. pies,ueh'' %
nj. hehuefsoh ol-te" Iofh' recording sec
rotary; z. A. Hubbard of Colorado vice
president; ReVs. ). w. Beckett, Maryland;
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49, Ua,dv RsIt;mora Ma pa,S
]. Comm. d. d. Philadelnhia: D. P.
Brown, Newport, r. l.; H. T. Johnson. 7.
W. Henderson, c. T. Shaffer, Philadelphia;
s. T. Tice, Annapolis; John Hurst and J. L.
Jenifer, Baltimore
The board was called to order yesterday
by Bishop Gaines at It's Headquarters, No.
1885 14th street northwest. DR.. NJ. M.
Moore, the financial secretary, reported
that during the past year the sum of $j5,-
17S.45 was collected, the expenditures for
general church work amounting to $52,-
303. ~.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Auditing secretary's books-Revs. p A.
Hubbard, n. ]. McCracken. ]. w. Beckett
and ]. P. Shorter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Henderson. Observation-Disclosures c, l..
BradwelI. Bedford Green and A. J. Ker-
shaw.
Reports from these committees were re-
ceived LATER in the day All the officers
were complimented. especially DIR. Moore
the financial Secretary. The hoard then
adjourned.
At Hanquet board.
The financial board visiting bishops, gen.
era1 officers and nron,fnent cIerevmen from
5ifsor..t .1,tiasa - +ha oo,r+r ,,,o.o +ha
olierent sections Oh me country, were lhe
guests of the trustees of the Metropolitan
A. NJ E. Church at a banquet last evening,
held in the lecture room of that church
A literary and musical program was first
rendered IN the main auditorium. Bishop
James A. Handy, VINO mas charge OF tins
hplscopai dlstr1ct'- piesioeu' he'' w. H.
enuei %
under the leadership OF Prof. John /. Lay,
ton, gave several musical numbers, between
winch Were lnterspersed selections by MISS
t,1Ith 49, st ",u "a b1 NJ
/. Thomas Rl,tIer of fhe Howard University
Law School VINO gave "The Legend of the
organ Buiider as mss, Genetta Taylor FOL
Covar -'', w. o, Lid f"r twsn+v.six Of tho
cantrsi taira at Whith Rshnn Hand~ nra-
sided Will, RiSbon w T Gaines on his
riern+ "a Risbon y w Fr,at+ On he 1aft
O1nosira the nresidirIs. ef1icer sat the finan
.caj secretary Rev M, M ,Moore with Rev
G. I, Rradwei, of Georgia, one of The most
venerable members OF he board, at his left
and PROT. !. p. Shorter Of Wilberforee I'M,
yersity. the only layulan Of the body. on his
right. At another table Rev. ". ii. Hun
ter, who was a United States chaplain in
the civil war, presided. while Rev. j. A.
Johnson, pastor of the Metropolitan Church,
occupied the post efah6n4a.
After the viands' had been discussed
Bishop Handy, acting as master of cere-
monies, announced as the first speaker