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The colored American., 1900-05-19

Fayette from the French Colony in
Africa. His grandfather joined the
Revolutionary war under Gen. George
Washington and General Lafayette,
and fought Valiantly to the close of the
war TO secure the independence of
America.
Bishop LOmax joined the NJ. E.
Church, South, in 1913; was converted
in 1S49 in Fayetteville, n. c., and was
made a class leader in 1850. He being
a brick mason, with the assistance of
others, built at Fayetteville the first
brick church in the South for the 4.
NJ. +. Zion Connection now known as
Metropolitan Evans Chapel, and he
says he hired and paid Bishop J. w.
Hood to pastor it. He was licensed to
preach in 1867 by Bishop Hood; was
ordained a deacon by Bishop J. ].
Clinton, and an elder by Bishop ]. j.
Moore.
AS a founder and builder of churches
and annual conferences he ranks next
to our great missionary hero Bishop j.
w. Hood. While a pastor Bishop LOmaX
built churches at Whitesville, Flem-
ingtOn, Swamp and Christian Plains,
re-OrganiZed at Shady Grove, Browns
Chapel Goose Creek, and Laurinburg,
organized five churches in MalbOrO dis
trict, S. c., and organized Little Rock
Church in Charlotte. He served Clin-
ton Chapel three years and added near
ly 1000 members to it.
Because of his marvellous work for
his denomination he was elected to
the bishOpric by the general confer
ence which met at Louisville. KY, in
1876. He was sent to a missionary
field and organized the Michigan and
Canada Conferences; ordained % dea-
cons and elders at this conference,
brought in % churches valued at $15,-
600, and had the conference chartered
in the name of the Queen of Eng
land He organized the Texas Con
ference in which he ordained Is dea-
cons and elders and brought to Zion
$4,000 worth of property.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
BISHOP G. w. CLINTON.

Bishop George W. Clinton. A. NJ, D.
D., was born in Lancaster County, S.
c.. March %, 1859. He entered the
public schools at the age of seven and
attended private schools until the age
of fifteen. when he entered the South
Carolina University. and graduating
afterwards from Brainard Seminary
Studied theology one year at Livings-
tone College, Salisbury. n. G.
He also completed the four years
course of the worldwide ChautaQua
Scientific Literary Circle, founded by
Bishop John II. Vincent. He served
appointments in South Carolina, Penn
SyIvania. and North Carolina: founded
the Quarterly Review, which he edited
for two years. While serving as pastor
at Pittsburg, in 1892. he was elected
editor of the Star of Zion, the organ
of the A. NJ r. Zion Church. which
he edited for four years. He also sug-
geSted the plan of establishing the
publishing house and removed the Star
of Zion to this house, where he acted
as assistant editor and publisher of
Sunday school literature with the late
DR.. r. r. Morris. He was elected
Bishop at Mobile. Ala. in 1896 receiv-
ing the highest number of votes ever
cast for any candidate up to that time.
Has served up that time. He was
chosen one of the lecturers for the
Bible training school of the TUskegee
Institute presided over by Principal
Booker II. Washington, and served
six years.
Bishop G.. ". Clinton is the young
est bishop in America and is regarded
as one of the best educated men of his
church and one of the most polished
orators Of his race.
He has been a member of four gen
pral conferences. the Ecumenical Con-
ference which assembled in this city
in 1891 and is a delegate to the Ecum-
pnical Conference which meets in Eng
land in 1901. He received his A. NJ.
from Livingston College. and his D. d.
degree from WilberfOrce University.
Bishop Clinton now has n book ready
for the press which is scheduled to
appear during the coming winter.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
THE ZION CONFERENCE.

mi, cacond Strongest AfrO-American
Cburrh organization holds its Quad
-nriaI Conference at the Nations
HanfraI-A New Bishop Elected
Srdtisrics Showing the AamOuRt Of
pronprtv Owned, the Membership
and Facts Covering Every Depart
,nant Of WOrk-Sketches Of the
Bishop.
The African Methodist Episcopal
I'm Conference has been in session in
mis- city nearly three weeks today.
II has accomplished great good and
r. has shown the people not only of this
.ommunitv but of the world its
strength. its power, and its influence
* = powerful and great church organ
izarfon. The daily sessions from the
very beginning have been noted Tor
thp harmony, for the great amount OF
work done, and for the amount of in
formation impaired TO thessSOO dele
gates present.
One new bishop was elected and the
selection has been voted a good one,
since he halls from Alabama, one of
the pillar States of the Zion. To give
2 full report of the many very excel
lent reports made by Prof. Howard ).
Day. Secretary, and many others,
would consume too much space. Brief
". the work is as follows:
There were 1902 ordained minis
tcrS. an increase for the quadrennium
Of 100: the number of churches, 3,S41,
an increase of 229; number Of mem
bcrs, 52S, S,461, an increase of 119,O2O.
The church property is valued at 81
SG5372. on which there is an indebted
ness of S75S, ,462; raised in preachers
salaries. $3.l77,O0 The current eX-
pensps Of the denomination have been
SG14 800; for church Indebtedness, So
7G3 .996 There have been sixty deaths
in the ranks of the ministers since 1896.
4 vote of thanks was rendered the sec
rctary.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS.

Bishop Alexander Walters, d. D.,
was born at BardstOwn, KY, in the
year 1858. At II years of age he
joined the church. He was licensed to
preach May, 1877, and joined the Ken
lucky Annual Conference September,
1873. Ordained deacon at st. Louis in
1879. In 1882 was elected secretary of
his conference and treasurer of ZiOn's
Banner. After successfully pastOring
several large churches in Louisville,
San Francisco, Chattanooga, and
Knoxville, he was transferred to the
New York Conference in 1888, where
he pastOred for four years, adding
nearly 700 members to the church dur
ing that time, and raising over $50, 900.
In 1889 he was appointed to represent
the A. NJ. E. Zion Church and the
Sunday School Union at the Worlds
Sunday School Convention in London,
England, where he preached in some
of the Wealthiest churches and reflect
ed great credit upon his church and
race. While abroad he visited the
principal countries and the Holy Land.
In April. 1891. the degree of ID. d. was
conferred upon him by Livingston Col
lege. At the General Conference in
Pittsburg, 1892 he was elected Bishop
by large majority. In 1895 he was
made a trustee of the United Society
of Christian EndeavOr. In 1898, at
Rochester, n. Y, he was unanimously
elected President of the National Afro
American Council, of which he is the
founder. He is an enthusiastic lover of
his church and race.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
BISHOP CHARLES CALVIN
PEvFFFY.

Bishop Charles Calvin Pettey, A. NJ,
y. D., was born in Wilkes County, n
c.. December 3, 1S49; was a slave till
Is years of age Commenced the study
Of letters after 16; worked on a farm
and taught school till %; entered Bid
die University. Charlotte. n. c.. 1872.
Joined the conference the same year,
ordained a deacon in 1873. graduated
from the college department of that
institution in 1878 and at once be-
came a principal of the city schools of
Charlotte. The following year he Or
ganized the Pettey High School at Ian
caster, s. c., where he preached and
taught for three years. He was a
member of the general conference
which met in Montgomery. Ala, in
1880, and was elected recording secre-
tary of same In 1881 he was trans
ferred TO the Alabama conference
where he remained in charge Of the
Zion Church there for three years.
after which he spent two years in
Tennessee DaStOTing ait Chattanooga
and Knoxville In 1885 he was trans
ferrpd 10 California. He was pastor
at San Francisco two years. and at the
same time presiding elder of the coast.
He was elected general secretary Of
the church at New York in 1884. and
Bishop at general conference at New
burn. 1888. Bishop Pettey is one Of
the strongest men in his church, of fine
appearance. q great preacher, and an
independent thinker He has Travelled
extensively. and preached and lectured
in the principle churches and halls Of
England and Ireland.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
RISHOP ]. w. HOOD.

Rishop ]. W. Hood, ID. d., LII. D.,
was horn in Kennel Township, Chester
County. Pa,. May 30, 1881; was licensed
to nreach in 1886; received into the
animal conference June, 1859; ordained
deacon, 1850; ordained elder June,
1862; ordained Bishop July 3, 1872.
His first appointment in the itinerant
work was as missionary to the Kent
vile Mission in Nova Scotia. Four
yedrs later he was appointed to the
pastoral charge of the church at
bridgeport, Conn. After serving that
church for six months he was appoint
ed as missionary to the freedmen at
Newberne, n. C. During his first year
he received a church at NeWberne and
one at Beaufort, two circuits, num-
hpring in all about 5000 members. The
following year he organized in WI
mingtOn and licensed preachers who or
ganized churches i'll all of that part
of the State. He also organized in
KinstOn and sent out men to organize
in ali the surrounding counties. He
went to EdentOn and Elizabeth City
and licensed the men who extended the
work into Virginia and formed the
Virginia conference. AT the end of the
second year he had quite 1000 in the
eastern part of the State, and had eX-
tended the work as far west as Char
l0tte At the end of the third year
Zion occupied nearly every section OF
the State. Resides his missionary
work for the three years he had also
the pastoral charge of the church at
NeWberne, to which he added more
than 500 by conversion, besides or
ganiZing other churches in the immedl-
ate vicinity. In 1867 he was appointed
70 the pastoral charge of the church at
Fayetteville. presiding elder over four
counties and superintendent of missions
for the State. During his two years at
Fayetteville there were 800 conversions
besides large number at the quarter
ly meetings on his district. In 1869 he
took charge at Charlotte, holding at
the same time the position of assistant
superintendent of the public institu-
ton, rs well as superintendent OF mis-
SonS In 1870 he was ordained Bishop
and has had the oversight of confer
enceS in nearly every section of the
country. His Improvement of the
work 10 which he has been assigned
has never fallen below fifty per cent.
IN a grand reunion. and has reached as
high rs 500 per cent.
The colored American., 1900-05-19

of that great linguist, profound theo-
LOgian, and noted author, Bishop John
Bryan Small, a. NJ, ID. D., who was
born March IA, 1853, in ST. JOseph'S
Parish, Barbados, British West Indies.
He can trace his ancestry back to 1920
by authenticated record.
After careful home instruction from
his half sister, he became a pupil of
Mr.. J. w. HeWett. Entering st. John
Lodge upon the recommendation of
Bishop Berry of the Established
Church of England, he completed its
course in four years, and graduated at
the head of his class of fifty-six
(White and cOIOred) young men, deliv-
erng the valedictory. He afterwards
performed similar service when four
years later he was honor man at the
commencement of COdringtOn College
on the island of his birth.
In 1862 at his own request his father
sent him on an extended tour. Upon
this tour he went to the West Coast Of
Africa, and during his three years
residence he learned to speak the
Fanti language. Visiting Sierra Leone,
Cape Coast, ElmenO, Gambia, etc., he
was able to learn enough of the vari-
Gus dialects of Western Africa to make
himself understood and to learn from
native lips the needs and ambitions of
Africa. After returning from Africa
he held a high clerkShip in the govern
ment at Belize. British Honduras.
Notwithstanding that he had been
educated for the ministry of the Epis-
cOpal Church, upon being converted he
joined the Wesley Methodist Church
and entered its ministry.
In his election as Bishop, Zion
Church elevated to the highest place
in the church a man of profound learn
ing, deep and superb judgment, firm,
just, and merciful. With becoming
dignity and mOdeSty he exercises the
functions of his office.
Bishop Small is an author of wide
repute; his four volumes, viz: "Prac-
teal and EXegetical Pulpiteer," "Code
On Discipline" 'The Human Heart IL
lusrated," and "Predestination-Its
Scriptural Import" being highly spok-
EN- of by excellent judges of good litera-
ture
The colored American., 1900-05-19
RISHOP I. c. CLINTON.

Bishop 7. c. Clinton, y. D., was born
in Lancaster County. s. c.. May 30.
1895. Received only such education as
was given through the kindness of his
master. but by great diligence and per-
severence has become very we'll in
formed. He was n pioneer in the es-
tabIishment of the A. NJ. r. Zion
Church in South Carolina and has been
one of its foremost ministers for nearly
thirty-five years. He was appointed
treasurer of Lancaster County under
both Democratic and Republican adj
miniStratiOnS. and did the work so we'll
that General Wade Hampton compli-
mnntpd him. He has filled the offices
of Annual Conference Steward. and
was elected and cOnSccrated Bishop in
1892. In 1866 he organized The Mount
Carmel Church about eight miles from
Lancaster. s. C.. at which nlace he es-
tablishpd n public school. When Bish-
op J. J. Clinton went to South Caro-
lima to organize a conference he found
The colored American., 1900-05-19

the then preacher, I. G.. Clinton, ready
to take hold of the work. The then
Bishop Clinton said he regarded Isam
as one of the strongest and most power
full men he had met in the South. He
received holy orders at that time and
entered upon his great missionary
work. He was made a presiding elder
in 1862, and continued in that office un-
til he was elected to the BishOpric. He
is self-educated, but like many of the
graduates Of the university of adver-
sity, his education is broad and of
that practical kind. AS a pulpit orator
he has full equals. His head is a
large stOrehOuse of Scriptural knOwl-
edge and as an organizer, as a leader,
and as a worker in Zion he is a power
indeed.
The colored American., 1900-05-19
BISHOP T IL LOMAN.

Bishop LOmaX was born in 1886 in
Cumberland County, North Carolina.
He is the son of EnOch LOmaX,
and grandson of William LOmaX, who
came to America with General La
The colored American., 1900-05-19
BISHOP G. r. HARRIS. D. D.

Bishop G. R. Harris, d. d., was
born in Fayetteville, n. c., August %,
1914. In 1880 his family moved to
Ohio, where he was educated in the
public schools of the State. Leaving
The colored American., 1900-05-19

BISHOP !. r. SMALL, d. D.
This sketch because of its brevity
shall very inadequately tell Of the life
The colored American., 1900-05-19

Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of the
famous Rough Riders, Is q personal
friend of Governor Roosevelt, of New
York. He accompanied Governor
Roosevelt on his great stumping tour
through upper New York state. He
was promoted through gallantry in the
field during the late war.
The Sergeant has the folio ing to say
of Pe-ru-na: al think there is no better
Medicine on earth than Pe-ru-na, for
catarrh. 1t has cured me. It would
take volume to tell you all the good it
has done me. Pe-ru-na is the best Ca
tarrh cure on earth, and know. sor
have tried nearly all of them.
Respectfully, Buck F. Taylor.
Send for book Of testimonials, sent
tree by The Pe-ru-ns Medicine Co..
Columbus, o.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03

were proptI Iciu gtt edies for coughs XII and colds. Most of my acquaint- Nl hnees were of the AHi same opinion. 3si N Now l know .sl1s, somethingatleast
 a thousand times better. It is Acker Englis h Remedy ft Coughs and Colds.
 good while ago 1 bega to cough and found oI then that rock and ry xraSpn unoJ loot yynr,
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
LAID TO REST.
The Funeral of the Late Archie F.
 Borques. A Deserved Tribute,

The funeral of the late Archie F. Borques took place last Sunday after noon at , o'clock, from Odd Fellows hall under the auspicies of Rescue Lodge. The high esteem in which the deceased was held, as well as the in- tense interest excited by his tragic death, drew great throng of citizens to the hall, and there was also large attendance of the members of Rescue Lodge, Gila Encampment and the Globe band, to which organizations the deceased belonged. The hand. some cssket, of white embossed velvet, rested near the center of the hall in n bed of flowers The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful, including wreaths, crosses and many other pieces of pleasing design
 The burial service of the l. 0. 0. F. order. was conducted by $. c. Sayler, G. N., and Harrison Jewell, chap lain, the music being furnished by w. w, Brookner, II. C. Hitchcock, Mrs. J. F. Patton and Miss Josephine Hamm, and Mrs. II. c. Hitchcock, ac companist Members of Rescue Lodge and Gila Encampment served as pail bearers.
 The long funeral train, with the band, Rescue and Encampment lodges, hearse and citizens in carriages, in the order named, wended its way slowly tC the cemetery where the last solemn rites were performed and all that was mortal of one ruthlessly cut down in the vigor of young manhood, was con signed to its last resting place. At tue conclusion of the obsequies, the fresh ly made mound and also the grave ot the late Modesto Borques were decor ated with flowers by the sorrowinl relatives
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
CHURCH NOTICES.

There will be no morning service at St. Johns Episcopal church next Sunday. The regular evening service is held at 7:30. Sunday school at ID. m. EDWIN B. FERGUSON, Minister in Charge.
 The ladies of St Johns Guild will meet at the residence of Mrs. John J. Keegan, Friday afternoon May I, 1900, at 2:3O sharp. We would be pleased to see all members present. All interested in the work are cor dially invited. Mas. JAMES WILEY, President.
 Methodist Episcopal church, near the court house; F. o. McIntier, pastor. From April lst till Sept. 1st, meetings as follows:-Public worship and sermon, 1l:00 a. m. and 500 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.; young peoples devotional meeting, 7:3O p. m. Midweek prayermeeting Thurs day night at 500 o'slock. Stewards meet first Monday of each month. The pastor will visit the sick and attend funerals. Residence, parsonage, oppo, site the church.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
Resolutions.

Where. In the lot of man and through the forbearanCe though not the will of God, the hand of an assissiu has taken from us our friend and brother, Archie + Borques
 Whereas Though he was known to be n man of high moral character and peaceful demeanor. he was murdered like dog. the assassin stealing upon him as he slept.
 Be it Resolved: That we extend to the relatives our tenderest sympathy in the loss which we too have sustained, and that we also condole with her who would soon have been hls bride. Though she must mourn as lover and not as relative, her sorrow must be none the less intense.
 Be it further Resolved:-T That in the light of present knowledge, we fully exonerate the departed, and hold the murder as having been committed
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
Knockout Drops

II am saloon-keeper, and used to think that rock and rye, or whiskey and quinine
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
JAMES GRAHAM.

Died at the residence of Mrs. Me Lane, at Miama fiat, on May 2nd, James Ghaham, aged 63 years and d native of scotland. Mr. Graham was confined to his bed about two weeks. the cause of his death being dysentery. The funeral will take place at 3o'clock , tomorrow noon from Odd Fellows hall.
 Mir. Graham was an old timer in Arizona. having resided here about twenty years and was machinist by trade: he helped put up the first mill on Mineral creek, near Riverside. He afterwards came here and put in shape the Golden Eagle or Rescue mill, and has lived there for the past twelve years, having been employed as watchman after the min closed down, He was interested with the Sultans in the Lost Gulch gold mines. and owns some real estate in Globe. and also had some cattle interests. Mir. Graham was q man of even temperament, a good citizen who was identified with the development of Gila county, and his loss will be felt in the community.
 X friend contributes the following tribute to his memory.
 James Graham was d man in every sense the word applies. honest, noble and generous, though his lot was cast in the middle rank of life, and although he had his faults. still under that rough exterior there beat heart as gentle as a doves, as noble as a lions. He was a diamond in the rough, his word was as good as his bond; an az peal for charity never went unanswer- ed when made to him. His friend ship was as gold unmixed with drOsS, l his enemies, if any, were few: many | others could have been spared that he might yet have lived. While not pro fessing any particular religion, he was just and upright. The better element and kindliest instincts predominated his nature.
 | Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear l Full many q flower is born to blush unseen. | And waste its sweetness on the desert mir
 Coming with the early ArgonautS he suffered the consequent privationS in the development of the territory that those who came later might real the benefit of his toil. Ills work k done he sleeps his last long sleep The towering peaks of the grand olC l Finals, those mountains that he loyeC so well, will act as an eternal monu ment over his last resting place, ant the signing pines sing an everlasting requiem over his grave.
 Home to his rest, home to his father, tender Home to the land of which he was oft told
 Home home to sing with new born splendoi Beyond the gates of gold
 MT. Graham leaves three marrie' daughters, who resides in Oregon, on of whom, Mrs. Link, formerly livet here: also several sisters who reside il England. The interment will be il
 the Masonic cemetery, where hi grand daughter, Miss Link is buried
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
Registered at the Kinney House.

April 26-E. P. Lyman. Wm. Wander ford and F. E. Hamlin, Tucson; T. T. MoSley and A. G. Baker, New York; l.. E. Anderson, Bakersfield, Cal: Chas. F. Hunt, Chihuhua.
 April B Wm G. Russell, Lamar, Colo; Chas. c. Heartt, Los Angeles; Gus Moose and H. C. Teichner san Francisco: J. Ahern, Washington, D. CIR. c. Hillman, San Francisco: Chas' Maxweln, Lamar, Colo: B. A. Hick- man, St. Louis: John Nets, Tucson Phil Sullivan, Tempe.
 April 30-W. II. Lampker, Silver King.
 May LII. c. Kennedy, San Fran cisco: F.. B. Fogerty. Los Angeles: w P. Parkhurst, J. Hefferman, w. J. Stevens, Los Angeles: II. <. Boice anc C. W. Campbell, Kansas City: A. Cot ter, Omaha; Larry Anderson, Dallas Texas.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03
Homes for Orphaned Children.

Rev. A. Ii. Gunnett of Los Angeles, has been in town during the past week, in the interest of the Children's Home Society of California and Arizona. This institution, of which Mir, Gunnett is superintendent, was organized for the laudable purpose of finding good homes for orphaned and friendless children, in which endesvor 1t has been highly successful. Sixty-two children were placed in homes last year, and over 800 children since the society was organized. The society maintains a receiving home in Los Angeles, where the children given over to their charge are kept until suitable homes are found for them. They are cared for teuderly but seldom remain at the home more than few weeks. The officers of the society are all we'll known citizens of high standing in California.
 The society is supported by volun- tary contributions, and MT. Gunnett has found the citizens of Globe in favor of this very worthy enterprise and is receiving liberal donations here
 As will be noted in the proceedings of the board of supervisors, that body has entered into an agreement with Mr' Gunnett, by which the society will take charge of ehidren who be come county charge in this county the society undertaking to find homes for them and furnish transportation for the sum of $50 each.
 A meeting will be held at the Method ist church this evening at which Mir Gunuett will explain the plans of th' society, and tell the audience of tn noble work being accomplished.