The colored American., 1902-09-20

sent IOr carriage dL once 10 TAKE HIS
wife TO the boat, whence she was
.aken to Fayetteville, after which he
contented himself to remain at his
post of duty until the trouble had
passed. He in the meantime personal
ly~ appealed to those in authority 20
project his race from the fury of the
lawIess disposed. Five days later he
went North, his nerves being severely
tested.
He was appointed Collector of Gus
toms at the port of Wilmington, N. c.,
by President Harrison in 1891, and
served out the term. He was appoint
ed again to the same position by
President Mckinley IN 1898. Before
completing his term he was appointed
Recorder of Deeds for the District of
Columbia to succeed Hon H. p. Cheat
ham. He was confirmed the three
times by the United States Senate
without an opposing vote.
He was several years editor of the
otar Of Zion, the official organ of the
| A. NJ. E. Zion Church, of which he is
prominent member, though only
| layman. He has edited the Quarterly
| Review, the literary organ of the same
| church. for several years. He has been
| appointed a member of three joint
| commissions to effect a union between.
| the A NJ E. and the A. M. E. Zion
| Churches, ana has heartily favored
| the union each time. He says the
| good OF the r2ce demands it. He is
on a commits ion now to effect union
| between tie c. NJ. f. and the A. NJ r.
| Zion Churches, which meets in few
weeks.
He has twice been elected a dele
gate to the EcumenfcaI Council of the
| MethOdists of the world, and read
| paper at the session of 1891, held III
| Washington on Secondary Education"
| This body meets once every ten years.
ae was also a delegate to the Centen-
nial of Methodism held at Baltimore,
| in 1884. He was the manager of the
great Centennial of Zion MethodiSm
held in New York, in 1896, and which
was celebrating two full weeks, at
tracing the leaders of all the great
denominations as speakers and being
welcomed by Mayor Strong in person.
He is an active churchman, an Odd
Fellow, and a True Reformer, and
supporter of everything which looks
70 the uplifting of the race. He de
iVeTed the address at St. Louis in
S96, to the Biennial Council of Odd
'allOws He spoke to 5000 members
the craft, and stirred them to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm.
1t has been a general custom to
think of Mr.. Dancy in his public capa-
city-On the forum, in Office and at the
editorial desk,-but let it be known
he is one of the strong business men
of the race, and has gwen of his time
and means to the development of a
number Of important enterprises. He
is a director of the Coleman Cotton
actOry at Concord, n. c., and for
years was president of building and
loan association, at Wilmington In
| season and out of season he has urged
his people to eeonomize, save a part
of what they make ana invest it judic-
iously-that in the material resources
of a race is found the kinetic energy
that moves us to the front in the eyes
of a commercial world. He was prOmi-
nent at the recent session of the Busi-
/ ness League at Richmond. He was
elected president of the National Press
Association in that same city in 1894.
His standing as a moulder of senti-
ment is of the highest order, for he
always gives his race the best of
counsel when called upon, and his
editorial utterances have been as ,..,,!e
attacked as those of any editor in the
country, although he has been writing
for twenty wears and has fearIeSSlV