The colored American., 1903-08-22
A GREAT FINANCIER.
Secretary hampton a Napoleon Of FL
nance-He Makes a Strong Appeal
for Greater Efforts.

submitted his report of financial ope-
ratiOns during the church's fiscal year
ended April 80, 1903. 1t is subjoined
The showing is highly creditabIe to
The connection and f1attering to DR..
LamptOn. To the Doctors superb
business equipment and his zeal and
love for the work must be accredited
a large share of the credit which ac-
crues from this magnificent showing.
He was elected to his present Office
January 20, 1902, and began at once
the complete systemization of its du-
ties, with the result that he has re
ceVed the distinct official approval of
the Council of Bishops of the Church
and the cordial appreciation of all
business men with whom he has come
into contact for his business methods
and genius for order and organization.
DR.. hampton is not content to sit
in his Office and merely receive and
disburSe money. He is an active
force, an aggressive factor in the
Church's work. In the last three
months he has visited the Episcopal
districts Of New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, West Virginia, South Caro-
lina Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia,
Kentucky, and Ohio, and each he has
not been content to follow the usual
line of travel of the bishops, but he
has attended as many individual con-
ferences as practicable, stimulating
the spiritual work of the connection,
strengthening and heartening the i'm
pulses of a hard-worked clergy and
incidentally looking out for the imme-
diately eSSential-the financial side of
the question
He has fully justified the wisdom of
his selection as financial secretary
and has presented to the people of the
country further evidence that the a.
NJ. E. Church stands unrivalled in the
annals of the race as spiritual and
a thoroughly businesSlike organiZa-
tiOn. 1t will be observed from the ac-
cOmpanying report that during the fl
nancial year last past the connection
raised $139, ,990.3 33 as dollar money, an
increase of SIS, ,263.10 over the receipts
for the previous year. DR.. hampton
hopes during the present year to raise
$150,000:
Personal appeal from the Financial
Secretary, Req. e. w. LGmptOn, d.
ID. 1541 Fourteenth street north
t0eSt, WGshignOt1s, d. @.
To the Bishop, Presiding Elders, Pas
tors. and Members of All Conference
eS in the Connection, GTeeting-
In order to give an insight into the
wonderful increase of dollar money
raised by the great sons and daughters
of Allen, of which you are a part, in
Guiding the $1.O3050 dollar money
raised by my own efforts by visiting
stations, circuits, and missions, I with
pleasure submit the following:
Receipts end Expenditures of the FL
ndneidI Department by Months for
the Fiscal year Beginning Mag 1,
1902, Ending April 80, 1903.
ReceiptS-May, $4,96750; June. $6,-
97223; July. $91.33; August, Slab
II; September, -$4,9537S; October,
$7.O92.32; November, $20,86731; De
cember, $16,507.91; January. $5,O98.-
OF; February, $7,565.16; March, 81
596.25; April, $11,SS2.O7 Total, $780,
OO5.65.
ErpenditureS-May,$ $4,2O1. .65; June.
$9.42O.S4; July, 951.99; August, ST.
215.2O; September, s213772; Octo-
ber, s7,39112; November, s11, 1856 O9 !;
December. $19.665.S5; January, Sill
469.55; February, $5.56419: March
$4,315O3; April, $12,31S.O5. Total,
$S9 9.SO728
Debit-To balance brought down
from last fiscal year, $1.265.97; total
amount dollar money for this fiscal
year, $90,005.65. Grand total, $91, ,271.
g.
Credit-Total expenditures, $50,
S0728. Balance on hand. 81, ,464.34.
Receipts of the Financial Department