The new age., 1907-03-30


March 18th, 1907.
| Mr.. Albert Collins was married to
Miss Ethel Reid last week.
Rev. E., ]. Fisher, pastor of the
Olivet Baptist church is sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Seams have
moved to 483S Wabash avenue.
The colored order of Elks in the
city of Chicago is fast going to pieces.
A large number of colored masons
congress of colored masons OF the
United States to meet at Buffalo, ~
Y, Tuesday, July 9th, 1907.
Mr.. Chas. Cook who lives at 9117
Armour avenue is now confined to
his room as a~result of fight that he
got into the other day. 1t is about
time Mr.. Cook was behaving himself.
Mrs. Mamie Duncan, has moved to
I5142 Dearborn st. Mrs. Duncan is
one of the active, gO-ahead and en-
terprising colored women in Chicago
and has done great deal of work
for societies and churches for the
DeneIlt OF the people.
We have 35 colored churches, and
these colored churches have COM
bined membership of 1900. The
most notable colored churches in Chi
cago are the Quinn Chapel A. M. =
church, Olivet Baptist church, Eben-
ezer Baptist church, st. Marks A. Nj.
E. church, Institutional A. M. E.
church, Walter A. M. E. Zion church,
Provident Baptist church, Herman
/, Baptist church, St. Stephens A. M. e..
church, st. Thomas Episcopal church.
Some of the colored people in Chi
cago are loud and long in their CEN
sure against Mr.. Homer Galpin, clerk
of the Municipal court and Mr..
Homer Hunter, bailiff of the muni-
cipal court in Chicago, who have
been lately elected to those positions.
Not colored man in the city of Chi
cago has been appointed under either
one of them as far as we have been
able to learn. They will be remem-
bered whenever they come up as can
didates again.
The old masonic landmark among
the colored masons in Chicago, cor
ner of 18th and State streets will
soon be torn down This hall has
been used for number of years by
the colored masons in Chicago and
several national masonic conventions
have been held there 1t was in this
hall that Lawyer John G. Jones of
Chicago, made his famous masonic
speech in 1902, in exposing the ir-
regularity, and bogus origin of free
masonry among colored men in the
United States.
Rev. William Gray OF Chicago who
has been expelled out of every bunch
of the Masonic Order for unmasonic
conduct, and a well known character
in several places where he has been,
and. especially the last place before
he came to Chicago, was at Evanston
when it is said that the left there
in very hasty manner, and has since
found the climate in Evanston, ILL.,,
not very agreeable to him, so he has
never been back since This man
William Gray is around trying to So
licit funds for what he calls building
home for aged Baptist colored min
listers at Braidwood, Ill. We warn
all the people to keep their money in
their pockets, and not contribute to
anything of that kind for it will be
judgment day before any person will
ever see a home or building of any
kind erected by one William Gray.
If he has anything to do with the
finances of it.
There are a number of colored peo-
pie in Chicago, ILL.,, who are mem
bers of the A. M. E. church. They
are patiently waiting until the gen
eral conference of the A. M. r.
church in 1908 at Norfolk, Va, to
see and hear the delegates and
know what the representatives to the
general conference will do in the
way of introducing and carrying out
some important principles of reform
in the management of the A. M. E.
church connection. All agree that
such reforms are much needed, and
they are demanded by the members
of the A. M. E. church who are pay
ing and distributing thousands and
thousands of dollars each year for
the support of the church, and if that
cannot be accomplished at the gen
eral A. M. E. conference that meets
in 1908 then it will be the duty and
the right on the part of large num-
Der of adherentS to the A. M. Il.
church to call general meeting and
discuss such matters and adopt such
measures as they deem best for the
best interest of the people. If the
general conference of the A. M. E.
church that meets at Norfolk. Va,
lin 1908 leave out of Office such man
as Rev. E. w. hampton, now the IL
nancial secretary of the A. NJ. E.
church at Washington, d. c., and if
the delegates see to it at this confer
ence of the A NJ. E. church by plac-
ing their seal of condemnation, cen
sure and disapproval against Rev. A.
]. Cary, of Chicago, by keeping him
out of any Office whatever, in the A.
M. E. church, the general conference
will have instituted some great re-
forms that the people now demand,
and the writer of this article while
voicing the sentiment of many others
now invoke the cooperation and sup
port of all true and loyal ministers
and delegates that will meet the next
general conference, in helping to
icarry out these needed reforms.