The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-04-24

TO RETAIN THE PUBLISHING
HOUSE.
At mass-meeting held at St Paul
A. M. e. Church on Wednesday night
the citizens of Nashville expressed
fully their appreciation OF the A. Me.
Sunday School Union Publishing
House.
An effort was made to hold a meet
ing week earlier,but the attendance
was not what was expected, the bad
weather keeping many away. But
Wednesday night was ideal and the
church was packed to overlooking.
The Nashville Banner of April q had
the following to say editorially:
"The reported possibility of the re.
moval of the A. M. E. Publishing
House from Nashville should arouse
the business interests of the city and
under the direction of the Board of
Trade such steps as may be deemed
best should be taken to prevent the
removal 1t is stated that the General
Conference of the A. M. e. Church,
which is to meet In Norfolk next
month, will take into consideration
the concentration of the publishing
interests of the church and the con-
solidation of the four houses now
maintained severally at Philadelphia,
Nashville, Topeka, Kan, and Column
bus, Ca, into one great concern.
Nashville is the great publishing cen.
ire of the South, and this city should
be by its location much better adapted
for the publishing house of this large
and progressive denomination of col
ored Methodists than any other city
in the country"
, DR.. Chappelle, the secretary-treas.
> urer of the department, was ap-
5 preached by a Globe representative.
+ He was in a jovial mood and did not
g look like a man who has spent many
sleepless nights to bring the depart.
ment of his church up to the high
standard it now holds in the business
y world. When asked concerning the
:, probable moving of the publishing
l. house to some other city he said he
s had merely put the people on guard.
k The Doctor showed the representa-.
IS tive through the printing depart
d ments. The large Optimus presses
e were spinning away at lively clip,
n getting out an extra supply of Sun
e day-school quarterlies; everybody
r was busy. In a way of reviewing the
Is work of the past eight years he said:
Eight years ago, when we tool
m charge of this department, the pay
roll per month was three hundred
" and forty dollars, now 1t is more thar
10 one thousand dollars per month
IL This is in addition to the wear an(
tear expenses, and the purchase o
IN our outfit in machinery, etc, WheI
" we took charge there was balance
q outstanding of nearly six Thousand
ne dollars, during our first quadren
MUM that was paid, and seventeen
SO thousand dollars worth of machiner
ne bought during the same period an
about twelve thousand dollars paid Il
nu cash upon the same Since that tim
ST. we have added one Optimus press a
cost of two thousand five hui
Is dred dollars, besides we have had t
.at buy some minor machinery, raise
XII. the salaries of every hand in tn
SIT house, because of the price of livini
go and have paid off that five thousan
aV' nine hundred twenty-seven dollar
at twenty-three-cents since the la
General Conference, and still hay
re- money in the bank"
On Wednesday night at st. Paul
NJ r. Church a mass-meeting WI
held by the African Methodists to P
an tition the General Conference to c
nd tablish the proposed publishing hou
INT in this city. The following resol
it'll lions were adopted
Jr. Nashville, Tenn, April 70, 1908.
Ter To the General Conference of the
I've rican Methodist Episcopal Churt
ks, to be held at Norfolk, Va, May
Mr.. 190S
Whereas, It has come to our mott