Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-11-09

Church constitutes about one half OF
it's membership in the South, and one
tenth of its entire membership. 1t
constitutes one fifth of the entire col
ored or Negro Methodists membership
of the world. | believe that more
Negroes have been directly benefited
and Up lifted by this church than
by any cite, md that more men and
women of eminence and distinction
have been sent forth from its profess
ional schools and seminaries and from
it's colleges and universities than from
those OF all the other colored Metho-
dist institutions combined.
Among our colored membership We
have colleges and universities val
ued at S1,420,500; valued of equip
ment $4,000; total endowment $780,
900; and productive and endowment
amounting in all and exclusive of
debts or encumberances, to s1,700,000
and a total number in facualty of
25O and about that number of college
students.
We have five professional schools
with buildings valued at $160,0O0;
equipment valued at $4,000; nd a
total endowment Of s525. 900. with "a
Instructors and 773 students, 13 Of
whom are women.
We have II secondary schools with
buildings valued at S4SS,992; with
equipment valued at $1S,s10; and a
total endowment of s45,715; with 246
instructors and GA scholars. Our
contributions for total ministerial
support amounted last year to $780,
100: for foreign missions s1S,265.62; {;
for the board of home missions and
church extension, 'S2O,69S.15, which
appears to be a little more than an
average of six cents a member for
foreign missions and little less than
seven cents for home missions and
church extension.
'Tis true that the contributions of
our entire membership for these
causes are less than the contributions
of one Of our Southern white con-
fercnces-the Baltimore conference
but we believe than this is partly ac-
counted for by the fact that the total
wealth of the entire membership OF
the Baltimore conference exceeds
that OF the entire membership OF Our
colored conference. Still, ours is a
very poor showing. and should be
greatly improved. The total amount
raised by the entire church for Freed
mans Aid Society last year was $780,
OOo. The twenty colorcd conferences
rcrorted $-G,7S5.j0 which is nearly
ouo della for every four compared
with what was received from the en-
tiYr chUlch And II is especially
era flying 10 nc TO stat" ;."t ~
OWE cancor2rGe--th saith NG'*.., .
conrcrccc.has for the last six yeas
stood a. tie head of net only all the
colo7ed conferences, but of"ll the con
fc:r.?cS in The entire church, in tht
amounts raised for this cause. Tt
accomplish this has taxed our pastors
to their utmost and the accomplish
MELT will stand 10 their credit through
all Ee y"H"s. The foregoing on t!lS
subject is incomplete without sp"cia
mention Ic:nS made Of the ceas'."&:
toll tiTc!css energy and hcorlc c!!o.t L
of president l.. NJ. Duton OF Claim
University and his faithful and tai
ented wife and cOworkeT.
Besides. these 20 coloced confer
crccs raised approximately $4,000 fol
tho cause of education. making To-
tol in round numbers of $33,OOOO rails
cd by the colored conferences OF ON
church. The total aiiioun
received By the board OF edu'
cation last year from the cAtir'
church was $S2,254.5G. feel saf'