The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-13
NEGRO BISHOPS ARE
COMING THIS WEEK
Will Be One of Most ImpOr-
tant COlOred Gatherings
Ever Held Here
nv HORACE d. SLATER

| With the meeting OF the bishops coun-
ell of the African Methodist Episcopai
Zion church at Metropolitan A. M L.
Zion church, corner Sixteenth street ana
Fourth avenue, for five days, beginning
wednesday morning. January IS, the me-
groes of Birmingham will be entertain
ing one of the most representative gath
F, erings OF the race that has ever met In
the south.
| Resides the bishops all OF whom are
men of prominence in the varied activities
| of the negro race. there will come to the
city score or more of the general Of
ficers prominent pastors and laymen in
the church, as we'll as members of the
various correctional boards.
| First and foremost among the bishops,
| however will be Bishop Alexander Wal
ters of New York city, African bishop
for the present quadrennium, but best
known by reason of his active and effec-
tive leadership of northern negroes during
the past two or three campaigns in ma
tional politics. At the risk of consider
able popularity among the rank and file
OF his own people, Bishop Walters took
what to him appeared to be the logical
course and advocated support by the ne
| gro people of the democratic ticket.
| Bishop Walters took tho position that
| continued support by negroes of the re-
publican ticket was but little more than
political slavery. and often declared from
| the public rostrum that negroes ought to
support men and measures and not fol-
low blirdly the lead of a political party
| that held nothing of its former self but
| the name.
Among the other bishops who will
be present at the meeting are Bishop
IT, W. Hood of North Carolina, Bishop
c. r.. Harris of North Carolina, Bishop
George W. Clinton of North Carolina,
Bishop j. w. Alstork of Alabama, Bish
op j. S. Caldwell of Pennsylvania,
Bishop G. l.. Black we'll of Pennsylvania,
Bishop A. j. Warner of Pennsylvania
| The general officers who will attend
| the meeting for the purpose of making
reports to the bishops are DIR. NJ. ID.
Lee, general secretary. Rock Hill. s.
c.. DR.. J. S. Jackson, financial secre-
tary, Birmingham DIR. f. X. Bird, man
ager publication house. Charlotte, n.
lC DIR. G. c. Clement editor Star of
| Zion Charlotte. n. c.; DR.. X. Il. Bruce,
editor of Sunday school literature.
/ Charlotte, n. c.: Or L. w. Kyles. ed
iitor Quarterly Review, Mobile; DIR. w.
| II. Goler, president Livingstone college,
| salisbury, ~ c.: frof S. G. Atkins.
secretary of education, Winston-S Salem,
In. c. DR.. j. W. Wood, Philadelphia.
| Pa secretary of missions; John c.
| Dancy Philadelphia. secretary church
| extension: Aaron Brown secretary
yarick Christian Endeavor union, PEN
| sacola, Fla: John +. Moreland, secre-
! tary Christian Brotherhood, Montgo
cry; DIR. r. W. Wallace. editor West
ern Star. st. Louis, Mo.
Another feature of interest to cit
izens of Birmingham Will be the re-
port of the financial secretary, DIR. J. 5.
| jackson, who has caused the removal
of the financial headquarters Of the
church from Philadelphia TO Birmng
ham.
| DIR. Jackson formerly an Alabama pas
| tor in the church. worked on the project
four years, claiming all the time that