Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-01-29

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in that church 81, PEAT. severed my
relation because of a desire to reduce
the pastors salary.
The, church was closed during the
second year after my pastorate and the
pastorate of my successor ended. This
Is the third time the same church has
been closed in twelve years.
The Lincoln Memorial Society was
organized Aug. 1912, to celebrate in
great way the fiftieth anniversary OF
our emancipation. The receipts from
all sources to carry this out amount to
s5o0.S7. The same was paid out, after
which there was left unpaid CONNER
cial bills amounting to 81. 1893. "A, and
unpaid bills to talent amounting to
lSl7l.U0 or total of $l504. "a. One
thousand five hundred and four dollars
! and forty four cents for which had to
become responsible excepting 1920. 90.
NO one Of those associated with me in
this affair when all was going well was
asked to pay a single dollar with the
the above exception, wnen the crash
came. | alone stood responsible for
the amount of 81, 504.44- which Is the
exact amount | stood to loose.
In this extremity called meeting
OF all creditors commercial and other
wise Tie meeting was held and a
statement similar to what | am using
as | write this article, was submitted
to each one present (all but one) and
a basis OF agreement Was reached be-
tween themselves as creditors irst, af-
terwards submitted to and accepted by
myself.
10 lead my people to unite in cred
liable way to. celebrate one of the
greatest events ia the 9orld's history
used every dollar posed and incur
red more than fifteen hundred dollars
debt. Now Mr.. Washington ignorant
of all facts in tbe case, dares sign his
name to this malicious libel.
A fool rushed in where Angel would
/ fear to tread. Some things in this ar
ticle will not be referred to here, but
auffice it to say on my arrival in Chica-
go March IL, 1914, was urged by DR..
L. j. Fisher, president of the State
Convention, TO visit the st. Paul Bap-
tist Church which body had written Dr.
Fisher requesting him to recommend a
pastor to them.
/ Why | was urged to come was be-
cause he knew the character of the man
having labored number of years to-
gether, years ago in Atlanta Ga.
have labored here ten months in
which time have collected more than
S12O0.00.
FRATERNAL RELATIONS.
In 1896 | was raised to the sublime
degree of the Master Mason in Pioneer
Lodge A. F. and A. M at Southern
Pines NJ C; three years later became
a member of the order of Knights of
Pythias st. Luke %, Birmingham, Ala.
In July 1900 | was inducted into the
mysteries of both the 32n1 and 33rd
4, degrees of the Scottish Rite Freema-
son, with rank as Lieutenant, Prince
Hail Consistory, and a noble of Omar
Temple of tho Mystic Shrine, with Blue
Lodge Foundation in Crystal Lodge
No. liz. Atlanta Ga. In Aug. 27, 1914
| was duly admitted and became Sir
Knight in the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor, Jerusalem Temple No. 20,
Duquoin.
In literary work have tried in an
humble way to do what could and my
writings are part of the permanent
records of the State Library of Massa-
chusetts, also in standard work of re-
! ference. See "Forty Thousand Sub
lime and Beautiful Sayings by the
Worlds Immortals. 3volumns by the
Christian Herald Publishing Co. N. Y.
See Thoughts for the Occasion" 4
Vols. by E. B. Treat Publishers N. Y.
and Chicago.
| See the african Abroad by w. II.
Ferris of Yale and Harvard, 3 vol.
| In Sculptural Art have TO my :cre-
dit, one miniature bust of Genl. Robt
e. Lee, one of Genl. John q. Gordon,
one of Faith, Symbolic Study, full
length statuette oil Bishop II. M. Turn
er of Atlanta Ga. Life size busts, one
each of Mr.. Chas. Smith (Biil Arp the
Atlanta Constitution. Bishop j. A.
Handy. Baltimore, John Jasper of
Richmond, w. B. Derrick, ". Y. Faith