The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-07-30

lea. Besides this institution, there are
colleges and academies throughout the
south. Soon after the war the mis-
sionaries of this church were sent
south to bring the colored people into
the organization.
In South Carolina, in the early eight
les, Allen university was started and
Is now In a fourishing condition.
About the same time Morris Brown
university was started in Atlanta, Ga,
and since that time there have been es-
tablished Edward Waters college In
Jacksonville, Fla; Kittrell college, In
North Carolina; Wayman institute, In
Kentucky; Turner Normal and Indus
trial school, in Tennessee; Payne uni
versity, In Alabama; hampton college,
in Louisiana; Campbell college, In
Mississippi; Paul Quinn college, in
Texas; Shorter college, in Arkansas;
Western university, In Kansas City.
No.; Shorter high school, in West Az
rtca; Wilberforce college, In South AT
rica, with other schools Of lesser grade
throughout the country and in South
America and the West Indies.
Before the civil war the oldest Negro
newspaper now in existence was es-
tablished by this church in the state
Of Pennsylvania. In 1S4S magazine
was started in Pittsburgh, and in 1852
the Christian Recorder was started in
Philadelphia. This newspaper is now
the only newspaper existing among Ne
groes which was started before the
civil war. Among the men who have
been its editors are Bishop B. T. Tan
ner, now retired, the oldest Of the bish-
ops Of the A. NJ. e. church; Bishop B.
f. Lee, senior active bishop Of the A.
M. e. church. This periodical is circu-
lated not only in the United States,
but In South America and Africa as
well. Besides this paper there are five
other periodicals which are controlled
by the church. The Southern Christian
Recorder, published at Columbus, Ga.
the Western Christian Recorder, at
Kansas City, Mo-; the A. M. e. Review,
in Philadelphia; the Voice Of Missions
In New York, and the Woman's Chris
tian Recorder, In Nashville, Tenn.
The financial system Of the church Is
based upon the payment Of 81 per year
from each member, which is called
dollar money" and is divided SO as
to furnish salaries Of the bishops and
most of the general officers Of the
church and pension fund for widows
and orphans and retired preachers. 1t
furnishes also part Of the missionary
fund and the educational fund. The
headquarters are located In Washing
| ton.
The publication department Is located
in Philadelphia and was incorporated
in 1856. In 1882 the Sunday school
department was set apart. These two
departments publish the literature used
| by the church, which Is not only print
ed, but Is written by members Of the
church. The Sunday School union at
Nashville is said to be the finest pub,
lishing house in the world owned by
Negroes The bishop of this district,
the Right Rev. Evans Tyree, M. D..
D. D., is sparing no pains toward ar.
rangements to make the celebration OF
| the centennial anniversary one Of the
greatest in the history Of the colored
race. There will be about 600 dele
gates, Of whom forty will come from
Africa and South America and from
many other foreign parts. Among
them will be two former Philadelphia
pastors who have been elected bishops
to foreign points, Bishop ]. Albert
Johnson, bishop of South Africa, and
Bishop William II. Heard, bishop OF
West Africa.