# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S33
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1912. 33

communicants, 4 voting members, 62 school children and 42 Sunday school pupils. The pastor himself keeps school and preaches in Salisbury every Sunday evening. The average attendance is 26. In addition he preaches every two weeks in the morning, alternately in Catawba and Conover. Pastor Lash praises the good will of his people in Salisbury. They raised the money for lighting and for painting the church themselves, and also paid for other repairs. The chapel and the lot on which it stands are worth $2000.00.

Mount Olive in Catawba lies 38 miles from Salisbury. It has only 300 inhabitants; one third are Negroes. Statistics: 21 souls, 7 communicants and 4 voting members. Although the congregation is small and most of its members are poor, $50.00 has nevertheless been collected in their midst for the repair of the chapel. The chapel is worth only $400.00.

Bethel in Conover, 12 miles from Catawba, is only small; it has 5 souls, 3 communicants and 1 voting member. Value of the property: $300.00.

d. Concord, Grace Church. (Missionary: Pastor H. C. Messerli.) Concord has about 10,000 inhabitants; half are Negro people. The mission's property (church, school and parsonage) is located one block from the main street of the city and the post office; it has a value of $6000.00. Missionary Messerli was ill for several months last year. He is in charge of the upper class of the school. Miss Wilmar Barnhardt, a colored teacher, is in charge of the lower class.

Mount Calvary in Sandy Ridge, 7½ miles from Concord, is a branch. The mission has two acres of land there and a chapel. Value of the property: $550.00. — Shankletown, 2½ miles from Concord, is a preaching station. We have no property there. — The figures for the Concord parish are: 139 souls, 81 communicants, 20 voting members, 96 school children and 91 Sunday school children.

e. Gold Hill, Mount Zion. (Missionary: Negro pastor Fred Ford.) The missionary works diligently and well. The congregation numbers 65 souls, 27 communicants, 9 voting members, 20 school children and 45 Sunday school pupils. Pastor Ford keeps school himself. The present value of our property (2¾ acres of land and chapel) is $700.00.

Mount Zion in Rocks, Rowan Co., 8 miles from Salisbury, numbers 64 souls, 30 communicants, 10 voting members, 45 school children and 48 pupils in the Sunday school. We own one acre of land in Rocks. The chapel, which was dedicated four years ago, cost $650.00 at that time. The total value of our property is $850.00.

Concordia in Rockwell, 5 miles from Gold Hill and 7 miles from Rocks, numbers 39 souls, 22 communicants, 8 voting members and