# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S35
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1912. 35

souls, 19 communicants, 3 voting members and 60 Sunday school pupils. The chapel is valued at $700.00. The lot on which it stands, 100×100 feet, is valuable ($1500.00) and is constantly rising in value, because more and more well-to-do whites are settling in the neighborhood. When the right time comes, the property is to be sold. The members can then attach themselves to St. Paul's or Bethel.

Bethlehem in Monroe, 25 miles southeast of Charlotte, also belongs to McDavid's parish. Monroe has 5000 inhabitants, of whom one third are Negroes. The station numbers 19 souls, 12 communicants, 4 voting members and 26 children in the Sunday school. The chapel together with half an acre of land has a value of $1500.00.

g. Mount Pleasant, Mount Calvary. (Missionary: Negro pastor John Alston.) The town has 700 inhabitants; one fifth of these are Negroes. Our congregation numbers 117 souls, 53 communicants, 16 voting members, 20 school children and 25 Sunday school pupils. The missionary keeps school and works well. The chapel, dedicated in April 1910, cost $700.00. We own 1⅛ acres of land. With our assistance a parsonage was built, which was dedicated on March 12, 1911. It has four spacious rooms and a hall. The house is well built and cost $505.00. Total value of the property (church, school and parsonage): $1500.00. To this parish there also belong

St. Peter's near Dry's Schoolhouse, Cabarrus Co., 5 miles from Mount Pleasant and 7 from Concord, with 57 souls, 15 communicants, 5 voting members and 25 Sunday school pupils, and a property value of $500.00 (chapel and 2¾ acres of land); and

Immanuel near Reimerstown, Cabarrus Co., six miles from Mount Pleasant, with 17 souls, 12 communicants, 4 voting members and 15 children in the Sunday school. The chapel is valued at $350.00, the two acres of land at $50.00.

h. Southern Pines, St. James. (Missionary: Negro pastor Carrington R. March.) Southern Pines is a large winter resort. It lies 85 miles east of Monroe and has 3000 inhabitants; one quarter are Negroes. Missionary March was ordained and installed in Southern Pines on July 16, 1911, by Pastor John McDavid. The congregation numbers 30 souls, 14 communicants, 5 voting members, 45 school children and 15 Sunday school children. The chapel together with the lot has a value of $600.00. — In February 1912 the missionary opened a new station at Candor, near Southern Pines.

8. Virginia.

Meherrin, St. Matthew's. (Missionary: Pastor Emil H. Polzin.) Since Pastor Schooff's departure in October 1907 the congregation has been served by Prof. M. Lochner, Pastor Junius S. Koiner and lastly by the student Otho Lynn. During the long vacancy the congregation has suffered severely. Many young people have moved away,