# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S59
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1914. 59

repute. Because of a smallpox epidemic the enrollment was held down in the last quarter. Contributions of the congregation: $168.71.

Bethlehem in Monroe, Union Co., 25 miles southeast of Charlotte, has been served by Pastor Thompson since January 1914. Monroe has 4,082 inhabitants, of whom 1,264 are Black. Through removals our congregation has become smaller: 16 souls (3 fewer), 13 communicant members (1 more), 5 voting members (1 more). The missionary preaches there twice a month and since June also every Thursday evening, and now at times has 30 hearers; otherwise the average attendance was only 11. The weekday services will naturally have to cease again as soon as school begins in Greenville in September.

Southern Pines, Moore Co., St. James. Missionary: Carrington R. March. Teacher: Pearl Windsor. Southern Pines is a winter resort. It lies 85 miles east of Monroe and has about 600 white inhabitants and 400 Negroes. The congregation's standing is: 42 souls (increase: 12), 21 communicant members (increase: 7), 5 voting members, 75 different pupils who have attended the weekday school, 50 Sunday-school pupils. The average attendance at the services was 65 on Sunday morning and 45 on Sunday evening. Since March's move to Fayetteville there is preaching in Southern Pines only once a month. Contributions: $170.11. Since there are six other Negro churches in Southern Pines besides ours, and the missionary did not have enough work here, he was instructed in the spring of 1913 to visit Fayetteville and other places once. He was in Fayetteville and Carthage and wrote on October 3, 1913, to the undersigned: "Fayetteville is a fine place, and I believe we could begin the work there by means of a school."

Fayetteville, Messiah. Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., lies on the Cape Fear River, fifty miles southeast of Southern Pines. When Dir. Bakke was able to visit the eastern mission field again for the first time in November 1913, he traveled, among other places, to Fayetteville as well. Missionary March accompanied him. In a part of town called Ashley Heights there is a large silk mill in which many Negroes find employment. The mill owners built a church and a two-story school for their colored workers. The vacant school was placed freely at the disposal of our mission by the present owner of the mill, Mr. D. Ashley in New York, to whom Dir. Bakke had written at once. Missionary March was instructed to move to Fayetteville and open a school. That happened on January 5. In his school at Southern Pines a woman teacher, Pearl Windsor, was appointed. The Fayetteville school had 60 children on the roll, and the average attendance was 45. Later, when he saw our missionary's good work in the school, Mr. Ashley also placed the church at our disposal and