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Show Bishop Carey Lauds Heroism of Negro IdOCISVILLK, Ky May Mob violence and tha "divorce evil were assailed. and prohibition waa praised by speakers during the opening open-ing seeeion of the general conference confer-ence of the African Methodist Kpts-eopal Kpts-eopal church, which opened here yesterday. "Thia is our country," Bishop A J. Ca rey of Ch lea go, chairma n of the genera conference commission, said. 'The first blood ahed for the Independence of thia country waa that of a negro. Wat have fought In every conflict in which our country haa engaged, from the Boston mas-sacra mas-sacra to tha bloody battle fields of Krance, and we are still ready to die. If need be, for Old Glory." |