Chicago.

* * * * *

We thank our friends anew for the many kind words of sympathy, in view
of our loss, and for their appreciative testimonies in memory of our
departed associate, Rev. Dr. Powell.

* * * * *

The hearty commendations of the "AMERICAN MISSIONARY," with enclosures
for renewed subscriptions, are also gratefully acknowledged.

* * * * *

The death of Mr. Wm. L. Clark, who passed away in November last, has
removed from the list of the early and efficient workers of the A.M.A.
in the South, one who deserved the warmest regards for his fidelity, his
excellent services and his self-sacrificing spirit. Mr. Clark began his
work for the Association in 1868, as a teacher, in Bainbridge, Ga., and
was subsequently at Thomasville and Atlanta. He was for a time
afterwards editor and publisher of a paper devoted to the interests of
the colored people and the South. His last years were spent in
Washington, D.C.

* * * * *

An intelligent negro, a graduate of one of our institutions, writes to
us these words: "The A.M.A. is doing more to quicken the hopes and
aspirations of the Southern Negro, and more toward arousing the Southern