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retiring in 1930 due to ph~sica]. feeblenezs. The congregation of that church has always been rather small. This accounts for n~r doing other work. I was a clerk in the internal revenue office in Columbia for etghteen years.

“Now, I azn a notary public and make some income from that. The


church gives me a swill pension, and I advise and do literary work for

a large number of Negro residents. In that way, 1 keep fairly busy and

~	family has never gone hungry. I did preach some, a few years ago. I am now too feeble to undertake that task, and. have to be content,most— ly at home.“





	( Reporter‘s Note: The Rev. James H. Johnson speaks no dialect. He speaks choice, gran~tiôal dietion-and has a most pleasing personality. His is one of the very few Methodist Episcopal Churches in South Carolina for Negroes. He says he is glad the church is now seeking to void the split over slavery in 1860. He resides in a comfortable home at 2029 ~‘1a~rion Street, Columbia, S. C.)