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Nails were furnished by the citizens of the town. Sometime ago I told the preacher, a colored man, that if he gave me a lien deed upon the house for school purposes I would finish it. He informed me the property belonged to the church, and that the deed was either in Galveston or New Orleans. Instead of meeting me in the same spirit he immediately held a religious meeting and collected six dollars with which to pay for covering the house, determined if possible to defeat my plans. The money has not been expended yet, This is all the money given by the colored people of this place toward buildings for their own use, and none need be expected from them.

This colored preacher attended the late convention in Houston in opposition to the wishes of the black men of the county, and is now intriguing to be sent to the next. He has lost the respect of his colored brethern, and none of the whites will permit him to approach them. It would be well if he was removed and some good man sent here. 

The building is twenty four by forty, has neither floor, joyce, nor rafters, windows or doors