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REV. R. W. S. THOMAS.

R. W. S. Thomas, minister, preacher, educator, church builder and
financier, received his education by private instructors, also was
trained in the Moravian schools in Antiqua and Basseterre, B. W. I.
He studied pharmacy at the Colonial Dispensary and was assistant
pharmacist of said institution for several years. He later gradu-
ated from Shaw University, N. C., and joined the North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was its secre-
tary for four years. He was appointed professor of sciences in
Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C., afterwards disciplinary teacher
of English and acting president of Cookman Institute, Jacksonville,
Fla., for four years, and principal of Haven Academy. He has held
important charges in the North Carolina and Washington Confer-
ences. He was transferred to the Washington Conference eight
years ago. He was District Superintendent of the Cumberland Dis-
trict three years, and is now pastor of the great Metropolitan Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, the largest membership and congregation
in the Washington Conference.