Rev. Charles P. Cole Censured at Meeting of A. M. E. Conference of NY and Vicinity

"Meeting at Bethel A. M. E. Church, 52 West 132d street, seventy pastors and other churchmen passed resolutions, including the vote of censure, and condemning the Rev. Mr Cole for his public statement charging the presiding bishop, the Rt. Rev. William H. Heard, with trickery... Denouncing the protesting pastor, the Rev. C. W. Walton, presiding elder of the Manhattan district, alleged that the Rev. Mr Cole was 'sore because the bishop had not appointed him presiding elder as he had requested... The rev. Mr. Cole, assigned to a church in Albany, was not present at the conference"