Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-04-24
Vinton County Bible So
cSPSy.

The Anniversary of the Yinton County Bible
Society AuN0llarr to the American lblDle So
Cicty, held at thh Presbyterian Church, March 81,
1872 was ably addressed by Rev. IL. a. Pallistel
on the Bible cause and the Importance ofSustaln
ing thi American Bible S)cety, after Naicll Il
c"tiutCiuL Ms taken up. Amount rec'd 10 9a.S,
April llh 1871 by the Treasurer fr0nt SAID col
lection and subscription Tatherlgh0 $s,lo; Dai :
anrcS on life members parG SO OO received OF
the Depository for books sold $50 u; tO%u SOS Il
thus sixty eight iolar' and forty seven cents
10 remit 60 the Parent Society Bible llohse, New
! Ork. To the credit NintUu county BDle society
which will reduce Our indebtedness there to
about SOD of II balance, (thc exact SUM ! have
not before me) Value Of bO@Hs on hand n the
De tory At Macarthur $1bWat llymIitlSTW I2.
There NJ hooks and unsettled accounts at
UGmCien,W Wilkesylder rhIIelIsyllc, Ialeski, Jack
son township and Cincinnati Furnace. Ihe De-
pOs0rs Of the six last ntnSed pfaceS arc rtNlugst'
ei to return the books to the BepoSltor at NC
4 rthur and make n settlement 50 thA board mly
know how our entire County account stands
and commence anew, MS we are very ANXIOUS
to make full settlement with the BiDie House,
New York at the earliest day prohahie. Pursuant I
tp notice the officers for Ninton Comfy BlDle
Society for the ensuing year were elected ~ fol-
lows :~'lhOm. b. DAVIS, President; III, CefSy OF
Macarthur Standing vic1 Prcsgcnt' AMI members
OF the board: ;. w. Shcrwloi, lrea'hrcr; Dan'
WIN Bros, Depositors; Richard CralS' Sccre-
II is requested by the board ttelt each life
of the American BihieSacety-who hlye
paid NJ their $50, report their nAincS 10 inc ne
pOSitors at Macarthur, who will make list of
their names in their book, which Will u" their
authority, hlying the nanro, before them to flrn-
ish those yearly with one dollars worth Of the
scriptures who may demandH, (reSiling IN VIA
ton County.) Those who were mudo llle helS-
b!rs from II pubic collection may hardly De en-
pea!oi 10 require this yearly return from the
rlrent society, but presume they may legally,
If they demand IT,. see nothing in our ConSti-
tuition or bylaws granting any returns to c0un-
ty life members, lraying paid So the price of life
Bible soricyy Record, which presume they all
receive one copy per month, regularly. II W.
learn that there Is any error in tire last named
case Of further returns to county life members,
we win give notice, desiring to m K IL en-
tireIy satisfactory to those liberal subscribers,
and the conditions carried out in good faith.
We hope by an another year to have the VIM
ton County Society aud its Affairs in II more
prosperous condition, and more interest taken
In this noble, laudabfe cause, of which the most
humble contributor may never regret and the
wealthy feel grutihed chat they had 1t in their
power to aid the American Bible Society. The
general agent failed to meet with US on this
occasion as announced, on account of i'll health,
and j. $. Hawk our old faithful Secretary, be-
ing absent, will account for the reports not
being read at the meeting, Which would have
giYennnch more in detail than Frave the means
VIZ the working Of local agents and nTnny In
teresting items within his knowledge for the
cause.
THOMAS B. DAVIS,