The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-05
S;,tv.SncoHd Annual Meeting .! INK
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Abhc,iUr District Tibi.' S"ri"N.
ylc tx,v.,ornnI annra meeting {" ih'
N.n"v;l. district i;i.!c ~uv:iiN 'n;I>''i ''.'
,i,,. i'r.-h:.>r!nm "!i&r":I -; II or!"ri; - ",
49,, 'ut INV l>,, President W. ". tirlrr. !,
I H.. in the CHAIR. The S'"ir;N WA- '"i.'','N,'
, in lrrr, IL III, Methodist c'iu:c!i III lt' ''I",
lar order. hut the church n2lilG IN TI"t.H, ~
removal 10 make way lrf il n"W bul:ulliE' NJ
no, III n condition To receive the SoS!"tH' ny
order OF business adoptcda ut the lt>l "mn'.t
meeting of the society Was con!o;i!'u ~.
Meeting opened by Ir,yGr ny I, ' mf m"rmbc:S
the minutes Of last meeting Was Ic''a anu ~"
proved. ,o ,ss,c;,to Re.
formed Church delivered tho annual sermon
from The text found in the 9TH verse OF lhE
18Th Psalm: "Thc law Of the LORD Is periIc,
Immediately after the sermon tue iItS,oIn'
read a circular from the American llSle 20
ri-1v. srttin. forth their great ncct Tor iiicrhl
! contributions from its friends. 1ll'' lnc ~.
cI,tv WAS now furnishing Bibles Ia many Oh
that the expenses for several years pa,t lt,
exceeded the receipts by more than Hity
tIJusaud dollars per year, thus causl!'. llit
society t" draw heavily urnli its r"ScF w
fund rD.lICtion was THEN taken uP
Ia The a~niounto OF thirteen ,lD dollars.
Wal;er Miller delivered the annua! address.
les subject WAS: "S"inc reasons why VIC
should prize INC StriIt"r'S,, ,no soc,,tv mud
four new members enrolled their naliics ana
paid their contribution.
\. call for delegates RON thf n'aii'i "oH'"-
ties resulted as follows:
Cedar springs and Long CAre-l;rlc-ate
Capt. /. CIwan. tun!rlhuli"n, ten dollars.
CnkeShury-%u delegate. M Report.
ply n@" W">I i,n N hT .rr and n; l. i. = s'" ';n;:
lo%ay. cou!riho;iun, >2;.3a: lev. j.. y:
Young and u. :. Galloway, E|:l., gave snort
>tnt.:HcnlS regarding the work ar1 sHccc>s
O.. their society. .,
Grrrnviilc Observation-Disclosures. Rev. W; +.
Pearson and X. &, Eruwnlvu. Contribution,
500.
tirccnwool-No delegation. No report,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Charles Evans, D. I.
Trcssiv. Contribution .SS.h.
Einctv.SlX-Dric.atcS-l.cv. ". G.. Neville
and Il. l.. McC">lan. Cnntrihu;ion. S'n
| Lowndrsrlilc-No dclr ~:ati"i. No report:
J.. d. Noel reported the organizations; OF Il
branch Su:icty At Troy delegates. lev. Il; +.
MaLlcy. J. H.. Necl and W. L. bradley. Con-
trilru;ion. So. ...u
IL r,pp:tci -. 10 from ilopcwcil church, ana
$AlO from Wilmington church Tor the lho!c
cause.
! The committee appointed t" prepare 4 ilnan.
ciai history vi tiIis society reported, 'i'ii yer!
few cc the papers hcari:;S upon The Sn'HIIct
had Lccn preserved by the Society, II mat
the American Bible Society refused 20 give
the Information desired. on ;tcc"uil; "l me ~
boz involved in the search anon Inc RECORDS.
many OF which were Ii:ru away III lttIr
vaults. The committee upon its request WAS
DISCHARGED. c,;.
The coin mite &C appointed 10 pitla'c 800.
NH" minute to the memory Of Hon. y. Euit,
IN, lltr President Oi this Society. was con.
tinucd on accom-! of the absence of the riihlr-
man Hon. J. :. Coiiran, who was EoiAlhs
Court III Grcrivi!tr.
The corresponding Secretary reported that
he had not received any report or c"rfcSpohd-
cncc from branch societies or from ulnef
sources, nnl h#d no information to inlpar..
The Treasurer and Librarian male ms re.
port, stating that at the last meeting OF i'iis
society the sum Of ST., lad been donated To
the American bible Society; thai lnls
amount llal! been forwarded with q sum IN
tended for the rGrpllase OF books: That both
sums were crruneouS!y credited by the parent
Society on account current To TINS S,c!c!E,
ana after dcducting the prlce OF lhH hip.rH
en- society i'll favor OF tii> society, and t!iat
it wuuld be necessary for this society 10 MAKE
some disposition Of this Su:n ut this incctiig.
which was done ms appears IN inc app!olI!a'
Tnr following is the T.casurcr's report:
To cash on hand July lSSl...."."...... ~ -
TO c;,sl, received from brnncn Societies.. ~ ~
To c;,Sh hat collection - -
To cash membership duvs"""""."-""".. - w
10 cash sale OF - -
lGy s.
Ey cash expended during year. Sl2l n o.,
The following is the L!hrarian's report:
To books OH hand July 1881 valuc""".".l%9 a.
TO books bought during the ycar"."..," III u
SCI Ii
BY books furnished Duc West
p. ,6 s 'Yl + yr;i.T;S Tjrcc;1rs~ % % %
By books gratuiloualy distributed
at Office. :, ~
BY books sold not yc! paid."... q -
III books sold for ctSil.."".."... - ~ ..,
BIZ bro.;snn " "'-lol 10
Ticsc reports were referred to 4 committee
consisting t l.. W. White and WIN. Hood,
who reported accounts correct ana properly
-,,nlaTI Rp,,,,-t p1lnf,I
Enquiry was made as TO the names ana res
idcncc o! the present district agent Oi me
American Bible Society, and aus to the prooL-
bic cause Of his habitual absclicc from our
annual meetings. By reference 10 the MN,
uicS OF Il former meeting 1t was aSccrtained
tina. his name is Rev. {. II: Wiley, -. H., ard
his probable residence Winston, n. T.. Inc
Corresponding Secretary. was requested 70
omen Il corrCspOn icuce with him and. invite
him to DO with u on cur next annual meet
ing, on the last Wednesday in July, l>Sj.
il was moved and adopted that hereafter
the absence ol u director from two conSrcu:
tive meetings of tho directors on tho da%s OF
the annual meetings o! this Society, without
II satisfactory reason. shall dlsquaiiiy MN
for rc-clrcliOn as Il Director.
The Treasurer was authorized In all cases OF
g:atuitou; printing and advertising for this
Society, TO deliver to The publisher such ni-
b,rl AS he may select, rs an expression VI us
appreciation OF such services.
On motion If +. w. White II WAS resolved
that the thanks Of the Society are due ami
are hereby rendered to the Rev. Il f.. Bradley
and Walter J." Miller, ESQ, the anniyer.aEy
preacher and orator, for their able. faithful
and earnest efforts this day, as Witnc>S-be1r-
crs to tic truth and excellence Ut the Holy
Scriptures.
Il. and on motion Il committee con-
siSt!n. OF John r. Park, and Thomas +.
QuariCs WAS appointed to prepare a suitable
minute 10 his memory. be reported az lho
mex, annual meeting CT the Society.
The TT, u>rrcr having stated that with the
sun on land from last year, cash, received
this day, and So 10 IN tic hanHs IF tn" parent
rropr!atcd ty The Society: 1t was resolved
that the sun! OF one hundred and twenty
dollars uc applied 10 tho purchase OF u life
membership in the American Bible society
for four OF oar members. The following
named members were nominated and elccled :
Dr.. W, NJ. Gricr. Il. II. Wnrdlaw. 7. II. Erad-
lev and J. y. Young. DR.. II. Il. Sloan was
nominated. but stated that many years ago
his congregation Of Cedar Spring and Long
Cauc had forwarded the funds necessary 10
constitute him Il life Incmbcr; thai since the
| war his melnb. rs!iip had not been recognized
by the Society," and requested as n substitute
for lie motion nominating him, that the Cor
responding Secretary DC requested to asccr-
tain from tn" parent society why lie wasn't 70
coguizcd as Il life member, receiving the cour-
trSics usually extended to life mcinbcrs,
oil hand after the payment OF expenses We're
directed to be in vested in Bibles and Tcs,a-
nlents under the supervision OF the Librarian
and the Corresponding and Recording 'srcrc-
tAricS.
The Society then proceeded to the election OF
officers win the following result:
Erv W. NJ. Gricr, D. D.. rrcsldet.
r II. WarLlaw, J. =. Cothran, $ MCGOWAN,
II. 7. sloan, Il. D., vice Rev Il. \. Pratt re-
moved to Hcnnetisvlllc =. {. and j. @. Lind
say y. D.. yice j. l.: Martin u. D. removed TO
Memphis Tenn. Aud Directors Gen. =. n.
Bailey. Rev. W. +. Pearson. James Hoycc
u, H., TT. Cunningham, Jos. L. Frcssly, ~.
Blake, J.. Y. Kennedy, J. y. Neel VI. D.. Rev
W. II. Iianckel Rev. w. G.. Neville Rev. Il. I.
Bradley Rev. Mathews, and T. &. Lipscomb.
l.. ". White Corresponding Secretary.
j. &C DuIrc Librarian Il Treasurer.
l.. W. Perrin Recording Secretary.
The Rev. W. g.. Neville was elected to de-