The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-16

deavOr to carry on the work while negotia-
tons were i'm progress looking towards Sc
curing new secretary. On April 18th our
present secretary. Mr.. Campbell, came to us
and the reports which yOu hear tonight will
give you the details of the work which has
been done under his direction.
The year just closed has been the most
prosperous one which the association has
ever seen. The board of directors have
shown deep interest in the work in all its
details, sparing neither time nor thought in
devising and executing plans for the ad-
vancement of the cause.
Under the direction of the room COM
.mittee, with j. w. Simmons and A. L,
Thomas in charge, great improvements have
been made during the year i'm the arrange
ments of the rooms, over $400 having been
expended in painting, papering and putting
i'm bath rooms. New carpets, rugs and
mats have been placed on the floors through
the kind and very much appreciated efforts
of the Ladies' auxiliary. Its management
is vested in board of managers constituted
by the following named ladies': Mrs. j. w.
Simmons, Pres; Mrs. A. Todd, Vice Pres; {;
Mrs. II. X. White, Sec'y; Miss Nellie
Turner, Treas; Executive Com. Mrs. II. H.
Daniels Mrs. w. A. Osborn. Mrs. j. j. Smith
and Mrs. Frank Seeley. They have ex-
pended $2S. 90 IN supplying needed articles
for the rooms and have $l5.86 In the treas
ury. The membership committee through
Adriel Crawford, chairman, shows the pres
ent membership to be as follows: Sustain
ing members, 35; active members, 75; asso-
eiate members, 90; total membership, 200,
being a gain of nearly 100 per cent since
July. In classifying the names we find
4 <i,at hav hnaiOQss Ok nrOfps-
sional men, A clerks, SO factory men, 20
railroad men and ID students. The state
reports give us the distinction of being the
sixth association in the state in point of
being exceeded by Detroit,
Grand Rapids, East Saginaw, Bay City and
Marquette. Only two associations have a
larger library viz. Detroit and Detroit Il. Il.
department.
Mr.. T.. A. Balch, chairman of the de-
vOtional committee, reports that 81 gospel
meetings for men only have been held dur
ing the year, with an average attendance or
A. Five young men have prOfessed con-
version and united with the church. 1hls
alone is worth to the community all IL mas
cost in money or effort, to which add the ln-
fiuence that the existence of such an institu-
ton in our city silently wieds over the
young men in our streets and then ask your
self the question. 'DOes it pay?" And
now In conclusion permit me to say that the
success of the past year has very largely
been brought about by the faithful and very
efficient efforts of our general secretary. Mr..
Campbell. If he was not present L would
dwell upon this point to greater length and
will only add that too much cannot be said
i'm praise Ct his work, and the association Is
to be congratulated in having secured his
services for another year.
Treasurer f. M. Miller presented his an
nual report, giving In detail the receipts and
a summary of which was given
in The TINES last week.
JUDGE GRANTS ADDRESS.
The address of the evening was delivered
by Hon. q. B. Grant, Justice of the Su-