Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-16
IN AID OF THE MASTER Miss Barnes Refuses the Mission
 Boards Donation. SCARRITT TRAINING SCHOOL
To Be Recommended at the Annual and Dis
 trict Meetings.
LETTERS FROM FAR AWAY PlRAClCAB0.
Missionaries Must Not Make Public or Pri- vate Appeals for Aid Without Per mits- -Pledgestto Mrs. Weight
 man's Appeal Are Made.

 At the Wednesday morning session of the womans board of missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, Mrs. Cheatham of Virginia led the devotional exercises.
 The minutes were read and approved.
 Miss Barnes offered the following: owing to the depleted condition of our treasury and the great and crying needs of the work in foreign fields, and being earnestly desirous of doing everything in my power towards replenishing the coffers of the Master. I ask this board to reconsider it's action of yesterday in granting me $500 for clinical assistance, and l will manage the best that I can without it..
 Mrs. Trueheart moved that the request be granted. Miss Gibson moved an amendment that the item in the finance report calling for the $500 for Miss Barnes extra work be stricken out and office expenses" inserted. Carried.
 Mrs. Trueheart moved a reconsidera- ton of the item in the report of the com mittee on publications referring to young peoples leaflets, and begged that it be not left out. Carried.
 Mrs. Strother moved that hereafter all obituaries in the Woman's Missionary Advocate be limited to our missionaries and members of the board.
 Mrs. Trueheart read a letter from Miss Bennett and her report as treas urer of the Scarritt Bible and Training school A resolution in honor of Miss Bennett was adopted.
 Mrs Dowdle read a letter from Miss Julia Hays, daughter or the beloved and honored president, Mrs. Juliana Hays. In this connection Miss Gibson offered touching prayer.
 A resolution was read pledging to bring the Scarritt training school to the attention of the young women at an nual and district meetings, and urging astors to recommend it to the people.
 Mrs. s. s. Harris then offered the fol- lowing:
 Resolved, That conference secretaries be allowed to use the programmes pre- pared for the Little Worker on special occasions, and paying when used for other purposes
 Mrs. Strather offered the following:
 Resolved, That the conference corre- spending secretaries report to the woman's board in annual session the amount subtracted from the general treasury during the year to supplement their contingent fund.
 Mrs. Trueheart then read a letter from Miss Alice Moore, who now has charge of our school in Piracicabo; also letters from Misses Littlejohn and Glenn.
 Miss Lida Moore offered the following, which was adopted.
 It is moved that the attention of mis- sionaries be called to the rule, Mission aries are not permitted to make public or private appeals for funds to aid in support of their work without the Knowledge of the board, and such ap- peals must be made through the foreign secretary of the board.''
 The committee on courtesies brought forward Miss M Newman, who is being educated by the Mississippi conference at the East Mississippi Female college
 Mrs. Bell of the Cumberland Presby- terian board was introduced. She made some happy remarks referring to her voyage across the sea to a conference in London once in company with Mrs. Hays.
 The following pledges to the special fund were made by the conferences: Alabama. $2e0; east Texas $2O0; Florida, $500; Halsten, $500; Kentucky 5000; Louisiana. $20O; Louisville $500; Memphis, $450; Missouri, $500; north Alabama, $500; North Carolina, $100; north Georgia, 5000; north Mississippi, $500; northwest Texas, $200; South Carolina, $500 south Georgia $S00 southwest Missouri, $500.
 Pledges on Mrs. Weightmans appeal sippi, $50; Holstein $200; Baltimore, $250; Florida, $100; Louisiana, $100; Louisville, $50; Memphis, $100; north Alabama, $100; North Carolina, $100; northwest Texas, $50; South Carolina, $500; south Georgia $200; Tennessee, $50; Texas, $50; Virginia, $100