The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15
WoMANS BOARD OF MISSIONS.
PLANS FOR PUSHING THE WORK
ALL ALONG THE LINE.

The Property Purchased at PetrOpO-
lis, i'm Brazil, Considered Most De-
sirnbIe-The Amount TO lie spent
on the work in Brazil This Year
SI7,OO5 and in Mexico S35, 77O-The
Report on the Training school at
Kansas city shows Gratifying Re-
suits.
Meridian. Miss. May l4.-At to-day's ses-
sion Of the woman's board of missions Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, south,
the committee on extension of work read
report No 3 The estimates for Mexico
are $35,77O. of which O7SO are for mission
aries salaries. Some one asked that ST.
700 be added for school work. but Mrs
Truehart urged that Brazil had the most
urgent demands upon the treasurer.
Report No. was read. which contained
a letter from Mr. Tucker. in Brazil show
ing how carefully the Brazilian law has
been complied with in the purchase OF the
property at Petropolis, and explaining
what a fine possession 1t is. the prospect be-
ing that after the school there is fairly
started It will be self supporting and a
great factor in the uplifting of the women
of Brazil. Petropolis is elevated and the
climate is fine.
Resolutions were passed thanking Mr..
Tucker for his services in exchanging the
Brazilian property and Mrs. Tucker for
her help in Rio Janeiro
The estimate for the ensuing year in
Brazil, including the districts of Plraca-
cabo, Juiz de Fora. Rio Janeiro and Pc
tropOlis is Sl7 905.
The estimates included the sending out
of three new missionaries.
The reports on Mexico and Brazil having
been adopted, Mrs. Bruce was called upon
and explained many details OF the work
and the life of the workers In Brazil, and
al Jurez de Fora. especially.
The names Of the seven candidates as
accepted and appointed to the work are
as follows:
TO Brazil-AIisses Willie Bowman Of the
St. Louis conference, Eliza Parkinson of
the Missouri conference. and NJ. NJ I'M
berger of the Holston conference.
To Mexico-Misses Hattie g. Carson Of
the South Georgia conference Ida May,
Viola Blackburn Of the North Mississippi
conference.
To China-Miss Lizzie r. Maytin of the
North Carolina conference
Miss NJ. l.. Gibson, principal, read the
report on the Scarritt Bible and Training
School at Kansas City. The students en-
rolled during the year were Is in the bib
lical department, 8 in the nursing train
ing department, who take a practical
course, besides It's who are enrolled In the
Industrial department. Eleven are pre-
pairing for the foreign mission fields, for
discourses in the Methodist Episcopal
church, for home missionaries, s for
trained nurses and others for Bible study.
eve have six nurses in training, four have
completed their course of two years and
are now doing private nursing in Kansas
City and adjoining towns. One of these
has been appointed by the Northern pres
bytery board to the Miraj hospital In In
dia. We are glad to report that our grad
uate nurses are doing well, and we have
much praise of them from the physicians
and homes entered"
The report of the committee on extern
sion of work was submitted at the after
noon session. The estimate Of $19,3iO for
China was adopted. The estimate of
g. go for Indian Territory was adopted.
The estimate for printing contingencies,
etc, was 5000. With $l9, 80 for China, $685.
no for Mexico, 81, 9O5 for Brazil and S4,25O
for Indian Territory, this makes a total
Of $50, 235.