Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-12
FIGURES WERE THE FEATURE The Second Day of the Woman's
 Board of Missions. THE TWO PRINCIPAL REPORTS Were on the Work at Home and the Work in
 Other Countries.
BOTH ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTING,
And Give an Idea of the Magnitude of the Operations of the Consecrated Wo- Proceedings of Tester
 day in Full Reception.

MeTlQldn, MISS. Indy l.-NDpeSIti,l- At today's meeting of theWoman's Board of Missions, after religious exercises con ducted by Mrs. Wightman, president, the roll was called and thirty-six members Answered to their names.
 The first three rows of benches were fixed for delegates and members proper. The daily order of business and rules of order were read by the secretary, Mrs. T. B. Hargrove.
 The Misses Holloman were introduced as pages and proved fleet messengers.
 Miss Gibson moved that telegrams be sent to the foreign secretary, Mrs. D. H. McGavock, and the honorary presi- dent, Mrs. Juliana Hayes, both of whom are detained at home on account of fee ble health.
 The chairman read several verses of poetry which referred to the absent of ficers.
 Mrs. Cunningham, by request, read some touching lines sent by Mrs Me Gavock to the meeting of the local board last March when critically i'll.
 Responses were sent also to communi- cations from Mrs. McHenry, from Mrs. Higginbotham, the eastern manager. who is detained on account of the sickness of
 
 Epworth league, now in convention at Grenada.
 A message was sent to Mrs. Galloway, who is detained by her husbands ill., ness.
 The hours for the daily business meet ings were fixed at 8:30 to 12:30.
 The president, holding up the little gavel of orange wood presented by the Florida conference last year, stated that, decorated as it was, it was not an em- blem of authority but an instrument of service to be used in speeding the coming and departing guest.
 Miss Linfield and Mrs. Chatfield were appointed a committee on platform courtesieS
 The minutes of the opening exercises of Friday night having been read, the various committees were announced as follows:
 On missionary candida tes-M esdames c. w. Brandon, F. D. Swindell, V. V. Isrian, E. Avess M. A. Neall, Nat Wood ward, F. M. Bumpass.
 On extension of work-RIesdames s. c. 1'rueheart W. D. Hamilton, w. G. E. Cunningham, F. P. Weakley, l. c. John, s. E. Dean, A. B. Strather s. S. Park, Miss M. L. Gibson.
 blication-Mesdames E. c. Dow dell, J. W. Humbert, J. B. Thomas, Smith, Harris, H. c. Cheatham, Foskett, c. J. Foster J. c. Rush.
 Finance-Mesdames H. N. McTyeire, E. J. Robinson, s. N. Jones, j.. P Mus sette. E. c. Nichols B. B. Spaulding, A. Hendrix, Miss Lydia Moore.
 Resolutions-Mrs. E. I3illingsly, Miss $. P Lane.
 Public worship-Miss Annie Linfield.- Mrs. s. c. Trueheart
 The secretary of home affairs read her report. This report was long and called forth considerable and lively discussion especially as to the management of some internal expenses, the Juvenile society fund and on the subject, What Consti- tutes Life Membership?' The report in- cludes a statistical report which shows 69 569 members, 1929 life members 131 honorary life members, 8 honorary life patrons, 3S scholarships supported 14 day schools supported, 10,647 subscrib- CTS to the Womans Missionary Advo- cate, 1856 subscribers to the Little Worker. The report called for 10000 mite boxes needed as a result of Miss Barnes work in interesting the little people in mite boxes, the 10000 of last year being exhausted
 Miss Gibson introduced and had car ried a motion favoring a recommenda- ton of the report that the service of or ganizers be obtained as far as possible.
 The meeting closed with song and benediction by Rev. T. B. Holloman.
 Night Session.
 The seventeenth annual report of the woman'S board Of foreign missions, an elaborate and most interesting paper, was. presented tonight for Mrs. D. H. McGavock, the foreign secretary. The report covers the work of the entire for eign mission field, as well as the work prosecuted at home under the fostering care of this board The following is summary of the report:
 According to the action had at the last general conference, namely that the Woman's Foreign Mission society be re- quested to make to the parent board, at its annual meeting, full statement of its actual projected work for considera- ton and for publication in the annual report, as foreign secretary I herewith submit the statistics of the work of the woman's board:
 The Home Work is represented by 34 conference societies, 3411 auxiliary societies, 34 conference sec retaries, 270 district secretaries and 69,- 559 members.
 Amount contributed during the fiscal year for the foreign fields, s63, 951. .98; amount for Scarritt Bible and Training school, $639691.
 The official organs of the society are the Womans Missionary Advocate and the Little Worker. the former having a circulation of 13,000 and the latter 5000 copies Reports of the work are pub lished annually, and leaflets for gratui- seus distribution among the auxiliaries