Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-14
THE WOMAN'S BOARD.
BISHOP GALLOWAY TALKS TO LADIES.
lmportrnt Features of the Reports About the Many Black m the Sucbow Hospital.
 Five Candidates.

Meridian, Miss, May 13.-(Special) J. At Mondays business session of the womans board of missions devotional exercises were led by Mrs T P Weak ley. The roll was called, the order of the business for the day and the minutes for the previous session were read.
 A motion of Mrs. Dowdell that tel egram of sympathy be sent to Mrs. Melissa Baker was carried. Misses Or mand and Clifford were introduced as pages for the day.
 Mrs Truehart read the report of the local board. This board is composed of officers and managers who live in Nash vile, and they have sittings between the annual meetings of the board to trans act such business as cannot wait on the next annual meeting. An important item of this was the sale of mission prop erty of $25000 value at Rio Janeiro and the purchase instead of property at Pe- tropolis, Brazil. Such portions of the report as had reference to missionary candidates were referred to the com mittee on candidates. The report was then adopted.
 Bishop Galloway was introduced.
 Report No. l, concerning China, from the committee on extension of work, was Tedu Dy AlTS. lGueDcdTI- ne lOldl CSll- mate for the work in China next year is 19,310 but action on estimates was de- ferred until the estimates on all fields are received.
 While this report was being discussed Rev Irwin Miller spoke in behalf of the Masons of Mississippi. commenting pr. Annie Walter of the hospital at Soochow, China, whom the Masonic fraternity of Mississippi aided in educating. This young woman is proving to be wonder fully skilled in medicine and surgery. It was decided to return to her certain funds obtained by her outside practice last year before she was regularly ap- pointed by the board as a missionary.
 Bishop Galloway being called for spoke most encoura gingly of China, fully in dorsng the woman's work there, eX- plaining the need of increased forces. The advisability of opening work in Sung Kiang, China, was discussed.
 The resolution of Mrs. Swindell of North Carolina, that a children's ward be opened in the mission hospital at Suchcw, was adopted. It is to be ca'led the Mary Black ward, in honor of Aunt Jewels society of North Carolina chil- dren, who are starting the fund.
 Dr. Morrison spoke on the needs and work in Mexico. The Mexicans are also letting go their old religions and their cathedra1s decay,
 Mrs. Hughes, mother of Bettie Hughes, Rev. J. B. Stone, MT. J. B. Hamilton and Mrs. M. N. Carr. were introduced.
 The resolution of Mrs. John and Mrs. Cunningham was adopted, to the effect that the board hears with pleasure that Bishop Galloway will bring out the in- teresting letters of his travels in book form. Mrs. Truehert moved that each conference secretary pledge herself to circulate this book. Carried.
 The reports of Mrs. F. A. Butler, edi- tor of Woman's Missionary Advocate; of Miss A.. M. Barnes, editor of the Little Worker, and Mrs A. w. Wilson, editor of Leaflets, were read, received and re- ferred o-the committee on publications It was announcd that Miss Haygood would speak on China tonight, and that the presentation of missionary candi- dates will be Tuesday night.
 Directions to meet being given to com mittees the session adjourned with the doxology and the benediction by Dr. Morrison.
 It is generally understood that the five young candidates for missionary ap- pointments will be received, but that all may not be assigned to work on account of lack of funds. There is call for this board to open work in Japan also and some of the members are very anxious to do so Lack of funds being the only hindrance.