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THE BIBLE SOCIETY.
Seventy.Third Annual Meeting
PIeHsOnt and Profitable occn'
S1On.


The Abbeville District Bible Society met in
It's seventy-third annual session In the freS
byterian church OF Abbeville. >. C;. aI II
o'clock q, M, on Wednesday. the 29th July
1896. President w. NJ. Grier, ID. d., IN the
Opened with prayer by Rev. J. T. Mcbride
Minutes OF last meeting were read and ap'
proved. ,,.o., H., ..o
Rev. F. y. Pressly. ID. D.. of the Associate Re
formed church from the text, .'rhe en- trance
OF thy word giveth light; tgiveth understand
ing TO the simple. y ~ verse OF ,ar ttS TSn' n
The annual address was delivered by MIR.
Hugh Wilson. Jr. Subject, practical
thoughts upon the conduct of the Bible Cause y
for; twenty-nine persons paid their annual
dues of Sl.0O each.
The following are the reports of the Branch
Societies.
DR.. E. H. Edwards and K. G. Brownlee.
Value OF books ceived......-..........S 81 w
Value of books disposed oE-.............. ~ 81
Value of books on hand. d........."..........S " !S
Cash received from members.."....... Is 43
Cash received from sale of books....... ~ VI
Freight paid %
Deposited In District Treasury-".....: AZ 70
Lebanon-Delegates present.. &. Pressly,
S. G. Link and -. -. Evans. Amount con-
trbuted S5.65.
Troy-OeIpgaies PRESENT.. D. Neel, j. +.
White. j. F.. Puckett and w. T. Bradley.
Value of books given away $780, Amount
Lowndesviiie - Delegates present.. w.
Huckabee and ]. I. Latimer. Amount con-
trbuted So 80.
Lower Long Cane-Delegate present-John
Lyon. Amount contributed 1925.
Greenvllle-DelegateS present-W. II Dunn,
J. A. Mundv and J. II. McIlwain. Amount
contributed 500
Shiloh-Deegates present-B. Bowen, w.
D. Mann, w. r. McAdams aud j. n. Knox.
Value of books received Sll.SO. Value OF
books disposed Of Sl0S SO. Value OF books on
hand 81 90. Cash from sales OF books ~ cents.
Amount contributed Sl7.O.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS present.. w: Green
and +. B. Cobb. Amount from sales OF BOOKS
Sl2 95. Amount contributed Sl20.
Cedar Springs, Bradley, Mccormick and
Nlnety.SX were not represented and did not
report.
From Abbevllle Presby terian church Sl5OO
The COMMITTEES TO place Repositories IN the
Incorporated towns, reported only one de-
pository located SO far at Greenwood.
President w. NJ. Grier made report on be-
half OF the delegates from this Society 10 the
last annual meeting OF the State Bible Asso-
citation.
On motion IT was resolved that we recon-
mend 10 each OF the Bible Societies In This
county, that they appoint specia committee
10 canvass their respective communities Jusi
before the annual meetings of this Society for
contributions for the Bible cause.
The thanks of the Society were cordially
rendered TO DR.. Pressy, MIR. Wilson and Or.
Law for sermon, address and remarks made
by them respectively before this Society to-
day.
ii was resolved that we appropriate from
the funds In the Treasury OF this Society one
hundred dollars as donation TO Parent So
ciety, and that one hundred dollars be cred.
ited 10 "boOk account"
REPORT OF BRANCH SOCIETIES.
M T
White and l.. w. Perrin were appointed del
egates to the next annual meeting of the State
Bible Association.
DELEGATES.
DR.. +. G. Murray was elected the principal
to deliver the annual sermon for 1897, and
Rev. ]. A. Clifton, d. D.. was elected as his al-
ternate.
NEXT SPEAKERS.
W.P. Green, ESQ.,, an Attorney at the Able.
willie Bar, was elected principal TO deliver the
address for 1897, and Prof. $. p. McElroy his
alternate.
The following officers and Board OF Direc-
tors were elected for the ensuing year:
Rev. w. NJ. Grier, d. D., President.
JameSS. Cothran, Samuel Mciowan, Joseph
L. Pressly, G. A. Z. Waller and j. d. Neel,
H. Parker. ] Lowry Wilson, J. w. Green, J.
w. Huckabee, James Cothran, jr., w. II.
Dunn. f. Y. Pressy, J. o. Lindsay aud A. l..
Patterson, Directors
w. A. Templeton, Treasurer and Librarian.
l.. W. White, Corresponding Secretary.
l.. w. Perrin, Recording Secretary.
REPORT OF TREASURER AND LIBRARIAN.
w. A. Templeton, Treasurer, in account
with Abbeville District Bible Society:
1886.
July ~. Cash on hand last re-
pOFJ......... ~ 0Z
Cash received from So
cleties and hat col
iectionm....-...........l llO I6
Cash received from
members. a....."... 35 W
Cash from sale books. IS 7l-S2lS 80
CIR.
BY paid American b.
BILE eSociety-.......-..Sl25 0O
BY paid freight..."-. 5 S.
BY paid printing......... l l5-Sl32 %
Balance on hand. SSG SO