The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-01
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN
FIRST BUSINESS OF INDIANA YEARLY
MEETING YESTERDAY.
Home Missions and Temperance Conn
mittees Report on the Condition
of Those Branches.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RI 'HMOND Ind, Sept. 3O.-At the morn
ing session of the Indiana Yearly Meeting
of Friends to-day the following officers were
chosen: Clerk Elwood o. Ellis; assistants,
Ira C. Johnson and Charles A. Francisco;
messenger, Clarkson H. Parker; announcing
clerk Milo p. Elliott; committee on new
business, Thomas N. White, Allen Jay and
Joseph o. Binford. The attendance this
year is the best it has been for number
of years past A committee appointed by
the Whitewater Monthly Meeting in regard
to providing a monument to commemorate
the spot on which the original yearly
meeting house stood reported in favor of
the memorial, but did not feel financially
able to help the work. The committee esti-
mates that a suitable monument will cost
from 5000 to $500. according to size, and that
the cost of putting the ground in order
would be about $500 more The meeting
appointed a special committee to have
charge Of this matter and report next year.
The forty-fifth annual report of Whites
Manual Labor Institute was presented. 1t
showed that forty-four children were en-
tered during the year, of whom thirty-three
still remain. OF those who left, two were
found homes, six went to their parents,
anu InreS OF the larger boys ran away.
The institute has an Indebtedness of nearly
$500. The report of the committee appointed
to visit the institute was read. w. A. Mills
and wife, superintendent and matron,
finished a successful term of service and
Lewis Hockett and wife now occupy those
positions.
The report of the committee on Indian
affairs was read and also extracts of the
report of the associated executive commit
tee of Friends, with which the committee
works. Six thousand copies of the Yearly
Meeting minutes were ordered printed.
This afternoon the home mission commit
tee reported as follows; Cottage prayer
meetings held, 1,195; childrens meetings, 49,
gospel meetings, 457 families visited. 2,226
visits to sick and aged, 1898; Sabbath
schools in care of the committee, Is; pages
of literature distributed, 81 ,S64; Bibles dis
tributed, "a; visits among the monthly meet
ings 444 value of provisions and clothing
given away, $760.76; money given away,
$907.19; conferences held, z; conversions, g.;
renewals, 2.
The report of the temperance committee
contained q eulOgy on the late Alfred
Brown of Charlottesville, who was very
prominent member OF the meeting. The fol-
lowing is a summary of this report Num-
Der of Friends using intoxicants, 1OS; num-
Der selling intoXicantS, 2; number selling to-
bacco, "a; number using tobacco, ], Ala; num-
Der of pages of literature distributed, 400, :
469; number giving up the use of tobacco, 81;
number giving up the sale of tobacco, IL;
number of public meetings held, 81.
Rev f. c. Dinwiddie superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Anti-saloon League work.
was presented TO the meeting and spoke on
the subject of temperance. 'ctnute was
also read for Elizabeth Lark Whining
ton Yearly Meeting.